Good morning, and welcome to another edition of Hunky Hump Day.
First, the song. Song choice inspired by the “Hurt” song posted earlier this week and maybe some summer plans.
Now for the hunks.
Birthday boy Tom Welling.
Birthday boy Channing Tatum.
Birthday boy Luke Bracey.
Also birthday boy Pablo Schreiber. This is a goofier look than the other pic I found, but hey, hairy chest.
Redhead for Carin.
Last, but not least.
Thanks to Pirate’s Cove for the linky love every week. Y’all have a good day.
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I think “categories” is my favorite. “good stupid” yes.
Re: Friends with “transitioning” kids.
Do not go along. I really believe going along is part of the problem. I know I know, it’s already to the point where the kid is over the edge and I’ll lose my friend. Yes, but it’s healthier to stay away from the crazy.
I am stuck at a weight set point and need a nudge to get below it. I do not want to fast (more).
Should I A) do a three-day egg diet B) strict carnivore for 5 days or C) eggs, meat, butter, bacon for 5 days?
wakey wakey
No way in hell would I help one of my kids transition.
Mare, you should do crossfit!
Yea, I have no idea. As Hillary said, sometimes you’re skinny enough.
So, Matt is dating a Vegan. I’m pretty sure I raised him better, but I just found this in case the girl starts trying to convince him of anything:
https://dieatyourpeak.com/shawn-bakers-review-on-vegan-propaganda-film-game-changers/
(most of the good points are written up, since I didn’t have an hour to watch it this morning)
I’ve done something similar to CrossFit for years. Stopped about 3 years ago. My joints said to be kind to me and keep flexibility, mobility, muscle pliability and balance on the forefront.
My lack of estrogen said you do not repair the same way you use to.
And by lack I mean I have NONE. Booooooooo.
That meat-and-fat heavy stuff is how I kept failing at keto before. Now I love my giant pile of greens every night. Are you already down to one meal a day Mare?
You may just want to find a way to change up your fitness. OUr body gets used to what we do and we don’t get the same results running – for example – when you pick it up at first – you’re heart rate is really high for the runs …. so you’re burning a lot. After a while, you’re body is used to running, it’s more efficient, bla bla bla. My heart rate is usually under 140 for my runs. The newbies who run with me are having trouble keeping it at 165 (or higher depending on their age).
A friend is at a plateau. I asked her what she was doing, and she said walking. Which worked great for a while. She’s either got to go longer, or faster or SOMETHING to change it up.
Listen to Carin Johnson. She’s pre-med.
I got that knee ability zero book you guys were talking about and visited Ben Patrick’s youtube channel. I’m not up to buying his workout plan online, but we have been walking backwards sometimes at work in the long hallways there and it really does help your knees. I am going to do some of the exercises this morning in addition to some foot and ankle work for rehabbing my bitchy plantar fascia and achilles tendons.
So, here’s my little non-scale victory (I haven’t stepped on a scale anyway.)
Last week, I decided to baby step my way into better habits. First was the elimination of wine while i make dinner. Cocktails on Saturday night were ok (in moderation), but no more than that. Last friday, at work – a friend said that she didn’t know what I’d done, but I looked different and better/prettier.
I’ll take that.
OH, I have a good foot ankle thing from Tom Morrison. BRB.
It right and free
He has a great general mobility program you can buy (I have it) but there is also a lot of his stuff online for free.
He’s a really great guy. If you buy a program (and are on facebook) he’ll basically answer any question you ask and gives a LOT of support. Never seen any of these online folks be so involved.
No, I’m not doing one meal a day because of the cortisol issue and my age.
Last week, I decided to baby step my way into better habits. First was the elimination of wine while i make dinner. Cocktails on Saturday night were ok (in moderation), but no more than that. Last friday, at work – a friend said that she didn’t know what I’d done, but I looked different and better/prettier.
I’ll take that.
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That is the best type of victory!!!
My fitness routine is different every day, but I do it every day. Not difficult.
You lose weight with food, not exercise.
I’m aiming to get off a set point.
First was the elimination of wine while i make dinner.
