I am guessing I am not the only Glib still “making their way” through leftover Halloween candy. Let us make a virtue out of necessity by considering the benefits of chocolate.
To keep this upbeat, I am going to glide by all the sugar in commercial chocolate. I’m also going to ignore milk chocolate because it was created by the devil. Instead, I will assume you had the good taste to purchase dark chocolate to pass out to all those cute vagabonds.
Per Healthline, dark chocolate has a considerable amount of antioxidants. One study showed that cocoa and dark chocolate had more antioxidant activity, polyphenols, and flavanols than any other fruits tested, which included blueberries and acai berries. Suck it, acai bowls.
There is some evidence dark chocolate improves blood flow and lowers blood pressure. In my head, I hear Q saying that when you present it on Valentine’s Day, it does exactly those things.
In a controlled study, cocoa powder was found to significantly decrease oxidized LDL (bad) cholesterol in men. It also increased HDL and lowered total LDL for those with high cholesterol. In other words, the good news is chocolate can lower your risk factors for heart disease. The flavanols in dark chocolate can also reduce insulin resistance, which is another common risk factor for diseases like heart disease and diabetes. The bad news is chocolate has lots of sugar which has the opposite effect. So better chow down on unsweetened chocolate if you want a positive effect.
The bioactive compounds in dark chocolate may also be great for your skin. The flavanols can protect against sun damage, improve blood flow to the skin, and increase skin density and hydration. This was news to me.
My guilt is partly assuaged. How about yours?
This week’s music is dedicated to Pistoffnick. I have a pretty good idea of how you feel. I don’t know your musical tastes so hopefully this will do.
That answers a lot of questions, I love Dark chocolate, I knew it was good for you, but yeah, low BP, and all that good stuff.
anything past 70% gets almost caustic tasting,
Mostly dark chocolate, but it’s all yummy,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mHanxvbdmK6Ffwqr5
Now I have the “Goobers and Raisinets” jingle stuck as an earworm:
https://youtu.be/GiVt1FIpgEE
https://www.ashers.com/category/chocolate-type/dark-chocolate/
Asher’s makes good dark chocolate. They also make some sugar free.
My exercise today was to stand for four hours, occassionally pick up steel plates, then haul steel plates to a shed at the end.
I went steel shooting with NA.
When I got home the city had dropped off a brand new rolling recycle bin that looks just like a trash can, but blue. It also says they’re RFID tagged and assigned to an address. I’m guessing the next step is for the guys picking up the bins to record how much you are or not recycling by scanning the bin tag before loading the truck, or have the truck automatically record it and the weight when it picks the bin up.
The Blue bin have been in Cali for ten years or more, and they never weighed or otherwise cared how much was in it. Handy for paper, boxes, etc. saving your trash can for actual trash.
The grandees here in NYC must be seething with jealousy that they can’t easily implement something like that for those of us in apartments. But I’m sure they’re wasting plenty of resources on figuring out how to make it “work”. Something extremely convoluted that they can force us to do while they point at us and laugh.
Everything from “I’m Guessing” is just an extrapolation based upon what the tech and info could easily be used for.
According to the informational packet on the bin, the funding came from a DEC grant, so I have to assume the worst.
At the very least I would expect that now they know where to send the fines. Don’t let that thing out of your sight.
You found some ammo?
I shot .22lr
I depleted my 12ga birdshot supply today.
Worth it.
I had two people comment that they were going to get/bring a shotgun next time.
targetsportsusa.com has Spanish #10 shot for under $0.40/round
Just picked up a case, we’ll see how it runs.
That is some serious Turkey Shoot material there.
Had a few odd malfunctions. The spent hull would be stuck on the extractor. I could just reach in and flick it out, and then the bolt would pick up/chamber the next shell. Happened three or four times out of 50. Federal #7.5 target load.
I had some extra exercise holding up the timer.
I thought the next step was to fine you for not using the bins correctly. The city doesn’t give a fuck about recycling. Ticket revenue is a different story.
I’ve only just found out about this show but this is terrific.
Maybe it’s just the contextlessness but these scenes are all solid gold.
Fifteen minutes into the first episode, this show is brilliant. The rainwater bucket. Set up, paid off.
The fucking balloon pregnancy. Pregnancies.
“When’s it due?”
“Any day now.”
pop
That’s brilliant, thanks. The wing commander body switching was great.
This is Monty Python if it were funny.
I keed, I keed, Monty Python is plenty funny.
This is Monty Python, but, you know, funny.
The pilot episode is even better. Oh my God
Remember Jon Titor? Time traveler?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzj-mmo7qjw
This little show is quite fun, if you are into the Titor Myth, he was at TOS for a long time, and maybe showed up here a time or two,
I’m glad we got it all fixed in 23c. But I’m still waiting on my Heisenburgh compensator, I think it’s stuck on a ship in Long Beach,
We had a radar that I swear was the basis for Titors “machine”, specifically the transmitter subsystem.
I just went to an all you can eat Mexican brunch, so I just ate about a week’s worth of carbs. So that’s not great.
I’ll row for about an hour later, when I watch the F1 race, so that’s something.
Today’s pig-out aside, I’ve been eating reasonably well and regularly rowing, so weight is steady. Will need to remain vigilant over these next few, dangerous weeks.
*Makes sign of the cross over slumbrew* Go in peace my son. For Mexican food, all is forgiven.
Just turned our late harvest tomatoes into salsa today.
I used to tell myself I should buy kandy korn to give away at Halloween, so I could just guiltlessly and unhesitatingly chuck the leftovers in the trash nov 1.
Ans then we’d have a good laugh, and go buy a bunch of Hershey’s dark chocolate miniatures. And the leftovers? Something happened to them, I’m not sure what.
Some mysteries are unsolvable.
Candy is not a problem for me. I like dark chocolate for sure, but the Halloween assortments are mostly garbage so I don’t eat them. I like the York Peppermint Paddies and the Gummi Bears, but the wife and son can have the rest.
I consumed way too much alcohol yesterday because I went to a beer and wine fest. Today I’m Glibfat.
I’m also a fan of these. Picked them up in FLA. I may order some more.
I’m also going to ignore milk chocolate because it was created by the devil.
I like you.
I don’t have leftover candy from Halloween because I don’t buy any. I hide out at a bar during trick or treating hours. This is a good thing, because I will gorge myself on candy.
The bad news is chocolate has lots of sugar which has the opposite effect. So better chow down on unsweetened chocolate if you want a positive effect.
I’ve had 100% chocolate bars. Just cocoa and an emulsifier, so sugar. I’ve also had 99% chocolate bars. I think both were made by a French company. They were pretty good.
As for GlibFit: My weight is fluctuating, but, my diet is a bit shitty. Instead of Halloween candy, I’ve been indulging in baked goods. Alcohol consumption is down, and I say this even though I am sipping a shot of Gosling’s Papa Seal rum.
I deadlifting conventional for the first time in two or so years last Friday. I had only 65 lbs on the bar. My trainer was watching me. He caught me rounding my back at the bottom at few times. He gave me some pointers and I fixed that problem. I’ll stay at this weight for a little while long as I get my form with full range of motion correct. Then I’ll start moving up in weight and I’ll get back to squatting somehow.
I had a good shoulder workout yesterday. After my warm-up, I starting pressing 115 lbs which gave me a bit of a problem last week. No problems. After two sets, I moved up to 120 lbs. The last two sets were fine though I got a tiny bit wobbly and sloppy at the end of the last set.
