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  1. 5 hours ago, BigFatCoward said:

    With our superior goal difference we must be safely in the top 4 now, SURELY WE CAN'T FUCK IT UP FROM HERE. 

    Also as a former creative midfielder (polite way of saying i hated tracking back, tackling, heading the ball or basically doing any work, think of me as a less active Riquelme) I've always been more impressed with a lovely assist. Our best 2 of the season coming in the last 2 games, Willock and Isak, both made me smile.  

    that isak one was superb. i cannot wait to see what he brings to the club if he can stay healthy a full season.

    big worry is the lack of depth when we are adding a European competition to things. i know the plan is incremental and smart acquisitions of players, but to really compete next season newcastle need a lot more.

  2. On 4/1/2023 at 9:24 AM, BigFatCoward said:

    Nobody cares about this match, the big game is tomorrow.

    My nephew is flying over from Norway for his first game in person, i bet he's a little curse.

    went as i expected. the better side showed up and took care of business.

  3. i finally had enough.  with the support of my amazing spouse i put in my notice.  

    knowing i was going to do it for a week i first pushed through pay increases for my team.  they are in for a rough time with me gone. 

    and for added satisfaction i put my notice in right before i left for a 10 day vacation. i return for just four days and that's it. 

    a friend has helped me get a position at a cool Malaysian restaurant (a cuisine i know so little about) where i will work only 4 days a week. in addition I'm going to push forward on a small project for myself. 

    i feel amazing. 

  4. so much mark lanegan. 

    a kid in the 90s in the northwest i pegged (wrongly) for screaming trees to be one of the biggest bands from the scene and let the world know what was what. 

    his subsequent solo/collaboration works were lovely. bubblegum is a favorite album always and forever. his gutter twins album with greg from afghan whigs became an inadvertent soundtrack of the end of my first marriage.

    he's an artist I've seen several times over the years and always loved. totally bummed as shit for him to be gone. he became so prolific in the last several year and that voice is just so fucking massive and serious.

     

    rip.

  5. On 1/13/2022 at 3:22 AM, BigFatCoward said:

    Well quite. The amount of exercise required to deal with the calories from alcohol is one of the greatest injustices in the world. 

    so true. i miss being in my early 20s being able to drink most the night,  grab a few hours of sleep and go play soccer or go for a run. i don't recover or metabolize like i used to.

    personally had a pretty rough fall/winter mentally that transferred into physically. ended up drinking too much, eating poorly and not working out. 

    inspired by the spouse working out each day i forced myself back to it. alternative days of high intensity climb rides and endurance rides with a low intensity recovery once a week. 

    went hard in the discipline department and cut out all alcohol and am giving an entirely plant-based diet a go. 

    already seeing results and feeling better.

    i am someone who needs something to work for. it cannot just be a infinite loop. so i think I'm going to do a charity ride that is 300 miles over three days in May. but because I'm a moron i will ride either fixed gear if my route is all paved or single speed if gravel trails.

  6. the hotel i have taken over has been a challenge to say the least since i came on. 

    we are looking at a renovation, rebranding and relaunch of the restaurant and bar. each space having a distinct and different feel and food. all of it coming from my small, outdated and often broken kitchen. 

    i have put in the budget for a remodel of the kitchen but when i ask if any of it will happen i am met with deflection. makes me think the answer is no.

    to make things more difficult is staffing. already my industry is suffering from a lack of people wanting to get back into the restaurant life since covid. two weeks ago we had to do fresh paperwork for all employees. all but two of my staff do not have work authorization in this country and i have to release them unless they can get work authorization in 8 business days which is absolutely impossible. 

    i had hired a very good, attentive, and energetic younger cook who i saw as a potential sous chef. he has been so good to add to the team. well, his background check came back. he has a couple felonies. he will likely have to go as well.

    our human resources department is remote. i have to get on a call with people who don't know me other than a file, have no real connection other than contractually with my property and argue why something from 2018 shouldn't keep this guy from continuing to try for a better life.

    i am more and more defeated all the time by this job. if i lose this promising cook i may just leave. 

    this career has been very good to me, but not in a couple years. covid has really changed how i feel about it all. i miss the ignorant days of just pushing hard, cooking nice food and letting those things being enough to keep me happy. i have no skills besides cooking. how i harness them to make money without the crushing element of working in a restaurant where ultimately nobody ever truly gives a fuck about me or my staff will be a challenge. 

  7. 1 hour ago, BigFatCoward said:

    How cold/wet does it get where you are? There are very few days where I check the weather forecast and its too cold and wet for decent overshoes, waterproof jacket and a good pair of gloves. Snow you can't do anything about. 

    It's the dark I hate, drivers refuse to see me even with high vis jacket and 5 different lights on my bike. 

    i don't have rain gear yet. need to invest. 

    i love night riding! dc becomes empty after 10pm in most areas. it is fun as could be to crush streets without cars threatening you or needing to adhere to street signals. my bucket list is to ride until dawn after work sometime.

  8. 20 miles a day is going good. missed the total a couple days, but exceed it most days. 

    aside from a couple taco meals been doing a vegetarian diet again. cutting back on drinking a lot. 

    on the 2nd i challenged my bike crew to try to hit 500km by Halloween.  there are 10 of us involved right now.  i am sitting in 3rd place w 209km completed.  I'm a competitive person so i have been adding sometimes 20 miles to my rides home at night as well as making sure i through in a 30 minute peloton workout in for good measure. 

    I'm gonna be so sad when it becomes too rainy,   snowy or cold to ride. 

  9. the crew and i did our 100 mile fixed gear ride to Delaware and since then I've seriously dropped in my fitness and health goals

    i changed jobs, went from a couple drinks here and there as a reward to again drinking to relax, my diet took a dive, i stopped taking my vitamins regularly. i couldn't really work out proper for a few weeks between getting a gnarly burn at work and getting a massive tattoo, both which needed to heal.

    for me i function better by setting goals and sharing them.  that makes them real. it feeds my desire to compete to complete these goals and not disappoint people who believe me.

    so, my goal beginning today is 20 miles a day for the next 30 a combination of peloton workouts (had my first in weeks today. i missed how hard they can be), commuting to and from work and weekend rides with the crew. 

    as well i need to get my diet and consumption under control again. been in a funk. and with fall coming it is likely only to get worse if i don't get my shit together. 

  10. 7 hours ago, Varysblackfyre321 said:

     

    It shows gay men don’t have to be especially feminine. I am not saying being feminine is bad. I’m saying it’s best to showcase being gay is something anyone despite their interests and professions can be and there’s no checklist beyond being gay. I think it’s fair to say many gay men who considered themselves masculine found it a bit harder to reconcile of them being gay with the most common of gay men. 

    huh, what? 

    i cannot even understand what you are on about no matter how many times i read this. 

    and seriously,  fuck the police. unless we are talking sting, stewart Copeland and andy summers. those guys are alright in my book.

  11. 24 minutes ago, Varysblackfyre321 said:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/nyc-pride-parade-bans-police-gay-officers-disheartened-n1267565

    NYC Pride parade bans police; Gay officers 'disheartened'”

    I find this something that could only likely satisfy those who are the most anti-cop whilst doing more damage than good. 
    Having members of law-enforcement solidarity with a typically maligned group is a good thing.

    Showing gay men could be in what are looked at as masculine professions is a good and needed thing.

    being gay is not a choice. being a cop is.

    and i would like further clarification regarding 'Showing gay men could be in what are looked at as masculine professions is a good and needed thing' 

    also it wasn't that long ago nypd were harassing and beating gay people. my sympathies for cops isn't great. 

    more places and more events should ban police presence. 

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