Sharing thoughts that no one will read…
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My Health Journey, A New Disocvery
In my last post I discussed my sleep issues. I also mentioned my Intermittent Fasting (IF) which was very positive. This post will concentrate on some very major life changes that were compressed into a four month stretch. We have very good friends who lived in Brooklyn and we used to see them […]
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My Health Journey, The Trouble Begins
My last post took us up to the pandemic. This one will back up a bit. It will also go through mid-2024, even though the last post claimed (incorrectly) that this one would conclude in 2022. In late 2019, out of the clear blue, sleep started to elude me. I had a few […]
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My Health Journey, A Long Stretch
My last post in this series ended with me saying that I’d briefly cover the years 2003-2019 in the next post (which is this one). Having been kicked off of Atkins, there was a positive and negative consequence. On the positive side, eating bread (and all things wheat) again was a joy. On […]
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My Health Journey, A Win and a Loss
This is the second post in a series on my Health Journey. If you’re just tuning in, this was the first post. For 18 months, I suffered. I ate cheerios with almond milk for breakfast nearly every day. I had salads for lunch and I don’t even remember what I had for dinner. […]
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My Health Journey, the Beginning
Don’t worry, I won’t take you back to my birth, even though that’s when it technically all began. ? I’ll start in 2001, before 9/11. I hadn’t been to a doctor in roughly 10 years, and hadn’t been to one regularly in way more than that. Lois was seeing a dermatologist regularly. She […]
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First Post in 17 Months
It’s been an incredibly eventful 17 months. I’ve had a ton to say, and in some respects the time to say it, but it’s been a little overwhelming to consider how much there was to say and how much time it would take to say it. So, in typical fashion of a procrastinator, […]
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First Float Tank Experience
For over 30 years (could actually be closer to 50 years!), I’ve had a tremendous interest in trying a floatation tank. In the old days, it was called a sensory deprivation tank, but everything is more sophisticated nowadays and deserves an upgraded moniker. Way back then, it was (probably) harder to find a […]
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Cloning an ancient laptop to new hardware requires care
Astute readers of the headline will realize that I failed to do that… There was a happy ending though (thankfully). The past few posts have had TL;DRs up front. This time is will be at the end, so if you don’t want to follow this saga (and who could blame you!), just skip […]
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Wireguard, ZeroTier, ControlD and NextDNS
This will be another soul-crushing length and techie laden post, so it definitely deserves a TL;DR to let most of you off the hook early. TL;DR When using two or more services, each of which is awesome on their own, sometimes, the interactions between them are unexpected and can cause headaches (followed by […]
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Reaction vs Fail2Ban vs Crowdsec
This is a highly technical post that will only interest people who host a server that’s open to the Internet. That excludes nearly everyone that typically reads my blog, so I’ll start with a TL;DR so you can bug out quickly. TL;DR reaction is a relatively new system that is capable of replacing […]