Lady Sunday
Bio
I'm a self-publishing author of fiction and I love to research and write creative non-fiction.
Stories (60/0)
Toxic Relationships
Not everyone has had toxic relationships with close family members. Some people are lucky and have lovely supportive parents, even if they are divorced. I am one of those unlucky women, with a history of toxicity, a pattern I have tried my whole life to break. It would seem easy to do, but the domestic violence psychology I learned as a teenager has held true: victims are more likely to find themselves re-victimized.
By Lady Sunday5 years ago in Humans
Google+ Is Shutting down by August 2019
Due to the security breach that exposed half a million Google users private data, Google Plus is closing down. Google+ launched in 2011 and promised to be decent competition for rivals Facebook and Twitter. In 2015 it started to wind down most of the consumer functions, citing its failure to catch on backed by their reports that most users only stayed on for 5 seconds or less. I love Google+ and so do many of it's other users! We definitely stay on for more than 5 seconds at a time. One thing is the lack of engagement. You can like and share without feeling so much pressure to comment. It has become a favorite for photographers, who have communities and collections of food, historical sites, people, animals, bugs, fish, the Ocean, or whatever else floats your boat! It's so calming to click on my feed there and see all the pics of nature and animal shares posted in the collections and communities I follow. Someone who speaks a different language can post a comment. Then I can click a button to translate, and even respond back that I agree, the cat refusing to let that pizza slice go IS super cute! Not like I have, but I could if I wanted to. So, because a few private user accounts, that supposedly weren't even used, had been laced with a security breach bug, and Google Vice President Ben Smith says there is a 'low usage' of the social network, it's time for us to say 'Good-Bye Google Plus'?
By Lady Sunday5 years ago in 01
Uranus in Taurus
God of the Sky, Uranus The seventh rock from our sun is Uranus. It was first discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel, with the aid of his telescope. Believing it to be a comet or meteor, Herschel tried unsuccessfully to name it after King George III. It was two years later when astronomer Johann Elert Bode took a look-see through his own telescope, suggested it must be a planet and named it after the Greek god of the sky, Uranus.
By Lady Sunday6 years ago in Futurism
When Our Earth Stops Spinning
If our Earth stopped spinning quickly, two important elements of our planet would continue their movements: The crust of the Earth can move hundreds of miles a day and would continue this pattern, and our atmosphere (jet stream, oceans, weather) would wipe the surface of our planet with enormous intensity. Both would clear the landscape and kill all life—or most of it, anyway! I wonder if there's a possibility that this is why there's no Atlantis and Egypt is no longer a jungle. Have we ever swiftly slowed down before? Scientists don't believe so.
By Lady Sunday6 years ago in Futurism
'The Strangers: Prey at Night'
I just finished watching The Strangers, starring Liv Tyler, on Netflix. My first and only time watching it was ten years ago. Back then, I had given it kind of low marks and hadn't seen it since. When I re-watched it, I still got the same feeling that it was too much of a classy, adult version of The Charles Manson Family taking over at Camp Crystal Lake on Friday the 13th. I've always been a huge Jason fan and in my opinion, Jason Voorhees and his mom would have run through them and taken the Camp back, of course! The Strangers leaves me with too many unanswered questions, at the end especially. I feel other horror films at least TRY to give clues away! I never got that "AHA" moment, there was no carrot dangling, and no "There's going to be a sequel" when it ended, so finding there was a sequel was a pleasant surprise for me.
By Lady Sunday6 years ago in Horror
'The Elder Scrolls VI'
Game Synopsis: Open world, one-player, RPG A Brief History of Elder Scrolls The Elder Scrolls originally came from a 1990s PC video game design, called Arena, for Medieval Gladiator tournament fighting to become Grand Champion. During development of Arena, some side quests were added, as well as RPG elements, locations with cities and dungeons that were separate from Arena Tournaments. The emphasis began to come away from the original design concept. Which tends to be pretty normal when you get a bunch of game designers together!
By Lady Sunday6 years ago in Gamers
Bug and Pest Defense the Natural Way
I hate bugs! Spiders, mosquitos, snakes, ants, and every other pest that can invade my comfort space! Here are some easy, peasy ways to keep these pests at bay from your living space! Most can be found right in the Gardening section of Walmart, or online at Home Depot. Maybe you've seen some of my suggested plants at your local Farmers Market?
By Lady Sunday6 years ago in Lifehack
Top 5 Horror Movies
Did you know Horror movies are great for first dates? For instance, the chemicals our brains release when we fall in love happen to be the same exact chemicals released when we get scared! With that fun fact, here are my top five Horror favorites! They were all based on actual events, so they're a great conversation starter! Single and happy? Well, I guarantee these will make you want to sleep with the lights on! And maybe get your dog, cat, stuffed animal, or even a body pillow to cuddle with...
By Lady Sunday6 years ago in Horror
Openbook: Our Quest for a Safer Social Media Experience
I have had a Facebook account since 2009. Before then, I used Myspace for connecting with family and friends. I didn't even set up my first Myspace page. A friend did it in 2006 using a picture of me she had taken with her cellphone. Surprising me, she called me from her lunchbreak at work to give me my new account password. At the time, I don't think I even had an email, so she set me up with that as well. I was in no way shape or form 'internet savvy' at the time. I thanked her and that was my introduction to the 'social media challenge!'
By Lady Sunday6 years ago in 01
The Starless Planet
My name is Thana. I stand near the window in the living room of my space pod, so I can gaze out at the looming planet that is closing distance to us. We have been planning to populate the starless world for 1,000 years. That’s the length of time it has taken for it to reach the edges of our solar system, from where ever it came from. It was first spotted in 2018, when I was still a small child. I was still all human. When it was first spotted, we knew it was once orbiting a star that exploded. It still gave off radiation and produced its own Aurora Borealis. When particles hit its magnetic upper atmosphere, the bright blue glow lit up the dull brown globe. It was like an ocean wave on a shallow beach. When the frothy seawater pulls back, it reveals the sandy shore. The starless planet is still spinning, like a caged bird who finally escaped captivity. We never did name it, but the starless planet has a Moon in orbit that we call Aeron. Astronomers had released the videos to express their amazement that they could capture such phenomenon. Our newest telescopes were able to see billions of light years away.
By Lady Sunday6 years ago in Futurism
Mysterious Radio Signals Detected from Deep Space
How do scientists tell the difference between the frequencies of another galaxy, or when a star explodes, from intelligent life? The official jury is still out, trying to make heads or tails of the evidence collected. The Green Bank Telescope, in West Virginia, picked up signals that scientists call 'FRB 121102' and they originate from a Dwarf Galaxy some 3 billion light years away. It's the first recurring FRB to date!
By Lady Sunday6 years ago in Futurism