Random Thoughts 16: “Somebody had to do it” edition
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Ran into a childhood friend and classmate of mine Saturday night and caught up which was nice. Good guy even if he did win I believe two wrestling national championships at iowa.
I was on Twitter last night responding to a bunch of people, and ended up pairing up with a gal who had very similar opinions and our responses to this one guy were pretty much in sync. We figured out this morning that we should probably be mortal enemies...she's a Jayhawk.
I honestly can't keep up with it. I didn't discover it until it already had a couple hundred pages. Hard to know what's been said, so I started reading about 20 pages from the end. When I finished 10 pages, they were 60 pages ahead of me. So I jumped up another 40 pages and read another 10 or so, They're 20 pages ahead of that again this morning.
I must read really really slowly.
grocery bill is getting ridiculous right now. About 35% higher than a few months ago. (sorry, just put in a grocery order and had some sticker shock).
I bought 5 flat iron steaks for $7.99lb. Prior to the pandemic the most I would have paid would have been $6.99.
Now they're usually $10.99-$12.99
@Cyclones_R_GR8 and @BCClone - I smoked the brisket this weekend. It was great. Thanks for your advice. About a 7 pound brisket for 8.5 hours at 225. Took it out when it reached 195. Wrapped it in foil when it reached about 165. I placed two trays of water in the smoker instead of just one. I'm actually proud of how this turned out.
There is a dedicated no holds barred thread. It goes the way you would assume it would.
I’m sure people are having honest discussions and respectful dialogue with a few people changing their minds. Do I need the pirate?
Got an iwatch for Father’s Day. Had to use the facilities earlier today. While busy, my phone buzzes at me, I look and it tells me to stand up. All I can think is, no way im standing now moron.
Edit: so I don’t do the no no of 4 in a row. Not being a superfanatic has given me some nice ads. I now am wondering when to know if the article is lingerie or a swimsuit. Some seem to be interchangeable.
Edit: so I don’t do the no no of 4 in a row. Not being a superfanatic has given me some nice ads. I now am wondering when to know if the article is lingerie or a swimsuit. Some seem to be interchangeable.
That seems like it could be slang for numerous things.
Verb, article, noun. It’s a complete sentence, too.That seems like it could be slang for numerous things.
After being inspired by the musings of a fellow RTT-er I decided (against my better judgement) to wander into the cave to see how the discussion on today's political topics of the day are unfolding. All I can say is LOL, and not in the "haha that's funny kind of laugh"; oh no, this is the "I have to laugh so I don't cry kind of laugh".
I find it truly amazing (and heartbreaking) how folks who claim a moral and empathetic superiority will talk to their fellow human when it's through the confines of a computer screen - even leaping to damning conclusions about a person's personal beliefs, without so much as sharing eye contact (let alone an actual discussion or experience) with their fellow human. It's almost as if the person on the other side of the screen isn't battling the same struggles of a "daily grind", which they themselves might be facing.
I typically don't wade into political discourse, especially on the internet, because I don't think anyone has ever read a message board (or shared a conversation) and become inspired to have their political views changed. Rather personal experience seems to be what changes one's mind on such topics, and personal experience is a collection of hundreds (if not thousands or millions) of life events which you and you alone know/understand. I don't intend to start today, here or now. But as I lie awake restless, thinking about my venture "into the darkness" earlier today - I'm also thinking about my evening where I started a new part time job in retail; being the "face" of a brand to our customers. How I was standing at the cashier's stand interacting with them and asking how their day went - how I wasn't looking at them based on their political views, or their religious identity, how I didn't care the color of their skin or their socio-economic background - I simply saw them as people. People, who like me, who were probably battling the challenges of today one at a time, but who were blessed to be "pushing the dirt down instead of up".
i think so often in today's world we are consumed by what's happening in politics (or the news), we "miss the forest through the trees" - we get so wrapped up in red v. blue, republican v. democrat, Trump v. Biden, R v. W, etc.; we fail to see our fellow humans as just that - human.
