Finally…

Setting limits like that is how I finally quit eating Percocet. First only 3 in the morning… At lunch, and again in the evening… Then 2 at lunch… Then 2 at lunch and evening… Then 2 across the board… And so on, until I was only taking 1 a day. Each step down was when I felt like it… Not necessarily on any schedule. Just when I thought I could do it. It wasn’t easy… Mind you. It was just do-able. For the record… This was down from like 3-5 at a time… Whenever I wanted them. I’m a decade sober and haven’t touched an opiate since. It took me a time to feel normal, but the only day that really sucked for a minute was the day I told myself I wasn’t going to take even my 1. Your liver will thank you. You will be proud of your accomplishment. It’s worth it.

Internet Service Providers. Not a one of them is “good”… So you just gotta find one that doesn’t constantly try to hit you with made up new “fees”.

Oh, man… I’m not a huge fish eater, but I can honestly say some of the best fish fry days I remember were when we couldn’t catch enough walleye to feed everyone. Someone would take a few of us kids out to have us catch a couple dozen perch. Beer battered and fried in a cast iron pan over an open campfire? Perch are effing delicious.

I do believe I’ll be watching this movie again today. 😁

“Trudging!”

Hit it.

This is absolutely spot on. Well done.

Parks and Rec, and Letterkenny, for me. Two of my absolutely most favorite shows. Both are ridiculous in the own way, but overall uplifting and positive.

Wrong Leary. The devil’s talking about Timothy Leary, in this case.

Hello, world! Very exciting to see FOSS communities talking together!

Jim Jeffries kills me with this bit. First time I saw it, I was crying with laughter…

https://youtu.be/XsLwzXxeBe8?si=5RT1LkXY5N0rxXGo

Pure poetry, my friend. Bravo.

Dating myself a bit here, but Meatloaf’s Paradise By The Dashboard Light, and Billy Joel’s Scenes from an Italian Restaurant are 2 that need to be on this list.

I think this one is actually doing the opposite of telling a story.

Images and Words, for that matter.

Carol of the Bells, by Trans Siberian Orchestra… Hands down.

https://youtu.be/b6FhOb7-1dg?si=_ArbcwFXanMTL8rU

Is that Matt Dillon at the beginning of that video??

Yeah…I read the last 4, too. Not all that long ago. I appreciated the nostalgia returning to The Land engendered…but…“a different caliber”, is a very diplomatic way to refer to them. Lol

Have read the first 6 books at least a half dozen times since my local librarian suggested Lord Foul’s Bane to 12 year old me in the early 80s. Little heavy for a pre teen, so I’m pretty sure she hadn’t read it herself…But those books ignited a lifelong passion for fantasy adventure stories. Saltheart Foamfollower is one of my absolute favorite characters of all time. Sooo many wild parts in those books. Good call!