As I have mentioned, I am on a mission to be more healthy due to Covid. Not because I am afraid of it, but rather it is more a personal middle finger to the establishment. The motherfuckers have made me change my lifestyle and eat more vegetables and cut my drinking by two-thirds.
All “they” do is push the vaccine when most people who are healthy and fit survive the plague as if it was just a cold. Ya, some healthy fit people have died but fuck off, some healthy and fit people die from all kinds of things. But rather than encourage people to get more healthy and fit and go outside and exercise they push pharmaceuticals. It is as if they want people to be unhealthy and just buy their drugs. I am on a mission to be off all pharmaceuticals. Fuck them. I am a stubborn asshole like that.
I hope all Glibs become stubborn assholes like that. Get off your ass. Go outside and get some Vitamin D. Take your shirt off and grill some protein and or some veggies and eat it. Cut out the processed foods and move your ass. Eat animals and plants. Not chemicals.
I am on a mission to dispose of the body I have now. And I am going to do it by eating right, moving, moving, and moving, and getting my heart rate up close to chest ham explosion. Talk to your doctor before you try that last one. Or just ignore your doctor because they will most likely tell you to take drugs rather than get in better shape.
Get off your ass.
GlibFit author Chafed is on detached duty this week. His column will return next week.
Eat more steak!
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Jeebus, dude, I sometimes forget that HM hasn’t been around in quite a while and I first read that as ‘Eat more ass’.
::reads title::
Oh, thank goodness! Not a moment too soon!
::reads article::
False advertising, dammit!
More seriously, it’s probably high time I got back on my treadmill, but I’m wondering if it’s safe to do it (at a reasonably brisk walking pace) in sandals. Doing it in my athletic walking shoes – a decent brand with good arch support – gave me horrible blisters on my toes.
I am not learned in footwear at all but the podcast that sparked my current rantings was Tom Woods’s interview of Mark Sisson and made me revisit the Paleo lifestyle. Sisson pushes the barefoot thing and or those “shoes” that have toe pockets. I can’t think of what they are called atm. My morning stretching/pushup/squat/ab roller routine I do barefoot. I feel worse the days I do not do it and regret it.
Sisson pushes the barefoot thing and or those “shoes” that have toe pockets.
If you have a body fat percentage under 15 and no particular foot/knee issues, they can be good. I know more than a few folks who gave themselves plantar fasciitis with minimalist shoes.
That’s because they went too far, too fast. You need to very slowly transition to barefoot shoes.
That said, I prefer a zero-drop with thicker soles.
Vibram “5-Finger” shoes.
I wear Justin Ropers almost everywhere.
I walk in my Birks. First, arch support. Second, comfort. Third but really first, the last time I walked in tennis shoes/trainers/whatever, I got an awful blister on the back of my heel that hobbled me for at least a week, and then I got a big fat wart out of it that I am having a helluva time getting rid of (although my podiatrist did compliment me on my tolerance for nitrogen therapy).
The only thing I don’t like about walking in Birks is that I have to curl my toes with every step to keep them on. I have small feet and the buckle only goes so far up.
Mo, my wife got some Chacos that she absolutely loves. Lost of adjustment, etc.
I have some Bedrock Cairn Pros, but they may not work for you, as the footbed is flat.
Yeah, I have to have a high arch support to walk right. I’m damn near flat-footed.
Look at the Chacos and Tevas. They have contoured footbeds.
“blisters on my toes”
Sound like your shoes are not properly fit.
FYI, I am a big fan of Walk-Hero brand Insoles Arch Supports Orthotics. These are not the one-size-fits-all, trim-to-fit ones you get at the grocery or drugstore, but semi-rigid ones that you order to the half-size. I’m currently working two pairs of them, in different sizes, because actual shoe fit (size) varies by manufacturer.
Lol…..nice ass pic Tonio! ( I actually have a pic of me on a donkey somewhere)(no not Tijuana) Sorry folks I drunkenly wrote that in ten minutes last night during the Zoom happy hour. But it still stands. I just grilled some zucchini rounds that will be the base of a lasagna. Meat and veges FTW! I also just took a paleo bourbon peach cobbler out of the oven. Sure the bourbon isn’t paleo but we are not fascists around here and westernslope peaches are the best in the world. Just like our green chilis.
Babyback ribs marinating in bourbon, red onion, garlic, apple cider vinegar, black pepper, evoo, bay leaf. Roast those bad boys in the oven and glaze with some bbq sauce.
Smoked pork shank is braising on the stovetop. Will eventually add cabbage and collards.
Whipped up a batch of pimento cheese; chilling in the fridge.
Corn on the cob slathered in butter and Old Bay seasoning.
Sipping Old Granddad and Perrier. Life is alright.
Cabbage, collards, and pimento cheese?
In George Thorogood voice, “I sleep alone. Yeah, with nobody else. Everyctime I eat like this, I stain the sheets all by myself.”
I love all of those things, sounds good to me.
Yay, XX is here relieving us our kale infestation. Apparently during recent trip, her garden was marauded by rampaging caterpillars.
Mother-daughter outings are so cute; Nails, coffee, shopping. *sigh*
Nobody brought me any Vermouth as requested, so Churchill Martinis it is.
I-oop. Must remember to refresh.
Bodies left in the woods disappear quickly in the summer. We had a local suicide a few years ago, by hanging, about 18 months later a hunter discovered the remains, clothes and a few bones.
When we processed our own deer the coyotes/wolves/dogs/foxes would find the remains in short order, blue jays, crows, eagles would be there, too. By springtme the bones were carried away.
Feral pigs.
Yes, those also. Pigs will eat anything.
Obligatory
Rats and mice usually get the bones/shed antlers. They have a high demand for phosphorus because of their constantly growing teeth.
I’m stuck home today, But I’ll be discing tomorrow, walking and playing is good for the body and the mind.
My dinner is looking like this right now. Keep in mind, I’m trying to clean the house after a 5 day hiatus, it’s a mess still.
Spaghetti with Marinara sauce and cooked spinach, that is it.
Ran alot this week. Ate low carb except for the cheeseburger and fries I mashed on Wednesday. My eyeball is returning to the normal abnormal. Should run alot this upcoming week. Glib fit.
Ida preempts Afghanistan and Biden is right on it.
I’m sure he is. Dude doesn’t know what he had for breakfast this morning, but he is the leader of the free world. We are so fucked.
Im watching a livestream of some storm chasers on youtube. The chat comments are even more toxic than regular YT shit posters.
However, I did find one funny (paraphrased) “the hurricane is an mRNA vaccine delivery device propagated using the 5G cell network”.
I can only imagine what lives in that person’s head.
On the other hand, maybe a found a relative of Agile Cyborg.
Or a talented troll.
The Mister Splosives grilled chicken breasts that I had soaked in honey and BBQ sauce yesterday, so I think we will be doing smmiches or tortillas or something with them.
Chicken. Mmmmm…
But first I have to boost him out of the ER. I finally got up and went to the car to wait. He’s on unnecessary amounts of blood thinners and diuretics to the point that he’s dizzy and confused and his hand won’t stop bleeding.
I hate the health care “system”.
MS will do a lot better when he is home. Good luck, HE, he’ll do well with the food and attention.
Thanks, 4 score.
He didn’t want to the hospital but he had to admit that his hand was just not ceasing to bleed.
My best advice, as a patient and as someone who had a diabetic and later AIDS patient friend: the only health advocate you have is you.
Research your meds (said friend was prescribed multiple meds that all contained acetaminophen, adding up to a deadly amount, ditto aspirin).
Research drug interactions, and include all your OTC meds and herbal supplements (let me tell you about nortriptyline and St. John’s Wort and xanax, it’s not pretty).
Research your diagnoses.
Research your lab results, and make sure you *always* get a copy (I have nominally high blood pressure but consistently low serum sodium levels; I have to explain this to new doctors and insist it be taken into account).
Ask your doctor all the questions that arise out of the research.
Then research the answers, and/or get a second opinion.
Refuse unnecessary care (I fired my cardiologist 3 tears after a single iatrogenic occurrence of a fib during a hospital stay).
Don’t expect a clean hand-off from your physician(s) to the hospital should you be admitted (the a fib resulted from stopping all oral meds, including 3 that were ‘do not stop suddenly’).
We all need to be extremely proactive and involved in our own health care, especially as the Medical-Pharmaceutical Complex moves increasingly to ‘medicine by checklist’.
Everything you wrote is perfect.
Thanks (blushes).
Sorry. I hope he pulls through.
A very good friend of mine had the great observation that “we don’t have a healthcare system; we have a disease economy. And an outbreak of wellness could bring the whole thing to its knees.”
