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mdlbearThis week I had less sleep than usual, my teeth cleaned, a referral to an endodontist for a possible root canal or worse, several short but alarming bouts of TMJ pain, several exhausting phone conversations (where I managed to stay reasonably calm, so that's something), something in my left eye that evolved into a scratched cornea, a prescription for erythromycin ophthtalmic ointment, and, on the whole, not a particularly good week. I didn't get to Conflikt (held online), either, out of my usual inertia.
It occurs to me that I might also have had (and am probably still having) a major depressive episode. It doesn't help that antibiotic resistance [appears to be] induced by the widespread use of antidepressants.
I have not been getting very much done.
I seem to be in the middle of a particularly awful nightmare. I'd like to wake up now.
Notes & links: 0122Su * up 7am; S=7:28, W=198, BP=117/66, P=69; exercises, shower @ eftychia | QotD | Requiescat in Pace, Daphne @ The Mother-Lovers of “MILF Manor” | The New Yorker (andrewducker) " One would think that the American reality-TV audience, of which I count myself a hardened member, should by now be inured to the horrors presented onscreen. And yet, sometimes life surprises you. “MILF Manor,” a dating show whose first episode aired on TLC on Sunday, might be a new low for reality TV, perhaps even a rock bottom. " @ Stephen Colbert to Produce 'Chronicles of Amber' TV Series Adaptation - Variety * order greenies pill pockets from $A * Buy The Arcana Project - The Demos | Cheshire Moon Wasted a lot of time fixing the filenames. What's annoying is that I've done it before (echo 'fix () { mv "$1" $(sed -e "s/^[^0-9]*//" -e "s/ /_/g" -e "s/'"'"'//g" \ <<< "$1");}'; \ ls *mp3 | sed -e 's/^/fix "/' -e 's/$/"/') > foo; . foo Piping directly into sh instead of writing and sourcing a file doesn't seem to work. @ Journey to Antarctica: Is This What a Climate Catastrophe Looks Like in Real Time? " Scientists aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer watched a 25-mile-wide section of ice crumble into the sea " from the Thwaites glacier & upgrade Panther to Mint 21.1 Vera. Not clear why it didn't notice the upgrade until now, since Sable got upgraded some time ago. * subscribe to Google One at the 100GB level. Since I'm using 15 now, that should keep me for a while as long as I don't try to do backups with it, which it's too $$ for. : Hmm. PCloud supports WebDAV, so rclone would work with it, or I could just mount it 0123Mo * litter boxen * up 5:45ish; S=6:35; still very sleepy * _actually_ up 7:35; exercises, fiber, and coffee in lair. Done by 9am @ First we tamed turnips. Then we turned them into bok choy and other veggies. Brassica rapa - Wikipedia cf Brassica oleracea @ Marketing for Introverts - Learn How To Write A Novel (cornerofmadness) Call to Action: The Mega Power of Tiny Copy | WTD @ derek guy on Twitter: How much would a shirt cost if you paid a living wage? (andrewducker) @ interview with a veterinary social worker — Ask a Manager (minoanmiss) @ Laziness Does Not Exist. Psychological research is clear: when… | by Devon Price cf 20180901; different url and author's first initial, but presumably same content " When a person fails to begin a project that they care about, it’s typically due to either a) anxiety about their attempts not being “good enough” or b) confusion about what the first steps of the task are. Not laziness. In fact, procrastination is more likely when the task is meaningful and the individual cares about doing it well. " @ An Office Designed for Workers With Autism - The New York Times auticon.com @ PayPal accounts breached in large-scale credential stuffing attack : my LI feed is full of mass layoffs at $G and $A. Probably other places. % 8:15 suddenly some fairly severe joint? pain in my L forefinger. -> diclofenac -> 9:40 seems a little better. Not noticing it much, but may just be avoiding the kind of bending that makes it hurt. Which fortunately doesn't seem to be typing 0124Tu & awake 3:35; % nightmare about having a genetically identical double -- how do I prove I'm me? " ... Lived Dr. Edward Anti-Teller... " Piet Hein? no -> Harold P. Furth 1956 -> Edward Teller explains what would happen if he were to meet an antimatter version of himself : Physics ... apparently quoted by Martin Gardner, in The Ambidextrous Universe, which is where I might have seen it. Anyway,.. -> also here, with links and pictures PERILS OF MODERN LIVING Well up above the tropostrata There is a region stark and stellar Where, on a streak of anti-matter Lived Dr. Edward Anti-Teller. \\ Remote from Fusion's origin, He lived unguessed and unawares With all his antikith and kin, And kept macassars on his chairs. <- my favorite line \\ One morning, idling by the sea, He spied a tin of monstrous girth That bore three letters: A. E. C. Out stepped a visitor from Earth. \\ Then, shouting gladly o'er the sands, Met two who in their alien ways Were like as lentils. Their right hands Clasped, and the rest was gamma rays. % 4:04 try to get back to sleep. The time is not auspicious... * up 5ish; S=5:51; cat cuddle, exercises; fiber and coffee in the lair @ OpenAI and Microsoft Extend Partnership * bring in roll of shelf-liner for the cart @ Misskey Hub Misskey is an open source, decentralized social media platform that's free forever! * 10am Memory Keepers -- can check in first for quick exit * 10:20 leave for 11am dentist (40min; G says 25) * 11am Teeth cleaning. -> need 2 crowns, referral to endodontist: possible root canal -> call endo 245-896-7269 if they don't call today @ The Life-Changing Magic of “Knolling” - Dwell * Treated myself to camarones a li diabla at (food truck)Taqueria La Fondita & made appointment with endodontist; registered online @ LastPass owner GoTo says hackers stole