I really enjoyed this chapter of Goggin’s book. One of the anecdotes he tells is running the San Diego One Day. It’s held on a one-mile, flat loop in San Diego. The race is 24 hours and 100 miles long. Goggins entered the race without training for it because he was full of bravado.
As the race goes on and his condition seriously deteriorates, he keeps asking himself why he is doing it. His experience led him to the concept of a mental cookie jar. He employs it when he needs a reminder of who he is what he is capable of.
Goggins explains the Cookie Jar this way, “Even if you are feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success. It doesn’t have to be a big victory either. It can be something small.”
As he explains, the engine of a rocket ship doesn’t fire without a small spark first. As you are about to find out, all the digging in the emotional dirt you did early was not a masochistic exercise. It serves a beneficial purpose.
Goggins’ sixth challenge, summarized, (from his book) is this:
Take inventory of your Cookie Jar. Crack your journal open again. [Chafed’s note: you have been keeping a journal, haven’t you?] Don’t just write down your achievement list. Include life obstacles you have overcome like quitting smoking, getting over anxiety, or overcoming a stutter. Add in those minor tasks you failed earlier in life but tried again a second or third time and ultimately succeeded. Feel what it was like to overcome those struggles, those opponents, ad win. Then get to work.
Set ambitious goals before each workout and let those past victories carry you to new personal bests. When the pain hits and tries to stop you short of your goal, dunk your fist in, pull out a cookie, and let it fuel you!
Your Cookie Jar can also help with mental growth. If you perform this challenge correctly, and truly challenge yourself, then you will come to a point in any exercise where pain, boredom, or self-doubt kicks in. You will need to push back to get through it. The Cookie Jar is your shortcut to taking control of your own thought process.
The point here is to remember what a badass you are so you can use that energy to succeed again in the heat of battle.
There are no trophies needed for being First, I agree.
Severance is a mind fuck.
Did you just finish it? It looks like it will be a while before there is a second season.
Yes, just finished it. It’s the first chance I’ve had to watch anything.
Of course there’s no second season. Because *I* like it. 🙄
Last year and continuing I have taken a lot of small steps but they were huge at the time. Just going through the door alone was a huge step, after several months of being inside, using a walker and a wheelchair. One day I decided to get on the lawn tractor, I struggled but made it, then a tour around the yard, what a great feeling and on the way to some sort of independence. A few weeks later I thought I could drive my pick up. Heck of a time getting in and a short drive but for me it was a major accomplishment. These small things were gargantuan at the time.
Life just kept getting better. Today I carried in some firewood, not big, heavy armloads but during this fall weather I’ll be able to save a few bucks by not using the gas furnace. My kids were here for a few days, they were busy wanting to help me while I was only wanting/needing help with those things that I can’t do. At times it was a little annoying, on both parts. They mean well.
👍
Amazing. You remain an inspiration to me, Fourscore.
“…Small steps but they were huge at the time” are still huge. Congratulations. You’re an inspiration to me and probably to others who are too bashful (or sober) to say so.
Last week was a deload week, which I needed. Next week is back to normal.
I was talking with the trainer I’m working with now about taking part in a powerlifting competition in six months.
Eddie Hall takes his tank to a McDonald’s drive-through.
That’s impressive DEG. It sounds like your rehab is going very well.
Best of luck.
This is reminiscent of Dave Ramsey’s advice for getting out of debt. There’s a lot of truth behind the idea that achieving small victories can motivate you towards bigger ones. I suspect this is why some people just seem to “get lucky” all the time.
Absolutely. There are a number of books on success whose fundamental premise is to keep doing small things well. The success will build on itself to become big things.
Chafed!
This is a good one. Week one of my reset sucked. I did all the things, but felt like hammered shit. Turns out I must have been eating way more carbs than I thought because the keto flu got me good. Shitty sleep, weird energy, etc.
So I found a pic from two years ago after 75 days of discipline. I don’t even recognize myself. It was a helpful reminder that despite the current challenges, success is out there.
I’m actually looking forward to week two, now.
