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I'm just envisioning a sequel to 12 Angry Men.
A la Office Space.
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All of your Rants should be under this. This way we can skip them with out scrolling through them. (;*) )
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Command strips > poster putty. But, your crooked pic is fine. It reminds me of the warning stickers that my kids installed on the swimming pool many years back. You know: "Warning: Do not dive", etc. Not one of them is straight. But, it was their way of helping put up the pool, so it makes me smile when I see them. So, I guess the imperfection turned out to be a good thing.
Also. I like the pics of your food. Unless, I'm hungry, then they make me hungry.
Also. I like the pics of your food. Unless, I'm hungry, then they make me hungry.
Here is what we watched last night: Borderliner.
I said the other day that life isn't always as complicated as we make it out to be. It was a side comment but I will expand more on it here. If you are a police officer and you try to live life by a moral code, then you need to live life by that moral code all the time. I think the difference between right and wrong is actually pretty obvious most of the time. I grant that it's not always the case. But here is an easy example. Murder is murder. There are sometimes mitigating circumstances, as many believe. But if you commit murder then you live with those consequences. As a police officer, if someone killed another person, it is on you to bring that person to justice. Even if that person is your brother.
So we watched Borderliner, the first 2 episodes. It was a good start and I would recommend it, at least after 2 shows. When it was done, we sat in relative silence for 2 hours. Much like me sitting in the office earlier in the day, we sat on the couch in the living room. D worked, then did the crossword, and I read on & off. It is a nice change of pace, and I think it represents what I like to do with my free time these days at night. I am ok with watching TV, so long as the show is worth it. But I also like sitting in silence and reading, and talking about the things we are doing or reading or life.
I woke up this morning to some limited amount of snow. It started really slowly, then right after lunch I got on my Zwiffer and the storm hit a growth spurt. When I was done with my 2 hour ride, the table had 8" in the back. Shortly after that the kids went outside and it was 11". I am sure that ruler is long gone at this point. It is white. So I guess we'll find it when this all melts. I imagine it's more than a foot now. I also imagine that there is no way these kids will have school tomorrow. This is a school that gets cancelled with rain in December.
Completely independent of the snow, my Chicago trip was cancelled. So I will be home the next 2 days.
The power is flickering so I am going to hit submit and hope the power doesn't go out. I'll see you tomorrow on the broom again.
I said the other day that life isn't always as complicated as we make it out to be. It was a side comment but I will expand more on it here. If you are a police officer and you try to live life by a moral code, then you need to live life by that moral code all the time. I think the difference between right and wrong is actually pretty obvious most of the time. I grant that it's not always the case. But here is an easy example. Murder is murder. There are sometimes mitigating circumstances, as many believe. But if you commit murder then you live with those consequences. As a police officer, if someone killed another person, it is on you to bring that person to justice. Even if that person is your brother.
So we watched Borderliner, the first 2 episodes. It was a good start and I would recommend it, at least after 2 shows. When it was done, we sat in relative silence for 2 hours. Much like me sitting in the office earlier in the day, we sat on the couch in the living room. D worked, then did the crossword, and I read on & off. It is a nice change of pace, and I think it represents what I like to do with my free time these days at night. I am ok with watching TV, so long as the show is worth it. But I also like sitting in silence and reading, and talking about the things we are doing or reading or life.
I woke up this morning to some limited amount of snow. It started really slowly, then right after lunch I got on my Zwiffer and the storm hit a growth spurt. When I was done with my 2 hour ride, the table had 8" in the back. Shortly after that the kids went outside and it was 11". I am sure that ruler is long gone at this point. It is white. So I guess we'll find it when this all melts. I imagine it's more than a foot now. I also imagine that there is no way these kids will have school tomorrow. This is a school that gets cancelled with rain in December.
Completely independent of the snow, my Chicago trip was cancelled. So I will be home the next 2 days.
The power is flickering so I am going to hit submit and hope the power doesn't go out. I'll see you tomorrow on the broom again.
God damn that looks good.
We got 16-20"? Schools are closed, and I already called in WFH tomorrow.
I had a conversation last night with Sean, the tall guy. It was actually a single exchange of texts after I had sent him an article about being tall. He said he really didn't like to read about stuff like this, because being an outlier in this regard isn't something he likes to bring attention to. I don't necessarily know how I came about this article but I found it interesting, especially in light of the very real possibility that Zac ends up being 6-6 or 6-8. I think the doctor said that there is a 90% chance he will be 6-6, and an 80% chance he is 6-8. So this discussion is of interest to us, here in this household.
I responded that as someone who used to be 289 pounds, I understand his plight to some degree. But at the same time, that's not really accurate. Probably because the 289 pounds was self-inflicted, whereas being tall or short is pretty much something you're stuck with when you're born. I suppose you can stunt your growth if you are undernourished. But that's not practical. And really, I've probably moved past the window of opportunity to talk about the weight loss anymore. It's kind of like hanging on to that 3 pointer in high school basketball. At a certain point, it's probably time to let that one go.
So anyway, did I ever tell you guys about the halftime 3 point competition at a Rutgers game...?
It snowed a lot yesterday, which caused the kids to have 3 days off, which in turn throws everything into a tailspin with work for both of us. The Chicago trip was cancelled either way, which is what it is. I'd been looking forward to going just for the sake of being able to fly to Chicago and go to Intelligentsia and hang out for a few hours and drink 4 cups of coffee then bring a few pounds back after going to lunch the next day. The trip was pretty much just for the purpose of having lunch on Friday. In the end, lunch was cancelled, and so was the trip. Given the absolute chaos this snow caused I'm happy it worked out this way, because the coffee isn't worth the headache of getting there.
It also caused me to cancel this Sunday's short track race, and put all of our hopes into #3. Being realistic, I know this won't happen and frankly I am too tired to try very hard right now. I am in the on-deck circle to go to Seattle for a Tue/Wed workshop, and I just got an email telling me that the workshop was moved to Mon/Tue...but I am not to book tickets yet because nothing is signed. Add to that the possibility that they want me in Chicago NEXT Friday for lunch (and I think we have tickets to see a play on Friday night) and I am just out of mental energy to try very hard to make these races happen unless it's snow-free, dry, and there's free coffee. If nothing else, I know we can count on the free coffee.
Just don't tell me that the Dunkin Donuts had the roof cave in. I can't handle that right now.
I completed the California Challenge on my Zwift ride in London today, which was a 797 mile challenge. Why 797? I have no idea. But I finished it and got a new frame. I don't know what the frame does for you but Sean says to complete the Everest Challenge (almost 30k feet of vertical) and you get a Tron Bike. What is a Tron Bike? Again, I have no idea but he told me to do it because it's the best bike out there. So I'll load the Zwift rides up with vertical, and get the Tron Bike as soon as I can. Because Sean said so. And he's at level 25 (the max) so who am I to argue?
Honestly, March sucks.
I responded that as someone who used to be 289 pounds, I understand his plight to some degree. But at the same time, that's not really accurate. Probably because the 289 pounds was self-inflicted, whereas being tall or short is pretty much something you're stuck with when you're born. I suppose you can stunt your growth if you are undernourished. But that's not practical. And really, I've probably moved past the window of opportunity to talk about the weight loss anymore. It's kind of like hanging on to that 3 pointer in high school basketball. At a certain point, it's probably time to let that one go.
So anyway, did I ever tell you guys about the halftime 3 point competition at a Rutgers game...?
It snowed a lot yesterday, which caused the kids to have 3 days off, which in turn throws everything into a tailspin with work for both of us. The Chicago trip was cancelled either way, which is what it is. I'd been looking forward to going just for the sake of being able to fly to Chicago and go to Intelligentsia and hang out for a few hours and drink 4 cups of coffee then bring a few pounds back after going to lunch the next day. The trip was pretty much just for the purpose of having lunch on Friday. In the end, lunch was cancelled, and so was the trip. Given the absolute chaos this snow caused I'm happy it worked out this way, because the coffee isn't worth the headache of getting there.
It also caused me to cancel this Sunday's short track race, and put all of our hopes into #3. Being realistic, I know this won't happen and frankly I am too tired to try very hard right now. I am in the on-deck circle to go to Seattle for a Tue/Wed workshop, and I just got an email telling me that the workshop was moved to Mon/Tue...but I am not to book tickets yet because nothing is signed. Add to that the possibility that they want me in Chicago NEXT Friday for lunch (and I think we have tickets to see a play on Friday night) and I am just out of mental energy to try very hard to make these races happen unless it's snow-free, dry, and there's free coffee. If nothing else, I know we can count on the free coffee.
Just don't tell me that the Dunkin Donuts had the roof cave in. I can't handle that right now.
I completed the California Challenge on my Zwift ride in London today, which was a 797 mile challenge. Why 797? I have no idea. But I finished it and got a new frame. I don't know what the frame does for you but Sean says to complete the Everest Challenge (almost 30k feet of vertical) and you get a Tron Bike. What is a Tron Bike? Again, I have no idea but he told me to do it because it's the best bike out there. So I'll load the Zwift rides up with vertical, and get the Tron Bike as soon as I can. Because Sean said so. And he's at level 25 (the max) so who am I to argue?
Honestly, March sucks.
now i have a reason for the missing march observations of my own riding. march suckage.
short track should now to turn into a half day jamboree at some point - with some sort of group race going off at the top of every hour for 8 hours.
food truck, and large fire. let's figure it out. we have kids to show that obstacles create opportunity.
perhaps getting the scouts involved in some badge rewarding sense?
put some heads together - it can be the race for non-racers? the event for the forlorn? the meth for the junky. wait, no, that is the easy easy way.
back to the event for the sake of getting together and making something out of little.
#letsdothis!
short track should now to turn into a half day jamboree at some point - with some sort of group race going off at the top of every hour for 8 hours.
food truck, and large fire. let's figure it out. we have kids to show that obstacles create opportunity.
perhaps getting the scouts involved in some badge rewarding sense?
put some heads together - it can be the race for non-racers? the event for the forlorn? the meth for the junky. wait, no, that is the easy easy way.
back to the event for the sake of getting together and making something out of little.
#letsdothis!
