tingilinde

29 years!

This is the original holiday card I sketched back in 1994 along with a bit of midi.  I posted it to the then-new web and the few people I knew with browsers on their machines gave a thumbs up.  The next year a bit of laziness saw  it going out unchanged.   The third year came and I almost forgot, only to be reminded by a few dozen requests that came just before Christmas. From then on I posted it every year soon after Thanksgiving.  When the 25th anniversary rolled around a few years ago,   I asked if people wanted something new, but the unanimous vote was for the  classic.  

 

Autoplay didn’t exist then so you’ll have to start the music yourself on the like below the main image.

Happy Holidays! - peace, friendship, and health!

http://tingilinde.typepad.com/starstuff/good-yule.html

happy birthday steve

 

 

Happy Birthday Steve!!!

 

To New England trips without a working heater, homemade ice cream and Bach

 

systemic idiocy

Greg on a major problem in the US.

snip

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Perhaps stupid people force the rest of us to better hone our arguments? To avoid complacent rationality? Even serving as object lessons- acknowledging that luck plays as much a role in life as raw skill. We all are stupid sometimes, and should cut each other a bit of slack.

And sometimes stupid is right.

Except the ranks of the stupid have grown so numerous, they now block, rather then incentivize, smart solutions. We’re not concerned with a single dumb act or political/moral disagreements. The lung cancer victim who vapes may be otherwise rational except in this one area, where their mind is clouded by a powerful addiction.

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happy birthday sarah!

 

Happy Birthday Sarah!!

 

certainly something with maple syrup 

and what you do

 

happy birthday jeff!

 

Happy Birthday Jeff!

 

 

 

 

happy birthday corinne!

 

Happy Birthday Corinne!

 

my most artistic sister

 

happy birthday juliette

 

Happy Birthday Juliette!

 

certainly a celebration is in order!

to sukie

Thank you for saying "I do" all of those years ago!

Even better than I had imagined!

 

Physics Girl's (Dianna Cowern) husband Kyle posted an update on her health today.  She's 33 and was remarkably fit and energetic before getting slammed with Long Covid after a mild Covid case in late May.  It really took off in the fall and has left her bedridden.  Here's the assessment chart doctors use. It's believe there are several million people in the US in the 30 to 50 range, making work somewhere between difficult and impossible.  It also sets the stage for long term/life shortening health problems.

Dianna is a 1 or 2 on this scale. Her husband hopes they can get her to a 10 .. then they can work on longer term goals.  

He adds.. mask when you're indoors.  Think about other people if you don'd worry about yourself.

 

ME/CFS Long Covid Rating Scale

100     Fully recovered. Normal activity level with no symptoms.
90       Normal activity level with mild symptoms at times.
80       Near normal activity level with some symptoms.
70       Able to work full time but with difficulty. Mostly mild symptoms.
60       Able to do about 6-7 hours of work a day. Mostly mild to moderate symptoms.
50       Able to do about 4-5 hours a day of work or similar activity at home. Daily rests required. Symptoms mostly moderate.
40       Able to leave house up to 5 days a week. Moderate symptoms. Physically active 3-4 hours a day.
30       Leave house several times a week. Moderate to severe symptoms. Active 2-3 hours a day.
20       Leave house once or twice a week. Moderate to severe symptoms.
10       Leave house occasionally. Severe symptoms.
0         Bedridden. Unable to care for self.

 

an update on dianna

Her Patreon is here if you're including.  The type of care she needs is very expensive.