Thanks, brother. Not sure how you tube these so well!
Or time, even!
Chafed has never even been First, and the only thing important about timing is being First. What are you even talking about?
I’m always happy to help. Good for you for turning the ship around.
GlibFit.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
blurry face is a terrible ailment.
I wonder if that’s what Creantix was made to treat…
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
4 Bro.
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I have never understood an angry facial expression in a nude selfie.
I assume your nude selfie has an O-face?
That’s her Dom-face
Oh.My.Goodness.
link doesn’t work for me
Bad request signature.
Maybe it needs a spanking.
Last week’s challenges in my life were mental rather than physical. I had to do some diplomatic jujitsu and gently lead some folks at work into realizing that they would need to adopt certain safety procedures even though it meant a teensy bit more effort on their part.
Naturally as a newbie to the position in which I hold the authority to red-light or green-light activities involving electric power, there is social, management, and cultural pressure trying ti get me to rubber stamp and shut up. I refuse to do that. But I’m also not a power tripper, so I explained the issues and outlined the solutions.
I honestly felt more nervous in that meeting than I had I years, because I knew some folks didn’t want to hear it. The next day, my boss’s boss’s boss dropped by my office to thank me personally for doing the right thing.
The other minor victory was in cat psychology. My little 3 month old hellion has been driving the 2 year old crazy, but thanks in part to Jackson Galaxy, the behavioral modifications have been pretty effective. Lots more to go, but it’s definitely working.
I find both of those things very satisfying, more than pumping iron. But there are parallels as far as focus and dedication go.
Jackson rocks! 😻
You couldn’t let them learn the hard way?
“Let no man’s soul cry out had I done this safer”
HS I’m sure realize these lessons and challenges apply outside the gym.
That’s good to hear about the cats. I wondered if Jackson Galaxy was the real deal. I will tuck that away for the future.
Galaxy pets
Congratulations on both wins. The safety one when you’re in a new position does indeed seem daunting, because–presumably–you could just let it slide and not annoy anyone and most likely nothing bad would happen, but if something bad did happen, … ugh! So, congratulations for doing the right thing and more so congratulations on actually succeeding.
Your follow-up to last night’s Sanford and son.
https://youtu.be/n61ArvrSkn0
Firsting is the ultimate game of strategy. You can never let your opponents know when you are going to strike. Will I do it now, you may ask? Or maybe now? Or perhaps…even now? You will never know until it is too late…for you.
The only game you’re playing is solitaire.
Honestly, solitaire would be quite deadly for someone with my skill, whereas there is no risk when competing against you.
Your monomania borders on psychosis.
The physical therapist’s are saying that a huge part of my problems are due to walking with one foot splayed out, most likely as a result of the back injury subsequent delay in getting that fixed. Big surprise there, but you cannot fix something if it is misdiagnosed. So, we are working on getting everything back in line, so to speak. It is also nice to hear that I am making significant progress in both range of movement, and endurance.
But, Friday I fell. Normally if I lose my balance I can fall in such a way as to be closer to gymnastics, and kind of roll with it. Not this time. I am lucky I didn’t wrack my head on one of the kitchen shelves. Instead, I broke my fall and protected my noggin with my left arm, which, along with my back, hurts like heck. Fortunately, not on the side I damaged and had surgery for. So, onward and upward I go.
ugh
I’ve always focused on doing things square and in balance. Then I tore up a foot in 83…..made it all the more important. My left lats are bigger and stronger than the right from swinging that foot instead of that leg correctly articulating itself, but it’s great for the golf swing
As long as you don’t have any broken bones.
No, nothing broken. Thank goodness.
Sorry.
Twitch blocks Russian man’s stream of his gas stove running 24/7. Copycat account has already popped up.
Poor Packer-haters.
I just hope when Romeo Doubs breaks out he calls his big celebration the Doubs Step.
Happy Tampa Bay haters 🙂
I was kind of hoping for a meteor strike.
https://nypost.com/2022/09/25/nyc-bail-reform-darling-pedro-hernandez-sought-in-shooting-outside-st-pats/
Let me show you my shocked faace. 😐
Must have good job to be driving around in a BMW and be able to afford all that bail.
