Couch 250: An August Couch

comrademoomoo · Aug 17, 2024 at 04:35 AM

... And so Precious Moments become part of the couch's collective unconscious. Who remembers the shelves of Precious Moments? One of us, all of us ... we are the precious moments.

LostOnTheTrail · Aug 17, 2024 at 04:36 AM

Couch Workout Club day 19

Two sets of core workout exercises before I got sidetracked trying to find my mini dumbbells, and then discovered that they're currently holding something up.

Lemoncake · Aug 17, 2024 at 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by comrademoomoo

... And so Precious Moments become part of the couch's collective unconscious. Who remembers the shelves of Precious Moments? One of us, all of us ... we are the precious moments.

Moo you need to start writing a book.

unaluna · Aug 17, 2024 at 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by comrademoomoo

... And so Precious Moments become part of the couch's collective unconscious. Who remembers the shelves of Precious Moments? One of us, all of us ... we are the precious moments.

...crowded into a stuffy glass case, climbing over each others' shoulders in a dazed, frenzied attempt to get near the cracked pane that lets in the slightest wisp of smoke from the adjacent furnace,
a mockery of unrecirculated air.

Um, not sure what that last phrase means! But pretty sure its not good. I had gnocchi dreams last night, which were definitely a change from the usual. Altho im pretty sure i was back at work, trying to hand in my time sheet.

Also joined Cats with jobs on facebook, where you suggest what job the cat has. Fun!

LonesomeTonight · Aug 17, 2024 at 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

...crowded into a stuffy glass case, climbing over each others' shoulders in a dazed, frenzied attempt to get near the cracked pane that lets in the slightest wisp of smoke from the adjacent furnace,
a mockery of unrecirculated air.

Um, not sure what that last phrase means! But pretty sure its not good. I had gnocchi dreams last night, which were definitely a change from the usual. Altho im pretty sure i was back at work, trying to hand in my time sheet.

Also joined Cats with jobs on facebook, where you suggest what job the cat has. Fun!

I like the phrasing! Very evocative. Though also sounds like a complete nightmare.

My dreams last night involved going to a very bad concert of a band I like with my new iPhone, and I kept not being able to get it to work. I did actually get a new phone yesterday, as my iPhone SE from 2020 seemed to have become incapable of handling calls. Which was fun when I was trying to talk to Verizon on it about an issue with my order, running through the house going "I'm here! Can you hear me?" I ended up having to use my H's phone.

I'm having to learn to cope without a physical home button--yeah, I'm a bit old-school as far as phones go.

Though I did feel a sense of superiority, as I assumed Dr. T had a pretty recent model--he checked yesterday, and his is an 11. I now have a 15 (was going to do the 14, but due to a deal Verizon had, the 15 cost the same, so why not?)

atisketatasket · Aug 17, 2024 at 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

...crowded into a stuffy glass case, climbing over each others' shoulders in a dazed, frenzied attempt to get near the cracked pane that lets in the slightest wisp of smoke from the adjacent furnace,
a mockery of unrecirculated air.

Sounds like the turtles in my campus’s turtle pond, climbing up each other to get as close as possible to the sun. Eventually the whole stack slips and falls into the water.

Jersey 4 · Aug 17, 2024 at 07:36 PM

On precious moments…my mother in law also has a huge glass doubled door case filled with them. She also has precious moments decorative plates hanging on her walls. At Christmas time her entire tree is decorated with nothing but old precious moments ornaments. There is actually a good bit of money wrapped up in those things. My mother in law is in her 80’s and her collection stems back to when they first were sold in stores in 1978 or 1979…so all hers are the original collection.

LostOnTheTrail · Aug 18, 2024 at 07:01 AM

Couch Workout Club day 20

Logged 5,000 steps thanks to my Sunday walk in the park and walking around a supermarket.

ArtleyWilkins · Aug 18, 2024 at 08:03 AM

High school English teacher here. (Starting year 40! Woohoo!)

I find the strongest students prefer hard copies. They are attuned to their learning styles and want the ability to physically highlight, annotate, sticky note, etc. They also are aware that they get off task with technology in their hands. I provide electronic links to everything so they have the option to use technology, but honestly, most don’t.

LostOnTheTrail · Aug 18, 2024 at 08:28 AM

I was that kind of student when at school and university.
It's definitely easier in some ways to be hands-on with the information.

