Friday, May 18, 2018

@8:47, 5/18/18

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1
Sports

When Even LeBron James’s Best Might Not Be Enough

A string of seven consecutive appearances in the N.B.A. finals by James-led teams is in jeopardy, and no solutions are presenting themselves.

https://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/standings.asp

2
Style

Meet the Bridesmaids and Page Boys for the Royal Wedding — They’re Cute!

It’s mostly goddaughters and godsons for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.

yes.

3
Fashion & Style

From the First Minute They Knew, and Life Has Been Easier Since

Dr. Temes, 75, says she is nicer, and sometimes quieter, now. Mr. Lyons, 87, says he is more talkative and happy. “I wake up thinking I have another day with this person,” he said.

Sooner is better.      As soon as you can is best.

4
Well

Can Lifestyle Changes Remove Plaques in Your Arteries?

Diet, smoking cessation, stress management and exercise can decrease the size of atherosclerotic plaques and help to stabilize them so that you are less likely to have a heart attack.

Yes.  
Think fructose rather than fats.

5
New York

Actress Struck by Car in Park Slope Loses Unborn Daughter

The Brooklyn district attorney’s office said it cannot bring additional charges against the driver because state law does not recognize a fetus as a person.

Until there are more facts this story is only a tearjerker.

6
Arts

‘Dietland’ is Violent, Disruptive and Surreal. And Funny.

This AMC show, based on the 2015 Sarai Walker novel of the same name, is a makeover story glimpsed through a series of distorting mirrors.

The show will require a deft touch.

7
Style

Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy

He says there’s a crisis in masculinity. Why won’t women — all these wives and witches — just behave?

It all reads as a failure to observe and to think.
Patriarchy is indefensible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes

8
Real Estate

Homes for Sale in the Hamptons

This week’s properties are five-bedroom homes in Sagaponack, N.Y., and East Hampton, N.Y.

This is a decorator life.
We can have as much of this as you can afford.

Begin to talk.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

9
Well

Sparkling Pool Water May Hold Disease-Causing Parasites

How soon would you swim after having diarrhea? 17 percent said one hour, but you’re supposed to wait two weeks.

Pool users should all be dead.

Humanity has not managed to make itself extinct as yet.
Reasonable caution is called for.  The world is not safe.

Public health must be a government priority.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes

Howard Hughes germ phobia is not an example to follow.

10 
Real Estate

Renting a One-Bedroom

One-bedroom rents in the United States were fairly stable over the last year, but in some places the wallet received a shock.

No real shock.

I want to own something within my income.


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