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Many thanks for the birthday wishes for Little Dude! I think overall he counted it a good day.
Sadly the highs don't mean much on his current sleep schedule... it's what the temp is around 7-9 AM that counts. As long as it's upper 30's and not excessively windy (or raining) we're clear, though... I put him in his parka and a hat and bundle a couple of blankets over him. If he decides it's still too chilly for his liking, he wiggles down and curls up in the bottom of the wagon and watches the sky through the tree branches overhead from his nest. The sides are tall enough, it blocks all the wind. (I meanwhile am trucking along in my T-shirt because I walk at a brisk clip and pushing that thing works up a sweat. My personal favorite temp for walking comfort is right around 40.)
Extended hourly forecast has Wednesday and Thursday looking iffy, but it's a ways off. It might change, and also he might be awake later in the day, by then, so we might still have a shot. We'll see when we get there, I suppose.
Well there's one good thing about Little Dude's whackadoodle sleep schedule... time has so little meaning in general that the switch to Daylight Savings Time doesn't throw me as badly as it does everybody else. I'm semi-perpetually jet lagged just at baseline.
I hear you on this. The last day of my flatmate's week vacation and I am finally sleeping to after 3am or 4am and today I realized that the 3:30am was really 2:30 yesterday. Still got seven/eight hours sleep. I just wish we could settle on Standard Time and stay there.
Complaint: Sometimes Amazon is not your best price.
There are a lot of Amazon bashers out there, but for me it's been a life saver. And yes, there's a lot of overpriced stuff, but for convenience, choice, reliability, and even price, Amazon has become my goto place for almost everything because without a car, I pay for their Prime "free" delivery right to my door. I order frequently enough to get more than the yearly cost of the service, within a few months.
That being said, I do compare prices and shop wisely, and skip items that seem sketchy or overpriced. The following is is such an example. Asparagus, specifically DelMonte Extra Long asparagus in the tall cans. It's been my favorite since childhood.
Yeah, yeah, I hear you saying "eww, canned asparagus, yucky, overcooked, de-nutrified mush", but that's what I like. Lots of taste, fun to fondle, dangle, and slurp off of one's fork. Yes, I've had fresh cooked, crisp asparagus. Interesting, and probably gastronomically healthier, but it just doesn't push my buttons.
But a well placed group of DelMonte canned asparagus spears curving around the edge of my overflowing Thanksgiving style plate, is just the ticket for me. And yes, asparagus is and has always been somewhat more expensive than green beans or canned corn, but it has been an easy luxury, and I buy a flat (12 cans) of it through Amazon that will last me a whole year. 
That was, UNTIL I ran out and went looking for it again at Amazon and found this(image below): WTF? Last time I ordered, it was $36 for 12 cans. I hope this is a seasonal thing.
What's happened to DelMonte?
Yeah, yeah, I could switch to another brand at half the price, but "old dog, new tricks...", and unfamiliar waters..., I knows what I likes.
Edited for correct spelling of "asparagus" 'pa' not 'pe'
It is about half that price at Walmart
I'm all for canned asparagus as well, though I do like the fesh stuff in stir fry. Not sure where Del Monte gets theirs, but there might be other factors (labor, weather, etc) driving up the price.
Tariffs?
...I have some viable theories but they cannot be discussed here.
That said, yes, I have a few simple "go-to" comfort foods. One of them is Nalley Thick Chili™ which is great for a quick lunch. I usually "doll it up" with chopped onions, shredded sharp cheddar cheese, and a few squirts of Tapatio™ hot sauce to make it all inclusive "Nalley Thick, Hot, Onion, Cheese Chili" (they make each type separately). I also warm up several small soft corn tortillas in the "Radar Range" (I actually used to have one) then cut them in quarters and use those instead of crackers.
Their version of Amazon Prime costs less than Amazon too.
I have used WalMart as a source when needed and able to get free or reduced price shipping, but haven't needed their subscription shipping service, yet.
