Brew
-
Posts
3616 -
Joined
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Store
Downloads
Recruiting - 2020
2019-2020 Football Season
Football
Entertainment
Sports
News and Business
Cloak Room
Transfer Portal
Recruiting
Events
Posts posted by Brew
-
-
For the Austin people, we’re in town for the race and staying out in the airport area. I’m looking for a place to go get 4-5 miles running in this afternoon because the kids want to go downtown to the pop up shops after the afternoon interview session. Is the McKinney Falls area a decent enough place? Not really feeling running the neighborhoods we’re in plus I would rather have some limited scenery.
Didn’t run at all until 2 months ago, down about 22 pounds since the beginning of August walking/running 30 or so miles a week and working out 30-45 minutes on top of that every morning.
-
1 hour ago, wood said:
That'll work.
In other news, the crazy clusterfuck F1 fan police escorts are back. Second time I've seen this shit - idiot off duty cops escort rich folks to the track, but super-aggressively. Bullying people to run red lights to get out of the way (big no-no), weaving around all over the place, approaching cars at high speed differentials, tailgating, confusing people and causing general chaos, etc. They don't coordinate well and don't seem to be clear on their own route plan, then they get seperated from the cars they're escorting, leaving them trying to maneuver to reconnect with the more maneuverable police bikes & cars ... but it's all happening very fast at high speeds. Saw 3 or 4 near collisions in a matter of about a minute. The way these guys operate violates multiple code 3 response rules. They're gonna get someone killed.
Fuck these assholes.
If you see these assholes coming, don't do anything rash to get out of their way. Esp don't run a red light. Even they are only supposed to do that after stopping, then clear the intersection slowly. And they have the benefit of lights and sirens. We do not. It's much more dangerous for us, but they're pushing pressure on people to do it very quickly and with no protection. If you need to move over, don't let them bully you into doing something unsafe, esp on the highway.
We were trying to figure out what some of the guys on motorcycles were doing in traffic on the way out there, but that explains it.
-
All of mine are in real estate. Coming out of the financial crisis, I bought real estate with buddies. By the 2019 or so timeframe we were at close to 300 doors, had a property management company managing 800-1000 doors, lawn company, etc. Property values were not increasing in our market and it was all a big ass headache with our day jobs, so we liquidated leading into and through Covid. The values I’m seeing on the same properties selling now is significant. One 8 plex we sold for $300k (needed some work) is currently listed for $1.2M.
I also had a chance to buy 30+ finished condos in a development on 30A out of receivership for $250k each back then. We put the money together and had an accepted offer at less than that with the bank and got cold feet during due diligence because it had what we thought was a strange beach access setup and a couple other issues. The association had a pontoon that ran you back and forth across a dune lake to a beach access and we thought for rentals it just wouldn’t interest them. Last time I looked they were selling in the $1.3M range and the building stays heavily rented.
The state helped fund developing a 1000 acre lake about 30 miles from me. During the time frame where they were doing surveys, I had a chance to buy what ultimately would have been 20+ waterfront lots and additional land for less than $200k. We walked the property after they had surveyed it and just couldn’t get a good feeling about the static water level line and there were a lot of questions about homeowner access still. Needless to say that was a bad call.
-
1
-
-
On 10/7/2025 at 5:59 PM, mchookem said:
decided to risk our lives 😆🙄...
headed to Chicago in two weeks for first time! 😊
combining with a short road trip to Wisconsin to visit niece, but will have 4 nights. staying near Millinneum Park downtown.
will be perusing recent pages for food recs. thought we'd do a boat tour, basically see what TripAdvisor top 10 things to do are.
might try a show...any suggestions on theaters?
2.5 hours to Madison, hope it's a pretty drive this time of year...hotel in Madison near the capitol on the isthmus is as much as d/t Chicago! 😮
You are on the side of the river with the Art Institute which at least according to my wife and kids is excellent. Walk through Millenium Park and see the faces, the bean and the fountain. We usually take a water taxi from the aquarium/planetarium area through the river and also do an architectural tour. We’ve been to most of the theaters and opera house, just pick a show that interests you. One of our favorite places to eat right now is Sienna Tavern.
