Category: TD/GDMBR 2024

Once upon a time, I told a counselor I’d like to schedule extra sessions as I was going to be away from therapy for a while. She asked: why do you think more will help more? I think this is related to the hydraulic theory of mind – the idea that somehow emotions ‘build up’…

Friday and Saturday were very bad weather – rainy rain rain and very windy. But today has been lovely – clear skies, a bit of a headwind headed south, but really great ride with Bruce.

When you talk to physists about the future, you pretty quickly get to a couple inevitable distant future outcomes: (Apparently these are equivalent) These are based on physical processes that we know about. Which one the universe end up at depends on some fine details about the amount of mass in the universe. These processes…

Warning: I’m just figuring out what’s been obvious to most for… Well… For a really long time. Expect no novel thoughts. We started watching The Diplomat some time ago. It’s a pretty good show. The characters are interesting, there’s lots of tension between the main two characters (both acted well), and  it’s actually quite funny…

Yay! Not quite there, but I’ll make it I think. Feels like a lot, and taking 4 weeks off to do 200 miles a week put a big dent in that. Also, riding with Bruce’s bike bunch has been a pleasure. And long rides in. I wonder what I’ll get up to next year

Tl;Dr: maybe a psychedelic can allow you to relearn things like you were a kid. Podcast There is some experimental evidence to suggest that psychadelics can re-open critical learning periods: in mice, those that had MDMA were better able to learn from peers. The pod cast above goes on to make a bunch of pretty…

https://photos.app.goo.gl/hdLaMXTNZJiHHZCn6 Homely in the British sense: simple, comfortable. Corn muffins, pan fried chicken thighs with salt & pepper, saute’d chard with stems. Quinoa. Sauce from the pan. Yum.

Starting to think I’m ok at plumbing. Replaced 2 leaky valves in 2 trips to the store. Pro-tip for future self: sediment causes the ceramic cartridges to fail, and using the shutoff causes sentiment: run the system wide open into a bucket before installing new cartridges. Thank you Sean at Aurora Plumbing. Also, you bought…

(Add Me To The List Of People) I’ve got mild toe fungus. Probably most oldies do. It’s not dangerous, most people who die have it, but I’ve never heard of anyone dying from it. However, it makes foot care a bit harder, and when oldies get older foot care is a big deal. I know…

My Daughter and I have matching tattoos of Lowly Worm, a Richard Scary character that she & I both grew up with. It really didn’t strike me until after we got the tattoos: Lowly is hard to explain. The thing I like about the Richard Scary books is how charmingly absurd they are. The busy,…