Smoke ’em if you got ’em!

And even though I do, I will vape it instead!

And today we have a review!

Churchill 510Cartridge

This vial has a cannabis extract of a balanced THC:CBC blend. Paired with a breath activated battery, sold separately, I have a no hassle, on demand vapour of cannabis. This is exactly what I wanted!

So how does it taste?

Lemons, all lemons. I guess that means the predominant terpene is limonene. If this cannabis journey has taught me anything, it’s what makes lemons taste like lemons! The website for the product makes mention of eucalyptus but I honestly don’t know what that would taste like, so it’s the “je ne sais quoi”flavour component! Either way it is delicious.

It hits so nice, I have to hit twice!

I do admit to usually taking two hits on these cartridges to start, because I have adjusted the intake on these things. My first few days of trying were fruitless, and when I said screw it and went a little harder, I went too hard! No air in those lungs! I coughed like it was my first time.

Good times, but did you puke?

No, I didn’t have a belly full of vodka and OJ! But anyway, 100% bought this product again, it’s sitting right here in its fancy delivery tube! I also ordered an Aspen cartridge to try, but it’ll get in rotation after I finish the Walker. I’ll throw up a post about it soon, or I’ll run out before a review!

This company also makes Soleil products so I’m sure there’s a compatible cartridge to try from that producer! I’ll have to investigate the offerings soon…

Hey, what about how you feel?

Oh right, so I find that my walking ability improved slightly on the dosage I took. I didn’t feel impaired, but I would say I have a bit more appetite and I am generally happier. Maybe that there pain is getting blocked in the brain. You know, that neuropathic pain in your extremities. Paresthesia I believe.

So good.

The tank is empty.

The past few days I’ve been running on a reduced set of spoons. I’ve felt quick to anger and slow at moving. Being told I’m not as good also cuts deep.

When do children learn empathy?

If we used the heart bucket analogy, then he was bailing water out of it as fast as he could.

No, I’m not sad.

I know he has lots of feelings and emotions he has to work through in his self expression. When he isn’t being a huge angry sleep fighting hate monster, he really is fun, loving, helpful, and joyful little human.

Sleep is the cure, but FOMO is the enemy!

Anyway, my feet are sore, and I am out of gas. I hope everyone here gets some recharging sleep tonight… goodnight.

Isn’t flour flammable??

I was “trying” to watch that Vin Diesel movie, Bloodshot, and I got completely confused when he crashes a flour truck and begins a firefight involving grenades and flares. Now I’m by no stretch a genius, but I know raw flour is flammable, so where was the fire? Pretty sure everyone should be crispy.

But movie magic, I guess.

Today felt like a little Christmas. My chair arrived, and my wife and son assembled it together. Seems like our little buddy wants to be a builder when he grows up. We will task his handy uncle to teach him the ways of the hammer!

It was also cannabis delivery day!

I’ll get to that, but I want to say how impressed I am with myself for getting the 22 Kg box in the house all by my self! Small victory, and validation that I can do some things. Just not everything!

But, other mail!

Right, I received a voter card for the municipal election! I plan to vote online, and I’m already making little jokes to distract me from the farce of the US election! I’m fairly certain our democracy isn’t falling apart! Now if only we can change the voting process…

No, the other mail!

The letter from the urologist?

No!

Ok, ok… It was cannabis delivery day! I got a couple vape cartridges. Another balanced, and a new THC cartridge called Aspen. There’s nothing to report as they are still bottled up, awaiting their turn.

That’s it.

Nothing else to say tonight, it’s quiet yet rushed in our homestead so back to the family I go!

Living on the edge

Today I felt like I took a big step. I took myself to a child’s 5th birthday party at a bowling alley.

Now it was no huge crowd, but there was communal food (with tongs) so germs shall spread! I wore a mask, as did my family, so I hope we don’t get the non-existent “rona”

To be clear, it exists, just hopefully not at the bowling alley today!

I kept my phone close at hand. I hope the other parents present had phones, and the handy contact tracing app! And I hope to go two weeks without an alert telling me I messed up like a-a-Ron!

But getting out was good!

It’s definitely the most in person social interaction with strangers in quite some time! I’ve travelled a couple times and never really went around people I don’t know, so different!

It’s almost like I was a real human!

Some days I wonder…

The future is uncertain.

So as I stumble through adulthood, I often ponder what I can do for creative outlets. Maybe this is enough for right now, and maybe it’s not.

