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zBrown
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Jan 14, 2019 - 08:37pm PT
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Rainy Day (all day)
Light on the woman
But we're getting there
The feral cat sat right by the door all day
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zBrown
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Jan 14, 2019 - 08:53pm PT
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Looking for any of these folks
Merced vatos
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zBrown
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Jan 14, 2019 - 09:04pm PT
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Here's another one for all the men out there (whether you're one of the king's or just a commoner).
Mood Swings in Men
“Mood swings in men are primarily a symptom of andropause, a hormone imbalance in men that usually occurs between the ages of 40 and 60,” explains Richard Giannotto, MD, a metabolic wellness physician in McLean, Va. This “irritable male syndrome,” as it’s often referred to, is the result of low levels of testosterone (low T) and high levels of the stress hormone cortisol, Giannotto says. “Resulting behaviors include anger, sarcasm, frustration, sadness, depression, being withdrawn, hostile, and/or anxious, and dissatisfaction,” adds Giannotto. Low energy can also be a problem with low T, as well as low desire.
Low testosterone in men can also mimic symptoms of low T and menopause in women. “I have some patients with low T who describe hot flashes, night sweats, and changing sleep patterns, which then result in sleep deprivation and more irritability,” says Damon Raskin, MD, a physician practicing internal medicine in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
No matter what the specific symptoms, Dr. Raskin says low testosterone in men is under-diagnosed. In fact, an estimated 13 million American men suffer from low testosterone, and 90 percent go untreated. “I see it all the time -- men come in and tell me they’re depressed, and they haven’t considered that their depression may be a symptom of low testosterone,” he says. “And in some cases, doctors themselves don’t consider low testosterone, and they treat the depression itself. But some studies show that up to one third of men who walk into primary care offices may have low testosterone, especially men over 40.”
... if you think you have symptoms of low T, see your doctor. “A lot of men, just by being men, don’t go to the doctor for anything,” Raskin says. “But in order to know for sure he has low testosterone, a man must be screened at the doctor’s office.” Raskin adds that the best time of the day for testosterone screening is in the morning. “You don’t have to have a fasting blood test, but a morning blood test will be a better test. In addition, be screened for possible secondary causes of low T or depression, including a pituitary tumor or other hormonal imbalances.”
It even affects firemen. But you have to join to read the article.
Firefighter Fitness: Low T and Cortisol: The Silent Killer
06/25/2013
By John Hofman Firefighters are often under a lot of stress, both physically and mentally. Stressful environments can increase inflammation in the body naturally, but it can also affect a firefighter's hormonal response. The hormone testosterone is associated with body fat and muscle mass in men and has beneficial effects with regards to the cardiovascular system. Any type of deficiency will lead to increased body fat, less muscle, and increased chance of disease. One study performed in the United Kingdom showed that men with heart disease die sooner if their testosterone levels are low. Another study found that low testosterone in men could increase the risk of developing Type ...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2019 - 11:31pm PT
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Any dead fans out there?
I'm messin' with you.
[Click to View YouTube Video]Mighty big Fan.
Plays Althea over and over all afternoon following his sessions in therapy.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jan 15, 2019 - 04:12am PT
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OHASHI's run
[Click to View YouTube Video](a bit better audio on the facedork link)
but her greatness is not a fluke
[Click to View YouTube Video]gurlz grow up into wow!`da-men[Click to View YouTube Video]
Ah a morning Althea,
And a fine version you have supplied with more than a little
dripping sy.mpath,thy
That is one of Those must hear the whole Whole shows
Fast & done so much fun you have to go see another one
A 3 Night stand for the ages the 5/15 is a Dicks picks, & the 5/14 was a radio broadcast.
I should have been climbing more instead, but those were the highest times as a touring dead head.
Happy happy non-retrievable memories those- but that whole year, I had to get out of to-high school
5/14/80
https://archive.org/details/gd1980-05-14.111136.aud.glassberg.motb-0163.flac16
5/15/80
https://archive.org/details/gd1980-05-15.16.144275.fm.kbfh.beckwith.smith.miller.clugston.flac2496
5/16/80
https://archive.org/details/gd80-05-16.sbd.clugston.7472.sbeok.shnf
also these fine 3
fine finds,
in the 1st, clear it is her 1st, a van virgin so to speak, she doesn't know the name or apparently what a van is? cute [Click to View YouTube Video]'because the hour of J Becks Rockabilly was no g..o . a . T~> but good
[Click to View YouTube Video]Now here Her second song, smooth considering you can tell shes shaking in front of these white boizs
&[Click to View YouTube Video]But it is all about the 'end cap on this one - Yo.
it's a commercial for a smokin' smoking implement I think.
