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This is interesting. Bumping and maybe could be moved to Garden.

I had some links in my ppd. Hey, I still do, unhid them. http://thedaobums.com/topic/36149-natural-vision-improvement/#entry577065 Might look at Mantak Chia's book if can get at the library. Have slowed down on buying books and wasn't a fan of other things I read by him.

Kids call it waterfalling. I don't really wash my water glass that often. If it's just water and no one else drinks out of it shouldn't need much more than occasional quick rinse of the rim. I might reuse my coffee/tea cups a few times without fully washing them too. I did get a rainbarrel. Getting it hooked up this weekend.

That's what I'm talking about. Except we're 300 years too late to be pirates, but Big Sur could work. I get it- you're not just some lonely, horny guy to do a boring job to fit into the material world. You're an Artist and a Prophet. Hanging out in a bedroom is poor material though. Look what we're reduced to on this thread, posting cheesy clips and pictures and talking about that. The plot has fizzled and character development isn't going anywhere either. You are a flawed, but likeable and sympathetic character. We all want to see you go on a Hero's Journey and Get the Girl. Also I don't think this love interest should be just any young floozie. Beyond physical, what kind of person should she really be? Needs character development and will leave up to you. I think you should go have an adventure. You don't have many obligations and if it doesn't go well you can go back to the start and use the material to make a better fictional version. But am hoping it will be an autobiography. Don't have a ready workaround to get cash to bankroll it other than doing some mundane job temporarily, should add up quick since you have minimal expenses. So if you go have an adventure and write a story about it I will buy a copy. You can call it Wanderings of a Reformed Monk.

Still wish the mods would have let the Starjumper vs. Thunderpants showdown go off.

Are your parents okay? How would they feel about you living on their own? Is there some reason they are trying to hold on or you feel like you should be there for them? Is their health okay. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, feeling a little sad for them now. Seems like a bittersweet time in life (40s) for those of us who took a more conventional path as children grow up, but there are positives. Now that they are retired and children raised, have your mom and dad considered sailing off to become pirates?

Fun is contraindicated for aspiring artist and writer. He should be seeking out maximum pain- terrible oppression, general suffering, desperately in love with someone who treats him cruelly- that sort of thing, then turn it into Art.

If you get a job at place like UPS or get on with a landscape crew, you can get paid to get fit. How cool is that?

Nungali was sinking down in his chair and slapping his own face in dismay, no need to block. DB- kids were watching Pumping Iron the other day. You definitely look better than Arnold Schwarzenegger. Those guys were freakish. You're going to need to at least buy those young pretty girls lunch. That seems to be conventional for those sites. My friend who ended up with the older guy grumbled about getting fat from going to mediocre chain lunch places, so if you can find a cool veggie cafe or something a bit off the mainstream maybe you'll stand out a little.

My friend's boyfriend sort of hacked it and they have been together over a year and get along great. He is 11 years older and they met on match.com. First, he asked her out and she turned him down over age. Then, he messaged again because they had a common interest in running and said he was interested in just finding friends to be running buddies because he was trying to get more fit and asked her what she thought of his training routine. It took a few months of friendship and her dating goofy online guys for it to change to relationship. So maybe instead of immediately seeming to look for a girlfriend just ask questions or make comments about common interests and be open to making female friends. Or ask the girls who turn you down to critique your profile. The one who turned down over 6 years could have used it as a more arbitrary excuse than saying you weren't attractive to her for whatever other reason.

SC, what happens in Germany if someone wants to go back to school and completely change careers when 25+?

Yes.

Sort of an interesting question in regards to astrology and 5 elements. Maybe all those wild times were just a result of my dominant metal phase.

Yes, should be interesting. The reason given for lowering it is kids are getting "splotchy teeth" from too much flouride overall in combination with toothpastes and rinses. Because that is problem with too much flouride- splotchy teeth- never mind about the brain we aren't supposed to use those anyway.

Try meetup.com for your area. Anything of interest?

I like them all except the damn light right in my eyes first thing in the morning, maybe if it was gradual. An overhead lumen therapy light for the shower might be good. The vase needs a way to add new water without making a mess or displacing flowers. Maybe a funnel. It sounds sort of like a toothbrush holder, but with more holes. It seems like toothbrush holders with nonstandard (they're always 4) # of holes could be a niche for families of 3 or 5 and so on. Good to know for perimeter tracker although we're past stage of needing one now. What I want now that may exist too is a calendar app that syncs up with alarms that can be set to go off before events. I'm pretty meticulous about putting events in my calendar and we have a lot of activities that vary by day of week. Even my work schedule irregular. I don't like watching the clock all the time and I'm not good at it, but dislike mess of rushing around or being late for things even more. Every morning I set alarms on my phone to go off at the time I should get ready for things. If J has guitar lesson at 7, I set alarm for 6:30 to cue for it. I want alarms i can set as part of calendar ahead of time and just quick review and revise in morning. Even an alarm apart from calendar that could be set to go off 6:30 Weds.only would be helpful.

Hope he found a gal

A tracker for grade school age kids for outdoor community events, so kids can go run around and play while parents chat or listen to music, but it should beep or make some alert if they wander past a preset area. We thought of that at Shakespeare in the Park last summer, kids wandered the park while adults watched. Not even necessarily gps tracker just a sensor with an alert.

show me the way to go home

How about more of a self discovery book? We know individuals respond well to a wide range of diet and exercise regimens, but most diet books are a fairly rote recommendation. Scientific research is good for reference, but each person is always a case study rather than a statistic.

We just talked with tax guy about this. Even if you have regular paycheck job you can have unrelated side or hobby business to use as deduction. We bought some land with plan to sell veggies at farm markets and maybe work with a local winery to provide hops or grapes eventually. So for tax shelter, your side business needs to lose money. If we buy fruit trees, tractor, driving to land and markets, land improvements, hanging on the patio drinking and talking about growing grapes with Dave, whatever, that's all business related deductible and more than our profits. If you teach martial arts in your garage or sell craft stuff, all supplies, part of house, computer, phone, books and seminars (work a seminar into vacation and deduct travel and lodging too), even cleaning supplies. As long as you're not ridiculous with deductions and you can show there's maybe a goal to maybe eventually make a profit it should be fine. Tax forms and paperwork are a huge pain. I used to be self employed and do own taxes, have decided its worth it to pay tax guy now.

If you want to start slower, try brushing your teeth with nondominant hand for the month.

No brain, heart, eyes or carotid sinus. Never for anyone with pacemaker or defibrillator. Nowhere near abdomen if pregnancy. But any sort of jolt enough to flex muscles to whole body in salt water seems like a pretty dangerous experiment, could spark a seizure or arrhythmia and then they'd drown.

Alpaca socks, hat, gloves, sweater would be good gifts for those In cold weather areas.