What Are You Leaving Behind in 2018?

I’m pretty sure it’s my sanity. Happy 2019 everyone!

The Article ‘What Are You Leaving Behind in 2018?’ originally appeared on https://gizmodo.com/what-are-you-leaving-behind-in-2018-1831402019
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Six of the best natural hangover cures for New Year’s Day

I hope you won’t need a hangover remedy tomorrow, but if you wake up with your head feeling like somebody jammed a bottle of champagne into your brain, one of these might ease the suffering. Happy 2019 everyone! Here’s to a much better year than the last couple…not that I’m optimistic or anything, just hopeful it’s not any worse.

The Article ‘Six of the best natural hangover cures for New Year’s Day’ originally appeared on http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/new-years-eve-natural-hangover-cures-google-doodle-headache-water-sleep-ginger-breakfast-a8704941.html
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‘Nomophobia’ named as the word of 2018

Are you a Nomophobe?

The Article ‘‘Nomophobia’ named as the word of 2018’ originally appeared on http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/nomphobia-word-of-the-year-2018-cambridge-dictionary-smartphone-anxiety-a8705106.html
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5 Free Memory Games You Can Play Online to Improve Your Memory – Make Tech Easier

Memory is not a game. Wait…what were we talking about?

The Article ‘5 Free Memory Games You Can Play Online to Improve Your Memory – Make Tech Easier’ originally appeared on https://www.maketecheasier.com/free-online-memory-games/
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Armed man surrenders following 10-hour siege after negotiator sings White Christmas to him

“I give up! Just stop singing already!”

The Article ‘Armed man surrenders following 10-hour siege after negotiator sings White Christmas to him’ originally appeared on http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/armed-man-pennsylvania-us-white-christmas-siege-swat-police-a8703391.html
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Smart speakers hit critical mass in 2018

Smart speakers sound like a great idea…until Alexa’s AI decides to kill you.

The Article ‘Smart speakers hit critical mass in 2018’ originally appeared on https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/z3wF5pqDVmo/
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Remembering John Perry Barlow: The 25 Principles Of Adult Behavior

Barlow was not only an inspired songwriter, but also a huge human being, whom we lost in 2018…way, WAY too soon. Below, his inspired coming of age list of principles to live by, “Principles Of Adult Behavior”. I double dog dare you to refute even one.

Principles Of Adult Behavior
1. Be patient. No matter what.
2. Don’t bad-mouth: Assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn’t say to him.
3. Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you.
4. Expand your sense of the possible.
5. Don’t trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change.
6. Expect no more of anyone than you can deliver yourself.
7. Tolerate ambiguity.
8. Laugh at yourself frequently.
9. Concern yourself with what is right rather than who is right.
10. Never forget that, no matter how certain, you might be wrong.
11. Give up blood sports.
12. Remember that your life belongs to others as well. Don’t risk it frivolously.
13. Never lie to anyone for any reason. (Lies of omission are sometimes exempt.)
14. Learn the needs of those around you and respect them.
15. Avoid the pursuit of happiness. Seek to define your mission and pursue that.
16. Reduce your use of the first personal pronoun.
17. Praise at least as often as you disparage.
18. Admit your errors freely and soon.
19. Become less suspicious of joy.
20. Understand humility.
21. Remember that love forgives everything.
22. Foster dignity.
23. Live memorably.
24. Love yourself.
25. Endure.

#JohnPerryBarlow #RIP2018

The Article ‘Remembering John Perry Barlow: The 25 Principles Of Adult Behavior’ originally appeared on https://www.jambase.com/article/john-perry-barlow-25-principles-of-adult-behavior
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This Lake Looks Like a Christmas Tree From Space – Geek.com

A belated Merry Christmas to all, and best wishes for the Holidays and an awesome New Year! 2018 has been a tough year for me, and it’s left me feeling like I’m constantly struggling to get through, disconnected from…well just about everything and everyone.
But I’m not here to whine or apologize about that, or make New Year’s resolutions (that may or may not be kept) about doing things differently next year. I’m here to say #ThankYou.
Thank you to everyone who has ever been a part of my world…old friends and new, online and off, near and far away. I wish every one of you all the happiness and love you all deserve in the coming year. You are all in my thoughts and will always be in my heart, and though we may be apart in time and space, we will always be as one in the music and memories that last forever.
I hope see you all soon; somewhere, somehow, some way, in these uncertain and crazy times, and I truly wish that 2019 will be the best year ever for all of us! Thanks for being you…you’re exactly who you’re supposed to be, and you’re all special to someone, even if you don’t know it.
Happy Holidays and much love to all!! ;~jg

