GAINZZZ and BOOKZZZ

I'm hobbled by a planar fascitis pain in the heel. I think I got it from walking uphill with weights. So I've got no GAINZZZ.

On the BOOKZZZ front: I know this is a mancard-forfeiting offense, but I never saw Where Eagles Dare. I've seen bits of it, I saw some machine-gun fighting inside the castle, but not more than ten minutes of it.

I always meant to watch it. Never did.

The Critical Drinker praised high hell out of the movie, so I looked on Amazon and saw I could buy it for $5, so I did.

I also bought the book for $4, which I started reading yesterday.

It's really good so far. I can't recommend it yet, given that I've only read the first few chapters, but so far it's living up to what Critical Drinker promised. I'm reading the book first because Drinker said it had a lot of twists, which I imagine would be better handled in a book. More clues and anticipation in a book. In a movie that kind of intricate plotting tends to be either rushed or omitted completely.

What about you? GAINZZZ? BOOKZZZ?

PLANZZZ?

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1 First?

Posted by: 496 at May 07, 2021 03:08 PM (U1eOr)

2 nd

Posted by: 496 at May 07, 2021 03:08 PM (U1eOr)

3 hat trick!

Posted by: 496 at May 07, 2021 03:09 PM (U1eOr)

4 Planar fascitis pain causes shelves to fall.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 07, 2021 03:09 PM (/MaDp)

5 Not first.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:10 PM (LvTSG)

6 Planar is caused by calf tightness. You need to use compression and active stretching to get the muscle to release and prevent a recurrence.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 03:10 PM (5p7BC)

7 *Looks at Twitter post*

Weird, people use to lock up their mentally ill relatives in attics so they didn't embarrass the family. Now they don't even take away their Twitter accounts.

Posted by: Bete at May 07, 2021 03:11 PM (Ojki1)

8 Still holding at 185 and feeling pretty sporty.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:11 PM (jvt6t)

9 Aaaah books- am currently reading " All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque... remarkable book..

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:11 PM (0KKyI)

10 Still working on getting the weights going. Soreness is going away quicker- just getting tightness, which is kind of what it says on the tin.

Squats may be a wonder exercise, but they suck. Still love them.

Been taking a tour of good movies from the Drinker myself. The Rocketeer, which led to the first Cap movie (both Joe Johnston)- which led to Winter Soldier. What a great movie. And what a great character Sam used to be. Gonna cue up Soldier here in a minute.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:11 PM (lmikk)

11 I don't blame my weight gain in recent years on anyone but me.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:11 PM (cSyAR)

12 And stay off the foot, ace, it needs to heal..

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:12 PM (0KKyI)

13 Ace, I hope you feel better soon. Pains that affect your ability to, yanno, move around are really a bitch.

I've never seen or read Where Eagles Dare either, and I was a major fan of Alistair Maclean's thrillers in my youth. I've read somewhere, maybe here, that the novel was written by AM *based on* the screenplay he'd done -- not the other way around.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 07, 2021 03:12 PM (/XOcP)

14 I've never seen the movie Where Eagles Dare. I have read the book.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:12 PM (cSyAR)

15 Broadsword to DannyBoy!!

Thought I hit 250 after years of 236, but only 245. I lost 5 llbs!!

Posted by: Getting the banned back together at May 07, 2021 03:12 PM (e5dzA)

16 It's all liquid weight.

Booze.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 07, 2021 03:13 PM (3H9h1)

17 Been taking a tour of good movies from the Drinker myself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:11 PM (lmikk)

I know he really like Bat 21 but having read the book first it left me cold.

Posted by: Bete at May 07, 2021 03:13 PM (Ojki1)

18 No GAINZZZ. Still haven't started the diet, because I've been too depressed and food and booze are always right there.

BOOKZZZ? Been reading 1920: The Year That Made the Decade Roar. Light reading, and a lot of the chapters are wheel-spinning ones you can skip over. Not recommended.

Prince Albert: A Life by A.N. Wilson. Interesting, but slow going.

Still have not revamped and reissued The Director's Cut and haven't done a damned thing on The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of. Am actually waiting to hear from a publisher about the latter, in order to kick me in the ass to finish.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 07, 2021 03:13 PM (2JVJo)

19 GAINZ: I'm back in the gym regularly, although I'm not running enough to lose a lot of weight. Last year I was running about a mile every day and dropped to 214. Now I'm at 230 and holding steady. But I had to stop running back then because of plantar fasciitis in my heel, so I'm trying to ease back in slowly.

Other than that I'm working on sewing projects. I want to finish an 18th century waistcoat, and then try my hand at a pair of pluderhosen (yeah, I'm weird). I've also been trying to get back into practicing the violin regularly.

BOOKZ: I'm reading bits and pieces of John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in 14th Century Italy, as well as George Silver's Paradoxes of Defence and Brief Instructions On My Paradoxes of Defence.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 07, 2021 03:13 PM (jOcSX)

20 No gainz, not much bookz. Working on a new project. Well more of a revision of an old project.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 07, 2021 03:13 PM (E+OcO)

21 ace, the heel inserts work for relief. There is also a specific cream you can rub on. I don't know the name but will check if you want. A friend has just gone through a bout of the very same thing.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 03:13 PM (u4cEh)

22 Weight gain hard to deal with as metabolism slows with age, and lowered sex hormones..... cheery thought for the day...

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:13 PM (0KKyI)

23 Does Clint Eastwood have a role in Where Eagles Dare?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:14 PM (cSyAR)

24 I read Partisans for a book report in Grade 9 and then immediately went on an Alistair MacLean reading spree.

Posted by: spindrift at May 07, 2021 03:14 PM (h5TKJ)

25 The woman in the tweet doesn't understand how the game should be played. Her correct choices are either:
1. It didn't happen at all, and anyone who mentions anything is just a gaslighting Trumpist.
2. She is embracing body positivity in a negative world created by Drumpf.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 07, 2021 03:14 PM (Jsjd7)

26 During my time away from AOS, I trained for and ran the Atlanta marathon. I managed to PR by 5 minutes despite bonking at mile 22.

I've switched up my training program and am halfway through training for a marathon in Sun Valley, Idaho at the end of June. On pace now to PR by at least 25 minutes there. Doing over 50 miles a week right now, and I can't get enough to eat no matter how hard I try.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 03:14 PM (5p7BC)

27 I've been on a Yom Kippur / Six Day War kick book binge lately. It seems appropriate. Surrounded by enemies that want you dead, then kicking the shit out of them.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:14 PM (jvt6t)

28 >>>I've never seen or read Where Eagles Dare either, and I was a major fan of Alistair Maclean's thrillers in my youth. I've read somewhere, maybe here, that the novel was written by AM *based on* the screenplay he'd done -- not the other way around.

i looked it up. the book was from 1966, two years before the movie. The principle difference, wikipedia says, is that the book is more violent.

If i had to guess, I would guess that Force 10 from Navaronne would be a candidate for "screenplay first, novel second."

Just a guess though

Posted by: ace at May 07, 2021 03:14 PM (eOTGX)

29 ace, freeze a bottle of water and roll it under your foot. Or roll a tennis ball.

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2021 03:15 PM (cF8AT)

30 "I'm hobbled by a planar fascitis pain in the heel. I think I got it from walking uphill with weights. So I've got no GAINZZZ."

I have a friend who had the same problem, and he swore by yoga as the solution. The stretching regimen eventually solved the problem.

Good luck finding a yoga studio in NYC, though. I heard that many of them closed, due to Kaiser Wilhelm.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 07, 2021 03:15 PM (mdjgu)

31 I know he really like Bat 21 but having read the book first it left me cold.
Posted by: Bete at May 07, 2021 03:13 PM (Ojki1)

Ok, confession: I have never been a huge Gene Hackman fan. He never did anything for me. He felt the same to me in Unforgiven as he did in the Quick and the Dead. Hell, he was more animated in the Quick and the Dead.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:15 PM (lmikk)

32 My right scapula has essentially fallen asleep over the last few years. "Amnesia" they call it.

I was doing fine with my GAINZZZ except that now my right lats look very different (smaller) than my left. And it was giving me pretty bad shoulder pain - I think for the same reason that back pain happens: because the body was perceiving the antagonist muscles to be weak and so were activating/seizing to protect themselves.

So once I figured out that was the problem I found the right scapula activation exercises to do...bam, the pain is probably 20% of what it was two weeks ago.

Posted by: tachyonshuggy at May 07, 2021 03:15 PM (zPHra)

33 PLANZ: Going to Portland in a couple weeks for a memorial service for my grandparents. Too bad everything is crazy, because I used to love that city. At some point I'll wander up to DC for a long weekend.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 07, 2021 03:15 PM (jOcSX)

34 Saw the movie on some channel last year. It was good. A couple of good twists at the end. The guys were almost too good at times, though.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at May 07, 2021 03:15 PM (P7Iz+)

35 > Dude - unarmed - should never have gotten out of his truck and walked up to the armed guy harassing him. That's extremely reckless. Drive off. Run him down if you have to. Or be prepared to get into a gunfight. But getting out of your vehicle to run toward a dude with a gun?

He had a gun.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 07, 2021 03:15 PM (i0wNm)

36 Bookzzz:
Just finished: Journey by James Michener (good)
Also just finished: Ocean Prey by John Sandford (fun, fun)

Posted by: wth at May 07, 2021 03:15 PM (v0R5T)

37 Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 03:13 PM (u4cEh)

The Good Feet Store!!

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:15 PM (jvt6t)

38 You should read Alistair Maclean's other books.

He was a great writer. Start with HMS Ulysses, Guns of Navarone, South by Java head, Fear is the Key, Ice Station Zebra etc. etc.

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at May 07, 2021 03:15 PM (EMi53)

39 oh wait the book is LESS violent

"The principal difference is that the 1966 novel by Alistair MacLean is less violent."

Oh well that means the movie will up the blood.

Posted by: ace at May 07, 2021 03:15 PM (eOTGX)

40 I'm about to start relistening to Anyway You Can by Anette Bosworth. It's one of the best books about Keto I've come across.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:16 PM (cSyAR)

41 Just finished " Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt... guy was a helluva writer.. but did not write much.

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:16 PM (0KKyI)

42 sean davis recommended the one where the mercenaries go into africa. dogs of war, I think?

Posted by: ace at May 07, 2021 03:16 PM (eOTGX)

43

Both book and movie are excellent, as is the movie score. Simply Big Adventure Filmmaking at it's best. There is a short about it's making available at that video place, it's a fun watch.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 07, 2021 03:16 PM (o6NKx)

44 26 During my time away from AOS, I trained for and ran the Atlanta marathon. I managed to PR by 5 minutes despite bonking at mile 22.

I've switched up my training program and am halfway through training for a marathon in Sun Valley, Idaho at the end of June. On pace now to PR by at least 25 minutes there. Doing over 50 miles a week right now, and I can't get enough to eat no matter how hard I try.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 03:14 PM (5p7BC)

Damn, Dave. You're making me feel like a lump here.