That was one of the items to unpack.
Another one: Three-card Monte? Really? The sequence of actions described there sounds like something out of a bad Law & Order episode. You can live here for decades and not see anything like that.
Used to see one of those at least once a week on the corner by Ceasar’s Palace when I lived in Vegas.
I’ve never seen it but to be fair, I rarely visit Midtown. I always worked around Wall Street before my job got exported to New Jersey.
In Time’s Square around ’98 or so, I saw Three-Card Monty being “played”. As well as the run away when the cops came. It was kinda funny, you could see who was the mechanic, obviously, but you could also see the shoot-up man, and see marks start to move in, and just as things were getting heated, the cops just happen to show up, and the table had to run off.
So much to unpack.
I went to an orthopedic shoe store last week, after seeing me walk the manager and I sort of agreed my right leg is shorter and a lift on my shoe might be helpful. I’m taking in 2 pairs of shoes (actually only one shoe each from 2 pair) and they will install a 3/8 pad between the shoe and the sole. I’m hoping that will help with the limp and the back pain. $60 a shoe. If it works it’ll be well worth it.
And if it doesn’t work you’re like 1/4 way to a good Frankenstein costume.
That’s very common with people who broke a hip.
My mom had hip surgery and wound up with one leg a couple inches shorter than the other. Years of litigation which didn’t go anywhere before she passed.
Yikes! Sorry. A couple inches is not common. I think my mom lost around 3/8″
Maybe I exaggerate – I don’t remember the exact figure but it was major.
A couple of yards at least.
Now you’re just being ridiculous.
Speaking of yards, I saw something white blowing around near the driveway. I picked it up and it was an HH post card, I thought someone was sending me something but alas, a blank and unused. Surprisingly, it was still in perfect condition and I will keep it to send out at Xmas time.
How it got loose, I don’t know. It wasn’t there yesterday. Nice work, CPRM, and indestructible.
Fourscore, you should take any that are left and drive around and leave them in random mailboxes.
It depends what happened. Surgery is way better now, but they can still only do so much.
My feet are messed up – they don’t strike properly (heel to ball of foot), so I’ve had a hell of a time. I found a doc that finally figured it out, had some orthotics made and all is well.
I have high hopes for you!
Too much hockey, Tundra
So the game announcers are right next to each other, but the pregame people were sitting behind a desk about eight feet apart.
A white guy named Singleton?
That is a great message. Thanks, Chafed. Having a kid really helps you understand how important it is for people to have both failures and successes. Its why I find helicopter parenting so disgusting. Of course, not doing shit for your kids is also awful and may actually be worse in cases.
I dislike parenting that yells at the kid too little as much as I dislike parenting that yells at the kid too much. Don’t yell at my nephew for rough housing with me, that’s the whole point of having a nephew. But also, don’t just laugh and say ‘aw, that’s so cute!’ when my nephew hits me in the balls while I’m trying to take a nap. There is a middle ground.
Athletic cup
“don’t laugh when my nephew hits me in the balls while I’m trying to take a nap”
I don’t know, that sounds pretty funny.
Sounds like an easy $10k on AFHV
That show cracked more nuts that krav maga.
I laughed.
The middle ground being to laugh hysterically and say “don’t do that again”?
I wince then laugh if it’s my kid. Someone else’s kid and I skip step one.
It was actually my 2nd oldest niece, who now Identifies as my oldest nephew, who used to jump on my balls when I would take a nap, but I didn’t want to complicate the joke.
wut?
She thinks she’s trans, cuz she likes ‘boy things’ like Transformers and D&D. It’s the state of the world today.
Hitting each other in the balls is such a boy thing.
I couldn’t agree more, Straff. Kids need all kinds of experiences to grow.
FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST.
//This is a college football post
You don’t feel noways tired?
You think he’s gone? I guess you’re not going to call a special meeting and do nothing.
Collins is gone. The meeting is to decide about the AD.
