Don’t Lie, Don’t Pry

Don’t Cheat, Can’t Delete

Don’t Steal, Don’t Reveal

These are very simple, easy-to-remember guidelines for using social networks without getting yourself into hot water. Although intended for health care workers, they apply to all of us.

Read: Use social media? Memorize these vital 12 words – CBS News.

I recently took up swimming again. Like yoga, it really is effective for taking me out of the hubbub of everyday life and putting me into the moment. I just wish the water at my pool weren’t so cold.

via Personal Health: The Zen of Swimming – NYTimes.com.

Here is the original Quora question with all the answers given.

Quora: Is the Time Magazine Breastfeeding Cover Over the Line in Terms of Good Taste?

Here’s the original question and all the answers on Quora.

This is a terrific mission statement for life.

Although it says right on the cover that The Wind Through the Keyhole is a Dark Tower novel, it is really only set in the Dark Tower universe, rather than an integral part of the series. Of course, Dark Tower fans will want to read it and spend a little more time with their favorite characters (very little, as it turns out). But even if you haven’t read any of the books in the series, you will have no trouble following the events in The Wind Through the Keyhole. Its flavor is more reminiscent of King’s young adult fantasy The Eyes of the Dragon than any of his horror novels.

Read the rest at Book Review: The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King – Blogcritics Books.

My top 3 circles are Family, Friends and Following. Following is for people I have engaged with or find particularly interesting. (The others are self-explanatory.) I see everything from these circles in my stream and all 3 are fairly small.

Then I have a Circled Me and an Interesting circle. The first one is for people I don’t know who circled me. The second is for people I think might be interesting to follow who didn’t circle me. I’ve turned the volume down on those circles and occasionally, I check them directly. If someone from one of those circles engages with me or posts consistently interesting content, they get moved to Following.

Finally, there’s a circle of people who are relevant to my work, which I can direct certain on-topic posts to.

Simplicity seems to be the way to go in Google+. If you like what I post here, you’ll probably like what I post there as well.

Bigotry on the Ballot – NYTimes.com.

“They breathe profits; they eat the interest on money. If they don’t get it, they die the way you die without air, without side-meat.”
- John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 5

“The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It’s the monster. Men made it, but they can’t control it.” – John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 5