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Wife'nMom, Geek, AuADHD, superfat, uu. NY -Not NYC -unceded Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’ lands.
Too many pets, not enough gardening.
Failed my mammo, lopped off my boobs. Suppressing to survive. Making do with the new normal, whatever turns out to be.
Wife'nMom, Geek, AuADHD, superfat, uu. NY -Not NYC -unceded Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’ lands.
Too many pets, not enough gardening.
Failed my mammo, lopped off my boobs. Suppressing to survive. Making do with the new normal, whatever turns out to be.
I got all excited by the headline thinking it would be a shout out for UUs, but alas, still Christianity.
www.cbsnews.com/news/more-am...
www.cbsnews.com/news/more-am...
More Americans than ever attend nondenominational churches. Experts say it's a major shift in U.S. Christianity.
In 1972, fewer than 3% of Americans identified as nondenominational Christians. Now, it's up to 14%, or nearly 40 million people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I got all excited by the headline thinking it would be a shout out for UUs, but alas, still Christianity.
www.cbsnews.com/news/more-am...
www.cbsnews.com/news/more-am...
#235
This is the first time I've been home to vote in person in November in what feels like ages.
Having a 2nd car makes having a poll worker in the family much more pleasant.
The only excitement in my part of the state is the weirdo hyper local party line and the Adirondack measure.
This is the first time I've been home to vote in person in November in what feels like ages.
Having a 2nd car makes having a poll worker in the family much more pleasant.
The only excitement in my part of the state is the weirdo hyper local party line and the Adirondack measure.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
#235
This is the first time I've been home to vote in person in November in what feels like ages.
Having a 2nd car makes having a poll worker in the family much more pleasant.
The only excitement in my part of the state is the weirdo hyper local party line and the Adirondack measure.
This is the first time I've been home to vote in person in November in what feels like ages.
Having a 2nd car makes having a poll worker in the family much more pleasant.
The only excitement in my part of the state is the weirdo hyper local party line and the Adirondack measure.
I mean, I do like adding things to my list of garden essentials, but...what does Temu know that I don't?
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I mean, I do like adding things to my list of garden essentials, but...what does Temu know that I don't?
Mandatory squash stop.
Also an art-o-mat (slim pickings, went with a random.
No available restock of magical mustard but I did grab a specialty baking sugar and a 1/4 peck of apples. The only variety I remember (stupid chemo brain) is smokehouse. And maybe a stayman?
Also an art-o-mat (slim pickings, went with a random.
No available restock of magical mustard but I did grab a specialty baking sugar and a 1/4 peck of apples. The only variety I remember (stupid chemo brain) is smokehouse. And maybe a stayman?
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Mandatory squash stop.
Also an art-o-mat (slim pickings, went with a random.
No available restock of magical mustard but I did grab a specialty baking sugar and a 1/4 peck of apples. The only variety I remember (stupid chemo brain) is smokehouse. And maybe a stayman?
Also an art-o-mat (slim pickings, went with a random.
No available restock of magical mustard but I did grab a specialty baking sugar and a 1/4 peck of apples. The only variety I remember (stupid chemo brain) is smokehouse. And maybe a stayman?
Yesterday's music was a bit all over the place.
And yet that's the end of the CDs available in the car. (Different ones on the way down.)
So I guess I need to figure out Spotify more (but then also promptly delete it?)
I did a light dabble last week and found myself frustrated by auto play.
And yet that's the end of the CDs available in the car. (Different ones on the way down.)
So I guess I need to figure out Spotify more (but then also promptly delete it?)
I did a light dabble last week and found myself frustrated by auto play.
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Yesterday's music was a bit all over the place.
And yet that's the end of the CDs available in the car. (Different ones on the way down.)
So I guess I need to figure out Spotify more (but then also promptly delete it?)
I did a light dabble last week and found myself frustrated by auto play.
And yet that's the end of the CDs available in the car. (Different ones on the way down.)
So I guess I need to figure out Spotify more (but then also promptly delete it?)
I did a light dabble last week and found myself frustrated by auto play.
It was like this for all 7 ish hours today and it will be like this for all 7ish hours tomorrow.
I am very tired and nobody can see you cry from overwhelm in the car when you're going 70ish mph in the rain.
I am very tired and nobody can see you cry from overwhelm in the car when you're going 70ish mph in the rain.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It was like this for all 7 ish hours today and it will be like this for all 7ish hours tomorrow.
I am very tired and nobody can see you cry from overwhelm in the car when you're going 70ish mph in the rain.
