The Update for Everybody Else

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

That feeling you get when one of your stocks has a blowout quarter and it jumps 25% in after hours.... Thanks, Mark Zuckerberg. I am going to be able to buy lots of bourbon this weekend.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

So the compressor's finally fixed and I'll be back at work tomorrow for $13 an hour.

[Dave from Michigan]

I'm dog sitting/ house sitting for a friend. Just hanging out at his house for the next 4 days. I should throw a party.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I got a Brother Electrix AX-22 typewriter this week for free from my uncle....and I left my books in his truck, and he leaves at 2:00 AM to drive across state. So I will have to get them later. I need one of them for school .

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

...And work's off again. At this rate, I'll actually be 18 by the time work starts again.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

'Twas recently revealed that my cross country and track coach, as well as former science teacher, is leaving the school.

[Lief 🗽]

Jesus f[inks]ing Christ our electricity bill was $150 this month. Stupid Con Edison.

[afleitch]

A very close friend of mine died today after a seizure.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

A very close friend of mine died today after a seizure.

My sympathies, Andrew.  RIP......

[anvi]

Very sorry to hear that sad news, Andrew.

[afleitch]

A very close friend of mine died today after a seizure.

My sympathies, Andrew.  RIP......

Very sorry to hear that sad news, Andrew.

I've known her for 18 years. She's had epilepsy since that time and on a number of occasions I have had to keep her airways clean, remove food etc when she's had a seizure. Unfortunately she had a very serious one and no one was there with her. It's a wrongness in life really. It's a stupid f-cking thing you shouldn't have to worry about. But she got on with things as best she could. I saw her on Saturday and we had a good time.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Gut-wrenching to hear this for someone so young. 

Best to you and her family and friends.

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

Andrew, you have my deepest condolences.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Sorry for your loss, Andrew. I have been keeping your friends family in my thoughts and prayers.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Really sorry to hear that, Afleitch. All my condolences.

[afleitch]

On that note, I have a general thing to say that I need to get off my chest probably with strangers.

I don't like people assuming that I need help to grieve, or that I need 'spiritual' help to grieve. Please respect the fact that I deal with death in a humanist way and I am not suffering any more or any less than another person because I do not pray or believe. Nor do I think less of the person who has died because I do not pray for them or wish for them some post-death reconciliation with loved ones. My grief is honest, brutal and respectful. My thoughts and memories of my friend are too.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Everyone also offers condolences in their own way, each of which needs respected, the exact same way your position needs respected.

Again, sorry for the loss of your friend, Andrew.

[King]

I decided to go on the Bushie diet for today.  I went to Dairy Queen and got a nice small flamethrower double cheeseburger with fries and a small mint chocolate chip shake.

Quite nice.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I'm getting hammered with my last forty ounce Olde English bottle. I got two yesterday. I'm not really into drinking but I have a lot of time to kill by myself these last two days.

Edit: Screaming "Like a Rolling Stone" and "All along the Watchtower" at the top of your lungs and then relaxing to Beethovans "Piano Concerto #5 in E flat major OP. 73 "Emperor" is the most awesome thing you can do.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I decided to go on the Bushie diet for today.  I went to Dairy Queen and got a nice small flamethrower double cheeseburger with fries and a small mint chocolate chip shake.

Quite nice.

Since you mention Bushie, this reminds me that I have gained a lot of weigh in the past few months (the trend started during my second semester at USF and has continued ever since). I've been pretty satisfied with my weigh since I began university, so that's pretty disappointing. I definitely need to be more careful.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

My 91 year old granddad is having chest pains this morning. The ambulance is going to get him.

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

I really, really hate business hotels. And modern cities. And especially business hotels in modern cities, no matter what country they're in.

[afleitch]

I really, really hate business hotels. And modern cities. And especially business hotels in modern cities, no matter what country they're in.

I feel like scum when I'm put up in them. All I want is a sandwich not a full dinner service.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I decided to go on the Bushie diet for today.  I went to Dairy Queen and got a nice small flamethrower double cheeseburger with fries and a small mint chocolate chip shake.

Quite nice.

250 Calories maximum, right?

Now you have to take a sh**t and lose 5 pounds

[Sopranos Republican]

I decided to go on the Bushie diet for today.  I went to Dairy Queen and got a nice small flamethrower double cheeseburger with fries and a small mint chocolate chip shake.

Quite nice.

250 Calories maximum, right?

Now you have to take a sh**t and lose 5 pounds

I had a burrito, crunchwrap supreme, 4 tacos, and an extra large coke at taco bell, about ~550 calories, but it has so many beans, I'm going to be able to take a radioactive sh**t later, undeniably healthy.