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Nah, those are not good enough. I want to pluck my eyeball and replace it accordingly. Perhaps change my knees or other joints by taking them off just like a figurine. Spine? Pull it off, or maybe there is some kind of zipper to make it easier. I don’t want to live longer. I just think that living creatures deserve to be healthy until the end of life. Btw, some Japanese scientist have researched a way to block a protein that suppress tooth development. There is hope to get new teeth if bad ones fall off! Silver Braided Sherlockians can be a cool band name.

Yesterday was Caturday.

On the other hand, he may be merely *hoping* that's a misspelling.

He is a small/medium size. Long body, short leg. He stays in the front yard of the neighbor. Before they got him, they let our two neighborhood strays dogs inside as and when they feel like it. (the dogs even have beds). They still feed these strays daily, but I notice they are not going inside the fence anymore. I’m dealing with visa problem and have to go back and forth currently. There are probably four houses, including mine (of ten) who help to feed these strays. However, none of them seems to have knowledge about dog training or medication. The strays have skin problems regularly, but they clear up after I medicate them. When I have been away for a while, I always come back to them having their skin issues back. So, it’s one of my concern for Archie. If he stays outside often, he might get skin issue. I’m being judgmental but I hope the owner becomes more knowledgeable now. We did have a conversation back then about the medication for the strays and I had shared what I know. While Archie is playful, he is not destructive as far as I know. He digs my pitiful yard, that’s all. Other than that he mostly chills, plays ball with me. He loves smelling the messy plants, and the neighbor’s yard looks fine to me. I think it’s a training and boundary problem. It will get worse if she can’t get it together, especially because I think Archie is not neutered yet. She indeed always tries to get him inside, to call him, and expresses her worries about Archie’s new habit: chasing cars and motorcycles. We are secluded in a dead end path, but there are still light traffic, and when Archie is outside, he ventures to the bigger neighborhood road. This is very dangerous because of the possibility of him getting hit or harmed by unhappy humans. I definitely have seen him outside at night/early in the morning. I walk my dog around at night and we go to the beach early in the morning. Archie never fails to come and asks for treats that’s why I know how often he is outside (at least 50%). Here are the photos of him. He always spends time with me while I’m outside and has to be enticed to get out of my fence. My mom joked that he tries to adopt us. Here he is all wet after he stuck his head inside my water bucket (that is how he drinks!) Found a tiny ball (maybe belong to cats, my small yard is a free zoo for neighbors' pets)

What is your case of blindly overconfidence? Mine: I swear I wasn’t drunk when I bought this. I haven’t started it.

That's her problem! Oh -- hi, Arcadia! Didn't see you lurking standing there!

I don’t owe this book, this is not my picture, but I have checked, this is a real book! Tell me, how did the author do their research? Did they have to get peer review? How do readers check the accuracy? Should anyone get to the bottom of it? How do we crack the case? Why is this so cheeky? Should we get behind this book???? Or should we laugh our asses off????? (Arcadia would kill me if she read this!)

Wait, with Locky, right? Right? They ‘belong’ to a beach vendor. In here, everyone helps to raise these dogs because they might not get enough food or proper medications/vaccination from the owners alone. At the very least, they have a ‘place.’ Good news. One of the challenges of befriending strays is never knowing for sure if they are well at all times. I used to patronize this stretch of beach and do regular feeding, but when this beach’s authority forbade the activity (long, stupid story), I vowed not to go there as long as the stupid regulation was at place. Thankfully it didn’t last long, but with Covid etc, it’s not my regular beach anymore and I only come here once in a while. This was three/four days ago. The visit was great, because I still met some surviving regulars. These two seniors were well and they still remembered and greeted us. Of course, I brought them something special. The younger ones were great as well and now we have new puppy friends.

I kinda hope that guy asked the last guy who he was.

Now that would be a tricky puzzle. (No little purple flowers in the corner.) Kinda cool, but maybe kinda creepy? I mean, the moon isn't *supposed* to look that big! Is it about to come crashing down into my living room?

Do you all have to check if you use lay lie lied lain laid correctly or is it just me?

I just read about it, it indeed sounds freaking fun! I really think we are not supposed to live beyond Victorian age expectancy because the body doesn’t seem happy. The stupid thing is our brain only matures around age 30. I think there is a big flaw in the design. We are bipedal with weak spine as well! @(#@$@*& My husband had retina detachment (I wrote attachment that would be mildly threatening) before the ‘supposed’ age, and he had multiple eye issues. When I asked him (he is one year older than me at 50), he said he had them since a while ago and they were swimming freely that he had ignored them. Regarding retina detachment, it was very serious because as you had said, it would lead to blindness. We were told to drop everything and he was admitted to the hospital right away. The journey to recovery was torturous. The detachment area would determine the sleeping position because the retina would be ‘glued’ back and they would inject bubble to hold it in place. He had to sleep in downward position (if I remember correctly, for two weeks), and he had another treatment with bubble (this one not for retina) and he had to sleep in sitting position. Bubble means no flying, no strenuous activities. I’m really not a fan of getting older. We should dedicate all time and money to make replaceable body parts possible instead of AI and wars. Another @^$(*@$^

