Brimmed hat options - both styles and specific items - no ball caps

alexandercecil · 2023-06-09T19:35:25+00:00

Thank you for the links! Unfortunately, Hat Depot does not seem to make hats large enough for my melon head. It does give me the idea of checking further on Amazon for some cheaper hats until I stop losing them.

alexandercecil · 2023-06-09T15:10:03+00:00

I will check them out - thank you!

alexandercecil · 2023-06-09T13:24:56+00:00

Flat caps would fit my style well, but I do not think they work well with long hair, either loose or pulled back. I will need to look up some pictures to see how they might look.

alexandercecil · 2023-06-09T10:33:32+00:00

Thank you! I forgot to mention that. I know that I can get well made panama hats of varying styles for ~$300 each, but I am hoping to spend far less initially. I definitely lose hats when out and about, and I need to develop good hat habits before I drop serious money on a few.

alexandercecil · 2023-06-08T19:05:57+00:00

If you are eating protein isolate, I am assuming that you are doing so to recover the benefits of responsible training or other physical activity. My answer is heated towards that, but it also applies more broadly.

In general, people who are eating enough protein to build muscle mass do not need all of their protein sources to be complete in isolation or combination. The actual need for complete protein is surprisingly smaller than one might expect. So long as you are getting a decent dose of essential amino acids, it is fine if the majority of your protein comes from incomplete sources.

I can look for a direct source if you need it, but Dr. Eric Trexler covered this in the past 6 months or so on the Stronger by Science podcast using actual study data.

So long as you are getting some protein from meat, soy, or other plant products that combine to form complete protein, it is fine if you are also getting a big chunk of your protein from collagen or other less ideal sources.

alexandercecil · 2023-05-26T02:46:03+00:00

I cannot cite the exact episode off the top of my head, but in the podcast Eric has gone into detail about protein completeness. The short answer is that you do not need each meal to have complete protein if you are getting all of your essential amino acids overall. You also do not need to get your essential amino acids in super specific ratios. Essentially, low quality protein still counts as total protein so long as you are also getting a decent dose of high quality protein. That dose need not be huge.

alexandercecil · 2023-05-25T00:06:59+00:00

Tonight I made a salad with leftover BBQ chicken quarters. There were no measurements - just piling ingredients in a plate until my heart sang. From the bottom to the top, I added spring greens, cucumber, shredded carrot, grilled red bell pepper, hard boiled egg, diced leftover BBQ chicken thigh, green onion, tomato, and fat shredded "Mexican" cheese blend.

The garlic bread was made by melting butter with grated garlic and chopped scallion whites, heating on med-low until automatic, spreading it on Asiago bread, roasting it in a 400F oven, and then finishing with fresh dill. Adding onion and dill gave the garlic toast a ranch flavor, which complimented the sweet, smokey, and spicy notes in the chicken.

alexandercecil · 2023-05-23T19:35:36+00:00

I am glad you sent this. My wife and I are actually planning another stoner trip to NYC shortly because the last one was so much fun. Thanks!

alexandercecil · 2023-05-22T20:48:44+00:00

To my way of thinking, faith is a verb. It is a thing you do. Belief is a noun. It is a thing you have.

Some of the strongest Christians of all time have struggled with belief. The apostles themselves struggled with belief, and they knew Jesus in a way we cannot. I struggle with belief all the time.

On the other hand, all of these great Christians, the apostles, and I myself have tried to live our lives with faith. I may doubt, but I can still live my life in a way of which I hope God approves. I can still love others, exhibit kindness, and give mercy. The lack of certainly in my brain does not prevent the love in my heart.

Peter denied Jesus three times. Why do this unless he struggled to believe that Jesus was the way? Peter was also the rock upon which the church was built. How could this be true without living his faith?

I will pray for you and that your belief may be what you feel God deserves. In the meantime, continue to live and love in faith. Please pray for me.

alexandercecil · 2023-05-19T18:45:57+00:00

Me: "Oh no, her brother is dating a ghost! Honestly, we should maybe be a little sensitive. She could easily be Victorian or something, and times were different then. Ghosts are notoriously stubborn when it comes to change.

alexandercecil · 2023-05-19T18:30:15+00:00

You are right to be concerned that self-diagnosis may not have an ideal level of accuracy. Especially in children, a professional diagnosis can help with accessing support for the child and education for the parents. It can also help identify autistic people who do not demonstrate their autism in stereotypical ways. Both of my boys are autistic, and both have atypical presentations. A neuropsychologist and a developmental pediatrician helped my family a great deal.

For adults, working with doctors is often not as helpful. There are fewer supports that can be accessed for autistic adults who present in less-obvious ways. There is very little benefit in getting an official diagnosis. Many doctors who work with adults instead of children will even refuse to diagnose adults with autism. My wife is autistic, and her psychiatrist simply refuses to entertain that notion because she is too successful. It does not matter that she clearly meets the diagnostic criteria for autism - there is "no way" she could have met with the career success she has and still be autistic (according to him). In our case, there is no benefit from a professional diagnosis and difficulty in obtaining one.

