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Dreamshaping: Seeds of Doubt
Enjoy an audio small plate. Her name is Bella, and she’ll be your server today.
It’s never too early to doubt yourself. While that’s unlikely to be spoken by the most advanced two-year-old, it seems to be one of the earliest concepts we learn. We teeter on our tiny feet, attempting to walk for the first time. The giants in our lives encourage us, cheering us on to put one foot in front of the other, and then … we tumble. Our faces scrunch up. We probably cry. We wait awhile, looking for signs of approval, and we try again.
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Savvy Senior: Donating Your Body to Science
By Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
I am interested in possibly donating my body to science when I pass away. What can you tell me about this, and what would I need to do to set it up?
Getting Old
Dear Getting,
If you’re looking to help advance medical research, and in the process, eliminate your funeral and burial costs, donating your body to science is a great option to consider. Here’s what you should know.
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WondervoxAI Offers Voices to Choose From (Including Your Own!)
WondervoxAI offers an array of voice options to choose from. You can listen to some of them below (there are more, just ask). Or, let us clone your voice! Sound strange? Once you’ve heard an AI clone of your voice, you’ll be amazed at the technology. And you won’t be concerned. Your voice is your voice. WondervoxAI will never use it for anything you haven’t approved, and it will never be shared outside the work we do for you. So check out these voices, and imagine them speaking for your blogs, podcast inserts, articles, columns, or any other narration needs you have. We also do audio mixing! Sound effects, music under the narration, splicing … you ask for it, we provide in most cases.
Anthony
Josh
Rachel
Bella
Mark (that’s me!)
And here’s the text they’re narrating …
Life as we experience it is the ultimate lucid dream—those dreams in which we become aware that we’re dreaming. We look around us in the dream we’re having, and we understand within the dream that we have the power to create it, frame by frame.
What is the shape of your dream, its landscape? What are the things you want in your dream, and, just as importantly, what are the things you want out of it? The toxins, habits and obstacles that limit what you imagine for yourself? The objective is not to reach the end of it—for all dreams end—but to experience it while we’re dreaming, and to know we are not powerless. We’re the set designer! The casting director. The author, the publisher, the camera operator, the conductor. All of it.
All things are of the substance of dreams. Feel the substance in your hands. Shape it to your liking.
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The Twist #218: Combat Queens, Monks in Heels, and the Latest in Resistance Wear
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we catch fire stoking the resistance, chat about regional foods, salute the combat queens, and scan the heinous headlines.
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Back in Wide Distribution – Save Even More and Buy Direct!
After doing very well as a Kindle Unlimited exclusive publisher the last several months, I’ve released several of my books ‘wide,’ as we say. You can find me at Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and my own Payhip storefront where you’ll save even more!
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Book Review: Code Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER, by Farzon A. Nahvi, M.D
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm SexCode Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER, by Farzon A. Nahvi, M.D.
c.2023, Simon & Schuster $27.99 256 pagesYou know exactly who’s in charge here.
It’s the person in the white coat, a physician with a stethoscope around their neck and a packed pocketful of paper notes and pens. The white coat instantly gets your attention. It’s meant to quickly convey authority, and it does – so much so that you trust your very life to the person wearing it. In “Code Gray” by Farzon A. Nahvi, M.D., that white coat won’t leave you in the dark.
It was only supposed to be a friends-catching-up kind of text thread but for Farzon Nahvi and his colleagues around the country, the flurry of messages they exchanged during the pandemic became a lifeline. For each, it was good to know that their hospital’s reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic wasn’t the only one lacking.
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Bella DuBalle Fights Back Against Drag Bans (YouTube)
Bella DuBalle, a drag entertainer and the show host at Atomic Rose in Memphis, TN, explains how the new drag show ban law signed by Governor Bill Lee is affecting performers in the state, and what they are doing to fight back.
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Book Review: Code Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER, by Farzon A. Nahvi, M.D
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm SexCode Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER, by Farzon A. Nahvi, M.D.
c.2023, Simon & Schuster $27.99 256 pagesYou know exactly who’s in charge here.