Seriously, congrats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:16 PM (lmikk)

45 I could start doing the Peloton more, I guess. I did 20 minutes on Saturday. Dolley's doing it everyday. I'm beginning to get used to the fasting agenda again, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:16 PM (LvTSG)

46 Planar fascitis can also be caused by wearing high heels too much. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 07, 2021 03:16 PM (1ISKN)

47 WTF is "value-aligned parenting?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 07, 2021 03:16 PM (Jsjd7)

48
Can anyone tell us a ten-letter word for "criticizing people for the behavior that you engage in yourself?"

This crossword puzzle is really hard.

Posted by: Lincoln Project at May 07, 2021 03:17 PM (Uh2oA)

49 @10 Aetius451AD-I responded to you in the previous thread. Comment #333. Thank You for actually reading my comment and acknowledging it. As you might have read on occasion that subject its a bit of a touchy one with me.

Posted by: JROD at May 07, 2021 03:17 PM (0jZnq)

50 If I remember correctly, Burton was so drunk a few times it either interrupted filming or someone stood in for him.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021 03:17 PM (VpIIl)

51 6 Planar is caused by calf tightness. You need to use compression and active stretching to get the muscle to release and prevent a recurrence.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 03:10 PM (5p7BC)

Exactly. One more thing to do is to change your athletic shoes if you haven't replaced them in the last 3-6 months.

You don't want to get over the issue, and then just re-cause it when you go back to workouts...

Posted by: Nova local at May 07, 2021 03:18 PM (b1h2x)

52 But getting out of your vehicle to run toward a dude with a gun?

He had a gun.

***

The idiot drew it and didn't fire. He was lucky he wasn't filled full of holes from the two+ people that had ARs trained on him.

I'm guessing the FBI has instructed them not to shoot.

Regardless, the truck driver who was attacked will be charged for brandishing and who knows what else.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 07, 2021 03:18 PM (nMXLX)

53 Any good man-boy movie recommendations? Rick Wilson and the Lincoln Project boyz are coming over later.

Posted by: David French at May 07, 2021 03:18 PM (uiux8)

54 Getting ready to read " Dubliners" by Hames Joyce..

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:19 PM (0KKyI)

55 Jak Sucio, Have you read 'The Six Days of War' by Michael Oren?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 03:19 PM (u4cEh)

56 I'm not sure how it happened, but I have gained weight too.

It just sort of snacked up on me.

Posted by: 496 at May 07, 2021 03:19 PM (U1eOr)

57 Aetius451AD - Thanks

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 03:19 PM (5p7BC)

58 54 Getting ready to read " Dubliners" by Hames Joyce..
Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:19 PM (0KKyI)

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You should read the one by James Joyce instead. The Mexican adaptation by Hames Joyce loses something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:20 PM (LvTSG)

59 No gainzzz but I am finally after three years able to take my morning walk again. Maybe I'll shed a few pounds that way. I could probably give up the tequila.... nah.

Posted by: Jewells45 at May 07, 2021 03:20 PM (nxdel)

60 The correct spelling is Plantar Fasciitizzzzz

Posted by: ... at May 07, 2021 03:20 PM (uEbPt)

61 49 @10 Aetius451AD-I responded to you in the previous thread. Comment #333. Thank You for actually reading my comment and acknowledging it. As you might have read on occasion that subject its a bit of a touchy one with me.
Posted by: JROD at May 07, 2021 03:17 PM (0jZnq)

I read it. Honestly, I think you are right and it explains a lot. If you look at Goldwater as a sacrifice candidate in '64 against an incumbent with the power of a Dead Kennedy behind him, it makes even more sense. Consider Reagan's troubles with the nomination (which sort of mirror Trump's) and it falls into place even more.

As ace has said, the party 'elite' are rich social liberals who love their insular little club (and that club overlaps with the very people they fucking are supposed to stand against.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:20 PM (lmikk)

62 12 O'clock High. We still use it as a leadership training film. Great movie.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021 03:20 PM (VpIIl)

63 55 Jak Sucio, Have you read 'The Six Days of War' by Michael Oren?
Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 03:19 PM (u4cEh)

I saw that when cruising through Kindle selections. I may just pick it up. Thanks!

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:20 PM (jvt6t)

64 Clint killed the most people in Where Eagles Dare...And I think the blonde's husband is Robert 'Quint' Shaw, which is cool in itself.

Posted by: Ralph Wiggum at May 07, 2021 03:20 PM (2Lxu9)

65 Major, right now you got me about as confused as I ever hope to be.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 07, 2021 03:20 PM (63Dwl)

66 The Eiger Sanction. Movie and books from the author all good.You don't hear much about it because the gay gets popped.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 07, 2021 03:21 PM (o89XP)

67 If I remember correctly, Burton was so drunk a few times it either interrupted filming or someone stood in for him.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021 03:17 PM (VpIIl)

From my understanding of Burton, there were very few movie sets where he wasn't drunk.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 07, 2021 03:21 PM (2JVJo)

68 For me, the best (and cheapest) planar fascitis cure is to extend your toes as far as possible and hold for ten seconds then curl your toes as much as possible and hold for ten seconds. Repeat several times a day.

As far as GAINZZZ, I've lost another seven lbs. Pretty good for not even trying. (Although I am trying to stay on my diabetes diet.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 07, 2021 03:21 PM (VVEnO)

69
58 54 Getting ready to read " Dubliners" by Hames Joyce..
Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:19 PM (0KKyI)

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You should read the one by James Joyce instead. The Mexican adaptation by Hames Joyce loses something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:20 PM (LvTSG)

I deserved that... hate typing on the phone....

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:21 PM (0KKyI)

70 I re-read some Alistair McLean novels recently. I didn't think they were nearly as good as they were when I read them as a young'n. WED the movie is one of my favorites, although I never thought Burton was right for the role.

Posted by: That Deplorable SOB Van Owen at May 07, 2021 03:21 PM (bAe71)

71 I could start doing the Peloton more, I guess.
.......

Is it a treadmill thingie? Thought they were recalling those things.

Posted by: wth at May 07, 2021 03:21 PM (v0R5T)

72 Apparently someone painted "DEMS STOLE IT" on an I-10 overpass yesterday for Biden's visit to New Orleans.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 07, 2021 03:21 PM (1ISKN)

73 i actually have gainzz to report for once. down 10 pounds in 2 1/2 weeks. kind of shocked but it's eating less (and better) and keeping the hockey going 2-3 times a week.

the biggest thing for me is watching intake. it's been easy this year to munch on junk and eat a ton of sweets, but i hovered around 220 for the last 3-4 years. finally decided i needed to fix it. stopped buying so much sweets, got some more fruit, which i love anyway, and even had a few salads to help along. but mostly, so far anyway, it's portion control.

now i just need to add the daily exercise to the list and see if i can maintain the dropping down to 170ish... but first goal is 200

Posted by: Hedly Lamar at May 07, 2021 03:21 PM (8D42x)

74 Force 10 from Navarone is probably the screenplay-to-book the poster above menat.

The screenplay was written in 1961 for a movie which was never made. Then, in 1968, he wrote the book based on the screenplay.

The 1978 movie ditched most of the plot and characters from the original screenplay and novel.

Later still, MacLean took the plot of the MOVIE and used it as the basis for a novel called "Partisans."

Posted by: ace at May 07, 2021 03:22 PM (eOTGX)

75 My GAINZZZ: I have a week off at the end of the month, and last night we finally figured out where we are going. We suggested and argued and researched and suggested some more (Florida? Costa Rica? South Carolina? Catalina Island?). Finally decided on Sitka. It's not that far from here and hubs' nephew and family live there, plus I've never been to Alaska. It won't be warm and sunny and beachy, but I think we're going to have a blast anyway.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 03:22 PM (Ez6QX)

76 71 I could start doing the Peloton more, I guess.
.......

Is it a treadmill thingie? Thought they were recalling those things.
Posted by: wth at May 07, 2021 03:21 PM (v0R5T)

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We got the bike about a month ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:22 PM (LvTSG)

77 Calf stretches are good for PF but also Achilles stretch. Get into position to do a calf stretch, then bend your knee slightly. You should feel the stretch move down to your Achilles. This is a gentle stretch.

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2021 03:22 PM (cF8AT)

78 Any good man-boy movie recommendations? Rick Wilson and the Lincoln Project boyz are coming over later.
Posted by: David French at May 07, 2021 03:18 PM (uiux

Spielberg's Hook.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 07, 2021 03:22 PM (2JVJo)

79 I am reading Windswept House by Malachi Martin. It's fiction that's based on real events. It was published in '96, but the talking points are showing up today. Very... unsettling.

Posted by: J. Galt at May 07, 2021 03:22 PM (h1hWo)

80 i used to love this Richard Harris cruiseline thriller called Golden Rendezvous as a kid. That's a McLean thriller too.

Posted by: ace at May 07, 2021 03:23 PM (eOTGX)

81 Wait... you have not turned in your Peleton of Death????

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:23 PM (0KKyI)

82 One of my favorite Choose Your Own Adventure books turned out to be kind of a rip-off of Where Eagles Dare, I discovered later.

Posted by: spindrift at May 07, 2021 03:23 PM (h5TKJ)

83 Agreed on McLean novels. I read about every one of them as a teenager and loved them. But rereading as an adult they are just ok.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 03:23 PM (5p7BC)

84 I've never seen or read Where Eagles Dare either, and I was a major fan of Alistair Maclean's thrillers in my youth. I've read somewhere, maybe here, that the novel was written by AM *based on* the screenplay he'd done -- not the other way around.

i looked it up. the book was from 1966, two years before the movie. The principle difference, wikipedia says, is that the book is more violent.

If i had to guess, I would guess that Force 10 from Navaronne would be a candidate for "screenplay first, novel second."

Just a guess though
Posted by: ace at May 07, 2021

***
I wasn't sure either. Maclean is a good storyteller at his best (H.M.S. Ulysses and Guns of Navarone), so you probably have a dynamite reading experience in front of you.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 07, 2021 03:23 PM (/XOcP)

85 Willowed:

David is doing the French Mistake.

Voila!

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 07, 2021 03:23 PM (WmGrA)

86 I had tendinitis in both feet once that lasted for months. Every time I thought it was gone, I'd do something and it would come right back.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (1ISKN)

87 78 Any good man-boy movie recommendations? Rick Wilson and the Lincoln Project boyz are coming over later.
Posted by: David French at May 07, 2021 03:18 PM (uiux

Spielberg's Hook.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 07, 2021 03:22 PM (2JVJo)

==========

"Have you ever seen movies about gladiators?"
-Captain Oeuvre

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (LvTSG)

88 Getting ready to read " Dubliners" by Hames Joyce..
Posted by: kraken

Helluva penance! You must've done something real bad!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (VVEnO)

89 Jordan61, Hope you have a wonderful time.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (u4cEh)

90 Agreed on McLean novels. I read about every one of them as a teenager and loved them. But rereading as an adult they are just ok.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021

***
Maclean never met a long sentence he didn't like, that was for sure. And by all reports, he got lazy about his editing as the years went by.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (/XOcP)

91 Spielberg's Hook.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 07, 2021 03:22 PM (2JVJo)

Damn, MP4. I am trying to put off exercising here.

That movie had flashes of greatness. Just flashes though. It could not decide what the hell it wanted to be.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (lmikk)

92 Jordan61.. that sounds nice! If nothing else Alaska has stunning scenery.

Posted by: Jewells45 at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (nxdel)

93 I'm back on Nero Wolfe, by Rex Stout. Even the slighter works are delightful. Although you could almost call them the Archie Goodwin stories and not be far off.

I just finished The Black Mountain where two long-recurring characters get killed off for good. Ballsy.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, get ready now at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (ifmtJ)

94 Burton was also good in The Desert Rats. That was another good period film.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021 03:25 PM (VpIIl)

95 We were all sitting ducks? These people really HAVE to believe that sort of crap, because the minute any single thread in their web of lies, deceptions, falsehoods, stupidity, lunacy, cowardice, and sloth are pulled loose, the whole thing unravels. Disprove Unicorns, and Bigfoot and Ancient Aliens are next...

Posted by: No Longer Amused at May 07, 2021 03:25 PM (vTW2/)

96 93 I just finished The Black Mountain where two long-recurring characters get killed off for good. Ballsy.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, get ready now at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (ifmtJ)

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Sounds like he subverted some expectations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:25 PM (LvTSG)

97 Down to 173 from 183 three weeks ago. Doing a Pilates class with the wife. Great workout for me. It helps with posture and balance, a lot of which has gone to hell since I started flying a desk full time.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 07, 2021 03:25 PM (DjiZK)

98 fists with your toes

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 07, 2021 03:25 PM (iTXRQ)

99 WED the movie is one of my favorites, although I never thought Burton was right for the role.
Posted by: That Deplorable SOB Van Owen at May 07, 2021

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People shake their heads at me when I say this, but the *young* Burton, say about 1956, would have made a great James Bond.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (/XOcP)

100 I find a foam roller works well for fascitis issues. It hurts but it helps.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (cSyAR)

101 "Have you ever seen movies about gladiators?"
-Captain Oeuvre
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (LvTSG)

*buzzer*

The sir will remember that the correct line is: 'Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (lmikk)

102 78 Any good man-boy movie recommendations? Rick Wilson and the Lincoln Project boyz are coming over later.
Posted by: David French at May 07, 2021 03:18 PM (uiux

Spielberg's Hook.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 07, 2021 03:22 PM (2JVJo)

That episode of Diff'rent Strokes where Arnold and his friend Dudley get molested by the boss from WKRP, who owns a bicycle shop.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (H3MF8)

103 There's also an Iron Maiden song based on the book/movie https://youtu.be/46TKmvPDGGs

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (xPl2J)

104 Wait... you have not turned in your Peleton of Death????
Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:23 PM (0KKyI)
.......

I think it's just the treadmills. People were putting their fat dogs on them and giving them heart attacks. True story.

Posted by: wth at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (v0R5T)

105 Clint Eastwood with the infinity MP 40 magazine . Awesome.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (2DOZq)

106 .82 cents/round for 124 grain 9mm, 500 count.
Am I crazy?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (7Fj9P)

107

Golden Shower Rendezvous is a great movie, right up there with Peanut Peni...

Posted by: Don LeMonparty at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (o6NKx)

108
88 Getting ready to read " Dubliners" by Hames Joyce..
Posted by: kraken

Helluva penance! You must've done something real bad!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (VVEnO)

Read " Little, Big" by John Crowley..... complex is an understatement.... but I loved it, but I am not normal.....

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (0KKyI)

109 I know it's not a book, but last night I watched The Boondock Saints.....well....a Horde Movie for our times. The FIB is represented well by Willem Dafoe.....except the brilliant part.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (jvt6t)

110 Thinking about it, WED probably was my favorite of his books, so Ace has picked a good one to read.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (5p7BC)

111 People shake their heads at me when I say this, but the *young* Burton, say about 1956, would have made a great James Bond.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (/XOcP)

That might have worked.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (lmikk)

112 Under my new plan, all gainz will be rewarded to you for free.

As for Where Eagles Dare, sounds like Jim Eagle to me

Posted by: President NPC at May 07, 2021 03:27 PM (FPuSC)

113 thanks for the planar fascitis tips!

i'll try them. all i've been doing is calf stretches.

Posted by: ace at May 07, 2021 03:27 PM (eOTGX)

114 5 weeks out from USAPL Natls in Daytona:

I'm fighting a strained adductor, but hope to be fit enough to compete with the rest of the "old man" division.

Physical gainzzz - minimal
Mental gainzzz- immense

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at May 07, 2021 03:27 PM (BgMrQ)

115 I went to my niece's college graduation party last weekend. 25 people, tons of food, gained 5 pounds. I think we might be doing this decedent and defiant act against the State again for black birthing person day.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 07, 2021 03:27 PM (2goRJ)

116 My GAINZZZ has come via the purchase of the Bathmate. After 3 months of use it has grown my penis from a measly 11 inches to 12 inches. Go look up the Bathmate if you feel like you're falling short like me.

Posted by: JROD at May 07, 2021 03:27 PM (0jZnq)

117 110 I know it's not a book, but last night I watched The Boondock Saints.....well....a Horde Movie for our times. The FIB is represented well by Willem Dafoe.....except the brilliant part.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (jvt6t)

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I hate that movie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:27 PM (LvTSG)

118 Spielberg's Hook.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 07, 2021 03:22 PM (2JVJo)

That movie had a weird cameo - George Lucas and Carrie Fisher making out on a bridge right as Robin Williams was flying by.

Or maybe Lucas and Fisher were engaging in a bit of decadence on the side like all the other Hollyweirdos?

Posted by: Thrawn at May 07, 2021 03:27 PM (Enc9Y)

119 I'm back on Nero Wolfe, by Rex Stout. Even the slighter works are delightful. Although you could almost call them the Archie Goodwin stories and not be far off.

I just finished The Black Mountain where two long-recurring characters get killed off for good. Ballsy.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, get ready now at May 07, 2021

***
Black Mountain is one that upends the entire format of the series, temporarily. Fantastic writing, humor, pacing, everything.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 07, 2021 03:27 PM (/XOcP)

120 Just about an hour ago, I finished "A Short History of Russia," by Mark Galeotti. It only took me a few days to finish. I'll say this. The title is right. It was short! As in about 800 or 900 years breezing by so fast I thought I was reading an outline.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 07, 2021 03:27 PM (O+I8R)

121 Where Eagles Dare is a great popcorn movie night. Impossible plot, but Eastwood is a total badass, especially when he caps the nurse in the penultimate scene.

Posted by: Only Context at May 07, 2021 03:27 PM (xEIoY)

122
Weight was 179 this morning.

Now reading (as a dead tree book) The Path to Victory by Douglas Porch on the Mediterranean campaigns of WWII. Porch concludes that the Med and Italy were strategic dead ends for both Axis and Allies (only Churchill was enthused), but served their purpose in 1) giving experience and coherence to both US and British forces and 2) Stalin would not have accepted the Western powers sitting around waiting for a buildup for invasion of northern Europe.

Also re-reading (as an e-book) Advise and Consent by Allen Drury. After all this time, one of the great political novels in America.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 07, 2021 03:28 PM (mht8P)

123 Jordan61, Hope you have a wonderful time.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (u4cEh)

Jordan61.. that sounds nice! If nothing else Alaska has stunning scenery.
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (nxdel)

I wanted to do Costa Rica, but hubs has been all over Central America when he was in the Coast Guard and when I brought it up he said, "you know tourists get murdered there all the time, right?" And that was the end of that.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 03:28 PM (Ez6QX)

124 And speaking of Alister Mac Lean, I watched 'Heartbreak Pass', on the Amazon Prime. Starred Charles Bronson. Pretty good twists and turns, high body count for a western. Just about everyone has a secret to keep.

It's not perfect but it works, well scripted.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, get ready now at May 07, 2021 03:28 PM (ifmtJ)

125 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (VVEnO)

"Dubliners" is just nice and interesting short stories. Not like some of his really odd novels.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2021 03:28 PM (k39e/)

126 "The Castle of Eagles, and believe me, it's well named, because only an eagle can get to it" ... from a brief clip I just saw on YouTube. I saw it long ago ... worth watching again, or buying for $5.

Planzzz ... kill the invasives ... (bush honeysuckle and honey locust, not illegals and Antifa, for now). Basal spray ... diesel fuel and herbicide on the lower foot of the trunk, easy kill over time and easier to apply. I found spending more time outside doing projects improves my health and mood, as the junta terrorists destroy the cities.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 07, 2021 03:28 PM (Cus5s)

127 All the way to Sitka (which must involve some hassle-ish expensive short-hop on Alaska Jetways?), but not going to see any of Alaska's spectacular sites? Nothing wrong with Sitka, always kinda wanted to see it myself (capital of Russian America). But yikes.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2021 03:28 PM (OTzUX)

128 I hate that movie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:27 PM (LvTSG)

But you like Prometheus, so that makes us even.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:29 PM (jvt6t)

129 Wait, you like Prometheus and hate the Boondock Saints? Making a note here, boss.

Posted by: Only Context at May 07, 2021 03:29 PM (xEIoY)

130 the *young* Burton, say about 1956, would have made a great James Bond.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (/XOcP)

That might have worked.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021

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Imagine if it had. We'd be quoting the famous Doctor No scene in a Welsh accent instead of Scots:

"That's a Smith and Wesson. And you've had your six." Blap! Blap!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 07, 2021 03:29 PM (/XOcP)

131
Also currently enjoying going into stores with "Mask Required!" on the door and not wearing one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 07, 2021 03:29 PM (mht8P)

132 I find a foam roller works well for fascitis issues. It hurts but it helps.
=============================
Golf ball-ice-golf ball-ice-golf ball-ice. Roll that ball until you have tears in your eyes, and have multiple cold packs handy.
Do that routine for 5 days, you're fixed.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 07, 2021 03:29 PM (7Fj9P)

133 Volcano for sale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdqYaGJVQ00

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 07, 2021 03:29 PM (AHq56)

134
126 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (VVEnO)

"Dubliners" is just nice and interesting short stories. Not like some of his really odd novels.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2021 03:28 PM (k39e/)

Stimulated to read it after reading " Angela's Ashes"..... talk about a tough childhood!!!!!

