Happy Easter goyim! I imagine most of you will be in church, getting together with family, hunting for Easter eggs, or getting photos of your children with the Easter bunny. I wish I knew you all by something more than your avatar so I could send you a card. Oh well. I will munch some matzah and hope you enjoy your day. Try not to overdose on candy.
For some of you, this day may be a little more difficult than most having to lift children or crawl on the ground. Back pain can make any day more difficult.
Symptoms
Back pain can range from a muscle aching to a shooting, burning, or stabbing sensation. In addition, the pain may radiate down your leg or worsen with bending, twisting, lifting, standing, or walking.
Causes
Conditions commonly linked to back pain include:
- Muscle or ligament strain. Repeated heavy lifting or a sudden awkward movement can strain back muscles and spinal ligaments. If you are in poor physical condition, constant strain on your back can cause painful muscle spasms.
- Bulging or ruptured disks.
- Arthritis. Osteoarthritis can affect the lower back. In some cases, arthritis in the spine can lead to a narrowing of the space around the spinal cord, a condition called spinal stenosis.
- Osteoporosis. Your spine’s vertebrae can develop painful fractures if your bones become porous and brittle.
Risk factors
These factors might put you at greater risk of developing back pain:
- Age. Back pain is more common as you get older, starting around age 30 or 40.
- Lack of exercise. Weak, unused muscles in your back and abdomen might lead to back pain.
- Excess weight. Excess body weight puts extra stress on your back.
- Diseases. Some types of arthritis and cancer can contribute to back pain.
- Improper lifting. Using your back instead of your legs can lead to back pain. Please not the importance of “improper.” Exercising your back, including your lower back, is an effective way to avoid back pain.
- Psychological conditions. People prone to depression and anxiety appear to have a greater risk of back pain.
- Smoking. Smokers have increased rates of back pain. This may occur because smoking prompts more coughing, which can lead to herniated disks. Smoking can also decrease blood flow to the spine and increase the risk of osteoporosis.
Prevention
To keep your back healthy and strong:
- Exercise.
- Build muscle strength and flexibility. Abdominal and back muscle exercises, which strengthen your core, help condition these muscles so that they work together like a natural corset for your back.
- Maintain a healthy weight. Being overweight strains back muscles.
- Quit smoking. Smoking increases your risk of low back pain. The risk increases with the number of cigarettes smoked per day, so quitting should help reduce this risk.
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What do for this week’s music? There seem to be multiple perspectives on Easter within the world of hard rock and heavy metal. On the reverent side, there is this. For those who are more skeptical, there is this. For the Red Sea Pedestrians among us, there is something else.
I was doing none of those, I was trying to get into the grocery store before it closed. It seems like everyone had the same idea and just had to make their last minute purchases before they closed at 3.
I admit, my shopping could have waited, but I wanted a salad today and didn’t have the materials.
UCS you had to have seen this coming. It happens every year.
I don’t usually go to the store on holidays.
Huh. Tonio is Jewish for a day?
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In addition, the pain may radiate down your leg or worsen with bending, twisting, lifting, standing, or walking.
This is nerve impingement. Like say from a herniated disc.
I got back from PA about a half hour ago. I pushed myself a bit too much on this trip. I blame the NJ State Police/Port Authority Police/NYPD. I decided that because I was late due to finishing up some work for work, I would head through NYC to save a little time. At that hour, it should have been a speed limit ride through the city, right? RIGHT? No. The before-mentioned police agencies teamed up to run a DUI checkpoint just after the lower level lanes of the George Washington Bridge enter New Jersey. I lost more an hour, maybe a little more than an hour.
Fuck.
Well, on the good side I got to see some relatives. I found a good gym to use when I’m in the Philly area. I deadlifted 210 lbs, assuming I did the math on kg to lbs conversion correctly. I had no problems at all until the swing dance. I dipped an attractive lady, going a little deeper than usual. Pain started shooting down my leg and my foot starting cramping. I thought to myself, “You cannot drop her.” I didn’t drop her. But I was done for the night. I danced a few more songs then gave in to reality.
Rule of thumb – it’s worth 1-2 hours extra highway time to avoid major cities, you’ll end up ahead if you take the detour.
In the middle of the night? Nah. Normally going through NYC to the Philly area in the middle of the night saves twenty to thirty minutes on the drive over using the Tappen Zee. I’ve done it many times. This was not normal times.
*wink, wink, nudge, nudge*
When I was out that way, I ended up cutting through the city by way of the Brooklyn Bridge, and then the tunnel to NJ. Saved me time and money!
I used I-87 to get on I-95. Had I known what was going on, I would have taken the exit for the Henry Hudson and headed south to the tunnels. The thought crossed my mind as I approached the exit for the Henry Hudson, but I said, “Nah, this can’t be that bad.” After the exit was the sign for “DUI CHECKPOINT AHEAD”. Urgh.
Does he get his foreskin back at the end of the day?
“Well, on the good side I got to see some relatives”
Well, on the good side I didn’t get to see any relatives.
Joking of course but not about not seeing relatives, mostly gone.
The Great Firster makes fools of us all. I had believed that The First That Would Change Everything would come today, shining its blessing radiance on all of the Glibertariat before washing over all the lands. But He Who Firsts First waits. It still grows, now to an order of magnitude that if misused or if which ended up in the wrong hands, could doom us all rather than save us.
I also gained ten pounds.
“I also gained 10 pounds.”
See, you don’t need chocolate chips in your peanut butter cookies.
Thwack – like a nun with a yardstick across the knuckles.
Something that was missed in the list of possible causes of back pain is structural misalignment of the back. This can be caused by some sort of defect from birth, like scoliosis or a lower body injury such as a meniscus tear. A meniscus tear can change the load path for your back, causing back muscles and tendons to be stressed in new ways, leading to pain.
That’s a good point. Didn’t know about the risk of back pain from scoliosis, but that makes sense.
Also, wear good shoes.
^ So much this ^ It took me way too many years to figure that out.
Hello, all.
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That was like my 3rd-5th trying it out. Never played before. Is that good?
Woke up from a weird nap. it’s 4:30am here now. I should have the apt to myself for 8 hours or so. Then Lady will be at work, so really I have it for 18 hours before she gets off work. 420 hook up will be refreshing. Gonna write an article about Jackie Robinson and the beauty of meritocracy that sports and music bring out. No one gives a fuck what color you are, as long as you can play.
(I can’t embed.) ‘Dumb Dumb’ by Kpop band Red Velvet. They aren’t as hot as the Twice girls, but DAMN. Who gives a fuck? This is actually a fucking well-made and performed pop song. It’s catchy as fuck and it doesn’t matter that 95% of it is in Korean. It’s just a fun song. I actually really like it. Not just for the girls. The music/production/singing deserves recognition. It’s straight pop but well-made. I shouldn’t type so much. I’m in mid-song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGdbaEDVWp0&list=RDMM&index=8&ab_channel=SMTOWN
The only winning move is to not play the game.
We’re not in The Wire!
I mostly play Luminosity for my games. It costs like $11/mo but it’s been incredibly valuable to me. Started it with my rehab. Cognition games. Well-designed and fun at the same time.
18 is a very good score, your tied for third right now, some days an 18 will get you first. There were only seven 18’s reported out of 164 entries last week.
I spent mine bending over for the tax man. Oh well, at least I didn’t have to do them on my birthday this year.
Tell him to get out of his booth and join Jesus. That should help.
Render unto Caesar….
OT: Euclid v Ambler was a 6-3 decision. Holmes was in the majority…nuff said.
LOL did the USFL fold already? USA network is showing one of the Law & Orders instead of the game that is supposed to be on.
X-Files is on Comet. Just sayin.
Last I checked I can’t get Comet. Unless I hook my Apple TV back up? I removed it when I got the “smart” TV. There is an Apple TV app on it – I wonder if I can get Comet through that.
We get Comet here as one of those extra digital channels. It’s associated with the “local” Fox station.
The Houston/Michigan game was on peacock, pretty good game actually.
I had it on NBC in the background as I was doing my taxes.
I watched last nights. Not bad, could use work.
Risk factors
My wife the PT would put poor posture high up on that list.
Here’s an exercise she gave me for low back pain, back extensions: Lay flat the floor, on your stomach. Arms are bent with your palms on the floor under your shoulders. Push your trunk up off the floor. Your pelvis should remain on the floor. Keep your back and glutes relaxed. Turning your toes inwards helps with keeping the glutes relaxed. No need to hold this position. Lower your trunk back to the floor. Repeat 10 times. All of this is done slowly, gently. You’re not doing push-ups.
If, at any point, you experience a worsening of symptoms, or new symptoms, STOP.
Both my PTs had me do that. One had me mix pushing part way up with all the way up (do some part way, then the rest the whole way).
It helps.
If anyone else has trouble visualizing this, there are a couple of uh helpful videos on YouTube.
Apologies to Chafed. When I was setting up GlibFit I forgot to change the author byline from me to him. Fixed now. Today is not my day.
Dammit! And I was going give some ribbing about how NA’s article was delayed but yours had no such problem.
To be fair, Chafed is not lame either.
You’ve earned taking the rest of the day off.
Must’ve been a good Glibzoom last night.
I don’t remember all that much of it, to be honest.
Smoking increases your risk of low back pain
Is this just because smokers are generally less healthy than non-smokers? Or is there some actual reason, sounds like anti-smoking propaganda to me.
I wonder if the answer is somewhere in the article?
Did I miss a link?
Nope, I missed a section, got it now. My bad
People read the articles?
As someone who suffers from pretty serious back pain, the type that doesn’t allow for much of the exercises that they recommend for back pain, I am very happy to relate that my neurologist put in a request for a back surgery specialist, as the efforts to alleviate this issue have gone nowhere. So, in a couple weeks I get a fresh MRI to see how far things have deteriorated, and then go in to see the specialist.
But, I will keep plugging away in the meantime, doing what I can to keep going.
I’ve had a number of issues pulling muscles in my back or wrenching things in my neck, etc – after my workouts – especially if I was doing ab exercises or other ones. Sometimes just turning to look over my shoulder in the car.
Found out that doing a few more stretches before I get in the car leaving the gym definitely helps – normally a few iterations of “sun worshipers” and the reverse (lizards? downward dog, whatever) and some reversal type things makes it less likely that I’ll pull something afterwards.
I would add that stretching before engaging in something physical is another good way of avoiding back pain. I should have done that yesterday before I helped sod my BIL’s back yard.
I got off work early Friday, so once again I went to the parking lot for the trail on the back side of Onteora Lake and got in a 75-minute walk mostly having the trail to myself. At the parking lot at the end, as I was finishing my water and checking my voicemail, I saw a road cyclist going by wearing a mask.
The dog and I got a 40-minute walk after dinner Friday, an hour walk beating the rain after lunch yesterday, and another hour today, with snow showers. Yesterday we crossed paths with a lady who had a well-behaved dog that lay by her side while Sonny and I walked past. Can’t imagine Sonny behaving that well. 🙁
I need to do something so hopefully Lily will behave herself in crowds. Maybe I should add a walk down Broadway to the routine.
She is remarkably well behaved in new (non-human) places. I guess she does look to me for direction.
Getting caught up on weekend threads.
Just read Rhywun’s comment on Sat morning about Sting and Tibet and all that – when China started buying into Hollywood, a lot of those folks either disappeared or their movies got memory-holed. When was the last time you heard anything about Richard Gere? A lot of folks got the hint that if they wanted to keep working, it would be good to not talk about Tibet.
Yeah, that makes sense.
The whole thing is so full of hypocrisy. Nobody gave a shit about Ukraine until the MSM told them to.
From the IFLA post:
The sun comes to earth in a display of irresistable force relating to war.
I think that’s pretty clear. Kiss your ass goodbye.
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Last month I had some major lower back pain that I couldn’t stretch out and a slight fever. Turns out I had the ‘rona. Two bags of saline and some toradol did the trick and a few hours later I was fine.