Life comes at you fast - I was reminded of this fact over the weekend, when I found out my parent's 90-ish year old neighbor, a real "salt of the earth" kind of guy, a retired farmer who lives on a nice 20-acre property, and until this past week, mowed the lawn, ran a chainsaw, and would move snow with his loader tractor for my parents who are 20+ years his junior. I learned this neighbor had an accidental fall while eating lunch in town and injured himself to the point where (last I'd heard) he had no feeling below where he'd injured his neck. He was, in an instant, quadriplegic - he will never return to his home, his acreage which he cared so deeply for - life as he knew it was gone in an instant. My Dad put it best when he said "they don't make neighbors like (insert neighbors name) anymore." As if this tragedy wasn't enough, I also learned upon return to work from the weekend away, of a co-worker who suddenly lost his young daughter and another who learned his brother was diagnosed with terminal heart cancer and will soon be exiting our world. You see EVERYONE faces these types of tragedies (and even greater ones) EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. It's part of "the human experience" we suffer and in some sense we're blessed to suffer. It doesn't matter what these folk's political ideologies are, which "side of the fence" they sit on, in regards to a particular issue or candidate, their tragedies are no greater, nor no less tragic based on their political views.
i guess my long-winded, sleep deprived rant is really about this - I was raised that you should never go to bed angry, or without telling those who you mean it to "I love you", because you never know when your time on this earth might come to an end. I pray (in my sleep deprived lunacy) that maybe, just maybe, some of you who make it to the end of my post might decide to share in an extra smile with someone you wouldn't normally smile at tomorrow, or ask (and listen) about how another's day is going, or even just see the co-worker (or family member, or maybe even simply screen name) you don't always see eye-to-eye with on political issues on, not as "the other" but as a human battling through "the human experience" just as you are right now. I challenge you to make sure you don't end your discourse in anger and malcontent, trying to "get in the last word", even if that means holding back on firing off the comment or Twitter post you had lined up, because you never really know, you never truly understand the challenges in another's life (the human on the other side of the screen) until you recognize them for exactly what they are, your fellow human - with their own flaws, failures, hopes, dreams, family, friends, beliefs, experiences, challenges, and accomplishments.
I already said I don't wade into politics, because I don't think you can change someone's mind on those types of issues so easily; but I truly believe, if we ALL practice just a little more empathy for our fellow humans, our world will become a better place - regardless of our political leaders actions (or inactions). I'll jump off my soapbox now, thanks for stopping by
P.S. I'd just like to add the disclaimer -- I'm an openly admitted moron, who learns best by making mistakes; who in my 30 year's on this earth recognizes I've learned less than many other's have forgotten and I'm trying, one day at a time - to be just a little better than I was the day before, knowing full-well, I am FAR from a "finished product". Good night y'all.
I find it truly amazing (and heartbreaking) how folks who claim a moral and empathetic superiority will talk to their fellow human when it's through the confines of a computer screen - even leaping to damning conclusions about a person's personal beliefs, without so much as sharing eye contact (let alone an actual discussion or experience) with their fellow human. It's almost as if the person on the other side of the screen isn't battling the same struggles of a "daily grind", which they themselves might be facing.
I typically don't wade into political discourse, especially on the internet, because I don't think anyone has ever read a message board (or shared a conversation) and become inspired to have their political views changed. Rather personal experience seems to be what changes one's mind on such topics, and personal experience is a collection of hundreds (if not thousands or millions) of life events which you and you alone know/understand. I don't intend to start today, here or now. But as I lie awake restless, thinking about my venture "into the darkness" earlier today - I'm also thinking about my evening where I started a new part time job in retail; being the "face" of a brand to our customers. How I was standing at the cashier's stand interacting with them and asking how their day went - how I wasn't looking at them based on their political views, or their religious identity, how I didn't care the color of their skin or their socio-economic background - I simply saw them as people. People, who like me, who were probably battling the challenges of today one at a time, but who were blessed to be "pushing the dirt down instead of up".
i think so often in today's world we are consumed by what's happening in politics (or the news), we "miss the forest through the trees" - we get so wrapped up in red v. blue, republican v. democrat, Trump v. Biden, R v. W, etc.; we fail to see our fellow humans as just that - human.
