Open Thread - Friday, February 15, 2019
Raise hell - big time. I want y'all to get out there and raise hell about damned near everything. My word, there's a world out there that needs fixing.
Get out there and get after it.
- Molly Ivins -
Are you ready to raise some hell? I am.
I had been stopping by the pub, for a beer or two, most days. I started gaining weight, plus most nights the pub is inhabited by the same usual suspects. I did not want to identify with that tribe, so I decided to only stop by to play Wednesday trivia and Friday night, when more people come out. To the pub!
I was getting desperate. I had restarted walking five miles a day and was still gaining mass. I summoned the will power to stop buying breakfast pastry, which is rather drastic. I love cinnamon buns, apple strudel, crumb cake, apple fritters, ...
It is rough. I am going through withdraw.
It is said, you can indulge on the weekend.
I think I could eat a whole apple strudel.
Sugar shock and caffeine buzz.
Have a hell of a funkin' weekend. The thread is OPEN.
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Good Morning
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Seconds
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Good morning, Tim ~~~
Breakfast pastry, sigh, I've had to give it up, too. I only indulge on special occasions. But, OPOL taught me about intermittent fasting and cutting carbs (not out, just cutting down) and it's changed my life since October. I'm now maintaining what I consider my normal weight pretty effortlessly. It does cut into my beer drinking, though. I only indulge Friday and Saturday evenings, lol, but it's been worth it.
The wind is whipping out there as I sit in here. Not sure if a storm is moving in or out - I hate watching the news, so I have to guess.
So happy it's Friday!
Have a beautiful day and weekend, folks!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Coming or going
I can usually tell by the smell of the air.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Wind in the air
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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Threw the heart cake in the trash
It was a Betty Crocker Yellow Cake, some ingredients genetically modified, your guess is as good as mine. symbolic yuck
Yesterday I felt nothing looking at the garbage piling up under the bridge on the roaring river bank. I am finally so numb I feel nothing. At least the grease scraper left on my doorstep worked great to scrape the cake mix bowl. Thanks Teamsters. more electrolytes
'Can't believe it's not worse': Biggest storm of year tapers after three days
Always Talking Man is out of his mind pissed, we are all nazi f-bombs to him, anything that moves. I still love him, despite everything. Sometimes he makes sense, other times not so much. same same
The Police - So Lonely
peace
so low
Sending Mojo
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Get out the dishes, get out the pans
Move, he fast for the medicine man
Thanks for the heavy lift. Pastry Power ftw,
Dr. John - Mama Roux
world needs a healer
G’mornin’, Bruddah!
Snow falling here, Again! I should never have made fun of paul r vortex, ‘cause his brutish cousin river@mossphere keeps showing up(see eyo’s post upthread) and Dumping all over the joint!
Since I’m the only one in the fam with snow driving skills(Yee-HAW!) I get to play shuttle.
I feel ya on the pastrys as well, not that I need to lose any(more) weight, the sugar cranks me up in a not nice way. Herb let’s me wind down, though. Still, it Can be diff to those I’m around.
I’d like to thank J to the C for the roses! Unlike others, cough,moosetits, cough, these feel from the heart.
Thanks Johnny!
Enjoy the day Good People!
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
The world likes me better
… when I hang out with herb.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
YOUR world is
Much better/nicer when I smoke weed.
Guaranteed!
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
Donuts
I am (un)fortunate to have a local donut shop that is extraordinary.
Once a week I bring a dozen to work.
What I love about this place is that there is almost always a line to get in the door.
While patiently waiting in line, I imagine in a Walter Mitty kind of way that everyone else in line is thinking the same thing I am:
Fuck you, Amazon!
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Heh
Our local bake shop is run by a guy who trained as a pastry chef and was working for the UN. Then decided to get out of NYC. He also has a lunch counter. You order @ the cash register and the line forms along the glass case of pastries. I made the mistake of asking what one of them was. When informed it was a banana cream filled donut with toasted coconut topping. I said, "I'll have one of those".
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Boston Cream
or Cider donuts are a weakness. Only indulged when making a road trip.
Cheerios
question everything
Local bakery standards are
Apple cider and butter cream, plus whatever struck the bakers fancy. There is usually apple cider in the day old basket. Two bucks for a half dozen. Hard to resist.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
One advantage of living in the boonies
...is that there are no nearby pastry shops. I'm with RA and OPOL on the fasting and lo-carb scene. Learned it from Jason Fung...
