G+ Migration Blog

I heard them talking about this with the author on NPR today. It sounds like an interesting read. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/03/golden-hill-a-crackerjack-novel-of-old-manhattan http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/03/golden-hill-a-crackerjack-novel-of-old-manhattan

omg my mom is delusional - she is complaining that the ridiculously expensive bed she bought against my dad's wishes so she could give their bed to my stupid uncle who no longer has it because he's in a nursing home and she gave it away which is fine because none of us would touch it after that unless it was fumigated anyway but i digress - and she is complaining about the fact that she can't sleep in this fancy expensive new bed now because of her spinal stenosis but she can't do anything about that because (she says) my dad likes the bed which has never been true he hates it and it is bad for his back and his hip and his knee and he has said so - her martyr complex is so deep I don't think deepwater horizon could find it - she's a fucking hero doing everything for everyone else

- locked - I spoke to my mother a grand total of about an hour and a half today. In that time, she managed to say/do something triggering approximately every 15-20 minutes. I wrote it down and calculated it. While shocked and appalled, it is suddenly clear to me why I may wish never to go anywhere near that woman ever again, and what some of the issues sucking my energy away may be. I may have issues I need to deal with, but once again, there is something significantly affecting me that is external. This is important, because I cannot control the external, neither am I responsible for it. But it is dragging me down. Years of counseling and I can finally start to grasp these wonderful insights. Now I just have to figure out what the hell to do with those insights. Ain't life grand? #dysfunctionjunction

- locked - Oh, shit - now my mom wants me to spy on my dad for her - and tell her if he says anything about her and what he says about her - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Yes. She actually said, "Tell me if your father says anything about me." Mine is an hysterical laugh. Can we say 'triangulation'? I think it is reasonable to say that we are now at Defcon 2. Jiminy cthulu fishes. Why do I always have to be the adult?!? Not enough drugs in the world. ... end of line

That is a loss to the theater. Great career, though. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sam-shepard-playwright-and-actor-dies-at-73/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sam-shepard-playwright-and-actor-dies-at-73/

This'll go well. It's not like I think the current Polish government is so awesome, but Russia can stuff it for a very long list of historical reasons, including how they treated their own people as part of WWII. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40775355 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40775355

Oops. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40777634 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40777634

Only posting link to give credit to source of quote, otherwise, nothing to read, here: Staff in this White House have the job life expectancy of mayflies. * snort * http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40782299

Ion, that business with starting walking again with an eye to more? Well, I forgot about the toe thing. See, I learned the hard way that for some people, toes do weird stuff when you run. Fortunately, I forgot something when I was visiting Ann Arbor back then so stopped by the ridiculously upmarket running boutique near my sister's house where the manager person was like all knowledgeable, and stuff. We were talking and he was all you need toe caps! And so I did. No more lost toe nails for me. Also, less pain. It never occurred to me that if I was suddenly going to start up with this stuff again but just walking, not running, maybe I should put the toe caps on. I was wrong; I definitely should have put the toe caps on. Because I was walking, not running, I will probably not lose the nail. There's just a huge bruised looking thing that's way sore and makes it hard even to walk. Lesson learned. As soon as it feels ok enough to give it a shot, the toe caps are goin' on eve...

Chris Collins, folks. Another fine representative of the long-standing tradition where Republicans fight for States' Rights. Except for when they disagree with them. Then they try to pass Federal legislation that will totally override the States' ability to govern themselves. http://www.wkbw.com/news/collins-introduces-legislation-aimed-at-repealing-safe-act http://www.wkbw.com/news/collins-introduces-legislation-aimed-at-repealing-safe-act

'This is That' is a Canadian satire news show that I find very funny. If you didn't know it was satire, you could mistake some of their stuff for actual news. I was very tickled by this bit on the radio today. Not only is it reminiscent of early 'Portlandia', one of the guys is doing an awfully close to Kermit the Frog news voice here. Favorite new catch-phrase: 6 bins and a sack. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thisisthat/niagara-leaf-raking-cfl-motivational-speaker-national-recycling-lloydminster-conflict-1.3833757/feds-announce-national-recycling-program-and-introduce-7-new-bins-1.3833879 http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thisisthat/niagara-leaf-raking-cfl-motivational-speaker-national-recycling-lloydminster-conflict-1.3833757/feds-announce-national-recycling-program-and-introduce-7-new-bins-1.3833879

The totally random nature of today's postings reminded me of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTEeJE3tzDE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTEeJE3tzDE

- minimally locked - When I read articles like this, I have simultaneous contradictory reactions. A lot of them. Positive, because somebody is speaking out, trying to do science, and proposing substantive active cultural change and intervention. Angry, because why do we wait until somebody dies? How do you reconcile this with the idiots who just voted to roll back work hour restrictions? Hypocrisy everywhere with what we impose on the profession versus what we recommend to patients not in the profession. None of this is new, but the medical boards and the peculiar medical machismo continue to push a culture of you are weak if you have a normal reaction to stress; you are a danger to patients - which is not so much a concern for patients but code for lawsuit alert , and this physician could make us look bad!; and if you can't handle it, get out! It's a truly toxic example of every man for himself, compete to the death, there can be only one culture. Even since the supposed imple...

You poor, sweet, deluded fools. There will be no Ebeneezer Scrooge enlightenment that suddenly strikes our society and those who have a death-grip on the money and the power. If only all it took was one night and three ghosts or an angel named Clarence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/being-rich-wrecks-your-soul-we-used-to-know-that/2017/07/28/7d3e2b90-5ab3-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html?tid=pm_opinions_pop&utm_term=.10b59d6ae47d https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/being-rich-wrecks-your-soul-we-used-to-know-that/2017/07/28/7d3e2b90-5ab3-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html?tid=pm_opinions_pop&utm_term=.10b59d6ae47d

- locked - So, one of the problems I am having is that when I am overwhelmed and or triggered (actually, I think that goes the other way round) aaanyway - I can't concentrate/focus/function - I just freeze into immobility and have to fight not to curl up into a ball on my extremely uncomfortable sleeping place and just hide in my room. I do a lot of the room thing because otherwise people. Well, specifically the people in the house. Especially the one people. Even if that people isn't there it leaves its mark. I have to start functioning. I have to get my act together and get the heck out of here. It's starting to cause problems. Everything is brain sludge when I feel like this. I sort of know some of this is old coping mechanisms for things I didn't understand and just did as a child, so patterns. But that's not enough to just magically snap me out of it. I mean, obviously I'm trying to fight it, but ... Everything is a conflict waiting to happen. Everything...

- locked - Needing to renew contract for 10 minutes on not hating self. Will probably need multiple extensions. Sigh. Why is this so hard?

Aw, doggy. http://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/2317/Woman-Writes-Heartbreaking-And-Hilarious-Obituary-To-Her-Beloved-Dog http://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/2317/Woman-Writes-Heartbreaking-And-Hilarious-Obituary-To-Her-Beloved-Dog

Lol https://twitter.com/masaki_1133/status/887642171989344258/video/1 https://twitter.com/masaki_1133/status/887642171989344258/video/1

Damn. Now that's an acoustic blues cover. Ouch feelz. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7857099/george-thorogood-solo-album-rolling-stones-cover http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7857099/george-thorogood-solo-album-rolling-stones-cover

I took a 90 minute mental health break and went to the Lebanese festival. Pigged out on kibbe, labni, fresh made sajj with zaatar, and danced a little. I brought home two enormous sized cookies - one maamoul, and one apricot filled sort of shortbread/sugar cookie. They make them the size of 3 cookies combined for this festival. Anyway, it was nicer than being at the house.

DYING. (omg, the trailer - you must watch the trailer) Perfect double feature with "Black Sheep". #nottheonion https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2017/07/29/eight-hour-sheep-movie-is-meant-to-put-you-to-sleep.html?google_editors_picks=true https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2017/07/29/eight-hour-sheep-movie-is-meant-to-put-you-to-sleep.html?google_editors_picks=true

- locked - Maybe I should just start making notes of days when my mother isn't being a bitch. Actually, I am kind of unfond of the baggage of the word bitch. I need another word for that that is not that word. Days when my mother is inappropriately dealing with her stress by projecting it at other people and being verbally abusive is too long. Any suggestions?

Omg. Apropos of nothing that has explicable context, I just realized something. I had a boss at one point who I really had trouble describing the skillfully political slime that he was. He was so good, that he'd say something and everyone knew what was really going on, and yet if you tried to transcribe it out of context it would sound totally innocuous. He was also apparently verbally very abusive to his fellows, although never to me. He was dangerous, powerful, rich, and made sure he would progressively be more of the same. But I could never figure out quite how to describe some of what made it so uncomfortable to deal with him. It finally hit me. The description of Dolores Umbridge in the books, not the movies, as a large, pale toad. Always calculating, always slimy, and very much that description. Except that instead of having eyes that were always very wide open, they were much more like certain real toads, with that lidded, calculating look. He was one of those people with wh...

I don't want to be a pie! Seriously, though, the newer commercial sheds look infinitely better, but they still don't look so awesome to me. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/27/537929392/perdue-farms-signs-up-for-a-chicken-welfare-revolution http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/27/537929392/perdue-farms-signs-up-for-a-chicken-welfare-revolution

Now that's a cool summer camp. http://www.npr.org/2017/07/29/539987589/at-summer-camp-girls-build-sandboxes-and-confidence-in-their-own-abilities http://www.npr.org/2017/07/29/539987589/at-summer-camp-girls-build-sandboxes-and-confidence-in-their-own-abilities

Where international good intentions really failed to listen to or consider anything from or about the locals. I thought the international aid community was already supposed to have learned from decades of mistakes like this in Africa and Asia? Guess not. http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/29/537945957/you-probably-dont-want-to-know-about-haitis-sewage-problems http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/29/537945957/you-probably-dont-want-to-know-about-haitis-sewage-problems

