is easy with eyes closed"











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You are into disc golf?

it is one of my favorite hobbies. i play with friends here in kentucky all the time and have been enjoying some crazy weather lately (embrace global warming!). for instance it was 63 degrees here yesterday and i spent the day at a couple different courses

the fact a bunch of us are all in the same skill level makes it really competitive and fun. then we layer all different types of gambling on top of it (doubles, skins, closest to pins, long putt bonus money, long drives etc etc) makes it pretty great

ive managed to get some of my poker friends into it a bit, and will continue to convert people to the great game of frolf

Gonna be in vegas feb 13-18th for a conference, pretty excited, havent been to vegas in a while

vhawk,

if you like japanese/sushi go to 'sen of japan' (kind of expensive)

if you like thai food go to 'lotus of siam' (moderately priced)

both are off the strip and both are crazy good and 100% worth it.

I like both of those things, will do. Conference is Tuesday/Wednesday, then Thurs-Sat mostly plan to play 20-40 at bellagio of maybe some DSE at venetian, will be with coworkers the first couple of days who have never been to vegas so will likely be stuck walking up and down the strip for a few days

My mom's been in a nursing home for a couple of years now. Dad's been there for the last five months "temporarily" but he's finally admitted that it's permanent so he's giving up his apartment. My brother and I have until the end of the month to empty it out / divvy things up / donate to Goodwill / etc.

Things found just today:

My dad's green card. Yes, once upon a time, they were actually green. Damn, he was a handsome man back in 1950.

What appears to be his wallet from Norway, including an Oslo driver's license (were local licenses issued then?, it makes no reference to the rest of the country), a visa from when he lived in France for a while in 1947 (I could digress into rambling stories of his time working in a circus in the French Alps or his brief flirtation with the idea of emigrating to Algeria, but will spare you all), and several small black and white photos of what might be "the girl he left behind" before emigrating to America, eventually meeting my mom.

A super-sweet-looking pearl necklace of my mom's, in its original Tiffany's box.

Several photos of my dad in his office circa 1961, looking exactly like Don Draper in Mad Men.

And we haven't even started on those boxes in the den closet...

Living in Denver, you get to do things like this.







Livin'

you look like a combination of robin williams and saul in Homeland.

snowman completed!!!



me putting the teeth in.

I like the nipple on its head

Impressive snowman. How long does it take to complete a project like that?

Maybe try making a Jabba the Hut next year.

sort of nsfw:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/58969933/boobie-beanie

I'm thinking about getting one of those for myself

In the December thread I posted something about getting a parking ticket. I parked on the street overnight (apparently can't do so after Dec 1 and this was Dec 4) and got a parking ticket that I was pissed to find out was for $45. I talked a big game about going to court to fight the man but obviously wasn't going to waste hours of my life over $45 and paid the outrageous fine. Since then I've just parked in the driveway.

Well, yesterday I get a "Notice to Pay or Appear" letter in the mail from the county office about me owing $45. A warrant will be issued for my arrest if I don't take care of this. I locate the confirmation email and my credit card statement that shows I paid the $47.50 ("convenience" fee). I call the county. Turns out, I also got a ticket on the night of Dec 2 for the same thing! Obviously I never got that ticket or I would have started parking in the driveway immediately and would have never got the second. So I'm in a total of $90 now!!!

Also, I work with a girl who is engaged to a deputy sherriff. Apparently it's their policy to give warnings for the first week of December because nobody is aware of the ordinance but the guy who wrote me the 2 tickets is just a dick.

LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT

I'm officially old today

29?

Everyone older than me is old, ldo

I should be there the evening of the 17th through the 19th.

Interesting. Conference is 14-16, then all my coworkers fly home and I plan to basically crush the Bellagio 20/40 and run around the strip being 'that guy.'

I become officially old later this month. (30.) I lose all pretense to claiming youth. "Oh, I did that during my twenties, merely a kid."

I've chosen to remain perpetually 27 for the rest of my time

I just want to mention that GEORGE ****ING LUCAS is the biggest ****ing REAL LIFE TROLL of ALL ****ING TIME

http://movies.ign.com/articles/121/1218385p1.html

I mean, I EXPECT lucas to troll fans, what with all his "boo hoo a tiny number of kids who live in their moms' basement said MEAN THINGS about me while I roll around in their money so I'm not going to make any more movies" act (translation: "I am out of ****ty ideas") but to release THIS PARTICULAR crap on the day where billions and billions of thirtysomething dads are ALREADY mad that they have to take their kids to see that ****ING AWFUL episode 1.

GEORGE LUCAS DIE IN A MOTHER****ING GREASEFIRE YOU *********** SAUSAGE CHOKING MOTHER****ER

WHEN MY FIVE YEAR OLD BARFS ON ME FROM YOUR ****TY 3D ADAPTATION I WILL MAIL YOU THE MOTHER****ING PANTS YOU ****ING ****

My son told me last night that he's going to be in his high school musical. One of the other participants is Ben Geithner, Tim's son.

I'm pretty sure this gives me a direct route to influence our country's fiscal policies. Let me know if you have any messages to relay.

Keep in mind that there's a slight chance that the message could get somewhat mangled before it reaches Tim's ears.

Seeing as tax season is upon us....can you ask him if he has figured out turbo tax yet.