LonesomeTonight · Aug 18, 2024 at 09:30 AM

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High school English teacher here. (Starting year 40! Woohoo!)

I find the strongest students prefer hard copies. They are attuned to their learning styles and want the ability to physically highlight, annotate, sticky note, etc. They also are aware that they get off task with technology in their hands. I provide electronic links to everything so they have the option to use technology, but honestly, most don’t.

That's really interesting. It does make sense to me. I figured it was just because I was old-school, but I also prefer reading physical books to reading on a Kindle, in part so I can highlight and make little notes. I know you can in a Kindle, too, but it's not the same.

With my own writing, perhaps because I was originally trained this way as an editor, ages ago, I also find it helps to print out drafts and mark those up (though I'll do some editing on screen, too). My actual work is all online, and the only time I print something out is if I have to do, say, a really complex reference renumbering (journal articles). But I imagine I still miss more things online vs. if I'd printed it out (don't want to kill that many trees though!)

ETA: And yes, the getting off task aspect is an issue for me, too. I'll need to look up something--say, a references is missing page nos. Then it's like, "While I'm here, let me check my email, oh, and maybe Facebook, and...."

Lemoncake · Aug 18, 2024 at 09:35 AM

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I like the phrasing!
Though I did feel a sense of superiority, as I assumed Dr. T had a pretty recent model--he checked yesterday, and his is an 11. I now have a 15 (was going to do the 14, but due to a deal Verizon had, the 15 cost the same, so why not?)

Fancy smanchy.

I have a 10. It was my brothers hand me downs which I don’t mind. He has the 14 now. My sister still has her 7. Other sister has an SE.

LostOnTheTrail · Aug 18, 2024 at 09:52 AM

Electronic books make highlighting less of a moral quandary to me.

Taking a pencil or something to a book will always feel like a form of criminal damage.

A friend offered to send me a copy of a book, and I explained my highlighter situation.

'You're gonna study, aren't you?'

Yeah, I probably am.

One of my favourite lines in the last book I loved was 'Study is secular worship.'

That really resonates with me.

unaluna · Aug 18, 2024 at 12:33 PM

Boy i conked out today. Still not out of bed.

Lemoncake · Aug 18, 2024 at 01:27 PM

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Boy i conked out today. Still not out of bed.

Maybe you do just need the extra rest?

Lemoncake · Aug 18, 2024 at 01:53 PM

I’m happy, the leaves are falling and starting to get crunchy on the floor. I have been done with summer since early July. I need the rain and the colder temperatures.

unaluna · 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Lemoncake

Maybe you do just need the extra rest?

Your the doctor!

Yes it looks like it will be cool from here on out. Today is still horribly humid but should be better tomorrow.

Eta - you are really right. I was just browsing my prime video menu, and i couldve sworn a show title was "Chicken Detective". It was Citizen, not Chicken. Gotta say, chicken sounds more intriguing!

LonesomeTonight · Aug 18, 2024 at 03:16 PM

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I’m happy, the leaves are falling and starting to get crunchy on the floor. I have been done with summer since early July. I need the rain and the colder temperatures.

So ready for falling leaves here! Probably another month or so to go...

stopdog · Aug 18, 2024 at 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Sounds like the turtles in my campus’s turtle pond, climbing up each other to get as close as possible to the sun. Eventually the whole stack slips and falls into the water.

Oh I want one of those - we only have very very bad sculptures on my campus.

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Originally Posted by Jersey 4

On precious moments…my mother in law also has a huge glass doubled door case filled with them. She also has precious moments decorative plates hanging on her walls. At Christmas time her entire tree is decorated with nothing but old precious moments ornaments. There is actually a good bit of money wrapped up in those things. My mother in law is in her 80’s and her collection stems back to when they first were sold in stores in 1978 or 1979…so all hers are the original collection.

I think they sold them in hallmark stores - you did see them a lot of places in the 70s. That and then in the early 80s - Mary Engelbreit stuff was everywhere

LazyRaze · Aug 18, 2024 at 08:14 PM

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Couch Workout Club day 19

Two sets of core workout exercises before I got sidetracked trying to find my mini dumbbells, and then discovered that they're currently holding something up.

oooh any advice on how to start working out? I always start, last for a week at most, and then give up on the routine. I'm too skinny, I need some muscle STAT!

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