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIuj-oMN-Fk]
I think this is the best explanation (but it is 36 min) he calls it a two compartment problem.
I got out early this am to fertilize annual rye growing on subsoil before the rain sets in again. They are calling for 4-6 inches of rain this week with continued moderate temps. Daffodils are blooming and fruit trees want to.
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Back in the day when Norman's voice was strong. After his operation to clean out his carotid artery a decade or so ago his voice never returned to its former strength. He's 81 or 82 and still playing strong however.
Have a good one all!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Red Buds and Bradford Pear are out
I did the Fescue overseed a few days ago. Hard Fescue for the shady areas and Tall Fescue/mini-clover mix for the sunny areas. I sprouted a bunch of Dutch White Clover about a month ago. Still waiting on the Strawberry Palestine Clover.
Off to seek carbs.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
wow you're ahead of us...
by a few weeks. I bet your grass/clover mix does well. All the best!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Not till I'm cleared by Ortho... April 1st..
Besides, my hell raising is subtle. I just stopped wanting what the capitalists want me to.
So freeing. Once I stopped caring about getting rich and instead concentrate on what I have... The world becomes brighter. Even with one working arm.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WPzFnZkZmI]
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Clavicle
I broke mine, when I was 15. When I was done with the brace, the doctor told me no contact sports. I went out to shoot some baskets, and the first time I threw my arms in the air, to retrieve a rebound, the pain shot through me. It will be awhile, even after the bone heals.
Enjoy your bread. I am jealous.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
RGR.
Hope its sooner than later. But gotta remember I dont heal as fast as I used to. Good excuse to work on my left side throw and rolls.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Ilhan Omar confronts war-criminal piece of shit
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tkDayM2Q_4]
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
Heh
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Hola, Tim! You can do it. My wife and I lost a bunch after
my MD gave me an ultimatum. I went from 258.8 in late May to 203.4 just before xmas. Between the holidays, reduced activity from a medical issue, a 10 day cruise of the Mexican Riviera and surgery recovery (reduced activity plus instructions to eat to fuel/feed the recovery) I've bounced up to 208 then back down to 205 yestidday.
The main sekret was cutting out salt (which I used to use tons of), cutting back even further on prepared/processed foods and eating out. No hard core targeted diet, just moderation. For other reasons I need to go high fiber and protein, but that's about it. No real problem with carbs, especially complex carbs, other than sugar(s).
We use MyFitnessPal(tm), a free app that also runs in a browser tab from myfitnesspal.com. I, ironically, started using it after an auto-immune flare up to make sure I got enough nutrients instead of too many a few years ago. When I recovered, I stopped. So n May I just fired it up, re-set my goals and off I went. It just sets you a daily calorie intake goal, adjusted for exercise and goals for selected nutrients. You then eat whatever the hell you want as long as you hit those targets. I try to make sure that I aim for the target before adding in exercise, and never fully compensate for the exercise burn, which I know with good accuracy since it syncs with my fitbit. Our only other rule is tht breakfast/first chow of the day starts a 12 hr window for eting, nothing after that, and preferably nothing beyond 8 or 10 hours.
Pastries, heh. Making your own helps a ton. I have a killer sourdough cinnamon roll recipe. Speaking of which, my bread has finished its overnight rise, so I've got to go do the fold and stretch and form process and transfer to a proofing basket, so I'm off to the kitchen.
Good luck and have a great day.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
The rub
I went from 205# to 168# while caregiving for Sue. During the past two years I have climbed back to 185#, with 175# to 185# being since Thanksgiving. I invested in some good riding gear, both leather and Gortex. Outsizing the gear would be terribly wasteful. I have another trip slated for the summer, and want to drop 10#, so I can fit an insulating layer under the Gortex overall.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Wow, that sure looks like some trip, if that's what's planned.
Heh, just noticed the new thumbs up glyph. Most excellent. Too bad is is simply an up or not thing, instead of numeric, It would be great to give something 5 Putins.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
That's the plan
Two weeks. Week one on a BMW G310GS. Week two on a Ducati 821 Monster.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Is that Dick Vitale
VVVV
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -