Done Since 2025-03-30

[mdlbear]

Had my doctor's appointment Tuesday mornning. Went okay though I forgot to mention a lot of things because I didn't have them written down. I'll have another chance this Tuesday when I go in to discuss the results of my bloodwork. I debated calling an Uber, because I have no self-confidence whatever, but in the end decided to chance it on Lizzy, our folding mobility scooter. It's about a 25-minute ride. Uber would probably have taken longer end-to-end.

I've been walking less and having more trouble doing it; my limit right now is around a kilometer. N and I went out for a 2-km st/roll Tuesday afternoon, which worked well with both of us taking turns on Lizzy, but I wouldn't have wanted to go much farther. I don't like it. It's probably in a feedback loop with the dysthymia. When I lived in San Jose I used to walk about 5km (3mi) every day at lunchtime. I'd settle for half that.

I have a good set of exercises from PT sessions several years ago -- I just don't do them often enough. Don't practice guitar or brush my teeth every day, either. No-one to blame but myself.

The ongoing fascist coup in the US does not help either. It would be nice to think that Monday's International Transgender Day of Visibility and yesterday's mass Hands Off demonstrations helped, but I don't have a lot of hope right now. See Tuesday for 72-hour emergency preparedness kit links.

The Man Who Almost Broke Math (And Himself...) is a video about Georg Cantor, with nice clear explanations of the Axiom of Choice, the Well-Ordering Theorem, and the Banach-Tarski Paradox. Enjoy.

Notes & links:
0330Su  * sift litter boxen  2am Spring Forward (EU)
  & awake 4:550ish
  * up 7:30; W=91.5, BP=132/67, P=75, S=7:30ish;  ... Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 07:56; 2*coffee; rest am 8ish; pm 19:52
  % delighted that my constipation seems to have broken up overnight.
  % I also note that my lower back pain has greatly lessened.  See above.
  @ TIL:  Short-chain fatty acid - Wikipedia
  @ OSMIROID - Company History  Calligraphy Nibs and Fountain Pen Nib Units
    Oddly, Wikipedia has no Osmiroid article.  I believe I had an Osmiroid 75, which was
    piston-filled.  I apparently abandoned it or gave it away, along with a collection of
    mostly left-handed italic nibs.  No idea what became of it.  Ebay? Tempting.
  ! 12:03 actually feeling pretty good right now.  laxative side-effects apparently over
  ! 16:00 intense but thankfully brief reaction to the last couple of introductions in
    Kaleidofolk's concert at Or-E-Con 2.
  @ I Built a 17th Century Music Computer (and it sounds incredible!) - YouTube
  & make sure Life Cycle of Flowers made it up to the lgf site.  Had to remember to tag it
    with "ours".  There are some broken things in that build chain.
  * 21:25 naproxen 440mg.

0331Mo Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV)  * change litter boxen (N")
  @ International Transgender Day of Visibility - Wikipedia
  & awake 3:30-4ish?
  * up 7:30; S=8:20; 
  * drugs:  first am 07:40; coffee; rest am 08:49; pm 20:35
  * set alarms for tomorrow
  * send am blood pressure to US!PCP
  @ Bastet - YT (siliconshaman.)
    looks to be all or mostly AI-generated imagery; poster says the lyrics are original
  @ Researchers'
    breakthrough method reveals clouds amplify global warming far more than previously
    understood | ScienceDaily (ysabetwordsmith) oops!
  @ Surprise Airline Rule Changes You NEED to Know Before Your Next Flight! - YouTube
  * print drug list and med record
  * bring up clean bowls for the cats
  @ 1 Year After Substack
    " it came out that Substack was (and still are) monetizing Nazi accounts, ..."
  @ All items required in a '72 hour survival kit' as 450,000,000 people warned to
    prepare due to rising tensions - World News - LADbible
    calgary.ca: Build your 72-hour emergency preparedness kit
    Prepare for an emergency as a senior
    Prepare for an emergency as a person with a disability
  % 19:32 naproxen 440mg
  * load drugs  -> need abiraterone Su and Mo; refil KCl, very low on buspirone
    tapering off - buspirone am only this week.  -> do I have more?