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:30 PM (0KKyI)

135 126 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (VVEnO)

"Dubliners" is just nice and interesting short stories. Not like some of his really odd novels.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2021 03:28 PM (k39e/)

==========

Dubliners is where Joyce proved he was an absolute master of the English language.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was when he started breaking some rules. Ulysses is where he broke all the rules. Finnegan's Wake is where he decided that he needed to produce his dream journal after a couple of decades of not publishing anything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:30 PM (LvTSG)

136 I hate those damn Planar Fascists!

Worse than Illinois Nazis!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2021 03:30 PM (EERbD)

137 Black Mountain is one that upends the entire format of the series, temporarily. Fantastic writing, humor, pacing, everything.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 07, 2021 03:27 PM (/XOcP)

Yep, total reversal of roles. And some nice denouements of Communism by Wolfe. I guess that was back in the days when a Liberal could be anti-Communist and anti-Nazi.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, get ready now at May 07, 2021 03:30 PM (ifmtJ)

138 No suggestion of hot iron for ace? I'm starting to question the horde's medical advice.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 07, 2021 03:30 PM (kTF2Z)

139 134 Volcano for sale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdqYaGJVQ00
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 07, 2021 03:29 PM (AHq56)

I don't have any place to put it. Have to clean out the garage.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:30 PM (lmikk)

140 Aaaah books- am currently reading " All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque... remarkable book..
Posted by: kraken

Netflix is filming an adaptation. I assume everyone will be queer.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (VVEnO)

141 And "The Dead" is from 1987- very nice movie of one of the stories in "The Dubliners" John Huston made the movie and Anjelica Huston is in it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (k39e/)

142 On the search for a new protein powder. I don't want any sugar or sugar substitutes. No Stevia or any of that crap. I don't care if it tastes like ass, I can add fruit.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (VpIIl)

143 Reading the first book of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy, and I highly recommend it. Not only is it a great book, but it's given me insight on how to tackle certain aspects of a story I'm writing. Which leads me to my GAINZZZZ: writing another page in my novel.

Posted by: pookysgirl, published editor but not an author at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (XKZwp)

144 All the way to Sitka (which must involve some hassle-ish expensive short-hop on Alaska Jetways?), but not going to see any of Alaska's spectacular sites? Nothing wrong with Sitka, always kinda wanted to see it myself (capital of Russian America). But yikes.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2021 03:28 PM (OTzUX)

We get to fly for free. One of the perks of being the birthing parent of an Alaska Airlines employee.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (Ez6QX)

145 Why use Amazon to buy stuff that can be bought somewhere else ?

Posted by: Dinkum Thinkum at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (RxwL0)

146 James Joyce evolved into David Lynch?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (lmikk)

147 Burton was also good in The Desert Rats. That was another good period film.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021

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There is a scene on YooToob with him and James Mason as Rommel. In it, Burton has exactly the right flavor to play Fleming's Bond.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (/XOcP)

148 Six Days of War by Oren is solid. Kind of related and of interest might be Rise and Kill First, about Mossad's "mokriye dyela" or "wet work" over the decades (factor in the author seems to be a kind of towards the clueless end of the spectrum on some things, a characteristic/unique Israeli "liberal"). And going back to WWII, The Brigade, aobut the Jewish Brigade of the British Army, which is really a swashbuckling wild bit of real history, pesky joos in the earliest days of the State at their enterprising, courageous best (and there's a decent video on the topic on UToob).

Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2021 03:32 PM (OTzUX)

149 140 I don't have any place to put it.

It's a real-estate deal.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 07, 2021 03:32 PM (AHq56)

150 I wanted to do Costa Rica, but hubs has been all over Central America when he was in the Coast Guard and when I brought it up he said, "you know tourists get murdered there all the time, right?" And that was the end of that.
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 03:28 PM (Ez6QX)
........

I found it soothing to be rocked to sleep at night by the sound of gunfire. (La Libertad, El Salvador)

Posted by: wth at May 07, 2021 03:32 PM (v0R5T)

151 Boondock Saints 2 isn't Oscar material but doesn't suck .

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:32 PM (2DOZq)

152
Any good man-boy movie recommendations? Rick Wilson and the Lincoln Project boyz are coming over later.
Posted by: David French

The Boys In the Band

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 07, 2021 03:32 PM (63Dwl)

153 Here's a movie for you Ace.

Day of the Triffids

Or maybe it's just the DEMS Biden White House?

https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=or3ygBd56gg&app=desktop

Posted by: Corner Stone at May 07, 2021 03:32 PM (lTZLC)

154 I just finished The Black Mountain where two long-recurring characters get killed off for good. Ballsy.

***

Those are my favorite kinds of movies and books. Tell the story and be done with it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 07, 2021 03:32 PM (nMXLX)

155 .82 cents/round for 124 grain 9mm, 500 count.
Am I crazy?
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (7Fj9P)

No, that's about market rate, give or take 10%

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, get ready now at May 07, 2021 03:32 PM (ifmtJ)

156 Speaking of gainzzz I've been working on cleaning up my house-slowly but steadily. And it's looking better. 'Ettes would mock but it's looking better.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:32 PM (cSyAR)

157 143 On the search for a new protein powder. I don't want any sugar or sugar substitutes. No Stevia or any of that crap. I don't care if it tastes like ass, I can add fruit.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (VpIIl)

Ever try BioTrust?

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2021 03:33 PM (cF8AT)

158 155 Here's a movie for you Ace.

Day of the Triffids

I've read that book.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:33 PM (cSyAR)

159 Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2021 03:32 PM (OTzUX)

Thanks looking at books about the Mossad next.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:33 PM (jvt6t)

160 "There is a scene on YooToob with him and James Mason
as Rommel. In it, Burton has exactly the right flavor to play
Fleming's Bond.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (/XOcP)"I really liked Mason and felt he was very much overlooked. In that movie with Burton, he was fantastic.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021 03:33 PM (VpIIl)

161 Rise and Kill First, about Mossad's "mokriye dyela" or "wet work" over the decades (factor in the author seems to be a kind of towards the clueless end of the spectrum on some things, a characteristic/unique Israeli "liberal"). And going back to WWII, The Brigade, aobut the Jewish Brigade of the British Army, which is really a swashbuckling wild bit of real history, pesky joos in the earliest days of the State at their enterprising, courageous best (and there's a decent video on the topic on UToob).

Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2021 03:32 PM (OTzUX)

Rise and Kill first is quite eye-opening, but it's worth keeping in mind that the author has a long-standing grudge vs Mossad. So there's a few digs here and there. The factual reporting is really good, however.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, get ready now at May 07, 2021 03:34 PM (ifmtJ)

162 Ah, free airfare. Free ninety nine, my favorite price. That changes everything. And means future trips to explore Alaska's wonders on the cheap, too. Good deal.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2021 03:34 PM (OTzUX)

163 I just finished The Black Mountain where two long-recurring characters get killed off for good. Ballsy.

***

Those are my favorite kinds of movies and books. Tell the story and be done with it.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 07, 2021

***

That particular adventure is over when the book ends, yes, but Stout returned to the basic format of the Wolfe stories afterward and wrote more of them for almost 20 years. And was rarely ever dull or disappointing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 07, 2021 03:34 PM (/XOcP)

164 145 Reading the first book of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy, and I highly recommend it. Not only is it a great book, but it's given me insight on how to tackle certain aspects of a story I'm writing. Which leads me to my GAINZZZZ: writing another page in my novel.
Posted by: pookysgirl, published editor but not an author at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (XKZwp)

It is not a bad series. I'd highly recommend the Wax and Wayne series (which is sort of a sequel series to Mistborn.) More grounded. More like an adventure serial in it's execution. Reading Mistborn helps you get a feeling for the way things work though. Sanderson is strange because he swaps styles a LOT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:34 PM (lmikk)

165 Marcus, I drink a whey protein isolate made by Antler Farms. They do have chocolate, vanilla and berry, but there is an unflavored variety too, that doesn't have stevia extract. It's from New Zealand. I also combine it with their collagen protein powder.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 07, 2021 03:34 PM (O+I8R)

166 .82 cents/round for 124 grain 9mm, 500 count.
Am I crazy?
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 07, 2021 03:26 PM (7Fj9P)

You can find steel case 115 for closer to 55-60¢ on ammoseek.com, but shipping.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Posted by: hogmartin at May 07, 2021 03:34 PM (t+qrx)

167 For easy listening music fans the movie Once is a very good movie about an Irish street performer .

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:34 PM (2DOZq)

168 There are many ways to get relief from plantar fascitis but it will be reoccurring until the underlying problem is fixed. The pain comes from an acute misalignment in the bone structure and causes the stress and irritation. I work on this a lot in horses and it is mostly caused by bad shoeing.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 03:35 PM (u4cEh)

169 Why use Amazon to buy stuff that can be bought somewhere else ?
Posted by: Dinkum Thinkum at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (RxwL0)

I've had to resort to using Amazon a few times when I couldn't find something locally. I keep getting knockoff Chinese crap.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 03:35 PM (Ez6QX)

170 170 For easy listening music fans the movie Once is a very good movie about an Irish street performer .
Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:34 PM (2DOZq)

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I highlighted that in a movie thread a while back.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:35 PM (LvTSG)

171 Sounds like he subverted some expectations.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:25 PM (LvTSG)

Yeah, but he didn't shit all over his characters and legacy doing it. He raised the stakes and gave Wolfe a motivation to actually get off his ass and get some payback.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, get ready now at May 07, 2021 03:35 PM (ifmtJ)

172 See that tree over there? I'm gonna be buried neath it.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 07, 2021 03:36 PM (o89XP)

173 #147

Almost every place else is cheaper than Amazon also.

Fyi

Bezos and Gates using insider information and Fake Divorces before a plandemic engineered stock market crash?

That is why they are getting rid of millions of shares in their companies?

Posted by: Corner Stone at May 07, 2021 03:36 PM (lTZLC)

174 Ran across an Aussie study a few years ago from the 50's where they gave burn victims a diet of nothing but eggs for 6 or 8 weeks. The results were comparable to a cycle of Dianabol. I'm considering doing this beginning in June and lifting heavy. So at least 50 eggs a day. But I could only eat eggs and nothing else. Blood tests before and after.
Or I may continue down the gymnastics and yoga route with the gf because it's fun. I can do standing backflip now and handstand walks.
Still pushing through Twin Peaks with her at night when our kids are gone.
With that said, have a blessed weekend Horde.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 07, 2021 03:36 PM (lsp4J)

175 Look phat, I gainnnzzzed.

https://tinyurl.com/rrpffwak

Posted by: The Joe Biden Gaffe Machine at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (uiux8)

176
My amazon.com buying decision tree:

Can I get it from someplace else?

If I can't get it from someplace else, do I really need it?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (pNxlR)

177 #176

See X 22 Report for that.

