shamwow!
Footballguy
I hate you for being able to watch this on your couch while I slave away on another potential 12-14 hour day.But I love you for the live updates. I feel like I'm there. Did she do a dance and the pointy finger thing?
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Steve Tasker
Footballguy
The daughter didn't, but the mother got right in his face with the pointy finger. Backstage, Keenan agreed to take care of his child after consulting with Maury.We've got a good story brewing here...Ashley thinks that her husband Evan may not be the father of their child. She confessed her cheating; Evan says that it's "my kid no matter what". Crowd roars in support.
heckmanm
Footballguy
Not a doctor, but have you, by chance been stabbed in or near the eye lately? Because that would do it.
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
Apparently I missed the resolution of this while looking for the Wimbledon match. Damn.
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
First thing I checked. Nope.
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
that was ####### nuts!!!!
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
Sergeant Spelt
Footballguy
no, I'm pretty sure it was hail.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
God dammit.
General Malaise
Footballguy
With the divorce went my grill. I just don't have room for it at my townhouse. I have a little smoker that doubles as a grill, but that wasn't going to cut it. And I don't have the time to do it today, unfortunately. The dry rub wings from last night tasted great. Should be very well received tonight with a little dipping sauce for those who desire. Cooking now I've got a sweet BBQ sauce with pineapple, ginger, garlic. Never used a crock pot before, but I don't think it's the worst way to do this.
Lieutenant Dan
Footballguy
whoa. Tara and bridesmaids> how y'all doin'?
cosjobs
Footballguy
Was this too subtle or is Wyatt Trash Bentley not funny?
General Malaise
Footballguy
What's been depressing me lately (long):
So my brother and his wife had their baby two months ago. First grandchild on our side of the family. They live on the west coast and we live on the east. So my father goes out to visit a couple weeks back. Now granted, he can be a little gruff, even rude, but barely underneath that veneer is a very family-focused, principled and upstanding man. However, apparently his manner was so unbearable to my SIL that she decided to start the sequel to the Biggie/2pac bi-coastal beef.Apparently my father made some comment about not liking it when anyone insults one of his kids, which prompted her to lay into him for being rude to her son. Who's two months old.I guess my father had said "can't we quiet that kid down?" during game 7 of the Stanley Cup, and in my SIL's estimation, he was more interested in sports than her grandson, didn't ask to hold the baby, didn't compliment the new parents enough (at all?) on their hard work, and didn't offer to help out around the house while he was there.So my father falls all over himself apologizing, offers to do whatever he can to help, and makes it clear that he was just joking around with his comments. The remaining time there is torture for my father, and my SIL says to my brother that she doesn't think dad's apology was sincere, and even though he cooks every meal for the remainder of his trip, it was fake and only done to get along, as far as she is concerned.Now my brother is "no confrontation guy." Absolutely cannot, will not, confront anyone about anything. He's basically in his own personal version of hell. My father is as mad as I've ever seen him (he dropped more f bombs than I have ever heard him utter in my life in one phone call from their house), and my mother is basically on the verge of tears, even though my parents are divorced, because she knows what a ####### disaster this is all around.The kicker is that SIL decides after my father leaves that she needs to go to stay at her mother's house with the baby for the next week, "to get some rest." Her mom lives 5 hours away. So I'm talking to my brother and my mother pretty much every day, not knowing what to say. My brother realizes that he actually has some marriage issues to work on that are way bigger than this situation (who goes home to mommy when things get tough? Is she 12?). My mother wants everything to be unicorns and rainbows, but there is literally no way to repair this. My father hates SIL now and will probably never return to the west coast to see his grandson.I am so angry and sad at the same time. I am worn out. I have rehashed this stupid thing with everyone ad nauseum. Thanks for reading if you did. Blech.
