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Almost didn't make it to my knee injection appointment today - due to a horrible bout of vertigo last night. It kept me awake most of the night - mainly because I could not lie down. I slept sitting up in my arm chair for about two hours, then around 3 AM, woke up with my knee hurting, so attempted them bed again. Finally, managed to lie down with my head supported by multiple pillows and kind of sprawled, with a pillow supporting my knee.

This morning, it had abated enough for me to eat breakfast (poached eggs, greens), take meds, and hi-tail it to the knee injection appointment. I worried about getting to the knee injection appointment all night long.
I managed to get to and from the appointment, before the next wave of dizziness hit me. I've suffered waves of it off and on all day long. ( Read more... )

So. Not a happy camper at the moment. More a sick puppy who wants to curl into a hole.

Let's see the vertigo has been off and on this year since roughly February. ( Read more... )

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Vox Machina has one of the best slow burn romances that I've seen - they develop it well, and it's friends to lovers, which is among my favs. ( Read more... )

It's become my new comfort show/obsession. ( Read more... )

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Question a Day Meme - June

15. When was the last time you laughed out loud?

Sometime this week - watching Vox Machina or talking to mother. We laugh a lot on our phone calls. Also at work, the other day, talking to cubicle aisle mate, who shares my sense of humor. (I've a very dry sardonic wit like my Dad, not everyone gets it. And I like to make fun of things that irritate me or I consider absurd.)

16. Do you still use paperclips?

Sometimes? Rarely? I used to use them all the time at work - but we've moved into doing everything electronically, so I don't tend to use them any longer. I can't remember the last time I used one? I think in 2024?

17. How active have you been over the year so far?

I walk a lot, do a lot of knee exercises, arm exercises, and climb steps - all out of necessity. Can't really do much else at the moment.

18. How do you feel about Artificial Intelligence?

I think it's fine for certain rudimentary tasks - like data processing, accumulation of data, rudimentary data analysis, dictation (I love it for dictation - let it take notes. Doctors are using it now for that. And I wish I had access to it when I was in law school. I'm horrible at taking notes. Also letting it take notes, means the doctor isn't spending all their time taking notes or inputting stuff into a computer.), lab data collection, collection of hazardous data, and creating spreadsheets, charts, and providing an analysis across the large range of data.

I don't think it should be used for most critical thinking task. And not for the arts, unless it's special effects or to expedite sound and film editing. There's a use for it. We just should restrict or limit it? AI shouldn't be used for artistic expression - kind of goes against the whole point of artistic expression? I'd prefer they not use AI for animation, digital arts, and film/television acting, but they will. YMMV

Note? The data centers they showed on Good Morning America - Thursday Morning, and it reminded me of the large computer data centers utilized in the 1950s-1990s. It's not like large data processing centers never existed before - they did. We even have 1950s and 60s films depicting them. (The Desk Set, War Games, Tron, among others).

19. Have you ever had a pedicure?

Yes. I don't do them any longer - because I always get toe nail fungus.
Also my toenails do not need to be tougher or longer than they already are, or painted. They look fine.

I'm not into bling? The appeal of bling is kind of wasted on me?