Posted by: Corner Stone at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (lTZLC)

178 Any good man-boy movie recommendations? Rick Wilson and the Lincoln Project boyz are coming over later.

Posted by: David French

Sleepers

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (DjiZK)

179 I'm hobbled by a planar fascitis pain in the heel. I think I got it from walking uphill with weights.
-----
SUGGESTION if it becomes chronic: Find and try a sports chiropractor who demonstrably knows how to adjust feet.

ANECDOTE: I have very high arches and, in my early 30s, decided to train for a marathon. After getting up to 5 miles regularly though, got severe plantar fasciitis in both feet.

For 2 years, walking was painful -- especially when first getting out of bed in the morning. I tried stretching, foot rolling, etc. with no joy. Went to a podiatrist, who natch said the only cure was cortisone shots (that I tried, but didn't work) or surgery.

Luckily, was telling this story to a co-worker who was a former chiropractor. He referred me to a great sports chiropractor.

Turns out you have 26 bones in the human foot, and mine were all completely locked up -- unable to move and flow in harmony with one another. After 2 weeks of feet adjustments, I was pain-free and ran my first marathon a couple years later.

It was right about this time that Mark McGwire retired from MLB owing to chronic plantar fasciitis.

Posted by: ShainS at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (c3dw6)

180 Mark what had me laughing was the author's lightweight stuff towards the end that downplayed the idiocy of certain American policies and actors. Gen. Hayden, a true nutcase every bit as unfit as Brennan at DCI, is treated like he was competent or something. Hilarious.

But for just basic factoids and actually some interesting stuff about the infighting and tribal/organizational rivalries and divides in Israeli intel and military, the book is also interesting.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (OTzUX)

181 I just bought ammo. You know what IS impossible to find? Mags. People are hoarding b/c of The meat puppet in Chief.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (7Fj9P)

182 Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:30 PM (0KKyI)

I always wanted to read "Angela's Ashes" "The Dead" is a particularly poignant story. Is your background Irish?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (k39e/)

183 I highlighted that in a movie thread a while back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:35 PM (LvTSG)

By highlight you mean you liked it? Another musical themed movie I really enjoyed was August Rush.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (2DOZq)

184 I'm guessing Pepe is a lot younger than I am.

Posted by: Only Context at May 07, 2021 03:38 PM (xEIoY)

185 Sir Richard Burton: The way to become 'one of the few' is by becoming fewer.

Posted by: torabora at May 07, 2021 03:38 PM (Y274z)

186 Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 07, 2021 03:36 PM (lsp4J)

I love eggs, but I don't think I could eat ONLY eggs.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 03:38 PM (Ez6QX)

187 Why use Amazon to buy stuff that can be bought somewhere else ?
Posted by: Dinkum Thinkum at May 07, 2021 03:31 PM (RxwL0)

***

Because Irish Democracy.

If you order liquid products and they leak they'll give it to you for free. If a gift doesn't arrive on time you can get a partial refund. Free UPS pickup is a hidden option at the bottom of the return menu when you return three or four laptops you opened and were disappointed with because they don't work right. Etc etc.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 07, 2021 03:38 PM (nMXLX)

188 My all time favorite book title is A Scent of New Moon Hay. I find the title very evocative (I like that word I'd like to use it more often.,) Any how it's about a Soviet biowarfare experiment that goes awry. Spores are released that turn people into walking fungus monsters.
When one of them is near you can smell new mown.
I have no doubt the White House smells of new mown hay.

I'll shut up now.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:38 PM (cSyAR)

189 187 I highlighted that in a movie thread a while back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:35 PM (LvTSG)

By highlight you mean you liked it? Another musical themed movie I really enjoyed was August Rush.
Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (2DOZq)

==========

I love it. I saw that in theaters. But I highlighted by by writing about its use of music, in particular the first scene in the recording booth. I compared it (favorably) to the parodied version of the same kind of scene in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:39 PM (LvTSG)

190 So at least 50 eggs a day.

***

No man can eat 50 eggs a day.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 07, 2021 03:39 PM (nMXLX)

191
Ah, free airfare. Free ninety nine, my favorite price. That changes everything. And means future trips to explore Alaska's wonders on the cheap, too. Good deal.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2021 03:34 PM (OTzUX)

__________

Got bumped from a Continental flight years ago and was reimbursed with a free round-trip ticket for any flight in the continental US. Having noted that Alaska filled the bill, I spent a week driving around there. Even took a one-day hop to Barrow. Now Hawaii is the only state I've never spent a night in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 07, 2021 03:39 PM (mht8P)

192 186 Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:30 PM (0KKyI)

I always wanted to read "Angela's Ashes" "The Dead" is a particularly poignant story. Is your background Irish?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (k39e/)

Scots-Irish.... Ulsterman...

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:39 PM (0KKyI)

193 https://tinyurl.com/unt2hpm8

The volcano is 7km in the east from Grindav�k and owned by approximately 20 individuals.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 07, 2021 03:39 PM (AHq56)

194 I'm reading an article from a 1966 law journal about the adoption of the New York Field Code here in California in 1872. David Field was in charge of codifying much of New York's common law in the 1860's. When western territories became states, several of them adopted the "Field Code" since many of the men in charge of these new states came from New York. California was one of them; much of our Code of Civil Procedure and Civil Code (the stuff adopted in 1872 to replace earlier statutes) were actually written by Field, himself, who moved here. It's fascinating American history and very useful, as a litigator, doing statutory interpretation where there isn't much case law.

Posted by: SFGoth at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (KAi1n)

195 Stuck at 25# weight loss.
Drinking like a fish, though, so that's prolly the problem. Ten to go.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (W2Pud)

196 Just about everything by Alistair MacLean is worth reading, especially his older books. They made a lot of his stuff into films

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (KZzsI)

197 I imagine that books are better than movies 99% of the time. Exception - Forrest Gump (although I read the Swedish translation, so I may be wrong about the original version).
I'm always late to the book thread on Sunday mornings, so I'll take this opportunity to praise Alexander Smith McCall's "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, set in Botswana. Utterly charming, and reflects the kind of conservative values that the Horde would appreciate. Volume 22 is out in Kindle only, so far. The first was published in 1998, I believe.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess - #SuperStraight at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (Mzdiz)

198 Do we have many GAINZZIX people here?

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (WJDNo)

199 Wilson and the Lincoln Project boyz are coming over later.

Posted by: David French

Sleepers

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (DjiZK)

The Dead Poets Society.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (cSyAR)

200 190 Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 07, 2021 03:36 PM (lsp4J)

I love eggs, but I don't think I could eat ONLY eggs.
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 03:38 PM (Ez6QX)

Please, God.....noooooooo....

Posted by: The Bathroom at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (jvt6t)

201 We were the lowest of the low to a lot of Irish...

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (0KKyI)

202 Oh, and Ace - I had a bout with plantar faciitis, (sp?) but it seems to have cleared up.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess - #SuperStraight at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (Mzdiz)

203 No man can eat 50 eggs a day.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 07, 2021 03:39 PM (nMXLX)

Shakin' the tree here Boss!!

Posted by: Cool Hand Luke at May 07, 2021 03:41 PM (jvt6t)

204 Drinking like a fish, though, so that's prolly the problem. Ten to go.
Posted by: nurse ratched

As in bottles of beer on the wall?

Posted by: SFGoth at May 07, 2021 03:41 PM (KAi1n)

205 #159

I think you can buy plain whey powder
prolly plain pea powder too but peas
are a starch, so.....

Posted by: Corner Stone at May 07, 2021 03:42 PM (lTZLC)

206 Scots-Irish.... Ulsterman...
Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:39 PM (0KKyI)

That is part of my mother's side of the family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2021 03:42 PM (k39e/)

207 Wilson and the Lincoln Project boyz are coming over later.

Posted by: David French

Sleepers

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (DjiZK)

The Dead Poets Society.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (cSyAR)

Any soccer movie

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:42 PM (2DOZq)

208 ShainS. this is so true.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2021 03:42 PM (u4cEh)

209 50 eggs a day then watch Twin Peaks at night with your gf?
Hope it's not in bed.

Posted by: wth at May 07, 2021 03:42 PM (v0R5T)

210 Something book-related. Currently on my 4th time watching through the show Justified - which is based on a short story by Elmore Leonard "Fire in the Hole". That story - and all things Elmore Leonard, for that matter, is a great read.

Currently watching an episode in Season 5, and in Boyd Crowder's bar, there is a framed, poster-sized Ace of Spades playing card!! Never noticed it on my previous 3 times watching the show.

Did you have something to do with that, Ace??

Posted by: Doof at May 07, 2021 03:42 PM (mZUr4)

211 Posted by: nurse ratched at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (W2Pud)

My last five took the longest.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:42 PM (jvt6t)

212 Down 23 lbs in less than two months. Phentermine.

Posted by: Desultory joe at May 07, 2021 03:43 PM (L9P9s)

213 I quite like Ian Rankin even though his books are formulaic.

I'll shut up now.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:43 PM (cSyAR)

214 Ocean City (Md) is being sued by birthing people who want to expose their breasties on the beach. I'm going to head over there later and do some lifting. Entertain the girls.

Posted by: The Joe Biden Gaffe Machine at May 07, 2021 03:43 PM (uiux8)

215 I imagine that books are better than movies 99% of the time. Exception - Forrest Gump (although I read the Swedish translation, so I may be wrong about the original version).

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess - #SuperStraight at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (Mzdiz)

Ooof, I disagree bigly, Miley. I liked the book a lot better than the movie.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 03:43 PM (Ez6QX)

216 Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the Achilles tendon, the most aptly named piece o anatomy. If you look at the way the tendon runs, it comes down the back of the calf, then blooms out across the heel, and attaches behind the toes. I absolutely stand by my golf ball/ice solution. It hurts, but it works.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 07, 2021 03:43 PM (7Fj9P)

217 Mark what had me laughing was the author's lightweight stuff towards the end that downplayed the idiocy of certain American policies and actors. Gen. Hayden, a true nutcase every bit as unfit as Brennan at DCI, is treated like he was competent or something. Hilarious.

But for just basic factoids and actually some interesting stuff about the infighting and tribal/organizational rivalries and divides in Israeli intel and military, the book is also interesting.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (OTzUX)

I agree 100%

It was really interesting seeing just how many Israeli leaders were either trigger pullers or oversaw them.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, get ready now at May 07, 2021 03:43 PM (ifmtJ)

218 I think it's just the treadmills. People were putting their fat dogs on them and giving them heart attacks. True story.

==

Just to be clear, "fat dogs" is not a euphemism ?

Posted by: runner at May 07, 2021 03:44 PM (V13WU)

219 I could probably eat a couple dozen Devil's eggs. They are like potato chips to me.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:44 PM (2DOZq)

220 Patch Adams was when I developed a hatred for Robin Williams.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:45 PM (cSyAR)

221 Groom was a gentleman who I met multiple times enjoying a certain college sportsball team. He said the movie was an interesting diversion. I'm not sure rural Alabama translates from page to screen that well.

