In order to manage my Type II diabetes, I use a special glucose monitoring device called a FreeStyle Libre. It’s a button-shaped sensor that attaches to my upper arm, and I can take instant blood sugar readings with my cell phone. I started using the FreeStyle Libre in 2018, and of course, I blogged about…
Read More“Empty” – a poem by Kris Miller
I’m going to step aside from the blog today, because my son Kris wrote a poem and posted it on social media. And it moved me so much, that I wanted to share the post on MY social media – meaning my personal blog. So here it is. I hope you enjoy. Empty The emptiness…
Read MoreTrying to understand the appeal of ASMR cooking videos
The other day, while perusing YouTube for a new cooking recipe to undertake, I came across this series of videos. They’re listed as ASMR videos, and ASMR is a special autonomous sensory meridian response, in which detailed sounds and barely audible whispers turn into special stimulation. Okay, now that I know how it works, let’s…
Read MoreBachelor Cooking: Bacon-Burger-Dogs (a/k/a “Shotgun Shells”)
Apparently there’s a tasty concoction among the barbecue cognoscenti that creates something called a “shotgun shell,” meat stuffed in a pasta and wrapped in bacon and grilled. Okay, you could arguably call them “cholesterol bullets,” but that’s on you. I don’t own a barbecue grill. So I have to modify this recipe for my oven.…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, April 22 2023
Good morning, blog readers, look at all the sunshine streaming through the windows today. A great time to go outside and get some fresh air, right? Well, before you do, at least take a moment and enjoy this week’s crop of blog posts and photos and ideas from those wonderful people on my personal blogroll.…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for April 21, 2023
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Yeah, my voice is completely shot. Battled a bad cold and it really took a lot out of me. Trying to broadcast…
Read MoreHoly crap, we got a new Venture Bros. episode coming soon!!!
The Venture Bros. was undoubtedly one of the true bosses of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming block. A show dedicated to the excitement and mythos of those 1960’s Jonny Quest Hanna-Barbera action shows, mixed with a ton of satire and pop-culture references, and a level of world-building not seen on television animated circles. Wild adventures,…
Read MoreThis is why some comments to my blog end up in the trash.
When my blog was part of the Times Union’s collection of community weblogs, there used to be a rule among approval of comments. All comments had to be approved, no matter whether they disagreed with you or not. It was only under unique circumstances – i.e., clearance with the Times Union blog leader – that…
Read MoreGatorade Zero Lime Cucumber drink tastes like ass. There, I said it.
I like Gatorade Zero. It’s refreshing and it’s a low-sugar alternative for me. Usually I get the orange Gatorade Zero or the blue Gatorade Zero or the white Gatorade Zero, they all taste great. Yesterday, I tried this Gatorade Zero formula. That’s right. Gatorade Zero – lime cucumber flavor. Listen, I’m thinking it’s just a…
Read MoreWhat does a bicolor sunflower look like as a latched hook rug?
I said I wasn’t doing any more of these latched hook rugs. Yeah, and just like a New Year’s Resolution, I did it anyway. The plan was to use up the one leftover latched hook canvas and whatever yarns I still had from my NEBA/Mike’s latched hook project from last year. Went through my photos…
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