Hey Thorn, I know you're not necessarily looking for advice here, so at the risk of sounding like a d-bag offering unsolicited advice:Just to encourage you in the role of son/brother - it's not your job to fix this. It sounds like you're getting pulled into the middle of the family drama. I wonder if you've been put in the role of peacemaker before? My wife and I have been going through some stuff on dysfunctional family systems, cause God knows we've come out of them and are trying to break those patterns in our own family. It's good your brother sees the need to fix bigger stuff in his marriage, because he and his wife have their own dysfunction they're creating/perpetuating together (as you note, running home to mama being a great example of that). Also, your dad already apologized, and it's not up to him to convince SIL it was sincere. It's up to her to grow up and forgive him.Anyway, just some random thoughts as I read. Sorry you're going through that. Family drama is the suck. Again, just to encourage you: the only person you can control/fix is you. Everyone else is responsible for themselves. Good luck, man.
Agree with a lot of this, though I'm sure it's pulling Thorn apart. Seems as if his brother is incapable of fixing this himself and Thorn feels obligated to coach him on what to do so it doesn't turn out as he dreads.Sigh....This isn't an answer, but an anecdote to let you know I've been in the middle of this, only I was where your brother is now. My ex-wife and my mother got off to a terrible start. My mother and father flew up from Texas to visit me in Portland in 1999. I had just moved in with my now ex-wife and was really excited to have my parents come up and stay with us. I saw them only once or twice a year and since I'm close to them, it was always great to see each other. First night they are in town, we go out and celebrate. My mom knocks back some Wild Turkey and compares my ex to my old GF in college (Michelle)...said they looked alike, etc. This pissed my ex off, but she shrugged it off. Later, at our apartment, we're watching the Dallas Stars beat up on the Sabres in the Finals when my mother actually CALLS my ex "Michelle". Well, this was it. Ex screams at my mother and storms off, slamming the door. My mother goes to follow, shouting "WAIT, MICHELLE! I MEAN TAMARA"So that's how things started. It never really improved. They tried to get along and on the surface they did, but there was always tension and it carried over into other family members and got worse as the years went by. There were probably 20 nasty, horrible, all-involving fights between her grand mother, my mother, my sister, my ex-wife, my best friend and his wife, my aunts...Thorn, it was a nightmare that last for nearly a decade. And I was in the middle of it all. It nearly destroyed my life. It absolutely helped to destroy my first marriage. And I was terrified that at some point, my ex would threaten to keep our children from my family. These things can get personal and nasty and awful and painful in a hurry. And once that cat has come out of the bag, there's really no putting it back in for good. Your father will be hypersensitive to anything your SIL says to him and will be very quick to fire back. Your SIL will be the same way. And your poor brother...my god. I feel so bad for him. And you.Sounds like you'll be there to help him along. I never really had that. My sister was leading the charge against my ex. Hates her to this day. So, I know you are in a bad spot. It's impossible not to take sides, but I think you are wise enough to do it. Be there for your brother as best you can. Chances are he's feeling very helpless right now. I sure did. Hope he doesn't hit the bottle like I did.Good luck.
cosjobs
Footballguy
Have you already begun? I never slow cook chicken, as it usually gets stringier rather than more tender with time. If its all dark meat you may be ok. Breasts are the worst (a phrase I seldom say)
General Malaise
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
The drumsticks were done last night and I think they turned out great. They've been in the fridge since I took them out. Right now I've got a mixture of thighs/drumsticks...we'll see. This could be a mistake but I'll eat it over the next week if everybody else leaves it alone. My wife is also making a buttload of mostaccioli with homemade sauce passed down from her grandmother's family (true Italian). Despite her vegetarian ways, she uses a chuck roast in the mix as it just doesn't taste the same without it.
So I won't be offended if people pass up the chicken for her pasta.