One last time: It is worth noting that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, refused to invite any of the five women GOP senators to join the health care working group he convened to write the Senate legislation despite public criticism for the group's all-male membership. BUT In the end, however, at least one woman got the applause scene some say she has long deserved. Exiting a flight from Washington, D.C. to Bangor, Maine, Sen. Collins was greeted in the airport with a spontaneous standing ovation. http://www.npr.org/2017/07/29/540134443/for-some-gop-women-deserve-slow-clap-ending-after-killing-skinny-repeal-bill http://www.npr.org/2017/07/29/540134443/for-some-gop-women-deserve-slow-clap-ending-after-killing-skinny-repeal-bill

Oh, bleep bleeeeeep. A Customs and Border Protection spokesman said in a statement that the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility investigated the incident and “determined that no further action was warranted and the officers involved were not disciplined.” No further action my aunt fanny. They knew what they were doing. What the hell did they expect? Oh, well, they didn't expect him to die. Really? Your enforcement officers who are supposed to be trained, among other things, to interdict drugs, don't know anything about drugs? And yet they knew enough to know that what the kid had were drugs? So they made him take them? On top of which, he did, which suggests to me that he didn't truly know what he was carrying. Pro tip: do not swallow concentrated liquid methamphetamine. (Also, not even sure what the heck it would have to be dissolved in, which could be toxic, as well.) On top of which, they killed a suspect, who might have provided information that could have st...

It's not that there hasn't been family drama or whatever in the White House before, but this administration is a soap opera with an ever expanding cast. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/anthony-scaramucci-wife-reportedly-files-divorce-article-1.3366105 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/anthony-scaramucci-wife-reportedly-files-divorce-article-1.3366105

Nice. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/qatar-accuses-saudi-arabia-politicising-hajj-170729113252584.html http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/qatar-accuses-saudi-arabia-politicising-hajj-170729113252584.html

So, Iran is doing this, while we have leadership that wants to go back to 1950? Sad. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/iran-plans-decriminalize-drug-use-allowing-nation-help-addicts/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/iran-plans-decriminalize-drug-use-allowing-nation-help-addicts/

A really excellent illustration of the issues with the oil sands/bitumen products being shipped in increased amounts through Vancouver. Even if they never hit any of the multiple bridges between Burnaby and Vancouver, those Straits and tiny islands are challenging waters and already heavily trafficked. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/kinder-morgan-trans-mountain-pipeline-bc-coast/article35043172/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/kinder-morgan-trans-mountain-pipeline-bc-coast/article35043172/

Couple months old, but informative about the broader scope of the whole Kinder-Morgan/First Nations oil pipeline issues across Alberta and British Columbia. Burnaby and Vancouver are at real risk, as is the entire Burrard Inlet system. Not to mention Vancouver Island, and the San Juan Islands and Washington State coast. http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/05/first-nations-indigenous-pipeline-canada/ http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/05/first-nations-indigenous-pipeline-canada/

Go see Vancouver and the North Shore now, folks. Unless the legal challenges go through, and I'm not optimistic, they're gonna build the terminus for a pipeline there. And this is the risk. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-oil-spill-report-predicts-dire-consequences-for-burrard-inlet-1.3076740 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-oil-spill-report-predicts-dire-consequences-for-burrard-inlet-1.3076740

I don't know if you guys can see this - let me know if you can't and I"ll link it some other way. If you can - here we go, again. A reason I am more in favor of a single-payer system than I was in the past. Also, most of the comments have some sense or validity. The only one that I am not ok with is the one where the nurse basically berates patients for needing healthcare. It's just not that easy, folks, but I am very familiar with this sort of perspective. https://www.medpagetoday.com/Blogs/EPMonthly/66876?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-07-27&eun=g1034808d0r&pos=2 https://www.medpagetoday.com/Blogs/EPMonthly/66876?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-07-27&eun=g1034808d0r&pos=2

- private - You guys aren't coming to Detroit for Labor Day, are you?

- locked - Having an I hate me day. Totally sure I am a garbage person. Also hating all the lies, BS, fake coping, and other crap people dumped on me over the course of my life. Mostly because that loops back to why I am a useless fucking human being. I hate everything. Yay.

Need cute puppies. http://cdn.akc.org/content/article-body-image/pwc_cute_puppies.jpg

This is not making me hopeful. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/07/28/537907951/the-ongoing-battle-between-science-teachers-and-fake-news http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/07/28/537907951/the-ongoing-battle-between-science-teachers-and-fake-news

This could be a complicated mess, and no mistake. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/28/us/columbia-river-privatization.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/28/us/columbia-river-privatization.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/07/28/enough-about-mccain-it-was-collins-murkowski-and-red-state-democrats-who-killed-trumpcare/?utm_term=.1b279c0ea749 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/07/28/enough-about-mccain-it-was-collins-murkowski-and-red-state-democrats-who-killed-trumpcare/?utm_term=.1b279c0ea749

Unbelievable and totally believable at the same time. Power corrupts, I guess. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/28/well-never-be-the-same-how-a-familys-hydroponic-tomato-garden-led-cops-to-raid-their-home/?hpid=hp_hp-morning-mix_mm-raid%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.59f66765ecf0 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/28/well-never-be-the-same-how-a-familys-hydroponic-tomato-garden-led-cops-to-raid-their-home/?hpid=hp_hp-morning-mix_mm-raid:homepage/story&utm_term=.59f66765ecf0