My Amazon Prime shipping service also includes access to the streaming channel "Amazon Prime TV" with all of Amazon's new proprietary movies, and lots of streaming shows & channels via my Amazon "FireStick" device on my old non-smart TV** at $150.18/year ($12.51/month). So for the cost of one premium TV streaming service I get free shipping too. Not arguing which is better here, but pointing out how I ended up here. I feel like a winner. It's like my subscription based shipping plan through CVS drug stores. CVS has a plan called "ExtraCare", for which they charge me $50/year and will pay for shipping of my prescriptions. In addition, every month they send me a $10 cash coupon (use it or lose it) to use on almost any non-prescription item in the store and will even ship the purchase if included along with a prescription delivery. $10 a month, times 12 is $120 So, if I take advantage of the coupon each month, I'll make $70 out of them every year.
That $10 coupon burns a hole in my pocket every month and when near a CVS (any CVS, not just my designated prescription store) I'll drop in and find something useful for around $10. Win, win.
Sometimes it helps to play the game.
**Note: My old non-smart TV (about 13 years now), a wonderful 42", 1080P, Panasonic, bought at Sears (remember them?) used to be a smart TV but isn't being updated anymore and can't keep up with changes to streaming service protocols.
i.e. I fell for the "Smart TV" trap.
So, instead of buying a new TV to replace a still functioning one, I bought external smarts (FireTV Stick) that can be replaced for much less than the cost of a TV. "Smart TV" should be called "Sneaky TV"
Non-complaint: I've finally changed all my clocks to jump ahead for Spring. Well, almost all of them. Stove, microwave, wall clock, pendulum clock, alarm clock.
Complaint: I have two other clocks in the bedroom that need to be changed, but are difficult for differing reasons.
One of them is a projector clock that projects the time digitally on the ceiling above my head, but it's one of those ergonomically inconvenient devices with black lettering on black keys on a black device, that have an incomprehensible, algorithmic order for pushing the combination of buttons required to adjust the time.
The other is an electric timer that I plug my UV lamp** into that comes on about 15 minutes before I go up to bed, and turns off one hour later. The timer is at the end of the power cord where it just barely plugs into the extension cord, laying on the floor running behind my clothes cabinet. Pulling it up to my level is not an option. Getting down on the floor, for me, is barely an option. And of course the time setting mechanism is clumsy, but at least it has brown numbers on brown buttons, that require a magnifying glass and tweezers or Hobbit sized fingers to set.
**Note: I have a 4 foot UV lamp in my bedroom because it's my homage to the early '70s and my Hippy days.
I have four nicely framed blacklight posters of the era that are arranged on the stairwell wall. Also, since my stairwell lightswitches don't work from the bottom switch (and hasn't from the day I moved in 18 years ago), and although I do have proper white lights in the bedroom, I rarely use them. I use the glow from the blacklight posters to provide enough light to navigate the stairs when going to bed, and it also provides enough glow into the bedroom to be navigationally functional and nostalgically soothing while getting ready for bed.
I'd bought new switches for the stairwell (15 years ago), but haven't gotten around to replacing them.
Personally, I think it's a landlord problem.
I had built a cart early this morning and then shut down my computer so I could deal with that state tax bill and later deal with heading off another tax issue for next year. When I walked into the building for state tax revenue in Denver, signs were prominent that I needed an appointment. But I walked into an almost empty business area and a lady asked if she could help, never asked if I had an appointment, but gave me my options for payment and I realized I did have enough cash on me and she sent me to the cashier, just a few feet over from her. Both ladies were polite, gracious, and cheerful in their assistance in helping me pay my bill and making sure I had documentation if I needed it for the future. It was so nice.
Later, I was able to work with Fidelity and get my required disbursements tax withholdings properly set up so I don't end up next year having to pay extra after filing. And got an education on how it can be done. That poor young man got a workout, on the cell phone and computer, with two other offices, but we were successful. Great help.
This evening, I remembered that DAZ shopping cart I had left hanging because I wanted to get these two issues resolved first. That was processed without issue too. Thank you DAZ.
Happy shopping, commenting, and kibbitzing tomorrow everyone!
Mary
Yay for smooth solutions and an easier time of it next year! And for a cart that waited politely with no price jumps!
