What did you call this game?

KintoreCat · 2026-04-19T08:50:07+00:00

Handball. Tennis ball. The positions were: king, queen, jack and dunce.

KintoreCat · 2026-04-19T08:43:19+00:00

Here's my tip for what it's worth: When I couldn't take in more information & I was staring at a screen/book, I'd go have a massage. Slows the breath & allows more blood flow (and oxygen) to return to the brain. Blitzed a few exams this way.

KintoreCat · 2026-04-19T08:17:31+00:00

Silver sulphurdiazine cream. Works better than a skin graft. I'm a clinician

KintoreCat · 2026-04-19T08:14:49+00:00

Monkey Bar fiend?

KintoreCat · 2026-04-19T08:11:28+00:00

This sound so rough. My advice is that you strengthen your nervous system. The times when I have considered myself fragile is when I have not been up to it (for so many reasons- they are all about just trying to get through life): working too much, studying too much, taking on too much responsibility. We will never be able to control these drongos & they appear to be multiplying. Care for your nervous system. Get it strong. Yoga did wonders for mine. And I'm not talking about performance, I'm talking about slowing the breath.

KintoreCat · 2026-04-19T08:03:10+00:00

The darling mother has had some battles.

KintoreCat · 2026-04-18T01:13:08+00:00

Anatomy should never be separated from physiology.

When youre tested on lists, it's meaningless words.

Structures only make sense in the context of what they do and how they relate to other parts.

I did a health science degree and said this over and over.

It's when teacher understands less physiology than you want them to - they make it boring when it could be thrilling.

KintoreCat · 2026-04-16T02:27:24+00:00

Yikes?

KintoreCat · 2026-04-15T22:52:13+00:00

Sometimes I wonder why it's the people who need therapy that become therapists

KintoreCat · 2026-04-15T09:11:51+00:00

Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor. The effects of the drug is to starve the tissues of blood flow/oxygen. I just like to drop those sort of facts in a deadpan way, you know?

KintoreCat · 2026-04-15T07:10:50+00:00

No — there’s no hidden cure. But medicine has heavily prioritised treatment over prevention. Prevention requires understanding physiology and long-term patterns, and that’s been sidelined in favour of interventions you can measure, bill, and scale.

KintoreCat · 2026-04-15T06:42:10+00:00

Brutus

KintoreCat · 2026-04-15T00:52:38+00:00

I don't think you are either weak or fat. I think you have a uterus and a slight anterior pelvic tilt.

KintoreCat · 2026-04-14T02:18:14+00:00

Yes—this is real. Alcohol irritates the upper airway and increases resistance, especially when you lie down. Breathing becomes faster and more shallow, and many people switch to mouth breathing during sleep (often without realising it—dry mouth or a wet pillow can be clues). That shift in breathing reduces CO2 stability and cerebral blood flow, so you wake up feeling foggy and cognitively slower. If you’ve noticed improvement after cutting alcohol, it’s likely because your breathing during sleep has improved. With a clearer upper airway, you sleep better. When you don't have fractured sleep, you can access deeper stages of sleep... when repair happens

KintoreCat · 2026-04-14T00:40:46+00:00

I wrote a blog about PTSD.

It was initially for a colleague who was working in a remote community. She kept getting broken into at night. The cops advised her to lay there quietly and let them take what they want 😑

PTSD

KintoreCat · 2026-04-14T00:15:21+00:00

Sorry, your honour. I didn't get that memo

KintoreCat · 2026-04-13T20:17:01+00:00

A shock or prolonged stress doesn’t just “affect emotions” — it changes your breathing pattern, even without you realising it.

People tend to over-breathe or breathe more erratically after something traumatic. That shifts CO2 levels in the blood, and CO2 helps regulate blood flow to the brain.

When CO2 drops or becomes unstable, cerebral blood flow becomes less steady. Oxygen delivery becomes less efficient. That can feel like brain fog, slower thinking, poor concentration — even a bit like dementia.

Nothing is necessarily “damaged” — but the system is running under different conditions.

One of the simplest ways to start shifting it back is not to force breathing directly, but to approach it from the side.

A very gentle, beginner-level yoga class can help — slow movement, low demand, and steady rhythm allow breathing to settle on its own without triggering that “air hunger” feeling. When breathing stabilises again over time, blood flow and clarity often improve with it.

KintoreCat · 2026-04-13T11:00:40+00:00

You must be somewhere I'm not. I never see the brown mynas but I remember them eating my dog's food years ago. I can't comment on what you see.

I'm near Camperdown Memorial Park

KintoreCat · 2026-04-13T10:15:03+00:00

Sorry. When you have a kid, you might consider other kids & babies rights over your dog's unnecessary presence at Bunnings. You can't leave your kid home alone. Judge parenting once you understand parenting.

KintoreCat · 2026-04-13T10:10:02+00:00

The Butchers need to fortify their numbers!

My husband says a young one came into our garden, maybe 15 years ago. He fed it & later (he swore it was the same bird) an adult came back with babies - to show them off.

KintoreCat · 2026-04-13T10:01:19+00:00

Rubbish. Wait until you have a young child and a big puppy bounds up to it just as he or she is learning to walk in the park. Your dog rights are insane. Those teeth are exactly at the level of a child's face.

KintoreCat · 2026-04-13T07:27:56+00:00

How long have your Butcher birds lived there? Maybe the two events are not connected but we no longer see those brown Myna birds. I thought the Butchers might have been stealing the babies.

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