G+ Migration Blog

In re: New Dr. Who season and spin-off Class. Class still worth watching. Rather intense for an ostensibly junior high to high school range target audience. At least, you'd get an NC-17 over here for the sex scene. Some of the violence is pushing it a bit, as well. As for Dr. Who, I still can't understand Bill at least half the time. I have never had this much trouble with a British accent. Maybe if they'd just get her to slow down? I mean, I've started recording the episodes on purpose so I can replay them over and over in spots to figure out what's being said. Like, I swear the word "melanin" came out as "mwn". It took me two tries to figure out. Maybe the broadcasts are just messed up, though? I mean, by the end of this week's episode the mouth movement and soundtrack were so far off it was like watching a satire of an old movie with a terrible English dub. I still think they are doing well with her character overall, though. Meanwhile, a ...

I may have to come up with a #cutecritterprotocol subheading: desperation.

- locked - I may have mentioned this, but I suck at living with people with mental and emotional illness. At least, insofar as not wanting to scream and destroy things in frustration and irritation.

O, hai again thunderstorms.

- locked - Must not binge on ice cream, must not binge on ice cream. Of course, that probably means I'll just binge on something else, but you never know.

Well, that would be the thunderstorms, then. Boy, anybody living along Lake Ontario is in trouble. (They have flood warnings up because of the high winds and it is verrrry windy.)

TED talks for the easily offended. https://youtu.be/B1MlW787KIU?t=3m7s https://youtu.be/B1MlW787KIU?t=3m7s

Do not have energy for but feel need of #cutecritterprotocol. The cat is how I feel, but the dog is really more in the spirit of the thing.

This is gonna be ridiculous. Let's just propose cutting everything and then look shocked when we discover that not only is there a reason for some things, they might even be producing benefits - like jobs, or growing a sector of the economy, or even promoting the purchase of our products in other countries. Gee, who knew some of the things government did might be useful or beneficial? http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/26/525584142/energy-star-program-for-homes-and-appliances-is-on-trumps-chopping-block http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/26/525584142/energy-star-program-for-homes-and-appliances-is-on-trumps-chopping-block

I can't even coherently say anything about what I think of just letting the market take over again and going back to before CHIP. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/25/525475221/changes-to-federal-insurance-plans-could-hurt-families-of-chronically-ill-kids http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/25/525475221/changes-to-federal-insurance-plans-could-hurt-families-of-chronically-ill-kids

You can always get another wife. #sarcasm http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/04/26/525639110/overlooked-drug-could-save-thousands-of-moms-after-childbirth http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/04/26/525639110/overlooked-drug-could-save-thousands-of-moms-after-childbirth

But they fixed it. Sort of. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-children-in-immigration-database-20170426-story.html http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-children-in-immigration-database-20170426-story.html

And ICE does not have a sense of humor. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/29/526155130/people-are-reporting-criminal-space-aliens-to-new-ice-hotline http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/29/526155130/people-are-reporting-criminal-space-aliens-to-new-ice-hotline

It's like a cross between More and Swift: "From a very young age, we are told, 'since god made you a woman, you must sit silently, look at nobody, go nowhere, shut your ears and your eyes, and just sit there. Education and learning of languages is none of your concern.'... Now you tell me, if this creature, kept uneducated and confined, ends up being less than perfect, who is to blame?" http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/28/524404924/19th-century-princess-and-cookbook-author-was-also-georgias-first-feminist http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/28/524404924/19th-century-princess-and-cookbook-author-was-also-georgias-first-feminist

Good for her. http://www.npr.org/2017/04/29/526021195/meet-the-teenage-girl-who-wants-to-be-a-boy-scout http://www.npr.org/2017/04/29/526021195/meet-the-teenage-girl-who-wants-to-be-a-boy-scout

Man, did I get hit by a rock of depressive energy this afternoon. I'm sure some of it has to do with my dad's situation and by association my mom, but eru jimminy hogswatch. Where's the happy pills/patch?

