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I ground the back edge of my curved razor knife blade and am testing it out on a 2021 5 Vegas Cask Strength. Where before I'd tear up the wrapper, this time it sliced off the band like butter, TYVM for a great idea, Peter. The cigar's surprisingly not bad, reminds me of a JC Newman Yagua in flavor.

Yakster

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Re: What are you reading?

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02222-x

"Scientists working with a mouse model of a particular type of headache, called aural migraine, set out to explore this. One-third of migraine sufferers experience a phase before their headache known as aura that has symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and numbness. It can last five minutes to an hour. During aura, the brain experiences a blackout called a cortical spreading depression (CSD), when neuronal activity shuts down for a short time.

Studies of migraines have suggested that headaches happens when molecules in the cerebrospinal fluid drain from the brain and activate nerves in the meninges, the layers that protect the brain and spinal cord.

Nedergaard’s team wanted to explore whether there are similar leaks in the cerebrospinal fluid that activate the trigeminal nerve, which runs through the face and skull. The nerve branches join at the trigeminal ganglia at the base of the skull. This is a hub for relaying sensory information between the face and jaw to the brain, and contains receptors for pain and inflammatory proteins."

silvermouse

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Re: Gardens

Transplanted lettuce seedlings, sowed a succession of cilantro, beans, and brewed up some compost tea.

silvermouse

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Re: I hate remodeling. Post remodel stuff here

I like the random appearance of a piece of glitter. That little speck of light reflecting back at me from an unsuspected spot, it gives me the feeling that it's an illuminated port-hole into another dimension, one I could glide right through if I wasn't afraid of not making back through from the other side.