Good luck with the aloe... a friend had a Ficus elastica, resolutely after 10 years and a repotting sitting with the same 10 inches high and the same 8 leaves.
Within a month of 'sorting it out' (a better repotting and slight relocation), it had added 4 more leaves and grown another 6 or so inches. A year later, I had to air layer it into two plants as it was almost touching the ceiling... and the rest is history.
Tchaikovsky is a delight I keep putting off for no real reason, but a Slonczewski title in the next SciFi slot... : (((
It's wild how slight variances in the growing conditions can make or break a plant. I was convinced the thyme in my garden was dead, but I was out there weeding today and found a big patch of it unexpectedly doing really well despite being hidden under a bunch of weeds that look like ferns but have pretty flowers so I didn't pull them. Serendipity!
Our favorite olive oil comes from a California producer. But rather than early harvest olive oil, which is peppery and vegetal, we prefer their late harvest olive oil, which is smooth, rich, and luxurious. The flavors are still there, but they don't punch you in the mouth. Instead, they feel more balanced and cooperative.
I'm definitely not a fan of the "peppery" flavor in any of its forms. I've discovered that I have, in many cases, a strong preference for the pedestrian choice over the fancy options, and olive oil isn't any different.
I wonder if they ever considered that Sam Altman might be using the very expensive olive oil because he's so rich that the $2/bottle difference is literally not worth the time it would take him to care about the difference.
Same with the various gadgetry that no one needs. This man is clearly not optimizing for perfection in the kitchen, and it's odd to judge him as if he were or as if that would even be a reasonable thing for him to do.
There are plenty of reasons to judge Altman harshly (and I think you could make a good argument that the amount of money he has is unreasonable), but 'he didn't read the olive oil bottle' and 'his knife is weird' are odd things to judge the head of an AI company for.
Good luck with the aloe... a friend had a Ficus elastica, resolutely after 10 years and a repotting sitting with the same 10 inches high and the same 8 leaves.
Within a month of 'sorting it out' (a better repotting and slight relocation), it had added 4 more leaves and grown another 6 or so inches. A year later, I had to air layer it into two plants as it was almost touching the ceiling... and the rest is history.
Tchaikovsky is a delight I keep putting off for no real reason, but a Slonczewski title in the next SciFi slot... : (((
It's wild how slight variances in the growing conditions can make or break a plant. I was convinced the thyme in my garden was dead, but I was out there weeding today and found a big patch of it unexpectedly doing really well despite being hidden under a bunch of weeds that look like ferns but have pretty flowers so I didn't pull them. Serendipity!
Our favorite olive oil comes from a California producer. But rather than early harvest olive oil, which is peppery and vegetal, we prefer their late harvest olive oil, which is smooth, rich, and luxurious. The flavors are still there, but they don't punch you in the mouth. Instead, they feel more balanced and cooperative.
I'm definitely not a fan of the "peppery" flavor in any of its forms. I've discovered that I have, in many cases, a strong preference for the pedestrian choice over the fancy options, and olive oil isn't any different.
I wonder if they ever considered that Sam Altman might be using the very expensive olive oil because he's so rich that the $2/bottle difference is literally not worth the time it would take him to care about the difference.
Same with the various gadgetry that no one needs. This man is clearly not optimizing for perfection in the kitchen, and it's odd to judge him as if he were or as if that would even be a reasonable thing for him to do.
There are plenty of reasons to judge Altman harshly (and I think you could make a good argument that the amount of money he has is unreasonable), but 'he didn't read the olive oil bottle' and 'his knife is weird' are odd things to judge the head of an AI company for.