It is always uncertain how many of you have sobered by Sunday on a three-day weekend. It is even more uncertain when that weekend includes New Year’s Eve. Here’s hoping at least some of you are awake and able to read.
Since this column often discusses mindset in relation to fitness, I’ll bet some of you are expecting an article on New Year’s resolutions. Sorry. I remember sort of being coerced into making some when I was younger and hating it. Mostly because it felt so arbitrary. Having said that, some New Year’s resolutions are sensible. Do what works for you.
Instead, I thought an effective way to kick off the year is to think about winning. You get to define what winning is for you. Some time ago, Tundra linked to this piece entitled 16 Things to Never Apologize for Again. I bookmarked it and occasionally referenced it. In my opinion, it’s a good place to start thinking about what you want out of life and, particularly, what is so important to you that you won’t apologize for it.
Clearly, this can encompass any and every aspect of your life. For the sake of this article, let’s talk about your fitness. This community has discussed a wide range of fitness goals. What are your goals? What is so important to you that you won’t compromise? Here is the tougher question, what is so important to you that you won’t apologize to yourself for ensuring you get it done.
When I say getting it done, I’m not talking about a wish list. I’m not talking about something that would be nice… someday… if things fall into place. I’m talking about that which is important enough to you that you will demand it of yourself and not apologize for doing so.
It’s not an easy question. Some of you won’t have a ready answer. That’s fine. Sit with it and think. Go back and read the linked article. Surely there is something more you want from and for yourself. Surely there is something you need to say “no” too. Surely there is some truth you have not told yourself or have told yourself but ignored.
It’s time to find what you important enough to you that you won’t apologize to yourself for getting it done. Have a momentous year Glibfitters.
This week’s music is a familiar throwback. But you expected it shortly after New Year’s Eve.
It is always uncertain how many of you have sobered by Sunday on a three-day weekend. It is even more uncertain when that weekend includes New Year’s Eve. Here’s hoping at least some of you are awake and able to read.
I’m awake. I’m able to read. Whether or not I’m sober is another question.
The woman in the teaser pic on the front page has potential.
What are your goals? What is so important to you that you won’t compromise?
I think I’ve done a decent job coming back from the disc herniation flaring up. I’m worried about how my weight has been fluctuating. The trend line is up.
This week when I worked with the trainer we were working on upper body stuff. On chest/upper back day, I tried a bench press triple at 235 lbs. Last week I failed at a double. I got two reps, and then failed on the third. On shoulder/arm day, my first lift was a pin press. I was able to do a double at 145 lbs. I tried a single at 155 lbs and failed.
Next week will be a deload week. I was feeling good at the beginning of the week (5th week of a heavy weight/low volume program), but in the middle of the week it hit me.
I remember this week’s music. I’ll go back to watching the Mummers.
Happy New Year and thanks for keeping these going!
Don’t overdo it, but it sounds like you’re doing well.
You’re making progress, DEG. Now 2 reps. next plus an attempt and then it’ll be three.
My VN niece just got out of the hospital after 22 days, major cancer surgery. I’ve been encouraging her to keep a log with every thing she tries to do or does, with a date. It won’t be long that she’ll be doing whatever and more, she will forget how far she has progressed.
Thanks guys!
Fourscore, I hope your niece makes a full recovery.
There was no three-day weekend. What are you talking about?
Exactly. It’s a four day weekend.
Mine was actually 10 days.
Mine as well. But Tuesday will be the time to reassess and set new goals. As I kept my spin studio membership up during the summer (when I was riding outside), I built up a fairly large stockpile of rides. I’ve got three scheduled for this week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday). Went to one earlier this week, and I was right where I was when the weather warmed up and switched to outdoor riding. This is mildly disappointing as it means I didn’t really improve over the summer.
This is something I needed to see today.
No glibfit for me, still stuck on the couch.
Pretty much pain free, and the hematoma has finally and slowly started to shrink.
Have a Dr. appointment tomorrow, we’ll see what he says. Really hoping a second surgery is not required.
Feel better soon & good luck at the doc
Also, the linked article is excellent.
Hopefully you don’t need that second surgery.
My back is feeling a whole lot better, some good excercises, and we still play disc once a week, no matter the weather. i’m running up more hours at the car wash, but feel like I can handle more work, so I’m branching out, I might be OK after all.
This is good.
Keep on keeping on!
Going to attempt to ork out some in the basement with the dog present. Hopefully that will work or I’ll have to toss her outside since the lack of exercise is starting to afect my sleep.
How? By cutting down the trees I. Fangorn Forest, jogging clear across Rohan or Latin seige to Minas Tirith?
That was a BS personal foul call
It could be worse.
They’re doing better without him.
Andrew Siciliano (Red Zone Channel guy) called it a “cry for help”.
I think he’s right.
Looks like a slave has escaped from the plantation.
/Kapaernick
I feel as if I’m supposed to care about my fitness just for the sake of my health, but I feel plenty darn healthy, thankyouverymuch. I want to lose weight and get in better physical shape so I look better, dammit. It’s pure, unadulterated vanity.
