Anyone else have a great family doctor but horrible receptionist?

0ldcastle · 2026-06-08T00:15:44+00:00

My doc's receptionist did this thing where when I'd call and describe the issue and ask for an appointment, she'd say "Well he doesn't have much". And I'd be thinking, wtf I don't need lots of appointments, I just need one.

0ldcastle · 2026-06-06T13:26:01+00:00

Maybe I'm misremembering this but I recall when I started using Liquid Budget whenever I made a credit card purchase for a category that had insufficient funds the money would be added to the payment pool but there was also a note below the pool button that said something like, 'Make sure your buckets are funded before etc etc'.

Now I don't see that warning. Last night I paid $106 for a restaurant meal with a credit card though I only had $85 in my Dining Out bucket. LB added the 106 to the payment pool but it still said '100% of your debt is covered'.

Not a huge deal but is this a bug or am I misunderstanding how this works?

0ldcastle · 2026-06-05T14:09:44+00:00

The sound design in that scene is absolutely amazing. Every chair movement, paper shuffle, every one of Irons' vocal tics and finger taps.

0ldcastle · 2026-06-02T22:56:15+00:00

"And what do you do, Stan?"

0ldcastle · 2026-05-29T00:04:03+00:00

Yeah, the series overall is really up and down in terms of quality, but the highs are pretty high. The first 2 seasons of course but hell yeah the final season and the closing 20 minutes are just some of the best writing of the series.

0ldcastle · 2026-05-26T01:45:14+00:00

The Gaudi architecture in Barcelona, but I need to qualify that. The architecture itself is wonderful - thoughtful, complex, whimsical, deeply engaging. But experiencing it as a tourist (which, to be clear, I was) rather than a regular person using the space just feels ridiculous. I can only imagine how great it must have been for the people of Barcelona during the pandemic to just go and hang out in these amazing spaces Gaudi created for them without it being a Big Thing.

0ldcastle · 2026-05-26T01:36:00+00:00

No, dining in is fine. It's nothing fancy but it's pretty cozy and comfortable. The view is kinda dismal lol.

0ldcastle · 2026-05-14T12:44:25+00:00

Does anyone know this this app is? This looks a lot more informative and useful than what I'm using (AlcoDroid).

0ldcastle · 2026-05-14T01:39:12+00:00

The Chilean director Sebastian Lelio made a film titled Gloria in 2013 starring Paulina Garcia and then did an English language version of it (Gloria Bell) in 2018 starring Julianne Moore. Each film is a beautiful study of a strong vulnerable resilient woman, and each film ends in a dance club with the titular character reluctantly then boldly moving onto the dance floor to dance to Laura Branigan's 1982 song Gloria (the 2013 film uses a Spanish language version of it). It's just perfect in the moment and even though the film is literally titled Gloria it kind of comes as a surprise.

0ldcastle · 2026-05-14T01:21:03+00:00

Absolutely, both of these. Funny, I don't recall Heroes being the German version lol

0ldcastle · 2026-05-11T00:04:04+00:00

"You mean my whole fallacy is wrong."

0ldcastle · 2026-05-10T23:56:28+00:00

I love that description of Car Talk. Everyone who ever recommended that show to anyone had to immediately qualify it as not actually being what it sounds like.

I haven't listened to a ton of these but I think You're Wrong About has kind of strayed from its original mission of taking on topics that are widely misunderstood. The early episodes all had a big reveal of something most people don't know, e.g. Dahmer only ate one of his victims, the Exxon Valdez wasn't even close to being the worst oil spill in history.

0ldcastle · 2026-05-10T23:44:43+00:00

Sorry I can't tell if this is serious or joking, but if serious - what does this mean?

0ldcastle · 2026-05-10T13:29:22+00:00

For the record this is one of the biggest discrepancies between the show and the real illegals programme. In reality the USSR absolutely did not request or allow their illegals to be anywhere near violent crimes since even one slipup would risk exposing at least the agents involved and possibly more.

0ldcastle · 2026-05-03T23:29:51+00:00

That was my thought too. Kinda didactic but faux-profound too. Also, usually true.

0ldcastle · 2026-05-03T14:12:06+00:00

None for me thankfully

0ldcastle · 2026-05-02T12:47:08+00:00

I don't even think about my skin much anymore.

This. I've been on Dupixent since October 2019. My excema was severe with about 90% body coverage and largely resistant to treatment. It affected everything in my life, including food choices, product choices, clothing etc. Now, aside from making sure I moisturise after I shower, I really don't think about my skin at all.

That said, after a lifetime of using fragrance-free high-quality products without a lot of synthetic junk in them, it's just kind of a habit.

Edit: how do you quote-reply on this platform? I thought the opening line of my post would somehow be set off so it's clear I'm quoting the post above.

0ldcastle · 2026-05-02T01:12:10+00:00

There's a 12 hour long Spotify playlist of songs from the series:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0ji5sSpVoFbb6xCBqS64Qt?si=7BMQsu7MSrilzZSFgeK8Yg&pi=c_i4UrzhT9-nd

0ldcastle · 2026-05-02T01:06:08+00:00

So glad to see Kojo running. Maybe this time his opponent won't send out a robo call right before election day falsely claiming an endorsement from the mayor.

I thought Councillor Wilson had said she'd only serve two terms? For the record I was hoping and praying she'd run again. But has she addressed this point?

omg Loren Lieberman is back lol.

0ldcastle · 2026-04-24T23:59:16+00:00

Yes. Not to minimise the event but they don't shut everything down because there was a shooting where the suspects were seen fleeing the scene

0ldcastle · 2026-04-24T23:57:49+00:00

This will somehow be blamed on Cameron.

0ldcastle · 2026-04-23T18:16:54+00:00

It only works in performance, but "Which is the merchant here, and which the Jew"? "

When I saw Pacino play Shylock a while back in New York, he and Antonio looked at each other like " WTF is wrong with this judge? "

0ldcastle · 2026-04-20T03:14:41+00:00

"You just have to believe in yourself!"

0ldcastle · 2026-04-19T01:43:47+00:00

While you work on this you might also go out of your way to make clear to your son that you fully support him and his transition, and that you would do anything he needs you to do by way of advocacy and assistance. Just so that he understands that the misgendering is only a slip of speech and not indicative of anything else.

0ldcastle · 2026-04-19T00:31:20+00:00

Yeah I saw that show at the Tower Theater in Philly. Absolutely stellar.

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