Once upon a time, when the internet was still a fledgling entity, I had contemplated creating a website ranking of Ottawa’s shawarma restaurants. Mostly because I love shawarma, and it was a reason to go try new things.

I’m not in Ottawa anymore.

And the Halifax shawarma scene is lacklustre for some reason. To think I finally found good potatoes and garlic sauce at a fried chicken joint!

But that got me pondering…

I watch a lot of youtube, why not create content for that? My wife already uses me to rate her Epicure culinary creations, so why not do a food vlog of local takeaway in the covid times? I know I don’t have the budget for something like “Eat the Menu” or anything that crazy, but I could eventually eat a menu, after a number of weeks? And of course the focus would be on local food.

Chains have been done!

Another potential outlet is a podcast with my wife. This one has been simmering on the burner for a while, and if we’re being honest, should be the next thing out of the pipeline.

But who knows!

I should buy a microphone…

My feet are a-pealing!

Tonight I type was sitting in the bathroom, soaking my feet. In an effort to make my feet feel the ground better, we have instigated a peel of sorts.

Whaaaaat?

Yup, intentionally making the skin peel off my feet. We put some booties on my feet Sunday, and left them on for an hour. There was a mystery goo inside, which I guess does some goofy skin stuff and causes the feet to eventually peel or something.

Sounds well thought out on your end!

It was suggested, and I tried! What’s the worst that could happen? I’ve already got two autoimmune diseases and a compromised immune system! Can’t be worse than the ‘rona!

Can’t you just foot file or something?

Sure, I suppose to some degree. Suppose I could’ve gotten that spinning stone foot sanding thing as well. There are many ways to skin the cat!

Anyway, the feet went in to full peel bloom tonight and that’s sort of exciting! I did forget to soak them the last 2 nights, and who knows if I lessened the efficacy but it happened in the past.

Ok, peeling feet, what’s next?

I have no clue! The packaging is out of reach and I’m following my wife’s lead on this. All I know is I’m not supposed to pick and peel.

Oh no, how do you resist?

Crazy will power! I saw a huge flappy bit in the inner arch area of my foot at lunch time, and I want nothing more than to grab a hold of it and rip.

Maybe get that odd asmr slicing game?

Yeah, games have kept me occupied! It’s new puzzle day for the conceptis puzzle apps! Also, there’s some Among Us action happening. Maybe I’ll get in on chores with murder!

But for now, back to those feet!

Where is my mind?

Not really a question, just listening to some music on random.

+5 points if you name who sings the song!

The points have no real value, but if you have a cookie, you can have one! Guilt free maybe? You earned it.

I have been slow moving today, which is never fun, but it’s been a busier than usual night. I wonder if I’m taking on too much, or not enough? Maybe I just need more rest between things?

Nah…there’s no time for that!

What there is time for is passive media consumption. Here’s what I’ve watched recently…

Enola Holmes

Not sure if I’m the target audience to completely enjoy this one, but I’m a sucker for the Sherlock license! I’ve watched so many variations of this world. I honestly don’t really care how bad the show is if it’s Sherlock. For some reason I watched the entirety of Elementary, so that should give you an idea. Watched it, don’t feel a need to rewatch.

Tesla

Ok, so my bad on this, Ethan Hawke was still fresh in my mind from Training Day so it probably detracted a bit. I wish I knew a bit more of some of the major money players in this historical piece. I only know Tesla and Edison. The film was not huge in payout but that would be like watching Titanic and expecting the boat to be saved somehow. So, watched it, maybe rewatch in a few years.

I will admit that I am a media junky and watch entirely too much. Let’s be honest, that isn’t going to change.

And as for this site, I don’t know if this is the direction it goes. I am just mentally tired so a quick movie review is easy to dump out of my head! And as always, recommendations on what to watch next is always appreciated. Probably not necessary, as there is much to the pending pile of films, but sometimes I like to watch things while they’re still fresh in the public’s mind.

It still bugs me that there is the hurdle of streaming service in order to watch things. I want one service darn it!

Apple, do to TV and Movies what you did to music!

Republicans are children

I don’t think I need to go on about it. They are proving they are hypocrites and dare I say, twatwaffles.

Instead, I will say this.

I like Peanut M&Ms. They are the superior M&M. Chocolate M&Ms are pure sadness, and are basically terrible Smarties. That’s my stance on that.