Life comes at you fast - I was reminded of this fact over the weekend, when I found out my parent's 90-ish year old neighbor, a real "salt of the earth" kind of guy, a retired farmer who lives on a nice 20-acre property, and until this past week, mowed the lawn, ran a chainsaw, and would move snow with his loader tractor for my parents who are 20+ years his junior. I learned this neighbor had an accidental fall while eating lunch in town and injured himself to the point where (last I'd heard) he had no feeling below where he'd injured his neck. He was, in an instant, quadriplegic - he will never return to his home, his acreage which he cared so deeply for - life as he knew it was gone in an instant. My Dad put it best when he said "they don't make neighbors like (insert neighbors name) anymore." As if this tragedy wasn't enough, I also learned upon return to work from the weekend away, of a co-worker who suddenly lost his young daughter and another who learned his brother was diagnosed with terminal heart cancer and will soon be exiting our world. You see EVERYONE faces these types of tragedies (and even greater ones) EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. It's part of "the human experience" we suffer and in some sense we're blessed to suffer. It doesn't matter what these folk's political ideologies are, which "side of the fence" they sit on, in regards to a particular issue or candidate, their tragedies are no greater, nor no less tragic based on their political views.
i guess my long-winded, sleep deprived rant is really about this - I was raised that you should never go to bed angry, or without telling those who you mean it to "I love you", because you never know when your time on this earth might come to an end. I pray (in my sleep deprived lunacy) that maybe, just maybe, some of you who make it to the end of my post might decide to share in an extra smile with someone you wouldn't normally smile at tomorrow, or ask (and listen) about how another's day is going, or even just see the co-worker (or family member, or maybe even simply screen name) you don't always see eye-to-eye with on political issues on, not as "the other" but as a human battling through "the human experience" just as you are right now. I challenge you to make sure you don't end your discourse in anger and malcontent, trying to "get in the last word", even if that means holding back on firing off the comment or Twitter post you had lined up, because you never really know, you never truly understand the challenges in another's life (the human on the other side of the screen) until you recognize them for exactly what they are, your fellow human - with their own flaws, failures, hopes, dreams, family, friends, beliefs, experiences, challenges, and accomplishments.
I already said I don't wade into politics, because I don't think you can change someone's mind on those types of issues so easily; but I truly believe, if we ALL practice just a little more empathy for our fellow humans, our world will become a better place - regardless of our political leaders actions (or inactions). I'll jump off my soapbox now, thanks for stopping by
P.S. I'd just like to add the disclaimer -- I'm an openly admitted moron, who learns best by making mistakes; who in my 30 year's on this earth recognizes I've learned less than many other's have forgotten and I'm trying, one day at a time - to be just a little better than I was the day before, knowing full-well, I am FAR from a "finished product". Good night y'all.
I think part of the problem is people go into that forum hoping to change peoples mind and views to match theirs. If you go in there with that goal, you are doing it wrong.After being inspired by the musings of a fellow RTT-er I decided (against my better judgement) to wander into the cave to see how the discussion on today's political topics of the day are unfolding. All I can say is LOL, and not in the "haha that's funny kind of laugh"; oh no, this is the "I have to laugh so I don't cry kind of laugh".
I find it truly amazing (and heartbreaking) how folks who claim a moral and empathetic superiority will talk to their fellow human when it's through the confines of a computer screen - even leaping to damning conclusions about a person's personal beliefs, without so much as sharing eye contact (let alone an actual discussion or experience) with their fellow human. It's almost as if the person on the other side of the screen isn't battling the same struggles of a "daily grind", which they themselves might be facing.