Gym pet peeve: People blocking the dumbbell rack. If you’re strong enough to lift it, you’re strong enough to move the weight away from the rack so other people can access the dumbbells.
Does not compute.
Congratulations on getting back to deadlifting. I know it’s been a journey for you.
That’s a good pet peeve. Try staring at them. No one can withstand it very long.
Congrats on the deadlift. My single favorite exercise. I’ve been experimenting with higher hips and I like the way the bar comes off the floor.
Sounds like your presses last week were an anomaly. Great job!
I had a good mix of mini snickers, nestle crunch, Reese’s cups, butterfinger, etc. Didnt get any trick or treaters; took all the candy to work where the twenty-somethings consumed it all within 2 days.
It was a good way to introduce myself to the new workmates.
Downside to WFH – can’t dump excess in the break room.
After your post last week I dusted off the rowing machine and got in several rows so thanks Chafed! I also made it on several short bike rides. I find a hill, get my bike out and see how far I can make it up until my chest feels like it is going to explode. I have almost entirely gone carnivore now with only the occasional piece of lettuce. Most days Carbs are kept under 20g but one day of 35 last week. BP is back on its downward trend as well as another 3lbs gone and another inch off the gut. Much meat was grilled this weekend, Vit D was absorbed and drinks were made.
Good work WS!
I quit drinking, so it’s Chocolate time, Cane sugar sodas, pastries and cakes for me, I’m gonna get fat.
I still eat real meals, don’t get me wrong
Mmmm….chocolate.
Good on ya with the drinking!
Thankee!
Woo-hoo! Redskins beat the Bradys!! And Bills are looking to take the win over the Jets.
Prince Harry and the Colts are uncomfortably close against the Jags. Steelers and Lions are heading to OT.
What a day!
Wow. Falcons, Jets, and Browns got violated today. There goes another $10 of the kids’ inheritance.
*shrugs*
Wine rec request
Anyone have some good recommendations from this list?
http://www.cafegabbiano.com/menus/wine-list.php
We’re eating there tonight
My favorite Cabernet was a Trefethen, which is in on your list. It was a 2008.
No idea how the more recent ones are.
Have fun!
Thanks!
Not sure my palate is sophisticated enough yet to appreciate it
That wine list is pretty pricey. Better see what the Winasauruses have to say.
We had Lasagna Bolognese last night, and for lunch today. Totally not Glibfit.
Try the Vermentino di Sardegna for a white.
Most of those whites look too damn sweet.
I’m not certain which red I’d pick.
Curious, how do you determine their sweetness from the list? Experience?
Alcohol content generally works for me.
Mostly experience.
I’ve noticed that the most common whites are all sweeter than I’d prefer.
In rough estimate to my palate, the order from sweet to dry would be Moscato, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc. (Gewürztraminer is also relatively sweet.)
The one thing I’ve really noticed in trying a bunch of wines is that when I go up to the $10-15/bottle wines outside of those five, like Vermentino or Orvieto or Muscadet or Torrontés, I can really notice a difference.
I have a harder time noticing the difference among reds, although if I’m looking for a step up on a budget, the $10-15 Garnachas I’ve tried have all been good. But I didn’t see any Garnachas on the menu.
Of the white wines, I prefer the most dry ones.
I’m currently fermenting a Sauvignon Blanc from a kit at home. I hope it turns out OK, it’s my 2nd winemaking try ever.
Barolo 2014
Several Barolo on the list, some pricey, some less so. What’s good for an amateur palate?
The “house” brand looks like a good staring point if you’re a beginner: Barolo C.G. Vini Piemonte 2014 $80/bottle.
If you have deep pockets, then Barolo (Vigna Rionda) Masslolino 98 Points 2013 $220/bottle
http://www.massolino.it/en/vini/vigna-rionda/
I can afford it but don’t know if I’d appreciate it…
It’s going to be a big red wine. Heavy tannins, but nicely smoothed out after aging. Heavy earthly aromas and flavors. Probably not a fruit forward kind of wind\e. {my wild ass guess based on reading the massolino link and having a nice collection of barolo in my basement}
can’t type worth shit today. oh well.
Thanks! I appreciate your insight
You are welcome. I am a big fan of Italian wines. Barolo, Barbaresco, and Brunello.
Piedmont wines are outstanding, and a bit under the radar compared to Tuscany. I’m a huge fan of Piedmont Barbera wines, which you might find a little more affordable than the Barolos, and go great with steak.
$80/bottle is out of my price range. 🙁
I don’t buy wine in restaurants, because it is usually marked up 200%. But expensive wines are usually only marked up about 100% so they are a better deal.
Yeah, but even with the markup the stuff I’d be buying wouldn’t be that much. 🙁
Candy is ok, pastries are my weakness. Daughter has spent the past few days melting down the candy bars to make chocolate dipped, well everything at this point. She is also melting down Jolly Ranchers to create sugar art and has expressed an enthusiastic childhood interest in being a pastry chef.
My wife uses tablea, 100% cacao, to make tsokolate or champarado. You control what and how much sweetener to add.
Hey that is pretty cool! It’s neat that she’s interesting in disassembling things to their component parts and creating new stuff!
Meant to be @l0b0t
Thanks. She really digs how different materials (chocolate, caramel, nougat, sugars with and without additives) react to heat. I think this week, we’ll break out the silpats and make sugar nests.
Keep that interest up. She might end up as a cook or a chemist, or, dare I say, a chemical engineer!
Or a meth maker.
Potato, Potahto
Chafed!
I love dark chocolate. Over time, my taste buds have changed to the point that I usually get 86% now. Anything sweeter tastes wrong.
There is a “Bean to Bar” movement in that world, trying to dissuade producers from using child labor. I have no idea how legit it is, but it’s probably worth being aware of.
My week was decent, although I may have been less than stellar in the nutrition department. Yesterday we had a beautiful hike in the Flatirons. 4.7 miles, 1350 feet of elevation gain. Steep, but a fun workout. And the views at the top were pretty impressive.
Have a great week, Glibfitters!
Orphans make the best chocolate
I thought chocolate orphans were only available at Easter?
::sings:: “O-R-P-H-A-N-S…”
That’s beautiful Tundra.
I moved 8 cases of mead from the brewing room to the wine cellar.
I also lifted 3 fermenters from the floor to the shelf that was previously occupied by 8 cases of mead.
I rolled a kid’s table and chair set a couple of houses up the street. Freakin’ lazy ass ignorant driver can’t read a damned label and dropped it off in front of my garage. Grandmother was grateful, pissy son was not.
Pissy recipient? Set that shit on fire.
It’s funny to me. I made a whole bunch of snap judgements right then. I’m probably wrong, but sonny is probably having issues. We’ve never met, but I chose not to introduce myself because of his reaction. That was wrong. I should have struck up a conversation with Grandma, but I was not up to it. Beer, wine, and Martinis killed me.
Maybe swing by Granny’s place in a few days withour the Martini dick.
Are you a divorce attorney? ?
Apparently neither the Steelers nor the Lions want to win this game. Could end in a tie.
I am not watching this game but am enjoying the yells from my friends from inside who are watching.
The real losers today are the Denver Broncos. They are wearing orange footie pajamas.
Not a good look.
