GM's thread about nothing (19 Viewers)

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I don't need netflix. I have a giant box of WIRES to watch.

SO MANY WIRES(Glad you are enjoying it)

I finally figured out where I knew Bubbles derelict white friend from, and I didn't even have to Google it. He was Casper(?) from the mid-90s movie "Kids", right? Has to be. Now THAT was a movie. Whoa.

I took a first date to go see Kids GB the 90s

Sorta related story...When I was about 19 I worked at this restaurant. One day this very cute and very sweet Chinesed-Americaned girl, MiMi asked me if I would take her to the movies. The weird part (other than a very cute girl asking me out) was that her boyfriend worked at the restaurant with us and was a friend of mine.MiMi explained to me that one of her good friends was going out with a guy that night but said friend's parents were overprotective. The friend lied to her parents and said that she was going out with MiMi instead. And MiMi's boyfriend was out of town. Basically I was just escorting MiMi to the movies so her friend could go out on a date. It was all very harmless and platonic. MiMi was very prim and proper and one of the only girls I worked with that I really watched myself around in terms of language and innuendo. She would blush if you said "boobs".So what movie did I take MiMi to? "The River's Edge". 5 minutes into there is full-on frontal nudity of a dead girl. I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill crime drama.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Did the guy who made Kids also make Bully?

YupHarmony Korine

I don't see Harmony Korine in the Bully credits anywhere.

Yeah, edited my post...Clark directed both, Korine wrote Kids

 

[Abraham]

My sons have email accounts now. We are hoping it improves their writing skills. But there's some trepidation about all this. I mean, what if a Nigerian queen asks them for money or a friend of theirs forwards them a Forrestmail? Parental thoughts on 10/8 year olds and email?

I've pretty much found that email in general confirms that most people are awful awful writers. So good luck!

The point of the exercise is to engage them in written emails and help them work on their writing by exposing them to good writing and helping them work on theirs (correct punctuation, encourage proper sentence structure, build vocabulary, discourage redundancy, built their typing skills). Wait until your kids are in grade school and you have to help them with their writing with pencil and paper. But yes, your point about people being bad writers in general is understood, despite not being germane to my query.

It is germane - how is exposing them to ####ty emails from people helping them? Last week I received an email from the vP of a biotech company that was six sentences long. Among other sins he ended three sentences with multiple exclamation points, typed the first sentence in all caps, and called me "buddy" twice before signing off with "thanks buddy".

Because they won't be trading emails with VPs of biotech companies. The bulk of their exchanges will be with me, my wife, their mom, their grandparents and their friends. Their writing skills will be sharpened through exchanges with us; the fun aspect of it will come from interacting with their friends.

Well, good luck. For the purpose of making sure they don't get anything you don't want them to see, I would suggest getting them gmail accounts (great for spam blocking) and setting up filters to direct anything you aren't sure of to you or to the trash. Then set up a rule that blind copies you on every email they send..

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

People actually dislike Glengarry Glen Ross?

Yes. Well I wouldn't say I 'dislike' it. I just wasn't as great as people seem to think it is.

If you lived my life, you would think it was awesome Mr. Shoop.

btw Bob, I forgot to mention earlier that once again Cal is proving himself a mini-hero of mine. You done some good fathering.

I would agree with this but the little jerk got a "B" in social studies.

B+ Still thinking I should fire bomb her house for not giving him an A-.

Blake: We're adding a little something to this month's sales contest. As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anybody want to see second prize?[Holds up prize]Blake: Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is...a B+

 

[Crazy Canuck]

btw Bob, I forgot to mention earlier that once again Cal is proving himself a mini-hero of mine. You done some good fathering.

Ditto. Big fan of Cal.

I'm a Dylan guy.

According to Bob, Dylan is a cut from my cloth, so I admire him from an ironic distance, but Cal is just outrageous in his actions and I respect him the same way I fall over laughing at GM's antics, but could never do it myself. That pic of Cal grinning silly next to the bikini clad girls on the dock is vintage Cal. The kid is my mini-herk, I'm going to stop analyzing Bob's kids now.