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General Malaise
Footballguy
Wow...thanks Grandma.
mr. furley
Footballguy
love the play-by-play
jplvr
Footballguy
Back in high school, I went on the ski trip to Winter Park, Colorado. Guys on one side, girls on the other side of the large place, which resembled a cabin, but there were probably 200 of us there. Anyway, after dinner one night, I came back to my room to find a group gathered in the hall and I eventually figure out they are interested with something in the bathroom across the hall. There was a turd snaked up the drain of the toilet and in one, complete piece, it had at least 2 inches sticking above the surface of the water. Now, that might be the most impressive #2 I've ever seen, but what I can't get over in my mind is the fact there was ZERO toilet paper in the bowl with the masterpiece.
I was at a wedding last summer and ran into a guy who was there and the topic eventually came up where I learned he thought it was me who was responsible. I'd be more than happy to take credit for something that impressive, but sadly, he was mistaken.
I've never seen any copies, but people were taking pictures next to the bowl that night before the eventual flush.
I was at a wedding last summer and ran into a guy who was there and the topic eventually came up where I learned he thought it was me who was responsible. I'd be more than happy to take credit for something that impressive, but sadly, he was mistaken.
I've never seen any copies, but people were taking pictures next to the bowl that night before the eventual flush.
McJose
Footballguy
whoa. Tara and bridesmaids> how y'all doin'?
I wish I had pics of the wedding I did the month before that one. 8 bridesmaids and 7 of them were "7s" at least...including the pregnant one.
Josie Maran
Footballguy
Me too.whoa. Tara and bridesmaids> how y'all doin'?
McJose
Footballguy
I went to this really lame summer camp for a couple of weeks when I was about 10. One of the highlights of the session was this brown anaconda somebody left in one of the toilets. As word spread around groups of camps went to go check it out. Nobody was really sure who the owner was but eventually most of us suspected the one counselor that looked like Bruce Jenner's half-wit brother.
McJose
Footballguy
I'm not so sure. None of them were asian and they were all old enough to buy fireworks.Me too.whoa. Tara and bridesmaids> how y'all doin'?
tommyboy
Footballguy
thighs are pretty easy on the grill, use this recipe buddy2 cups soy sauce2 cup brown sugar, 1 can coke1-2 TB chili garlic paste (chinese section at store)several dashes of sesame oil1-2 small bunch of green onions, dice the green part, throw away the white partyou can thin out with 1-2 cups water if needed:mix sauce well, pour over thighs and marinate for 2hrs to a day if you have the time, then just grill on medium heat for 15-25 minutes till done, turning regularly. If you don't turn them often enough you'll get a lot of charring where the sugary sauce is on the meat. Some people like that but i doubt kids will.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
And it went a little something like this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpoD8FRpT_c
General Malaise
Footballguy
About 12 years ago, the ex-Mrs. GM was the Maid of Honor for her childhood friend who was, like her new husband, devoutly religious. Both the wedding AND the reception were held in the church, with nary a drop of booze to be found. It was, without a doubt, the worst wedding experience I've ever had. The ceremony was excruciatingly long and the reception was my personal version of hell. To top it all off, I didn't know a soul there. I can usually work a room pretty well, but these people....they were like aliens. Nothing I said earned so much as a smile. And to make matters even worse, I was battling a horrendous hangover from the night before, was oozing booze, dying for a drink and, oh yeah....my stomach was an absolute mess.
Midway through the reception, a violent storm hits my lower intestines and disaster is imminent. I rush to the only bathroom I can find and as I open the door, a flock of giggling little boys come darting out. Great, they probably pissed all over the seat or took a dump in the sink. Whatever, I gotta go. Well, I quickly realized what was so funny. These little turds locked all the bathroom stalls and slithered out underneath them. As the poo sweats trickled down my face, I knew there was no time to try and find a new bathroom in a strange church. So I had to army crawl my way through god knows what was on the bathroom floor under the stall door. As I'm about halfway through, another man walks in and says "OH MY GOD, ARE YOU OKAY?"....I guess he thought I was a dead body on the floor or something. I briefly answered him with an incoherent mumble, stood, turned, dropped and absolutely unloaded. I didn't even have time to inspect the seat, wipe it down or use an asssshat, which I do about 99.99999% of the time.