Watching Loot on AppleTV. This show is adorable.
HE HAZ ALWAYS BEEN LITERALLY HITLER AND AN ENEMY OF DEMOCRACY!
Is Rhea Seehorn hot, or is that just me?
She kind of looked like the kind of woman that has a perpetually runny nose and wears a sweater with sleeves 5 inches too long that she is always wiping the snot with. Just that kind of vibe. But other than that,, ok.
That’s it! I was thinking, yeah, she definitely pretty and all, but there’s just…something off.
Not to say that Shannon Sossaman wasn’t hot though…what were we talking about?
Meh, her sister is way hotter.
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e7/3c/e5/e73ce5d4713bd59cdbba082442362275.jpg
You got something wrong in the brain boy.
*hits CPRM in the nuts*
She’s a damn sight hotter than that Rose person you often link.
thicc?
https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1674128/demi-rose-curves-lace-corset-pictures-latest-instagram
I was expecting a much higher score at the half.
…Why? Denver has been a mess on offense so far, and SF has one of the top defenses in the league. And the 49ers haven’t looked in sync all year and are still in QB purgatory.
“Meet the Taxpayer-Funded Group Pushing ‘Transgender Identity’ on Two-Year-Olds
Nation’s top early childhood development organization tells educators to ‘use tenets of Critical Race Theory’ when working with babies
The nation’s top early childhood development organization, which has received more than $230 million in federal funds since 2008, claims that children as young as two years old can show signs of “transgender identity” and encourages educators to “use tenets of Critical Race Theory” when they work with newborns.
The group, Zero to Three, promoted these controversial views during its virtual conference this month, which included educational sessions titled “What Does It Mean to Be Transgender and How Can You Support Kids Who Might Be?” and “Elevating Racial Equity in the First 1,000 Days: Protecting, Promoting, and Preserving the Health, Wealth, and Learning of Our Families and Babies.”
“This [presentation] addresses the development of gender identity, including how early the process begins (ages 2–3), and how parents and professionals can distinguish gender exploration with the emergence of a transgender identity,” reads one session description.
Zero to Three, which has 3,653 members who work in the field of early childhood development, has received $234.68 million in funds from the Department of Health and Human Services since 2008 and is slated to receive an additional $52 million by 2027, including a $4.2 million grant from the Biden administration set to begin this month. The group trained 89,222 professionals last year, according to its 2021 impact report…
John King, the former secretary of education for the Obama administration, delivered the keynote address for the September conference, in which he commented on the “critical need to address equity issues” in early childhood education…
Before King’s speech, the conference hosted a “Virtual Drag Bingo” for its “happy hour entertainment.””
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/meet-the-taxpayer-funded-group-pushing-transgender-identity-on-two-year-olds/
Too bigotted to stuff those big ass markers down the below the waistband in person?
It has to be really painful for those who grew up mocking and belittling the Christian right to see that a lot of the stuff they were warning about has actually come to fruition. I mean, I used to roll my eyes at them, but I know some people made mockery of them almost their entire self-identity. The ones who haven’t just gone full in on the prog agenda themselves have to, with even a little self-awareness, be wondering where everything went so wrong.
You know, Big LGBTQIA+ has to kind of be stopped at this point.
B!?!? BI!?!?! THEIR AREN’T 2
LIGHTSGENDERS! !1!1!1!!!!11!I think the main problem is TQIA+ and their confused supporters in LGB.
I do not blame the gays, specifically. I blame progressives. There is a lot of overlap there, but it’s not entirely. As with many things in politics, something starts to address one problem, sometimes real sometimes imagined. Victory is achieved, but then all these groups and people whose identities and careers are tied up in the battle can’t just say mission accomplished. No, instead you see massive mission creep because the machine no longer exists for any particular purpose but to exist and expand.
So that would be why I said Big LGTBQIA+ and not just say, Big Gay. Though they are a part of the problem. They do also have a lot of loyal little foot soldiers, who may or may not actually be gay themselves or trans or anything else.
