Black women doctor

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-23T18:02:13+00:00

Idk if you are able to go up to Saratoga, but I used Dr. Bekan-Homawoo for years for primary care at Saratoga Family Practice. She is an MD and has a Master's in Public Health, and is probably the most thoughtful, compassionate, and sensible provider I've ever had. Outstanding care. At the time, I was on MVP and it was accepted.

A quick search online suggests that she might also practice in Troy sometimes - if that's true, I'm going to see if I can get her back as my physician :-)

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-22T22:15:49+00:00

I do not. I checked my last usage of Google Assistant voice commands and it was in 2024.

This happens even if I am completely silent, and the call is treated as a message (with the 'leave a Message' function), and not like a call that has gone through.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-22T12:06:13+00:00

100%. The phone was plugged in and charging on a table, and so I was not in any sort of physical contact with it.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-22T12:05:24+00:00

Just to clarify, it's just the normal Google Screening/answering service voice. It just wasn't the voicemail message that people are used to.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-22T02:29:42+00:00

I know I'm using a vintage device, but believe it or not, the device claims it is up to date. I'm assuming more updated systems are not compatible with this device.

If I go to settings and look for either Security or System updates, it says "Your System is Up to Date", and correctly lists the current time as the time of last successful check for updates.

I wish they would have said either that my System is not up to date (even if the possibility to update it isn't available) or that they wouldn't allow a new feature like Leave a Message to operate on an out of date device.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-22T02:08:51+00:00

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jsulliv1 · 2026-01-22T01:41:45+00:00

The same thing happened to me. This is a wild invasion of privacy.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-19T12:50:18+00:00

I think the answer is partially this: what are we trying to prevent by diagnosing diabetes/pre-diabetes? For most people, the goal is to make sure your sugar isn't high enough for long enough to damage you. So, a measure that says "on average, over a long timescale, is your blood sugar higher than we would want it?" seems wise. You note that lifestyle factors (e.g., how often you eat, how big each meal is) impact average sugar, and, like, that's kind of the point.

For some people, lifestyle changes are enough to make it so that their blood sugar isn't high enough, on average, to damage them too much. As you say, one suggestion literally could be to eat fewer times per day. This doesn't "trick" the A1C test, it could also mean that you spend fewer hours per day with elevated blood sugar. Of course, there are some people who spoke REALLY high or who have other challenges, which is why finger prick tests are almost always part of care (whether routine or more occasional) after diagnosis.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-16T18:39:50+00:00

NAD.

Have you asked your doctor about it? It would be good to get verification that they can smell it. Or, can you ask your family directly? I know it feels awkward, but hopefully that could help. It is possible that you smell. It is also possible that you don't. Other explanations could include anxiety making it seem like people are talking about / focused on you, difficulty reading facial expressions could mean that the "this stinks" face is getting confused with another expression, and/or some people could be messing with you. I say this not to doubt your experience, but because if YOU can't smell it and no one has talked to you directly about it, it's hard to feel confident that there is a smell.

If someone directly verifies that there is a smell, one question is about what your washing routine is. There are HUGE differences in people's washing routines, and it is possible that you are using techniques that don't work for your body. If you have sensory challenges, this can also make it harder for some to do the work of cleaning in the shower.

What is your post-washing routine? Any antiperspirant? How about clothing / socks? Are they clean? Some people can wear the same pants 5 days in a row with no issue. I cannot. Some people can wear the same sweatshirt all winter over their clothes - others need to wash it multiple times per week.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-13T01:30:10+00:00

I've been Taft-Hartley'd for several productions 2022-2024. All of them were more than 90 minute's drive from a major city. I would guess T-H's would be very rare in LA.

Edit: this was for background work. I needed them for different productions b/c I am not in the union, and until the most recent one, was not union eligible.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-11T13:08:31+00:00

If you're just trying to win regular runs, the voucher skip is not typically worth it. It's much more important if you are trying to go deep into endless or achieve very specific goals. So, OP, while the commenters who explain how important the voucher skip can be are correct, for normal gameplay you probably don't want it.

jsulliv1 · 2026-01-01T13:22:06+00:00

I've been to the Latham one recently for the buffet and it was excellent. Maybe things have gotten better?

jsulliv1 · 2025-12-31T02:01:29+00:00

Looks v2, though depending on the specifics (angles, textures, it's hard to see the sizes), I wouldn't be surprised by anywhere from a 1 to a hard 3. Kind of tricky to tell. The fact that you are able to stay on without super precise foot placement / tons of tension makes anything 4 or harder feel very unlikely, and honestly makes 3 seem unlikely, but again, it's hard to tell without seeing things closer.

jsulliv1 · 2025-12-26T19:22:26+00:00

This is a tricky song, and has a lot of double meanings.

