What Do You Have Mixed Feelings About Today? - Page 6

HungLikeJesus · 11-16-2011, 02:03 PM

I went out to dinner last night. Does that count?

BigV · 11-17-2011, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I went out to dinner last night. Does that count?

did you have a mixed salad? or a mixed drink? How did you feel about it?

Lamplighter · 11-17-2011, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Lamplighter--
I don't have AppleTV. I *DO* have a Roku. I've got a few actually.
I can't recommend them highly enough. They stream my Netflix,
and many other channels (as does the Xbox 360 and the PS3).

V, I think I'm going to order one of the Roku's and try it out for a while before canceling Comcast.

As I said in another post, my wife and I are news junkies.
Will the Roku system let us to make custom links to websites
of local TV news media ( OPB, KATU, etc ?)
Or is it limited to the Roku app for their News Channel,
which seems to be links to the national ABC, CBS, NBC, etc. ?
.

Lamplighter · 11-17-2011, 02:48 PM

BigV... good talking with you... I learned a lot

Clodfobble · 11-19-2011, 10:21 AM

Mr. Clod has some pretty unsavory relatives on the extended branches of his family tree, most of whom I've never met. But I've met his aunt several times, so along with awful animated email forwards I occasionally get family updates on these people. The updates are so terrible, it's hard to keep from laughing. This stuff is my ticket to hell, right here.

So his aunt had a son, we'll call him Steve. Steve struggled with mental illness, but like many in his situation he avoided doctors and medications. A year ago, Steve died of cancer because he ignored the giant lump under his arm until it was way too late. Never met the guy, but I felt bad for everyone close to him, including his wife and adult kids (20-somethings.)

According to Mr. Clod's aunt, the wife--we'll call her Sarah--had always been Steve's rock, the one who kept him tethered to reality and functioning and all that. She was "the sane one in the house," and they counted on her to help when their son was "acting out." Sarah took her husband's death pretty hard, sunk (further?) into alcoholism, and a couple days ago we received an email letting us know that she had died, the implication being an overdose of some sort.

At this point I'm still feeling bad for all these people I don't know, who obviously had some problems in their lives. But then, the aunt starts to share some of "the crazy wonderful memories" she has of good ol' Sarah.

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I remember helping her to put on a bustier, to look like a stripper to entertain Steve in the hospital in his last few days. He laughed and laughed.
...
Sarah put decorations up all over the house and all over her kayaks too. I especially remember a “vampire” Mickey Mouse attached to the bow of her kayak.
...
Sarah told some really outlandish stories of the wild and zoo animals that she had “in her backyard.” Once she told of trapping an owl in our closet in the house on ****** Drive. Later we discovered that the owl was cardboard.
...
Once or maybe more than once, she spread honey and birdseed on her arms, stayed very still, and waited for eagles to land.

This one was the sane one. The email then goes on to say that the one son has yet to deliver the news of their mother's death to the second son, because his brother is currently in prison for "changing a prescription amount." The apple doesn't fall far.

Trilby · 11-19-2011, 10:31 AM

that last one is the best one.

monster · 11-19-2011, 01:24 PM

But did they? land?

Clodfobble · 11-19-2011, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

But did they? land?

The eagles? I'm betting not. Are there eagles in Illinois?

monster · 11-19-2011, 04:49 PM

I'm sure there are.

This sound like something my mom would have done/ might have done/ could still do.....

ZenGum · 11-19-2011, 06:05 PM

She misunderstood that crazy pastor guy. She thought he said to prepare for the raptor.

footfootfoot · 11-20-2011, 05:45 PM

Whoa, put the car in park. You're not supposed to change the prescription amount?

Clodfobble · 11-20-2011, 06:03 PM

Only if you're not any good at it. Using a crayon to write in an extra couple of zeros is frowned upon. Using photoshop to concoct an entirely new scrip is to be commended!

zippyt · 11-20-2011, 07:44 PM

my boss is suposed to send a couple of dudes to pick up my truck and stuff,
also first Dr Appt After Surgery , he gotz sum Splainen to do

monster · 11-21-2011, 01:24 PM

who needs to splain -the boss or the surgeon?

I made yummy soup, but it's too hot and I need to go out

glatt · 11-21-2011, 01:35 PM

Hey Zippy, how did the Dr. appointment go?

11-16-2011, 02:03 PM	#76
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11-19-2011, 10:31 AM	#81
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	that last one is the best one. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

11-19-2011, 01:24 PM	#82
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	But did they? land? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-19-2011, 04:49 PM	#84
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I'm sure there are. This sound like something my mom would have done/ might have done/ could still do..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-19-2011, 06:05 PM	#85
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	She misunderstood that crazy pastor guy. She thought he said to prepare for the raptor. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-17-2011, 02:48 PM	#79
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	BigV... good talking with you... I learned a lot

11-20-2011, 05:45 PM	#86
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Whoa, put the car in park. You're not supposed to change the prescription amount? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-20-2011, 06:03 PM	#87
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Only if you're not any good at it. Using a crayon to write in an extra couple of zeros is frowned upon. Using photoshop to concoct an entirely new scrip is to be commended! __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-20-2011, 07:44 PM	#88
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	my boss is suposed to send a couple of dudes to pick up my truck and stuff, also first Dr Appt After Surgery , he gotz sum Splainen to do __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

11-21-2011, 01:24 PM	#89
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	who needs to splain -the boss or the surgeon? I made yummy soup, but it's too hot and I need to go out __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-21-2011, 01:35 PM	#90
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Hey Zippy, how did the Dr. appointment go?

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