Does that count as one of those things I shouldn’t apologize for?
I would say yes, self improvement is a worthwhile goal.
So I don’t have to apologize for being a jerk?
“That’s the way he always is, he’s been a jerk all the time I’ve known him”
“oh, you know, Fourscore is Fourscore”
All you have to say is “I’m old, I got confused”.
2 authentic LOLs, you guys have been eavesdropping.
The Patriots would like to thank the Jaguars for the slump-buster game.
Now we just need the Chiefs to beat the Bengals, and things are lined up for the Browns to be in control of their own destiny. I think OBJ did more for the Browns playing for the Rams in the game against the Ravens then when he was part of the team.
I am not optimistic. Too many mistakes, too much in a groove of mistakes.
Jets say, “hold my beer”.
Back after running errands.
There were two questions in the dead thread on 5G and Radio Altimeters:
1) How long has this been known? Ever since 5G was proposed. The aviation industry has been screaming about it since the beginning. The cell business says there are billions of dollars to be made here so shut the fuck up.
2) This is intermodal and rare? Yes. But safety analysis for Cat II is 10-7 probability that something bad happens and Cat III is 10-9. The aviation business has to show there is less than one chance in a billion that 5G won’t cause and catastrophic event during IFR CAT III landings. Feel free to try it if you like.
Wut?
dead thread. check it out.
But:
Oh goody! A couple of ADs. We’re saved. All is good, nothing to be concerned about folks.
Wait… The FAA is one of those government operations like the DOJ, FBI, CDC, and all the rest, right?
I saw it. I know what IFR is. Just not what or how cats work into the mix.
Radar altimeters are really, really important when you can’t see shit?
I missed the joke, didn’t I?
*heads to penalty box*
Feel shame. But not much, it was a stupid joke.
The cell business says there are billions of dollars to be made here so shut the fuck up.
And mind you that isn’t for essential communication, it is primarily for fucking entertainment. MOAR STREAMING!1!!
Sort of. All of it will be moved to 5G, and they’d like to shut down their earlier networks. According to the local rumor mill, some are already deferring maintenance in anticipation of just shutting it down.
The demand for more spectrum is because they want bandwidth for streaming and/or gaming. Talking and texting does not require more bandwidth. All the rest is just bullshit.
My chore for today was to bring in a wheelbarrow of wood. It’s not much work but I got tired just getting ready, putting on boots, heavy coat, cap, mittens. If the weather was nicer I could be out in the garage and doing some exercise. For now, it’s eat and sleep, that seems to be enough. It’s easy to get into bad habits.
Clicked over to the Chiefs vs Bengals game just before halftime. Watching the Bengals figure out the man press coverage you’d think the Chiefs DC would adjust and force the Bengals young QB to read exotic coverages and force him throw to anybody but that Chase kid with a safety shadowing him at all times. Nope, just hope Ward(who has actually played good coverage but on an island is losing to a gifted player) can win alone. That single man coverage on 3rd and 27 call was the worst defensive call I’ve seen all year.
Correct. Oh well, I told the wife that in the NFL ya can RARELY go on a 15 game win streak, better to lose now than in the playoffs.
Sorry, Neph.
Appreciate the sentiment. It’s now unlikely that the game next week (which I have tickets for) will be flexed to the evening slot, so the girlfriend will be unable to go. Amazingly, it was not hard to find someone willing to go sit in the Dawg Pound for the last game of the season.
At least there’s a chance we can make Big Ben cry again tomorrow.
I’m not. ?
I’m surprised, but not sorry.
Just think of how more epic it would have been to have the division game being between the Browns and the Bengals next Sunday!
I didn’t like seeing Burrow get injured at the end of the game though. I hope it’s minor, especially as (if he’s smarter then Baker) he can sit out the game next week as they’ve cinched the division.
I think the bengals now have a shot at the #2 seed.
Now, that would really surprise me.
Of course, I’m surprised any time the Bengals win.
/looks at the analysis.
Well, the Browns aren’t officially eliminated from the playoffs yet. That’ll happen
ifwhen the Broncos lose to the Chargers.The way you hear complaining in Colorado, you would think the Broncos were battling the Jags for the #1 pick.
I am surprised every time I look at the standings.
robc:
There’s people here in Cleveland who apparently don’t remember the two years that we went 1-31. They’re already wanting to go into full rebuild mode since we (probably) won’t make the playoffs this year.
Those people are morons.
Miniature B-17 Bomber
I watched one that size crash and burn at Cable airport about twenty years ago, good times!
That was hard corps cool. Plus, the pilot had over 50 hours when the video was made.
Cable – oh I do love the things you remind me of.
What is wrong with people that feel the need to drown their videos ( or movie or tv shows) with relentless music? It’s invariably crappy and distracts from the content.
I got a bike trainer for Christmas. The plan is to get on it everyday during the winter. We’ll see.
What are you going to train your bike to do? (?I crack myself up)
Who cares so long as the trainer is a hottie?
How to make me a sammich, of course.