Mind you, I have not yet (and quite likely never will) read the "Revisiting" story. But going by the review of it that you quoted, here's my opinion: Bessancort's Adler is said to "[haunt] the story ... with her activities teasing the detective." I think that also describes Doyle's original pretty well. But the two versions part ways when "it begins to dawn on us that [Bessancort's version] is a woman with a sinister agenda." This Adler, like the Sherlock character, diverges from Doyle's original by being "nefarious" and "sinister," whereas Doyle's Adler was inventive enough to outwit both Holmes and the King without stooping to anything illegal or even hostile. Why do recent adaptations (including the American TV series Elementary) feel the need to make Adler increasingly criminal? Seems like the easy way out!

They should gradually become less frequent and less bright over time. At least, that was my experience. Eventually I would notice them only if I turned my head suddenly in a dark room. And I haven't seen any flashes at all for years now. One thing I recommend for anyone who's not quite as young as they used to be is the Amsler Grid, which looks sort of like a quarter-sheet of black-lined graph paper.. You can print your own from any number of sites, and put in on your bulletin board or the front of your fridge. Whenever you think of it, you cover one eye and stare at the center of the grid for a few seconds, then repeat with the other eye. If the grid doesn't look quite right with either eye, you need to see an ophthalmologist. If I had known about that home test sooner, I wouldn't have a small blind spot in one eye, because they could have started the treatment sooner.

Oh, that was fun! And it wasn't just the flashes, whenever I looked at a bright, uniform surface (e.g., a clear blue sky), it looked like drops of muddy water on a clean windshield. The eye doctor told me it would probably go away, gradually, but if it didn't, I should come back. And if it got worse, I should come back real quick, because it might be the beginning of retinal detachment, which if not treated immediately, could cause blindness. I've had a few minor ones, off and on, for years. Usually they're just sort of blobs, but lately I've been seeing one that looks like a matchstick (without the head) painted black. Dunno what to make of that!

Yupp. They look like micro-Dementors. They float. Sometimes they stay on the peripheries of my vision, but sometimes they can be really annoying. Wait until you start seeing flashes caused by vitreous detachment. 🤩 Getting old is such a sh*tty journey.

Tbh, I have no idea who they are. The things we talk about with a straight face here!

Nope, it doesn’t help if you can read Chinese. I don’t know what it says. Perhaps it’s something like ‘you must have been dropped as a baby.’ Update: it means White Hell. That is actually the name of the puzzle. I believe the black version is called Black Hell. Yes, the pieces are alike, almost identical. I have done a few 1000pcs micro puzzle (the end product size is 38×26cm/15×10inches, while normal 1000pc puzzle is 70×50cm/20×27inches), and I have done a micro 200pc blank puzzle like this. It was around Covid and there was a time when I had to take care of hubby in the hospital, but the main reason was: I was nuts. Anyway, I have been wanting to do this but the first time I had it (yes, I bought it twice), I didn’t have a dedicated space. I got it at a sale and ended up giving it away to a distant relative who also likes puzzle (didn’t know at first). She just said thank you and I’m sure she won’t get in touch with me again. Then there was another sale, and here I am. And now I have a small portable table so my excuses are running out. It was surprisingly fun when I did the 200pc. I needed to lay out everything and squinted at every edge. You see my concept of fun is the proof I’m very fun at parties. I didn’t even know where I put the end result of that. It was a piece of white, very underwhelming. I hope to finish this before 2027 in a few months next two years before I die. This is the photo of my dog Locky and another micro 1000pc puzzle with an printed image.

I recommend that you hire Perry Mason or Ben Matlock. Seriously, though, I suspect that was merely the clue that made them investigate that particular suspect more thoroughly -- which lead them to find the missing person's corpse in their attic or whatever. If you can find better hiding places for any corpses in your possession, you should be perfectly safe.

That means they are even smarter! I believe so. My dog has 87 nicknames and he knows them all. On topic, here is my neighbor's dog, Archie. Archie thinks my hose water is the best, he has exorbitant treat tax rate for me, and he tries to sneak in whenever he can. Nowadays I have to help the neighbor 'catch' him because he always tries to escape her while let me grab him. I have no idea why she let him roam outside. It's dangerous even when we have a pet-friendly neighborhood.

That's from just over five years ago, and I've been assuming our area is simply too rural to *ever* have cable service. But some months back, we started seeing evidence that it might actually be coming our way, and then a neighbor down the road mentioned having it installed recently, and they seem quite satisfied with it. So today we signed up for just the their internet service, which should be installed in about a week. I may have mentioned about a year and a half ago that our landline-and-internet service had suddenly gone kaput, and that the erstwhile provider seemed in absolutely NO hurry to do anything whatsoever about it (other than send a bill every month!). They kept postponing our technician appointment, to the point where I'm pretty sure they don't even HAVE any techs around here. So we finally cancelled their "service" and got Starlink, which was quite a relief, and also enabled us to get VOIP phone service from another company (without even changing our number). Problem is, wonderful though Starlink is if you have a clear view of the sky and/or no alternatives, there are enough trees in our area that every so often our internet goes away for a few minutes. And since VOIP phone service relies on the internet, our phone service isn't 100% reliable either. Now that we do have an alternative, switching to cable internet *should* solve both of those problems, as well as giving us higher speed and a smaller monthly bill. Will keep y'all posted!