I can’t tell you what a source of false joy this used to be for me. These kinds of ‘happy lifestyle’ habits that are completely unnecessary, and actually a demonstration of how alcohol controlled me at times. “yay! so happy with my vino!” And the next day I would feel like crap. Reminds me of when we used to smoke. The “this is what I do when I take a break,” kind of urge to complete a habit. The addict hamster wheel.
Yesterday after I finished a semi-tough day working on the house (crawling on the floor, cleaning and priming baseboards, etc) I had the ‘beer after a hard day’ thought. I didn’t let it progress into a real craving, I just cut it off. It did scare me how strong the thought was, for a minute. I might have to start buying some fizzy water especially as we get into Summer.
I enjoy hearing twitter people say that “all of the sudden” I have thousands more followers.
The suppression was absolute.
I had “Skinny Pop” popcorn yesterday. No one has to tell me it’s garbage. But I had what Lauraw described…
“I didn’t let it progress into a real craving, I just cut it off. It did scare me how strong the thought was, for a minute.”
Except I didn’t cut it off.
I woke up this morning and when I made a fist my joints were a little sore. And they were kind of swollen like I had gone on a walk.
I need to cut that garbage out for so many reasons. Of all things, why would I eat that stuff??
I love fizzy water. But I’m also ok with having a drink when I want. I don’t really ever need a drink – after a hard or long day. I stopped having drinks after work with my friends a few weeks ago – and that was easy to do.
It’s really just the boredom wine on the week nights I wanted to eliminate. I do need something different – a brain signal that I’m relaxing now and the fuzzy water is perfect.
As for fitness and weight loss – well it is generally true that you cant lose weight by exercise, that is mostly just because most people don’t using that simple formula. They don’t work out hard enough, or compensate by eating more /protein shakes. It still comes down to calorie deficit – in the long term. However you get there. What may have burned 500 calories starting out may only burn 400 once the body acclimates.
“Good morning” link is broken.
Have you guys heard that children who got the mRNA vaccine are having an outbreak of hepatitis? What the hell?
I read 149 cases globally. As much as I want to hate on the fake vaccines, that doesn’t seem damning.
Skinny Pop was a bad dude.
The myocarditis and stroke issues should already have binned this shit, and the standard of active antibody count for a metric of efficacy is insane. It’s tantamount to asserting that a wound is still in good shape because it’s full of pus.
I want to “ha ha” Scott’s comment.
I read 149 cases globally. As much as I want to hate on the fake vaccines, that doesn’t seem damning.
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So is 149 cases normal? If so, meh. That doesn’t sound like a lot.
the link to the good-to-go meals, but you implied Paula didn’t like them?
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It was her first experience with any freeze dried food. Her comment was that it tasted too salty. I think the contrast between her regular diet which is 90% on point with the occasional crunching on nacho chips/veggie straws or flavored popcorn was the biggest factor in her not liking them.
I want to “ha ha” Scott’s comment.
X2
From what I’ve seen Mare they’re blaming the hepatitis on an adenovirus
https://www.uab.edu/news/health/item/12805-new-adenovirus-strain-potentially-linked-to-pediatric-hepatitis-outbreak-in-alabama
This reminds me of the wave of acute flaccid paralysis we saw a year or two before Covid mania swept the world
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28412073/
acute flaccid paralysis
that reminds me, where is Hotspur
Reading that press release from UAB reminds me that I spent a month at UAB 32 years ago. Culture shock for me as well as the good ole boys in the Ortho department, many of whom had never encountered a Yankee in person (or so they led me to believe). My goal was to see Orthopedics in a system completely outside of my experience thus far and I succeeded.
$20 for a few weekend breakfasts of grits and chipped beef with gravy in the cafeteria
Good thread re: disinformation and control from Doc Zero
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1519289992165605379.html
Huh, wonder if any of those poor kids were vaccinated.
acute flaccid paralysis
that reminds me, where is Hotspur
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HA! Yeah, I was expecting Hotspur to show up and be mad we were talking diet and exercise.
