Shawn Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Medicine talk: The first paragraph is something that I've never been able to figure out, nail down, visualize or even imagine existing on this planet. The rest, yeah, I know how life works, 99% of it sucks. The older I get, the more tired I get of the fight, the cost of business becomes too high, survival becomes something less than it should be. Doing anything other than something I'm passionate about seems like a big fucking waste of time. Surviving ain't enough, I need to live. They already got my peace and sanity years ago. I don't know what serenity is, I've never experienced it. 6 days later, the only accurate statement in that paragraph is "I need to live" Now if that isn't a good enough reason to treat myself to a nice dinner today, I don't know what is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Go eat, young man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) Hey-Oh! I really, really, really, miss Johnny Carson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKMYQf2ZOZM Edited June 12, 2011 by Matthew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 After sending a friend an email about the cancelation of Cecil Taylor's Le Poisson Rouge dates - Hope Cecil's ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 I've been in a new house for a couple months, and I finally cleaned out my closet, literally as well as metaphorically. Got rid of all the clothes that I will never wear again. Probably am hanging onto a few too many clothes that I might be able to wear again if I got my act together. Also thinking how ironic when I was emerging from winter hibernation and starting to exercise, I threw my back out something awful. Doctor says that this week I should finally be able to start swimming again, but no biking until July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 While listening to the Rubble Collection, I'm trying to think of cool names for Psychedelic Rock comps, so far: The Clouds Are My Friends Raking The Sky Magic Mystical Marriage in Madness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 The Clouds Are My Friends But the rain will save your soul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 While listening to the Rubble Collection, I'm trying to think of cool names for Psychedelic Rock comps, so far: The Clouds Are My Friends Raking The Sky Magic Mystical Marriage in Madness There's a song called "Clouds In My House" by Quebec based band Voivod, always thought that would make a good album title. now if it was a prog rock comp? "How Do You Spell Pretentious? ELP". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 I'm wondering if Shawn really meant to leave his expresso machine behind. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 I'm wondering if Shawn really meant to leave his expresso machine behind. . . . Yes. I'm wondering why "Catch-22" seems to be my life story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 After a phone conversation with a good friend, I'm wondering if dealing with elderly parents is always a test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 After a phone conversation with a good friend, I'm wondering if dealing with elderly parents is always a test. No need to wonder. It is and on many different levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 After a phone conversation with a good friend, I'm wondering if dealing with elderly parents is always a test. No need to wonder. It is and on many different levels. For us - and for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Dealing with the same here. It's tough all right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 My Grandmother had to go into long term care recently and that's been extremely hard on the whole family. In the long run though, she's much happier now because she has a social outlet with all the other residents and she's in better spirits than she has been for many years. Living alone in a house in West Virginia was not good for her, so even though she really didn't want to leave initially...now she doesn't even mention it anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Dealing with the same here. It's tough all right. Tell me about it brother. My mom went into care for a year and a half before she died. My sister in law bore a deep grudge against me for not 'doing more', rather hard from the other side of the world. One thing led to another resulting in my brother and I having what looks like a permanent falling out. The whole family went to pieces when she died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) I'm feeling like I was snookered. I ordered what looked like a relatively interesting documentary on Darwin from Netflix -- Darwin: The Voyage That Shook the World -- and it turns out it is from a group trying to undermine Darwin. I decided to watch anyway as there were some interesting scenes recreating the voyage of the Beagle. I think most of the scientific talking heads were reasonably balanced and were recruited to focus on the minor flaws where Darwin had things wrong, but then they weren't allowed to discuss how later scientists had improved the theory of evolution. But then sure enough, some guy comes on and starts talking about the eye , as if the structure of the eye was really so miraculous that the mere existence of eyes really "proved" the existence of a higher being . Reminds me more than a little of Douglas Adams' takedown of theologically-minded philosophers in HGTTG. (There it was the Babel-fish that was so perfect that it proved the existence of a higher power.) As long as I am rambling, just about the only use of God in pop culture that I thought was pretty cool was the episode of Futurama where Bender meets God (Godfellas). That was a great episode -- one my favorites. I highly recommend it. Ok, back to the original rant. It seems comments have been disabled (again) on Netflix, or I would go and give this documentary a poor ranking. Oh well. Live and learn. Edited June 28, 2011 by ejp626 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Thinking it's really hot, 36.8C and very humid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) Â What you want is just around the corner... Edited July 4, 2015 by page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 What you get is just around a coroner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Hey, I was trying to stay possitive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Sorry, I couldn't resist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Ah. I probably shoud've known better anyway, :shrug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I'm thinking about the excellent cigar [Alec Bradley America] I just had and the fine wine I'm having now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I'm thinking that The Unravelling is the most interesting book I've read in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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