That sort of commitment won’t take you to the top.
https://youtu.be/-sUXMzkh-jI
Committed? Like to a mental institution?
https://youtu.be/khhmqstAcYs
I was not expecting that. I was way off. I thought it would be this.
https://youtu.be/LoF_a0-7xVQ
As did I. I like how this Defahc thinks. ?
Best of luck! Going to work on cadence, average power, or just general fitness?
Just general fitness. Also, as a way to keep me on the bike. I got back into biking pretty good a few years back, but then lost it over the following winter. I need to be able to get into a habit of riding, whether on a road or in my shop.
Our gym we belong to opened up a brand new facility 3 miles from us. Time to hit and not quit it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-RSLGh_j2k
Those guys are fucking retarded. I might be becoming a fan.
Those guys are awesome
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I’m loving the dweebs in the crowd trying to pretend they’re all offended…
Hi Chafed, Greetings from NOCAL-BEL. Thanks for edition! Cold and clear here. Paved path 4 mi hike today since dog got a batch yesterday.
Great topic to start the new year! I guess, vacation is over. Onward and upward. I am going to press my output goals from 2021 to 2022: 1. Lower goal weight range (170-165)…2. Not dead from: Covid, Flu, Fluvidnato or others…3. Lower inflammation.
G-fit update: Sleep was OK (stayed up late and slept in a bit). Food was just OK. Too many carbs. Hike mileage was 32 miles. Wim Hoff/meditative “ancient man” techniques; 1 time. 1 sauna, 1 cold swim. Went to gym 1 times. Weight was up to 180! Didn’t fast.
Plan for the upcoming week: Meatless Monday with 48hr fast, Increase protein intake and limit fruit intake to 1/day rest of week, Limit alcohol to weekend, Daily meditation/stretch, Wim Hoff 3X, Gym 3X, 35 mi in hikage. I am going to have to be really disciplined with my time. Doing what I planned will probably take ~35 hrs. I still need to work to pay taxes and compost organics for the environment….
To live better, fat adapt, skip a meal or three! Have a plan and some Narcan…
I didn’t see avoiding Sharknado on your list.
I was trying to cover that with the Fluvidnato but bombed the delivery with the nato…Now it seems like I was trying to avoid blue helmeted rapists with virus, which is probably a good idea!
GlibFit?
Well, if they weren’t wearing face diapers that is.
Different video, with English.
zomg muh russian disinfo
Leave it to Japan to service every fetish.
Tom Brady asks people to treat Antonio Brown with “compassion.”
I think that’s a polite way of saying “That cat is insane.”
Someone some time back had a book recommendation on improving flexibility. That is a definite need for me – so if this rings a bell, please chime in.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/multimedia/golf-stretches/sls-20076248
Give this a look:
https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Supple-Leopard-2nd-Performance/dp/1628600837/ref=sr_1_2?crid=VS5RWUHPADZ7&keywords=supple+leopard&qid=1641163888&sprefix=Supple+%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-2
Good book.
Give this a look:
https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Supple-Leopard-2nd-Performance/dp/1628600837/ref=sr_1_2?crid=VS5RWUHPADZ7&keywords=supple+leopard&qid=1641163888&sprefix=Supple+%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-2
I might even look twice.
Stretching: 40th Anniversary Edition
Replace the “.ca” extension with “.com” for pricing etc. in US$.
That’s the book I wrote about some time ago.
Thank you all for the input.
Does “overthrow your feckless, cowardly government” count as a NYR?
Mass formation Psychosis,
Rogan is the best! He’s got the money to put Robert Malone on his show, a must listen!
40 million unique views within 24 hours of completing the podcast.
And some ignorant, mal-educated twat with a superiority complex on DailyDot.com called him a “whiner.” No-one even knows who you are, mah little magnolia blossom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3368WAl0qM
Glibfit.
How is that related to GlibFit?
GlibFit.
https://archive.md/GhEoQ
ah yes, Joshua tree, so many boulders……
I’m going to follow this crack to the top.
NSFW BTW.
We’ve all come to assume that when it’s you, Q.
That’s an interesting gallery.
Sweet Jesus, my daughter is a climber.
Is she in any of these pictures?
?
Mebbe all of them.
Well that would be an awkward conversation for sure.
Genuinely artistic.
It was a calendar published for over 20 years. I think 2019 was the last year.
Regicide
Doughty, an appointee of then-President Donald Trump, wrote that the separation of powers is crucial to the country’s founding and quoted former President Ronald Reagan, who said “the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”
“If the Executive branch is allowed to usurp the power of the Legislative branch to make laws, then this country is no longer a democracy — it is a monarchy,” Doughty wrote.
But DEMOCRACY! means the President is awarded dictatorial powers when he is inaugurated.
Dude, don’t give them ideas. We’ll end up with Hunter in the big chair.
**hurk**
Don’t do that to me, GT!
Strapped to a big chair – yeah, that could work. Fancy metal hat with connectors.
The Legislative Branch has been punting on its responsibilities for decades by writing laws that are so vague that the Executive Branch agencies administering those laws have basically unlimited power. That’s what opened the door to this mess.