Complaint: Headache
I feel for you. My bottle of migraine meds is dropping noticeably and is marked as 'No Refills'. Which means I need my doctor to order a new script and he is out of the office for surgery himself. Air pressure changes, high winds, bright lights, or strobing lights, and stress on my eyes has been really pushing my head to complain. My non-med solutions include: Chamomile Tea (it is a blood thinner so take with caution), a walk in fresh air away from computers, glass of milk, resting your eyes, or a nap. Tylenol, Excedrine also useful. Somethings work, others don't, depends of the source of the headache. I talked to my doctor about them and it helps he suffers from migraines too and was able to see me as I was in the middle of an attack one time. There are new meds/shots that prevent them or help subdue them, so it is good to talk to your physcian about this.
Before I had seen a doctor in 1974 for this, I used black tea bags on my eyes, and listened to a recording of the "1812 Overture" and by the time the guns fired, the headache would have simmered down.
I still haven't reset most of my clocks for Daylight Saving Time and this just made me wonder if the people who run the "Doomsday Clock" have to adjust it for daylight savings time... and if the power goes out does it just keep blinking "12:00"..."12:00"..."12:00"... ?
Not familiar with this, but I'm sure something important would have USB's and backup generators and such. I could be wrong, though. Just looked it up...it's not an actual clock. D'oh! I think it said it's at 85 seconds...closest it's ever been (or did it say 80 seconds?)!
Hello to all; it has been awhile since I've posted. I've been away from all things DAZ and rendering for more than a couple years now, yikes!
Hope you are all well.
I have no complaints at this time, but I reserve my place in line!
Have a great day!
Well, honestly I haven't been very enjoyable or amusing for quite a while, so nobody really missed any of my entertaining commentary (insane ramblings), because it hasn't existed for a while...
But anyway, I'm glad you are still here...
Well, not "here" here, you are "there" here, which to you is "here" here, because my "here" is different from your "here" which is "there" to me... I mean I wouldn't mind if you were "here" here, it's just that I'm not dressed for company and I've eaten all the snacks... (apparently some of the dog's treats as well)... (in my defense they were peanut butter flavored)....
Normally if you were here I'd feel obliged to wear my formal "Visitor Sombrero"... generally reserved for callers of honorable status or who bring cheese... unfortunately my Visitor Sombrero is currently at the haberdasher's for a tune up.
Technically, you could be here for all I know... There's been something moving around in the bushes by the Yew tree (Lenny) in back and I just assumed it was the Paradoxical Physics Possum, since today is Tuesday... so if you are over there in the shrubs, which is not "there" to you, only to me, feel free to come over "here" here (over by "where" the dog was just sitting) and we can have a cup of delicious Lapsang Souchong tea (a delightful tea with a flavor reminiscent of burning neoprene rubber with a slight subway track fire after-note) and possibly a couple of slices of Visitor Prosciutto which is generally reserved for callers of honorable status or who bring cheese...
Anyway... that's if I haven't inadvertently eaten them in a snacking frenzy.
But regardless if you are there or here or neither here nor there, remember: "no matter where you go, there you are"... which not only is a practical declaration of observable physics, it's one of Paradoxical Physics Possum's favorite sayings... That and "if you can be neither here nor there, then you are probably everywhere simultaneously unless observation of your particle's properties result in an apparent and irreversible wave function collapse of those particles which changes their original quantum state."...
I keep telling him it sounds too Schrödinger's Kangaroo (the little known, original pre-cat thought experiment where the kangaroo is in a theoretical state of wearing both a tuxedo and a cheap track suit from Walmart simultaneously and if you open the porta-potty door the kangaroo explodes), to which he argues kangaroos often explode for numerous reasons and that's not a fair comparison.
Anyway... quantum entanglement aside, wherever you are I hope you are doing well and it's been good conversing with you...
Well, technically more like saying lots of random stuff in response to a response to other random stuff I said, them wrote down on a piece of cardboard, read to my stupid dog and then without any useful input from him decided to type out on my iPad and post.
I'm sorry if this post wasn't as comprehensive as my posts (rambling loony diatribes) usually are, but my original response was eaten by the forum software demons while I was in the middle of writing what was approaching the character post limit... I forgot that if I don't write my posts in Notes or cardboard slip sheets, the forum software will likely erase them for no predictable reason.
Anyway... if that was you in the shrubs, I'm sorry to announce I seem to have eaten the remaining 2 pounds of Visitor Prosciutto while I was writing this.
And also you may want to hose off your shoes later because that shrub is also my "Territory marking" shrub...
