Keeping up daily routines can help reduce stress, minimize depression

https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/life-strategies/benefits-of-routines Your Daily Routines Aren’t Mundane—They’re Actually Keeping You Sane and Healthy (It's Science) There’s a reason you keep being told to “create a routine.”By Lindsay Tigar January 14, 2021 Ask any doctor, therapist, or wildly successful entrepreneur, and they'll swear by the myriad benefits of setting and sticking to a routine. Even if you're a little more … Continue reading Keeping up daily routines can help reduce stress, minimize depression →

Password managers for the harried

I'd add SplashID to this list. It offers a lifetime license rather than a subscription, it's remarkably easy to read, and I've found it to be very reliable. It's important not only to record your passwords but also to make sure they're secure. Use https://ww.security.org/how-secure-is-my-password/ to check the password you intend to use to see … Continue reading Password managers for the harried →

Regular Amazon customer? Tips to save time and money

Regardless of whether you enjoy shopping or not, it's more or less inevitable that you'll do some buying thru Amazon. If that's true for you, here are a few personal techniques I use to save time and money. First, if you don't already have one, get the Amazon VISA card issued by Chase. You can … Continue reading Regular Amazon customer? Tips to save time and money →

Macs are not free from interference

https://machash.com/post/298884/myth-virus-free-mac/ The Myth of the Virus-Free Mac  MacHash Highlighted Posts Jan 18, 2021, 8:33 am For a long, long time, Mac users have looked down on those unfortunate enough to have Windows as an operating system. Not simply because their clunky old devices haven't had the Jony Ive magic touch in their design, but because they are … Continue reading Macs are not free from interference →

Use Messages to share your screen in MacOS

This tip can be truly handy if you're trying to help someone outside your household -- so long as you trust them. https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/18/how-to-use-messages-to-share-your-screen-in-macos How to use Messages to share your screen in macOS  By Malcolm Owen | 2 days ago If you need to quickly offer help to another Mac user you know, there's no quicker way … Continue reading Use Messages to share your screen in MacOS →

89 Movies worth waiting for that will open during 2021

You're simply going to have to click thru to this article as it's lengthy and detailed. I promise you that it will be worth your time. https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/most-anticipated-movies-of-2021/?

How to get a vaccine shot for someone homebound

How to Get Your Homebound Parent a COVID-19 Vaccine Ways to be proactive for the shots, since the bumpy rollout demands itBy Arlene Weintraub|January 14, 2021|CaregivingSHARE    On January 9, Donna Lackner-Horn made appointments for her parents, Trudy and Werner Lackner, and an aunt and uncle, to get their COVID-19 vaccines the following week at HealthAlliance Hospital-Foxhall … Continue reading How to get a vaccine shot for someone homebound →

Latest books about racial justice

I am a huge fan of Isabel Wilkerson's book "Caste." Its endless examples and the inescapable parallels of Black's status in the U.S. to that of Untouchables in India are almost unbearable. But the book is so well-written and so compelling that it's difficult to put down. https://www.bookbub.com/blog/new-books-on-racial-justice? 8 Powerful New Books on Racial Justice … Continue reading Latest books about racial justice →

Book-to-screen adaptations to look for during 2021

https://www.bookbub.com/blog/book-to-movies-2021? 20 of the Best Book-to-Screen Adaptations Coming Out This Year By Melissa Flandreau January 15, 2021 There’s no shortage of book-to-screen adaptations to be excited about this year, including several notable releases that were pushed from 2020. From sci-fi classics like Dune to moving dramas like The Nightingale, there’s something to delight readers and moviegoers of all kinds. … Continue reading Book-to-screen adaptations to look for during 2021 →

Sci-fi and fantasy novels that have fallen off the radar

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/lets-talk-about-fantasy-and-science-fiction-books-that-have-fallen-off-the-radar/2021/01/12/2f653b56-34a9-11eb-b59c-adb7153d10c2_story.html Let’s talk about fantasy and science fiction books that have fallen off the radar By Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Lavie TidharJan. 13, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. ESTAdd to list After “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” was published in 2004 its author, Susanna Clarke, went mostly silent. Hopeful readers wondered what happened to Strange and Norrell next, and only … Continue reading Sci-fi and fantasy novels that have fallen off the radar →