In my experience, the easiest way to wake up all the other front pagers is to post an open thread, so let’s see what happens.
Did something I have never done before, which is return honey. I bought that honey two weeks ago, and opened up one I had not tried, and it turned out it had already been opened and I think they bagged the test jar because it was crystallized already on the inside. I was making a run for everyone to get some apples (I got some amazing evercrisps which are a hybrid honeycrisp/fuji), and I hit the apiary on the way home. Picked up a replacement jar (they were as surprised as I was a the mixup), got some honey for some friends and an orange blossom for myself, and then went and delivered to everyone.
Currently watching the Wheel of Time, which I desperately need to be good, and as I noted on the twitter feed, I got two minutes into the show and roving bands of angry witches on horseback chased down a dude and neutralized him for using power that was not his and my first though was we could use this energy in congress.
What are you all up to?
Omnes Omnibus
I am just about to start episode 3. I haven’t read the books, so I have no clue where any of it is going. It has Rosamund Pike, so I’ll watch it.
gwangung
Tried watching tick…tick..BOOM! and if I were 30 years or even 20 years younger, I might be mesmerized. But right now I don’t have the energy to put up with stories of self-absorbed artists. Even when directed by Lin Manuel Miranda and starring a surprisingly good Andrew Garfield.
Started Cowboy Bebop and the casting is decent and the design is good, but there’s something about the writing that seems a bit…off.
TheOtherHank
Just started rewatching The Expanse with kid #1. Last night we finished The Americans. He was suitably weirded out by the 80s
GregMulka
I forgot Cowboy Bebop and Wheel of Time started today. I’ve been absorbed with Games Workshop adjusting the points on the all dragon army that I can’t build yet because of supply chain issues so that now I’ll only be able to use 11 of them instead of 13.
Do I get the nerd crown tonight?
:)
gbear
I had to make a return to Walgreens today. I noticed that my prescription for a blood pressure med had some stray pills that didn’t match. I gave it to the pharmacist and asked that they identify the mistaken pills they had given me. Turns out they were prescription antihistamines. The pharmacist refilled the prescription for free and said they’d file a report on the error. I don’t know if Walgreens can’t or just won’t hire enough competent employees, and I don’t know if any other chain stores will be better.
CaseyL
I’m about halfway through Invisible Sun, the last volume of Charlie Stross’ “Empire Games” worldwalker/multiverse saga.
My Thanksgiving Week vacation started at the end of business hours today, but there’s a task I should try to finish this weekend, putting together a call schedule for our medical faculty. It’s a bitch and a half, with too many days to fill, not enough faculty, and all sorts of schedule limitations on top of that. But it needs to go out for review asap, so any changes can be made and approved before the end of December. Fun!
Ms. Deranged in AZ
I binged all 3 Wheel of Time eps tonight. I’m a book reader so I noticed lots of changes but I’m not bothered by such things. I’m enjoying it so far. What do y’all think?
sixthdoctor
What am I up to? Fudge.
Made a batch of Alton Brown’s stupidly easy and tasty peanut butter fudge to give away.
Then for Xmas, may try one of Joshua Weissman’s chocolate recipes.
Then I’ll have to get back to running to make up for the 5000 calorie intake.
JoyceH
@gwangung:
Report back – I’d never heard of it, but saw it listed on Netflix and watched the trailers – which were so self-consciously Artsy that I couldn’t make heads or tails out of what the show is actually, y’know, ABOUT.
?BillinGlendaleCA
Got off work at about 12:05am this morning and have to back at work in 7 1/2 hours
ETA: I’d really preferred to close tonight rather than trying to get to sleep and wake up at 3am.
mvr
@gbear:
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That is a bit scary since there is nothing that would make the mistake more likely to be antihistamines than anything else possibly more dangerous.
John Cole
@GregMulka: wait what game is this
John Cole
@TheOtherHank: I loved the expanse. And the 80’s had that effect on all of us.
laura
Here’s a nice snacky recipe for orange blossom honey:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7579-sweet-and-salty-popcorn-with-orange-blossom-honey
The NYT Cookbook is my main go to – and the only editorializing is by Amanda Hesser. Highly recommend.
gwangung
@JoyceH: It’s a live action adaption of a revered anime so famous that you should INSTANTLY know what it’s about at a glance.
I think the off-ness is the self-conscious effort to emulate and do its own thing at the same time.
It does have a couple scenes of a shirtless John Cho in its first episode if that’s your thing. (I suppose I should watch it to honor the effort he had to push his body to look that way).
Carolina Dave
Actually ventured forth to a stadium show, Jackson Browne followed up by James Taylor and his All Star Band.
Show was great, being indoors with no mask wearing not so much. Not sure when we will go back to an indoor concert.
