Done Since 2022-11-20

[mdlbear]

The week went pretty well, I think; certainly Thanksgiving, with N, G, their kids, and their kids' other parents, went well, and was very tasty. My mom's cranberry relish was well received as usual. And a band practice Wednesday, as much about album planning as singing, though it included both.

The best thing, though, was something I mentioned briefly on Thursday -- finding "something" of Colleen's that I'd somehow lost track of. It didn't seem necessary to get into more detail for the gratitude post, but it was one of Colleen's dresses -- cotton, faded, mostly pink floral design, with pockets. Just the thing to wear around the apartment, especially since tightening my belt to the point where my pants don't fall down puts pressure on my back. I am indescribably relieved and happy to have it back.

On the down side, I've been sleeping badly (though yesterday was an exception) with occasional bad dreams, and my left hip continued hurt most of the time. I seem to have developed a habit of falling asleep sitting up in bed in front of the computer, which wouldn't be quite so bad except that I wake up somewhere between midnight and 3am to find that my neck hurts and I haven't been wearing my facehugger. Blrg.

Meanwhile over in Birdland things continue to deteriorate; it smells distinctly musky over there. Also, if you're using twitter for 3rd party authentication, you should stop.

I haven't picked a Mastodon instance to start on, but it's getting to be about that time. There are some good suggestions and tools (e.g. Debirdify) in the links.

Notes & links:
1120Su
  * up 7:00; S=7:12, BP=116/69, P=69, W=195.2; exercises, heat, shower
  ~ used the Dreamstation 2; could not get it to sync or pair.
  @ Transgender Day of Remembrance - Wikipedia
  @ Celebs Leaving Twitter After Elon Musk Bought The Site
  @ What is Mastodon? Some Twitter users flock to new social platform
  @ 5 Best Mastodon Clients for Ubuntu and Other Linux
  * some sorting in freezer, garage, back bathroom closet, and bedrooms.  
  @ Thwaites Glacier Transformed comparison images from 2001 and 2019
  @ Debirdify (via cellio)
    " is a tool for finding your Twitter friends on the Fediverse (Mastodon), for those
      who've shared that info. It looks for links in pinned tweets and Twitter profiles "
  @ Who is dying from COVID19? - by Katelyn Jetelina
  * singing:  For Amy, Eyes Like the Morning
  * 15min:  took apart the 5-section wire shelf unit that was split between the dining
    room and the front bedroom.  Put the pieces in the back bedroom.  Will probably use
    for staging.
  @ Signal boost: Stop relying on Twitter for 3rd party authentication [tech]
  % L. hip hurts
  * turn off fireplace

1121Mo
  & awake 4ish; ; anxiety/emotion/?? attack
    -> tried to get back to sleep, failed
    % L. hip hurts.  congested.  Want to cross my legs but that's probably what injured it
  * up 5ish; ;
    % hip still hurts -> heat.  Cold (legs, mostly) -> lap blanket
    % recliner not comfortable; footrest bends in the wrong place
    % dozed a little; dreams involved a new car; housemates; someone from the gas company
      asking if it was time to re-light the furnace which I don't have, standing at the
      door of the attached garage that we don't have either.  He was preceeded by a
      delivery person, and there was another queued; all had to dodge three huge black
      dogs lying crosswise on the right (from my pov) side of the driveway.
    % sometime before that the dream included an episode of near-choking -- probably on
      mucus rather than food, but it made me decide against fried rice for breakfast.
  : never got the DS-2 to sync with my phone.
  @ Literature Clock [GitHub]
    Clock using time quotes from the literature, based on the work of Jaap Meijers
    A terminal literature clock - Telling time with quotes from literature
  @ Literary Clock Made From E-reader : 6 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables
  * turn down thermostat
  * take laundry room and kitchen garbage up to street
  @ Expert Proposes a Method For Telling if We All Live in a Computer Program (N)
    Experimental protocol for
    testing the mass–energy–information equivalence principle
    Experimental test of
    Landauer’s principle in single-bit operations on nanomagnetic memory bits - PMC
    Landauer's principle
    Simulation hypothesis
  @ rahaeli on Twitter:  "And a followup thread [...] the bare minimum I look at when
    evaluating a new service for "do I sign up or not"."
  @ 15 Whimsical Fairytale Houses Around the World | Architectural Digest
  % banged my head on a branch while walking out to the lair and fumbling with my
    flashlight.  Oops.

1122Tu  * litter boxen
  * up 5:30; S=6:30, BP=124/75, P=65; exercises
  * Installed Jetpack Pro via DW.  Long chat because the admin email address in the site
    settings has to match the email address of the user you log in to the site with.
    Which is currently different.  -> the curse of having multiple email addresses
    -> complicated by not having set up the admin@ account's email!  (thought I did that)
    -> fixed that, but set website admin password to steve@thestarport.org to match the
       user I normally log in as.  
    -> Jetpack, Akismet set up.  Need to think about the mailing list thing, but soon.
  * 10am Healing Center Memory Keepers grief support group.
  ~ call Express Scripts about renewing scrips: 1-877-860-0982
    -> request renewal on the UW patient portal