I typically don't wade into political discourse, especially on the internet, because I don't think anyone has ever read a message board (or shared a conversation) and become inspired to have their political views changed. Rather personal experience seems to be what changes one's mind on such topics, and personal experience is a collection of hundreds (if not thousands or millions) of life events which you and you alone know/understand. I don't intend to start today, here or now. But as I lie awake restless, thinking about my venture "into the darkness" earlier today - I'm also thinking about my evening where I started a new part time job in retail; being the "face" of a brand to our customers. How I was standing at the cashier's stand interacting with them and asking how their day went - how I wasn't looking at them based on their political views, or their religious identity, how I didn't care the color of their skin or their socio-economic background - I simply saw them as people. People, who like me, who were probably battling the challenges of today one at a time, but who were blessed to be "pushing the dirt down instead of up".
i think so often in today's world we are consumed by what's happening in politics (or the news), we "miss the forest through the trees" - we get so wrapped up in red v. blue, republican v. democrat, Trump v. Biden, R v. W, etc.; we fail to see our fellow humans as just that - human.
Life comes at you fast - I was reminded of this fact over the weekend, when I found out my parent's 90-ish year old neighbor, a real "salt of the earth" kind of guy, a retired farmer who lives on a nice 20-acre property, and until this past week, mowed the lawn, ran a chainsaw, and would move snow with his loader tractor for my parents who are 20+ years his junior. I learned this neighbor had an accidental fall while eating lunch in town and injured himself to the point where (last I'd heard) he had no feeling below where he'd injured his neck. He was, in an instant, quadriplegic - he will never return to his home, his acreage which he cared so deeply for - life as he knew it was gone in an instant. My Dad put it best when he said "they don't make neighbors like (insert neighbors name) anymore." As if this tragedy wasn't enough, I also learned upon return to work from the weekend away, of a co-worker who suddenly lost his young daughter and another who learned his brother was diagnosed with terminal heart cancer and will soon be exiting our world. You see EVERYONE faces these types of tragedies (and even greater ones) EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. It's part of "the human experience" we suffer and in some sense we're blessed to suffer. It doesn't matter what these folk's political ideologies are, which "side of the fence" they sit on, in regards to a particular issue or candidate, their tragedies are no greater, nor no less tragic based on their political views.
i guess my long-winded, sleep deprived rant is really about this - I was raised that you should never go to bed angry, or without telling those who you mean it to "I love you", because you never know when your time on this earth might come to an end. I pray (in my sleep deprived lunacy) that maybe, just maybe, some of you who make it to the end of my post might decide to share in an extra smile with someone you wouldn't normally smile at tomorrow, or ask (and listen) about how another's day is going, or even just see the co-worker (or family member, or maybe even simply screen name) you don't always see eye-to-eye with on political issues on, not as "the other" but as a human battling through "the human experience" just as you are right now. I challenge you to make sure you don't end your discourse in anger and malcontent, trying to "get in the last word", even if that means holding back on firing off the comment or Twitter post you had lined up, because you never really know, you never truly understand the challenges in another's life (the human on the other side of the screen) until you recognize them for exactly what they are, your fellow human - with their own flaws, failures, hopes, dreams, family, friends, beliefs, experiences, challenges, and accomplishments.
I already said I don't wade into politics, because I don't think you can change someone's mind on those types of issues so easily; but I truly believe, if we ALL practice just a little more empathy for our fellow humans, our world will become a better place - regardless of our political leaders actions (or inactions). I'll jump off my soapbox now, thanks for stopping by
P.S. I'd just like to add the disclaimer -- I'm an openly admitted moron, who learns best by making mistakes; who in my 30 year's on this earth recognizes I've learned less than many other's have forgotten and I'm trying, one day at a time - to be just a little better than I was the day before, knowing full-well, I am FAR from a "finished product". Good night y'all.
Agree. As with any discussion, it is much easier to be a jerk to a random person you don't know or see, than it is to be one to a person standing in front of you. Why so much social media is complete garbage and a negative to society.
Interactions, privacy, fabricating life, etc.
If CF turns into a place where folks start to 'check in' at locations I'm likely out.
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