Dave Nicholson

-8.5 lbs 392.6 lbs (179.5 kg) This term: -6.4 lbs All time: -105.4 lbs 8 Weeks up 1 Week the same 12 Weeks Down  

I cooked up 4 days of bean mix (what I tend to eat), and then my tummy did not want food. So Now I've still got 3 days of it in the fridge and I'm hoping I can force down the rest of it before it goes bad. I was taught that wasting food was a "sin" and it was implanted in my brain, so I feel guilt when I need to toss out food that has gone off. I'd give some to people, but I'm sure I'd never get my containers back and I paid good money for them. So here I am hoping it's not a loss. It's rather rare I feel this way. Most of my life in the last just over 10 years, I've bee hungry non stope. Now when I eat I feel rather repulsed. The food still tastes good to me, just the feeling of food in my tummy makes be feel not so well. It's not like I'm going to puke or I get cramps either. I don't know what the heck is going on. I am not feeling sick at all. My temperature is normal. Everything is normal other than the fact I feel off when I ea...

This is made with an app called Makeup Premium by Modiface. The app will actually tell you the number and brand of the makeup so you can go get it. People do seem to find it amusing when I post these, but I'm expressing a part of me that rarely comes out. I'm what is known as Fluid Gender and swing from Male to Female and some place in-between from time to time. I don't have the money to express myself in real life, so this will have to do. I can imagine with the old very conservative Christians that live in my building what the reaction would be if I walked out like this in real life. If I had the money and my own place you can bet I'd be walking out the door like this. But I need to get along with the people in my building no matter how small-minded they may be. So here I am, using an app on my Android phone. I rated the app 5 stars in the play store BTW. There was a time no-one was updating it, but it seems to be updated now once again.  

-7.5 lbs 401.1 lbs (181.9 kg) This term: +2.1 lbs All time: -96.6 lbs 8 Weeks Up 1 Week No Change 11 Weeks Down  

Where the dumpster usually sits for the garbage shoot. Benches in front of my building and the main entry way. Our lawn being watered. It rained the night before, but whatever. The church burned once and I don't know if the black is a leftover of that, or prolusion soaking into the stone. A rather well traveled back ally behind St. Andrew's. Parking lot that used to be 3 houses. It's not the Church of God's parking lot. Church is not visible in the shot. Bench by St. Andrew's. St. Andrew's United Church. Public Library. Art Museum beside the Library. Looking west from the main entrance to Crescent Park. Back of Zion United Church. Hedge around Crescent Park. Crescent Park and the Library. Frame holding up a soon to be sign while the cement setts on it's legs. Came home and made coffee and took some pain meds. This one is not from today but from a few nights ago.  

Mom would have turned 90 today, it's also Mothers Day today. So I'm thinking of her. I said in my video she would be 89, but I realized today she was born in 1931, not 1932 - 1932 was Dad. It's been almost 9 years since Mom died. I still miss having her around to talk to and do things with. I guess I always will. She used to drink 24 cups of coffee a day. We would sit in her apartment for hours and drink coffee and just talk about anything. I think the fact that I had to care for her near the end, made our bond even stronger. I'm all she had after all and I was there, even when I was hurting like hell from Fibromyalgia. Nothing stopped me from doing what needed to be done. In the old days, at school we would make a card for our Mothers. I honestly don't remember when we stopped doing that. Later I would use my allowance to get her a card from the store. Then in High School I added on a single rose. Later in life it was a flower arrangement. I'd have to say for m...

Been getting things done the last 2 days because I can. I'm having a low pain couple days, so I have cleaned up with the exception of the Vacuuming yesterday. Today I got the laundry sorted out and my back does not even hurt after folding things and my legs only complained a bit. I also did the cooking for the next 2 days. All I have left is to toss out some leftovers that have gone off. I got Vodka yesterday and drank half, fell asleep in my chair listening to music then went to bed around midnight. Tonight, I'll finish it and tanked up again and repeat the process. I have a pile of videos in my watch later list that are all music from people I am subscribed to. I am charging my phone right now so I can get them done tonight before I get too much potato juice in me. I'm also about to lay down a bit so my back won't bother me after cooking and being at the computer for longer than I normally sit here. I go in cycles and they seem to be getting more extreme, both for lac...

Been double charged a few times in my life, but this was the first from Amazon. I've not even heard of it happening. Both items "fulfilled by Amazon". I first went to them on Twitter and then before they replied with the usual answer everything "contact us link", I just canceled both orders. One I got a better deal on and the other I don't actually need yet, so why not.  

The exact moment Covid regulations hit Canada, this started to appear as the first thing on ANY Canada Post tracking data. "Delay in delivery due to external factors". Well it first say something about weather, then they changed it to this soon after. I'm actually glad it's coming Canada Post, even though it will take longer to get here. I'm kind of tired of "It's Friday, magically your buzzer stopped working so I can't deliver your package - even though I was never in the entryway to use the buzzer" shit that Purolator keeps doing literally only on a Friday. Seriously I was watching the security camera feed when he was supposed to be trying my buzzer.  

+10.6 lbs 409.7 lbs (185.8 kg) This term: +10.7 All time: -88.3 8 Weeks up 1 Week no change 9 Weeks down  

I love coffee and I have go to great lengths and expense to have coffee I enjoy and that is strong. I have a Moka pot and drink blends of coffee that are robust. I also enjoy the heck out of my cat butt coasters and my Pusheen the Cat mug. They moth enhance the experience for me. Coffee is a ritual not just a drink. There is the act of preparing the maker every morning and waiting for it to spirt out the coffee. There is the act of waiting just long enough for it to cool that it won't burn you, but is still hot and tasty (sip sip). It's as much about making the coffee as drinking it. It's also been a part of my social life for most of my life. I started to drink it when I was 17 and would go out with friends to have a cup. From the first sip I was in love with this dark elixir of life. I did it the same as my friends at first, cream and sugar. Then I decided to have it just by it's self. Friends advised against this saying the taste sucks. I am very glad I did not liste...