1123We  Wolfenoot
  & awake 1:45ish; no mask; gave up trying to sleep 2:50; leave mask on?
  * up 6:50ish; S=4:26, total probably ~6;
  @ Wolfenoot: A Celebration of Canines and Kindness
  @ Who will become history's first 'parastronaut'? - Raw Story
  @ Mastodon Twitter Crossposter
    Crossposter to post statuses between Mastodon and Twitter
  @ Irregular Webcomic! #4863 (re: birdsite)
  @ I told my team to pause our $750K/month Twitter ads budget last week - Blind
  * start cranberry relish early
  * Register for Intro to Recording at N. Seattle College    Item: 27434      Fee: $399.00
    Instructor: Blair,Lilian | Continuing Education
    Dates: 2/14/2023 - 3/21/2023   Times: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Sessions: 6 Tu; 12 hours
    Building: Online   Room: Zoom Practice will be scheduled at Earwig Studio in
    Seattle. Class price includes cost of studio time.
  @ access_fandom | Christina Applegate talks about having M.S.
    Christina Applegate getting ready for "first time out" since MS diagnosis | CBS 
    christina applegate on Twitter: "I have a very important ceremony coming up. This
    will be my first time out since diagnosed with MS. Walking sticks are now part of my
    new normal. Thank you @neowalksticks for these beauties. Stay tuned to see which ones
    make the cut for a week of stuff. https://t.co/O543p1G4vS" / Twitter
    Neo-Walk | Stylish, funky, coloured, unusual, clear, fashionable walking sticks
  * KF rehearsal.  Album brainstorming and solfege.
    % I remembered that I'd been planning to bring down the flat-folding guitar stand.  It
      doesn't appear to be in the house.  Might be in Molly or the Lair, or still up at RE
  : GS's staging site is broken.  "Critical error"  WTF?

1124Th  US!Thanksgiving
  & awake 5:10; S= 5:37;
    % dry mouth -- must not have had enough water in the humidifier
    % pain: L hip, thigh
    % cuddly cats (including Desti under the covers)
  * up 6:10; S=5:55,
  ! relief found the missing dress -- way back between the top of the dresser and
    the overhanging bar counter.  Just stood there for a minute holding it up to my face.
  @ Here's why you may get Form 1099-K for third-party payments in 2022
  @ Greg Bear, 1951-2022: Writer influenced the science fiction world
    Shelf Awareness for Tuesday, November 22, 2022 | Obituary: Greg Bear
  * 15min: dishes, laundry
  % I may finally be getting an intuitive handle on Noether's theorem
    Noether's Theorem and The Symmetries of Reality - YouTube 
  @ This Library Cat Gets Dressed As A New Pop Icon Every Day | Bored Panda
  @ How a Mathematical Paradox Allows Infinite Cloning My favorite rabbit-hole
  * 4pm guests
  * 5pm dinner -- so earlier than we usually have it here -> go easy on lunch
  * 6pm zoom call with E and R  -> 8pm
    -> E wants cookbooks  savitzkyclan.com
  * 15min: dishes, load drugs
  % horrible itching  -> phytoplex lotion; might help

1125Fr   * litter boxen
  * up 5:30ish; S=6:30;
  @ Smart Move, Google
    " I opened Google Maps again, and noticed that maps.google.com now redirects to
      google.com/maps. This implies that the permissions I give to Google Maps now apply
      to all of Googles services hosted under this domain. " creepy
    Google Bypasses Privacy, Puts Users’ Data on the Map
  @ 10 Low-Code/No-Code Platforms Every Developer Should Know Of
  * 15min: order: fiber cookies  -> added to subscriptions
  : Another frustrating robo-call with Express Scripts wanting to confirm my address.
    Took two calls to get to a human.  Alarmed people with loud swearing.
    25m later I'm still ?tense
  x remember to pack the turkey leg that G is (Th) setting aside for me for the weekend
    -> distracted/upset by call; forgot.  Growf.
  * 2pm up to Whidbey with N; back early Monday afternoon.  G will care for the cats.
  ~ SL: TP for lair  -> left request on discord
  * check with N about AAA membership  -> has her own, so take her off my auto-renew
  * after arrival:  ~ water orchids  * sort mail  * make a payment or do other paperwork
                   -> watering not needed this week
  & been a long time since I last had rum and coke, but since there was a bottle of
    Mexican coke on the counter...  % Not bad, but once the coke's gone I won't go out of
    my way to get more.
  * red snapper for dinner.  I love it -- it's so easy.  I'd love it more if it didn't
    have inconspicuous bones, but...  Made one with pepper and the other with paprika.
    Both good.
  @ Mercedes-Benz to introduce acceleration subscription fee - BBC News
  * 15min:  triage stuff in a couple of boxes in the bedroom.  Started a box for "junk
    that somebody might want if it was free, but I don't need."
  @ WHO adds burnout to ICD-11. What it means for physicians. | AMA
    " Burnout is now categorized as a “syndrome” that results from “chronic workplace
      stress that has not been successfully managed,” according to the World Health
      Organization’s International Disease Classification (ICD-11)
  * singing:  Ship of Stone
  * bath

1126Sa
  * up 8ish; W=197.2, S=8:13, BP=121/80, P=70; exercises
    %  p=4(L.hip), heat (after first set of standing exercises
  @ Advice re Mastodon: build one to throw away [tech, newmedia]
  @ Parasite gives wolves what it takes to be pack leaders Toxoplasma gondii
  * 15min:  sorting/decluttering in back bedroom closet (several sessions)
  * walk (with N -- her suggestion) to Middle and back.
  @ How to Use Technology to Fuel Long-Distance Love | WIRED
  @ The Safest Way to Store and Share Your Nudes | WIRED
  * fixed the "critical error" on GS's staging site by nuking it and restarting
  % 9pm neck pain.  Also kind of out of it.
  * E wants cookbooks

Comments

[gingicat]

I'm glad you had a good Thanksgiving.

Are you looking for suggestions on the sleep stuff?

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

Are you looking for suggestions on the sleep stuff?

Not really, but if you have some I'd be interested. I can usually get to sleep okay; getting back to sleep after I wake up in the middle of the night is more difficult.