thesystemisdown

I like to go bottom up. If chocolate and coffee are off the menu, I'm not sure this life is worth continuing.

we’ve had luck using kaolin clay

Neat, thanks! I just learned about kaolin clay.

One for the mouse, One for the crow, One to rot, And one to grow.

I like the old rhyme, but do they actually let you have one? I like your sacrificial dill. We did that one year, but with fennel instead (just because we have more luck with that). Ultimately, it was Bacillus Thuringiensis (BT) which worked the best.

I suppose it has more to do with the opportunity for a significant breach. The healthcare provider's email system is a big target full of exploits. Fax is also ~~HIPPA~~HIPAA compliant, email is not.

Need a simple end to end encrypted email solution, and for regular users to understand that solution isn't Gmail for fax to die. The health and financial sectors are keeping fax alive, and it isn't completely their fault.

An interesting application feature idea; filter profiles? Where filters, blocks, subscriptions, etc. are a set/group that can be toggled. You could make a separate account, I suppose. But there's also some likely overhead to consider.

Reminds me of Matt Berry as Lazlo in What we do in the Shadows.

The last time I went to an oil change place, I wanted it done because I was leaving town the next day. I usually have my regular mechanic (who is excellent and honest; a rare breed) do it, or I do it myself.

The ten minute oil change took an hour and change. They tried to upsell me on a bunch of bullshit and gave me stink eye when I politely told them I just need a conventional oil change, thanks.

They overfilled it by about .75 of a quart. I had to take care of that myself before the aforementioned road trip. The car only holds about four quarts in total.

They charged twice as much as my mechanic who knows what he's doing and gives a shit. Never again.

I can't say I miss the nonsense.

Is your stand-up the rare exception that lasts 10-15 minutes and actually accomplishes something?

It's a good idea to clean your dishwasher out every once in a while. I do mine quarterly. They will get gross otherwise. There's a filter in the bottom that needs to be thoroughly cleaned out, and the bit it fits into. Clean the gasket all the way around, and then run a cycle with a sanitizer product if you feel like it.

There's also that period before you leave when you prepare to be away from home all day, and the period after you return home when you decompress. Most people aren't magically relaxed after dealing with the commute home.

It used to take three hours of my waking life per day. About 18% of my weekday life. 540 hours per year. At $40/hr that's 21k of free money to the house. FWIW I'd rather have that time to myself and family, but there's the number.