More of a spy novel series, but the Charlie Muffin books by Brian Freemantle.

Yeah, the time change always messes me up more than I think it should. I wish we would just stop it altogether.

Not anymore. Used to have both and deleted them as data mining and mishandling became more prevalent as the user experience declined. Now I’m only on Lemmy and barely on LinkedIn.

Not having kids.

This has quotes from the OG Stoics that are then interpreted for modern life with a paragraph or two. I don’t fully subscribe to every interpretation, but at least it keeps me mindful in my own way.

A second thing I do when I get easily annoyed is to stop and ask myself if I’m tired, hungry, or burned / stressed out about something else. If so, I try to find one small thing in my control I can do to improve my situation. Usually by doing one thing I’m “in control” of it helps me not get so frustrated with the things beyond my control. Even if it’s just realizing that if I clean up a mess an hour later, it’s not the end of the world.

I guess the shortest answer to your question is by keeping a much bigger perspective on life.

This has quotes from the OG Stoics that are then interpreted for modern life with a paragraph or two. I don’t fully subscribe to every interpretation, but at least it keeps me mindful in my own way.

Learning, studying, and embracing Stoicism has really helped me. I find The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday helps keep it top of mind for me. It’s a bit of a pop philosophy book, but it works for me.

Gnocchi with cream sauce, one of my favorites.

When I make it by putting an apple in my juicer it’s pretty clear. Maybe translucent is a better word? I don’t do any special processing.

I’ve had mine for about 35 years and done minimal maintenance. I’m about to send it to Victronox for a “spa visit” because the red casing got cracked. They will do a full cleaning and overhaul (and repair) on it for a very reasonable price. They really do stand behind their work.

Apple juice is not cider though. Apple juice is clear and flat. Cider (alcoholic) is clear and bubbly. Cider (nonalcoholic) is brown and served hot or cold and spiced or unspiced.

Any of these can be made with other fruit, but apple is the most common.

Yes - I especially love hot apple cider!

Ginger and honey drink. You can buy it prepackaged from Asian grocers (and probably amazon). Gold Kili is the brand I like.

It’s an actual legal IPO thing:

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/quietperiod.asp

But I like your imagery better. Heh.

Same and I checked my app settings. Annoying.

https://lasagnalove.org/

Can’t say enough good things about them.

This is my favorite thread ever.

My most recent vacation was north of the arctic circle in Finland in December and I didn’t want to leave. It was a multi day sled tour across Lapland. I wish I could find a way to make it practical for me to move somewhere in Scandinavia, but for now I’ll just visit when I can.

Fuck yes! I love cold weather. Sign me up.

Believe me, I know the feeling all too well…