Maybe this is poor reasoning, but I really feel that if the Catholic church would just say it was a matter of personal conscience and not an excommunicable sin, and stop indoctrinating people thusly, we could get rid of ignorance in our society and a lot of stupid laws that are abusive of women. They are a huge organization and do have influence in certain areas and this is a critically important one if they care at all about women as human beings. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39749681 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39749681

Getting up at 8 am would probably not be so uninviting if falling asleep occurred somewhat earlier than 2 am. #csb

Written because of the Detroit arrests and backlash by an American woman who was subjected to FGM as a child and who is working to end the practice wherever it happens. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/27/483713242/because-i-was-harmed http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/27/483713242/because-i-was-harmed

Nice tutu. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/28/526073329/tutu-protests-and-parties-break-out-in-wyoming-over-senators-remark http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/28/526073329/tutu-protests-and-parties-break-out-in-wyoming-over-senators-remark

Know before you go, I guess. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/28/526067401/u-s-supply-of-yellow-fever-vaccine-will-run-out-by-midsummer http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/28/526067401/u-s-supply-of-yellow-fever-vaccine-will-run-out-by-midsummer

Things I wish I were doing next weekend: http://ottawapoutinefest.ca/ I mean, I know, crowds. But poutine!

In all the coverage about the anniversary of the 1992 LA riots, I remembered that there had been riots before, in the 1960s, and I definitely remembered about Rodney King, but I forgot about this. https://www.good.is/articles/latasha-harlins-rodney-king-anniversary https://www.good.is/articles/latasha-harlins-rodney-king-anniversary

I guess a lot of people are schadenfreudeing about this. Some of those tweets, ouch. #lordofthefyreflies http://variety.com/2017/music/news/fyre-festival-disaster-tweets-memes-jokes-1202402835/ http://variety.com/2017/music/news/fyre-festival-disaster-tweets-memes-jokes-1202402835/

Any language that has awesome words and concepts like: Hundslappadrífa (and its friend, Grásleppudrífa) Gluggaveður Sólarfrí ("When staff gets an unexpected day or afternoon off to enjoy a particularly sunny and warm day.") Needs to be preserved. Of course, I live somewhere those words would be useful. I also like that the word for midwife translates as "mother of light" (ljósmóðir) and nipple translates as "spear wart" (geirvarta). I'm sure it doesn't technically work this way, but I feel like it would be kind of fun to change the opening line of Beowulf to: Hwæt! We Geirvartadena in geardagum, etc. [How we nipple Danes in days of yore, etc.) (The original is We Gardena, we spear Danes.) http://mashable.com/2017/04/23/iceland-language-at-risk-computers/#r8zWLuXHRPqh http://mashable.com/2017/04/23/iceland-language-at-risk-computers/#r8zWLuXHRPqh

G+ liked the waterfall, too.

Some tulips from the Mom garden.

- locked - It's really hard to get to new coping mechanisms when all you've ever been taught/had were it's bad to get angry, disagreeing is bad, arguing is bad, don't talk so loudly, be nice, etc. Iow, suppression.

I think we tied the record high temp yesterday, but the promised thunderstorms did not materialize. At least not right here. We did get some bursts of rain, though. P.S. A record high here would make people in many places laugh, but 84F/29C is a very warm temp for April around here. Usually we're more in the 50s/60s range (10-15C).

Om nom nom today's doodle. Thanks for introducing me to camembert, Kenneth Cavness!

Indian Falls, on Tonawanda Creek, near the town of Indian Falls, NY just outside the Tonawanda (band of Seneca Nation) Reservation. I went with my dad to help him go for a drive outside the house while recovering from the latest stuff. You can't tell from the photos, but it was very sunny out. Here's more info than you probably ever wanted to know about the geology and so forth of the area: http://falzguy.com/indian-falls.html

Dinner: Smothered Chicken. I used noodles instead of rice. Somehow, I didn't remember it being quite so mildly flavored, but then I didn't add salt. Still, the flavor of the onions and onion powder just weren't very noticeable. The chicken was super tender, though.

