2023 February
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Went in for new glasses last month and was told I needed to get progressive lenses already to correct age-related presbyopia (i.e. having trouble reading small text close up). Apparently this is common once you get past 40 years old. It wasn't too bad with the older glasses, but they said if I get the higher adjustment for the nearsightedness correction (the "S" column in the below image), then it would get worse, so I needed the adjustment already. This meant this year's glasses cost a bit more than it used to. The new eyeglasses came in last week. So
2015 October
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Well at least this happened on the last day and not the first
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2004 November
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In a fit of awe-inspiring common sense, I want swimming with my eyeglasses on. And, as expected when one makes such a gargantuan mistake, the Sea was aware of my folly. It sent its minions, one after another, to take my precious away from me. Again and again I bore their onslaught, as wave after wave came after me, yearning to knock me off my feet loosely planted upon the sandy earth some four and a half feet below water level. Finally, weary of the long battle, the Sea summons all its might. I did not see it coming, for