Now think about why we closed gyms when we knew very, very early on that this virus only attacks the very old and the very “co-morbid.”
Fitter people are at such an infinitesimal risk from this virus that it’s laughable. The one absolutely incontrovertible fact of treatment for the ‘Vid is that lowering your A1hC would lower your risk. So we deemed gyms “non-essential”, sent Covid-positive elderly patients back into their homes, locked them in there and wouldn’t let them out, locked everyone indoors, and made sure that all of the shit-food restaurants stayed open – oh, yes, and liquor stores, too.
I’m having a hard time seeing more our “experts” could have done wrong.
The only answer is fuck the whole system. It exists for your enslavement and nothing else.
Start eating more “clean” – it is not a mystery what that means; start doing some intermittent fasting; if you’re going to satiate a craving for carbs, make it a favorite fruit. (You can crush a diet with Haagen-Dasz, but it’s nearly impossible with fruits.) Start every day with some essential movements – stretch, squats, pushups, situps. Add in other movements as you progress. KEEP IT FUN – do not make your workouts an act of self-immolation or punishment/make-up for bad dietary practices. Movement will help coax your body to eat better foods. I always, always get better on my diet as I start moving more and my body wants the good fuel it needs to support the activities.
Love yourself. PMA is a huge help in maintaining good habits.
Great write-up, ‘Sloper. You got me motivated AF.
“Now get your ass over that bar, Private Pyle!!!”
(You can always tell Marines by their reactions to that opening scene. My mother was horrified – I cackled like it was a Bugs Bunny cartoon.)
Seconded the intermittent fasting.
It works for weight loss and fights off brain fog.
https://youtu.be/H3Q3uxVo2hg
The hot brass had me rolling in the aisles.
PMA
Pre Masturbatory Acrobatics?
I took my morning walk on the treadmill, 2.5 MPH for a half hour, then the machine for upper body. Warmer in the gym and I got a late start but tomorrow is another day. Good time of the year, garden fresh veggies, warm weather but motivation is always uphill.
I’m glad I stopped the smokes and booze a long time ago, I have forgotten what the attraction was.
Hi Sloper , Thanks for pitching in. You’re a good egg…Noonan, pick up that wrapper! Hiking weather less smokey but hell hot. Out early for a 5 miler. Luxury!
G-fit update: Sleep was very good this week. Hot weather made getting to sleep more difficult. Food was protein, but had pizza last nite and it sux’d. If you are going to cheat, cheat good. Hike mileage was 30 miles this week. Wim Hoff/meditative “ancient man” techniques; Did 1 times. Weight level at 174. 48 hr planned for Monday…48 hrs. (Meatless Monday).
Goals: Meeting goal weight range max (175-170). Still not dead from Covid…MB;MC
Relative to your reasons for staying healthy here is a nice video that I very much align/live with. It is a little wonky but points made and scored IMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ88lihZb08.
I am off to the driving range to help my son with his slice off the tee..which will involve giving him advice that is completely contrary to his perception. “Calgon..give me strength!!!”
To live better, fat adapt, skip a meal or three!
What you’ve got to do is cut the hamstring on the back of his leg right at the bottom. He’ll never play golf again, because his weight displacement goes back, all his weight is on his right foot, and he’ll push everything off to the right. He’ll never come through on anything. He’ll quit the game.
+ Gunga Galunga
but had pizza last nite and it sux’d.
Bummer. I made my first ever cauliflower crust pizza last night. It was not pizza. There is nothing like a good pizza and that was not it. A month or so of what I am doing and then I can get back to cheat nights and damn right, if you are going to cheat cheat good. #amen
Thanks for the link. ya a bit wonky but interesting.
Going to North Hollywood skatepark. That’s as glibfit as I get. It’s a ‘lil rinky-dink park, but there’s at least a few small banks. My kid likes the
freestyle“street” skating parts. Kid’s these days! Last time around, we wouldn’t even bother unless there was some vertical involved.I too am stubborn. Over the past few years my workouts have changed from almost all weight training to at least 50% cardio. Typically 30 to 36 minutes on the elliptical machine.
Heart problems are what usually kill the men in my family so I’m staying shape as long I while avoiding the clot shot.
I am stubborn.
I move a lot, lift heavy shit and eat good food.
Fuck them.
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Hey guys, I’m going to keep beating this thing until I catch some of you guitar aficionados out here. I’m looking to buy a new guitar… err, I mean my wife wants to buy me a new guitar. I’ve not bought one in so long, I’m totally out of the know on this one.
Anyone have any suggestions? I’m talking electric. I don’t mind spending a few thousand, but beyond 5K, I’m probably not going there. 2-3 would be fine. I need a small amp too to use with headphones.
For $5k you can get a really top notch rig. Several.
Don’t get a “small amp”. For the price tag you’re throwing around get a proper amp. I personally recommend the Vox AC-12 twin. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AC15C2–vox-ac15c2-15-watt-2×12-inch-tube-combo
You don’t have to use headphones. Can play in overdrive at low volumes for practice. Can project sound for a 3,000 seat theater.
Now you’ve got $4k to mess around with? Try this https://reverb.com/item/43515958-rickenbacker-330-2021-jetglo-never-retailed-you-will-be-the-1st-owner-nos-ref-738?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=43515958
Gibson. They sound fatter and chunkier than Fender. I have a Melody Maker Les Paul and it’s great. It’s lightened and has p90 pickups. You can feel the USA quality. I use some old digital amp called Kustom. It’s decent, but barely. For the kind of money you’re talking, you can get a vintage Les Paul and really have something. Pretty sure most Gibsons are under 3k. If you can go to a Guitar Center, they’ll let you mess around with anything they have. Even if you don’t want to play, just strapping one on and feeling it might be helpful.
My Telecaster disagrees, I can make it Fat as fuck!
My Melody Maker disagrees, too. It has p90’s and screams like a Fender. Generally, though…
How aboot a good guitar is a good thing,
play on Brother,
Telecaster, mine, enjoy,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRfTOrwp9yw&list=PLN_xvTR5aLvEyp-Z_GMZb1OYJSWQduw98&index=6
Get a Telecaster, a Stratocaster, a Les Paul and an SG, you’ll be fine
This is good advice.
You gotta have an Explorer and an ES335 also. At least a Firebird.
Big Bucks Man eh? although they are both nice machines,
I bought my cheap ass Squire strat for $100 back in the early 0ts. I bought my cheap ass Squire tele for $200 bucks some months ago. I suck but it is fun. Thanks for the reminder, I need to do another lesson. As was Muzzled’s recommendation I got an I-rig and use the computer as an amp which then plugs to my cheap af amp I got at a pawn shop back in the early 0t’s as well. Fun stuff.
I own several preamps that take the place of the internal soundcard, and use ASIO software to bypass Windows sound manager,
then plug in anything and away you go…
CB Soundcraft North,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qYfMKURb45xQFBT66
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western, you are a lying sack of crap. That one Zoom call, you made it seem like you were a total newbie and had basically never played before. Fucker. Your CIA shenanigans weren’t enough, huh? Had to fuck with someone in the first world?
I’m gonna be totally pissed with you for the next five minutes.
Go to Guitar Center and strum around on guitars and find one you like. All the guitars they have there are nice and well built. Even cheap guitars are pretty nice these days. You won’t get “a lemon”. The important thing us to find a guitar that you like the sound and look of. If you like it, you’ll play it. If you play it, you’ll improve. When you improve, you’re a guitar player! Congrats!
Hell, if your budget is that high, buy a bass and bass amp, too. https://reverb.com/item/42801533-2000-epiphone-les-paul-standard-5-string-bass-tobacco-sunburst?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=42801533
https://reverb.com/item/41000529-kustom-k200b-1-k200-bass-amplifier-head-speaker-cabinet-local-pickup-only?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=41000529
My first electric was a Epiphone Gibson with a small amp. You don’t need to drop thousands on a guitar. You need something to learn on and grow into.
It’s like golf – I see guys drop a grand on a new Calloway whatever-the-fuck and they still cant hit the ball. Maybe only spend $300 and the other $700 on lessons.
I think that applies with equal force to starting out with guitar.
(Also, consider picking up an acoustic, too, because they travel a little better and you can keep practicing while on the road.)
Perfect way to start Ozy, play and grow, lots of time to waste money later, and you wil…
I could be wrong but my impression is that The Imposter isn’t a beginner, he just hasn’t bought a new guitar in many years.
Also, consider picking up an acoustic . . . .
I bought my first guitar just over a year ago. It was a nice classical guitar. I now have five — two standard size; one parlor size; and two half size. Took the half size to MN a couple of weeks ago.
