Author: David

Over-educated Curmudgeon, Bit-Bucket Tuner and Budding Brewmeister.
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Nopers. Not for Me.

Saw a posting for what is quite likely an otherwise worthwhile event, but even if I were to desire to attend, I could not, because I have a firm policy against exclusion of knives (and by extension ANY exclusion of items that can be used for self-defense, because such is an inherent right). And, guess what? The venue not only excludes ALL knives (no matter size, design, or purpose) but excludes a lot of other things that, well, only Koolaid drinkers would approve of.

Yeh, I don’t fly, either (and I’d have to to make the event. Or rather, I will not, because Thugs Standing Around are just Security Kabuki, laced with cover for Official Thievery. Sure, it limits some of my options, but not any that are really important.

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Obfuscation, a PERSEC Device

PERSEC, INFOSEC, even OPSEC: fields to consider when using one’s Internet-connected computation devices (including phones). VPNs, TOR browsing, defeat of various tracking methods etc., are some standard tools, but do not underestimate sowing disinformation.

For one small example, Amazon has a record of ~8,500 books I have “bought” for my Kindles. Of course, MOST of those are freebies, and an [undisclosed] number of those are books I have absolutely no interest in at all (though I do fake having read ’em by “jumping” on through til I reach the end). This ensures that Amazon will keep pitching books to me that I have no interest in reading, demonstrating the company’s lack of true knowledge of my interest areas. (I do download a lot of PD books elsewhere while in TOR sessions, though.)

That’s just an example. There are others. It cheers my heart whenever a company sends my junk mail addresses emails touting things that “will interest me” demonstrating that a particular set of disinformation has taken root.

And now you get to wonder what part(s) of this post is(are) disinformation. . . 🙂

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What Happens When I Cut My BP Dosage in Half?

Generally, about what I want. For example, today:

BP: 105/57. HR: 60.

Also, tinnitus noticeably quieter. Pulse/blood oximeter reading: O2 reading: 98; Pulse: 57. Of course, I had relaxed a bit between BP/HR measurement and oximeter readings. Oh, and I had two pretty good naps between last night and early morning, so more rested than I often am.

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News of the “These ‘Workers’ Are Crap” Nature

Twenty-eight years with “our” bank and. . . it may be time for a change. The “new” idiots running the teller positions took TWELVE MINUTES to cash a couple of checks. *smh* When they asked me for ID, I knew they HAD to just be stalling. Heck, I didn’t have to present a photo ID when I applied for a mortgage (long paid off). What is it with “workers” nowadays? (Sadly, our “good neighbor” who worked there for years no linger does, apparently as of just this month.)

How do they get these people? By looking for “workers” to fill middle management positions?

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Weird.

Hmmm. . . missed my BP med yesterday (rare, nowadays, but it happens). A few hours after waking this AM, still haven’t taken my meds, and BP is 104/68 (pulse 69). THAT is VERY unusual. What?!? Did I actually sleep last night? *smh* Mirabile dictu!

I’m-a need to watch this. . .

Sidebar: signed up with Jase Medical for a year’s supply of meds (emergency stash to supplement my primary care physician’s quarterly prescription). Of course, I cheated a wee tad.

one med is prescribed at a level 2X the dosage I need (long story short: new Dr replicated previous prescription w/o noting my ongoing satisfaction with half dosage – what I had been previously instructed to try out). I’ve been doing VERY well on half dosages of that med for 3.5 years, now.
other med: I submitted an OLD prescription (pic taken from the ONE pill bottle I had left from a previous dr that had some leftover meds from before that dosage had been cut in half by the dr) that was twice the dosage level of what I’ve been on for 4 years, now.

Result: one year’s emergency stash = up to TWO year’s supply.

And both the meds have a MUCH longer real world expiration date than the ED noted by pharmaceutical company. (See the DoD Shelf-Life management Program and supportive research from 1986 through 2012 and beyond.)

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Does YOUR Neighborhood Watch Need Nuclear Deterrence?

Maaaaayyybe. . . *heh*

Two years old, but never actually walked back:

Biden Ripped For ‘Threatening To Nuke Law-Abiding American Citizens’: He’s ‘Literally Recording NRA Ads’

(I am soooo going on some moron’s “watch list,” ‘cos The Felonious Barony of Iniquity and Homeland Oppression of Liberty, along with almost every other part of our beloved “feddle gummint,” are idiotic criminal organizations.)

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Olde Pharte Memories. . .

Darned near everything I see nowadays reminds me of vignettes of the past, oftentimes many different memories of things related to the current scene. Just a couple of minutes ago, someone mentioned Punnett Squares and reminded me that, though we covered their use in 7th Grade Science class, they were missing from my sophomore high school biology class. . . in a different state and district (as was a LOT of the human anatomy covered in an 8th Grade Science class in that other district).

Yeh, when we moved (9th Grade), the schools placed me in “average kids'” classes, in order to make absolutely sure I was bored out of my gourd.

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Neighborhood Watch

[N.B. Sorta-kinda-halfway tongue in cheek?]

Home Made Mortars?

No neighborhood watch should be without one. Or five.

(For when the Felonious Barony of Iniquity parks 1/4 mile away before launching yet ANOTHER illegitimate assault on a citizen’s inalienable rights? Maaaaaybe. . . 😉 )

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Get ‘er Done

Finally got around to cashing in a gift card (Thx, MF-n-Will!). A book (naturally), and pantry organization things – coupla my favorite things). My Wonder Woman had been carrying it around for more than half a year, but never could settle on something she wanted to spend it on for herself, so. . . Took me all of five minutes. Mr Efficiency.

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What’s in YOUR EDC bag?

Soup. Save the ketchup packages from fast food meals and include them (along with jerky, and other long-term foods) in your EDC bag. Ketchup + (real) cream powder + lil bit of water + jerky; boil (in your EDC cup over EDC camp stove made from tuna tins, if you wish): nice lil soup. Pre-soak some dried corn or wasabi peas to add. Get creative. (More fun than just cracking open an MRE, for sure.)

And – of course! – your combo knife-fork-spoon (I like my Coleman version) is already in one of 16 or so pockets in your ADC (All Day Carry) vest, along with your Emergency Sandwich and your Backup Emergency Sandwich. . . *heh*