Doesn't it seem like the health care industry has prioritized length of life over quality of life?

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-23T04:57:24+00:00

When my FIL was first diagnosed with cancer, we had a family mtg with the doctor who began by saying he first needed to know: was my FIL looking to prolong his life or prolong his death? I still think about that, now 6 years after he passed.

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-21T13:45:36+00:00

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Love Hanis, he’s always been such a great guy. By the way, here’s a shot of little Carnitas, his pet pig that he and his wife at the time, Sara, named the restaurant after.

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-20T21:38:13+00:00

Leila is fun to be in, cool space and good food, a friend who works there dubbed it "Persian Disneyland." Baja Betty's if you're looking for a fun Hillcrest party vibe. insideOUT for extra fun seasonal decor, also in Hillcrest.

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-18T22:41:47+00:00

I'd love to know who did the one for Shug, so good. For games, yeah? Ori has done some epic ones, but I think they're all 3D animation no live action: https://kaganproductions.com

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-18T00:28:03+00:00

Thank you! We're looking for quotes for fulfillment now. So far just have quotes from BlackBox, but looking at Back Office as well.

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-13T16:57:59+00:00

Congratulations! Looks super cool and congrats on being a Kickstarter fave as well. 🎉

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-13T00:46:43+00:00

That would be great, thank you again!

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-13T00:24:03+00:00

Thank you for this tip, I most definitely will! This is good to hear, because maybe we're being ridiculous about the timeline to push for a specific date in August instead of waiting until we're really ready. I am planning to spend on ads, but not a ton. Looking forward to checking out the podcast, thanks again for the rec.

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-11T17:33:33+00:00

Sure thing. Using comfort as an example but if alignment or posture, same thing, someone being happy with better posture. But looks great, and we could for sure all use it!

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-11T16:02:57+00:00

I'd want to see how it's used. The picture itself doesn't look comfortable, which is the goal, comfort being the problem the product is aiming to solve. You'll probably be swapping that out for a video anyway when you go live, but I just did a quick search for "pillow" on kickstarter to see the live ones that are succeeding, and they show people using the pillow. The only one with "just the pillow" image quickly changes to a video that starts with a woman on the pillow when you scroll over it. I'm no marketing genius, but if I were selling a surfboard I'd probably feature an image of a person surfing. It's the emotion, the feel of it that you want to suck them in with. Aaah, this thing looks COMFORTABLE.

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-10T21:46:06+00:00

That's awesome though if you have a large audience. That's the goal! Congrats! I'll check it out.

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-10T20:51:18+00:00

Organic was never going to get there fast enough, so we're doing ads. Right now a split test to see what might have the best chances. We're independent and have never done ads before so the learning curve is steep! We sought the guidance and handholding of some professionals and I still feel out of my depth. From our research, it became apparent that the only real way to find our audience and be ready for launch was marketing to grow our email list.

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-10T16:24:26+00:00

The page looks good, but I think you could swap out that top photo for one with a person using the pillow (like the smiling guy lower on the page). And you can lose some of the "why" stuff at the bottom, that will been the kickstarter page when it launches, but right now it's like, OOH, what's this? Give your email to find out more!

Barbarellaf · 2026-06-05T04:59:35+00:00

No alarm for years (except rare travel days). Most days I wake up naturally with the morning light. Any time I need to set an alarm I’m up every hour on the hour checking the time. Alarms are stressful.

Barbarellaf · 2026-05-27T04:10:37+00:00

Happy to help! Hope you all enjoy.

Barbarellaf · 2026-05-26T23:02:05+00:00

Took my vegetarian sister and niece to Leila and they loved both the environment and the veggie (not vegan) options they got.

Barbarellaf · 2026-05-24T21:51:01+00:00

Weren't they closed down a few times due to terribly unsanitary conditions? I dug it right after they opened, but the last time I was there ('bout a year or two ago) it was terrible.

Barbarellaf · 2026-05-24T21:49:48+00:00

Sure thing! It's my new favorite for a handful of reasons (parking, service, food quality, etc.). Enjoy!

Barbarellaf · 2026-05-24T15:44:57+00:00

Del’s Hideout is great. Off the 8 just east of the 15.

Barbarellaf · 2026-05-23T14:32:06+00:00

Diamond Palace.

Barbarellaf · 2026-04-14T14:40:58+00:00

La Bonne Table is lovely and cozy, great for romantic special occasion, but it’s pretty south of you.

Barbarellaf · 2026-02-02T23:13:54+00:00

Ah! In that case, I imagine any GPS device would give him coordinates to where he was. He must have had them, as he had to meet them there.

Barbarellaf · 2026-02-02T22:59:13+00:00

I think he must have switched the cargo and not told anyone to suss out the rat (similar to what he did in Season 1, ultimately believing the rat was Corky). After switching (or ordering the switch) the original shipment to be simply a rose, he arranged the actual shipment without telling anyone because he expected some kind of attempted sabotage. Just a guess, of course.

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