On average, 

 per minute, a 60-second period, 

our hearts beat 70 times 

we blink between 10 and 15 times, 

swallow once, 

and take up to 20 breaths. 

 Battle. Fight. Win. Lose. 

These are the words we use 

We use militarized language that implies it's a fair fight. 

But when it comes to life and death, what does winning really look like? 

Is a person a loser for dying when the outcome isn't really in their control? 

There’s just as much value in trying again as there is in letting go.

 Letting go of suffering, regret, pain, fear. 

Instead of saying someone we love is battling, beating, fighting, winning or losing, why don't we just tell the truth? 

We get sick. We take our medicine. 

Some of us live, some die.

 On average, our hearts beat 70 times per minute. 

In the same 60-second period, we blink between 10 and 15 times, swallow once, and take up to 20 breaths. 

Our hearts beat. Our lungs breathe. Our bodies keep us alive. 

And most of us barely notice. We just take it all for granted. 

So much of the world operates without us ever thinking about it. We expect it to work out in our favor. And most of the time it does. We worry about the future and think about the past. 

And we so often miss what's right in front of us. 

We take what's good and easy and working for granted. Until it's no longer good and easy and working for us. 

It's normal, but we can do better because there are tiny, beautiful gifts we're given every day.

 And it's up to us to appreciate them to the fullest while we can.

 'It is my bad luck that this has happened to me.' 

No, you should rather say:

 'It is my good luck that, although this has happened to me, 

I can bear it without pain, 

neither crushed by the present

 nor fearful of the future.' 

Because such a thing could have happened to any man, 

but not every man could have borne it without pain.

 So why see more misfortune in the event

 than good fortune in your ability to bear it?”

 Transplant surgeons typically transport donor organs by carefully packing them on ice and racing as fast as they can to the recipient. 

The organ can only survive a certain amount of time until it's placed into its new body. At best, the heart and lungs only have six hours.

 But recently, scientists have developed machines that can improve these odds. Essentially, certain organs can now travel in a box that continuously perfuses them with nutrients, preserving their viability. 

This innovation has allowed us to increase the number of organs available for transplantation.

 And for over 100.000 people  who are currently waiting for an organ, it's a chance at a new life. 

When you get a new organ, you spend your life on medications designed to suppress your immune system so that your body won't reject it. But at least you have a life to spend and a body to medicate. 

Second chances can feel like an insult if you can't get over what you lost the first time around.

 Or they can feel like a miracle, like a hard-fought victory. 

A chance to live the life you've always wanted.

Mr Inbetween - Ray Ranks James Bond

 

Connory.

Yeah, totally.

Second Lazenby.

Who the fuck's that?

George Lazenby.

Never heard of him.

After Connory, he did A Majesty's Secret Service. Only did one film.

Never seen it. I have to see it.

Yeah, it's good.

He's an Aussie.

An Aussie Bond.

Aussie Bond, mate.

Fuck off.

Yeah, serious.

You can't have an Aussie Bond.

No, he's Aussie.

Really?

All right.

So, that's two.

What about number three?

I don't mind the guy playing him now

What's his name?

What's his fucking name?

He's number three though.

Yeah, he's three, right?

Number four.

I didn't like Moore.

Don't like the old Roger.

No. No. Too snobby.

Really?

Polished.

Yeah. I didn't like him.

I like the old Roger.

Yeah. No, I didn't like him.

Okay. What about Brosnan?

No, I'd put Brosnan last.

Don't like Brosnan

last.

I'd go Connory

Lazenby.

guy playing him now. Dalton

Moore

Brosnan.

. I'd go Connory

Moore

Brosnan.

Guy playing him now.

Dalton.

.

James Bond

 

Bond really needs to be rugged, have a strong body to do the things he does A Naval Officer, he is a proper sailor and as a 00, basically also a commando Connery and Craig made that work Dalton did to a certain point Moore and Brosnan seemed too slight, almost wimpy Lazenby did OK

"Autumn's Really Here" by Telltale

 Autumn's really here now. You can feel it in the air.

