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howdy, nightshift folks... been kinda preoccupied for the past month or so...glad to stop in and see that, despite some comings and goings and odd animal encounters, everybody is well - B, we'll keep your old man lifted up until you get some (hopefully good) news. life's been good here in Nashvegas - humid as all hell, and…

something innately soothing about waking up, hearing rain beating against your window, and rolling over and going back to sleep... :)

I've started keeping downloaded movies on an external hard drive and bringing it back and forth to work with me...because we're soooooo busy right now. :) current selections for this week: Music documentaries - "Nothing Can Hurt Me" (the Big Star story, from 2012), "Muscle Shoals", "Sound City", and a BBC documentary…

i'm pulling out of the parking lot at midnight to drive to Sandusky, OH for a show...so I'll be up, but not exactly accessible. kinda like the rest of my life. :)

not that it would be in your best interests to do so, but somebody needs to tell these douchenozzles to Google the word "math" and familiarize themselves with how it works. no matter how many different ways you try to divide the number 40, it's still a finite number.

i ate nothing but crap, generally speaking, the whole time i was on the road this past week and a half or so - but somehow, only managed to come back a pound and a half heavier. certainly grateful for that, but also having a hard time getting back to basics. those microwave burritos in the breakroom downstairs actually…

i almost never have to set an alarm, as i usually work backwards...go to sleep soon after coming home from work, and generally wake up well in advance of having to come in - but I'm cramming a ton of stuff into the next couple of days, so I'm doin' the alarm this week. and yeah - not one of my favorite feelings. runs in…

this might be the second most "your mileage may vary" question there is, behind "should i do cardio or not?" - which doesn't mean you shouldn't ask it. :) if you're gym-curious, then maybe dip your toe into the water somewhere like Planet Fitness, where the cost is minimal and there's no contract and try it on for size and…

all good advice here, and if you're down for it - start slowly, build up your stamina, and have at it. me - i started by walking, as most do when they're as out of shape as i was...and then i discovered the bicycle. once i started biking, i never looked back. i still run a little on the treadmill at the gym if i want a…

in today's episode of "I Hate Stupid People": the Lab manager who's been here all afternoon, but waits until after 6pm - when the last person who could've assisted with her issue has gone home for the day - to report she has an issue. make yourself comfortable, She Who Has No Sense Of Time...8AM on Wednesday is a long way…

i'm gonna step up and shoulder the brutally honest burden, here...because you need to consider that your grandmother, much as you may love her for whatever reason, is an *kitten*. kind people, people with good hearts, people who have other people's best interests in mind, don't do $h!t like walk up to their own flesh and…

glad you guys starting your weekend today live elsewhere...we're supposed to get three straight days of rain here in Nashvegas.

managed to get twelve and a half miles in during my alloted hour this morning. however, thanks to my allergies, i'm ready to claw my eyeballs out. :)

considering the twelve hours' worth of crickets since your question, i think you got your answer. possibly the most futile pursuit in the history of civilization is trying to convey the responsibilities of parenthood to someone without kids. if you ain't there, you don't know. and you can protest the degree of your empathy…

I'm the exact opposite in this scenario...one ex used to call me her "hot water bottle".

with working second shift, i did the same thing: my intervals are midnight-8am, 8am to 3pm, 3pm to 8pm, and 8pm to midnight.

oh, and I'll join in with the chorus...your hair looks great. there are numerous lovely ladies that frequent this thread...makes it easy to look forward to dropping by to check in with you all.

@lilaclovebird - your girl Jeanette sounds familiar. I have a friend who works for "the county" back in the PHL area where I used to live, and - man, oh man. I don't know how you do it. The rampant, shameless nepotism and favoritism that goes on there is beyond what anyone who doesn't deal with it firsthand could possibly…

i dunno, man...i mean, if it's your dog, maybe you're a little too close, but that's funny, right there.

and the sad thing about this? the sad thing is that the person on the other end of that phone call didn't come to their senses and have an epiphany regarding the futility of that phone conversation. they didn't think to themselves, "wow...he's right. if i want to get to the bottom of this, I really need to be more…

...and then there's the guy who submits a support ticket and then calls the helpdesk line less than five minutes later, after having received an acknowledgement, to make sure i got the ticket. "no, no, no...that's quite alright. call as often as you like. just know that the time i spend chit-chatting with you on the phone…

i'm on the clock, but stuff keeps breaking...so i have to man up and fix things. :)

@lilaclovebird - i can totally relate to your frustration regarding the pain situation. i'm on the back end of this whole groin/quad thing, and while i'm pretty much completely back to my usual routine without any of the pain i was experiencing for a few weeks there, i have this HUGE patch of numbness/pins and needles from…

@lilaclovebird - i hope that whatever this odd discovery of your is turns out to be something insignificant. I've found out firsthand this past month that it pretty much sux to know for certain that something ain't right, but not to know what it is. truly glad to be back on evenings...especially post DST, when I can go out…

finally going back to evenings effective Monday...thank the stars. this whole dayshift, light-duty thing was nice for a bit, but i'm not/never have been a morning person. and i will definitely check in when dispatch asks for a status update. :)

this particular problem might have zero to do with KCal vs. Cal...the fact that one of those numbers is almost exactly double the other would seem to indicate that it might've somehow been double-logged by crosstalk between apps, depending on how you have things synchronized.

I'll regret it as soon as I hit the "post reply" button, but I'm gonna throw this out there for input, anyway. Here's what I've done, with some degree of success, since starting down this path last June. I've ignored my TDEE, because I've been able to exercise so irregularly. I ran the MFP calculator with the "sedentary"…

been on dayshift (on light duty) for a couple of weeks now, after managing to pull off some kind of quadriceps/groin pull/strain/tear of some sort. literally could not sit for a week and a half without intense pain. recovering slowly, but recovering...hoping to be back on my normal shift within a couple of weeks. not sure…

were you getting the Protein Plus bars before? I'm asking because I noticed a sharp price gain on those about six weeks ago or so...I used to be able to get them at Kroger for $10 for ten of them, but overnight a while back they went to 3 for $5.00. I haven't bought them since...I've been either skipping them altogether or…

maybe those migraines are brought about by her magic thyroid pills? :)