I saw a girl on tye beach today wearing sandals with huge furry bits glued to them. Looked like a cute Asian Hobbit.
WELL? DID YA?
Uh, no.
I’ve been baking (mostly cookies), because that is what I do when I am feeling content and secure. So, damn the carb torpedoes.
I’m glad to hear you feel content and secure.
#metoo!
Thanks, guys!
GlibFit.
https://archive.md/knyeL
Super fit girls (and guys, I guess) are fun to look at but they are weirdos in real life. Body dysmorphia is real.
Had a training class at work a couple of years ago. One of the young engineers at my table was eating some kind of processed health food instead of the lunch that was provided by the company. He said summer was coming, and he wanted to look good without a shirt.
Ok, I thought. I imagine that helps him get laid this summer. Not sure how it helps to find someone you can live with for the next 40 years.
Yeah, that sound like someone I probably wouldn’t attempt another conversation with again.
Was the food provided any good?
The company cafeteria is pretty good. Certainly not up there with outside catering, but definitely not something you need to choke down.
I noticed your post from the forums, a month ago, I was late, but I sent you a reply
will check it out
Why would you think that worthwhile life mates would be attracted to flabby dudes?
Are you dissing my wife?
*snort to spit drink*
There’s flabby, and then there’s eating disgusting food to get a body to attract women. Seems like the most enjoyable life might be elsewhere besides those data points.
The blond in the weight room had a decent body. Most of the rest looked starved.
I’m not dating a photo.
Never apologize, Aaron.
STFU, Tony Romo.
“My teammates know this is all bullshit just like I know.”
Serbia scored a late goal to qualify for the World Cup.
The headline photo is of Cristiano the Prick.
I get a different torso when I click.
I know whenever *I* succeed at work, my first impulse is to tear off my clothing too.
They changed the photo.
Am I to believe that people actually watch commie ball?
90% is my go to. 85% if 90% is sold out. Only the darkest.
I recall visiting Cadbury World as a kid to do the tour. At some point near the beginning you were handed a little shot glass of pure cocoa bean goodness (that’s how I remember it anyway). It was very rich and bitter and I liked it very much. I think the point was to contrast it with what you expected chocolate to taste like, i.e. what comes off the production line, but I prefer that. Really rich, bitter dark chocolate is a wonderful thing.
[Milk] chocolate is the devil’s doing you say.
I will be blunt; I don’t have sophisticated taste buds. Like, at all. Chocolat is OK, maybe? I much prefer vanilla, or better yet, coffee. Mmm, that is the best.
Anyhoo, got in my weeks’ workouts as I should, plus an extra stretching session. I have been dropping weight, so when I am at the Doktors tomorrow, I will see if that is holding. Otherwise, it’s steady on.
I’m a big fan of both vanilla and coffee. Oddly, not a single kid wanted a cup of coffee during Halloween.
Bunch of fuckin’ savages in that town.
News you can use.
https://www.yourtango.com/2016285430/can-only-orgasm-from-anal-sex-but-its-amazing
Dear Penthouse….
Taking a brief break from football to sit outside.
Feels awesome in the sun on the patio; phone says it’s 79 degrees.
Tonight the “Vegas” Raiders are playing the Chiefs, so I might head out to a local spot to take in the game and have a bite.
Then it’s back to work tomorrow. Kinda looking forward to the drive, and now that my new charger is installed in the house it will go much faster to top it off afterwards.
64 and nice here. Supposed to hit 72 tomorrow, but the cold is coming. Cold with sunshine is workable.
Yeah, the sun makes all the difference.
must be nice, 31 here, maybe 35 tomorrow
7 here at the moment. Might hit 9 tomorrow.
That’s brisk, baby!
My HVAC is off. Yay!
Pie thinks 7 is nice.
So glad we’re back to doing euphemisms.
“My guilt is partly assuaged. How about yours?”
I have a few things to feel guilty about but eating dark chocolate ain’t on the list.
I know I turned you onto Letterkenny, and then you all went kinda gaga over it, even though it kinda spent itself after the first season, and really, it
but you should check out the It Goes Wrong Show, this is a genuinely funny show, kinda like Letterkenny but, you know, funny.
It makes me very happy that Dylan Fairplay (the blonde hockey player) has built a Disney career for himself.
Fuck you, Riley!
Hi Chafed, Greetings from NOCAL-BEL. Thanks for edition! Nice hike, 4 mi with 600 ft. altitude. Did a big hike yesterday which included a hike up, through and over the fog, which was pretty cool.
G-fit update: Sleep was good. Food was fine. Hike mileage was level at about 37 miles. Wim Hoff/meditative “ancient man” techniques; Did 1 time with cold swim. Went to gym 3 times. Did some core work with a wheel thingy to a plank position that destroyed my stomach muscles. Sore for 3 days. Didn’t fast. Weight was lower to 176!
Goals: Failed goal weight range (175-170)..but trending down. Still not dead from Covid…MB;MC
I am not much into chocolate. My wife likes dark chocolate; so we have some of that in the pantry.
Got the local Sunday paper here by accident. Glanced through it and now remember why I cancelled 5 years ago. There were a bunch of articles on getting your booster therapeutic. It doesn’t work too good but that’s why you should get another. I am so far behind on jabs I don’t think I’ll ever catch up.
To live better, fat adapt, skip a meal or three!
Why do you care about weight? With what you do I would expect 5 pound swings all over the place!
You are killing it.
Ab wheels are awesome. Good job with the plank!
It’s how I measure myself against other golfers…
I used to do daily weigh ins and the swings could be pretty dynamic. From the dailies you get feedback on what works and what doesn’t. Those things that don’t work I try to avoid and/or adjust the next day or two to keep my weight level.
Hej WS, I saw you doing Carnivore. It is a stoopid easy diet after adjustment and real easy to follow. Just have to like meat. Watch the pounds melt away.
I hear you IRBE. Every now and again my Sunday paper gets delivered though I don’t subscribe. The brainless reporting drives me nuts. Most reporters seem incapable of asking meaningful questions or playing devil’s advocate.
I’m embarrassed how hard I laughed.
OT: 93 year old Irish soldier describes his time in the First World War. Filmed in 1988.
Complex reality
Worn out by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff — deciding there simply isn’t time to deal with them right now, especially at a moment when President Joe Biden faces quickly multiplying legislative and political concerns.
The exasperation runs both ways. Interviews with nearly three dozen former and current Harris aides, administration officials, Democratic operatives, donors and outside advisers — who spoke extensively to CNN — reveal a complex reality inside the White House. Many in the vice president’s circle fume that she’s not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined. The vice president herself has told several confidants she feels constrained in what she’s able to do politically. And those around her remain wary of even hinting at future political ambitions, with Biden’s team highly attuned to signs of disloyalty, particularly from the vice president.
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Republicans and right-wing media turned Harris into a political target from the moment she was picked for the ticket. And implicit racism and sexism have been constant.
Live by the racial identity politics, die by the racial identity politics.
It’s “implicit”, so they don’t have to furnish any evidence. It’s just there because of course it is.
No shit, if the big guy gets the boot, the rest of the mice could loose their sinecures as well.
I am reminded of that model who was complaining about being hired for her beauty.
As we used to say in San Diego – that’s a “Miramar”.
A. You were supposed to say that in a fake French accent akin to Peter Sellers in Pink Panther.
B. Is there some other reason that models are hired than their looks?
The more likely answer is she isn’t liked, isn’t particularly bright, isn’t inquisitive, and appears incapable of learning from her mistakes.
