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28 years ago on this day, several hours earlier than it is now, my mother passed at 52. I was 28. So now I've been without a parent for longer than I had one. It must be said that she'd already been 2k miles away for 7 years, so it wasn't a big change in my life that she wasn't there. It's just a set of numbers that happen to align today in a way that will never happen again. Symmetry. And no, I am not joking, and my employer didn't believe me either. Much.

@rpardee Horses are very smart. The problem is if your horse moves toward you and you back away, you've told him he's boss. It's a big mind game, you reverse that and they'll back up when you cue them. He deals with a lot of horses with serious problems, but the principles are pressure / release, advance / retreat.

@rpardee My dog is not that big, but I have to get in front of her and back her up rather than pick her up. It Does work as well but you have to be on every single attempt to get around your directions.
Good luck.

@rpardee Is she small enough for you to pick up? If so, there's a video on youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=JJ9V0iSEHw it might work for you

@DavidSalo If we have Thorium we should Freyanium and Lokium as well as Shivanum and place Buddhannium as the most noble of elements.

Y'all. New comedy club at Pearlridge Center has shows with Andy Bumatai, Augie T and Frank DeLima. Andy's on tomorrow and Saturday, early show (and other dates). Tickets at EventBrite ( tinyurl.com/abx93… ), or visit andybumatai.com for all the performers if you are interested. Shows throughout January.

I had a dream I met some german tech guy in a garage and he got mad at my bosses and called in an airstrike on them, then we were all (a few hundred of us) singing some stupid song from like Marry Poppins or whatever. I guess I'm putting the old year behind me.

@CJLavoie Cholesterol is driven by glucose, not by dietary cholesterol or animal products. I do not know anything about a correlation with coffee, but caffeine works by spiking glucose so maybe that's part of it.

You know the shape sorter game for toddlers? There should be a grownup version based on motherboard slots.

@GaryPoole I could check both NONE and ALL because ... well because.

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