Good posture also helps you breathe better, which can help you feel more energized and concentrate better. Your diaphragm doesn't work right when you sit hunched over, so your breath gets more shallow.
If you ever need to talk a lot for work or some other reason, good posture is essential so your voice sounds good and doesn't get tired too easily.
And it helps strengthen your core, which is good for balance and other things.
I know it's not an ideal picture, but I still liked looking at it :)
They must be something to see on a sunny day.
Are these the birds in the picture? I think I see the yellow on the wings, but not the red face. Striking little guys!
I like his earlier stuff when I'm in the mood for psychological horror. Carrie, The Shining, Cujo, Pet Sematary, The Green Mile.
The Dark Tower wasn't for me. I agree with the other person who thought it was a slog.
Lisey's Story is OK. I like the idea of it, but it's taking me a while to finish it.
The Mr. Mercedes trilogy is a nice, fluffy read if you like detective stories.
Pünktchen is a very cute and fitting name.
Und doch verbleibt er die flauschige Zicke die ich immer lieben werde.
I love this sentence and your translation "sir floofs-a-lot." He looks too cute to be a jerk, but I guess appearances can be deceiving :)
And wealthy or well-connected. If you're poor, you don't necessarily have much of a chance.
The link is a long read, but interesting. The story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas in 2004 for supposedly setting a fire that killed his three kids.
In December, 2004, questions about the scientific evidence in the Willingham case began to surface. Maurice Possley and Steve Mills, of the Chicago Tribune, had published an investigative series on flaws in forensic science; upon learning of Hurst’s report, Possley and Mills asked three fire experts, including John Lentini, to examine the original investigation. The experts concurred with Hurst’s report. Nearly two years later, the Innocence Project commissioned Lentini and three other top fire investigators to conduct an independent review of the arson evidence in the Willingham case. The panel concluded that “each and every one” of the indicators of arson had been “scientifically proven to be invalid.”
OK, we need a name for this new (bread) roll. Suggestions?
Seed thingy-wingy.*
Little crunchy-munchy.*
Why not just "whole grain roll"?
*These are made-up words that are almost impossible to translate. They're supposed to sound ridiculous. I went with the first thing that came to mind.
Beautiful! What city is that near? And do you know if the mountains are always that red?
The Scythians had reverence for the stag, which was one of the most common motifs in their artwork, especially at funeral sites. The swift animal was believed to speed the spirits of the dead on their way to the afterlife.
Fascinating, especially how many different animals are carved on it. I wonder who this would have belonged to.
Facebook's machine translation isn't great. There's nothing here that's even remotely close to the word for "machete." But the translator might have lost its mind because "Kauz" was misspelled (there's no "t" in it). And sometimes unique names make the computer go crazy.
I couldn't find any info about this particular owl, but my best guess would be some kind of conservation program. There are quite a few of those (for all kinds of animals) in the German-speaking countries.
This particular place is a nature park and raptor rescue near Frankfurt. Very cute little owl!
And the newer threads (from the last 1-2 years) often just aren't that helpful. Lots of people who don't know what they're talking about, or comment just to say they have the same problem.
I can usually get a helpful answer by trying a couple search engines or just fighting with Google, but it takes longer than it should sometimes.