Aw, man. I looked it up 'cuz of a post one of you made and my favorite lobster shack in Maine closed at the end of last summer. It was in this quiet, absolutely gorgeous spot, too. I haz a sad.

Aw. It's like "The Notebook". http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39727577 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39727577

I'm glad this doesn't happen anymore, but why is it that the women are always held responsible and not the men? Human beings are awful. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39576510 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39576510

I had no idea my dad was a fan of Agent Carter. Til.

Moar #cutecritterprotocol. White-headed or white-fronted brown lemurs. The males have a bushy white sideburn thing going on.

Have I mentioned that I am also watching "Class" on BBCA? It's a Doctor Who spin-off and it's pretty good. I especially like the one character who is bitter and snarky and capable of kicking ass. Don't mind the way the others are handled, either. It's also a bit more realistic, if you can say that about this kind of show. I'd have to be probably unacceptably spoilery to explain, though. Has anyone else watched it (it was aired before on BBC proper), or is currently watching it?

#cutecritterprotocol so far (April 30): seal pup kitten and puppy common brown lemur ringtail lemur blue eyed black lemur Sanford's brown lemur white headed/fronted brown lemur slow and slender loris meerkat piglets ducklings chicks lambs mixed harp seal/hamster/baby penguin/sloth anchovies bunnies bunny link bunny video link iguanas beavers otters otter link kittens kitten link bears - grizzlies of various types, Alaskan wolves - various Alaskan Lake Baikal freshwater seal jackals wolverine rhinos x 2 shih tzu/lhasa/ewok (2 posts) frogs shark link lemmings harp seal pangolin baby orang link baby lion link x 2 hamster link (with elderberries) baby weasel link sloth link x 2 marsupial link singing shepherd link bronx zoo show link red panda lnk baby raccoon link baby cow link national zoo cute animal link

Sanford's Brown Lemur. #cutecritterprotocol

And the AC is on. #spring

It is interesting to me how universities can be places antithetical to change. (I'm thinking about the discomfort and objections to changing things, and how long past changes in the rest of society they may finally make changes.) http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39559232 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39559232

I'm guessing the brand name stands for 'privileged rich people stuff'. "The Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans aren't pants," Mr Rowe wrote. "They're a costume for wealthy people who see work as ironic - not iconic." http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39714301 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39714301

Wow, cool. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39671753 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39671753

Trudeau Stands Up for Canadian Wood: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/929064515999/ http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/929064515999/

Ion, I got new glasses today. Since I'm all weird about posting my picture and stuff, I will explain by saying they are sort of a cross between Samantha "Sam" Sparks and Petronella Osgood, aka Osgood. Put either in google and you will see. #fldsmdfr #Who

I need more cute. Have some blue-eyed black lemurs, famously sexually dichromatic (boys are black, girls are brown). #cutecritterprotocol

Discoveries I would rather not have made - unsweetened almond milk tastes like playdoh smells. Blech. How is it that I have had both hot and cold beverages made with almond milk at restaurants and they have been delicious? Disgusting doesn't even begin to cover what I bought at the store.

Good grief. People are willing to commit violence over statues? And this is not about racism? What part of their "heritage", exactly, are they protecting, then? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39697984 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39697984

4 out of 10 wouldn't get you anything with most vaccines. Tells you how tough malaria is to deal with that it's enough to get the ok to give the vaccine to people in endemic countries. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39666132 http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39666132

Today's strepsirrhine: the common brown lemur. #cutecritterprotocol Why you smoosh my pictures, google? Expand them, they are cute.

Latest episode of Dr. Who ... Started better than it ended, wasted a lot of potential to be deeply interesting, amazing setting, pretty suboptimal use of some good actors as other characters, not the worst episode by far of either the whole new Who arc nor the Capaldi episodes. Watch without expectations and it can be enjoyed. s p o i l e r s p a c e Great ideas, either too many for one episode or injudicious distribution of time spent. My sister is right. It is very hard to understand Bill's accent many times. She speaks very quickly and and/or sort of smushes the words. Needs more articulation and I think it would not destroy the character to have her speak just a bit more slowly and/or clearly, even when excited. So far, I generally like Bill's character, but we'll see where it goes. Lame use of Nardole to show up, throw away plot point line (oh, I see, we're going to have another one of those ridiculous season long arcs, are we?), and walk out. Like, why bother. How...

