He "bruised his face at a Hampton Inn" the way Nancy Pelosi's husband was just inviting a homeless guy over.
I’m skipping garage night tonight- going to see W.A.S.P. and Armoured Saint instead. I’m not sure either band will still be any good, but it should be fun. So my liver and lungs get the night off but the eardrums will pay.
I know this isn't the NFL thread but I'm watching TNF and it is DUMPING snow in Cleveland and it makes me wonder: why the fuck do people live in areas like that? I can't imagine trying to dig my car out in the morning while hungover and trying to not be late to work. I know CA is expensive af, but I'll pay that premium to not deal with that. Brrrrrrrrr
Because skiing is the only recreational sport where you can hit speeds that would get you pulled over on the highway, without any kind of motor assistance whatsoever.
I drove so I only had one beer. Even when I don’t drive I typically don’t have more than a couple of drinks. Partly because I’ll miss portions of the show because I have to go piss, and partly because I want to remember the show. I have a couple of friends, including the guy I went with tonight, who were blackout drunk for most of our concerts in the 80s, and on more than one occasion we had to retrieve people from the medical tents, security or try to find them after they wandered off. That shit always pissed me off. So oddly enough, no I don’t really drink at shows.
Snow can be a pain in the ass, but there's something very peaceful about it. I love walking my dog in the snow because it muffles sounds and most people are staying inside, so it's calm and quiet. Highly recommend the experience.
It's probably just Stockholm syndrome from growing up in it, but snow isn't really that bad. In the lake effect areas you get walloped by a couple feet several times a year, but in most places a snowfall that big isn't a regular event. Unless you own a house with a huge driveway, 6-8" isn't that much (that's what she said) - brush off the car, run the shovel around for 15 minutes, and go. If it's a really big storm, everyone is in the same boat so it's not surprising for people to be late. It's beautiful and peaceful. There's nothing quieter than being out in the woods with the snow coming down hard - the only noise is the light ruffling of the flakes hitting the ground around you, everything else is muffled. Magic. I love to go for a walk or a hike when it's snowing. The bitter cold is far, far worse than any snow, and snow doesn't usually fall when the temperatures get down to single digits and below. Growing up in NH, we used to have school cancelled at least a couple times/year because it was so cold the busses wouldn't start.
I use to snowboard all the time and one time I thought "Why am I doing this? It's freaking cold", left and never went back. It's been ~27 years since I've been to the snow and I live an hour from it.
After a lifetime of living in the northeast I certainly appreciate the aesthetic aspect of it. But I don’t ski, snowboard, ice skate etc, and most times it’s simply a hazardous pain in the ass.
As the proverb goes, if you choose to find no joy in the snow, you will have less joy in your life, but the same amount of snow. I think living in snowy areas necessitates seeking some way to amuse yourself in the snow, otherwise it's just a slog. Yeah, nope. Those temperatures are "hunker down inside" temperatures.
Ultimate sunk cost fallacy. It was a 5 hour drive from Boston to get there and we had already bought lift tickets. The most miserable day imaginable, and it was New Years Day. Do one run and then go warm up in the lodge for 30 minutes. Repeat for 5 hours until we threw in the towel. My friend had a small part of his hand exposed where his gloves met his jacket. Frostbite. At least our AirBnB had a hot tub.
Wife, daughter & sis-in-law took the the train to Toronto this morning to go see T-Swift. The train was already full of fans when they boarded, 100 miles from where it’s going. With multiple stops on the way. Christ.
This is either an extremely clever joke or a failure to understand freedom units. I'm going with clever joke.
Clever joke and a note that non Freedom units would imply Canadian and therefore someone who enjoys and embraces winter.