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Wow...

steves — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:44:42 -0500

You put a lot of thought into that:P Sounds good to me, just don't go hunting with Dick Cheney:)

Thanks, me like compliments. Me happy. Back o.k., not great Oh well;)

Shooting!

Lima — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:34:40 -0500

Sorry I'm late. I recommend shooting random pieces of crap found when cleaning the garage, cellar, attic, neighbor's safe, etc.

Either a large, powerful shotgun or a high-caliber handgun (a pretty big piece of steel like a Desert Eagle, not a little sissy shooter) will do fine. Rifles are less effective for testosterone control, since you can neither blast a simultaneous spread nor empty nine shots in two seconds with a rifle. On the other hand, shooting a very small target (say a mug) from a hundred or two hundred yards can be immensely gratifying, and there's no way you'll ever get that kind of accuracy with a shotgun or a pistol.
Oh, but don't take your friends if they're crazy. They might end up shooting each other or you by accident.

Yes, I am a victim of testosterone poisoning, and proud of it! I own tools, I try to solve my friends' problems, I hide feelings rather than expressing them, and I modify or improve or revamp nearly everything I own to make it better, stronger, heavier, lighter, faster, more efficient, more effective, more durable, or just inaccessible to anyone who doesn't know what I know about it!

Steve, keep up the jokes (including gender humor), and I hope your back is feeling better by now.

Good advice

steves — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:34:59 -0500

Good advice, thanx:)

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

Martial Arts

rlaundry — Fri, 9 Nov 2007 11:16:00 -0500

Well,
I'm a karate guy myself (Isshin-ryu, a lesser known style, but still a proper traditional Okinawan one). I cross trained in Aikido for a couple years and if your knees are good, and you aren't too tall, I highly recommend it. I really enjoyed it but my body wasn't up to it's particular challenges. I don't train in Chinese arts, so can't recommend any of those. Stay away from most Taekwondo schools - most are "McDojos".

Good hunting.
Reese

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caligatia — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 19:02:26 -0500

I can't even begin to put together a decent list. There are so many games I like... Have you played the newest Katamari game? Unfortunately, the gameplay kinda sucks. :( Loved the first two though.

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Steff
[ blog | photos ]

I have

steves — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 13:24:59 -0500

I have done quite a bit of martial arts in my time and am looking to get back into it. My last class was taught outdoors, pretty well rain or shine, pretty well all year 'round and I think that was a little much even for my level of testosterone. When you've done Kung fu outdoors in -30 weather, well, you sort of feel like you've done it, ya know?:P

I'm looking for a new martial art. Any suggestions?

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

Martial Artist too!

rlaundry — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:52:56 -0500

With all that extra testosterone, maybe more of you should be martial artists too. My classes are open to all :)

Planner lover, gamer and martial artist. Wanna switch teams and marry me?

Reese

i love civ. but i miss pharaoh

Jigglypuff — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:34:46 -0500

I dont remember if pharaoh was really popular but i loved it.

it was amazing to watch those little guys build the pyramids. plus you could click on the gay actors and the would make so happy with their commentary on the city.

fav games of all time:
mario smash brothers (N64 and GC)
kirby's tilt and tumble (GB color)
age of empires 1 and 2 (pc/mac)
pharaoh (pc)
tekken 3 and tag (ps2)
Civ 4 (Mac/pc)
pokemon red,blue blah blah blah
Katamari
duck tales adventure (commodore 64)
bubble bobble (many)

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Levenger stole ALL of my money, but they left me all these nice, shiny organizational tools.

Ahhh, memories...

caligatia — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:00:53 -0500

You're bringing back some old memories here. :)

I binge-game too. Especially when the game in question is Civilization. Lately I've been better, though, just playing stuff on my DS as I feel like it. Right now I'm doing the newest DS Castlevania title and loving it.

I used to do pen-and-paper RPGs, and I even LARPed for a while. (I wasn't very good at it, though. I can't act my way out of a paper bag.) Heck, I even like board games and card games... Steve Jackson games, anyone?

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Steff
[ blog | photos ]

Blakestone was better!

SusanBeth — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:50:34 -0500

Remember the endless monster generators? And the monster eggs that hatched....

i love our Wii. It seems

innowen — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:50:28 -0500

i love our Wii. It seems that our most popular game is Wii bowling. We have 3 other games for it but rarely play them: SSX Blur (snowboarding... my hubby loves it), Big Brain Academy and Mario Party 8. I think the Wii is a great party system but sadly, most of our gaming on the system is done with the sports component that came with the system.

We've also played Warrioware and it's a lot of fun. very outrageous game. :)

/innowen

I totally remember that!

steves — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:44:56 -0500

Yeah, I fully remember Wolfenstine! That was excellent. All games which allow you to blow up Nazi alien monsters since are but a pale comparison:P

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

my wife is a gamer

supenguin — Wed, 7 Nov 2007 23:14:55 -0500

My wife, Sarah, plays video games, but there's not very many she's into. First person shooters make her motion sick, and she doesn't like games where you have to sit in front of the screen for hours and hours.

