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Food

True vs. Aspirational, aka Has Been True in the Past vs. Could Be True in the Future

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I was preparing my daily smoothie and this happened.  The song lyrics “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” started going through my head.  I haven’t heard this song in ages.  I don’t own it or seek it out.  No idea why this was happening.  But as I frequently do, I had to analyze the lyrics for truthfulness.  My mind says to me, is that true that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger?  Doesn’t seem true.  Sometimes it leaves you permanently disfigured.  But, I countered, what if believing that phrase helps you buck up in the face of adversity.  If that’s the case, believing the phrase might make it come true.

I am often at mental war between my rational side and my intuitive side.  In this case, I think the lyrics are helpful for personal aid but crap when it comes to social policy.

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Ah!!! I just understood why I was thinking of those lyrics.  I had used my little finger to wipe off the rim of the yogurt container after I poured some yogurt into the blender and I was wondering if I had washed my hands after I had come in from walking the dog. If by chance I hadn’t, I was trying to remember what I might have touched outside and if it was likely to be infected with the flu or measles. To comfort myself in case I had touched something AND not washed my hands, I was telling myself that maybe getting more germs would make me stronger.  Then the song lyrics flooded in.

This is what happens when I don’t distract myself with podcasts.

Culture, Food

Olá Brasil! Obrigado pela sua visita. Como você chegou aqui?*

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If you have a blog on wordpress, a fun way to waste time is to look at the statistics of who is viewing your pages.  I noticed that 18% of my views are coming from Brazil, the second ranking country after America at  53%.  I love that I have visitors from all over the globe and especially Brazil because I traveled there and it is a super cool country.

I visited Salvador Bahia which is in the northern part of the country on the coast.  What I remember the most are the beautiful beaches. Below is an image from Morro de Sao Paulo, an island with no cars.  Pedestrian heaven on earth.

Morro_de_Sao_Paulo_89Brazil has a very advanced beach culture. You can roll up to a city beach with nothing but your bathing suit and rent or purchase any desired item: chair, umbrella, floating noodle, hacky sack, volleyball, beer, peanuts, ice-cream, fruit and water. All these amenities are easy to access, they aren’t in some ugly prefab building 3 footballs fields away.  Vendors are constantly walking around with yummy treats.  My impression is that people really like hanging out at the beach together and through committed trail and error they have perfected the process.

I love going to the ocean and am super lucky to live near it.  I don’t begrudge the need to bring everything with me, it beats not being there, but I wish I could grab a few Bolinhos de peixe at a grass hut before I go home.

*Hello Brazil! Thank you for visiting. How did you get here?