Odd tidbit: I was once, way back in the 90s, on a plane from NY to DC. Seated next to a young lady. She was returning from Martha's Vineyard (where, unbeknownst to me, she'd been stalking the POTUS). I was returning from Nantucket, where I'd been fishing. We chatted the whole way from NY to DCA. It wasn't until she made the news the next year and achieved infamy that I realized who she was....
Friday OT - Have At It
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Several years ago my wife and I changed our approach because we didn't think that fat bastard should be getting all the credit for the "best" gifts.
This make me sound miserable but I'm so anti gifts in general....or at least organized gifts at b-days/xmas. My wife's family is so meticulous all we do is get things from a list like its a check list. If you want to get someone something, put thought into it and give it to them whenever.
I want to tell everyone that my dad knew John Wayne Gacy personally, but I usually keep it to myself.
My wife wants the us and the kids to participate in all the holiday 'traditions'. I find some of them silly / dumb. My upbringing skews my perspective (strict catholic, little money, rural farm life, etc). Below are Holiday / Traditions I never did growing up and hence I don't get the appeal for. My wife say's I had a sad up bringing.
Valentines Day, Tooth Fairy, May Day Baskets, Halloween / Trick or Treating, Easter Bunny / Easter Egg Hunts, Christmas in July, Fourth of July Parades or Fireworks.
Valentines Day, Tooth Fairy, May Day Baskets, Halloween / Trick or Treating, Easter Bunny / Easter Egg Hunts, Christmas in July, Fourth of July Parades or Fireworks.
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I've told my boys from the beginning that I am Santa. I am their Santa Claus. No lie
But now around this time of year they point at my belly and say "dad is getting ready for Christmas".
The ever-increasing encroachment of Christmas into Thanksgiving season is an affront I will not stand for. Give me my holiday about gluttony and family, dammit.
I'm really happy to see all the pro-Thanksgiving takes in here, it's been my favorite holiday for a long time (and I'm usually even the one cooking).
I'm really happy to see all the pro-Thanksgiving takes in here, it's been my favorite holiday for a long time (and I'm usually even the one cooking).
About once a year, I take a drink of something and hit my front tooth hard enough that causes me to double check and make sure I didn't chip my tooth with the glass.
Between that, biting my tongue, biting my cheek, and randomly missing my mouth while eating, you'd swear the location of my mouth had shifted at some point in my life.
Between that, biting my tongue, biting my cheek, and randomly missing my mouth while eating, you'd swear the location of my mouth had shifted at some point in my life.
I am not huge on any of the holiday stuff. Decorating is work and you have to have stuff to put up, and it just seems kinda wasteful.
BUT
The gf is SO anti-holiday (not just Xmas but all of them) that we can barely even talk about any of them, much less decorate. I mean, I don't need Griswold levels of decor, or stupid giant inflatables in the yard, but it might be nice to have a little tree or something.
Also, the stupid inflatables in the yard... people please stop. Just why? So tacky, so dumb, so wasteful.
Better yet, get me nothing because I’m paying for it anyhow
I always laughed at the rewards. I felt that if I’m doing well, pay me. Don’t spend a bunch of money on a meal and then hand me a plaque. Give me $200 bucks or an extra day off. Why I’m self employed now.
Random things I enjoy that no one cares about:
-google maps, looking at airport layouts, golf course layouts, subway layouts ect.
-researching skyscraper heights and how big downtowns are
-genealogy of famous people (for example Queen Elizabeth)
-google maps, looking at airport layouts, golf course layouts, subway layouts ect.
-researching skyscraper heights and how big downtowns are
-genealogy of famous people (for example Queen Elizabeth)
I'll do the same with wiki and bands. I'll be like "wow, Buffalo Springfield really had a ripple effect."
I bought some of those Cotton Candy grapes not worried about the price since I assumed at 42 I have grape buying money. Those things were $17!!!
Really enjoy looking at maps, both google and otherwise. Maps that show history in some way especially (changing boundaries, kingdoms that don't exist anymore, etc).