And I know the J&J was an adenovirus vector… but there are lots of those in the wild already, and they do mutate naturally.
Again, the clots are my worry, and they really should have been enough to get these things off the market and crash any mandate for them.
The young athletes that were either cut down in their prime or are now on blood thinners forever or are experiencing debilitating neurological pain should be getting featured on 60 Minutes and every other news magazine there is, to bring AWARENESS, like they do with everything else. Fucking Katie Couric gets a scope up her ass and she does a 27 hour documentary about it. These kids? Lives ruined? Nada. It’s a fucking travesty.
That doc zero thread is outstanding.
hmm, where is jam?
It was weird reading through twitter yesterday and seeing all of the posts that would have been censored. There was a lot of gratuitous dunking on the libs but I figured that would die down on its own within a few days.
The question of the day on the Howie Carr Show yesterday was “Do you think Trump will stay off of Twitter as he said he’s going to do?” Last I heard 75% of the respondents said No, he wouldn’t stay off. I think he’ll split the difference and have someone post his Truth Social emanations as they are doing now with his “From The Office of President Donald Trump” stuff which I was surprised they allowed to be posted by others Pre-Musk
Fake News/Publicity Stunt
https://nypost.com/2022/04/26/man-with-9-wives-has-sex-schedule-to-fulfill-my-sexuality-at-any-cost/
twitter: Brandon can’t end Title 42 now?
Haven’t heard that one. But if Covid is no longer a thing, why would we use this law to prevent illegal immigration, instead of enforcing any number of other laws?
Leon, the good morning link still works for me.
Try this:
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/thelibrarians/images/d/db/Stana-katic-.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150114134033
If it doesn’t, I’ll post it on my WP site and change the link.
Heh, top results in google are CNN and NPR. Bing is CNN and CBS. Fox not visible on Google first page, down on the page on Bing.
What is the viewership of Fox vs CNN again?
Just heard from Jam
He’s right out straight with storm clean up and work stuff
He remains extant
not working for me either, roamy, but we have pretty active blocking here. I usually think it’s that.
what liberals think of us.
good to hear that jam is with us! Any word on when we’ll hear from him?
Nope, still ded Roamy. I permitted all the things.
I know what Stana looks like though, so no worries.
Maybe tonight?
best recipes for unexpected guests
Been seeing ads for these. Pretty good idea.
Fox news wants me to allow ad blockers on their page sometimes. Nope!
I was hoping I didn’t piss him off with my thursday poat last week.
Also, if he wants a fill in again, I’ll be nice.
twitter: just when you think the cheese people are done
Austin Miller
@Miller_time150
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14h
Went to the locker today and picked up some hamburger patties that have bacon and cheese built into them.
GMO’s are incredible
I like the Easter egg.
That seems petty, but hey, mUh PrIVAtE cOMPanies, amirite?
Updated the link.
Yesterday was her birthday, too.
Roamy’s link works if you ditch everything after “jpg”.
I must say, I am enjoying the Twitpocalypse so far.
Who bitch this is?
oh it’s Mrs Castle! Always liked her
Uproxx with their finger on the pulse of right twitter again
https://uproxx.com/viral/lauren-boebert-catturd-twitter/
Yesterday was three years since I have had any alcohol.
she is really pretty. Good she’s unafraid and outspoken, too.
wow, been a long time, congrats!
Gratz HS. Four years for me, not that I ever drank much before.
Noted elsewhere – the only ads for the vax are the .gov ads. FDA requires revealing major side effects if pharma runs the ads.
Good deal Hotspur and BroTim. And Sean, too, it’s been 10 years for him, IIRC, 11 in either August or September.
It’s a BB video, so I suspect she’s a good girl, but “Mandy” is cute AF here.
Not to brag or nothin but I have you all beat by a lot.
Send me your tea.
haha, well done sobek!
not to brag, but I was answering home brewing questions earlier this week.
twitter: Talcum X is at it again
I thought he quit twitter.
I just realized that the last couple of years we lived through the plot of the “The Blob” remake on a global scale.
haha, or The Borg years on Star Trek
sobek are we able to blame Mormon influence for the nice attitude in Utah, that results in people like Romney and Hatch to get elected? I know we can blame Iowa Nice for Grassley and Harkin.
