Done Since 2026-01-04

[mdlbear]

Not a great week. Many things to worry about. Spent a lot of time curled up on the couch wrapped in a fuzzy green blanket. On the other hand, I started the week by watching Flow, which I've had on my to-be-watched shelf ever since it arrived in July. (I'd pre-ordered the DVD in March, as a slightly-belated birthday present to myself.) Highly recommended. Sunday also has links to a couple of "making of" videos on YT. Note that it was made using the open-source 3-D animation program Blender. And I had a really good cancer support group session Wednesday evening.

On the gripping hand, Renee Good.

Breakfast this morning: Raisin Bread French Toast (for one person; scalable):

1. I started with two raisin bread buns, sliced vertically into about five 1cm slices. Use what you have.
2. Beat one egg with a little milk.
3. Pour the egg mix into a flat-bottomed bowl.
4. Melt a pat of butter in a non-stick skillet (cast iron counts).
5. Using a pair of tongs, dip a slice of bread in the egg mix, quickly flip it over to coat the other side, and transfer it to the skillet. Repeat as needed.
6. Use tongs to flip the toast to the other side and to transfer it to your plate when both sides are done
7. Add maple syrup, butter, raspberry jam, et. al. (I just used maple syrup this morning.)

Linkies: Pecorino Romano Recall Now Class I Over Listeria Grated Romano numerous brands, including Boar's Head, which was distributed throughout 20 U.S. states. "Dream Cat." Or how “Flow” reached the Oscars -- more under the cut on Sunday.

Notes & links:
0104Su
  * watch Flow (if nothing else needs doing)
    -> there are some very weird, mystical bits there, and some VERY intense ones.
    @ "Dream Cat." Or how the “Flow” reached the Oscars (English) - YouTube
      MAKING OF FLOW Movie (2024) Behind The Scenes
    @ Making Flow – Interview with director Gints Zilbalodis — Blender
  * -bring up N's mail and- retrieve Lizzy's charger
  * 22:00 set out cardboard for recycling

0105Mo
  @ Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost? | New Yorker
  @ Goteborg of Sweden - The Modern East Indiaman - YouTube
  @ Penrose Tilings from Five Dimensions #SoMEpi - YouTube
  * 10ish bring in cardboard bin
  ~ 10:15 leave (Uber) for 11am at clinic: Carmen BP. -> rescheduled because uber was late
    <- only 30 days worth of furosemide/lasix.  ??
  * travel planning.  No time when it makes sense for anyone else to go to US; I should go
    ~ leaving btw 2/25We and 2/27Fr (clinic appt on 2/24Tu
  @ The most shameful day in American history - Robert Reich
  * order pantoprozole, furosemide

0106Tu
  * 8:30 Uber scheduled pickup for 9am Carmen GP clinic rescheduled from yesterday
    -> scheduled ECG for tomorrow 15:30
  @ Gödel's Loophole - Wikipedia would permit America's republican structure to be
    legally turned into a dictatorship.  -- I think we now have an existance proof.,
  @ Why Women Are Really Having Fewer Kids Today | Medium do the math
    " If you really want more babies, the answer is not yelling at women, cutting abortion
      rights, or tweeting doom graphs. It’s boring, structural work: fair wages, livable
      housing, real childcare, sane work hours, healthcare, and a future that does not
      look like a slow disaster. "
  @ Exiting the Billionaire Castle
  * 19:00 - 20:30 (10am-11:30 PST) Healing Center Passages support grp - 1st, 3rd Tu
  * load drugs.

0107We
  * 07:50 reserved uber for 08:20 Haga opthalmology  Dr. M.J.W.M. Busch
    x- last opth. appointment was 2024-01-25, so about 2y ago
    -> no problem with retina.  Flashes are decreasing so np.
    -> worry if lots of floaters and/or encroaching dark areas.  Cataracts can wait.
  : glad I reserved a ride here.  Uber took an hour to find me a ride home.
  * guitar:  eyes-like-the-morning
  @ Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board Votes to Dissolve Organization in Act of
    Responsible Stewardship to Protect the Future of Public Media | CPB
    " While CPB’s chapter is ending, the mission of public media endures. Local stations,
      producers, journalists, and educators across the country will continue serving their
      communities, informing the public, and elevating local voices.
        As part of its orderly closure, CPB will complete the responsible distribution of
      all remaining funds in accordance with Congress’s intent. CPB will also provide
      support to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting to continue digitizing and
      preserving historic content, and CPB’s own archives—dating back to the
      organization’s founding in 1967—will be preserved in partnership with the University
      of Maryland and made accessible to the public. "
    minoanmiss | Three bits of note
    Dissolution before dishonor, but still...
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting - Wikipedia
  % why am I still doomscrolling?  I'm still re-reading Starmaker.  I should go do that.
  * 15:00 uber pickup scheduled for 15:30 GP clinic for ECG
    -> machine wasn't working; referred me to a cclinic across town.
  @ Killing of Renee Good
  * find or writ out borscht recipe for G
    @ mdlbear | Steve's Famous Borscht posted 2014-12-28 10:20 pm

