Everything posted by pearlandhorn
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Low T
Keto most definitely can with all the increase in cholesterol you get while on it. It's a trade off though. While higher cholesterol can lead to an increase in heart disease, it's supposedly increases testosterone levels. The main benefits of Keto is rapid weight loss due to a restriction on carbs. Your body burns through fat much quicker when it's deprived of carbs.
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Rich people don't pay much in taxes (now in CR) - ProPublica
It’s $142,800 for 2021. Not being douchy, just pointing it out. Want to know how to fully fund social security? Simply get rid of the cap on wages subject to SS tax (like Medicare tax). Boom, problem solved. Almost 50% of the US annual budget goes to SS, Medicare and Medicaid. Getting rid of this cap on SS would shrink the allocation of the budget to about 25-30%. But knowing politicians, they’d just reallocate the budget to bullshit that we don’t need.
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2021 Body Transformation Thread
Kind of piggybacking on what @Baboontyme says, getting on the right path is 100% psychological. You have to have the right mindset to set yourself up for long term success. Don’t think of it as a diet, but a lifestyle change. Find out what works for yourself and stick with it. I found that when I saw success, the motivation to continue exponentially grew and it just builds on itself.
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Bye bye Luby's
Traditions? Haven’t eaten there in 10 years. My aunt eats there twice a week.
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Shit I've Cooked Lately
Finally got a break from the rain and was able to throw some pork tenderloins on the grill. So damn good.
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Hey Oil Barons.......
Bought XLE at a $30 average back in April 2020. I've been pleased.
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All Things Brisket
I was under the impression that smaller briskets would be easier to cook when I did my first brisket. I did an 11 pounder for my first one. I was paying too much attention to internal temp (when I should wrap, pull it off, etc.). I watched a few videos and read a few articles and have completed ditched the notion that you have to wrap at a certain internal temperature and really just base it off the look of the bark and the fat render. On my cooker, I've wrapped at 160 and as high as 180. For me, it really just depends on the look of the brisket. After wrapping, I stick a thermometer in the thickest part of the flat and just set it to notify me when it gets to 200. I'll take my thermopen and probe a few spots on the flat and point to feel how they are. If the thermopen doesn't slide right in (giggidy), it needs more time. I'll then let it rest down to 170 internal or so and if it's not time to eat, throw it in a cooler, still wrapped in butcher paper, until it's time to eat. The last brisket I cooked a few weeks ago was a 14 pounder. A larger brisket takes longer, but it's definitely easier to cook than a smaller one and has better results for me. Oh, and there's no such thing as too much pepper. I've even started going 2/1 ratio of pepper/salt. Never used a binder for beef either.
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Hey Oil Barons.......
SLB to the MOON
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Do You Know Anyone Personally Who Was Murdered or a Murderer?
Yes and yes. Pretty large douche.
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Do You Know Anyone Personally Who Was Murdered or a Murderer?
Went to high school with this guy: https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/smith-co-sheriffs-office-reopens-dexter-mclean-murder-investigation/440602165 Murdered 4th of July, 2008. I knew his brother Dustin well enough. They reopened the case in 2017 but recent google searches don't turn up anything.
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Dave Matthews Band
Most definitely. We’re at an IHG hotel as I’m a cheap ass and booked it with points. We’re a 15 minute Uber ride to the pavilion in downtown maybe? I’m assuming it’s downtown. Pizza on me, bud.
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Dave Matthews Band
Chicago two nights - 8/6 and 8/7 - has been booked. Let's fucking go.
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2021 Hurricane & Cyclone Thread
NWS should have had a Hurricane Karen just to give us one last F you.
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2021 Hurricane & Cyclone Thread
SpaceCityWeather and KHOU are both saying it's going to be a good ole turd floater here in Houston. Sucks for kid's tball game and crawfish boil this weekend. Can we just fast-forward to October, skip the 1000 degree days, say fuck hurricanes?
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Dave Matthews Band
Have a good time bud. I’ve told my wife so many times that I wanted to go see them in Chicago. I’ve got an executive MBA program starting in the fall and I’m looking for a two show weekend that I’m not in class to go see them. Was planning on Denver again this year (saw them there for two shows in 2019) but I’ve got class.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Agree with you there. That problem is magnified when an “independent” body is making rules based on recommendations from special interests. But hey, America!
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Robert E. Lee HS in Tyler TX up for a Name Change Vote
Earl Campbell went to John Tyler, not Robert E. Lee. I believe they renamed JT to Tyler High School and I know they renamed REL to Tyler Legacy. My mom graduated from REL when they were still the Rebels. I think they changed the mascot in the 80s if I’m not mistaken.
- Post Vaxxed Life
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2021 Body Transformation Thread
Run went great. 5k completed in 27:55 for a 9:01 per mile pace. Better than what I was anticipating. I finished 10th out of 49 in my division. Very content with that. I was around 8:30/mile prior to being attacked by a dog last November then hit kind of a mental block with running until about 2 months ago. Happy with the successful finish and looking forward to getting better. Keep up the good work guys! 🤘🏼
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Give it time. I feel a sense of...impending doom. DOOM I tell you.
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New Orleans Food and Drink Thread
Update: disappointed. Won’t be back.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
I’ll wait for the CDC director to walk back that statement.
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New Orleans Food and Drink Thread
Heading to New Orleans tonight and have a reservation at Rib Room. Have a hankering for some prime rib. I’m curious if it’s gotten any better than it was 2 years ago (last time I went there). It wasn’t bad two years ago, but wasn’t as good as I usually have. Five years ago, it was the best prime rib in the city.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Masked and 6 feet apart.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
The entire handling of California’s public school system, from the control the teacher unions have to the politicians using kids as leverage, is fucked up.