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Its amazing to me how you can think you’re friends with someone and make a mistake and instantly become an enemy. When talking about it would solve the problems immediately and they refuse, I don’t think I can go back to trusting them as a friend anymore even if by some miracle they actually listened to my side. If only it were easy to walk away from it.
Such is life.
It was nice and quiet this morning though, I love that about this world.
It sounds bad but for those in the android modding/hacking community it is a great way to distribute roms to users. I’ve been using it lately to download and try out Cyanogenmod 9 for my Galaxy Nexus from Verizon and to keep my Nook Color tablet up to date and functioning well. I was trying to update my phone and tablet today and noticed that the downloads were not working and tried goo.im on my PC and it would not come up! So I had some lunch and tried again and it was all back up. I decided that since I use this service a bit I’d donate to them. They have two donations spots so I went to two of them. $10 to become a “sponser” and $15 to donate to the new server costs. Hopefully they’ll leave those links up so I can donate from time to time to this great service. I know its not much but I hope it helps! Thanks Guys!
I signed up a little while ago to add TV to my internet package with Verizon to try it out again. I signed up for Ultimate HD which is their highest bracket and 35/35 internet. I bought a cablecard tuner from Ceton and got it all setup. Well I decided I wanted to cancel the TV to avoid the additional distraction and to focus more on my side projects with the house and programming. I did some digging and there is no longer a 35/35 connection but there is a 50/25 connection on their site for 84.99. I can’t get that price on the phone for some reason. I can’t order that package online either. And now it looks like you have to bundle with Verizon and then drop the internet to move it around at all. To keep 35/35 it would be 89.99, to eventually move to 94.99 after bundling the new 50/25 and dropping the TV the next day I’m now at a loss of what to do. From the looks of it I’ll have to cancel my service and reorder to get 50/25 internet only for 84.99 online.
I wish there were more competition in this space. Verizon keeps switching their services and prices around while slowly moving the bar up and making it more difficult to make changes to your plan. I also dislike the fact that you can’t seem to get internet only or make changes to it over the phone without bundling for at least a day. I think they’re trying to keep people stuck with a bundle instead of trying to cut the cord. Any they have a near monopoly on fiber to the home service in this area because other providers don’t want to build out a network and have to compete on price and service. Another reason we need municipal fiber and the ability to have choice and competition in this space. Its like 50 Euro in Sweden for a 100/100 connection from what I’ve read.
I wish we had more choices in this arena!
I woke up this morning and heard on NPR that the Supreme court upheld the individual mandate in the Healthcare law that Obama passed. I was actually shocked and happy at the same time. I really didn’t expect the court to uphold it, but their ruling and argument upholding it does make sense. I also read on Reddit this afternoon about Bill O’Reilly’s discussion on his program about the constitutionality of the law. It is interesting that there was the Militia Act of 1792 that also had the same provision, to force people to buy a service. I learn more everyday! Oddly, from one of the guests on Fox News, who got blasted for trying to correct some misinformation before moving on to the question. Then stumping the host!
It also means that the arguments that are given to the court aren’t indicative of the result. Which means they actually do their research before ruling.
Just an update from today, I started Atkins Induction around 4/20 when I reached 232. I’ve been eating low carb (<20g) since then with some days where it might go over and I’m down to 209 today. I feel incredible and the fat is just melting away. I’m usually eating one or two meals a day depending on when I’m hungry and I’m hardly hungry so I usually eat in the afternoon for the first time. Its been a heck of a lot of eggs, sausages, bacon, double-doubles from In-n-out, six dollar burgers from Carl’s Jr, steaks, and gallons of water. So it hasn’t sucked. And I do eat some salad a couple of times with Ranch dressing. I also have snacked on peanut butter, cream cheese, and almonds so I get a bit of fiber. It’s just been incredible! Its worth a shot for anyone looking to lose some weight.
Just checked out the Great Gatsby trailer on Youtube and it looks awesome:
It also has a great track from Jack White, which is a B-side on his Sixteen Saltines Vinyl. I looked around for an MP3 purchase from Google and Amazon MP3 but no luck. I did, however, find a YouTube video with the track so check it out:
I’ll probably dig out an old record player and purchase the vinyl and also the full blunderbuss vinyl. My Get Behind me Satan vinyl was slightly different than the CD so I wonder if Jack’s new album is the same way.
The best part of a low carb, high fat diet is that I’m always satiated. I’ve been skipping breakfast and eating my first meal at noontime. I do this because I can make a decent meal during lunch time. I’m down to 214 pounds, which is near where I was when I was exercising 5 days a week and eating mostly low fat whole grains. I also have an extreme amount of energy, I used to get tired after eating a meal in the afternoon, but now I’m alert and normal throughout the day. From the literature that I’ve read this is because my blood sugar is almost constant throughout the day it doesn’t spike when I eat starches are sugars, which makes sense. Let’s hope these changes keep happening, and I keep losing weight. If I get down to 200 pounds I’ll start to do p 90 x to see if I can exercise and do the high fat low carb diet to gain some muscle mass and to lose some additional fat. Time for some oven bacon and fried eggs in butter.
Published from my android phone, using voice to text dictation which is awesome.
Just got an aeropress from Aerobie, the manufacturer of fine throwing instruments. It actually makes quite a good cup of coffee and cleanup is a breeze, I’m totally digging it. I’ll need to experiment a bit more with it as I can’t get the flavor right just yet. The first time I tried it the flavor was perfect. But the subsequent times it didn’t taste so good so I need to keep trying. I do sometimes only get a few ounces out of it so my guess is I need to get the grind correct first. All my attempts were delicious without any cream or sugar substitute so that’s awesome. I wish I could have figured out my Bonita drip coffee, it always came out different but was effortless too. 2 pictures after the break.