I remember reading that. It was pretty funny. Jihad is easy. Running a country is not. Who would have thought.

I don’t and have never wanted to “stress myself.” There is no off switch for the stress. It’s always there. It’s been there almost as long as I can remember.

I was diagnosed at 28. If I waited much longer I would probably be a full blown alcoholic today. I managed my symptoms by self medicating (i.e. drinking) which was a really poor substitute for actual medication. That was the only way I could temporarily shut off the stress.

Getting diagnosed and properly medicated dramatically improved my quality of life.

I was today years old when I learned that many people don’t have an inner monologue. The human body is so fascinating.

Oddly enough, if I don’t take my ADHD meds, I tend to talk to myself out loud a lot because my inner monologue gets kind of “muffled” in the “noise” and I rely on it very heavily to think through.

I imagine being a high school teacher sometimes feels like being Margaret Dumont in a Marx Brothers movie.

I have a rule that “Nothing will be automated that cannot be manually overridden.”

Well, actually it’s my wife’s rule but it’s a good rule nonetheless. As a result, there’s a big panel full of relays in the basement that is the “last mile” for anything climate control or security related.

There have been a few times when it’s been handy. Like when the exhaust fan isn’t working and I don’t want to debug the ESP32 controller today so I just flip it over to “Manual”.

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Reporters should all just say it was Don Jr.

Somebody’s gonna have to go back and get a shitload of nails.

Puts me straight to sleep.

I’ve worked at places where we repurposed old CAT3 cables for network connecting printers, desk phones, environmental sensors, etc. Rare occasions where 10Mbps works just fine. Using that to connect a PC would suck.

I use Jellyfin with FinAmp for Android. Even supports offline caching.

I miss having a Jacuzzi in my master bath. For some reason it made reading more enjoyable. It’s like it provided enough sensory stimulation to keep the “squirrels” occupied that I could soak in it and read a book without feeling bored. I love to read but I’ve done very little of it since I sold that house 5 years ago.

It’s not like they have to work very hard at it at this point.

You got me there.

Saudi Arabia & murdering journalists.

Name a more iconic duo.

Jellyfin, Immich, and Paperless-ngx are three of the apps I use the most but you do whatever works best for you. That’s half the advantage of self hosting. You can have a solution that’s custom tailored to your needs.

Considering they’ve been murdering Palestinians en masse and the Trump Administration has been perfectly fine with that, I’m sure the Israelis have a pass to do whatever they want. Explicit or not.

superpower

I had one person try to tell me that because I, like many people with ADHD, tend to be good in a crisis.

Apparently they were not listening to anything I said because that is the only upside. And it’s not a very big upside. Everything else about having ADHD is bad. I’m honestly not sure how you get from “I can’t focus on anything, relax, or regulate my own emotions” to calling ADHD a “superpower.”

It is a horrible disorder that I would not wish on anyone and it has brought me nothing but misery. The only reason I’m happy and well adjusted now is because of medication.

Aaaannnd just like that, you’ve created a new denomination.