When you fucked your way into politics…
Yeah, that’s a real problem. I’m sure Team Biden factored that in. ?
I love how “Biden’s Team” is all shocked and appalled that the turd sandwich they picked is, in fact, a turd sandwich, and meanwhile Kamala was apparently too dumb to actually look at what the VP does before accepting, because she thought it would make her the heir to the throne.
but sure they totally know what they’re doing and they’re Super Smart, much smarter than Those Other People.
And the media knew Kamala was a turd sandwich and said nothing.
She’s been sidelined, eh? I guess being assigned to fix the mess at the southern border was too meaningless a role. Of course, she’d actually have to do something there, which is much harder than doing nothing and whining that you’re being overlooked.
That was a political suicide mission. I can’t stand her but I don’t blame her for ducking out on it.
But, with many sources speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the situation more frankly, they all tell roughly the same story: Harris’ staff has repeatedly failed her and left her exposed, and family members have often had an informal say within her office. Even some who have been asked for advice lament Harris’ overly cautious tendencies and staff problems, which have been a feature of every office she’s held, from San Francisco district attorney to US Senate.
So what you’re saying is she’s utterly incompetent.
Susie and Val have been too busy keeping Joe’s Depends clean, to give Kamy the facts-of-life speech.
We ran our first outlaw steel today — using the Stoeger I put up several sub-three second strings. It was pretty flipping awesome
No, we don’t repaint between shooters.
No no no. It’s the staff that she’s surrounded herself with that have failed her. Over and over.
We have failed her.
You leave Astrid alone!
I watched a YT on “The 10 things Americans Fear the Most. The No.1 fear (for the 10th straight year) is…Corrupt Government. That fear is a reality. Based on the news I am convinced that the American people see news as a daily horror movie, the their representatives just playing different characters of Jason, Freddie, Michael Myers, ect. To attribute anything more to them than that is asking a bit much.
Yes, but they don’t have the courage to use those words.
Partly the same problem Trump had – inability to pick subordinates. Of course, that inability of itself indicates a lack of certain leadership skills.
Being a successful politician is no different than being a successful businessman. You find a problem and exploit it. If this works out, then you climb the ladder. If it doesn’t, then you fall down the ladder. But when you skip the step of finding a problem, and instead only work on personal gain, then you don’t actually learn the skills that you need to navigate the next, larger problem that comes when you move up the chain. And part of that is finding successful people to move in behind and below you. When someone doesn’t work out, you can them. Immediately.
Harris has in no way learned to solve problems. And in not learning to solve problems, she hasn’t learned to hire problem solvers.
yum: https://www.worldwidechocolate.com/shop/everbar/dark-chocolate-wafer-bar
OMG they sell it by the pallet! My new column will be GlibObese.
“The World’s Finest Marzipan”
You’ve got MY attention.
For $307, you can get a 12.5kg loaf.
Snack size.
?
Under no circumstances can my Spousal Unit find out about this.
My glib fit update.
It’s been a weekend of poor eating but fun. Yesterday I went to see the Dune movie then to my butcher who is a huge Dune fan. So we when to discuss it with him afterwards.
My butcher also has jugs of homemade wine to drink while your in his shop. So I left with dry aged strips and a petite tenderloin.
We the. Went to my house to let my dog out and a few Irish coffees. Followed those with beers and fried Sicilian pizza.
I’ve been been better today. Just ate some sliced pork shoulder from the smoker and a arugula salad.
I need to tighten things up this week.
You can do it
Your butcher learned how to sell from a Las Vegas casino.
I’d probably never eat a vegetable again if my butcher poured wine for me.
He has a great shop. His wine is excellent as well.
Judging by what you wrote below, that’s about to change.
For sure.
One thing I’m liking about the Mediterranean diet is 2 glasses of red wine per day. I recently learned that I like Cabs and Merlots, so I have that going for me. Which is nice.
Establishment shill Trey Gowdy has sob story of famine in Ethiopia and Afghanistan. Sorry it’s happening, but they’ve had how many years to fix that country? And ignore the civil war the government is losing so far… meanwhile in Afghanistan, Lara Logan wants somehow to funnel money and food directly to people and bypass the Taliban. Still calling them terrorists and not the defacto and dejure government there.
Now Gowdy is fellating Sununu.
Eeeeewwwwwwww!!!!!! /teenage girl
Eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww!!!
/adult man
To be fair, if they’re exporting terrorism, as Iran is with Hezbollah, you can legitimately call them both the de facto/de jure government, and terrorists.
Of course, that’s not what Lara Logan is doing.
I haz a sad. Gowdy was once libertarianish occasionally and when he was, he was magnificent.
I’m out of tears for Afghanistan and Ethopia. Lara Logan strikes me as a realist. While doing what she suggests appears difficult, given the size of Afghanistan’s informal economy, I wouldn’t think it is impossible
On topic: I was diagnose with the Diabeetus last week. Except, I am not convinced.
It started as a diagnosis of pre-diabetes. My triglycerides were high and my fasting glucose was barely high; 105. So, away I went with a suggestion to improve my diet and exercise. Unbeknownst to me he ordered an A1C test on the blood I let that morning. It came back at 10.4% I crushed it! (for those who don’t know, under 5.7% is “normal” and over 6.5% gets you a diagnosis of diabetes.) So, I go back in for a talk, and he puts me on Metformin. But I just wasn’t sold on it. I had looke dup the symptoms of diabetes, and I had NONE of them. But, doctor knows best, so I went to the pharmacy and got my glucose meter and my metformin scrip.
Being the nerd for data that I am, I started testing my blood almost hourly. What I learned only makes me doubt the diabetes diagnosis even more. My morning readings have been 94-115 in the morning. It spikes to 155-175 when I eat an apple and muesli (huh) and then within a couple hours drops back down to the 90s. I’ve seen some 80s. I’ll buy into pre-diabetes, but my non-medically trained brain can’t accept full blown diabetes. There has to be another explanation for the high A1C (my early money is on anemia).
Oh, I also have high-ish cholesterol, but that wasn’t a surprise.
If you think it’s anemia, have them test your hemoglobin. Anything below 10 and they’ll practically give you a transfusion.
Also have them test your thyroid. None of this stuff happens in a vacuum, but they like to treat everything as if it does.
The A1C test is hemoglobin. Or is there another one?
No it’s not.
Hemoglobin is a test of red blood cells in your blood that carry iron.
Hemoglobin A1c is a measure of glucose in your blood.
ok
It has hemoglobin right there in the name so… ? I will definitely ask him to check it.
Well, you said anemia, so I assumed iron-deficiency anemia.
No, you are absolutely right. It’s all new to me and when you said hemoglobin I just got confused.
Yes, my wonder is if it’s maybe iron deficient anemia. Or possibly some sickle cell thing. My mom is anemic, and her new doctor is saying she has sickle cells…I gotta get more info from her and pass it along to my doc as some anemias can be genetic.
Regardless; I’ve put myself on the Mediterranean diet.
*looks down at plate of fried potatoes and brats
I’m easing into it. I love fish and most veggies, so I’m actually looking forward to it. And I’m doing my best to ditched the processed food. I’m about 40lbs overweight. Time to get rid of that.
