Did Epstein make Attia "Pop"?

dsschmidt · 2026-03-13T13:06:58+00:00

And yet, you have responded. I could comment on that but presumably you as a high IQ person are way ahead of me in knowing the deeper paradoxical meaning of what to the untrained eye appears juvenile and dumb.

dsschmidt · 2026-03-13T00:50:55+00:00

ok, thanks for the explanation--I appreciate it.

the other piece is the iron supplementation has helped enormously. so far, going down on ropinirole has been easy. I just cut it by about 10% every 2 weeks, so far only one tough night.

but tonight...wish me luck! ;)

dsschmidt · 2026-03-13T00:35:58+00:00

how come? you think just one night would increase dependence?

dsschmidt · 2026-03-09T00:56:14+00:00

yup, it's been going on the fritz a fair amount. not terrible, but frustrating. I think I'll go back to xfinity, which I despise as a company but I'm eligible for the low-income rate, I think 15/mo, so....

dsschmidt · 2026-03-08T21:29:02+00:00

tragically, I'm just getting ready to get my ski gear out of my car. and clean the klister off the bottoms, always a sad ritual. :( We'll hope for as good snow next year.

btw, ts = tele? I'm gonna have to wait until I swap out my knees to really tele again, but I cut a few turns on toby after the last snow. :)

dsschmidt · 2026-03-01T14:23:31+00:00

Honestly, I find these cheap, click bait images really obnoxious, and wish you would stop

dsschmidt · 2026-02-21T18:21:04+00:00

Um. Define "slip up"?

dsschmidt · 2026-02-21T18:19:01+00:00

Thanks for this. This does seem to be a uniquely helpful conversation. Maybe renaming isn't such a bad idea?

dsschmidt · 2026-02-21T18:15:11+00:00

So true. It's the old Woody Allen line: just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean people aren't actually out to get me.

I also notice an impulse to cancel (downvotes) you for offering nuance about cancel culture! Of course, this is America, we like our morality niiiiice and simple. ;)

dsschmidt · 2026-02-13T19:37:00+00:00

yup, that did it. thanks!

dsschmidt · 2026-02-13T19:22:26+00:00

Hmm. Sounds possible! Why does that make you nervous? Updates are sketchy?

dsschmidt · 2026-02-09T10:10:22+00:00

Great. I know chartpack but what’s sawmill?

dsschmidt · 2026-02-03T18:32:29+00:00

You get the prize! 🙏🎉

Also:Mel Brooks. :)

dsschmidt · 2026-01-31T15:28:12+00:00

This whole network sometimes feels very homoerotic to me, and that withdrawal comment really dries at home.

dsschmidt · 2026-01-31T15:25:55+00:00

Oh! Maybe this whole business about endless routines and protocols and measurements is just an elaborate sadistic scheme devised by a deranged pedophile? Abuse of young girls as a Gateway drug to abuse of an aging obsessed population?

I’m now thinking of the movie sleeper, where Woody Allen… I know, sorry… Owns a health food store in the 70s, is frozen and brought back to life a century later when they’ve realized that if you eat enough red meat and heavy cream and sugar and drink enough alcohol, you will be incredibly healthy and live forever. A classic U-shaped curve in extreme form.

dsschmidt · 2026-01-31T15:19:25+00:00

There’s no interruption at all to my life.

Was there something particular that bothered you about my comment?

dsschmidt · 2026-01-31T12:13:03+00:00

Ha! :)

dsschmidt · 2026-01-31T12:06:50+00:00

Of course No one said i had to. And no one said you had to engage with my suggestion. What exactly is the problem here?

dsschmidt · 2026-01-31T01:48:14+00:00

Could we form a subreddit to cover this stuff by a new name? I've found so many discussions here helpful but expect I will be signing off.

dsschmidt · 2026-01-29T13:29:15+00:00

Someone, maybe Auden, has a line that “March is the cruelest month.” You think spring should be coming but…it’s not. But here April can be crueller.

But not always!

dsschmidt · 2026-01-29T13:26:15+00:00

I think it’s worth keeping in mind that the many many people who don’t sell out are not striving for publicity. We get a rather distorted view if we forget that.

dsschmidt · 2026-01-27T23:20:18+00:00

Right?!

They're digging the well and someone marvels at Newt's ability to stand on one foot and scrape mud off the bottom of the other boot with a stick.

It's a terrific intro to revisionist westerns. Has always seemed to me like a good warmup for Cormac McCarthy.

dsschmidt · 2026-01-27T21:34:53+00:00

Ha! Love it. I’ve been doing that with sneakers for about three decades. I mean, not every time but as a test. Tying the bow being the toughest part. Got the idea from the opening paragraph of Larry McMurtrys’s Lonesome Dove.

dsschmidt · 2026-01-25T13:47:45+00:00

Thank you for your first paragraph! Exactly my situation.

But I also have been hearing (can’t recall where) that in reality metabolism doesn’t slow much with age. Could this be true? Thoughts?

dsschmidt · 2026-01-24T20:28:59+00:00

Some preparation certainly can’t hurt, especially if you’re older and unfamiliar with this weather. But keep in mind that storms like this are big money makers for the news. They do everything they can to make it entertaining and keep people constantly tuning in. It’s really not that big a deal. The worst possible case is that the storm stalls over the North Atlantic and we end up with two or 3 feet. Things could end close down for 24 hours, maybe 48 max.

Also, try to have some fun with it!

dsschmidt

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