A hotdog is a sandwich. How is it not? What tight constraints are you applying to a sandwich that would exclude hotdogs? You are wrong.

Pineapple does go on pizza. It’s delicious. I’m not a monster and put it on every pizza, but with ham or bacon, yes, it goes well together.

Pie is better than cake. Not saying I don’t like cake. I just love pie. Pumpkin, Apple, Blueberry. Strawberry-Rhubarb, Cherry… Just amazing. The only cake that comes close to pie is cheesecake.

Pepsi is better than Coke. I don’t really drink either in their full sugar forms anymore, but a nice fountain Pepsi would always be a go to and Coke would be, what other flavours are in the fountain?

iPhone is better than Android. That was probably a stance you could guess simply walking into my world.

Mark or no mask? Well the science is in on this. Wear a mask!

I know we’ve felt fairly safe out there these days in Atlantic Canada. And if the transmission rate is low if everyone wears a mask out in social events, then I feel mostly safe. I see this and I know the house of cards that we are living in. It can all come crashing down, even now, all over the place the cases are rising. I hope we stay safe in our corner of the world.

Ok, getting off the high horse. What is something else to be divisive about?

Columbus was not a hero.

Edison was not a genius.

Trump is not a great president.

The earth is a sphere.

We are not alone in the universe.

Weekends should be longer.

This is not our land.

Black lives matter.

Je me souviens.

I shall site in my throne

I have finally, reluctantly, for some odd reason, purchased an office chair.

I have been repairing my current chair multiple times a week for the past year. I keep Allen wrenches nearby to reset the screws holding the arms/back together. It is getting to the point where I am glad the seat has no springs, because I’d probably need tetanus shots every week!

Now it’s not a surprise purchase by any stretch, in fact my wife presented me with a chair on sale. On Amazon, free shipping, save 5% because Prime. Yeah, the subscription more than makes up for itself. It’s sad how easily we can spend money now.

I remember as a child watching Brewster’s Millions and watching him struggle to spend 30 million in 30 days. Now a few clicks and boom, less money!

Ok, maybe if they adjusted for inflation it would be more millions and still probably very hard to accomplish.

You’re off topic!

Right, I hate spending money. Why? I have no idea. I like nice things, I suppose that should be apparent by the Apple products I have… But I still hate spending money. I don’t worry about money. I just don’t like it. I would say the only money I don’t mind forking out is money I’m getting back.

Scrooge much?

I can’t even back behind that statement. I’m a generous person who gives what he has, just maybe not the money? Even that doesn’t feel true in my heart. Sure, I don’t donate to charity, or things directly like that mostly because I’m in my own bubble I guess.

Gimme the loot!

Now I’m not going to say I don’t want more money either! I have often fantasized of winning cash for life, or a couple million to invest and life on the interest to provide me with more pocket change.

Maybe you grew up poor and rich?

I suppose that paradox fits. Like my wallet is always empty and always has a dollar? Well, not true, but I feel I’m in a place where I don’t want to upset that delicate paradoxical paradigm?

I don’t feel like I have a solid train of thought, so I should stop.

I’m getting a new chair, that’s the take away.

Marked for death

So says the child!

Today was not the greatest of days. A headstrong child refused to go to school. And that was the start of his no no day.

If you know, you know.

A fought evening at home was preceded by a rough go at after school care. Someone lost a few privileges and shows for the day, so that all came to a boil tonight.

Mom had to go!

Huge meltdown. My existence was to be ended in this family and it would only be mommy and him.

Yet I still live.

With privileges lost, and mommy gone, it was just him and the unwanted parent.

And so we begin…

Now I’m not going to say there was a 180, but maybe more like 3 60s! We managed to communicate after a lot of “stop talking” protests.

It’s hard to talk when you can’t find your words.

But progress was made! Lots of big feelings were had, and a discovery occurred. Someone is scared of the impending storm. So we talked about that, and I hope I was able to comfort him.

Spoiler, we got distracted enough to complete the night routine!

Sure, eating supper at 7:30 is normal, right? We even had ice cream cones together, and finished eating them at the exact same time. The night went well enough that a little phone privilege was returned for the following of routine at bedtime.

A deal was also struck to return all of tomorrow’s phone time. The rules explained. The game is set.

Roll the dice, little man. The game is yours. Sleep well my son. Daddy loves you.