I am very tired and nobody can see you cry from overwhelm in the car when you're going 70ish mph in the rain.
Final night with my mom and the archival exploration has gone very retro.
October 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Final night with my mom and the archival exploration has gone very retro.
12 packs are not advent calendars.
Cats don't make biscuits. They make breadies.
Cats don't make biscuits. They make breadies.
October 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
12 packs are not advent calendars.
Cats don't make biscuits. They make breadies.
Cats don't make biscuits. They make breadies.
Poor crabs
Horseshoe Crab Blood Has Long Helped Us Make Safe Medicines. Now, Alternatives That Spare the Ancient Creatures Might Be Breaking Through share.google/SuXVy9x7jSlN...
Time and past time.
Horseshoe Crab Blood Has Long Helped Us Make Safe Medicines. Now, Alternatives That Spare the Ancient Creatures Might Be Breaking Through share.google/SuXVy9x7jSlN...
Time and past time.
Horseshoe Crab Blood Has Long Helped Us Make Safe Medicines. Now, Alternatives That Spare the Ancient Creatures Might Be Breaking Through
An enzyme in the blue blood has been key to testing vaccines since the 1980s, raising concerns for the crabs’ population. But regulatory approval and new data are signaling the tide may be turning
share.google
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Poor crabs
Horseshoe Crab Blood Has Long Helped Us Make Safe Medicines. Now, Alternatives That Spare the Ancient Creatures Might Be Breaking Through share.google/SuXVy9x7jSlN...
Time and past time.
Horseshoe Crab Blood Has Long Helped Us Make Safe Medicines. Now, Alternatives That Spare the Ancient Creatures Might Be Breaking Through share.google/SuXVy9x7jSlN...
Time and past time.
And fin.
And I missed it. Now I will get to forever regret not leaving Monday.
And I missed it. Now I will get to forever regret not leaving Monday.
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
And fin.
And I missed it. Now I will get to forever regret not leaving Monday.
And I missed it. Now I will get to forever regret not leaving Monday.
I suppose satisfaction is the term that can be used to describe getting the text summoning me down to say goodbye. Since we are living in cruel and dystopian times.
I was a quarter of the way there.
Suddenly new job is very very busy and needing me. On site. Of course.
I was a quarter of the way there.
Suddenly new job is very very busy and needing me. On site. Of course.
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I suppose satisfaction is the term that can be used to describe getting the text summoning me down to say goodbye. Since we are living in cruel and dystopian times.
I was a quarter of the way there.
Suddenly new job is very very busy and needing me. On site. Of course.
I was a quarter of the way there.
Suddenly new job is very very busy and needing me. On site. Of course.
I have been asked to provide photos and videos of my children for my father to peruse in hospital.
This is quite possibly the most difficult thing that anyone could have asked of me.
Not sharing pictures is totally my thing.
This is quite possibly the most difficult thing that anyone could have asked of me.
Not sharing pictures is totally my thing.
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I have been asked to provide photos and videos of my children for my father to peruse in hospital.
This is quite possibly the most difficult thing that anyone could have asked of me.
Not sharing pictures is totally my thing.
This is quite possibly the most difficult thing that anyone could have asked of me.
Not sharing pictures is totally my thing.
The pears have been inside for about a week and are becoming softer. Sunday afternoon is entirely the wrong time to start buttering them, and yet they can't be trusted to last the week.
Also most of the volunteer compost mystery gourds. I am not allowed to do a giant trashbag spider laying eggs.
Also most of the volunteer compost mystery gourds. I am not allowed to do a giant trashbag spider laying eggs.
October 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The pears have been inside for about a week and are becoming softer. Sunday afternoon is entirely the wrong time to start buttering them, and yet they can't be trusted to last the week.
Also most of the volunteer compost mystery gourds. I am not allowed to do a giant trashbag spider laying eggs.
Also most of the volunteer compost mystery gourds. I am not allowed to do a giant trashbag spider laying eggs.
Well
This brief... article response?
Pretty well sums up the horrible quandary of this past month and my parents with my Dad's leukemia diagnosis.
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Even the "not aggressive" therapy has left him almost completely bed ridden.
This brief... article response?
Pretty well sums up the horrible quandary of this past month and my parents with my Dad's leukemia diagnosis.
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Even the "not aggressive" therapy has left him almost completely bed ridden.
The graceful exit or reluctant demise of the older adult with acute myeloid leukemia
Older adults with acute myeloid leukemia should be better prepared for the difficult realities of their disease, and clinicians should adjust their optimism about the potential benefits of induction ....
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Well
This brief... article response?
