Kraven the Hunter. I was entertained by it and it was beautifully filmed.
As others have noted, they are molecules that make up proteins. So not one thing at all, just a description of the type of molecule.
Most are being rushed to market in front of the science, and some are unavailable through legit channels so there's no guarantee what you are shooting up.
But the ones that are studied and work are really cool. GLP drugs have helped so many people, and the research keeps getting better and better on them. CBL-514 looks like a miracle - something that can dissolve abdominal fat preferentially, sparing all other tissues. I would love that - if I lose weight it leaves first from my legs & ass and boobs, stomach does not budge until I am a ruler shape. Sermorelin is pretty well studied too - growth hormone releasing hormone. Copper peptide speeds wound healing.
So I think they will become a drug category and get regulated, especially as people discover new ones and patent them. Right now it's sort of the wild west, people are likely harming themselves.
Survival is necessary to have freedom, unless you are seeking freedom from life.
And people seem to be able to be miserable in any life. A steady paycheck certainly helps me be less miserable, and unless you are a trust fund baby I don't see how you are going to go have so many adventures without a source of income.
There's a funny story here in the US about that. We were trying to pass the Equal Rights Act (ERA) - equal pay for equal work, and some Republican tried to tank it by putting in the bill that women would also be subject to the draft - apparently he figured that was so horrifying it would sink it. Supporters just said "yeah, that seems fair, good idea" and he had to scramble to take that wording out because he had so misjudged the situation. Still managed to sink the bill though:(
I think they would be fuzzy rather than sharp and a grayscale with a violet tinge, a purple-ish gray.
(Though since I've spent so many years with sight, correctable to near 20/20, and reasonably good color perception, if it was a place I'd been I think I would "see" it close to the colors I had seen it.)
I was just saying - as he's a Christian and pretty much won that whole game, he probably isn't worried about dying. And Christians, like other religions, think earthly suffering is unavoidable but human life is short and eternity is long. In their view, God gives you what you can handle, and it would make sense that he could handle more, right?
Earthly suffering, or earthly success, doesn't prove or disprove God. God could also be a villain, right? Or just not be able to perceive us as individuals. Nothing that happens here can prove or disprove God, short of a God coming here and proving themselves.
I am not sure the question makes sense, but I'd like the daytime to feel "lighter" than the night. As though I still had some sort of visual perception.
I would also love to learn to echolocate.
We had a salesperson who came in every day with a Starbucks cup. I asked her once what was in it. "Eight shots of Espresso."
Every day.
But melania is often stylish, not always but at least looks like someone looked at her body type and complexion and made reasonable choices based on them. And she has to be at least that much of a POS. And the Kardashian people and so many more.
Madam Dell really stands out, like there is not one good thing I can say about her look. I can't see her shoes, maybe they were nice. I don't understand how. I am not a professional and could have made her look so much better, so much of this uncanny awfulness is bad choices not fundamental to her look.
With darker hair and better makeup (top still not a great color for her, and she ought not darken her eyebrows so much with the blond hair, and still I don't think good surgery but better)
If you want a friend-a, get yourself some Henna!
Oxyclean powder does absolutely work as well as specific washer cleaner stuff (some of it is literally oxyclean with a different name and higher price) but not as well as cleaning the filter.
My kids say I am ADHD self medicating with coffee. But I have held a job for decades, and figure the line for medication is when you have distress. I am not really distressed, or wasn't until I read that untreated ADHD was a risk factor for dementia, which was sort of distressing.
It's hard to get diagnosed old though, and I can't do Adderall, like my kids do, because I had restrictive eating disorder young and really like speed. Yes, probably because it "fixed" me but I am afraid I'd abuse it, and very certain that wrecking my appetite would be a mistake. Too easy to feel virtuous about not eating and unfortunately midlife eating disorder is pretty common, I have mixed feelings about the more womanly and bigger body I got at menopause. Everyone else tells me I am in great shape, but I miss tall skinny angular build.
Anyway, in short- I do have personal reasons to avoid the meds. So usually coffee at 10 and 2 (14). Strong coffee. But not strong enough I forget to eat.
