Update for Everyone V: Born Under A Bad Sign

[NeverAgain]

I'm now the proud father of a baby girl.

awww

Congrats DC Al. That's wonderful!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

A second person I knew through my brother has died from an overdose. Two in one week. Jesus Christ.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Goal of the Day: Apply for 4 jobs.
Status: 50% complete.

EDIT: I may be overcompensating, writing a cover letter for the position of seasonal laborer, but I don't care. If there's one thing I'm qualified for...
EDIT2: 200% complete.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Applied for far more than I expected to owing to the simplicity of some Oakland County applications.

In any case, a housemate and I went to the grand opening of Hopcat in Royal Oak this morning. We were lucky enough to be given cards granting us free "Crack Fries" for the next year. Quite the adventure. This is the fourth I've gone to, the others being Detroit, MI, Madison, WI, and Grand Rapids, MI. I hadn't even known there were multiple locations until I found out my cousin was a cook at the Madison location.

[Enduro]

I have officially graduated

[Antonio the Sixth]

A second person I knew through my brother has died from an overdose. Two in one week. Jesus Christ.

I'm sorry.

[JustinTimeCuber]

I just booked a hotel room in Nebraska to watch the total solar eclipse in three months.

I would, except I already live in St. Louis! Probably never going to see a total solar eclipse from my backyard ever again.

[SATW]

Mazel tov, DC Al Fine!

And good luck on the job hunt, Cathcon!

[muon2]

I just booked a hotel room in Nebraska to watch the total solar eclipse in three months.

Excellent. Which part of the state? I know that Scottsbluff is popular with eclipse chasers. I'll be going through there a week before the eclipse on my way to ID.

I would, except I already live in St. Louis! Probably never going to see a total solar eclipse from my backyard ever again.

You should get just over a minute of totality from your house. Since the probability of a total eclipse at any one spot is once every 375 years, your assumption is a good one.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Using today's heavy rains as an excuse for both my avoidance of morning cardio and my lack of mass attendance. My energies shall instead be directed toward MOOC's and reading late 1970's books on sociology.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

A second person I knew through my brother has died from an overdose. Two in one week. Jesus Christ.

I'm sorry.

There is a batch of really deadly heroin going around South Florida right now. There has been so much death here that I'm starting to get depressed. Had my brother not gotten clean in January, he'd have been dead too. There is no doubt in my mind that Nick would have taken the same stuff as his friends. We could have been planning a funeral right now. It's really bothering me. Thank God he's clean (and I think this time for good!)

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I just booked a hotel room in Nebraska to watch the total solar eclipse in three months.

Excellent. Which part of the state? I know that Scottsbluff is popular with eclipse chasers. I'll be going through there a week before the eclipse on my way to ID.

I would, except I already live in St. Louis! Probably never going to see a total solar eclipse from my backyard ever again.

You should get just over a minute of totality from your house. Since the probability of a total eclipse at any one spot is once every 375 years, your assumption is a good one.

I'm just hoping for good weather in Nashville that day.  If it's bad, I guess I can always head up to Kentucky in 2024!

[Bojack Horseman]

I think I have a hernia, but my doctor thinks it's diverticulitis. I'm pretty skeptical of that, because it's hurting like a motherf***er.

[muon2]

I just booked a hotel room in Nebraska to watch the total solar eclipse in three months.

Excellent. Which part of the state? I know that Scottsbluff is popular with eclipse chasers. I'll be going through there a week before the eclipse on my way to ID.

We had been hoping to watch from the sand hills, but I was booking late and could not find a vacant room in any of the sites that we had scoped out west of Lincoln. So Lincoln it is. It looks as if our odds of catching good conditions are favorable in that vicinity, maybe near Beatrice, and we will wake up early enough to drive a few more hours if we must in any case.

Lincoln will get totality for only about a minute. If there are clouds forecast there and south to Beatrice, the roads heading west from Lincoln are good. I-80 goes to Grand Island (about 85 mi) which is right near the center line and will get two and a half minutes of totality.

[muon2]

I just booked a hotel room in Nebraska to watch the total solar eclipse in three months.

Excellent. Which part of the state? I know that Scottsbluff is popular with eclipse chasers. I'll be going through there a week before the eclipse on my way to ID.

I would, except I already live in St. Louis! Probably never going to see a total solar eclipse from my backyard ever again.

You should get just over a minute of totality from your house. Since the probability of a total eclipse at any one spot is once every 375 years, your assumption is a good one.

I'm just hoping for good weather in Nashville that day.  If it's bad, I guess I can always head up to Kentucky in 2024!

If its not overcast throughout the area and you have mobility, I-24 west and I-40 east both offer routes that stay in the path of totality.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

As of earlier this evening I'll be vacationing in Maine for about a week! Most of that time will be in Acadia National Park doing outdoorsy stuff, so I won't be posting much this week.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

i baked deep-dish pizza today btw, turned out rly well

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Briefly considered starting a gofundme account before a 40-minute game of Mario Party told me not to. Played (or rather, watched) another 40-minute game of Mario Party, during which I learned that free will is an illusion.

[The Other Castro]

I'm recovering from wisdom teeth/jaw surgery, but I'm almost out of pain meds so that's going to be annoying.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

i baked deep-dish pizza today btw, turned out rly well

Call Herman Cain and get his recipe.

[Classic Conservative]

As of earlier this evening I'll be vacationing in Maine for about a week! Most of that time will be in Acadia National Park doing outdoorsy stuff, so I won't be posting much this week.

Acadia is very beautiful. Enjoy it!

[Grumpier Than Thou]

i baked deep-dish pizza today btw, turned out rly well

i cannot stop laughing at your signature

[LLR]

i baked deep-dish pizza today btw, turned out rly well

Try real pizza next time

[Antonio the Sixth]

deep-dish pizza

No such thing.

[Antonio the Sixth]

So, I went out for a couple hours to read on a bench in a square nearby. Now I got sunburns on my neck and arms.

#CaliforniaProblems