Rather watch the concert on TV
rose weiss
I’ve been watching British mysteries on Masterpiece streaming, currently loving Frankie Drake and Miss Scarlet/Duke. But to be honest I’ve mostly just been trying to keep my head above water as the pandemic continues on and on. I did see 2 friends today in person… but it seems like we’re all sorta shell shocked, and don;t quite know how to relate anymore.
eclare
@gbear: This is no excuse, but when I got my booster at Walgreens a few weeks ago, the only people working at the pharmacy were one pharmacist and one tech.
When I got my shot, I asked the tech how often she flies solo, and she said quite a bit. I asked did everyone call in sick? She just shrugged and said short staffed.
mrmoshpotato
Reheated some chicken leg quarters for dinner and went to town on them.
YouTube suggested truck camper videos lately from this Nebraska dude called CrazyQuady.
Been enjoying his camping videos lately.
eclare
I watched the new episode of GBBS today, the finale is next week. Once that is done I’ll switch to Hulu to watch Only Murders in the Building. Not a Sci fi/fantasy fan.
Mj_Oregon
Watched the first two episodes of WoT and found the story engaging and the ensemble cast more than up to the task. I read the books so long ago that I’ve forgotten everything except the general gist of the story so whatever changes they’ve made haven’t bothered me at all. Looking forward to the third one tomorrow. I’m also looking forward to the second Witcher season next month and hoping the Book of Boba Fett is at least half as good as The Mandalorian was.
West of the Rockies
@eclare:
I am re-bingeing Only Murders right now. I think it’s a blast.
eclare
@West of the Rockies: Thanks! I also want to see Dopesick on Hulu.
Ruckus
@gbear:
Here in CA getting hired for a pharmacy job seems like they are actually pretty thorough. A friends granddaughter just started her internship at a pharmacy, she has to work 6 weeks for free, in training before she can get her license. She’s not jazzed about the no pay but the job sounds pretty decent. I have no idea if it’s the same everywhere but insuring you get what you are prescribed is pretty basic.
Ms. Deranged in AZ
@Mj_Oregon: Also looking forward to season 2 of the witcher. I’m listening to the books on Audible while I craft. And I’m excited to watch the new Boba Fett series with my 11-year-old. It’s amazing how hard it is to find something to watch with him. He’s too old for most kids stuff but too young for most adult stuff. He’s just at of weird age right now – 11 going on 30 sort of.
Ruckus
@Ruckus:
I should also mention that there are websites showing pills so that one can identify them. Not having an idea of what you are looking for would/might be a hell of a lot of work and effort but at least it is possible. Whenever I get a new med I check just to be safe. Having the name and manufacturer helps the process. I also have a bit of time on my hands….
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Ruckus:
I’ve heard rumors that you’re retired.
oatler
Now here’s how it’s done
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/19/the-netherlands-rotterdam-police-open-fire-as-covid-protest-turns-violent
PJ
@Ms. Deranged in AZ: I’m watching the first episode now. It’s pretty one-dimensional and tedious. They haven’t done a good job of introducing the characters and of making them distinctive or interesting – part of it is bad writing and part of it is bad direction (and probably some bad casting, too – I can’t tell if the youths are supposed to be really awkward or are just bad actors). I can’t imagine watching ten episodes of this.
Kattails
I woke up at 3:45 AM and drove around the hill to the western lookout, the skies cleared enough to catch the total eclipse, so that was pretty cool. Otherwise dealing with a very sweet, sick elderly cat who has some kind of nasty sinus issues, we’ve tried various meds over the past few months, plus a sinus flush. Next step would be a CT scan to the tune of $3000, which might not give great news but would at least be something definitive. It may or may not be something that can be at least mitigated. So I’m in a bit of a funk and should get to bed.
I meant to agree with you, Cole, on your earlier post as well. I grew up in the country turning to suburbs, 50’s and 60’s. Lived with my grandparents, Poppie hunted, had shotguns and rifles, but other wise they were never out. No fancy trucks anywhere, maybe it was more like Chevy Impala convertibles. One racist guy that I knew as a neighbor but I didn’t understand the racially slurred jokes at the time. Nevertheless, in an exclusively white town, the white boys managed to be pretty much bullies or turned a blind eye to the others. And this was turning into a higher-end town. Not the downtrodden by any stretch, just shitty to feel powerful.
I can’t fathom the need to be constantly proving yourself via either purchased hardware of some kind and/or dominating some other soul who would otherwise just as soon leave you completely alone. But what is happening now certainly existed then, it just didn’t have the outer trappings. How in debt are these guys anyway, for $35,000 trucks, guns, tires, military trappings?
