IcyBlackDeep

This showed up in my twitter feed

 
 

Statins *might* be over prescribed, broadly speaking.  That said, the literature seems to say more good than bad, and people tend to live longer being on them.
 
I wouldn't disagree with your doctor, but I don't think you'd be crazy if you decided to try just diet and lifestyle changes and get your levels checked again in a month.  Probably should discuss that with your doc first, so they can make sure a follow up blood draw is ordered.

So everyone, the last two months have been a hell of a ride. Life threw my family a curve ball. While my soon-to-be son is good, my wife was diagnosed with cancer. I checked out of almost everything in the latter half of May. I haven't said anything in this space because while it's hard to say it, it's much tougher to read it.
 
One of those facts that you never thought you'd learn is that you can have chemo while pregnant with very little risk to the child in the 2nd/3rd trimester (around 2%). Everything is on the up and up. The baby is healthy and tracking normally. My wife (all things considered) is doing remarkably well with the treatment.  The medical team has been nothing but stellar, and the support we've gotten has been awesome.
 
We're having our baby shower this coming weekend, and we've switched it to virtual (since my wife is immuno-compromised). Again, we've got nothing but love from family and friends. Coming to this space has been good as it's a refuge from the grind since we found out. I've also been super reflective. The old adage goes, "Be kind because you don't know what others are going through." I was already pretty empathetic, but this has kicked it up a notch.
 
Still have a few things to prep for (e.g., reviewing what's left on the registry and the daddy-do list) since he'll be here in a month. It's all coming together beautifully. 
 
Thank you all for being great play cousins!

Can't view Twitter posts because I don't have an account 🤣

When Red Rock Candy cosigns your position you know you're fucking up pretty bad. 

I officially start my new job tommorow, go my departure details in an email. I'm INCREDIBLY nervous, but I guess thats normal when you're going somewhere unfamiliar 

Nah, a very large portion of people already have EZPass and if not most things have moved to cashless already (they take a pic of your license plate and mail you a bill).

Nah, a very large portion of people already have EZPass and if not most things have moved to cashless already (they take a pic of your license plate and mail you a bill).

Sounds like a good man.  And thorough.

Sounds like a good man.  And thorough.

Sounds like a good man.  And thorough.

Oh shit, second rollback beta is in progress!

It's very noble of you guys to try to be open-minded, but let's make some things clear:
 
This is a fighting game forum I'm not trying to create some bastion of free speech I want people to feel comfortable  
THE SITE RULES STATE NO RACISM, NO POLITICS.
 
If you see something goes against the rules, report.
If something makes you feel uncomfortable, report.
If someone is just being an asshole in general, report.
 
It is MY JOB (and sometimes Sonero's) to decide if punishment is necessary.  It is up to YOU to let me know there's something worth looking at.  That's it.  This is my private forum and I would like it to not drown in filth.  Sadly I cannot read every thread/be here 24/7 so I have to rely on you guys to help.
 
Remember, 'free speech' lets Nazis hold parades in Washington DC.  Free speech is all well and good if you're running a country, but this isn't a country. It's MY forum and I have no interest in letting everyone say whatever dumb shit they like.  I try to be hands off but some of this shit has got to stop.

Remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Russia parking a bunch of nukes 90 miles off the US coast? Well Ukraine joining NATO is kind of like that. A country right on Russia's border joining an organization designed to keep Russia in check that should have disbanded after the Cold War but yet still exists for some reason. If there were a similar organization dedicated to keep the US from doing things and they tried to get Mexico to join, I can imagine we'd react a lot like Russia has and then be quick to brand anyone helping that organization as our enemies as well.
 
I can't speak to how good or not good Ukraine's military is, but any army can win a couple battles and hold out for a week. It's more profitable to arm them and fight a proxy war with a rival energy producing country so it makes sense the US would do that. I have a buddy whose ex lives in Ukraine and I've seen the pictures she's sent him of what's going on and it's bad. I wouldn't call what I've seen winning. 
 
There's a lot of propaganda surrounding this war though, but ultimately it's the people of both these countries that are caught in the middle here, and it'll take potentially generations to rebuild, all because the US/NATO can't abide their treaties and because the US needs to swing its dick around and make a few bucks in the process.
 
Anyway I'm out. Thumb me down all you want but nothing you can say will make me believe this war was unavoidable and justified.

“The aggressor is always peace-loving (as Bonaparte always claimed to be); he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”
― Carl von Clausewitz, On War

“The aggressor is always peace-loving (as Bonaparte always claimed to be); he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”
― Carl von Clausewitz, On War

“The aggressor is always peace-loving (as Bonaparte always claimed to be); he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”
― Carl von Clausewitz, On War

Slaughtered that interview and got hired on the spot, guys. Job has hella benefits and they are gonna let me continue my tankerman training. Also making a tad bad more paywise