 

[General Malaise]

My sons have email accounts now. We are hoping it improves their writing skills. But there's some trepidation about all this. I mean, what if a Nigerian queen asks them for money or a friend of theirs forwards them a Forrestmail? Parental thoughts on 10/8 year olds and email?

I've pretty much found that email in general confirms that most people are awful awful writers. So good luck!

The point of the exercise is to engage them in written emails and help them work on their writing by exposing them to good writing and helping them work on theirs (correct punctuation, encourage proper sentence structure, build vocabulary, discourage redundancy, built their typing skills). Wait until your kids are in grade school and you have to help them with their writing with pencil and paper. But yes, your point about people being bad writers in general is understood, despite not being germane to my query.

It is germane - how is exposing them to ####ty emails from people helping them? Last week I received an email from the vP of a biotech company that was six sentences long. Among other sins he ended three sentences with multiple exclamation points, typed the first sentence in all caps, and called me "buddy" twice before signing off with "thanks buddy".

Because they won't be trading emails with VPs of biotech companies. The bulk of their exchanges will be with me, my wife, their mom, their grandparents and their friends. Their writing skills will be sharpened through exchanges with us; the fun aspect of it will come from interacting with their friends.

Well, good luck. For the purpose of making sure they don't get anything you don't want them to see, I would suggest getting them gmail accounts (great for spam blocking) and setting up filters to direct anything you aren't sure of to you or to the trash. Then set up a rule that blind copies you on every email they send..

On gmail and we've got the passwords.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

btw Bob, I forgot to mention earlier that once again Cal is proving himself a mini-hero of mine. You done some good fathering.

Ditto. Big fan of Cal.

I'm a Dylan guy.

According to Bob, Dylan is a cut from my cloth, so I admire him from an ironic distance, but Cal is just outrageous in his actions and I respect him the same way I fall over laughing at GM's antics, but could never do it myself. That pic of Cal grinning silly next to the bikini clad girls on the dock is vintage Cal. The kid is my mini-herk, I'm going to stop analyzing Bob's kids now.

Just goes to show how important one little comma can be.

 

[Abraham]

Like I said, set up some rules and filters. A rule blind copying you on everything outgoing. A rule that skips the inbox and forwards to you any email containing profanity.

 

[General Malaise]

Like I said, set up some rules and filters. A rule blind copying you on everything outgoing. A rule that skips the inbox and forwards to you any email containing profanity.

 

[General Malaise]

btw Bob, I forgot to mention earlier that once again Cal is proving himself a mini-hero of mine. You done some good fathering.

Ditto. Big fan of Cal.

I'm a Dylan guy.

According to Bob, Dylan is a cut from my cloth, so I admire him from an ironic distance, but Cal is just outrageous in his actions and I respect him the same way I fall over laughing at GM's antics, but could never do it myself. That pic of Cal grinning silly next to the bikini clad girls on the dock is vintage Cal. The kid is my mini-herk, I'm going to stop analyzing Bob's kids now.

Just goes to show how important one little comma can be.

Maybe if he had email...

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Sorta related story...When I was about 19 I worked at this restaurant. One day this very cute and very sweet Chinesed-Americaned girl, MiMi asked me if I would take her to the movies. The weird part (other than a very cute girl asking me out) was that her boyfriend worked at the restaurant with us and was a friend of mine.MiMi explained to me that one of her good friends was going out with a guy that night but said friend's parents were overprotective. The friend lied to her parents and said that she was going out with MiMi instead. And MiMi's boyfriend was out of town. Basically I was just escorting MiMi to the movies so her friend could go out on a date. It was all very harmless and platonic. MiMi was very prim and proper and one of the only girls I worked with that I really watched myself around in terms of language and innuendo. She would blush if you said "boobs".So what movie did I take MiMi to? "The River's Edge". 5 minutes into there is full-on frontal nudity of a dead girl. I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill crime drama.

Well, good luck. For the purpose of making sure they don't get anything you don't want them to see, I would suggest getting them gmail accounts (great for spam blocking) and setting up filters to direct anything you aren't sure of to you or to the trash. Then set up a rule that blind copies you on every email they send..

