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mdlbearNot a bad week, especially considering last week's plumbing disaster (probably more than compensated for by an even worse frozen-plumbing incident on Whidbey, but I'm not directly affected by that). I got in several walks, and started using the $gFit app on my phone to record stats. My goals are set pretty low, however -- 3000 steps. Which I still only hit three times. The app's "heart points" (which of course I abbreviate "hp") goal is also set low -- 20, and only hit once (and close, twice). And I got very little accomplished, as usual, and very little music (though slightly more than nothing).
Of note this week were the release of Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia”, Burns Night, the 40th anniversary of the Apple Macintosh, and the 50th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons. Also, Here’s How to Get Free Flu and COVID-19 Tests and Treatments -- visit test2treat.org to see if you qualify.
Notes & links: 0121Su & awake 4ish * up 7:30; S=8:30, BP=127/75, P=81; exercises * 08:01 abiraterone; 09:06 fiber. I seem to have had my am pills at 8:30. WTF? @ The Paradoxical Grief of Anticipated Sudden Death - Whats your Grief @ Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” released -> should upgrade. @ Showcase: noise reduction with PipeWire and EasyEffects - Solus Forum * CHARGE MOLLY before heading up 12pmish -> 12:30, 100mi, 61% * walk: 31m 1.3mi 21hp s=3000 according to $gFit. $G thinks I've met my hp goal, for what is probably the first time in a long time. Not my step goal -* should adjust -> adjust step goal down to 3000. hp goal should really be higher if I want to hit 150/week, but I'll settle for 150 move minutes for now @ 64 Ways to Honor Deceased Loved Ones - Whats your Grief re: small rituals * before leaving, ask k whether the cat boxes have been done * pack for RE: fiber cookies, kind bars * leave for RE ~2pm -> arr: 16:30ish (grocery shopping along the way) * 15min: bring mail and garbage can down from the street * upgrade Sable to Mint 21.3 Virginia * laundry % 00:36 woke after falling asleep in recliner as usual. Neck pain. Start dryer 0122Mo * litter boxen & awake 3ish; felt overheated. * up 7am, S=6:03, BP=119/79, P=65; exercises (20min), shower % e=20m - I'm going to count those 20m of exercises toward my 150/wk. var is e * 07:00 abiraterone; 08:28 prednisone with am pills, fiber * upgrade Sherman to Mint 21.3 Virginia (from 21.1) * packed walrus hunter, snack bowl: cube box labeled "HEAVY 3D ART" * 15min: went to garage and pulled out the largest pieces of cardboard, which turn out not to be big enough for the circular painting; they may be parts of a box that was cobbled together but they are not currently attached. I may have tossed the original * 15min: tried to re-arrange the telco/internet shelf to add phone base station; failed because manage to unplug the DSL router and didn't have much time ater fixing it * finished bottle of Spruce Boreal Gin -- don't seem to have recorded starting it * (finally) revised workspace labels to put time first. Hopefully that will keep me from reading the day of the month as the hour when the label is truncated * SL: Lair: * butcher block oil, * feliway 0123Tu % awake 3:30ish * up 6:35; S=7:54, W=191.2, BP=120/78, P=73; exercises e=15m, Dutch * 07:05 abiraterone; 08:05 prednisone with am drugs and fiber * load abiraterone to make sure it will last until pickup next tuesday! -> it will @ Facial Expressions Do Not Reveal Emotions * 10am Memory Keepers grief support group - zoom -> 3 no-C's no complaining, no criticizing, no comparing (from Klaus) -> try to remember to take notes during checkin @ What kind of bubble is AI?. My latest column for Locus Magazine. | Cory Doctorow " But no one is asking, “What will we do if” — when — “the AI bubble pops and most of this stuff disappears overnight?” " & deal with subscription to People Magazine addressed to Karen at my current address Label says "courtesy of zeazeocoffee.com" -> contact us page says " Zea Zeo Coffee is delighted to sponsor complimentary magazine promotions to introduce our brand to new audiences. If you have a question about the magazine promotion or if you wish not to receive these promotions, please contact the publisher directly at meredith@cdsfulfillment.com or 1-800-541-9000 and provide your name and mailing address and your question or request to cancel and they will get back to you promptly. " -> on hold for 35 minutes before they answered. They answered "People Magazine". I was not as polite as maybe I should have been. The agent said I would get one more copy, presumably next week -- we'll see. * 2:30 leave for 3:15 checkin for 3:30 acupuncture - bldg 1 * genetic testing results came back: no known cancer-related mutations @ David Mills, the internet's Father Time, dies at 85 • The Register NTP * bought N a yukata (which she selected, on eBay) for her birthday * bring out some of the IAMSO catfood for Ticia. See what she thinks of it -> she likes it. Ate more than she usually does. * docusate (and senna, which is standard right now) with pm drugs. -> need to consider whether senna should be stopped. -> fiber cookies, sleepytime tea * load drugs. 