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mdlbear Not a bad week, actually. Five walks, three guitar practice sessions
(thank you, grep and wc), two good telehealth
zoom calls (details on Thursday and Friday), and a lucky find (Crossing the Owl's Bridge: A Guide for Grieving People Who Still Love:
by Kim Bateman at the local Little Free Library on Thursday. I seem
to be missing something for "four".
And after reading an article on How to cope with climate anxiety I realized that I actually am doing something about the climate -- via Molly, my Chevy Bolt EV. I still worry a lot. And I made sure I knew where my towel was yesterday.
Something's changed in the past week. I don't know what, exactly. But this is the first time since July 2019 that I've had an unqualified "okay" in my mood field. So... WTF? Go me, I guess.
Notes & links: 0519Su & awake 00:40, 3:30ish; awake 5:30ish, snuggling with Ticia. * up 6:15; S=6:33, W=194.0; exercises, ..., Dutch (n.b. weight taken after breakfast) * abiraterone 6:15; rest of am 07:18; * H2O: 07:05, 08:15ish, 08:27:c, 09:09, 12:00, 14:44:c, 15:08, @ It’s the End of Google Search As We Know It | WIRED * guitar: Millennium's Dawn intro, Freight Train, Railroad Bill -- that's the point in Bad Guys where my fingers started hurting. Need to practice more. At all. GRAAAK @ GitHub - Xpra-org/xpra: Persistent remote applications for X11; screen sharing for X11, MacOS and MSWindows. ∃ apt pkg @ Nebula: Open Source Overlay Networking * note: mac'n'chee for breakfast in Lair fridge * adjust setup so that I can make/take zoom calls etc in the Lair with 2 monitors -> cables not completely managed yet. -> not clear what Bronx will make of it. May be hard for him to jump up from. -> May work better with the monitor on the desktop base. * 11am E' coming. -- will be here for ~6h @ Exploring the history of dummy boards | National Trust * walk: Monkey Grind: w=0.8mi, s=2029, 21min, 16hp, 26mm, Mex mocha, almond pinwheel (finished those in the Lair) : back in the Lair, realizing that fan noise is going to be a problem for zoom calls. Probably not going to work at all without a headset, or very close-mic'd. Panther's fan is just way too noisy. Maybe use Whitewood? Or Lynn? Or Sherman. for now, of course, I can just run zoom in the house like I always have. Foo. : Bronx has no trouble navigating the new layout -- didn't think he would, but nice to have it confirmed. Up and down via the upper counter as usual. * set alarm for tomorrow 0520Mo * litter boxen & awake 3:30; * up 06:00; S=7:34; exercises, Dutch * abiraterone 06:01; rest of am drugs 07:01; pm 21:53 with senna and docusate sodium * H2O: 06:34, 07:20, 9ish:c, 09:02, btw. 1pm and 5pm, 21:42, * 10:20 leave for 11am Memory Keepers realspace at Third Place Commons. Third Monday : The Eagle Creek waist/shoulder pack doesn't fit in the sling bag (Max). It fits in the back (laptop) compartment of the backpack. Found this out because I wanted to take Sable. Ended up transferring wallet, keys, and first aid kit into Max. Also found out that Sable has to go in with the battery (right) side down. : mask valves delivered to Freeland - must have gotten it from PayPal. Damn. $ Whidbey Telecom refund check for $97.27 arrived, along with a final statement. % back in the Lair. I don't think I'm in very good shape. Not psychologically, anyway. % 22:17 to bed 0523Tu & awake 00ish, 3:30 * up 6:35; S=8:00, W=191.2, BP=117/77, P=76; * abiraterone 06:39; rest of am 07:53; 22:ish pm, 22:11 laxatives * H2O: 07:16, 08:25, 08:48:c, 10ish?, 14:25, 18:40, 22:46, 22:47:st @ Trans-inclusive roller derby team helps strike down trans sports ban @ NASA's Webb Cracks Case of Inflated Exoplanet | Webb * finish email to Brenda * guitar: Desolation Row : finding a slight lack of USB-A to mini-B cables. Found one, finally. * start Wanderlust vol. 3 - Networking. The first chapter is absolute purple prose WTF. Can't tell if written for SEO, by AI, or just badly. Having read the rest... maybe all It's also telling that it