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This is something I think about sometimes, and I’d love to hear your opinion. Taking it a step further, is there such a thing as good luck? Or bad? I have no idea, but I can’t deny that some people do seem to have exceptionally good luck, and no matter what they do, things go their way. Whatever the reasons, I can’t deny that those people exist…and they kinda get on my nerves. LOL! Fo’ real, though. 🙂 I do believe that good luck and bad luck aren’t always up to chance. I’ll say that. I mean, there is always...

Happy Caturday, friend! I’m walking up and down the hallway doing a royal pageant wave because I feel like The Queen of Everything 👸 now that we have a working air conditioner! YAY!!! Yep, a new AC, new water heater, and a new furnace, all of which were broken (in a 40-year-old condo, when it rains, it pours). So if you need me this weekend, you’ll find me sitting under a vent, living my best life. 😁 Now, this week’s reading… Want to know what Cleopatra smelled like? Two University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa professors have recreated her ancient perfume,...

Seriously, what was I thinking?? Yesterday I thought I’d just get back in the saddle, sit at my desk, and resume my pre-Thanksgiving work groove… Nope! Apparently, I must have lost my damn mind, because why is it SO HARD to get back into the swing of things after a big holiday? Especially Thanksgiving? I don’t know… (Maybe it’s all the food.) Yesterday was a tough one. I love my routines, and the holiday broke ’em. Anyway, it’s always hard for me to get back into my routines after a holiday, and I know it’s hard for other people, too....

Diagrams of neural activity in the hippocampus, recorded from a mouse as it learned about a new environment. Colors correspond to unique locations within the new space. Over time and continued exposure to the arena, the mouse forms stable memories by recruiting teams of neurons to encode for the location. Credit: CaltechVia Medical Xpress:  How memories form and fade Paper: Persistence of neuronal representations through time and damage in the hippocampus. (Science - paywalled; Preprint: bioRxiv - PDF)

Whoopity-whoop-whoop with a side of whoooooop! You guys…Too Faced Peach Perfect Comfort Matte Foundation is SO GOOD. If you like less-is-best makeup, also known as “Meghan Markle Style,” check it out. (Side note: I’d never been so into a royal wedding before. I LOVED MM’s minimal makeup wedding look.) Too Faced Peach Perfect Comfort Matte Foundation ($36 for a 1.6-oz. tube, available in 20 shades) The pump and lightweight tube = travel friendly. This medium-coverage foundation has a satin finish, and it’s a cinch to apply. A 3/4 pump is enough for me, and I just blend it with fingers....