-
1
-
-
Nashville has one of the highest rack rates in the country, but your search ability isn’t great. The Drury Plaza in Franklin is a decent enough property that is under $200, has free beer at night, and decent breakfast availability. There are also plenty of hotels in the Vandy/right outside of downtown area for under $300. You’re not staying in a JW, but for a night with kids a decent room should be all that matters.
-
1
-
-
1 hour ago, fattyflattie said:
Ah, you missed the liabilities of their own making part. Not difficult to misinterpret my sentence, I'm notably not a wordsmith. Yes, I expect parents to feed their own children. I can't say I ever actually did the math on whether I could feed my own before having them, but apparently that's actually math many should be doing. #butthattaxcredittho
A movement defined by a population of people only worried about “I” without realizing that what actually makes America great is the “we”. By the time this is all settled, I hope there is a still a “we the people” to stand for because it doesn’t look good at the moment.
-
8
-
-
15 minutes ago, Incredulity said:
“Adult” like repeatedly asking the same question, which you already know the answer for? In some utterly transparent attempt to gain consensus on eliminating the filibuster.
It is a rhetorical question, but I don’t read it in the same context you do. The filibuster is always a threat, yet somehow the votes/negotiations usually work themselves out. Seems odd this time around that isn’t happening nor is there even much movement towards it happening. Why oh why could that be?
-
- Popular Post
- Popular Post
14 minutes ago, Incredulity said:NoThInG RhEToRiCAl!!!1!!!
The conversation is always so much more fulfilling when the “adults” show up. Makes me feel so great about the direction of our country.
Spent the last hour on the phone with my oldest as she has come to the realization over the last year that her lifelong plans around becoming a lawyer and working on the legislative side of our government probably isn’t for her after all. Listening to her and her friends and their perspective is really a kick in the nuts. I’ll be fine either way, I can pack my shit, write a check, and move to wherever will take me whenever I get tired of everything. Her generation isn’t so lucky.
-
4
-
4
-
3
-
Got notification from my government agency tenants that my rent checks would not be coming today, utilities need to be maintained during the shutdown, and not to contact the employees during the shutdown. Wonder if I can just change the locks if this runs long enough?
-
2
-
-
Day 4 of Covid after taking a flight to Houston late last week for a meeting. Shit sucks, it’s really kicked my butt this time. It has been much more of chest congestion issue for me this time than head congestion. About ready for it to move on.
-
1
-
-
Been using the free version of Loseit, works really well for tracking. Most things are in their system which makes it simple to enter.
-
On 9/8/2025 at 10:03 PM, F250 said:
I am not a nutritionist, but 1600 calories is probably too low for an adult male. The 1800-2000 with 170-200g sounds reasonable, granted there are other factors at play (weight, height, activity, etc....) but the calories and protein goal looks like a 40% protein goal (1g of protein is 4 calories) which leaves 60% of your calories to come from carbs and fat. Any idea on what you should be targeting with regard to carbs and fat?
Running right at 35/31/34 on average it looks like with avocado most days pushing the fats up a little higher. Keeping the calories up closer to 1800-1900, but still on the low end of protein I think. Going to work on that some this week and dropping fats down some more. Still losing about 2 pounds a week. Walked/ran 30 miles last week and did 6-8 more rowing plus weights most days.
Went with the TL protein shakes, we’ll see how they are tomorrow.
-
1
-
-
1 hour ago, C-Man said:
My daughter is a sophomore at Ole Miss. Just about my entire ex-wife’s family went there and she loves it there. And why not? Oxford is charming as hell and the campus is gorgeous. That place is racist AF (yet I find it hard to throw stones considering what Texas and UT is turning into).
I’m sure my daughter is one of not many liberals on campus. I drove her back for her sophomore year a few weeks back and found the best little mom-and-pop Italian place. It’s owned by a married couple. The wife came by our table and chatted us up. She was incredibly nice.
