I’ve enjoyed doing laundry lately, and not in a productive, getting things done kind of way. In a “this is really fun” kind of way.

It’s weird and it won’t last but I’ll enjoy all the clean clothes in the meantime.

Einstein Didn’t Say That: How Viral Misquotes Evolve and Replicate

As Albert Einstein famously said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Except there’s no evidence that he said or wrote those words. The earliest evidence for this quote comes from a 1981 newspaper article reporting on an Al-Anon meeting. That’s more than a quarter century after the acclaimed physicist’s death.

🔗bigthink.com/high-cult…

So when I said I was going to post here every day in August I guess what I meant is that I will post here at least 31 times in August.

Happy to report that my blogging adventures have inspired at least one person to start blogging (livejournaling) again. My new goal in life is to get all my friends to start/resume blogging. Join the revolution.

I spent all of yesterday playing Mists of Pandaria Classic and I have no regrets. WoW Classic is very relaxing for some reason. But as soon as I got to Pandaria on my newly-boosted level 85 Orc Warlock, I realized I had to turn around and go back to the old world to level my gathering professions. I don’t miss that part.

I watched some of Dark Winds S3 while flying around gathering ore. Today I might listen to some podcasts. See? Relaxing. I’ll either listen to Astonishing Legends or And That’s Why We Drink. Probably the latter.

My bulk order of socks arrived and I took out all the other socks in the drawer, stored them away in a safe location (far away from the laundry vortex) and replaced them with the new socks.

I suppose this isn’t so much defeating the laundry gnomes as it is resigning myself to paying them sock taxes every once in a while, but at least I don’t have to waste time pairing socks since they’re all the same.

I finally got around to ordering ALL the socks. They should arrive tomorrow.

The sock gnomes may have won the battle, but they won’t win the war!

Study Reveals the Shocking Amount of Plastic We Breathe in Every Day

According to a new study, humans can inhale more than 70,000 microplastic particles each day in an indoor environment – far more than previously thought. Worse still, most of them are small enough to penetrate deep into our lungs.

🔗www.sciencealert.com/study-rev…

It’s been my goal since the start of the year to eventually (one day, maybe) launch a physical newsletter. You know, something that arrives in the mail, as opposed to something delivered to the inbox. Yesterday I purchased themidnightletter.com domain, just to have it. It might start out as a newsletter for Project: Midnight. I haven’t quite decided yet.

Within Project: Midnight (temporary title), the Midnight Letter is part of a bigger plot. I have this in my story bible so far:

Went to the dentist.

Broke a tooth.

(In that order).

The Tomb of an Ancient Egyptian Prince Was Just Discovered — With a Pink Granite False Door

Archaeologists carrying out excavations at Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis recently made a discovery that offers new insights into the royal lineages of Egypt’s Old Kingdom. The tomb of Prince Userefre, the son of the pharaoh Userkaf, has been unearthed along with a false door made of rare pink granite.

🔗allthatsinteresting.com/prince-us…

Ideal Number of Daily Steps Isn’t as Many as We’ve Been Told

This latest research paper looked across a broad spectrum – not just whether people died, but heart disease, cancer, diabetes, dementia, depression and even falls. The results tell a fascinating story. Even tiny increases matter. Jump from 2,000 to 4,000 steps daily and your death risk drops by 36%. That’s a substantial improvement.

🔗www.sciencealert.com/ideal-num…