Cal has his own e-mail account and rarely gets any kind of spam like that. One time a "doctor" e-mailed him wanting money. He still talks about it and I don't have the proper writing skills to describe his reaction. Let's just say he wasn't falling for it. He mostly uses it to send me pictures of Garfield.

Blake: We're adding a little something to this month's sales contest. As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anybody want to see second prize?[Holds up prize]Blake: Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is...a B+

 

[Crazy Canuck]

btw Bob, I forgot to mention earlier that once again Cal is proving himself a mini-hero of mine. You done some good fathering.

Ditto. Big fan of Cal.

I'm a Dylan guy.

According to Bob, Dylan is a cut from my cloth, so I admire him from an ironic distance, but Cal is just outrageous in his actions and I respect him the same way I fall over laughing at GM's antics, but could never do it myself. That pic of Cal grinning silly next to the bikini clad girls on the dock is vintage Cal. The kid is my mini-herk, I'm going to stop analyzing Bob's kids now.

Just goes to show how important one little comma can be.

:golf clap:

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Like I said, set up some rules and filters. A rule blind copying you on everything outgoing. A rule that skips the inbox and forwards to you any email containing profanity.

And teach them...I mean hammer into them...when and when not to use REPLY ALL in a mass email.There are 60 year old women (aka 'jailbait') I work with that have never figured this out.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Cal has his own e-mail account He mostly uses it to send me pictures of Garfield.

Seriously over here.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Right?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

btw Bob, I forgot to mention earlier that once again Cal is proving himself a mini-hero of mine. You done some good fathering.

Ditto. Big fan of Cal.

I'm a Dylan guy.

According to Bob, Dylan is a cut from my cloth, so I admire him from an ironic distance, but Cal is just outrageous in his actions and I respect him the same way I fall over laughing at GM's antics, but could never do it myself. That pic of Cal grinning silly next to the bikini clad girls on the dock is vintage Cal. The kid is my mini-hero.

Ok, I'm going to stop analyzing Bob's kids now.

It would already take a lifetime, GB. During Dylan's soccer game yesterday, he talked to the ball almost the whole game. "Hey, where are you going?! Come back here! I got you now! You're going in the goal!" He did it all in this squeaky cartoon like voice too. I'm cracking up just thinking about it.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

He mostly uses it to send me pictures of Garfield.

 

[Abraham]

I don't need netflix. I have a giant box of WIRES to watch.

SO MANY WIRES(Glad you are enjoying it)

I finally figured out where I knew Bubbles derelict white friend from, and I didn't even have to Google it. He was Casper(?) from the mid-90s movie "Kids", right? Has to be. Now THAT was a movie. Whoa.

I took a first date to go see Kids GB the 90s

Sorta related story...When I was about 19 I worked at this restaurant. One day this very cute and very sweet Chinesed-Americaned girl, MiMi asked me if I would take her to the movies. The weird part (other than a very cute girl asking me out) was that her boyfriend worked at the restaurant with us and was a friend of mine.MiMi explained to me that one of her good friends was going out with a guy that night but said friend's parents were overprotective. The friend lied to her parents and said that she was going out with MiMi instead. And MiMi's boyfriend was out of town. Basically I was just escorting MiMi to the movies so her friend could go out on a date. It was all very harmless and platonic. MiMi was very prim and proper and one of the only girls I worked with that I really watched myself around in terms of language and innuendo. She would blush if you said "boobs".So what movie did I take MiMi to? "The River's Edge". 5 minutes into there is full-on frontal nudity of a dead girl. I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill crime drama.

My sophomore year college girlfriend confided in me that she had been sexually abused as a child by a family member a couple months after our first date. Which was to see the movie based on one of my favorite books. The book was "sleepers" and she cried for the entire last two thirds of it and didn't say anything on the way back to her place for me to drop her off. But she did go out with me again.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

It would already take a lifetime, GB. During Dylan's soccer game yesterday, he talked to the ball almost the whole game. "Hey, where are you going?! Come back here! I got you now! You're going in the goal!" He did it all in this squeaky cartoon like voice too. I'm cracking up just thinking about it.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Right?

