I’m not sure if I have a redhead gene somewhere or if it’s just related to the connective tissue issues, but ugh, I’m really feeling the stories here. I was certainly more aware than I’d have liked during my gastroscopy/colonoscopy, and dentist visits are a nightmare.
My current dentist just keeps injecting more, but it takes a LOT to get me there and then I’m grumpy about all the shots and it wears off too fast anyway… Previously, I just told dentists to drill without Novocain because I’d feel it anyway, and they were fine with that. Not sure why this one isn’t.
It’s Friday March 13 again just like it was in 2020 but that’s not spooky when compared to the fact that we’ve been living in the twilight zone for 4+ years as most of the world past tenses a pandemic that is still disabling and killing people. Your constant denial is spooky.
Ugh. I’m used to seeing 8ish hours, but not 13… (it ticked up from 8 to 11.5 while I was stuck waiting there late last year)
The last time I saw numbers this bad (while I was stuck there), I found out later that it was because of a big incident at HSC that meant they weren’t moving much and most ambulances were getting rerouted to St.B. I hope that’s the case again and this isn’t the new normal.
I’m too polite (and afraid of waste) for this 😭
Pretty sure he did that last year, too. A consistently kind and helpful guy.
today is the 6th anniversary of the official start of the COVID pandemic and I am concerned we have taken many wrong lessons from it
My partner got offered a free ticket, so he went. Now he’s upset he wasted valuable video game time watching it 😅 (I fell asleep, so I didn’t see any of it. Phew.)
Seems like there are estradiol shortages in general—my birth control pill has been under a manufacturing shortage since November, and I’ve had to switch to a different one. I’ll be interested to hear what’s up with all this.
Ah, this is certainly a consideration to keep in mind 🤔
MCAS joys 🙃 Hope you are back to baseline soon!
Yes, that I am using to eat my less-liked things first and save my favourites for last, which then often get snatched before I can get to them. I think that was obvious from the original post?
We all have the same 24 hours in a day, unless you’re chronically ill or disabled, struggle with addictions, mental illness, live in poverty, violence, war and climate crisis.
Yeah, mine is not at all pleased with the time change + me eating later than usual yesterday due to thinking dinner should be after sunset… 🙃
I always do this, as well, but I’ve learned that it’s really risky in any sort of tapas or potluck situation, because the thing you’re saving for last will likely be seen as being available and will get eaten! 😩
Because watching my partner slam down the book in surprise when the reveal happened and me knowing exactly what part he just read was the best part of Christmas that year. That’s the kind of reaction we want to preserve for others.
I would’ve expected it to be a robot, or some other rescue mission from Earth, but again, I didn’t read the blurb before we started listening. As the plot went on, I was definitely not expecting an alien.
Me trying to live a normal life with chronic illness: (I love this)
So much this! It’s such a pain to get from local business to local business, but there are so many gems there.
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Finally, someone else who gets it! I would much rather have the sun in the morning than in the late evening. (Even when it meant 4am sunrises in summer and 3pm sunsets in winter, Japan’s no-DST schedule worked better for my well-being.)
I’m sooooo jealous! A bunch of my favourite orchestral pieces plus Pokémon soundtracks is a dream program.
Just checked the blurb (gave the book to my partner for Christmas 2024), and it doesn’t say anything about an alien at all. Just “he has to do it alone. Or does he?” I had definitely thought it’d be more “realistic” science fiction, more like The Martian, so it was a delightful reveal.
Is it? I don’t think I’d have called that a theme of the book, necessarily. Interpersonal relationships, sure, but “making friends” is definitely not something that happens much.
Also, I was introduced to the book by family, so no blurb was read.
It’s still cold enough here in Manitoba that I haven’t heard geese yet, but the sparrows are out in full force today 🫢
Still depressing; it’s such a huge turning point halfway through.
It would absolutely not have been the same reading experience for me if someone had told me about that plot point beforehand. I’m still peeved that it’s in the trailer.
I think I saw snow in Shinjuku twice in my whole five years there, and definitely never in March! Sheesh!
Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..
Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.
This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.
44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.
