This is the end of my second week of shelter in place/cower in place/safer at home/ whatever the fuck my incompetent governor calls it. I’m already done with it. I had four unproductive days. The fifth day was productive only because I went into my office. Since I was the only one in it, I suppose that was some good social distancing.
This lockdown is screwing with my mind, my attitude, and my finances. This is all I could think of for a while. If only my governor’s mother practiced what he preaches.
My mind is definitely not where it needs to be. I did manage to workout and even improve in some areas. But for the most part, my focus just wasn’t there. What was interesting (to me) is that when it was, I managed some pretty significant improvement.
Up to this week, when I jumped rope for conditioning my total time never exceeded seven minutes. In one of my few moments of clarity this week, I asked myself, WWGD? “Fuck this shit” came the reply. So, I went for it. Twelve and half minutes later I was done. I felt good. I knew that threshold was self-imposed, in the rearview mirror, and will continue to shrink from view.
I’m not sure why but that made me think of this exchange from last week:
How we measure our progress is critical. Whether it’s for fitness, business, personal or other goals, I recommend The Gap And The Gain by Dan Sullivan. Sullivan is the cofounder of The Strategic Coach. I was in the program years ago. His advice has been excellent and applicable in many areas of life. You can get a free PDF copy here. It’s short and well worth a read.
For you lazy bastards that are going to comment TL;DR, here is the quick and dirty version. We have some goal, often idealized, that we want to reach. We make some progress, compare that to goal, see it doesn’t match, and feel failure. Kennedy says compare your progress to where you started. You will see a mismatch. That’s your reason to feel good while you keep progressing toward your goal. Now go read it so you get the full picture.
While we figure out a way to throw off the shackles of our overlords, here is a little ditty to keep you moving forward.
The change is starting to show on the scale now. The weight is starting to creep back up. To attempt to fight that, I did sign up for the Bike and Beer social distancing ride, which starts today and goes through the 25th. Not planning on getting outside in our wonderfully overcast 41 degrees to get some real miles in, but I’m going to hit up at least 15 on the stationary today.
I should go out for a walk through the neighborhood today but I think all I’m going to do to leave the house is drag some firewood in for a fire in the fireplace.
I need to get my sleeping schedule back to normal. Not going into the office and hanging out late on Zoom chats has really screwed up my sleeping schedule.
Doing something is always better than doing nothing Neph.
/looks around at the decisions being made by the government
Appreciate the sentiment, but…
For me the issue is always motivation. Most of my long rides are to meet up with friends/family who live on the other side of town, check out a new brewery/restaurant, or even to get stamps on the Cleveland brewery passport. With everything shut down, all of those aren’t an option.
Give me a little credit. You must know the context of my comment was exercise.
Motivation is a very big deal. What, if anything, else motivates you to get moving? Does that movement have to be on a bike? Are you willing to consider other forms of movement as a means of supporting your cycling?
I know, but I couldn’t let that by.
Bad knees push back on jogging/running. Walking works, but again, usually to go somewhere. One of the reasons I signed up for the virtual ride is for the leaderboard. It’s basically an honor system, but it at least gives me something to compete against. Hell, the leaderboard and stats were the reason I stuck with the spin studio I did.
Oh and to report on the ride Friday, 13.9 miles, only 403 feet climbed, max speed of 25.7 mph, average moving speed 16.2 mph, average power (estimated) at 190 watts. Comparing it to rides in the middle of last year, some marked improvements (my guess is that most are from the loss of over 30 pounds).
That’s awesome that you are still down 30 pounds.
Thanks. It’d be nice to get those last 15 pounds off. But the place I was going to go to for my reward dinner is closed.
Marche ou Crève?
I’ve been doing some of my PT exercises and going out for walks more often. Sciatica pain is up and down. I think I’m losing weight despite drinking a bit more and eating out (take-out to support some local businesses) more – yesterday I had to tighten my belt an extra notch.
I had to read the article to get the reference DEG. Thanks.
You’re welcome!
Huh.
I had a buddy in Uni whose father (a Law School professor) had actually served with the French Foreign Legion. No-shit, balls-to-the-wall, tough old bastard. I really liked him, but he was a tad forbidding. Yeah, heh, a tad. Last time I talked to my buddy his father had just returned from some kind of ceremonial dinner given in honour of ex-Legionnaires. I don’t remember him ever having taken French citizenship after finishing his contract, though, and he certainly didn’t adopt a new nom de Legion in place of his birth name.
I had dropped 35lbs rather precipitously. My doctor adjusted a medication and I put 20 back on in a month. It at least looks like I’ve been able to stop the gain, but I sure would like to get back in the gym.
Yikes, that sounds a bit disconcerting.
Whoa. That’s quite a swing.
Which med (if you don’t mind replying)?
Sounds like a steroid to me.
Complicated. Stress caused the weight loss over several months, the med she put me on to treat it made me eat everything in sight. I’m still down ten pounds though.
I am on day 31 of the Ozy challenge, and I’ve been getting a lot of work done on my dining room. Other than that, I’ve been stress eating junk food for the last month, so I have a ways to go on that front.
The Ozzy Challenge — No more biting the heads off of bats?
I never could manage. They make louisville sluggers out of tough stuff.
You have to steam them first
I think they are called steamed hams
Crazy
That’s why I never take the train.
You sound like a madman
He took a shot in the dark.
at Mr. Crowley
A couple GlibFit posts ago, Ozymandius recommended doing 1 body weight squat day 1, 2 squats day 2, 3 on day 3 and so on. Several Glibs have been trying it and calling it the Ozy challenge.
Also still chugging along on this program. Today was day #44 (48 reps, though). Doing the squats in one continuous set is surprisingly intense. This is, by far, the best I’ve felt in a while.
Still planning to buy a pullup and dip setup when I make it 100.
I’m on day 22. I put stickers on my calendar everyday I do the squats and it’s nice seeing them fill in. I also met a friend and we walked a couple miles. In addition to the usual dog walks.
Pics?
Nice work, Tulip!
I am stoked for everyone who’s wedged some movement into their daily existence.
APS – “Doing the squats in one continuous set is surprisingly intense.”
Do you have any observations from the 20s or 30s for fellow Glibs who are a bit behind you?
TBH – “I’ve noticed that I’m getting more flexible, getting down lower now that I was at the start.”
Thank you for a very, very important Pro-Tip: as you go along, you should continue to strive for virtuosity in your squat – “doing the common uncommonly well.” Every set should be viewed as an opportunity to increase depth, stretch at the bottom, get those hammies, ankles, calves, and achilles all stretched until you can sit comfortably at the bottom of your squat, balanced on you feet (slightly on the heels), chest up, with your hands out in front of you (if necessary). Consider holding a light plate (maybe 10lb) out in front of you and this well help counter the tendency the fall backwards. Great tool to assist in getting more upright.
Day 36 for me. Starting to get into Flavor Country. I’ve noticed that I’m getting more flexible, getting down lower now that I was at the start.
Hiya Chafed.
Fucking love the Cult. Nice selection.
Sorry you had that week, brother. I was there a couple weeks ago. It felt like the walls were closing in and my anxiety level was insane. Trying to get my kid home from the UK as the world was losing its collective mind didn’t help.
But this week was a revelation. 7/7 days of at least 4 mile walks (5.5 today), 3 days of strength training and excellent diet. I actually got a lot of work done, too. With the exception of Neph’s happy hour, my booze consumption was nearly nil and what I did have was spirits. No beers is sad, but holy shit does it help my gut!
The world is fucking with us right now. Your WWGD is gonna be super important over the next weeks/months.
I’m gonna add a session of HIIT this week. Probably hill running. I dropped most of the carbs from my diet and cut out most of the dairy. Dropped about 4 pounds this week, but I’m already feeling better. Sleep was better, not great. Consistency and anxiety reduction will help.
Most importantly, all these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head!
Good luck this week!
” Probably hill running”
As soon as I stop being on call I plan on joining you – it’s such a good workout.
Good job Tundra. I certainly hope to get back to some sort of consistent schedule. I don’t think my anxiety is going to lessen until I hear public figures, other than Trump, start acknowledging the economic consequences of this shutdown bring health consequences with them. I’m in better financial shape than many but I’m also looking out one and two months. I’ll survive but if the government keeps choking off my revenue then that might not be true for my employees. I hate that thought.
Completely unrelated, do you remember our conversation about vegetarians (i.e. me) getting enough protein? It lead me to start reading the nutritional information on the things I buy and food I’ve considered but put off. Eating veggie meat, tempeh, or eggs gets me most, if not all, the way to getting 40g of protein per meal. This has turned out to be easier than I thought. It just takes paying attention. The side benefit is it has been a big help in cutting down the snacking.
Yes, I get it. Today we’re OK, but that could crater rather spectacularly if construction projects take a shit.
I do remember our conversation. I wish I could talk you into supplementing collagen 🙂 Meat isn’t just about the protein, but aminos and other goodies.
Good on you for finding what works to get that protein up. Go nuts on good fats, too. Avacados, coconut oil, Brazil nuts, macadamias, etc. Avoid shitty vegetable oils.
The fats, along with water-dense veggies, will keep you full and less likely to graze.
Sucks being old, eh?
FWIW, the vegan protein powders are excellent. I can’t speak to collagen.
Getting old isn’t fun. Makes me think the transhumanist Ron Bailey occasionally quotes may be on to something.
I haven’t been snacking at all, but I’m eating too many carbs at meals. Damn you sourdough!
I ordered weights 3 weeks ago from Rogue Fitness. The same day shipping is a lie.
I got my first part of the shipment yesterday: one empty barbell. One empty barbell, no weights.
In the meantime, I’ve been riding bikes with the kids 3 times a day.
I tried getting some kettlebells from them. They now have a notice about shipping delays.
The stuff from Amazon that would normally be same-day delivery is now 5 day delivery, and the 2 day Prime has morphed into 1 – 2 weeks on many items.
It’s a third world hellscape out there.
More importantly, did you get your chloroquin from India?
If only my governor’s mother practiced what he preaches.
It’s important to practice what you preach.
Congratulations on not giving us a hate filled link. But if I wanted to quote Practice What You Preach then I would have gone with here.
Hi MikeS.
here = this
My links are never filled with hate!
““Fuck this shit” came the reply. So, I went for it. Twelve and half minutes later I was done. I felt good. ”
That’s awesome. I don’t like how your ancient ass could possibly out-condition me.
I’ll bet my ancient ass couldn’t when I first started. But I kept at it. So look at where we are now.
Just completed my walk for the afternoon. It’s 0.3 miles from my house down hill to the highway which means it’s 0.3 miles up hill to get back. The last week, I’ve completed one lap at lunch and another after work. Today, I did two laps round trip. So 1.2 miles.
It’s a start.
I also got to the range and shot the new mini-14. The rear sight is way off, and I didn’t think to bring the hex wrenches to adjust it. The grouping wasn’t bad, but I need a lot more practice.
Any recommendations for an inexpensive but decent scope for the mini-14?
It’s more than a start Kinnath so take a bow. You started with one lap. Now, you are doing two laps. Crusty Juggler could take a lesson (see above).
I just run a Tasco 3×9 on mine. Mine has extraction issues so I don’t consider it a defensive weapon.
“The rear sight is way off”
Peep sight or buckhorn?
peep sight.
What is upskirt.tv?
Nice job, kinnath. Keep the parts moving and good things happen.
Mind the gap.
http://archive.li/hTmNk
#9 is GlibFit.
I knew I could count on you Q. 9 definitely is GlibFit. Other acceptable answers include 28 and 38.
I had been doing almost exclusively HIIT sprints on a treadmill interspersed with bodyweight upper body exercises, but now with no access to a treadmill and the weather not conducive to outdoor running (it was like 40 and rainy people – daddy can’t handle that), I had a couple of very productive at-home dumbbell workouts, and that was good. Work interfered with more than a couple, but I do plan on incorporating more of that into my routine IF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??! the world improves.
Crusty there are plenty of good at home substitutes for sprints when the weather doesn’t cooperate. You might try skater hops, 1 1/2 bottomed out squats, jump squats, plyo sprinter lunges, and split squat jumps. It’s not the same as actually sprinting but I promise you will get your heart rate way up, sweat, and work your heart and lungs.
Thanks. I do appreciate your positivity.
He’s gonna pump, you up!
He’s enthusiastically pumping me into a Pollyanna!
Get some good rain gear, Crusty!
I forget where you live Crusty. If weather is a regular issue then Tundra is exactly right.
OT: seen on a friend’s FB page. Apparently MSN.com has a piece up about how, say what you will, Bush was smarter than Trump. And all my friend’s friends are jumping in with “yes, he was an OK president.”
It’s really become impossible to parody team players (my conservative friends are SO excited about Trump not dropping the ball wrt the war on drugs during the pandemic).
I see the same sort of thing when I stupidly wander onto Facebook. JFC I hate them all. Myopic motherfuckers.
My “favorite” meme this morning was “On this Palm Sunday, remember that Trump, like Pontius Pilate, has washed his hands of us.”
+1 heckuva job
Citation on WOD? I believe you all, just hadn’t seen it myself.
It was more just people posting there rah rah on the news stories about the administration stepping up interdiction efforts.
Or were you asking something else?
Anyplace would suffice.
(emerges from under rock)
https://time.com/5814148/trump-deploy-anti-drug-navy-venezuela/
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It’s a slow day for comments. Is everyone hungover from Sir Digby’s late night phone sex meet up or just incredibly depressed?
Why not both?
They all just found out “Angel Has Fallen” just dropped on Netflix.
“just” is the worst adverb.
Sex Cauldron?! I thought they shut that place down!
Was out for a ride on the horses – longish ride. Got back, prepped the spare ribs and got them on the Traeger. Checked in over here. Not a bad day for a birthday – which, along with hitting 12 lbs dropped from my winter gain will allow for a celebratory beer with ribs in a couple of more hours.
I’m working. Also, I am a slug. The only thing I really want now is lemon sugar cookies, but I thought it would be gauche to mention it on a fitness post.
We’re Glibs baby! Let it swing!
https://youtu.be/bS0t2bHozQ8
Yes. I drank a little too much last night. I am tired of others disaster LARPing. The world is fucked.
Plus just got in a quick workout.
Time to drag some firewood in for a little fire in the fireplace plus a little hair of the dog that bit me.
If the world is ‘fucked’ is it really fair to call it ‘disaster LARPing’
LOL, Oh crap I think I am channeling you. I was about to post the same thing. The disease response may be LARP, but the results of that response may be a real disaster.
Why would you ask a guy who’s hungover that question?
Been running alot, averaging 6.5 miles a day this week. I’ve been counteracting that with french fries, rice, and linguine.
