So, you've heard about ASMR (unless you live under a rock) and may even be annoyed at the tsunami by now. BUT. As someone with ASMR since forever, I recently discovered I also have "Visual" ASMR. WTH. Do you without knowing it too? (The shivers all over one's scalp and neck are the giveaway.)
Reading about the "death" of Google-research leveraging web site traffic because AI now answers first and directly. Which today, following a question of mine, gave: "It's highly unlikely that Prince Andrew will resume public royal duties or visit Sainte-Rose, Laval, QC." Darn, I had hoped. Not. 🤷♀️🤷♀️
Trump has removed, or tried to, 3 women from leading roles in art institutions: Deborah Rutter at Kennedy Center, Carla Hayden at Library of Congress and now Sajet at Smithsonian. The same happened in military. I’m surprised women are not up in arms and making this front page news… :(
A first for me, tonight I came across a cookbook sold on Amazon and transparent (?) enough to list ChatGPT as a co-author. Just wow. Has anyone seen other books partly credited to AI? 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
For the best salads in Montreal, I always go to Mandy's. Their cookbook is on sale in Amazon Canada. Just saying.
#Montreal #desserts Trompe l’oeil pastries from ÔFauria in Laval, maybe 1 of 3 shops in Greater Montreal to follow the trend re-started by Cedric Grolet in France. Expensive ($19 each!) but really cool and delish. I took macaron lessons from chef Faure, happy to see the place was packed. ofauria.com
Willing to take on anybody about which city makes the best bagels (Montreal, duh) and who invented poutine. As you can see, my expertise is quite gastronomical.
Lol. I would never have got that comparison if I wasn’t playing NYT’s Connections game…
The White House before and after. My, an image really is worth a thousand words. In plated gold, obvs. 🙈
Rosanna by Toto. I just can’t. No insight, there are surely worse songs out there but shackles raised every time.
´The man in black fled across the desert, and Mrs. Dalloway followed.´
Publisher breathing down my neck. That’s real whining… 😏
Lol, there’s a book coming out in October, I’ll circle back and share it for free with pleasure (they take 10 minutes, literally). Who knew! 🤷♀️
#whatscooking Testing for new cookbook, pesto and parmesan flaky pastry straws. So easy it’s a wonder I never made these sooner (with store-bought pastry, let’s be real). 🍽️🍜
The plate. 🙈🤢
Fun: ask Chat what it knows about you from interactions. «You prefer in-depth explanations rather than simplified ones. Your writing shows strong skills in investigation, fact-checking, and conceptual depth. You value precision, elegance, thoughtful articulation.» Oh, and I like melancholic music! 🙈
Beyond the human and legal story, what fascinates are frankly the Hollywood production values. It feels very Orwelian for the 21st C, a contrived spectacle of political manipulation. Knowing that those it’s intended for don’t see the manipulation and only feel triumphant and vindicated. Scary.
Beautiful. Morris is a favourite of mine, but I didn’t know Morgan. Thank you.
This AI-generated short story by OpenAI is controversial for implicitely revealing it HAS been training on copyright fiction. It’s also so good it hurts on every level. Our world just turned on a dime. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Sans mot - puisqu’il les énonce tous. (To American friends, go to YouTube, put caption and listen to what Europe is saying, it’s a lesson and a blueprint.) youtu.be/G-lh0TUTtvI?...
This guy has seen too many bad mafia movies. And he’s president. Everyday hits a new low, doesn’t it.
I missed that. Wow. #elbowsup
Today’s “business” people go online, find contract templates and copy from each just in case. When my husband renewed his warehouse lease with new owners, they handed him a 44 page lease with $200k penalties (if you understood the import). Took a lawyer and 6 months to whittle it down to 7 pages…
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...
Or brush their teeth (never, which I, just, can’t).
She’ll always be. It hurts too much now but one day, the thought will make you smile and you’ll know you’re going to be ok and grateful. Which is what she would want based on your posts about D. Take care.
Oh didn’t capture, not a camera girlie. But owls perch at the top of this tall tree behind our house, on this long dead branch, and you see their silhouettes against the sky. Magical. Too far up unless you have a pro camera. My talents are limited to occasional ducks in the pool & visiting turkeys…
I looove so many birds and I have a teen who is crazy about birds of prey, so I hear about them a lot and almost get into car accidents when he suddenly yells: "Mom, look, an eagle!" That said, this is probably my guy... I've seen one in the wild, I could never not gasp out loud.
Ah men
Presque des Canadiens, oui. Et le sourire narquois qui dit: If you get it, you get it. If you don’t, I don’t care. Lol.