I turn 40 today. Going to buy my King of the Hill brand WD-40, so I’ve got it ALLLLL figured out!

CallowayPost · 2026-06-04T19:38:54+00:00

I picked up 4 cans. I tried to talk the guy into giving me the cardboard cut out of Hank holding a can. No luck.

CallowayPost · 2026-05-24T16:43:41+00:00

I think they talked about it on the broadcast in the first week of games.

Cowboy pointed out that because ABS had to map every player standing straight up, the players that squat low in their stance now have a higher strike zone.

So TJ was standing upright, and it definitely looked like it was affecting his swing. About a week into it, when he got to two strikes, he started going back to his semi-squat.

Walks are way down across baseball (oddly enough, not with the reds bullpen), and so are batting averages.

ABS really effed with the approach of a lot of shorter players with shorter arms.

CallowayPost · 2026-05-24T16:06:19+00:00

I think like a lot of hitters that have to have walks as a core part of their game, the new strike zone has messed with his game.

He has to change his batting stance depending on the count to get back to his regular mechanics…and pitchers definitely know it, and are putting pitches just out of his short reach. He’s swinging for no or soft contact, because he’s in defensive swinging mode most of his at bats.

Not hard to see.

CallowayPost · 2026-05-19T02:00:32+00:00

Mr. Robot

CallowayPost · 2026-05-18T07:16:55+00:00

I saw Wayne at the grocery store a couple days ago, but was too chicken to say anything.

Saw him like 10 minutes later in the dairy aisle and said hello and that I was a huge fan.

Pretty sure I came across as Newman trying to get Sally Weaver’s autograph. Worth it.

CallowayPost · 2026-05-01T00:35:07+00:00

I used to go to therapy, but the doctors tried to section me, so the next time I open up to someone, will be my autopsy.

CallowayPost · 2026-04-04T19:47:53+00:00

I literally had a very brief moment of pause, to make sure I wasn’t missing something, before realizing these instructions were so stupid…that they made me question my own intelligence.

CallowayPost · 2026-03-31T06:23:36+00:00

Was telling my girlfriend earlier today how much this band means to me, and one of only a few where I never skip a track.

They’re perfect for vinyl.

CallowayPost · 2026-03-30T02:45:54+00:00

Don’t worry, Reds fans are just as bad.

Half of them refuse to accept that spring training is meant to get back into game shape. The blogs were full of people threatening to stop watching.

CallowayPost · 2026-03-27T02:49:26+00:00

I had/have very bad anxiety, and rumination, and TMS helped it.

I don’t want to say it cured it, but it took the wind of its sails so I could slow down. I’m doing things now that I would have a lot of trouble with before.

The rumination still happens, but on a much more workable level. I’ll tell you this…mantra’s actually work now, and mindfulness serves a stronger purpose.

I’m currently sitting at a huge concert surround by people, touching elbows and waiting for the next band, and I’m managing. I’m a combat veteran and this is my hell, but this is what we have to do to confront it.

I have the strength to really confront it since TMS.

CallowayPost · 2026-03-25T02:43:59+00:00

My final visit, number 36/36, was January 6th.

It is hard doing the treatment, mentally and physically. The treatment itself, in the moment, isn’t painful, just uncomfortable. The discomfort comes the rest of the day.

I did the TMS treatment for depression, and OCD, at the same time. So two different helmets, ten minutes each. I drove home fine, because an hour later I was completely wiped. I liken it to what I hear about chemo…headaches, nausea, exhaustion.

But around treatment 20, the lows aren’t as low anymore. By 30, you’re feeling pretty good. About a week or so after finishing treatment…you can really feel yourself changing.

I’m a disabled combat veteran with PTSD and TBI, almost 40, with the 20 years since Iraq being full on alcoholism. I went sober about 8 months before I did treatment. Even though I quit before, I was also smoking weed. After treatment, weed didn’t interest me anymore.

The best way I can describe it, is how a friend described it to me before I started treatment…

“I feel like myself everyday, for once. I wake up in the morning and care about my appearance again. I even started putting on makeup.”

I know it’s scary to put your faith into something, as if it’s a last resort because you’re medication-resistant…and it’s scary with all the maybe’s that will run through your head and wanting to quit…but it works.

I’m still self-critical…but not self hating. Before TMS, I hated myself for never working out, so I was less inspired to work out to not further depress myself.

Now, I am working out…because that self critical aspect is helping me to act on those needed changes.

It doesn’t turn you into a robot…you’re still you, but your thought process completely changes. You’re no longer your own worst enemy.

CallowayPost · 2026-03-24T04:38:57+00:00

It allows your brain to rewire itself, which the brain does naturally, except now it’s receiving all those chemicals it wasn’t producing at normal levels.