Yes it is. It’s also a reason the Supreme Court is showing increasing interest in the Non-Delegation Doctrine.
Since Congress can’t even get a budget done on time or without ridiculous finagling, this might be the death knell of the admininstrative state (if SC were to sharply curtail the amount of delegation).
San Diego kick returner just scored a touchdown. On the replay, you can see him looking up at the giant teevee to see how close behind him the defenders are.
That’s presence of mind.
Technology! Is there anything it can’t do?
He ran it all the way from San Diego?? That IS impressive.
/pedant
Psssst. They moved to LA.
Ssssssssssspanosssssssss slithered the whole distance.
He ran it all the way from San Diego??
Thppppppft.
Denver looks like the Donkeys of yore in this game.
They just need to sign the second coming of John Elway. Or maybe Floyd Little.
Fucking doordash. They left someone else’s food and drink on my front porch.
Retards. How do people put up with this?
But is it keto?
Dunno. We ran out to pick up our own food. When we came back, it was still there. GF put it on neighbors porch. She thought it might be his, as he gets lots of food delivered. Not my problem.
They’re taking the whole “contactless delivery” thing too far if they won’t even ring the daggone doorbell and make sure they’re at the right place.
Yup. Just like at work this week.
Or maybe you have a stalker who’s trying to feed you…?
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Every time I see that re-enacted in a commercial I want to throw up.
And that’s why they want to avoid contact with you!
“Face it, Kent: you threw up ON Dean Wormer!”
I always choose that. Ideally my best transaction involves not being aware of any other person’s existence.
This is why Mouser.ca and Digikey.ca get so much of my business.
How do you pay people through the glory hole?
With a money shot you silly git.
They can expand on Amazon’s garage access. Just give them remote access to your front door and they will deliver to your dining table.
I’m not THAT lazy. Usually I can muster the energy to go to the front door. Usually.
Will they stick around to clean up after?
Only if what they can carry away has a decent resale value.
I mean, those ‘pre-owned’ items on the site don’t create themselves.
Don’t order the potato skins.
No shortage of cultish devotion, though
It’s not uncommon for people to seek God during times of hardship. However, the opposite appears to have happened in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic.
A Pew Research Center survey, released earlier this month, found 29% of U.S. adults said they had no religious affiliation, an increase of 6 percentage points from 2016, with millennials leading that shift. A growing number of Americans said they are also praying less often. About 32% of those polled by the Pew Research from May 29 to Aug. 25 said they seldom or never pray. That’s up from 18% of those polled by the group in 2007.
“The secularizing shifts evident in American society so far in the 21st century show no signs of slowing,” said Gregory Smith, associate director of research at Pew Research Center.
Pay no attention to all those people who have welcomed Leviathan into their hearts as Lord and Savior; the people who slavishly follow the spiritual edicts of the State’s high priesthood.
/thick Southern preacher accent
“Have you accepted Anthony Fauci into your heart as your Lord and Personal Saviour?”
/end thick Southern preacher accent
Are you Butters?
Nope.
+1 Special Agent Johnny Fever
I’m watching forged in fire. A contestant wants to win so he can take his wife on a big foot safari.
I . . . um . . .
. . . I got nuthin’.
Awwwwwww!!!!
That’s sweet.
STEVE SMITH WELCOME CONTEST WINNERS TO CASCADIA! AND BY WELCOME MEAN RAPE CONTEST WINNERS. IN CASCADIA.
It looks cold in Green Bay
home frozen-field advantage
They have heating elements under the field.
I’m late, so don’t know if covered. I await calls to remove subway fare gates
That seems like it would require an incredible lack of coordination.
Just catch your toe behind you on the gate and you’ll go down face first. I saw it when I lived there, but it just ended with a broken nose.
The broken neck sounds tricky though.
Well, since the theft of service is no longer a crime, I entirely agree that this will happen.
I blame the patriarchy. Turnstiles are violence.
You blame a metal bar at crotch level on men?
Like…on a bicycle?
If your crossbar is at crotch level, your bike is the incorrect size. Now… if you’re talking about the saddle, that’s a different story. I’m also just supposed to sit on the saddle, not push past it with my hip.
I follow The Science™️ you horrible oppressor.
Elsewhere in New York City, younger Christian followers are flocking to Middle Collegiate Church on the Lower East Side, where the Rev. Jacqui Lewis says no topic is off the table. She encourages her congregants — the majority of whom are millennials — to get involved and take a stand on political issues.
“We put social justice and democracy in the middle of faith in a way that really speaks to young folks,” Lewis said. “We’ve done an incredible amount of campaigning for the right to vote, the right to choose for women, immigrant rights and racial justice.”
While Lewis said her teachings are inspired by the Bible, her approach is on the progressive political side, emphasizing spirituality and community over scripture. On its website, Middle Collegiate said its church is “where therapy meets Broadway … where old-time religion gets a new twist.”
Who could walk away from that?
Forget that old bearded sourpuss. Nobody listens to Him.
The Bee has about one article a week mocking churches like this.
LOL, yeah right.
You can speak about any topic as long as you take the progressive position.