I’m not sure any of this is about any of those “identities” anymore so much as simply “smashing the system”.
I mean, if the goal was to divide everyone into little pigeonholes and get them fighting each other, I can’t imagine “them” going about it any differently than they are now.
I don’t know if even in their wet dreams the KGB imagined destroying Western culture quite as much as the modern left is doing. It is hard to ascribe a singular motivation to what is a rather nebulous movement, without going into conspiracy theory territory.
Enough of this stuff can be traced back to certain shady characters that I don’t think “conspiracy theory territory” even applies.
I can’t help but watch the NFL these days and feel as though they haven’t attempted to…NBA-ize the league. The goal is to basically make whatever happened in the first 55 minutes almost meaningless, with things being decided in the last 5 minutes of the 4th. Refs are suddenly far more prone to throw flags that extend drives. The rules have already been butchered nominally in the name of player safety, but in such a way that almost always has benefited the offenses. Even the shittiest of QB’s have like a 60% chance of getting points in a two minute drill. Defenses automatically resort to soft shell defenses to prevent the big play which is far, far too easy to get in the modern NFL.
Last years Super Bowl was the most comical showing I’ve ever seen, and no one talks about it. There were like 2 flags all game, not a single one on the secondaries until Stafford needed his game winning drive extended. The Ben-gals got royally screwed on what were soft penalties anyway, but which they had let the players get away with for like 58 minutes of gameplay.
I just don’t understand why any player being blocked now doesn’t just turn their back towards the blocker. BLOCK IN THE BAK!1!1111! That’s all I’d teach if I were a coach.
All that and other reason *cough* cheating *cough* are why Brady is NOT the GOAT.
I bet you think that’s Montana or Young?
I know it is Montana.
And how many Gizelle’s did he jizz in, huh!?
I’d take Jennifer over Gizelle any day.
Drinking a pre-mixed Old-Fashioned that drew my eye during today’s vodka run.
Damn, this is tasty.
One of these?
dammit. I forgot to try one.
#metoo I left them all at my little brother’s house this morning.
I have had one in a little bag once. Called the “perfect premix” or something. It was q
I have had one in a little bag once. Called the “perfect premix” or something. It was q
Well, screw this computer. It’s dying, clearly.
This.
TW: You must be bright enough to calculate an age over 21 to enter this website.
I actually tapped out because I was too lazy to type in some numbers. That bullshit song and dance is so tedious.
I usually do that but I needed to grab a link.
It’s so ridiculous.
if you were born in 1111 apparently your are not over 21.
I typed in a fictitious number one day. The web page asked if I was really 93 years old. I said yes, then it let me in.
Its a Trap!
Could be an interesting plot for a Twilight Zone episode. Or Pure Milk Genius short.
Might be a story I told before. But when I was in HS I made a website where you could register yourself as a sexual offender, and then at then end it asked if you wanted to register a friend. My dad and my little brother freaked people out with it.
WTF?
You found out the boring story of how I stole my company name from a Minnysoda band!
Seriously. I’m such a creative guy every one expects some creative story, but that’s it, I heard it on a CD.
Pure Milk Genius does sound like a Sconnie thing.
I get a lot of LinkedIn messages from dairy companies.
Brandy old fashioned? Wtf?
That’s what I said. Fucking ‘Sconnies.
Wisconsin, that What The Fuck! Wanna go bra!? Wanna go!? You’re lucky my bois are holdin me back, bra!
I’ve never had one. I’ve never had whisk(e)y old fashioned either. But it is the popular thing here.
That I have had. A nice rye is good.
Lewis Black on the subject.
https://youtu.be/KtUnmG5WP78?t=131
That’s just wrong.
You’re wrong!
Your just saying that because Warren Moon banged you’re mom.
Wonders never cease. I talked to a newspaper reporter today who told me he isn’t a Republican but is fed up with AP articles which routinely say “Trump lied” while giving a pass to all other lied told by politicians.
As few years back as 2007 the AP wire carried unbiased factual reports, at least half of the time.
The piss hooker whopper was how many years ago? At least that reporter is waking up, but he slept until noon.
