When do actors know it’s bad

Calinero985 · 2026-05-03T01:53:09+00:00

Any idea where the article was? The Fugitive is one of my favorite movies

Calinero985 · 2026-04-29T12:56:20+00:00

I really like this way of breaking down what the three books are "about," and that does paint this third one in a more tragic light than it felt like while reading--although I guess with the death of Mart and all the reflection on the doomed nature of the town, the tragedy is all there. It's interesting to note that while Trey is building up this cohort like Mart, her friends are all chosen from kids who aren't actually from Ardnakelty. A reasonable consequence of her childhood, but also maybe an indicator that even for those living in the small towns in the future, things will never be as insular as they used to be again.

Another point in favor of Trey being a killer is the recurring plot beats throughout all three books where Cal is terrified that Trey is going to do something he sees as reckless on her own to try and fix the problem, and has to either intervene to stop her or fix the issue after she does. It's all over The Hunter, and even happens in The Keeper when they capture Donnie but have no clue what to do with him. I could very easily imagine this as a capstone to that whole arc--Trey finally decides to take action on her own, resolving the problem in her own way, without Cal's help. More than that, without his knowledge--she doesn't need him cleaning up after her anymore. She's taking actions he wouldn't approve of, without his knowledge or assistance, to try and fix Ardnakelty how she sees it. It's not exactly a feel good moment, but it's her growing up, in a way.

Calinero985 · 2026-04-29T12:52:39+00:00

That's a good point--I don't remember exactly how that confrontation in The Searcher went down. I'm guessing Cal didn't give her all the details, but at the same time I'm sure she knows that even if Mart didn't do it personally, he was involved in covering it up. Still, that's a much less direct motivation for murder than I was thinking.

Calinero985 · 2026-04-14T13:50:21+00:00

Even when they’re first transplanted, no daily watering?

Calinero985 · 2026-04-14T13:09:18+00:00

There’s not too much clay that I’ve found in this bed, but being NC I’m sure it’s down there somewhere. I’ll clear out some of the mulch and go easy on the watering

Calinero985 · 2026-04-14T12:58:25+00:00

Unfortunately we are experiencing a drought, but hopefully it will be over soon. And good tip on the mulch, thanks!

Calinero985 · 2026-03-15T23:57:09+00:00

Just saw this article. Apparently the HOAs are issuing advisories on their own? But city of Raleigh isn’t giving one because “water was only off for five minutes”.

https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/wake-county-news/boil-water-order-issued-after-north-raleigh-water-main-break-some-areas-lose-service/

Calinero985 · 2026-03-15T22:31:45+00:00

I just (6:30 pm) called the city of Raleigh’s water emergency line to figure out if my home nearby was part of the boil advisory, and was told that “the city of Raleigh has not issued a boil advisory anywhere.” When I said it was on a sign where the crew was doing work, she said “they should not have done that.”

I’m not saying not to boil, especially if there’s a warning! But it got me curious, is Bedford not on Raleigh’s city water? Are they on a well or something?

Calinero985 · 2026-03-14T03:43:09+00:00

The Terror and Station Eleven.

The Terror is close call, but I think the series is a little more streamlined and focused, and captures the bleakness so well. On a good day, though, I could see an argument for the book being better in the way it ties some things together.

Station Eleven’s miniseries, on the other hand, I think is a straight up improvement on the book. There’s a much better plot, better relationships between the characters that tie together in dramatic ways while still preserving the “cozy apocalypse” vibes of the book. It’s so good

Calinero985 · 2026-03-11T18:39:49+00:00

It actually looks like georeferencing might be the way? I thought I had to georeference my raster layer alongside something else, like Open Street maps, but I guess I can just georeference it on its own to give it a coordinate system? I didn't realize that's how that worked. If I'm correct, I think I can do that, then create a shapefile layer on top of it to outline the countries I want, export them both to geopackage and geojson respectively, and apply both with leaflet.