Just had my neighborhood progressive over for Easter dinner. I have spoken of her before – she is a non-religeous Jewish lady who only wants to talk about things Jewish and israel,, yet understands little of Judaism. She also is a professional SJW who works for an NGO being an international SJW.
So, the perfect person to invite to a Christian home for the highest of holy holidays.
I won’t regain you with the insults to Christian and Jewish faith She inadvertently slung around…. but the casual racism… That I gotta share.
After insulting the meal I prepared for her and her kid (Au gratin potatoes is the whitest food ever….. no, really. It is like, so white trash) she offered up this gem: “I feel like cornbread is the most equal good. White people and normal people both like it the same.”
I almost kicked her out of the house when she started blathering about all the stupid people in the south who are so racist in response to some table chatter about Brittney spears getting pregnant.
She is the only actual racist I have knowingly met in the last 40 years. And she is of the far left, and adopted an African kid the way Paris Hilton would adopt a chihuahua.
The far left has completely bought in on the racist program we have watched over the last few years. She is so far gone that she doesn’t realize that she counts as white.
Well, bless her heart.
I just have to ask–why was she invited?
I was wondering the same thing. I’d have tossed her out on her ass after the Au Gratin potatoes comment
I probably would have let her stay but then sent a letter in to the Cryptids Advice Column.
I’d have tossed her out on her ass after the Au Gratin potatoes comment
And pass up on all the fun ways to make her squirm? The fun is in not so subtly dropping hints that she’s being highly offensive without showing even the slightest amount of offense.
“Yeah, this recipe has been passed down through the generations. The purebred whites loved it, but I think the mulattoes in my family tree found it a bit too bland.”
“Personally I like whitebread the best, not just because I’m white, but also because it’s GMO”
We have done ths a few times.
My favorite was when a very dry witted conservative friend (not libertarian, old school conservative) spent a couple of hours poking her with wry comments.
My personal denouement was arguing about lynching and racism. I have posted it here before, but she has a PhD in something studies concentrating in African American oppression or something. She was spouting nonsense about how racist the South is, and I pulled they “My wife of 15 years and I lived as an interracial couple in the south and never encountered any such thing” trump card.
So she counters with “50,000 black people are lynched every year”. After some back and forth she went with 5,000 per year in the 50’s.
Remember, this is what she has her PhD in.
Now, it just so happens that I knew this answer. The most lynchings in a year in the 20th century was in 1901, and there were 105. Not all were African Americans. So I pulled that out. After some back and forth and some googling, she was properly put in her place.
Unfortunately, that kind of stupid doesn’t remember being put in its place like that, so it never learns.
Happy wife, happy life?
Precisely.
The wife knows it is a huge imposition. But this one clearly got to her as well.
College friend of the wife. Friends for some 30bodd years.
I don’t get it…. but at least she is loyal.
I get it. My best friend is a prog, and I will be damned if I am going to stoop the the level of cutting him out of my life. Too much shared experiences, helping each other through shit times, and so on. I am a better person than the type to cut and run when a friend is slightly different, no matter the reason.
But I will torture him with libertarianism.
Are you in a one-party recording state?
So she hates Israel, right?
Count on it.
She has a weird relationship with Israel. She wears her jewishness on her sleeve and heads up some sort of tour organization, but doesn’t really know much about the things she spouts off about. In recent years she has avoided the P word, so maybe she has learned that proggies are not down with her thoughts on Israel.
Oh, now there’s an angle I would play with – really, you don’t see the injustices visited upon Palestinians? Then whip back around, well, the only reason the Jews think they own the place is because of their belief in God and the OT. I could have quite a bit of amusement with that.
I suppose you were practicing your faith by turning the other cheek. Still, kicking her out would not have been a sin.
French cuisine is white trash?
Oui!
Je pète dans votre direction générale.
Yes. The humor was not lost on me.
We also had roasted asparagus with garlic, truffle oil and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Apparently also in some way indicative of inferior white America. Paired with a California white wine…. no complaints about that.
Fresh baked French bread and strawberry-rhubarb pie for desert.
She is still here, and her kid is really sweet….. but we shall be discussing return trips later today. Insulting the food I serve you while being a racist boor is pretty much the quick way to not getting invited back. And there is zero question that if one of our conservative friends had spouted as much racist nonsense, he would have been shown the door.
I think I work so hard to tolerate it because it is not polite to hate someone because of their disability as much as because the wife.
But damn, son. You never go full tard.
Are you the matchmaking type? There’s a guy named Rev. Arthur Kirkland she might want to meet.
LoL
You are an evil man, and I envy your insight.
This is interesting…
“Fabric from dress allegedly worn when President Lincoln was assassinated up for sale”
Wait, never mind, it belonged to the actress who starred in the play.
Man, she must have hated being upstaged.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/fabric-from-dress-allegedly-worn-when-president-lincoln-was-assassinated-up-for-sale
Relevant
https://mobile.twitter.com/TpyxaNews/status/1515718690456621058/photo/1
Hawt.
Interesting rifle. Know what it is?
Kriss Vector
More gun porn
https://youtu.be/9vvhrnMg7QE
Requires sign in. Pretty sure I watched it a couple weeks back though.
Medical and sanitary battalion sounds like the equivalent of a 69J MOS here. Also, while cute, the long hair is a no-go at this station.
I don’t’ recall if GlibFit has ever featured hand health. I recently read an article in the local rag (which I can’t find now) about seniors and strong hands. It talked about how strong hands help seniors prevent falls by being able to grab onto something and staying upright. When that doesn’t work, strong hands help lessen the effects of a fall. Not earth-shattering info, but something I hadn’t really considered.
I first gave it thought because of my 76 year-old dad. But then I started thinking about my own hand health. Being an office drone with poor posture and generally bad exercise habits, I often have pain in my carpal tunnel area. My elbows and shoulders often ache a bit, too. While searching for hand exercising gizmos, I ran across Powerball. I ended up buying a much cheaper knockoff on Amazon.
