To write such a story, I’d need to study Catholicism. As an atheist, I’m only slightly more motivated to study Catholicism than Catholics.

Fentanyl Fold

Research has not yet pinpointed what exactly causes the fenty fold, as fentanyl use is not known to directly affect the spine. Instead, it’s becoming clear that it is a neuromuscular side effect of synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Studies from the Journal of Applied Physiology and the Harm Reduction Journal highlighted similar findings that fentanyl use can lead to severe and widespread muscle rigidity, particularly in the trunk muscles, which restricts respiration and affects posture and mobility.

I suppose now that “the children are protected”, there aren’t any roadblocks to more intently exploiting the adults?

1. Try to get the temperature just right, it’s still too hot when I get in.
2. Stand under the water for a couple of minutes to get my bearings, and contemplate my life choices.
3. Rub bar of soap vigorously between legs and under arms, hitting chest, arms, and back suggestively.
4. Repeat step 2.
5. Wash face, neck, and ears with wash cloth.
6. Wash hair. If it’s short, use bar of soap. If it’s long, use shampoo.
7. Shave, using bar of soap.
8. Step 2, again.

~15 minutes to here, depending on how I’m feeling about myself.

9. Get out and dry off with the towel that is only used for drying off after a shower, but hasn’t been washed in at least a month.
10. Comb hair, brush teeth, swab ears, and put on antiperspirant.

Stremio

At a glance, it looks like it requires signing up with their service, which means they can track everything I do. No, thanks. I’ll stick with Jellyfin.

There’s only one reason, money.

Everything you wanted to know about LED Christmas lights, and a whole lot more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy7BrKNmZAQ

There are people who actually like winter.

So I’ve been told.

https://youtu.be/QKMWYsTBAxg?t=32

SPAACE!

This is akin to the nature vs. nurture debate–that is, how much of one’s personality is due to nature or to the people who raised them and the environment they grew up in? As the article I linked states, it far messier than the simple title implies.

Kids are not born as identical blank slates, they come straight into the world with their own set of personality traits that are essentially “hard wired”.

So, the answer is, you do the best you can, and hope for the best. There are no guarantees that raising your kid a certain way will result in a “good” kid. And, “good” kids can come from shitty upbringings.

I have two sisters and a brother, we were all raised by the same parents in the same house, together. Our parents loved us and did their best to raise us, which was pretty damn good. However, we are all as different from each other as we could be. In the past I’ve described us as the four corners of a world map–which, when the corners come together, make a globe.

Yes, but there is no guarantee this will work.

We were told that the teflon coating is “inert”, implying it’s harmless. But, now we have microplastics in every cell in our body, of which, teflon is one. I’m not sure that chemically inert equals harmless.

Cast iron is great once you learn to cook with it. Food does stick sometimes, even in a “seasoned” pan. But, it’s not a big deal. Also, you can clean and polish it with power tools, if you need to. It’s virtually indestructible.

Induction stoves? You WILL break the glass, and the glass is expensive to replace. If I got electric, I’d go with an old-school coiled heating element type, literally buy an old, used stove, because new appliances are crap construction quality. You can get them refurbished, and they’re easy to fix if anything goes wrong–very simple machines.

If you choose gas, you NEED good ventilation, a hood that vents to the outside. At least, you need to open a window while you’re burning the gas.

So lemme guess, sex outside of marriage should be illegal? Is that where you’re going with this?

IIRC, this is from Dr. Who(?)

I haven’t eaten out since the pandemic. I got used to making all my meals at home, and gosh, the food is better and cheaper.

Convenience has a high price.

I don’t see the end game of continuing to raise prices and lower quality, while not paying us enough to survive, let alone thrive. I guess the stupid, greedy fucks are thinking it will just work out somehow? Maybe Chatbot told them it would all be fine. Fucking Tech Bro AI circlejerk will be the end of us all.

It’s not easy.

Don’t smoke, don’t drink, don’t use recreational drugs.

No sugar, no processed foods. Make all your own meals from the freshest ingredients you can afford, mostly vegetables. Food is not entertainment, food is not reward.

Avoid antibiotics in your cleaning products and food, so when you need them to save your life, they work better.

Exercise, move, get up off your ass.

Pay attention to your body, don’t avoid doctors because you don’t want bad news. The longer you wait, the worse it gets. The older you get, the more issues you have. Doing the previous things above, makes this part much easier.

Put yourself first, if you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of anyone else.

AND, it’s mail. What’s not to like?

A couple of Twix works better.

Well, no one else mentioned it, so I will.

Altered Carbon. Season one was solid. I completely bought Joel Kinnaman as a strung-out anti-hero.

Anthony Mackie? Not so much. Falcon? Yes, that guy emanates Boy Scout vibes, but he looked ridiculous having a drink at the bar. I didn’t buy him as the same character for one second. Completely miscast. Flabbergasted at that one decision, though it had nothing to do with the writers.