MexicanDragon

I love my Charge HR, and they've recently come out with some new colors for normal sizes. The automatic sleep tracking is great, as I'd forget with my flex often enough. I don't even shower with mine, though. It's supposedly safe enough to do it in practice, even if they say not to. I do it just to give my wrist a rest from having it on 23.75 hours/day. They often go on sale for low 100$, and every now and then sub-100$. Only pay full price if you're wanting a Fitbit.com exclusive color. **BRENT**

https://www.facebook.com/ShaadowSefiroth/videos/903330386364475 **BRENT**

Love it, Nate. **BRENT**

I had just come in here to post this. I really liked Rickman. Bummed about this one. **BRENT**

Anyone have thoughts on this one? https://www.chefsteps.com/joule **BRENT**

Publix had chicken breasts for 2.20$/lb. I bought a lot, so blackened chicken cooked in cast iron. Not too shabby. **BRENT**

Harry Potter books 1-7; currently on 6. Yay @ Audible finally getting the HP books; makes the day go by faster, though I wish I would have suspended my Tidal subscription, as I haven't listened to music much in 1.5 months. I give them a 5/7. **BRENT**

So doing this 4 week weight loss challenge nonsense, and smoothies came up. Anyone still doing this? **BRENT**

I need a thermometer. I don't cook enough to know how to tell by feel/time, and I'm too colorblind to tell by looking at it. **BRENT**

Medium rare is goal; came out a bit under, I think. Next time I'll try that. Thx. **BRENT**

Finally got around to trying out my Lodge cast iron cookware. I need some practice, but it's steak, and I needed some steak. **BRENT**

Just got done with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRylMkvahjM Getting slightly better at procrastination, I started today's workout before 11:40pm (it was a 20 minute one last night.) **BRENT**

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/features/live-stream/sherlock-abominable-bride/ Live stream the Sherlock Special: The Abominable Bride, right now. **BRENT**

Hey, where are you exactly? What's the place called? My manager owns a sheep farm in New Zealand. Would be wild if it were the same one. **BRENT**

:palm: My roster changes didn't save a few days ago. Awesome. **BRENT**

Happy Thursday! **BRENT**

So I befriended the owner of an E-bike shop tonight. I got invited to go out for a trail ride on a fat tire e-bike from Felt. I'll see what I can do about videos. **BRENT**

Is that their steambox hardware, essentially? Yes

Nice, Larry! I'm sure it was a good feeling both seeing her again, and giving her a pretty sweet gift. **BRENT**

Nice little budget gaming or HTPC. http://slickdeals.net/f/8359803-alienware-alpha-desktop-i3-4170t-geforce-gtx-4gb-ddr3-305-after-45-slickdeals-rebate-free-shipping **BRENT**

Thanks guys. Back is feeling better, pain spread to leg last night, but it's manageable compared to what I used to have, so I deal. Nothing some Four Roses can't take care of (in liberal doses.) I do need to get back to doing some stuff. I've recently moved stuff around in the house and there's an open room now, and since riding has helped my back perhaps there will be some room for the bike trainer. I don't know where I'll hang all those extra clothes, though **BRENT**

If you remember, I had surgery at L5/S1 a few years back for Cauda Equina Syndrome. I know back pain. This pain sucked, but it was like just a 7 on my adjusted pain scale. I have combined PTO/sick leave, but my supervisor doesn't understand that whole "people need to be out sometimes" thing. We have been doing 6 days most weeks since May. We can have a max of 2 people out at a time (lowered from 4 because she is bad at math,) even if it's for someone being sick. I'll have built back up over two weeks of paid leave (single dads burn through a lot) as of Jan 1, but it's rare I can use it. Oh well, since the pain spread to my leg I'm going to try to sleep through it instead of being awake and frustrated. **BRENT**

Make me. **BRENT**

Woke up, got kids off to school (barely) and got ready for work. I threw my back out picking something off the floor. I heard a loud pop. I then heard 30 seconds of me screaming in pain and debating limping to the car to go to work or limping to the couch to call out. Seeing that I'd have gotten in trouble at work for missing, and it would have cost me a bit of $$$ in lost OT wages, I just went in and took a bunch of pills and suffered through it. The reward was getting to see the kids in their Holiday band concert right after work. Then I came home and started drinking until I quit caring about my back hurting, and playing some games. We had 3-5 people playing Drunk Driving Simulator tonight; pics are in the game thread. Now I get to go take a nap before I do most of it again. **BRENT**

I'm totally good with CJ posting whatever he wants. If it may need a NSFW/Spoiler tag, so be it, but I don't see an issue with it. Posting in here will get critiques/praise of the shot, and if you go back a few years I'm sure you'll see that CJ's gotten better. Not to mention his troubles with Adorama and his horrible taste in movies moved Adorama up the list for me, and I've bought most of my gear from them the past couple of years, and if CJ gives it a thumbs down, you know it's probably going to be an enjoyable movie. I'm more offended by all the Nikon in the EXIF data than most anything else in this thread. ^^^ This. I could go on, but it's cutting into drinking time. **BRENT**