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Paris

Paris.  Beirut.  So many places.  Feels wrong to mourn one, but not all.  It's human nature, I guess. We mourn for the familiar, the nearby.  But, we also mourn for the wealthy and the beautiful.  That's sad.  Let's remember our common humanity and mourn the victims of terrorism wherever they are.           Paris, je t'aime.

To Sleep, Perchance

"Hi, my name is Lori, and I am a stomach sleeper. " The first step is admitting I have a problem. When I was 10, my friend Debbie told me at a sleep-over that if I slept on my stomach, I would never grow boobs.  This upset me greatly, but I couldn't fall asleep any other way.  Well, Debbie, I don't know where you are today, but you could not have been more wrong. Stomach sleeping makes finding the right pillow a nightmare. After a lengthy search,  and a lot of misfires, I ended up buying  this  one, the Dr. Maas Sleep for Success pillow for stomach and back sleepers from Bed Bath and Beyond, and it's the best $50 I've spent in ages.  It's just thin enough, and just sturdy enough, that my neck is getting the support it needs, at last.  Now, on to the other reasons I rarely get a good night's sleep. I try to go to bed at a reasonable hour, but it hardly ever works out. Last Thursday, I tried to get to sleep by 10PM.  On my way to the bedroom, I