swt61 Posted February 21 Report Posted February 21 BTW, the above pic of the fishing vessel, is the very ship I crewed back in the early 90's. Quote
Knuckledragger Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 I've been reflecting a lot on talent and luck recently, for a variety of reasons. The former because I've observed that the world is full of people who believe that their own incredible luck means they are far more talented than they actually are (every tech bro not named "John Carmack" ever.) The latter because I've been a photographer for 20 years at this point and I swear I was better in 2008 than I am now. Similarly, I've been a DJ for over 30 years and I'm ...fine at it, but I haven't played out in a dozen years and I haven't done my radio show in over two (sad face.) What I observed was that no matter how much effort I put into my shows (which was a lot, from having decades of esoteric musical knowledge to to spending 2-3x as long as the actual broadcast figuring out how the selected tracks should go together) what people always commented on was the long and winding rant I did at the end. My one true talent is putting words together, either in text form with careful editing (I'm dyslexic and often accidentally a word or a letter or add add an extra one) or off the dome on a microphone. I've been working on improving that at which I'm already good. So far my outlet has been reddit comments (seriously) as well as a couple long form pieces (one of which got removed from reddit because fuck me right?) I've gone after controversial subjects not because of the attention they bring but because that's what relevant. One big one is how we ended up with Donald Jumpin' Jehosephat Trump back in the White House with Elongated Muskrat (off his tits on ketamine) in tow. Another is is the relations between gay and trans people in the US. You know, light fare. I might post a couple examples here if I can figure out what thread is appropriate. 5 Quote
n_maher Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 ^^ Suggestion, make a thread. It'll be appropriate that way. I've always enjoyed your contributions, Knucks, regardless of medium/media/format. 4 2 Quote
Voltron Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 Claire and I ended up joining Steve's steak dinner and there was still too much food! Everything was delicious. 9 1 Quote
Torpedo Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 6 hours ago, Knuckledragger said: I've been reflecting a lot on talent and luck recently, for a variety of reasons. The former because I've observed that the world is full of people who believe that their own incredible luck means they are far more talented than they actually are (every tech bro not named "John Carmack" ever.) The latter because I've been a photographer for 20 years at this point and I swear I was better in 2008 than I am now. Similarly, I've been a DJ for over 30 years and I'm ...fine at it, but I haven't played out in a dozen years and I haven't done my radio show in over two (sad face.) What I observed was that no matter how much effort I put into my shows (which was a lot, from having decades of esoteric musical knowledge to to spending 2-3x as long as the actual broadcast figuring out how the selected tracks should go together) what people always commented on was the long and winding rant I did at the end. My one true talent is putting words together, either in text form with careful editing (I'm dyslexic and often accidentally a word or a letter or add add an extra one) or off the dome on a microphone. I've been working on improving that at which I'm already good. So far my outlet has been reddit comments (seriously) as well as a couple long form pieces (one of which got removed from reddit because fuck me right?) I've gone after controversial subjects not because of the attention they bring but because that's what relevant. One big one is how we ended up with Donald Jumpin' Jehosephat Trump back in the White House with Elongated Muskrat (off his tits on ketamine) in tow. Another is is the relations between gay and trans people in the US. You know, light fare. I might post a couple examples here if I can figure out what thread is appropriate. This seems good material for a podcast too. Not that I'm into them, I haven't listened to a full one ever, but they're as fashionable now as radio was in the 40-50's of the past century. The wheel spins... Quote
swt61 Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 I was indeed very happy to hear that you and Claire would be joining us! And simultaneously worried I didn't have enough food. I'm that guy that always overestimates (with the exception of penis size), and thankfully we had enough leftovers to feed 4 more people. Everyone had a go bag. The steaks were Flintstone size. 3 Quote
blessingx Posted Monday at 11:38 PM Report Posted Monday at 11:38 PM Vanished an appendix from the world 3 6 Quote
Grahame Posted Tuesday at 12:17 AM Report Posted Tuesday at 12:17 AM 36 minutes ago, blessingx said: Vanished an appendix from the world Ric, I'd Keep an eye on that Lifeclock / Palm Crystal if I were you. 1 Quote
skullguise Posted Tuesday at 04:01 AM Report Posted Tuesday at 04:01 AM 3 hours ago, TMoney said: Get well soon, Esmé! X2, may the healing be quick and full! 1 Quote
Voltron Posted Tuesday at 04:24 AM Report Posted Tuesday at 04:24 AM She had a ruptured appendix from January until now? I had assumed it was removed back then... 1 1 1 Quote
blessingx Posted Tuesday at 11:58 AM Report Posted Tuesday at 11:58 AM 6 hours ago, Voltron said: She had a ruptured appendix from January until now? I had assumed it was removed back then... The common contemporary treatment seems to be if not caught and removed before rupture, eliminate the infection and leaked fluid through drain and antibiotics, then a bit of a race with waiting up to 6-8 weeks for the majority of inflammation to decrease, including rupture point self-healing, then removing laparoscopically, before the slowly climbing rates of possible obstruction reoccurrence. In our case had to go back on antibiotics for a week between. I’ll just say, we’re only twelve hours after the latter step, but it was outpatient, Esmé had solid food last night, sleeping soundly now, and we’re just on alternating regular doses of Motrin and Tylenol. Such a huge difference from the multiple hospitals, days without eating, week long stay, crazy January experience. 6 Quote
Torpedo Posted Tuesday at 01:55 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 01:55 PM What food were they giving her with the broken appendix leaking into the peritoneum? Quote
blessingx Posted Tuesday at 03:50 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 03:50 PM 1 hour ago, Torpedo said: What food were they giving her with the broken appendix leaking into the peritoneum? In January? Mostly a diverse diet of nothing to clear liquids, expanding slightly on last couple days (and what we snuck in). The drain was monitored until leakage greatly slowed (~10mg) and then an ultrasound to verify condition before release. Then a week of additional antibiotics at home (and as mentioned above we repeated after some pain). No pizza leaking into gut. Yesterday without appendix and with titanium staple? Water and three lime popsicles before release and the dinner choices we made later. Quote
robm321 Posted Tuesday at 04:47 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 04:47 PM (edited) Wow Ric, I'm shocked that they didn't do the surgery right away. I'm glad it all went well though. Edited Tuesday at 04:49 PM by robm321 Quote
Torpedo Posted Tuesday at 05:04 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 05:04 PM So in the end, either before or after the surgery you must stop eating. I'm no general surgeon so I won't criticize this new approach. Just skeptical. Quote
blessingx Posted Tuesday at 05:19 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 05:19 PM For the appendectomy there was no eating after dinner the day before, a few things like milk were allowed up to six hours before and then clear liquids ceased when leaving for hospital (which was about 2.5 hours from surgery). And Rob this whole process was different than I expected, but a co-workers in-law went through the same steps a couple of months prior. 4 Quote
Grahame Posted Thursday at 05:57 AM Report Posted Thursday at 05:57 AM Tried the old "Feel younger by surrounding yourself with Older People" trick. Where The Future of Medicine ... is interesting ... And it would have worked, given the speaker was 86. Except that the 86 year old in question, was not just any 86 year old, but this 86 year old. https://isbscience.org/people/leroy-hood-md-phd/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Hood Oh well, I have another couple of decades to work on my scientific breakthroughs, company founding's, published articles. and patents, so I don't feel I have been slacking. You can see him in action, here. And if you needed any more motivation, from the transcript ... 33:14 say it's exercise so for example this morning I was able to do 190 push-ups in three 33:24 different sets within a 20 minute period and We should all be so lucky 1 Quote
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