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Ahhh! That's a relief - normality is soooo overrated! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Being weird is underrated. 
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My wife sets reminders for all sorts of things. So I don't have to! 
And yes - as others have said - you are weird! 
Merry Christmas!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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You have a sofa in the kitchen?!
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Guests should be comfortable, and chefs should not be alone ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Well, that's how it should be,
See I still live at home with my mom(don't judge me, I'm still in high school!!!) and I am the only one that cooks, although Griff you are still right.
We have an open Kitchen-Living room space. So the chef(moi) is not alone...
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Ours isn't open plan, but it is a couple of hundred years old, built for miners of local materials - "River Stone" which is like compressed diamond and as much fun to drill into. The kitchen (and bathroom, these houses had neither when built) is in a "modern" extension and that has a sofa for comfort.
You don't want to be alone in a kitchen slaving over a hot stove when your friends are drinking in another room! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I use my windows calendar for that sort of thing.
ed
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Not angry as they sound, just a recreation. (10)
[clue] last of the year. [/clue]
[comment] It's getting late here, and I have a big day tomorrow, so hopefully a clue will get this off my hands expeditiously. [/comment]
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
modified 24-Dec-21 6:33am.
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Crosswords ?
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Yep! YAUMW (Monday week).
Seasons Greetings to all,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Have a Good one Peter
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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And now for something completely different.
When I went over the high wall in 2017 I entertained the idea of monsters.
Monster is a role. Everyone spends a little time in it at least, some more than others. It's easier to be a people than be a monster, so most of us spend the majority of our time being a people. 
A monster is a particularly difficult, stubborn, even recalcitrant role. People don't warm up to monsters very well, because monsters are problematic. But *sometimes* monsters have gifts for us, and we have to look harder at the monster to see. But monsters can be dangerous too.
The way I'm using it, it's morally neutral - monsters aren't *necessarily* "good" nor "bad" by definition (but can be either). A monster is simply difficult and we don't tend to play nice with them until/if we recognize their worth. That's why I chose "monster" despite the moral neutrality I intend to convey - it's a deliberate dysphemism to highlight the fact that we typically find monsters messy and often ugly, regardless of their human potential.
Monsters are important, because they are change agents. They are where human innovation comes from, FOR BETTER OR **WORSE** (WWII era European fascism was itself a kind of "innovation" - horribly so). But also Turing was acting in that role on more than one front, and was imprisoned for it. Arguably that shakeup of Europe ended the practice of empire building, and maybe it was a fait accompli or at least *something* had to bring that about, whether it be fascism and a world war or some other catastrophic human event. Either way, monsters played a central role, be they Churchill, Truman, Hirohito, Stalin or Hitler.
People in the role of monster (whether real or not - take the stories as they are as not everything has to be history), include Tesla, Buddha, Edison**, Jesus Christ, and Moses but also Mao, Pol Pot, and Constantine because they either facilitated a massive social reset, altered the human course of history, or otherwise played a role in shaping our human condition.
At least those are the famous ones.
But difficult humans often touch our own lives in some substantial way as well. Our individual lives in some ways, are a microcosm of our collective experience.
One of the reasons I find all the above useful is it gives me a way to look at history, not as a battle between the forces of civilization and chaos, but rather through the currents of change.
Another reason is sometimes it helps me have patience with people I find difficult. Perhaps I haven't uncovered their value to me in that moment.
I'm not saying it will be useful to anyone else, or that you even have to agree.
This for me isn't so much about the "right" or "wrong" way to look at things, but rather, is it a "useful" way to look at things.
For me at least, sometimes it is.
** I'd argue Edison's innovation was more social and therefore "successful", and Tesla's more scientific, but they both changed our world, so they both get lumped together despite the differences.
Real programmers use butterflies
modified 24-Dec-21 3:41am.
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Looks at the time... Someone ate two of the "Only eat one - trust me" brownies for the Christmas party, didn't they? 
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No, I come by it naturally. Like I said, I went over the high wall. Mania can be illuminating.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Pardon my ignorance , what does over the high wall mean ?
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I went mad. Hallucinations, a week of mania, and more. It was mind bending.
Real programmers use butterflies
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If you think you went mad you probably didn't - that's the problem with the edge the only people that know where it is are the ones that have gone over it.
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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You're missing something.
I was diagnosed, and am on medication. With it comes awareness.
I understood what happened to me after the fact.
Real programmers use butterflies
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ok - no offence intended
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Greetings Kind Regards I am sorry to hear of your situation I hope treatment is going well Re/ psychological troubles I know a thing or one or maybe two Some years ago I suffered from considerable depression and other psychological ailments but regular simple Buddhist "meditation" practice over some time and Poof Bingo Presto Voila they all gradually diminished to nothing As for the current trend called "mindfulness" I believe it is hogwash pscho-babble As the saying goes KISS "Just Sit" is the Buddhist rule How simple is that I was tortured just this morning by an hour of pscho-babble on NPR I always wish to call in and give the same advice I am giving here By the way I also found this practice helpful in discovering bugs in my code While "Just Sitting" on occasion they would just become apparent - Best Regards Cheerio
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The mindfulness training and all that comes from dialectical behavioral therapy which actually draws on some concepts from Buddhism.
So much so that I dropped a DBT group course because I wasn't learning anything new. My first serious boyfriend back when I was a very young adult was a practicing Buddhist, and I learned a lot from him - he's gone now, but he was one of the most peaceful people I ever knew.
I think a lot of DBT is simple concepts dressed up in almost clinical language. I personally, don't have problem with that, but I understand why a lot of people would.
The medication works pretty well for me, and for the rest there's yoga. Yoga encompasses meditation so it's efficient. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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Like the designer of RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu, Stormbringer and other similar RPG like to say, Monsters are people too!  
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Despite the fact that Edison never did any genuine scientific work of his own...
Don't ever call a nerd an Edison, it is as bad as accusing an American of being a Nazi, or an Alabama fan an Auburn fan, or even calling a Cold War-era American a communist.
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