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A CSA that grows vegetables I have never heard of

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The Vegetables 99% of American Farms Refuse to Grow 4:42 hours of sleep in bed and another hour snoozing at the computer. Leg cramps by evening. If I want to buy things at Supersavr, I really SHOULD get a shopping cart.

Pro buckwheat propaganda and imagine popped buckwheat

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I LIKE buckwheat. I take buckwhear to potlucks. People at potlucks do not necessarily like buckwheat. Their Loss Buckwheat: What It Is & How To Cook With It 4:42 hours of sleep I woke up minimal pain. Doing morning stretches helps SO MUCH. I made it to an in-person meeting AND HOME with bearable pain, reasonable range of motion, and only a few bits of cramping. Decaf grande latte and seeing what is what near Yesler Terrace.

The present is a DRAG so how about the DNA way back machine

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Ancient DNA Finally Solves the Mystery of the Teotihuacan People 4 ish hours of sleep. Speaking of warming in the arctic and another year distortion of the polar vortex

Return of an earworm: Rah rah Rasputin

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Nothing like binge-watching rendition after rendition of this classic to somehow put hideous winter Russia invades Ukraine war, ravages of ICE, both the gummint kind and WEATHER in perspective. This one is instrumental and a testament to the wondrous simplicity of the ukelele The West Cork Ukulele Orchestra :: Ra Ra Rasputin 5:36 hours of sleep. Ibuprofen before bed goes a long way about starting the day well. I am tiptoeing into suggestions from exercise vids. Way too tempting to over do but  adequate sleep, don't skip regular stretches and, ARG, cut back even more on caffeine...

Fun fish prep with interesting relish even if I am not craze about olives

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Why You Should Pan-Roast Cod | America's Test Kitchen (S24 E26) 4:?? hours of sleep according to clock even though CPAP says 3:??

Grab a vid, any vid: dogs?

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Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 10: Gone to the Dogs 6:36 hours of sleep. Badly needed and easier to get if one does not stay half the night in the computer lab.

Advice I don't want to need: How to fall more safely

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Seniors: How to Fall Without Injury 5:46 hours of sleep. I wokd up low pain and needing to pee. Paibuprofenin responds well to 

Maybe a repeat. Llama Llama red pajama

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Camila Cabello Sings Llama Llama Red Pajama 4:34 hours of sleep. More would be nice but I had a productive evening of software installs. Wheeee Tonight LAUNDRY

More Klingon musicology: life is probably not as bleak as...

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batlh vIteqta’ | Klingon Doomgrass | A Star Trek Folk Metal Anthem (Orig... 5:32 hours of sleep. TRYING not to beat oneself....

Bone Density????GAH!

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5 Best Ways to Improve Your Bone Density 5:02 hours of sleep. More would have been lovely. ARTHRITIS???? Gah!

Try a different genre: Hallelujah

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What if 'Hallelujah' was an Irish Folk Song? 5:58 hours of sleep

Exercise after eating? Yes and No. It depends

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  Should You Exercise After Eating? Doctors Bust the Biggest Myths Another fave from Talking with Docs 4is hours of sleep based on clock instead of CPAPA because CPAPA quit mid sleep. I wish I knew what that is about. Grief is exhausting.

Since I have neither brain cells nor time right now for all the news streams...

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People, people, can't we have lyrics that aren't quite as crude as some of the items here. Protestors ERUPT into Song as ICE TERRORIZES 5:00 hours of sleep. At the point where I could have gone back to bed, I did not. At least I got the smelly trash taken out. RIP Mom, More elsewhere

Since I keep threatening to get a tattoo for a major birthday...

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I love Talking with Docs! Are Tattoos Bad For Your Health? Do They Cause Cancer? Docs Review The E... 4:35 hours of sleep. Theoretically I COULD have gone back to bed but it still took me all morning to get out the door to see Mom. And yes, I am still thinking of getting a tattoo.

