In random puzzle confusion

You're putting me to mind of the Grinch who "puzzled and puzzed" which is how I will now think of the lot of you Wordling away.

Side note: JZ was completely possessed by glee when she got a Queen Bee pin in the mail after acing the Spelling Bee.

'Tis another gray day in SF as it has been the gloomiest summer for decades, though this does give me leave to buy myself a small mocha periodically.

I am relieved to report that after more than a month stuck on the same weight, I bore down and was ultra disciplined with my diet and finally broke through and I can tell from the bad taste in my mouth I'm still in ketosis and should be able to maintain this trend.

I'm not quite at the top-most dosage of Ozempic but getting there and I had to raise my dose two months in a row to move the needle.

I socialized on Thursday with Matilda's godmother, Marta, and on Friday with Hannah (one of the Sacred Circle) and they have also both been doing Ozempic and were pleased with how readily the first 20 lbs came off for them.

tl;dr Ozempic report: It does work. You still have to mind your diet. Sometimes it gets stuck.

Tom Lehrer has left us: [link]

Ozzy Osbourne, Chuck Mangione, and Tom Lehrer. I can almost hear it; the most eclectic musical trio in the Afterlife.

97's a good run, though. I think I'll listen to "Lobachevsky" tonight in memory.

Lehrer's songs are like potato chips: I can't stop with just one.

A Chuck Mangione concert was my first date with my first DH back in 1972. Me old.

Timelies all!

RIP Mr. Lehrer.

I spent a good part of yesterday in urgent care, since my knee was still hurting a lot. The urgent care I went to in the morning gave me a knee brace and a prescription for extra-extra strength ibuprofen. They also told me to go to a different one to get an X-ray, since they were not doing them that day. After lunch I went to get an X-ray, which didn't show anything. I was told that if it was still hurting in a week, I should go to an orthopedist.

I can almost hear it; the most eclectic musical trio in the Afterlife.

I had not quite made that connection on my own, but now that you mention it that is fun to imagine

Tom Lehrer’s music was formative for me. RIP.

What is extra extra strength ibuprofen?? Is it just 800 mg that you take on of every 8 hours?

Probably. That's the prescription dose, not to exceed 2400 in 24 hours.

The prescription I got is 600 mg, with confusing instructions. First part says take 3 times a day for 5 days, but the rest says something else.I'll take one at bed time and one in the morning and see how it goes.