In 10-ish days of using it, my carpal tunnel pain has subsided dramatically. After a week or two more of working my wrists, I’m going to look into their elbow and shoulder exercises to see if I can get the old joints limbered back up.
I saw that.
What it means is that strong dudes have strong hands. And when they fall they can get back up.
So be strong.
Lift heavy shit, carry heavy shit and make sure you have adequate beer intake!
The motion of your hand rotating the gyro ball is similar to making ice cubes swirl inside a glass.
So I should drink more scotch?
Dafuq you putting ice in Scotch?
‘Cause I like it like that.
Sounds about right.
I’m sure it pairs well with a well-done bistek en ketchup
I drink all the cheap stuff on ice. Sue me.
It’s the only way to make it anything worth drinking?
Irish FTW.
Another stretch that helps is bring hands to chest in prayer position – palms together, fingers pointing up, elbows out. Thumbs should be touching centerline of chest. Keeping palms together, rotate hands to point down. You should feel a stretch on inside of your wrists/arm.
I do the first half of that exercise a lot. I’ll add the rotation part.
It’s a trick to make your pray to Satan.
too easy!
There’s a few hanging fast balls in there.
Balls belong in a sack.
I often have pain in my carpal tunnel area
Get a good keyboard. I used to get carpal soreness (nothing huge), but I haven’t had any since I switched to ergo keyboards 7ish years ago.
I remember the first time I heard about “mouse finger” and howled with laughter at such foolishness. Karma was not amused and decided to teach me some humility. Switched to a thumb-ball mouse and cleared up both my pain and my misconceptions.
Almost related, I had the injection for trigger-finger (on both hands, middle finger) and need to get a second as the lock ups have returned.
I had the surgery, easy, outpatient and immediate pain free. Stitches out in 3-4 days. That’s been 15 years ago or more and not a bit of recurrence. My brother lived with it and there’s no reason to suffer. Talk to a surgeon. You stay awake the whole time because the doc will tell you to wiggle your finger when he/she is done.
The doc I saw did the injection, and said they’d do a second one if necessary (which it appears it will be) and then, if those don’t work they do the surgery.
Chafed!
Back pain sucks.
Carrying extra weight, while amazingly fun during the weight gain part of the equation – really does fuck you up. First thing to address.
Next: deadlift. And keep deadlifting. Squat and do chin ups as well. You will have a really solid core and will no longer be weak. And your back will stop hurting.
(Does not apply to people with actual injuries or structural issues. Fix those first and then deadlift.)
Much better week this week. After being sick and missing sessions, my weights are back to pre-sickness levels. Onward and upward! I also walked a lot this week. Walking and hiking are so damn good.
I’ve decided to quit fucking around and try to get my lifts back to a meaningful level. It will be a challenge, but I’m gonna see if my old body can achieve a 2X bodyweight squat and 2.5X deadlift. Which means I have to eat more. A lot more. And I have a lot of work to do,
Have a great week Glibfitters!
GlibFit.
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Another hat trick for Q
For what it’s worth, but tits can lead to back pain, which is why some women like Punky Brewster or Simona Halep have gotten breast-reduction surgery.
Big tits, lousy auto-correct.
Sadly…Gina Grad from Adam Carolla’s podcast has announced she’s getting reduction surgery.
Holy crap, Adam Carolla works his ass off. I didn’t realize he had that many podcasts going. He must be doing 6 or 8 hours of radio a day. Plus all the touring. Lynette must really be burning through his cash…..
Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure he’s in the middle of a divorce…might be part of the reason.
“Back pain is more common as you get older, starting around age 30 or 40.”
Ah, I think I see the problem. 2 mile hike on the treadmill this afternoon, Snow is gone from the yard so safe for me to walk outside again. Snowing now though.
We’re a couple inches into a forecasted 4″-8″. So tired of this.
Ah, *I* think I see the problem. Never get older than 29.
Or just get younger every year.
Obligatory.
Oven heating for the roast, all the other dishes are prepped to the point where they can be finished while the roast is resting.
*Happy*
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Huh.
Christ what an asshole.
So, my question’s about pain, but not back pain. But it’s a Glibfit-kinda thing, and I trust y’all.
I’m 50 and in generally good shape. One of my knees doesn’t let me jog, but I’ll row 3-4km maybe 3x/week, and for lifting I do mostly chest/arm/shoulder stuff. It’s mostly at lunch at work – maybe ~20 min of “every minute on the minute” workouts with dumbbells or body weight or whatever. I like it a lot.
Here’s the thing, though – I feel like my shoulder and elbow joints always hurt a little more (the next day) than they really should.
Are there any supplements or “men’s vitamins”, like at GNC or something, that would help that?
Is there a history of arthritis in your family?
Nope, not a bit. I think I’m just over-enthusiastic (and getting old…) but don’t want to stop. Not using tons of weight – fairly high reps and rate, though.
Pain is nothing more than weakness leaving the body.
Painz making way for GAINZ!
How’s that working for you?
Boron can help (h/t BEAM) There are also a lot of exercise options. Check out CARs (Controlled Articular Rotations).
And quit skipping leg day!
Whoopsie!
What’s a shiksa doing at a seder anyway?
https://twitter.com/mbueckert/status/1515403497759559692
Her husband is Jewish.
Streisand effect with this dumb tweet. *adds Psagot to list of wines to watch for
She should serve some Passover vodka from Russia instead. Or a good cheap Chinese plum wine. (“We pass the slavings on to you!”)
Ha! I like that.
Simpsons did it
Bumbling through it like everything else in her life.
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Champ(s)
Ghostpatzer 17
SDF-7 17
Evan from Evansville 18
whiz 18
l0b0t 19
Scruffy Nerfherder 20
Ozymandias 21
grrizzly 22
Grumbletarian 22
MikeS 22
Not Adahn 22
Raven Nation 22
Sean 22
Ted S. 22
Tundra 22
The Hyperbole 23
Dr, Fronkensteen 24
kinnath 24
one true athena 24
TARDis 25
db 26
Chump(s)
Grummun 116
rhywun 119
JG43 120
Ghostpatzer and SDF-7 go from chumps to champs, JG43 brings up the rear. We had 24 players today with an average of 33.625 points, 15 players were at or below the Tundra line. Welcome to Evan from Evansville who joined us today with an impressive first timer’s 18.