doesn't mention having a host agency, unless I missed it. To be fair, joining a host agency -- the author's -- _is_ mentioned in a footnote on the last page of the series summary. Said footnote is not called out in the text. $ deposit $97.27 from Whidbey Telecom -> BECU RE checking. $ refund check from Dad's trust arrived. email to Al and Greg * 15min: take in cat litter etc. from the Chewy box that E' moved to my doorstep Su. -> two out of three bags broken. So that'll be fun. Fortunately they're ok lifted with support for both ends. @ Skinny robot documents forces eroding the 'Doomsday Glacier' : NPR work on "slouching toward awareness" due Th * load drugs. iron tomorrow 0522We * litter boxen & awake 3:30, 5:30 -- didn't log wake-up time; complicated by cat and bed exercises also put on bite guard sometime during the night, probably 3:30 * up 6:30; W=193.2, S=7:16; exercises, Dutch * abiraterone 07:10; rest of am drugs 08:20, pm +laxatives 21:52 * H2O: 08:27, 09:18:c, 12ish?, 20:17, 22:10, 22:42:st, @ The Thoughts of a Spiderweb " They argued in a review paper, published in the journal Animal Cognition, that a spider’s web is at least an adjustable part of its sensory apparatus, and at most an extension of the spider’s cognitive system. " Extended spider cognition | Animal Cognition % small (~7mm) cut on side of R ring finger -> hot water, "scratch and dent salve" * 15min: dishes: * unload * load, run -> % heating pad for back pain * walk: 15:49 MonkeyGrind with m: w=0.8mi, s=2269, 11hp, 24min ~ tried to take k's laptop to Seattle Laptop, but mis-remembered their closing time (4) * respond to Friday's backerkit questionaire -- see email for link. account s@t -> will need to update shipping info soon @ New research on Thwaites Glacier could reshape sea-level rise predictions : NPR @ Rubbing Your Eyes Is Way More Harmful Than You Think ! When I came in to the Lair it smelled like home. Combination of coffee and cats? Anyway, it did and I noticed. Which rates a "!"; first in a long time. WTF? There may have been some kind of shift, possibly related to N booking our rooms in Den Haag for the first two weeks of July. : Bronx managed to knock over my water tumbler. Nothing damaged, but annoying. I'll have to be more careful where I put it and other drinking vessels. 0523Th World Turtle Day @ World Turtle Day & awake 1:ish, 3:30ish * up 5:45; W=193.4lbs=87.7kg, S=06:06 * abiraterone 5:50; rest of am drugs 07:03; pm drugs + laxatives 21:21 * H2O: 07:03, 08:10:c, 1400ish, 18:53, 21:22 @ The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know About Unicode in 2023 (Still No Excuses!) @ tonsky.me : TIL: Adwaita (turtle) Adwaita (design language) - Wikipedia * walk: to park. 8:40 w=0.4mi, s=940, 11min, 6hp, 16mm & picked up a book in the LFL: Crossing the Owl's Bridge: A Guide for Grieving People Who Still Love: Bateman, Kim * 15min: dishes: * unload, *load, * run (~4pm) @ Here’s what’s really going on inside an LLM’s neural network | Ars Technica @ Best expat health insurance quotes in the Netherlands - Expatica Netherlands * take k's laptop to Seattle Laptop down the street. 7525 Aurora. open 11-4, Tu-Sa -> the center pin on the _charger_ was bent. fixed in 30 seconds with a dental pick * walk: 13:20 taqueria via Linden w=0.9mi, * install Molly's tag, registration * 2:45 telehealth visit with Susanna Myers, ARNP, FredHutch Integrative Medicine x- itching. x- colonoscopy ~- wellbeing. Difficult question -- I'm not sure what it means mostly talked about ways of improving mood: walk more, try to schedule guitar, maybe listen to language-learning audio while walking. Not sure where to find something that isn't interactive, but worth a try -> front-load fluids: two glasses of water in the morning. -> apples * order * abiraterone 206-606-6500 * kibble * tums * bring out to Lair: eyeglass cleaner, fiber cookies * 15min: laundry % 19:55 sleepy 0524Fr * litter boxen & awake 01:30 : pushed the blankets aside because hot, and Bronx came and nestled in under my arm! % warm and