I went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...

While I think the constitution deserves respect and should be treated better than it has been lately, some library users have odd ideas of what rights the constitution gives them.

this is the way

I don't know that I'm ready for a new week. I need a weekend stretcher.

The man who told you that a woman is too emotional to be president is out here crashing out on national TV because a reporter asked him for evidence.

Pumpkin scones in the oven. Accidentally dump all the pepitas left in the bag, but it should be OK

The cats woke me up to feed them, but I think a nap on the couch sounds good

Petunia

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Remember how you used to just know everyone’s phone number? Then cell phones came out and you could barely recite your own number? That’s what AI’s endgame is but for every aspect of your life.

How the ‘Picasso of ponds’ went from shaping golf courses to making freshwater homes for wildlife

Work today. Need to get in early before the PRIDE crew turn up and that narrow parking garage is a hot mess.

My kid told me all the fun things she's going to do. Go to the lake, cook out, etc.Then ask what I was up to. I'm going to mortgage the house buying flea stuff for 4 cats. Then I go look for a mastectomy bra. Somehow it isn't fair. Our days off are so unequal

Just kept small kid getting on the elevator on their own. Overheard them tell their mom that I'm mean. LOL She said I was not.

Scott Kelley stood up again for news and co-workers. He'd hit the top - anchor and 60 Minutes. It cost him one and then the other. He could have kept quiet and coasted with the money. Principles

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@simplyrain.bsky.social How is your dad feeling?

No idea what the flower is. But i like it

Got up at 5:57 because cats are buttheads.

Back to work after vacation. Not looking forward to opening my email

Just leave this here

Rhe realization that you left one of your 3 mastectomy bras at a place you won't be back to for months 😭$$$

Had to walk down to the ocean even though it was getting dark

Going to the beach, but just missed the trash truck with the last bag because my husband said they came later

LEVIE: ".. IT spend is basically somewhere between like 3% to 7% of corporate revenue in a company. .. And so if AI is truly adding this productivity gain .., then clearly .. It's going to escape that and move to the line-of-business budgets." futurism.com/artificial-i...

Four more days of vacation, but to be honest i miss my kid, my bed and my cats.

Vape shops but no jobs: one young man’s search for work in Grimsby

Florida librarians, are there a zillion love bugs where you are? It's an invasion in Gainesville

@orkneylibrary.bsky.social if yours are missing , i may have found them in Gainesville, Florida.

Enole on a lawn chair

I would pay extra for a great seat

Boring day at home, but rum slushies from the liquor store. Now it is pouring the rain it promised all day, which kept us home. Florida....

I hand-rolled my first site in 1994 via HTML uploaded via UNIX commands, that's how we did it in those days, uphill both ways in the snow, wearing an onion on our belt as was the custom at the time

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

‘If something goes wrong, you can’t simply surface’: Maldives tragedy shines light on dangers of cave diving

Anyway. Here’s a reminder that my cookbook comes out in August and there is a recipe for bagels in it (Just Two Bagels!) you can pre-order it here: smallbatchbreads.com

Bagel with lox. Now pondering the first day of vacation other than grocery store. My husband's cupboards are bare

Done flying for the day. Glad to be at my husband's. I think I like driving better even if is 13 hours

Need to eat breakfast. Maybe avocado toast. I love avocado but you are playing the not ripe yet, now it's bad game

Booked a hotel at the beach as a treat for my husband after his appointments, but also a treat for me. Going to rent a big umbrella to stay all day in my sunscreen clothing. Lol

So has anyone subscribed to a search engine. I've been seeing more and more popping up to avoid AI, ads, etc. Curious

I sometimes think my kid does not have realistic expectations of what work is.

Scandlous! Great uncle stabbed cousin with icepick. After he got out he burned down houses for insurance money. Back to jail after fourth house. Younger generation excited about this black sheep of the family, but relatives at the time probably just wished he'd stay locked up.

I have another hour and a half on the desk until lunch. I should have brought snacks

It's odd how a voice appeals. I have a number - Alan Rickman, Peter Jennings and ... David Battie. I could listen to them read to me forever.

Not as worried about the hantavirus as I am about the ebola break out. Normally we have people on the ground to help and contain ebola, which is so contagious.

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com