I’d like to start some hill work while running. Oh, wait. Seattle is built on a series of hills. Every run involves hills. I love hills. They’re great. Hills, hills, hills. Oh boy running up hills is fun. Keep focused on the top and LIFT THOSE KNEES!!!
Walking suffices for me these days – running is a thing of the past. Hills still work quite nicely even walking.
And stairs. I’m a sucker for a set of stairs and will add those in a run or walk. In fact, when planning a run/walk, the destination is often a set of stairs. Or a duck pond. If I can run a set of stairs or see some ducks splashing in a pond; I’m running there.
Woot!
Nice work, boyo!
A song to celebrate your success!
Walked 3-5 miles with spouse every day except one (cold and rainy) – hoping to add more exercise via yard work, garage and patio cleaning, projects, or extra walks as the weather improves.
Fuck you, Faith Hill. *turns off country music*
What does Faith Hill have to do with country music?
I don’t know but would.
Well, that IS the question of the day, now, isn’t it?
I shouldn’t be mentioning this because I pay for it and if anyone gets it for free I’m getting screwed but…Sirius/XM is offering free streaming of their service til May 15 and the Outlaw Country channel doesn’t play any of that pop country shit, they may play a little more rock and roll type stuff, Dylan and ZZ Top and Petty and whatnot but the country is generally solid, Also SoulTown and LSUG are great stations.
Shade45 for me. Other than that, Rock the Bells or Marky Ramone’s Punk Rock Blitzkreig.
However, Ive heard that a fella can get the free 30-day trial, and keep it rolling for years if he has enough throw-away emails, and addresses with phone numbers….
If I see “The Humpty Dance” is playing on Rock the Bells I’ll switch over but I have never given the Shady station a listen, maybe tonight.
Well, I do S45 at certain times….noon-1 is “sober mix”, then a lot of talk. So I do Rock the Bells or something else until 3, which is the ‘drunk mix’. Thursdays at 6 or so is the #PillMix, and tonight at 6 is Big Von’s Sunday Service, which usually has some good old skool stuff. Oh, Saturday at 6 pm is #ScramJones.
Outside of that, its more talk than music.
Here’s an example #Pill_Mix
” I have never given the Shady station a listen”
My God you don’t know about Rude Jude.
My God.
Rude Jude and Sear were a great combo. I do wonder why they split up.
Also, Sway Calloway isnt bad, when he lets DJ Wonder do his thing.
Two thumbs up for SoulTown. Takes me back to junior high in my “changing neighborhood.”
Heh.
And why does Mojeaux want to fuck Faith Hill?
I’d b̶u̶y̶ watch that for a dollar !
A DOLLAR?!
*slaps Tres*
That was a compliment! I think. The punchline is never actually told in joke form. Brilliant!
The sconnie gets it!
/sorry if I was a dick Friday night
It’s cool bra.
Eh, you’re a dick every night. :-p
Now, see, that’s how you shitlady.
She’s a person with eyes and a body and stuff?
“what do you call all that extra flesh around a vagina you dont do anything with?”
“the woman”
*Sees a pin added to the board.*
Alas, the big board is back where it belongs.
Wrong. Big Board.
Big board
Try some Todd Snider instead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zTjrEQNdo
Does anyone else miss mediocre, big budget disaster movies?
*raises hand*
Also, underdog movies.
Over the Top for the win! Arm wrestling for child custody!
It happens all the time.
+1 Cannon (Golan-Globus).
Towering Inferno and the Airport series were not mediocre!
I will give you Towering Inferno – to this day it has me sweating from my palms, but I had no idea Joe Patroni’s name still rang out.
Respect.
I was 7 when my parents took me to that movie. It was terrifying and awesome! I have been careful not to rewatch it and ruin it. I made that mistake with Inframan which was a personal favorite when I saw it as a kid.
That’s the worst. I told GT to read this romance novel or that one, both of which I adore…but haven’t read since I was a teenager. She didn’t like them. So now I KNOW not to re-read them.
I only remember one, and you write SOOOO much better. So…yeah. Don’t reread the historical.
I have always had a fear – I think it is now a slight fear thank goodness – of height, so it holds up for me. Plus, I get enjoy the nostalgia of seeing all of those stars interacting, including America’s favorite OJ Simpson in a heroic role.
Then you should see The Cassandra Crossing.
I have. It is the first one I re-watched after the virus breakout.
Plus I’m a big Burt Lancaster fan. The man owns.
Burt Lancaster makes the entirety of Field of Dreams worthwhile.
George Kennedy was a seriously underrated actor.
The first Airport was excellent. By the time it gets to The Concorde: Airport ’79, it’s hilariously terrible.
There are plenty of big budget disasters being pumped out these days.
Cobra with the best of Sky’s one liners.
THAT’S NOT A DISASTER MOVIE STAY ON TOPIC
You’re the disease and I’m the cure!!
Fecking classic.
Volcano is my favorite just because I live in LA. The Tar Pits boil! The (then new) subway gets obliterated! The Beverly Center mall is leveled. They route the lava past my house! So great.
Battle Los Angeles has a bit of that fun, but it’s pretty obvious the person who wrote it understood the locations, but the film crew did not, so you get dumb mistakes like major thoroughfare Sepulveda Blvd being depicted as a no-sidewalk, two-lane road. So instead of watching aliens get shot by Whole Foods, I’m rolling my eyes at what’s obviously Simi Valley subbing in for what ought to be there. Tragic waste.
Look at me! I live someplace that isn’t HICK FLYOVER COUNTRY!111 Like those majestic Wisconsin mountains as seen on The X-Files, or our great Wisconsin palm trees as seen on Picket Fences.
Like the palm trees in Nightmare on Elm Street (set in Ohio)? We also get to pick out some of the Cleveland landmarks in the couple of films that have been shot here,
The only ‘Landmark’ Wisconsin has is Lambeu Field, and I don’t think the actual stadium has been in any movie except Reggie’s Prayer. There is an art museum in Milwaukee that was in a Transformers movie and the breweries from Laverne and Shirley.
Public square here in CLE is pretty recognizable, and has been featured in several movies (most famously in A Christmas Story). Spider-Man 3 and the Avengers were both filmed here in Cleveland, and it’s entertaining seeing a local area filling in for “Germany”.
The ballgame scenes in the movie Major League were filmed at County Stadium in Milwaukee even though the team was the Cleveland Indians.
There’s a scene where the players walk out onto the field that I recognized right away when I seen the movie. The players walk right past the stadium jail, where me and about 8 of my friends spent most of opening day the year the movie was made.
Wisconsin mountains…
I remember when SRV died because his helicopter flew into a “mountain” in Wisconsin. I never gave that a second thought until my Sister and BIL bought a lake house near Alpine Valley. That I went so long thinking there were mountains in Wisconsin is a shame I still carry.
Patsy Cline movie has a similar flaw for Camden TN
When I realized it I felt like Sal in Dog Day afternoon.
I remember watching “Bird on a Wire”, which had a ferry go from Detroit MI to Racine WI. LOL.
Fuck you, Faith Hill. *turns off country music*
Patsy Cline or go home.
Oh, she’ll pop up in my shuffle eventually.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bsRNCvHXHHU
I go out walking but in the daytime
If she was Walking after Midnight, when did she have time for Sweet Dreams ?
PS: Floyd Cramer ruled
I am… unmotivated.
Watching a youtube video about rebuilding Chevy LS small blocks, even though I have no intention of getting rid of my antediluvian carbureteted treefiddy.
ambiguous and recycled program nomenclature (especially LT) are extremely off-putting
I can’t imaging ever pulling a head again, but staying current just became impossible
/ childhood smallblock dewd
I did a 48 hrs fast Sun to Tues. Micro-dose coffee and water only. Day 1= -2.5#, Day 2= -5.8#. Refeed was steak and eggs. Did the usual hiking and added in some yard work. Included some band work, which if you are inventive is a pretty good work-out. Included some pull-ups and made 12 a couple days ago. Went back to normal diet for rest of week. Slept really well this week (ave. 9.5 hrs). –>Today, weight was -4.1# from last Sunday. I think I am going to rinse and repeat this week.
Mentally, I am a bit of a mess. It is like a slow motion train wreck for me…with the Stooges engineering the train. I might mix in some meditation or some mellow music while I work.
Your fasting, etc. or your life?
It’s stupid, but “smooth jazz” which is so not jazz, works for me.
Fasting is a weird experience for me…it is very empowering and rewarding. I had never fasted before last year. The mental anguish is with the response to this crisis. So much stupid, disinformation, misinformation, just plain wrong information..ect.
I hear you. So, so much.
So much stupid, disinformation, misinformation, just plain wrong information..ect.
I know, I mean even the president was calling it a hoax.
Awesome, dude!
You could cheat a little with MCTs. Seems to help with the brain fog.
Good luck!
MCTs ?
Medium-chain triglycerides. My senile dog was prescribed that.
aka keto (coconut) oil.
Thanks..I was thinking it was something psychedelic..which would be OK. “You ever do DMT”–Joe Rogan.
I eat a spoonful in the morning and put another one in my coffee.
My cunty taint?
Marshmallow chocolate treats?
Minor Chest Trauma?
Automatic…
https://soundcloud.com/brendan-haggs/brett-kavanaugh-automatic-x-levels
Multi Cultural Tribadism
Midichlorians Cause Trauma
Magnificent Caucasian Tits
Medium Chain Triglycerides. Just fats. Helps get those ketones flowing!
I use it with some coconut oil in my coffee every morning. Start small – it can be a little interesting on you GI tract at first.
I use this one. Costco carries it.
You can also get powders.
Thanks.
When I was 19 I went 72 hrs on only water just to prove I could do it. My friends weren’t worried that I wasn’t eating, but that I was drinking with them. I don’t think I lost any weight.
I tried to get a friend to fast ..to jump start a weight loss diet. He wouldnt do it because he had to eat with one or more of his pills. I told him they want you to eat with the pills so you dont get an upset stomach…which if you are fasting is the least of your worries.
For you lazy bastards…..
Thanks for thinking of us Chafed!!!
Yes indeed. Thanks Chafed for another great edition.
Seriously, I’m holding down my couch and watching Sharknados.
Though I have to get up in a bit to grill some tri tip. This is a rough apocalypse.
Also, I’m trying to figure out which 10mm I want.
I really like that Dan Wesson Bruin 10mm. I’m not sure it’s worth it for me having the the 10 over the 40 until I start reloading which is in my plans.
That’s probably a bit too spendy for this indulgence.
I don’t believe its any different from the flu that’s already killed 20 K Americans this year, maybe a different strain, maybe not.
I suspect a conspiracy theory like this (My own theory)
Demos lost the impeachment business
Demos are getting desperate, looking at Biden/Sanders and the rest of the crew.
Look for any possible thing that can hurt Trump
See a few cases of some unidentified bug and start discussing and then dissing the Prez over his lack of concern and the lack of concern of 330 M Americans.
Snowball effect and then Trump needs to do something.
Politics need to do something. Trump has surrounded himself with a gaggle of advisors that can’t identify the difference between elbows and assholes.
Starts slowly, Demos are hollering. Trump does more, wrong, but more. For a finale he shuts down the economy, Wall Street sees some ways to make money and market goes crazy, every day shorts and longs are making money.
Trump proposes a bailout, then a bigger bailout, Demos scream for more, Trump gives more, Fed wants in on the action.
Want a T, call the Donald. Then everyone gets a big bump, votes are being bought/sold. Old people get in on it, even if they are already getting SS
Then (and I believe its already started) it slows down but a lot of people have a lot of time invested, medical/government/insurance/ad infinitum so we have to keep it going and proclaim victory, ’cause you sat 6 feet away from someone. We are seeing the beginning. A lot of business will close, a lot of unemployed people suffer.
There is a big change in mindset these past few weeks. Your forefathers went across the country in a cover wagon, people died fighting all the elements, Indians, had no idea where or when they would reach their destination. Now you can’t go inside a McDonald’s. What the hell has happened? I believe the result will be inflationary, with all the cash rolling around, then Depression with nothing being produced and in the middle people scared to death of the boogieman under the bed.
If I’m wrong I’ll just say this email was a joke, see how easy it is?
Trump proposes a bailout, then a bigger bailout, Demos scream for more, Trump gives more, Fed wants in on the action.
It’s a complete mystery. Also
I can’t decide if I want to vote for Trump the Savior or Trump, Pelosi’s Little Bitch
I can’t decide if I want to vote for Trump the Savior or Trump, Pelosi’s Little Bitch
What i find funny about politics is the way people on the opposite sides of things view things. If you were to talk to Jimmy Dore, Pelosi is in Trumps pocket. If you talk to an Establishment Dem, they complain about the inability of the Left to organize around issues like the right, and how they are plauged by ineffectual infighting. But then if you talk to people on the right they will make the exact opposite claims.
In the end no-one I think this is because as soon as a political victory is made, it is immediately counted as the baseline, and so all sides are constantly upset that they are not making their political goals, and never being happy about their victories. By definition everyone is always loosing. And it makes for being very miserable.
This is why I’m more optimistic than most around here (easy bar to get over, i know). There are a lot of things that are going well, we just have to remember them.
Trump Says He’d Use Tariffs If Needed to Protect Oil Industry
Who had this? Good thing Republicans understand free markets and the economy so I don’t have to
ugh . . . I’ll never get anything in the right place again
That’s ok, neither will the GOP.
Wise old man.
I think you are spot on.
As usual.
” For a finale he shuts down the economy, ”
Maybe I’m in a cower in place coma but I don’t remember Trump doing this. Cite please?
Closing all the restaurants and other businesses. Encouraging states to impose their own draconian rules. Throwing money at each and every business, after they were shot down Bailing out any and everyone.
My opinion “Any person that was working had an essential job, otherwise why would they be getting paid”
I don’t recall Trump telling governors to close all restaurants and non-essential businesses. I don’t like the Prez either but it isn’t fair to lay all the economic carnage at his door.
He signed a 2 Trillion dollar albatross around our necks right?
It was a veto proof bill anyway.
Now that would’ve been interesting, because to over-ride the veto I would think they would HAVE to have had a recorded vote (as Massie wanted).
Well, except for all those government sector workers.
Not possible at this point. Already killed 10,000 and has not begun to go back down the slope.
Already killed 10,000
Credible citation needed.
9100 deaths have been blamed on CV to date. How many would have occurred anyway, since it seems the hardest hit are the elderly, many in nursing homes.
So 9100 is today’s accrued number, about the average # of deaths for an ordinary week.
For several weeks Trump has been encouraging the Fed to lower interest rates. Well, he got his wish.
So 9100 is today’s accrued number, about the average # of deaths for an ordinary week.
Exactly.
I’d there somewhere we can see total death figures then?
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
2018 figures but close enough
What I’d really like to know his now though. Then it would be obvious what is happening.
What I’d like to see is flu + alzheimers + pneumonia + Covid this year vs. flu +alheimers + pneumonia last year through this date. In other words is Covid actually killing people, or is it replacing other causes in people already on their way out?
What I’d like to see is flu + alzheimers + pneumonia + Covid this year vs. flu +alheimers + pneumonia last year through this date.
Well, we can approximate. The CDC page shows 121,404 deaths due to Alzheimer’s in 2017, and 55,672 Influenza and Pneumonia deaths. That’s 177,076 total deaths for those categories. Divide by 52 and you’re at roughly 3,405 deaths per week. There have been 13.5 weeks in the year so far, so that means 45,966 deaths would be expected to match average deaths per week in 2017. Given that population has risen some since then, I wouldn’t consider anything under 50,000 total deaths so far this due to Alzheimer’s, influenza, and pneumonia to be unusually large.
Even if hospital data were not correct because deaths with coronavirus are being logged as by coronavirus (which I think is possible) we can still tell this is already going to be as bad as a second flu season.
Cold War-era paranoia over “continuity of government” lead to the establishment of a series of executive orders that, combined, provide one with a turn-key autocratic, totalitarian state just waiting for the excuse to turn the key.
Let’s see what this baby can do!
/VRRRM
^This. Just needed the excuse. Fear pimps!
I think you’re 100% right with one caveat: at this point, I think pols, from both sides, are starting to get nervous looking at what they’ve done and how they’re gonna undo it. You can’t just keep everyone locked up indefinitely without tempting civil unrest, and all but the most economically illiterate realize that this isn’t a car engine where you can just turn the key and the economy magically recovers. They’ve painted themselves into a corner, they’re the dog who finally caught the car, they went on a binge and now it’s the morning after; pick your cliched metaphor and it’ll likely apply.
I dont see it that way. They dont look nervous to me. They have nothing to lose. Some say these pols are whores but I really think they are pimps (pimps are never scared). We are the whores working for the pimps. Every once in awhile, the whores’ get uppity or serendipity happens and we get smacked around and get paid back with our own money. There is nothing like a pimp’s love.
Feature, not bug. FDR himself said hungry, jobless men are the soil in which the seeds of dictatorship are planted.
I see he didn’t care much for women, did he?
THE FUTURE IS FEMALE! THE FUTURE IS NOW!
Well, you’ve seen Eleanor, right?
YOU MEAN THE STRONG WOMAN ELEANOR ROOSEVELT WHO STOOD UP TO HER MAN AND CHANGED SOCIETY FOR THE BETTER THEN YES I HAVE
Ok, I can accept a lot, but praising Eleanor Roosevelt moves you to a category with people who rape puppies, and to the bottom of that category at that.
I think she’s swell
Why did the rest of the world go apeshit, too?
^^^That.
EVERYBODY went apeshit.
I am going with total accident that took the Top. Men. by surprise and it took them awhile to scramble around trying to figure out how to make it work for them.
And then fucked it up.
But the answer is more government, of course.
I think they are genuinely concerned. This doesn’t make their action right or what’s best, but when a couple of experts and their models came out saying millions could die they flipped. politicians are a narcissistic sort and don’t want to remembered for dropping the ball if a disaster hit.
The infamous “Truman lost China”.
There was nothing Truman could’ve done to change the outcome of the Chinese Civil War.
Sweden, iceland, and belarus havent.
Belarus has been run by a dictator for the last 25 years who doesn’t care what others think and knows he cannot afford to shut down the economy.
Sweden is united against Sweden Democrats (their Le Pen, Trump, AfD) who wanted to impose restrictions.
I know little and care even less about Iceland to make up a theory.
Iceland is a small country (360,000 people) and is doing quite a bit of testing. Not as much as South Korea but more than much of Europe. I think they are using the tracking and tracing route rather than full shutdown.
Day one of a two week (for now) layoff.I haven’t slept since I got home this morning so I can I can switch to a day time schedule. But I have been drinking!
If Neph wants to hand control over to me for some Zoom chats the next couple weeks I got little else to do.
Can’t you run your own Zooms?
He handed control over to me the other night. He has to start it, but then he can put anyone in charge I guess. I don’t have an account, so I can’t start them.
I paid for a month, so I can host meetings with (I think) 100 participants, and no time limit. The free account allows 2 participants for an unlimited time, or 40 minutes max if there are more participants. I can set people up as alternate hosts when setting up the meetings as well, and I can pass the host control over to someone in the meeting.
Once you pass it on to someone, can they pass it on to someone else?
How much control as a Host do you have. Can you allow people to watch but not be seen/heard, or control when people are seen/heard and not seen/heard and by whom?
There’s a waiting room that people land in, the host can approve them to join the main meeting. The host can rename people, turn video on/off (if you have a camera attached, and it’s configured), mute or unmute people, and set up the screen sharing permissions when setting up the meeting.
The turn video on and unmute powers seem like a terrible idea to me.
I got a confirmation dialog asking if it was okay to unmute. So I’m not sure these are automatic.
Lets do one now! Although, at this point I don’t know how long I’ll last. #Science has to take over at some point and make me sleep.
weren’t you and GBob thinking of doing a glib-podcast? I’m wondering it this wouldn’t be a viable alternative, have a few Glibs interview each other let everyone watch but have a ‘call screener’ bring in other Glibs to join in so as not to be to chaotic. Or is that to structured fr you godless anarchists?
We had discussions, and one of things he brought up was not being able to have more than the two of us on if we were using skype, but then I go my new job and my hours kept changing…
the Founders second-guess themselves
The Founders knew we’d end up here. They did everything they could to stave it off, but they knew how people work and they knew why Republics die. They knew that slavery would split the Union. They knew that the franchise would expand. They knew that people would vote themselves cash. They knew that people would trade their rights for lies and comfort. Hell, the Greeks knew most of this.
+1 Alexis de Tocqueville
They knew that slavery would split the Union
I think it’s interesting to think about. The founders thought that the Union was clearly worth accpting slavery, despite many being opposed to it. But i think it would have been better for the North to have cast aside the south after the revolution, and then not ever have had many of the issues that came with the fights over slavery.
Of course a lot of the northern states were also states that favored stronger central government, so maybe we would have ended up in the same place.
The Civil War was a three faction war. The North opposed slavery and was in favor of strong central Government to enforce virtue. The South depended on slavery and was in favor of State’s rights and individual rights (for white males anyway). The West (the non-plains Midwest) opposed slavery, and largely pro Union but was also very independence minded. The West joined the North, largely because the South miss played their hand and started the war.
I watched “1917” last night and was disappointed. Nice technical film making but somehow the story didn’t grab me. For war films, I’d rather watch “Das Boot,” “Savng Private Ryan”, “Glory” or “Cross of Iron” again. Whatcha all think of it? What other war movies do you consider better worth watching?
The Good The Bad and The Ugly.
Gallipoli with a young Mel Gibson. That movie tore me up the first time I saw it, partially because it jibed with what little my maternal French grandfather told me about some of the trench warfare he’d been in during WWI.
Good answer. I don’t watch war movies in general but we watched that one in English (?) class and I quite liked it.
“Shaving Ryan’s Privates”
I might also suggest The Longest Day, filmed in the early 60s entirely in black-and-white (it’s quite effective, does a pretty good job of showing both sides’ reactions to the events of D-Day, and it’s got a penultimate scene with Richard Burton that is, in my opinion, one of the truly great cinematic scenes describing the absurdity of an individual’s fate during wartime), as well as The Bridge On The River Kwai and A Bridge Too Far.
I still have two soixante-quinze (75mm) field gun brass artillery shells from Grandpapa, rather exquisitely tooled to show scenes of vineyards, which he did during the boring times in the trenches. They occupy a place of pride on my living-room fireplace mantle.
And here they are.
Wow, purdy.
When I asked him how he passed the time in the trenches, he showed me these. Musta been a teen when I first asked him. He said stuff like this was fairly common — boredom was a huge problem in the trenches between attacks, and there were spent 75mm brass casings everywhere.
‘Course, back then, the Germans had 105mm howitzers. The French were horribly outgunned in terms of artillery.
“In Harm’s Way”
I haven’t seen it yet. I did see Das Boot in a theater with subtitles back in the day. It might be the only movie I have ever seen subtitled. I have not watched it since but I remember it being mind blowing despair even if they were kraut bastards.
also Bat 21
? and this will be the only time I agree with you.
Well this, bay leaves, and pizza dough.
I will give you pizza dough but I am still a slave to big bay leaf.
Killing jar.
Starship Troopers
I was left cold, but not as disappointed as you seem to be. I think it’s that for me as a fan of old movies, modern CGI seems so sterile, as though I can somehow suspend disbelief more easily for the technically limited effects of days gone by than the CGI of today. That and the color scheme of a lot of modern movies.
As for war movies I’d recommend, I’d include Wings, Battleground, and The Cranes Are Flying as a start.
The last one is more of a homefront movie, though, and for another really good homefront movie I’d recommend Millions Like Us.
Full Metal Jacket, and Braveheart, both deserve watching.
Carve Her Name With Pride and Rome, Open City are also well worth watching.
Stalag 17
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
Rescue Dawn
Where Eagles Dare
The Eagle Has Landed
Prison movie
Prison movie
Prison movie
Heist movie
He asked for war movies.
TROLL!
No, he proved conclusively the troll is P. Brooks. It’s #FuckingScience !
You forgot Red Dawn.
M.A.S.H
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Odd Angry Shot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Angry_Shot?wprov=sfti1
The Grand Illusion.
So you think your life is complete confusion,
And your neighbor’s got it made.
Juris says to watch, The Grand Illusion,
Cause deep inside we’re all the same!
You know where you can put that Styx.
Also, I’m trying to figure out which 10mm I want.
Too many calibers.
I’ve waived that rule in the apocalypse. State of emergency and all that.
What other war movies do you consider better worth watching?
Kelly’s Heroes. The answer is always Kelly’s Heroes.
A-fucking-men
Is Twelve Monkeys a war movie? It has a WWI scene…
Interesting article. I have no idea if it’s bullshit or not, but interesting nonetheless.
http://archive.li/ONUmi
Even more interesting that medium disappeared it not long after it was published. I always get suspicious of anything these outfits try to suppress.
I believe there was data suggesting most patients who ended-up on ventilators died.
so is it generally considered false then?
I recall seeing another article there that got disappeared. I think it’s still available on Zero Hedge. It appears if one doesn’t support the narrative then one is memory holed.
Interesting, it would explain lethargic symptoms without restricted breathing.
InfoWars.
Differnt source but same concept.
https://www.infowars.com/bombshell-plea-from-nyc-icu-doctor-covid-19-a-condition-of-oxygen-deprivation-not-pneumonia/
Jesus. If there is any truth to that….
This is what is so exasperating about having to rely on Top Men. I have zero expertise in this area. This new theory may be unmitigated bullshit or it may be the key to effectively dealing with the virus. Let’s have lots of voluntary “experiments” with treatment. No doubt some will be failures. Some will succeed. That will allow us to get to effective treatment far sooner.
If this were China, that guy would have been disappeared by now.
Instead, the story is relegated to cranks like infowars and maybe someone is paying attention and following up on it. Or maybe not.
When I was sick two weeks ago, I felt like I was short of air but never had breathing restriction. Just plain wiped out.
Twice in the last couple weeks I had some chest congestion that was less severe than when I’m in a place with a lot of allergens. Lasted about 2hrs each time. Am I COVID Mary? We got our first case in the county. Good thing they shut us all down, or we’d all be dead.
Hypoxia is like that. People gasping for breath in the movies when the air has gone away is BS. You cant’t tell.
I desperately need a rewatch of Easy Rider and then possibly Cannonball Run and/or Smokey and the Bandit.
@Hyp, thanks for the suggestion. I’m really picky about my outlaw country, but I’m cycling through all my country stuff to build a playlist for my next book, so I’ll see what I can do with Sirius.
Some Hank III is really good.
Smokey and the Bandit is on Starz and it should be re-watched at least once a month. Of course then you will want to watch Hooper and The Longest Yard and then Semi-Tough and then you will fall back in love with Jill Clayburgh then White Lightning and then Gator and then you will fall in love with Lauren Hutton and her perfect flat no ass (keep em flat ladies!!!) and then you will watch Sharkey’s Machine and then it will be over.
Where does Cop and a Half fit into this marathon?
It doesn’t. I mean it ranks right up there with Cops and Robertsons.
Yeah, I was a big fan of the Gator McKlusky movies. You missed Deliverence.
My mother told me once that Deliverance was the scariest movie she’d ever seen.
I’ve probably said that here before.
I’m old. I get to repeat myself.
It’s pretty disturbing.
-1 Ned Beatty
Sharkey’’s Machine is one of my All-time favorite movies. Tough, funny, brutal, “realistic”. Henry Silva is fucking insane (as usual).
I don’t really know what I’m doing. I eat food usually. I have not had regular meals for a bit. It’s hard to find time and eventually we just put stuff together and call it dinner.
I’m definitely down weight again. I have hope I’m still above 150, but looking at my belt I’d guess 140.
Need food.
You’ve got a baby. Nothing is normal and it won’t be for a couple of years, especially if you have another one.
Be happy with leftover smushed peas and mac’n’cheese.
It’s just an adjustment, for sure.
I can’t seem to keep in front of my dishes though, and that’s been bugging me.
I hope that I can figure this puzzle out soon.
Please do not take this with snark, because I am dead serious:
1. Caffeine is your friend.
2. As long as she’s not hungry, sleepy, or her ass is stinging like the devil, you’re golden.
3. Forget housework. If the child is asleep and you are fretting over housework, go take a nap.
4. Get one of these.
I take no offense, I’ll accept any advice.
Caffeine has been my mistress for years. I have no clue how ladydoom goes without it. The kids great, so I guess it doesn’t matter I have dishes to do. Thanks for giving me that, I needed it.
I should get that ball pit as soon as she can enjoy it.
Ok, guys. I won’t take *any* advice.
You don’t have to put balls in the kiddie pool. You can put blankets and toys in there too. Nice playpen setup until she starts being able to climb out of things. But make it fun enough she might not want to.
Thanks Mo!
If it would help, I can post every time I eat and what I am eating. You’ll be 5 pounds up in no time!
Sounds like you have the opposite issue a lot of people have, you have to remind yourself to eat and not tell yourself to stop eating. Maybe adding a couple of spoonsful of peanut butter or a hand full of nuts throughout the day would get your calories up. Or ice cream, lots of ice cream.
Yeah, I’ve always been very thin. If I miss a meal I lose a few pounds. I had gotten up to 165 or so while ladydoom was pregnant. It’s back to normal. I should start adding peanut butter to everything.
Another thought I had was to have a smoothie in the morning. Right now, I usually just grab something small and then drink coffee on the way to work. Probably less than 300 calories for breakfast isn’t a good way to keep gaining.
eating is a social event. it’s lady doom trying to lose the weight? you may be subconsciously pickingup on that and eating less. I also lost weight when my kids was born, not enough time to eat. ..
I’ve got your handful of nuts right here…
Gazes with almond-like eyes.
Deez ?
My workouts consist of long walks thru our housing development (2 miles to the highway is the furthest point away), and doing yard work, oftentimes with a shovel and pickax.
Usually only have one meal a day. That made the biggest difference.
I’ve got back to the same waist size for my jeans that I had back in my 20s. Don’t have to have a gym to stay in shape.
I agree. You cant out train the fork. I am sometimes OMD but usually have the single meal and a snack within a 4 hrs time frame.
At some point I’ll need to make the decision if I want to keep supporting the local restaurants and breweries, or drop the last of the weight.
Why choose…bulimia FTW
China is asshole.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/tim-blair/via-local-commie-underlings-beijing-officially-disapproves/news-story/491b415795fbbdc526d33d5b569134a4
How come I just randomly found out about the gift called Olivia Taylor Dudley?
Q is asshole. Why Crusty hate?
Because Q is bastard man!
My wife watches The Magicians so I was well aware. There’s another super hot chick on that show as well.
Respect.
https://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/16269076/1118full-olivia-taylor-dudley.jpg
Too little too late.
What? I’ve been posting 5SecondFilms for almost 4 years now.
Was there a name associated with your silly posts? Huh?
I am disappointed in all of you.
I still need that fish thing. I promise Ill save the link this time.
No kidding. Someone made it out of there.
Kelsey, on the other hand, did voices for Cyanide & Happiness shorts.
I just fell in love with the Daily Telegraph.
Thank you Chafed. I’m going to read the link about measuring progress. I really appreciate the stretching book you recommended.
Avoids making joke I would have already said if this were a voice chat…
You’re welcome Tulip. I hope you will report back on whether it was useful.
I don’t know which annuity firm decided to bind their contracts with plastic binding tabs, but fuck you too. /estate admin duties
Boris Johnson is hospitalized. According to the Russian news, he’ll be put on the ventilator.
We already know how the Death Panel will vote. Godspeed even weirder British Trump.
Truly sucks.
I need those Tom Ford shades, tho
https://esquire.ru/style-and-grooming/168643-kak-horosho-vyglyadet-vo-vremya-videozvonka-sovetuet-tom-ford/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fzen.yandex.com
Interview with Olivia Taylor Dudley of The Magicians – Comic Con 2017
It’s not a silly five second video, or 400 pictures of no-name ladies, it’s a video interview of a talented actress being talented.
Thank you very much.
Been up about 27hrs…on beer 13…also took some Valium before work…I’m just not good at this sleep thing…
You should switch to rum.
Beer before liquor then you get to lick her?
I usually end up asleep after rum.
On the ground.
Outside.
Still not above 30 degrees outside at night, not a plan of action I want to take right now.
That’s fair. It’s still pretty cold here at night, I wouldn’t want to pull that off.
Kava Kava could be your friend. At the very least, some melatonin.
In other coronavirus news.
A Tiger at Bronx Zoo Tests Positive for COVID-19; The Tiger and the Zoo’s Other Cats Are Doing Well at This Time
Damn Tiger King spreading the Corona!
So, what’s the false positive rate on these tests?
And why did they test the Tiger?
Because animals are more better than people?
Animals are assholes too. They are just not smart enough to do it large scale.
Every
bodything is an asshole.Duh.
“We tested the cat out of an abundance of caution and will ensure any knowledge we gain about COVID-19 will contribute to the world’s continuing understanding of this novel coronavirus.”
And since there’s nobody paying to go to the zoo, they need headlines to use for more gov’t funding.
Who’s been having sex with the tigers?
The Tiger King, it’s all Obama’s fault.
Siegfried wasnt available for comment.
So we don’t have enough tests for sick people but we are testing fucking tigers? I want off this ride.
The next stop is worse for most of us. At least that is what I hear.
Yeah, that not enough tests – it’s bullshit. 80% of tests are negative – that means we aren’t testing the right people, or this virus isn’t near as contagious as we’ve been led to believe.
It is nowhere near as contagious, nor as deadly as you’ve been sold.
Praise David H. Koresh they found it….its not new at all.
Ernagherd! 11.8% of us carry kitty parasites!
Toxoplasmosis is considered to be a leading cause of death attributed to foodborne illness in the United States. More than 40 million men, women, and children in the U.S. carry the Toxoplasma parasite, but very few have symptoms because the immune system usually keeps the parasite from causing illness.However, women newly infected with Toxoplasma during or shortly before pregnancy and anyone with a compromised immune system should be aware that toxoplasmosis can have severe consequences.
Shut it all down.
Has anyone told Fauci?
Shhhh…..he’s still working on the 200K+ suicides annually
Canadians, I guess you can blame Kiefer Sutherland for your shitty healthcare. Fucking vampires!
Oh, there’s lots of blame to go around for our craptacular “health care.”
As Kate over at Small Dead Animals occasionally posts, “Tommy Douglas: Not Dead Enough.”
Im guessing he wasnt around for this.
Or like most Canadians I know (n=8) he “hates the french too”
Also, he lives here and enjoys our healthcare.
If you like obscure 80s music, I recommend Sunday Night Vinyl on wtks.com. Its POS iHeart station, and the host (Erik Dennison) has been working in more “new” songs, but I give it a 6 or 7/10.
I like obscure 80s music but I don’t like commercials 🙁
Will wait for a song to play.
Ooh… Heaven 17. ?
Since he played James….
I dig that song. Plus that guy is a dead-ringer for an ex 🙂
Well….he aged well?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in9POiIJYPQ
Better than I have. ?
I plug these guys relentlessly, but I love them so much and usually kick them a donation once a year. Commercial free 24/7 awesome music. Here is their 80’s station:
http://somafm.com/u80s/
I like them too, and I think you turned me on to them. They’re rotation just gets a bit tiresome at times.
And for me, Sunday Night Vinyl is just a habit.
/their
Yeah, it was likely me. I don’t much listen to that particular station, but Secret Agent Radio, Soul 45 and a couple of the electronic stations. That along with my record and Cd collection and YouTube thrown in has me set for good tunes. We live in the best timeline for music nerds.
Nice. I picked up everything from Comsat Angels recently – they never played on my “alternative” stations back in the day but they’re great.
Their recent playlist reads like my iTunes “80s” playlist on shuffle.
You want something different?
Try this.
Alberta’s only truly independent radio station. Doesn’t take a dime of government money, as far as I know. If you like eclectic and you’re willing to deal with the occasional really off-the-wall stuff, you’ll probably like it.
You had me @ “Great White North 40 Years Later”.
10/10 will save
I’m a soon-to-be-62-year-old fuddy-duddy that likes to listen to CKUA (on **FM**, no less!) every single day. Keeps me fresh. Fuck those dumb kids who only listen to the same Top 40 songs over and over again.
/ pops collar, struts out of the room
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Great work there Lou.
https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/04/05/california-forcing-nursing-homes-take-covid-19-patients/
That is one grim way to drive down the number of Medi-Cal recipients.
Wish I could be a lazy bastard. Stupid work. Stupid pretend sick co-workers.
