So... uhm... happy new year? Looks like the middle east is imploding with another "Arab Spring" kinda thing. Iran specifically. Meanwhile I'm dealing with fallen tree branches on my roof and scouring my attic for any structural damage (none yet, crossing my fingers). Today will involve a lot of pole sawing, pruning spray, and cigars. Happy fucking 2018.
To 2018s credit, the year is looking good, as I have a horrible history with ladders. A few broken bones off them, and too many broken noses to count. But I just set my personal record by injury-free climbing two stories onto our roof to remove a limb. Now I'm gonna sit inside a warm house, wrap myself in bubble wrap, and watch Live PD.
So yesterday my friend introduced me to the most pretentious vegan in history. I am seriously considering taking up cannibalism after seeing this: ....is she (or it) for real?
It's now official and it's safe for me to say it out loud: We got through 2017 unscathed and better. 2016 was a real motherfucker, so I kept the bar low for '17.
Why would anyone give a shit? I just don't care about that kind of crap... at all... not even going to click on the link and give her the views, or, more importantly, waste my time. If there's one thing I've learned, time is the one thing that you will never have enough of... so use it wisely. Even when I waste it, I try to do so wisely. I'm not one to partake in the "outrage" culture... unless it's in my face and unavoidable (in which case I'm probably the one that's outraged), I just don't care. Don't give a fuck. At all. The absolute best way to "protest" online stupidity is to just ignore it. You can even see that around here... in some of the more serious and controversial threads, you'll see that some people argue with pages and pages of rebuttals... good on them for that. The ones that are REALLY telling are the ones that have no replies at all. The author may think that they've "won" the "discussion", but more often than not, people are just ignoring them because they're not worth engaging in the first place. My favourite PM was once, "have I been shadowbanned?", and I replied, "nope, we don't have that feature... they just don't give a shit about what you have to say".
You should try running on a treadmill on an airplane on a treadmill, while bouncing a ball that lights up in a box with a cat.
Oh yeah? How about what happens to a drone in a moving car. Wrap your crystal-infused knoggin around that one.
A bee/wasp in the car while I'm driving is one of my great phobias. I never leave the windows down when I park.
I can't believe I watched that whole stupid video. There is so much bad and wrong in there. Omg. Why is he confining himself to a minivan? Good grief. Dude, rent a U-Haul or borrow somebody's panel van. And, why is he trying it in and out of his driveway? How hard would it be go go to a nearby parking lot where his wife wasn't having to turn. And, the tennis ball explanation at the end? It doesn't keep moving when the van stops because it's so aerodynamic. It keeps moving because it's not acting on by another force, thank you Isaac Newton.
I got put in an awkward situation over the holidays. My biological father is a long-time elected official, a small town mayor that had an affair with my mother. For whatever reason, his political career or fear of divorce or something else, he never told his other kids about me... until he had a health crisis just before the holidays and thought he was going to die, he confessed to his son what he had done and that I existed. His son was ecstatic, he always wanted a brother. So he reached out to me. It was an awkward conversation, for me. The two of us seem to have a lot in common, even had the same careers at one time. He wants to come up here and meet. I'm content with my family and close friends, I don't often let new people in, I guess we'll see how this goes. I grew up with a great family, a brother, and I couldn't have asked for a better step-dad. He's been in my life for 35 years and always treated me like his own son. I first met my biological father when I was 16. I never felt like I missed out on something with him or his kids. Weird week.
Tread lightly. I met my half brother a few years ago. He seemed okay, but a bit over religious for my taste. Still, I gave it a try. Until he got convicted of seducing a 12 year old over the internet. Anyway, good luck.
Oregon just repealed a law that prevented people from pumping their own gas. The natives are not happy.