Update for Everyone VI: What Is and What Should Never Be

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I'm in the brainstorming/research process for a novel about a Mormon civil war.

That sounds interesting!

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I'm in the brainstorming/research process for a novel about a Mormon civil war.

That sounds interesting!

Ooh!

[DavidB.]

Well, summer has finally come and I'm back.

Among other things that happened, I've finally submitted and defended my dissertation prospectus, which means that starting next year I'll be working full-time on my dissertation.

What will it be about?

How globalization is reshaping political cleavages in developed democracies. #relevant

Highly interesting stuff. I have also written in this area. Could you elaborate a bit more on what you plan on doing?

[JA]

Tonight will be my last night living in the state of Florida. At 5am tomorrow, we leave for the first leg of our trip to Kansas City and will be stopping at Monteagle, Tennessee for the evening. By Sunday I’ll be in my new city - KCMO.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Tonight will be my last night living in the state of Florida. At 5am tomorrow, we leave for the first leg of our trip to Kansas City and will be stopping at Monteagle, Tennessee for the evening. By Sunday I’ll be in my new city - KCMO.

Congrats!

[Mr. Smith]

I'm in the brainstorming/research process for a novel about a Mormon civil war.

Feel free to drop a PM if you get stuck

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

I'm in the brainstorming/research process for a novel about a Mormon civil war.

Feel free to drop a PM if you get stuck

Thanks, I might.  Plus I've been looking over Zioneer's AMA threads.

[muon2]

Tonight will be my last night living in the state of Florida. At 5am tomorrow, we leave for the first leg of our trip to Kansas City and will be stopping at Monteagle, Tennessee for the evening. By Sunday I’ll be in my new city - KCMO.

Great town, I have family there. What part of the city will you be in?

Interestingly, last month I stayed in Kimball TN just up the road from where you will be staying.

[JA]

Tonight will be my last night living in the state of Florida. At 5am tomorrow, we leave for the first leg of our trip to Kansas City and will be stopping at Monteagle, Tennessee for the evening. By Sunday I’ll be in my new city - KCMO.

Great town, I have family there. What part of the city will you be in?

Interestingly, last month I stayed in Kimball TN just up the road from where you will be staying.

Our first night in Kansas City we’re staying at The Elm in Excelsior Springs, then a couple weeks at an Airbnb near Gladstone until we get everything finished up with renting a house and such. We’re hoping to find a decent place closer to Overland Park since that’s where our jobs will be located. I know the northern side, western side, and into Johnson County are the best parts of the KC area, so we definitely want to stay in those areas.

That part of Tennessee really is beautiful. Monteagle is apparently right near the peak of the pass, almost 2,000 feet up. I enjoyed my last trip through there and can’t wait to rest there for the evening. After that we’re going to stay at a hotel in Hopkinsville, Kentucky so we can spend some time with family there. Then, finally, on to KC.

[muon2]

Tonight will be my last night living in the state of Florida. At 5am tomorrow, we leave for the first leg of our trip to Kansas City and will be stopping at Monteagle, Tennessee for the evening. By Sunday I’ll be in my new city - KCMO.

Great town, I have family there. What part of the city will you be in?

Interestingly, last month I stayed in Kimball TN just up the road from where you will be staying.

Our first night in Kansas City we’re staying at The Elm in Excelsior Springs, then a couple weeks at an Airbnb near Gladstone until we get everything finished up with renting a house and such. We’re hoping to find a decent place closer to Overland Park since that’s where our jobs will be located. I know the northern side, western side, and into Johnson County are the best parts of the KC area, so we definitely want to stay in those areas.

That part of Tennessee really is beautiful. Monteagle is apparently right near the peak of the pass, almost 2,000 feet up. I enjoyed my last trip through there and can’t wait to rest there for the evening. After that we’re going to stay at a hotel in Hopkinsville, Kentucky so we can spend some time with family there. Then, finally, on to KC.

Sounds like a plan. I've stayed in Hopkinsville, too. My family is in northern KC, it's nice, but it's relatively far from a job in Overland Park. Olathe's not bad and close to OP.

[Mr. Smith]

Just got assaulted by my roommates ex gf. Weighing whether to call the popo.

What is “assaulted” when she’s 90 pounds?

Being pushed down the stairs while carrying up the chairs she threw over.

Yeah, that sounds police worthy.

[HillGoose]

going to pride this weekend #YOLO

[JA]

Got stuck in a blinding storm while driving the mountains around Chattanooga, after having Waze redirect us on some crazy route that took us onto steep, winding mountain roads in the Cloud Valley.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Got stuck in a blinding storm while driving the mountains around Chattanooga, after having Waze redirect us on some crazy route that took us onto steep, winding mountain roads in the Cloud Valley.

Yikes, drive safe man!

[kcguy]

Our first night in Kansas City we’re staying at The Elm in Excelsior Springs, then a couple weeks at an Airbnb near Gladstone until we get everything finished up with renting a house and such.

It's funny.  Although I have friends who got married at The Elms, I still think of it as the place where Harry Truman spent the night of the '48 election.  (I'm such an Atlas geek. . .)

going to pride this weekend #YOLO

Pride was two weeks ago for me.  This weekend, plus next week, is the gay film festival here in town.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Pride's not for another two months over here.

[DavidB.]

Greetings from Lechasseur and me, drinking beers together in la douce France!

[Ban my account ffs!]

My only goal in life is really to prove everyone wrong who ever mistreated me or doubted me, and make them feel worthless in comparison to me.

Thinking like that led me to what some called white nationalism (I disagree, but whatever it was, it was still ugly). There are bigger and better things to be motivated by.

I have no idea why you're using the past tense.

Hardy har har.

I wasn't joking.

Obviously.  It's likely you've never joked even once in your life.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Greetings from Lechasseur and me, drinking beers together in la douce France!

Jealous!

[Cold War Liberal]

Going to Puerto Rico on Thurs for a few weeks so I'm temporarily changing my profile name and avatar while I'm gone to honor the unacknowledged dead.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The only thing I think I am missing is the specific route I took and motel along the way to move from Dallas to Omaha in 1963 (no interstates).

Unless your parents had some side trips they wanted to make, it's hard to imagine they didn't simply travel US 75 from Dallas to Omaha.  While there have been some realignments of US 75 since 1963 due to the construction of the interstates, I don't think that would affect things at the county level.

[muon2]

The only thing I think I am missing is the specific route I took and motel along the way to move from Dallas to Omaha in 1963 (no interstates).

Unless your parents had some side trips they wanted to make, it's hard to imagine they didn't simply travel US 75 from Dallas to Omaha.  While there have been some realignments of US 75 since 1963 due to the construction of the interstates, I don't think that would affect things at the county level.

I think that's most likely, but there is a possibility that we took US-77 for much of the way. At one time there was a picture of us standing in front of the motel on the way. If I can find that, I can deduce which route we took.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

So I played nearly two games of Magic: The Gathering last night with my housemate and his buddies. Would’ve won the second game if we had played out, but we wrapped up right before I made my killing move. I borrowed a copy of David Foster Wallace’s “Infinite Jest” from the host. I got fifty pages in today. We have people over, but I sort of just want to keep reading.

[YE]

Ever since 3 PM, I’ve had a headache. Bedtime can’t come soon enough.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Ever since 3 PM, I’ve had a headache. Bedtime can’t come soon enough.

Then go to bed now.