A Black Hole of Happiness

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by LessinSF
Dude? Are you fucking kidding?

This is akin to asking if the Dylan original of "Watchtower" is better than the Hendrix (or Jerry, or Dead, or Neil, or DJ Spooky) just because its the orginal.

not(Not12ys)Less,

PS - You, me, Less, Flower, Bnb, NcS, Man, and the other "musically inclined" should do a few updated polls, as the last few are a few years old.

No it's not.

Dylan's version of Watchtower was shitty. Baez's Daimonds & Rust is damn good. She can sing.

Watchtower should be banned from ever being covered again. Neil's versions are flat, Bob Weirs are awful and the tune is just beaten. It's the dead horse of cover tunes. Who hasn't coveed it? Dave Matthews even took a shot.

The odd thing about Diamonds & Rust is that of all the criticisms Baez throws at Dylan in that song, she never rips him for not being able to sing.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

So, is this study accurate? How long did it take the authors to reach their conclusions?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Dear God,

I feel like I've adequately learned my lesson about tequila and empty stomachs. I promise never to do it again, if you'll just take this stupid headache away.

Oh, and do something about the cotton mouth.

Ever so grateful in advance,

RT

Vitamin B12. Down two horsepills of it. Chase with lots of water.

And Xanax.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
So, is this study accurate? How long did it take the authors to reach their conclusions?

when I read that the other day, I was actually thinking of you know who....ha.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Dear God,

I feel like I've adequately learned my lesson about tequila and empty stomachs. I promise never to do it again, if you'll just take this stupid headache away.

Oh, and do something about the cotton mouth.

Ever so grateful in advance,

RT

If you want to know about 19 shots of tequila on an empty stomach, eating the worm, do-it-your-self-hedge-removal (for people who no doubt didn't want their hedges removed and thrown into the street) and how hard it is to get puke out of a suit, let me know.

I know someone who I can ask about that.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
If your goal is weightloss, and your time is limited, you need to focus on cardio and not mini-toning exercises. Why not buy a good elliptical machine and do an hour everyday at home? I'm not saying Curves is bad (I know virtually nothing about it aside from that it is circuit weights and not really cardio) but it is not a huge calorie burner, and my understanding is that you want to lose weight which means you need to burn calories.

Running is the best cardio. Period.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Running is the best cardio. Period.

Yes, I know. BTW, I qualified for Boston. It was in 1994, but still, I qualified for Boston. Now I am probably so old that I am in an age range where my slower time will still qualify me!!!! Yay!

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Yes, I know. BTW, I qualified for Boston. It was in 1994, but still, I qualified for Boston. Now I am probably so old that I am in an age range where my slower time will still qualify me!!!! Yay!

wow, that's awesome. isn't coltrane and penske [sad] always going on and on about how hard it is to qualify for Boston?

[John Phoenix]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Running is the best cardio. Period.

If by "best," you mean both "most effective at weight loss" and "suckiest," then 2.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
If you want to know about 19 shots of tequila on an empty stomach, eating the worm, do-it-your-self-hedge-removal (for people who no doubt didn't want their hedges removed and thrown into the street) and how hard it is to get puke out of a suit, let me know.

I know someone who I can ask about that.

The hedge trimmer is addictive.

The bill for the hedges from the landlord isn't as funny.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by John Phoenix
If by "best," you mean both "most effective at weight loss" and "suckiest," then 2.

I find swimming to be far, far suckier. Not "goofing in the water on a hot day" swimming, but real fitness-style swimming. Suck. Eee. Ist.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
when I read that the other day, I was actually thinking of you know who....ha.

Narcissist.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by LessinSF
PS - You, me, Less, Flower, Bnb, NcS, Man, and the other "musically inclined" should do a few updated polls, as the last few are a few years old.

I dug out a copy of the Al Kooper, Stephen Stills and Mike Bloomfield "Super Session" disc recently. I forgot how amazing that is. I love that tune with the baroque keyboard thing in it.

Music's really fallen off. You couldn't hope to release something like that today. A version of "You Don't Love Me" drenched in space effects from start to finish? Never.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
I find swimming to be far, far suckier. Not "goofing in the water on a hot day" swimming, but real fitness-style swimming. Suck. Eee. Ist.

The woman next to me swims 6 days a week. She then complains she is tired. I said well that is your choice to swim then, don't complain. she then launched into a litany of reasons why she has to swim. I've never understood that. If you do intensive training, then don't complain. do people not make the connection?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
I find swimming to be far, far suckier. Not "goofing in the water on a hot day" swimming, but real fitness-style swimming. Suck. Eee. Ist.

My heart rate monitor tells me that I can generally burn the most calories in an hour in my running class (usually about 800), followed by my spinning class (usually about 700), then followed by my swimming workouts (usually about 550). BUT, my max heartrate any given week is always during some sprinting drill while swimming. I sort of freaked myself out a few weeks ago when it got above 200.