0108Th
  % tooth pain - upper right.
  * walk:  top of first bridge.  Ice. 16:32: late enough for gF to say .92km, 35mm, 2600st
  : worried about Ticia -- kept trying to leave the bedroom with me, and seems to have
    lost weight.
  @ Trump administration to exit 66 international organizations | AP News
  . laundry proxied through G
  ~ am phone appointment Haga Urology  Dr H. van der Plas -> rescheduled
  * 18:30pm - 20:30 (9:30-11:30) Overlake med. center cancer support group - 2nd Th
    good session; I did a lot of talking --
    % some people asked for advice that I was able to give.  Always nice when that happens.
    : it'll conflict with Eurofilk sometimes but it's only once/month
  % depressed/distressed/??? - whining.

0109Fr
  : CPAP mask nosepiece came off on one side, couldn't get it back together.  at all.  Got
    out another nosepiece, and _that_ wouldn't go on.  Finally pulled out a complete mask;
    don't dare experiment with it.  Should have ordered supplies
    % whining.  Try taking bupropion again.
  @ Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet? | WIRED
  @ Curb cut effect - Wikipedia
    (via The Curb-Cut Effect | LinkedIn)
  % trimmed L eyebrow, which will hopefully keep it out of my eye.  Now looks similar to R
  @ Resonant Computing Manifesto
  @ Why Creators Are Leaving Social Media for Online Communities • CMX Chat
  * 3:30ish pick up meds at Apotheek.
  & Minor kerfuffle looking for the August eclipse-viewing reservation -- neither of us
    had it in email or credit-card receipts.  Turned up on Expedia; the lack of receipts
    was caused by the pay-on-arrival setup.
  % spent a long time huddled in the corner LR chair wrapped in the green blanket.
     % 21:12 ibuprofen 400 for itching

0110Sa
  * walk: 07:34 DSB804 .75km, 4hp, 25mm, 21min, 1200st
  @ Pecorino Romano Recall Now Class I Over Listeria Grated Romano numerous brands,
     including Boar's Head, which was distributed throughout 20 U.S. states.
  & found the glassware etc. from the china cabinet, in the easiest-to-get-to box
  @ I have been
    thinking lately about my family in Norway during the occupation, where one response
    was called the “ice front”: 
    mhoye: "Hard to explain how hated you need to be to get your car stuck in the snow in
    Minnesota and have zero Minnesotans helping you." - Mastodon
    This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential
    neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, 
  @ Aster: "Was looking into esoteric stuff…" - made.asterism.gay
    " Alt text: A woman is praying the text reads "Please Ancestors. I need your guidance"
      A picture is shown of the first fish to figure out how to walk on land and the text
      reads "*flopping noises*" "
  @ Weekend protests – SHOW UP
  @ don_marti_feed | how to remove ads from Firefox
  @ Why Developers Are Ditching Frameworks for Vanilla JavaScript - The New Stack
  @ Danish troops told to 'shoot first, ask questions later' if US invades Greenland
    " On Wednesday, Denmark’s defence ministry confirmed the existence of the 1952 rule
      and added that it “remains in force”. "
  @ ‘Damage is piling up’: has the Netherlands forgotten how to cope with snow?
  @ Dreaming of writing your novel this year? Rip up all the rules! | The Guardian
  @ Imagine Scythia’s fierce warrior women, the real Amazons | Aeon Essays
  @ The Truth About British Curry Nobody Wants To Admit - YouTube
    Veeraswamy | UK's Oldest Indian Restaurant
  * load drugs:     * propranolol needed Tu;  * furosemide Sa-Tu,   B6 Tu;