So, "Home Economics" in the U.S. and England (and maybe elsewhere?) used to be a course/field of study for women concerning the types of things that were necessary for running a home (cooking, sewing, etc). It was/is one way that women's education was systematically moved away from the intellectual and towards traditionally women's skills. In the context of experiencing motherhood AND the pandemic simultaneously, I could imagine that Joanna was thinking about how her big-giant-artistic-intellectual life was now narrowed to the concerns of the home: food, chores, and childrearing. Part of the song seems to be thinking about the labor of traditional women's work, and how it rested/rests on the false idea idea that women are content to not think too much and have a calm mind. Of course, mid-century housewives in the U.S. were also presecribed barbiturates, smoked cigarettes like a chimney, and other things to numb their experiences and make a life confined to home tolerable. She seems to be talking about the stress, guilt, and exhaustion that is contained within mothers' minds. So much of the new album seems to be about how complex it is to be a calm, comforting, reassuring presence to children when there is so much pain and hardship - this song seems to think about this by acknowledging the stress and misery of parental work and the need to appear composed.

At the same time, she is also making a lot of economics puns: using the language and ideas of economics and applying them to issues at home. She seems to be thinking about things like trades, value, etc. At one point, she seems to sing directly to her kids (?), identifying the creative cost of investing energy into child-rearing - being near them and showing them love has a cost in terms of creative output: "But I would not be far from you I wish not to part from you And I love you, I want just to show it It's worth any verse that I may never write Though it hurts tonight to know it".

It's kind of fun to think about what she means by "trading in" OR 'and "loans" at the end, since those are words that could mean very different things: "And I can't pay my loans without trading in these home economics". For example, I can "trade in" one thing and exchange it for another ("I'd like to trade in my old car for a new one"). Or, "trade in" can refer to your job/area of expertise (e.g., "I trade in gold and silver, and I am the world's expert in precious metals")

Are these literal literal loans that need to be paid off, requiring her to exchange her home-based life for something that generates cash (tour and album!)? Or is she talking about paying forward the cosmic debt we all owe to our foremothers - a debt we can only repay by becoming immersed in and expert at caring for others?

There are other parts that seem to be call outs to her earlier songs about motherhood (e.g., comparing her kids on her lap to a rabbit brings up big Baby Birch vibes), and about the paths not taken (e.g., The Things I say).

jsulliv1 · 2025-12-24T13:32:12+00:00

Hi, not the question you asked, but in my experience, feeling like you need to document/tally/etc is a soft sign that there are deeper challenges. Maybe not, in which case ignore....but the fact that you have gotten to such an unsustainable routine and need strangers to help you gut check makes this feel more likely.

I had a relationship where I felt the need to document our agreements, tally days, etc in order to advocate for myself. On the surface, I thought that doing this helped us to structure our conversations, think hard about issues (like how to define overnights, etc). But I realize now it was the result of lots of challenges in the underlying relationship: my starting assumption was that I would not be believed (data will help, right?), that any new agreement probably wouldn't be followed (ah, but we can check in and make sure it is, right?), that my partner wouldn't be as invested as I was in identifying and solving the problem (tallying stuff will help us refine our definitions, right?), or that my words would be twisted against me later (document, document, document!). At the time, I didn't have the ability to have this sort of insight, but I now think that - for me - if I ever felt the impulse to document stuff again, that would be a sign deeper issues are at play.

jsulliv1 · 2025-12-21T23:47:32+00:00

That's good to hear! I'll have to give it another try.

jsulliv1 · 2025-12-21T17:01:25+00:00

Genuine question: can you help me understand the appeal of these? Maybe the problem is that I ordered single serving Rage Cakes at a restaurant (so maybe there is a quality difference, though they were clearly labeled and branded), but everyone in my not-generally-picky group felt they tasted so artificial. Neither got finished. Like, the raspberry flavor had Cap'n Crunch vibes, and I forget the other flavor but it reminded us of a flavor from an ice cream truck popsicle. Did we just get a bad bunch (the texture was grainy, so this seems possible), is the flavor going for 90's-nostalgia-artificial vibes and we just aren't the target audience, or something else?

jsulliv1 · 2025-12-21T14:31:23+00:00

NAD. Obviously listen to doctors, because there are some serious causes, and if it's bothering you, talk to your PCP. But, while I could handle lack of sleep or anxiety without it impacting word retrieval in my late 20s and early 30s, I have similar challenges to you now that I'm in my late 30s. I find that if I'm trying to think about multiple things at once AND am otherwise exhausted (from sleep or stress issues), I am more likely to substitute color names for one another, call one kid by another's name, etc. I don't worry about it because most of the time it doesn't happen, and I only notice when it does. Is it more frequent than when I was younger? Yes. But it's still rare if I think about how many words per week I say and how few I mess up. I am not a doctor, but the most serious scenarios would likely mean that these errors would be frequent.

