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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.

Lovely face! (Though you might consider shaving it.)

I'm a dog person, but sometimes I relate to cats more. I mean, look at that face! That is my face!

Oh FFS! Learning irregular verbs is hard enough the way they are!

Best wishes, Bean. I think the hardest thing about growing old is watching my loved ones growing old.

I was having trouble recalling that scene in detail, so I checked with Ariana DeVere: SHERLOCK You knew about the wedding; more importantly, you’d seen a wedding invitation. Now barely a hundred people had seen that invitation. The Mayfly Man only saw five women. For one person to be in both groups ... could be a coincidence. MYCROFT Oh, Sherlock. What do we say about coincidence? SHERLOCK The universe is rarely so lazy. MYCROFT: So, the balance of probability is ...? SHERLOCK: Someone went to great lengths to find out something about this wedding. MYCROFT: What great lengths? SHERLOCK They lied, assumed false identities. MYCROFT: Which suggests ...? SHERLOCK: Criminal intent. MYCROFT: Also suggests ...? SHERLOCK: Intelligence, planning. MYCROFT: Clearly. But more importantly ...? SHERLOCK (in the Chamber): The Mayfly Man is ... here today. And after giving it a good look, I think your second interpretation is the correct one.

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)

Or dying

I think it was just a prompt question to put as caption. Since I was reviewing a cafe, I think it's the template for Google to ask about menu. I always include some dog pictures for pet-friendly establishment, because it's rare enough and I want them to continue being pet-friendly. Nothing weird but I did have a shock when I saw it (and a laugh after) ,so I took a screenshot. I don't know how to post a video here without uploading in a third-party media like Youtube. This is the place where we befriend many stray dogs, one of our regular beaches in the morning. I usually just sat around the area without being a patron. One night, I decided to bring Mom (who was visiting) and my dog to enjoy the live music while trying their food because it was a full moon. We were accompanied by our regular stray dogs and it was nice they allowed it (it's a beach anyway, but it was a plus that they were kind to the dogs) so I left a nice review.

Wait, I thought that actually means the first one is correct? That it was not a coincidence, because it was intentional. The Mayfly man had planned it all along.

And, come to think of it, his brother was an avid amateur astronomer (whose daughter is also a night-owl). And their father was (literally) a night watchman. Oh, I agree it's good to know that such traits are genetic (rather than you or me being weird). But what I actually complained about was the fact that such things are often being called "diseases," "disorders," and such. They're considered "bad" only because most people aren't like that. So why isn't there a "red hair disease" or a "left-handed disorder"? Why can't such things just be called "genetic traits"? ADDED: I'm pretty much OK with "syndrome," though.

Good luck, remember to take breaks! Taking care of someone is hard

I especially liked this part of Artemis's post: I am getting so tired of hearing such-and-such unusual trait called a "disorder" or a "syndrome" or even a "disease." Lots of other things are unusual (e.g., left-handedness or red hair), but nobody seems to think there's anything wrong with them -- at least not for the past hundred years or so. The current crop of "syndromes" are newly recognized, so maybe it's simply a matter of getting used to them. I apparently have "uncombable hair syndrome" and "face blindness." I've known pretty much all my life that "my hair has a mind of its own" and that "I'm not very good at recognizing faces," but had no idea until recently that there were other people like me, or that it wasn't simply a matter of not trying hard enough.

Today i quoted at my sister on Mycroft's conversation with Sherlock about coincidence. Remember? The : the Universe would not be so lazy...thing. I always took this to mean that Mycroft was saying there is no such thing as coincidence... But is he rather saying: if it looks just like an amazing coincidence, it really might actually have some great significance and needs further investigation.

Gosh, this is working again! General update and then i had a thought...if i can navigate to the relevant forum. Currently semi living at my 90 year old mother's place...she fell, broke her hip and had a replacement. I am trying to be nurse and carer.

Unless the original story is in a foreign language, or predates modern English, I usually prefer to read the original -- although I often enjoy reading (and occasionally writing) fan fiction that fills gaps in the original (which may or may not be consistent with what the original author had in mind, but didn't include, so who knows?). Likewise some stories (such as the Enola Holmes novels) that present a sidebar to the original while remaining true to it. Then there are stories (such as The Great Mouse Detective) that mimic a well-known piece to some extent, but with no attempt to BE the original in any sense. Those can be lots of fun. I'm not so usually keen, however, on stories that rewrite a classic story by changing a key character in a significant way (often by making them evil), which means they're not consistent with the original -- i.e., they cannot both exist in the same fictional universe. If I like the original, I don't have much interest in seeing someone "fix" it -- and "Scandal in Bohemia" is one of my favorite original-Holmes stories. All of that said, however, I have not read the Bessancort version, so cannot comment on it as such. Hopefully someone else will read it and respond more meaningfully to your review.

The plot of Zelda majora's mask is that the moon is crashing down and you have 3 days in the game to prevent it from happening

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.

It's good 😊. I've read The odessy by Stephen Fry and Rick Riordan version of it in Greek heroes. But I'm still not tempted to see it

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.

I know this guy since he was a tiny puppy. He is technically still a puppy (less than a year with an adult-sized body). He has this obsession to groom me (those tiny harmless nibble) but he also likes to chew my arms. Helpless chews but can be painful after a while. Here he was trying to chew but after I growled at him he pretended not to hear me, act naturally as if nothing happened, and went back to nibbling.

Caring is not an advantage as Mycroft would say

Not sure where to post this, I don't want to ruin the Cute animal thread. As I might have shared here, my dog and I befriend many strays on the beach. Overtime, they become regulars. I know their spots, their time, their territories, their favorite treats, etc. Any day can be the last day I see them, some were gone due to sickness, human’s cruelty, or old age. If I don’t see them, I usually assume they are well somewhere, adopted, or just wandering else where. It happens and and it works better for me. Sometimes they appear again to my delight. However, over time, people notice and talk to me. They would tell me if something happened to the dog and if I knew they knew the dogs, I couldn’t help to ask. Sometimes it’s good news, other time is not. Today is another bad one, after another bad one last week. There should be a way to turn off feelings like what we always discuss. A bloody switch or something.

I hate to mention this, for fear of jinxing it, but this week is starting to remind me of that week in December 2019 when we lost D. C. Fontana, Robert Walker Jr., and Rene Auberjonois. Now we've lost Walter Koenig (Chekov in ToS) on Sunday the 25th, and Patrick Stewart (Picard in TNG) on Wednesday the 28th. Hopefully that's it for a while.

Not surprised that they didn't show any hobbits in that movie -- after all, there were hardly any in The Hobbit either.

Or, as I said to my cousins at our youngest uncle's funeral, we're the older generation now.

I agree with you regarding the first half of your post, but as you pointed out in the second half you didn't know that there were others like you. And that's why imo it's a good thing we have more syndromes/disorders. I have an intolerance towards fish and ARFID, and I didn't know there was a name for that until my late 20's. It would have made my childhood so much easier, imagine growing up with everyone telling you to at least try to taste your food and not knowing how to explain that you literally can't. Imagine being like 10-11 and having a bitch of an cafeteria lady who doesn't believe you don't like fish even though you're gagging and being called a drama queen and you're exaggerating until the point you literally throw up in front of the everyone. Imagine your mom taking you to her friends and have food together only to discover you don't like the food and being told you're being ungrateful for not eating the food. It F***ing sucks!

I challenge you to look up the moon from Zelda majora's mask and tell me that thing isn't creepy to an 8 year old

It will come down if you play Zelda majora's mask

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.'

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/