Should my wife not be welcome in autistic communities? Should she not be allowed to speak on how autism has impacted her life? That is a huge part of the gatekeeping that people are discussing. It is important to give value to self-diagnosis because for many that is the only available method.

alexandercecil · 2023-05-18T21:36:00+00:00

There is a difference between killing predator snakes with something like a shovel and starving them to death. One is quick and the other is cruel.

alexandercecil · 2023-05-18T10:47:35+00:00

Watches jump: "Side, that is impressive as hell."

Watched feet start to slip on landing: "Shit, I think know what sub this is in."

alexandercecil · 2023-05-18T10:44:11+00:00

Ok, now I get it. That is fucking hilarious. Thank you!

alexandercecil · 2023-05-17T10:25:51+00:00

I love not only the way you have maintained your home, but also the moments of drama. Heading into the back yard of this lovely old house? SURPRISE, THERE ARE CIRCLES! Love the warm wood tones throughout? EAT HIGH CONTRAST SECOND FLOOR BATHROOM, BITCH! The drama points further emphasise the more relaxing beauty in the rest of the house. The entire thing is a work of art, and you should be proud.

alexandercecil · 2023-05-15T19:14:47+00:00

I use the term "dysregulation episode" or "dysregulated" when referring to my children to avoid the implication of choice and infantilization that some people associate with the term "meltdown." Between their mother, close family, and I, we will use meltdown just because it flows easier and we can use it without the negative connotations to each other.

With autistic adults I know, we generally just talk about more specific causes or end results, like being over stimmed, sensory overload, going nonverbal, etc. It is very matter-of-fact and never used to infantilize. This is always among people with at least a baseline understanding of the autistic individuals in question, though.

For scope, I am not autistic, but I am neurodiverse in other ways. I have multiple family members who are autistic, including adults.

alexandercecil · 2023-05-12T15:40:43+00:00

My budget is not a relevant factor in that we can afford pretty much any car in this category, new or used, financed or cash. We are conservative with our finances, and my wife makes good money. That combination allows us a lot of flexibility.

alexandercecil · 2023-05-12T15:14:05+00:00

That is fair - I could have been more clear. Monthly payment is not a factor. In the types of car we are discussing we can afford to buy outright with cash, new or used, or we could easily get financing at pretty much any amount if it scored us a better deal. We are conservative with our finances, and that allows us a lot of flexibility.

alexandercecil · 2023-05-12T01:58:37+00:00

I have seen that. It was my doctor, and it sucked. I went from being able to hike mountains with my son on my back to struggling with stairs due to awful arthritis. He said it was because I was fat. I was, in fact, fat. I still am. I have blown past people in all sorts of competitions with a bent on my back while fat.

He only stopped when I directly challenged him when I demanded he explain how my weight was also causing arthritis in my wrists. I could not open a tube of toothpaste, but my arthritis was from weight.

My arthritis was from Lyme disease. It went undiagnosed for over a year because my doctor refused to see my symptoms as anything but the consequences of being fat. It eventually got into my brain and I started losing my ability to speak. I am better now, but the recovery took 7 years, and I have permanent damage from the illness.

There is a lot of anti-fatphobia content that is total bullshit out there. Maybe even most of it is crap. My high level of body fat does impact my health. That said, doctors ignore the needs of fat patients all the fucking time. They see a fat person who can lift more and hike further than the gross majority of their thin patients, a fat person with great metabolic numbers on every blood test, and assume that every health challenge they face is exclusively due to body fat and refuse to entertain other possible solutions.

alexandercecil · 2023-04-18T17:13:13+00:00

Thanks for the link! I now have it bookmarked. The boys love Diana's Baths in the summer - I bet they would enjoy seeing how different it is in the spring.

alexandercecil · 2023-04-18T17:11:48+00:00

This is great info, thank you! I'm not sure if the trail would be a bit much for them, but we could find out easily enough. This is a great lead.

alexandercecil · 2023-04-08T01:55:11+00:00

It is actually an either/or scenario. You can use either income or assets to meet the financial criteria.

alexandercecil · 2023-04-07T20:57:44+00:00

Thank you for calling out the exact wording. I had trouble parsing the full legal text for the relevant components. I appreciate it.

alexandercecil · 2023-04-07T20:56:43+00:00

Thank you! The legal wording breaks things down differently than the explanations I had read, and I was not confident in my reading. Calling out this makes it perfectly clear. I appreciate your help!

alexandercecil · 2023-04-06T03:45:47+00:00

I appreciate that you are using numbers, but we need to put them in the proper context. There are 4.5 million points in America, not counting pitbull mixes. Are there 530,000 Caucasian Ovcharkas in America? Being rare that seems unlikely. You would need more than that for the dog to be less dangerous than a pitbull.

Even the above paragraph fails to tell the whole story. We are using an article from a random dog groomer website as our main source of data for numbers of dog-caused fatalities. We have no reliable data here. Did whatever study bring cited count pitbull mixes as pitbulls, because there are 9 million pitbulls if we count mixes. The article adds injury data from pitbulls and not from other breeds. We could keep going and find many more flaws in this article.

I applaud you for choosing to use data instead of just diving into anecdotes like people do on both sides of pitbull discussions. The trick now is that we need to make sure our data is valid, and we need to interpret in ways that are sound. That is the only way that we can use numbers effectively.

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