Sorry... the dog and me have been having somewhat of a territory marking spat and I've been mostly winning because I use a stepladder and he's too lazy to learn how to use one.
Anyway...
Cheers!
My get so bad I want to cry while taking a shower because of the sound of the water hitting me.
@McGyver:
Well, that's good.. I was thinking of doing that myself, but I have no idea where you live and I still haven't gotten more than a few miles into knocking on doors looking for the last person I was going to bring a "get well" cake to... which I ended up eating anyway, because there's only so many times you can drop a "get well" cake before it makes more sense to just eat it... even if it's just a couple of dozen feet into the journey...
And it's better off it's your daughter because I kinda smell funny today anyway and I really don't feel like showering at the moment... that and she probably has a better track record being helpful than I do... as the many who I've helped can attest to... god rest their souls.
Anyway... I dont know if thats the same daughter who I may or may not have imagined had some kind of a problem with an ex... it was a while ago and I've imagined a lot of stuff (not including Paradoxical Physics Possum, who I assure you is very real) in the interim, so if that wasn't something that you wrote about just ignore me (as the surgeon general correctly advises)...(do we still have a surgeon general?)... (was he a penguin at any point?)... (never mind)...
Anyway... if that was something that happened regardless of which daughter, I hope she is doing well, or perhaps better than well... in fact I hope all your daughters and or sons and even pets are doing well too.
Which brings me to you... well, metaphorically... I haven't even baked a cake or started knocking on doors yet... (I'm just letting you know in advance that I'm probably going to end up eating the cake and getting sleepy after a few blocks)...
I wish you the best and a speedy recovery and I hope you and your daughter enjoy your time together as well.
And sorry about the cake.
Complaint: Went to the gyno and they decided since I was only at "stage 2 " they would rather not put me under to do the hysterectomy ,cause they don't want to have to intubate me just incase they have to keep me intubated .......so it's an IUD ,and see if that helps ,same excuse they gave when they decided to not give me a colonoscopy ......or my cataract surgery .......to bad they can't just take the chance do them all at once,set you up like a rotisserie ...........not having the hysterectomy has me more depressed then having it .....
LOL not the same daughter that had the problem with her now ex ,yeah but she is doing good ,he's hopefully got a couple of boyfriends in prison with him ........eww did I say that out loud?!! Anywho that was my oldest daughter who's got her hands full with 4 kids , in the middle is my son ,he's not great at nurseing lord love him ,so my youngest ends up being the nurse when it's needed bless her heart ,but since I won't be getting the surgery she won't have to come up ......about the cake ,I'm not much for cakes anyway so no issue there ,and since I'm still working at losing weight ,I'll say it's the thought that counts, on the plus side I've lost 58 lbs. since November gonna end up needing new clothes soon ..
What?! Stage 2, cancer? I am sorry but ... what? Cancer is beatable when caught and handled early on. Can you get a second opinion? And for what it is worth, when I had my 17 or 19 surgical procedures by 3 surgical teams in one go, including the hystorectomy in 2022, that took around six hours, I was not intubated. Sure I was 70 at the time but ...
Carrie, talk to someone in the medical profession that is not at that facility. Or is it your insurance stopping this?
Mary
I think the issue is I have pulmonary hypertension ,and the pulmonologist put me on oxygen in November , oh according to the docter stage 2 isn't that big a deal when it gets to 3 then they won't have an option ,they will have to do the hysterectomy ...I have a headache right now .
Well, since I already ate the cake and you aren't going to get surgery I'm gonna get another cake and eat that one too... I forget what that theory is called something about "exponential cakeometrics" or something like that... anyway, I hope they are making the right call and you don't develop stage 3... or any other stages. Maybe stage zero... is that a thing? Get cancer free please. Be well and please get better.
Just found my missing nose rings I thought were thrown out. The original one was like a diamond but the new one is purple.
I was told I had to untangle my cables and cords I used for my technology. I took apart my desktop and moved the furniture around a bit and put it back together.
What the hell, seriously. My mom had her kit-n-caboodle removed a couple years ago because she was having other issues and the doc was like, "well, at your age, it's probably just a matter of time before it becomes cancer, so let's be proactive."
Yes, the Surgeon General was briefly a penguin.