Posted by: Only Context at May 07, 2021 03:45 PM (xEIoY)

222 Just started Soldaten, by Sonke Neitzel, based on eavesdrop recordings of German POWs in WWII. Starts with some academic-ish ramble/psycho-babble to establish a framework, so speed reading that part.

Pondering next title.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2021 03:45 PM (OTzUX)

223 Deviled Eggs are super easy to make, just time consuming. Every time there's a picnic or pot luck you cannot bring enough of the suckers. They get vacuumed up like Scarface on a table full of cocaine

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 07, 2021 03:46 PM (KZzsI)

224 That Cool Hand Luke scene with the eggs grosses me out. Like, in a major way. Sickening.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 07, 2021 03:46 PM (O+I8R)

225 212 Scots-Irish.... Ulsterman...
Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:39 PM (0KKyI)

That is part of my mother's side of the family.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2021 03:42 PM (k39e/)

We were not well loved by the Irish Free State... my people emigrated/ were indentured to America....

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:46 PM (0KKyI)

226 As in bottles of beer on the wall?
Posted by: SFGoth

Heh. Beer isn't keto friendly. But irish is.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 07, 2021 03:46 PM (W2Pud)

227 so there's this local chain of body shops and their website says 'send us some photos and we'll do an online estimate.

so I send photos

they email back, tell me, we can't tell from the photos, we will need to disassemble your vehicle

disassemble

wtf

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 07, 2021 03:47 PM (iTXRQ)

228 Yellowstone is boring beyond belief. Except, of course, for the Kelly Reilly bathtub scene. That was definitely not boring. You like westerns? "Longmire" was excellent. Though Kelly Reilly would (needless to say) have helped it.

Posted by: The Joe Biden Gaffe Machine at May 07, 2021 03:47 PM (uiux8)

229 We were not well loved by the Irish Free State... my people emigrated/ were indentured to America....
Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:46 PM (0KKyI)

Sounds like someone owes you some reparations.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 03:47 PM (Ez6QX)

230 Patch Adams was when I developed a hatred for Robin Williams.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:45 PM (cSyAR)M

Robin Williams was very good in the aforementioned movie August Rush.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:47 PM (2DOZq)

231 Damn, MP4. I am trying to put off exercising here.

That movie had flashes of greatness. Just flashes though. It could not decide what the hell it wanted to be.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:24 PM (lmikk)

The late lamented ANSWER Me! magazine had an article about Spielberg and the recurring pedo themes in his movies.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 07, 2021 03:47 PM (2JVJo)

232 Just started Soldaten, by Sonke Neitzel, based on eavesdrop recordings of German POWs in WWII. Starts with some academic-ish ramble/psycho-babble to establish a framework, so speed reading that part.

Posted by: rhomboid

I read that a few years ago (while in Germany, of all places). Just pulled it outta my bookcase right here. I liked that early stuff.

Posted by: SFGoth at May 07, 2021 03:48 PM (KAi1n)

233
You know why people don't use the Exercise Bikes they buy?

Because they buy the wrong type.

Always, ALWAYS buy a Recumbent bike.
1000X more comfortable, same results.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 03:48 PM (amQeF)

234 Gainnz: Reading a delightful Art Deco era murder mystery: "The Man in the Queue" by Josephine Tey.

I'm also reading "5 Complete Novels" which is 5 detective mysteries by Dashell Hammett.

Physical gainzzz..weight and ambition remain about the same, as in, not much movement, either way.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 03:48 PM (2SdPm)

235 Robin Williams was very good in the aforementioned movie August Rush.
Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:47 PM (2DOZq)

did they do 2112 in that movie?

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 07, 2021 03:48 PM (trdmm)

236 213 Wilson and the Lincoln Project boyz are coming over later.

Posted by: David French

Sleepers

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (DjiZK)
The Dead Poets Society.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:40 PM (cSyAR)
Any soccer movie
Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:42 PM (2DOZq)

Or " Blades of Glory"

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:49 PM (0KKyI)

237 Oh, and that L person, she'll probably put in 40 pounds, what with Biden's border policies.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 07, 2021 03:49 PM (2SdPm)

238
Also: I never believed in those "combination" exercise Contraptions, where you're peddling and rowing and whatever, all at the same time.

Just get a damn bike.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 03:49 PM (amQeF)

239 The late lamented ANSWER Me! magazine had an article about Spielberg and the recurring pedo themes in his movies.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 07, 2021 03:47 PM (2JVJo)

Could explain it. I dunno. The kid stuff was the creepiest part. Like the Lost Boys banquet scene.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:49 PM (lmikk)

240 Any soccer movie
Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:42 PM (2DOZq)

Or " Blades of Glory"
Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:49 PM (0KKyI)

Or any movie that peter puffer Ferrell is in....

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:50 PM (jvt6t)

241 I should organize my bookshelves, now that the books are in them. I suppose first by author. Lots of Citino, Stahel, Mosier....

Posted by: SFGoth at May 07, 2021 03:50 PM (KAi1n)

242 237 We were not well loved by the Irish Free State... my people emigrated/ were indentured to America....
Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:46 PM (0KKyI)

Sounds like someone owes you some reparations.
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 03:47 PM (Ez6QX)

I am under the Pallor Exclusion Clause...

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:50 PM (0KKyI)

243 When my son was 10, I rented Where Eagles Dare for him and his buds to watch. There was one younger boy at the watch party who got a little shaken up watching the awesome castle machine gun fest!

Posted by: SuperMayorSuperRonNirenberg-Mightier Than Baby Yoda*s Flying Car Seat at May 07, 2021 03:50 PM (odGjR)

244 Jordan61, Hope you have a wonderful time.
Posted by: Ben Had

Seconded !

Safe travels !

Posted by: JT at May 07, 2021 03:51 PM (arJlL)

245 gainzz - I've been doing hard keto, following Eric Bergs videos. Losing 3 pounds per week for 12 weeks now. One meal a day, in the evening - I'll also have an apple and some nuts for lunch.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 07, 2021 03:51 PM (trdmm)

246 Justified > Longmire > Yellowstone

As many Hordelings already know, in my world:

Justified >>>> everything

Posted by: Doof at May 07, 2021 03:51 PM (mZUr4)

247 Posted by: SuperMayorSuperRonNirenberg-Mightier Than Baby Yoda*s Flying Car Seat at May 07, 2021 03:50 PM (odGjR)

David Hogg?

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:51 PM (jvt6t)

248 Local..I love Yellowstone! I can't wait for season 4.

Posted by: Jewells45 at May 07, 2021 03:51 PM (nxdel)

249 I read No Ordinary Killing by Jeff Dawson, a murder mystery in which two men enter a Hansom cab and only one man leaves. Then I saw The Mystery of the Hansom Cab based upon the famous book by Fergus Hume (although I never heard of it) in which two men enter a Hansom cab and only one man leaves. Numerous factors are very similar, drunk helped into cab by former friend now enemy, incriminating documents stolen from drunk by slicing open a hidden pocket in his coat, drunk killed by pouring chloroform down his throat then sticking his handkerchief in his mouth, his coat thrown from the cab for no apparent reason, etc. Other than that, the plots are not terribly familiar but I still felt cheated.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 07, 2021 03:51 PM (VVEnO)

250 It was right about this time that Mark McGwire retired from MLB owing to chronic plantar fasciitis.
Posted by: ShainS at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (c3dw6)

Chronic planar fasciitis and massive injections of steroids.

Posted by: TC at May 07, 2021 03:51 PM (s4pa5)

251 The entire market goes up, practically. But Alibaba still floats slowly downward. I guess when your chairman and founder are disappeared for criticizing Winnie the Pooh, investors get spooked.

Posted by: The Joe Biden Gaffe Machine at May 07, 2021 03:52 PM (uiux8)

252 "Marcus, I drink a whey protein isolate made by
Antler Farms. They do have chocolate, vanilla and berry, but there is
an unflavored variety too, that doesn't have stevia extract. It's from
New Zealand. I also combine it with their collagen protein powder.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 07, 2021 03:34 PM (O+I8R)"Thanks. Gonna check it out.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021 03:52 PM (VpIIl)

253 disassemble

wtf
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 07, 2021 03:47 PM (iTXRQ)

NO DISASSEMBLE

Posted by: Johnny 5 at May 07, 2021 03:52 PM (t+qrx)

254 @177 Widespread Pepe-Ha, ha, 50 eggs=a cycle of D-bol(?)

Better stick with "The Breakfast Of Champions". Arnold knew this.

Posted by: JROD at May 07, 2021 03:52 PM (0jZnq)

255 Posted by: SFGoth at May 07, 2021 03:50 PM (KAi1n)

Ace Approved Shelving?

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:52 PM (jvt6t)

256 Tami- BioTrust contains Stevia or other sweetners...

Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021 03:52 PM (VpIIl)

257
260 It was right about this time that Mark McGwire retired from MLB owing to chronic plantar fasciitis.
Posted by: ShainS at May 07, 2021 03:37 PM (c3dw6)

Chronic planar fasciitis and massive injections of steroids.
Posted by: TC at May 07, 2021 03:51 PM (s4pa5)

The Melon Head Affliction...

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:52 PM (0KKyI)

258 258 Local..I love Yellowstone! I can't wait for season 4.
Posted by: Jewells45

___

It's a troll.

Posted by: SMH at May 07, 2021 03:53 PM (FdY5T)

259 Chronic planar fasciitis and massive injections of steroids.
Posted by: TC at May 07, 2021 03:51 PM (s4pa5)

Maybe steroids but he was also hitting massive homers when he was just a tall skinny kid.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:53 PM (2DOZq)

260 Always, ALWAYS buy a Recumbent bike.
1000X more comfortable, same results.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales

Both untrue and inaccurate. Some of us don't like the horizontal feel of recumbent bikes and you generate considerably less power than an upright.

The real problem with people not getting the results from exercise equipment? They aren't serious about exercising. You've got to put the work in. It doesn't have to hurt, but it has to involve effort.

Posted by: SFGoth at May 07, 2021 03:54 PM (KAi1n)

261 SFGoth, I'm strictly library books now, and while the local university consortium tie-in makes an amazing array of books available, once I start to get too deep in some rabbit holes, theyza no gotta them.

Stahel is someone I need to read on the eastern front, but I think there's only one of his books in the system.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2021 03:54 PM (OTzUX)

262 It's been weird movie week at Rancho naturalfake -

1) "Day of the Beast" - oddball black comedy about a priest who figures out that the AntiChrist will be born this Christmas in Madrid. He decides to commit sins to blacken his soul so that he can meet Satan, get the location of the AntiChrist's birth and kill the AntiChrist before he brings about the end of the world. Only the priest is very naive and ineffectual, so comedy and hijinks ensue. Well written, great acting, nice direction, good laughs. Streaming on Amazon for $1.99.

