My wife has 8 months to go on “maintenance” chemo, and just had a stop because of unexplained high liver enzymes and low neutrophils. It totally is a slog, even though it’s better than the 8 months of inpatient chemo two years ago. I only say this in that having done all that, we still have a heavy...

I’m not really that down on cities. That was just me in a mood after spending most of the day in traffic. I’ve never been outside of Heathrow, but I’m sure it’s lovely. Totally makes sense. Having to commute by car is a killer. I spend a bit of time in Atlanta and why people that live near a MARTA ...

It’s interesting because many of claimed benefits of mindfulness often exist in any activity that fixes concentration on an “object”. Anything from crochet to miniature painting, just something that you focus on and get into a flow state. I’ve noticed when I’m painting my little Warhammer men or muc...

I should add that the NHS has been incredible. From The current media environment I was expecting this time to be… bumpy. But it’s been the opposite. Attentive, kind, professional people everywhere I’ve turned. The hospitals are modern, clean and dare I say feel like a private healthcare provider. I...

Geoff Tate approves! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3T4u0y3J5bM As for me, I’d rather explore smaller town Britain. Big cities give me a headache and a wallet-ache. Crap for being a big expensive city. Eat a hot turd, London. Same goes for NYC, Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, Mumbai, Moscow, Mexico City, and...

Well, after a long run of incredible victories, todays MRI hinted at a possible set back. There's definitely some cellular growth in the resection cavity. Whether or not it's cancerous (yet) is to be determined by the Tumor Board. Based on how it looks in imaging it's not, but could very likely bec...

Cheers man It’s weird, ever since the big “bad news” everything within that has been as positive as it can be. I’m not sure how I’ll cope when the news stops being so (relatively) positive but that’s a bridge to cross when I get to it. Oh, and Sox cap it is You picked the wrong team to take your mi...

I’m curious who here has some form of meditation practice? I started about 7 years ago. It’s your fairy typical secular Buddhist mindfulness with a bit of metta. Recently I’ve started upping the length and it really seems to start getting weirder the longer you do it. I’m putting this down to zoning...

Didn't see The Hobbit movies either. They're shit, you're missing nothing. On a brighter note it seems the public is largely aware so not overrated. I’d recommend tracking down the fan edited version. Some guy cut all three down to one film by deleting out everything not from the book. It’s well do...

Freese really was the most obvious choice imo. He’s pretty much designed to be the perfect FF in a lab. Definitely not a dig. He’s a solid drummer, about the same age and they all likely knew each other for years. Plus they made him a proper member not a hired gun like Deftones subjected Vega to for...