[Roentgen Day preview]

Tomorrow is Roentgen Day. Wilhelm Roentgen is credited with discovering X-rays. Every year our school celebrates his birthday with a party with radiology-themed food and costumes and prizes and entertainment. 
 

I found a silicone cake mold of a skull a month or so ago which I thought would be great (we’re dental hygiene so we take radiographs of heads all the time). Wanna preview?

 

 

[Jokes & memes]

On 10/31/2023 at 5:17 PM, Katy said:

I changed my Siri’s voice to male years ago for this very reason! Why should this thing that is basically a servant be female?!

[It’s getting dry and cool…what is your favorite lotion for dry skin?]

Lubriderm 

[My novel was published!]

Congratulations!!!

[Parades—more nostalgia]

Another vote for marching bands!!! I grew up in Philadelphia and went to the Thanksgiving Day every year. I remember the boom boom boom of the marching bands even more than the balloons and floats. 

[Medical Referrals]

I’m skeptical of other people’s referrals all the time. I rarely do doctors (full disclosure: dh is my dr) cuz I’m fortunately in good health. But secretly, with my mouth shut, I think people go to drs and specialists waaayy too often. 

[Apple Music help]

Thank you, Arctic bunny. 
 

What I did was instead of using the app on my laptop (where only one playlist showed up) I used a browser and went to the apple music website. I was able to access all my playlists that way. I don’t know why the app doesn’t work, but as long as I can listen, I’m satisfied. 

[Apple Music help]

Bump

[I got my dream job]

47 minutes ago, Mrs Tiggywinkle Again said:

The ropes are pretty extensive since I’m also responsible for accreditation compliance for the program to remain accredited. And that is a behemoth. 

Yes! Our next accreditation visit happens in 2026 and I’m already starting to stress about it! I’m just hoping that there are others at the college who have been through this many times who will have advice for me. 

[I got my dream job]

So excited for you! I am a program director at a community college too! (Not EMT). Give yourself a full year to learn the ropes. It took me quite some time to get used to a desk job. You’ll get there! So happy for you!

[Apple Music help]

I've asked on the Apple support page but so far I haven't received a reply, and since I know you are all so knowledgeable on a wide range of topics, I thought I would post here.

I usually listen to Apple Music on my phone. Often. No problem there. But recently I have wanted to listen on my laptop. When I log into my account on the laptop, it doesn't show all of my playlists. It shows some of them but not all. Actually, it really only shows one playlist that I made, but the other playlists are sort of generic (90's music, classical music, etc), playlists that I clearly did not make. 

Here's one other clue. My main playlist (let's call it Mom's Tunes) on my phone has hours and hours of songs on it. But that same playlist on the laptop, only has a tiny fraction of the songs even though it is clearly the same playlist. And all of my other playlists (Biking, Running, Love Songs, etc) are just not showing up on laptop at all. 

One more clue. It has been years since I tried to access it on my laptop.

Wait. Another clue. I have a Family Account. I am the administrator. 

Any ideas how I can listen to my playlists on the laptop? TIA

[New grandchild]

Congratulations!! 

[Controversial topic: is "Fast Car" a girl song or not?]

Definitely when it came out years ago, it was about a boy with a fast car, sung from the perspective of a girl. Absolutely. Didn’t matter whether the singer was gay, back then gay people sang songs with heterosexual characters. It’s a girl song. 

[Solve this breakfast problem]

I eat a small amount of nuts in the car for breakfast. Nuts.com even has portioned little bags if you want. But i usually just measure out my own

[John Denver]

I really like John Denver. I saw him in concert when I was in 8th grade. I recently listened to several of his songs in a row. I was surprised by how many I still really really like. Even the ones that I feel were overplayed, like Sunshine on My shoulder and Take Me Home Country Roads, I really enjoyed. I’m not a country music person now AT ALL. And maybe some people wouldn’t consider him truly country. But yes, I really enjoy his music. 
 

And for the record, I even loved the movie Oh God that he was in with George Burns. 

[Where Do You Store Dirty Dishes?]

I would say that it’s time to renegotiate this division of chores. This is not working. Perhpas there are other chores that are better suited to him that will actually get done. 

[So who here has still never (that you know of) had COVID?]

Me. Dh has never had it either

[Let's argue about something]

3 hours ago, SKL said:

Gone With the Wind.

Them’s fightin’ words!!!

I loved the movie, but the BOOK! Have you even read the book??! (just trying to get into the spirit of the thread 😉) What do you know about Ellen from the movie? Practically nothing! But the book gives you sooo much. And what about the scene in the book where all Scarlett wants is to go home and fall into her mother’s arms because mother would know what to do and what a wonderful relief to have mother spoil her once again. And then…. 😭

I just didn’t get the same amount of emotion from the movie. Oh no. Sorry. The book is better. You’ll need a better example for a movie that is better than the book!

[Your “least shelved” book of the year]

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[Be grumpy! What do you think should be phased out?]

1 hour ago, theelfqueen said:

The car doesn't beep wildly if you leave the keys inside? Mine do. 

No. It does not. You mean your car is turned off, and some how it senses that you are leaving the keys behind when you go inside the house? 

[Be grumpy! What do you think should be phased out?]

I agree with most things mentioned here. But I haven’t heard this mentioned…

Car fobs that don’t have a key that goes in the ignition! I positively hate them. There is NO advantage at all. My dh has one of these for his car. He throws the fob in the cupholder (or wherever) and then forgets about it because when you turn the car off, there is nothing in your hand to remind you to remove it from the car!

[My youngest dd's SO is in the hospital with sepsis. (Update)]

So sorry to hear he going through this ordeal. Three weeks in the hospital is a long time.

[Shoulder pain--when to see a doctor]

I hurt my shoulder lifting weights back about four years ago. I thought it would feel better in a few days. It did not. I was encouraged to keep using it through the pain. I didn’t baby it. Around the six  month mark, I was really getting discouraged. But then it gradually started getting better. No surgery needed. 

[Your favorite baby shower gift books]

Jamberry, definitely. 
 

Other books for when they’re slightly older: Seven Silly Eaters (the person who said they like a book with a cadence should check this out) and the Milly-Molly-Mandy books. 

[WDYT Worker's rights vs. Client's autonomy]

I suppose I read the question envisioning a social worker or CPS coming to someone’s home. Extremely stressful for the home owner kind of situation where they were chain smoking out of nervousness. So, I voted to allow smoking for the home owner but in reality, I think a third option is what I would have preferred. Even in the especially stressful situation, politely ask if we can take this discussion outdoors. Bitter cold weather? Might be tough, maybe please open a window. I answered viewing it from the home owner, and they felt like they were already being put in a difficult situation. So, I think context is important. If I’m going in to do PT on someone who is expecting me, is different than if I’m going in possibly removing their children.