I thought I would quickly follow up with my scan result from yesterday: all is well, nothing suspicious.
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I thought I would quickly follow up with my scan result from yesterday: all is well, nothing suspicious.
Yes, Dx mammogram uses stronger radiation and scans from more angles than screening mammogram.
It’s not.
You didn’t, though. You said something we all already know.
🤬
The place I go doesn’t have those.
Yes. “Dense tissue,” ie your body is flawed.
We know. Jeez.
I’m over 55. Nothing feels different to me.
😠😤😡🤬
It’s ridiculous! I’m so glad this thread exists. We need a “me too” movement for better screening technology. No more squish! Dense tissue sisters, unite!
OMG I am giggling so childishly right now.
And always find a way to laugh. Somehow. Stretch for the humor.
AMEN. I’m having that more intensive mammogram, tomorrow. For real. I have had this before, too. Why? Both times: “dense tissue.” Since this is a known thing, why not go right to the ultrasound every year, until my tits become un-dense?? But no…it has to be squish and radiation first.
Which is to say: all the things. Period.
Pretty much applies to ALL of my social media feeds except - at least for now - Bluesky.
Remember Boaty McBoatface?
2026 will be the year of the horse! That definitely includes sea horses.
Haha. That’s a self I want to keep around!
WTF. Is he trying to provoke a civil war?
Yes. It’s hard to let go of one’s past, aspirational, or fully imaginary selves.
Mine too.
Sure is.
He might be a melange of all scavenger species. Plus the brain worm, who may be driving that whole bus.
Pretty heavy makeup on his right hand.
Not if RFK Jr. is involved. He likes roadkill bear meat - or beached whale meat. He’s a passive hunter. No lead.
Good chance - the bear must’ve died of something, right?
Coke or meth, possibly both.
Raw bear meat?
♥️Irma Vep
Whoa. Sweet.
“Man on the Moon” and “It’s the End of the World as We Know It.” I can’t choose between them.
YouTube has a huge pen and ink (and stationery and planners) community. It’s pretty amazing. If you search for “glass dip pen” I’m sure something good will pop up. I have a glass dip pen but I’ve never actually used it. 🫣
I keep hearing great things about the Carene. I’ve never tried that model of Waterman. That nib is gorgeous, and I love the finish on the pen you have. :)
That pen is beautiful, but it takes a ballpoint refill, thus is not a fountain pen. They might make glass dip pens, though, which are super fun!
Here’s a company named for the narwhal (they changed the company name from Narwhal to Nahvalur, the Icelandic word for narwhal). The pen on their front page is the Nautilus model. It has portholes for ink windows, and it’s a piston filler - so you can carry an ocean of ink with you. :) nahvalur.com
My kingdom for the power to edit a Bluesky post!
Where did that link come from? It’s not a real link. It goes nowhere. Sorry, some kind of Bluesky automatic feature I guess.
Enjoy the ride! BOLO for a Pelikan Hub in your area, and for your local (or nearest) pen club. These things allow you to penable…er…pencourage others while simultaneously being further pencouraged, yourself. Cheers!
Going from no words to hundreds of words is a win, any way you slice it. Congratulations! Keep on keeping on!
I heard this in the grocery store today, from a couple of years earlier. I didn’t hear it until I was in high school, though. (Early 80s) youtu.be/p_vWMqirjhI?...
Right??
What’s the situation in Aus with regard to big money in politics?
😭
Did you know that you can volunteer for a 2-week stint as the lighthouse keeper out on the Dungeness Spit? You stay free, but if people show up you have to give them a lighthouse tour. I’m not sure if they’re still doing that…I hope so. I wish I’d done it before I moved to Pittsburgh.
Oh no! I’m sorry to hear that. That is part of Washington’s charm (especially the peninsula), but it does tend to drain away one’s enthusiasm for a long hike when you know the view will look much the same as that in the parking lot.
Such a gorgeous spot. Did you hike all the way out? Cape Flattery is amazing too.
I also see what looks like the tip of an ear and the tip of a tail, maybe? On either side of the calico. Is there a fourth kitten?
YES! I LOLed.
And Kurtis Blow, of course.
Kool Moe Dee, for one.
Too much churching.
A god.
There was a wine bar in Seattle in the early 2000s. The wine was passable but the food was Marie Callander’s, straight up.
Oh. My. GOD. What is even happening in this world?
Smith tower?
Right?? The kitchen comes free with the rent!
Could’ve been virtual reality.
Is joke, sir.
I mean…to be fair, guano is poop, so the birds (and bats) would be the ideal jailers.
Me too.
PS I had a coin dealer once tell me that the main religious lobbyist was a “little old lady,” but I’ve never verified that. (My dad was, and I am, a haphazard numismatics enthusiast.)
*is still on some of our money…
E pluribus unum was an unofficial motto of the US. It wasn’t replaced as such, and us still on some of our money. Instead, it was superseded when “In god we trust” was adopted as the official motto after religious groups lobbied Congress.
Or the definition of antisocial media.
Follow-up: I’m wrong. Apparently it is a FIFA World Cup trophy, not sure if real or replica.
It appears to be an incredibly tacky statue of Atlas.
Miller is such a ghoul.
Genius idea!
THE TAN SUIT OMG
He looks worse every time I see him on the news - which I try to avoid, but I always catch a glimpse before clicking away to something else.
Don’t forget the someday billionaires.
Phyllis Schlafly will welcome them with mint juleps. But since it’s hell, they will be boiling hot and undrinkable.
Barbecue - ride or die.
And there’s this: youtu.be/dULOjT9GYdQ?...
“Board” refers to food, in the expression, “room and board.” It means “a seat at the dinner table.”
I think the issue is that they keep calling it “praxis,” lol. The word is “work.” Praxis is in the sky; work is on the ground.
As my dad said about Amway’s pyramid scheme (their HQ is in my hometown): “Sooner or later somebody’s got to be selling some goddamned soap!”
OMG YES. Hard agree. I’m a former academic (humanities), left ABD because I couldn’t deal with this exact problem. The rubber has to hit the road if you want to get anywhere.
😂 We wish!
I am not pictured or described. I use an Aeropress because I only drink one cup per day and my partner only drinks tea.
Ohhhh, of course. Thank you. I did hear that Stamp had died. I guess I should watch that movie, eh?
Lest anyone thing I’m poking fun - I am actually older than Scalzi, haha. But also genX.
Generationally speaking, you could call yourself an X-Man.
Ah, I’ve never seen it. Is Bernadette a character or an actor in the film? When I first read your post I looked up Bernadette Peters on Wikipedia to see if she had died. (Still alive as of yesterday.)
Ohh, Peter Pan.
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Forgive me, I don’t get the references.
Just in case, abundance of caution, etc.
You probably already know this, but please make sure your peanut butter isn’t sweetened with xylitol. Super bad for dogs.
“Was it a black bear?” No “Was it a brown bear?” No, it was a purple bear, grape flavored.
It’s suck ups all the way down.
There was an interim: Mapquest.
“Take a left about a quarter mile before you get to the place where that blue house used to be.”
Yep. But I haven’t lived in my hometown since 1994, and I still don’t need to use google maps to get around when I’m there visiting family.
Or you printed out ten pages of Mapquest turn-by-turn directions and had to fumble around with them while driving, promptly dropping a couple of the pages on the passenger side floor.
The problem is that they come in gangs, and every one of them is also carrying. Pull a gun on them and you’ll end up dead instead of in a detention center.