LadyCrimson

Eventually, a few of us wise up and stop paying attention to or watching most reboot? redone? re-started? stuff in the vague hope we'll think it's close to being "good." At least cynical old farts like me. Not for me. I found Worf (outside of some humorous interactions occasionally) and the Klingons in general to be one of the most boring things of STTNG. No offense to Mr. Dorn - he was fine. And when they added that son of his ... I usually turned those episodes off. Edit: I wonder if in part it was because I knew who Brian Bonsall was (the kid playing the son) - I remembered him from Family Ties. I didn't like him a whole lot there, either. EditEdit: didn't find his addition funny/that great to that series, I mean.

Gotcha. Yeah, when they redid the forums that time all kinds of small annoyances re auto-formatting since. Re: uncle: I vote for massive prank with the aunt. Sounds more fun.

Did I miss something?

...it's just a cricket or katydid or something of that sort. I would've caught it and kept it as a pet for a day or two then put it outside. That said, despite my general love of insects as a whole, I'm only human: *in the shower* - "oh, poor little spider got wet and can't struggle up the tiles to get away from the water, I can't take watching it anymore, here let me rescue you." later ... "SPIDER CRAWLING ON MY PILLOW! DIIIIE!"

I didn't hate Waterworld, or The Postman. But I didn't particularly like them either. They both had decent or funny moments but overall I found them both in the realm of "they're ok for passing some time." My top Kevin Costner movies would probably be: No Way Out, Field of Dreams, A Perfect World, Open Range (Duvall) and The Highwaymen (w/Woody Harrelson). Most of the rest of his films, if I liked them a lot, it wasn't because of the specific presence of Costner. eg, Thirteen Days (Bruce Greenwood and Steven Culp), Silverado (basically I love the entire ensemble cast), Untouchables (Sean Connery, Andy Garcia etc) and so on. I think Coster tends to fare better in quieter/less showboat-y or ensemble cast roles vs. being the "big star" of the film, if that makes sense. I used to think that way of Tom Cruise too - he worked well within star-studded ensembles initially. Took a while for me to feel like he really held up a movie on his own.

3 thin slices of uncured bacon Small bits of thinly sliced beef Chopped dinosaur kale Several large chunks of sliced yellow onion Couple handfuls of "baby greens" salad mix and some jalapeno peppers Stir fry it in a skillet for little while. Stuff face.

Bought myself a small power recliner. Randomly saw it in some furniture outlet store. The kind that actually also lifts a fair distance up to help you get out of the thing, too. But that's not why I bought it. It's tiny, firm/cloth (vs. over-cushy) and fits me super well - it sits low/my feet actually touch the floor and it's not so wide that I feel like two of me could sit side by side in it - making armrests way too far apart for me, like most recliners/couch sections these days where I'm always slouched way over to one side... It's hard to find furniture that fits and I'm of the age now that if I find something that fits me really well, I'm buying it. eg, that loveseat recliner is outta here. Hubby has to find something now.

@Keyrock Are you liking that game? I looked at it for a long while yesterday debating whether I'd want to try it. Also cyberpunk The Ascent. Haven't made up my mind quite yet on either.

Pics plz.

--Glad you're ok/guy wasn't even crazier or something and it wasn't worse - hope you find/catch the dude, Azdeus. --hummingbirds: we have a large bush near the patio and some other fence-trees they like and they visit fairly regularly in summer. Sometimes they just sorta hover in the middle of the (empty air) yard staring at our house for what reason I do not know. My mother had potted fuchsia's hanging from the eaves and they loved those. They're fun to watch. --Been feeling great, keeping busy in my own little ways. Nothing exciting/report worthy, just ... not feeling bored. I think my attention span has gotten better again too. Life feels a little brighter, is all.

And what appears to be cowboy/heeled boots. They don't look like tight jeans at least. Needed a belt to keep them up, even.

Has anyone here tried one of those home blood test strip-based triglyceride meters? They're a lot more costly than the glucose meters (and the test strips long-term pricey). Don't really care about super accuracy vs. true lab work - my worry is consistency of readings - eg, if you used them several times immediately in a row and the numbers are crazy different each time, that'd be of no use for checking for a rise or fall pattern. Health blog: my glucose remains fine and getting a bit lower already. So yeah, for now at least, insulin seems not needed as long as I stay mega low net carb. My hunger/appetite remains low, to the point the evening meal is sometimes like forcing myself to eat. I might try OMAD (one meal a day) before long....

Reading the current posts, I realize I got the title of that Willis movie wrong, earlier. It's actually Cosmic Sin, not Cosmic String. Not that it's important or anything. I just hate it when I type-brain-fart like that. TV wise, I've been sifting through some various K-drama's that have been in my list a long time, watching a few episodes to decide if it should remain in my list. And a lot of documentary series/films, mostly environment/food-diet and ... uh ... cat ones. Of course cat ones.