Pretty well sums up the horrible quandary of this past month and my parents with my Dad's leukemia diagnosis.
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Even the "not aggressive" therapy has left him almost completely bed ridden.
This brief... article response?
Pretty well sums up the horrible quandary of this past month and my parents with my Dad's leukemia diagnosis.
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Even the "not aggressive" therapy has left him almost completely bed ridden.
Turning off my wifi so I can post on social media from back to school night.
Because that's what skipping the gym class demo is all about.
Because that's what skipping the gym class demo is all about.
October 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Turning off my wifi so I can post on social media from back to school night.
Because that's what skipping the gym class demo is all about.
Because that's what skipping the gym class demo is all about.
Finally settling into my home desk after an exciting hour -of -leaving for work knowing the kid's school has power outage (per bus)
-Realizing my office is down the street and also doesn't have power
-Waiting with mixed results for communication from either location
-Taking kid home
-Realizing my office is down the street and also doesn't have power
-Waiting with mixed results for communication from either location
-Taking kid home
October 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Finally settling into my home desk after an exciting hour -of -leaving for work knowing the kid's school has power outage (per bus)
-Realizing my office is down the street and also doesn't have power
-Waiting with mixed results for communication from either location
-Taking kid home
-Realizing my office is down the street and also doesn't have power
-Waiting with mixed results for communication from either location
-Taking kid home
Guess what day it is!
(World Octopus day!)
Ride to school given with a certain amount of teasing.
Followed by watching a perfectly bland and normal looking teen person- no towering hat and no backpack bling- get out of the car ahead and sedately follow mine in.
And they stole the octopus socks!
(World Octopus day!)
Ride to school given with a certain amount of teasing.
Followed by watching a perfectly bland and normal looking teen person- no towering hat and no backpack bling- get out of the car ahead and sedately follow mine in.
And they stole the octopus socks!
October 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Guess what day it is!
(World Octopus day!)
Ride to school given with a certain amount of teasing.
Followed by watching a perfectly bland and normal looking teen person- no towering hat and no backpack bling- get out of the car ahead and sedately follow mine in.
And they stole the octopus socks!
(World Octopus day!)
Ride to school given with a certain amount of teasing.
Followed by watching a perfectly bland and normal looking teen person- no towering hat and no backpack bling- get out of the car ahead and sedately follow mine in.
And they stole the octopus socks!
Catching up on paying bills is extra stressful when:
Spouse passes reminding that 1 hustle will be done mid Dec, plus adjuncting. (and his college is being extra squiffy with spring adjunct offers.)
And
You're paying minor oncology bills.
And
Everyone is talking about premiums spiking.
And and
Spouse passes reminding that 1 hustle will be done mid Dec, plus adjuncting. (and his college is being extra squiffy with spring adjunct offers.)
And
You're paying minor oncology bills.
And
Everyone is talking about premiums spiking.
And and
October 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Catching up on paying bills is extra stressful when:
Spouse passes reminding that 1 hustle will be done mid Dec, plus adjuncting. (and his college is being extra squiffy with spring adjunct offers.)
And
You're paying minor oncology bills.
And
Everyone is talking about premiums spiking.
And and
Spouse passes reminding that 1 hustle will be done mid Dec, plus adjuncting. (and his college is being extra squiffy with spring adjunct offers.)
And
You're paying minor oncology bills.
And
Everyone is talking about premiums spiking.
And and
Oof
Go go Friday gummy!
Went to a medical dispensary in a big city (instead of a discount at a local rec.)
Trying to figure out what my null 2d6 means as far as CBD.
So canniboids and ratios. And maybe dosage?
1THC:2CBN -sleep
1THC:1CBG - comfort
1THC:1CBD - relaxation
I'm not relaxed. Nope
Go go Friday gummy!
Went to a medical dispensary in a big city (instead of a discount at a local rec.)
Trying to figure out what my null 2d6 means as far as CBD.
So canniboids and ratios. And maybe dosage?
1THC:2CBN -sleep
1THC:1CBG - comfort
1THC:1CBD - relaxation
I'm not relaxed. Nope
October 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Oof
Go go Friday gummy!
Went to a medical dispensary in a big city (instead of a discount at a local rec.)
Trying to figure out what my null 2d6 means as far as CBD.
So canniboids and ratios. And maybe dosage?
1THC:2CBN -sleep
1THC:1CBG - comfort
1THC:1CBD - relaxation
I'm not relaxed. Nope
Go go Friday gummy!
Went to a medical dispensary in a big city (instead of a discount at a local rec.)
Trying to figure out what my null 2d6 means as far as CBD.