I dropped 40 lbs and I can’t tell you how good it is to do that. You will feel so much better.
I can’t wait. I’ve tried before, but failed. This time, whether it’s pre-diabetes or full type-2, I have a motivator. I will do this.
The hard part is re-learning how to cook. I and my wife know how to cook comfort food…meat and potatoes. But getting into a mindset of more veggies and less meat, and more fish, and, and, and, is going to take some effort. And I like a lot of processed foods. I have some habits to break.
You have a vibr-… Oh, motivator. Got it. I hope you are right and this isn’t diabetes. That is a serious condition and is not to be taken lightly.
Good call on a Mediterranean diet. Let me know when you are ready to visit SoCal. We can finally share a meal.
I would love that. However, getting to SoCal may never happen. But, you never know. If you ever get anywhere near the geographical center of the continent, I’ll buy lunch!
I’ll have to look for a conference in Chicago.
You’re getting warmer…
Meat won’t hurt you a bit. You need meat. Fish – fantastic. Hell, I could eat baked fish crusted in lemon pepper every day.
It is hard to go wrong with veggies…unless of course you choose turnips, that is just wrong.
More exercise is the real key. No weight lifting, walking.
Me too. It never finds its way into my shopping cart but that could change.
Yeah. I love fish. Wifey does not, so we’ll have some adjusting to do. Sucky part is that winter just hit the north country, so exercise just got a bit more like work, but I’ll get there. I have a bike trainer on my Christmas wish list.
I have some habits to break.
Carbs are a bad habit. I used to eat a lot of them. I still eat them, but a lot less. Also, take EVERYONE’s advice with a grain of salt – they aren’t you and you aren’t them. Different stuff works for different people. Find what works and stick with it.
I have been pre-diabetic for a few years. Losing weight and going keto dropped me back under. Quitting keto and gaining weight again put me back on the Metformin. I’m down 35 lbs. now, looking to get off the Metformin again.
Keep going PON. That’s awesome.
That’s awesome, Nick. Keep it up.
I have been pre-diabetic for several years now. Although I still struggle with my weight I have managed to keep my blood sugar under control with a couple of aids:
1) Get the LibreLink sensor now. Instead of pricking your fingers you swipe the reader (or your smartphone). You can check your glucose as often as you want and you can see how well you are controlling it. I quickly found out what was spiking my sugar and was able to eliminate it.
2) Go keto. Bacon and eggs are your friends, pancakes and cereal are your enemies.
I love French toast, cereal, waffles…. But, life goes on.
Thanks for the tip on LibreLink. I looks very interesting. Poking holes in my finger tips is not my favorite thing to do. I’m definitely going to look into it more.
I actually don’t like pancakes or cereal but do I like potatoes and pasta. I’ve cut out potato chips – yay.
If it’s white it ain’t right.
Pasta, potatoes, white flour.
I start out every lunch and dinner with a fairly big salad, tonight was a slice of cheese, pickled beets, cucumber pickles, chopped cabbage and a few walnuts. I’d rather have fresh tomatoes, fresh cukes, fresh broccoli instead of the pickled stuff but it’s what we have. Tomorrow I’ll get a bag of the little carrots, cut ’em up in the salad. MN-soda chili tonight. Weight stays pretty much the same
I need more exercise and winter is not my friend.
1/2 an apple for dessert
Tonight’s dinner was one of those salad kits, “Greek Caesar”. It was surprisingly delicious, especially with the four slices of bacon I added.
Racist!
Yeah, I am trying to cut out all the white, starchy foods. I found a whole grain pasta brand at Whole Foods that looks like it may scratch my pasta itch. I made a white sauce with yogurt and garlic honey balsamic vinegar. Throw in some chicken breast and I have a passable alfredo.
Now Climate Change Is Threatening Renewable Energy, Too
Scotland was experiencing a “wind drought”—something that may be more common than we think. And that sounds like bad news for the project to build a carbon-neutral future, an enterprise that hinges on renewable energy. Most renewables are intermittent, and while some forms like tide and sun are more or less predictable, others are not. The energy potential of wind, dammed water, and biomass depends heavily on climatic conditions. And if the climate is changing, as the science community unanimously agrees it is, this will have implications for the green energy revolution. Will climate change cancel renewable energy?
How come my unicorn no fart all the time?
Damn you for making me root for “climate change”.
Right? Can’t they both lose?
That is hilarious. Repeat after me Slate readers. Adaptation.
JFC, a wind drought? They say language evolves. They are wrong, it’s devolving.
Apparently, there is a Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers cartoon show. Several minutes in and I hate everyone involved. The Brothers smoke some super weed in 1969, pass out and wake up in 2021. Fat Freddy’s cat is recast as a sassy black lady.
Fuck. Is nothing sacred?
Oh, Animal… it’s so very bad. Not even in a campy fun way, but in a produced by edgy non-binary Oberlin undergrads.
Fat Freddy says: “Score a key!”
Actually, from what you’re saying, it sounds like they’d come back with a kilo of soybeans.
Is there a super-weed that can take me back to 1969?
I just can’t even with these people.
Will they stop fucking up everything, just for a minute?
So, is the new Facebook/Meta commercial deliberately designed to frighten people off the platform?
I had to download FB Messenger to my phone today and saw “Meta” and I was like WTF? Anyway, I uninstalled it as soon as it fulfilled my purpose.
You should sooner eat Satan’s raw stools than allow FB Messenger on your phone. I curse daily that my wife did, against my advice.
My wife asked me several years ago about FB and I suggested staying the funk away. Recently thanked me that she never got sucked into that morass.
Haven’t seen it; does it prominently feature Zuck or something?
Those one maybe?
https://youtu.be/G2W9YVkkn9U
Looks more irritating than frightening.
Hey Yusef ..I found your part you are wating for.
A wing? I can’t really use a wing, or even two wings, where would I put them?
Ya ya…or all the boats in the water
“This week’s music is dedicated to Pistoffnick. I have a pretty good idea of how you feel. I don’t know your musical tastes so hopefully this will do.”
Excellent!
My musical tastes are…eclectic. Classical, Waylon, Bocephus, Cream, The Suburbs, Prince, The Gear Daddies, Taylor Sworf, FireHose, Trampled by Turtles…
My favorite Anthrax song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L_isSGyVqU
You take a mortal man
And put him in control…
Wrong band. But damn good song.
I love that your favorite Anthrax song is by Megadeth. I’m just glad you liked the song.
Depending on where you are in your divorce, you might both laugh and rock out to this one: https://youtu.be/JXU00r9OTxg
I may have had a few drinks…
L’Chaim!
It seems that maybe I missed some news in the last week…
Hey, why not. My favorite Anthrax song is by Joe Jackson.
If anyone thinks I’m joking:
Anthrax: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be7iNHw8QoQ
Joe Jackson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTIPCc1nKYQ
Also, Mike: beat the diabeetus. You can do it.
Thanks. I’m on it!
Thanks for the reminder.
Fireho(u)se
Knew it before I clicked.
Ted’s? Is that you?
This popped into my head though it’s not an exact match.
It *is* fantastic, though.
“Firehouse – Love of a Lifetime”
That’s what I thought 26 years ago when I married her.
She found her “soul mate” in someone else. Twice.
Ah, damn. Sorry, buddy. That fucking sucks.
Well, I went back to find out the story I was missing.
I’m so sorry.