My new 3-string cigar box guitar is supposed to arrive on Wednesday. This will be my first steel string guitar, and I am looking forward to fucking around with a slide.
No electric guitars in the house, yet.
Don’t fuck around on your amp. Get a Mesa Boogie, and you’ll never look back.
Highly suggest going somewhere and playing several. You really don’t need to spend several thousand though. If u just want to I’d suggest trying out some Rickenbacker. Otherwise you’d probably be content with a studio Les Paul or a USA made strat. There are frequently great deals to be had on craigslist. If you go small on the amp I suggest Orange Crush, great little amps
if your looking at that kind of cash, I’ll throw in PRS; I have a mid-range, something like 700 bucks, maybe 5-6 years ago. Best bang for the buck I could find. If you go into their custom 24/artist series, you can get a lot of guitar in the 2-4k range. Never had any issues with my cheapo, stays in tune (not
an FR) very well. In short never touch a PRS that didn’t feel good and play well.
I’m getting my ulcers cut out mid-October. I expect I’ll lose a little then. Surgery #FTW!
Cut out? Jeebus, Moj, is that the only option?
Yes, it is the only option. I’ve been living with these for 2 years and they won’t go away. I had ONE the first time I landed in the ER for bleeding. Two months ago, I had five and they were all irritated. No, I do not have H. pylori. I’m not going to spend the rest of my life grinding Carafate up in my little mortar 4 times a day just to keep them coated over but never healing. I am opting for, as they say, “definitive therapy”.
I’m sorry, I hope everything works out for the best.
Don’t be sorry! I’m totally stoked! I get to cross something off my to-do list.
That sucks. Tagamet fixed mine right up. I’m sure you’ve tried that stuff. Good luck.
Heavy. I hope everything is smooth sailing between now and then, and beyond.
Good luck. I hope it gives you relief.
I hope it works for you.
Shit. You going to be on a liquid diet for a while after that?
Before, likely, also.
I don’t have a problem with intermittent fasting. I can go all day, till about 5p when I have a snack, then start eating about 10p to midnight, but I eat a lot in that 2 hours. So I’m going to have a hard time of it for a while.
Smooth sailing, MJ. You’ll feel a lot better once that shit is cleared up.
Thanks, GP. Also, I am sorry I put you on the spot the other night. That was not well done of me.
De nada. I tend to skim, doesn’t hurt to have an incentive to focus,
At the doge park. Attendance is sparce, but nowhere nearly as bad as yesterday when the Lynyrd Skynyrd concert kept everyone away.
Aren’t Skynyrd concerts just a ruse to catch all the people who yell “Freeeebbiirdd!!” at other concerts?
You’re not supposed to do that?
It’s more important than ever to do it every single time, nowadays.
“Get in the hole!”
Or the basket….
Is the Weimaraner/Purse-dog chick there? Did you bring your tarot cards? Don’t forget to tell her you have a weekly column. Chicks love writers.
they do? Thanks!
No, though we have had a conversation. She seemed genuinely taken aback when I said (in response to a “most people…” comment) “I find it difficult to generalize about people.”
She said her polo coach is getting her a sponsor.
If you don’t at least take a shot you will be disappointing every hetero male Glib.
A third my age plus seven, right?
Half your age, perv.
Have daughter, right? Closer to your age than daughter works for me.
Cute Asian nurse showed up with a hyper-protective GSD. Lily loves her for some reason.
Lol, cute Asian nurse is speculating that it’s because she’s having her period.
Lily thoroughly trounced an intact male pit pull. Said pit bull is now fending off the amorous advances of a Frenchie.
Well, male pitties are mostly big babies, so . . . .
Burrito = small ass?
Ascot- the bed a donkey sleeps on
-Benny Hill
Yes. They can carry a lot of filling.
Surprisingly expandable.
Mmm… burritos make giant asses.
…but first they make noisy asses.
I got a Street taco kit, heat and eat! Lazy! Yum!
On the (health) upside, I walked between 2.5 & 4.25 miles three days this week. On the downside, I bought a 20 bag of Tennessee Pride sausage & biscuits.
Sometimes we walk far so we can eat more sausage. It all works out.
Mmm… walk sausage.
The weenie roast photo nearly made me spit my tea out.
Tea and vodka?
nah, I am on the wagon. I feel a lot better.
I have been slugging a lot of Clamato, cranberry juice, coffee and tea. Much more exercise than normal also. Actually, I feel like a million bucks.
Green and wrinkled? Also, those are some of my favorite beverages, along with V8.
“Clamato….”
Eeeeeewwwww.
Whoa there, hoss, them’s fightin’ words!
Ive been going to the gym for over 10 years pretty consistently but never paid much attention to how much protein i was taking in until about 2 months ago when i started really trying to get 200 grams a day. Im absolutely blown away by the strength gains that ive made since. Just to give an example for years id max out at 30 dips, once in a while i could do 35. After the diet change i can do 45 no problem whatsoever. Feel like an idiot that im just realizing this stuff out now after all this time working out.
Not being really concerned with diet has been my biggest regret…after finding the ideal diet for me. It makes a huge difference in performance and maintaining performance…when you take time off…I remember performance would really fall off but now I hardly notice.
I bet if you did some Wim Hoff breathing exercises you could do 60 dips tomorrow.
Yeah? That stuff works? Ill have to look into it. I dont have to take an ice bath first right?
Nope..Just do 3 rounds: 30 hypervents and 90 sec breath hold while seated or laying down. After the 3rd round, collect yourself with normal breathing so you don’t faint. Then do dips. The adrenaline will be pumping.
I hope all Glibs become stubborn assholes like that. Get off your ass. Go outside and get some Vitamin D. Take your shirt off and grill some protein and or some veggies and eat it. Cut out the processed foods and move your ass. Eat animals and plants. Not chemicals.
I’d give you a round of a applause but I’ve been sitting on my ass all day. Well, I did vacuum.
My weight is… .weird. Last week the scale at the gym said 258.8, and this week 264.3. Same scale, same time of day (Friday morning after my workout). I wonder if the gym staff recalibrated the scale?
We will not be getting any pictures of hardbodied women? Huh. Finnish pole vaulter Saga Andersson.
I’m on team Gherca.
https://www.instagram.com/maria_roberta_g/
Both hot but ill join team Gherca.
Weights can fluctuate a lot due to water retention and the like. That’s why I find it’s better to get a trend line going with daily weigh ins. You just have to get out of the mindset of a day or two of it going up getting discouraging. Going to be counting calories next week to try to get back in the habit, then it’s time for Cleveland Oktoberfest and Viva, which will not be good for my weight, but swill hopefully be good for my mental state.
I’ve got weigh-in records going back almost a year. Once a week, Friday after I lift.
The trend is down, but the last two weigh-ins are really fucking weird. True, I had a layoff due to vacation and getting sick, but still weird.
Do you have a pair of jeans that used to fit?
Fuck the scale. You can vary dramatically day to day without measurable differences in appearance.
Tape measures and old jeans don’t lie. You can drop a lot of body fat, put on muscle and the scale says not much changed.
I’m pretty close to being able to tighten my belt another notch. I think I’m closer than I was before my trip.
The old clothes I have are still much too small to try on.
Belt is good.
Measure waist, hips, bicep, thigh, neck etc and the remeasure in 90 days.
I’ve been doing that, though every four months. I’m due next week.
I am down some lb’s over the two weeks I have been on my mission. Feel great, (except for this morning after Zoom happy hour) I have been eating a lot of bone broth “ramen” using spiral sliced zucchini as “noodles” with liver meat balls and hot sauce. My leg pain has lessened and almost non existent when I drag my ass out of bed to stretch in the morning. I am a believer. Also lots of salads with eggs, chicken and or pork.
For some reason my Youtube recommendations are full of European track events also.
Dropping weight will help with sciatica if it is caused by a disc problem. You’ll have less weight coming down on the disc as you walk.
The doc that administered my cortisone shots and both physical therapists got after me to lose weight. My heaviest, when I was drinking and eating too much in an attempt to self medicate the pain because things weren’t working, was either 298 or 296. I think I was 280 or so when I first saw the doctor about the pain in my leg, which led to the discovery of my disc herniation.
Here’s a weird tip: I started reading up on various micro-mineral supplements, and one that caught my eye was boron. I’ve been taking 3 mg a day for the last 10 days, and the chronic pain I’ve had in my left hand around the base of the thumb (which I’d ascribed to osteoarthritis, since it’s the family curse) is gone. I’d recommend just reading up on it, since it was one of the few minerals I wasn’t getting from either my diet or supplements (which is normally just an “old-guy” multi). I’m pleasantly surprised.
