I really liked Arrival, too, and La La Land is next on my list. Have you seen Hidden Figures yet? It's the best one I've seen in years. (I'm off to look up Manchester by the Sea....)

I'd raise a stink! Every online class we've seen has been very specific on when you need to be on campus, most down to the specific days. If he wants to see the students in person once a week when they turn in their work, I guess that is his choice, but the students need to be informed before they register and pay.

I'm trying to keep up with the thread (somehow I feel like my fitbit should be registering this!) Right now I am listening to Born a Crime. It, like Felicia Day's book, is an awesome choice for audiobook. Trevor Noah narrates it himself and puts so much of himself into it. It's like sitting at a table listening to him tell the story of his life.

I just talked to my dad's Edward Jones' advisor yesterday, the new fiduciary rule will make it less likely that you will be sold into a bad investment. I don't know all of the details of who is covered, but I know investment advisors like Edward Jones are, so that may be a good place to start.

My Charge 2 doesn't count elevator or escalator rides, unless I am walking up. Maybe if it is a bumpy ride? It doesn't surprise me that a helicopter ride would be bumpy enough to count as exercise.

It's more about aging/dementia, but I read The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain by Barbara Strauch last year. It's excellent and optimistic, but the chapter on exercise and the brain had me tying up my sneaker laces right that minute and taking a walk.

I got a Charge 2 for Christmas and love it. I like the sleep tracking partcularly.

There was a movie of the play, if you want to give it a try. I liked it, particularly since I had sat through two live versions and three movie versions of Hamlet that month. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/

We were talking after the movie (ds is 19yo), and one of the first things I noted was that it was appropriate for all ages. I think that is so important. Large parts of the reality of the era are too intense on the big screen for kids, so some of the younger generation never sees any of these important films. To its credit, it doesn't whitewash...there are references on the news and in other small scenes of the dark reality. If you know the era, they hit you in the gut, but just flash past the kids. I thought the actors (some of my favorites!) were excellent at giving glimpses of the deep pain and fear that the regular people must have felt at the time while going on with their daily lives. These women had kids, too, so they were at the same time trying to protect them from and teach them about the reality of their world. We went on a Sunday morning, so only about 40 in the theater, but that didn't stop everyone from breaking out in applause in a couple of scenes. I love films with that kind of energy.

Just got home from the movie and it was truly amazing. I loved everything about it.

Yep, I was supposed to go for them every two weeks. I wasn't super compliant so now I have an Rx and syringes and have to do it myself

I've tried them all from Penzeys https://www.penzeys.com/search/#?q=cinnamon Back when I was cooking more, I used different ones for different things, but I don't remember what. Now I use their blend "Penzeys Cinnamon" for everything. It's a nice mix of four types. (It's probably a gourmet's faux pas, like saying I prefer blended scotch to single malt, but there it is.)

I read The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain recently. If I remember right (Ha!), meta-analysis showed no effect of diets (as long as they aren't so horrendous they make you ill). The positive things that correlated with less dementia (and might slow/prevent it) were education (including continuing education), positive social interaction, and regular exercise. It does look like the MIND diet will be studied more rigorously in the future:

We are in love with the Comfy Cone. Our dog keeps insisting on surgery, so we're always working on no-licking strategies. The Comfy Cone is much less horrible than the plastic ones or the e-collars. It squishes so she can sleep comfortably in it.

I don't have a blog, but I just added my GR to my siggie. Someday I will add more books that I have read, but for now I'm keeping it up to date for the 2017 challenge. I'm also keeping the "currently reading" list of books that I've started in 2017 and might finish.

It's awesome! I don't read the Kindle versions very often, mostly with heavily illustrated books. However there is a trick: an Audible credit is worth about $11.50, if the Kindle book is on sale and the Audible can be added for $4.99 or so, I can get an Audible book for much less than a credit.

