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Done Since 2024-12-22
Last "Done Since" post of the year. I think... I think I've done a few big important things, but let a lot of the smaller but still important things slide. While doing a whole lot of small but less important things. Well, that's procrastination for you. The Terrible Trivium. See also, Why Depression and Procrastination Are Linked (with an extended quote on Tuesday if you want the tl;dr version.)
Meanwhile, a few good things happened this week: I received a liter of oude genever as a holiday gift, and I hit a couple of emotional landmines during singing practice. The latter is good because I have trouble recognizing emotions, and grief is a welcome allternative to the numbness of dysthymia. (Which prevailed most of the week, of course, along with the usual anxiety and some outright fear.)
Also in the health department, we have more proof that Cardiovascular Protection Tracks With Wine Intake, Now Provable With Urinary Marker (tartaric acid). Tl;dr: you want 12-35 glasses of wine per month. I don't think that works the same for gin, so I may have to pick uup a few bottles of red. For my health.
In music, some new protest songs are being written, like Martin Kerr - God Rest Ye Merry Billionaires (Official Lyric Video), and some old ones are still applicable, like "Which Side Are You On".
And on a lighter note, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) with new accompaniment by Gary McGath.
Notes & links:1222Su * sift, top up litter boxen & awake ? * up 5:30; ; Dutch * abiraterone 5:30; rest of am drugs 7ish?; 2*coffee; pm drugs 17:30ish @ Cover Your Tracks EFF browser test -> strong protection against trackers, but unique fingerprint : N and G to Amsterdam - for candles, among other things. * singing: Paper Wings (last 2 lines of chorus still giving me trouble) Rambling Silver Rose. % last line got me. Ship of Stone. Riverheart. guitar: QV @ Cardiovascular Protection Tracks With Wine Intake, Now Provable With Urinary Marker 12-35 glasses of wine per month. The marker is tartaric acid. @ The Breachies 2024: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year EFF @ How to cope with the death of a pet - The Washington Post 1223Mo * change litter boxen (N") Festivus @ Festivus - Wikipedia & awake 4:30ish % dream seemed to be partly about health care * up 5:30ish; ; laundry, Dutch % severely congested * abiraterone 5:30ish; rest of am drugs 07:12; pm drugs 17:59 @ How small claims court became Meta's customer service hotline @ How to actually sleep on an airplane | The Seattle Times @ Christmas Light Show Dueling Jingle Bells! - YouTube (via ysabetwordsmith awesome banjo-and-light show : today the headsets are behaving like separate devices -- one is both channels of stereo, and the other is a mono headset that apps won't talk to. Should I give up? @ Metamorphic rocks go on deep journeys we never can | Aeon Essays : Finally got the Vattenfall InCharge activation email. * create account. ? set up app Can't seem to log in. possibly I need to change my browser to Chrome? " QOTD: When religious people make the most depraved man alive the most powerful man in the world, it's easy to understand why people have stopped going to church " (from an image posted on #filkhaven. I hate those. Any typos are mine.) @ What To Do When There Is Nothing To Be Done : received holiday card from E & gave N" my URL so she could hear my music. Was going to give her a CD but apparently didn't bring any on the plane. * load drugs. -> CRAP! out of abiraterone -> refill requested; also KCl @ Amazon.com : Sorry, It’s Your Problem Now, Because I'm Dead, End of Life Planner * change address at USPS and voter reg. to LC -- should have been done months ago * refill prescriptions at ExpScripts and Fred Hutch. 1224Tu * sift litter boxen Christmas Eve & awake 5ish. % extremely congested again. * up 6ish; ; Dutch * abiraterone 5ish; rest of am drugs 6ish; pm drugs 8ish? * 2min: put up my Kliban cat ornaments @ Mistletoe: The Evolution of a Christmas Tradition | Smithsonian @ Liberal leaders say they have a plan for a new, more effective anti-Trump resistance in 2025 | CNN Politics @ Particle Could Be Portal to Fifth Dimension | What Is Dark Matter clickbait, but A warped scalar portal to fermionic dark matter | The European Physical Journal C Extra Dimensions and Warped Geometries | Science ... maybe not _entirely_ rubbish Randall–Sundrum model - Wikipedia @ People With Extreme Wealth Should Give It Away—or Be Penalized | WIRED @ Why Depression and Procrastination Are Linked | Psychology Today " 2. People who deal with stress by putting problems in their ‘too hard basket’ are more vulnerable to getting depressed. There is a huge chicken and egg relationship here. If you ruminate about problems rather than tackling them head-on, it can contribute to worsening depression, but depression can also make people feel frozen. 