Update XVIII: 15 Miles From Lunch

[J-Mann]

I just can't imagine how someone in apparently so much pain wants to do nothing about it.

Because it's all about doing what's most expedient and facilitates laziness. I actually believe Jeff when he says his headache was so bad this morning that he had to leave work, and if his boss allowed it, so be it.

But rather than try to get himself well in any way, he continues to eat like sh[ink], drink nothing but headache-inducing soda and get literally no exercise. Plus he watches hours and hours of TV, because it's easy.

Successful people don't do "easy" -- therefore, Jeff will never succeed. He doesn't have it in him in any way other than to just talk and "plan." Useless words backed up by years of inaction.

I'm a lot better than I was this morning.  We had chili for supper tonight, nothing out of the ordinary for most Americans.  I only had one bowl.  I did have a coke with it, but the sugary sodas don't give me headaches.  I ruled those out a long time ago through a series of personal tests.  Sugar and caffeine do not affect my headaches.  In fact, for me, the sugar and caffeine actually acts as a pain reliever, not a pain inducer.  Right now, I'm drinking a Diet Dr Pepper.  I'll take this moderate headache any day over the double whopper of a migraine I had this morning. (See what I did there. )

Yes. It's called obfuscation.

Stop pretending you're some sort of a "different animal." You're a human being, albeit an extremely poor specimen of one. Pop may not make headaches worse, but drinking nothing but will ensure your body stays dehydrated. Dehydration equals the loss of water in your brain tissue, causing your brain to shrink, pull away from the skull and inducing a headache. It also causes your blood volume to drop, lowering the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain.

You need water. Not any ol' liquid. Not something that makes you lick your bloated lips. WATER. Di-hydrogen Monoxide. And if you refuse out of some warped sense of self-righteousness, you are only hurting yourself.

What's sickening is, in your "personal experiments," you likely only experimented with what sort of awful sh[ink] you could continue to put in your body without making you feel worse, rather than seeing if anything recommended by EVERYONE would make you feel better.

Lazy. Lazy. Lazy.

[J-Mann]

Yes. I seriously doubt Bushie has a special disease that makes the parameters of his headaches different than anyone else. He may not even have his mother's gene. He may have his fathers. It's hard to tell because he eats a diet that would give anybody a headache.

Until he starts drinking near a gallon water a day, eating spinach, mushrooms, avocados with every meal, and still has a headache, then he has a special disease. Otherwise, he's just being unhealthy.

Most health and scientific experts would probably agree not everybody reacts to the same things the exact same way.  It's part of what makes us unique individuals.  Caffeine may be a stimulant for some and a depressant for others.  Caffeine may cause headaches for some, and cure headaches for others.  God did not create everybody the exact same.  He created everybody different.  Nobody is exactly alike, not even identical, biological twins.  That's why the medical and pharmaceutical industries have created so many different medications to treat the same condition.  Not everybody responds to the exact same stimuli the exact same way.  I'm not saying I'm a special case, I'm just saying I am a unique individual.

So you don't require water? Your body is perfectly healthy in a state of constant dehydration?

[J-Mann]

Yes. I seriously doubt Bushie has a special disease that makes the parameters of his headaches different than anyone else. He may not even have his mother's gene. He may have his fathers. It's hard to tell because he eats a diet that would give anybody a headache.

Until he starts drinking near a gallon water a day, eating spinach, mushrooms, avocados with every meal, and still has a headache, then he has a special disease. Otherwise, he's just being unhealthy.

Most health and scientific experts would probably agree not everybody reacts to the same things the exact same way.  It's part of what makes us unique individuals.  Caffeine may be a stimulant for some and a depressant for others.  Caffeine may cause headaches for some, and cure headaches for others.  God did not create everybody the exact same.  He created everybody different.  Nobody is exactly alike, not even identical, biological twins.  That's why the medical and pharmaceutical industries have created so many different medications to treat the same condition.  Not everybody responds to the exact same stimuli the exact same way.  I'm not saying I'm a special case, I'm just saying I am a unique individual.

So you don't require water? Your body is perfectly healthy in a state of constant dehydration?

Everybody requires water.  I will admit I haven't been getting enough lately.

OK. Then I'm assuming that your body works differently? That when you don't receive enough water, your brain tissue doesn't dehydrate to a degree?

