“You are old, Father William,” the young man said, “and your hair has become very white; and yet you incessantly stand on your head – do you think, at your age, it is right?”
In my youth,” Father William replied to his son, “I feared it might injure the brain; but now that I’m perfectly sure I have none, why, I do it again and again.”
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865)
Resolve to be a ball of fire tomorrow, rather than, metaphorically, a damp clammy dishrag. It all depends on one’s incentive to do the right thing at the right time.
Drinking at least two cups of coffee a day could decrease the risk of death from cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.
Coffee is rich in polyphenols, a group of compounds with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity which can be divided according to their chemical structure into flavonoids and non-flavonoids.
Copperplate engraving on paper, hand colored from the Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica (Amsterdam, 1660)
Channel fear into action (paradoxical intention)
Let the channeling begin: ACTION!
The more the district’s borders deviate from a circle, the greater the possibility that the district has been redrawn to suit partisan ends.
These are the 9 counties of the Bay Area.
The Golden Gate Bridge stretches across water connecting Marin & San Francisco Counties.
The Delta flows into the bay between Solano & Contra Costa Counties.
City of San Jose is in Santa Clara County; Matt Mahan is the Mayor.
Of course I can get through the day without coffee. But let’s all be thankful that today is not the day we find out what that would be like.
Nanea Hoffman