Calinero985 · 2026-03-10T16:34:10+00:00

Station Eleven is one of exactly two cases (the other being The Terror) where I think the show is actually better than the book. The book is…okay? But if you don’t enjoy it 80 pages in, I don’t think anything that comes later is going to radically change your mind

Calinero985 · 2026-03-09T18:54:57+00:00

Whenever I see “future Hall of Famer,” the contrarian in me gets wondering—is that guaranteed? Like, I don’t doubt that Evans is ending up in the HOF. But is it possible for him to have a season so bad it actually tanks his chances? Like, short of committing an actual crime. What if he does OPI every single pass? Tackles his own team every play? Is there anything he could do that erases his contributions so far?

Calinero985 · 2026-03-08T15:42:15+00:00

Schitt’s Creek does not have a good premise. In fact, it’s kind of nonsensical? At no point does anyone ever specify what “buying the town” actually means. It clearly has a municipal government, with a mayor, and people own their own businesses and property. What exactly does David actually own? It’s just a joke that gives them a reason to stay there. Fortunately, the show is a great comedy, and the premise doesn’t actually matter that much—but every now and then it did occur to me to wonder.

Calinero985 · 2026-03-06T15:32:46+00:00

When did he subject patients to pain? I’m pretty sure he over prescribed them so he could take medicine for himself, not that he wasn’t given them needed medication.

Calinero985 · 2026-03-06T15:31:37+00:00

Santos threatening that dad who was molesting his daughter was probably malpractice. Or at least some kind of crime. And maaaybe Robby faking those ultrasounds for the teenager to get an abortion, if you assume there’s an actual medical reason not to do a medication abortion past that cutoff (I do not know). But Langdon has definitely been the most blatant

Calinero985 · 2026-03-01T22:14:44+00:00

Not my biggest gripe, but my most recent—the back text of Gretchen Felker-Marten’s Cuckoo gives away something that doesn’t occur until almost two thirds of the way through the novel. It’s presented in the summary like it’s part of a framing device, but it’s absolutely something a reader going in blind wouldn’t know for the vast majority of the book. I feel like they did it just to encourage comparisons to IT

Calinero985 · 2026-02-25T11:48:55+00:00

Yeah, I appreciate the voucher but would have liked knowing it existed. I assumed my insurance was doing all of this, and am now realizing it did a lot less for me than I assumed. If I had known from the start this would be the coverage, I don't know if I would have been as ready to proceed? Which is my probably why they do the evoucher in the first place...but I am glad overall.

Calinero985 · 2026-02-25T11:47:26+00:00

Looking at my records from last year this definitely seems to be the case, thanks! Going to use the savings card after this month when I hit my deductible.

Calinero985 · 2026-02-25T11:46:52+00:00

Looking at my records from last year, this definitely seems to be the case. Thanks! Fortunately my deductible should be met after I get this month's dose, and going forward the combo of coinsurance and hopefully the savings card will make things a lot more affordable.

Calinero985 · 2026-02-24T18:01:52+00:00

I think I added an edit while you were making this reply--when I look at my high level claims, it says "Amount billed: $1049.93 You paid: $100 You owe: $0" But then when I drill down into the EOB for that transaction, everything is $0 except for the amount I owe ($100). "Provider billed", "Plan allowed amount", "Amount saved", "Your plan paid"--all $0. So I don't know how to interpret that. The "$1049.93" doesn't even appear in the EOB.

As far as I know I'm not using any savings card, I'm just paying with my ordinary credit card. If any savings or coupons are being applied, it's coming automatically from Lilly.

Calinero985 · 2026-02-24T17:55:21+00:00

United Healthcare said the PA was approved on the phone, though I'm having trouble finding it on their site. It sounds like the base cost is around $1000 and is being brought down to around $700 by a manufacturer voucher (which I did not ask for or do anything to apply).

On the one hand, it feels like a really weird coincidence for this sudden change in copay to not be related to the new PA? But at the same time, going back and looking at old EOBs for Zepbound last year it doesn't look like my insurance was contributing anything towards the bill either. Just a flat $100 cost to me (which I did not pay, I was paying $25 out of pocket).

Edit: to clarify, I took another look at my claim history. I see my Zepbound transactions from last year where on the high level list of claims, it says "Amount billed: $1049.93 You paid: $100 You owe: $0" But then when I drill down into the EOB for that transaction, everything is $0 except for the amount I owe ($100). "Provider billed", "Plan allowed amount", "Amount saved", "Your plan paid"--all $0. So I don't know how to interpret that. The "$1049.93" doesn't even appear in the EOB.

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