After I was done, I begged the ex to go home, but she had to stay for pictures. The poor dude who walked in behind me must have spotted me as he saw my clothes slinking under the stall and probably told his entire table about the destruction I brought to his ears, nose and church's toilet.
Midway through the reception, a violent storm hits my lower intestines and disaster is imminent. I rush to the only bathroom I can find and as I open the door, a flock of giggling little boys come darting out. Great, they probably pissed all over the seat or took a dump in the sink. Whatever, I gotta go. Well, I quickly realized what was so funny. These little turds locked all the bathroom stalls and slithered out underneath them. As the poo sweats trickled down my face, I knew there was no time to try and find a new bathroom in a strange church. So I had to army crawl my way through god knows what was on the bathroom floor under the stall door. As I'm about halfway through, another man walks in and says "OH MY GOD, ARE YOU OKAY?"....I guess he thought I was a dead body on the floor or something. I briefly answered him with an incoherent mumble, stood, turned, dropped and absolutely unloaded. I didn't even have time to inspect the seat, wipe it down or use an asssshat, which I do about 99.99999% of the time.
After I was done, I begged the ex to go home, but she had to stay for pictures. The poor dude who walked in behind me must have spotted me as he saw my clothes slinking under the stall and probably told his entire table about the destruction I brought to his ears, nose and church's toilet.
El Floppo
Footballguy
A couple of thoughts.First- bleh. Too bad you're in the middle of this. But I guess it's your family and what can you do.What's been depressing me lately (long):
So my brother and his wife had their baby two months ago. First grandchild on our side of the family. They live on the west coast and we live on the east. So my father goes out to visit a couple weeks back. Now granted, he can be a little gruff, even rude, but barely underneath that veneer is a very family-focused, principled and upstanding man. However, apparently his manner was so unbearable to my SIL that she decided to start the sequel to the Biggie/2pac bi-coastal beef.
Apparently my father made some comment about not liking it when anyone insults one of his kids, which prompted her to lay into him for being rude to her son. Who's two months old.
So my father falls all over himself apologizing, offers to do whatever he can to help, and makes it clear that he was just joking around with his comments. The remaining time there is torture for my father, and my SIL says to my brother that she doesn't think dad's apology was sincere, and even though he cooks every meal for the remainder of his trip, it was fake and only done to get along, as far as she is concerned.
Now my brother is "no confrontation guy." Absolutely cannot, will not, confront anyone about anything. He's basically in his own personal version of hell. My father is as mad as I've ever seen him (he dropped more f bombs than I have ever heard him utter in my life in one phone call from their house), and my mother is basically on the verge of tears, even though my parents are divorced, because she knows what a ####### disaster this is all around.
The kicker is that SIL decides after my father leaves that she needs to go to stay at her mother's house with the baby for the next week, "to get some rest." Her mom lives 5 hours away.
So I'm talking to my brother and my mother pretty much every day, not knowing what to say. My brother realizes that he actually has some marriage issues to work on that are way bigger than this situation (who goes home to mommy when things get tough? Is she 12?). My mother wants everything to be unicorns and rainbows, but there is literally no way to repair this. My father hates SIL now and will probably never return to the west coast to see his grandson.
I am so angry and sad at the same time. I am worn out. I have rehashed this stupid thing with everyone ad nauseum.
Thanks for reading if you did. Blech.
B: Could mommy still be going through some postpartum
that's different behavior than normal for her? Or just still trying to figure out how to deal with a baby, especially around new (new around the baby) people? We were pretty low-key about things with our first kid, but still went a bit nutso over inlaws/family-members trying to give us "advize" about how to raise/deal-with our baby.3i: Is it an option to just let the blowup at dad slide? I mean, she was definitely over the line, but IMO some slack's gotta be given to the new mom... unless this is typical/recurring behavior.
