You're comparing the caffeine content of a 30oz drink to a 16 oz and 12 oz respectively. Red bull is 111. Monster is 86. I had gotten these charged lemonades regularly before these lawsuits. Know what was on the machine when you went to get it? The exact caffeine content. The entire time. Always. It was pretty clearly marketed as having about as much caffeine as a cup of coffee if you drank a cup of coffee worth. If these specifically need to be marketed as energy drinks, then so does coffee. A standard cup of coffee has 100-150 mg of caffeine.

The first time I had a full 30 oz serving of the mango one I felt like I was vibrating. I decided from that point on to only get half and fill the rest with unsweetened tea. There absolutely should be clearly marked caffeine content in things. And we live in a litigious society. I'm pissed because now I have to ask one of the employees to get these for me instead of me just being able to serve myself....like I can their coffee.

How I made the decision: asked myself do I want to have children because that is what I want or because that is what is expected/wanted by others? For me, it was the latter. I have been incredibly happy with the decision, though I'm also incredibly fortunate and privileged to be in the spot my partner and I are in.

My partner and I had the luxury of me being in grad school as the "excuse" for why we hadn't had kids. Then student loans. But at a certain point that was unfair to us and our parents. My partner is an only child so her parents won't have grandkids. I have a brother who has kids.

Avoiding uncomfortable conversations and putting the wants of other people before yours is something we all do. However, doing that with bringing a whole living being is, in my opinion, a recipe for fucking disaster.

If you want kids because you want to, then you should. If you don't want kids because you don't, then you shouldn't. If your partner is on a different wavelength, you need to have a very adult conversation. The decision to bring a life into this world (especially at this point) is huge. This is also not a conversation to convince the other person you're right (this goes for your partner too).

I hope you are able to make this decision in a way that fits best for you.

Kinda crazy to see Stanford, KY on here! I did a semester long practicum at Lincoln county highschool.

Working out at the gym to fit my underwear

And it makes the sunset really pink, because of the air pollution! But the the main question is, is it worth it?

Allows for steam to be released. Steam is what helps the crust form the way it did and to get a good oven spring. Steam is very important in bread making and home ovens vent too much. So put the dough in a ditch oven with ice (so the stream is caught) and then be in heaven when you realize you can make a great loaf of bread at home! I've only used ice a handful of times though.

The "I'm so tough I don't need a vacation" most likely.

I didn't get a picture of it, but recently completely the Uinta Highline Trail in North Eastern Utah. On day two, we get to the campsite at like 7:00pm to setup the tent and eat. All of a sudden, the wife and I hear this noise that's like a drone. Look around, not a drone but a little hummingbird just checking us out. Didn't expect the little bugger to be there and at that time. No flowers in sight, just pine trees. It was a pretty cool thing to have witnessed just totally randomly.

Well then you owe me a dumpling out dumpling equivalent.

It's been a minute, but the guy wrote an open letter that was long enough to put in book form, A Letter to a Christian Nation.

Disclaimer: I haven't kept up with his stuff since the late 2000's so can't speak to more recent offerings of his or his views, just figured it's worth pointing out.

That's enough Jerry, now you're just playing around.

I would say it's worth it to push through for sure. It probably only took my wife and I about 45 minutes to find out way up from Rock Creek (a 1.1 mile section so it was slow going, but if you have a map ready to go it'll be easy enough to make sure you are going the right direction). You can definitely tell some of the places have become "unofficial" trails to get around the larger portions that are all bunged up just from everyone taking the apparent easy way around the difficult sections (just gotta look for the signs which you will become very accustomed to throughout trail).

Since I was with my wife, we didn't do kings peak. It would have been nice but the day we did it the clouds were building and the wind was zooming. Lots of people doing it though. That was the section we saw the most people too. The rest of the trail it was really low people, like maybe 10 doing the opposite direction, 4 doing the direction we were, and one group of trail workers just after gabro. Then after Rocky Sea pass we started to see A LOT of people. Almost overwhelming. And all smelled super good compared to us by that time lol.

Logistics wise, we rented a car and booked a shuttle with Mountain Trails Transport. Not sure about their service to Leidy peak just from what our shuttle driver mentioned (it's rather rough road). Our shuttle driver was Amanda and she was super helpful and responsive. It was $150/person from Hayden to McKee Draw so really quite reasonable to not have to deal with renting another car or driving back to the other trailhead the day we came out.

Hey so just got back from my UHT thru! Nights were pretty chilly the first full week of August, getting down to 37° one night, but the rest staying between 40-43°. Wife and I referred to the first 25 miles from McKee Draw to Leidy as Mirkwood because it felt like it just did not. Stop. Going. On. Would start at Leidy if I ever do it again. We got hailed on day two and three. First bit of hail came at a spring between McKee and Leidy (which if you do decide to do the whole 104, I'll find the coordinates which really helps on the water carry). Second but of hail came while on Gabo pass. The thunderstorms were pretty intense, but mostly missed us until night 6 when it rained hard and thundered about as hard as I have ever heard it for about 5 hours.

Gabo pass still has lots of snow and is the only pass with as much snow (dead horse pass has some on the eastern side but it is right at the bottom and on a flat part), though I don't know how much will be there by early September. We decided to stick to the Highline and when we got to the snow, it was impossible. We decided to scramble up a couple hundred feet to a smaller part. We were not the only ones to do this as we saw multiple trekking pole marks and some pretty faint steps in the snow. A guy we played leap frog with that day watched us and thought it looked pretty sketchy so he took the left tail (that guess next to late Wilde) which he said the snow crossing wasn't terrible there as it was mostly flat. The snow had a good texture to it though and the crossing was actually pretty easy, just hella precarious, so you may want to get updated trail reports closer with a focus on Gabo.

Other than that though, most of the trail was fucking fantastic. The Rock Creek area, mostly the 1.1 mile trail after the creek crossing (going east to west) was a pick your own adventure, but also the mile or so of trail before the creek (though there were still Cairns for this section as well as pink ribbons every so often). All the fire damage and blow downs made the trail virtually none existent after the creek. It took us a bit of navigating and checking caltopo to make sure we were still headed in the right direction. If you can, would definitely suggest making it to the flat spot right before Rocky Sea Pass, no fire damage there if you plan on making camp around there.

We were also pretty grateful for having the ability to have a hot meal but that is a personal preference too. We took 8 days to do it and I just wasn't as hungry as I thought I would be.

Lots of marshes where the feet got wet multiple times per day. Socks were able to dry out the next day though (brought two to walk in and one to sleep in).

I am planning on doing a more detailed write up but just wanted to get these thoughts out quick. Let me know if you have any other questions!

I transitioned from an elliptical to the treadmill. Knees are in rough shape and it took about 4 weeks for them to get sore after pushing a little too quick and not getting proper rest. Probably wasn't doing enough stretching either. Inside of my knee is where it hurt so don't think it was an IT band issue.

Listened to my body, that's the fitness victory. Knee feels better 7 days since my last run and just in time to set off of a thru hike of the Uinta Highline Trail on Sunday. Hella excited for the adventure too!

This is only related because of kidnapping, but Robert Evans Behind The Bastards did a quick series on the viral kidnapping phenomenon. It's a great (fascinating and exhausting may actually be a better set of words) listen.

I call it my God hole.

Just manager.

Inny Minny miny...?

Reading the comments seems like the consensus was it lacked flavor. How did yours turn out?