The tremor in my hands has been weaker recently, and today as well as yesterday is completely gone. Using my stationary bicycle has definitely strengthened my legs. -----Alan Thought re the late Mr. Kirk---- if one goes looking for trouble, one just might find it.
I read the text exchange between Mr. Kirk and his roommate. The roommate sounds completely sane...asked all the important questions and seemed genuinely shocked and concerned. Mr. Kirk was asked Why he did it. He said it was because some hatred can't be negotiated. Sad how he could only see that hatred in one direction but not his own toward Kirk.
Listener, that text exchange was between Tyler Robinson, Kirk's alleged murderer, and his roommate. While the roommate does indeed seem completely sane, they are reportedly a trans individual so, of course, the extreme right is trying to paint them as not only complicit in Kirk's murder, but as a dangerous person in general. Disgusting!
Ah yes! Thanks for catching that, Catreona!! This is what only two hours of sleep does to your cognitive functioning. It is truly disgusting the way the radical right is painting Robinson's roommate. Why does everything have to be painful in this country? We need to reclaim our CIVIL society.
Well, here I am with just two hours of sleep last night. Sigh. Didn't help that a neighbour has a new puppy they let out at 6am, who barked for an hour! We had a good conversation and it isn't likely to be an ongoing problem. They are training the pup to be a therapy dog, and hope to have the barking in hand in a week or so. VERY nice people.
But, just like when I tried it two years ago, this medication I am newly on is giving me thrush. It suggests that my immune system is low. (Ya think?!). So I'm taking the med and the cure together and we'll see if I can continue it.
The longer term solution is likely turbinate reduction via radiofrequency ablation. We'll see. ENT appt is Oct 20th, so I just need to get from here to there.
Mizzen and Spinnaker had their annual vet visit today. Turns out Spinnaker's mast cell cancer diagnosis of last year didn't mention that there are two kinds...one that's aggressive and one that isn't. She has NO symptoms, so apparently she has the non-aggressive sort. So glad we didn't put her through surgery last year.
What I heard was that DT congratulated ABC after the fact and that ABC took Kimmel off the air "indefinitely." So that means both Colbert and Kimmel are free to start a new show on an independent network.
I actually happened to watch that monologue, and I certainly didn't strike me as beyond the pale. Here's the quote from a BBC article:
"Kimmel said on Monday: "The Maga Gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."
The late-night host also criticised flags being flown at half mast in honour of Kirk, and mocked the president's reaction to the shooting.
"This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a gold fish," Kimmel said."
The tremor in my hands has been weaker recently, and today as well as yesterday is completely gone. Using my stationary bicycle has definitely strengthened my legs.
ReplyDelete-----Alan
Thought re the late Mr. Kirk---- if one goes looking for trouble, one just might find it.
That's very good news, Alan! You're doing the work...!
DeleteI read the text exchange between Mr. Kirk and his roommate. The roommate sounds completely sane...asked all the important questions and seemed genuinely shocked and concerned. Mr. Kirk was asked Why he did it. He said it was because some hatred can't be negotiated. Sad how he could only see that hatred in one direction but not his own toward Kirk.
DeleteI saw a pithy meme the other day...
DeleteGod grant me the Serenity to accept the people I cannot change
the Courage to change the one I can
and the Wisdom to know it's me.
~ Author unknown, adaption of the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niehbuhr
That's great, Alan!
DeleteListener, that text exchange was between Tyler Robinson, Kirk's alleged murderer, and his roommate. While the roommate does indeed seem completely sane, they are reportedly a trans individual so, of course, the extreme right is trying to paint them as not only complicit in Kirk's murder, but as a dangerous person in general. Disgusting!
DeleteAh yes! Thanks for catching that, Catreona!! This is what only two hours of sleep does to your cognitive functioning.
DeleteIt is truly disgusting the way the radical right is painting Robinson's roommate. Why does everything have to be painful in this country? We need to reclaim our CIVIL society.
Well, here I am with just two hours of sleep last night. Sigh. Didn't help that a neighbour has a new puppy they let out at 6am, who barked for an hour! We had a good conversation and it isn't likely to be an ongoing problem. They are training the pup to be a therapy dog, and hope to have the barking in hand in a week or so. VERY nice people.
ReplyDeleteBut, just like when I tried it two years ago, this medication I am newly on is giving me thrush. It suggests that my immune system is low. (Ya think?!). So I'm taking the med and the cure together and we'll see if I can continue it.
The longer term solution is likely turbinate reduction via radiofrequency ablation. We'll see. ENT appt is Oct 20th, so I just need to get from here to there.
Jerry quits Ben & Jerry's, saying its independence on social issues has been stifled
ReplyDeleteForgot to say it in the proper place, but I really liked yesterday's front page photo.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cat! I took that photo on my birthday.
DeleteMizzen and Spinnaker had their annual vet visit today. Turns out Spinnaker's mast cell cancer diagnosis of last year didn't mention that there are two kinds...one that's aggressive and one that isn't. She has NO symptoms, so apparently she has the non-aggressive sort. So glad we didn't put her through surgery last year.
ReplyDeleteWil tells me that in the UK, when DT and M were with King Charlie and his spouse, a horse parading by stopped and took a dump in front of DT! 🤣
ReplyDeleteI just added a second photo out front. You don't want to miss it!!
ReplyDeleteIt was posted by our marine biologist niece, whose birthday is today!
Video: BREAKING: Trump BANS Jimmy Kimmel from TV for THIS - Click
ReplyDeleteWhat I heard was that DT congratulated ABC after the fact and that ABC took Kimmel off the air "indefinitely."
DeleteSo that means both Colbert and Kimmel are free to start a new show on an independent network.
CBS should be boycotted after May and ABC now.
DeleteYesterday, the Department of Justice sued the states of Maine and Oregon to gain access to their unredacted copies of the voting rolls.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to the routing of this insane Administration and the return to civil decency in this nation.
ReplyDeleteI actually happened to watch that monologue, and I certainly didn't strike me as beyond the pale. Here's the quote from a BBC article:
ReplyDelete"Kimmel said on Monday: "The Maga Gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."
The late-night host also criticised flags being flown at half mast in honour of Kirk, and mocked the president's reaction to the shooting.
"This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a gold fish," Kimmel said."