At least I can blame the dead people in Detroit.
that and the non-voters that magically had ballots appear for them
“sobek are we able to blame Mormon influence for the nice attitude in Utah, that results in people like Romney and Hatch to get elected?”
I don’t know anything about Hatch. For Romney, I would blame gullibility. We talked ourselves into believing he was more conservative than his record showed because, hey, he was governor of Massachusetts, so of course he wasn’t a conservative firebrand! He’ll be way better in national office! And we were wrong.
I still think he would have been better than Obama.
probably true re: Obama, but that’s a low bar. Lack of choices there.
Speaking of Obama, who do you think is pulling Spongebrain Shartpants’ puppet strings? I don’t think it’s Obama because he’s too narcissistic to let Biden get any credit and too damn lazy to put any effort. I haven’t seen ratfaced Valerie around lately. Jill?
ratface just posted a mask picture recently
Speaking of Obama, he shows up about halfway through this piece
https://nypost.com/2022/04/26/lefts-objection-to-elon-musk-is-about-one-thing-they-want-to-control-speech/
“Disinformation” is the new buzz word that will be used to suppress conservatives.
PoopyButt
poat for tomorrow scheduled
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/0427/1294580-euro-movements/
This says more about the weakness of the euro than the strength of the dollar
i discovered a way to auto generate a post. Now just have to automate applying it to a list of image locations
“Why do you have these pictures of my mom?”
Because I shagged her last night.
Jimbro is Bill Gates?
No, Jimbro has smaller tits.
And the only bug I eat is your mom’s
twitter: WTF Gabe?
Same people: “now censor wokeness and Democrats”
=
Straw Man
But thanks for playing!
Literally no one is saying that, that’s why he’s claiming it’s being said.
That and he’s a little bitch.
There’s a reason everyone was glad to see his sorry ass ejected from the mothership.
been to 2 meetups with the guy, he was a nice guy. not sure what happened.
He’s lived in DC too long. Truman Capote once said for every year you live in California, you lose a point of IQ, must be the same or higher in DC.
Heh, they are all masked up at Madelaine Albright’s funeral.
From what I’ve heard in the past he changed after his “marriage”
Gay marriage broke Gabe.
I am grateful to be both vaccinated and boosted
Ben sees a lot of big names flying into Bar Harbor Airport including this guy
He just bought the airport a $100,000 de-icer truck so he can fly in during the winter. For him and his net worth that’s the equivalent to me buying an ice scraper at the gas station
that’s what I’m remembering too
Brokeback Marriage
Gabe once was a thoughtful reasoned young man. He joined us at meatups and was welcomed with open arms. He wrote for Ace and most everyone enjoyed his poats.
Now he’s just some queer dude screaming for attention. Many people grow out of that infantile behavior.
I guess he grew “into” it.
my boss got gay married, and he’s drifting leftward, but not full on.
My brother got gay married ages ago and he’s even more of a die hard conservative than me. Pretty sure his armory outnumbers mine by a significant amount. Even more so after that unfortunate boating incident of course.
that’s a shame about the boating accident. Thoughts And Prayers™
I wonder how he feels about the whole doxing of Libs Of Tik Toc thing, as he was super concerned about his own anonymity at AOS and hereabouts.
I’m going to guess with all of his recently acquired liberal accoutrements, that he’s okay with it as long as it’s a conservative being doxed, which no longer pertains to him.
I would be that for Gab – his husband is the liberal and he shifted to adjust.
be -bet
heh : https://twitter.com/noahwatkins/status/1519383925394657280/photo/1
Shifting followers is all about thumbs off the scale
https://tinyurl.com/2v53u9zx
So, the slimy cunt dies on March 23rd and they’re just now getting around to burying her.
What are they going to do, screw her into the ground?
Who’s this, Hotspur?
Thanks, Jimbro, I didn’t need to sleep for the next few nights anyway…
the toe fungus ads have gotten decisively worse
I feel like Musk should have purchased twitter as a cipher instead of announcing his free speech ideals ahead of time. Who knows, maybe he already has people inside.