Wtf Walmart? No more guest checkout?
We need another 37 streaming services. The culture isn’t fractured enough.
Funny how everyone “cutting the cord” and my cable bill is higher than ever has resulted in less content for me.
The only way to get everything legally is $1000 a month.
It’s starting to consolidate a bit. You have Netflix and Disney on one side, and crap R.J. likes on the other. This pleases me, I know what to avoid. There needs to be a better YouTube replacement though.
Not if you watch sports.
Just keep dozens of credit cards like I do with thousands of dollars in annual fees. Then you’ll get a few discounts.
“Could you go to XXX Mental hospital today?They’ve got some work they need done immediately.”
A company I do work for asked me this today and I’m 50% sure it’s a trap.
The job will be in your best interest.
XXX Mental hospital
On a very special episode of straffinhentai…
Do the Japanese do conversion therapy?
While we all agree that being a Seconder is the pinnacle of life, unfortunately modern medicine still has no was to change a person from a pathetic firster into a glorious Seconder.
If this is the sort of villainy that is being produced by North Dakota, then it will be a glad day when The Army Of The First burns it all to the ground.
You have been warned. When The First That Changes Everything comes, there will be nowhere to hide.
You need a blow job from a girl in grippy socks.
WaIt, is that covered by my health insurance?
Could help with certain doggy styles. Thanks for the tip. (That’s what she said)
What’s Japanese for “Nurse Ratched”?
They found out you’ve been hanging around here?
Weathermen need to stop talking about climate change.
That, and the idiot California proclamations every ten seconds. Clearly California has solved climate change by banning the use of any form of energy within their borders. No gas, no diesel, no natural gas now, banning generators, no lawn tools. Soon excessive masturbation will be banned as the action of stroking will cause a hole in the ozone layer that will fry Governor Newcum’s hair. Can’t have that!
Sorry, California is living in my head, rent-free right now. I will evict them soon.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FdZjgszWAAEgDw9.jpg
She seems nice.
Honestly, that’s the attitude of a lot of female elementary teachers, perhaps with a bit more rape fantasy involved.
I did it again! New cartoon done just days ahead of the deadline! Fuck you school councilor! I can get shit done!
Well done sir! I too, turned in my work on time. I still don’t want to go to sleep and then do my day job though. Sleep is for the weak.
Indeed
I had a couple hours of work to do yesterday and today and now my reward is two more days off and this time really off.
Happy Rosh Hashanah!
The only benefit of living in NY.
We get a bunch of days off for other holidays in October – Yom Kippur, Sukkot, maybe one other whose name escapes me… he company calendar just gives them generic names ([Redacted] Holiday 1, [Redacted] Holiday 2, etc.).
Rosh Hashanah means I am on call for 2 extra days to cover for my ((( colleagues))) in Tel-Aviv. Blecch.
My son gets to stay home, but I have to work… And then the hurricane hits, so he’ll probably be home all week…
I stumbled across is organically, so that’s cool.
Mac Jones is believed to have a high ankle sprain.
The guy was practically crying. You’d think he was dying. I guess he didn’t get hit all that much at Alabama.
They ~say~ ankle sprain, but what I could see was he broke the ankle. That means plates and screws to shore up the tibia and fibula, and then the worst part: the syndesmoticsc screw they put in to fix the tibia rigidly to the fibula, not a normal configuration.
When I had that same injury in 2003, the ER doc said that once You break the capsule of the joint, it will never be the same.
He was right about the medical prognosis, but he was also a great doctor, spending time with hubby after the Z i /CU mmmmmm
He
They ~say~ ankle sprain, but what I could see was he broke the ankle. That means plates and screws to shore up the tibia and fibula, and then the worst part: the syndesmoticsc screw they put in to fix the tibia rigidly to the fibula, not a normal configuration.
When I had that same injury in 2003, the ER doc said that once You break the capsule of the joint, it will never be the same.
He was right about the medical prognosis, but he was also a great doctor, spending time with hubby during recovery and asking about his life, his hobbies.
