Sasha Alexander - Videos - Filmography
I believe life takes us where we need to be. Embrace it.
This weekend is about college graduations for many young adults. From parties and plans to caps tossed skyward, proud families cheering, and the hopeful energy of a new chapter beginning.
My grandson Matthew - who graduated from Tulane last May - returned for the 2026 graduation of one of his closest friends ... and a great reunion. After a gap year working in Medicine - Matthew will continue on with his dream to be a doctor - at Boston University starting this summer.
For many graduates - the path ahead is already taking shape with a first job offer or acceptance into graduate school. For others, however, commencement day arrives alongside the harsh realities of today's job market, rising living costs, student loan payments, and growing uncertainty about how artificial intelligence may reshape careers across nearly every profession.
From business and journalism to law, healthcare, education, film, design, and technology, AI is rapidly transforming the workplace. Many graduates are entering industries where automation, algorithms, and machine learning are already changing how work is performed.
In some cases, artificial intelligence is already replacing many of the entry-level and support positions that were once available to recent graduates, creating concerns about fewer opportunities to gain experience and establish a career foundation. Some fear entire job categories may eventually disappear, while others worry that companies will increasingly prioritize AI-driven efficiency over human talent.
At the same time, artificial intelligence is creating entirely new opportunities and redefining what skills will matter most in the future. Adaptability, creativity, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and human connection are becoming just as valuable as technical expertise. The challenge for this generation is learning how to work alongside rapidly evolving technology rather than compete against it.
A diploma still represents years of sacrifice, determination, sleepless nights, and financial investment. Yet graduation today is no longer simply the finish line - it is the beginning of navigating a world changing faster than ever before. Many young adults are stepping into careers that may look dramatically different within just a few years.
Still, there is something timeless and inspiring about graduation season. It reflects resilience, ambition, and hope despite uncertainty. Every generation faces defining challenges, and this one enters adulthood at the intersection of economic pressure, technological revolution, and shifting ideas about work and success.
For graduates of any age - it is important to remember that careers rarely unfold in a straight line. Some of the most meaningful opportunities emerge unexpectedly through persistence, reinvention, and the courage to adapt. In an era increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence, the human qualities that machines cannot truly replicate - empathy, imagination, intuition, and lived experience - may become more valuable than ever.
In our simulated reality that is quickly moving to its final destination (designation) - the one thing we can count on is that everything is quickly evolving not just from year to year - but by it's very design - from minute to minute. Change is not only part of the equation for graduates but for everyone.
Saturday night I dreamed about this event or ... watched it while my conscious mind was asleep here.
Generally I am not a lucid dreamer but I always remember when I am observing events in a dream vs participating for emotional value.
Ongoing events in the grids are never-ending stories intertwined through the matrix of space and time for review and experience.
I woke up remembering this event. Hours later I read this ...
As many of you know from past posts - I'm a big fan of country music - a favorite of my daddy - so I grew up listening to it on the radio and vinyl. I've also visited Nashville and hope to return.
The Academy of Country Music Awards continue to celebrate the heart and soul of country music - honoring the voices, stories, and songs that connect generations through emotion, resilience, heartbreak, and hope. Since beginning in 1966, the ACM Awards have become one of country music's most iconic nights, blending tradition with the evolving sound of modern Nashville.
This year's ceremony returns to the bright lights of Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, with legendary country superstar Shania Twain hosting for the first time.
Women are leading the nominations once again, reflecting a powerful moment in country music where both established legends and rising stars are redefining the genre with authenticity and fearless storytelling. Familiar artists include Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves, and Lainey Wilson - who represent the energy of country music today - where classic roots meet contemporary emotion and crossover appeal.
More than just an awards show, the ACM Awards reflect how country music continues to evolve while staying rooted in storytelling. Whether it's a quiet acoustic ballad, a stadium anthem, or a song about small-town memories and personal survival, country music remains one of the most emotionally direct genres in popular culture - and the ACM Awards celebrate that enduring connection year after year. The show will air on Prime Video.
Bulgaria wins Eurovision for the first time in its history CNN - May 16, 2026
Pop singer DARA from Bulgaria performed Bangaranga
in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2026 in Vienna, Austria.
Eurovision, the Eurovision Song Contest, is an international song competition organized annually by the European Broadcasting Union among its members, since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. Originally consisting of a single evening event, the contest has expanded as broadcasters from new countries joined. Read more ...
The United States does not compete in the Eurovision Song Contest because it is not part of the European Broadcasting Area, but U.S. viewers can watch and vote. In 2026, the contest was available to stream live on Peacock and YouTube, with US voters able to participate in the "Rest of the World" category.
Video: The Last Laugh CNN - May 17, 2026
There is something about late night talk shows that brings reality into perspective with a touch of humor and often with a lot of class. I record then watch Kimmel and Colbert the following day as time permits.
I will miss Colbert's monologue and his take on current events. I have one friend who says she gets her political news watching these two guys .. you know the two men who Trump wanted off the air - success with one, but so far, not the other. I also record weekly shows hosted by Jon Stewart and by Bill Maher.
Monday: "The Worst of the Late Show"
Tuesday: Jon Stewart, Steven Spielberg, David Byrne
Wednesday: Bruce Springsteen, Stephen takes the "Colbert Questionert"
Thursday: Stephen's final guest remains unknown, but many viewers are speculating it will be his first guest, George Clooney.
Astrophysicists use 'space archaeology' to trace the history of a spiral galaxy
Gravitational wave detectors can now 'autotune' signals to harmonize the heavens
Mars Rock Refused To Let Go of NASA's Curiosity Rover
NASA's Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Have Broken The Sound Barrier in Tests
James Webb Telescope Reveals the Universe's Hidden Cosmic Web in Stunning Detail
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NASA's Hubble reveals a giant chaotic planet nursery unlike anything seen before
James Webb telescope reveals the clearest map ever of the Universe's cosmic web
Stardust Trapped in Antarctic Ice Reveals Earth's Journey Through The Cosmos
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Came From a Place Nothing Like Our Solar System
This Magnetic Field Trick Creates Entirely New Forms of Matter
String theory is uniquely derived from basic assumptions about the universe, physicists show
Physicists Solve Major Challenge in Quantum Synchronization
Physicists discover quantum particles that break the rules of reality
The World's First Nuclear Explosion Forged an 'Impossible' Crystal - Clathrate
A Strange Quantum Effect May Explain One of Biology's Greatest Mysteries
An everyday sweetener offers a surprisingly powerful engine for transparent, stretchable electronics
Scientists Discover Hidden Materials That Could Transform Clean Energy and Batteries
Researchers Discover Efficient New Way To Split Hydrogen From Water for Energy
Scientists have finally cracked the hidden geometry behind how humans perceive color
AI has become a modern oracle - a source of guidance, emotional support or clarity in moments of uncertainty - though critics worry that they could lead to emotional dependence on the technology.
Now, we're seeing two forces - AI and occult practices - meeting in strange and fascinating ways. An increasing number of tarot readers, from novices to seasoned practitioners, have been turning to AI to help make sense of their tarot readings.
Scientists Build a Living AI Device Using Real Brain Cells
Study Reveals Dangerous Flaw in AI Symptom Checkers
JUPITER supercomputer breaks world record with 50-qubit quantum simulation
Forget Today's Wi-Fi: A New Light-Based Wireless System Just Reached 362 Gbps on Half the Power
Your brain has a shortcut for hard problems, and it starts by ignoring most of them
How the brain switches between older and newer memories
Inside the cerebellum, unique neurons predict the timing of future events
Scientists reversed memory loss by recharging the brain's tiny engines
New Stroke Study Challenges Decades-Old Medical Beliefs
New MRI Breakthrough Captures Stunningly Clear Images of the Eye and Brain
432Hz 'Brain Tuning' Is an Ancient Idea. Does It Actually Work?
