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ProfessorTomoe
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
ProfessorTomoe replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Off Topic Discussion
I'm going to have more than just my ear to show to the skin cancer doctor on Thursday. I've got a quarter-inch white spot on my right arm, just below the elbow. They say those are possible precursors to basal cell carcinoma, too. I'm prone to listen to "they" on this, especially when it originally looked like this back in 2013. WARNING: THIS IS ONE YOU DO NOT WANT TO LOOK AT IF YOU ARE THE LEAST BIT SQUEAMISH. I'M BEING SERIOUS HERE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. It took forever for this bad boy to reduce down to something that looks like a stretched white spot. I'm taking in a picture of the above (SERIOUSLY, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED) for the doctor to examine Thursday. Those two were the only things I was going to talk to him about. However, within the past five days, I've had a brown discoloration show up on the bottom side of my right forearm. It's already the size of the white spot farther up my arm, if not slightly larger. They say basal cell carcinomas don't metastasize. I hope "they" are right on this. -
My right arm from 2013, with something nasty brewing on it.© 2013 Lee Jackson. All Rights Reserved.
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
ProfessorTomoe replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Off Topic Discussion
10:55 a.m. CDT 20170918. The appointment with the psychiatrist took place earlier today. I thought it'd never end. He interrogated me on a number of embarrassing situations, even including the "gift" Mrs. Prof brought back from Colorado last year to see if my ankle pain / chronic pain syndrome would be helped by it (it wasn't). Then I had to fill out a version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (don't know which one) that was 15 pages worth of filling out those little true/false bubbles. Bored the hell out of Mrs. Prof. -
In other news, Loudmouth showed up in an unexpected place today. Baker has a set of boxes that he uses as a castle. He likes to climb up on them and get behind Mrs. Prof when she's working in the morning. She'll turn around and give him his "spa time" as she calls it, petting him, brushing him, and letting him crawl into her lap for more brushing. This morning, she heard someone crawl up on the castle. She turned around and found a stranger staring back at her: How can you refuse those eyes and those whiskers?
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Well, I don't know if this was the best choice, but we bought Chicken Soup for the Soul Hairball Control cat food. Mrs. Prof went by her experience at the pet adoption shelter with this. She said the cats will eat it, which is an important stage—if you can't get it inside them, it does no good. We couldn't get the Hill's inside our cats, hence the switch. We'll see how it goes.
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Loudmouth sitting on Baker's castle© 2017 Brenda Jackson. All rights reserved.
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No picture, but Loudmouth appears to be back to his happy, healthy self. He doesn't stay as close to me as he did when he was sick—I guess he knew he needed human help. Now, he knows he doesn't need it as much except for feeding and the occasional pet and play session. The lube goop must have done its job on the hairball. However, we're having some rejection problems with the Hill's Science Diet Hairball Light food. The lumps are too big or something. Mrs. Prof. says the cats at the pet adoption shelter won't eat it, either. @CritterKeeper, what were the other brands you'd recommended?
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Loudmouth and Baker are back to chasing each other through the back of the house early in the morning. Baker then takes his midday siesta, after which (i.e., after Mrs. Prof comes home) he becomes a pill again until he gets his nighttime petting and loving session. I can not take Mrs. Prof's place on this—he'll only let Mrs. Prof do the petting session. Here's Baker thoroughly worn out for the day, on The Petting Pillow Throne:
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Baker worn out after a day of being a pill.© 2017 Brenda Jackson. All rights reserved.
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Just finished watching the last race of the IndyCar season from Sonoma, which determined the season champion. Simon Pagenaud won the race, but he didn't finish far out enough in front to take the 2017 Championship. That went to Josef Newgarden, a first-year driver for Roger Penske's team. He won by 13 points over Pagenaud, also a Penske driver and the 2016 Champion. I can't wait to see the 2018 season. They've got a new aero kit coming in for both Honda and Chevy, so it'll be engine vs. engine instead of chassis/engine vs. chassis/engine. More on the engineers and the drivers than the manufacturers. It's gonna be a hell of a year.