FF to a text from my daughter late last night. Apparently, the lady posted this on Instagram:

Probably not a great idea in that environment — but she ain’t wrong. They had to shut down their Yelp page after getting repeated 1-star reviews. She also served as an executive assistant to a high-level Ole Miss administrator. She’s been fired. I bet the restaurant is not long for this world either, which is a damn shame.
https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/2025/09/11/ole-miss-fires-employee-over-social-media-post-on-charlie-kirk-shooting-death/86097846007/I know a number of Ole Miss sophomores as well as kids on every class. My daughter is a sophomore at UGA and has a lot of friends there from her high school graduating class. She is over there once a month or so to hang out with them. I also live in Ole Miss country as far as graduates go. Posting that in Oxford takes a lot of gumption.
-
2
-
-
Anyone have healthy protein shakes or bar options that aren’t overly sweet? I saw the TL mention, but is there a flavor that is less sweet? Someone gave me a couple of Barebells and they were like eating a candy bar. The shakes have been like drinking chocolate milk or a milkshake. Vanilla’s have been a little better. Outside of a piece of cake on my birthday, I haven’t had sweets in months and even then it was rare. Just not a big fan of sweets in general.
-
13 minutes ago, F250 said:
I am not a nutritionist, but 1600 calories is probably too low for an adult male. The 1800-2000 with 170-200g sounds reasonable, granted there are other factors at play (weight, height, activity, etc....) but the calories and protein goal looks like a 40% protein goal (1g of protein is 4 calories) which leaves 60% of your calories to come from carbs and fat. Any idea on what you should be targeting with regard to carbs and fat?
We haven’t talked on that split specifically, but I would say based on looking at the first week it would be moving more of the carb percentage to protein. Somewhere in the 30/30 range but I’ll have to bring that up. Main issues right now with the calorie numbers are not much appetite, not big on an abundance of animal protein, and a super low active heart rate. I’ve got some built up weight to burn off anyways. Activity wise I’m at 3-4 miles a day walking, light weight training every day in some capacity, and then I’ll cut the walking in half and row 5-6 miles a couple of days a week.
-
1
-
-
1 hour ago, F250 said:
Out of curiosity, do you have a targeted macro ratio and calorie goal? It kind of sounds like you do because you mentioned trying to up your protein intake. Just curious if you are working within a specific macro split.
No hard target, I’m staying right around 1600 calories on average maybe a little less. He is wanting me around 1800-2000 calories and 170-200g in protein which doesn’t leave a ton for carbs and fat. I think leaning even heavier on proteins at the expense of carbs this first couple of weeks is what the goal is. With 2 protein shakes today I got to 160g and 1750 calories and I really wasn’t interested in the second shake. Not a fan of Stevia sweetener aftertaste, so I need a different shake taste.
-
3 hours ago, Herbie Hancock said:
I try not to give too much unsolicited advice in here, just suggestions and ideas. That being said, if a personal trainer is telling you to remove an entire macronutrient from your diet without a legitimate medical reason why, you should run the other direction as fast as possible.
To be fair, that was from text messages back and forth after I sent him last week’s meal notes. Talked today at workout, he wants me to cut them to a minimum and only eat for lunch if I’m going to eat them for the next couple of weeks. Dinner chicken/fish, broccoli, cauliflower and a few other things mixed in. The medical issue would be getting some weight off near term and limiting carbs to help. I have a low metabolism and a very low active heart rate, so my diet needs to look different to make some difference in the weight category.
-
8 hours ago, F250 said:
I get a majority of my protein from non-red meat sources. You don't need to consume a lot of red meat to up your intake of protein, nor really need to lean on protein powder. Looking at my food log, last Friday, I ate 6 ounces of grilled chicken breast for lunch which was 54g protein. That morning I had 4 jumbo eggs which was 28g protein with 2 ounces of shredded colby cheese for an additional 14g of protein and a 8 ounce glass of Mootopia milk for 8g of protein. I also ate on a can of light tuna for 23g protein as a post lunch snack.
Not counting everything else I ate in between, that was roughly 127g of protein before dinner.
What is the reason for limiting rice and sweet potatoes?
