Eyeglasses

My eyes have always been a source of frustration for me. In 2006 I got LASIK and it was wonderful for a couple of years until I developed kerataconus (read all about it here). And since then, I've had to wear eyeglasses again.

Currently I have three pair of eyeglasses. My regular glasses that are progressive bifocals, my prescription sunglasses for driving and being outdoors (like, I go outdoors a lot), and my "computer glasses" that block blue light.

Prescription sunglasses are a luxury, I'll admit. But I need my regular glasses, obviously. And the computer glasses also became a necessity. 

I was having migraines. Not often, maybe once or twice a month. So I saw a neurologist (had to drive 70 miles to see him). He prescribed some medicine to take when I feel a migraine coming on. But we both noted that migraines tended to be worse on days when I spend time on the computer. So he suggested getting blue-blocker glasses. I went to my eye doctor for a routine checkup and he and wrote a prescription for blue-blocker glasses, based on my computer monitor being two feet from my eyes. Since I didn't plan to wear the blue blockers outside my house, I found the cheapest frames I could. 

Since I got the blue blockers, I haven't had migraines except recently after my wisdom teeth were pulled a week and a half ago. Some days I forget to put the blue-blockers on and I get headaches, but not migraines. Perhaps it takes a few days of no blue blockers to give me migraines. I try to set them on my keyboard so I won't forget to put them on. 

Unfortunately, my insurance only pays for the regular glasses, and then not much and not often. So getting three pair of eyeglasses was expensive. But so worth it.

Do you need eyeglasses? If so, do you have more than one pair? Let me know in the comments below. 

Paddington Bear

I have now watched all three of the Paddington Bear live-action movies and I enjoyed each one and without hesitation recommend them. 

The Paddington Bear movies are based on a children's book series written by Micheal Bond that has 29 books published from 1958 to 2018. So sixty years. The last book has published posthumously.

So, you might be saying, if the movies are based on a children's book series, wouldn't the films be for children. Yes, the movies are aimed at children But Paddington is such a refreshing, guileless, polite character, it is fun for adults too. 

In the first movie, Paddington moves from Peru (there's bears in Peru? Google AI says "Peru is home to the Andean bear, also known as the spectacled bear.") to London to find the explorer that found him in Peru. Instead, he is found by the Brown family in Paddington Station and they adopt him. They name him "Paddington" because his bear name is too hard for humans to pronounce. While in Peru, Paddington developed a love of orange marmalade. And pretty much everywhere he goes, he sings the praises of orange marmalade. It's gently funny. No one is made fun of or put down. 

The second movie is the best of the three. If you only want to watch one Paddington movie, make it Paddington 2. But you'll want to watch Paddington so you understand the background. Paddington 2 even got a call out in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent movie starring Nicolas Cage. 

The third movie, Paddington in Peru, is enjoyable. But with a director change and a recasting of Mrs. Brown, seemed to have lost some of its charm. It's still a good movie and worth watching. And you'll laugh. Some of it is implausible, but that's okay.

Watch the Paddington movies. You won't regret it. And apparently, there will be a fourth one.

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