[worry]

Is she smiling?

[Tiste Simeon]

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 09 August 2024 - 04:29 AM, said:

Feeling better about the weight crisis. 223 this morning, much better than 275 in May. Not as good as 200 at Christmas, but headed in the right direction. That’s a pretty drastic swing though in eight months lol. I need to work on that.

Fantastic news Ryan, congratulations. Keep it up dude you've got this!

[Cause]

Sue knows only victory.

Of course she is smiling.

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[Vengeance]

Cause, on 10 August 2024 - 01:58 AM, said:

Sue knows only victory.

Of course she is smiling.

I see your a man of culture. Make sure to go to the art museum as well.

Next time you're in Chicago let me know. I'm always happy to have lunch with a forumite.

[Tiste Simeon]

Just did my second ever half marathon! And, despite the last one being 5 years, 2 children and a diabetes diagnosis ago, I did it 10 minutes faster! Very chuffed.

[worry]

In other words, you finally completed your first marathon!

[Tiste Simeon]

Only took me 5 years which seems about right...

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

My fiancee and I have officially moved to California!

(On the less groovy side, we came down with COVID our first day here and have been cooped up inside for four days since then. So, we have not been able to experience it at all, other than by staring out our window).

[Cause]

I had the really small would in the top of my head. Like a 1 mm scab that wounds heal, it felt like a small bump and it would bleed, scab, bleed again. It was there for ages, over a month. I tried keeping it dry, tried different shampoos nothing worked. I was just about to go see a dermatologist worried it could be a bad symptom of something worse than it seemed.

I’m embarrassed I didn’t think of it sooner, I thought I’d need a prescription for an antibiotic ointment but no it’s over the counter. Used it regularly for 2 days and I’m cautious to see if it will come back but it seems completely healed. The bump feels smaller, almost undetectable, no scab and no bleeding after just 2 days.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Cause, on 13 August 2024 - 12:38 AM, said:

I had the really small would in the top of my head. Like a 1 mm scab that wounds heal, it felt like a small bump and it would bleed, scab, bleed again. It was there for ages, over a month. I tried keeping it dry, tried different shampoos nothing worked. I was just about to go see a dermatologist worried it could be a bad symptom of something worse than it seemed.

I'm embarrassed I didn't think of it sooner, I thought I'd need a prescription for an antibiotic ointment but no it's over the counter. Used it regularly for 2 days and I'm cautious to see if it will come back but it seems completely healed. The bump feels smaller, almost undetectable, no scab and no bleeding after just 2 days.

Why would you try keeping it dry? Don't wounds heal faster in a moist environment?

Red light therapy can also help accelerate wound healing:

https://www.ncbi.nlm...les/PMC9794538/

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

My family is on board with cramming as much camping as possible into this summer. We have gone out every possible weekend. Every trip three or four nights. Schedules will probably never allow it again and the kids will grow up so this is like the golden summer for camping. Got home today, leave again Friday. I love the Pacific Northwest.

[amphibian]

Cause, on 13 August 2024 - 12:38 AM, said:

I had the really small would in the top of my head. Like a 1 mm scab that wounds heal, it felt like a small bump and it would bleed, scab, bleed again. It was there for ages, over a month. I tried keeping it dry, tried different shampoos nothing worked. I was just about to go see a dermatologist worried it could be a bad symptom of something worse than it seemed.

I’m embarrassed I didn’t think of it sooner, I thought I’d need a prescription for an antibiotic ointment but no it’s over the counter. Used it regularly for 2 days and I’m cautious to see if it will come back but it seems completely healed. The bump feels smaller, almost undetectable, no scab and no bleeding after just 2 days.

Cause, this unhealing scab is the number one sign of skin cancer. Please go get this checked out immediately.

I'm not joking or trying to be alarmist. I dated a nurse who was an oncology nurse navigator and she spent a lot of time telling me about what the signs of skin cancer were - and got my best friend to get a leg mole checked out/removed.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

amphibian, on 14 August 2024 - 04:09 AM, said:

Cause, on 13 August 2024 - 12:38 AM, said:

I had the really small would in the top of my head. Like a 1 mm scab that wounds heal, it felt like a small bump and it would bleed, scab, bleed again. It was there for ages, over a month. I tried keeping it dry, tried different shampoos nothing worked. I was just about to go see a dermatologist worried it could be a bad symptom of something worse than it seemed.

I’m embarrassed I didn’t think of it sooner, I thought I’d need a prescription for an antibiotic ointment but no it’s over the counter. Used it regularly for 2 days and I’m cautious to see if it will come back but it seems completely healed. The bump feels smaller, almost undetectable, no scab and no bleeding after just 2 days.

Cause, this unhealing scab is the number one sign of skin cancer. Please go get this checked out immediately.

I'm not joking or trying to be alarmist. I dated a nurse who was an oncology nurse navigator and she spent a lot of time telling me about what the signs of skin cancer were - and got my best friend to get a leg mole checked out/removed.

+1

[Maark Abbott]

First convention experience was ungodly good

[Cause]

Exemption from my moving insurance:

"Against loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by any weapon employing atomic fission or fusion, or by nuclear reaction or radiation or radioactive contamination from any other cause; however, subject to the foregoing and all provisions of this policy, direct loss by fire is insured against by this policy;"

I had a really strong chuckle

This post has been edited by Cause: 20 August 2024 - 02:43 AM

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Springtime is imminent, the days are already warmer and sunnier. And in my haphazard collection of pot plants, an orange flower has bloomed

[Tiste Simeon]

Friends wedding today and I looked fly as heck 😎

[Cyphon]

You can't just tease with that Tiste. Show us the money shot.

[Tiste Simeon]

I'm the guy on the right as you look at it.

Spoiler

I didn't take many as I had the kids because my wife was a bridesmaid and heavily involved in the whole thing.

This post has been edited by Tiste Simeon: 01 September 2024 - 10:13 AM

[Macros]

Linkin Park stepping back into the fray.
Replaced the drummer (as far as I know no ill feeling he just wanted to sit it out)
Obviously there are a pair of Chester sized shoes to fill.

My wife (is a HUGE fan) always said to me that Shinoda was the beating heart of Linkin Park, and that, whilst she loved him and was devastated when he passed, Chester could be replaced. I was skeptical, I liked LP, would call myself a fan, but never knew enough about them to know this. She was right, I never actually appreciated how much vocally Shinoda brought, and (especially after the throat cancer) bar the first album and a few later tracks a lot of Chester's stuff is more melody and less of the pitch scream/sing that is basically the signature sound you think of when you think of him.
So,
so so so
The new girl, Emily, can she mimic Chester? No.
BUT
She knows this, and he had an incredibly difficult style to imitate, especially the prolonged pitch parts. And ultimately if they wanted a mimic I'm sure they could have hunted one out. She nails the melody parts and knows where to stop reaching on the heavier stuff, flipping to the crowd and letting Shinoda support her. I think she is an excellent replacement andactually switching to a female also will take a bit of the onus off "yeah but he's just trying to be Chester" any male would get.
Granted the internet is shit and full of shitty people so expect the vitriol to flow in her direction alas, but for me, pumped for new music, and we will be trying for tickets for the london or hamburg show