Maybe Cathy could find a man if she hit the gym every once in a while.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I don't need netflix. I have a giant box of WIRES to watch.

SO MANY WIRES(Glad you are enjoying it)

I finally figured out where I knew Bubbles derelict white friend from, and I didn't even have to Google it. He was Casper(?) from the mid-90s movie "Kids", right? Has to be. Now THAT was a movie. Whoa.

I took a first date to go see Kids GB the 90s

Sorta related story...When I was about 19 I worked at this restaurant. One day this very cute and very sweet Chinesed-Americaned girl, MiMi asked me if I would take her to the movies. The weird part (other than a very cute girl asking me out) was that her boyfriend worked at the restaurant with us and was a friend of mine.MiMi explained to me that one of her good friends was going out with a guy that night but said friend's parents were overprotective. The friend lied to her parents and said that she was going out with MiMi instead. And MiMi's boyfriend was out of town. Basically I was just escorting MiMi to the movies so her friend could go out on a date. It was all very harmless and platonic. MiMi was very prim and proper and one of the only girls I worked with that I really watched myself around in terms of language and innuendo. She would blush if you said "boobs".So what movie did I take MiMi to? "The River's Edge". 5 minutes into there is full-on frontal nudity of a dead girl. I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill crime drama.

My sophomore year college girlfriend confided in me that she had been sexually abused as a child by a family member a couple months after our first date. Which was to see the movie based on one of my favorite books. The book was "sleepers" and she cried for the entire last two thirds of it and didn't say anything on the way back to her place for me to drop her off. But she did go out with me again.

We're some smooth mofos up in here.

 

[General Malaise]

Like I said, set up some rules and filters. A rule blind copying you on everything outgoing. A rule that skips the inbox and forwards to you any email containing profanity.

And teach them...I mean hammer into them...when and when not to use REPLY ALL in a mass email.There are 60 year old women (aka 'jailbait') I work with that have never figured this out.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Right?

Maybe Cathy could find a man if she hit the gym every once in a while.

And if she didn't sweat like MoP trying to do pre-Algebra 24/7

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Off topic

 

[shuke]

Decided to bypass the games today. My wife was in tears with a migraine while I was getting ready to leave.

Probably for the better. I haven't had a chance to just relax and I have to leave for the airport by 4 AM.

 

[shuke]

Resting dough

Pre-cooked, rolled and shaped dough

Grilling the dough into 'crusts'

Crusts resting, waiting for toppings

My sons' creations meet the grill

Final pizza of the night

Do I smell the beginning of a blog?

 

[General Malaise]

lol @ Sleepers for a first date movie.

 

[General Malaise]

Resting dough

Pre-cooked, rolled and shaped dough

Grilling the dough into 'crusts'

Crusts resting, waiting for toppings

My sons' creations meet the grill

Final pizza of the night

Do I smell the beginning of a blog?

I've had a blog for 4 years now. I just don't have any readers. Plus, your blog is impossible to compete with.

 

[krista4]

Cal has his own e-mail account He mostly uses it to send me pictures of Garfield.

Seriously over here.

Me too.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I don't need netflix. I have a giant box of WIRES to watch.

SO MANY WIRES(Glad you are enjoying it)

I finally figured out where I knew Bubbles derelict white friend from, and I didn't even have to Google it. He was Casper(?) from the mid-90s movie "Kids", right? Has to be. Now THAT was a movie. Whoa.

I took a first date to go see Kids GB the 90s

Sorta related story...When I was about 19 I worked at this restaurant. One day this very cute and very sweet Chinesed-Americaned girl, MiMi asked me if I would take her to the movies. The weird part (other than a very cute girl asking me out) was that her boyfriend worked at the restaurant with us and was a friend of mine.MiMi explained to me that one of her good friends was going out with a guy that night but said friend's parents were overprotective. The friend lied to her parents and said that she was going out with MiMi instead. And MiMi's boyfriend was out of town. Basically I was just escorting MiMi to the movies so her friend could go out on a date. It was all very harmless and platonic. MiMi was very prim and proper and one of the only girls I worked with that I really watched myself around in terms of language and innuendo. She would blush if you said "boobs".So what movie did I take MiMi to? "The River's Edge". 5 minutes into there is full-on frontal nudity of a dead girl. I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill crime drama.