Birds are gathering all along the telephone wires. It's almost time for eiderdowns Velvet curtains and roaring fire. They're burning leaves in the park today. New smokes blowing everywhere. We saw a gray squirrel carrying nuts and our dogs growing extra hair The sun's still warm, but it's not so bright. The days are shorter than they were. We saw tortoise settling down to sleep. And our cat's growing extra fur . His homemade jam cooling in the jars. The apple loft is lined with hay. And so a mouse creep into our sal and we wore extra clothes today

"Autumn's Really Here" by Telltale, from the Rainbow TV show.wmv

Superman 2

 

In the Donner cut you see them arrested and taken away, now without powers, presumably to a human military prison Which could be a lot worse if they went there to get experimented on Look at Tal Roh Morgan in the show and Sasha Supergirl in Flash film Lester did not use that bit Most people interpret them not being killed, they go down a slide to a dungeon then get put back in the Zone Even if you see this as Superman kills Zod, he didn't kill the other two Lois hit Ursa and the Doofus fell in himself Although ... Superman could have flown at super speed and saved them It's down to your interpretation

Spin Doctors

 

Noel Neil Phylis Coates Margot Kidder Erica Durrance Teri Hatcher Amy Adams Rachel Bros Kate Bosworth Elizabeth Tulloch We all had our Lois We all had our fantasies

Pocket Full Of Kryptonite

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

 

Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate - one of the main stars Margaret Qualley as "Pussycat" other Manson girls: Sydney Sweeney as "Snake" Maya Hawke as "Flowerchild" Mikey Madison as "Sadie" Dakota Fanning as "Squeaky" Danielle Harris as "Angel" also: Lorenza Izzo as Francesca Capucci Rebecca Gayheart as Billie Booth Dreama Walker as Connie Stevens Rumer Willis as Joanna Pettet

Mr Olympia

 

Does make you wish Jay had taken Ronnie out a year earlier so he could never boast about equalling Haney and beating Arnold records 

 could only say he equalled him at 7 not beat him at 8 

As stated, Arnold could have gone on and won 9 or even ten if he wanted -

 then watch Haney lose to Dorian trying to get to 9 like Ronnie did when he lost to Jay 

Arnold at that stage was unbeatable - Haney and Ronnie were not 

Neither Haney or Ronnie could ever have got to 9 - Arnold could have, he just didn't 

Sabrina

 

We saw Sabrina and Nick have that brief but intense under the cover sex scene - cut with their performance of Total Eclipse wearing nothing but her headband - stark naked having sex, but keeps on the headband Anyway we next see Gavin in Sex Lives Of College Girls, having sex with Pauline Chalamet, Timothy's hot sister - it is uncensored so they are both totally nude for this, and we see his bare buttocks clenching as he thrusts into her - and we see lots of different positions (If Sabrina had just agreed to have the sheet off for hers - more Spartacus level sex as this is Netflix ) We never got a Sabrina Caliban sex scene, but you know it would be just as athletic Watch the Sex Lives scene - now picture Gavin as Nick, and this with Keiran rather than Pauline for scene one - then edit in Caliban Nick's place with Sabrina for scene two Where is that AI prog ....

Superman is what I can do - Clark is who I am

 For years, including the brilliant Chris Reeves films, we saw Kal El as Superman where Clark was the disguise

