On the Road Again - Eclipse 2024

So the day before my wife drove up to my Adirondack region for the eclipse. Alas, that same day a chronic health problem became acute, and I went to a nearby ER.A CAT scan was performed. The radiologist reading it remotely sent back a report with a black-boxed warning of findings with critical relevance; to insure they got the message, he called the ER to caution against attempting any treatment outside close proximity to an OR and an attending surgeon, both lacking at my local ER.So ambulance to Cooperstown, where an outstanding medical staff (and surgeons) wrestled me from acute back to chronic.I was released close to noon on eclipse day. We loaded my carcass and many pills into the car, drove 2 1/2 hours to reach the Totality zone ... north of Booneville, near the Black River Museum.We set up there and watched the clouds roll in. But both high cloud cover and low were patchy and clear areas occasionally aligned.No awesome photography opportunities, but with our eclipse glasses, even through heavier clouds we could watch the sun dim from a burnt orange ball to the *click-black* of totality. The moment felt no less profound for the compromised viewing.It was stunning to watch the sun fade and return so quickly -- something like passing from chronic to acute and back in hours.It's good to be alive and warm in the sun.

You say you will uphold your creationist beliefs in the physical world.Is that a threat? How will you affect the physical world at all?And then you make your declaration stronger:

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Does that mean you will act without regard to persons, circumstances or consequences?I think you are a very bad AI.

I noticed during the pandemic that I couldn't hear the high-pitched ready tone from a digital thermometer.My wife is tired of repeating herself; my primary doctor warns me that untreated hearing loss is associated with an earlier onset of dementia.Yet I have procrastinated, reluctant to leave my cozy, acoustically insulated space ...

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I heard you the tenth time

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Todd Snider, What's Wrong with You

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... but I suppose I should.

Or I'll stroke out again, face plant, and hear no more.I'll let you know. If you don't hear from me ...

I'm getting an evaluation, then almost certainly hearing aids, this summer. I expect to be shocked.

Thanks, Theo. That sounds like excellent advice.