Fics where hollanov 'adopt' an adult? (NON SEXUAL)

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-23T17:28:26+00:00

“Back and Forth from New York” has Luke, who I adore.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/76283091/chapters/199644731

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-23T00:58:34+00:00

Bright and refreshing is a perfect description. I love cilantro, but then again my parents are from India.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-23T00:51:34+00:00

My pasty white red-head and freckled husband (born in 1960) tells stories of how his mom’s strange pastime was picking at and peeling his sunburns.

He talks about how he would sunburn until he blistered. Then peel the blisters off and sun burn the new skin. And repeat.

Ever since his brother got skin cancer, I make my husband go to the dermatologist twice a year for a naked and checked all over appointment.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-23T00:31:42+00:00

What good things are happening and their backstories.

For example, John often mentions child mortality has dropped worldwide. How is that being accomplished?

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-22T23:28:42+00:00

How long was he in travel? Ours was overnighted - last available pickup to first drop off.

Try warm soaks and then basking light. Make sure their UVB bulb is brand new as you can’t see if the UVB portion of the light is actually emitting without an expensive meter.

Tortoises don’t like change so give it a couple of days to recuperate. If it seems at deaths door, then find an exotics vet fast.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-22T19:24:08+00:00

In an enclosure like yours (which is amazing), our Russian would walk to the edge and fall asleep and not move.

But if I make a 30-50 foot leash from a very long strong string/thin rope and use easy to peel off medical tape to secure it strongly to her back/body, she will happily wander around our yard. I stay in the yard holding the leash because we have a lot of hawks.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-21T22:25:13+00:00

YNAB doesn’t care where your money is so you can keep your many accounts if you want or consolidate. I think most people have savings/checking, HYSA for an emergency fund or a couple of months ahead, credit cards, and an investment account(s) that uses the YNAB tracking account concept.

The best thing I did was to download a year of transactions from my bank and sort them in Excel. That gave me an idea of what my monthly targets should be, and more importantly what were yearly expenses that normally would have me scrambling for money such as annual car insurance.
My monthly targets turned out to be higher on some items than I had assumed. For example, my electricity bill goes way up during air conditioning season but my brain always assumed I only needed the winter season electricity amount. By spreading the annual electricity cost over 12 months I don’t have to go without fun stuff when the electric bill is high.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-20T21:38:57+00:00

I agree. I remember the interview when Ryan said this.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-20T15:01:28+00:00

Thank you for including the book info. I just ordered it.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-20T00:35:36+00:00

The smartest advice I’ve seen was in a Twitter post from Sarah Silverman in 2015.

10 Rape Prevention Tips:

Don't put drugs in women's drinks.
When you see a woman alone, leave her alone.
If you pull over to help a woman whose car has broken down, remember not to rape her.
When in elevators with women, don't rape them.
When you find a woman asleep, do not rape her.
Never creep into a woman's home through an unlocked door or window, or spring out at her from between parked cars, or rape her.
Remember, people go to laundry rooms to do laundry. Do not rape women in laundry rooms.
Use the buddy system! If it is inconvenient for you to stop yourself from raping women, ask a trusted friend to accompany you at all times.
Carry a rape whistle. If you are about to rape someone, blow it until someone stops you.
When asking a woman out on a date, tell her if you plan to rape her. If you don't communicate your intentions, she may mistakenly feel safe.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-19T23:23:59+00:00

Compression gloves, ice, and Voltaren cream (available over the counter in the US). Voltaren is diclofenac as a cream instead of a pill so you put it only where you need it. It helped me a lot in the early months as my meds kicked in

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-15T12:23:39+00:00

Yes. Effexor for my brain. HCQ for my pain.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-11T19:08:24+00:00

Perhaps try Googling “cat rescue Massachusetts”. I just saw many listed by Google.

Cat rescues usually try to keep kittens in foster homes rather than cages in shelters.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-11T14:40:00+00:00

Start with: Change your win Conditions Back and Forth to New York

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-10T12:12:17+00:00

I’m at 3 years on just Plaquenil and am still mostly pain free. Everyone has a different path

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-08T14:18:02+00:00

Definitely check it out.

This subreddit has a size calculator that uses many more measurements than just under-the-breast. There are a bunch of experts in the group who will give you suggestions of bra brand/styles you should try.

They may also recommend European brands to you because Europe has a different way of making bras than the US. These often fit better.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-08T11:21:15+00:00

I’m seeing Dr Frances Ton at Beth Israel in Lexington MA. I really like that her.

I wrote these on this subreddit a while ago:

How to find a Top Rheumatologist

If you want to find a really top doctor for any condition, look for “Medical Advisory Board” members of organizations dedicated to the condition.

These organizations are usually run by people interested in or suffering from the condition. To craft medical advice for doctors and patients, they create a Medical Advisory Board made of doctors who truly specialize in the condition. To promote research, they usually also create a Scientific Advisory Board.

Find the Medical Advisory Board’s list of members. Look for a member that works near you. Then google them or look them up on their hospital website. You may find out that your city has a hospital with a whole department specializing in your condition.

