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[thesloppy]

I had a psych grad student friend who wrote his thesis about "Men, Women and Spacial Orientation" which was basically just a 20 page rant about "bitches can't park!"

[thesloppy]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

Why is my Dad such a shitty parent?

The number of times he's hurt me, because he let me down is staggering. I can't even imagine being as absent in my kids lives as he is in mine. He wasn't always like that. He sort of tried when I was younger, but he's less than half the grandparent to my kids than his were to me. I've tried talking to him, he feels like he's a normal parent/grandparent. He's made his choices, I'm just having a really hard time really letting him go and hardening my heart. I'm 41, he's nearly 69. It's just what's in my best interest going forward, I just can't believe it's come to this.

FWIW, I have similar issues with my mom, and the hardest part for me is the guilt and criticism that come from myself, which in turn make me feel sad, and then as a result, even angrier at my mom. Letting go is tougher than it seems, and at this point the conflict is almost entirely internal, which only makes it harder to process.

[thesloppy]

Props to my drum teacher Tim AKA Spit Stix, whose old band FEAR got some high praise from Rolling Stone recently. For most of the folks on that list, it's probably no big deal, but Tim's still teaching drums at his local shop, has a couple local band he putzes around with, takes care of his daughter on the weekends, and is an elder caretaker too, doesn't wear any particular badges or indicators of his not-so-previous lifestyle, and lives a fairly anonymous, workaday life at 60 yrs old. As such he got pretty stoked about this (which was nice to see):

'Saturday Night Live' Rocks: 25 Greatest Musical Performances | Rolling Stone

[PilotMan]

Went to a memorial service today for a friend. After having done a few of these I think I can safely say that there's no way that I ever want an open casket. I'm not even sure I want any casket at all. Maybe just a box they can bury. That seems about right, but no way I want an open casket.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

FWIW, I have similar issues with my mom, and the hardest part for me is the guilt and criticism that come from myself, which in turn make me feel sad, and then as a result, even angrier at my mom. Letting go is tougher than it seems, and at this point the conflict is almost entirely internal, which only makes it harder to process.

Yes, knowing full well it's not my problem, but totally feeling like a little kid who did something wrong that caused it.

My father and step mom have come to my house 2 times and 1 time respectively in the last 15 years. They have flight benefits. I've practically begged them to come visit. They have excuses. They expect us to come visit them regularly (I'm done with that). They always have something else going on. They are coming to Louisville (they live in Ft Worth) in May for a week in May, and it's maybe 90 minutes away. He tells me we can come down and see them on Saturday afternoon because they'll be free and I said "so you don't have any plans to come up and see us?" and he replies "it never even crossed my mind." He's so fucking clueless. It's just unimaginable.

[albionmoonlight]

Will we ever reach a point where unplugging a device and plugging it back in is not a viable fix?

I mean, I can't imagine them having to do it to the Starship Enterprise, but just yesterday, I had, like, three things that I "fixed" by unplugging and replugging.

How do we get from the point of glitchy Roku boxes to computers that we trust to fly us through space?

[Easy Mac]

Note to self, even if you're just lifting weights at lunch, bring a change of undies and a towel. Needed to shower after because I sweat way more than anticipated, but didn't have a towel. Also didn't have a change of underwear, so I had to decide between sweat soaked undies or going commando at work.

[Kodos]

Don't leave us hanging!

[Chief Rum]

I'm not normally one to draw attention to this stuff but this thread about Shabazz Muhammad's side piece and main (ex) GF came up on the UCLA Scout board, and between the actions of the girls and then the comments sextion afterward, I was somewhat fascinated...

http://mtonews.com/20440-2-strands-side-chick/

P.S. You may need to dust off a little of your urban speak to follow the discussion.

[CrescentMoonie]

Photoshopping Mr. Bean Into Things

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

P.S. You may need to dust off a little of your urban speak to follow the discussion.

worth it just for the comment "She obviously aint graduate THOT school yet. She might get left back" alone

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

worth it just for the comment "She obviously aint graduate THOT school yet. She might get left back" alone

Haha yea I cracked up at that one, too.

[Logan]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

Note to self, even if you're just lifting weights at lunch, bring a change of undies and a towel. Needed to shower after I finally approached those chatty girls and rode the tricycle.

