The Noxsoma Chronicles [0119]
01-17-2026 … Day 23699 (Sabado Grande)
One day last week we decided that we didn’t have to do this every day. Less screen time. But we are not giving it up all together because Universe continues to “talk” – that is “communicate” by sending Us signals. One of which was, “We don’t have to do this daily.”
We explored what the gym was like early, like 8 AM, on a Thursday. Not bad. As I was walking in, folks were leaving. I suppose the 9 to fivers. Traffic dropped again after 10 AM. We were able to start out with Romanian Deadlifts (a respectable 235 max, bare hands) and finish up with Leg presses. We got our hundred curls in, worked the chest and upper back the way we did at the War Memorial gym, (which has heavier weights, but less space at a higher annual rate.) It’s feasible, now that the shoulders are stronger and less sore, that this Vessel will be able to chest press with 75 pound, (max) dumbbells by the end of the year. It’s a distant goal, not an obsession.
There are no actual benches designed for bench pressing, old school style. Four purple smith machines can be used instead. Safer, but old school “Me” – who hasn’t been benching for a very long time, misses the bench. It’s a residual echo – like being in the Matrix. There are many other plate weighted apparata to work the chest with on which there is no chance of being trapped beneath an Olympic bar. However, if one absolutely cannot abandon a proper bench press a squat rack can be used, although the gym prefers you don’t put the bench on the wooden surface of the squat area, there are ways around that as well.
Purple fitness is designed to quietly discourage ego lifting. Your boy can certainly appreciate that these days.
Earlier in the week, winter returned. The temps dropped and so did the rain. The vessel responded by killing off more tissue cells than normal which put Us in a state of detox. This is what most humans refer to as a “cold.”
We felt it coming. a soreness in the throat is our signal. The early intervention … Vitamin C. The continuing therapy – everything your Granny told you to do; plenty of rest, fluids, and so on. Hot tea. Vitamin C and fasting. Starve a cold. This allows metabolism to clean up and clean out the system. We are expecting the “worst” to be over in three days. This is “officially” day 2. If we didn’t catch the situation quick enough, it will take longer.
In the “old days” before adopting “Terrain Philosophy” and treating this detox as a “cold” or “flu” We would be in the box for three weeks. It was almost always, exactly 21 days. It should only take three because that’s the time it takes for the gut lining – [where the “immune” (cleansing) system is centered] to regenerate. In fasting, “metabolism” can work largely uninterrupted because it doesn’t have to take a break to digest whatever you eat. This is where the idea of starving a cold comes from.
We noticed this year – well last year actually – that when we lie on the left side, the sinuses clear up. So when we rest, we rest on the left. Also hot wash cloth on the face. And let it flow.
That’s where we are today.
Our week has not been very eventful. The human activity on Planet Earth has been as convoluted as ever.
If you believe that the Friday the 13th twelve day war between the United States of Israel and Iran was a real deal, a false flag or something in between, then the latest “event” – what observers have assessed as a “failed color revolution” – can be filed in that same folder. The whispers suggest that there was indeed a now classic 21st Century “color revolution” regime change event attempted. Iran flexed its defensive swerve and rounded up some of the instigators and announced “public executions” of 800 “insurrectionists.” DJT threatens to send troops and bombs to Iran ostensibly over concern for the lives of the traitors and rebels scheduled for execution. Iran acquiesces, announcing that executions wouldn’t occur.
(This by the way, is what We have read/heard. We don’t vouch for any of it being true.)
Anyway – Trump gets to brag about stopping another “war.” And Venezuela wanna-be prez and Nobel Peace Prize winner –Anna Corina Merchado gives up her prize to Trump during a visit to 1600. Meanwhile all we see of captured former (perhaps President in exile) Maduro are deep fake AI videos of him partying behind bars with Diddy & Epstein.
In the previous century, 1979 to be exact, Iranian students didn’t talk about storming the US Embassy and holding American citizens hostage for 444 days. No one saw this coming. Sure there was tension. The Shah was out of the country for some medical issue and the Iranians wanted him returned. Jimmy Carter declined. And speaking of Iran and hostages – Reagan didn’t let on that he was negotiating the release of the hostages upon his victory and inauguration as President of the USA in 1981.
And by the way – it wasn’t announced that the US was going to snatch up Maduro either.
Why?
Because stuff like this is Secret!
Real-ish stuff is secret. Fake-ish stuff is staged. There’s a sense of drama and urgency that’s ginned up for the audience.
Whatever night it was – We’re thinking the “Ides of January” the 15th maybe – Tehran time – the stage was set. It was reported that Iran closed its air space. There were little graphics of a map of Iran and all the little airplane icons were not over Iranian airspace. The leaders of Arab states announced that they would not allow US bombers to use their airspace to attack Iran.
I may have seen a clip where Trump says rather flippantly that executions wouldn’t be held, ‘So I guess the attack is off.’ Or something like that. This is not a quote.
We did not want to see this happen. We didn’t think it would happen. Uni sends no signals about war. But humans have free will and they use it recklessly.
We “heard” (which means we have no legit reason to believe this) – that Chinese cargo planes landed in Iran during the time their airspace had been closed.
And speaking of China – and for that matter – Russia – those allies of Iran were conspicuously silent. (If there were any announcements, We didn’t catch them.)
If anything Earth-shaking is going to happen. We won’t hear about until afterwards. Like Maduro.
Wrap up. Active Detox.
The “D” in GRAHDEM stands for “Detox.” Today we were actively detoxing. Helping and encouraging the vessel to eliminate the abundance of dead cells. Would have been great if we could sweat it out, but it’s not hot enough. A series of hot teas and hot showers and Vitamins will have to do. Oh yeah – and rest. I think we mentioned earlier that sleeping on my left side keeps us unstuffed
That's all folks.
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Let's check the digits.
Today’s Score (1-17-2026)
BC … 318
Rum… 139
Ody….. 38
Month to date Totals (1-17-26)
BC ……1488
Rum …...325
Ody…….495
January to Date …. 2308
[2758 … 5516 … 8274]
December Total … 8273 [The score to beat!]
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