How Often Do You Shower?
Hello, fans (sort of).
Did you know that there is no such thing as a person anymore? An individual is either a creator or a fan. At this stage of my life, I've been redefined by the universe as a creator, with the $KARMA coin as my "Creator Coin." And you, dear reader, since I've been writing to you in one way or another since 1996, when the internet gave me the capability to do that, you might actually be a fan. The current thinking is that fans can be monetized. The new messaging in the zeitgeist is that one can live comfortably with 1000 true fans.
I have a different view. I don't want to monetize my fans, or live off them. Although I'm a creator, I'm not a rock star.
I want to provide something of real value to you for the time you take to read this newsletter. But I can't do that unless I hear from more of you. I hear from about 6 a week, which is .01%
I read quite a bit all week long, and I try to choose articles you won't find anywhere else, or things that will teach you something or amuse you.
The most interesting article of the week for me is one that will probably interest you as well. Thus, you get to hear about how people's shower habits have changed during the pandemic. It has long been my opinion that the "shower-every-day" habit we all have (or at least had), was driven by soap and shampoo and body wash brands, rather than any real need. If you look back into history, when we didn't have indoor plumbing and water was less available, we perhaps showered once a week. Or so the movies said. Sure enough, now that people aren't looking at us as much, we aren't showering as often, and some of us no longer wear our bras every day, or our pants. This leads me to the question of how much of our daily habits do we maintain only because we think someone is watching? A related question: what's really necessary? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/health/shower-bathing-pandemic.html?referringSource=articleShare
Why would a restaurant owner not provide a safe working environment for staff? Probably because so many restaurants went out of business during the pandemic. But restaurant workers also went to work after testing positive for Covid, and perhaps spread the disease. And restaurants are still some of the unsafest places to work. If I were a restaurant owner, I would provide on-site Covid vaccines to my staff. That's a signal you want to protect them and it doesn't really cost you anything. Also, landlords ought to examine their HVAC systems and air filters. I still won't eat inside a restaurant. The research says they are much more dangerous than planes. https://www.eater.com/22417344/restaurant-labor-shortage-covid-19-unemployment-benefits-risks?amp;
Long time subscriber and friend Mindy Korth sent this incredible article about how animals help each other survive: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/donkeys-horses-dig-desert-wells-helping-other-animals-survive?cmpid=int_org=ngp::int_mc=website::int_src=ngp::int_cmp=amp::int_add=amp_readtherest
And here's one that will give you a warm feeling: for the first time, a disabled black woman appeared on the red carpet at the Oscars. With her service dog. https://www.essence.com/op-ed/andraea-lavant-first-disabled-black-woman-oscar-red-carpet/
And for those of you who crave political stimulation, here is the Giuliani story. So far, most of the stuff around Trump and his team has failed to stick. I know a lot of people hope for indictments, but I don't think they'll get Rudy on anything. He's not stupid. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/02/giuliani-trump-legal-trouble-485186
Glenn Greenwald has done some interesting writing about how the mainstream media, even the most important ones, make errors, corroborated them among their colleagues, and lost interest in the retractions that readers are owed. I don't know about you, but I am fed up at the "metoo-ism" of contemporary journalism. https://greenwald.substack.com/p/corporate-news-outlets-again-confirm
No wonder he had to go independent.
xoxoxo no monetization here.