0401Tu  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 3:30ish
  * up 7:00; ; ..., dishes, Dutch
  * drugs:  first am:7:07; rest am; pm
  * 8am->8:10 or so -summon uber- _take (scooter)Lizzy!_  ~20min trip
  * 09:00 - 09:15 Bij: Berestein Dr. Grain (M) Beresteinlaan 395, 2542 JK
    -> scrips were sent across the street to the pharmacy there, because I wasn't fast
       enough when he asked.  Or more likely missed it.
    -> they'll have to order, so won't be ready until tomorrow afternoon.  Go Wednesday
    : This qualifies as an adventure -- I had to leave before breakfast
      It's not Bronx's fault -- he _tried_ to get me up earlier... :)
     Benu Pharmacy, Laan van Wateringse Veld 322, 2548 CH Den Haag
  @ History awareness for trans visibility day. - current events post - Imgur
  @ APOD: 2025 April 1 – A Double Sunrise from a Partial Eclipse
    The soundtrack is "House of the Rising Sun"
  @ FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado - Ars
    Xiaofeng Wang (computer scientist) - Wikipedia
  : call from ?urologist ?urogenital oncologist to make appointment.  I asked for an email
    so I can reply with my records.  (if too big to attach I'll upload to dropbox)
  & st/roll 2.2km (1.4mi) with N to Jumbo in Wateringen, _taking turns_ on Lizzie.  I
    could not possibly have made it on my own.  I need to walk more.
  & scattered some swan (et.al.) food; no swans but a pair of coots ate most of it
  * send medical records to "PKC" pkc@hagaziekenhuis.nl
  * SL:  rennie, printable labels,  -> cart on Bol ready to go; just didn't want it to
    come today when I didn't expect to be home much to keep an ear out for the door
  * 19:00 - 20:30 (10am-11:30 PST) Healing Center Passages support grp - 1st, 3rd Tu
  % tylenol 1g 22:07

0402We  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 00:30ish;  % pain.  very rough night
    % nightmares about rational approximations of Pi; something else I forget
    % and to make matters worse I managed to fall out of bed, face-first, while trying to
      get _into_ bed around Ticia.
  * up 8ish? -> actually didnt get dressed until nearly 11
  * drugs:  first am 9ish???; rest am 12:58; coffee; pm 20:08
  * 11:30 call with bookkeeper about VAT for small business
    * collect invoices (from N) into Downloads/HSX -- considerable reorg will be needed
    * upload to bookkeeper.  N will ask how we get a VAT number.  They do the rest
    -> actually, what appears to be the VAT number turned up in a letter from the
       Belastingdienst reminding us to pay it.  
  * 20:00 - 21:30 (11:00-12:30 PST) Virginia Mason Living w\ Cancer grp - 1st, 3rd We
  % 10:06 tylenol 1g
    
0403Th  * sift, top up litter boxen
  & awake 3ish
  * up 7:30; ; ..., dishes, ..., laundry, ..., Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 8:04; rest am 09:45; 2*coffee; pm 21:09
  % last night's tylenol appears to have done the trick.
  * email (bookkeeper)Maria asking whether I'm right about the VAT number
  @ The Man Who Almost Broke Math (And Himself...) - YouTube Georg Cantor
    Nice clear explanations of the Axiom of Choice, the Well-Ordering Theorem, and the
    Banach-Tarski Paradox.
  @ Framework | Introducing the Framework Laptop 12 WANT!
    " We’ll open pre-orders in April, with first shipments in mid-2025. "
    Framework | Framework Laptop 12 pre-orders open next week
  @ FTC: 23andMe buyer must honor firm’s privacy promises for genetic data - Ars   
  * 18:00 Stockholm (CEST) Eurofilk.  Lot of songs about getting old; I just went with it.
    singing:  get-up-and-go, when I was a lad, stuff that dreams are made of
    dropped out ~21:15
  % can't tell whether "nothing looks good to eat" means I'm not hungry, I'm depressed, or
    my digestive tract is blocked.  -> 0404 probably not the latter.

0404Fr  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 4am
  * up 7:30ish; ; dishes, Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 07:48; rest am 09:07; coffee; pm 21:38
  ~ make sure cats' water fountain is properly seated.  -> seems to be okay.
  * go pick up drugs at the apotheek - about a 45-50 minute trip
  @ How to Write Blog Posts that Developers Read · Refactoring English
  @ The missing women of autism are differently different | Aeon Essays
  % 21:ish pain in R eye.  drops not helping much.  21:45 somewhat better.  tylenol

0405Sa  * sift litter boxen
  & awake 2:30ish
  * up 07:08; ; dishes, ..., Dutch
  * drugs:  first am 07:20; rest am 08:22; 2*coffee; pm 21:30ish
  * Walk: 17:20 a block or 2 short of Erasmusweg; felt like I was pushing my luck even so
  * waterproof black ink:  Noodler Heart of Darkness and (Twisby) inkwell from G's extras.
  @ Building a Home Studio in a Tiny NYC Apartment - YouTube
  % did not finish dinner.  Second night in a row.  Not really unusual.  It was salmon
    filet, broccoli, and rice; this is not the first time I've put away leftovers from
    that combination, so not too worried.  My walking difficulty worries me more.

Good luck, be well, and be careful.