The Article ‘This Lake Looks Like a Christmas Tree From Space – Geek.com’ originally appeared on https://www.geek.com/news/this-lake-looks-like-a-christmas-tree-from-space-1767386/?source
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How to Set Up a Guitar

Making your instrument sound it’s best is important. Nobody likes to play…or hear…a guitar that’s out of tune or full of “buzz”. This article does a pretty good job of explaining the tweaks you can make to get the old electric six string sounding sweeter. Your ears will thank you.

https://www.wikihow.com/Set-Up-a-Guitar

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Police officer buys presents for family whose car broke down on Christmas Eve

Sometimes we forget. Maybe because a few bad apples give cops a bad name. Maybe because the bad ones are the ones that usually make the news. But not all cops are busy shooting unarmed black people…there are plenty of good cops who are truly awesome human beings, who serve and protect…and go above and beyond. This UK officer gets my vote for Santa’s holiday hero!

The Article ‘Police officer buys presents for family whose car broke down on Christmas Eve’ originally appeared on http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-officer-buy-family-presents-south-wales-tesco-culverhouse-cross-christmas-eve-a8698691.html
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Electric planes ‘will not cut enough CO2 to justify airport expansion’

I call bullshit. A LOT can happen…should happen…in 30 years. Passenger and freight travelled by air is a HUGE source of emissions, and changing to CLEAN electric energy…from renewable, non-carbon sources…to power the majority of those flights would make a HUGE difference. I don’t buy this…sounds like oil industry party line backed by bullshit “science” to me.

‘With the best will in the world, electric flight is only going to be able to shave a few per cent off emissions from air travel between now and 2050’

The Article ‘Electric planes ‘will not cut enough CO2 to justify airport expansion’’ originally appeared on https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/electric-planes-aviation-carbon-emissions-third-runway-heathrow-expansion-climate-change-chris-a8693476.html
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U.S. Justice Ginsburg, 85, has malignant nodules removed from lung

Everybody pray for RBG…we really need her to hang tough for the next two years…or, god help us, longer.

The Article ‘U.S. Justice Ginsburg, 85, has malignant nodules removed from lung’ originally appeared on https://news.yahoo.com/u-justice-ginsburg-recovering-nodules-removed-lung-173000584.html
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Apple exec puts a number on what’s acceptable for bendy iPads

If you bought a new iPad and it arrived warped…bent so that it wouldn’t lie perfectly flat on the table…you’d send that shit right back to wherever the fuck you bought it…wouldn’t you?
#WTF Apple… you’re not the same company since Jobs left. If I were an investor (I’m not), I’d be fucking worried. Just saying.

The Article ‘Apple exec puts a number on what’s acceptable for bendy iPads’ originally appeared on https://mashable.com/article/ipad-pro-bending-warping-chassis-dan-riccio-email/
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‘Trump temper tantrum’ shuts down US government departments over $5bn border wall rejection

For the record, I bet government shutdowns would NOT be a thing if Congress stopped getting paid. But no…let’s screw the park rangers and people who actually work, while Congress plays chicken with the big orange idiot.

The Article ”Trump temper tantrum’ shuts down US government departments over $5bn border wall rejection’ originally appeared on http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-government-shutdown-trump-wall-mexico-border-white-house-democrats-congress-a8695881.html
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Barack Obama dressed as Santa to surprise kids at a children’s hospital

Ho ho holy shit it’s President Claus!

The Article ‘Barack Obama dressed as Santa to surprise kids at a children’s hospital’ originally appeared on https://mashable.com/article/barack-obama-santa-childrens-national-hospital/
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Why you need to wash your avocados before cutting them

What’s gonna kill us next? Dirty avocados, apparently.

The Article ‘Why you need to wash your avocados before cutting them’ originally appeared on http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/avocado-wash-cut-clean-fruit-bacteria-salmonella-listeria-fda-a8689301.html
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Paul Ryan’s Irish immigration expansion proposal draws backlash

Because no one’s ever heard of Irish terrorists. What a fucking hypocrite. Good riddance. Best of luck being a forever asshat.

