MaJoC: I have a little tags taped on all sorts of cables to the devices to keep track of them. Usually written on little pieces of note cards cut small enough to be surrounded by a doubled flap of Scotch tape. Sometimes taped a couple of times if it gets old and flimsy.

I use a simple acidophilus probiotic daily, but yes, after an antibiotic, they help. I sometimes have to use a diflucan if the problem hits further south.

The Pollan book is finished; it was written in 2008 so I'll go look and see what he has that is more recent if he continues to write on the topic of food (versus food-like substances). Rather poetical in the end and makes me proud to be a gardener. Dinner tonight was a beef steak (I try to keep it to once a week for those) and a few small potatoes that were boiled to tender then squashed a bit before sauteed in butter. Three ounces of potatoes is a modest amount of carbs/starch and gives some of those nutrients that Pollan insists are best from plants, not supplements. I agree. Dinner is rarely early here, but I usually don't eat next till midday, so 12 - 14 hours between meals is what the new guy (Hyman) was talking about. I've already set aside one of his recommendations as nutty - he suggests bioidentical thyroid instead of synthetic, but the bio stuff is dried ground up pig thyroid that is unreliable in several ways. I'll stick with the synthetic in a reliable dose.

As the office continues to take shape, two of three cables arrived, one was still a little short but was swappable with one in the den that is way too long. Good save.