I should be safe in SW Germany, but there is another hurricane meandering its way northward from the equator and the models have it directly hitting the W coast of France. Two dots later it's over our fucking house.
Laugh as you will, but a couple decades ago one of these happened to hit England and fucked things up pretty well before it crapped out.
My November siblings did not like to be reminded that a certain heart shaped day was almost exactly 9 months before their birthdays (same day, years apart. Go, dad, go!)
It is not the cute uniforms. It is not the fans, per se, nor the players for the most part. It is not the almost cultish behavior it inspires in some of its fans, nor that the talking heads still won't stop blowing Tom Brady even though dude is now retired. It is not even the gameplay (although I could do without a mind destroying bloodsport in general, so perhaps a bit of the gameplay).
No, it is personal. It is because during the football season, on the football nights, husband will forget himself and have a grand old time, never mind that when he over imbibes like that, he forgets to wear his mouth guard and grinds his fucking teeth all night long, at irregular intervals, so I cannot even relegate it to white noise as I do his snoring.
Add to that the entire sleep apnea thing wherein he stops breathing and wakes me up in fear he is dying (bout 3-4 times per night, he refuses the cpap and the oral appliance both) and it makes for a mondo grumpy me come cat breakfast. Mind, I do a job that entails hours of physical labor per day- like lugging around weight, through overgrown woods, and digging holes. Time for our monthly "use it or sleep somewhere else, or I am going to quit my job because I can no longer do it" discussion.
Doctors and medical people keep asking me if I have sleep apnea. I answer: "I live alone. How would I know?" Waking up in fear I am dying would be a clue! That doesn't happen to me (the waking up part; the fear part remains untested).
FWIW, I heard of an iPhone app ("Sleep Cycle") that monitors sleep by listening or some such. Then reports snoring, tossing, murderous rampages by angry spouses, etc. Perhaps an option for Siri to say, "STOP IT!"
You do not, as far as I know, wake up knowing you were not breathing. He never does.
He just stops breathing, which wakes me up, so I poke him in the side and it makes him gasp and start again.
I will, one day, wake up next to a corpse.
I think there are other symptoms for you to be able to tell- like waking up groggy and being cloud minded all day is one of them. Also, slipping cognitive functions, and not just forgetting where you put your keys, but like moments of forgetting where you are even if you are in your own house sort of thing.
At first I thought you meant Dok Zoom and was about tell you he's a doctor of rhetoric. That makes him better qualified than the current Surgeon General of Florida but probably not someone you should trust for medical assessment. Then I re-read your reply. I need to make appt with eye doktor!
Boy, I sure can't wait for MAGA to overthrow America and eliminate the NOAA so I can finally stop seeing all this fearmongering about fake climate alarmism. It's really stressing me out. /s
I am sure private enterprise will step in. Perhaps Starlink can activate the cameras on its satellites. You know, like the ones on your computer and phone that are always on... watching.... listening.../s (but is it really /s?)
No, it is not. I keep eyeing the cold front north of Milton and wishing that it'd drop lower; the storm's circulation will draw in cooler, drier air and weaken the system.
Bit anxious about something stupid happening at work today for the anniversary of 10/7. Why, you might ask, because Congress isn't even in.
They weren't in for the biggest "ceasefire" protest this winter either. That nearly shut down the building for like two hours. It's not about Congress, it's about attention and disruption. Who cares if you're only affecting tourists?
Excuse me. I know because of all the links I see here, that twitter is the only reliable and thorough source of information. These presented tidbits of info *cannot* be found ANYWHERE except twitter.
So gawd bless Ellunge Musk for his service to humanity.
A nice idea, but SpaceX is basically the only functional launch service, and Starlink the only satellite internet.
The government slept on preventing a single company run by a lunatic capture not one but *two* mission-critical infrastructure domains, and now we're stuck with it for the foreseeable future.
