You learn something new everyday: what did you learn today?

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the older you get, the less cushioning your joints provide. my bike has a rear suspension and a 3" gel seat and even that is not enough to filter out the jarring jolting impacts of the bumps and ruts of the country roads I pedal on. so I had to jerry-rig a couple more foam cushions to put in between the seat and my tuckas, to make the ride tolerably smooth for my aging bones.

That apparently there's this new thing called "the belly-button challenge" where if you can reach around your back and touch your belly-button with your fingertips, you're supposedly at a healthy weight i.e. thin. I think most people who are unable do this can still be a healthy weight, and it's yet another thing to induce self-hating. And if I tried to do it I would probably dislocate my arm, and challenges I know I'm going to fail I don't need to take, right?

that ecstasy raises serotonin levels through the roof

it also turns off the male's hydraulics.

That rats "giggle" when tickled.

That owning a cat can decrease your chances of having a heart attack by one-third.
I have two kitties, so I guess I don't have to worry much about clogging my arteries.

a mixture of 2-3 grams of l-citruline and 100mg of pycnogenol, daily, works nearly as well as a low-dose of Viagra.

How to make oven baked summer squash fries. They were pretty good, but too salty. I'll know for next time!

That I should probably never try to cook a whole chicken ever again.

learned anew, that a night owl cannot quickly become a morning lark.

I learned how to make French fries.

I learned I am not very good at making people feel welcome.

^^^

some days are diamonds, some days are stones.