2) "The Soul" - Taiwanese movie streaming on Netflix. Have you ever watched a movie, where you are just hooked and really enjoying it and then they throw something at you toward the end that just ruins the experience? That's "The Soul". It involves a prosecutor who is dying of cancer trying to figure out a murder case that involves a possible ghost, a possible curse, and high tech genetic manipulation. I'm telling you this intense mofo had me riveted until right about 3/4 through. I'm not going to give spoilers. You'll recognize the moment when it comes, and you'll either roll with it or you won't. I decided to finish the movie, but (con't)

Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2021 03:54 PM (EERbD)

263
269 Chronic planar fasciitis and massive injections of steroids.
Posted by: TC at May 07, 2021 03:51 PM (s4pa5)

Maybe steroids but he was also hitting massive homers when he was just a tall skinny kid.
Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:53 PM (2DOZq)
This is true... the juice may not have been needed...

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:54 PM (0KKyI)

264 SMH.. of course. Sheesh... I don't even comment that much and I have to pick a fucking troll to answer.

Posted by: Jewells45 at May 07, 2021 03:54 PM (nxdel)

265 Hey Ace, try the Hoka running shoe. Great training shoe, alittle expensive but I couldn't run injury free without them.

Make my Asics feel like boot camp sneakers.

Posted by: redenzo at May 07, 2021 03:55 PM (E7vND)

266 I'm thinking of buying an electric bike. It might be suitable for someone fat and lazy like me.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:55 PM (cSyAR)

267 275 SMH.. of course. Sheesh... I don't even comment that much and I have to pick a fucking troll to answer.
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 07, 2021 03:54 PM (nxdel)

It's why we love you Jewells.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2021 03:55 PM (lmikk)

268
Both untrue and inaccurate. Some of us don't like the horizontal feel of recumbent bikes and you generate considerably less power than an upright.

Posted by: SFGoth

How dare you!

You are the lone exception to the rule.
The upright bikes wreak havoc on the lower back.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at May 07, 2021 03:55 PM (amQeF)

269 Posted by: Jewells45 at May 07, 2021 03:54 PM (nxdel)

please clap....

-Trolls Everywhere

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 07, 2021 03:55 PM (jvt6t)

270 Wasn't it fasciitis that killed Mussolini? Or did I mix that up?

Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021 03:56 PM (VpIIl)

271 NO DISASSEMBLE
Posted by: Johnny 5 at May 07, 2021 03:52 PM (t+qrx)

Heh, there's a blast from the past.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 03:56 PM (Ez6QX)

272 lol jewells.

It's all good.

It tries to ingratiate itself, then when it gets no attention, it goes off the rails.

Posted by: SMH at May 07, 2021 03:56 PM (FdY5T)

273 282 Wasn't it fasciitis that killed Mussolini? Or did I mix that up?
Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021 03:56 PM (VpIIl)

Oh well done, Marcus!!

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:56 PM (0KKyI)

274 I don't like being fat and lazy but there's something to be said for self acceptance.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:57 PM (cSyAR)

275 Thanks Aetius

Posted by: Jewells45 at May 07, 2021 03:57 PM (nxdel)

276 We had been walking more, but Pooky is not in a good mental place right now, and therefore we've done three walks in the last two weeks compared to the almost-nightly we'd been averaging. I wish there was a way to get Pooky to walk with me other than browbeating or nagging.

Posted by: pookysgirl, too nice for her own good at May 07, 2021 03:57 PM (XKZwp)

277 How did Trump "botch" his Covid response, you stupid bint. He got you your precious vaccine in record time, didn't he?

Posted by: Homo Viator at May 07, 2021 03:57 PM (u9h5+)

278 Still slowly slogging my way through Antony and Cleopatra. I enjoy Shakespeare plenty, I guess reading before bed has its drawbacks! I get sleepy and have to reread sections sometimes.

There was a great book discussion in the comments at the new neo the other day about non-fiction from the people who survived the run up to WWII in German and europe. I should have written them down because it seemed like it would be an apt comparison to today.

As far as dancing/working out goes, I am totally without motivation. I've been so tired and just wondering why I'm doing anything these days. Lots of yardwork too to sap my energy. I need a Gainz win to motivate myself.

Posted by: funsize at May 07, 2021 03:57 PM (gbEV2)

279 284 lol jewells.

It's all good.

It tries to ingratiate itself, then when it gets no attention, it goes off the rails.
Posted by: SMH at May 07, 2021 03:56 PM (FdY5T)

SMH... I'm right here!!!

Posted by: kraken at May 07, 2021 03:57 PM (0KKyI)

280 2) "The Soul" - Taiwanese movie streaming on Netflix. Have you ever watched a movie, where you are just hooked and really enjoying it and then they throw something at you toward the end that just ruins the experience?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2021 03:54 PM (EERbD)

Had that experience recently with "A Teacher" on Hulu. The last scene completely ruined the whole series.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 03:58 PM (Ez6QX)

281 @JackPosobiec

BREAKING: Liz Cheney 'secretly orchestrated Washington Post op-ed by all ten living former Defense Secretaries to attack Trump, per report

DailyMail: https://tinyurl.com/ye9gat2s

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2021 03:58 PM (cF8AT)

282 lol kraken.

Posted by: SMH at May 07, 2021 03:58 PM (FdY5T)

283 Good God leftists are the weakest minded people in the world.

I used COVID to lose 15 pounds. Instead of being clean, fixing hair, commuting, I took those 2-3 hours per day and started gardening, being more active outdoors, etc. It also helped that I wasn't going out to lunch at work any more.

Posted by: the other coyote at May 07, 2021 03:58 PM (macz7)

284 Ace Approved Shelving?
Posted by: Jak Sucio

Haven't fallen over....

McGwire set the rookie HR record. BTW, MLB is responsible for the steroid craze. It knew what was going on but utterly encouraged McGwire vs. Sosa for the ratings after it shat the bed canceling the World Series (94?). MLB could've put a stop to it but it enabled it instead. As for Bonds, he was HOF-worthy before roids. As for roids, where was the roid rage? He had the best plate discipline of anyone during this time and could go from 0-2 to a walk in 4 pitches.

Posted by: SFGoth at May 07, 2021 03:58 PM (KAi1n)

285 FWIW fascia is why you often have a tight left hip combined with a tight right shoulder.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:58 PM (cSyAR)

286 Yeah, Trump kept you from going pushups and sittups in your own home, and made you drink and eat too much. Kind of a unifying theme for sad motherfuckers across the globe: someone else is to blame for their failure.

I have nothing but losses to report. No weights, cause I'm letting my shoulder heal up. Limited cardio, cause I've been lazy. Drank too much. And haven't read much that I didn't come from work, which has consumed more time than I'd like. One exception, I read a Clark Ashton Smith story from the 50s called Phoenix that had to have played an undisclosed role in inspiring the movie Sunshine.

I'm gonna make an effort to get my act together this month.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 07, 2021 03:58 PM (H5knJ)

287 294 @JackPosobiec

BREAKING: Liz Cheney 'secretly orchestrated Washington Post op-ed by all ten living former Defense Secretaries to attack Trump, per report

DailyMail: https://tinyurl.com/ye9gat2s
Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2021 03:58 PM (cF8AT)

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Yeah, punting her from the Republican caucus in Congress is exactly the same as cancel culture.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 07, 2021 03:59 PM (LvTSG)

288 Wasn't it fasciitis that killed Mussolini? Or did I mix that up?
Posted by: Marcus T at May 07, 2021 03:56 PM (VpIIl)

Piano Fasciitis

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 03:59 PM (2DOZq)

289 About a year ago I began reading a lot of Alistair McLean novels. I hadn't read anything by him. After the first few, his formula was clear (unknown evil person/persons in the group of characters, sabotaging and killing without being discovered until the end of the book), and I got bored of the novels.

Good wrting and always fast paced, but the unknown spy or criminal remaining unknown, even in a small group in remote locations, got too improbable for me to take.

The unknown evil mastermind schtick got too crazy to take in a novel about sabotage of the Alaska Pipeline. The guy was a former New York City financial wizard who got the job of operations manager of a huge plant in Canada that heated tar sand to extract the petroleum. Financial guy becomes instant expert in the pipeline and tar sands industries to set up a blackmail scheme...yeah, no way.

Posted by: Gref at May 07, 2021 03:59 PM (AMIL/)

290 Stalin's War: A New History of World War II
by Sean McMeekin

Will make you hate Stalin more and think even less of FDR

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 07, 2021 03:59 PM (YboWf)

291 Yeah, Trump kept you from going pushups and sittups in your own home, and made you drink and eat too much. Kind of a unifying theme for sad motherfuckers across the globe: someone else is to blame for their failure.

As I said earlier I'm the reason I'm fat.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 04:00 PM (cSyAR)

292 I gained a few pounds, sure. But now I'm cutting out peanut butter, bacon and bread from my diet.
All bananas. 50 bananas a day.

Posted by: Fat Elvis at May 07, 2021 04:01 PM (v0R5T)

293 Nood.... jobs.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 07, 2021 04:01 PM (2UwGy)

294 I used covid to lose maybe 3 pounds simply by giving up my pistachio addiction. Had our fucking asshole governor loser Nuisance not put a hold on non-emergency surgery, I could've had my hernia repaired in April rather than Nov-fucking-vember. Fuck you, Newsom. I don't care WHO gets elected in your place so long as you're tossed out. Go eat hair gel and choke.

Posted by: SFGoth at May 07, 2021 04:01 PM (KAi1n)

295 303 I hate both with the intensity of 1000 suns. So 1001 suns?

Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 07, 2021 04:01 PM (4A0e9)

296 I used COVID to lose 15 pounds.

Posted by: the other coyote at May 07, 2021 03:58 PM (macz7)

Ditto, except I never stopped going to work. But the restaurants being shut down meant not going out 2-3 times a week. I had to cook, and I just made sure to cook healthy.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 07, 2021 04:02 PM (Ez6QX)

297 Posted by: SFGoth at May 07, 2021 03:58 PM (KAi1n)

So you're saying Bonds didn't do steroids? Hah.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 07, 2021 04:02 PM (2DOZq)

298 BREAKING: Liz Cheney 'secretly orchestrated
Washington Post op-ed by all ten living former Defense Secretaries to
attack Trump, per report

DailyMail: https://tinyurl.com/ye9gat2s

Posted by: Tami at May 07, 2021 03:58 PM (cF8AT)

=================
Every single Cheney news mention should make Kevin McCarthy crawl deeper under the covers at Chez Luntz. This silly mess is all McCarthy. He owns it. She provides zero fundraising, zero intellectual leadership and antagonizes the most successful president the Party has had in forty years.