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
ProfessorTomoe replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Off Topic Discussion
10:09 p.m. CDT 20170916. I hate hospital paperwork and psych screening. For some reason, the hospital feels that they need to drag me back up there on Monday (9/18), prior to the 10KHz spinal stimulator test drive, and do a "multidisciplinary evaluation to help in [my] treatment plan." At least, I think that's what it's called. One bit calls it an "Intake Evaluation," while another calls it an "interdisciplinary evaluation." They called me yesterday and asked me if they could e-mail the paperwork—all 22 pages of it—to me. I've printed it out and am completely ignoring it in favor of watching the Texas Longhorns—USC football game. I'll have to fill out as much of it as I can tomorrow before we go off to celebrate my son's 31st birthday at 3:00pm. (That's going to be a real test for Mrs. Prof, since she can't use Facebook at all. The IndyCar championship will be decided in tomorrow's race, and she doesn't want any spoilers. I'll bet it'll drive her insane.) -
Have you looked up a Tornado Alley map to see if your new location is in a higher risk area?
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Do you have any plans of trying some of the cake (i.e., brick) tea from Teavivre? I had a discussion with my son about that place. Once the temperatures drop, he's going to try ordering some matcha supplies from them. Even with the shipping, they're cheaper than his current supplier, he said. BTW, my son and I also had an off-the-cuff discussion about the odd varieties Teavivre carries. I joked about black peppercorn tea, since he mentioned he likes pepper on everything. He Googled up a recipe for black peppercorn tea and said he might try it. Me? Not in a million years. Bleaugh.
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Wouldn't that be the One True Pentagon?
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More proof that the laws of physics are considered "polite suggestions" in the EGS-universe.
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I've never done the math on my tea intake, since I've never had a genuine tea intake (i.e., non-Crystal Light) to calculate. Damn you, Teavivre!!!
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I've discussed this to a small extent with Mrs. Prof. She let me purchase a piece of software that I've needed for a long time—something called "Translator," put out by a company called Chicken Systems, Inc. Don't let the company name fool you: this is supposed to be one powerful piece of software. The version I ordered takes just about any format sample and translates it so that Native Instruments Komplete's Kontakt can play it. Seamlessly, supposedly. I've tried the free version, written to the company with questions, and done everything but make sure it can write to Kontakt format (that's disabled in the free version). The company president wrote back and was, of course, confident in his product, even when I told him I'd have a wife looking over my shoulder. They're actually mailing me a physical product. I hope it comes with a printed manual (I doubt it, but I still hope). EDIT: Nope. No printed manual. It needs one. At least I can install it on any system I own and use.
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Understood. * tosses leftovers down garbage disposal * I'm kind of sorry that it was only a 7g sample packet. The next size up was 100g, though. I don't think I could go through that in a year. Maybe two.
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Going for another cup of Lapsang Souchong. This one a bit stronger—I finished off the 7g packet and steeped it for 1:45s. Makes the house smell a bit like a smokehouse. Mrs. Prof's sinuses are clogged, so she can't tell. I wonder if I can get a second steep out of the leaves ...
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Mrs. Prof drives me crazy at times. She's doing the "weaning" bit on Baker to get him onto the Science Diet. Problem is, she's backed up and is "weaning" Loudmouth, too. He hadn't had any solid food for about a week, so his first solid was the Science Diet. I see no reason for doing the weaning on him. But, I'm not doing the feeding, so I don't have control over who gets fed what. So frustrating.
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Things That Are Just Annoying
ProfessorTomoe replied to CritterKeeper's topic in Off Topic Discussion
That's about a trip from Houston to Austin, but probably without the same traffic volume. Just guessing on that last bit. -
Reminded me of the waitress from Spaceballs that was serving Lone Starr and Barf.
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Things That Are Just Annoying
ProfessorTomoe replied to CritterKeeper's topic in Off Topic Discussion
Distance to Tulsa? -
If you were south of the Red River, you'd have to make it sweet tea. I have *no* idea how that would work, and I don't think I would want to try it. I feel like I've passed a test, like I did when I had my first taste of Vegemite and liked it.
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I am now drinking Lapsang Souchong Smoky Black Tea. Two teaspoons in twelve ounces of water, steeped at around 195°F for 90 seconds (30 seconds longer than the recommended minimum). I find nothing wrong with it. Seriously, it's just a very strong tea with a hint of brisket. I like strong tea. I like brisket. The two seem to mix rather well, even when hot. I might go up to a 2 minute steep, but I'm not sure how far I'd go beyond that. I don't like resin, which I think might slip in if I steep it any longer.