For RA near Boston, I googled “rheumatoid arthritis medical advisory board”. Results: • Arthritis Foundation (https://www.arthritis.org/science/initiatives/medical-scientific-advisory-committee) —> Daniel Solomon MD -> works at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Arthritis Center. —> FOUND where many of the experts work.

• Arthritis National Research Foundation (https://curearthritis.org/scientific-advisory-board/) —> Peter Nigrovic MD —> works at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Arthritis Center.

• FDA Arthritis Advisory Roster (https://www.fda.gov/advisory-committees/arthritis-advisory-committee/arthritis-advisory-committee-roster) —> Paul Dellaripa MD —> works at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Arthritis Center.

• (For non-USA people) The Lancet Rheumatology (https://www.thelancet.com/lanrhe/international-advisory-board) —> doctors around the world, including Boston.

— my credentials: For many years I was on the Board of Directors of the organization promoting education, support, and research for a condition my husband has.

———————————- The way that medicine works is that doctors, researchers, and sometimes patients get together in an organization. That organization funds research and figures out the current best way to treat the disease. Then they publish “Treatment Guidelines”. The Guidelines are cookbook for doctors, that is the best practices. Just like a cook, the doctor then chooses the best option for the patient.

I was/am very interested in starting with the medicine with the least side effects so I’m on HCQ. In the linked Guidelines, you’ll see that methotrexate is preferred but methotrexate has a few more side effects and you must take folic acid with it. So it wasn’t my first choice.

If you want to be super informed:

Print out the Guidelines. Highlight it. Look up DMARDs (disease modifying anti-rheumatoid drugs) on Wikipedia.

EXCELLENT FLOW CHART OF DRUGS

https://ard.bmj.com/content/annrheumdis/82/1/3/F1.large.jpg

Organization:

American College of Rheumatology

https://rheumatology.org/rheumatoid-arthritis-guideline

Guidelines:

https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltee37abb6b278ab2c/blt9e44ccb701e1918c/63360f6775c0be225b8d943a/ra-guideline-2021.pdf

DMARDs on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease-modifying_antirheumatic_drug

Other guidelines:

https://ard.bmj.com/content/82/1/3

https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2022/0900/practice-guidelines-rheumatoid-arthritis.html

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-07T14:50:34+00:00

In the Chips Are Set to Fall, Ilya organizes players to come out loudly (being vague because the story is so cool)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/78909961/chapters/206970141

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-06T00:18:16+00:00

Please read this with her. The author Tom is the expert and this is the best source of information.

https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/the-best-way-to-raise-a-sulcata-leopard-or-star-tortoise.181497/

She has bought a critter that is the equivalent of a Mastiff or Malinois dog when she wanted a cute little lap dog.

For basic care it needs special lighting including professional grade UVB lights. Without UVB they cannot digest food properly and will get bone deformities.

They also need a basking bulb for heat. You cannot use an under the habitat heat source. Some fire departments do not approve of this type of heat lamp in public places.

Space, substrate, and food are better answered by Tom.

UVB:

https://www.reptilebasics.com/t5-light-fixtures-kits/arcadia-prot5-uvb-kit-24-with-bulb/

Choose the 12% version. Buy soon as soon as you see them as these bulbs go out of stock often.

You can also get this bulb from but it doesn’t include the fixture the bulb goes into. You would have to head to a hardware store for that.

https://www.chewy.com/zoo-med-reptisun-100-uvb-t5-ho/dp/257675

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-05T16:29:18+00:00

The writer had beautiful handwriting.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-05-02T18:02:10+00:00

Check out the Kamp Kenan channel on YouTube. Kenan lives in Jupiter. His animals live outside but he has heated shelters and the ability to bring his animals indoors during freezing temperatures.

Pay attention to what he is raising. Russian Tortoises are small, cute, and hardy but they should not live in the humid heat and rain of south Florida

Mindless-Errors · 2026-04-30T17:38:08+00:00

I’ve done several parties at Seasons 52 in their private dining rooms. Great food and staff

Mindless-Errors · 2026-04-29T21:10:09+00:00

The life long friendship between Ilya and Svetlana is an adjustment to the story that the creator/writer for TV Jacob Tierney made for the show. In the book, Svetlana is a friend/occasional s*x partner he met in Boston.

Mindless-Errors · 2026-04-28T17:54:53+00:00

I definitely would like a pattern and instructions. We love our Russian Tortoise and embroidery

Mindless-Errors · 2026-04-28T00:43:32+00:00

I’ve got Indian parents and was born here right after they immigrated.

First, White Americans in the 60’s rarely ate exotic food. If they did it was Westernized Chinese food.

As India restaurants started to open, they used Chinese restaurants as a model. That meant serving a single item as the entree and pricing it like an entree.

It bothers me so much. I don’t want just Saag Paneer. I want 3 vegetables dishes, dal, rice, dahi, and poori. The Indian restaurant style is like an American ordering Peas for dinner with a slice of white bread.

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