6. The social withdrawal that comes with depression can lead to procrastination when doing a task would involve behaviors like phone calls to strangers, or meeting someone new ... 7. Over time, people with depression can lose confidence in their capacity to follow through. " * call back to Fred Hutch about abiraterone (they called last night my time) -> shipping this afternoon to UPS store at 1002 Aurora -> email sent to J o follow up with tracking info -> leuprolide (6 month) (Lupron Depot) Last given 9/16/2024 -> so good until 3/16 or so @ The ultimate Android privacy guide – Computerworld 1225We * sift, top up litter boxen @ Hanukkah - Wikipedia @ Christmas - Wikipedia @ Newtonmas -Isaac Newton's birthday - Wikipedia & awake 5ish * up 8am; ; Dutch * abiraterone 5ish ; rest of am drugs 8:40ish; pm drugs 22ish @ Almost all leading AI chatbots show signs of cognitive decline - BMJ Group @ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film) - Wikipedia File:20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916).webm - Wikipedia for a version with new music - see Saturday & 12:46 Release the Kitties! & guitar: snippets, with extra Ticia. (who is now loafing on a blanket I put down) @ Playing Music on the Oldest Running Computer in America! - YouTube % several hours with cats on the loose. Mostly Ticia; Bronx kept trying to go upstairs and G put him back in my room after the third time. Ticia was a darling. She seemed to want to go back to the room ~16:30, so I helped er do that, letting her lead me to the door. * guitar: quite a lot of noodling on the couch with Ticia. % L forefinger hurts, so probably not a good idea to do a lot of guitar. @ Goodbye, immortal design. This is the end for Bialetti — an immortal design that outlived and buried (literally) its owner. the iconic Moka pot 1226Th * sift litter boxen Boxing Day, Babbage's Birthday @ Boxing Day - Wikipedia @ Babbage's birthday Uncle Ernie's & awake 4:30 % dream involved being in dream!San Francisco with Colleen and, improbably, Ticia. Combined aspects of a shopping trip, medical?? appointment, and a visit to a friend's house (with multiple cats). * up 7:50; ; Dutch * abiraterone 08:00; coffee; rest of am drugs 9am; coffee; pm drugs 21:44 @ Martin Kerr - God Rest Ye Merry Billionaires (Official Lyric Video) (ysabetwordsmith) Legendary Musician Sends a Spine-Chilling Message to the Crooks Screwing Us Over % 11:22 L knee hurting @ Thread by @JewWhoHasItAll on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App % very down on myself right now * guitar: Bad Guys; singing: The Fans Sang "You Bash the Balrog". @ A Single One-Hour Daily Walk Could Add Six Hours to Your Lifespan : ScienceAlert * Hanukkah (second night -- household celebration) G is making latkes. I received a 1-liter bottle of oude genever (Zuidam 5 jaar) * 15min: with j and G, attach the left-hand arm to the couch, and the connector plates at the other end. Have not yet attached the mating plates to the chaise section. 1227Fr * sift litter boxen & awake 5:30 * up 7:30; ; Dutch * abiraterone 7:30; rest of am drugs 08:34; 2*coffee; pm drugs 22:00 @ A girl and her dad played one last video game before he died. She'll never forget it. - Upworthy Journey - YT * ping J via signal about meds. We'll see. ~ put out plastics bin for pickup -> bin was maybe 1/4 full; now 1/2. It'll wait. 1228Sa * sift litter boxen : Mom's Birthday * up 5:30ish; * abiraterone 10:41 (ideally 11ish); rest of am drugs 5:45ish; pm drugs 20:59 % stupidly swapped the two morning doses; last food at 9, so should wait until 11 @ “Twelfth Night Till Candlemas” – the story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending – The Law and Policy Blog praise be to librarians. Especially on Mom's birthday. @ Princess Mononoke: The masterpiece that flummoxed the US @ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) with new accompaniment by Gary McGath : 09:45 FF was hanging, so rebooted Sable. On a whim, swapped the battery with the spare 6-cell I had lying around. Complained about RT clock, so either a glitch killed it or (more likely) it needs a new coin cell. 9 hours until fully charged. * 13:20 N leaving for NY % 21:22 headache, sleepy. Poor temperature control.