I’m sure there are lots of discussions of school choice, right to work, and gun rights. ?
We are so compassionate that we will arrest and jail you, even kill you, if you refuse to participate in our compassion.
emphasizing spirituality and community over scripture
The Bible and the Constitution. Both were written by dead, white guys.
Sounds like warmed over liberation theology.
Where is Al Michaels tonight?
Maybe he’s in Woke jail again? He keeps accidentally calling bullshit when he sees it.
Maybe. I think he already had covid so that should be off the table.
Son of Covid! zOMG!!
Not necessarily. I’ve heard of some vaxxed getting it twice. If tests are to be believed.
They can expand on Amazon’s garage access. Just give them remote access to your front door and they will deliver to your dining table.
What could possibly go wrong?
They let the cat out?
They did?
That was so hateful I knew what it was before I clicked on it.
#metoo
Obvious link is obvious.
Perhaps I should have linked to this instead?
Not horrible, so not really on-brand for you, but I’ll accept it.
Someone did.
Going through my mind of “How can this be done least expensively?” for setting up a home forge.
I’ve come up with anvil options at ~$30 + ~$40 shipping (Steel is heavy and they still charge by weight for parcels)
I fretted over the costs of the forge proper, but then I recall that you can make it out of a box, pea gravel, steel pipe, and fire bricks. If sturdy enough, an old grill can be used in place of the box. The pea gravel is the insulation so that the heat from the burning coal doesn’t reach the container. You do need an air source to keep the coal at temp – battery powered leaf blower with hose feeding the pipe would fit the bill.
Quench tanks just need to be big enough and not going to be destroyed by the heat.
Best part of all that, no external utilities required except when recharging the leaf blower.
I just don’t have anywhere to set it up 🙁
Instead of the leaf blower, you could also probably use a hair dryer. Alton Brown showed how to modify (while voiding the warranty) of a Weber grill with just such an improvement.
The thought had crossed my mind, but I also went to “can I do this without an electrical hookup onsite” because that would increase my options.
Hrmm… is there a battery powered hair dryer?
yes, but they cost as much as the leaf blowers.
Now you go mobile generator to really run up the cost.
But if I do that, I can bring my belt grinder that I already own along.
That might be an better way. I doubt a battery powered leaf blower would have enough run time.
Shop vac with the hose connected to the exhaust would provide a good volume of air flow, assuming you have power.
Ooh! Have you checked through Essential Craftsman’s forging videos? He built a small scale budge force with just a propane burner
https://youtu.be/TS7wumQt0s8
Larger forge
https://youtu.be/xah47JDQKP8
Blacksmithing under $100, using a bottle torch
https://youtu.be/u_f3hQqNM6Q
I just don’t have anywhere to set it up
A blocker for many things.
For some reason I’m having trouble crafting an internet search for finding either a rental spot or real estate that isn’t basically a new house.
undeveloped land?
That’s what this brainstorm opens up as feasible.
I wonder how much hassle I’d get for putting up a shed so I can leave the stuff on site.
Less if I bought the land first 😛
Become familiar with the tax rules in your jurisdiction so that you don’t inadvertently move into an “improved property” category.
Yeah, that’s kinda stopping me for home brewing. One challenge is the heat: I’m thinking I’ll need a chest freezer with a temp control, which is doable, but I don’t seem to have a place for it.
In Dayton, there’s a printmakers’ cooperative that has a facility set up with the presses and other specialized equipment that it would difficult for an individual artist to buy and set up on their own. A similar model might make sense for “urban forgers.”
If not a co-op model, it would seem to be a good business opportunity for someone to make forge facilities available to rent on an hourly or daily basis, given the recent popularity of forging.
A good anvil, useful as opposed to being anvil-shaped, will run you about $5 a pound.
Cheap new production anvils are cheap for a reason. They will dent and become malformed. It is best to try to find a vintage one.
It’s not a production anvil. It’s a length of railroad track to serve in the role on the cheap.
Has anyone bought a car with Carvana? A bit rusty buying a new (for me) car.
Not personally, but I’ve heard good things.
New England is good for rusty car buying.
I think Trashmnstr did or used a similar service.
Tesla stock is dipping due to some recall issues, but they are hitting new records in production. I think the stock is undervalued. Now is a good time to get in.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10363361/Tesla-says-delivered-record-936K-vehicles-2021-87.html
I’m always wrong but I can’t understand how Tesla is valued as high as it is.
I think I said the same thing about Apple but now it’s worth 3 trillion so I’m clearly dumb
Best stock investment advice I got was to buy stock in companies you believe in, that you see around you doing well and making people happy.
So I bought stock in Chateau St Michelle in 1999 when I saw they were popping up in hotels, airport bars, etc AND I liked the wine myself—that was key. Made several grand on that.
Then I observed that Iron Mountain (a commercial document destruction service that protects privacy and intellectual property) trucks were getting more numerous on the roads. At first only govt contractors used them, but then after iD theft soared, so did iron mountain. I still own that stock. I expect it to go up further.