Just finished my second book! It was a light one recommended by ds. He mostly read lighter weight stuff over college break. It's NPCs by Drew Hayes. It was so much fun and just wonderful. It took me back to the light fantasy I read when I was younger, Robert Asprin, Craig Shaw Gardner, Christopher Stasheff... If you know what an NPC is, you'll likely enjoy it. As someone who has GMed my share of tabletop RPG games, I was rolling with laughter in some sections and praying near the end that he would be setting me up for a sequel.

It sounds like you are doing everything right. Remember A1c is a long term number going months back. You may have changed your diet in September, but it takes time for the body to catch up and function properly. The change in morning glucose is SO much more important this early in the game.

Thanks for the thoughts. I think the thing that keeps me wondering is: The stitches get itchy near the end and she tends to attempt self-removal. So she'll have to wear the cone through our whole vacation, which makes me really sad and not want to go. We're looking at leaving Thursday and coming back Saturday now, just over 48 hours. The dog sitters will be back and forth, but I sit on the couch working, so I can pretty much watch her all day right now. She does get coned at night.

This probably really is a question for the vet, but I know we have some experts here. I wanted to see if I could just not annoy them again (since my vet is off the rest of the week). I just want to make make an appointment online. My dog had a mass removal from her chest and has stitches. It was a bleeder so it was a bit of an emergency. We are supposed to have the stitches removed in 10-14 days, but we have a vacation scheduled for days 10-13. We have a great service for sitting, but I'm trying to figure out which option would make it least likely they'd have a problem while we are gone: Have the stitches removed the morning of the 10th day or have them removed the 14th day when we get back?

He has a Coursera course for the first half of his book covering Mechanics: https://www.coursera.org/learn/how-things-work?siteID=SAyYsTvLiGQ-e4AKx8rsnTrQeyOJkVmEdg&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=SAyYsTvLiGQ (ETA: I just responded in your other thread...didn't realize until I got to the end the OP was the same :blush5: )

Finite Math would definitely be a good choice for a computer science major. It's hard to tell the level since no textbook is mentioned, but the topics on this class are pretty standard: http://www.shmoop.com/courses/finite-math-college/ It also looks like it might provide dual enrollment credit, if he is interested in paying for that.

Another conceptual class is available on Coursera and starts next week: How Things Work: An Introduction to Physics https://www.coursera.org/learn/how-things-work?siteID=SAyYsTvLiGQ-e4AKx8rsnTrQeyOJkVmEdg&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=SAyYsTvLiGQ Here is the instructor's book, How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life by Louis Bloomfield: https://www.amazon.com/How-Things-Work-Physics-Everyday/dp/1118237765/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484146357&sr=8-1&keywords=bloomfield+how+things+work+the+physics+of+everyday+life (old editions would be fine here too) (ETA: It looks like the Coursera class is just Mechanics, so for high school credit, I would only give one semester for it. The book does cover all the topics in intro physics. It looks like you can get an older edition for just a few bucks. I don't remember it being very heavy on the math, but I can dig out my copy if you want me to check.)

I've seen a comic for this, but this is closest I could find: http://www.inlinguavancouver.com/blog/2013/04/03/english-vocabulary-tip-bring-and-take/ Though I don't think "glass of martini" is very good English ;-)

From the College Board: I haven't gone through the audit, but the new class looks like a survey of the field of computer science. I haven't seen any colleges offer credit for it yet, but I would guess the equivalent college class would be a 1000 level (1 or 2 hour credit) intro-to-your-major type class. There seems to be some overlap. The Java class (CS A) focuses almost entirely on programming and theoretical programming structures, but the first chapter/week is an overview of computer science. The Principles class covers programming concepts, but with pseudo-code and flow charts instead of a specific language (ETA: It does look like the teacher chooses a language for examples and projects). Principles also covers things completely left out of CS A ("computing with large-scale data, the Internet, and cybersecurity." ), but at a survey level. I would say that Principles might be a slow intro into the field if one is not ready for CS A, but could be skipped by someone who is already into computer programming. I would think that one who has passed CS A could pick up the concepts from Principles without going back and taking the class.