Well, 600 years ago guys used to get their hair singed while dancing around taunting burning women who’d been tortured into “confessing” that they were witches. Seems like a lot of them reincarnated with out learning anything.
gbear
@mvr:
I was really concerned and angry about the mystery drugs. They looked different enough so that I wouldn’t take them by accident, but it’s shows such sloppy work at the pharmacy. George Bailey wasn’t there to keep them from making the mistake.
Kattails
@gbear: that’s actually pretty horrifying. My pill containers have a description right on the label…but how the bloody hell could someone put two different pills in one container?? Stray pills? WTF.
West of the Rockies
Has Bill Maher become even an even more self-righteous, smug scold than usual? He thinks the three smartest people in the room.
Kattails
oh ffs it wasn’t loading so I thought I’d deleted it and started again. duh
PJ
@PJ: And bad set design and costuming – it’s supposed to be in some podunk little medieval town, but everything looks brand new, like these actors are in an Abercrombie & Fitch ad.
The Dangerman
Time for new glasses. Read neutralized as neutered. Which is neutralized, in a sense, I suppose.
Mallard Filmore
@PJ:
The costuming should look more like in Blackadder 1?
Ninedragonspot
Went to the first performance of Carlo Pallavicino’s opera “Messalina” since its initial run in 1679. It featured a youngish cast in good vocal shape, energetically directed, so the three hours flew by.
HumboldtBlue
I recall encountering Cowboy Bebop through a Reddit music link.
It hit. Hard.
NotMax
Appointment for Monday for COVID booster made tonight via Costco. Just as no fuss, no muss straightforward a procedure as it was for the initial shots in the spring.
Ruckus
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Do tell!
NotMax
@Kattails
You’re off by nearly a factor of 2. Really.
opiejeanne
@gbear: I use the pharmacy at Costco for 11 years and they’ve been really great. I recommend them if that’s convenient for you.
NotMax
Had previously watched the trailer for WoT. That was sufficiently uninspiring to shift it to the ‘give it a pass’ list. As always, YMMV.
Mostly enjoyed The Expanse with the exception of the most recent season, which took me forever to finish as I kept drifting off to sleep while trying to get through it. “In space, no one can hear paint dry.”
opiejeanne
@NotMax: I was thinking at least $50k but you’re probably right.
opiejeanne
I got my hair cut yesterday at the local place, kind of a big deal since I haven’t been there since late January of last year. My husband and my daughters have helped me cut my hair since then, and sometimes it looked pretty good, but I really needed a pro to do it now.
Tonight I made oven “fried” chicken thighs and I was pleased with how they came out. The recipe was from a magazine for living with diabetes; they’ve been getting smarter about using spices.
NotMax
@opiejeanne
Heh. Had originally typed “off by a factor of 1½ to 2” but that somehow didn’t look quite right when written down.
NotMax
@opiejeanne
Wanna see an all electric pick-up with some really snazzy features for (estimated) under $40k? Tentative production rollout in 2023, so some things as shown may not make the final cut.
Mai Naem mobile
@gbear: years ago a Walgreens gave a coworker’s father 5mg of Haldol instead of the prescribed 0.5 mg Haldol. He was a little old elderly man with either early stage Alzheimers or dementia. This guy went from being a sometimes agitated, at times forgetful talking walking guy to needing 24×7 care for pretty much everything. Don’t know what happened at the end but the family was obviously suing Walgreens. Also years ago(pre-cell phone) I was picking up a prescription for trazodone for a neighbor from a Frys(local Krogers.) The pharmacist gave me an rx of tramadol by mistake. I’d picked up meds for her before so I told the pharmacist to double check because i didn’t think it was the right med. The poor young newbie looking pharmacist gave me such an OMG look, I felt bad for her.
sab
OT: I think it’s time to put the inherited cocker down. He has had diarrhea for two months. He has a big open sore on his neck that gets messed with by his collar. We can’t put a harness on him because of the big lumps on his side. So he can’t go for walks. The vet wants to pull the rest of his teeth.
I took him to the groomers today just for a wash ( his ears were disgusting, as always.) He ran away when I took his collar off before we went in the house. Ran away three times. I was so stressed catching him I actually thought I would have a heart attack. Imagine how he felt? He can barely climb the stairs because arthritis. He used to be a boisterous young dog. Now he is just a feeble old trouper. I love him but he is miserable and just plodding on.
sab
@sab: He is at least fifteen years old.
Morzer
“the Wheel of Time, which I desperately need to be good…”
At least the TV version is bound to be better than the tedious, creepy dreck produced by Robert Jordan.
sab
I love cockers as a breed but I passionately hate show cockers. Don’t hate the dogs but I do hate the people who would breed these guys. Chipper little cockers whose fur will ruin their lives.