TIL. And I can't even with this. It's genuinely shocking to me. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-40745343 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-40745343

If I were in NYC, I would go do this. They are having a People’s Silent Protest Art Walk from Bryant Park to Columbus Circle from 5-7pm today. It recreates as an art piece the march in 1917. It asks that people dress in white, but come even if not, and they will walk silently with a drummer, as in the 1917 walk. https://hyperallergic.com/392367/a-silent-march-for-social-justice-in-manhattan/ https://hyperallergic.com/392367/a-silent-march-for-social-justice-in-manhattan/

Nobody taught about this in school. I'm both glad and sorry to know these things. http://heavy.com/news/2017/07/silent-parade-google-doodle-the-1917-new-york/ http://heavy.com/news/2017/07/silent-parade-google-doodle-the-1917-new-york/

Doggies! http://www.today.com/pets/high-school-cross-country-team-runs-shelter-dogs-t114298 http://www.today.com/pets/high-school-cross-country-team-runs-shelter-dogs-t114298

Om nom nommity nom. http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/27/539579596/the-aroma-of-rice-and-barberries-takes-her-back-home-to-iran http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/27/539579596/the-aroma-of-rice-and-barberries-takes-her-back-home-to-iran

Christ, what a gang of thugs. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/27/539765891/after-trump-targets-murkowski-interior-secretary-reportedly-warns-alaskas-senato http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/27/539765891/after-trump-targets-murkowski-interior-secretary-reportedly-warns-alaskas-senato

Ok, seriously, people? What the hell. http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/27/539765693/tribal-council-orders-revenge-rape-in-pakistan http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/27/539765693/tribal-council-orders-revenge-rape-in-pakistan

Years from now, we may have to thank a slug. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/27/539473673/slug-slime-inspires-scientists-to-invent-sticky-surgical-glue http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/27/539473673/slug-slime-inspires-scientists-to-invent-sticky-surgical-glue

Other than minor kudos for trying to create a German worthy compound word - disincentivize - if there are so many qualified people just dying to serve, why is it that divesting assets is such a burden? And if you don't like paperwork, you do not want to work in government. Even if everything was streamlined to an ideal, there would still be paperwork, and oversight, and ETHICS. I think what you mean is there are a lot of people who'd like to leverage a juicy government appointment for their own personal gain, now or later, without any of those pesky rules, or laws, or restrictions on their behavior and venality. http://www.npr.org/2017/07/27/539791826/top-trump-aide-says-ethics-filings-discourage-potential-government-employees http://www.npr.org/2017/07/27/539791826/top-trump-aide-says-ethics-filings-discourage-potential-government-employees

Great. Not a surprise, though. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/nyregion/justice-department-gays-workplace.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/nyregion/justice-department-gays-workplace.html

It's satire. It says so, right at the top, but oh, how I wish it were true. Especially the quote: “They’re prepared to deal with bobcats and bears,” she said. “They can handle a malignant narcissist.” http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/girl-scouts-obtain-restraining-order-against-trump http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/girl-scouts-obtain-restraining-order-against-trump

Just for fun, here's the opening paragraph from Wikipedia, and a link to Britannica. Scaramuccia (literally "little skirmisher"), also known as Scaramouche or Scaramouch, is a stock clown character of the Italian commedia dell'arte. The role combined characteristics of the zanni (servant) and the Capitano (masked henchman). Usually attired in black Spanish dress and burlesquing a don, he was often beaten by Harlequin for his boasting and cowardice. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Scaramouche https://www.britannica.com/topic/Scaramouche

- locked - Ok, I can do this. Yes, I can. Here we go. Yep. Gonna do it. Really am. Gonna do the thing. ... ... ...

As an offset to the usual cheer, I give you puppies. One of whom may or may not be expressing an opinion.

They must mean in flowers that aren't naturally blue. Which is still cool. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/26/539044757/photos-japanese-scientists-turn-chrysanthemums-true-blue http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/26/539044757/photos-japanese-scientists-turn-chrysanthemums-true-blue

This is a seriously conflicting article. Arepas are delicious, and I'm glad we have them, but now I will think about starving people every time I eat one. Which isn't often, but still. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/26/538515889/arepas-are-conquering-the-world-but-dying-at-home-in-venezuela http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/26/538515889/arepas-are-conquering-the-world-but-dying-at-home-in-venezuela

Cool. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/07/27/537759640/from-skyhook-to-stem-kareem-abdul-jabbar-brings-the-science http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/07/27/537759640/from-skyhook-to-stem-kareem-abdul-jabbar-brings-the-science

We have an Office of International Religious Freedom? That's a laugh. Are we sure this isn't the Onion? http://www.npr.org/2017/07/27/539717305/unpopular-at-home-kansas-gov-sam-brownback-nominated-for-state-dept-post http://www.npr.org/2017/07/27/539717305/unpopular-at-home-kansas-gov-sam-brownback-nominated-for-state-dept-post

Posted w/o comment. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/26/539518682/as-cost-of-u-s-health-care-skyrockets-so-does-pay-of-health-care-ceos http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/26/539518682/as-cost-of-u-s-health-care-skyrockets-so-does-pay-of-health-care-ceos