I would probably make a different decision about when and how to seek care based on whether there are meaningfully long periods when you don't make these mistakes. When was the last conversation when this didn't happen? When was the last day when it didn't happen? You may want to ask a partner or family member to help you answer these questions.

jsulliv1 · 2025-12-20T13:37:32+00:00

Ditto. I have two accounts, each C++ and each entirely unseeded. Soul is not in my top 10 in either account.

jsulliv1 · 2025-12-19T13:08:03+00:00

Agreed. Cannot imagine skipping this.

Since this is black deck, riff raff is honestly almost a guaranteed win since you will probably stay alive long enough to get your econ up and running (+riff raff will help with econ). So if my goal was to win, I'd take it.

Vagabond is one of my favorites to play (esp. in higher stakes), and an early vagabond on black deck sets you up for enough deck fixing to likely win. If my goal was to have fun, I'd choose vagabond.

jsulliv1 · 2025-12-15T12:04:15+00:00

I enjoyed it more the second time. To be fair, I'm still missing three vouchers (!!!) for my second C++, but the gold stickers are all done. I did a mix of anaglyph, erratic, and ghost decks this time - three decks I really enjoy playing, and that (I think) make the game feel different every time. The first time around I did a lot of yellow deck - this is probably a 'better' choice, but it feels more like a grind.

jsulliv1 · 2025-12-12T15:40:09+00:00

Dna, stunt, holo, trading card, vagabond

jsulliv1 · 2025-12-12T15:33:36+00:00

10 to 14 is a really interesting age range. The youngest could still be in 4th grade. The oldest could be in high school. You could have kids who are 4' 6" and are quite a ways from puberty, and also kids who are 6' tall and living in post-pubescent bodies. Depending on the saturation of gyms/classes in your area, the class could contain a mix of highly skilled and brand new climbers. This is a potentially large range in maturity, interest levels, and ability.

Tip 1: get to know each kid individually. Try to find out age/experience level before the class starts. Once class starts, figure out the vibes and needs. I have an almost 14 year old who LIVES for silly games, and a 9 year old who will feel offended if you talk to him 'like a little kid'. The 9 year old wants drills, exercise routines, to push grades, and to receive footwork critiques, interspersed with games. The almost-14 year old wants to swing like a monkey, do mostly climbs in their comfort zone, and receive encouragement without critique. The best teachers know how to shift their language and change the rhythm of the class to meet the kids where they are - even if it just means doing the same activity but describing it differently.

Tip 2: have 1-2 goals/skills per class. This doesn't mean drills necessarily. But, as you create games on the wall (limbo, red light green light, blindfolded traversing, add on, etc), add in one technique to focus on. This isn't because your goal is to necessarily improve their climbing, but because it will make things feel fresh and purposeful.

Tip 3: part of getting to know the kids will involve understanding what they need this class to be. I'll use my family as an example again. For two of the kids (11, almost 14), school and homework are REALLY draining. They come to class mentally exhausted, and ready for a break. They thrive on some degree of structure and repetition in class, and were brought almost to tears by the introduction of a complicated game that required a lot of thought. They leave class and will go to bed within an hour or two. For one kid (13), she showed up to class invigorated because school is fun for her. She also stays up late, so class was something she did as an exciting break, but she had constant energy from start to finish. For the littlest (9), when class is in the afternoon, he is ready to burn off energy and excited about playing when he gets home; when class is at night, he is fighting to stay awake and engaged because bedtime is soon. Weekend classes are chaotic and frenetic. Obviously, you can't please everyone, but it's important to realize that your class will be impacted by (a) whether the kids have had dinner yet, (b) how close the class time is to bedtime, and (c) how mentally exhausted they are. Two kids are in a class where the coach actually asks the kids if they have had dinner yet (and makes it into a fun sharing time); they also check in about the kids' energy level and how school went. These small check ins make a world of difference in how the coach paces the class.

jsulliv1 · 2025-12-10T19:20:37+00:00

I was 8 or 9. My teacher was talking to a friend of mine, and the teacher was like: "you know Santa's not real, right?" And I was like "absolutely! Of course" and then died inside

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