JFC. I wish Casey Kasem was still alive. I would have him dedicate this song to you.
https://youtu.be/bkV0M1qbkcw
I was an inch from marrying one a long time ago, then I found out she couldn’t keep her skirt down. I tried to be understanding and we started anew. I guess she thought I didn’t mean it when I said ‘but never again’. She was very bitter and angry when I said ‘Bye.’
It has been almost 40 years and I still feel a twinge when I think about it but hey, water under the bridge and some valuable lessons.
I did find the love of my life and I am 25 years into a happy marriage with 25 more to come on the off chance that I live that long.
I find it awful the things people do to others they claim to love. Almost every woman I know my age and up are divorced and have some combination of these stories: 1. He stole all of my money. 2. He beat me up. 3. He ran off with a younger woman.
Woman can and do behave in similar ways but by far the biggest reason for them is ‘she couldn’t keep her skirt down’.
Were I widowed or divorced I would have no interest whatsoever in dating or getting married again. I am not going to find one like I have and I get tired just thinking about trying to.
I told my wife “you are it…nothing more after you”. So I feel ya about widowed or divorce. I’m putting everything into this one.
One life, one wife.
My first wife said”You wouldn’t know what to do without me”
She was wrong about that and lots of other things.
Fourscore from the top rope!
My favorite Anthrax song:
I’m the man!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiHdr4rWG98
+1 Joe Jackson
Yeah, it’s spelled fIREHOSE. /jk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpL8c0QE5wk
Seriously, one of my favorite bands, along with the MinuteMen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-4ADhiJ7GM
We jam econo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmKGusadv08
*Laughs at George’s hair*
The UNIT.
*creepy fan*
I drove by Mike Watt’s house when I was staying in San Pedro
Love his Ballhog or Tugboat? album. It’s been a while since I played it, I’ll have to find it in my CD collection.
Stores in Tahiti are closed on Sunday so I can’t buy booze. The struggle is real.
I’d say first world problems but I’m not sure that’s right.
What a garbage-place.
What, no tiki bars?
They all got torched.
And some, I assume, were good bars.
On both sides of street
LOL
Well now. It’s time for football.
And Gruden’s suing the NFL. I need popcorn.
If he is prepared to sink some real money into discovery, then I think he will strike gold.
America might actually pay attention – it seems like an real chance to dial down the insane woke.
And potentially embarrass the shit out of Goodell, which is something people from all walks of life can agree on.
This is going to be fun.
Ah turn around trips. Great seeing niece and family. Haven’t seen my oldest son in a year so that was good! He looks like a wizard which is fitting given his affinity of D&D world building.
Now to crawl through this cesspool once again.
Hey! I resemble that remark.
Lolol
Lol. That one was good
SCIENCE SMITH doing his thing. (NSFW)
Phizercide and Modernacide are some terms I seen thrown around. Airports are so awesome for people watching. I just make up stories about all these peoples lives.
When my first hubby & I were dating, he once suggested, “Let’s go to the mall and pretend we’re in a Fellini movie.”
*stares blankly*
I don’t get it.
Just imagine that everyone you talk to is being lipsynced and that there is opera playing in the background at all times.
You will get it then.
Comment rating: 8.5
It took me a while to get it, but I guess that’s kind of the point.
(Sorry – took a break to watch some guys lay trans-Atlantic cable.)
I think the idea was to people-watch and see how weird many of them are…like the extras in a Fellini movie. [Disclaimer: I have seen few, if any, Fellini movies, at least not in their entirety, and I can’t name a single one I may have seen.]
The “Average” Person is pretty bizarre.
…took a break to watch some guys lay trans-Atlantic cable.
*Will not…make joke
Plus this bartender is only carding women. Either genius or insanity….
Pharmacide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy-Oqd1chMw
? Dig this
MIL gave us a Hello Fresh box for dinner tonight. Chicken cutlets with a mushroom scallion pan sauce, mashed potatoes, and baked carrots.
We don’t do hello fresh for a few reasons, but we’re stealing the recipe. It was delicious and easy!
Went from shitlist to number one husband by putting Xmas lights up on the back deck today. Screw you, dark winter nights.
The bioactive compounds in dark chocolate may also be great for your skin. The flavanols can protect against sun damage, improve blood flow to the skin, and increase skin density and hydration.
Oh damn, that’s pretty cool! Little late in the season, I guess, but I’m pretty shitty about putting on proper sunscreen and my lovely and talented fiancée always chews me out about it. Now I can tell her I just need to eat more chocolate!
Regarding fitness, I’ve been a lazy piece of shit from Halloween up until this past week, when I took a friend’s recommendation to try some programming from Atomic Athlete. Finished up the first week of their Basic plan and I’m reminded why I need to stop being a lazy piece of shit. It hurts to live.
Great article, chafed!
The wife went to some sort of farmers market winter stock up thingy. Came home with 50+ pounds of meat; beef, lamb, chicken, pork, sausage of all types. Plus a bucket of carrots and assorted other veg.
Coming out the gate with the week of euphemisms….bravo…bravo
https://archive.md/pKdYt/c05719619f473d971b022190e49b65a27bc895a7.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.md/9DksZ/072e87a2be58d8325ef73c4521c819cd3320717a.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.md/MPf1m/70144dab43c5175c60b12402ef2b4d01c50f6252.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.md/9LOgC/2e539524725a6ba70982b161395351bb97dca156.jpg
NSFW.
Wowza!
Started watching Inside Job on Netflix. First three episodes, funny. Fourth episode, some leftist bullshit stuck in: took a whack at Bezos for “not paying his taxes” and a random swipe at Joe Rogan. I started the fifth episode, and another random whack at Joe Rogan, plus Jordan Peterson. Turned it off. Unfortunate, the “deep state” conspiracy stuff was funny.
The same thought had been floating though my head this evening when, what appeared on my television but a promo for yet another fan-service “entertainment” piece of dreck brought to us by CBS – it has “FBI” in the title but otherwise I don’t remember anything about it. Apparently some currently-airing drama. It got me wondering how much of this crap is implicitly intended to instill warm fuzzy feelings in the American population about such criminal organizations.
Plenty of normies who don’t dig down into the news think the FBI is doing fine. We’re all used to reading beyond the headline, (also history) so we know it’s BS. The people in Hollywood & NYC are lazy, so they think it’s okay for them to just crap out another ‘these govamint peoples are hero!’ story. It’s a lot easier than actually thinking.
The FBI’s misconduct is egregious. Not mentioned in the article is the FBI has a duty to seek the appointment of a special master once they found attorney – client communication on that cellphone. That didn’t happen. Maybe there is a Republican senator who can screw up the courage to look into this.
This show is so much better than I imagined.
Wow – that turnover looked like a shovel pass. (KC v LV – 3rd Q)
Headline: Those Grapes Are Sour!
\The world’s richest man is grumpy again.
Tesla Inc. TSLA, -2.83% Chief Executive Elon Musk, whose personal wealth has increased by about $250 billion since the start of the pandemic, lashed out at Sen. Bernie Sanders on Twitter over the weekend, after the Vermont independent tweeted: “We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.”
Musk apparently took the remark personally, replying: “I keep forgetting that you’re still alive.” He later added: “Want me to sell more stock, Bernie? Just say the word …”
The comment drew eyerolls and clapbacks from many on Twitter, with the phrase “grow up” being a popular refrain.