This is how it is described in Kill BIll, the way Tarantino sees it In those films we see Superman, who Kal El sees himself as, the omnipotent god flying round in his Kryptonian suit When he puts on the suit and glasses we know it is Superman in disguise - Perry, Lois, Jimmy all think Superman and Clark are two different people - we know this is Superman dressed up and messing around, acting clumsy, doing secret bullet catches Chris Reeves never played "Superman and Clark" because there was no Clark We see the younger Smallville Clark played by Geoff East, hiding his powers while racing trains The adult Clark is just Superman in disguise This show is the first time we see this flipped as a live action - there is a run of comics that uses this Clark is who he has been all his life, the person he is - in this version Clark Kent is the real personality and Superman is the disguise Superman is the suit that he puts on to allow him to use his powers in public "Superman" was never meant to become a character, an identity, that Clark had to play - and in the first series, the first episodes, we see him having difficulty with this, how to "play" the character now known as "Superman" when he has to speak in public Clark is who I am, Superman is what I can do - to flip the phrase the other way If he has never put on the suit and the "superman" character developed as we saw, he would still always be Clark, who he was raised to be

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The balcony scene in Batman v Superman after the bomb that vaporises everyone and leave him unmarked He says to Lois "Superman was never real"

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Writer John Byrne started a new run of the comics in 1986 that uses this premises - Clark is the real personality and Superman is the disguise

Moonlighting

we're looking for a man with a mole on his nose mole on his nose a mole on his nose what kind of clothes what kind of clothes what kind of clothes do you suppose what kind of clothes do I suppose would be worn by a man with a mole on his nose who knows did I happen to mention that I forgot to disclose this man that were seeking with a mole on his nose I'm not sure of his clothes or anything else except he's Chinese a big clue by itself I'm sorry to say I'm sad to report I haven't seen anyone at all of that sort not a man who's Chinese with a mole on his nose with some kind of clothes that you can't suppose so get get away from this door and get out of this place or I'll have to hurt you put my foot in your face oh

time to go

time to go

Glitch

 

You are on your way out of the door and you reach for your keys 

They are not there, not in their usual place, not where you left them

 You go looking round the place for them and can't find them anywhere 

You get back to the front door and there they are, in their usual place, where you left them

 Everyone has experienced this, everyone recognises this

 It is a real thing that happens 

What you want to call it, or describe it, or relate it to, is up to you 

Maybe it is a "glitch" 

But it is a real thing

 

Supergirl series guest stars: 

Jeremiah Danvers, Kara's Earth adopted father -played by Dean Cain - 90s TV Superman

Eliza Danvers, Kara's adopted Earth mother - played by Helen Slater - 80s movie Supergirl 

Alura Zor-El, Krypton birth mother of Kara - played by Erica Durance - Lois in Smallville 

Indigo, Braniac 8 -played by Laura Vandervoort - Kara/Supergirl in Smallville 

Olivia Marsdin, President - played by Lynda Carter - 70s TV Wonder Woman

 Rhea, Queen of Daxan - played by Teri Hatcher - 90s TV Lois

 Lar Gand, King of Daxam - played by Kevin Sorbo - TV Hercules - he didn't act as a character in a Superman show or film - but he was Hercules which is worth a mention 

Lex Luthor - played by Jon Cryer - who was the nephew of Lex in Superman 4 

It is a real pity that Tom Welling didn't get the chance to appear as a character - he did get to appear as Cain in Lucifer .

 

Smallville guest stars: 

Christopher Reeve appears twice as Virgil Swann 

Terence Stamp, Zod in the 70s movies, voiced the disembodied spirit of Jor-El, 

Margot Kidder - 70s film Lois - Bridgette Crosby 2 episodes 

Helen Slater - 80s movie Supergirl - Lara-El , Krypton birth mother of Superman - 3 episodes

 Lynda Carter - 70s TV Wonder Woman - Moira Sullivan - one episode

 Dean Cain - 90s TV Superman - Dr. Curtis Knox - one episode .

You know that story where a child gets trapped under a car and their parent finds the superhuman strength to lift the car and save the child's life

 I always wondered if that was real.

 If someone I cared about was hurt or trapped, would my instincts kick in? 

Would I know what to do? 

Would I lift the car? 

Jump in front of the bullet? 

Would I be able to beat somebody senseless? 

I like to think I would. 

When someone you love is in physical danger, finding the strength you need to save them is easy. 