This is Samsung Gallery on my A50. There are two glairing bugs since the phone upgraded to Android 11, and UI 3, and all the native apps updated. First is not evident from the screencap - It does not always show all the images on the phone but sometimes does. At times it only shows those in the camera folder on the SD card, other folders are random if they show up. It has a very big problem not showing Instagram photos all the time. The other thing is, I thought it was corrupting photos, but it's not. There is a long time bug with Android phones where old deleted photos will come back to life. Well it's doing that with photos that are old enough after being deleted, they are no longer valid image files. It's rather annoying . The other thing it's been doing since update has nothing to do with the photos, but the spellchecker. As you can see, it things a word that is spelled correct is wrong. It's not always auto-correcting words it used to. It also seems to think wo...

The lid on my inexpensive Moka pot does not fit perfectly, so I get splatter. I do love this thing however, I did not know how good coffee could be at home until I got one. It's made by Zulay and was about $25. I'm expecting it will last me a year or a bit more then it will die. It's 2 months old and there is a bit of discoloration that looks like some kind of rust in the bottom of it already. It's very highly rated, but that rust is bothering me. I do take care of it and when it is cooled down I take it apart and clean it and dry it properly, so no idea why it's doing this. Also being it's a pressure vestal, it's a bit worrying to see rust. Kind of don't want boiling hot water shooting out a hole in the side on me any time soon. But it does make awesome coffee.  

The Pilsner was a good crisp drink. It's average for a Pilsner made in Canada. It's better than a lot of them in it's price range. I'm giving it a 6/10 for price and quality. It's light alright, a bit too light. But it's not bad and a good drink on a hot day I'm sure. It went well with some YouTube videos and a bit of music. I'm giving it a 6/10 for price and quality. To be honest I have extremely low expectations from a Wheat Lager. This however did not make me wonder why the hell I'm bothering to drink it. It was as enjoyable a Wheat Lager as I've ever had, that being said, I still don't love them. 5/10 for Price and quality. Note: this is the first Wheat beer that got over a 2 in my mind. The Lemon Ginger Radler rocked. This is a heck of a tasty thing to put in your mouth. I'm certain after a long hot day, this would be the thing to drink. I can imagine being by the fire at night and having a few of these with friends. I'm giving i...

This is why I had extra money this month. Before the bill was $202.02 (strange how it worked out that way). I talked to them on chat and they changed my plan for me so I did not have to payout the contract. Now It's about $50 less a month after taxes. This is obviously more than $50 less, but there was a credit on there as well. I'm very glad they changed it for me. It gives me some extra money and lets face it I just don't watch TV anymore. I watch 50X more streaming than I ever did TV. The shows I watched all but one are on the on demand for the Crave package I still have on the TV. The rest of the channels are gone, and just Crave and the regular channels the government makes you have. Trust me, if I could just have the Crave part, I would. All my sports have been replaced by apps on my phone. Now I don't need to watch them or the sports news to see what's happening, it just pops up on my phone. It was the biggest mistake in 20 years to get a 2 year contract for ...

On payday, I paid the card off and as soon as it cleared ordered groceries. I still had 1 day left of the free month of premium delivery, so I ordered that night (Thursday) instead of Saturday as I planned. It was shopped and here in around an hour. Got to say if I had a lot of money and ordered several times a month, I'd get the premium delivery service. However, I can't afford it and I do only order once a month, so it would not be worth it. I got a pile of fresh veggies this time as I had a bunch of extra money ($107) tis month. I also got some whiskey and some beer to drink. Will be reviewing the beer in another blog. I have to say 3 days of eating fresh veggies has been nice. I did have hotdogs yesterday, but also some nice salad. Interesting thing is I ordered 1 large bag of salad and the shopper got 2 small instead as the large where out. It ended up being half again more money for the small ones. Fresh veggies are a tone of money up where I live. So it's not an ever...

This came out kind of cool. I took a photo with my phone out the window the other night just before dark. Rather dramatic looking sky and I was expecting it to not come out. It was the third try. The first two blurred. I been wanting to get a shot of the moon for months, just not going to happen. It's been either cloudy or not in the right place for months. I'm so not going out after dark with a $500 camera in my hands in the aria of the city. This is a rather rare sunny day. It has been clouding up at night when the moon would be in the right place to take a photo of it. Below is Peacock High School. Well, the sky above it. I saw the play Annie there several years ago and it was awesome, the teens put on a great show.

I was never so glad to see this show up on my credit card statement. The only way to pay with a credit card for YouTube Premium is if the card is used with Google Pay. You can't just normally add a card, instead it auto ads it to Google Pay when you do. For around 2 months it has NOT been working on the one account, but on my other 2 Google accounts the same card worked fine. Go you think I could get them at Google to actually listen to that? Nope. They kept asking if the card was authorized to work with Google Pay, the answer is OBVIOUSLY. I read to remove the card then re-add it, well it would not remove. I had to kill the entire Google Pay account instead and set it up for a second time. The card word not add at this point, it kept giving an error that the card could not be validated. A couple of days ago I decided to try it again and fired up the app and took a picture of the card with it and POOF it worked fine. I'm very sure it has literally nothing to do with the people ...

-9.6 399.1 lbs (181.0 kg) This term: +0.1 lbs All time: -98.9 lbs 7 Weeks up 1 Week no change 9 Weeks down