Kudos for Barry. I checked and it is based on Odyssey, including the cyclop, which is represented by one-eye salesman.

Dragonball is a classic anime series. I didn’t watch it myself, but as far as I know, characters collect the balls and then wish for something. This is probably a over simplification. Anyway, the villain is on the verge of getting it done and about to wish something bad, something along the line of taking over the world, and one of the protagonists has to interrupt it by wishing something else. His quick thinking is ‘underwear.’ Yes, he wishes for underwear after all the efforts of uniting the balls. It saves the world. So, this is my tale about how I know that pantsu means underwear. I don't think I have a cooler tale to tell.

The second (bottom) one looks like a dog we had when I was a kid. We called her Poochie.

Oh, sweet doggies! I hope they all have homes.

Yes, I believe we did -- or rather, I had just read that "pants" meant "underpants" in British English, and passed along that info as regards that scene. But that was in "Scandal," wasn't it, which aired on New Year's Day in 2012, so was presumably filmed about 15 years ago (and of course written before that). And I don't recall encountering any British use of "pants" as "trousers" that long ago. English seems to change more rapidly than most languages (though maybe it merely seems that way because I'm seeing it from the inside). Footnote: Last I heard, the Japanese word pan-tsu (borrowed from British English some time ago) still means underpants -- which really confuses Americans!

There’s a certain resemblance though …

Hiiiii! *waves frantically* Long time no see!

We were bombarded by five puppies yesterday morning. I swear they are not my kids and my dog Locky also swears they are not his kids.

Fantasy, I'm so sorry for your loss. Please take good care of yourself!

I saw this meme and I know I have to come here!

No I haven’t. I barely watch movies lately, only very selected few. I heard it’s good? Have you guys watched The Odyssey? What do you think? I always like Nolan brothers’ work but I knew nothing about the tale/poem except a big ass horse. I thought I would give it a pass because Greek mythology is not my thing and many controversies around the movie, but mostly because it’s not my interest. Then I happened to accompany my mom somewhere, we needed to kill a few hours, the cinema ticket was $5, and it was an empty theatre. And I enjoyed it. A lot. I think it’s very well made and I’m not sure if there will be something like this again. Three hours well spent. I guess he remains my favorite director.

Wow! Quite an all-star cast. Meaning that I actually recognized most of them, which (given my difficulty with faces) is quite a statement.

It's a rather funny WTF-Moment

Life seems to be pretty much a series of trial and error. In other words, see what works for you -- and what doesn't. During an awkward phase of my life, I had frequent panic attacks and near-constant anxiety, which I assumed were caused by stress. Counseling sessions helped me develop coping techniques, which helped me a lot, just being able to deal with it better, but I still had the basic problem. Some years later, I discovered quite by accident that the panic and anxiety occurred because I had developed a chemical sensitivity to a common household substance. Since then I've avoided that substance, and have been mercifully panic free. Best of luck in learning how to deal with your depression.

To celebrate my 10th anniversary of meeting him for the first time, I've had my first actual, story-like dream with Sherlock. Sadly, I don't remember the story, but we spent a significant amount of time roaming through some ominous backstreets of Frankfurt, Germany. Sherlock was… tall and slightly annoyed, probably by my presence. It's so funny how I never dream about topics (or persons) I obsess about, no matter how I'd love to, but some slight, hardly noticed detail can trigger a dream the following night. Sometimes I'm even able to remember what a detail it was. This time, zapping through the channels, I caught a few seconds of Sherlock on TV. Didn't stop by, as the German version is still a no-go. Brain, you little rascal!

Probably renovation plus Autocorrect.

That only works with selected sites that the forum recognizes, like YouTube. In which case, just paste the address in.

Yup, that link works fine -- looks like "doggy see, doggy do." I used to know how to hotlink to videos (so they look like they're embedded in the post), but can't seem to get it to work just now. Anybody else remember how?

Here is an animated version of "The Sign of Four" Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four

That does indeed sound promising -- as long as they can limit that development to just the teeth that need replacing. This could turn dental implants into a passing fad, like video tape cassettes -- only problem being that the people who already have implants would be kinda stuck with Beta-Max. (I had one implant put in, but the dentist screwed up, so I had to pay an oral surgeon to remove it. Not fun.)

What? NO! (I was writing a google review and this was the prompted question)

That is true. The ink also looks blue to me so it doesn't feel 'right.'

OK, was wondering if that sunshine had anything to do with whatever the joke was. I shall now laugh.

I'm struggling with a depression and I'm going back to a psychiatry after my Internship, my mom feels like I'm running away from my problems. Gee, thanks for the support mom s/