0124We * litter boxen & awake 3:30ish; overheated (night sweat?) * up 6:15; S=7:25, W=191.2, BP=129/77, P=77; dry mouth; exercises, Dutch * 06:20 abiraterone; 7:30(?) prednisone et. al. & 08:15 just realized I hadn't had my fiber yet * questionaires for next week's opthalmology appointment available * 15min: catch up on git checkins: rdna, books, dw-post-archive @ The Eruption of Krakatoa: And Subsequent Phenomena - Royal Society (Great Britain). Krakatoa Committee, George James Symons et.al. [PDF] @ Boeing, not Spirit, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska MAX 9 jet, industry source says | The Seattle Times @ Nearly 30 percent in U.S. now identify as having no religious affiliation - WaPo * call to schedule follow-up with Susanna Meyers * walk: 15:25 to Aurora and back with m * walk: 16:20 around park. back 16:45. w=18min, 0.8mi s=1919, 16hp. good pace. % 16:45 gFit totals: 1.17mi, w=29m, s=3156, 16hp by 16:45; add maybe 10min exercise @ The Apple Macintosh was first released 40 years ago: These people are still using the ageing computers x 6 pm at the Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N 85th St. prostate cancer support group Us TOO in Seattle * 15min: (more like 1m) shortened (by breaking) a bit of hanging blackberry vine. * test2treat see also 0114Su via siderea | National US Free Paxlovid Telehealth Service [COVID-19, US] Here’s How to Get Free Flu and COVID-19 Tests and Treatments | TIME @ Bathroom Ban Resurgence: 20 Bills in 12 States Attempt to Force Trans People Into the Wrong Bathrooms — Assigned * order full genetic test suite from invitae.com ($350) 0125Th Burns Night @ Burns supper - Wikipedia & awake 4:30 * up 6:30; S=7:31, BP=138/84, P=73; * abiraterone 6:40; prednisone, am meds 7:50 * 15min: applied some mineral oil to the counter (left of the sink). Looks better. Will need sanding or scraping, and a second coat. % I seem to be having trouble remembering to log stuff @ Salt in tea? U.S. chemist’s recipe brews controversy in U.K. - WaPo @ Tennessee’s abortion ban turned a grieving Allie Phillips into a candidate - WaPo : translation extension breaks captcha by making excessive requests. Not using anyway * make Solensia appointment for Ticia and Cricket -> a week from tomorrow 0102Fr @ After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends - NASA RIP * 15:54-16:15 walk: 1 block past park; Fast pace, so w=20m. $g says 18m 17hp s=2006 so ~=3mph totals for day (so far) s=2648, 22mm, 0.96mi. Definitely in aerobic range * guitar: Bad Guys (on Plink) * register at liberatormedical.com. Which is actually hmepatienthub.com, and I can log in with my email address but it's mangled in the profile, so WTF? * bring out more cat fud -- totally out of the Fancy Feast & order iams cat fud variety pack, which I also seem to have ordered back in April. ?? ($A overnight, because it's probably too late to add to the next Chewy order, and I still don't know what I need.) @ The Five Gates Of Grief With Francis Weller - Dr. Diana Hill * 15min: dishes (twice, because k had to leave for M's after emptying the dishwasher) * because Burns Night, G and I toasted the Haggis (in absentia) with Talisker before dinner, and had some Drambuie after. Both are from Skye. 0126Fr * litter boxen & drive N to ER - apparent low blood oxygen 01:17 -> checked out fine; learned that pulse oximeters are fundamentally unreliable & awake until about 3:30 * up 8:15ish; S=4:51; Dutch * 08:35 abiraterone; 0935 prednisone with am drugs and fiber * guitar: Millennium's Dawn intro, attempt at singing a verse. Went badly. * contact liberatormedical.com Customer Service at 800-323-0914 -> The email address and username are correct as entered, and in Settings -> email address verified under settings>notification -> the email address shown in Personal Information is 1. wrong, 2. copied from some earlier system, 3. apparently unchangeable. (My guess is it's a DB identifier) -> there have been other issues with the portal. Not surprised. -> the security questions are part of Brightree's registration workflow but Liberator doesn't use them or save them. They say. -> the password and password verify fields on the reg page are swapped - FF offered to make a password when I clicked on the verify field, after entering something different (and made up) in the password field. -> customer service for Brightree (the hub/app-as-a-service provider) 888-598-7797 @ Brightree Reviews 2024 | Capterra lots of negative reviews from DMEs. e.g. " We were told that this software would make our jobs easier, that everything would be automatic and save work time for all employees. None of this was true and this has only made our jobs worse and put more work on all of us. Our training and implementation were a train wreck and still have yet to get the training and reports that we need. We have had to do nothing but clean up in this new system since it was implemented and we keep getting the run around from everyone who is "helping" us. " * leave 2:30 to 3pm pick k up at Lake City house. Take black folding chair. * set up house (DECT) phone on comm shelf. * email new owners about telecom/internet % asleep in recliner for a while 0127Sa & awake 03:31 did somebody yell for me to open the door, or did I fucking dream that? -> dry mouth -> fill humidifier * up 8:11; S=8:30, W=190.6; exercises, Dutch * 08:12 abiraterone; @ In major gaffe, hacked Microsoft test account was assigned admin privileges | Ars @ GROGNARDIA: Dungeons and Dragons Released Fifty Years Ago Today & wikipedia dive into metric prefixes, SI units, etc. starting by converting 200 seconds to minutes and seconds, for timing Kegel exercises. * walk: 12:59; back 13:38; to Goss Lake, w=1.8mi, 33hp, 42mm, s=3967. started a little too fast; slowed down a lot after turning around. Definitely aerobic, though. * 15min: defrost icemaker : s" wants the jewelry cabinet! So it stays in the family. . Conflikt (online) * 15min: packing: 3d art. | labeling habitat stuff in garage : the sump pump (box room septic link) succumbed to freezing. That will be expensive. * 15min: packing the plastic tub of fragiles. No room for the Beast and the other large Simpson. Flow--probably at least an hour. % dry sobs at the end. * 15min: (after some food) packed the 3-legged beast and the spider. The bombsite dome would fit around two of the spider's legs, but I don't trust it @ synecdochic | Talking points for calling your Senators about KOSA * 15min: updated Raven. & 23:35 left Conflikt. % cup of sleepytime tea with fiber cookies
