Even though I no longer put any credence in studies on mice, this is pretty interesting: sleep or caffeine may be more helpful for chronic pain than painkillers! [link]
Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?
Angel ,'Time Bomb'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - May 15, 2017 4:59:05 am PDT #11401 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 15, 2017 6:01:33 am PDT #11402 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
And just think -- you could be like me and focus on neither house chores NOR health!
AKA my life philosophy!
Congrats on the sale, Scrappy!
Steph L. - May 15, 2017 6:04:33 am PDT #11403 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
And just think -- you could be like me and focus on neither house chores NOR health!
AKA my life philosophy!
My name is Steph L., and I approve this message.
smonster - May 15, 2017 6:05:01 am PDT #11404 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
And I managed to get in exercise on both days. Unfortunately that still left a number of tasks on the table.
1) good for you, prioritizing exercise.
2) there will *always* be tasks on the table. Always. I was talking to a colleague lately about how any grown up who says they are "bored" has to be slacking somewhere. I have very mixed feelings about this.
I am still struggling to find the work/home/health/social balance, and am trying to come to terms with the fact that it is an eternal process. Why is everything a process? Why are there so few things in life that are one and done?
Steph L. - May 15, 2017 6:12:37 am PDT #11405 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I was talking to a colleague lately about how any grown up who says they are "bored" has to be slacking somewhere. I have very mixed feelings about this.
I think a person can still be bored without slacking somewhere. Because, frankly, washing the dishes ain't that exciting. Hell, most people's jobs have boring parts. Sometimes people zone out when their spouse/SO is talking because Conversation #398 about Batman (for example) is boring as shit.
Life can just be boring sometimes.
Connie Neil - May 15, 2017 6:27:22 am PDT #11406 of 30002
brillig
I shouldn't have stayed up till 1 AM playing D&D last night, but it was a good game.
Jessica - May 15, 2017 6:27:57 am PDT #11407 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think a person can still be bored without slacking somewhere. Because, frankly, washing the dishes ain't that exciting.
Ayup. Or the reverse - right now I'm slacking by talking with my invisible internet friends instead of doing the boring dishes! If productivity wasn't boring as shit sometimes, we wouldn't be gamifying everything.
-t - May 15, 2017 6:28:01 am PDT #11408 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
There's being bored and there's thinking "there's nothing to do". That second is incomprehensible. Then again, there's thinking "there's nothing I want to do available to me", which is different.
ETA: and I'm pretty convinced that truly honestly having nothing to do is desirable, maybe necessary.
Katerina Bee - May 15, 2017 6:31:20 am PDT #11409 of 30002
Herding cats for fun
I never want to DO my dishes. I like having DONE the dishes.
Gudanov - May 15, 2017 6:31:27 am PDT #11410 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
This morning I dropped off my son at school. Went to an appointment. Picked up a prescription at the pharmacy. Got gas. Did a bit of work. Then went for a coffee with a tech recruiter (not looking for job, just to network). I also got the new battery in the Nissan since I didn't want it tumbling in my trunk. Didn't have time to get tools and actually hook it up, but it is in the car now. Now I need to hunker down and examine code.