Games we both enjoy:

Katamari, Rayman Raving Rabids, Ratchet & Clank, Super Mario Kart, and oddly enough she was briefly obsessed with Diablo II. We're looking to buy a Nintendo Wii in the near future. It looks like there's a lot of games on there we'd both enjoy.

-Kenny

Me too

LisaPT — Wed, 7 Nov 2007 22:12:17 -0500

Anyone remember Wolfenstine? I still have a T-Shirt from that one. Or Doom, or the original Zelda? How about the text game "Advienture" or the ascii "Star Trek?" Sadly, I try to avoid games these days because I'm not real good at putting limits on them (is binge-gaming a recognized problem?). At the time I played the ones above, I only needed to worry about taking care of myself and collage/work. Now I've got a lot more going on plus a novel or two I'm trying to revise. My current mantra is "novel or game, novel or game?"

LisaPT
My Blog

LOL!!!

Jigglypuff — Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:17:58 -0500

I say a message board has not lived until there are posts about lesbian video gamers. :) :D Now this place can begin to truly live.

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The Tragedy Of Testosterone Poisoning

steves — Sat, 3 Nov 2007 12:03:25 -0400

Greetings all, Steve here. Ow. My back hurts. Ow! Well, it's my own fault. I've thrown my back out twice in my life and both times were after I lost a fight with a Swiss exercise ball. Swiss people must be very flexible, but I'm not, at least not anymore. Ow:( But it's not my fault. It's genetics. I am just one more victim of testosterone poisoning.

Testosterone poisoning has to do with the nature of the male human creature and his function in society. We used to need lots of testosterone and now we don't, anymore. My girlfriend Meghan and I had a discussion the other day about the nature of men and women. I said that women were overly complicated and she claimed that men are too simple. This seemed unfair to me, but I contemplated her words later that night. Meghan had gone for a night with the girls to share their thoughts and emotions about the challenges of life, both good and bad and unload the stress of the week. I stayed home and are a bag of oats.

O.k., so maybe men are kind of simple, but it used to work so well for us, you see. In the bad old days, men had to fend off attackers from the Big Gonad Clan and the only thing those buggers understand is a strong show of force. And so developed simple, aggressive male behavioral patterns, things like hooting, yelling, throwing things and trying to kill people and possibly peeing on things. This type of behavior can still be seen in the National Football League.

Unfortunately, outside of the NFL this sort of behavior won't get you very far today, but the entrenched male behavior patterns affect us still. You may have heard the story about the Eastern European man who died trying to open a grenade with a chainsaw. 'Nuf said. We don't need to fend off anybody these days, unless we work in a convenience store, but these aggressive patterns remain. Part of the male brain still believes that at any minute the Big Gonad Clan are going to show up and he'll have to spring into action, but peeing on things is not generally considered to be a savvy, high-powered business move these days, even in your most aggressive companies. Thus, the testosterone builds up and men do stupid things. What to do?

The tragedy of testosterone poisoning can be found in males everywhere, even, sadly, in me, ergo my hurting back. I showed that Swiss ball who was boss though. It thought it was all cool. No way that ball was going to get away with just sittin' there on the floor, bein' round. I showed it. Ow. Testosterone poisoning strikes again.

The problem affects every area of our lives, both business and personal. It's not that anyone's terribly impressed when a man throws a fax machine through a plate glass window. Except for other guys who are secretly impressed, but have to pretend not to be.

I'd like to suggest some alternatives for the modern male to minimize the affect of testosterone poisoning, in the form of organized group male activities. And I ain't talkin' about softball here folks. I'm talking about:

Ceremonially pushing a pushing a grand piano off a train bridge.
Catapulting something.
Playing with an attack dog.
Attacking an attack dog.
Reading the Bible in Klingon over the company intercom, all day.
Two video game controllers. Three men. Three baseball bats.
Throwing a fax machine through a plate glass window.

These are just a few suggestions for activities to minimize testosterone poisoning. Does anyone have any they'd like to share or tragic stories of testosterone poisoning they'd like to tell us? Come on people! Together, we can beat testosterone poisoning.

Until next time, keep your pen on the page and ow, my back!

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

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Wow...

Shooting!

Good advice

Martial Arts

!!!

I have

Martial Artist too!

i love civ. but i miss pharaoh

Ahhh, memories...

Blakestone was better!

i love our Wii. It seems

I totally remember that!

my wife is a gamer

Me too

LOL!!!

The Tragedy Of Testosterone Poisoning

DIY Planner - The Tragedy Of Testosterone Poisoning - Comments