» On 10/25/2025 10:00:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
Monetize Your Illness! 

I just earned $100 by chatting for 10 minutes on the phone, signing two documents on DocuSign.com, and hosting a short visit by a phlebotomist for a minor blood draw. Score!

"There's gold in them thar ills." 😉 (Mine is myasthenia gravis.)

The phrase "There's gold in them thar hills" is a classic expression for potential profit, meaning a great opportunity for wealth or benefit exists in a particular location. While it became popular through Mark Twain's 1892 novel The American Claimant, its origin is linked to an 1849 speech by Georgia assayer Dr. Matthew Fleming Stephenson who allegedly used the phrase (or a similar version) to convince locals not to head to California for the gold rush. (Google)

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A well-to-do friend replied: "I’m 86 and have no illnesses. I’ll die penniless. 😉"

UPDATE: Received another $120 cash for a 60-minute Zoom call. Plus a $10 Amazon gift card. 🍾

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» On 10/16/2025 08:30:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
The Diplomat, season 3. 

s3e3 @14:30 The Riderless Horse by Elie Attie
https://www.netflix.com/title/81772105
KATE (Keri Russell): Can we or can we not sleep in the same bed and just keep our hands to ourselves?
HAL (Rufus Sewell): Why are you acting like I'm a sеx offender?
KATE: I'm talking about both of us, or me, or I know myself. Touching leads to more touching. And then, if this is how it starts, it can get out of control.
HAL: Are you saying you're worried you're not gonna be able to control yourself if you touch my back?
KATE: Yeah.
HAL: Then why the fսck are we splitting up?
KATE: Because you're more than a pogo stick, Hal. You are a full-time job. Two full-time jobs.
HAL: I'm gonna roll up a towel and make a line down the center.
KATE: You know what, you're being a real shit.
HAL: I am trying to make this work, Katherine. I really am. But I... I fell asleep with your left boob in my hand for the better part of ten years. Mistakes may happen.

s3e4 @40:40 Arden by Jessica Brickman
https://www.netflix.com/title/81772106
AUSTIN (David Gyasi): You were trying to leave.
KATE: No, I'm trying to get you to take your shirt off.
AUSTIN: Uh, what is this?!
KATE: I know, it's medieval.
AUSTIN: It's fucking impenetrable!
KATE: You know what? Skip it. I barely have boobs.

s3e8 @46:12 Schrodinger's Wife by Debora Cahn
https://www.netflix.com/title/81772110
HAL: Shave and a haircut...
KATE: ...two bits.
HAL: I like a gal with...
KATE: ...small tits.

 
» On 10/01/2025 12:01:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
The 119.53-Second Pour. 

During my first visit to a Dublin pub, I couldn't understand why the bartender poured only a partial pint of draft Guinness and didn't hand it over to me right away. 😉 This scene from House Of Guinness ep3 (@46:00) provides an explanation:

EDWARD GUINNESS (played by Louis Partridge, indicating two bottles of Guinness): I'll pour.
ELLEN COCHRANE (Fenian activist, played by Niamh McCormack): I don't drink in the daytime.
EDWARD: These are not for drinking. They are purely for the purpose of illustration.
ELLEN: What illustration?
EDWARD: You see, there is a particular technique when it comes to pouring Guinness. When you start to pour, the beer, quite rightly, is very excited to be free. And it fizzes in the glass. So while the first glass settles and gets used to the situation, you start to pour the next. And then you wait for the Porter to calm down. I call it the Guinness minute.
ELLEN: I was told that you wanted to meet me. Can you get to the point?
EDWARD: This is my point. These two half-poured glasses of Guinness represent the state of Ireland. At this moment, excited by your dream of independence, but in need of a little time... to reflect.
ELLEN: And you reduce our struggles to beer?
EDWARD: It's what I know, Miss Cochrane. I also know... that when you complete the pour, to fill the glass, it is important that you do it slowly, carefully... Evenly. And, as with your political struggle, you will only be successful if you keep... your... head.
ELLEN: I'm still not drinking what you poured me, Mr. Guinness.
EDWARD: Miss Cochrane, what I am offering is that we go on a journey as honorable people. And we go on the journey together.
ELLEN: A long, slow stroll, arm in arm with the capitalists and the unionists? The situation is simple. (ironic) When your brother is elected, he will use all that famous Guinness power and influence to make the English parliament see the wisdom of Irish independence.
EDWARD: We can help him by showing him that the Fenians are not wild bandits. I wanted to meet you here, in a public place, to make a statement that all of Dublin society can understand. Also... my brother is getting married. And we are inviting carefully selected Dubliners who represent different parts of society.
ELLEN: I'm invited to a Guinness wedding?
EDWARD: I know you are not married, but you can bring your brother. I'm keen to meet him as well.
ELLEN: (laughs, then exhales sharply) I have certain rules which I mostly abide by. Sometimes, I break my rules. (she raises her glass and drinks)
[119.53] [music]