Love the boron for arthritis. It may also put a little lead in the pencil by increasing T.
Shit. I think one of you brought this up recently and I forgot to order.
Brand and dose? My fucking knees are screaming at me.
Dose is 3mg/day. The white papers I’ve consulted all noted that dosing trials found that above 3mg/day didn’t seem to offer any marginal benefit. Most of the brands I looked up seem to stick with 3mg/day.
The brand I’m using is “New Roots Herbal,” but only because my local health food store doesn’t carry anything else. I’m sure you can do much better (read: cheaper) online, if’n you’re willing to wait a few days.
Yeah…3mg/day. That’s what I meant.
Thanks, boys!
Ordered and should be here Tuesday!
That be me…but I am not so precise about brand or dosage. I just bought some borax powder and put a teaspoon of powder into 16oz water bottle. I take a sip in the morning with my vitamins C&D. It lasts about 2 weeks.
There is also some Costco supplement with it..but it is way more expensive.
Boric acid powder also seems to be popular. (Usually sold as an eyewash at pharmacies.)
I’m a fan of knowing my dosage, so I don’t go that route.
That’s the one thing about the ‘States that I’m quite jelly about — everything seems to be available online within a day or two.
Likewise, I started feeling results very quickly. I bought the cheapest ‘per pill’ Amazon had (they supply all my vitamins and supplements these days). Swanson Triple Boron, 3mg capsules.
I’m impressed, thanks IRBE.
You bet. Glad it is working.
I have decided to get back on low carb-ish wagon again. Also, started walking more without dog. It’s not fair to use her as an excuse.
Hit submit too soon. I’m not measuring (makes me crazy) but am just doing a little more everyday.
Good for you, Tulip! Walking may be the single best thing you can do for your health.
“Walking may be the single best thing you can do for your health.”
Can confirm. I was a skinny fuck until I got my driver’s license at age 38, at which point I stopped walking 10 miles a day. Eventually had weight reduction surgery after gaining 130 lbs. in 25 years.
I also continue to not make cookies or walk to buy one
I’m sure the doge doesn’t mind a bit. ?
Dispose of these bodies!
https://archive.li/GpK93
Two racks of ribs and 6 leg quarters on the smoker. Large shell mac-n-cheese getting ready. Now to think about veggies
Hell yeah, bbq!
All checked in.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/rWWnx0CaT1qAvjcYLNn9Uw.6I8HVSONh8HUuYgafUoBvg
18th hole right off our patio.
⛳
Yikes. Keep the doors and windows closed.
Nah. This is a good thing. We wanted the golf building.
No mask/vax mandates either. ?
Very nice!
Enjoy the vacation!
Excellent.
enjoy your trip!
I assumed as much.
Just some advice if balls are flying your way.
Misss Noonan! Miss! Ingratiate yourself with fellow gulfers.
Enjoy
Nice!
Any suggestions on “body weight” no equipment exercises?
Walk, run hills, push-ups, pull-ups (go down to the park), lunges, planks, squats, burpees, yoga.
What are your goals?
Yup. All those things, i think Herscel Walker who was absolutely shredded said he didnt lift any weights, everything was sit ups pushup and the stuff Tundra listed. You dont need weights you just need motivation.
I actually do think there are huge benefits from lifting. Loading your skeleton with heavy weights does all manner of awesome things for your body.
‘Sloper mentioned Mark Sisson up there. I’m a big fan of his Primal Blueprint and I highly recommend marksdailyapple.com.
Here is his take on essential movements.
Thanks for that. I think I’m going to try that.
Yoga I can definitely do. I’m looking for more resistance to put on some muscle. Is there a way to do lats without going to the park? I want to do it in the mornings, but I have obligations at home.
Elastic bands. Hook band around chair arm rest. Sit on chair; hook hand within band and slow extend to straighten arm; slowly return; repeat 30-40 times. Switch sides; rinse repeat. Increase band strength as needed.
What are your stats? Weight, age, BF, etc.
You can get a pull up bar for a doorway, build one from 1″ plumbing pipe, or buy a Power Tower and do pull ups and dips. Always check FB marketplace and CL for fitness equipment.
Get a pull up bar for a doorway. Do pull-ups.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95846CBGU0M
At-home body weight workout. Stuff a backpack full of books for extra weight on push-ups if you want.
Get some cheap resistance bands of the innertoobs. It will really add to what you are trying to accomplish. There are a million different workouts on the Youface.
Four weeks in Colorado today. It’s starting to feel normal.
We’ve starting hiking in the mountains every Saturday. It’s really nice to be just a few minutes away from beauty and no cell service.
Pic from yesterday.
The best GlibFit is play. I lift three times a week, but saying I love it is a stretch. My hikes and hockey games are intense but fun! I train to play, I guess.
I got a pang of vertigo just looking at that pic. Gorgeous, but I like my landscape flatter than that.
Colorado would be a lot bigger if it was flatten out. Call it No Dak west
?
They do the scenery up nice in the Rockies, don’t they?
“They do the scenery up nice in the Rockies, don’t they?”
Agreed, then I saw Michigan, different landscape, Gorgeous scenery and landscapes. I noticed that the U.S. has quite a lot of unique and Beautiful locales,
I love this Place!
/USA! USA!
Nice! I miss the Mountains most of all up here,
Very nice picture.
Wow thats beautiful. God Bless.
For someone as long in the tooth as you to still be playing hockey is pretty badass.
So far my return to a rural lifestyle is providing me with all the off-my-ass I’ll be needing for the foreseeable future.
Cool again today?
61 and sunny right now. Beautiful day. Just finished filling up the outside firewood storage. Have to fill the inside woodbox and I’ve got my winter supply. Going to have a huge bonfire with some junk wood that was around the place that I don’t want to burn in the stove. Mrs. Animal spent the afternoon cleaning up the flower boxes and moving some of the irises we brought from CO, those date back to my grandmother who started the line right after WW2.
Life is pretty good right now, as long as I don’t look at the news, and I find I’m doing that less and less.
Like Allamakee County but with moose. Wish I was your neighbor.
There’s a house for sale just up the road from us.
You’d regret me for a neighbor (all my neighbors do). I’m not very productive or fun.
Nobody up here would notice. Folks hereabouts are pretty big on minding their own business.
Thanks for subbing in today westernsloper.
? Merely the ramblings in my head after a few tequilas.
Thanks for the long running go at glib fit. It has been inspiring especially given “these troubling times”.
Hear! Hear! Thanks Chafed.
Thanks for the long running go at glib fit. It has been inspiring especially given “these troubling times”.
Yes. Thanks Chafed.
And thanks ‘sloper for jumping in.
Can’t beat a bunch of Glibs, no way, man
Put me down as another thankful Glib. It was too easy to just let it slide, but having a group of people to relay the info to helps immensely. And part of having that group is having someone lead it
Thumbs up! Double guns!
That will breed loyalty.
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/08/29/ny-mets-players-are-now-booing-the-fans-after-big-hits-to-let-them-know-how-it-feels/
That’s retarded..but it just might work! I think Gavin should try it.
The recall is my way of booing him.
That’s incredible. Christ, what a bunch of assholes. You work for them, ingrates. You’re the help.
“They bought a ticket, let ’em boo.”
Ted Williams
I’m sure it doesn’t feel that way when you are paid millions of dollars per year and know most of it comes from television rights.
Thats such a Mets thing to do.
Nice match today. Don’t think I placed very well, but lots of enjoyment. Soooo much better than IDPA.
So today I did speed practice with the Shadow 2 OR (~4.4 seconds on a 7-yard El Presidente) and test-fired and function-checked my shotguns and new magazines and all that. Business first. But I also took out my silenced .22LR AR-15 and just burned about 150 rounds making noise on steel plates. It was wonderful. Far too long since I just did any plinking.
I bought a Ruger American bolt action .22 recently. I enjoyed the half hour shooting that as much as any time at the range in recent memory.
I was telling DEG last night, I bought a pre-war BSA no. 12, a martini action target rifle that is the predecessor to the International series. Holy Cow, I have never had a factory trigger like this. A one-pound glass rod.
Plus, it’s chambered for .220lr. Love those pre-war Brits.
my son called and proceeded to work his way up to going off on me, for not scattering Wendy’s ashes in the Pacific,
I told him his Sister already did, and he called us both liars. That’s when I went Ballistic, “She was MY Wife, long before you came around, I’ll do as I please!”