My sophomore year college girlfriend confided in me that she had been sexually abused as a child by a family member a couple months after our first date. Which was to see the movie based on one of my favorite books. The book was "sleepers" and she cried for the entire last two thirds of it and didn't say anything on the way back to her place for me to drop her off. But she did go out with me again.

We're some smooth mofos up in here.

Also reminds me of this one time the wife (GF at the time) and I went over this other couple's place to watch movies. Now this couple had just recently gotten back together after a month-long break-up. The reason they split was the guy cheated on the girl with at least 2 other girls.So we bring over a couple of video tapes. One of them was an Eddie Murphy stand-up (can't remember which one specifically) that featured a bit that was at least 10 minutes long about guys cheating on their women.It took me about 3 minutes to realize that I was the only one laughing.

 

[shuke]

On the good news front, I will be getting a promotion and a 30-40% raise. So I got that going for me, which is nice. (please don't send me Caddyshack clip)

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Decided to bypass the games today. My wife was in tears with a migraine while I was getting ready to leave.Probably for the better. I haven't had a chance to just relax and I have to leave for the airport by 4 AM.

:(Really sorry to hear, GB. Be safe on your trip.

 

[General Malaise]

I don't need netflix. I have a giant box of WIRES to watch.

SO MANY WIRES(Glad you are enjoying it)

I finally figured out where I knew Bubbles derelict white friend from, and I didn't even have to Google it. He was Casper(?) from the mid-90s movie "Kids", right? Has to be. Now THAT was a movie. Whoa.

I took a first date to go see Kids GB the 90s

Sorta related story...When I was about 19 I worked at this restaurant. One day this very cute and very sweet Chinesed-Americaned girl, MiMi asked me if I would take her to the movies. The weird part (other than a very cute girl asking me out) was that her boyfriend worked at the restaurant with us and was a friend of mine.MiMi explained to me that one of her good friends was going out with a guy that night but said friend's parents were overprotective. The friend lied to her parents and said that she was going out with MiMi instead. And MiMi's boyfriend was out of town. Basically I was just escorting MiMi to the movies so her friend could go out on a date. It was all very harmless and platonic. MiMi was very prim and proper and one of the only girls I worked with that I really watched myself around in terms of language and innuendo. She would blush if you said "boobs".So what movie did I take MiMi to? "The River's Edge". 5 minutes into there is full-on frontal nudity of a dead girl. I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill crime drama.

My sophomore year college girlfriend confided in me that she had been sexually abused as a child by a family member a couple months after our first date. Which was to see the movie based on one of my favorite books. The book was "sleepers" and she cried for the entire last two thirds of it and didn't say anything on the way back to her place for me to drop her off. But she did go out with me again.

We're some smooth mofos up in here.

Also reminds me of this one time the wife (GF at the time) and I went over this other couple's place to watch movies. Now this couple had just recently gotten back together after a month-long break-up. The reason they split was the guy cheated on the girl with at least 2 other girls.So we bring over a couple of video tapes. One of them was an Eddie Murphy stand-up (can't remember which one specifically) that featured a bit that was at least 10 minutes long about guys cheating on their women.It took me about 3 minutes to realize that I was the only one laughing.

Ooooof. I had a similar experience with the movie "Notebook" during a very rocky time in my first marriage. We had to turn that one off so I could get yelled at. Good times.

 

[shuke]

Tonight I'm going to see Leonard Cohen. The last (and only) time I saw him was practically a religious experience to me. Suck it, stryker.

Awesome.

 

[shuke]

People actually dislike Glengarry Glen Ross?

one person does, but he also does shot videos with horses so there's that.