Surprising? And yet English is the most widely spoken second language in the world

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The Most Surprising Features English Has That Other Languages Don’t 6:?? hours of sleep.Badly needed.

Cat therapy!

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4:20 hours of sleep Funky format is artifact of multiple tech issues that may get sorted out. Mom got transferred to Adult Family Home today. much more to say.       

Samuel L jackson: a middle finger to CO2

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WATCH: Sweden Trolls Trump with SURPRISE Viral Video🚨 I will try to find the ad unadorned by snide commentary but this ad makes me GRIN and definitely SLEEP BETTER 6:25 hours of sleep

DNA, Language, topography

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DNA Finally Reveals Why The Basques Stayed Genetically Frozen For 3,000 ... Yes indeed, if one truly wants to sleep instead of let head explode over current news, history and science and... 5:32 hours of sleep. Memo to self. Get a draining rack to elevate laptop. Also clean up some weird decisions from when I set it up. And bless my mother every day for cultivating love of learning.

More than Swiss Miss: cocoa lesson

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Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 8: Loco For Cocoa      5:02 hours of sleep. It's already too warm for cocoa. Talk about first world and climate change winter problem

Even mashed potatoes need a video--or several

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The Best Mashed Potatoes You Will Ever Make | Epicurious 101 Most of the time I like potatoes prepared in other ways but go for the performance art and opinions about potato peeling 5:35 hours of sleep after 1.5 hours in a chair. Let's hear it for ibuprofen as anti-spasmodic

Cat does home care?

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We Were Wrong About Cat Domestication and How Cats Spread Around the World Dedicated to the cat who lives at the AFH that just agreed to accept Mom 6:02 hours of sleep and self-care Saturday. I will go see Mom tomorrow.

Late night saltine silliness

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Pantry Raid: Hot Saltine Hack Edition 5:30 hours of sleep. Ran late but  I think rest of fam was also late. Exhausting to say why we need what we need

Onion dip starting from three POUNDS of onions.

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Pantry Raid: Onion Dip Edition 5:08 hours of sleep. I WILL get more sleep between ducking news of ICE murder in MN and Mom headed to hospice. I WILL sleep, now that I washed dishes and took trash out.      

Sometimes something is better in French and the visuals are interesting.

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Je Survivrai (I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor) Bardcore Medieval Cover 4:06 hours of sleep.

Lemon water? Yes? No?

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Lemon Water Myths Busted: What You Really Need to Know! 3:52 hours of sleep. GO TO BED EARLIER Happy #J6 anniversary world. May it NOT get whitewashed, erased

Alton Brown makes SOUP

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Technique. Technique. Lots of soup gets made without all the technique but enjoy the video anyway Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 7: All The World's A Soup 7:18 hours of sleep! Guess what happens if one goes to bed at a reasonable hour AND the sound quality for the compline broadcast was EXCELLENT

Trumpets, Bach, college musicians

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Yes, YouTube send me more young people getting musical training Oklahoma State | J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor 3:54 hours of sleep. We will not discuss from when to when. Tomorrow make appointment w sleep clinic to get a second CPAP Also RENT REVIEW stuff

Less Common Instruments

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Obvious question: why? Thank you YouTube 5:12 hours of sleep. Came home from Mom and buying vananas and blood oranges and crashed. Email owed to world. Stay tuned     

An old earworm with new dance, video production

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BONEY M   Rasputin 88   Sabado Noche 4:42 hours of sleep. In order not tos stay up all night, computing from home. All that means is I HATE my laptop keyboard and REALLY need to clean my desk and figure out how to meet various technological goals including ability to use new keyboard. Charming. Went to see Mom. She is doing SO much better.Praying about what should come next.

A bit of lovely soothing Baroque

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Gottfried Finger: Sonata No.2 in D major for viola da gamba and basso co... Now if only I would go to bed after this lovely piece instead of... 4:54 hours of sleep plus dozing in my chair for another hour. I feel kind of immobilized about mom stuff