WYFP? Aging Edition
Tomorrow is the first day of the last year of my 50s. Yep, turning the big 5-9. Kind of two minds about it. More after this Public Service Announcement…Considering my general non-healthy lifestyle...
View ArticleWYFP: The Board, and other things
Whenever I get a volunteer for a diary, you may have noticed that I tell them their name is on The Board, which conjures up visions of controls and instruments lined up on panels in a brightly lit...
View ArticleWYFP? I Love My Job, I Hate My Job
WMFP? I hate my job.I have worked in the private sector, for non-profits and am currently a government employee in a Red state. I’ve never been treated in as dehumanizing a fashion as I am in this...
View ArticleWYFP: For Want of a Washer
So here we are again, and I am posting tonight's diary.It's been another expensive week here in our old crumbling bungalow. The kitchen faucet had need of a new washer, letting us know by leaking a...
View ArticleWYFP: My Neighborhood "Improves"
I live in an “It City.”Until recently, though, it would be hard to tell in my neighborhood. It’s a working class subdivision of nondescript brick ranch houses built in the 1950s, far from its glory...
View ArticleWYFP: My sleep schedule is all goofy
As evidenced by tonight’s diary being a few minutes (35) or so of them….my schedule is goofy.I never have been diagnosed with narcolepsy but I would not be surprised if I have it. Add it to the other...
View ArticleWYFP? Can one be mindful in an age of mindlessness
There was for a while in DK a weekly Sangha time for shared quiet on Mondays and it would be nice to bring that forward again. But that’s for another group.Meditation is not for everyone, but hopefully...
View ArticleWYFP: Music Open Thread
I did intend to write a diary this week, but the night got away from me and I’m about to go to sleep. Some local music I’m listening to at the moment. Any music you’d like to turn us onto?Haley...
View ArticleWYFP? OPEN THREAD
Note that somewhere around 830pm ET some of us decide that if there’s no diary in the queue, an Open Thread diary will get put up
View Article12 May WYFP - Bears Ears Edition and Mystery Job Adverts
Hi all… WYFP?Today’s WYFP is brought to you by Bears Ears. This was drafted on 6 May when I was looking online at various job adverts and found these adverts to be odd (to me — they are perfectly...
View ArticleWYFP? Such Is Moving...
I still haven’t sold the boat. I am in the process of getting ready to move, however. I think the boat will be easier to sell empty than with me living in the middle of it. That’s what I tell myself...
View ArticleWYFP I think we have a dog
WYFP ! Sorry about some probable grammar and spelling errors that may occur in this. This is kind of an experiment for me. but here goes.My FP is (other than Nov ‘16) kind of started last Nov. 11th. I...
View ArticleWYFP: Driving Me Crazy Edition
As of Thursday, I’m no longer driving my FP.In last week’s WYFP, I ranted about the many problems that I had with my 22-year-old, 159,200-mile car:The windshield is cracked.The right window won't roll...
View ArticleWYFP 9 June... so much to think about.
Welcome to WYFP.Tonight’s WYFP is about territory. I cannot write about sadness which is an FP of mine (sad about Anthony Bourdain, state of the USA, and a few other things, too.)My cat, Stella, has an...
View ArticleWYFP: Heart to heart
I know I have chronic conditions, and I was born with a bum aortic valve, but what keeps Drumpf vertical? I eat pretty well, and my weight stays down, but he eats steak and cheeseburgers far more often...
View ArticleWYFP? Sarah Huckabee Sanders needs some Mariachi music
It’s been a week of MFP, but here’s a place to let loosexTo the 4 million: You owe it to your friends, family, and fellow citizens â and to yourselves! â to register and vote this November....
View ArticleWYFP: June 30 edition: sleep
WYFP?My FP today…. I want more sleep. I am up now most days at 05.30 because of the sun — it gets bright and warm here very early. Even with curtains I cannot sleep much patch that time. Then I get to...
View ArticleWYFP - 7 July edition - statistical regressions, mental health, wonky feet
So my FP tonight and this past week is a series of related problems that are all minor.I have just learned how to do hierarchical regressions in a software called SPSS and I *think* I am doing them...
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