I rarely if ever red meat, I’m not up for chicken and eggs every day at the volume I probably need. I haven’t thought too much on other sources like cheese/milk. I averaged out to about 110 grams a day last week which was primarily from egg whites, chicken, yogurt, and beans and the egg whites are a new addition. My high day was 160 when I consciously tried to eat more. With a protein shake yesterday I got to 130 grams but I didn’t eat much for supper because I felt like shit.
I assume on the potato/rice discussion it’s carb related. May also be because of the lower protein intake and trying to replace those staples with proteins. He’s more of an eggs, grilled chicken salad, chicken and broccoli 7 days a week kind of guy. I’m looking for something I can settle into long term even if the weight loss on the front end is slower.
-
1
-
-
After getting some issues cleared up, I’m back on the train. Haven’t done much of anything other than walk the last year or so because I haven’t felt great. Wholesale changed my diet about a month ago, down 15 pounds from that and walking more. Started working out with a trainer last week and he skipped the getting back into this slowly session. Using Strava and LoseIt to track everything.
Main issue I’m having is protein intake. I’m not a big meat person, so eggs and chicken/fish are only going to go so far. Need to find a solution for a protein shake I’ll stick with this week. Other issue is he wants me to limit rice and sweet potato’s. That has been the base of a lot of meals for us because it works well if you’re not consuming a lot of meat.
-
1
-
-
On 9/2/2025 at 2:01 PM, South Austin said:
As a follow up to my own commentary, I have been noticing over the past several months that I'm more winded, and I'm not recovering from my workouts as quickly as I used to, particularly after lower-body workouts and HIIT cardio when I tend to get my heartrate up the highest. Also, an older guy at my church had been similarly complaining that his running performance had started to take a nosedive, and a couple weeks ago had a stent put in because his cardiologist found 95% blockage in one artery.
So, I have an appointment next Friday afternoon with my internal medicine doc to get the insurance-company-required referral for a cardiologist. I hope I don't drop dead before then, but if I do, I bequeath all of my rep in equal shares to everyone on this thread.
Said it above, but starting to see a cardiologist at 40 or so was the best thing I have done. I had heart defect and other issues that none of my doctors had ever picked up on that have been able to be managed. Did end up having to get a stent at 46 but I’ve known since I started seeing him it was coming. Since then, I feel better than I have in a long time. I thought work and no sleep was the issue, but it was clearly blood flow. Back working out again, ran 2 miles yesterday which wasn’t going to happen 2 months or even 2 years ago, etc. Also dropped 15 pounds in the month since.
-
2
-
1
-
-
15 hours ago, lilMAC25 said:
Nah. Parsons could have been a Cowboy if he had chosen to. He preferred the larger per year contract.
That doesn’t excuse what a shit show Jerry Jones is. Jerry could have kept him by paying him.
that said, Parsons/his agent was lying when they said “I prefer to be in Dallas”.
The reporting out there doesn’t really support your first point. Everything clearly makes it sound like Jerry got a grade A case of butthurt and took it as far as he could.
-
1
-
-
https://www.si.com/nfl/micah-parsons-trade-is-proof-jerry-jones-should-no-longer-lead-cowboys
Connor Orr didn’t pull any punches on his view of this trade and Jerry Jones specifically.
-
1
-
-
5 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:
They get taxed in every state they play in. He’s already said Texas will be his primary residence.
They only get taxed for the game check in the states they play away games at which works out to a small percentage of the overall comp. The vast majority gets taxed in the state the team they play for is located. Primary residence state has no bearing because the money is earned in Wisconsin. I don’t know where GB holds training camp but sometimes that can get them some state tax benefits. I do a number of current players tax work.
I told my wife tonight, we need to find a new team to half ass follow and not really care about if anyone has suggestions. I’m moving on from the Cowboys at this point. They clearly don’t give a shit about the fans, so I’m checking out.
-
1
-
-
Are you still using the same Venmo as always?

Formula 1 2025
in Other Sports
Posted
Ummm, one of these things doesn’t seem like the others.
Daughter started feeling bad right before the start and had to go to the med tent about 5 laps in. The weekend of open to close in the sun/heat caught up with her. Looks like we didn’t miss much. Did get to move my flight up which was nice. Airport was a cluster. Probably going to try a different track next, the setup and the heat were a lot.