"lorauh", I'd like to have a -lighter buddy-, something I can use as scissors a screwdriver. . .
that I can use to stab the sizz out of somebody and open my beer & light my joint, Laura please, I want one of these,
I'm coming up there - to pedaloma"... (Petaluma sic). . .
catch it like a cold,
hits a spot like that stop
on a dyme why try to when to
ryhm it don't come
easy or not
Id hope that Pedjeo, is that per the proper spelling ?
No, pendejo, it is not, & not pendejeo neither o
It's a hard life on the streets,
might-do-might-due
might just need a lighter buddy
And
One who weighs less too.
got a light
buddy?
jesus wouldn't let so much go
He as much as said so they tell you
ah so the plight of there go
but for the grace
go I
eye to eye, to down by the river
YO
pleasant to feel for the plight of all us
peasants
If you can give do
if you can but feel it
Feel it
For there but for the grace
go you too
if you don't get that
yo, you may be doomed, eternally
'cause it all right
Wait, what's that
ba bah ba its all right, though now Ive got a song I don't know stuck where that Althea ought to go
blah blah blah it's all right
ya' know it?
it has to be a Dylan thing
throwing the threes
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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Jan 15, 2019 - 04:42am PT
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A Brief Moment in Time
They once who
were standing there
looking on
panoramic views
subsumed within
a Cenozoic Era
The ancients stood
awed by
intoxicated
feared everything
embraced by life
then stricken down
A brief moment
in time
a window to
it’s visitors
a glimpse beyond
the antiquated universe
The scent of crude
churning up
to permeate
like peat from bogs
of bygone
years
Cold and heat
by any means
held rapt
beyond philosophy
a basic simplicity
of man and beast
As witness
it now humbles me
yet bares the point
I shout out loud
a nameless
melancholia
-bushman
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2019 - 06:46am PT
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walking on stilts the movie
aka Leaving Soon
the director's cut
get him a band-aid
sharp and focused details abound
my vision is acute
i seem to be walking on stilts
through time
i am greatly enlarged
overtopping giants
but really only sitting on a stool
having breakfast at the cinema cafe
i see the waitress
and she sees me
we each smile and mean it
she looks French today
with a black and white striped top
all you need is a beret
and i probably should order French toast
...but you're waffling, as usual, she notes
as she takes my order...
but chorizo scrambled English browns okay?
sure, got it
hey, she muses, nobody serves waffles much anymore
but the place at the other end of the street
and i went out into the street to smoke
and recalled when most cafes had waffles
and a grill not just a deli case with trifles
maybe the occasional mass-produced muffins
and there used not to be choices
paper or plastic
smoking or non
credit or debit
cash or check
room for cream
splenda or some other substitute
asiago or feta
wtf is asiago but a trumped-up ad man's idea, Jack?
sir, do you want to king-size that
jumbo mumbo burger a la bacon asiago Jack?
spinning around on my stool at the counter
i have dismounted from my stilts
and they lie propped in the corner
by the coat rack and ice machine
ah, the rarefied air of walking on stilts
able to view much but unable to view the future
the distance, sure, space-wise
but not tomorrow, time-wise
and my best guesses are seldom right
and more often wrong by far
it seems i only have eyes for the past
as well as a taste for a good repast
as many do who come to the cinema cafe
ah, the rarefied air of walking on stilts
aah, the rarefied air of a few layers of grease
covering some classic movie posters under glass
mounted under shelves filled with green glass
an old-timey hole-in-the-wall
where you like to meet a friend
maybe godforbid for the last time
--hey you never know remember Joe?--
outside the art deco
of the facade and the dated marquee
add luster to the bouquet
and aroma to the ambience
and your dog is welcome if he's on a leash
and of a pleasant demeanor
bienvenido al cinema cafe
this place is run placidly
amid the haste of the modern work-laden world
it has its own conventions
and ways of doing things
and making folks comfortable
like me being able to sit here
hypnotized by the interplay of the staff
if not reading some book
or ear hustling customers
--i can't help it of course--
as i have many times over eighteen years
and like most i find comfort
among people who know my name
and treat me almost like family
in case your order is to go
remember that
being here now is not the same as
a lot like having been here then
for a business lunch
a family brunch on the weekend
a leisurely ritual coffee for the early birds
a kind cup of water for some homeless streetie
an oasis in downtown
one of the world's many side stages
where all are players
bit part or lead or spear carrier
everyone gets equal billing
and V will amaze you with her math skills
prices are subject to change
no senior or group discounts
refills are free
[coda]
the times they are a-changin'
like a busy baby's diaper
but the newspaper of record
was never sold outside
in the antique vending machine on the corner
now there is only fake news anyway
so who cares not the elders on their iPhones
i see universal truths from on high
and recommend stilts for all
good day, and here are "some things to share"
you don't miss your water till your well runs dry
the road to a man's heart runs through his stomach
fairy shrimps will still be here after the fall of man
don't believe in fortune cookies
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2019 - 08:49am PT
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I've seen this vato. Can't remember where or when.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jan 15, 2019 - 08:51am PT
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I Had Visine Bottles & I Had Visine Bottles
faining any interest in the records
those numbers, all important now
meant nothing way back when
let's just get this done with
We had barrels of Mexican mescaline
Gallons of Tequila & beer,
living on Lemons & limes,
scurvy pirates of stone that we were
was it climbed years ago?
 of course it was.
Probably decades ago.
That the thing now,
is to record every dimple or
30-foot chunk of stone
no longer having any restraint,
Posting, spraying about everything
Claiming everything is new, sit starts &
the "body-length problems"
is the problem.
We didn't record our stone travels
while stoned. They were extensive
We left no stone unturned.
We were starving, getting high,
not in today's' pansy way,
Climbing by moonlight in
paisley, patchouli & microdot
eating rocks full time.
now,
from then,
all for all its worth
My feet hurt
& too
a tribute
the one & only
the true
Frog was FROG
FROM RAY OLSEN'S GARAGE
Full Stop
BvB, Big Al, Gordo, & Me
it was those 3 that took me in
it was Craig Fry & that Evans guy
that took me to the super domes.
In the mix too, must have been
all those other guys, Richard, Yabo
Mike Paul, Coz, & Fishy too
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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Jan 15, 2019 - 09:02am PT
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Comfortable Shoes
Unexpected triggers
remind us of them
and we tell the stories
that we recall
Our woeful grief
common the thread
though some might think
they’ve heard it all
I thought I was strong
I would box and control
remorse and love’s curse
beyond death and the pain
But I’m just a child
and I check myself
in this human condition
I can yet but contain
I never wanted to be
that lost soul in the room
who never got over
their loved ones demise
But I’m only a human
with a heart that is soft
it’s my greatest strength
I now realize
Unexpected triggers
bring them close to our thoughts
I might bracket my grief
in the hustle and tide
But I cannot turn back
the hands of time
and these wounds to the heart
I won’t bother to hide
-Tim Sorenson
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2019 - 09:07am PT
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jan 15, 2019 - 12:41pm PT
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Pedestrian Fatalities in San Diego County Seventh-Highest in Nation: Study March/2018
You're supposed to be wary of gangbangers I know, but I wonder who kills more innocent civilians: drivers or bangers
For the second year in a row, pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. have reached numbers not seen in 25 years, and experts suspect smartphone and marijuana use could be to blame for the deadly trend, according to a new report.
San Diego County was ranked as having the seventh-highest number of pedestrian deaths in 2016 when compared to the rest of the country, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) report released Wednesday.
Law enforcement agencies typically don’t release gang territory maps because a global – and worse, erroneous – look at who claims what could cause chest-puffing and violence in the streets.
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you won’t see an exhaustive map posted here. Instead, this March map from the County Probation Department gives a good overview of communities impacted by gangs. A Google search will give you an idea of street-level boundaries.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jan 15, 2019 - 12:50pm PT
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And the nominated new Attorney General's take?
Barr said he thinks there should be a federal law that "prohibits marijuana everywhere."
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