Why Some Brains Switch Gears Faster Than Others
One Rare Condition Seems to Protect The Brain From Schizophrenia
Scientists discover the brain's hidden stop scratching switch
New Therapy Rewires the Brain To Restore Joy in Depression Patients
A measles outbreak crossed into Mexico from Texas. A larger tragedy followed
Latest Ebola outbreak an emergency of international concern, WHO declares
Yawning Is So Contagious You Can Catch It Before You're Born, Study Suggests
Scientists reverse Alzheimer's in mice with breakthrough nanotechnology
Multi-omics - Your blood may already know what illness comes next long before symptoms appear
Scientists Solve a 60-Year-Old Fat Cell Mystery - and It Changes What We Know About Obesity
Which Supplements Do Older Adults Actually Need? Here's What The Science Says
Scientists Discover Cheap Material - Unusual Sulfur-based Polymer - That Kills Deadly Superbugs
Hidden Heart Risk Found in 1 in 5 People, Study Warns
New Daily Steps Goal Shows You Don't Need 10,000 to Keep The Weight Off
Scientists Destroy COVID And Flu Viruses in The Lab With Sound Waves
That Haunted Feeling May Be Caused by a Sound You Can't Hear
Very gradually... I've been spring cleaning this year - my wardrobe and the other things we do as we segue from winter into summer which is my least favorite season. I hate heat and dread summer especially as climate change takes its toll everywhere.
No matter what 'guide' you use to predict the summer - from your crystal ball to meteorology - we know it's going to be hot. I googled the long-range forecast for the Northeast and this is what it said ...
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Current long-range forecasts are leaning toward a hotter-than-normal summer in the Northeast, with a higher likelihood of multiple heat waves, especially in July and August. Areas including New Jersey, New York, and much of New England are expected to trend above average in temperature. Bugger!
Years ago I considered taking a trip with a friend to see the Northern Lights - but life got in the way and it never happened. Meanwhile, clients in Alaska now report experiencing heat waves there too. Time to google again ...
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Scientists expect much of Alaska and the Arctic to remain unusually warm this summer, continuing a long-term warming trend that has accelerated dramatically in recent years. Bummer!
The talk on the street is we are going from below normal temperatures to heat hot and humid ... again.
One good thing about the upcoming summer - after 30 years there's finally no need for me to blog about climate change as almost everybody gets it and has stories to share.
It's kind of like simulation theories - events are increasing exponentially and there's no going back.
The only thing that still surprises me is people saying, "I never thought it would happen to me."
The weirdest story from last summer was a woman who had built her North Carolina home on stilts that extended into the ocean - then was shocked when her house fell into the sea. (Allegory moment).
So what's left of my 'spring cleaning'? It's more about checking the alignments of the multidimensional facets of my life with the universal design (blueprint, transcript, archetypes, grids, etc.).
Yep ... all is as it as it was written and on 'time". Thanks Z!
Scientists warn that the world's rivers are running out of oxygen
More than half of US faces worst drought in decades, says expert
A ‘super El Niño?’ Why it’s too early to forecast one with certainty, but not too soon to prepare
One in four 2026 World Cup games could face dangerous heat across North America
A Crucial Atlantic Current Is Weakening and Weather Could Change Worldwide
Rare volcanic ash emission detected from submarine volcano in Central Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
Strange 500-million-year-old marine fossils reveal a feeding strategy that still shapes oceans today
First Signatures of a Future Tectonic Split Are Bubbling Up In Zambia
Giant Squid Detected off Western Australia in Stunning Deep-Sea Discovery
Western Australia is edging toward desertification
Deep beneath Swiss Alps, researchers trigger 8,000 tiny quakes in controlled test
Ancient iceberg scratches reveal reverse Great Lakes snowbelt
Earth system AI closes data gaps to shows how extreme weather emerges
Climate emulator recreates 2.6 million years of ice-age cycles on a laptop
The first domesticated horses: 6,000 years of a complex story
What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague
Humans returned to Britain 500 years earlier than scientists thought after the last ice age
A history of containers, an ancient technology hundreds of thousands of years in the making
400,000-Year-Old Proteins Reveal a Surprise Twist in The Human Family Tree
Buried in Sudan's desert, 280 vast stone circles reveal a vanished cattle-herding culture
Cut marks on 1.6 million-year-old bones reveal early humans moved prized meat
400,000-Year-Old Proteins Reveal a Surprise Twist in The Human Family Tree
This strange giant dinosaur may change what we know about Jurassic titans
'More than 100 million years of evolution': How snakes evolved and lost their legs
Scientists Solve 320-Million-Year Mystery of Reptile Skin Armor
Jewelry for the Consciously Minded
Vespa, Piaggio, Moto Guzzi, Aprilia
E.T. Ellie Talk - Spilling the ET
Extraterrestrial and UFO Files