Here, have some eye candy (the Rolling Stone cover). I haven't read the Rolling Stone article, but the title is pointless, which WaPo kind of says. We need to fix our own problems. Magical thinking and eye candy won't help. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/rolling-stone-cover-asks-why-cant-canada-pm-be-us-president/2017/07/26/221df728-722c-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_story.html?utm_term=.5449335bd7f4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/rolling-stone-cover-asks-why-cant-canada-pm-be-us-president/2017/07/26/221df728-722c-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_story.html?utm_term=.5449335bd7f4

I wish I could come see this. There's a fire-breathing dragon in Detroit! http://makezine.com/2017/07/26/8-amazing-exhibits-gawk-weekend-maker-faire-detroit/ http://makezine.com/2017/07/26/8-amazing-exhibits-gawk-weekend-maker-faire-detroit/

This is getting a lot of coverage. Unfortunately, with headlines like: "Don't Finish the Course of Antibiotics ..." "Completing antibiotic courses is a medical advice myth that may make bacterial resistance worse ..." "Rule that patients must finish antibiotics course is wrong, study says" "You need not always complete full course of antibiotics ..." Here's the problem (ok, problems): 1. It's a think piece, not a study. The hypothesis may be valid, but you don't test hypotheses by throwing them out into the wild and just seeing what happens. 2. We already have problems with people taking medication as prescribed. Even for short, 3-day courses of medication people can't stick to it. 3. Those headlines are going to lead people to simply choose not to take antibiotics as prescribed, if at all. They are going to lead to both random supplies of unused antibiotics being saved and used later without consulting a doctor, and people ar...

Not going to Malaysia any time soon. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40737360 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40737360

TIL http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-40724861 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-40724861

I forgot about the fact that PTSD has these effects, as well as not realizing they lumped in all the VA care with these numbers. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40741785 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40741785

- locked - I walked about 3/4 of a mile today. I was thinking about the whole rest a day between thing but I was getting so stiff that I had to move around some. And yes, my glutes are finding deep and uncomfortable places to hate me, and my right hip is still telling me I should go see the chiro. #csbp

Oh, dear. I think I accidentally almost a quarter pound of pistachio halva. My mouth is very happy, but my tummy is now disputing how good this was. #bingelife

Hm. I am thinking, now, about what to do with that cinnamon gin. I wonder if you could make a 'long island spiced tea' with it. Use mostly the same stuff, but use this cinnamon gin instead of generic gin, maybe use a vanilla vodka, and add a dash of a spice bitters like this one: http://bittermens.com/products/elemakule-tiki-bitters/

So, in case I have access to picking something up from one of the local distilleries for Social purposes (depends on availability and pricing), which would you rather I brought: [The one is not like those nasty cinnamon shots from college, at all, but definitely hot cinnamon flavor. The other (lilac gin) is described down the page at this link - https://www.blackbuttondistilling.com/gin/ . It's supposed to be good in Aviations, among other things.]

Inspired by totally random events. #waybackwedensday P.S. I love the homage to Nijinsky and L'après-midi d'un faune in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kee9Et2j7DA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kee9Et2j7DA

This is a very positive story, but it raised a serious question from me at the end. Can landlords discriminate based on the size of your family? http://www.npr.org/2017/07/26/538551816/a-nyc-scout-troop-provides-homeless-girls-a-place-of-their-own http://www.npr.org/2017/07/26/538551816/a-nyc-scout-troop-provides-homeless-girls-a-place-of-their-own

This sounds like an interesting read? http://www.npr.org/2017/07/26/537085986/strange-practice-the-doctor-is-in http://www.npr.org/2017/07/26/537085986/strange-practice-the-doctor-is-in

Oh, what a tangled web we weave. http://www.npr.org/2017/07/25/539314966/democrats-say-probe-trump-ties-to-deutsche-bank-gop-says-no-thanks http://www.npr.org/2017/07/25/539314966/democrats-say-probe-trump-ties-to-deutsche-bank-gop-says-no-thanks

Criminal activity shouldn't be politicized, even if it involves professionals in the political sphere. This article isn't doing it, but much of the rest of the coverage is. It's not like there has never been criminal activity trying to take advantage of having access to centers of power, before. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ex-house-staffer-busted-bank-fraud-leave-u-s-article-1.3357407 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ex-house-staffer-busted-bank-fraud-leave-u-s-article-1.3357407

Oooo! Ahhh! http://www.mlive.com/news/us-world/index.ssf/2017/07/aurora_from_the_iss.html http://www.mlive.com/news/us-world/index.ssf/2017/07/aurora_from_the_iss.html

Things I Have Learned due to latest kerfuffles: Potus is, apparently, automatically honorary president of the Boy Scouts. Now knowing that, things I would like to see: A female president, because I REALLY want to see if they automatically extend that courtesy to a woman. Yes, I am cynical. Why do you ask?