/Click. I know it still hurts him, he loved his Momma, but he needs to remember I did too, and I’m not at fault, don’t take it out on me,
Love him, Yusef. You know he’s hurting and he threw it at you.
Call him back and tell him that – and love the hell out o’ that boy.
Yep.
I do, that’s the problem, or one of many I can’t get into here,
Sharper than a serpent’s tooth etc.
He is as good as me, and is making worse mistakes, I feel for him, except his Woman attempted to steal My Dead Wifes identity, other than that…..
Sorry Yusef.
Been through that sort of thing with my kids. I just ignore it/them and carry on as usual. They come back when the anger has dissipated and it will. Retaliation only prolongs the misery.
My daughter is now learning the same thing with her own kids. Not every day is perfect and frustrations have to be vented. A couple of my g’kids ignore me, pretty much but I remember being a kid or a young man that didn’t always write home as often as I should have and my parents were always waiting when I did come home. (They were happy to see me leave after a week or so, as well).
Relax, Yusef.
A couple of my g’kids ignore me, pretty much but I remember being a kid or a young man that didn’t always write home as often as I should have
I need to be better about that. I call my parents every week or so and text with my brothers a bit, but haven’t kept up with the grandparents as much as I should. There are some old scars on one side of the family tree that, while they’re not wounds anymore, have created a distance in what was once a close relationship. The other side never was as close, but I’m just bad at being chatty.
FWIW, a call doesn’t have to be long to be valuable.
The call thing kills me. I hate, hate, hate talking on the phone and tend to put it off, and when I do get on I try to get off of the damn thing as quickly as I can. I always have to poke and pry myself to call my kid, but I do love talking to him, especially now that he is an adult, and will push back at me just as much.
My first Grand daughter, known as Cindy Lou who around here, is 13 now, and a skater,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/iB3ntWKEvYLWAHHZA
Happy Gramps!
Riley Annett Lozonne, very cool kid,
Awesome Yusef!
And Poppas Cool Black Vans, Winning!
That’s great!
Who?
Yes, You remember Christmas from years gone by,
I do.
https://seuss.fandom.com/wiki/Little_Cindy-Lou_Who
I was afraid no one would get it.
A gold star for you sir.
I’m kind of worried, she’s a pretty girl, but boy she lost the babyfat and grew like a weed, i had no idea.
/Engages Old Lion with Guns Mode…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPYCJlFfhW8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmkaH4WhHYU
HOLY MACKEREL! Perry Mason – The Case Of The Golden Oranges (Season 6, Episode 20), features my favorite movie tough-guy, Lee Van Cleef.
Speaking of favorite movie guys, tough or not, a couple of hours ago we caught an episode of Untouchables with a very young Robert Redford!?
Mrs. Suthenboy’s favorite TV show of all time. She has the whole thing on CD. We binge watched all of the seasons once. I was amazed at how many to-be-famous later actors are in it.
He was awesome in the last two Leone Spaghetti Westerns.
He wasn’t in either Duck, You Sucker or Once Upon a Time in the West.
/pedant
Once Upon A Time In The West has, IMO, the most tension building, awesome opening scene in all of movies.
I’ve said it before, the first fifteen minutes alone of OUATITW is a better movie than most full length westerns (including Silverado).
Also I’ve read that Leone wanted Eastwood, Van Cleef, and Wallach to be the desperados waiting on the train, I’m glad that didn’t happen, it would have been too “staged” for lack of a better word. Plus Elam, Strode and Murlock are absolutely perfect.
You know damn well I was referring to A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly from the Dollars trilogy.
You know, movies people actually remember? – Although I admit Once Upon a Time in the West is decent. Duck, you Sucker deserves its’ pejoratives.
Top notch cover of the theme song from A Few Dollars More.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB_tVv18Zhw
The #1 comment:
That’s up there with top comments for Vulfpeck videos.
One upon a time is one of the best movies ever made, western or not.
Once Upon a Time is terrible.
Twice Upon a time, however, is interesting.
Ted, you’re still in The Association fan club. We’re gonna take your words with numerous grains of salt.
The link, for anyone too young to remember.
I will admit that “Never My Love” is a decent song to mack on most women with, however.
When I was 16, I gave a girl a charm bracelet engraved with “Never My Love”. The jeweler had no idea what point I was trying get across.
I gave the same girl a pendant for our 40th anniversary also engraved with “Never My Love”. Again, the jeweler had no idea what point I was trying get across. At least he googled it and found the song.
I have to admit that I prefer the cover by the 5th Dimension.
Other Leone movies you might want to watch: Death Rides a Horse and Day of Anger.
Assuming you haven’t already.
Today I had to fight to keep my motorcycle upright. I was waiting for a green light at an intersection when suddenly the bike under me started to move forward and lean left. For a couple of seconds I had to make a big effort to keep it from dropping. Apparently, a car behind me was making a turn. The driver was very apologetic. I didn’t notice any damage and asked her where she hit the motorcycle. She said it was the rear tire. Interesting, I didn’t hear anything.
Yikes. She wasn’t asian was she?
Love this Suthen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnwwzvE9pXw
Oriental drivers are the worst,
I drive faster, when I’m in reverse,
Nope, white.
Yikes! She was right behind you and didn’t see you? How distracted was she? And by what??
No idea. I was thinking about previous visits to S&S at Inman Square since the restaurant’s parking lot was in front of me.
An ex-girlfriend of mine and I used to go the S&S often on the weekends for breakfast. I have no idea what it is like now, but back then it was a great place.
Had a friend in high school killed on his bike. Sitting at a red light and a woman drove right through him to get to the white line. Broke his back
Sheesh, man.
That’s the scary one. Coming up from behind. You can scan your mirror and try and look back a lot, but a determined idiot will still manage to hit you. At least out here we can split lanes. It’s a lot safe sitting between two cars at a light than behind one.
Whoa. Good that you weren’t hurt.
Because I stood my ground.
Many women turn into good drivers.
So, if you are a good driver, watch out for turning women!
For those who dig it and haven’t seen it, this is a strong contender for my favorite Forgotten Weapons video ever – Ian goes spearfishing for lionfish. https://youtu.be/Ftgw0R2MckE
That was very good. I also watched his wild pig hunt.
I want to do both of those things.
”wild pig hunt”
Like a Crosby-Ironton Sadie Hawkins Day Dance
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Ha! I just watched that last night. He may never hold a filet knife again.
Well the time at the driving range with my son, went as expected. He was really pressing and now his slice is worse. He really need professional help..but don’t we all.
I learned on YT, and practice, the difference is I don’t pay for a driving range or Greens fees, so you can learn at your own pace,
I wish it was a YT easy fix. There are couple things going on that need adjustment–mechanical and mental. Maybe he needs multiple professionals, perhaps a team.
One thing I found helpful, Don’t learn from one person, There are many styles and you need to find what works for you. the Fundies are fine, but shaping shots and putting things where you want is really up to the individual,
BTW I played Ball golf for 20 years, so I have some XP there, that said, Disc is way harder to master, but way more fun to play, and pretty cheap to start, say 25$
USA! USA! USA!
Fuck me. Hearts & Minds, people – we’re winning their hearts & minds.
(Screams off-mic)
Yeah.
Two rounds to the heart and one round to the mind. ?
Fog of war something something.
I’m not counting on complete accuracy coming out of that region for, well, ever.
Only two means of deciding what to do. WWTD? Do the opposite. WWOD? Try and emulate that. Dronemurdering innocent people is something Obama would do.
Trump dropped more bombs than Obama.
“The other thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families, when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, don’t kid yourself. When they say they don’t care about their lives, you have to take out their families,”
You are overlooking the important caveat, “in their first terms” Obama has the record. Always double check what you read about Trump. They are perfectly willing to weasel and lie about him.
Okay, even given the first term disclaimer, Trump killed a lot of innocent people and he even said he would, thus my second post with the Trump quote about killing innocent people. My point is that “the opposite” of WWTD isn’t WWOD, they are both right in the same wheelhouse. TDS is real in more ways than one.
Alot of innocent people died in alot of other wars. It’s a shame, but war is ugly.
If you’re going to declare war, accept that innocents will die, then fight to win.
Sunday is deadlift day.
Assault bike warmup.
10 @ 125
10 @ 155
10 @ 175
10 @ 195 (2 x 5)
12 @ 205 (3 x 4)
I already voted for Larry Elder but John Cox has some fun ads. He uses a brown bear (grizzly) as his mascot in the ads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SsK-cxlj_w&feature=emb_rel_end
I saw one today in which he literally says “Does a bear shit in the woods?”
Awesome.
“Does a bear shit in the woods?”
Not if he lives in a Zoo…..
