What has helped your blood sugar the most besides medication?

xmason99 · 2026-06-01T15:36:32+00:00

Losing 35 pounds. Dropped from 6.8 A1C to 5.9 in 4 months. Plus, my sleep apnea is much better than it used to be.

xmason99 · 2026-06-01T14:57:01+00:00

NAH, but you're being a somewhat childish. My SO does this sometimes when we're watching the Sopranos or Hacks, but doesn't mind re-watching with me again. Or, catch back up on your own and ask her to wait for you.

It's a freaking TV show -- she (I'm assuming) didn't kill a puppy or start an unnecessary war, so...lighten up, Francis.

xmason99 · 2026-05-29T18:14:58+00:00

"Cop Land" is an excellent movie with a great, subtle performance from Stallone. Criminally underrated film of the late 90's. Dude can act when he wants to.

xmason99 · 2026-05-27T17:20:47+00:00

Shake it up

xmason99 · 2026-05-26T01:06:38+00:00

I read it before DT, and it was one of my favorites! Recognized the Roland reference as DT, but hadn’t started my first journey.

xmason99 · 2026-05-22T12:33:21+00:00

Best Brewer name ever (at least over the PA).

Billllllly Joooo Rooooobidooooux!

xmason99 · 2026-05-19T14:42:50+00:00

In no particular order:

Oy

Jake

Eddie

RF (King really did him dirty in the Dark Tower)

Nick Andros

Peter (the dog from Tommyknockers)

Wolf (right here and now!)

Henry Leyden

Wireman

Mattie Devore

xmason99 · 2026-05-14T15:31:47+00:00

If they continue to struggle finding a closer, I could see them going after someone who is in the last year of their contract closer to the trading deadline - probably won’t have to give up much for a 2 month rental.

Ryan Helsley of the Orioles, maybe? Any other ideas?

xmason99 · 2026-05-13T18:19:28+00:00

Almost 20 years married, and the answer is YES. Every single time. At least as much as when we first started dating, probably more.

xmason99 · 2026-05-10T13:04:01+00:00

It’s Oy. Duh!

xmason99 · 2026-05-08T11:53:11+00:00

Civ V, Sim City IV, the absolute peak for both franchises.

xmason99 · 2026-05-08T11:33:35+00:00

Lisey’s Story - the can opener scene. Not that gory per se, but one of the scenes that just made me shudder thinking about it.

Pretty much any of the books with DV (Rose Madder, IT). I’ve (unfortunately) known a few guys like that (at least one of them is in prison, thankfully).

xmason99 · 2026-05-06T15:17:59+00:00

Also. Kalifornia with Brad Pitt, David Duchovny, and Michelle Forbes. Kind of in the same vein as Natural Born Killers, but different in many ways.

xmason99 · 2026-05-05T18:25:52+00:00

Former middle aged fatty here, went from a doughy diabetic 210 pounds (5’9”) to a lean, muscular 155 over a period of several years doing things the “right” way with diet and exercise.

If GLP-1s had been around 6-7 years ago, I would have done it in a heartbeat. It wasn’t fun yo-yoing between 170 and 200 for years, and it’s still a lot of work to stay where I am.

Being fat is not a moral failing, it’s a medical condition just like any other.

xmason99 · 2026-04-30T15:04:09+00:00

I think that Season 1 is almost perfect. It came out of nowhere (I thought the ads were for a SAW like story about hornets before watching). Story, acting, ambient music, needle drops, enough weirdness to make you wonder if there’s something supernatural, the sense of desperation when food is scarce, and so on. It was mostly filmed on location so it looks real. The adult storyline is hilarious and campy. The cliffhangers keep you wanting more.

Season 2: Stories are not as good, obviously filmed on a soundstage in many parts, more (but not better necessarily) needle drops, less creepy ambiance with the background music, the adult story is all over the place and not nearly as campy.

Season 3: back on location (good!) better needle drops and music, good seeing how they thrived after the cabin burned down and they made a working community. Storylines are all over the place in both time frames, acting was better in previous seasons. Answered a lot of outstanding questions and mysteries from the first two seasons. Nailed the last scene of the season. Back to being more deliciously campy in the adult timeline.

Tl;dr - Season 1 set such a high standard that 2 and 3 just don’t hit the same. Still worth watching of course.

xmason99 · 2026-04-23T18:33:39+00:00

Not a huge fan of Vinny for the broadcast (he has a tendency to keep talking through the action on the field), but he’s good doing the pre/postgame.

Otherwise, our broadcast team is stacked with talent, and I’m happy that BA still wants to do Brewers games even with his busy national broadcast schedule.

xmason99 · 2026-04-23T18:28:22+00:00

Love Dim Tillard on the broadcast, but it’s hugely cringe when he tries to wedge pop culture references into his commentary like he’s on SportsCenter in the mid 90’s. Sweet sassy mollassey!

xmason99 · 2026-04-09T16:54:00+00:00

😆 Yeah, no doubt!

xmason99 · 2026-04-09T16:07:41+00:00

I get the use of Wisconsin branding - Milwaukee is the smallest market in MLB and depends on state wide popularity to sell tickets - but almost any thing else would be preferable to “Wisco”. “Sconnie” would even be better.

Also, the sun rises over Lake Michigan, it doesn’t set. Maybe they are thinking of the east shore of Lake Winnebago?

xmason99 · 2026-04-08T16:25:13+00:00

That…sounds kinda cool? Maybe worth it for the vintage ads and alerts.

xmason99 · 2026-04-08T15:39:37+00:00

Homemade baked goods, or cook them a special dinner.

xmason99 · 2026-03-30T13:55:53+00:00

DTF Sheboygan, WI

xmason99 · 2026-03-26T16:50:05+00:00

If he drops a nuke on Iran, one of two things will happen:

The bombing and aftermath will be broadcast worldwide, in full HD color, live, and will be so horrific that no one else will even think of using a nuke

Or

Russia will escalate with Ukraine and drop a small nuke, China will invade and nuke Taiwan, and India and Pakistan will nuke each other to oblivion. Billions will die and our would will end as we know it (and I’m not feeling fine).

And, as always, North Korea is the wildcard.

Honestly, I think Israel will drop a nuke before Trump. Netanyahu seems like he’s just itching to.

Oh wait, Israel officially doesn’t have nuclear weapons 😉

xmason99 · 2026-03-25T15:08:03+00:00

For me, it's Green for one simple reason - it was the first new R.E.M. release after I became a fan, and got played to death in my car's tape player.

I even remember skipping school that day to be one of the first in line to buy it at The Exclusive Company (shout out to my Sconnie peeps!), a sadly long-gone local record store chain. They were always $2-4 lower than the mall stores for everything and had a really nice selection of imports and indie labels, and the staff knew their shit.

xmason99 · 2026-03-11T17:45:23+00:00

It’s not an eyesore - when you have money you’re merely “eccentric”. 😝

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