u/JayaNarayana

Instead of aloo matar what would I call this, if anything, using mixed vegs.: peas, (diced) carrots, corn, cut green beans)? I always keep the frozen packages of these. I have the green peas but I thought I’d try something different. I don’t know what the matar part would be called.

Fir reasons I won’t go into (just a long story) I very often don’t have the time in the morning before work to do my regular pūjā.

I go to my shrine, give namaskar and have darshan. What else would you do? I’m thinking of, as usual praying to Sri Ganesha, light and wave the flame and incense, put a flower and fruit, all with their offering prayers and mantras, another śloka or two, and chant the kśama prayer.

I remember BG 9.26 but being an Asperger’s I tend to be all-or-nothing.

If you live in a suburban area where there is no foot traffic, you only have strip malls and shopping center parking lots (which aren’t horrible options), it’s too far to travel to go any place where there is a lot of foot traffic, or people that would stop and listen to you, public parks are possibly a good venue. But what about school grounds? I’m thinking about kids and their parents hearing someone play and becoming inspired to learn an instrument. Anyone have any experience with that? Good idea, bad idea?

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Do the meds: Mestinon, Cellcept, prednisone, etc. and/or MG itself cause body odor?

I have **NEVER** had any kind of body odor except for when I was a runner and mountain biker. I used to sweat so much I smelled of ammonia. It’s said to be a normal by-product of intense exercise.

Recently however a coworker blurted out, in the store break room in front of others “You stink! Really, you stink”. I said “What!? Hey, I shower, sometimes twice a day”. My job is very physical and I have alway sweat like a draft horse but I never smelled except for those workouts.

I have anosmia, almost no sense of smell. I can’t tell if I do smell. I was so embarrassed. Now I’m wondering what other people are thinking. I keep thinking someone else is going to “do me a favor” and tell me or I’m going to get a call from HR.

We do horse around and sometimes joking can go too far. So, is this a thing or should I investigate something else or was he just being a doosh and busting my balls. But if this is a thing I don’t know what to do, quit my job?

This is probably just more of a rant and venting than anything else. I don’t know if there’s really any advice for it.

I always did puja virtually everyday but I don’t do it but maybe once or twice a week anymore. Why? Because every time I prepare to do it something happens that, quite honestly, pisses me off. I feel that I can’t do it properly if I’m in that state. Or something happens that I feel rushed. I try hard at those times to put these feelings aside, think of God (Krishna is my ishta-devata whom I do puja for) to get into the right frame of mind.

Why did I get like this? I’m just so tired, physically, mentally and emotionally. I’ll explain.

1. For the past two years we’ve (my spouse and I) have lived in a tiny one bedroom apartment, having had to move out of a three bedroom condo that the landlord gave us a hard time over. My shrine is in a corner of the living room, no privacy. I had a separate room before, with a door.
2. I’m angry over a disease I’ have. It’s myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness, fatigue, decreased muscle control, and a host of other nasty effects. There is no cure, no known reason for it. There are things I can no longer do. If I push, I’m out of commission for several days. It took me three days to recover from the snow I had to shovel and clear off my truck last winter. Unfortunately there is no one to help me.
3. Because of my spouse’s stupidity and wasting money I am working a job I should not be (because of my illness). Not only am I not well, I’m supposed to be retired. Yet, I work a physical job that exhausts me. I do like my job, and my boss accommodates my illness. He has me on a short leash for hours.
4. I am on several medications and treatments for my condition. I take one of these meds. every 4-5 hours. I have alarms set on my phone and watch. I’m sick of it. I think that at my age (almost 69) and situation maybe I’ve lived long enough and it’s time to cash in my chips. I ask Krishna and the gods why don’t they want me? I don’t have anything else to give.

Understand that I am not angry with God, I never blame God for things that happen, I get what I deserve from my karma, not God dishing out “punishment”. So that’s not the reason for packing away the shrine. It’s a matter of why keep it if it’s only decorative and I don’t feel worthy or have the serious frame of mind to use it? However, I do approach it and give namaskar to the deities.

So that’s it … feeling very down and frankly, guilty and hypocritical.

Addendum: Feeling cute, may delete later, I don’t know.

I’m a newb, just beginning to think about busking. That’s the reason for my newb-sounding questions.

I play solo acoustic rhythm guitar. At home I do songs I like as play-alongs. They don’t sound great as solo acoustic but need some backup from the band … drums, bass, background vocals, etc. I pretend I’m the rhythm guitarist. My whistling is not great for fills. It’s fine for me but I wouldn’t do it for an audience.

I use UG on my tablet for my chord sheets. It links to YouTube so I have the recording as I’m following the sheets.

Question (finally) is, how pathetic would it be to use a backing track, a looper, or even the original recording? Is that cheating and showing how inexperienced and poser I might be?

Please don’t hate on me for what might be a “poser” question. I’m genuinely curious about history and ancestry.

My paternal grandparents were from Collesano. My understanding is that the NW region of Sicily especially Palermo was heavily Norman settled and influenced.

My surname is a metonymic virtually identical to a Norman spelling. I understand that it’s probably a common Romance term (a storehouse warden, “supply sergeant”, if you will).

However, my DNA results show a small chunk of Northern Atlantic DNA as well as predominant eastern Mediterranean & Western Asian, which is supposed to be the origin of Sicilians.

No, I don’t think I’m a Viking or descendant of William the Conqueror lol lol but I’m curious if anyone is familiar with this or has the same background.