Thankful Thursday

[mdlbear]

Today I am grateful for...

• My genetic testing results, which came back Tuesday and are completely negative. Meaning that my prostate cancer is not hereditary, and my risk of getting any other kind is no worse than anybody else's.
• Free Flu and COVID-19 Tests and Treatments (via this post by siderea).
• Cocoa powder in my coffee. Also, double-wall-insulated coffee mugs.
• Beneficial microbes, in particular the yeasts responsible for bread and wine; the molds that flavor cheese; and the bacteria responsible for yoghurt, pickles, and kimchi. (And let's not forget antibiotics and the human gut microbiome.)
• Recognition in the press for people with no religious affiliation. A group in which I belong most of the time (I have been known to perform marriages as a Druid). Also, this Eulogy from a Physicist. "According to the law of the conservation of energy, not a bit of you is gone; you’re just less orderly. Amen."
• [irony]Standards for charging cables -- there are so many to choose from.[/irony] See also, xkcd 927.

Comments

Don’t talk cables

[jesse_the_k]

I’ve been using apples since 1984 and they change their cable standards every five freaking minutes.

Hooray for no extra cancer risks!