In our isolation-cation, we are staying at airbnbs. This one has a nice view, and many nice reading choices. I read a book on Haida Gwaii, which is a Canadian archipelago roughly the size of Lebanon, about which I had no clue. It's nice to have bonus airbnb reading. However...
Some reading might not be ideal for guests. I present to you: Discovering the Mind of a Woman, 2005 study guide!
Now, before you toss your oatmeal across the room, I'll summarize this book for you:
- First and foremost, it's all about Christianity and being more "Jesus-like". This book actually argues that god sees women as equal, or at least useful.
- The novel concept here is that wives (and we're only talking about married heteros here) do not like men to be complete jerks. Most of the book explains to men examples of being a jerk, and explains why they're jerks, as shown.
- To be Jesus-like, you should be nice to your wife.
Now, I'm certainly not aware of how Jesus treated women (which disciples were female?), and I'm not gonna read up on this, but that might be because I have the wrong attitude.
Speaking of women, you know what they should do? Pray! Now, I didn't read this one, but fun fact: Stormie Omartian used to date Steve Martin before she married hubby Omartian - presumably because of his awesome name. Or maybe he just wasn't the best "father, leader and decision-maker". I don't know.
So, if the Woman's mind & prayers may not be ideal airbnb reading, it gets worse. Pretty much anything by an author whose occupation is listed as "conspiracy theorist" isn't considered fun vacation reading. In case you were curious, Dinesh D'Souza was pardoned by Trump for an election fraud felony in support of Trump, has been accused of domestic violence, and has other writings and opinions too offensive to mention.
So onto to something more light and fun! How about cleansing? Carlson Wade was one of the pioneers of health fad quackery, inspiring celebrities like Dr. Oz for decades to come! But, fun fact, he started his career with titles such as Sexual Deviations of the American Female and The Troubled Sex, which are as bad as they sound.
Inner Cleansing has a lot of great solutions for sludge! Cure asthma with alternate nostril breathing - it gets the "sludge" out of your lungs!
Got blood pressure problems? Sludge in your arteries! Munch on raw garlic, and it will solve your personal problems too!
This book even tells you have to clean out "ear sludge" and "eye sludge"! It's so complete, I was surprised that he wrote 22 more books, including
Eat Away Illness, and
Bible Healing Foods!
Anyway, can't talk now, gotta go drink a cabbage.
Let's end with some of my faves: Trinny and Susannah's book, apparently titled:
What can you change wear your life (see shirts). Now, I get that people like watching humans get humiliated, damaged, and "made over" on "reality TV", although I've never understood why. However, in a written format, this comes across as yet another "how women need to do stuff differently because gender" book.
There were a few in the series. Here, Trinny and Suze show us how to organize our lives while harming our foot structure. As wealthy fashion insulters, they're qualified.
All you need to do to be happy is work harder, clean your house more, write more things down, raise perfect children, cook delicious healthy meals, look great, have a social life, enjoy true love, find time for yourself, meditate, have confidence and never feel insufficient!
During Isolation-cation, Barry and I went out to do the sports, and get the fitnesses!
To make it sportier, and possibly more Scandinavian (unclear, difficult to verify, too lazy to ask Scandinavian friends), we jumped into the snow first. Once was enough.
Winter sports can bring out your snow face: here is Barry's:
