We did a laid back Christmas this past year where we slept in and drove over to my parents for afternoon dinner and presents with everybody. Soooo enjoyable. In years passed everybody drove 8hrs to my sister's house that is huge and big enough for us all. It's nice but it isn't my house or my bed, my dogs are not with me, and I don't have privacy. I love my family but when you drive that far you have to stay for several days to a week. Happy Easter y'all. This is one of a handful of times you'll find me in a church, but it means a lot to my family so I will go along. Plus, I adore that little country chapel with the shy mumbling Irish preist. And I'll never turn down a good potluck. Btw Moscow Mules are actually really tasty.
The one that gets me the most is thanksgiving. I get 4 days off of work. And you want me to spend 50% of that time with people I don't like? I'm a big fan of vacationing during that time. Sorry we can't come over, we are skiing all week.
I love self-appointed legal experts. Judges do this for a living, the prosecutor does this for a living, they do it nearly every day and have a fuck ton of experience. Unless you're some sort of Good Will Hunting Genius, you're not going to outsmart the judge or the prosecutor. The one thing that does annoy me most about our legal system is that a cop wants to take you to jail you're going to jail. There is no way to not be taken to jail if the cop is convinced thats where he's going to take you.
So...the cops were just here. Crazy decided to file a complaint because the guy next door had the audacity to work on a car in his garage. Happy fucking Easter.
My family has decided we are tired of turkey and have been having non-traditional holiday dinners for the last 2 years. For example, Christmas is now a steak dinner where I serve everyone a medium rare, 60 day aged New York strip. Today we had a Crawdad boil, and I fried up about 20 soft-shell crab and 2lbs of giant tiger shrimp. I am stuffed.
I thought everybody did the traditional crawdad boil? I'm pretty sure that's in one of the Gospels in the Bible, right after the parable about Peter and the wolf. Book of Jim, I think.
Y'all can keep debating whether or not Jesus was, but the Easter Bunny is the realest: https://www.instagram.com/p/BS-HQyTlFzB/
And that was followed up by the traditional post Easter dinner screaming match with the neighbor in the driveway.
I assume the cops know your roommate on a first name basis by now. I feel sorry for your neighbor, that sounds like a hell of a lot to deal with.
I do too, but when he bought the house he should've seen the red flags...the big sign in the yard that said "Alleged drug dealers live here" with an arrow pointing to the house and the security cameras aimed into the yard. That would've been a deal breaker for me if I was looking to buy a house.
Posting this here instead of the politics thread because I want us all to appreciate the simple hilarity of the President of the United States throwing a child's hat into a crowd instead of giving it back to him: https://theweek.com/speedreads/692699/child-asked-trump-sign-hat-trump-did--threw-into-crowd
Man, this sucks. My cat got beat up pretty bad tonight. Looks like he's got some torn or sprained muscles in his rear leg. Poor fucker. Should be a fun few days.
Must be a bad few days for legs. I'm now a walking (well, limping) joke, as I partially tore my left quad yesterday morning. Went to start the chainsaw, pull cord hung up, saw slipped out from under my boot and the blade -- fortunately not running -- hammered me right above the knee. I've never felt pain like intense, nor have I seen my knee swell so quickly. I was maybe 100-150 yards from the house and my wife heard my instinctual pain scream from inside. Gonna let it try to heal by itself, but if it doesn't the doctor said I have surgery in my future. I regret turning down the painkillers he offered. Hope your cat heals up. Our cat messed up one of her shoulders somehow a while back and she was good to go again in a few days. Stupid animals, they just purr and heal themselves. Wish I could do that. Fucking cats.
I am going to be the first to go on record here....RotN, no more chainsaws for you. I admire your Texas can-do spirit, but powertools are out, ladders are out. Hire a handyman, live longer.
And I literally very nearly shit myself on the way to class. Had to check myself afterwards to make sure. Happy fucking Tuesday