OT: The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

[Mike McDermott]

Sorry for the double post but didn't want to mix my reply and what I came here to post.

CNN's Anthony Bourdain dead at 61 - CNN

I always loved his shows. Very sad.

 

[Jim Bob]

I don't think anyone who said they don't drink, or don't drink often stated they felt they were superior to everyone who does drink or that there is a problem with having the occasional drink.

I know some people view any drinking as an issue.

I am not like that. My wife likes to have a glass of wine on occasion and I am completely fine with that.

 

[Kyndig]

I don’t see a big deal with having a beer here or there, nothing better then having one on a hot day after golf.

Obviously if you’ve had a drinking problem in the past i completely agree with giving it up completely.

I just can't stand the taste. Every kind beer literally tastes 100% the same to me. The only differences is I can tell when one has more or less hops in it.

I don't mind people who drink as long as they don't turn into complete assholes, unfortunately about 60% of people I've met are exactly that. I'm sure you know the type...Loud, tries to start fights, doesn't listen, doesn't even remember the day they were drunk, also probably lost their license at some point or got someone killed etc. When there's a guy taking a swing at me at my nephews birthday party just because I refused a beer because I don't drink, then he definitely falls into that 60% category...lol

 

[Chainshot]

Sorry for the double post but didn't want to mix my reply and what I came here to post.

CNN's Anthony Bourdain dead at 61 - CNN

I always loved his shows. Very sad.

I regret missing meeting him way back when he was touring/signing "A Bone in the Throat" in the late '90's. I had a co-worker who was absolutely thrilled to have him coming to the B&N I worked at at the time - she had eaten at Les Halles, it was her favorite restaurant and he was a big part of why. I've followed him both literarily and via his various shows. He was an irascible a-hole but I always appreciated how he tried to bridge between people via a sense of place and the comfort of food shared universally as humans.

I'm sad to see him go and feel for his daughter, his ex's and his friends.

 

[Duddy]

Mental problems are a bitch.

RIP Anthony

 

[Reddawg]

Does everyone else mentally go right to Alien Ant Farm whenever they see this thread title? Just me? Okay then...

Tommy are they okay? Are they okay? Are they okay Tommy?

 

[Mike McDermott]

Well this just blows.

A good friend of my in-laws/wife, found out this morning that her daughter passed away last night from an overdose. The night before her check in date at rehab.

Ugh.

 

[brian_griffin]

"One last time blowout" turned bad. So sad. Sorry, MM/WW/MoP.

 

[TehDoak]

Does everyone else mentally go right to Alien Ant Farm whenever they see this thread title? Just me? Okay then...

Tommy are they okay? Are they okay? Are they okay Tommy?

I feel old.

 

[Chainshot]

The wife and I have begun a steady diet of "The Expanse" via Amazon Prime Video. So far, so good.

 

[Kyndig]

The wife and I have begun a steady diet of "The Expanse" via Amazon Prime Video. So far, so good.

Good choice imo. The Expanse is probably my second favorite show after GoT. I was surprised Syfy had something worth watching on their channel, of course they blew that when they canned The Expanse and Amazon picked it up.

 

[Gras]

Its a shame that Sharknado is ending this summer

 

[BowieSabresFan]

I get to watch a Stanley Cup parade go right past my office window tomorrow...

I can hardly contain my excitement.

 

[Chainshot]

Post-concussion update: I have noticed some verbal loss and a few memory blips. And I have some periodic feelings of panic, but I’m not sure if that is new.

 

[Buttons85]

If the Texas Stars can hold on for 10 more minutes, I get to go see game 7 of the Calder Cup on Thursday (the rink is 10 minutes from my place)!

I want the Marlies to lose so badly.

EDIT: DAMMIT. I thought they were coming back to TX. Looks like the game is in Toronto.

 

[TehDoak]

After 5 years in ne pa are finally packing. Movers come on Monday.

 

[brian_griffin]

Post-concussion update: I have noticed some verbal loss and a few memory blips. And I have some periodic feelings of panic, but I’m not sure if that is new.

Similar affliction here. Finally went for a physical about 18 months ago after the wife nagged me for years. Was diagnosed with chronic CRS disease. "Can't remember shit."

On a serious note, hope your most bizarre accident is behind you, and your full recovery is "ahead".

 

[Chainshot]

Similar affliction here. Finally went for a physical about 18 months ago after the wife nagged me for years. Was diagnosed with chronic CRS disease. "Can't remember ****."

On a serious note, hope your most bizarre accident is behind you, and your full recovery is "ahead".

GP follow up is Tuesday of next week. I'm also going to check with her about my bum shoulder and the abdominal tear I haven't taken care of in years that is now likely a source of workout discomfort.

 

[Onry]

After 5 years in ne pa are finally packing. Movers come on Monday.

Trading with you. Right now, on the road overnight in St. Louis, moving my daughter from Colorado to PA

 

[TehDoak]

Trading with you. Right now, on the road overnight in St. Louis, moving my daughter from Colorado to PA

Sadly I'm only moving an hour away to Allentown. Living in Wilkes Barre for 5 years is the only thing that can get you excited to move to Allentown.

 

[EichHart]

Just booked my trip to Iceland, has anyone ever been there? Super excited.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Just booked my trip to Iceland, has anyone ever been there? Super excited.

“Greenland is covered in ice and Iceland is very nice.”

 

[Chainshot]

Just booked my trip to Iceland, has anyone ever been there? Super excited.

Not personally. I would very much like to go. One of my wife’s best friends was stationed there in the Navy and loved it. Then another one of her friends spent months they’re traveling, sometimes car camping even in late winter/early spring. They spin some amazing tails from the whole thing.

 

[Howie Hodge]

Just booked my trip to Iceland, has anyone ever been there? Super excited.

Be sure to get some Icelandic Honey!

 

[Onry]

Sadly I'm only moving an hour away to Allentown. Living in Wilkes Barre for 5 years is the only thing that can get you excited to move to Allentown.[/QUOTE

Whoa. In Columbus Ohio last night, finishing move to Pottstown late today. Unload tomorrow, then meet my wife in Allentown on Friday night before we head back home to CNY. It's been a long week since Alamosa, CO