The Great Chocolate Cake Saga. My mom asked for a chocolate cake for her birthday, specifically, for a cake her mother used to make. As it happens, my mom had this written out by my grandmother. Of course, then my mom proceeded to say how it was not what she remembered and, oh, that wasn't really the frosting my grandmother used and she didn't like that and just wanted a "regular" frosting. Ultimately, though, I made the cake per what was written down. Wherein it was discovered that probably a few pieces of info were lacking. There's a bit of confusion about whether the recipe intended to use dutch/alkalinized or regular cocoa, which matters for taste, not to mention acidity, and the pans probably needed a parchment bottom, not just grease/butter and flour. They were not burnt, but would not come out of the pan. After some hemming and hawing, my mother decided that she guessed that was the taste and texture she remembered, notwithstanding the fact that it was in ...

This is what happens inside my head when I read articles. He is also a natural showman. So, bullshit artist? During the campaign, he riveted viewers with his raucous rallies, where he often spoke for more than an hour without any notes or teleprompters. Yeah, so, that sounds like a compliment you'd give a great orator. I mean, if a great orator is simply someone good at manipulating crowds then this is definitely your guy. If there's supposed to be some content, or thought, purpose, or structure, then no, this is not great oratory. It's a repeated catechism of nonsense. And in TV interviews, he sometimes offers tips on matters including lighting and chair placement, with an intuitive sense of what makes for good TV. Iow, he's an instinctively good bs artist and manipulator. Got it. Also, probably qualified to produce a TV show. _Indeed, it is now a running joke in television green rooms that if a trade association or special-interest group wants to reach the president,...

- a little locked - I really wish there were some kind of mood patch, or titratable happy pill that would just get you past some of the more inertia inducing pressures in life. Just, you know, something small for a brief time to keep you going through various moments. Oh, well. Still science fiction.

Adulting, how does it work?

Aaand I was right. The tone deaf foolishness that set my mom off this weekend in the context of other stuff that I privately mentioned to a few of you was from my SIL. And now, my mom is all, oh, I know she meant well. And I'm all, oh, hell, no. This is all about my SIL and her bizarre little tone-deaf world where she sends people unsolicited self-help books, and clothing in the wrong sizes and colors, spiritual or inspiring jewelry, and unsolicited political stuff. Of course, one might tell her if you must do this random gift thing, just send Amazon gift cards, ok? But see, then she could not make a point with whatever it is she is sending as a "gift". jfam

Today needs more #cutecritterprotocol. Have another strepsirrhine - the famous ring-tailed lemur. #kingjulien

#class #sportsmanship http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-39686765 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-39686765

Not a good time to safari in Kenya, apparently. The second article is from February and gives much more info on the politics and drought and violence. Short version is cattle herders are burning down lodges and other places, shooting people and wildlife that get in their way, and grazing their cattle any place they can or want to. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39683731 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38866389 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39683731

Directly related to comments in this article: - In the US, we just rolled back the work hours limitations recommendations for residents. Like they weren't full of loopholes, anyway. - Women are forced to make choices that men are not even expected to consider, nevermind asked to consider. Including by other women. In a culture that criticizes and penalizes them no matter what choice they make. I have opinions on this, obs, but will not rant, here. I certainly hope something is going to change the culture of medicine, but it never has yet. Not even people dying has resulted in a lasting change in the culture of medicine in this country. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/opinion/doctors-are-human-too.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/opinion/doctors-are-human-too.html

http://www.upworthy.com/one-of-the-most-famous-anti-drug-psas-got-an-update-for-2017-and-its-brilliant?g=2&c=ufb1 http://www.upworthy.com/one-of-the-most-famous-anti-drug-psas-got-an-update-for-2017-and-its-brilliant?g=2&c=ufb1

Reinstating #cutecritterprotocol with some slender and slow lorises. Do not make them pets.