The Tundra line. I like that!
But I got 23 today.
That’s much more auspicious than what I got named after me.
Dude, I double-chumped yesterday. Any publicity is good publicity.
Yes, my name will go down in infamy!
Thanks for the honesty, I’ll correct the database. I’d hate for future generations to have inaccurate records or our Quordling achievements.
This is really fin. Thanks for maintaining all this.
…you fucking nerd.
No thanks necessary, I do it for the love off the game, that and it annoys Bro.
I just realized that I missed BEAM’s score – 21, you can adjust the other numbers accordingly.
https://mobile.twitter.com/DrewHLive/status/1515729785720213506?cxt=HHwWhMCo1bON-ogqAAAA
FAFO.
Lotta jump cuts, hard to see what actually happened. It could be another case where there are no good guys here. Asshole protesters, asshole cops, asshole bystanders, The dog might be okay because he probably doesn’t know any better or have a choice.
Huh, I have some mustard still on my plate. Can’t let that go to waste, better carve another slice off the roast to take care of that…
Didn’t want to give it to Lily?
I have never considered offering mustard to a dog before.
I do try not to challenge her digestive system since I’ll be the one cleaning it up.
I need to pickup another drain pan. This is stupid to wait for the pan to drain before pulling the filter. It could be done already.
At the local tracks they don’t stop the race to clean dirt off the cars.
I’m listening to my interrogation again. Yay. I did very well. It is a direct movie scene of my life and I have it all on record. Game 7 World Series shit. I am on my path to flying the W. It’s about 3 hours long, but it is a fascinating insight into my existence. I’m glad that I have it. I have listened to it too many times, but I’m proud of my abilities.
Dad: “I’m proud of your resolute performance.”
I earned that. I thank him and Mom for raising me to be the person that I am. It’s another example of my weird existence. So many things. I can’t wait to escape. 22 days to go, though no plane ticket bought yet. More errands and have to wait for the freedom to leave.
Is there gonna be a zoom tonight? I’d love to actually talk for you all to hear from me.
That’s a dumb idea. I want to in the future. I’ve had like four hours of sleep. Should get back to rest. Hope everyone had a lovely Easter.
Looking forward to catching you on Zoom someday.
Let me say this: It will certainly be interesting! I’m an odd and (relatively) well-spoken fella.
You’re always more than welcome to join the zoom, EfE
I went back to the farm for Easter.
People drive out into the country and drop off their unwanted cats. The cats somehow find there way to the farm (my stepdad, his thorny exterior shield temporarily suspended, feeds them). The two kittens that survived the winter have gone into heat. It was hilarious to watch all the tomcats act goofy around them. They would mount but they weren’t even close to the target. It was funny to watch the kittens both encourage and discourage the boy’s advances. We actually put them in a cage to keep the boys away. The vet is scheduled to come on Tuesday to de-marble-ize the boys. So it’s a race against time/pheromones/accuracy. The farm has more than a dozen cats and doesn’t really need more.
We humans are no better than the animals.
I got to feed the calf who was born in a February snowstorm. Her mother rejected her (wouldn’t let her suck). February births could be eliminated by separating the bulls from the herd for a few months at the right time, but YOU try telling my step-dad how to run his farm.
My step-dad bought another plow, hay rake, and disk at an auction. I helped him unload them. He already has 4 plows, 3 hay rakes, and 5 disks…but YOU try telling him he doesn’t need more.
*sigh* I hated the farm when I was growing up. I couldn’t wait to move away. Now…now…I kind of miss it.
Also, Mom revealed the morel mushroom secret place. They got over 30 pounds last year. I aim to reduce their yield a little THIS year!
They got over 30 pounds last year
Is there an emoji for drooling enviously?
The ONLY thing that step-dad could cook was morel mushrooms fried in butter when I was growing up.
*drools*
That sounds delicious.
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Hell Yeah!
Damn.
Lucky bastard!
*sigh* I hated the farm when I was growing up. I couldn’t wait to move away. Now…now…I kind of miss it.
We didn’t have a real farm, but we did have a couple head of cattle and a large garden. Me too.
I moved away at 17 to escape the forced labor aspect, but damned if I don’t miss the rhythms of farm life. Quiet Winter, Hopeful Spring, Busy Summer, Hurried-to-get-everything-done Fall. I ran the 3.5 mile loop regardless of the season – probably contributing to my knee problems.
An old friend dropped by while I was there. We used to run together on our bikes everywhere. He was…uhm…thicker. I didn’t recognize him until my “little” brother said his name. He had spent some time in prison for breaking another dude’s jaw in a bar fight. I also find myself significantly thicker, but I never did any jail time – although I probably should have, considering some of the things I did.
/contemplative mode
My best friends, both in their early fifties as I am, have started referring to themselves as “the white whale” and “the German sausage.”
My oldest friend is the same skinny fuck he was in college, the bastard.
I need only look at my own actions.
Are there any libertarian/anarchist women out there?
Clown world.
Logan Terminal A evacuated after ‘suspicious’ item found, later determined to be a PlayStation
And I was thinking about taking my Xbox to CA next week…
My avatar finds that hilarious.
Boston Strong? Sounds like the work of the Mooninites.
No further comment needed
O’Rourke Enterprises strikes again.
Happy Easter y’all Glibs that Easter. Enjoying ours in Maui. Just grilled up some fantastic ono (wahoo) and pineapple for the family and everyone is in post lunch siesta mode in the heat of the day. We have been up at 5am every morning due to the time change and it’s great. Have some coffee and fruit and catch dawn on a walk.
