Queenkv’s Brainpickings

Viva my weekend.
I’m taking it easy for these last days of being 29-years-old.

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Last month, we ended up in Lodi after the Stockton Asparagus Festival. An air-conditioned wine tasting at the Lodi Visitor’s Center helped revive us. The festival was fun but we were wiped out from walking through 100-degree weather and [...]

I stumbled on this video about a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather.com from Laughing Squid. I think he’s insane.

I wonder how he treats tornadoes, flash floods and potentially life-threatening conditions in his weather forecast. I wonder.
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In sickness and in health, Mark and I trudged through these last few weeks of a nasty little virus I picked up at work. We’re still trying to figure out who was Patient Zero in the newsroom. Outside of work, we took it easy - pampering each other and making sure we ate regular meals. [...]

By Tuesday, it felt like a long week.
Floods, tornado, displaced residents and more add up to a crazy news week in Topeka. One the phone with some network folks in Chicago, they told me: “All the news in your region. You’re hogging it all.” I told her I wouldn’t mind spreading the love.
Really.
Last night, Mark [...]