Random drag race thoughts: it really kinda is RuPaul's best RuTherapy show. It hasn't quite crossed the full-blown exploitation line, yet, although I keep thinking about that. It's brought up some important stuff, though. Also, Untucked has sort of become required watching with this new show format. It really changes how I see a lot of things. Meanwhile, it seems like it was kind of a throwaway, but I loved when Cynthia said how are you even Puerto Rican to Aja when she couldn't do the cha cha step in the choreography. Then the stomping on cockroaches bit was funny and had all the other queens laughing. Oh, and I don't know why but I loved muchly both Ru's suit and her dress on this last episode.

Oh, awesome. G+ is re-notifying me of comments and posts that it notified me of yesterday. Wow. Broken is not even gonna cover it if this continues.

Purely as a point of interest, all this stuff is showing up in my g+ feed from 7-9 or more hours ago that wasn't there 7-9+ hours ago. Bonus, it is showing up randomly and in no particular order. #spreadsheet

Dad is having surgery tomorrow morning. Maybe. The surgeon has to see him and decide in the morning whether or what exactly is going on. So there's a huge amount of stress and anxiety around here. So much fun. #fsckcancer

It's just words. Boys will be boys. It's just locker room talk. It's just boy talk. It's starting to look like not one single male at Fox didn't disrespect women. http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/21/politics/sarah-palin-fox-news/ http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/21/politics/sarah-palin-fox-news/

Lake Ontario is flooding. It's 18 inches higher than usual and isn't supposed to crest for a month or so, when they expect it to be 11 inches higher. They are sandbagging communities all along the coast east of here, although there's a spot very near this one with mobile homes and they are already flooded and almost cut off. There used to be a beach, here. The trees and rocks and debris are shoved up against the drop off that's about 2 feet, there. You can see the color change in the water where the beach was. There's so much water that it's seeping into shallow standing patches all over in the grass going up the hill behind where I'm standing on what is now the shore. It's so bad that there were clouds of little black flies which just doesn't happen around there. It was like Northern Minnesota in the summer. If that doesn't dry up quickly, there are going to be clouds of nasty insects and mosquitoes. While I'm sure the birds will like that, ...

Gee, what a surprise. Giant corporate overproduction is destroying smaller family owned farms. But the real problem is we can't dump our products on a foreign market. Mm-hm. Like I think Walker or Ryan or Trump are going to do anything to favor smaller producers over giant agri-business. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dairy-farmers-wisconsin-trump-1.4081391 http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dairy-farmers-wisconsin-trump-1.4081391

Dinner last night: Pan seared Vermilion Snapper on sauteed ramps and mixed mushrooms with a citrus peppercorn butter sauce

My sister made it in for Easter Sunday night (she also was recovering from plague). So did the dog. It was a tiring trip.

Not bothering to link, but agree with a news story I heard discussing this 100 days thing, and I agree that it is a pointless and purposeless measure with no useful basis in reality. Although we may have found one if it turns out to be the most damaging first 100 days of any presidency/administration in history. Just for perspective, you know. #commoncentums

Too cloudy here to see meteors but tonight's a good night for it, if it's clear where you are. #lyrids http://www.space.com/36550-history-lyrid-meteor-shower-2017.html http://www.space.com/36550-history-lyrid-meteor-shower-2017.html

What the ever-loving * bleep * was that?!?

Well, ok, at least it was a mini-challenge? #shade

Article title: "The Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino Represents Everything That Is Wrong With America" If only it were that simple. Somewhere in here there is a point about a society obsessed with consumerism, fame, and trends. About the artificial and the superficial subverting real food and real values. Mostly, though, it's a really whiny, poorly written piece of privilege that just helps promote the product it claims it is critiquing. Smoothly done. Pass the sprinkles, er, fairy powders. http://www.newsweek.com/starbucks-unicorn-frappucino-drink-review-photos-garbage-slime-wrong-586902 http://www.newsweek.com/starbucks-unicorn-frappucino-drink-review-photos-garbage-slime-wrong-586902

Nightmares. Do not like.

