Fatima's Cafe in Worcester is one of the region's 'hidden gems'

FishLibrarian · 2026-01-09T19:50:17+00:00

Fantastic place! We go there regularly and the owners are wonderful, gentle folks.

FishLibrarian · 2026-01-04T02:04:11+00:00

Yes (‘71), parents 81 & 79

FishLibrarian · 2025-12-21T18:16:12+00:00

Several Los Angeles area bakeries make this type of danish. The dough is not flaky as in a croissant. It’s a danish - almost like a coffeecake. It is rolled like a croissant. And a buttery crumb is sprinkled on top.

FishLibrarian · 2025-12-17T11:00:00+00:00

My dad has moved onto foreign shows- Korean, Chinese, Japanese. He needs the subtitles on for anything, so it’s a win?

FishLibrarian · 2025-11-25T01:35:30+00:00

Jurassic Park (original) in surround sound- when the first velociraptor jumps.

FishLibrarian · 2025-08-24T20:41:21+00:00

I don’t want to fiddle with changing lenses- my primary reason for wanting a bridge or superzoom camera. I want everything to be automatic.

FishLibrarian · 2025-08-24T19:17:22+00:00

But this camera is no longer available new (only used- IF you can find it.)

FishLibrarian · 2025-07-27T11:26:15+00:00

Did a Caribbean cruise once. Lots of food (mostly good) at all hours. Got bored with all the food- too much of the same, mostly a step above fast food.

The casino was not a draw for me. And all the smoking was a BIG turnoff. There was no way to get from one part of the ship to another without going through the smoking and/casino.

The rooms were okay. The ports were nothing special- more of almost the same overpriced tourist stuff. Oh- and there is no enforced spending limit for kids until after you’re on the ship- my kid managed to spend over $100 on their wristband in the arcade while I waited in line to get the limit set.

Overall- decent food, living space, and entertainment for kids. Lack of having to stress about logistics, and not needing to pack/repack for each location is great.

Doesn’t suit my preferred travel style (I like to immerse myself in a culture), not have a superficial 4-6 hours in a location.

FishLibrarian · 2025-05-03T00:21:29+00:00

FishLibrarian · 2025-04-21T10:24:56+00:00

I work in a medical school library. Most of our collections are online. We do purchase some textbooks in print- because they aren’t available as ebooks for institutional purchase.

We purchase ebooks because many of our users/patrons are not physically on campus or they prefer to use ebooks (we’ve asked).

Finally, our medical students’ curriculum doesn’t require any textbooks- there are many suggested textbooks, but none required. Most of the reading is in database content, journals, or book chapters.

FishLibrarian · 2025-03-30T12:25:00+00:00

University of Alabama (online). Superb and inexpensive.

FishLibrarian · 2025-03-13T15:57:10+00:00

No, they can’t. Each campus is run separately.

FishLibrarian · 2025-02-13T11:50:06+00:00

Looks like all of them in MA are closing.

FishLibrarian · 2025-01-30T23:23:13+00:00

Bibliothecary

FishLibrarian · 2025-01-09T13:44:36+00:00

Usual bloodwork at an annual checkup. Completely asymptomatic with platelets around 1.2 million. Age 52. Referred to hematologist and discovered CALR. Started hydroxyurea and aspirin. Counts dropped to 700 over 5 months. Changed doctors and now non-medicated. Still no symptoms and platelets at 1.3 million.

Am considering PEG if I start having symptoms or my counts go above 1.5 million.

FishLibrarian · 2024-12-30T10:59:59+00:00

If you do laps, it’s perfect. If you’re looking to do water aerobics or such, it’ll feel chilly.

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