Speaking of backs, I fucked mine up royally exactly here about 15 years ago when I was still young. I was at an ex-girlfriend’s place and ended up having a crazy accident where I ripped the ligaments that hold the sacrum to the pelvis. The most insane pain I have ever felt. A few days later in SF I had a chiropractor slam me against a door jamb to put it back in place. It would flare up every few years, and usually had to go back to the chiro to get it sorted. Since I’ve been squatting weight it has definitely gotten stronger and felt better. More squats!
Warty approved!
Speaking of which, in the SP thread when OMWC mentioned Warty was coming to help, a brief thought crossed my mind that he would be having SP squat and protein the cancer away. ?
Pelvis accident at an ex-girlfriends? Never heard of that before…
If only Gustave, if only
Heheh, I wish it was due to vigorous thrusting, I was couch surfing for a wedding here in Maui for five days and the back was feeling a bit sore. So while visiting the ex-girlfriend on the other side of the island I noticed a pull up bar and gravity shackles so you could hang upside down and stretch your back out. I’m pretty sure her current boyfriend sabotaged me as he enthusiastically told me to go ahead and try them on. As I was hanging upside down about three feet over a concrete stairs, one side of the bar came out of the wall and I fell directly on a step edge with the top of my pelvis. I thought I was paralyzed for a few minutes, I couldn’t even stand. When I did make it to my feet I knew I had fucked up my pelvis badly. My friend back in Kihei gave me a bunch of pain pills and I endured the last couple days. That chiro in SF was a frigging life saver. Chinese dude that could barely speak English. He acupunctured me for an hour and then did that slamming thing against a door jamb. Exquisite pain, but then relief as I knew he knocked it back into place again. I did manage to throw it out again six months later with another girlfriend. “You fuck up, I fix up.” That chiropractor was amazing.
I did something kinda similar in your neck of the woods, Oakland at least. Working for the phone company, I can around a car in a parking garage to get to the service entrance, and one leg dropped into a sump hole that was uncovered. Slammed right against my L-5 L-6 on a steel plate. It wasn’t until the next day that I knew something was wrong, as I couldn’t even put my boots on. This was 6-7 years ago, and I am looking at my second surgery for it.
Damn. Yeah, a couple seconds can change your life real quick. I was at least fortunate that even though it sometimes bothers me, it can usually be just manipulated back into place. Thank god no surgery. Have you have any luck with chiropractic treatment at all?
Owwww….
I buggered up L5/S1 while ballroom dancing in my twenties. My partner tripped and I held her up with my lower back. It bothers me during allergy season because of inflammation, but your injury sounds painful.
Kat Dennings has a nice rack, but Beth Behrs has a fabulous ass and looks even better without the heavy makeup.
Nice business model you have there…
“But we’re not a convenience store.”
“You are now.”
Fun Fact – These places previously operated out of warehousey type places in Red Hook, The Bowery, Jamaica, Bushwick, etc.. Why are they migrating to (previously too expensive) storefronts? Could it be that the very same busybody apparatchiks now hassling the delivery companies put the previous retail tenants out of business via two years of shut-downs and uncertainty?
Good point. I’ve never used such a service so I had no idea about these things.
These people will do anything in their power to ensure that enterprise does not return to NYC, it seems.
AOC winks.
Rosalita jump a little higher
Senorita, come sit by my fire
One of the few Bruce Springsteen songs I like.
https://youtu.be/30F7j9mVrO0
That made me think of a good song; Carmelita.
Friend, he (Warren Zevon) was a treasure. I saw him at First Avenue just before he died. Excellent concert! You could tell it was a struggle for him. But he perse-fucking-red.
That’s one I hate.
I hate most Bruce songs.
Mr. State Trooper and I’m on Fire are the only two I like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UswHmaY-ppw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMhAnbJ02HQ
Bruce has a handful of good songs and a shit load of crap , but, and this is the important thing, without him we may never have gotten Little Steven, sure he may have made it on his own, but some other sap playing Silvio and The Sopranos may never have gotten past one season. No Little Steven means no Underground Garage or Outlaw Country on satellite radio. For these things alone Bruce should at the very least garner a smidgen of gratitude.
“A Texas parent caused a fervor this week after handing out Easter eggs to kids at the Gullet Elementary School campus in Austin. Most of the eggs were filled with candy, but a handful were packed with unopened condoms….
“…the woman handing out eggs supposedly works as a pharmacist and had dressed up as a bunny while overseeing a safe-sex presentation at a nearby clinic. Jensen says she then went to pick up her second grader while still wearing the costume and ended up “mobbed” by students at the school, to whom she started handing out candy.
“Running out of supplies, she called her husband for help, and he accidentally grabbed the wrong eggs….
““Radicalized leftist parents & school admins are out of control, attempting to exploit our children while in school,” [Attorney General candidate George P.] Bush tweeted. “As AG, I’ll hold school districts accountable for their failures to protect our kids.””
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Easter-egg-mix-up-Parent-dressed-as-Easter-bunny-17084304.php
Were they rabbit sized?
This sounds like it was an innocent mistake. So of course a politician is going to exploit it.
What does a rabbit want with a condom in the first place?
What does a rabbit want with a condom in the first place?
To prevent multiplication?
Yes, that’s…hey, you’re making fun of me!
L.O.L.
It’s yet another damned Bush. They just don’t go away.
Already happening, I heard about this from my father this afternoon, only he’s been told by the right wing media that a kindergarten teacher was handing out condom eggs to all her students, or at least that’s the way he understood it.
The laying-on-of-hands execution case “was a rare moment in which activists on both sides of America’s culture wars cheered for “religious liberty” – a freedom that until recently didn’t require cynical “scare quotes” that suggest uncertainty….
“But church-state activists now find it much easier to agree when affirming the First Amendment claims of prisoners than those of religious believers – think bakers, photographers and florists – hesitant to affirm, with words and deeds, the doctrines of the Sexual Revolution.”
https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/community/faith/on-religion-why-religious-liberty-has-ended-up-inside-quotation-marks/article_fa2cfcd3-5b09-585c-ae47-7b36862f33fa.html
One is already a prisoner and may be permitted to speak from their cage. The other has not yet been imprisoned and must be subdued.