Finally I bought my Tesla car in 2018. Loved every aspect of the car and the experience so I bought shares at $260. Then it zoomed to $1000, then split 5 ways, and after the split went back to $1000! I hated to sell (and didn’t sell all) but very truly, Elon paid for my house.
Don’t buy as a speculator. Buy shares of companies you yourself enjoy and that you believe in.
And if you don’t want to follow stocks, get a vanguard or fidelity mutual fund.
Between the embarrassing Viking’s performance, the Covid propaganda, the John Madden pedagogy, and the extremely repetitive commercials; this game is hard to watch.
I think I’m going to read a book instead.
I tuned in for about 30 seconds early in the 1st quarter. I tuned out when the first thing I saw was a GB first down. A long one, too.
Some of that is the new normal in sports.
Yup. They need to find the fun again in sports.
Cool sweat, hot sexy sucker….
I am officially a Florida Man. Who wants to do some meth?
What part?
Tampa Bay area. Palm harbor to be exact.
Got sick of new York and was astasia my son would turn out like my nieces. :/
Astasia – afraid. Whatever.
Anastasia = not afraid?
if so, *oops*
Congrats. I want out but I don’t think Florida is for me.
Yeah, tough choice for me. I take my jacket off when shoveling snow, so the climate isn’t really ideal. Might die, but better to be free than live a slave.
Thanks. 🙂
Home prices are crazy here, up 50% in the last 2 years. Also my job is questionable. So we’ll see. Either a great decision or the worst choice in my life.
Yeah, I don’t want to move somewhere so red-hot, in more ways than one.
Isn’t Miami gay heaven? What’s the downside of a red state?
I bought myself some internet service. Right at the end they told me they forgot the taxes and fees. On new York that’s like 20% on a service like internet. They told me it was going to be 70 cents extra. Fuxk yeah buddy.
I said red-hot, not red-state. The downside is shit like “home prices up 50%”.
I don’t care about “gay heaven” – I’m in my mid-50s FFS.
IDK how you guys work. Maybe 50 y/o hats are in high demand and ready to play.
I want sure what you meant by ‘more ways than one’ unless it referred to the political stance here.
‘Hot’ weather.
That’s just one way though. And I think I’ll hate it.
Should have never married an Indian, I think that’s the only reason she wanted to move. Lol.
Sigh.
1. Red-hot real estate.
2. Red-hot weather.
Clearly not working at 100% lol. Sorry.
Either way I’m living like I believe what I say I do which is important.
I admire you for making the choice and implementing it.
Heh. Thanks. My father said I was a coward for not fighting it in new York, but I like to think I’m not dumb enough to fight a losing battle.
What a jerk! He envious?
I don’t think he’s a jerk. The word coward is my own synopsis of his comment about how long we can run, which I think is fair.
I plan to be politically and socially active here to stave off chaos.
As a do it yourselfer, I have realized I put a lot more care into the details than contractors do. At least, the contractors I can afford.
The meth contractors?
I haven’t hired any here yet. Thinking meth won’t improve the precision of their work.
Quality and speed are always a tradeoff.
Good fast or cheap, pick any two,
I’ll pick all three and do it myself.
If you have the skills and tools good on ya,
Mostly, I do.
When we first bought out first house I divided up the painting work and my wife was supposed to do the windows and door frames. In 5 years that never happened, so we goes someone to do it, cost like 2k and he got paint all over my walls and floor. Damn slobs. Not that I’m any better at that part, but I’m not a professional.
GlibFit.
https://archive.md/gXduM
NSFW.
The girl squatting her friend makes me want to create strong children with her and raise them in a monogamous church going family, as God intended.
Good call.
well, some of them, maybe,
A twofer today. Thanks Q.
Watching the footage of the Dutch police beating protesters and using dogs against them. I wonder how long it will be until those collaborators start being found floating facedown in a canal?
Probably never I’m afraid.
Why wouldn’t that always be the criteria for engagement? Fucking Quislings.
You’d think somewhere would start. But I guess any place where the people would do it, the govt goons know their limits and don’t push.
They still looking for Anne Frank?
Hazy beer, 7%, tastes like Raspberries, made with Raspberries, yum!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RgGJmTbCXCmT9D718
Living by yourself means you can get blackout drunk on local beer and only the neighbors will know you listen to bad techno music. And glibs.
Having some ‘unholy’ nice trippel from coppertail, clocking in at 9.5% I’m going it fucks me up pretty good. Got tomorrow off for some reason, and after 20 hours of driving and whatnot it’s time to let loose. Listened to maps of meaning lectures from JBP on the way down. Some good stuff in there. Especially we’re missing the worship of the divine feminine (bearing and rearing children) in our society. I tried my best, but apparently all I got in me is one kid.
“Living by yourself means you can get blackout drunk on local beer and only the neighbors will know you listen to bad techno music”
I resemble that!
Enjoy the time.
I will.
It’s bittersweet to be away from family.
No responsibility, but life has no meaning without it.
Miss them when they’re gone and miss not being alone. That’s me, at least.
All about balance.
Slam it!
(Whoo!)
Jam it!