Not to mention, monopolizing the launching so you can be the one to launch the satelites and then hoard THAT role, seems like...a monopoly to me. Like he is getting taxpayer money to do that launch shit- those satellites ought to be available for some competition by now
Nationalize it. It will be painful to do now but far less painful than living with the consequences of not doing it now. But!! And this is a big but: Nobody is going to listen to me. So don't worry. It will be okay...
ALL of them. Every single last damn one of em. Our prosperity as a nation and our well being as a people should not be beholden to rich fuckers deciding if they want to destroy a company today or let it live.
Nationalize some critical industries and REGULATE the shit out of all of them. Fuck them if they don't like regulations. Something must be done to stem the **EVIL** that is caused by out of control greed.
Ran a load of laundry, and a load of dishes, and have been in bed, and yawns are starting to commence.
Typed that last night And was out before I could hit post. A good night sleep full of dreams.
That was fast. The Weather Service just upgraded Milton to a Cat 3 hurricane.
I should be safe in SW Germany, but there is another hurricane meandering its way northward from the equator and the models have it directly hitting the W coast of France. Two dots later it's over our fucking house.
Laugh as you will, but a couple decades ago one of these happened to hit England and fucked things up pretty well before it crapped out.
Global warming anyone?
Yeah, that'll be Hurricane Kirk.
Kirk is why my offshore-capable sonar mapping boat is at the dock instead of working.
The phrase "Not a good sign" comes to mind.
No, it is not.
FUCK.
Which is why I named a journal entry for this storm 'BOHICA.'
???
Bend
Over
Here
It
Comes
Again
oh man.
Are you in the way? Do you have a place to go?
I'm not on the coast, but I would be affected by all of the projected tracks. I'm also at 151 feet above sea level, so local flooding's not an issue.
Flooding is bad, but the entire house getting blown to tatters is something else.
:hugs: please be safe, Wanderer, we love you.
Thank you. :-)
Itβs getting near the boiling hot water just offshore. Hope youβre ready as can be.
Health and *yaaawwwn* Safety Weirdo Update!
Inadequate sleep but did some useful things, like 200reps ballet crap, 140reps abs, 110 triceps.
Having a little salad with some non-fat Greek Yo and water-packed tuna, oatmilk latte, b/c virtuous!
A thing I got for my birthday yesterday, on request. SO HAPP. π₯°
https://substack.com/@morganx/note/c-71689927?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=36ip5l
Happy belated natal day.
Grazie!
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Belated birthday wishes, Morgan
TY!!
All the best people are born in October. We're all winners while the non-October, non-Libra people get Participant trophies.
I blame winter in January
/spoken as a probable christmas present
Crackling fire, snuggling, staying indoors....... going to bed early!
My November siblings did not like to be reminded that a certain heart shaped day was almost exactly 9 months before their birthdays (same day, years apart. Go, dad, go!)
HUZZAH!!!
Happy belated birthday!
How did that happen and we didn't know about it? You are due some spankings!
Congrats on another successful circumnavigation of Sol!
I kept it on the pretty down-low! I do not accept spankings! You can pinch, though!
!!!???
https://i.gifer.com/9Udf.gif
Ouchouchouch!!!!
Happy Birthday!
TY! *does little dance*
Happy birthday!
TYVM! πΊ
Gee, you would not know it from the news that Harris ever does a rally. But they make sure to cover every word of Trump's, inside and out, constantly.
A quick direct google search of "harris rally" brings me the following headlines:
Harris Begins Media Blitz as Trump Holds Rally in Wisconsin:
Trump held rally in Wisconsin; Harris, Walz plan media rounds this week
Elon Musk Joins Trump Rally,
What the Polls Are Really Saying (oh, Politico, never change)
A quick direct search for trump rally brings up about 10 more results, and all of them about a Trump rally.
Weird how that is since the same The Press assured us if Biden did not step down it would Doom The Nation.
Timely article Imma repost with tabz
https://bluevirginia.us/2024/10/stop-letting-trump-suck-all-the-oxygen-out-of-the-room-again
they're not letting him.