^ More Ghostbusters movies? Well, at least this one has Paul Rudd in it. Although I assume it's a smallish role since I'd guess it'll mostly be those kids. Still ... Paul Rudd. Might be all right.

That'll do it. Ah. Deforestation is a problem even outside of farming aspects, imo. Not sure what "we're" going to do about it, if anything (lasting).

full 72 hours or so without any insulin. Before meal: 120. Couple hours after eating: 140. Hope rekindled! So far even on insulin I've never had upon-wakening blood sugar under 110. If I can get it to be 80 and 120 after a meal (say 2-3 months from now), far as I'm concerned I'm golden. The docs/nutritionists at the hospital were telling me to fill/eat "1/4 of your (9") plate with whole grains and/or starchy carbs." At least for me, that's apparently 1/4 plate too much.

Are you particularly sensitive to soy or something? I kept hearing "avoid soy" and even after reading about it I'm not sure what the really negative thing is about, outside of maybe infants, or huge over-intake. Is the negative press meant more for the processed soy? I could understand that, like with any over processed stuff. Or GMO reasons? Edit: outside of using soy sauce in some of my sauces (and some processed goods, before, ofc), I don't really eat it myself much - just not into it taste wise is all.

Cosmic String via Netflix - well, I tried to watch it. Didn't get too far. At this point I'm rather convinced that I could - based on my super-extensive years of of "experience" watching such films - write some low budget sci-fi or action-y/crime script and still get Bruce Willis to agree to sleepwalk through it.

That's what I remember from California. Learners at 15.5, license at 16, I don't recall any drivers courses/hours being a *requirement*, although I do recall there being a brief driver's ed in highschool - a single afternoon of lecture, including one of those "Red Asphalt" short films, and cramming 3 kids in a car each taking a brief turn behind the wheel - I have no idea if that somehow fulfilled a "DMV required", but I never had to do anything outside of that to get a license besides age. Edit: you could get private extra driving lessons if your parents wanted to pay for it, ofc, but most people didn't. I think CA also moved it up to 17.5 and 18 at some point, with more requirements on top maybe? But that's all I know about that.

Indeed. If I just wanted no-meat veggies on some bread w/condiments, myself I'd probably just grill some eggplant or a huge mushroom, bell pepper and yellow onions and slap a huge slice of tomato/pickle on top. Something like that. Impossible beef is interesting to me since I can seriously see some distant future with a lot of sci-fi lab foodstuff being the norm for not-super-rich people (lack of water, farmable land, environment etc). I'll hopefully be dead by then tho.

I still find myself very unexcited by the new Dune. The trailer has pretty/nice visual stuff, like almost all blockbuster films do these days, but it doesn't really excite me as a trailer. Plus I remember how excited I was for that original movie version way way back. Jurgen Prochnow seemed perfectly cast, for example. Could it all eventually be a case of finally filming the impossible (ala LotR)? Sure. But I refuse to get excited until I've seen the last frame of this new Dune. Unrelated to the above: did someone post this already at some point? At any rate, I'm going to post it now. It was a pretty good edit of the '84 trailer to try to "compare"/match the first '21 trailer.

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Saw videos on the Impossible burger meat (Burger King has an Impossible Whopper apparently, and you can get it as ground "beef" at a store). Plant based, frankenstein lab food or something. "Everyone" saying it tastes just like, or almost just like, real beef. Unlike real meat, it has a bit of carbs but not too bad. It is not low-fat and currently costs more than real hamburger. Was curious, so I bought two pre-formed burger patties made of the stuff. Pan fried them. Used olive oil in the pan. They stuck like crazy, to the point I took them out, washed the pan, then put them back in. Once already browned a bit they don't stick as much. They smelled ... maybe like 80% real cooking beef. I ate one as patty only, hubby made a sandwich/burger out of his. As (pan fried) patty alone, no weird taste, aftertaste, or texture, and the flavor was kind of like ... well, a much less spiced/less flavorful breakfast sausage maybe. eg, not really like beef, but tastes enough like meat I'd eat it. With condiments/bread I'd imagine it'd be quite fine. Far better than those other plant burger things I've ever tried. Still - as my husband says ... "You know what else tastes just like beef? Beef." But I guess if you're really concerned about cows and the environment, or a vegan really jonesing for meat flavor, it'd work, if you don't mind the frankenstein lab aspect. Getting closer to Asimov's Caves of Steel fake yeast-based meat/protein reference ... I forget what he called it ... zyvomeal? ... that Earth humans were eating because of resource shortages.

Yeah, from the sound of it, your general activity level would need a lot more calories, or at least periodically, which could be hard to get into a single meal without feeling overstuffed for several hours or something. I remember one time trying that "lemon/pepper/honey drink" fast. Hubby thought he was dyin' after 20 hours (felt weak/fainter) and after 24 he quit. I lasted closer to 48. Since there was still a few calories in that drink, I didn't feel weak/faint or anything like that at all, just wanted to eat solid food. Not to mention, that drink didn't taste all that great.