Today’s story is unusual for me as it has nothing to do with politics. When I do write about politics I try to offer a different slant on a subject than what everyone else is talking or writing about. Yesterday I praised the New York Daily News for their terrific Trump pee brain cover, only later to find out HuffPost had a similar story.
My morning ritual while waking up with strong home ground coffee from whole beans is to watch MSNBC and peruse online websites for stories on politics and many other topics. I put links to stories I like, along with excerpts, on my blog.
Almost every day I get an idea for a story to write and put on Daily Kos ( 500 stories and counting).
I think I suffer from hypergraphia:
Hypergraphia is a behavioral condition characterized by the intense desire to write or draw. Forms of hypergraphia can vary in writing style and content. Wikipedia
Sometimes I find little gems of websites I never knew existed by following links. For example, when I thought I'd put something in this post about needing coffee to wake up I found this story "Benefits Of Coffee: What Your Brain Does On Caffeine" Thus I found an interesting health-related blog called Bulletproof which Kossacks might be interested in.
Here's another example of finding new interesting websites by following links. The story was republished today on the progressive popular website Salon. While I am primarily interested in political articles I generally scroll down each website page, and this morning this story piqued my interest:
It originally came from The Conversation which I discovered has in-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics.
Here’s a chance to share your own morning ritual and also alert us to the gems of websites you have discovered.