They're cheering him on
Holy crap..... nine years ago.... and NOTHING has changed....
https://substack.com/profile/155751600-darth-trad/note/c-71688633
I'm sofa king tired of it.
Lots of local storm bulletins available: https://hurricane.terrapin.com/storm/14A (Milton)
Category 2 now.
Tracking a bit farther south as compared to yesterday. Of course, y'all just whip out a Sharpie and fix that right up!
Yeah, I'm not a 78-year-old demented old bullfruit with blood the consistency of pudding.
Why I hate football: an essay
It is not the cute uniforms. It is not the fans, per se, nor the players for the most part. It is not the almost cultish behavior it inspires in some of its fans, nor that the talking heads still won't stop blowing Tom Brady even though dude is now retired. It is not even the gameplay (although I could do without a mind destroying bloodsport in general, so perhaps a bit of the gameplay).
No, it is personal. It is because during the football season, on the football nights, husband will forget himself and have a grand old time, never mind that when he over imbibes like that, he forgets to wear his mouth guard and grinds his fucking teeth all night long, at irregular intervals, so I cannot even relegate it to white noise as I do his snoring.
Add to that the entire sleep apnea thing wherein he stops breathing and wakes me up in fear he is dying (bout 3-4 times per night, he refuses the cpap and the oral appliance both) and it makes for a mondo grumpy me come cat breakfast. Mind, I do a job that entails hours of physical labor per day- like lugging around weight, through overgrown woods, and digging holes. Time for our monthly "use it or sleep somewhere else, or I am going to quit my job because I can no longer do it" discussion.
Doctors and medical people keep asking me if I have sleep apnea. I answer: "I live alone. How would I know?" Waking up in fear I am dying would be a clue! That doesn't happen to me (the waking up part; the fear part remains untested).
FWIW, I heard of an iPhone app ("Sleep Cycle") that monitors sleep by listening or some such. Then reports snoring, tossing, murderous rampages by angry spouses, etc. Perhaps an option for Siri to say, "STOP IT!"
You do not, as far as I know, wake up knowing you were not breathing. He never does.
He just stops breathing, which wakes me up, so I poke him in the side and it makes him gasp and start again.
I will, one day, wake up next to a corpse.
I think there are other symptoms for you to be able to tell- like waking up groggy and being cloud minded all day is one of them. Also, slipping cognitive functions, and not just forgetting where you put your keys, but like moments of forgetting where you are even if you are in your own house sort of thing.
Thank you!
Start waking him up in the middle of the night, for no reason.
*hee hee hee hee*
Not to pry too much, but did you second follow-up scan? R U OK?
Not yet, will make an appt today! TY, dear fren! Doc thought it was likely fine, but being careful, and it relieved my mind immensely.
At first I thought you meant Dok Zoom and was about tell you he's a doctor of rhetoric. That makes him better qualified than the current Surgeon General of Florida but probably not someone you should trust for medical assessment. Then I re-read your reply. I need to make appt with eye doktor!
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Two words: separate bedroom
Or he could remember to wear his stupid mouth guard, as he does on nights he does not get totally soused.
edit: or, even, not get totally soused
:-(
It's all good, I am just bitchin XD
We do have to have that discussion once a month though. Of course, when I say discussion, what I mean is me going FUCK DUDE
mostly
What about going, "COUCH, DUDE."
We have a spare room XD Hence the "sleep somewhere else"
Good morning, all. (coffees)
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Well, they both being with the same LETTER ... that's pretty good for a Monday! (too uncaffeinated to click the right one)
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(grins) Good morning!
Hurricane Milton Advisory Number 8
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142024
400 AM CDT Mon Oct 07 2024
...MILTON STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO...
...STORM SURGE AND HURRICANE WATCHES ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
FLORIDA...
https://hurricane.terrapin.com/text/1009978700537921538
Boy, I sure can't wait for MAGA to overthrow America and eliminate the NOAA so I can finally stop seeing all this fearmongering about fake climate alarmism. It's really stressing me out. /s
I am sure private enterprise will step in. Perhaps Starlink can activate the cameras on its satellites. You know, like the ones on your computer and phone that are always on... watching.... listening.../s (but is it really /s?)