customers’ backups | TechCrunch % 6:18 TMJ pain when chewing. Repeating, which is different from recent experience. -> squeezing with my thumb on the painful spot may have gotten it back in alignment * guitar: Millennium's Dawn, Bad Guys, Desolation Row. Fingers started hurting. :P : the treats that arrived today are in coat pocket % 8:15ish - drifting. Unhappy. Hopeless % 15min: a little shuffling stuff around in to.do and notes; removing dead items @ Types of harm - Azure Application Architecture Guide | Microsoft Learn (osewalrus) " This article creates awareness of the different types of harm, so that appropriate mitigation steps can be implemented. " Mostly for AI systems, but very general * load drugs 0125We * litter boxen & awake 3::30ish; no mask; not sure I got much mask time -> S=1:57 * up 8:30ish; S=6ish; exercises and first breakfast in the Lair : apparently the online timer I've been using, onlineclock.net, is blocked here. Weird Quacked for it -- as expected a timer, already started, was at the top of the results % 10:30 no TMJ pain yet, thankfully. Night guard probably helps @ CNET's AI Journalist Appears to Have Committed Extensive Plagiarism @ CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy - Verge @ TIL: Physical medicine and rehabilitation - Wikipedia (physiatry) (siderea) @ View of Identity and authenticity in the filk community - Melissa L. Tatum * leave Panther on kitchen counter -> not all that comfortable 0126Th & Awake 3:15ish; S=5.5; gave up trying to sleep 4:04; try again 5ish * up 7:00; S=7:26; out of bed 7:40ish; % some TMJ unpleasantness but not a painful pop. Yet. * 15min: add list item for Mom to The Rainbow Bridge Links to a non-existant page in thestarport.org -- that's next. * singing: Millennium's Dawn; bits of things on guitar @ C64 Theremin I turned my C64 into a Theremin (with a spoon, a clamp, and six more components) @ The temporomandibular joint is less stable when teeth are clenched together ... which explains why the night guard helps. @ 3 Steps to Improve Your Sales Messaging | Inc.com using authentic emotion more at Blog | Moshe Engelberg _very_ unsure about this. @ ChatGPT Is Coming for Classrooms. Don't Panic | WIRED : Ricoh/Fidelity account liquidation -> no info on web, customer service dropped call 1-800-835-5095 -> I may just have to wait for them to send me a check -> linked UBOC account; it will either go there, roll over into a Fidelity IRA, or they may send me a check; they may have my birth year wrong -> The entire thing probably took over 2 hours. 2 web logins at Fidelity and 1 at Schwab, an unhelpful bot, and two phone calls (the first disconnected) % Feeling drained. I managed not to blow up, though, so that's something % got something in my left eye. Hurts. Haven't been able to get rid of it yet 0127Fr * litter boxen & awake 3:30; reading for about an hour * up 7:00; S=5:56; exercises @ Mystery of Purple Lights in Sky Solved With Citizen Scientists' Help | NASA The Aurora Named STEVE | NASA New science in plain sight: Citizen scientists lead to the discovery of optical structure in the upper atmosphere | Science Advances @ Antibiotic resistance induced by the widespread use of… antidepressants? | Ars @ Or All the Seas with Oysters : Galaxy Magazine (May 1958) : E' coming on Sunday, so I get to do the litter today @ Yes, Stephen Hawking Lied To Us All About How Black Holes Decay | by Ethan Siegel not virtual particles but curvature gradient affecting outside view of vacuum energy w! Hawking radiation % 3:20ish worked on flushing the eye, with N's help. -> may have worked. @ OGL 1.0a & Creative Commons - Posts - D&D Beyond so much for OGL 1.2 % 9:30ish eye still hurting. p=4-5 I'm probably looking at an ER visit tomorrow % 10pm acetaminophen 0127-29 : Conflikt will be held ONLINE the weekend of January 27-29 2023!! 0128Sa & awake 3:10; S=4:39, p=4; did a rinse which seems tave helped a little * up 8:30ish; S=9:21, p=3'5; eye okay as long as I don't open it too far. Then it hurts -> flushed again; this time I _think_ it worked. % 9:40 accetaminophen * both cats ate some kibble this morning ~ 12pm - 3pm Healing Center open house, 6559 35th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115 -> skip in order to minimize drive time with potential eye problem. : Apparently forgot to turn down heat when I left last week * SL: RE: eyedrops; milk, eggs _not_ needed * SL: RE: distilled water for CPAP * 2:45 Back on Whidbey: let N know that I'm home. o after arrival: o water orchids * sort mail o make a payment or do other paperwork * pack: raspberry pi case top -- the pi itself is at RS -- was mixed with 2.5" drives ~ pack: the 65W USB-C charger, to see if it works with the new adapter (can't find) * pack: ethernet cable, especially long ones. * pack: anywhere mouse for kitchen counter in lair @ Guest Post: Liz Danforth on AI Art | The World Remains Mysterious % 5-6:30 drifting * trying to connect Annex via the powerline net. It's not working. North also broken % eye gradually getting worse. 10:45 now p~=4.4-5.5 % 11:07 acetaminophen * pack: tape measure, (there's already one in the lair)
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Date: 2023-01-30 01:26 pm (UTC)I don't have any root canal horror stories. I've had a whole slew of root canals with crowns, and none were awful. None. Not bad at all. I'd had fillings in the past that were worse.
The furkids send purrs and bunts.
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Date: 2023-01-30 04:47 pm (UTC)That's encouraging. I've had lots of crowns, and they weren't too bad, especially the recent ones. The tech is definitely improving.
In fact this problem is way down at the base of the root, and they only found it because they had a new piece of equipment that actually does a CAT scan of your jaw. I'd suspected that there was something wrong in that area for a long time.