Getting updates from Nerds is like I'm watching a reality TV. I can't wait for the next episode! I have a rental car right now. When I picked it up, I approached it from the front and saw it had Texas plates. I thought to myself, "cool, Texas." I ran a couple errands and when I came out of the grocery store, I walked to where I thought I had parked, and walked towards the car from the rear. "Ooops," I thought, "How embarrassing! I've walked up to the wrong car, because this one has a North Carolina tag. Hhmm, now where did I park?" When I hit the unlock on the keyfob, that car unlocked. Texas plate on the front, NC plate on the back. Is that even legal?
Ain't gonna lie... I'd drive one. That being said, The Bandit motif is just a WEE bit overdone on the interior, and Burt be looking oooold.
Pshaw. Ain't gonna line...I'd fuck one. Wow, never been a huge Trans Am fan myself, but that car is fucking hot.
The sad thing is he looks good in that compared to live appearances. I'd put him in the death pool, but the thought of him dying saddens me.
Concussion protocols are shit. Before my brain tumor I went to 82 different doctor appointments for the various symptoms (double vision, migraines, etc), every one missed the obvious. And yes we counted. Fucking 82 appointments over a 7 year period. The ONLY reason it was caught was because two people at work noticed a change in behavior and all but took me to the hospital themselves. If they hadn't been so watchful and attentive toward me I'd be 6 feet under. 8 years later and I'm now back at that school as an admin. I'd much rather trust myself in that environment with a little concussion than with a doctor every single fucking day. If something goes truly wrong, they're gonna let me know in no uncertain terms. Not a doctor who is governed by protocols about what they can and cannot say and do. My brisket is looking fucking delicious.
Nothing but savages in this town... http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/...-373630311.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_CTBrand
I went to an adult easter egg hunt on Thursday night thinking it sounded like a fun fund raiser for the local park district. I had never seen so much white trash. It was basically like the scratch off lottery ticket line. People were fighting. I got tackled. Someone tried to steal my wifes egg bag. In the end we paid $8 to participate and got $20 worth of gift certificates. I huess that's why the white trash folks were there? My boss told me that's what the children's ones are like also. I don't remember that when I was younger.
So, it's that kind of marriage! That's great. Is 'she' the wife sometimes, then other times you're the 'wife?' I always wondered how that works.
Easter. Also known as the day I get to defend every one of my parenting decisions to my entire family. Jesus fuck, it was like the Spanish Inquisition. Them on one side of the table, me and the screaming kid on the other. "Have you tried a bottle? Try a bottle. I bet she's thirsty. She looks thirsty." "She isn't thirsty and she doesn't take a bottle anymore." "Doesn't take a bottle?! Do you want her to die of dehydration??" "She drinks from a cup." "Probably not well. Cups at this age will ruin her teeth. And why is she only wearing a tshirt and pants? It's March." "Because the turkey has been in the oven all day and the thermostat says it's 27 degrees in here. I'm sweating in my tshirt." "Babies need layers. No wonder she's crying. Dehydrated and freezing." "Actually she's upset because the entire time you've been railing on me, you've been holding her soother in your hand and she wants it." "Don't even get me started on soothers! They'll ruin her teeth, she'll have a speech impediment and she'll never give it up. You should just take it away and make her go cold turkey." "No. That soother got her through two brain surgeries and nine weeks of inpatient rehab. If she wants it, she can have it." "Why aren't you doing her exercises right now? She'll lag behind if you don't keep at it." "Because I'm here listening to you shit heads tell me I'm doing everything wrong. Know what? We're leaving. Pack me a piece of pie for the road."
On that note, anyone know of a good response when they ask your son to say the prayer with them and you have decided that you are going to let him decide whether to be religious or not on his own time? Tomorrow will be the first dinner with my in-laws since my son has really started learning to imitate what people say, and suffice to say they are the kinda fanatics who think that being gay should be illegal because the bible says so. Tomorrow, when they try to make my son say the prayer before dinner, I do not want my son to join them (until he is old enough to know what he is doing and make that decision for himself)... but I don't know of a polite way of saying that. To people who don't think that believing in a god or not is a choice, but rather a fact of the world.... I foresee WWIII. And me making a fuck load of jesus jokes because fuck the easter bunny.
Quite honestly I see no problem with a kid saying some silly "God bless this food we take and keep us all for Jesus' sake, amen." There will be years and years ahead for them to become cynical about religion, for the moment saying grace makes them feel grown up and accepted and keeps the family from thinking you're some sort of Anti-Christ. Teaching a kid to be thankful for having food isn't a horrible thing even if you don't agree with who they're thanking.
But you should thank the people who made the food. I'd be proud if he learned to go to my mother in law and say "thank you Gaga." It's something you should do at any age. I have a nephew, five years old, tells everyone to bow their heads and pray anytime he's at the table. Kid gets pissed if you don't. That's kinda fucked up.
It is. But, do you want to have the kid that disrupts a family get together by saying "I don't have to and you can't make me." Just because he's not old enough to make up his own mind about something a lot of adults struggle with? Truthfully, what is it going to hurt if he parrots a few words of some silly prayer?
It probably doesn't help you that you are getting together on Easter Sunday. To most Christian sects (but not to Mormons) it is the holiest day. Maybe try getting the family together for non religious reasons.
This. Most non ultra religious families only say grace on special occasions. I kind of wish my family was one of those families. My family was the one saying grace in restaurants and it embarrassed the hell out of me. I came to realize over time though that it wasn't really anything to be embarrassed about and more about showing respect for my family by simply bowing my head and closing my eyes. Did it hurt me in any way doing that? Not at all. I would've looked much more foolish by refusing to. I didn't agree with their religion, but I respected that they believed in it enough to make a spectacle of all of us.