(Whoo!)
We’re mommas on top.
…
Everyone is telling me you have been real naughty.
You are like a more upbeat Commodious Spitoon.
Did he manage to crawl out of bed today, I wonder.
I wonder too. He was on a tear last night and got surly toward the end.
Heh, I remember those times.
It’s tough because you really hate yourself and that manifests as hostility to the world.
I think so. I identify strongly with him actually.
And used to be super depressed, so I know somewhat what he’s facing.
Drinking, not so great when you’re depressed. But when you want to eliminate the part of you that is causing your pain it makes a twisted sorry of sense.
Drink to forget, it works for me.
/every day
The dude needs a First.
Twisted sorry, is that the fourth step? 4’33”?
I’m drunk and using a phone because I don’t have internet yet, give me a break. Autocorrect certainly isn’t.
Twisted sort of sense*
Understood.
Substitute auto-suggest for -correct? Just looking out for ya in your vulnerable condition.
And congrats.
(er, -predict/ive, whatever your phone calls it)
🙂
Thanks toxteth.
I feel a kinship to him as we’re both from the same hometown. I keep meaning to look him up when I’m there, but I haven’t been back since the World went to hell.
Don’t forget me along with that. Met up with CS and deadhead a couple of years ago. Great guys.
Passed thru your location today. In Denver tonite on the way to Rapid City.
You’d be surprised how much a difference supportive men can make.
That’s all I’ll say about that.
Fuggit. Keep battling this bitch and I’ll just mess it up more.
https://ibb.co/CWWxZd3
Looks like a photo already. Very, very nice.
You sketched that? If so, that’s incredible.
It’s a sketch. I just do an outline and fill in as I go. No idea if that’s the right way.
https://ibb.co/5kTL40H
Did you have a model, or is it from your imagination?
Photo reference. There’d be much more skin if I had a model.
Go on…
Nothing like the elegant sweep of the make is the neck amirite?
Nape of the neck. Damn.
That’s a nice curve, for sure. Weird, but my favorite line is the back of the upper leg on a woman.
No doubt that could drive me insane, depending on how upper you mean.
Holy crap! You’ve come a long way!
Jesus.
You’ve really captured something there.
Always amazed by the talent of our commentariat.
Proves that libertarians are the master race.
That’s phenomenal, Straff
Thx, boys. Now all I’m missing is Bro calling me a fag.
Give it time. He does it so much I’m starting to think he is repressing his true feelings.
NTTAWWT. Da bears!
I have you conditioned to the point that I don’t really need to even say it. I mean, I’m still going to say it, but you already know.
Gaaaaaaay
You have no idea how wrong you are. Over the last few months, I have been doing my best to make sense of The First That Will Change Everything. Making sense of it took time, but there was only one conclusion I could draw as The Great Firster was silent on this matter. Firsters are different from ordinary folk. We are, if anything, not bound by the binary two gender system. Firsters are their own gender, their own sex unto themselves. It is not possible for a Firster to be gay or straight. Sex as an act is meaningless to a Firster. It is only the Firsting that matters and which defines us.
I transcend sex. Think of it like a pyramid with Firsters at the top, and then male and female as the bases along with sexual identities.
/checks wristwatch
So impressed. Nice work
What, no reading tea leaves or chicken entrails?
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2022/01/02/sit-down-for-this-one-but-dr-fauci-signals-a-change-is-coming-to-covid-isolation-guidelines-again/
I need to know what some douche bag bureaucrat thinks I should do.
Whatever.
Couldn’t give less of a shriveled shit what that ducker has to say. May he burn in hell.
Let’s go Brandon!
As good a time as any: https://dailysceptic.org/2022/01/02/no-need-for-new-restrictions-says-government-minister/#comments Ctrl+F “Prester John”‘s comment, because my fat fingers can’t work the permalink.
Thanks to you all.
It makes all the difference in the world too know you’re not the only sane one. Happy new year.
’12. Telling the Truth’
This is the most important thing our society needs to start doing without apology. It’s tough because it can seem mean to others.
Great link chafed.
Thanks
Step sons dad, after dropping kid off at airport and 10 minutes before flight home “just so you know, teen#3 was around a buddy on Friday that tested positive for the vid, just wanted to let you know”
Not a huge deal, and it just means I have to work from home until I test tomorrow or Tuesday. Teen#2 needs to stay away from him I guess? Who knows anymore. I ain’t worried except both teens are succumbing to peer pressure on vaccine.
What do you think about the vaccine?
Aren’t you s cardiologist or something?
No but I did once stay at a Holiday Inn
The real question is where did your old avatar go?
Uh….I think you have confused me with someone else
?♀️
Man, there was this girl named Athena in my highschool.
She had the greatest asset ever, if you know what I mean. Just two amazing bubbles you could play with all day long. My greatest regret is never making a move. Probably for the best since game had a 35 year old boyfriend from the ghetto… She had to be smart since she was on my school, but smart people don’t always make great decisions.
You could always tell the ass and boob guys apart based on whether they like Athena or Stephanie /ass man to death
Paint me in leather and drown me in your sex.
