Longhorn Al

Almost 72 hours in and I'm feeling great. I've only had a couple shots of pickle juice the last couple days, so I might push a bit of sodium and potassium today just to stay ahead of any symptoms. 2 days straight of mowing and weed-eating in the 100 degree heat. Gets a nice sweat going. I'm down 9.8 lbs in 71 hours.

They like their meat with a good bark.

I'm back! And fatter than ever! Not really, but I did gain a bunch. Ate like a fat, stupid pig. I started a fast Monday around 5pm. So I'm roughly 50 hours in. I'm down 7 lbs. Getting rid of that water weight feels good. I've been eating crap, and over the weekend I just realized that I didn't feel good. Apart from the weight gain, which sucks ass, I just felt gross after I ate. I'd eat too much, or too much sugar, and just feel heavy and lethargic. 2 days of fasting and that feeling is instantly gone. I have to remember that eating pizza or ice cream feels good in the moment, but makes my body feel like ass afterward. I feel great when fasting despite the tinge of hunger that comes and goes. From Sunday night to Monday, I slept 12 hours. Really caught up on my sleep. I polished off some leftover pizza around 4pm and decided then to stop eating for awhile. I came home from work 12 hours into my fast with a worsening headache. I went straight to bed and slept another 9 hours. Day 2 was fine. Got up today and mowed most of the lawn in 99 degree heat. I'll mow the rest tomorrow. Day 3 is going ok as well. I was thinking about fasting with scale feedback. Fast until I lose 10 lbs, then eat a Keto meal, then fast again for the next 10 lbs. But 2 days in and I'm 7 lbs down. 10 lbs will come too quickly, I think. So for the first fast, I'm trying for a week or so, then switching to the 10 lb fast intervals. That's a rough goal. 10 lbs may end up being too much and I'll alter it. I won't lie. I'm already looking forward to my meal. I'm thinking a ribeye with broccoli and pan-fried zucchini.

I watched all 8 episodes last night. Halfway through I was thinking it wasn't as good as the previous seasons, but it ended really strong. I liked it overall. Erica gets on my nerves. I could see Suzie getting more time in season 4, maybe coming to visit for the holidays or something.

Fedun coming back on a 2yr deal.

2009: My granny, Ruby Hazel Saunders Galbreath, died. She was a couple months short of her 101st birthday. Can't believe it's been a decade. Seems like yesterday.

New proposal at 7th & Lavaca: https://austin.towers.net/a-towers-headed-for-downtown-austins-historic-royal-arch-masonic-lodge/?agent=caitlyn@towers.net 25-30+ stories above the Masonic Lodge.

Old Spice for me. Not the original scent, but I use a few of the different weird ones they have.

I wear deodorant every day. If I don't, my underarms chap for some reason. I've only worn antiperspirant once in a pinch, and my underarms reacted very badly. Never again. Maybe parents need to have done a better job shaming their kids into wearing it. Tell them they stink. Embarrass them. Apparently that didn't happen enough for a generation.

Statesman site https://www.statesman.com/news/20190617/huge-project-planned-for-statesman-site

There's a ton of them in the wooded area on South First between that storage place south of William Cannon and the lot with all the food trucks.

I watched the first 3 episodes. The 3rd one was Anne Frank. Apparently it's got a bunch of people up in arms over it. Holocaust jokes from a cast of Jews. Gilbert Gottfried playing Hitler. I laughed a few times at that one.

I think they were semi-mocking Pence.

I'm in South Padre next Thursday - Saturday. Hope its remnants are gone by then.

There's only about 300 spots in front of HEB. Not sure what they're counting to get 550.

HEB @ Congress & Oltorf will be rebuilt. https://www.austin360.com/news/20190528/h-e-b-is-tearing-down-one-of-austins-busiest-stores-but-it-will-come-back-bigger-than-ever?template=ampart&__twitter_impression=true

I love T1 and T2. I saw T3. Haven't seen any others because I just assumed they would get worse. I didn't know Gabe Luna, but I had a lot of friends at Crockett that have talked about him a lot over the years.

Mindhunter Season 2 - August 2019

The Sports Reporters. That was the Sunday show I'm thinking of.

MTV quit showing music videos and started airing stupid shows. I quit watching probably 20 years ago. ESPN went the same route. They started airing all of those sportswriters shows (Around The Horn, PTI, etc). My viewing had already tapered off years before they really got political. I called them out on it in 2016 with a sternly worded email complaining about their website plastering that guy's predictions of the election. I still use espn.com but even that is rarer now. I don't have cable, so they don't get any of my money that way. I agree with the previous poster who said NFL Primetime and Baseball Tonight were required viewing back in the day. They kept the sportswriter BS to one show, I think. Can't remember the name, but it was like 5 writers on Sunday morning discussing the hot topics of the week. Getting rid of politics is a good first step. Getting rid of most of those sports journalist shows would be the next step. Maybe then I'll consider coming back.

He's just a speculator. He's not really trying to develop anything.

The 3 projects NW of the Capitol that are in the pipeline. Photos from austin.towers.net. 17th Street Condos (27 fl - 319 ft) https://austin.towers.net/heres-our-first-look-at-the-condo-tower-headed-for-17th-and-guadalupe/?agent=caitlyn@towers.net Hilton Garden 17th Street Hotel (18 fl - 230 ft) https://austin.towers.net/west-17th-street-hotel-brings-height-to-downtowns-northern-gap/?agent=caitlyn@towers.net Travis County Civil & Family Courthouse (13 fl - 239 ft) https://austin.towers.net/heres-a-closer-look-at-travis-countys-new-downtown-courthouse/?agent=caitlyn@towers.net

I just had another one. Extra chipotle mayo and hot relish. So good.

She shoved a guy and he died because of it. Same as losing your temper and punching someone and they end up dead. How are those normally dealt with?