No it’s actually some guy. She eventually found out who he was and he had some charge in the past so she’s sure that means he’s after her son.

From Letterkenny: “What’s a Mennonite’s favourite kind of raisin? Barn raisin.”

I would like someone to do a functional MRI of a sovereign citizen to see how that brain processes.

Amanda Palmer also routinely didn’t pay musicians and other people who worked for her, and defended Jian Ghomeshi the sex predator and abuser. She also faked her own suicide to record her then boyfriend’s reaction, who them died of suicide six months later.

Ambien. I know that it’s not great but unfortunately it’s more complex for me than just sleep, so it’s necessary. I don’t think I’d ever sleep again without it. Wow can you do some weird things on Ambien if you don’t put your phone away.

It’s like looking after you have a bowel movement. It’s normal.

Cannabis can actually lower your IQ, kick off schizophrenia and depersonalization disorder, and put you in the ER with hyperemesis. Heavy use isn’t great.

I’ve been sick for six weeks so all of January has been an endless round of trying to work, not being able to work, and going to the doctor for another note for work. I might have atypical whooping cough and am waiting for results. I do not have a cough but my immunologist friend tells me the spectrum of symptoms is wide, and it doesn’t always include coughing. I am vaccinated of course. But yeah, 14 days of January of not being able to talk above a whisper is fun.

My elderly pug getting up with a frantic look on his face that means we have under a minute to get him outside. Aging is not easy in a dog.

I like my job, I like my patients, I do my job, but sometimes when a patient is ranting in my ear about the same confabulated complaints they call with every week, am I playing a video game on my phone and not listening? Yes. But I do a good job.

I’m 50, old enough to remember when we didn’t have answering machines or call waiting or anything, and yet I can’t go to the kitchen to stir my tea without my phone. I’m not saying it’s good. To be fair I do read a lot of books on it though.

This one is from 2001 and is about how the pornography trade was getting increasingly violent, interesting to read in a post internet porn world. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/mar/17/society.martinamis1

I like this one about tick borne illness a lot. https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/essays/jungle-wedding/

Oh gosh I made a faux pas.

Community note: it’s true, he’s just pulling a Herman Cain.

As sure as God’s got sandals.

Um Mel Gibson sat there and said ivermectin is the cure for cancer and old Joe agreed. That’s actually going to kill people. Please stop listening to Joe Rogan.

Are you serious with that turtleneck?

I absolutely love slow braised cabbage. People need to understand vegetables better.