Nothing a box of Sharpies won't put right.
Sharpies are imported! We won't have them due to TARIFF!!!
At this point, we'll be lucky if it's only Cat 4 when it makes landfall.
The forecast models have it weakening from Cat 4 to Cat3 before landfall Wednesday night, and immediately erode to Cat 1 status by 2 AM Thursday.
I like THAT!
Well, that's the forecast models; the Cat 1 status would be while the storm is still over the peninsula.
What will drop it down to cat one is all the water... dropping ... on Florida.
(looks at the NHC track, sighs) I absolutely fucking hate when a tropical system goes through at night.
The news isn't getting any better, that's for sure.
No, it is not. I keep eyeing the cold front north of Milton and wishing that it'd drop lower; the storm's circulation will draw in cooler, drier air and weaken the system.
But it doesn't look like that's happening.
still a wary eye on the hurricane. might start trying to close some storm shutters today.
All I want from the teevee is weather info, without all the scary political ads.
Take a 12-gauge to your TV and just put this up on your computer.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?start#contents
Like a common Elvis Presley!
Or, you could just, y'know, unplug it.
I would unplug it. Don't want to scare kittehs and doggos.
Bloom County again..........
https://substack.com/profile/155751600-darth-trad/note/c-71686431
He looked so dumb. What is that weenus running his "campaign"? Steve something?
Steve Cheung, I think. A right piece of work, too.
So I saw Megalopolis last night. It's a mess. Unwatchable basically, although I watched it.
Bloom County, 2015:
https://substack.com/@darthtrad/note/c-71685139
He actually predicted RFK jnr.
Nothing new. Been around since the Tree of Catch-22 in Eden.
Bit anxious about something stupid happening at work today for the anniversary of 10/7. Why, you might ask, because Congress isn't even in.
They weren't in for the biggest "ceasefire" protest this winter either. That nearly shut down the building for like two hours. It's not about Congress, it's about attention and disruption. Who cares if you're only affecting tourists?
I hope your day is uneventful.
Keith Olbermann is ranting about Elon Musk this morning.
IT'S TIME TO CANCEL MUSK'S GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS: https://youtu.be/Zf4gQedkLxM
Excuse me. I know because of all the links I see here, that twitter is the only reliable and thorough source of information. These presented tidbits of info *cannot* be found ANYWHERE except twitter.
So gawd bless Ellunge Musk for his service to humanity.
Here's the YouTube:
https://youtu.be/Zf4gQedkLxM?si=WDDfS5y-IL7tcYZV
That's what HE said.
The Crew will not allow Hammy to post twitter lynx even if he wanted to.
Phfbptbptbptbptbptpbtbptbptttfffsstttfft!!
A nice idea, but SpaceX is basically the only functional launch service, and Starlink the only satellite internet.
The government slept on preventing a single company run by a lunatic capture not one but *two* mission-critical infrastructure domains, and now we're stuck with it for the foreseeable future.
SpaceX, fine. We don't need satellite internet, and no, Starlink isn't the only one.
Not to mention, monopolizing the launching so you can be the one to launch the satelites and then hoard THAT role, seems like...a monopoly to me. Like he is getting taxpayer money to do that launch shit- those satellites ought to be available for some competition by now
Nationalize it. It will be painful to do now but far less painful than living with the consequences of not doing it now. But!! And this is a big but: Nobody is going to listen to me. So don't worry. It will be okay...
But I do retain the right to say "I told you so."
I'm in team #NationalizeMostIndustries
All
ALL of them. Every single last damn one of em. Our prosperity as a nation and our well being as a people should not be beholden to rich fuckers deciding if they want to destroy a company today or let it live.
/but I am a commie
Nationalize some critical industries and REGULATE the shit out of all of them. Fuck them if they don't like regulations. Something must be done to stem the **EVIL** that is caused by out of control greed.
Insurance, airlines, telecom etc. Would make great starts.