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Saturday Links, and Doing My Part
Oct. 12th, 2024 11:05 amThis morning I headed out for a short, easy run - 40 minutes. The water has drained off in a lot of places, but we still have both standing puddles and places where water is still flowing. A few bad washouts on Villa Neuva but nothing we haven't seen before. Once I got back I showered up quickly and we headed out to get more paneling and stuff to redo the doors for the trash can shed, and we got our flu and covid shots at Publix. I got both of mine in the same arm because YOLO. And because I'd like to have use of one arm instead of walking around like a T-rex.
I've already gotten my blood test back, and I should probably not have gone on that run the day before because my ALT was "high." If I'm reading things correctly, that's the one that indicates muscle damage. High being 42. My hematocrit and hemoglobin were also "high," by fractions of a percent, but I'm sure my GP will comment on them. Everything else is fine - glucose was 87, which makes going without coffee all morning worth it. The draw itself wasn't fun. She stuck me in the arm but then couldn't get any blood, so she wiggled the needle around and then gave up. She did a second stick in the back of my hand, which hurt way more, but blood actually came out, so mission accomplished. I'm tired of being the target in a game of medical lawn darts this week.
The house is open, the air is cool, life is good. I've bought myself a copy of the Kurzgesagt Human Era calendar I rather like having an 'old school' print calendar, even though I use my Google Calendar a lot.
We Are Here On Earth To Fart Around, wise words from Kurt Vonnegut.
The Life-Changing Magic of Japanese Clutter I know I'm not immune to the image of Japan as a paragon of sparse Zen minimalism and visual quiet, but after actually visiting Tokyo, the average Japanese person is no more or less organized than any other human on Earth. To a certain extent, the ideas of minimalism have helped me rid myself of a lot of stuff that I didn't need, wasn't using, and had no reason to keep, but carrying minimalism too far will make you feel bad about any and all new acquisitions, even if it's something obviously useful.
I've already gotten my blood test back, and I should probably not have gone on that run the day before because my ALT was "high." If I'm reading things correctly, that's the one that indicates muscle damage. High being 42. My hematocrit and hemoglobin were also "high," by fractions of a percent, but I'm sure my GP will comment on them. Everything else is fine - glucose was 87, which makes going without coffee all morning worth it. The draw itself wasn't fun. She stuck me in the arm but then couldn't get any blood, so she wiggled the needle around and then gave up. She did a second stick in the back of my hand, which hurt way more, but blood actually came out, so mission accomplished. I'm tired of being the target in a game of medical lawn darts this week.
The house is open, the air is cool, life is good. I've bought myself a copy of the Kurzgesagt Human Era calendar I rather like having an 'old school' print calendar, even though I use my Google Calendar a lot.
We Are Here On Earth To Fart Around, wise words from Kurt Vonnegut.
The Life-Changing Magic of Japanese Clutter I know I'm not immune to the image of Japan as a paragon of sparse Zen minimalism and visual quiet, but after actually visiting Tokyo, the average Japanese person is no more or less organized than any other human on Earth. To a certain extent, the ideas of minimalism have helped me rid myself of a lot of stuff that I didn't need, wasn't using, and had no reason to keep, but carrying minimalism too far will make you feel bad about any and all new acquisitions, even if it's something obviously useful.