Just last weekend, Musk shot a juvenile insult at Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who similarly called for Musk and other billionaires to be taxed more. Sanders had previously called the vast wealth of Musk and Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.52% founder Jeff Bezos “immoral.”
Last month, Musk responded to a proposed tax by the Biden administration on billionaires’ unrealized capital gains by tweeting: “Eventually, they run out of other people’s money and then they come for you.” Also in October, Musk announced Tesla would move its headquarters from California to Texas, which has no state income tax.
The anti-tax tantrums have come in the wake of a ProPublica report in June that Musk paid a “true tax rate” of about 3.27% and that he avoided paying any federal taxes in 2018. Musk, who takes no taxable salary, has a personal fortune of about $285 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index, up more than $116 billion year to date. That includes an $8 billion loss as Tesla shares sank last week.
The politics of envy made this country great. Stay in the bucket with the rest of the crabs.
And there’s the trick. Convince the plebs that stealing money from rich people is the moral thing to do. Christ, what an asshole.
In spades.
Yeah, it’s useful to be reminded that’s not the cranky hippy he tries to project – he’s a fucking commie.
While ladling a taste for himself.
Related: https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/11/14/get-the-popcorn-elon-musk-spars-with-bernie-sanders-on-twitter/
Don’t tax Musk, that’s just a child’s tantrum against someone who’s slightly outside of acceptable politics and everybody knows it. Tax the imports he and everyone else “depend” on and you get the desired effect plus you keep more wealth in this country.
A loss as Tesla shares sank last week… could it have had anything to do with Elon dumping shares?
Shouldn’t business journalists should have some sort of basic comprehension of business and markets?
…and they didn’t mention he’d have to pay capital gains on those shares, since I doubt he bought them at a lower price.
Oh look! The Chiefs showed up for this game.
50.1% of America thought the Raiders would win LOL
They sure did. It’s a blowout now.
Apparently Mark Zuckerberg is here on vacation too on his yacht. I don’t want to hear him talk about anyone’s carbon footprint.
The metaverse wasn’t good enough for him?
To be fair, it’s was kind of a crappy looking yacht, if a yacht with a massive waterslide and a helipad can be called crappy. I assume he’s chartering it.
I’m sure you are right. I doubt he knows what a waterslide is.
Greys usually avoid the ocean. The saltwater pickles their skin.
Ha!
Musk kicked off the weekend by attacking Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard on Twitter, calling him “far the worst person I’ve ever worked with in my entire career,” and claiming that “He came damn close to killing Tesla.”
Eberhard left the company in 2007, and the two have feuded for years. Musk’s comments could violate a non-disparagement agreement that reportedly was part of a settlement after Eberhard sued for defamation in 2007.
“Did you tell President Lincoln I’m an idiot?”
“No. I thought he knew.”
The comment drew eyerolls and clapbacks from many on Twitter, with the phrase “grow up” being a popular refrain.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. When the twatterati start telling you to grow up…
I just overheard a commercial pushing dog DNA tests.
::facepalm headdesk::
“It’s a cat.”
hahahaha
?
Also, smashing your hand between your head and the desk isn’t the best of ideas.
*raises hand* Guilty. I’ve swabbed my dog’s cheek for a MDR1 test.
https://vcpl.vetmed.wsu.edu/affected-breeds
Elixir of life
Democratic lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to require that all airline passengers either show proof of full vaccination against the coronavirus or a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a domestic flight.
The request was made in a letter, signed by more than 30 Democrats that was sent to Biden November 11.
“This is a necessary and long overdue step toward ensuring all Americans feel safe and confident while traveling and reduce the chances of yet another devastating winter surge,” the Democrats wrote in the letter.
The letter comes as millions plan to travel for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. An estimation from the American Automobile Association says more than 53 million people are planning to travel to see loved ones for Thanksgiving this year. Of that, about 4.2 million people are expected to travel by air.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises people to avoid taking domestic flights unless they’re fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Magic potion is magic.
Why do the Republicans keep making this political I can’t even
Dig the hole a little deeper Team Blue. Lots of people want a vaccine (many Glibs excluded) but only a minority wants mandates.
I too wish for the death of the (current) airline industry, but I’m not sure why they’re in such a history to force it to happen.
Such a history? I don’t even know what I was trying to type, but let’s go with “such a rush”.
Those bailouts aren’t going to create themselves.
‘The request was made in a letter, signed by more than 30 Democrats that was sent to Biden November 11.’
I suppose crafting legislation to bring that about would be too much effort.
Hail Caesar
I guess I need an excuse to start flying private.
SugarFree needs to run one of these.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/14/health/human-library-blake-cec/index.html
This is a clever idea. It promotes dialog instead of a screaming match.
No thanks. I’m not trusting a stranger to refrain from smearing me on social media and getting me fired. Too bad, cuz in a sane world it’d be a good idea.
Right. Like every one of these encounters is going to end with the icky person having the expected change of heart.
I can’t even with these people.
Is the racist even going to let the Trump supporter speak?
Do they go into a bar? Because it sounds like the set up for some kind of punchline.
“This is a necessary and long overdue step toward ensuring all Americans feel safe and confident while traveling and reduce the chances of yet another devastating winter surge,” the Democrats wrote in the letter.
Remember when millions of people died after flying (MASKLESS!) in early 2020?
Me neither.
I would have thought that all of America knew this was bullshit when every week another beloved sports star winds up on the “covid list” and, you know, doesn’t die. ??♂️
I think people figured it out when there weren’t nationwide outbreaks from people traveling nationwide.
Kenosha shouldn’t have even been out there that night. Guilty.
Kenosha shouldn’t have even been out there that night. Guilty.
Not dressed like that, the brazen hussy.
Board up your windows like that? Slut City.
I too wish for the death of the (current) airline industry, but I’m not sure why they’re in such a [hurry] to force it to happen.
That was my first thought, too.
Let it burn.
How does this guy still have a job?
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2021/11/13/brian-stelters-method-of-showing-theres-no-supply-chain-problem-gets-called-into-question/
He defends the party line with a brain-dead fervor.
“It’s a wildcat strike!1!”
/That’s still not a good look
When Biden said ordinary Americans are too dumb to understand the silly chain problems, he meant Stelter.
I see they have moved to the pissed off mode of reporting. You can afford it…shutup….look!
That’s about right.
I crossed state lines with a condom in my wallet. Uh, oh.
Does Japan have ‘States’? I thought they used different subdivisions.
Prefuctures.
You went to Fuckuoka?
Or Hoe-kaido?
Cum-amoto.
Yama-coochie.
Tit-tori.
Mount Spuji。
Looking for better Soaplands outside Tokyo?
Well, here it is, what — November 14th, and half our neighborhood has their Xmas lights up. This seems really early…is this because so many people are staying home more than before, and they were looking for something to do?
Thought Thanksgiving was the start date for that.
First Sunday in Advent at our house.
I put my office Christmas tree up last week. It’s small, but now my office window faces the street. I am first in my whole neighborhood with Christmas.
I’m telling the HOA. ?
See above. Put lights up on the back deck to combat the dark dreary days for the missus.
Are you sure it’s not Indians putting up lights for Diwali?
Neighbor said f it and had hers old lady ass out hanging lights since Oct 20th. She is done with covid
We usually do week before Thanksgiving/first weekend of Advent. We did a week early this year because the kiddo has been sick and she asked to do it as something to do while stuck in the house. We only do interior decorations since this is a rental.