[J-Mann]

Yes. I seriously doubt Bushie has a special disease that makes the parameters of his headaches different than anyone else. He may not even have his mother's gene. He may have his fathers. It's hard to tell because he eats a diet that would give anybody a headache.

Until he starts drinking near a gallon water a day, eating spinach, mushrooms, avocados with every meal, and still has a headache, then he has a special disease. Otherwise, he's just being unhealthy.

Most health and scientific experts would probably agree not everybody reacts to the same things the exact same way.  It's part of what makes us unique individuals.  Caffeine may be a stimulant for some and a depressant for others.  Caffeine may cause headaches for some, and cure headaches for others.  God did not create everybody the exact same.  He created everybody different.  Nobody is exactly alike, not even identical, biological twins.  That's why the medical and pharmaceutical industries have created so many different medications to treat the same condition.  Not everybody responds to the exact same stimuli the exact same way.  I'm not saying I'm a special case, I'm just saying I am a unique individual.

So you don't require water? Your body is perfectly healthy in a state of constant dehydration?

Everybody requires water.  I will admit I haven't been getting enough lately.

OK. Then I'm assuming that your body works differently? That when you don't receive enough water, your brain tissue doesn't dehydrate to a degree?

My headaches might very well be caused by lack of water.  I've never denied that.  Something has to be causing them.

OK, good ... you're starting to put together some basic cause-and-effect deductions here. So ... in that case, you're saying that your desire for taste overrides the pain you feel in your head that could be caused by you choosing taste over necessity?

[J-Mann]

Yes. I seriously doubt Bushie has a special disease that makes the parameters of his headaches different than anyone else. He may not even have his mother's gene. He may have his fathers. It's hard to tell because he eats a diet that would give anybody a headache.

Until he starts drinking near a gallon water a day, eating spinach, mushrooms, avocados with every meal, and still has a headache, then he has a special disease. Otherwise, he's just being unhealthy.

Most health and scientific experts would probably agree not everybody reacts to the same things the exact same way.  It's part of what makes us unique individuals.  Caffeine may be a stimulant for some and a depressant for others.  Caffeine may cause headaches for some, and cure headaches for others.  God did not create everybody the exact same.  He created everybody different.  Nobody is exactly alike, not even identical, biological twins.  That's why the medical and pharmaceutical industries have created so many different medications to treat the same condition.  Not everybody responds to the exact same stimuli the exact same way.  I'm not saying I'm a special case, I'm just saying I am a unique individual.

So you don't require water? Your body is perfectly healthy in a state of constant dehydration?

Everybody requires water.  I will admit I haven't been getting enough lately.

OK. Then I'm assuming that your body works differently? That when you don't receive enough water, your brain tissue doesn't dehydrate to a degree?

My headaches might very well be caused by lack of water.  I've never denied that.  Something has to be causing them.

OK, good ... you're starting to put together some basic cause-and-effect deductions here. So ... in that case, you're saying that your desire for taste overrides the pain you feel in your head that could be caused by you choosing taste over necessity?

Sometimes, yes.

Then what's wrong with getting a glass of water? Unless it's pure laziness or defiance of good suggestion, there's no reason not to hydrate more. Right?

[J-Mann]

BREAKING NEWS: Bushie is officially taking another day off from work.

He will be visiting his Indian doctor according to my sources (aka the facialbooks).

Don't worry his boss is "nice".  I just can't imagine what Bushie's resume looks like

Ha! What a miserable load he is ... feels good enough to watch television all evening, but his headache is too bad to make it into work the next day.

I hope his doctor is deadly honest with him regarding his weight, diet and exercise habits (or lack thereof). Any doctor who allows Jeff to walk out the door without having the "death talk" with him and putting him on a strict plan should have his license revoked.

[J-Mann]

The doctor just gave me a shot and sent me home.  I am going to try something new.  I'm going to try to stay busy and ignore my headache.  I'm going to work regardless tomorrow.

How about you drink some water, put on a coat and take a walk (it's light out for another six hours). Or is ignoring general / universal health advice going to make you all better?

[J-Mann]

I'm curious what he means by "try something new." I doubt anything good, but I am curious.

Yes, more "experiments," like, "Maybe another Coke will make me feel better. And if that doesn't work, another extra. Or possibly a third trip to Braum's. Or another day off work. Or several more hours of television."