So canniboids and ratios. And maybe dosage?
1THC:2CBN -sleep
1THC:1CBG - comfort
1THC:1CBD - relaxation
I'm not relaxed. Nope
Glad I dragged myself in so I could use those unexpected junior HVAC triage skills to impress a manager.
Well. Probably impress, if my edit means it shifts to heating.
Well. Probably impress, if my edit means it shifts to heating.
October 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Glad I dragged myself in so I could use those unexpected junior HVAC triage skills to impress a manager.
Well. Probably impress, if my edit means it shifts to heating.
Well. Probably impress, if my edit means it shifts to heating.
Things are crummy.
But here is a fascinating read about kirigami parachutes. www.zmescience.com/research/inv...
Embedded videos strongly recommended.
But here is a fascinating read about kirigami parachutes. www.zmescience.com/research/inv...
Embedded videos strongly recommended.
Scientists Reinvent Parachutes Using Japanese Paper-Cutting Art
Parachutes may soon get a revamp.
www.zmescience.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Things are crummy.
But here is a fascinating read about kirigami parachutes. www.zmescience.com/research/inv...
Embedded videos strongly recommended.
But here is a fascinating read about kirigami parachutes. www.zmescience.com/research/inv...
Embedded videos strongly recommended.
Hiding in my car, blasting the AC, not calling my mother after an alarming flurry of extra tests and procedures in Dad's portal, but no staff notes besides an 8am "no complaints or concerns" from oncologist.
Chest x-ray, head CT and serum tests for sepsis suggests otherwise.
Chest x-ray, head CT and serum tests for sepsis suggests otherwise.
October 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hiding in my car, blasting the AC, not calling my mother after an alarming flurry of extra tests and procedures in Dad's portal, but no staff notes besides an 8am "no complaints or concerns" from oncologist.
Chest x-ray, head CT and serum tests for sepsis suggests otherwise.
Chest x-ray, head CT and serum tests for sepsis suggests otherwise.
Dad AML hospitalization day 15 - text not sent to my mother -
Yes, I know the fluids and electrolytes are monitored. Are they going to do anything about it?
Another bag of reds today and he's neutropenic enough and so weak that they're running blood cultures because maybe he can't mount a fever.
Yes, I know the fluids and electrolytes are monitored. Are they going to do anything about it?
Another bag of reds today and he's neutropenic enough and so weak that they're running blood cultures because maybe he can't mount a fever.
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Dad AML hospitalization day 15 - text not sent to my mother -
Yes, I know the fluids and electrolytes are monitored. Are they going to do anything about it?
Another bag of reds today and he's neutropenic enough and so weak that they're running blood cultures because maybe he can't mount a fever.
Yes, I know the fluids and electrolytes are monitored. Are they going to do anything about it?
Another bag of reds today and he's neutropenic enough and so weak that they're running blood cultures because maybe he can't mount a fever.
So this is my Dad's bday
www.idagio.com/us/
And I really regret waiting for the day of instead of setting it up at the end of the first week when he wasn't feeling awful.
Cause he's really quite poorly.
Did some more googling about the treatment -which is less aggressive than regular chemo-
www.idagio.com/us/
And I really regret waiting for the day of instead of setting it up at the end of the first week when he wasn't feeling awful.
Cause he's really quite poorly.
Did some more googling about the treatment -which is less aggressive than regular chemo-
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September 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So this is my Dad's bday
www.idagio.com/us/
And I really regret waiting for the day of instead of setting it up at the end of the first week when he wasn't feeling awful.
Cause he's really quite poorly.
Did some more googling about the treatment -which is less aggressive than regular chemo-
www.idagio.com/us/
And I really regret waiting for the day of instead of setting it up at the end of the first week when he wasn't feeling awful.
Cause he's really quite poorly.
Did some more googling about the treatment -which is less aggressive than regular chemo-
Trying to figure out if any of the Amazon care items have made it over to the hospital.
Being told by both on site - after the fact and only when pushing on this - that Dad is having a really hard time.
So now I'm angry because that's better than feeling anxious.
Being told by both on site - after the fact and only when pushing on this - that Dad is having a really hard time.
So now I'm angry because that's better than feeling anxious.
September 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Trying to figure out if any of the Amazon care items have made it over to the hospital.
Being told by both on site - after the fact and only when pushing on this - that Dad is having a really hard time.
So now I'm angry because that's better than feeling anxious.
Being told by both on site - after the fact and only when pushing on this - that Dad is having a really hard time.
So now I'm angry because that's better than feeling anxious.