Still Life at McDonalds

We have no power, so we had breakfast at McDonald's this morning. This is the end of the breakfast. And me starting to get bored.

I love this blog, why do I not put stuff here?

I love the idea of this blog, I like the set up, and I think about posts that I  could put in here almost every day.  Not sure why I am not putting up posts.  Probably being too perfectionistic about it.  I will start putting up some quick sloppy posts and see how that goes...

New Lease on Life

So three days ago I went to work, felt awful and came back home.  I was weirdly hungry and ate a lot of cookies, chocolate, and ginger candies, and then felt even worse, of course. Yesterday I ate very little, ran a fever for a while and slept a lot. 
Today, I felt better, but still feverish, so I stayed home and got ambitious and tidied up the house some. I got out a pretty basket and sorted the pile of papers on my dining room table into things to file (into the basket), things to recycle, (into a shopping bag to take to the recycling center, and things to burn (into the woodstove).
 I also started a more organized set of lists to document what I get done, in a sort of bullet journal, since the planner/calender on my phone does not serve to keep a good record of what I do when.
I also ate some good food, little sugar or other carbs.
Now, at bedtime, I feel normal and am looking forward to going to work.  Very odd how having a more organized and attractive environment and a clear plan of action can help a person feel better physically and mentally.

A Little Girl for the Ponies

Adorable hubby found a 10 year old girl who wants to learn about horses. Her dad is going to bring her around once a week so she can get familiar with them.

She is a nice little girl and Sheba and Ceasar both liked her the way most horses are very interested in young humans. 

This will be good for me too. Having to plan ahead and get the ponies and tack ready will help me focus and allocate time for them. They need more attention as can be seen from this pic, wherein they are communicating their desire for me to stop and talk to them very clearly!

Climate change, overpopulation and human rights

The core problems facing our lovely world right now are overpopulation, climate change and human rights.

Overpopulation occurs when the number of individuals of a species exceeds the carrying capacity of their ecological niche, and individuals of the species no longer thrive.  In worst case scenarios, the habitat is destroyed, and a die-off of the species occurs, until the carrying capacity of the range is balanced with the population, and the habitat is restored.

Climate change, as we are experiencing now, is a worst case example of habitat destruction as a result of overpopulation. We are fouling our own nest to speak, poisoning our air, water and land with too many waste products of human activity. The insatiable greed of profit hunters, who refuse to acknowledge that human activity is playing a role, also contributes to the disastrous overproduction of toxic chemicals like CO2 and non-biodegradable products like plastics which contribute to environmental degradation.

Human rights, specifically the right and responsibility of individual women to manage their personal reproductive capacity,  is the most important check against overpopulation.  When men regulate and control women's reproductive capacity, distortions occur.  We see this most dramatically where the highest birth rates are resulting in chronic poverty, famine, disease, the breakdown of social systems, and escalating war around the world.

This topic is something of a hobby horse of mine, so I will have more to say on this topic!

Real Life Crime Solving

Thisis a good article about how one business investigated a case of sabotage and found that they were making a mistake about who the guilty party was, and what the motivation for the crime was. 
Read A Crime in the Cancer Lab here.... https://nyti.ms/2jBzMoN

Listicles

Nietzsche said, (among other things) "A will to a system is a lack of integrity." But, zip need a system! So I am trying out a couple new apps.  We'll see how well they work.
One is a cute little app that makes your to do list a little roll playing game. Task Hammer.  When you complete a task, you get points to move you character up levels.  My character is Princess Bedo, a sorceress. Lol!
I'll Yale about the other one later.