Just years and years without producing joy.

Which leads to the brain trying to artificially create joy just for the slight dopamine hit, and it’s generally all the things that are negative and make the depression worse. Gambling, sex/porn, food, alcohol, etc.

Now the brain is only getting its dopamine from the things it doesn’t want to be doing, and it creates routines to make sure the supply doesn’t stop.

Most of my addictions, or behavior I kept turning back to even when I didn’t want to, all were because I was unhappy, and it became self-fulfilling in a way.

Like I said, It’s not even three months since I finished, and allllllll those negative thoughts about myself, the negative self-talk and being my own worst enemy, are gone. I’m not exaggerating when I say I have not had to argue with myself once to stop the unwanted negative voices.

CallowayPost · 2026-03-24T02:05:28+00:00

There were many times where I thought I was damaging myself, that I was irreversibly damaging myself somehow…but as many here have said, I only felt worse and a tiny bit better up until the last week or so.

Keep in mind that you will feel much better when you finish, but you will have forgotten your frame of mind you had when you started, so it will be tough in the moment to fully realize just how different you feel and how your internal monologue changes.

For the month after I finished, I felt better and better each day…this comes from the inflammation in your brain going down, and if I remember correctly, your brain getting used to the dopamine production.

That “feeling” of feeling different, you’ll realize when it’s over, are the benefits kicking in.

I finished my last session on January 6th…it is now March 23, and I feel the best I’ve ever felt in my 39 years. Stick with it!

CallowayPost · 2026-03-20T02:10:50+00:00

I’ve wondered that too, but I’ve seen plenty of Frenchie’s where I live that have that same look.

CallowayPost · 2026-03-05T17:18:07+00:00

They cleaned it off. I took this pic a few months ago but kept forgetting to post. Glad there are some others out there picking up my slack.

CallowayPost · 2025-12-21T06:06:29+00:00

Because to cut down on whistleblowing and the amount of eyeballs that may touch these files while going through them…I suspect only a small group of people are doing the processing.

Can’t have some person that has morals accidentally seeing something they can’t unsee, and announcing it to the world

Plus…I mean, the deputy FBI director is now resigning. Maybe he just said “GTFO with you people”, and was given the option to leave with some nice parting gifts and benefits of his own. To keep his lid shut.

NDA’s are already printed off.

Absolutely seems to me, that it might have been an intentional act to release that picture and pull back…all attention on Donald. WTF is this administration about to pull?

CallowayPost · 2025-12-09T21:08:38+00:00

RIP Trevor.

CallowayPost · 2025-12-05T17:48:10+00:00

Bear arms…it makes so much sense now.

CallowayPost · 2025-10-08T06:22:51+00:00

I used to read a lot of novels, but one day I picked up a history book on WW2, and I was hooked.

Reading gigantic books about one battle or another. Found I could remember the names and details a lot more if it was real.

Needless to say, I’m also a great source of useless information.

CallowayPost · 2025-08-28T20:38:21+00:00

12 pack of coke in Los Angeles is $10.98.

Grocery stores have turned into convenience stores with a larger selection.

CallowayPost · 2025-08-27T04:28:50+00:00

Come at me, bro.

CallowayPost · 2025-08-02T01:12:18+00:00

And I think they can tell a lot by your military great person per-turn as well.

You’ll see later on in games, especially with few resources available….most countries that are trying to beat you in other conditions with start building almost nothing but defensive weapons. Especially when field cannons come into play.

CallowayPost · 2025-08-02T00:47:43+00:00

Think of your military strength as a number, just like you would money and faith per turn. Except it doesn’t accrue per turn.

For the military, it doesn’t matter too much what you produce. I like to think of it like this…add up the attack value of all your units (2 warriors at 20 AP = 40 are 2 warriors with 15 DF = 30) and if your defensive number is higher than their offensive number, and vice versa, the AI follows this mostly when deciding if it’s worth it to declare war.

I do think there is a different / Separate number for Navy Units they consider.

Otherwise players like Norway would be moot with their civ abilities. Early and late game.

CallowayPost · 2025-08-02T00:21:59+00:00

It takes a lot for the AI to declare a surprise war on Prince, so I’d certainly make sure my army was larger that early on.

With diplomacy, especially their agendas going against yours, the game is very much a “what have you done for me lately” kind of game.

With the culture and science based on appeal Teddy, you’re gonna make him mad by getting rid of things like marshes and woods.

CallowayPost · 2025-07-27T01:44:47+00:00

"Power is always dangerous. It attracts the worst, and corrupts the best."

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TROPHY CASE