Lastly: I want ice cream.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Right, I'm no stranger to grilling chicken. Big fan. But I don't have the time nor the grill to do it today. Hence the slow cooker. Time will tell, but the first batch came out looking like this.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Chris Isaak is in that clip.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Keys Myaths
Pokerguy
After a crappy week, love coming back to this thread. This whole page has been awesome.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Your brother sounds like a little #####. It's his wife, he should handle it.What's been depressing me lately (long):
So my brother and his wife had their baby two months ago. First grandchild on our side of the family. They live on the west coast and we live on the east. So my father goes out to visit a couple weeks back. Now granted, he can be a little gruff, even rude, but barely underneath that veneer is a very family-focused, principled and upstanding man. However, apparently his manner was so unbearable to my SIL that she decided to start the sequel to the Biggie/2pac bi-coastal beef.Apparently my father made some comment about not liking it when anyone insults one of his kids, which prompted her to lay into him for being rude to her son. Who's two months old.
Josie Maran
Footballguy
Currently posting while taking a dump in a Kohl's bathroom. 
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Migraine? Light sensitivity, flashes of light? Dizzy? Vision blurred? Whatever you do, don't go to the doctor, let us do a complete diagnosis first.
gamera
Footballguy
Review? Cleanliness, ergonomics...acoustics?Currently posting while taking a dump in a Kohl's bathroom.
The_Man
Footballguy
I love taking a dump at work. Been working for 20 years now and sometimes I still can't believe I get paid to poop.That was one of my childhood dreams. The other was to make $60 an hour. I thought that if someone gave you a dollar every single minute you worked, it would be incredible.And then if you combine the two, you could pick up $10 or $15 every day for pooping.Currently posting while taking a dump in a Kohl's bathroom.
Early_10
footballgoddess
I pictured Chuck from Goonies.'Gadzooks said:
Updates?I now officially am living under my parents roof. 
Not that I moved in with them but they are now the proud owners of my house. Spent today looking at houses to buy....people sure try to sell a lot of crap. Apparently the price of paint and soap has skyrocketed to where it's no longer feasible to sell your house clean and freshly painted. 
Early_10
footballgoddess
I think it's a law somewhere that you're supposed to dislike your inlaws. Plus she's probably hormonal. Explain that part to your dad. Your brother...well...he married her. Good luck staying out of it.What's been depressing me lately (long):
So my brother and his wife had their baby two months ago. First grandchild on our side of the family. They live on the west coast and we live on the east. So my father goes out to visit a couple weeks back. Now granted, he can be a little gruff, even rude, but barely underneath that veneer is a very family-focused, principled and upstanding man. However, apparently his manner was so unbearable to my SIL that she decided to start the sequel to the Biggie/2pac bi-coastal beef.Apparently my father made some comment about not liking it when anyone insults one of his kids, which prompted her to lay into him for being rude to her son. Who's two months old.
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
None of those things. Sinus headache and stabbing pain. That's it.Wouldn't dare go to a doctor until I get a full workup and chem panel here.
Sergeant Spelt
Footballguy
Did you accidentally snort a hedgehog?
tommyboy
Footballguy
sorry dude, missed that. You could broil them, same deal really.i'm not good at reading, or other things that require you know, actual effort.
or look up a recipe for chicken paprikash, you can do that all in a crockpot or large stockpot.
Early_10
footballgoddess
I've had such a pain with a sinus infection.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Crock pot batch number one looks and tastes good. I'm hoping round two is okay too. we shall see!
General Malaise
Footballguy
We could recreate the 'wife rape' thread with emoticons.
gamera
Footballguy
Pretty sure you're already doing it.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
This. Or ball cancer.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
We could recreate the 'wife rape' thread with emoticons.
Bogart
Footballguy
I've spent three full minutes thinking about this. Don't think it could be done without a timeout.We could recreate the 'wife rape' thread with emoticons.
I'm here while working. I'm looking to REALLY waste time.Pretty sure you're already doing it.
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