It’s snowing again. When will this winter end?
When you stop offending Gaia.
*gives middle finger to Gaia*
Hey Gaia!
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No snow here but it has been an uncommonly cold April.
You were complaining about it being 80 degrees a few days ago.
Yup. That would be a normal April. I do tend to complain from April to about October or November.
Mostly it’s been highs in the 50s and I’m lovin’ it.
80 is normal for April?
It’s not at all unusual.
My first April in NYC it was in the 90s for a couple weeks straight. I was worrying that I had made a big mistake.
Ick.
Did you guys get much from the 3 days blizzard that blew though here midweek? I got about a foot. Minot got 3 feet. Today we’ve gotten around 5″. Still snowing, supposed to end by midnight.
Enough that my 4WD F150 got stuck in my long driveway. I still need to clean the mud off the landlord’s garage.
Not much from your blizzard, a couple days of cold after. Still big piles around my yard where the snow had gotten piled up with the snow blower.
No snow right now, it was melting as it hit the not freezing ground. Some serious rains coming this week though.
We got about 18″ in the Idaho panhandle. Had some of the best snowmobiling of the year today.
zoinks!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k_sg8rhsgk
A good tribute and interview by Andrew Heaton. 54m but a quick 54m.
https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/pj-orourke-once-got-me-laid
My van is still broke so i ride a bke, but I got Angels watching over me, so my new venture should be a success, yeah!!!1!1!!
*tips short can towards Yusef*
check this out, for sale.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/fiFTdcJiEFeM6axC7
That’s cool! Did you get a wood lathe, or are you only doing the “lightning”? And how do you do it?
Happy Easter, Glibs!
Happy Easter, Straff
#waffle87 5/5
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wafflegame.net
If it was created by man, it can be Firsted by man.
Row your boat.
https://ibb.co/XDFRnjK
You are like the gay version of Jack from Titanic drawing the men who conquered you, aren’t you?
Taxes are done.
How’s your bung hole Peter?
NA’s predictions are not working. Last week was supposed to be awesome and turned out the worst. I don’t trust you, Not Adahn. Turn in your cloak of moons and stars immediately!
Are you sure you know your actual birth date?
I’ve made it through an entire weekend without falling on my head. Being present in the moment is a helpful remedy.
So, I’m swilling the hipster juice and getting less fit, just at slowe rate than I was with beer.
Anyway, everyone needs to watch this: really long but well worth it: Elon on Ted Talks
The 2 standout parts, the part where he talked about sleeping on the shop floor of Tesla for 3 years. And the part where he says ‘I love humanity’, you are my brother, bro! You know what leftards do not love? Our own species, fucking death cult scum, they need to be completely wiped out and it cannot happen soone enough.
Razorfist did a video on the Elon ball washing going on with more right leaning individuals lately, and I have to agree. He says some nice shit, but at the end of the day he’s only gone slightly off the reservation and remains a lefty. The amount of hatred the left is building towards him is more a reflection of the fact that they no longer allow for any dissent. You are either fully on board with their message or you aren’t. It’d be funny if he succeeds with Twitter, but it isn’t likely to happen. More likely scenario is he shorts the stock and fucks Twitter that way. Still funny, but still…
Musk is still a guy who sucks at the government teat and who believes in things like carbon taxes.
Musk is playing the game the way they designed it, he’s no way near a lefty, he’s just as much a libertarian as anyone here, he just plays in a bigger arena.
Again, you are talking about a guy who withdrew from a Trump advisory panel because he backed out of the Paris climate agreement. A guy who supports a carbon tax. He donates to Democrats. What makes Musk “libertarian” other than he has bucked back against Californian Democrats who wanted to rape his company and that he’s supported the general idea of free speech?
You, as many do, are projecting. The fascination with Musk is a lot like the kind directed at Gabbard. She’s good on a few issues that libertarians around here can agree with, and it earned her the disdain of Democrats and progs in general who don’t tolerate anyone who questions the party line. The focus is on those few positions because that’s what the media focuses on to, in their eyes, discredit her. But Gabbard isn’t on my side on a plethora of issues, and the same is true of Musk.
The guy describes himself as a “moderate.” He’s perfectly fine with big government when it benefits him or its one of his pet issues.
He’s a whore for Government subsidies. It’s entertaining that he pokes fingers in the right eyes but never forget that he’s all about the free stuff. He’s about as Libertarian as Henry Ford.
I’d definitely like to hear his opinion about fusion, one thing I’ve never heard him talk about, maybe because he does not see it as feasible at this point. No one will be able to profit much from it because it will basically make limiteless energy, almost free.
Well Adam Project was more refreshing than I thought.
Oh , is it interesting? I pass a billboard for it every day but I’ve never looked it up to see what it is.
It’s Deadpool in a PG-13 format. Even some reach backs to Deadpool at points. Good story about dad’s and family and what you would tell your younger self if you could. I enjoyed it.
I would tell my younger self to First even more. To build even more power.
Elon wannabe?
I’d tell my pimply self to grab that brass ring, start dating my one true love, start working at her Dad’s saw-mill and make a bunch of babies. And lay off the liquor and drugs.
But then you wouldn’t be who your are today
Judi bought a mushroom maker. Pretty cool.
What is a mushroom maker?
Canadian generic Viagra?
*polite applause*
I was always a big guy, but neve had back pain until one time when I was dad lifting (that is lifting up my disabled dad) and lost my balance. We both fell and my back hit a couch leg with him on top of me. Then because my back hurt I got fatter, then because I got fatter my back hurt, then continuing to lift him hurt my back more, then I got knee trouble and walking weird made my back pain worse…Happy Easter/Passover/Indigenous Peoples Suffering Day/America is Racist Day/Colonialism is the Cause of All Problems Day and whatever knock-off Holiday Muslims presumably celebrate without admitting they are celebrating Passover!
#MetalMonday
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rjLoXHPivXA
Let’s kick this shit off.
The one cherry tomato plant is already at least 4 foot tall. Yikes.
Still in the house?
Yup.