/Sorry, I had to
How many porn stars are running?
Regardless of the number, it is never enough.
Angelyne is running a write in campaign. Apparently, she doesn’t want to waste 5k and/or can’t get 30 signatures.
Not really a porn star, I know, but she’s only famous for cleavage billboards and pink Corvettes. I still see her driving the latest one around every once in a while.
She was on the ballot i got here in OC.
Really? I thought she was a write in. I know she’s campaigning, at least sorta, anyway. My kid points her out when she drives by.
Ranked voting doesn’t sound terrible right about now.
Neither does low-sugar popsicles.
One of my office-mates got a Russel Stover sugar-free candy assortment. Wow. You’d never guess they were sugar free. Same for sugar free Jolly Ranchers.
Mmm, long as it’s iced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyaK3jo4Sl4
That kind of candy is pretty gassy for me…
That’s funny. When I commented on how good it was, I was warned that “too much sugar free candy will give you the shits”.
ain’t no such thing as free candy?
OMWC hardest hit
😉
It’s all the sugar alcohols. As a d00d who’s suffered from adult-onset IBS for the last 20-odd years, sugar alcohols are poison (and they affected me before I even came down with IBS). You all know what they are — anything with a “-tol” suffix (sorbitol, maltitol, xylitol, mannitol, etc.). They’re all good examples of osmotic laxatives. Sugar-free gums back in the 80s (when I was a callow stripling who tried to keep his breath minty-fresh all the time) used to give me the shits pretty regularly, but I didn’t make the connection until two decades later.
Huh. I didn’t know they were laxatives. The things you learn here! Thanks, Beam!
And xylitol is poison for dogs.
Nice midwestern teacher warned us about that in the 80s, in a coughing euphemistic manner. Is why I don’t do low-carb ice cream.
Yup. The biggest pita is that mushrooms are a fairly rich source of mannitol. sigh
Beware the FODMAPS — fermentable oligo-, di-, mono-saccharides and polyols.
I don’t know if I’d call xylitol poison for a dog (our dog used to sneak raspberries all the time, which have very high naturally-occurring levels of xylitol), but the American Kennel Club does recommend only allowing your dog to have a few raspberries at a time:
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-my-dog-eat-raspberries/#:~:text=It's%20important%20to%20note%20that,as%20other%20human%20food%20products.&text=This%20doesn't%20mean%20that,to%20your%20dog%20in%20moderation.
On the other hand, our pup got ahold of some plums (y’know, the fruit that, when dried, is referred to as a “prune”) from one of our fruit trees back in the Lower Rainland™, which gave her a really horrifying case of “plum-bum.” Alllllll over our couch. That was fun. ?
Low carb ice cream is one my few weekly treats (every Friday, as long as I haven’t killed anybody the previous week).
CLENCH HARDER!
/intensified sphincter grip
neither do*
I missed the grammar rodeo…
So the big question..do the Dems fortify this election or let the chips fall where they may…I say they play it “fair” or less fortified.
The thought being, you can only cheat so much without the electorate losing all/complete respect. Worst case, Gavin loses and some idiot will have to deal with our grift legislature for a year without much changing. Then in 2022, line up the “votes” for “Dem of the month” and set off for utopia because the people have spoken.
HAHAHAHA!!! You really think the dems are concerned about people losing respect for them? There will be much cheating and it will go unpunished. Gavin won in the first truly fucked up cheat fest election we had out here. He got the biggest margin in CA history. And everyone hates him. That’s the one where they invented ballot harvesting and stopped asking why you wanted an absentee ballot. They also knocked every republican rep out of the districts they held for 30-40 years. They cheat and everyone is well aware of it. CA is probably actually as purple as it’s ever been.
Machine politics has had a similar effect in NY.
I really think they sacrifice him for party this time. IMO, only 40% of Cali think there is a cheat going on, but I agree that the state is more maroon than blue. What a maroon…
Tryna watch football but literally every other commercial is vax propaganda. At least the literally every other commercial for Medicare advice lines when I flip over to Columbo is less annoying.
Pop in some DVDs.
Yeah, some commentary you haven’t heard yet. John Hughes re Ferris if you can find it.
Ad Council: Our tax dollars at work. “Quit hittin’ yourself!”
The problem with DVDs is that I have to pay more attention to the tube than I ordinarily care to. Television is mostly background noise for me. To prepare to watch a DVD I feel that I need to clear my schedule, finish dinner first, stop doing whatever I’m doing on my computer (glibbing, programming, etc.). Ugh.
I suppose I could pop in a Columbo DVD.
Babylon 5 or GTFO
Yeah, that is something I need to clear my calendar for so I can pay close attention to it.
Broadcast TV is cancer. You know that.
Ain’t that the truth. I’m starting to recognize portions of familiar programming that have been cut out in order to shovel more commercials at me.
Or wrong aspect ratio.
Come over and watch Looney Toons DVDs with me. Will serve you ice cubes with mint sprigs in ’em. Yum, now that I think of it.
(uh, yes of course I know The Thing. Just bring pizza.)
I’m not sure I know The Thing.
Er… Just bantering, not flirting. IYKWIM.
Not your part of Brooklyn, but have you been to DiFara? Have always wondered if it lives up to the reputation.
John Carpenter. Kurt Russsel, 80’s remake of a 50’s movie, reaaly good movie!
Didn’t want anyone to think I was barking up the wrong tree, is all.
Never heard of it.
I’ve never been disappointed by pizza from any place I’d never heard of.
Weisenheimer.
Love Columbo.
I used to love Twilight Zone.
Yep. Not sure if its a NY thing but its literally every couple of commercials. Annoying and creepy.
I’m positive it’s far worse in NYC than probably anywhere else.
Man, every time I go on Youtube I get Newsom’s ” Don’t let the republican led recall succeed” commercials. ” You did the right thing. You masked up. You stayed at home. Now, these Trump republicans are going to turn the clock back and undo all the hard work we’ve done.” I haven’t smashed my laptop yet, but that’s only because I don’t want to have to buy a new one. Yet.
uBlock is your friend.
This week, yeah. Last week many Larrys though.
Apparently, the NY Giants have partnered with a tribe called Quest Diagnostics to stab your brain with a q-tip.
Nice.
You on point, Tip?
Got the scrawny legs but I move just like Lou Brock
DVR the game and fast-forward through the commercials. I did that with the French Open and Wimbledon finals. (I was also able to fast-forward through the incessant time-wasting between points. Saved a lot of time.)
Nah, I don’t care about it enough to put that much effort into it. It’s still just background noise. When it gets annoying I just flip to some other background noise.
CKUA.com.
The best background noise I know of.
Surf the crimson tide.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/dear-deidre/15995163/boyfriend-sex-period/
Enjoy an Alabama Slammer!
Cocktail glibs:
What is the name for a negroni made tall with soda? Other than yummy, ofc.
Tall White Negroni?
It’s actually kind of orange.
OMB Negroni?
Soda instead of gin makes it an Americano. They’re good.
It’s a full negroni, but made in the bottom of a tall glass and brought up with soda. Extra summer-y
How about “Sparkling Negroni” or “Manute Bol”?
I’ve never heard anyone order one.
Good week for me. Lost another 2lbs so total is 16lbs 290lb from starting 306, and along way to go. Was very sore. This is the second week of lifting, and doing strong lifts 5×5. Lower body one day and then upper body the next. I do not want to start off too fast. On bench, last rep 245lb for four reps, so I am close to upping weight. Dead lift I did a max of 390lbs for three times so this one may take some time. I did power cling 225lbs which felt amazing. Just to pull that weight up all the way feels good.
I hope everyone had a good weekend and have great week.
/Ronnie
Nice job Ronnie. Keep up the good work. Shit aint easy.
Way to go, Ronnie!
That’s awesome, man!
“I am the only one here professional enough to handle this firearm.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-correctional-officer-trainee-dies-after-accidental-discharge-during-firearms-training/ar-AANSjsy?ocid=msedgntp
Negligent discharge, not accidental.
Jeebus. What SugarFree could do with that…
I got back on my workout schedule, added as many stretching sessions as I could stand, didn’t do any bike rides (sad face) but decided to take myself out of retirement. Being retired sucks, so I took Lord Humungous (really, we all know you are Elspeth Flashman in drag) as a role model and am getting set up to do the Antique Thang! This is not at all surprising as my last business was doing specialized advertising for antique shops. So, I got that going for me. Which is nice.
Oops! I’m such an Asshole!
?
I pissed off a lot of people I love, speaking the truth, and I won’t back down, so, Oops,
I’ll pay the price,
You seem not to be in jail, anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noJo-bJ5V8A
For Rhywun: https://www.difarapizzany.com/
Haven’t been (have been to Brooklyn!). Sounds Bourdain-y.