Last year, holiday travel spiked despite pleas from public health officials that Americans stay home. Health officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci warned about a wave in COVID-19 cases following holiday travel.
And WAS there a “wave” definitively attributable to this impetuous willy-nilly rushing about the country? Well, was there? How high were the bodies stacked?
It seems that might be a useful addition to the story.
Look at you and your silly irrelevant questions I can’t even
A Black antiracist activist meets with a supporter of former President Trump.
Matter versus anti-matter. No one survives that.
ah, so the “conversation” idea is really just a potential source for energy?
Sort of the Matrix, but with more yelling.
What the hell? Shouldn’t all that infrastructure money be overseen by the Department of Commerce or maybe Interior?
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/11/14/everyone-isnt-it-awful-how-bad-the-infrastructure-is-in-new-orleans-biden-get-me-the-former-new-orleans-mayor-to-oversee-infrastructure/
Hey if you’ve got a pot of money to pass out, who else are you gonna get to dole it out but an Expert?
There is probably some retired governor who did something responsible with highway or bridge construction. Find that person. Getting the former mayor of New Orleans is an admission this money is getting pissed away.
Not just a Nola mayor. The Landrieu family are multi generation Democrat politicians.
It’s great to be king with a lapdog media.
After another discussion of the NY Pistol Permit process, I took another look at the forms and process for my city. A few years back they wanted your social media information. that has disappeared from the forms. Also changed, the character reference forms no longer require the reference live in the capital district. Still need four. Who knows that many people?
The most disgusting thing is the verbiage on the web site
That is patently false.
The Supreme Court will have something to say about this by spring.
Your pistol permit, if issued to you, is a privilege. Treat it as such.
That’s… irksome.
Was it yesterday there was a discussion about movies ending in a number which didn’t suck?
North Dallas Forty.
Cream Pi.
Totally reality based.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/11/14/msnbc-tiffany-cross-truckers-trump/
??
Talked to a lot of truck drivers…most people of color (I didn’t get video of it….trust me) and they all hate you
Late GlibFit update: 1 hour on the rowing machine, 10k and change.
Someone (Ozy?) mentioned the million meter challenge, last GlibFit – it’d be a stretch for me, but I think I could do it. If I did a minimum of 40 minutes, I think the math works with my every other day goal.
WTF am I seeing Mike Huckabee shilling for snakeoil? Have some dignity.
Remember his chain of department stores?
I ❤ Huckabee’s
He gave up his dignity some time ago.
Watched the pee-pee cover band…wow…and setup. Dude had a GoPro. Fucking weirdos
Big weekend for toxic masculinity
https://twitter.com/CountDankulaTV/status/1460014641623543809?t=0hwtprWLECq13rN5audctQ&s=19
Prob more news articles by morning.
Those comments -wow!
An obscure sing from an obscure band.
“Audience with the Pope” by Elbow.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTNlXcagcZY
Matter all the mRNA brouhaha, it seems that a basic truth remains: if your body survives its first encounter with Covid19, your natural immunity has you covered for the next exposure.
I believe that there are no cases of vaxxed people who’d never tested positive for Covid 19 contracted Covid after the fact.
Am I wrong in that assessment? Cuz if all we need to do is host “chicken pox” slumber parties, that’d help young adult adopt a healthy skepticism.
ACK ACK ACK!!
https://ktla.com/news/astroworld-fatalities-rise-to-10-after-9-year-old-boys-death/
Terrible.
Holy crap.
Sad. Guess I’m a little out of.touch, is that anything.like a typical concert these days?
https://news.yahoo.com/rare-battle-between-rhino-buffalo-143000739.html
I like his moxie. You’d think some buddies would help out though.
They’re recording it on their phones.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/united-airlines-resumes-hard-liquor-sales
Yay, for you weirdos that fly.
Because that was perfectly logical.
I know, right? Alcohol kills germs, should have been the only thing on the menu, also free.
https://billypenn.com/2021/11/11/roxburgers-food-cart-reeling-may-have-to-move-due-to-issues-with-high-school-students/
City of brotherly love.
Getting along like Cain and Abel.
“ that’s when the high school students get out, and it’s a little too dangerous,”
Jeez, how’d you like to be a nonpsycho student at whatever school he’s talking about?
You should see the security camera footage – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T81o2K29-c
So Death Wish modified for cleaning up a high school? I might have to give that a watch if I can find it, looks like first class ‘80s schlock.
There is a sequel as well, Class Of 1999, with Stacey Keach as the principal, and the school has ex-military cyborgs for teachers.
I’ll throw them onto the cloud drive, check the forums this afternoon.
Is there a link to the forum? I sorta remember a post when it was started but I have no idea how to get there.
Yes sir. Up at the top of the page in a row of handy links.
Those darned kids today…
I’d rather not do that again.
Malice likes to say that the school years are the only time in a lot of peoples’ lives where the threat of violence is credible and constantly present and he’s right. It’s a shame really.
Good morning, Sean, U, Stinky, l0, & ‘sloper!
Boss is back today, so my virtual vacation is over. Still covering for Reliable Co-worker for one more day. I suspect the mad rush to year-end continues apace. How are all of you?
They turned off the power at the office over the weekened to do maintenence work, so I’m waiting for someone to power my desktop back on.
…and I just found out the interstate is shut down along my route to work because of an accident.
Better get ready to leave early to take the surface streets. ***SIGH***
Mornin’
I am very much enjoying the Goes Wrong series. Also happy to se a decent amount of work from them, 2 movies and another series (4 seasons, ongoing, sorta like MST3K), to work through. Does it take away the utter shock at The Freak Brothers? It does not… I can’t even hate-watch it, it just hurts. Please, please, please let Hollywood never discover Wonder Warthog!!
Mornin’, fellow reprobates. Today HR is rolling.out Woke Compliance Training. The quizzes you need to take in order to pass the course should be entertaining.
Just skip directly to the mea culpa and auto de fe
Auto da fe. Heh, one of my forebears was reputed to have been a Bishop in the Inquisition.
Did he apply The Comfy Chair?
Thank goodness our online training courses don’t include anything like that (yet – knock wood.) I’ve completed all the required online training courses for the year except the stupid Sexual Harassment one, which I’ll leave to the last minute as a matter of principle. Of course, there’s a whole ‘nother set of “member service” training things that have zero to do with my job that my boss will probably say I have to take just because everyone else does.
The other day my wife told.me she didn’t need Sexual Harassment training, she was already an expert.
Those are the worst. It’s the only one where I have to play whack-a-mole with the multiple choice questions.
“That’s not right.”
*curses screen* “You just said that was what I am supposed to do in this ridiculously contrived situation!”
*chooses a different answer that is perfectly reasonable*
“That’s not right.”
On the New York state one, the answer is always “Run to HR so they can
justify their existencemeddleaddress the situation“Woke compliance training? God, I could have some fun with that.
Professional high school athletes. Is this a great country or what?
Better take some more math classes, kid.
On the plus side these kids will be spared a year or two of indoctrination.
Today in Completely Missing the Point:
Guess what happened next!
Big lights in the sky scare minority groups in the East.
https://www.nj.com/news/2021/11/yes-astronauts-saw-it-too-fireballs-twice-streak-across-nj-skies-in-a-few-days.html
suh’ fam
yo whats goody
Fuck off.