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Comment on Better Than Blue Eyes by weight loss programs in mankato mn

weight loss programs in mankato mn — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:11:47 +0000

The problem with prolonged workouts is that they make the chemical “cortisol”.
Cortisol is called the stress hormone. When the body is below duress (or you knowledge bodily, emotional or other stress) it releases cortisol into the body.
Cortisol relaxes your body but more importantly (for fitness purposes) it reduces your body’s ability to produce protein. Protein is crucial for muscle maintenance. (Source one and Source 2)

Comment on Sexing down by Andrew Zalotocky

Andrew Zalotocky — Sat, 11 May 2013 21:15:55 +0000

It looks very serious - much more so than Watergate ever was. This explanation from neo-neocon is very plausible.

Comment on The first Levy & Counsell podcast at Ricochet.com by PooterGeek

PooterGeek — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:01:29 +0000

Thanks for taking the trouble to say so, SL. Yes, Judith herself was disappointed that we didn't get around to that, but she will do. In fact, current events mean Judith will have an awful lot to talk about over the next few weeks, sadly.

Comment on The first Levy & Counsell podcast at Ricochet.com by Severely Ltd.

Severely Ltd. — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:06:53 +0000

I’m one of your Ricochet listeners that thoroughly enjoyed the podcast despite the tech problems. I hope that it’s allowed to run longer next time, I think Judith mentioned at one point that you would address the tendency of Jews in the US voting Democrat which was never gotten around to. I’d be interested to hear both of you opining on that.

Nice to have found your website.

Comment on The first Levy & Counsell podcast at Ricochet.com by PooterGeek

PooterGeek — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:51:40 +0000

ORCA will get better, and, especially if Republicans lose their minds and revert to pleasing their “base”, there will be plenty of time to fix it.

Comment on The first Levy & Counsell podcast at Ricochet.com by Tim Almond

Tim Almond — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:39:32 +0000

I think the Orca problem (the Romney app for users) is being overplayed, but there’s certainly some not good engineering decisions.

“Right on Day One” is a difficult problem in internet applications. Adding in large volumes makes it even worse, but from what I’ve read, they didn’t do any stress testing. So they didn’t realise that one web server wouldn’t be enough, or that their ISP would think that they were getting a DDoS attack.

Comment on How to make drum solos interesting by Sirtib

Sirtib — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:21:56 +0000

Could also be used to make a violin solo tolerable.

Comment on How to make drum solos interesting by Skuds

Skuds — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:20:06 +0000

Hey – some of us *like* drum solos anyway. Some of us would happily eschew the flashy computer graphics and instead watch John Bonham thrashing away at his kit for 20 minutes.

Comment on Phonies by Brian Hughes

Brian Hughes — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:00:17 +0000

The world is full of, and to a large extent run by, people who prefer anecdote and opinion to evidence and analysis. I fear it’s part of the human condition and aligned with whatever characteristic of our species it is that ensures that (for example) accountants grow rich by making simple things (eg sums) look complicated whilst engineers remain poor by making complicated things (eg bridges) seem simple.

But I’ve not much evidence…

Comment on A Quick Plug by PooterGeek

PooterGeek — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:48:11 +0000

It took me quite a while to find it myself, Dwight. Sorry about that---and thanks for asking. I've put a new MP3 copy here.

Comment on Ungentlemanly English by e

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:11:30 +0000

@incitatus The replacement is ‘ME’!!! People behaved, including me, in ways that were probably not in the best and most advised ways.

OR ‘me included’ OR ‘and I include myself in this’

Comment on A Quick Plug by Dwight

Dwight — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:10:16 +0000

You had a song called “Blood Won’t Run Away”, but I can’t seem to find it on your website anymore.

Any chance of loading it up again, or just showing me where you’ve hidden it?

Comment on Parliamentary Microphone Geekery by Skuds

Skuds — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:28:24 +0000

Is that the design of the mics you are referring to or the design of their website?

Comment on A Quick Plug by No Good Boyo

No Good Boyo — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:30:58 +0000

The Geek is Back!

Comment on Marconi Plays The Mamba by Bernie T

Bernie T — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:34:32 +0000

why does it say: “We built this city for little folks” when its, “We built this city on rock and roll” ???

Comment on Toonophilia Too Far by punkyskunk

punkyskunk — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:16:49 +0000

I’m a girl, and I have a massive crush a few Anime characters, most notably Cell from Dragonball Z. (yeah, I know, super weird. Everyone is different for what floats their boat, ya know?) I don’t think it’s all that strange. Really, some people just like fantasy elements of it.