Make this go away Kevin, you twit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 07, 2021 04:02 PM (uiux8)

299 See that tree over there? I'm gonna be buried neath it.

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When Randy Savage's beloved dog died, he and his brother scattered the dog's ashes beneath a particular tree. Randy told his brother that he wanted his ashes scattered beneath the same. Randy died shortly after and his ashes were so scattered.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 07, 2021 04:03 PM (VVEnO)

300 You can get the latest Larry Correia "Monster Hunter International" book, "Monster Hunter Bloodlines" at Baen Books as an early release eARC.

Relatively short for a Correia book, but is seems to advance the plotline of the entire series.

And guess what? Pitt and MHI have to ally with.....Stricken.

And yes there's a new and fearsome monster at the center of the plot. Oh, and an Old One.

Posted by: TANSTAAFL at May 07, 2021 04:05 PM (fBtlL)

301 (con't)
I don't think I'll recommend it because of the 3/4 thru dealio. YMMV. Very well acted, everyone is great. Intense great directing and storyline. Logical plotting without cheats despite "the twist". Check it out.

"Kafka" - Steven Sodererg's 1991 movie about "Kafka". Nicely directed, well-written, fantastically acted, fake Kafka biography as it might have been written by Kafka. Great actors in almost every part including Alec Guiness, Jeremy Irons, Joel Grey, Ian Holm among others. The story concerns Kafka investigating the disappearance of a friend that leads to revolutionaries. Philosophically, the movie is about what is the be the future, what is the 20th century to be. Strangely, relevant to these here days. Highly recommended. Dark comedy. Consistently entertaining and amusing in a Kafkaesque way.

Soderberg himself hates the movie and will be releasing a re-edited version thru Criterion IIRC this summer.

Hard to find but does streaming occasionally. Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2021 04:05 PM (EERbD)

302 Alter Whey Ultra Clean protein powder. It is the cleanest one I've found. I can't do artificial sweeteners etc.

It's totally unflavored. No bullshit in it at all.

Posted by: ... at May 07, 2021 04:06 PM (uEbPt)

303 50 eggs = 3000 calories and between 250-300 grams of protein. I have to eat between 3000 calories and 4000 calories a day for maintenance.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 07, 2021 04:09 PM (lsp4J)

304 Books that lady morons might enjoy:

Winning My Wings, by Marion Stegeman Hodgson about her time as a WASP pilot in WWII with some interesting info about the formation of the WASPs and the women pilots responsible for its creation. Incredibly engaging book and an easy read about women you probably haven't heard much about.

We Band of Angels about Army nurses taken prisoner in the Phillipines during WWII. I didn't know as much as I should about the war in the Phillipines outside of MacArthur promising to return (but I didn't understand how or why he left or was even there in the first place), that the Bataan death march was horrible, or that movie with Benjamin Bratt about a great prison break. This book puts all of it together AND talks about the war from the captured nurses and civilians' perspective.

Conclusion, the Japanese were as bad or worse than the Germans.

Posted by: the other coyote at May 07, 2021 04:13 PM (macz7)

305 Longmire started well but I didn't like the overarching metastory they had. It would have been a better show without needing to have the big story, just follow their lives, solve cases etc.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 07, 2021 04:14 PM (KZzsI)

306 Patch Adams was when I developed a hatred for Robin Williams.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 07, 2021 03:45 PM (cSyAR

I remember Gene Siskel absolutely scorching that movie. It was entertaining watching him eviscerate it. Fat Egbert was such a dumbass clown show compared to him.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at May 07, 2021 04:14 PM (y7DUB)

307 The real problem with people not getting the results from exercise equipment? They aren't serious about exercising. You've got to put the work in. It doesn't have to hurt, but it has to involve effort.
Posted by: SFGoth at May 07, 2021 03:54 PM (KAi1n)

Truer words have never been written.

Should be printed on the assembly instructions.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at May 07, 2021 04:16 PM (BgMrQ)

308 231 Deviled Eggs are super easy to make, just time consuming. Every time there's a picnic or pot luck you cannot bring enough of the suckers. They get vacuumed up like Scarface on a table full of cocaine
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 07, 2021 03:46 PM (KZzsI)

Amen - my spouse hates them, but my teen girls love them, so when we go to potlucks, they sometimes make them and they are always the 1st item gone.

I have a theory - they are dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegetarian. And yet, folks LOVE fat and egg, so deviled eggs hit all the notes people want when they wanna feel healthy, but eat in "cheating" way

Posted by: Nova local at May 07, 2021 04:17 PM (b1h2x)

309 Deviled Eggs are super easy to make, just time consuming. Every time
there's a picnic or pot luck you cannot bring enough of the suckers.
They get vacuumed up like Scarface on a table full of cocaine

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 07, 2021 03:46 PM (KZzsI)

Did smoked Deviled eggs on the Traeger last year, great little twist on a classic.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 07, 2021 04:20 PM (DjiZK)

310 Had plantar fascitis. Painful painful painful. Stretching and a special sock worn especially at night it is what helped me but it took MONTHS it to go away and for the pain to stop.

Posted by: cjhmhch at May 07, 2021 04:20 PM (egPfD)

311 I've had planar fascitis before. I have to ice it and force it to rest when it flairs up.

Posted by: Brometheus at May 07, 2021 04:24 PM (s85a/)

312 buffalo bleu cheese deviled eggs with bacon!!!

Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 07, 2021 04:25 PM (UUBmN)

313 Really late to comment, but I think reading "Where Eagles Dare" first is a good idea. Excellent story. The movie is good too!

The Guns of Navarone and Force 10 of Navarone, also good.

Posted by: My life is insanity at May 07, 2021 04:27 PM (Z/jzm)

314 Reading more Clifford D. Simak short stories. The man was a goddamn genius! There are simply no other grandmasters of science fiction compare (sorry, Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke--Simak's got you beat). Best part is his estate is keeping his works alive, so they are all easily available on Amazon or whatever publisher you like (www.openroadmedia.com has several different publishers to choose from if you don't like Amazon).
After I get done with that, I'll probably drift back to PKD for "The Crack in Space", then maybe break out "The Complete Chronicles of Conan" by Robert E. Howard (another goddamn genius!).

Posted by: Lord Squirrel at May 07, 2021 04:35 PM (hQrcu)

315 Ace,
Used to have very bad planar fascitis

It can be cured by stretching your toes back, using your other foot. Use the heel of the opposite foot and stretch the toes for a few minutes before you go to slee and when you wake up.

It will resolve itself in about a week.

Good luck!

Posted by: Loki, looking to water the Tree of Liberty at May 07, 2021 04:36 PM (1Xrbq)

316 I've been reading a web-novel called "The Wandering Inn". Thing's so addictive I've even been skipping the Morning Report (which turns out to be good for both my mood and my blood pressure, unfortunately. I like to stay informed, but when the news is all bad ... ::sigh::

Posted by: empire1 at May 07, 2021 04:41 PM (JJatH)

317 Maclean's novels that went to the screen were good, even if the movie sucked (Ice station zebra? Great book. Movie? Bleh).

But some of my favorites never went to the silver screen. Fear is the Key is fantastic. I love San Andreas. And MacLean apparently really didn't like the Japanese: South by Java Head has a Nazi that ends up being a good guy compared to the Japanese in that WWII novel.

Both HMS Ulysses and San Andreas drew on his WWII merchant marine service in the Arctic convoys so they just seem more real.

I suspect that like others, if I went back and reread most of them they wouldn't be quite as good as when I first read them as a teen. Oddly, I liked Force 10 from Navarone (the book) better than the Guns of Navarone. Not sure why. Maybe it was the stolen train scene. Hilarious.

Posted by: Vance at May 07, 2021 04:46 PM (DN0pc)

318 Gainzz. Been doing the kale salad thing for a little more than a month. Nearly every day. ( i think I missed only 5 days ) Down 12 lbs.! Has totally ended my cravings for sweets or chocolate

I prep the greens the nite before--about 1/3 kale to 2/3 either romaine or dandelion greens (or both). I use a really good extra virgin olive oil and some sea salt and squeeze some grapefruit juice onto it. I think leaving it overnight helps soften the kale. Then in the morning I add cut up grapefruit, (i cut it so that some of the pith is still on) i add a handful of blueberries and sliced avocado. Sometimes I use apple cider vinegar with the olive oil instead of the grapefruit juice.

In any case, I eat it late morning and then don't eat anything else until supper. That's usually a protein and veges and some type of potato.

I was hoping it would help with the chronic pain issues as well as weight loss, but I'm not sure I see a difference yet.

Really enjoying it though, so I'm going to keep it going.

Posted by: My life is insanity at May 07, 2021 04:50 PM (Z/jzm)

319 It's really good so far. I can't recommend it yet, given that I've only read the first few chapters

I highly recommend it. That first page, where it says "Where Eagles Dare"? Excellent. Couldn't put it down until I read that third word!

Posted by: Lebron James at May 07, 2021 05:09 PM (2nFxy)

320 I can walk about 10 ft without the cane. GAINNZ!

Posted by: West at May 07, 2021 05:24 PM (QY+6a)

321 I would assume the Dr. had blood work done? If not, get some.

Gout will show up in the heels, feet and ankles. That's what I had for years off and on till it started with other areas and got worse.

With your dieting it might be you're high in PURINES which causes gout.

Get it checked for as there is a simple and cheap medicine to take to rebalance your system and be pain free.

Posted by: jakee308 at May 07, 2021 05:45 PM (dLws2)

322 Bruh I had plantar fasciitis for MONTHS. Almost 6 actually and it sucked like a commie AG candidate at Soros' tit. I hope you get over it faster than I did.

I've been doing low carb and intermittent fasting for a little over a week now and doing well. I hope to continue seeing pound-a-day loss for at least another week then it's off to a Florida beach vacay. I'm telling myself I will make an attempt to limit my carbs at the restaurants and not go nuts.

Posted by: SamIam at May 07, 2021 06:43 PM (oasF3)

323 I'm going through planar fasciitis attack I get every spring. Sit on my ass all winter then first warm day think I can ride 30 miles on my bike. The exercises you can google are *very* helpful.

Posted by: RokShox at May 07, 2021 11:28 PM (fW/Hg)

324 Use the athletic stretchy tape (DUK tape) to support the arch as it heals.
Here's a link to a YouTube video showing how to wrap it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge_K98lmUJc

Posted by: Linda S Fox at May 08, 2021 07:56 AM (HZfQV)

325 MacLean books are a lot of fun. The only problem is that once you figure out the the almost inevitable, repeated plot device, the next book is simply a wait for it to be revealed.

Posted by: brindle at May 08, 2021 10:33 AM (WaaxK)

326 The one Lynch movie I couldn't make it through once I started was "Inland Empire".

I got seriously bored, which is a rare experience when I'm watching a Lynch flick.

But, it was streaming, so I thought I would catch it another time maybe when I was more in the mood but I never did.

Highly intellectual surrealism is a young man's game?

Maybe so.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2021 08:01 PM (dWwl8)

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