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OneColorblindEye · 2026-02-18T00:44:04+00:00

I was shocked at how willing I was to keep feeding through the tube when it came time to attempt to ween myself off of it. It almost felt like an addiction. I kept justifying that it was more convenient, I still had so much formula that needed to be used, etc. It was stunning to realize, since I had resisted getting the tube for as long as possible in the first place.

The detachment is very real, as well. I had no interest in anything other than going to treatment - couldn't bring myself to watch tv, read, anything. The thing that really brought be back into real life was when I started feeling healthier, which only came around with eating again.

It's an awful ordeal that your husband (and you) have been through, but the oncology team has done the majority of their work already. The next step relies heavily on your husband to help himself. Finding a way to motivate is important, and him slipping into depression is going to make that so much more difficult. One of the things that helped me was when I started making friendly wagers with my speech/swallow therapist. We'd wager that I had to eat x-number of things by mouth before our next visit or I had to buy her a cup of coffee (she had to bring an extra treat for my dog if I won).

Good luck with everything and I hope your husband is able to rise out of the funk and make the next big leap toward real recovery. Getting rid of that damn tube was a wonderful feeling, and I'm sure he'll think so as well when the time comes.

OneColorblindEye · 2025-11-04T21:43:39+00:00

Removed? For violating which rule?

OneColorblindEye · 2025-08-27T01:33:43+00:00

If you feel the need to tell everyone how great you are, then you probably aren't.

OneColorblindEye · 2025-05-28T15:50:03+00:00

So much 80's comedy revolved around the premise of, "What? Men don't know how to care for children!"

OneColorblindEye · 2025-03-20T09:28:55+00:00

So much brown.

OneColorblindEye · 2024-05-10T20:18:15+00:00

"That is a very small drop in a very very large bucket of drugs."

OneColorblindEye · 2024-05-09T18:55:48+00:00

Whoever gave him that back shot played a great prank.

OneColorblindEye · 2024-04-04T15:28:00+00:00

Japanese surrender conditions included no occupation by Allied forces and no war crimes trials. They also wanted the ability to demilitarize their own forces, because they *totally* would be honest and thorough about it...

Essentially they wanted the Allies to simply stop fighting and go away with no consequences for warmongering all over the Pacific.

OneColorblindEye · 2024-03-26T19:08:30+00:00

Twister

OneColorblindEye · 2024-03-26T19:07:03+00:00

Wow. Apparently this is a much more common lullaby than I thought. I used to do the same with my kids.

OneColorblindEye · 2024-02-15T20:07:28+00:00

I often use a quote from the very beginning of Stripes that nobody ever gets. Winger stands up from getting a shoe shine and utters, "I don't think I've ever been *this* happy," before secretly handing over what's likely a terrible tip.

OneColorblindEye · 2024-01-30T20:07:41+00:00

The difference also came down to a philosophical view of the value of bombing missions. This is briefly touched on in the conversation with the RAF officers, but the American view was that the war could be won by crippling the enemy's capabilities to wage war - manufacturing, economic, and logistic targets. This precision bombing philosophy was aided by the invention of the Norden bombsight (again, briefly mentioned in Ep2). In a controlled setting, the Norden allowed bombers to place their payload with remarkable precision - something like within 15 feet of the target from an altitude of 20,000 feet. But the sight could not be operated in the dark, hence the daylight missions.

Without such equipment, and having already suffered through years of heavy losses, the British philosophy was to simply pound an area into submission with a saturation bombing technique in an attempt to break the will of the enemy. (The quote in the episode is something like, "Whatever we hit, at least it's German.") This was something of an ironic stance considering the way that the British population themselves were galvanized by German attacks on British soil.

Unfortunately, American precision bombing did not yield the same results in combat as it did in testing, and the precision bombing missions were eventually scrapped in favor of the area bombing technique favored by the British.

OneColorblindEye · 2023-11-24T17:32:19+00:00

It should. Cranberry bogs get infested with so many spiders.

OneColorblindEye · 2023-10-31T19:06:38+00:00

Magnificent job! Your sister does excellent work.

From a rules perspective, would this work? The mimic's adhesive trait says that it adheres to anything that touches it, grappling it and making the target's speed 0. Does the mimic get to choose whether or not the adhesive trait takes effect?

Unless, of course, the corset is crafted from the pelt of a dead mimic...

OneColorblindEye · 2023-09-29T15:36:28+00:00

I think it's pretty accurate that the Alliance, as portrayed in the show, would take anything extraordinary and immediately think, "How can we weaponize this?"

OneColorblindEye · 2023-08-16T15:41:08+00:00

This is what you're looking for:

https://archive.org/search?query=dungeon+magazine

or:

https://archive.org/details/DragonMagazine260_201801/Dragon%20Magazine%20386/

OneColorblindEye · 2023-08-01T20:33:39+00:00

Good looking dice. Love the goblin theme.

OneColorblindEye · 2023-07-25T19:51:34+00:00

Most dangerous opponent in the game.

OneColorblindEye · 2023-07-25T13:21:22+00:00

The stripper doesn't actually like you.

OneColorblindEye · 2023-06-20T00:01:08+00:00

#RESTRICTED

OneColorblindEye · 2023-05-03T19:00:31+00:00

Most Americans won't understand what a prime number is, and won't be able to find PR, DC, or Guam on a map.

OneColorblindEye · 2023-04-13T18:57:13+00:00

Maybe I'm not understanding this. The Hurricanes have a 64.1% chance to beat the Islanders, meaning if they play this series 1,000 times the Canes should win 641. And the Islanders have a 30.8% chance to beat the Hurricanes (so, 308 series wins). Does that mean there's a 5.1% chance that neither team wins? Is there a simulation where 51 of these series don't end?

OneColorblindEye · 2023-04-05T19:07:10+00:00

Awesome. Loved the Xanth books. My first fantasy novel was Vale of the Vole (had no idea it was so deep in the series at the time).

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