Giving myself a week off from brain-hurt-y articles, I’m just enjoying life today. Went to the gym and then it was finally warm enough to clean out the garden. It’s amazing how happy I am when I get a good night sleep and spend the morning of playing in dirt.

We’re nearly done with our kitchen and family room renovation. I’ll post pictures next week, after we unpack the boxes of books. The process took way longer and was way dirtier than we expected, but this is all first world problems. We’re super lucky and we know it.

Here’s what I read this morning:

Finland does everything better, even dealing with homelessness.

I love this essay by Jonathan Franzen about New York City in the 1980s.

Global warming. We’re screwed.

Should journalists allow scientists to review their quotes or text before publication? And the historians are pissed at the media right now, too.  I think I’m going to write about this at some point.