Betty Cracker
@sab: Poor thing. Sometimes it’s hard to know what’s the right thing to do.
satby
@sab: I agree, when they’re miserable and there’s no likelihood of improvement or recovery it’s time to release them from their suffering. In not quite the same boat with the two oldsters here; still taking some pleasure in life but it’s dwindling; and I noticed one of Clayton’s tumors is bigger.
I agreed to foster a three year old dog temporarily, hopefully they’ll find a more suitable foster for him soon. He’s big and rambunctious, but obedient and wants so much to please. I have him isolated in the finished basement, though the cats go keep him company when we aren’t outside or I go down there. He’s got too much young dog energy for the old animals upstairs. He’s a very good boy and this is better than a cage at animal control, but I really can’t wait for him to be moved to a better fitting foster or find a permanent home.
sab
@Betty Cracker: Putting him down is the right thing. He was a lovely young dog. Boisterous. But he never got over losing my uncle. He was a one man dog and that man was my uncle George.
sab
@satby: Does he like cats? Could he like Ohio? My dog girl is about to need a new dog guy in her life.
sab
@sab: I just said to myself that Ponyo age seven needs a new puppy. And my husband, rightly, shrieked in horror.
We are putting my uncle”s now elderly pup down this week.
Note to self ( if I live that long) Do not adopt a puppy in your seventies. It is unbelievably selfish. And if you do it all of your friends will know that is the kind of person you are
ETA Unbelievably selfish.
satby
@sab: He seems to be fine with everything, but he would have to be adopted through my rescue, which will have him up on Petfinder. I’ll try to get a link to post for you later today.
Animal Control knew who the owners were, since they had picked him up five times before. So he was on a stray hold but they contacted our group and just waited to see if the negligent assholes would even bother to check if they had the dog. They never did, so they’ve surrendered him whether they realize it or not. He deserves better.
sab
Lying here in bed and the house now reeks of dog poop. Apparently Prince had another attack of diarrhea. He used to be housebroken. I bet in his mind he still is and is ashamed.
Cermet
While the The Expanse is fairly good the entire premise that the world is over populated three hundred years in the future is absurd – since medicine would mean every child lives (no diseases) and overwhelming economic advantage of having only one child would make having more in a resource poor world not happen. Besides the fact remains that birth control would be extremely easy for both sex’s. As such, one child would be a norm so the Earth’s population would be far lower than even todays – just a stupid mistake trying to make the show more like our world.
AS for the “Wheel of Time” just LoTR except some blood and guts are allowed; otherwise, very PG. And you can see in a painfully obviously way now they draw out episodes – get’s tedious at times.
Anonymous At Work
@Ms. Deranged in AZ: I got scared when I read about the “fridging” added for “drama”. Just having him break someone’s bone on accident would be enough…
Mousebumples
Re Walgreens (belatedly) – and probably may apply to other big chains (eg CVS, etc.) – one reason (of many) that I made the jump to work for a PBM (from Walgreens) almost 3 years ago was the constant insistence that we do more with less help.
I’m sure burnout (thanks Covid), and an unwillingness to pay enough for his help is also an issue on even getting enough staff got what the budget will allow.
Glad the wrong looking pill was caught, and I agree it shouldn’t have gone out in the bottle in the first place. Be your own advocate, is all I can really suggest. Thankfully, my growing family doesn’t have any regular prescriptions, but being familiar enough with your pills to know when something is up can make a big difference. And if you’re not sure if there was a new manufacturer (eg pink pills are now blue), speak up!
Skepticat
From your pixels to god’s ear. I also have a family member and his lawyer I’d like them to go after.
JML
There were two or three things in the pilot for WoT that made me go “wait, what?!?” (changes from the book that seemed completely out of nowhere and I couldn’t really understand why they’d done it) but I felt better about the whole thing after the 2nd and 3rd episodes. (i still think they made a couple of dumb and unnecessary changes, but it tamped down after the pilot) Visually, I think they got the look right and the casting is good.
GregMulka
@John Cole:
Warhammer. Age of Sigmar. Sorry for the late reply. Binged Wheel of Time as soon as I was reminded of its existence.
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/08/02/even-more-dragons-are-coming-to-the-age-of-sigmar-and-now-theyve-got-riders/
Richard
@GregMulka: Take yer Nemesis crown and get outta here!!!! :P
Miss Bianca
@Ninedragonspot: wow, that sounds cool!
opiejeanne
@NotMax: That’s really interesting. Thanks.
Czar Chasm
Watched the first episode of WoT. I’be already accepted that it will be a different reality than the books, like what I have to do with the MCU. The first episode gave off a serious teen drama vibe, if Gossip Girl was a D&D campaign. It isn’t enough to immediately turn me off from it, but compared to Game of Thrones’ premiere, it is definitely a weak start.
(Why did they nerf Tam like that, seriously?)