Random thoughts thread

[Allch Chcar]

Originally Posted by IntotheOcean

http://sethadamsmith.com/2013/11/02/...-isnt-for-you/

I honestly think I am reading this incorrectly...
Are they really saying marriage is only about making the other person happy?.....

He did say exactly that. But he also clarified by saying that making the other person happy with the purpose being to generate reciprocity. The end result being both parties end up making each other happy. Instead of just selfishly mooching off the other's hard work.

Originally Posted by Luis_GT

I don't think I'm gonna be able to comply with No-shave November...

Tell me about it. Neckbeard operational.

[Kelbyat07]

Originally Posted by 7thgear

she wasn't friends with me after i told her one day that she could stand to lose a lil weight (she could.. seriously)

at the time i didn't know that she was on these anti-depressants and what not, felt pretty bad after.

ohh well, that was a decade a go...

Haha good ending

[Shagaliscious]

Originally Posted by sklimo

So my company just made us all sit through a sexual harrasment training. I've been here 5 years almost, you would think they would know by now I already know how to sexually harass people..........

I sexually harass a co-worker just about everyday. But she grabbed my ass first, so.....would that count?

[Seattle_FT86]

Enjoy these made my day

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Luis_GT

You being a serious guy...

Oh. Indeed. For some reason I thought you were questioning my description of sand. I was thinking, "WHY WOULDN'T HE BELIEVE ME!?!"

Originally Posted by sklimo

He's staring at the HONDA girl right now

HEY. That may be, but in my own defense, I didn't even like it that much.

Originally Posted by KslayFRZ

@sklimo @Anthony you remember taking this?

Haha ooooh man, I forgot about that photo. Man, what a little shit I was. My shirts are way bigger now. All grown up and making good decisions.

[sklimo]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Oh. Indeed. For some reason I thought you were questioning my description of sand. I was thinking, "WHY WOULDN'T HE BELIEVE ME!?!"



HEY. That may be, but in my own defense, I didn't even like it that much.



Haha ooooh man, I forgot about that photo. Man, what a little shit I was. My shirts are way bigger now. All grown up and making good decisions.

Damn we were punks. Glad we grew out of that. By the way @Anthony did I leave my diamond grill at your sand dune??

[Anthony]

Yeah. I didn't notice it at first because it was on top of your hooded sweatshirt that's covered shiny graphics. I'm wearing it now though, so it's safe.

[Porsche]

Originally Posted by dem00n

You do know authors don't always have the answers?

There are no answers.

"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."
–Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790

[Anthony]

Well, my seat has left Italy. Unfortunately I think that was the last of the tracking info I'll have. Now we get to see if customs decides to hang onto for no reason for a really long time whilst keeping me in the dark.

[Porsche]

Originally Posted by IntotheOcean

I really like that quote, even though I am not 60 I can tell how true it is.

I'm glad you liked it; I thought you might.

I've always liked it, and I immediately made a note of it as I read his book. It raises interesting questions, doesn't it? Although, that might be best reserved for private discussion.

Here's another that I liked from a different work of his:

“It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people can’t be governed at all.”
–No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy

Maybe I am missing the point of this silly overrated article?

I don't think you're missing the point.



The issues raised are worthy of discussion. However, I found this article online, read many of the comments, and I must say that the prospects look poor for you finding anyone amongst your peers with whom to have a FRUITFUL discussion.

Do you recall what I observed about the differences between YOU and your cohorts?

They become painfully obvious at moments like this.


I recently read of a British study showing that twenty-somethings' marriages deteriorate markedly around two and a half years. I'd be surprised if even half of them could manage to stay married for as little as five years.


Did I mention to you, Ash, to steer clear of romantic entanglements while in college?










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For giggles:

“If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.”
–Blaise Pascal (French mathematician, physicist, writer, and philosopher; 1623-1662)



And for you, Ashley:

“…two roads diverged in a wood, and I –
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
–The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost (American poet and playwright; 1874 – 1963)






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[Porsche]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Well, my seat has left Italy. Unfortunately I think that was the last of the tracking info I'll have. Now we get to see if customs decides to hang onto for no reason for a really long time whilst keeping me in the dark.

"Whilst?"

Do you have some Brit blood in you?

[KslayFRZ]

Lol




FB-Mid Atlantic 86...join the family

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Porsche

"Whilst?"

Do you have some Brit blood in you?

Whilst I've never even been to the UK, I've seen Monty Python & The Holy Grail over 147 times, which legally warrants dual citizenship. So... take that for what it's worth, I guess.

[Anthony]

Does anyone know of a good source to look up concerts over a broad area? The only things I know to do are check specific venue's sites or specific bands' sites. I'm not looking to see anyone in particular, but I'd like to see what's going on within a 2 hour driving radius around me in December. I already checked the House of Blues New Orleans calendar, and outside of the Air Sex Championships (too scared to use government computer to research what that is) nothing interesting in December. I'm about to resort to looking up all the venues I know of, one by one, but ugh...