Our international partners began moderating the intelligence they would share while Trump was in office. They couldn’t trust him to not blab about state secrets during dinner parties just to try to impress people with how smart and important he was.

Found $500 that way last year. Windy afternoon, blew into the parking lot from the main road. My thought of “holy shit, cool!” was tempered by the next thought of “this is gonna suck for whoever dropped it”.

It has been popular. People were traveling out of country for joint replacements. Costs were less for travel, surgery, and recovery than what they would pay for it here. Covid put a damper on travel for a couple years, so not sure if it’s still as popular. I would consider it if/when I need knee replacements done. Considering what I’ve heard about the quality issues of joint replacements in the US, I don’t want one here.

There really should be better options, but it’s where this country is currently at, where some home chemistry is something people would have to consider. You’re right, it’s dangerous and certainly has a lot of risks. With some background in it myself and access to resources that the general public doesn’t have, I would still be hesitant to try something I’d cooked up in the basement at home. But, I’m also not at the point where I’m going to die from a treatable but unaffordable disease.

I’m a quality chemist. I test the API’s that process chemists make to be sure they’re right. Yeah, reactions don’t always proceed as intended. These guys do understand the risks, and are only trying to provide an option. Here in the US the insurance companies are perfectly willing to let us die because funding expensive treatment hurts their bottom line. Unless you’re independently wealthy, a small scale reactor at home may become the only option a person has available. Definitely risky, but why not take the chance when corporate America has determined you’re not valuable enough to save?

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Had cystic acne most of my life. Got diagnosed with celiac’s disease, cut gluten out of my diet, and the acne pretty much stopped. Not saying that’s it’s the solution here, but my dermatologist had said years earlier that I likely had some other undiscovered, underlying issue. There are a lot of allergies and immune disorders that may be connected.

All the available bench space is crammed with reagents and instruments. Ceiling suspension is the only remaining option for workspace.

I saw this at our local Aldi when I was there last weekend. If it were a GF crust, I would have tried it out.

I forgot about the boil in bag meals. Mom didn’t buy them too often, but we always had a stack of the frozen dinners around. A latchkey kid staple meal.

I ate a lot of those chicken dinners as a kid. On a floral plastic TV tray in front of the television. Usually with a glass of milk in a Tupperware cup (came as a set of four cups with red, yellow, blue, and green ones).

Scepter televisions are a great option, no “smart” features at all. Bought two of them about 6 years ago and no issues.

Starch foam peanuts. They’ll just dissolve after you eat them, leaving the same hollow void inside you along with the addition of feeling cheated.

Avasarela: “Don’t call me that, I’m a member of Parliament, not your favorite stripper.” Amos: “You can be both…”

I was really enjoying this game for a couple weeks, and plan to go back to it after it gets a few updates. Just started to get Ground Hog’s Day fatigue after a while. The same critters keep spawning in the same places, over and over again. Gets tedious after a while. Had the same problem playing Small Land. Love the exploring and all, but monotonous critter spawns. Hoping they’ll implement some randomness once they develop the game more.

I’ve seen elderly folks do that a few times. Not on the shoulder, but still in their lane, backing up into oncoming traffic. (Yes, I did spend some time living in Florida.)

If you have a SodaStream at home, could just mix a large batch and not worry about carbonation loss.

Antarctica is good. Can’t find it in stores around me, so I order a case every once in a while.

I really wish it would make a comeback. Josta was great!

Paper straws would work great if they just coated them in plastic. Then they wouldn’t disintegrate before you finished your drink.