It’s the person in the white coat, a physician with a stethoscope around their neck and a packed pocketful of paper notes and pens. The white coat instantly gets your attention. It’s meant to quickly convey authority, and it does – so much so that you trust your very life to the person wearing it. In “Code Gray” by Farzon A. Nahvi, M.D., that white coat won’t leave you in the dark.
It was only supposed to be a friends-catching-up kind of text thread but for Farzon Nahvi and his colleagues around the country, the flurry of messages they exchanged during the pandemic became a lifeline. For each, it was good to know that their hospital’s reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic wasn’t the only one lacking.
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The Weekly Readlines March 10
Now with a side of audio, brought to you by WondervoxAI
The Weekly Readlines (rhymes with headlines!) offers news you can use every Friday.
Say it ain’t so: Tennessee House passes bill eviscerating marriage equality, sealed with a kiss to SCOTUS.
Quote for the Week: “Drag queens are the Marines of the queer movement …And by the way, a social media post has never been as powerful as a registered vote.” – RuPaul
BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES
First the good news: Boston still rocks! Don’t believe me? Check out the Verb Hotel (my review here). It’s a great place to stay, filled with rock ‘n roll memorabilia without a trace of must or dust. And the golden tiger-patterned bathrobes are good enough to buy – which Frank did!
The fascist takeover by Republican legislatures continues across the country, with one vicious bill after another gleefully torturing all who beg to differ. Trans kids and their families are living with particular terror, as Florida gets set to take the children from their parents, even if the kids have been moved to another state for their own protection. Annie got her gun, that’s all I’ll say.
LGBTQ+ HEADLINES
988 Suicide Prevention Line Ramps Up LGBTQI+ Chat, Text Services
Bloomberg Law NewsThe Anti-Drag Bill Passed In Tennessee Is Straight From History’s Playbooks
NPRIowans Stage Massive Rally Against Anti-LGBTQ Bills
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The Weekly Readlines March 10
Now with a side of audio, brought to you by WondervoxAI
The Weekly Readlines (rhymes with headlines!) offers news you can use every Friday.
Say it ain’t so: Tennessee House passes bill eviscerating marriage equality, sealed with a kiss to SCOTUS.
Quote for the Week: “Drag queens are the Marines of the queer movement …And by the way, a social media post has never been as powerful as a registered vote.” – RuPaul
BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES
First the good news: Boston still rocks! Don’t believe me? Check out the Verb Hotel (my review here). It’s a great place to stay, filled with rock ‘n roll memorabilia without a trace of must or dust. And the golden tiger-patterned bathrobes are good enough to buy – which Frank did!
The fascist takeover by Republican legislatures continues across the country, with one vicious bill after another gleefully torturing all who beg to differ. Trans kids and their families are living with particular terror, as Florida gets set to take the children from their parents, even if the kids have been moved to another state for their own protection. Annie got her gun, that’s all I’ll say.
LGBTQ+ HEADLINES
988 Suicide Prevention Line Ramps Up LGBTQI+ Chat, Text Services
Bloomberg Law NewsThe Anti-Drag Bill Passed In Tennessee Is Straight From History’s Playbooks
NPRIowans Stage Massive Rally Against Anti-LGBTQ Bills
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Hear ye! Hear ye! My Cloned Voice Welcomes You to WondervoxAI
One step at a time … Welcome to WondervoxAI, “The sounds of your dreams.”
This is my own voice, cloned to use for narration. I’m excited to get into this, and given the rapid advances in this technology, I know great things are coming.
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The Twist Podcast #217: Back from Boston, Madonna Flashbacks, Grocery Therapy, and a New Guest Listicle!
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose we catch up after Mark’s whirlwind trip to Boston, hear Rick’s headlines and headaches, and enjoy a new guest listicle from the University of Iowa’s Lauren Swanson.