Les Orchard <me@lmorchard.com>

Content warning:mental health; adhd In therapy, we inventoried my anxieties about starting vyvanse. One was, what if works and then I can't get it? Another was, what if it doesn't work, am I making up all this up (ha ha)? Another was, what if it makes me feel like garbage? Another was, what if it makes me feel too hyper? Another was, what if I get really depressed that I hadn't addressed this until after my 50th birthday? You know, the usual.

Content warning:mental health; adhd Took my first vyvanse 30mg today. Wasn't sure what it would do, but it didn't seem dramatic. That said, I had a 12-item todo list for today (a saturday) and I got 9 of them done in time for pizza dinner date night with the girl. That doesn't usually happen, so I think that's a win?

I saw a review for the movie where some guy said it was nothing but a 2-hour long informercial for toys - and I was like, yes, this was my childhood. This totally has me thinking about buying a figurine set of the grungy little mechanic Anzellan guys and their ship. I kinda miss when I'd get dragged to K-Mart and see the giant (to me) pegboard wall full of Kenner Star Wars figures hanging there

I don't even care if they lower the budget to get us more episodes, like an old-school 26-episode run. But I know they just don't do that anymore.

Only complaint is I wish it were a new season of the show and not crammed into a movie. I'd love a series that's just the continuing journeys of these two hunting down Imperial scum from week to week, like a formulaic 80s show. Don't work hard to tie it into any other crap, don't CGI in any guest stars from the wider universe. Just the big guy and the kid out in the galaxy, that would be great.

Finally got around to watching Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. Now, that's my idea of a decent popcorn Star Wars movie. No skywalkers, no jedi, no sith. Just a tiny touch of space wizardry. All the galactic-level stakes are in the background. Focus on the literal little guys. Just a decent space fantasy action flick with good scenery.

Update: Heck yeah, my Nest thermostat is smart again!

Content warning:faa; us politics Interview with Markwayne Mullins: "So, uh, did the new AI tools rollout fuck up all the flights" "Umm, actually, I think you'll find that we call it **SI** these days."

Hmm, I'm starting to get spam as "editor-at-large for lmorchard.com" just like from my social media bios

Content warning:mental health Update: we talked about social anxiety! 😅 Also, i have been prescribed an afternoon in a coffee shop next week. Rough stuff, this therapy

Content warning:mental health (i bet we're going to talk about social anxiety)