I love me some Old Man Music. My dysfunctional state loves them some Old Man Tech. I wonder what they’d be willing to pay.
https://josephsteinberg.com/covid-19-response-new-jersey-urgently-needs-cobol-programmers-yes-you-read-that-correctly/?fbclid=IwAR10jzAIvEqMRTZef9akMmw9lot8M4mJ0a7Y53rXbGDHq0sUAp6NBX4VjWc
COBOL programmers? Doesn’t surprise me at all. I’ve told new graduates from the various IT college/Uni programs I’ve interacted with over the last quarter-century that, if they want to be guaranteed employment until Hell freezes over, they should learn accounting, database and one or more 1960s programming languages out of the gate. Legacy systems continue to be a huge headache for business and governments all over the Western world.
There’s also a shortage of Unisys 2200 guys who are not at retirement age, but companies not off those archaic systems yet.
Yeah, there’s a lot of companies that don’t want to spend the money to convert from Cobol. Our main billing system is built on it. So a lot of Indians are learning Cobol because that’s where all our IT functions have moved.
I moved on to other things in 1995. No regrets, but I guess the “death of COBOL” thing was a bit premature. Right up there with Paperless Office.
There was some talk of adding a COBOL class at my high school (class of ’88) – not sure if that happened.
Anyway… I tend to believe that it can’t be that difficult to train some (competent!) programmers in most any language. Most of deal with multiple languages already. Yes, ideally you want experts – but needs must.
“Most of us”
Hell, I learned it on my own in the early ’80’s, before Al Gore invented the internet and online documentation became available. It’s not that hard.
I tend to believe that it can’t be that difficult to train some (competent!) programmers in most any language.
Of course not!
When I was part-owner of a software development company, one of our favourite interview questions was “What programming languages can you work with?” The only answer that got an almost immediate “hire this person” recommendation from me was “All of them.”
Nice. I think I’ll try that at my interview. Since I love learning them, it’s probably even true.
“next” interview.
Jeez. Have another drink, me.
Cheers!
I guess we can be happy to know that if they do implement gun registration, in 50 years no one will know how to use the database to access the data.
Just name your kid Little Bobby Tables
Classic!
This is why The Cubans will still be able to invade us and use the registry as a shopping list.
I wonder how much money has already been tossed at upgrading those systems but found its way into other pockets instead.
There is no supercomputer in existence that can count that high.
The chats put out a new album last week. Pretty solid Aussie punk.
https://youtu.be/QpUwAJbft7k
Smoko!
That and pub feed I think have been the best. Theres some contenders in this one.
I almost went to their show in Boston last summer, but they sold out before we moved back. Of course they had a few in Texas right after we left, too.
Whale semen has the consistency of toothpaste.
sounds about right.
That you know that fails to surprise me. That you admit you know that on the other hand.
Knowledge is power.
Citation needed. Unless you’re John McAfee that actually fucked a whale….
Or the chick who banged a dolphin for NASA
I got nuthin’.
But does it strengthen your enamel?
The natives are getting restless in NJ.
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/cops-tell-pink-floyd-cover-band-playing-during-coronavirus-lockdown-wish-you-werent-here-tickets-issued.html
It ain’t ideal…but still can have a beer and grill up some chops. Fuck all you govs thay lock us down…or try to.
Weirdest apocalypse. No gun play, and plenty of food.
Plus, no cops enforcing traffic laws. Zoom zoom.
I’m very conflicted.
It does seem odd.
Bread and viruses.
OK, that’s good.
Lacks depth of understanding
The Washington state governor, who ran for the Democratic nomination for president last year, called for invoking the Defense Production Act, which gives the government more control during emergencies to direct industrial production, “so that we can get these companies, instead of making cupholders, start making visors, start making test kits” — a scarce resource in many states, he added.
Inslee said that he and governors of both stripes “have been urging the President to do what he should.”
“If he wants to be a wartime President, be a wartime President,” Inslee added. “Show some leadership, mobilize the industrial base in the United States — that’s what we need.”
Sure, Jay. Cupholders, pharmaceutical diagnostics; no meaningful difference between them. There’s a giant lever upstairs in the factory with different products stencilled on the housing.
Cup holders
Butterscotch sundaes
Sanitary napkins
Tires
Lipstick
Suspenders
Televisions
Virus test kits!
Pull the lever and stand back!
Considering the major companies in his state, he has to be among the dumbest men alive to believe what he said.
Yes, yes he is.
Whale semen has the consistency of toothpaste.
But is it effective as an automotive polish?
It’s a floor wax and a dessert topping.
You’re thinking of Turtle Head Wax.
trajebees of the commons
OFFS!
Poor dear.
She’s so sexy.
Yeah, just like Syphilis.
She considers people tweeting “show us your tits!” to be a violent threat, though.
I got beer delivered today.
We’re not doomed yet.
Watching Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. It is perplexing and imbecilic, unevenly paced, poorly acted, up-its-own-ass meta, pretty much a perfect Kevin Smith movie.
I’ve seen a few of his earlier movies and adored all of them.
Being a fat bearded independent film maker at the height of his popularity and everyone asking me, ‘Oh, so do you like Kevin Smith movies?’ made me hate him with the fire of 1,000 suns. On the plus side, I think I’m finally ready to fall asleep.
It’s on my watch list. It’s not at the front of the line.
The question is, would you recommend?
No..I thought it was horrible and basically a fan-boy movie
So, a Kevin Smith movie.
It’s basically a reboot of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. It was pretty much what I expected going into it. Lots of callback gags, and jokes about the difference between a reboot, retooling, and remakes.
It’s no Clerks or even Clerks 2. I can’t remember Chasing Amy or Dogma well enough to compare. It’s not even Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. But it’s good for some dumb fun. Emphasis on dumb.
(I never saw Mallrats.)
“I can’t remember Chasing Amy or Dogma well enough to compare”
“(I never saw Mallrats.)”
What in the flying fuck is that nonsense?
I should make a pass. Now I’m watching Comic Book Men.
It is exactly what his many fans wanted, which is why Kevin Smith is a great businessman. Truly.
This is from back in the before times, when the world made sense: ‘Jay And Silent Bob Reboot’ Is Shattering Box Office Records—And Nobody Has Noticed
Also, it is good if you dig Jay and Silent Bob, and I do – it’s called nostalgia. Also:
Chasing Amy
Dogma
Mallrats
Clerks
Prison movie
Prison movie
Prison movie
Heist film
He asked about Kevin Smith films.
Aw, I ❤️ Clerks. Salsa shark! (and Happy Scrappy Hero Pup.)
Me too, friend.
Harvey Weinstein brought us Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino, and for that he should be absolved of his sins.
I assure you we are OPEN!
Covered? Dunno. “Why don’t you close grocery stores, too?”
https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1246953958914035715
Who is that idiot?
I’m not a professional nutritionist, but closing down both restaurants and food markets sounds like a bad idea.
It sure puzzles me that the media doesn’t get the respect it once did.
late af, but gbob asked about the youths faith in science in the last thread, specifically: “You see signs from a decade ago in a national park saying that by 2019 the glacier, that’s right in front of you, is supposed to be gone.”
yeah, they took that sign down, I remember seeing it when I went in 2016 or so.
Cleaned off our deck today. Well, not done yet.
Today was one beautiful day here, low 70s, sun, no wind at all.
We went and bought a few things. Local deli seems to be closed. I hope those guys didn’t lose the business.
Ordered beer online. One of the local stores I typically don’t go to because it’s farther away. 3 cases of Pacifico Clara, lol. It’s beer!
Wifey grilled New York Strip while I was sleeping.
Woke up now. Playing Mount and Blade II Bannerlord.
Life is strange, but we’re not doomed yet.