Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday – Black Friday

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Black Friday, family, Happiness, Holidays, Love, Origin, Sales, Shopping, Ted Talk, TedEd, Tuesday

Here is one person’s take on Black Friday. A day that marks the beginning of Christmas shopping in America. I do not go out on Black Friday, because it is so insane, but many people, like my stepdaughters, live for this day. They get up before dawn and head to their favorite stores.

In this short 3-minute (+) video, Black Friday’s origin is explained. You’ll be interested who came up with the idea. I hope you are as excited about the holiday season as I am. It’s a great time of year. In fact it is my favorite time of year. I get in a lot of reading, writing, and of course, video game playing in, during the winter months, because in Michigan, there is nothing else to do, simply because it is snowing outside and cold, and all the rest. Yes, there are many who ski, hunt, and do a lot of outdoor things. For me, my 20 years of service gave me all the outdoor living I’ll ever need to experience. Now it’s a cup of hot coffee, a good book, and looking at the snow, thanking God I do not have to live in that anymore.

Well, that’s it for today. I hope all of you have a great Tuesday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday – The Amazing Effects of Gratitude

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Benefits, effects, Gratitude, Life, Looking at the bright side, TedEd, Thankful, Thankfulness

I figured since we are so close to Thanksgiving, this would be an appropriate video for those of you may not keep a Gratitude Journal or practice counting your blessings each day. It is a wondrous time of year!

A good friend of our family provided a quote that I’ve kept close to the chest since hearing it. He said, “When things go bad in your life, you have to remember that these things are not done to you, but for you.”

This quote is all about turning a sour note to a wondrous melody. Sure, we all have our relationship, financial, health, and other problems, but in the end there’s some lesson to be learned. We learn how strong we are. We learn how loving we are. We learn how resilient we are. I think we learn the most when times are tough. What a gift, right?

Gratitude is about looking at every situation with a sense of thankfulness. It’s being thankful for what we have, not what we do not have. It is realizing that we have all we need. Perhaps it isn’t all we want, but it is what we need.

I hope you enjoy this video.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday – Gratitude

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Focus on the Good, Gratitude, Humility, life-changing, TedEd, Thankfulness, You are enough, You have all you need

One of my goals for running this blog is to help people feel a little better than they did before reading or viewing one of my posts. There is enough bad news out there. You do not have to look very hard to find it. So, Daily Ramblings is something you can open up to feel good. I try to keep my posts short, so I do not take up too much of your time.

I hope you enjoy this video. Gratefulness plays a huge part of my life, and this month, with Thanksgiving right around the corner, it is the one time each year where we can sit back, reflect, and relish all the things we are truly thankful for. I hope this video inspires you to seek out opportunities in your day that you are grateful for and perhaps make purposeful gratefulness a part of your everyday routine.

Have a great day, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday – Lovecraft!

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Author, Eerie, Horror, Lovecraft, Scary, TedEd, weird, Writer

I’m still in a Halloween mood, so here’s a short video on one of my favorite horror authors–H.P. Lovecraft. I hope you enjoy it!

Have a great Tuesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday – Superstitions

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Eery, Halloween, Salt over the Shoulder, Scary, Superstitions, TedEd, Walking under a ladder

Since we are approaching Halloween, I figured this would be a fun video to watch to add to your Halloween spirit. I hope you find it as interesting as I did. Have a great Tuesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday – The Taxonomy of Candy

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candy, Halloween, Taxonomy, TedEd, Trick or Treat, Tuesday, Video, yummy

I figured this would be a good video, since we are fast approaching that day of the year where the kiddies get out and either go door-to-door, or get their Halloween treats from a bunch of cars with trunks open and loaded with tasty morsels.

This video is an interesting one. I hope you enjoy it.

Have a great Tuesday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday – Present-day Goths

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goth, goth culture, gothic, History, ostragoth, present-day gothic culture, roman empire, Ted Talk, TedEd, Visigoth

If you’ve ever seen a person wearing Gothic clothing (black everything), you’ll be interested to see how this present-day Gothic culture came to be. This is another short video, but pretty informative. Enjoy!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday – The Arctic

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Climate Change, droughts, Nobel Prize, sea water levels, storms, TedEd, Video, wild fires

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043278925/nobel-prize-physics-climate-change-winner

With the announcement of Nobel prize winners, this one in Physics was awarded for work on climate change (See link above). Today’s Ted Talk follows this announcement with how the Arctic has been used as a way of predicting and warning us of the many changes that are coming to our climate that will have many impacts on our lives in the upcoming years.

I hope you enjoy this short snippet. This is something that will impact all of us for years to come. What will be the result? Some predict the displacement of millions as sea water levels rise, droughts become more prevalent and cover larger areas, and the many changes to the storms, wildfires, and other fallout from these changes to our climate.

Enjoy!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Thinking Tuesday – The Multiverse

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Energy, Infinity, Matter, Multiverse, Space, TedEd, time, Time track, Universe

So many movies have taken on the idea of multiple universes, dimensions, and time travel. I often contemplate on these things and it always gives me a sense of expansiveness, like sitting in an empty theater, only much bigger. Today, I found a cool TEDEd video that goes over this line of thinking. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Have a great Tuesday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday – When is a Pandemic over?

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Delta Variant, lockdowns, Pandemic, Protests, TedEd, Tuesday, Vaccines

As I say so often, I rarely read the news in detail. I only scan it to see what’s going on in the world. The Delta variant is reeking havoc in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and so many other places. Australia has experienced multiple lockdowns, New Zealand has locked down its entire country when one case appeared, and many states in the U.S. are experiencing surges in COVID cases again. Protests and civil unrest is high around the globe as people fight back against quarantines, mask mandates, vaccine passports, and all the rest.

Here’s an educational video about Pandemics and how they are labeled “over” by health experts.

My folks and I are staying right where we have been–in a pseudo lockdown. My Mom will be 78 and my Dad is 83. Both have underlying conditions. We have all been vaccinated, but are still mindful of how crazy this new variant is. We will be getting the booster when it comes out, and only go out to shop for necessities. We still order in and have meals delivered. The county we live in is at an all time high for COVID cases–more now than the version of COVID that hit us in 2020. Things are opened up here, but we are still careful about things, because we want to do all we can to avoid this thing if at all possible.

I hope you enjoy today’s video. I enjoy TedEd, because the videos are short, yet highly informative. I hope each of you and your families avoid this nasty thing, and do whatever you believe is right for your personal set of circumstances.

Until next time…

Dave