Right, I'm still in shedloads of pain. Things this week have been really difficult. Thank you for letting me be real about it here.
Rest day for me tomorrow - physical and mental.
There's still so much going round in my head, including questions over my writing. But right now I need sleep and no screens.
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Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, with Tom Paxton and Riders in the Sky, "A Pirate's Life"
Stan Rogers double-play! "The Wreck of the Athens Queen" and "Maid on the Shore"
Faith Petric, "The Crafty Maid's Policy"
Charlie King, "Kugelsburg Bank"
From Annie Get Your Gun, Ethel Merman, "Moonshine Lullabye"
Going out on Chris Calabrese's piano version of "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)/Grem Grinning Ghost"
#StaySafe and #BlessedBe !
In local follow up:
The wind is howling outside, sky is gray, and we just got a campus email alert.
FTA: We are under ..."a flood watch, a wind advisory, and a hazardous weather outlook. . .This system has the capability to cause serious and catastrophic flooding ...".
I finally got my #FFXIV screenshots sorted. So, I'm tired. Aaaand from this screenshot, so's she! 
But it means I can mostly start compiling and writing the post tomorrow. It's going to be about a week late. But it will get done.
Time for meds and bed, though I'm likely to be late up "tomorrow". Sorry I'm not around much, but I'm glad that, here on Fedi and in GamePad, it's okay not to be.
Thank you.
Pete Seeger and friends, "Old Time Religion"
Arlo Guthrie, "The Motorcycle Song (An Education)"
Lonnie Donegan, "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor?"
Dave Van Ronk, "Mares Eat Oats" and "One Meatball"
The Neon Girls, "Will You Support Me?"
Malvina Reynolds, "The Little Mouse" [with swears!]
Going out on James Galway, "Pie in the Face Polka"
#StaySafe and #BlessedBe !
Not nearly as much ice accumulation this time around here in Kitchener-Waterloo / Guelph area compared to cottage country and eastern #Ontario. It is pretty, and not to the extent which brought down tree branches last year, but nobody should be out on the roads unless they absolutely must.
#StaySafe #IceStorm #weather #OnStorm #GreatLakes
The winds calmed down, sadly my pain did not so I've made little blog progress.
But I did have about 2½hrs in #LOTRO before the game started hogging RAM again. Currently, the easiest "fix" is for me to reboot the game from scratch, so I'll have to do that for now. I can't fix an EXE taking more RAM.
I looked into RAM limiting for one process on #Linux, but it looks pretty tricky and risky, so I won't tempt Fate.
Time to head off until Monday,
Take care all,
म्यांमार में7.7 तीव्रता का शक्तिशाली भूकंप, दक्षिण-पूर्व एशिया में हलचल
https://www.newsfeedindia.in/2025/03/7-7-magnitude-earthquake-hits-myanmar-thailand.html
#MyanmarEarthquake #Thailand #Earthquake #BreakingNews #Disaster #RescueEfforts #SeismicActivity #NaturalDisaster #StaySafe
The reason I'm cooking is because a lot of the craftable iL720 gear needs a material only available with scrips (or at a premium from other players).
So I had to stop gathering direct materials and figure out a less annoying craftable collectable. The cooking one fits that bill. So yeah. It's late now so I'm heading to sleep shortly.
I read about "cosmic tools" and it kinda sounds info-overload. So I'll craft what I can for now.
Right, I've done all the scouting I need for this week's #FFXIV blog post, but tomorrow will be a total rest day. Aiming for some creative time with writing and pyrography.
But mostly, I'll be resting and recovering. We got wifey's submission in about 5am yesterday so I've had high pain levels today. Tomorrow is a self-care day, mostly, anyway.
Now for a complete change of pace...
Meatloaf, "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
Meg Christian, "Look Within"
Joel Mabus set! "The Fiddle and the Bow" and "The Preacher and the Flood"
The Limeliters, "A Million a Day"
Garnet Rogers, "Come From the Heart"
Jackie DeShannon, "What The World Needs Now is Love"
Going out on John Bayless's Bach Improv piano version of "All You Need is Love"
#StaySafe and #BlessedBe !
And, I can finally log into #LOTRO to actually play it. So I'm going to try to do that. Try because I have a tension headache from neck and shoulder pain.
Because this is Mastodon, where being honest won't negatively affect my posts being seen... I'm NOT in a good place mentally.
This is caused by various different things, which is how I've got to that "place", rather than one Big Thing.
So I'm just going to quietly play then quietly slip away.
Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow.
Right, heading to sleep at a better time tonight. I've had a sort of "pain hangover" from yesterday's almost unbearable level.
So now I'm in (lower) pain, but drained.
I'll only be around if I'm up to it tomorrow. I have dishes to do and rooms to hoover etc.
For now, from 'Ali and I,