The Article ‘Paul Ryan’s Irish immigration expansion proposal draws backlash’ originally appeared on http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/paul-ryan-irish-immigration-bill-backlash-republican-blocking-senate-a8685381.html
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Connecticut school evacuated for bomb threat on sixth anniversary of massacre

Congratulations to some asshole for being a major league douchebag.

The Article ‘Connecticut school evacuated for bomb threat on sixth anniversary of massacre’ originally appeared on https://news.yahoo.com/connecticut-school-evacuated-bomb-threat-sixth-anniversary-massacre-170741419.html
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Giuliani: Trump interview with Mueller would happen ‘over my dead body’

ok.

The Article ‘Giuliani: Trump interview with Mueller would happen ‘over my dead body” originally appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/16/rudy-giuliani-trump-robert-mueller-interview
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First Lab-Grown Steak Gives Foodies a Taste of the Future – Geek.com

Nope. Sorry, not for me.
“Lab grown meat” is not meat. Unless the “lab” is a farm. Preferably one where animals are treated kindly, so the energy I get from gnawing on their tasty flesh is packed with positivity.
#OmNomNOT

The Article ‘First Lab-Grown Steak Gives Foodies a Taste of the Future – Geek.com’ originally appeared on https://www.geek.com/news/first-lab-grown-steak-gives-foodies-a-taste-of-the-future-1766040/?source
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Get Outta My Head! | Jamie Gray – December 13, 2018 at 04:07PM

If you’re gonna try to fly like an eagle, you better have actual wings. Otherwise, you’re just gonna look like a crazy ostrich, running & flapping…not really flying but believing you are.
Sound like anyone we know?
#FlyLikeAnOstrich

#gomh #JustFuckingSaying

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Congress Lifts Longstanding Ban on Hemp Production

Hemp production has been greenlighted…next stop, cannabis with a kick. I say it happens in 2019. What do YOU think?

#LegalizeIt #News420 #NORML

The Article ‘Congress Lifts Longstanding Ban on Hemp Production’ originally appeared on http://blog.norml.org/2018/12/13/congress-lifts-longstanding-ban-on-hemp-production/
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When and where you can see the Geminid meteor shower

Tonight and tomorrow only. Of course it’s snowing and rain predicted tomorrow. That’s how it goes whenever the heavens put on a show it seems.
Of course, I blame #ClimateChange. So many missed comets, auroras and meteors … oh my. #Geminids

The Article ‘When and where you can see the Geminid meteor shower’ originally appeared on http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/geminid-meteor-shower-where-when-time-map-2018-us-google-doodle-name-constellation-greek-god-a8681731.html
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Amazon “automated machine” punctures bear spray can, 24 employees hospitalized

“Automated machine” attempting to “delete” inferior humans? The rise of the machines has begun…

The Article ‘Amazon “automated machine” punctures bear spray can, 24 employees hospitalized’ originally appeared on https://arstechnica.com/?p=1424293
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Massachusetts church puts baby Jesus in cage for nativity scene in show of solidarity with migrants

Christmas in cages. Ho ho horrible.
Anybody else think Trump needs a visit from a few ghosts this Christmas? #ScroogeMcTrump

The Article ‘Massachusetts church puts baby Jesus in cage for nativity scene in show of solidarity with migrants’ originally appeared on https://droolindognews.blogspot.com/2018/12/massachusetts-church-puts-baby-jesus-in.html
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Phrases like ‘bringing home the bacon’ could be banned to avoid offending vegans

Sorry, but “bringing home the broccoli” just doesn’t have the same gusto…and no, I don’t think the world will ever stop eating animals…at least not until the animals rise up, over throw their human overlords and start making the rules.

The Article ‘Phrases like ‘bringing home the bacon’ could be banned to avoid offending vegans’ originally appeared on http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bringing-home-bacon-vegan-offensive-idom-shareena-hamzah-phrases-animals-a8664796.html
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Winnie the Pooh ‘banned from Disneyland in China’

Xi does look a LOT like Pooh. I would think it works in his favor…I mean, who is gonna get really mad at Pooh Bear? Nobody, that’s who. He could seriously work that.

The Article ‘Winnie the Pooh ‘banned from Disneyland in China” originally appeared on http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/winnie-the-pooh-disneyland-china-ban-xi-jinping-meme-shanghai-president-a8660461.html
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