ETA: Coffee and Niagen, actually, Nicotinamide Riboside, a B vitamin thing - the Niagen really clears my thinking. I started it because it was said to improve physical recovery time. I didn't get that, but from the first dose, it was remarkable how much clearer my mind was, it felt sort of like putting on glasses. So I have also taken that at lunchtime for about a dozen years.
(Sorry for the mixed measurements - I had a bunch of egg white so had to weigh out 1 egg worth)
35 grams egg white
1 Tbsp guava jelly or guava paste
1 oz good mezcal
1/2 oz over proof reposado tequila
1/2 oz Aperol
3/4 oz lemon juice
ETA I failed to list one step. First: whisk or muddle the jelly and booze to incorporate it.
Shake without ice, then with ice. Just as good as it sounds and so beautiful.
It's not a looker, but tastes great.
2 oz tequila (any)
1 oz lime juice
1 oz creme de cassis
2-3 oz ginger beer (I used 1 oz ginger syrup, 3 oz fizzy water, 2 squirts of fire tincture)
Result of googling "what else can I make with tequila and lime"
Husband is having a Stella, that's the bottle in the background.
He's up to 7.5 lb from under 1 lb when we found him. (From 300 grams of baby to 3.5kg of kitten in only a few months, crazy.)
Here is a "before", the day my kids texted to say they found the source of the meowing I had heard before work. Just a wee handful. Always bold as anything though, he was never afraid of us or our 75lb mutt of a dog.
1 oz barrel strength bourbon
1 oz barrel strength reposado tequila
1 scant oz Aperol with a splash of Campari to make an ounce.
1 oz Amaro Nonino
1 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz lemon juice
Shake together with ice. If you are somewhere it's not still summer, serve up in a chilled coupe. Tart enough for a sugared rim. But it's still hot here, so everything is iced. This is sort of 1.5 servings, I just find it fussy to measure .75 of an ounce. Equal parts is the key.
https://makemeacocktail.com/en/cocktail/9953/banderilla
Equal parts tequila, mezcal, Apricot liqueur and lime, half part Aperol works best IMO, any more Aperol and it gets too sweet.
This is a pantry recipe for me as I keep Giffard Abricot in stock always. You want a good apricot in this, I think passion fruit or peach would be equally delicious but make sure it's made from real fruit. Also can sub Campari for the Aperol if you want a little more bitter.
This was a test-and-adjust drink. I was looking for something with Fernet & Mezcal and everything I saw were stirred very boozy things, I was not in the mood for. I saw one though with cachaca and lime so tried a margarita approach.
Started with these, shaken:
1.5 oz tequila
.75 oz each Fernet and Mezcal
Juice of one lime.
Nope. Too flat, too sour. Added about 1/2 oz Pineapple Amaro, and a squirt of Agave, shook again and THIS is a keeper. I guess Fernet does like sweeter drinks more. This one is balanced and I can taste all the ingredients but they did cocktail into a new taste. I usually don't taste the pineapple in the pineapple Amaro but it's shining in this drink - I may try another Fernet-Mezcal-Pineapple Amaro variation (when I am in the mood for stirred and boozy) as I think those together are the magic here.
So, I saw this recipe that inspired me.
https://punchdrink.com/recipes/green-mango-martini/
But don't have mango eau de vie and not about to make it, and I think as written it would be too sweet for my palate. And of course everything needs ice here in the summer. I did make the green mango tequila.
So far I can vouch for tequila, green mango and sauternes - it's a surprisingly good combination.
This is:
2.5 oz green mango infused tequila
1 oz Sauternes wine
.75 oz lemon
.25 oz Giffard Apricot (because I have no mango liqueur right now and did you hear Chinola is making a Guava liqueur? I am excited for that.)
Squirt of honey.
Shaken with ice.
My thoughts - the green mango tequila is tart and I think the lemon sort of muddies the flavor. I would try this again with more Sauternes and a splash of mango liqueur, leave out the honey and if it was too sweet adjust with citric or malic acid not lemon.
I would also like to try the green mango tequila with ginger beer but not today, this is a one and done.
And I was thinking to convert the recipe into a punch or sangria, a pitcher cocktail using a whole bottle of Sauternes, but I think that it might need to go in a different direction. Again, I do love the combination of the green mango with the Sauternes, and tequila - the main flavor combo is good. I've tried amchur and tequila - the green mango infused tequila worked so much better to get that flavor.