snuggly and purring. not really conducive to sleep, though. * up 6:30; S=4:52; exercises, Dutch, ..., shower/bath * abiraterone 6:30; rest of am drugs 07:29; * H2O: 07:00, 07:46, 08:40:c, 09:33, 13:33, 18:05, 21:50ish, 22:39:partial * guitar: Desolation Row (2 verses) getting more fluid : call from Cygna re: quote -- pre-existing condtions (e.g. pc) not covered. PROBLEM? @ 19 questions answered about Dutch health insurance in 2021 | DutchReview @ Compare health insurance Netherlands - Top choices 2024 @ Standard health insurance | Health insurance | Government.nl " Insurance companies are not obliged to accept everyone who applies for additional insurance. An insurance company can refuse to accept you as a client or can ask you about your health before accepting you. " : abiraterone will be arriving at the UPS store by Wednesday * 2pm zoom call with Elizabeth Geschiere. spiritual {condition? needs?} Mostly talked about flow and songs. Pointed her at QV and Eyes Like the Morning. QV because of flow and the writing process. Set schedule for next month. walking and dish washing as meditation/flow | Dutch ancestry -> set aside time for music. _Why_ do I not take time for music? -> sense of purpose. meaning. values. * need to be _useful_ Who am I? post-Colleen * 2min: The ConChord 2009 recording of QV seems to be a broken link :facepalm: cut+paste error; was pointing to dream.* @ So-called ‘SMART goals’ are a case of style over substance | Psyche Ideas * walk: to and in park (because trees): w=0.5mi, s=1271, 17min, 6hp, ! because trees = nature * Bartell's to pick up j's meds @ How to cope with climate anxiety | Psyche Guides ! I _am_ doing something about climate -- I own Molly. @ Between earth & sky | Psyche Films speaking of trees... @ Insight Timer — #1 Free Meditation App -> led to a rabbit-hole about meditation and mindfulness. Site looks useful. @ Insight Timer | Privacy & security guide | Mozilla privacy not included; v. creepy : When I got out to the Lair I found that the cats had cleaned their plates, which is a bit unusual. Bronx only nibbled at the wet food I put out, and Ticia is still eating several minutes later -- my conclusion is that she didn't get quite enough in the day * take a razor out to the house, since I sometimes bathe there : Phishing email ostensibly from PayPal, with a roughly $1k transaction and a number to call if I didn't recognize it. Logged in directly, looked at the transaction log, and did NOT call the number. 0525Sa * Mother's Day (observed at RS) @ Geek Pride Day @ Towel Day - Wikipedia & awake 2:30ish, forgot mask, 5ish * up 6am; S=5:55, W=192.8=87.4kg; kegels, Dutch % R. leg _itches_. Do Not Like * abiraterone 06:39; rest of am 7:39, eyedrops; 22:ish pm drugs, laxatives * H2O: 07:36, 08:08, 08:51:c, 11:24, 19:08 @ Apple’s Photo Bug Exposes the Myth of ‘Deleted’ | WIRED @ What Happens When a Romance Writer Gets Locked Out of Google Docs | WIRED : Bronx sitting on top of the microwave, washing my hair. When I stopped him he bit me @ Dispatches from the media apocalypse " Shifts in the social media landscape and the growing popularity and prevalence of generative AI have meant that the rules that newsrooms began to rely on no longer hold. " @ Singing Over Bones: Dr. Kim Bateman at TEDxYouth@GrassValley - YouTube " I came across this Japanese proverb and it says "my barn having burned to the ground I can now see the moon", and I just loved this because it introduced me to this idea that when we have to -- when we're forced to say goodbye to someone in the physical we're also being offered an opportunity to say hello to them in the imaginal. And it feels true doesn't it because when we lose someone in the physical it's almost like they're psychologically more present " -- via Crossing the Owl's Bridge Grieving the people we’ve loved and lost same video, better transcript * 15min: bookmark groups of tabs and move them into folders. The hope is that I can save some of the memory that FF is using. FF is a _little_ more responsive now.