First rule of toe fungus ads is don’t talk about toe fungus ads.
We’re getting leaked audio from high level meetings. Someone’s got an insider.
Nothing like public leak of audio from your little resistance planning meeting to up the paranoia past 11…
Albright, Albright, Albright…
Gabe writes “Ya’ll” not “Y’all”. It might be an Okie thing.
Who’s this, Hotspur?
Madeline Albright – another fucking affirmative action hire.
Ugh, well, hope she repented before her time came.
Was going to comment earlier about this, but was short staffed today & had to run a medical proto that’s coming due.
Ace throws the baby out with the bath water telling cons to either get rid if the house minority leader or ALL of us stay home in November. Bullshit, dude. We take all of congress in November, we can afford to lose that clowns seat, just those in his district stay home to get rid of him, not the entire country, dumb ass.
She can hang out with Kim Jong Il some more, now.
Madeline Albright – another fucking affirmative action hire
Tests need to be preformed, but my guess is he’s patient zero of the Trans movement.
feed me to the pygmies…..
DNH, nah, that was Janet Reno.
^ christ, Mimi on the old Drew Carey Show was more convincing as feminine than Albright, better looking too!
Is Kamala lying about how sick she is? The paxlovid is supposed to keep you out of the hospital, not treat someone with no symptoms. Plus she was boosted April 1 (April Fools!), so fat lotta good that did.
Roamy, since you mentioned it, I can’t come up with an argument against your view. But I’m sticking with mine until further evidence is offered.
Not arguing about Albright’s Budweiser score, just saying Janet Reno was earlier.
There was some NCIS/Chicago something or other type show my dad and stepmom loved to watch where the lead female was a 4 on a good day. I hadn’t watched network TV (other than MeTV and the occasional Price is Right) in years, so it took me by surprise that the heroine wasn’t drop-dead gorgeous. I half wondered if she was trans.
Heh Will Farrell as Janet Reno. The Butcher of Waco
Is Kamala lying about how sick she is?
Yes. She’s far more sick than any of us suspect, but it’s not due to Covid, probably one too many dents in her skull.
In your kindness, would you please pray for Mini-me? She got a tick bite and a bad allergic reaction to it – big knot on her shoulder and her fingers are swollen.
Done.
She’s been drilled too many times.
I meant Heels Up, not Mini Me.
Prayers for Mini Me
I can honestly say I’ve never found Will Farrell to be funny. Annoying yes, but not funny. I just don’t get how acting like a pathetically sad genetic mishap that survived is supposed to be funny.
I suppose there are those that say the same about me, that’s the way it goes, i guess.
Will Ferrell is only funny in small doses when he’s not the lead character.
Agree on Will Ferrell. The shtick goes on too long and doesn’t seem quite as funny as they want it to be.
I’ve never thought Will Ferrell was funny either.
Roamy, a prayer for mini-me will be sent when I talk to the better half before going to bed this evening.
He was actually good in Stranger than Fiction, but it’s not a comedy role.
Mini-Me is being prayed for in Florida.
Did they put her on an antibiotic, Roamy?
I like parts of ELF…a lot.
I like Zooey in an elf costume…
I wouldn’t watch Elf because of Will and Commie Asner. It is one of our fav Christmas Shows.
Shit.
DNH killed this thread, that bastard!
He’s worse than Todd.
Fuckin’ Todd.
I love Anchorman and I love the Cowbell sketch. I don’t care who knows it. Never understood why Elf is such a big deal.
Lumps, she did go to student health, got an antibiotic cream for the bite and a Claritin for the allergic reaction.
Elf is cute. There are a few scenes in various movies of his I laugh too hard . Parts of blades of glory ( getting stoned with the woodland fairies ). Old school – streaking. Mom the meatloaf! There are a lot of “misses” but I’d be lying if I didn’t say he’s made me laugh.
Gateway Pundit says Maxine Waters now has the Chyna flu.
Doreen easily remembered particulars.