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Sf fan, photographer, programmer, retired
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May 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Much more important, given how slow-moving prostate cancer normally is, it's already metastasized to his bones.
May 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I have friends planning to move there this fall. But 1) I understand this to be a loosening, not a tightening, and 2) they're working with an Irish immigration attorney, so I shouldn't panic on their behalf until told otherwise.
May 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Not the only example. But thanks, at least this one really is fairly obscure.

(I was recommending books for the college bookstore in the mid 70s, so actually seeing the catalogs, on top of my personal buying).
May 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
You are damaging to my self-image! I had this belief that I was familiar with the vast majority of titles and authors active in the 60s and 70s, and you pop out enough books that don't sound familiar (even the author) to damage that. (NOT "have read", just familiar.)
May 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
3/ "Sapient" means notably wise. It's asking a lot. (Or, even less usefully, it means related to humans.)
May 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
2/ "Sentient" means able to sense things, so it clearly includes all mammals...but arguably it goes all the way down to plants, which respond to sun movement and such.
May 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I thought it was deep-dish most of the year, but Greek style thin-crust during Passover? No, wait, sorry, wrong ancient religion.
May 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In my case, Patrick O'Brian's books. But it's quite appropriate to the period, and one of the main characters *is* a Catholic.
May 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
And we created a state named "Maryland" pretty early. Kind of gestures towards less religious conflict, but everybody wasn't onboard.
May 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I would agree. It's a "C" type job, subject to the pressures and risks of operating at the top of the hierarchy, which takes special kinds of restraint and thought. (Maybe other reasons too.) ("C" as CEO, CFO, etc.)
May 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Standards are high. Doesn't it require a heart *and* a brain *and* courage?
May 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yeah, I've never had bandage -changing neighbors. We trade some sidewalk-clearing and such, is about it.
May 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Well, I couldn't turn at least as much because of healing abdominal incisions as because of bed constraints. They'd set me up half on one side with a pillow behind me to hold me, which helped just a little.
April 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Or dire wolves
April 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM