Today will be my fourth day of doing T-25. humanodon, you asked in a comment what it was. -It's a workout regiment that only takes 25 minutes a day. I have an emerging "gut" that needs to go bye-bye and I've just generally been in poor shape since the birth of my son. No time for tennis, but I do have 25 minutes a day. My plan is to do this 5 days a week and then two runs on the weekend, a short one on Saturday and then a long run on Sunday. I have to get ready for the Detroit Half Marathon on October 19th. mk, b_b and ecib, we should hang out after the run in Detroit. QUESTION FOR ALL YA'LL Since we are sitting in a virtual "pub" right now. What virtual drink do you have in your hand? I have a rye Manhattan
I could go to your bachelor party the night before the marathon... .that'd probably be a great idea. Seriously though, any plans in place?
Eminem has definitely rapped about this: (song name: white trash party) She's got a tattoo of me right above her ass man
In the streets of Warren, Michigan we call 'em tramp stamps
That means she belongs to me, time to put the damn clamps
Down and show this hussy who's the man
Now, get in, dance!Makin' it rain for the ladies in the mini's
But I'm not throwin' ones, fives, tens, or even twenties
I'm throwin' quarters, nickels, dimes, pennies up at skinnies
Man I do this for them bunnies up at Denny's
From the north, east and west, but when
It comes to them trailers in them South Parks
Muffle it, cause homie that hood's tighter than Kenny's
You've changed. I kid. Let me know the date of the festivities. Who knows...
There's always Vegas... Maybe we could get insomniasexx to come if it were there. I hear she has some free time on her hands these days.
I'm already in Vegas the first week of Sept (I think) they've not announced the dates. Its a company thing, I'll let you know when they announce it. Should be soon. If it worked out, that would be SOOOOO kick ass.
Ha, sorry about that. I meant first week of NOV.
Not sure how I missed this convo. I'm always down for a vegas trip. You would think I would now have free time on my hands, but so far I've been just as busy. Just working on different stuff. Ack.
Are girls allowed at a bachelor party? If they are, would my fiancee flip if she knew which girl(s) were attending? If she would, would she forget about it and move on in a few days anyway? All good questions. Anyway, of all the chicks I know there aren't any who I would assume would be more fun at a BP than insom.
I attended the first half of a bachelor party. It was indeed really fun. I pretty much have no qualms with being a girl hanging out with boys being boys. The less talk about lipstick and shoes the better.
I have no doubt that many workout routines can be streamlined and made more efficient, but I do wonder about programs like these. As far as I know, rest is an essential part of exercise as is mixing up routines to challenge the body to adapt to new stresses. Personally, I've been thinking about joining a boxing gym close to my new apartment as my cousin joined one and has gained great functional strength, which is what I'm interested in more than aesthetics, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't exercise to look better too. Let me know how it goes. I know we're long overdue for an evox, but once I finish moving (and probably the first week of regular work) I plan to rectify that. I need to send one back to cW too.
The main thing with working out, so far as my experience tells me, is that there are a lot of ways to skin that cat, but they all have one common feature: you've gotta work hard. You need to feel your muscles hurting, and your heart rate has to go up a ton. I've always mainly been a weight lifter. Lately, now that I feel like an old man, I'm mixing in some running; it makes me feel good after, but man do I hate it at the time. I don't run distance, and I don't run for a long time. What I do is jog for five minutes as a warm up, then I sprint for 45-60s, after which I walk until I catch my breath. Repeat that for 20-30 min, and even though I may have only gone two or three miles total, I'm dead as fuck. It hurts. A lot. But I think it's got me on the road to losing the few lbs I would like to lose.
It's 25 minutes of working out with some cool down time at the end. It's also many different workouts, not just one. So, it does give plenty of variability and "muscle confusion" in to the mix. My aim is to drop some lb.'s and then I'd like to start doing yoga pretty regularly. cW will be glad to hear this -he's a devout yoga practitioner.
Craft beer (Natch) If I'm feeling like a good cocktail and it's not busy, and the bartender looks like they know their shit, Old Fashioned. If it's busy, and the bartender clearly can't do anything more than pour liquor over ice, Sapphire on the rocks with a lime.
I've inherited the "beer and bump" proclivity from my dad- one pint with concurrent tumbler of something amber, neat. Recently I've been going with whatever IPA looks good plus a bourbon- been on a Buffalo Trace kick for a little while. How's T-25 treating you?
I did p90x about 4 or 5 years ago and it was amazing. I was in the best shape of my life but it was just too much of a commitment time wise. Unrealistic in the long run for me. 25 minutes a day I can hang with. I like your dads "beer and bump" technique. I may take a page from his book moving forward.How's T-25 treating you?
Well, it's only been 3 days but I like it. I honestly can't hang with them completely yet. I find myself pausing half way through some of the things but I'm confident that in a couple of weeks I'll be able to hang. The key thing is that even after 3 days, I already feel better. More energy, clearer head and just better about myself in general. So far, I would recommend it.
Actually, somehow, pretty great! She's not totally my girlfriend yet (I don't think) but in terms of relationship, it's so much more open, honest and relaxed. 10/10 would recommmend.
I un-les'd my girl after she broke up with her previous girlfriend. "Part of me felt bad, and part of me felt something deviously happy."
the company I work for is selling massive deals that they cannot support. the company I work for is going through a massive re-org that they announced in June wherein they demoted 98% of the company by installing a new team of Executive Vice Presidents (some of whom are TBD)…. they moved several teams around, and that's as far as the details went. It's been two months in the dark and we still have to do our jobs. Selling big deals whilst doing a re-org isn't good for business… and it isn't good for morale. I've been working on a hubski welcome video… so that's fun. bartender? Another coke please.
Sorry about the re-org bull__t. Hope you land in a good place. Last year we had a major change in our E-VP and since then I've gotten a new VP and about 10-20 people were let go. There are times I feel I am next on the chopping block. Whether that is realistic or not, I'm not sure. There are two of us in my geography doing the same job. Eventually, they'll want to either get rid of, relocate or re-assign one of us. It's maddening. Everyone invite their smart friends to Hubski so that I can eventually make this my full time job. What a dream come true that would be. Anyways, great work on video thus far. I'll buy the coke.I've been working on a hubski welcome video… so that's fun.
-It was great to wake up today with the rough version in my inbox. Thanks for your efforts, I'm about to watch and take some notes. Get those to you this afternoon.
So my uncle passed away on Tuesday. He'd been fighting liver problems for a while, and then contracted pneumonia, and eventually it was too much. I feel really bad for my aunt. She had been unmarried for 50-odd years, and finally 2 or 3 years ago reconnected with this guy, her old boyfriend from high school, and they just hit it off. They were married about a year ago, so to lose him now is just terrible. But here's the thing - I don't feel particularly bad for my uncle. Honestly part of me thinks he deserved it: his doctors prescribed a diet and some medication, but apparently he just went on the diet and didn't take the meds. Couple this with my belief that the dead don't deserve any more respect just because they're dead, and I end up sounding like a jerk. It's a weird situation.
Are we still doing the bragging thing? Because I AM A FILE RECOVERY WIZARD! OK, so I don't know what's up with that super slow transfer speed, but still-- I got the files! This is so great. Soon I can finally stop worrying about hard drives entirely. Also, got a sleek new laptop to put the old files on :) All in all, this was a good day.
I don't understand my clients sometimes. Some of them use paper towels for toilet paper. They know they aren't supposed to. They are homeless, not feral. Isn't toilet paper cheaper on the whole anyway? And I always have a stock of free toilet paper I can give to them if they ask. So, every few months the plumbing gets clogged by paper towels, everyone complains, the houses smell, and we never get a plumber till the next day. Everyone is told not to use paper towels as toilet paper... again. Next day, someone tells me they found a paper towel in the toilet. So the ones who value common sense fight this. They put up notes in the bathrooms. "FLUSH THE TOILET AFTER YOU'RE DONE" and "DO NOT USE PAPER TOWELS." These are nearly always ripped down... I'm not sure if it's out of spite, or because it's obvious to some of them that they shouldn't flush paper towels, or because it's not posted by me. So a guy gets his note ripped down 5 days in a row. He's getting pissed. What does he do? He writes the message on the wall with a sharpie in 6 inch letters. Then he gets pissed when he gets in trouble for it, because he was just trying to help stop the morons using paper towels to wipe their asses.
This makes the problem much more interesting and slightly more intractable. I wonder what would happen if you provided them with free, top-of-the-fucking-line, premium Cadillac toilet paper. Like, tp so good that they'd be craaaazy to use a paper towel. Fuck 3-ply, you should track down some 4-ply and set it free. See what happens.
You know that feeling you get where you're not going to bed until 1:00 AM and you're really busy and exhausted but still content just because you're doing things? That's how I feel right now. Also, I went to bed today and realized that I love my part-time job at my school's office, and that I'm pretty lucky to like the work I do, and the people I work with, and get paid to do all of it when I'm not in class.
I recently was given the opportunity to buy a sculpture by Jerry the Marble Faun (the dude featured in the documentary Grey Gardens) at a cut rate price form my cousin's gallery. I'm considering it for my garden. My fiancee thinks this is stupid, as (a) it's expensive, and (b) we don't actually have a garden. I counter that we don't actually have a garden yet, but that we will soon. I have a bit of 2D art, but I only have one sculpture in my collection at the moment. I'd like to get a few more, and I think that this is a good palace to start. Below are some examples of his work, but I don't know what, exactly, I'd be able to get my hands on. Thoughts?
How long does this opportunity last? I say if you're really serious, create your garden first, then look into the sculpture. If it fits the garden and you like it, great. If not, you just saved some serious cash. Or, y'know, just buy it and resell for a profit. Either way.
Probably I'd have to make a choice in the next month or so. My guess is that when the exhibition is coming to an end she'll say, "Hey, this cool piece wasn't sold, and Jerry is willing to part with it. You want?" Selling art isn't that easy, and when you buy at a cut rate from a gallery, there's normally an understanding that you will give them first right of refusal to buy it back from you, should you want to part with it. Otherwise, you're diluting the market for an artist who probably has worked pretty hard building a rep. If I bought it, it won't be so much for investment as for personal enjoyment. Also, landscaping sucks, and I hate it, but paying someone to do it sucks a lot, too.
The Gallery of Regrettable Food, a truly terrific romp through the cookbooks of the 50s, 60s and 70s. I gave them out as gifts whenever I could until he came out in favor of waterboarding. Fucker. See also: Interior Desecrators. (it's actually http://www.theendoffood.com)
ASKPUBSKI Who do you guys think will be the nominees for President? Do you think there is any chance in hell that a third party candidate could even be included in the debates? -Nor for nomination, but for President. Do you care or are you burned out and cynical about the process?
Yes, they usually tend to be the lesser of two evils. You may not recall back when Ross Perot was a part of the final debates. It can happen and with the power of the Internet, there is no reason it couldn't again.
I voted for that crazy bastard (because I thought Clinton was fiscally irresponsible, and the Republicans worse). I thought he'd do better than he did, there was a lot of chatter about him but I think most voters got cold feet.
I couldn't vote at the time, I was 16 but still, I may have been inspired to vote for Perot too. He was certainly "different." I loved Dana Carvey's SNL interpretation of him, it was hilarious. He definitely secured Clinton's victory as he took votes from GB. I watched a documentary on Bush1 recently and he's very kind and gentle throughout it but when they bring up Perot he says, "I do not like that man." and when he says it, his face changes and you can see the anger/disdain.
Hate to break it to you, TNG, but I wasn't even born when Perot was running. That was the '92 election, I was born in '99. And you're right, it can happen. I'm just not optimistic because I haven't seen a popular enough third party candidate for the upcoming race.