But sometimes the threat isn't physical. 

Sometimes, it goes deeper, in which case, no instincts can save you. 

No superhuman strength, no adrenaline rush. 

You can't power your way out of the crashing car. 

All you can do is sit and wait and wish things were different.

 Studies show that doctors who report signs of burnout have enlarged amygdalas, the area in the brain that regulates fear and aggression. 

But burnout isn't an academic exercise. It's an all-consuming, systemic condition. It's your entire body sending you one clear message. Something has to change and it has to change now.

 Put simply, burnout comes from a deep imbalance. Too much stress with too few rewards.

 You're exhausted. Depleted. You no longer have patience, pleasure, or serotonin. 

This is the end. 

Unless you turn it into something else and find your path to recovery. 

Pick the pieces you want from your life and find a new way forward.

 

No matter how remote you are or isolated you feel, there's hope. 

And help is usually closer than you think.

It's not always easy to ask. 

But with a little courage, if you look, you'll find what you need.

 Your family, your friends, your community, lifting you up.

 

Before the 20th century, drug safety studies were not required. 

Narcotics were sold under the counter. 

Teething babies were given serums laced with morphine. 

A medicine for strep was made with anti-freeze. 

No one was responsible for distinguishing between medicine that heals and medicine that harmed. 

No one studied side effects or adverse reactions. 

All you could do was roll the dice. 

Recommendations, rules, guidelines. 

Ideally, they exist to save you from unnecessary pain. 

Have fun and stay safe while doing it. 

But rules only work if you follow them. 

But sometimes the rules you've been following turn out to be flawed.

 All bets are off. 

You're completely on your own.

 

In the 1940s, while stuck in bed with tuberculosis, biochemist Karl Link read a book on rodent control.  

Karl created a rat poison from an anticoagulant he'd discovered while trying, but failing, to treat sick cows.

 Later, a soldier trying to end his life ate Karl's rat poison, which, unexpectedly, helped lead to its use as a blood thinner in humans. 

From multiple failures, the compound warfarin was born, and it's been used to treat and save millions of people. 

Whether in science or life, the road to discovery is rarely a straight line. 

We take two steps forward, then fall three steps back. 

We veer off course and have to find our way back. 

Surprise detours lead us to unsuspected places. 

Places we never imagined were possible.

 

James Harrison, an Australian blood donor, was nicknamed the "Man with the Golden Arm." 

His blood contained the rare antibody necessary to make a life-saving medication: anti-D. 

Anti-D injections were given to pregnant mothers whose blood was incompatible with their unborn baby's. 

James donated over 1,000 times. 

What he could survive without saved over 2 million lives.

 What we find important to keep in our lives changes over time. 

Things break, hobbies age, and dreams evolve. 

You learn from experience to narrow down what really matters.

 And who you want standing by your side at all times. 

And once you do, you hold on as tightly as you can.

“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.”

 

if you hold its head underwater long enough, 

it will drink

 

When patients leave the hospital, they're often taking home a brand new regimen of medication, physical therapy, and aftercare. 

Ideally, every patient would do exactly as they're told. 

But reality has a different story.

 Too often medication costs, memory lapses, and poor health literacy impede patients' recovery.

 For the doctors, there's not a whole lot you can do about it.

In other words, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

 

 It's easy to judge people for their actions but you don't always know what's driving them.

 You don't know what they're born into, the struggles they faced. 

Sometimes we make rash decisions with no idea why. 

But often it's fear pulling the strings behind the curtain.

 Fear of failure, of being let down, or, one of the old favorites: fear of happiness.

 It's all too easy to be your own worst enemy. 

And the damage we inflict can take a lifetime to undo.

 

At all costs, we avoid negative experiences. 

We ignore pain. We steer clear of the unfamiliar. 

We lie when asked about how we feel

 A recent study found that marriage actually has health benefits. 

Married people live longer, have fewer strokes, and fewer heart attacks than people who are single. 