You go, Babcia! http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-40709840 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-40709840

- locked - I walked two miles today. It's pretty pathetic that in 2 years I've gone from running 5K to walking 2 miles being an accomplishment. One that is already causing ouchies, of course. I mean, I know this is because I got depressed and literally was having trouble moving, period, so did not exercise at all at one point. Well, except that I kept doing yoga at least twice a week. Until that started really trashing my hip, which is really part of the whole lower back, glute, piriformis, flexor, yadda yadda yadda thing. Which is what is the problem with the walking. I need to go see the chiropractor again and get adjusted to see if it helps at all. It usually does, but it takes a while and it's sore in the meantime. Oh, and the bed I have to sleep in is pretty bad news, too, but there's nothing I can do about that at present. It would help the back and hip a lot to have a better bed. So, anyway, I walked two miles today.

Things that make horrible colors for food when mixed together: blueberries and green tea. It's a sort of gray. A sort of lich gray. Or at least what I imagine the skin color of something undead might be. It is not at all visually appealing.

This article lists several fighting women in a number of cultures. Man, nobody teaches history this way. http://www.avclub.com/article/china-expanded-great-wall-keep-female-warrior-out-257450 http://www.avclub.com/article/china-expanded-great-wall-keep-female-warrior-out-257450

What an ass. Also, look, there's a token African-American person. No, really, if you see the entire photo he's the only one. That's ok. They also let some guy with a beard in, and there are some fat chicks. #sarcasm http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/trump-tells-reporter-quiet-48819221 http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/trump-tells-reporter-quiet-48819221

Scouting can be very valuable, but we need to stop worshiping the 1950's. It's not clear in the article, so here's the actual text of the guidance issued before the speech by BSA. Basically, make sure your scouts and their families don't turn this into a political rally, and use this as a teaching moment about respecting your fellow Scouts: As a unit leader or staff member, you can help make the president’s visit a success by ensuring that any reactions to the president’s address are, as we state in our Scout Law, friendly, courteous, and kind. This includes understanding that chants of certain phrases heard during the campaign (e.g. “build the wall,” “lock her up”) are considered divisive by many members of our audience, and may cause unnecessary friction between individuals and units. Please help us ensure that all Scouts can enjoy this historical address by making sure that your troop members are respectful not only of the president, but of the wide variety of viewpo...

Yeah. Because prosecuting Hilary Clinton is the most important thing we need to do to make America great again. It'll totally solve all our problems. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-calls-attorney-general-jeff-sessions-weak/story?id=48831375 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-calls-attorney-general-jeff-sessions-weak/story?id=48831375

Arguably, yes. Tying into the article I linked to the other day from David Joy, I would not rely on these people in an apocalypse. This is not how you raise children to perform as fully functional, mature adults who can handle a challenge. Or even as independent individuals who have any idea of who they are. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/07/24/533059271/are-helicopter-parents-ruining-summer-camp http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/07/24/533059271/are-helicopter-parents-ruining-summer-camp

Not quite a year after the LA Times article, and the NPR story makes it clear it's not getting better. I can't imagine going back to Hawaii and not hearing any birds. It would be eerie and disturbing. Not to mention, as they point out, that without some of these birds, the forests could die. http://www.npr.org/2017/07/24/539087977/native-forest-birds-in-kauai-in-peril http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-hawaii-native-birds-20160907-snap-story.html http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-hawaii-native-birds-20160907-snap-story.html

Oh, no, not at all. It's just the entire ad. Could someone please explain to me how the mental processes of an individual can make the following statement in the context of having made that ad? My logic circuits are gibbering. P.S. Confirming yet again that there is now no depth to which the current GOP will not go to keep a stranglehold on power. No matter what they screw up, nor how badly. Brooks told Politico "I understand completely. It makes my stomach turn too. It reminds (me) of a moment in my life I hope I never have to repeat." But Brooks maintained that the ad does "absolutely not" leverage the shooting. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/24/539077197/new-senate-campaign-ad-for-mo-brooks-features-baseball-practice-shooting http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/24/539077197/new-senate-campaign-ad-for-mo-brooks-features-baseball-practice-shooting

A hopeful step? http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/24/539089139/mass-high-court-local-authorities-cant-detain-people-without-charges-for-ice http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/24/539089139/mass-high-court-local-authorities-cant-detain-people-without-charges-for-ice

That is most unfortunate. They are the emblem of Glacier National Park. Maybe they could move them there? http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/24/539120677/olympic-national-park-targeting-mountain-goats-for-removal http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/24/539120677/olympic-national-park-targeting-mountain-goats-for-removal

Weird ruminations about bread: So, the other day I went to this bakery that makes really good, mostly older or more European style breads to pick up a loaf of something to try. It's about 30 minutes away. Anyway, I've had some of their other stuff and it's quite good. However, it's pricey. Except I was thinking about this. While it may or may not be more nutritionally valuable than buying something at the grocery store bakery, it's definitely more expensive and less convenient. Thing is, it's a small business, it's relatively local, and they do try to cooperatively support other local or regional businesses, like where they get their grains and such. And if you think about how much it probably ought to cost for a loaf of bread, accounting for if you get grain from a family farm, and so on all the way up the chain, and the baker makes bread in older ways that take more time (like up to 2 days for some types), and you don't get any of the economies of scal...

