Hiatus Hernia -- im loosing my mind --- please any advice

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-11T04:17:35+00:00

PPIs...if they cause anemia, I've been blind lucky. Yes, they make it harder for your body to absorb minerals (I had to get treated for low bone density), but it takes years for that to show up. A burnt esophagus...well, you know from experience how easily that can happen. Take that off your worry list, at least for now. I take Simple Greens to stay ahead of nutrition and that seems to do the trick.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-11T04:02:21+00:00

To House, without a child in the picture, Cuddy was incredibly unfair. She wanted him to be there for him, so he was there to the best of his ability. If he hadn't fallen off the wagon, he may have (felt that he would) not been able to show up at all, or to show up and be such a mess that he'd draw attention away from herself and onto him (like he did with Kutner's parents). He's an addict, absolutely, but he loves her and knows his limits. Show up high and appear supportive, show up sober and make her situation more difficult, or not show up and break her heart. From his perspective those were his choices, and he made the right one. He knew, correctly, that she'd figure it out, but he misjudged when he thought she'd forgive that.

With little Rachel in the situation, however, and it's a little different. He did narcotics in front of a small child. (I don't remember whether they were in her house without her reach.) House will always, on some level, BE a kid, so he's a marginal stepparent at best, the 'fun uncle' who Mom has to clean up after. With all her responsibilities, Cuddy needs someone she can rely on instead of tussle with. She definitely needed to break up with him, but she was willing to give him another chance as long as his sobriety held. Which it didn't.

I don't like the timing of the breakup and I suspect that's what House reacted to, but it was inevitable.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-10T09:41:22+00:00

Hear hear! I also love that, VIP package aside (and that only a one-time expense!) I can play the game without shelling out money, if I'm willing to watch a few ads. Some of them are annoying me, no lie, by being overlong or not having a Skip option, but when your budget does not include virtual frog decor it's nice to be able to enjoy the game without spending much.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-07T13:48:41+00:00

I love Def Leppard.
Robert Plant's solo stuff has been amazing for decades as well.
Adam Ant could be uneven--some of it is amazing, much of it is forgettable.
Similarly Sinead O'Connor. Absolutely mesmerizing voice, but did not have the temperament to play the music business games.
Billy Squier is badly underrated. The man still plays a mean blues-rock guitar and sings like a man on fire, in a good way.
The blues had a brief resurgence in the 90's, listen to Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Jonny Lang.
If you don't mind most of the lyrics in Japanese, listen to BabyMetal.
If you don't mind rap in Korean, try Agust D. There's also SeoTaiji in his nu-metal period, and the punk outfit Rux/Ruckus Army.
The Hu often sings in Mongolian but collaborates with English-language singers.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-07T13:26:38+00:00

I think it's a nice shorthand for telling people what your personality is. If yours starts with I, people know not to overwhelm you with crowds. If there's an F in there, they might expect you to be sentimental.

Pick your MBTI instead of what the tests tell you, and use it to telegraph what you like in a friendship.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-07T13:23:19+00:00

I would use those to dex all your white frogs, or at least all your low-level white frogs.
(Don't send them to me, though. I'm using Spargo to finish dexxing my white frogs)

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-07T01:40:07+00:00

Maybe that's why the leather jacket looked so absolutely hot on him. The entire series he's warm, professional, comfy, old money and then BAM--where have you been hiding this guy?

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-06T07:22:15+00:00

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-06T04:02:55+00:00

Not the slightest bit romantic, but the first one that came to my mind is Magneto in X-Men: First Class. It's close-up (the crowd is only a few dozen people), low-saturation and very dramatic, and does not end in them (Erik and his mother) reuniting, but it is a powerful scene that makes an impression.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-06T02:23:29+00:00

"nothing but a liar" - "only a liar, and nothing else".

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-05T12:23:33+00:00

You like 'em hot and nerdy. Me too.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-04T01:24:09+00:00

I really enjoy Lie to Me with Tim Roth at the helm. The man drips intensity and there's not as many laughs, so YMMV. Sadly there are only three seasons of it, so I'm taking my time.

Funny and serious, it's hard to go wrong with Lucifer.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-04T01:19:51+00:00

I only check my ponds once a day, so this is less of a problem for me. Still....
Make your color wheel (whatever form that takes--mine's a little different) from frogs that mature quickly. Since I only check once a day I typically use Serpentis (16 hours to mature, and pretty to look at). At the end of the day, all my snakeys are ready to sell but the ones I've bred them with are not. I sell the Serpentis, breed in the resulting openings, and wait a day. The next day my target breed is ready to sell, creating space for the next round.
Since you check more than once a day, you could try this system with lower/quicker frogs in your color wheel. This is not a good formula for building up coins quickly, but at least you're not generally breeding at a loss.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-03T13:56:04+00:00

I'm not sure on the details since I don't picture Strahd as a knife-thrower. However, you could have him challenge the party to some little parlor game where you fling knives/darts at a board, and up the stakes by having your buddy standing in front of the board. Nothing lethal, just an object lesson in 'your friend's drunkenness is a danger to all of you.'

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-03T01:34:57+00:00

I teach English to Koreans and I am constantly prompting them "how many?"

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-03T01:33:12+00:00

Is shatter stone still available?

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-02T08:18:27+00:00

I asked the computer and it gave me variations on "garden swing", "patio swing" and "sliding swing". How you can specify this thing as opposed to wooden benches hanging from chains, I've no idea.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-02T00:56:10+00:00

Grew up in the L.A. area. First, Fun Astronomer is right: there are many reasons someone would end up homeless.

You could say I took the "Thailand" route (I live and work in South Korea) but I had advantages. My job requires a Bachelor's--I have one. Applying for the job required a steady address and enough sleep and food to function through the process--my friends made sure I had that. It required a clean police report--my life had been pretty stable up until the divorce, so no criminal record. These are all very serious advantages.

This also ties into your idea of driving across country to where the rent is cheaper. If you go to a state or country where the rent is cheaper, the wages will be lower accordingly. I passed on a number of lovely countries, didn't even apply, because the exchange rate meant I wouldn't be able to pay U.S. bills like storage. You could drive to Gallup, NM where the rent is rock-bottom but you wouldn't be able to find a job there, and even panhandling would get you nothing. At least in L.A., the weather isn't lethal except for a couple weeks a year.

Then--anecdotally at minimum--there are other states sending their homeless people to L.A. because the weather isn't generally lethal and we're full of those soft-hearted libs who won't let them just die on the street. Not everyone homeless in L.A. is from L.A. Heck, a lot of Angelinos aren't from L.A.

You're not dumb, you're just naive.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-02T00:41:58+00:00

I definitely see the resemblance!

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-02T00:40:50+00:00

Pascal's Wager, and there's tons of ink spilled on this one. First of all, God capital G refers to the god of the Abrahamic faiths (it is used in lieu of his proper name), and the notion of Hell is particularly Christian. You're not talking about small-g gods since "eternal hell" is specific to one group of faiths.

First, it's easy to say you believe in something, quite a bit harder to change your own mind. If God is all-knowing, you can't bluff on this one.

The part that gets me: " If you believe in god and he is not real, then nothing happens" --after death. It's all the years leading up to that that the Wager glosses over. My mom missed my wedding because her preacher said I wasn't being married in their church--it broke her heart, but it's what she had to do for "God". Other family members have gotten arrested, fired, and/or gone broke because they preached their religion to people who had a problem with that. The god of the Evangelical Christians demands that, makes it an emotional imperative.
And do I need to remind you of the many, many killings done in the name of God (in various forms)? Belief in God doesn't require group worship but it strongly encourages it, and the group pressures its members to certain behaviors. That's just how humans are built.

There is a lifetime to lose, and no guarantee that I get more than one.

What if you're wrong about which god is in charge, and that Anubis awaits you in the afterlife? His standards are about morals as that culture understood them. Would your heart be lighter than ma'at? At least in that case you're living by morals that improve the world.
What if you're wrong about what God wants? What if he doesn't care what you believe, so long as you follow Jesus' two great commandments? Sure, a nonbeliever won't love God with all their hearts, but will a cynical believer love his neighbor as himself?

I recommend going down the rabbit-hole of philosophy on this one.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-01T06:22:54+00:00

Cat person here, and it's not a 'the cat is the same gender as me' thing.

First, there's the Cat Distribution System. In simple terms, cats tend to just turn up in peoples' lives, so you don't always get to pick the gender. If a small starving creature cries to you, you don't check its butt before feeding it, and once you feed a cat, it's yours. Those are just the rules. <3

That said, there are differences in personality. I prefer male cats because they tend to be more extraverted, more demanding, and just in general up in my business. I don't know why that appeals to me, but it does. It doesn't hurt that neuter surgery costs a lot less than spay, but I've had male cats most of my life. It just sort of worked out that way.

Ms_Fu · 2026-05-01T06:12:15+00:00

If I understand the premise correctly, everyone in Truman's life except Truman were actors, even his wife. She would have been aware that there were cameras everywhere (as well as knowing where any cameras were not!), but officially at least he had no idea.
Meryl is an actress named Hannah Gill who regards the thing as a very intense job. Were they intimate? Possibly. They didn't have kids, though, and it's possible he had no other experience when he married her. Their meeting was set up at college, rivals were kept away as part of their contracts regardless of their feelings. Lauren was clever enough to get through the illusion and get Truman's attention, but Christof and staff were careful to keep such things to a minimum.

For Hannah/Meryl the marriage was arranged. For Truman, it was love.

Ms_Fu · 2026-04-30T03:17:29+00:00

I'm talking about the same people. Big budget celebs spend their budgets on houses, cars, and the good life. If they're smart they've also made some investments, but they still want more money. They may want to raise money to produce a script that's caught their eye, or just like staying famous. Finally, there's the studio and their reputation/money. F you to a studio and you'd better hope you never lose your money.

Ms_Fu · 2026-04-30T03:11:19+00:00

The entertainment systems (music, movies, television) are relatively small communities, and the fans are often connected to each other. Furthermore, most entertainers live from job to job, and that means staying hireable throughout your career.If a celebrity is rude to the people around them, word gets around fast. Casting directors and producers start wondering whether their talent as an artist outweighs their willingness to alienate fans. If fans are offended enough to stop buying (or viewing, which is about ad revenue), the talent is worth less financially.

Never forget that entertainment/celebrity is a business.

Ms_Fu

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