Happily, there are other studies that tell us the real truth about the health benefits of marriage, which is that the benefits have nothing to do with marriage at all. 

Because those studies have shown that staying in an unhappy marriage is the worst thing you can do for your health and your children. 

So better health is a direct result of healthy relationships. 

You don't need a spouse, you just need someone you can trust. You need someone you can talk to. You need someone who will celebrate your wins and grieve your losses. You need someone who can forgive you. 

You need someone who will show up, no questions asked, and walk with you through every unexpected twist and turn life throws your way.

 We define ourselves by our actions, 

but it doesn't mean we have to live by that definition. 

We can change our own story. 

We can refuse to accept the way people define us. 

We can work like hell to escape a bad reputation, only to wonder if we succeeded. 

It can be hard to shake the mistakes of the past. They'll always come back to haunt us.

 But one thing we never do. We don't stop. We don't quit. 

We get up and rejoin the fight

 

What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. 

It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance

 A great tree develops over time and can tell stories not only those of happiness, but also those that contain pain from what it has seen over the years, and as a result is the wise ancient tree that it is today. 

As the seasons change, the tree naturally goes through changes as well: 

where the leaves turn yellow and orange in the fall, 

falling by the Winter,

 returning in the Spring, 

and with full set of new leafs by the Summer. 

Love is no different in that there will be times when we are fully naked in the Winter, and left to wonder about Spring when it seemed so easy to love, 

yet the wise tree knows that no winter will last forever 

no matter how cold it may be.

 An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. 

To blame oneself is proof of progress. 

But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.

 If you want to make progress, put up with being perceived as ignorant or niaive in worldly matters, 

don't aspire to a reputation for sagacity. 

If you do impress others as somebody, don't altogether believe it. 

You have to realize, it isn't easy to keep your will in agreement with nature, as well as externals.

 Caring about the one inevitably means you are going to shortchange the other

 People wanted security. 

They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, 

couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, 

and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing. 

 people believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to.

Epicurus

 

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? 

Then he is not omnipotent. 

Is he able, but not willing? 

Then he is malevolent.

Is he both able and willing?

 Then whence cometh evil?

Is he neither able nor willing?

 Then why call him God?”

In the wild you don’t see old animals
because as soon as they age,
animals die.

If they get sick or slow down,
something stronger kills them.

Animals aren’t meant to get old.


Our culture has made death something wrong.

Old animals should be an unnatural exception.

 

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. 

We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

 

There are just some kind of men 

who're so busy worrying about the next world

 they've never learned to live in this one,

 

Years go by, if I'm stripped of my beauty

When I wore a younger man's clothes

we all lose our charms in the end

Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not

 

Tori Amos

Years go by, will I still be waiting
For somebody else to understand
Years go by, if I'm stripped of my beauty
And the orange clouds raining in my head
Years go by, will I choke on my tears
'Til, finally there is nothing left

 

Billy Joel 

He says, "Son can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"

Marilyn 

Men grow cold
As girls grow old
And we all lose our charms in the end

Bucks Fizz 

Youth, 

it passes,

while age is collected

 

Time takes it all, 

whether you want it to or not

 

A med school professor once said, the hardest decision in surgery is knowing when to abandon a repair and just remove the whole organ. 

If a spleen is shattered, we'll take it out to protect the rest of the body. Same with a section of colon or small bowel. 

The human body can survive a fair amount of loss. 

People live without an appendix, a kidney, tonsils, and more. 

The body finds ways to compensate for what it's missing but it will eventually reach a breaking point. The body can only give up so much before it no longer works at all. 

Much like with surgery, life is full of calculated risks. 

We often make sacrifices in hopes of better outcomes. Not every gamble pays off the way we hoped. 

So we ask ourselves, "What are we willing to give up? 

What can we leave behind? 

What do we need to live? 

What makes life worth living? 

What are we willing to put on the line when a life is at stake? 

How much are we ready to lose if things don't break our way?"