Today I have: Taken a short walk Done some laundry Attempted some sort of organizing Finally gotten back into my bathroom (don't ask) Started on a back to school/first apartment gift for my niece Watered my tomato plants Continued the beetle battle saga Made a salad for other people to eat Spent time on g+ (shocking, I know) Contemplated grocery shopping some time this week

I have to go home, now. Woo.

Gee, thanks for sharing your contract negotiations with the entire population of this Barnes and Noble coffee shop, Mr. Course Instructor. I have ear buds in. Because I'm reviewing an online course with a person speaking about their slides. And I could have transcribed his conversation on his phone verbatim. Both sides of it because his phone was turned up so loudly. Irony - he tells the woman he's speaking with at some point that sometimes his phone doesn't ring loudly enough to hear it. !!!!!!!! Dude, get your hearing checked. He's apparently going back to teaching in Bloomington after having taught there in the 90's. He'll be coordinating his courses with some other instructors so he should expect a call from the team lead instructor. Oh, and he had to look for a house, which he found. Would you like the course number of the specific course they were discussing? Because I can give that to you. Jfam, people. There are co-working spaces if you want to conduct y...

"Pyrosomes" sounds like a made up Doctor Who alien name. Also, ew. https://www.livescience.com/59660-pyrosomes-invading-oregon-coast.html https://www.livescience.com/59660-pyrosomes-invading-oregon-coast.html

Doggie! https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/senior-dog-toys?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170718dododaily&utm_content=20170718dododaily+CID_fe2e897d040dd36164a1bbea08d131ff&utm_source=campaignmonitor&utm_term=Senior%20Dog%20Who%20Spent%208%20Years%20In%20A%20Cage%20Has%20Hundreds%20Of%20Toys%20Now https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/senior-dog-toys?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170718dododaily&utm_content=20170718dododaily+CID_fe2e897d040dd36164a1bbea08d131ff&utm_source=campaignmonitor&utm_term=Senior+Dog+Who+Spent+8+Years+In+A+Cage+Has+Hundreds+Of+Toys+Now

I know. It's the worst, most obvious pun, ever. But come on, it had to be done. It's a headline they could not refuse. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/23/538576730/sentencing-approaches-for-new-england-s-codfather http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/23/538576730/sentencing-approaches-for-new-england-s-codfather

I think this is true in some other places, too. And I don't think anybody has ever really listened to much. http://bittersoutherner.com/digging-in-the-trash-david-joy/ http://bittersoutherner.com/digging-in-the-trash-david-joy/

- some locked - I don't know how to explain to people that when they speak to you they are inherently demanding that you speak back. They are projecting their energy at you and demanding some of your energy from you. Just because you see me, doesn't mean I am available for being spoken to. AUGH I don't have extra energy to spend on you. I barely have enough to spend on me much of the time. I'm TIRED. I'm exhausted. I'm drained. I just want to say fuck off every single time someone looks at me, or speaks to me, or hovers in a doorway staring at me. No, for real. That last thing is a thing that happens ALL THE TIME. Gee, I wonder why I hide in my room. I have no idea what to do, anymore. I have tried explaining to people that the rarity of my physical presence is a useful clue. I have tried asking that people not immediately speak to me on sight, or just because I walked in or out of the house, or at least not first thing in the morning because that is when my e...

You could say some adults failed to use common sense. Or you could come to the conclusion that some people shouldn't be given even this tiny bit of power, because they can't handle it without bullying somebody. Picking on a five year old is not lacking common sense; it's bullying. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-40697243 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-40679075 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-40697243

#elegiac http://www.npr.org/2017/07/22/538542282/as-log-trucks-and-fishing-boats-leave-gold-beach-tries-to-remake-its-identity http://www.npr.org/2017/07/22/538542282/as-log-trucks-and-fishing-boats-leave-gold-beach-tries-to-remake-its-identity

Well, I don't know about you, but I am laughing rather out loudly about this. At the very least, you have to check out the two twitter links. http://www.npr.org/2017/07/22/538624461/i-sink-therefore-i-am-this-robot-wasnt-programmed-for-existential-angst http://www.npr.org/2017/07/22/538624461/i-sink-therefore-i-am-this-robot-wasnt-programmed-for-existential-angst

We are still explaining this. Mfw? More than half of female homicide victims were killed in connection to intimate partner violence — and in 10 percent of those cases, violence shortly before the killing might have provided an opportunity for intervention. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/21/538518569/cdc-half-of-all-female-murder-victims-are-killed-by-intimate-partners http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/21/538518569/cdc-half-of-all-female-murder-victims-are-killed-by-intimate-partners

What in the hell is wrong with people?!? #eugenics http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/21/538598008/judge-promises-reduced-jail-time-if-tennessee-inmates-get-vasectomies http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/21/538598008/judge-promises-reduced-jail-time-if-tennessee-inmates-get-vasectomies

Apparently, Trump went on about Clinton acid washing her emails, again, in an attempt to clear junior. Every time he says that, after I stop snorting with disbelieving laughter, I just think of the horrors of terrible fashion trends. Like these $860 jeans. https://www.brownsfashion.com/shopping/Acid-Washed-Slim-Fit-Jeans-12023123?size=&storeId=9359?lxs=1&lxsc=us&lxcc=usd&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIo4bnkKCe1QIV0IizCh2EKguEEAQYBCABEgJjgvD_BwE https://www.brownsfashion.com/shopping/Acid-Washed-Slim-Fit-Jeans-12023123?size&storeId=9359?lxs%3D1&lxsc=us&lxcc=usd&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIo4bnkKCe1QIV0IizCh2EKguEEAQYBCABEgJjgvD_BwE

I heard Act One of this while driving in the car and, just, augh. I am totally torn among horror, frustration, fascination, compassion, and some other emotions. It certainly reinforces for me that I am not an average person, because eru, the level of credulousness. I mean, I'm naive from a damagingly sheltered upbringing, but come on. It's like if Cher had slapped Nicholas Cage in "Moonstruck" and it didn't matter because he not only didn't know what he was supposed to snap out of, the whole concept of a thing out of which you snap didn't exist. Yet somehow, this person's frontal lobe was trying desperately to tell him that his amygdala was completely out of control and he should not listen to it. He's still struggling with it. He's managed some insights that are messing him up because he cannot get the amygdala to shut up. So he's still vulnerable to the crazies, and omg, this is someone who is genuinely trying. I didn't listen to Act...

When I'm really feeling totally not depressed, by which I mean totally depressed, my whole life is the zither music from "The Third Man". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRJTn87CtPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRJTn87CtPM

Ok. Needs cute critters. Except the armadillo. Sorry. They are seriously unattractive. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3711137/Are-adorable-baby-animals-Photos-furry-critters-melt-heart-world-them.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3711137/Are-adorable-baby-animals-Photos-furry-critters-melt-heart-world-them.html

There is something very, very wrong with these children. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/21/police-seek-charges-after-teens-film-mock-drowning-man-mayor-says/?utm_term=.0f253ddd18a2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/21/police-seek-charges-after-teens-film-mock-drowning-man-mayor-says/?utm_term=.0f253ddd18a2

An earlier version of this article misidentified the breed of Storm the dog. He is a golden retriever, not a Labrador retriever. (He is still a good boy.) Omg, I'm dying. He is still a good boy. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/nyregion/dog-rescues-a-drowning-deer-and-becomes-a-social-media-hero.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/nyregion/dog-rescues-a-drowning-deer-and-becomes-a-social-media-hero.html

What the actual heck. Why would you ruin perfectly good ice cream this way? Here's the best part. I looked up how activated charcoal is made. Oh, you sad and foolish hipsters, who are all probably convinced you are healthy and environmentally conscious. I mean, aside from all the spoiled rotten wealthy trend-setters who couldn't care less. Mm, petroleum pitch. Share, and enjoy! from Wikipetey: Production Activated carbon is carbon produced from carbonaceous source materials such as nutshells, coconut husk, peat, wood, coir, lignite, coal, and petroleum pitch. It can be produced by one of the following processes: Physical activation: The source material is developed into activated carbons using hot gases. Air is then introduced to burn out the gasses, creating a graded, screened and de-dusted form of activated carbon. This is generally done by using one or a combination of the following processes: Carbonization: Material with carbon content is pyrolyzed at temperatures i...

This is a brilliantly snarky article and it is so true. Dragon fruit looks lovely and tastes like nothing . Absolutely nothing . http://nationalpost.com/life/food/why-the-exquisite-beauty-of-the-dragonfruit-cruelly-betrays-its-actual-taste-of-nothingness/wcm/c6aac09e-22f9-4d9a-a61a-329049b0d784 http://nationalpost.com/life/food/why-the-exquisite-beauty-of-the-dragonfruit-cruelly-betrays-its-actual-taste-of-nothingness/wcm/c6aac09e-22f9-4d9a-a61a-329049b0d784

Veggie pappardelle. I used a veggie peeler, because I have yet to find a mandoline that makes slices as thin as I want them, and sliced up two of those yellow versions of zucchini. I think they call them gold bar squash, now. I then briefly heated that up in some of the tomato sauce I made last fall from some of the giant yellow with red stripes heirloom tomatoes, garlic, and olive oil to saute the garlic. That's all that's in the sauce and it's delicious. I sprinkled it with shredded romano cheese when I ate it. Is very tasty and healthy and stuff.

Along the lines of what Kenneth Cavness posted earlier: https://www.space.com/37564-solar-eclipse-2017-one-month-away-anticipation.html https://www.space.com/37564-solar-eclipse-2017-one-month-away-anticipation.html

Very interesting. http://www.npr.org/2017/07/18/537844699/migrant-workers-leave-behind-clues-to-depression-era-lifestyle http://www.npr.org/2017/07/18/537844699/migrant-workers-leave-behind-clues-to-depression-era-lifestyle

Life refuses to be simple. It's no different than having some Chinese shoe shop make your Nikes for, like, a dollar. You're still going to buy them at Macy's. I mean, it's the same thing. That's a quote from a former inmate. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/20/538062911/whats-it-really-like-to-work-in-a-prison-goat-milk-farm-we-asked-inmates http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/20/538062911/whats-it-really-like-to-work-in-a-prison-goat-milk-farm-we-asked-inmates