I'm gonna guess this is true in places all over the country. http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead-la/ http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead-la/

That's ... not a good final quote. “As long as people are benefiting…you use it,” Weinstein said. “If resistance emerges, well, maybe there'll be a new product.” Wow. Also, just as a gauge of how effective/nasty chlorhexidine is, it is one of the things you can use to treat acanthamoeba eye infections because it kills cysts and trophozoites. It's a harsh chemical. Risk/benefit is important with this kind of thing. http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-superbugs-research/ http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-superbugs-research/

What??? http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gsk-lawsuit-idUSKBN17M2SH?il=0 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gsk-lawsuit-idUSKBN17M2SH?il=0

I don't see this as men losing. I see it as moving incrementally toward equilibrium. Young men aren't falling behind. This is a long-overdue correction, if anything. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/19/524699805/young-women-make-economic-strides-as-young-men-fall-behind-in-u-s http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/19/524699805/young-women-make-economic-strides-as-young-men-fall-behind-in-u-s

I did not know this. Very cool. http://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2017/04/20/524349771/how-do-you-bond-with-mozart-adopt-a-starling http://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2017/04/20/524349771/how-do-you-bond-with-mozart-adopt-a-starling

We don't have addiction specialists partly because we don't consider this legitimately medical as a society. We see it as a moral failing. I really hope we can keep moving away from that unscientific, ignorant and harmful attitude. This story is just painful. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/20/519481712/how-do-former-opioid-addicts-safely-get-pain-relief-after-surgery http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/20/519481712/how-do-former-opioid-addicts-safely-get-pain-relief-after-surgery

I don't agree with every single aspect of how this is presented, but it is an overall good overview, especially if you don't know about it at all. Short version is: Nazis tried to march in Skokie, IL when there were a lot of Holocaust survivors living there. I bring this up because we are having problems with speakers at Universities, and similar. I may not like what they are saying (boy, do I not), but they have a right to say it. They may be being irresponsible, but they have a right. The First Amendment is a tough one. It challenges everything people like to hang onto and it's easy to abuse the privilege and disavow the responsibility. I don't know how the courts and the legal community have determined when free assembly and free speech cross into not protected by the First Amendment, although I know that speech and assembly are not completely unbridled. I do like the quote from Brandeis, though: As Justice Louis Brandeis once explained, the Framers of our First Amen...

Mostly linking so that if I ever get my life together, I can remember the varieties and get some to grow myself. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/dining/strawberries-harrys-berries-california.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-1&action=click&contentCollection=Dining%20%26%20Wine&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article&_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/dining/strawberries-harrys-berries-california.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-1&action=click&contentCollection=Dining+%26+Wine&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article&_r=0

Oh, man. The "hippo" problem is rampant in medicine, especially in surgery. Who brings in the most money? You keep what you kill. They get the most say, the best stuff, the most latitude and tolerance for whatever behavior. It isn't just surgeons, though. Who's the highest paid, who's the most senior, who's the most famous or influential. There are hippos everywhere. And if they see someone nominally in a position of power who isn't throwing their weight around, they mock them as weak and undermine them if possible. It's amazing, I've never heard this term before but it is So Apt. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39633499 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39633499

So when I caught that plague all y'all had, the first several days devolved into some fun moments of not exactly delirium, but ill and on cold medicine and, you know. There were a lot of random thoughts that just happened. In honor of my being 99% recovered, I thought I'd share what happened in my head when I got that loopy. For catarrh and voice, if you've got one: Hello mucus my old friend I've come to choke on you again Because a virus softly creeping Invaded me while I was breathing And the infection that it planted in my face Has grown apace Amid the sound of coughing And as the viscous colloid filled The empty the spaces in my head I developed pharyngitis, Sinusitis and rhinitis And my throat was torn by a thousand shards of glass Each time I gasped And whispered between bouts of coughing

My mom, in a nutshell: I liked this new restaurant. Here are all the things that are wrong with it. o.O O.o O.O twitch

Original is from 1975, this is from 2004 - is that old enough? Idk, but it's one of my favorite covers of this song and very danceable. #totallyfoxtrot #waybackwednesday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqpOFQvMM1A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqpOFQvMM1A

I am so close to being able to breathe and recover from the upper respiratory misery. Therefore, of course there is pollen blooming everywhere. What a drag it is getting old.

