Lately, the lion's share of my time on computer has been used for working on our annual edition of "Grand Moments" ~ which keeps track of events in the lives of our grandchildren, and especially the funny things the little ones say. Every year I think there won't be enough to make a booklet, but this year's will be the largest volume yet! As a result, I am working like the dickens on it, as it needs to be done by next weekend to have time to get some copies printed for the family. It's made all the harder by my wrist still giving me trouble, It's already been 8 weeks since injury and the prevailing wisdom is that it can take 2-10 weeks to heal. So, we'll see. So far, I'm not convinced that it's going to heal on its own. I may have to go to the doctor yet. But first, I have to get over this raw throat and cold! Sunday makes 12 days since I left the house (unless you count walking out to the mailbox three times. It's getting old. The cold is SLOWLY resolving.
Yes, healing does occur by itself, but that does not mean it will not hurt. I fell and bent a little finger 90° and the doctor pulled it into place and taped it about 20 years ago. It still aches from time to time for no particular reason. Then there are toes that camp as if they had a charlie horse. The nerves that signal pain are really unreliable. That is why accupuncture works with some needles stuck in the outer perimeter of the ear. Unfortunately, medicine has evolved to "make patients comfortable" rather than providing cures, which is what accounts for the opioid crisis. My mother was a life-long complainer of pain. When I was a toddler she took mud baths to soothe her arthritis. When she came to live with me at age ninety, the doctor prescribed oxycontin for her arthritis, but the 12 hour capsule did not last that long and when it wore off, she turned nasty. I reported that to the doctor and he changed the prescription to a muscle-relaxing elixir, which I administered carefully as needed for the next eight years. People being responsible for their own medication is a bad idea.
Mud baths are awfully difficult to administer at home! Not that it is any of my damned business, but I wonder if you have any idea what was in the elixir? Technically speaking, an elixir is a liquid (usually containing alcohol) intended to make a bad-tasting medicine palatable. ---Alan
Last night I wore braces on my hands for the first time in a long time, and they feel pretty good this morning. I suppose it is because it keeps them from getting into bad positions and staying there while one sleeps. I am going to try wearing a light brace on my right hand while drawing to control my intermittent tremor (which might be partly due to my age, but is mostly from decades of repetitive stress injuries). ----Alan
Can you share what you mean by a light brace? I am finding the brace I’m using to be difficult for typing, as it keeps hitting the flat mousepad which disrupts what I’m doing on computer.
The Internet gods don't want to post my reply, so I sent it by e-mail. Will also try the raw URL here. ----Alan https://www.futuro-usa.com/3M/en_US/futuro-us/products/~/FUTURO-Compression-Stabilizing-Wrist-Brace/?N=4318+3294508205+3294529207&preselect=8757824+3293786499&rt=rud
As a couple of the Justices have said, "ultimately, the people enforce the law." I do think the example of the U.S removing wanna-be tyrant and incompetent from office has had a salutary effect around the globe, People do not want to be preached at, but they do see what people can do.
It probably would have helped if the CIA had not conspired to overthrow the elected Iranian government and install the Shah. Demonizing Kohmeni and the current Iranian government also didn't help--the current government IS, after all, an attempt at a parliamentary democracy, that was radicalized by American attacks (IMO). Proving to them that the word of the US is worth absolutely nothing was a big diplomatic mistake, as was the US invasion of Iraq on the basis of clearly fatuous claims about weapons of mass destruction and canoodling with Al Qaida.
True. But I would hazard that the U.S. commitment to democracy was largely based on the assumption that a male elite would continue to call the shots. Not so long ago, the people governing was dismissed as "populism" associated with demagogues. The press and the parties conspired to control elections despite the fact they have no official role and operate outside the system of checks and balances. Now that one major faction is disintegrating before our eyes, the other is scrambling to demonstrate that it is responsive to the public will. In addition to alternate media, the public has benefitted from the fact that funds to promote candidates can now be collected by anyone. I find it interesting that both Katie Porter and AOC have organized collecting funds for unknowns and entities like Meidastouch and The Lincoln Project are doing their own democracy thing. Howard Dean first tapped the individual contributor stream, but never appreciated what he had. Obama, too, did not know how to keep the army of volunteers connected.
‘Our mission is crucial’: meet the warrior librarians of Ukraine [Click] “When Russia invaded Ukraine, a key part of its strategy was to destroy historic libraries in order to eradicate the Ukrainians’ sense of identity. But Putin hadn’t counted on the unbreakable spirit of the country’s librarians” ——Alan
Susan: Everything I've read about Diane Feinstein over the past year pretty much indicates she is no longer mentally capable of discharging her duties. The things I've read sound like advanced senility.
McCarthy Says GOP Holdouts Would Squander Majority [Click] It seems rather too much to hope for that Hakeem Jeffries might become the next Speaker of the House, but I can relish the thought for a while yet. . .
Lately, the lion's share of my time on computer has been used for working on our annual edition of "Grand Moments" ~ which keeps track of events in the lives of our grandchildren, and especially the funny things the little ones say. Every year I think there won't be enough to make a booklet, but this year's will be the largest volume yet! As a result, I am working like the dickens on it, as it needs to be done by next weekend to have time to get some copies printed for the family. It's made all the harder by my wrist still giving me trouble, It's already been 8 weeks since injury and the prevailing wisdom is that it can take 2-10 weeks to heal. So, we'll see. So far, I'm not convinced that it's going to heal on its own. I may have to go to the doctor yet. But first, I have to get over this raw throat and cold! Sunday makes 12 days since I left the house (unless you count walking out to the mailbox three times. It's getting old. The cold is SLOWLY resolving.