I had CVS print a little photo book of the past several years, just to jog his memory, and the doc went through every page, every photo, with genuine comments and questions. Scripps is a great place to be if you have a major medical problem.
Mornin peeps.
morning
Good morning, Sean & RoaT! (And maybe HE?)
Finally got a decent night’s sleep last night! Still nursing a sore leg, but got laundry and a little yard work done, as propriety requires. Today: process the third pay of the month – the one from which they don’t deduct health insurance premiums (because apparently dividing by 26 instead of 24 is too difficult.) “Insurance holiday”! Yippee! 🥳
Mornin’, GT. Spend the windfall on something stupid, don’t waste it on bills and the like.
My work is similar.
How does it make any sense to base things by month instead of pay period?
I hate, hate hate HR. Also, oh you started on the first of January? That means your health insurance will start after 2 FULL months, so in April. Mother fuckers.
Also, your change in pay rate will be effective in Monday, we may or may not let you know what you’re getting paid before then. (Didn’t happen) also, because we’re doing a pay study we won’t be adjusting wages for inflation this year… And what other fuck up did they do? There was one more but I forget now.
Our independent auditors are visiting the office doing their thing and asked to see some documentation re: various payroll things – new hires, terms, merit raises, etc. I pulled the stuff together and went over it with them. They were cool as far as that went, but the guy asked me, essentially, “Does anyone go behind you and double-check your work?” Considering the only folks with full access to payroll are the CFO (my boss,) the CEO (his boss,) and me, I just said, “You’re going to have to talk with [Boss] about that.” I go over every pay with a fine-toothed comb in true obsessive-compulsive, anal-retentive fashion, and my boss knows that. If the auditors want him to check every new hire I enter, etc., I’ll be rather surprised if his reaction is anything other than, “Yeah, that ain’t happening!” 🙄
https://ktla.com/news/politics/gov-newsom-signs-catalytic-converter-theft-legislation/
I’m sure that won’t do anything helpful.
It’s a good thing there isn’t a market for stolen goods – that would be crazy!
When gas is banned, what will the thieves steal? Think of the grifters, Newsom!
Gas will not be banned. The rich & elite will be allowed to have energy. Be it gas or otherwise. The serfs however will only get whatever energy the elite feel their behavioral score has qualified them for, which usually will be nothing unless you let them fuck you silly.
Mornin’, reprobates!
Without really thinking it through I clicked on the comments to a hurricane infographic posted by Washington Post… Every single comment was wishing that it was away the filth of conservatives from Florida (a state Democrats barely lost, btw). The few comments tentatively saying: “maybe we shouldn’t wish for fellow Americans to die” were quickly mocked.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/comments/?storyUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fweather%2F2022%2F09%2F24%2Fian-storm-tracker-map%2F
Such nice people.
coexist!
I think WaPo’s comments are as fake and as bot infested as Amazon’s reviews. Either that or were fucked but AI can get nasty and it can be spotted, similar phraseology and whatnot, and that’s what it looks like. What’s with all the fucking Sharpie references?
To be fair, it’s hard to tell the difference between a lefty and a bot.
Both are mindless idiots?
bots are more creative?
Happy Monday and Covfefe to all.
Its a blustery one already, I could be blowed away at any time, ghaa!⛈⛈
Mornin’, Yusef! Phrasing?
I wish, no a front is coming in right now with super high winds, then rain for the next couple of days.
Ah, the joys of Central Planning. Our ban on reusable bags isn’t working out so well.
https://www.nj.com/news/2022/09/nj-might-require-stores-sanitize-reusable-bags-refund-shoppers-after-bag-ban-goes-awry.html
Grocery shopping is admittedly a complex problem. I’m sure simpler things like the micromanaging of the economy and energy production will be much easier to handle.
Good morning, peeps!
Ready for battle?
With the bottle?
No, with the assholes, but bottle works too.
Mornin’. Off to battle!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hxtwPxALgOw
I was thinking more along these lines.
Or maybe this.
👌👌👌
suh’ fam
whats goody