Goodnight men. Dionysus has had his fill of sacrifice. Tomorrow consciousness will be reborn.
Guess it’s just me now, so here’s a monologue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udDVrPvyQF0
Goodnight, Lack. Nice to see you around! Seems like it’s been a while.
May your dreams be light and your hangover non-existent.
I highly recommend “Ian Bagg: conversations.” Randomly found It on Amazon.
He’s a standup comic who uses improv heavily in his show. He’s quick, brutal, and kind at the same time. Reminded me a bit of Jonathan Winters meets Seth MacFarland.
I haven’t laughed out loud that much at Tv entertainment in quite a while.
https://www.amazon.com/Ian-Bagg-Conversations/dp/B07MVTX4JR
Very Funny.
Very Funny.
/thunk thunk
This thing on?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bkjsN-J27aU
I should be in bed….
But this shit needs be called out.
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/att-verizon-reject-us-request-delay-5g-wireless-82047484
C-Band is 4 GHz to 8 GHz.
Only ATC frequency use in that range is weather radar. No ATC comms use that as comms are VHF. Fuck the news.
Aircraft do use a radio altimeter that operates at 4.3 GHz, not ATC. Concerning but the news needs to delve into that. ATC does not receive an aircraft altimeter except via mode C, which operates at 1.03 and 1.09 GHz.
To be fair, the news media have no idea what air traffic controllers do other than hand strips of paper to each other while staring at die blinkenlights and yammering over headseats, a la what they saw in movies in the ’60s and ’70s.
Roger, Roger.
Good Morning All:
This early darkness stuff must be messing with my sleep schedule since i keep waking up ridiculously early.
My Gib fit goals are simple, get stronger so i can put in more fencing.
learn how to milk a cow and sheep.
Survive the mandate to get the vaccine @ work.
And realize that a lot of life is outside my control and not be so bothered by it.
Morning, red sod*!
*IIRC
First day of work I doubt I will get anything done besides catch up to the try-on hauls.
I fear the scales post holidays I will try to go lower calories for a couple of weeks and then weigh myself. So fit is on hold.
“Drink less” – how very unglibertarian.
Peace be upon you glibbies
Buna ziua, Pie! (sorry, I always forget how to do the diacriticals)
Have you heard about this? https://twitter.com/DJcalligraphy/status/1476554486801780742
Not really
I don’t pay much attention to the EU parlament
Fair enough, but about what he’s saying; can you add anything beyond the subtitles?
well he is speaking English 🙂
Just wanted your editorializing.
Good morning, Pie and TO’G – and ‘bodru and OBE if you’re still around.
One of my cats is my hero this morning. I accidentally hit the turn-it-off-’til-tomorrow button on my alarm clock instead of the snooze. (They’re way too close together.) I knew I’d done so, but didn’t get up right away. Sure enough, I nodded off until I heard the cat meowing outside the bedroom door, demanding his morning cuddle time. He saved me from oversleeping and being late for a very busy day at work.
Suck it, Lassie!
Good Morning GT:
Figure with start of new year, you have a busy time ahead of you.
Yup. January is my Hell Month.
So….. do you use sheep’s milk for anything besides lambs? (Maybe ones who for some reason can’t nurse?)
we are just starting this.
Two sheep are pregnant.
4 are getting mated now.
3 more pregnant we take delivery of in 2 weeks.
Cow is due in June.
Plan is for cheese/butter/mil sort of thing. All new to us.
Wow! Are the ewes due to deliver before shearing time? You’ll have your hands full!
🙂
I definitely do have hands full.
Not sure as to when they will be shorn related to birthing time…. Don’t want to stress them out.
Mawnin’, GT and fellow ailurophile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q0_iju_QDg
For better or worse, neither cat’s meow is quite that…resonant.
I woke up before the alarm cat this morning.
That’s a critical life skill for a rat, no doubt.
For glib cats on the go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q0_iju_QDg
I should try to go back to bed.
Ah zut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R_7KCtShkU
The WINTER STORM has started. The forecast is about 6 inches of snow which is enough to send the region into panic mode.
Ruh roh! Please be safe if you have to go out.
Thanks. Fortunately the family is either WFH or scheduled day off. The down side is I’m WFH and the family is home.
I’ve already shoveled once and it needs it again. But, I like snow and it will melt away in a few days.
I like the first and last snows of the season, when they stay off the driveway. Otherwise, that shit better stick to what it does best–adorn the ski slopes.
Around here, we get beautiful snows that turn into muddy slush-fests from late February through late March or early April. We have the shittiest winters and springs here.
Morning, Glibs.
Got some stuff packed yesterday, have to finish packing today and drive on out to maine.
At least I don’t have to check in at work.
Have a safe trip, and please keep us posted!
Will do.
Right now I’m trying to figure out if I missed anything.
Vacation or business?
First day back to back after a 10 day break. Masks required for all again. “It’s just until February….”
It’s just until February
That is more than two weeks.
Of what year?
My question, exactly. The answer may be the year of SMOD.
Please don’t ask that.
Just the tip.