Seriously, Jeff -- does it bother you that your physical health is such a mess and your body such a wreck that you are crippled from working just a week into a new position? Does it bother you at all that you do nothing to improve your health?

[J-Mann]

Kudos on blaming the shot for your "slightly sour stomach."

[J-Mann]

What was in the shot?

If the doctor was merciful, it would've been a shot of potassium chloride.

[J-Mann]

Anyway, my head is feeling much better.  The shot knocked it way down to a Grade 3 or 4.  I can barely feel it.  They had to turn out the overhead light in the examination room because my head was just throbbing then.  That was 8 1/2 hours ago, though.  It doesn't matter, though, because I'm going to work tomorrow come hell or high water.

Interesting. Headache's so bad that you can't even stand the light on in the doctor's office, but you could stand watching literally hours of pulsing, rapidly moving colored light the night before, right after the "grade 8."

You are lazy and manipulative.

What's on TV tonight?

[J-Mann]

Anyway, my head is feeling much better.  The shot knocked it way down to a Grade 3 or 4.  I can barely feel it. They had to turn out the overhead light in the examination room because my head was just throbbing then.  That was 8 1/2 hours ago, though.  It doesn't matter, though, because I'm going to work tomorrow come hell or high water.

Interesting. Headache's so bad that you can't even stand the light on in the doctor's office, but you could stand watching literally hours of pulsing, rapidly moving colored light the night before, right after the "grade 8."

You are lazy and manipulative.

What's on TV tonight?

Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins on NFL Network.

It will no doubt become tolerable again at 1925 when he watches the Buffalo Bills take on the Miami Dolphins on Thursday Night Football.

I thought of you when I wrote that.   Although, the overhead light is off in my room so I don't have a hot, bright light glaring at me.  I likely won't watch the entire game and may go to bed within the next hour to hour and a half.  My headache is much, much lower than it was, but I don't want to bring it back.  I haven't watched TV all day since the news this morning until I turned it on for the game.

Able to look at the bright lights of a television and a computer, yet incapable -- totally, utterly unable -- to even consider practicing the software that he hopes becomes the basis of a "career."

[J-Mann]

Bushie's theme song:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1MMDugt8ZRk

I think this generally fits better: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jdC9nJzZNyI

[J-Mann]

Bushie, are you feeling good enough yet to explain how your new employer's workload being slow is not a bad thing for you as a new temp employee?

I'll bet he's feeling good enough to ignore the question entirely.

[J-Mann]

What sort of unhealthy slop did you put in your belly tonight?

[J-Mann]

Damn, he can certainly eat a lot of stuff in one sitting.

Honestly, growing up in the Midwest, that type of dinner isn't all that out of the ordinary. Nor are the portions abnormal.

Some of our big dinners were Mexican food, and on a Friday night (which was our Mexican night), I'd eat a hardshell flour taco, a hardshell flour tostada, beef enchilada, tamale, a bowl of refried beans and a large sancho (sort of like a burrito with pork chile on top). Everything was salted appropriately and anything fried was fried in honest to goodness lard.

That being said, I'm not 125+ pounds overweight for my height and never have been. And if I was, I'd probably watch what I was putting in my mouth. And all that happened when I was in my late teens. So ... yeah ...

[J-Mann]

As of a few days ago, you "planned" to practice AutoCAD today. Glad to see that it's been moved to the pay-no-mind list today.

[J-Mann]

I understand people sometimes aren't going to like what I like, BushOK, but your cafone family member started it by saying real pizza is "horrible." What a sad case.

I'd understand the passion if he was trying to justify, say, New York vs. Chicago-style, or some other valid argument. This was all in the name of justifying how good boxed pizza from IGA is.

"I've been to Italy ... went there to fight dagos for my country! I ate their sh[ink] pizza, and I can tell you FOR A FACT, one Mr. Ettore Boiardi KNOWS what he's doing when it comes to pizza."

[J-Mann]

Jeff:

http://www.fhfn.org/woman-drinks-gallon-of-water-every-day-for-four-weeks-and-the-final-picture-results-are-shocking/

[J-Mann]

We talked about a hotel for tonight, but I'll just take it slow and easy.  I'll be able to drive in the daylight.

