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And Now, For Something A Bit Lighter...
I was raised in a Navy family as well, living in places like Japan, Guam, etc. They divorced in the mid to late 80s and I stuck with my mother. Prior to the divorce, though, she taught me a lot about cooking. I'm terribly thankful for that. It has helped in the romance department before but most of all cooking your own meal, and a damn good meal, can be very rewarding. I am thankful to my mother for instilling that desire and self-responsibility. However, I still can't sew on a damn button for the life of me. She never taught me that.— October 7, 2009 8:06 p.m.
More Games
Check out a game called Alchemy, if you haven't yet. I don't play many games online but that one I'll play if I'm playing games. I had two reasons for getting the newspaper on the weekends: one, coupons, and two, the crossword puzzles. In all the time I have ever done NYT puzzles, I have never completed more than 25% of a Sunday puzzle... except for once. I came within three freakin' words, a bottom corner of the damn thing, of completing one. I'm pretty sure I've had my 15 minutes with that puzzle for a lifetime. I also have my three "board" games I'm rather addicted to: Scrabble, Yahtzee, and Battleship. I could also sit for a while at a game of chess, but those three I could play all night. Thanks for bringing up this topic, Fish. Games really add some enjoyment to life and even thinking about them makes me want to play. Now if only I could get my cat to learn how to spell or roll some dice....— October 7, 2009 noon
All Quiet on the Homefront... When Outside My Mind
Thanks for the support, kids. Especially after knowing all but one of you for less than a week. There are just too many trees in what people tell me is a forest and obviously I don't see it. But it's too damn sunny here in San Diego for it to be this way for long. Just have to open my eyes a little bit. While I know things will be better soon, it is difficult to be unsucked when in the suck.— October 7, 2009 11:45 a.m.
Such Gravity
First, I need to make a grammar-call. Now, this could be me reading it wrong but it just reads a little... weird. "ensure cases for $10.00 per mother passed away" Ok, two things. First, if I don't have a passed away mother, does the price go up? And wouldn't the Ensure be almost ironic in name if my mother is already passed away? In fact, what would be the point of drinking it? Clearly it didn't work. Second, don't we only have one mother? Who stockpiles mothers? I feel like I could be just reading it wrong but it does have a strange "this for that" price-tag to me for some reason. Anyway. Fortunately, my mother is still alive and I have the opportunity to repair our relationship. However, my grandmother passed away when I was 13 and my mother had just moved her newly divorced self, two kids (15 and 12 at the time) from NoCal to Maryland... driving. I remember how limited in my understanding I was of how to help. It was very frustrating, to say the least. Now I know sort of what you know, that there's really nothing much we can do besides "being sons" in times of our own parents' needs. In fact, we will be them one day in a similar situation, as long as there is love in a family. My father and I don't speak, and I'm quite satisfied with that. My mother, on the other hand, while we have our disagreements and her son misbehaves, well, I have much love and respect for her. That day will be crushing, I'm sure. Here's to hoping it's not for a long time. But damn, that ad certainly sets a tone, doesn't it? I need a cigarette now.— October 7, 2009 1:02 a.m.
Deep Blue Sea
At first I was under the impression that there is already a Dude book in print. However, I was mistaken. It is actually The Bro Code by Barney Stinson, who is really just Neil Patrick Harris' character on How I Met Your Mother, a fantastic show. So yah, dude... I'd write a book about it. I'm thinking something like a Lonely Planet travel book, except it would be a Yah Dude! Planet book... except not a travel book... and apparently not a Lonely Planet book at all. It would be more of a introduction to Yah Dudes and signs to look for spotting one. I mean, it's not like you're in search of a welwitschia mirabilis (look it up) so finding Yah Dudes are becoming easier because Yah Dudes are reproducing at a very alarming rate. Most people blame alcohol or the '70s. But anyway. I'm in.— October 6, 2009 6:15 p.m.
Deep Blue Sea
I like how the first ad said, "...typically friendly (if given treats)." Wait... that just described me! And I think Blake just may be Slugger. I mean, "Email." That's like the one punch Ring Leader took to the chest. The message was definitely heard, is all I'm saying. I'm also still digging the footnotes. It's like seeing those really lets you know that even when the story is over... it's still not over. Nice touch.— October 5, 2009 11:42 p.m.
Hit Me, I'm a Man, I Can Take It
And don't ask for ID at the door. Make them take an entrance test. Nothing difficult, just focus on spelling because if u kant speel, u r not kool.— October 5, 2009 9:34 a.m.
Save the Date
Right on. Thanks. I feel like I should know this stuff by now but, well, I still don't own a cell phone.— October 5, 2009 1:26 a.m.
Save the Date
Yeah, the Clopen is no fun. However, neither is the Splift. That's the split shift. And by the way, I just made that up and trademarked it, thanks. As for the blog itself, thanks for the college flashbacks. I mean, don't get me wrong. I thoroughly enjoyed reading and laughing, even with the strange looks from my cat. Hard to fathom that someone would ask for 80 bucks for that thing. Then again, he might've sold that horrid thing in minutes. Maybe even thanks to you. Well done. But damn, all I want to know is how you do the small number thing. I don't know the "codes" for things. I just type the words, man.— October 5, 2009 12:13 a.m.
Now I'm wicked hungry and it's 2:30 in the morning. Sweet!
First, I also caught the "In as new condition" and had to do a quadruple take. I mean, what really does that mean? The only time something is new is when it's not used. If the GF Grill was still in the box, I'd say that's new condition. Otherwise, it's just not new anymore. In fact, I think we should create levels of newness for the poster of the ad and also the readers who have to suffer with trying to figure out just what the hell he's trying to say. If "Manslaughter" can have different degrees of itself, why can't "Newness?" Second, Pike needs to go on Hell's Kitchen. If you're going to go, I say go big. Let Gordon Ramsey settle everything out. In fact, I'd love to see well-known professional chefs on Hell's Kitchen. Can you imagine if Julia Child were still alive and on that show? Man, the ensuing comedy would have probably been too much to handle. Third, I have a quesadilla maker and I've had a GF Grill in the past. While the quesadilla maker is limited in its usefulness (you can't make a burger on it... well, you can try but I'm pretty sure the logistics wouldn't work well), I still think I enjoy my time with the Q-Maker than I do with the GF Grill. Maybe I just need to get me another GF Grill. Excuse me, I'm going to reply to the ad. I'm in an "in as new" kinda mood.— October 4, 2009 1:11 p.m.