Midwood is nice but that’s a little too far to go and grab a slice when I can go across the street.
Gah! Legendary. /weeps ? ??
Here is my take as a pizza-pie fiend. Every single neighborhood here has several decent parlors and likely half again as many mediocre joints. The mediocre joints aren’t bad, but you can find better. There are only a couple places that are good enough to leave a neighborhood for. My absolute favorite is Totonno’s on Neptune Ave. in Coney Island, Brooklyn (open since 1924). Thin crust, coal fired oven, and they make a big batch of dough in the morning and close when they run out. DiFara’s is worth a visit; the crust is a little think for my taste, but other than that, they make a fine pie.
True enough.
The one across the street is mediocre by NYC standards. There’s one a few blocks away that’s better.
Just finished Brontosaurus beef rib. Oh my, tasty, fatty, and rich. I am full. Fast starts now. No food until Tuesday 1730 PDST. Skip a meal and have a great week everyone. God bless.
You rock.
I’m about to pull the ribs from the grill. I will eat again before Tuesday, but only a couple times.
I’d like to solicit some stretching advice from you glibfitters. (because, you know, it’s hard to find opinions on the internet).
Here’s the scenario: let’s say you lift heavy enough on day one that whatever targeted muscles are still sore on days 2, 3, even 4. Would you do any intense stretching on those recovery days? I can see an argument each way, but haven’t found anything definitive.
FWIW, my current goals are strength and endurance related.
Walk,
Succinct.
Ropes can be helpful when stretching.
For an example – say you’re going to work out your hamstrings – they’re generally hard muscles to stretch. You can use ropes to stretch. Sit as if you’re going to try to touch your toes. Instead, throw the rope over the front of your foot and stretch.
As with any exercise, go slow until you’re used to it.
Stretching is good. I find moving the sore areas (say, walking for sore legs) to be more helpful.
Unfortunately, lately I haven’t been taking my own advice and it shows.
I definitely agree on the blood flow for recovery. What I can’t decide on is whether more intense stretching on the recovery days would aid muscle development, or just delay the fiber healing that leads to growth.
Did some of my first mountain biking in a very very long time today. I’ve been wanting to get a good bike for it for a while now and finally broke down and bought one last month. I’ve been so busy I haven’t gotten it on dirt till this morning. The place I went is about 16 miles from our house and I can’t wait to get back there for the next ride.
https://imgur.com/a/2jfhsKw
Well done! keep it up, I live to be outdoors,
Cheers! Yeah, me as well. Even though we live in the city, I am outdoors as much as possible. My kids have camped out more times than they can count and I’m always looking for the next outdoor adventure.
Lovely. Being out along the coast range is one of the things I miss about California. I really wish mountain bikes had been invented when I was growing up there.
Yeah, it’s one of the things that keeps me sane and here. We are out there with the kids hiking almost every weekend somewhere in San Mateo or Marin on it. I was really into mountain riding 20-25 years ago and then got away from it for a while. Glad to be back in the saddle. One day I’d love to ride in your area. Me gusta mucho de Los Rockies.
I think there is some sort of natural antidepressant in the airs.
As if posing in front of a Ho Chi Minh statue wasn’t enough of a political disaster, it turns out that Vietnam is also under full martial law at the moment for COVID restrictions.
They’re tracking everyone and apparently have been operating massive quarantine camps for the past year. From Berenson:
“Vietnam detained 4.3 million people in centralized quarantine centers in 2020, and quarantined another 6 million at home.”
In other words, maybe Harris is telling us what she plans on doing here once Joe shuffles off.
*cackle*
I’ve been wondering all along how awful it can get in certain shitholes and I guess there is one answer. JFC.
Being alone and lonely Sucks,
/Carry on,
We have no choice but to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0VBB7BO64
Was ist los?
Was ist hier los?
Maybe some prog rock will help?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVOuYquXuuc
The best Yes song I know
I knew I liked you, limey!
I had released several venomous snakes in your house while you were out earlier, just for fun, but now you’ve said that I feel badly about it. Sorry.
In that case, I challenge you to a battle of wits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s0UURBihH8
Hm. It’s probably the first Yes song I knew and it is excellent but eventually I came to discover that some of the old actually prog stuff is great too.
Aaaaaaaaaahhh!
“…some of the old actually prog stuff is great too.”
I’m willing to listen. Whacha got?
How about some Renaissance?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZecf4CVCgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdmKsbTTfJM
You can’t go wrong with “Roundabout” or “Close to the Edge” or “And You and I”.
Linked the one that probably gives the definitive version of what they were about.
Machine Messiah
Going for the One (Album)
Turn of the Century
Love it!
I knew I liked you, db. And not just because you are building your own airplane.
Completely unaware of this.
So wait… the vocals are not Jon Anderson?!
(I was referring to Machine Messiah.)
One of the saddest musical things I ever saw was the guy from ASIA, the yes derived band for the MTV era, and the guy from Buggles do the lunchtime show at a bookstore.
I’m so Ronery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEaKX9YYHiQ
The Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Gv7UNX2X4
‘Solitude is bliss, but one must learn to be alone with one’s thoughts. The demons that stalk the undisciplined mind rend apparent tranquility so easily and insidiously. A calmness torn asunder in the anguish of the unwary is seldom restored entirely.’
– Carly Rae Jepsen
Lonely is the Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KCdNMRcprs
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXYjm74WFI
I love this slow jazz cover of the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxiAAOg1avA
Perfectly Lonely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoLc_6BmyTc
Are you lonesome tonight?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF5u7b8pAYQ
Beaten by the Queen of Hearts every time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIle_6Vzm5A
LONESOME ON’RY AND MEAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OU4ZhZc5Zw
/Waylon
You got to walk that lonesome valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85BvT5X6WSo
Hey, not only are they the largest purveyor of kiddie porn, they’re also the biggest publisher of white supremacist literature too!
The FBI allegedly paid a publisher of white supremacist literature more than $144,000 over 16-plus years to serve as a confidential informant, according to recent filings in an ongoing domestic extremism case.
These allegations were made earlier this month by Kaleb Cole, an accused member of the white supremacist group Atomwaffen. Cole was arrested in February 2020 for allegedly participating in an Atomwaffen intimidation campaign against Jewish people and journalists of color.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/fbi-allegedly-funded-white-supremacist-publisher-court-documents_3970248.html
I admit it, I’m all over the map,
peanut butter and chocolate ice cream with Hersheys syrup,
NOM…
Dry steak? Try this one weird trick.
??
Huh.
So our future is food that they were eating on the Discovery spacecraft in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
For God’s sake, why?
Fuck off.
First off, there’s no way that opening steak was dried out yet.
And whoever filmed that needs to die in the slowest, most painful method that won’t attract insects.
This confirms all my vaccine biases
A needle rape…excellent
I can’t watch that tonight. I’ll just get pissed off and not sleep.
It explains what I’ve suspected from the start (at least when the first relevant article came out) to be the flaw of these vaccines. The vaccine components don’t properly anchor in the deltoid, resulting in spike protein circulating to various organs around the body, wreaking havoc.
I’m assuming there’s further evidence since Bridle came out with the initial report of that.
One has to wonder how bad it will have to get before the bureaucracies acknowledge their fuckup.
I’m not a medical or bio person, so I had a hard time understanding everything I was looking at, but he had some pictures showing inflammation in organs of (what I believe were) cadavers of folks who died after getting the vaccine.
Would like some confirmation on the lack of autopsies too.
We found it suspicious that the VA insisted that my dad not be autopsied because he was covid.
We just wanted the ordeal over with but looking back maybe there is something they don’t want looked at.
This is what the medical industry has created. Absolute distrust.
Is there an attention deficit disorder version?
tl;dr: inflammation in various organs that this doctor asserts is due to spike proteins triggering an immune response. Short term side effects are bad, but the suspected long term side effects from damage to the organs is unquantifiable right now.
Training your immune system to attack your own cells in various areas of the body is generally a bad idea.
Oy vey.
All of them or the MRNA versions?
I think it’s the mRNA ones.
All our cells have a nucleus with the DNA that was sealed when dad’s fastest sperm met up with Mom’s egg when mom was healthy. That is the fun crapshoot that happens with meiosis (cell division), in which randomness gives us the variety we need to be healthy.
But all our cells also have “mRNA” in these goofy little bodies called mitochondria. That is our mitochondrial dna that never does the shake-em-up meiosis. It’s mitosis, which is a perfect copy in entirety. Only mutation changes it. That’s how archaeologists can tell where your maternal line comes from.