Fixed.

[cuervo72]

Yeah, when an actress played a 22yo in a tv episode from 2000, and her wiki page says she was born in 1984, something doesn't check out.

edit: oh, heh - ok, the reveal is that she is actually only 19 in the episode. Still, I don't think she was 16 here.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

Yeah, when an actress played a 22yo in a tv episode from 2000, and her wiki page says she was born in 1984, something doesn't check out.

edit: oh, heh - ok, the reveal is that she is actually only 19 in the episode. Still, I don't think she was 16 here.

No comprendo. Where is this coming from? I think you're maybe taking the concept of "Random" too far.

[cuervo72]

"Everybody Loves Raymond" Young Girl (TV Episode 2000) - IMDb

(and...IMDB says she was actually 16? Hrm. If that's the case, that's really skeevy casting.)

[CrescentMoonie]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

"Everybody Loves Raymond" Young Girl (TV Episode 2000) - IMDb

(and...IMDB says she was actually 16? Hrm. If that's the case, that's really skeevy casting.)

Maybe she pulled a Mila Kunis and lied about her age?

[CrescentMoonie]

How long would it take to convince people that Ken Jeong was my physician before he became an actor?

[CrescentMoonie]

Arkansas even considering allowing guns in stadiums is the dumbest thing ever. On the plus side, a state of 3 million people sharing 6 semi-functional brain cells should off itself pretty quickly.

[CrescentMoonie]

Just tried a new chicken tortilla crockpot recipe. Fantastic.

In related news, to paraphrase Julie Andrews, "My bowels are alive with the sound of music."

[Easy Mac]

It's amazing how my daughter can stretch out that, "let me perform one more song before bath time" thing. She's like the Allman Brothers playing Whipping Post.

[cuervo72]

So, that was creepy.

My wife was mentioning how she placed an order for some gray undershirts for under her scrubs, and I replied that I should think about getting some -- that, or I wished I could figure out a way to get rid of pit stains.

Took a nap. Came back to FB later and this article -- from 2013 -- was in my feed:

How To Stop Sweating And Eliminate Those Pit Stains, You Gross Monster

[stevew]

Probably time to go to bed when you're googling "Do Nigeria and Algeria rhyme "

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by stevew

Probably time to go to bed when you're googling "Do Nigeria and Algeria rhyme "

Well, don't keep us in suspense...

[CrescentMoonie]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Well, don't keep us in suspense...

Nah, Ni and Al are completely different sounds.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Bought a ticket to see The Lacs and Almost Kings at a local club on Saturday.
The show is a little iffy in terms of headliner entertainment for me but the notable part is really that it'll be the first show I've been to without Will in something around 16 years.

That's going to be VERY weird and I honestly don't know how I'm gonna respond to that.

I suspect I may just get drunk.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by CrescentMoonie

Nah, Ni and Al are completely different sounds.

Yeah I think rappers could make it work but doesn't exactly meet the iambic pentameter standards

[Critch]

Not a national chain, but Cava is totes delish.

A number of stores spotted around CA, VA/MD/DC, NJ and NY according to their website, luckily one is near my house. Like a healthy middle-eastern/Mediterranean version of Chipotle. Great food even if it does make my tum rumble in a "argh! healthy! Yuk! Want cheese and/or chocolate!!" style afterwards.

[Logan]

Did anyone ever like the band "Cake"? I'm a big Lithium guy on Sirius and every time one of their songs get played, I can't change the station quick enough.

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by Logan

Did anyone ever like the band "Cake"? I'm a big Lithium guy on Sirius and every time one of their songs get played, I can't change the station quick enough.

Guilty as charged. In my defense, I'm a huge Cake fan, but most of my favorite Cake songs were not singles. They had some bad/cheesy singles, but a number of really good non-single songs across various genres.

[Easy Mac]

I greatly enjoy them as well.

My favorite concert was when they were playing a "festival" in Charlotte. They sang a couple of songs, but when not enough people were singing along, the singer yelled at us and walked off stage for 1/2 hour while the band kept playing. He eventually came back and they played for another 1/2 hour, but it was great.

[Butter]

I like Cake, but my hand stampedes to the change button whenever The Offspring comes on.