Lol. I love how the one cat tries "helping" with the assembly. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/04/12/orphan-cats-get-purr-sonal-bed-from-ikea.html https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/04/12/orphan-cats-get-purr-sonal-bed-from-ikea.html

I've heard Dr. Ruit speak and met and talked with Geoff Tabin. In fact, like a lot of people, I was interested in working with his group. Turns out, though, that this was how I learned one of several valuable lessons. They teach local people to do the operations and other care so they don't need foreigners coming in. What a concept, self-sufficiency for your own people. Also, because I'm sure the person in the comments isn't the only person to wonder about the money - The base fee paid for cataract surgery per Medicare is $600/eye including 90 days of post-op care. What will cost you more is electing options like various laser-assisted techniques that are not presently considered least expensive standard of care, or something other than basic single vision distance implant lenses. Again, least expensive standard of care. The reason these surgeries are relatively lower cost is multiple, including they do not look for the same level of results as we do. Less equipment, s...

I'm sure someone with more brains and info than I has hypothesized about this, but one of the places that jobs have been disappearing for quite a while is jobs that kids under 18 can do. This includes stuff like part time retail work. This isn't just about the money. It's job experience and experience with random real life and being independent from your parents hovering over you. Who knew socio-economics could be so complicated? http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/04/the_response_to_the_retail_apocalypse_shows_which_workers_count_in_trump.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/04/the_response_to_the_retail_apocalypse_shows_which_workers_count_in_trump.html

No comments because, really, what haven't we said about this? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/18/first-protected-dreamer-deported-under-trump/100583274/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/18/first-protected-dreamer-deported-under-trump/100583274/

Cherry blossoms at the History Museum (or whatever it's officially called). The building is actually the last remaining permanent structure from the 1901 Pan American Exposition. It's made of Vermont marble and it's all Neoclassical, and stuff. This is, I believe, officially referred to as the South Portico. The figures on the pediment represent forces of civilization. There are several kinds of cherry trees around it.

I feel like if maybe we replaced 24 hour news with 24 hour nudes the world could be a better place. Like "The Toast" did Western Art, with helpful commentary. Plus, you know, it'd be great exposure for all those museums and their artwork. #randomthoughts

Centerpieces at a local eatery. #peeps #whataretheygoodfor

Trump's tweet in this makes me feel more like this is a Junior High or High School Popularity Contest/Election than an actual election about governance. Or maybe I just have unrealistic ideas about elections having anything to do with governance. http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/democrats-vs-trump/trump-rips-top-democrat-jon-ossoff-georgia-special-election-n747361 http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/democrats-vs-trump/trump-rips-top-democrat-jon-ossoff-georgia-special-election-n747361

Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run with a number at the Boston Marathon. In 1967. She ran again today. Again, stories of strong women, or at least a woman who did a thing that made a difference. Tell us the real stories, including the guy who tried to physically remove her from the race and the guy who took him out so she could go on, unmolested. Not to mention the stupid reasons they kept women out in the first place. We need real role models, not just cleaned up perfect ones. http://www.npr.org/2017/04/16/524177413/first-woman-to-officially-enter-boston-marathon-will-run-it-again-50-years-later http://www.npr.org/2017/04/16/524177413/first-woman-to-officially-enter-boston-marathon-will-run-it-again-50-years-later

I figure I should end with some lilies, or something. #dieblumen

#ifiori

#losflores

#lesfleurs

#flowers

I think I shall post/repost flower pictures today.