 

[shuke]

actually recorded the movie to an audio cassette and used to listen to it in the car on drives to/from college.

Well this is interesting.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

My sophomore year college girlfriend confided in me that she had been sexually abused as a child by a family member a couple months after our first date. Which was to see the movie based on one of my favorite books. The book was "sleepers" and she cried for the entire last two thirds of it and didn't say anything on the way back to her place for me to drop her off. But she did go out with me again.

Second date was a screening of Baise-Moi?God I just got sick writing that. Time for a shower.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

I don't need netflix. I have a giant box of WIRES to watch.

SO MANY WIRES(Glad you are enjoying it)

I finally figured out where I knew Bubbles derelict white friend from, and I didn't even have to Google it. He was Casper(?) from the mid-90s movie "Kids", right? Has to be. Now THAT was a movie. Whoa.

I took a first date to go see Kids GB the 90s

Sorta related story...When I was about 19 I worked at this restaurant. One day this very cute and very sweet Chinesed-Americaned girl, MiMi asked me if I would take her to the movies. The weird part (other than a very cute girl asking me out) was that her boyfriend worked at the restaurant with us and was a friend of mine.MiMi explained to me that one of her good friends was going out with a guy that night but said friend's parents were overprotective. The friend lied to her parents and said that she was going out with MiMi instead. And MiMi's boyfriend was out of town. Basically I was just escorting MiMi to the movies so her friend could go out on a date. It was all very harmless and platonic. MiMi was very prim and proper and one of the only girls I worked with that I really watched myself around in terms of language and innuendo. She would blush if you said "boobs".So what movie did I take MiMi to? "The River's Edge". 5 minutes into there is full-on frontal nudity of a dead girl. I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill crime drama.

My sophomore year college girlfriend confided in me that she had been sexually abused as a child by a family member a couple months after our first date. Which was to see the movie based on one of my favorite books. The book was "sleepers" and she cried for the entire last two thirds of it and didn't say anything on the way back to her place for me to drop her off. But she did go out with me again.

We're some smooth mofos up in here.

Also reminds me of this one time the wife (GF at the time) and I went over this other couple's place to watch movies. Now this couple had just recently gotten back together after a month-long break-up. The reason they split was the guy cheated on the girl with at least 2 other girls.So we bring over a couple of video tapes. One of them was an Eddie Murphy stand-up (can't remember which one specifically) that featured a bit that was at least 10 minutes long about guys cheating on their women.It took me about 3 minutes to realize that I was the only one laughing.

"It wasn't me."

 

[shuke]

Tonight I'm going to see Leonard Cohen. The last (and only) time I saw him was practically a religious experience to me. Suck it, stryker.

So jealous.

Is he the guy that was on Star Trek?What does he do now? Not sure I've ever heard of him except for Star Trek which I've never seen either.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I don't need netflix. I have a giant box of WIRES to watch.

SO MANY WIRES(Glad you are enjoying it)

I finally figured out where I knew Bubbles derelict white friend from, and I didn't even have to Google it. He was Casper(?) from the mid-90s movie "Kids", right? Has to be. Now THAT was a movie. Whoa.

I took a first date to go see Kids GB the 90s

Sorta related story...When I was about 19 I worked at this restaurant. One day this very cute and very sweet Chinesed-Americaned girl, MiMi asked me if I would take her to the movies. The weird part (other than a very cute girl asking me out) was that her boyfriend worked at the restaurant with us and was a friend of mine.MiMi explained to me that one of her good friends was going out with a guy that night but said friend's parents were overprotective. The friend lied to her parents and said that she was going out with MiMi instead. And MiMi's boyfriend was out of town. Basically I was just escorting MiMi to the movies so her friend could go out on a date. It was all very harmless and platonic. MiMi was very prim and proper and one of the only girls I worked with that I really watched myself around in terms of language and innuendo. She would blush if you said "boobs".So what movie did I take MiMi to? "The River's Edge". 5 minutes into there is full-on frontal nudity of a dead girl. I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill crime drama.