30 degrees out this morning.
🙄
Is it in a big pot that can handle its whole life and that can be moved outside? I would worry about transplanting it.
It’s not in it’s final pot.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dJgs3lLUGII
#Adorbs
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2022/04/17/south-carolina-pittsburgh-mass-shootings-united-states-gun-violence/
[Narrative set.]
“Groups”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/04/bail-14-injured-mall-shooting-suspect-released-bond/
https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-ct-tax-on-drug-dealers-challenge-weinberg-20220416-20220418-oougdwuxvbc2jegpawem6cucye-story.html
Happy tax day, bitches.
Silly Sean! EVERY day is Tax Day!
Today is just Tax (Painful) Awareness Day. ?
Good morning, anyway!
Morning, GT.
Dragged myself into the office despite still not wanting to be here. No pressing meetings or deadlines. But I don’t want to attend these weekly status meetings.
One of the truest Despair, Inc. posters of all time.
I’m not keen on work this week either. Got a couple of afternoon appointments that will get me out early – hair stylist, taking at least one cat in for his shots. Expensive appointments, but this seems to be a good week to take them.
I’m still waiting to hear about the roof loan. I have to contact the roofers since I haven’t gotten any emails from them and I suspect I had a typo in the initial contact form.
I hate the waiting more than anything. I need to know whether I have a line of credit so I can calculate which use of my money will be the least expensive.
I don’t work the “credit” side of the credit union, so I know only enough to be dangerous, but I’d try for a fixed rate loan if at all possible, depending on how quickly you can pay it off. I know our home equity lines of credit are variable rate, and rates are likely to go up. I don’t even think we even offer a specific-term fixed rate HE loan any more. ?
I applied for a fixed rate line of credit of $10k. I have a credit rating of >820. I make decent money for any non-supermetropolitan (ie, not NYC, SanFran, etc) area. I only owe $11,666 on the mortgage. I lay odds that I’ll be approved, but there are never guarantees. And I certainly can’t pay the roofer from the line of credit until it actuall exists. But I do know that the credit union has made the appropriate credit inquiry.
I mean, what’s the benefit of maintaining good credit if not for times like this?
Yay! So glad a fixed rate was available, and I can’t imagine you won’t be approved!
Jeez, why can’t he just shut up and let the state ruin his life. They’re not supposed to fight back.
Mornin’, reprobates.
Did not realize it was “tax day”. Uncle already paid back his annual loan.
UCS, I only wish I had weekly status meetings. Daily stand-ups suck. And good luck with those roofies.
What? You want me to cancel my daily team meeting that lets me keep track of my remote employees?
Cancel them, you will be a hero to your staff.
Good morning, ‘patzie! (Stop lending money to that deadbeat! From what I hear, though, you’re lucky to have gotten it back by now!)
One good thing about having two of the six folks in our department working remotely is that my boss hasn’t felt the urge to schedule weekly “Level 10” meetings. I hope he’s forgotten that they even exist.
Mornin’, GT! Taxes are fun here; since I live in n NJ and
workam based in NYC, I pay income tax to four jurisdictions. Last year I wound up getting penalized by NJ for underwithholding since $employer withheld too much from NY and not enough from NJ. And WTF is a level 10 meeting?It’s like a level 9, but louder.
As far as I can tell, “Level 10 meetings” are the latest business fad – at least the latest one that’s found its way to little ol’ backwater fly-over Dayton, OH.
Sorry about your state/local withholding nightmare. ?
No, no, no. A 90 minute meeting isn’t saving any future time, it’s causing future confusion because by the end, no one will remember what was said earlier in the meeting. Keep meetings short and on point. 90 minute meetings are just torture.
We had those semi-annual meetings, after 2 hours they would degenerate into chit-chats with people that rarely saw one another and the boss would declare the meeting over and take us all out to lunch.
OMG that link broke my brain within the first paragraph. Who comes up with this stuff?
People who’ve never had to do something productive, and need to fill their calendars.
I live in NYC and “work” in NJ.
It took me 5 or 6 years to figure out how to work that on tax day.
NY does not seem to have that penalty so every year NJ and NYC get a big bite and NYS gets almost nothing after I deduct the NJ state taxes from NYS.
Good Morning Everyone.
I have a new definition of “chaos”.
Its 17 sheep that you let loose to forage on some fresh grass, and they all get in the garage looking for chicken kibble.
Its as bad as you think it is.
Any damage to the garage? Hurt anything other than reducing the feed itself?
None this time. They did tear up the back porch screening to do this very same thing.
Problem with all of this is the chicken feed has Cu in it, and sheep are sensitive to that, Its toxic to them.
The mice get into my bird feed in the garage, I find piles of corn on shelves, in the bee boxes, in the bed of my truck?, I made a water trap last fall, caught over 25 of the critters. I seem to be mouse free right now but I’m sure they’ll be back in the fall.
Mouse-free is a good place to be.
I’m still mouse-free since I found their point of entry.
Obligatory.
Lol. Now I want video of the sheep incident.
I almost took a picture.
Just me yelling, clapping hand shoving.
And desperately reaching for a remote to shut the doors.
That sounds like great fun. Wild and wooly.
Lena freaking Wen was on NPR, pretending to be a libertairian of all things. She was saying things like “It’s fine for indivisuals to mask up, or for private institutions, but it’s something else entirely when it’s a government mandate” and “It may turn out that masking doesn’t do much on the population level.”
Who?
Morning, Miss GT and Ghost, Sean, UCS and others I may have missed.
I did my taxes a couple months ago, I’m a real worry wart and hate to think about my wife having to deal with that in case anything should happen.
I had underpaid but not much as to incur a penalty or quarterly payments but still…
The roofer can’t fix the roofs or chimney until the weather changes and we see some sunshine. In the meantime water continues to run into the garage from the missing chimney. Oh well, things could always be worse.
https://youtu.be/YroEheD6CaQ
Snowing hard right now but at least it’s not raining.
I got both, rain and snow and snot on the road, great for bicycles.
Mornin!
suh’ fam
whats goody