News Of The Week Roundup: Week 10, 2021
Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 01:10PM
Did you remember to spring your clocks forward overnight? The days are getting longer now - more daylight! Spring is but a week away!
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan's interview with Oprah Winfrey: Five questions left unanswered. https://t.co/Vl4FVMN1fa
— ABC News (@ABC) March 14, 2021
President Biden held his first prime time televised address to mark the COVID-19 anniversary and to announce the passage of his landmark relief bill. The address was held exactly one year to the day that President Trump addressed the nation in prime time to talk about the pandemic.
BREAKING: President Biden is expected to call for all U.S. adults to be eligible to receive the vaccine no later than May 1; will announce that the U.S. could be on track to reach a sense of normalcy by Independence Day. https://t.co/EMqaTIgO5g
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 12, 2021
On March 12, 2020, four arena concerts took place across the country - the last night of multiple, large-scale indoor shows in the U.S. One year later, performers, fans and behind-the-scenes workers look back on one of the strangest nights of music ever. https://t.co/Qb3Edm5b5Q
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) March 12, 2021
U.S. reaches COVID-19 vaccine milestone of 100 million shots https://t.co/hchHMTp9cc
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 14, 2021
And some football news: Dak Prescott scores the highest signing bonus in NFL history when inking his deal with the Dallas Cowboys.
Cowboys are giving Dak Prescott a four-year, $160 million deal, including a record $126 million guaranteed, source tells ESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 8, 2021
The first three years average $42 million per year.
I know we have a lot of current and former smokers here. I thought this was very important news to share:
Millions more smokers and ex-smokers should receive free, annual screenings for lung cancer, a federally appointed task force says https://t.co/86RT7sKCIZ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 9, 2021
And I leave you with this:
Celebrating 41 years of On Through the Night 🌕 On March 14, 1980 On Through the Night was released in the UK 🤘 Let us know - which track from this album is your favorite? pic.twitter.com/3egPUNCGXn
— Def Leppard (@DefLeppard) March 14, 2021
Reader Comments (10)
Smoking, ah smoking. 30+ years, two stents, and a myriad of other issues. Though it might surprise some of you--Bkallday, you keep quiet!!!--I am a fairly smart person. But I am also an addict. I won't stop. And I know that. So I know that I cast my die (and I love the dark humor in that pun, even if I likely won't enjoy the punchline, when it comes). So I am going to engage in one of the timeless maxims of rockers and rollers: do as I say, not as I do. DON'T EVER SMOKE. EVER.
A person who is intelligent knows when they are being dumb. And I know that I have given in to something that will kill me. So . . . just . . . don't. You and your loved ones will thank me later (though I likely won't be around to accept it). Nuff sed.
You have a brilliant mind and I admire you like crazy. I know it won't mean much to you coming from someone you've never met, but I beg you to stop while you can.
It seems to me we have lost too many wonderful people in this world who were smokers. EVH (most recently), George Harrison, David Bowie, Patrick Swayze, etc. I think lung and other smoking related cancers played a part in their early demises.
Not to mention the mother of my BFF who passed at 58 from smoking induced lung cancer. Or my childhood friend who passed from lung cancer in his thirties, and was only a smoker for a couple of years in his teens.
And if you choose not to quit, because that is your choice of course and your right, I hope you are like my dear old dad, who smoked multiple packs a day and was around until 86.
I just care, that's all. Sorry to vent. And forgive me for lecturing. That isn't my intent.
I hope you took what I said in a positive way. I am sorry and I probably should have kept quiet. But i do care very much. Plus I'm a mom so i find i just can't keep quiet sometimes when I really should.
You are one of a number of folks here that I do feel I know, thanks to Allyson's work on this site over the years. And those connections actually mean something to me.
Take care my good friend.
I quit Labor Day of last year.
After smoking on and off since the age of 14, take it from me ... You can do it ...
Just cut back to a few a day, to every other day, then become a Weekend Warrior and finally quit.
Or just out and out quit ... If you drink booze, quit that, too! ... It makes it easier ... If you can go three weeks without a cigarette, your good to go ... You can even go back to drinking after that three weeks but not too much or you’ll break down and light up ...
Just realize, you’ll be even more of an argumentative pain in the a*s than you already are now during that period of withdrawal ... Then, you will be free!
Good luck with it and don’t hesitate to reach out if you are tempted to light up again or worse, break down and have one! ... Just don’t beat yourself up about it too much ... Leave that to me, haha!!
p.s. Favorite “On Through The Night” track: “Rocks Off”, of course!
And good for you for quitting. I know it is not an easy thing to do. But yay for you. Nice job!