Are you really that helpless and / or that bad of a driver that you and your family honestly discussed getting a hotel room for tonight? It's TWO INCHES of possible snow ... and you grew up in this stuff. What kind of car are you driving that can't handle that?

The more you post, the more I think you've got some serious handicaps.

[J-Mann]

The hotel talk was just Dad worrying.  I squashed it.

But, why would he worry? Not to be an ass, but this is a conversation or worry that would never even come up in my family aside from my parents maybe saying "drive carefully" in passing when I left for work (if I lived with them, that is). What's his precedent for thinking that a 32-year-old grown man needs to get a hotel close to work because two inches of snow may cause trouble?

[J-Mann]

That's kind of it. We regularly point fingers at his family for coddling him, but there very well could be a reason that we're not aware of.

That, plus the complete inability to do anything that would help him help himself ... the evidence is mounting.

This sounds like a terrible job anyway. 32 miles away. Burden on grandma. Still paying rent on a Tulsa apt not being used. Literally working just to work not actually making real money.

The distance thing isn't too unheard of in the Midwest ... although 32 miles one way is significant. I have a 12 mile one-way commute each morning, and if there's general levels of traffic in Kansas City, it takes 20 to 25 minutes.  Of course, the money his parents are paying for an apartment that no one is living in could have been redirected to an apartment (or even temporary housing) closer to work if he weren't too lazy to do five minutes of research on how to sublease an apartment.

But that's what big kids have to do. They may encounter unfamiliar situations and, ya know, have to figure out how to deal with them. That's too much to ask for our dear friend.

[J-Mann]

I got a pleasant surprise early this morning. My boss sent out a mass text to all of us peasants saying that because of the roads today was optional.  He said it was our call, just be safe.  So, I stayed home today.  I was really dreading the 25 mile drive on ice, so I'm glad he sent out a mass text.  That's the sign of a good boss!!

Here are OKC's roads this morning. Go ahead ... go to oktraffic.org and look at the live camera feeds from their ITS. Cars are crawling along at only 60, maybe 70 miles per hour!



This isn't the sign of a good boss, and your quickly taking him up on his offer isn't the sign of a cautious employee. You're a lazy lump of a man who takes any opportunity he can grasp for a "snow day" ... as if you're 10 years old again.

Those roads and whatever "weather" you got are no hindrance to anyone, let alone someone who's grown up in this type of environment. You won't go in because you don't want to go in. And he sent a mass text because, as Gramps said, it's a body mill. This is his excuse not to manage basic and annoying people for the day.

[J-Mann]

I got a pleasant surprise early this morning. My boss sent out a mass text to all of us peasants saying that because of the roads today was optional.  He said it was our call, just be safe.  So, I stayed home today.  I was really dreading the 25 mile drive on ice, so I'm glad he sent out a mass text.  That's the sign of a good boss!!

Here are OKC's roads this morning. Go ahead ... go to oktraffic.org and look at the live camera feeds from their ITS. Cars are crawling along at only 60, maybe 70 miles per hour!



This isn't the sign of a good boss, and your quickly taking him up on his offer isn't the sign of a cautious employee. You're a lazy lump of a man who takes any opportunity he can grasp for a "snow day" ... as if you're 10 years old again.

Those roads and whatever "weather" you got are no hindrance to anyone, let alone someone who's grown up in this type of environment. You won't go in because you don't want to go in. And he sent a mass text because, as Gramps said, it's a body mill. This is his excuse not to manage basic and annoying people for the day.

Your opinion does not count.

Forget my opinion. Look at facts. You cannot disprove the live camera feeds or the ITS data that shows the roads were fine. Or do you live in a fantasy world where the data staring you in the face is "optional" for you, too? I guess that's why you're in the health you're in.

This is probably his way of testing whether you're dedicated to the position or not. But of course, you never would have thought about that. Good boss, indeed!

[J-Mann]

You know what, I don't have to be ridiculed and mocked over a very trivial matter at best.  Nobody's opinion except mine and my boss's count.  Update is going on hiatus for a while.

You know what they say: "When the going gets slightly normal for a 32-year-old adult, he snuggles in for a snow day like an idiot man-child ..."

Bossy wossy says I didn't hafta dwive cause it was chilly out! What a nice man!!

You're dedicated to nothing except your own sloth and the perpetuation of your leeching lifestyle.