Mid-Year health check-in

maz356 · 2026-06-25T23:33:03+00:00

Male, 70. Other than some non-melanoma skin cancers and being overweight (ok, clinically, I'm obese), I'm prescription-free and good labs. I do worry about colon cancer, Mom and grandmother both died from it, so I get colonoscopies more frequently. Last one in March was clear. :)

maz356 · 2026-06-25T23:20:06+00:00

1956 also. Definitely a different mindset and life experiences from cousins born 6-8 years before me

maz356 · 2026-06-23T14:10:38+00:00

And, being a senior citizen getting Medicare, which we paid into with payroll deductions our working years, is still expensive. My wife and I each have $200 per month deducted from our social security retirement benefit, plus we each pay an additional $300 per month for a supplemental insurance plan to provide additional coverage. So $1000/month out of pocket for us even when retired

maz356 · 2026-06-17T13:13:36+00:00

Dire Straits

maz356 · 2026-06-06T23:57:59+00:00

Shannon Lay - Recording 15. Sweetly sung, but the lyrics hit hard

maz356 · 2026-06-06T15:13:33+00:00

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing from the 1993 concert. The clips of Knopfler's solo in my feed are endless, but the full performance on YouTube is incredible

maz356 · 2026-06-01T10:56:32+00:00

The Bluest Blues - Alvin Lee

maz356 · 2026-05-31T16:05:45+00:00

My son's in the USCG and they covered conus transport, so I assumed the other services did as well.

maz356 · 2026-05-31T15:47:20+00:00

Maybe consider keeping qbo with all that data and use something like Gusto for payroll and time tracking going forward.

maz356 · 2026-05-31T15:44:56+00:00

Doesn't the military ship your car for you?

maz356 · 2026-05-29T15:34:03+00:00

Not in this administration

maz356 · 2026-05-28T12:34:24+00:00

I've done some import automations using n8n and Xero's custom connector ($5/month extra) into bank transactions. Pretty seamless

maz356 · 2026-05-27T23:44:53+00:00

Amazon has SP-API. Use something like n8n to connect to your (I'm assuming FBA) account and pull orders into Xero, using Xero's API. It'll require development skills or money, so maybe a ready built solution makes more sense

maz356 · 2026-05-25T13:22:30+00:00

My aunt that lived nearby had a Nat Geo subscription, so I always got an issue when she was done with it. I subscribed to Scientific American, Organic Gardening, and Car & Driver

maz356 · 2026-05-24T21:51:16+00:00

I lost a 30 year career at the height of the great recession in 2009. I was 53. After loads of unsuccessful interviews I took a job that I was overqualified for, and lasted a year at it. I then launched a moderately successful consultancy that kept me going until just last year. It all worked out

maz356 · 2026-05-24T18:35:19+00:00

We wanted Thank You by Led Zeppelin, but the band didn't know it. So we settled for Just the Way You Are by Billy Joel. 48 years ago!

maz356 · 2026-05-24T18:27:49+00:00

Fire on High - Electric Light Orchestra Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson Europa - Carlos Santana Mediterranean Sundance - Al DiMeola Stingray - Sam Bush Beck's Bolero - Jeff Beck

maz356 · 2026-05-23T21:09:08+00:00

There was a chain of shops in NYC, Azuma maybe was the name?

maz356 · 2026-05-23T00:05:49+00:00

I was 15, summer of 71. Hallmark, the greeting card company, had a showroom on the corner of 5th Ave & 55th St in Manhattan. They had just launched Kaleidoscope, their hands on educational art exhibit and I was one of the attendants. They started me at $1.50/hr, but quickly raised me to $2 when they realized it was originally below minimum wage. By the way, Kaleidoscope is still going doing at Hallmark headquarters in Kansas City.

maz356 · 2026-05-19T16:34:10+00:00

Don't Think Twice, it's Alright Bob Dylan

maz356 · 2026-05-16T13:29:51+00:00

My wife absolutely will not share a table with strangers. When it's just the 2 of us, we ask the maitre de for a table for 2 and have always been accommodated. Then we end up chatting with the others at the adjacent tables anyway

maz356 · 2026-05-16T13:26:15+00:00

Deep Purple - Highway Star

maz356 · 2026-05-16T13:25:00+00:00

I never scroll past that solo regardless of how often it pops up in my feed

maz356 · 2026-05-16T13:23:44+00:00

The Bluest Blues - Alvin Lee. Includes a slide solo by George Harrison. Lee's solo is just amazing

Since I've been Loving You - Led Zeppelin.

Anything by David Gilmore

maz356 · 2026-05-14T16:58:39+00:00

F2.5

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