I used to eat out of boredom, and I gained a lot of weight. Then I took up the guitar during Covid. Now when I get bored, and tempted to eat something, I pick up the guitar and start playing. Soon I forget that I was bored, and forget about eating. I’ve lost 85 pounds, and I’m still losing.
I can’t believe nobody has said Coco. I dare anyone to get through the end without at least a tear or two.
I knew a guy who said “I’ve had kidney stones, and I’ve been shot, and the kidney stones hurt worse.”
Underrated, but terrific epic.
I liked the basic premise that the East Coast of America would be controlled by the Nazis, and the West Coast by the Japanese, with the middle being a No-Man’s Land, controlled by factions of American rebels.
At least, that’s how I remember it. The size of America would make it difficult to fully control from coast to coast.
It might be dangerous to say here, but I always thought it was a mediocre movie.
Get a bidet, and it makes it easier to put a day or two between showers.
If you already have a good computer, that much money could outfit an entire home music recording studio with decent gear, especially if you buy good used gear, which is easily available:
A couple of good super-budget guitars from Harley Benton (a Strat clone and a Les Paul clone), for about $300 (new).
A good Yamaha acoustic guitar, $100.
A bass, $75.
An interface, to get the music into the computer, $50.
A basic MIDI controller, $30.
A good electronic keyboard with weighted keys, $100.
Microphone, $75.
Headphones, $50.
Electronic drum machine, $50, or use the pads on the MIDI controller, or voices on the keyboard.
DAW - Reaper is free, and works great.
That’s approximately what I spent on my studio, and everything works great, and sounds terrific…
They already have them that you can carry in your pocket.
I can detect gravity without a device:
Jump off a roof. If you hit the ground, you’ve detected gravity.
The classic answer is La Bamba. Love the song, no idea what the lyrics are.
I haven’t been to a show in over 25 years, but I saw Yes three times, Elton John three times, Prince twice, but Pink Floyd only once, all at the peaks of their popularity in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
I had those issues before the doctor diagnosed GERD/Reflux, and prescribed medication. Now I take a Famotidine every day, twice if I’ve had something particularly spicy. I never have that problem anymore.
I finally did something about it when I aspirated in the middle of the night, like you did. It can actually give you pneumonia, which happened to me.
BTW, a banana can act as a pretty good acid treatment in a pinch., like in the middle of the night.
Also, which side you sleep on makes a difference, too. Your esophagus goes straight down the middle of your chest, until it reaches your stomach, which makes a left turn. So when you sleep on your left side, the opening to the esophagus is above the stomach, making it difficult for food to slip into it.
But if you sleep on your right side, your stomach is above the opening, and any undigested contents are up against that opening… if it’s weak, or opens, gravity draws that food into your esophagus, causing reflux.
So sleeping on your left side is preferred.
To this day, nobody knows how they got that unique guitar distortion sound in that song. It’s been long-forgotten, even by those that were at the session.
I’ve always thought that Beethoven’s best late period works would be great on hallucinogenics.
Also Debussy and Gershwin. Bach’s twisty fugues would also be interesting.
Important distinction that might help you: Being against this war doesn’t make you “Pro Palestinian,” it just makes you anti-war, and especially, anti-genocide. On the flip side, being anti-war/ anti-genocide doesn’t make you anti-Semitic.
Genocide is NEVER justified.
It’s a half-eaten cupcake. You can take two wheels off a car, but that doesn’t make it a motorcycle.
Critical Thinking Skills
The Andy Griffith Show. Wholesome, and ALWAYS funny, at least until Don Knotts left the cast. I just watched an Earnest T Bass episode and an Otis the Drunk episode over the weekend.
Aldi and Trader Joes will gladly take over all their locations. Those Germans don’t care about Red and Blue.