ReplyDeletePS: Thanks for letting me rant! But, truth be told, I am loving reviewing the year through the eyes of our 8 grands!
DeleteYes, healing does occur by itself, but that does not mean it will not hurt. I fell and bent a little finger 90° and the doctor pulled it into place and taped it about 20 years ago. It still aches from time to time for no particular reason. Then there are toes that camp as if they had a charlie horse. The nerves that signal pain are really unreliable. That is why accupuncture works with some needles stuck in the outer perimeter of the ear.
DeleteUnfortunately, medicine has evolved to "make patients comfortable" rather than providing cures, which is what accounts for the opioid crisis.
My mother was a life-long complainer of pain. When I was a toddler she took mud baths to soothe her arthritis. When she came to live with me at age ninety, the doctor prescribed oxycontin for her arthritis, but the 12 hour capsule did not last that long and when it wore off, she turned nasty. I reported that to the doctor and he changed the prescription to a muscle-relaxing elixir, which I administered carefully as needed for the next eight years. People being responsible for their own medication is a bad idea.
Mud baths are awfully difficult to administer at home! Not that it is any of my damned business, but I wonder if you have any idea what was in the elixir? Technically speaking, an elixir is a liquid (usually containing alcohol) intended to make a bad-tasting medicine palatable.
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Last night I wore braces on my hands for the first time in a long time, and they feel pretty good this morning. I suppose it is because it keeps them from getting into bad positions and staying there while one sleeps. I am going to try wearing a light brace on my right hand while drawing to control my intermittent tremor (which might be partly due to my age, but is mostly from decades of repetitive stress injuries).
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DeleteCan you share what you mean by a light brace? I am finding the brace I’m using to be difficult for typing, as it keeps hitting the flat mousepad which disrupts what I’m doing on computer.
The Internet gods don't want to post my reply, so I sent it by e-mail. Will also try the raw URL here.
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https://www.futuro-usa.com/3M/en_US/futuro-us/products/~/FUTURO-Compression-Stabilizing-Wrist-Brace/?N=4318+3294508205+3294529207&preselect=8757824+3293786499&rt=rud
A rare mutant sheep with straight, silky wool is helping unravel mysteries of human hair. [Click] As well, perhaps, as some day restoring profits to wool growers.
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Iran to disband morality police amid ongoing protests, says attorney general [Click] And Russian conscripts are rebelling, while China is loosening Covid restrictions in response to unrest. Lots of politically “interesting” things going on in the world.
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As a couple of the Justices have said, "ultimately, the people enforce the law." I do think the example of the U.S removing wanna-be tyrant and incompetent from office has had a salutary effect around the globe, People do not want to be preached at, but they do see what people can do.
DeleteIt sure helps when people who already have a democracy prove that it can be sustainable.
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DeleteIt probably would have helped if the CIA had not conspired to overthrow the elected Iranian government and install the Shah. Demonizing Kohmeni and the current Iranian government also didn't help--the current government IS, after all, an attempt at a parliamentary democracy, that was radicalized by American attacks (IMO). Proving to them that the word of the US is worth absolutely nothing was a big diplomatic mistake, as was the US invasion of Iraq on the basis of clearly fatuous claims about weapons of mass destruction and canoodling with Al Qaida.
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DeleteTrue. But I would hazard that the U.S. commitment to democracy was largely based on the assumption that a male elite would continue to call the shots.
DeleteNot so long ago, the people governing was dismissed as "populism" associated with demagogues.
The press and the parties conspired to control elections despite the fact they have no official role and operate outside the system of checks and balances. Now that one major faction is disintegrating before our eyes, the other is scrambling to demonstrate that it is responsive to the public will.
In addition to alternate media, the public has benefitted from the fact that funds to promote candidates can now be collected by anyone. I find it interesting that both Katie Porter and AOC have organized collecting funds for unknowns and entities like Meidastouch and The Lincoln Project are doing their own democracy thing.
Howard Dean first tapped the individual contributor stream, but never appreciated what he had. Obama, too, did not know how to keep the army of volunteers connected.
Jabal: the new wheat scientists say can withstand extreme heat and drought [Click]
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DeleteWonderful!!
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DeleteBut..is it GMO?
Sounds like it is straight-up crossbreeding like people have been doing for millenia, and nature has been doing for far longer.
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Delete‘Our mission is crucial’: meet the warrior librarians of Ukraine [Click] “When Russia invaded Ukraine, a key part of its strategy was to destroy historic libraries in order to eradicate the Ukrainians’ sense of identity. But Putin hadn’t counted on the unbreakable spirit of the country’s librarians”
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The Shadow Race to Succeed Dianne Feinstein [Click] Two of the people mentioned I am not familiar with, and two I would definitely be willing to vote for.
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Susan: Everything I've read about Diane Feinstein over the past year pretty much indicates she is no longer mentally capable of discharging her duties. The things I've read sound like advanced senility.
DeleteReport that Russia is printing food ration coupons [Click] About a minute into the video.
ReplyDeleteLeading Economist Believes U.S. Will Avoid Recession [Click]
McCarthy Says GOP Holdouts Would Squander Majority [Click] It seems rather too much to hope for that Hakeem Jeffries might become the next Speaker of the House, but I can relish the thought for a while yet. . .
-----Alan
I'd be okay with that. 😉
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