Comment on Ungentlemanly English by Matt Hilton

Matt Hilton — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:48:58 +0000

I didn’t know what to expect when I Googled reflexive pronoun abuse. I’m afraid this problem is here to stay. I teach a freshman level composition class, and spend many days cringing as the administrators at my school drop inappropriate “myself” bombs on a seemingly daily basis.
The confusion of objective/subjective ‘I” -”me” now seems much less annoying.

Comment on Sky TV’s Advertising Agency Hires World’s Worst Copywriter by Chris Rand

Chris Rand — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 08:46:37 +0000

The banner is described prominently in The Times today, six years on. It will live forever. Photo at http://t.co/Q0gYro2 by the way.

Comment on Lessons For Us All by Martin

Martin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:18:42 +0000

Damian, I’ve only just (extremely belatedly) seen this link to my post. Many thanks for re-posting it – much appreciated.
Martin

Comment on Good, Bad, And Mixed by White Sun of the Desert » The Millenium Trilogy: A Review

White Sun of the Desert » The Millenium Trilogy: A Review — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:39:06 +0000

[...] but has been subject to a complete cop-out by Larsson. To describe this, I’ll refer to this post by Pootergeek who is writing about one of the Harry Potter books: The real problem with Harry [...]

Comment on A Question For Owners Of Television Sets by Dan Jon

Dan Jon — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:34:33 +0000

I hear he likes prison life specially when the lights go out

Comment on A Question For Owners Of Television Sets by Dan

Dan — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:31:35 +0000

Should have cut the red wire my hook handed friend

Comment on A Better Way by Brntrogdor

Brntrogdor — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:46:58 +0000

Try looking at this video, then let me know what you think of Mr Bliss’ juggling routine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riqkA3HKHB8
I can only do maybe 50% of the patterns in this video, and there is no way I could pull of the connections along with all that! So good luck.

Comment on Chuka Umunna on slavery by Gregg

Gregg — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:25:58 +0000

If not having been an intern to an MP excludes you from public office then it would seem to me that there is a lot wrong with the system well beyond anything under Umunna’s control. The problem is not that bag-carriers are volunteers rather than salaried staff, but that selection has come to be based on who you know not what you stand for.

Comment on Chuka Umunna on slavery by PooterGeek

PooterGeek — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:31:23 +0000

If you say so Gregg.

Unlike Mr Umunna, I really am descended from slaves and, unlike Mr Umunna, I’m not asking for an apology from anyone for Britain’s treatment of my ancestors or for any supposed contemporary legacy of the slave trade.

While my “community” isn’t in the least troubled by the supposedly still-persisting “effects of slavery” and while vapid identity politics sicken me, I am angry that it is extraordinarily difficult for people from working-class or disadvantaged backgrounds, regardless of their ancestry (as if that matters at all), to become elected representatives—especially representatives of the Labour Party.

So, unlike Mr Umunna, I believe that contributing to the exclusion of the less well-off from public office by means of a system of unpaid apprenticeships in one of the most expensive cities to live in in the World is a rather more significant problem in Britain today and rather more deserving of apology from those sustaining it than the slave trade.

Comment on Chuka Umunna on slavery by Gregg

Gregg — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:05:30 +0000

Because letting kids who want to become Prime Minister one day, carry your bags and look-up stuff on the internet for you, is obviously comparable to the slave trade.

Comment on Three Four B Movies Worth Checking Out by PooterGeek

PooterGeek — Fri, 27 May 2011 22:24:51 +0000

Well, it’s clearly bleak “overwhelming bad-things-from-sky threatening a relationship” stuff, though exactly what bad things and how real they are is left ambiguous.

Comment on Three Four B Movies Worth Checking Out by Skuds

Skuds — Fri, 27 May 2011 22:21:09 +0000

You confused me. I sat through the whole trailer trying to work out how it was supposed to be similar to Skyline.

Comment on Three Four B Movies Worth Checking Out by PooterGeek

PooterGeek — Thu, 26 May 2011 23:48:09 +0000

You probably won't want to watch this upcoming, impressive-looking indie cousin of it then.

Comment on Three Four B Movies Worth Checking Out by Skuds

Skuds — Thu, 26 May 2011 20:33:06 +0000

I thought Skyline was a very bleak film. The CGI was very good for the budget, but the utter hopelessness removed any sort of will-they-won’t-they survive suspense: you knew everybody was doomed.

Also, part of me was too pre-occupied with the unfeasibility of having that many Predators in the sky at once, so close to each other, doing such moves.

Still… at least it was better than Forrest Gump, but then what isn’t?