Maybe recovery is only important for hypertrophy. And maybe these workouts aren't intended to build mass. What are the 100 reps a day workouts or like the 10,000 kettlebell swing program intended to do? Are they more about cardiovascular fitness?
Fundraiser pitch.
I feel like a bit of a sucker here. I signed up for an Atmos Rewards credit card as the perks that were pitched hard over the intercom for the last 30 minutes of the flight seemed to good to pass up be true.
Basically, I was okay spending the threshold amount with the card to get the companion fare. I just thought I would get it right away. I was hoping to book a flight and use the companion fare ... but the code hasn't shown up yet.
Do you think I need to wait until the end of the 90 day? The end of the billing cycle? No one on the phone at Atmos seems to know when the companion fare code will be available.
I don't have a dog in this fight. Just a bit out of the loop and curious.
I get that she has low charisma and little administrative experience. That was known before the election. Aside from this, what are the gaffs, this week and since the election, that have people riled up?
I'm not clear on how she is taking the heat for this recent shooting. Is the mistake keeping the police chief on until this point?
For a car that has multiple beeps and squeals and generally scares the hell out of me when I'm trying to change lanes or parallel park... Is there no alarm or notification that I am walking away from a car that is unlocked? Or worse, walking a way from an unlocked car in drive mode?
I get that I am the idiot here. I'm just not used to the stopping and starting without a key. Combine this with the silent running means that when I am lost in a conversation with someone and there is no visual or auditory cue that the car is still running or that I need the key to stop or lock the door, I'm going to screw up and leave it. Today I left the car, with the key in my pocket, in Ready mode and unlocked.
Save me from myself. Help me adjust the nanny mode away from protecting me from driving and parking - to protecting the car from being abandoned to thieves.
My 24 year old daughter is home for a bit after finishing grad school and before heading off to her doctoral program. I know she can read. She reads and writes a lot of academic material but never really reads for fun.
As a young kid she read a lot of the fantasy du jour and devoured the Harry Potter books but always seemed to speed through them as if finishing them was the goal of reading.
All of which is to say that the joy she used to have in abundance from being read to as a child never translated into a joy of reading on her own.
She just mentioned wanting to read something light and easy for fun. I'm not personally good at light and easy. My night stand is stacked with Mary Oliver, Franz Kafka, and short stories by David Foster Wallace. When she was younger I tried to introduce Kurt Vonnegut. She liked Galipagos but didn't want to finish Cat's Cradle... which I just can't wrap my head around.
Okay. To my point. I'd love for her to read something meaningful. Something that might shake up her world a bit. But, you know, light and easy. Which I think means accessible.
The Overstory by Richard Powers, Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood maybe... Any recommendations?
ABRP will find charging stations and plan my stops based on range and usage. Great. But it's navigation is a premium feature and I've been told it's not that great anyway.
Okay. I used ABRP to share the route to Google Maps. Now, using Android Auto, I can navigate right to the corner of the Walmart parking lot where the charger is. Except...
To turn on battery preconditioning, I need to use the Hyundai navigation system. I think I need to enter these addresses manually. Fine. Entering the next charge location gives me something to do while rapidly charging.
But do I need to use this Hyundai navigation system while driving to get battery preconditioning to work? Can I be using Android Auto for listening to audio books or music or podcasts while using Hyundai navigation? It seems like Google nav is taking over? Maybe it is parallel system.
What the hell am I doing?
I'm trying a new layout and thought I'd experiment with a dry start. One big reason is because I want to have Dwarf Baby Tears which famously have shallow roots and float up when disturbed or trimmed.
My understanding is that a dry Start helps establish a deeper root system.
What I've read is that you should flood the tank such that no water rises above the soil line or is visible from the surface. If it does it should be siphoned off else there will be mold.
My dilemma is that I've created a sloped landscape and any water deeper than 3/4 inch will rise above the lowest point. So I've been using a spray bottle to 'spot' soak each plant. Soaking enough hopefully that the roots will develop. Some plants are doing better than others but my Dwarf Baby Tears have mostly died off.
Are there any voices of experience here that can advise on best practices for this situation? This is ADA Contrasoil under black sand.
This isn't my first time with a high tech tank.
Thanks everyone.
I'm trying to prepare myself for a long drive in a 2026 ioniq 5. New to E.V.s and charging schemes.
I've just learned that the 2026 ioniq can talk directly to ABRP through Android Auto and doesn't require a $90 OBD2 dongle.
It does require $50 a year for ABRP pro.
As someone who doesn't take a lot of long road trips, is the one time price of the dongle worth it? Are there other benefits of ABRP pro that make it worth it? Other benefits of the OBD2?
Just spent 15 minutes at an Electrify America location charging from 20% to 80%. Charging between 130 -170kW.
Is that an average experience? And why the variations in kW?
Until I manage to get something installed for street parking at my home I'll be doing this. Just wondering what to expect.
First and second plant from the same tuber.
All my tubers were stored together and weather hardened together in the same large trays.
When plants emergered, only two that came from the same tuber have this yellow in the leaves.
The patterns look different. Is it a nurient deficiency? A virus? One of each?
Zone 9a here.
Are some varieties just quicker to grow?
I started my tubers in shallow soil trays under a plastic cover. Some spouted, others only developed eyes, and some it wasn't clear.
I put them all in the ground about 30 days ago. Some are ready to bloom. Others haven't emerged. There is some variation in terms of light... But to not have emerged seems weird.
Is it a bad idea to dig them up to check on them? Or maybe move them to a new, sunnier spot? Or are there small root developments that should not be disturbed? Or should I just be patient b/c it is totally normal?
My tank got wiped out by a pet sitter who broke a glass lilly pipe. The filter pumped the water onto the floor. One move out / new hardwood floor later I'm thinking about setting up my tank again.
I previously had used aqua soil as a substrate. It was about seven years on so probably long overdue for a refresh anyway.
I loved having a carpet of grass and things seem to grow like magic. I didn't like how cloudy things got when moving things around.
I was considering sand or soil topped with sand? I wonder what other folks recommend.
One thing that really drove me crazy was mulm. I spent so much time vacuuming it up. And I could never tell where that shot ended and aqua soil dirt clouds began. Does mulm build up on sand in the same way? Does sand get sucked up by a gravel vacuum like aqua soil and settle in the pea-trap of your sink?
How well do things grow on sand with just water column ferts? Nlare root taps necessary? Is that plant dependent?
I just listened to the Live on Tour '78 album released last year. It gave me a whole new appreciation of '77 and More Songs About Buildings and Food. I don't remember being as excited by the recordings of this era on The Name of This Band is Talking Heads.
So this '78 recording from the Agora in Cleveland Ohio has a version of Psycho Killer that feels like a whole different animal. Full of fire. The one I know from 1980 just seems boring in comparison (Adrian's stunt guitar notwithstanding but it doesn't seem to be of a piece with the rest of the song).
I wonder if there are other recordings performances of this song out there that people love?
I'm shopping around for an Ioniq. Often I see limited trim can have a range of $10,000 and the XRT has a smaller range.
What are the variations within a trim that can account for this difference in pricing? What should I be looking for in the listing?