Your mitochondrial dna is only from your mother and her mother and hers and and … Because it’s just an independent thingy in every cell in your body that converts food into energy.
Biologists think that way back in the primordial soup days, the mitochondria was a bacterium that got absorbed into the earliest animal cells cuz it was mutually beneficial.
So when these motherfuckers said that we should alter our mRNA, the momma in me said OH HELL NO
Interesting. Thanks for the quick explanation, Hyex! Of the current three available, I’ve always assumed the Jansen was the lesser of 3 evils. Well, if you are a male. Sounds like women should avoid it.
The Jansen isn’t much different in reality as only differs in the delivery mechanism to the cells. But it also hijacks your mitochondria to produce spike proteins just like the mRNA versions do.
The government and medical industry is lying to you and you should follow the money.
Well, yeah.
I feel like I’m living in a dystopian sci-fi novel, and we’re just in the opening few chapters before things really start going south.
Holy shit.
I was already a skeptic but I had no idea it was that bad.
The terrible situation is we shut down 18 months of quality science and scientific inquiry to push the outcome we are at today.
The good news is the courts will clear all of this up for us.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An order issued by the Iowa Supreme Court will require everyone entering any Iowa courthouse to wear a face covering, regardless of whether they are vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that in the order issued Friday, Chief Judge Susan Larson Christensen says the court is balancing the need to take measures to reduce the spread of the virus with “its commitment to conduct the important work of the courts.”
Christensen says the court reviewed guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the wearing of masks in public indoor settings in areas of substantial or high transmission.
Fuck. Nevermind.
Man, the real estate market is really going to tank when all of us vaxxed minions croak.
Im off to work kids.
Leave a lamp on.
BREAKING: Marine Officer Resigns Commission After Being Fired for Demanding Answers on Afghanistan
This been discussed? Maybe he could be hired by Ozy
Looks like we blew up a bunch of little kids when we took out that truck in Kabul yesterday.
I’m so proud to be an American right now.
Dear Lord:
In all earnestness I pray for you to comfort the suffering people and to show those of us who are part of your plan what to do.
I know that only about 50% of the Glibs here believe in you, but it won’t hurt them if I pray fir them too.
Help us to see your hand and not be so arrogant that we try to do it all ourselves.
In Christ’s name, Amen.
Amen
I’ll give that an agnostic Amen.
Also myself.
Amen.
I’m not a believer but I’m happy that many of us are.
I left as a teenager but have found myself drawn more and more back, part of it I would credit to other glibs for demonstrating their faith not just by words but also by example. I am grateful also.
Amen
“…pray fir them…”
I’m more of a birch kind of guy. Firs kind of crowd out everything else.
Amen.
/former believer
Groan.
Now I want to go to the Kiwanis Christmas tree lot and get a Douglas Fir..
Doug firs DO make good Christmas trees. We usually buy ours from the Catholic church a couple blocks away.
They can be a bit stringy. Grand or nobles are bit fuller.
Although neither the grand nor noble have been to the moon
https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/apollo-14-moon-tree
Nick, you have no idea, but you will,
God bless you,
No, please no,
Guess prayers couldn’t hurt for those in Louisiana, Haiti, Afghanistan, wherever. But it seems to me that the hand of fate is pretty fickle and there’s no rhyme or reason to who lives or dies or thrives or heals.
I’m not claiming or even asking for people to get what they deserve here, be it mercy or punishment.
I’m saying that this world is not meant to be our permanent home. And please God minimize our suffering while we are here, and use us for your purposes.
My purpose might be to make sure our nukes work when Armageddon happens.
JFC, quit scaring me, seriously,
TSWHTF soon, How do we we defend against EMPs?
I believe.
God help us all. We’re gonna need it.
Amen.
Amen.
What is worse is there are reports it was an interpreter though cannot confirm that. Makes us wonder if the list we gave the Taliban was turned around and given right back as targets.
That’s stomach turning. I’m not taking the “we” in that, though. “They” did that and I’m ?% against it. A lot of the blame has to go to the warmongering media on both sides. Left or right media that is good on the war issue is good by me at this point.
I’m glad you have nukes, you may need them,
Howdy Straff!
Everything is fine. A celebrity told me so.
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/08/29/alyssa-milano-takes-biden-sycophancy-to-a-delusional-new-level/
At this point i wouldn’t Hate fuck the Cunte,
Someday she’ll be singing a different tune.
https://youtu.be/GojeJH0vNhg
Scott Adam’s response was the best: “I’d hate to see what the ‘wrong person’ would have done.”
It’s about time to let the ocean reclaim New Orleans.
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/08/29/breaking-the-entire-city-of-new-orleans-has-no-power/
Man, you ain’t kidding.
After Katrina when emotional politicians and celebrities were all “We can rebuild!! We have the technology!” I was thinking, yeah, no, maybe we shouldn’t rebuild a city literally below sea level and yet quite close to the sea.
Seems like rebuilding several miles inland or (hear me out) just letting people scatter naturally to better places would have been a reasonable alternative.
Sigh… the only parts of the city below sea level are New Orleans East, land reclaimed from the swamp in the 1950s – ’60s. My house in the French Quarter was a good 25 feet above, and I’m pretty sure the lowest spot in Da 1/4 is still 13 feet above. NOLA suffers mainly from hubris of the past and greed/retardation of the present. The levees that failed in 2005, come to find out, they weren’t built right. Rather than being based upon compacted earth, they were atop landfill garbage. The ACoE (Civil Division) has spent billions upon billions of dollars preventing the Mississippi River from joining the Red River and bypassing NOLA entirely. While simultaneously dredging access canals through the coastal mangroves so as to enable easier access for petroleum production. Those mangroves are there to act as dampers for storms.
After reading this, I come off as a bitter asshole and I’m sorry. I am a bitter asshole, but please forgive me, none of my ire is directed towards anyone here. I’m just so disgusted by everything. We had a drunk fellow urinate all over a bunch of foodstuffs last night at the store. He was arrested, but we now have 5 shopping carts full of tainted merchandise. Those 13 dead USMC/Navy/Army kids are weighing heavily on my mind, then we find out a US retaliatory strike using flying murder toys killed even more children? FUCK!
Thank you for the details. I fell better educated now.
Also sorry for the shit you’re dealing with.
The Dutch seem to do well with it but New Orleans seems to have similar issues to the rest of the insurance enabled close to the coast development we’ve seen over the past fifty or sixty years.
They rebuilt Galveston, that seems to have worked out OK.
AFAIK, it was done only with local dollars, that might have had some effect.
Totally not a hostage video.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/29/gun-holding-taliban-fighters-afghan-tv-presenter-public-has-nothing-to-fear-cooperate/
The Charles Manson eyes on both of those fellas wouldn’t exactly fill me with confidence.
Where is Honey Harvest? I need to plan,
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/tSr-BlO-QpOM0-AY-3MYCQ.BrrBMuqSWV73DwxiYii4S1
Couple more photos of the place we’re staying in, the main lodge, and the grounds.
Where is this place?
Pocono area.
1 Skytop Lodge Road
Skytop, PA 18357
Looks lovely
I would re-learn how to play chess just to play with that set!
Also, what Tulip said. Any idea when the place was built?
1928
Thanks. Could you put in my reservation, please? I have the third full week in October off, and I bet the fall colors will be gorgeous. ?
Looks like that week is booked solid. Sorry.
The Patzer is available for chess lessons ?
https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2021/08/school-board-members-nationally-quitting-saying-the-work-has-become-toxic-and-impossible-to-do.html
Well good…
Good.
well… bye.gif
Gotta get moving. I’ll check in later. ☕?
Mornin’ all. I guess Sean has an early tee time. God bless the Scots for inventing golf.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pcnFbCCgTo4
NSFW
William Wallace’s revenge? (And/or Mary Stuart’s?)
…and good morning, ‘patzie!
Mornin’ GT. More golf:
https://marktwainstudies.com/the-apocryphal-twain-gold-is-a-good-walk-spoiled/
suh’ fam
what a night
but whats goody
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/08/30/newzealand-New-Zealand-reports-first-death-linked-to-Pfizer-COVID-19-vaccine/8711630298486/
“The ministry of health said the woman died from myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle and a known side effect of the Pfizer shot.
The nation’s independent COVID-19 vaccine monitor told the ministry that it considers the cause of the heart inflation to “probably” be due to the vaccine, but added that “there were other medical issues occurring at the same time, which may have influenced the outcome following vaccination.””
By all means, let’s take other issues into account, just like we do with COVID deaths.