[Logan]

Hey I'm glad other people enjoy them, makes having them come across the programming worth it at least. It's just such a different sound than the rest of what comes across the station.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Logan

Hey I'm glad other people enjoy them, makes having them come across the programming worth it at least. It's just such a different sound than the rest of what comes across the station.

Most of the Sirius channels I'm familiar with seem to be oddly programmed, apparently quirks of the individuals in charge of each channel.

I like Kyng, for example, but they don't really fit on Octane particularly well... yet there they are. There's stuff that shows up on Liquid Metal at times that really should be left for Octane, so on & so forth.

[stevew]

Maybe I'm just a classic "all black people look alike racist" but I literally had to Google the guy on the Little Caesars "certified smokified" commercial to confirm it wasn't just Shaq in a costume acting like a dork.

[stevew]

Little Caesars Smokehouse Pizza TV Commercial, 'Big Moe Certified' - YouTube

[Suicane75]

He doesn't look anything like Shaq. lol.

I spent 30 years thinking MacGyver was just a smart guy who constantly got into bad situations. I just now learned that he was actually a government agent. My entire worldview has been turned upside down.

[CrescentMoonie]

Looks more like Suge Knight than Shaq.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I f'n HATE making decisions with too little information.

[NobodyHere]

So a minor leaguer hits two home runs in three games. I hope he becomes famous someday.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/...6rv?li=BBnba9I

[stevew]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

So a minor leaguer hits two home runs in three games. I hope he becomes famous someday.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/...6rv?li=BBnba9I

Sucks how Barbara Hershey and gun violence cost him 10 years of his career

[albionmoonlight]

Making reservations at a new restaurant for lunch this week, and I notice its philosophy on its webpage:

Our core philosophy is to provide you with the highest possible quality dining experience

They specialize in "Contemporary American cuisine."

At some point, why not just say "We serve food in exchange for money."

[Logan]

Originally Posted by CrescentMoonie

Looks more like Suge Knight than Shaq.

I thought Mo Vaughn when I first saw it.

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Making reservations at a new restaurant for lunch this week, and I notice its philosophy on its webpage:



They specialize in "Contemporary American cuisine."

At some point, why not just say "We serve food in exchange for money."

A friend owns a restaurant. He has a sign on the wall that says,
'If anything about your visit isnt up to your standards please let me know. Remember I feed your family so that I can feed mine.'

[stevew]

Maybe it's time to get divorced when life is full of moments like this-

Steve-man my nose is all screwed up, I gotta go get some claritin D. Are you going to steal a bunch of them, I'll get the bigger pack
Not Steve-no, that stuff doesn't work for me
Steve- Ok, then don't steal any

[Steve goes to the store and drops something stupid like $12 for 10 pills. Yes, not that much money, but the associated hassle of going to the counter and showing ID like a common criminal means that the pharmacy has to be open so you can purchase)



Steve-hey, are you taking my claritin, I only have a couple left
Not Steve-yeah, and I gave some to daughter 1 as well
Steve-well is it at least working for you
Not Steve-no, I dunno why I keep taking it

[CrescentMoonie]

I enjoy the occasional reminder of just how gorgeous Elisabeth Shue was in her prime.

[Warhammer]

If you tell me that you are willing to match a job offer, don't quibble when I tell you what said job offer is. I do not care if said offer is for a sales position and you want to move me to management, you said you would match the offer, match the offer.

[Chief Rum]

So, the other day, the interior driver's side door handle of my car snapped off in my hand. It didn't come off of the hinge into the door frame; the plastic just literally broke right off of the base.

I have never heard of this happening to anyone, much less me. And it occurs to me, why not? It is one of the most used pieces of moveable equipment in a car and almost all of these are made out of some fairly flimsy plastic that is selected more for how it fits into the aesthetics of the car interior than for its structural integrity.

Anyone else had this happen to them?

[cartman]

Yep, had that happen on my first car, a 1979 Plymouth Horizon. Got to a point where the only door you could open from the outside was the rear passenger door.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by cartman

Yep, had that happen on my first car, a 1979 Plymouth Horizon. Got to a point where the only door you could open from the outside was the rear passenger door.

Well, that's the weird part. This one is inside my car. I feel like I have seen the handles outside the car break, since they are exposed to the elements. Inside, though, I don't see much.