My sophomore year college girlfriend confided in me that she had been sexually abused as a child by a family member a couple months after our first date. Which was to see the movie based on one of my favorite books. The book was "sleepers" and she cried for the entire last two thirds of it and didn't say anything on the way back to her place for me to drop her off. But she did go out with me again.

We're some smooth mofos up in here.

Also reminds me of this one time the wife (GF at the time) and I went over this other couple's place to watch movies. Now this couple had just recently gotten back together after a month-long break-up. The reason they split was the guy cheated on the girl with at least 2 other girls.So we bring over a couple of video tapes. One of them was an Eddie Murphy stand-up (can't remember which one specifically) that featured a bit that was at least 10 minutes long about guys cheating on their women.It took me about 3 minutes to realize that I was the only one laughing.

Ooooof. I had a similar experience with the movie "Notebook" during a very rocky time in my first marriage. We had to turn that one off so I could get yelled at. Good times.

So good.My wife learned a long time ago not to expect me to react to romantic movies the way she does. "You didn't think that part where he brings the girl the stuffed panda was sweet?""Not really. And I could see that coming 30 minutes before it happened. Totally predictable and cliche."Now whenever something sappy/cheesy/romantic happens in a movie I just yell out "GAAAAAAYYYYY".

 

[Tiger Fan]

I don't need netflix. I have a giant box of WIRES to watch.

SO MANY WIRES(Glad you are enjoying it)

I finally figured out where I knew Bubbles derelict white friend from, and I didn't even have to Google it. He was Casper(?) from the mid-90s movie "Kids", right? Has to be. Now THAT was a movie. Whoa.

I took a first date to go see Kids GB the 90s

how romanticdid you nudge her during that first scene "I think you'll like it"

 

[shuke]

germane to my query.

Whoa.Also, album name.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I don't need netflix. I have a giant box of WIRES to watch.

SO MANY WIRES(Glad you are enjoying it)

I finally figured out where I knew Bubbles derelict white friend from, and I didn't even have to Google it. He was Casper(?) from the mid-90s movie "Kids", right? Has to be. Now THAT was a movie. Whoa.

I took a first date to go see Kids GB the 90s

Sorta related story...When I was about 19 I worked at this restaurant. One day this very cute and very sweet Chinesed-Americaned girl, MiMi asked me if I would take her to the movies. The weird part (other than a very cute girl asking me out) was that her boyfriend worked at the restaurant with us and was a friend of mine.MiMi explained to me that one of her good friends was going out with a guy that night but said friend's parents were overprotective. The friend lied to her parents and said that she was going out with MiMi instead. And MiMi's boyfriend was out of town. Basically I was just escorting MiMi to the movies so her friend could go out on a date. It was all very harmless and platonic. MiMi was very prim and proper and one of the only girls I worked with that I really watched myself around in terms of language and innuendo. She would blush if you said "boobs".So what movie did I take MiMi to? "The River's Edge". 5 minutes into there is full-on frontal nudity of a dead girl. I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill crime drama.

My sophomore year college girlfriend confided in me that she had been sexually abused as a child by a family member a couple months after our first date. Which was to see the movie based on one of my favorite books. The book was "sleepers" and she cried for the entire last two thirds of it and didn't say anything on the way back to her place for me to drop her off. But she did go out with me again.

We're some smooth mofos up in here.

Also reminds me of this one time the wife (GF at the time) and I went over this other couple's place to watch movies. Now this couple had just recently gotten back together after a month-long break-up. The reason they split was the guy cheated on the girl with at least 2 other girls.So we bring over a couple of video tapes. One of them was an Eddie Murphy stand-up (can't remember which one specifically) that featured a bit that was at least 10 minutes long about guys cheating on their women.It took me about 3 minutes to realize that I was the only one laughing.

Ooooof. I had a similar experience with the movie "Notebook" during a very rocky time in my first marriage. We had to turn that one off so I could get yelled at. Good times.

On the plus side, you didn't have to watch the rest of The Notebook

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

On the plus side, you didn't have to watch the rest of The Notebook

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I don't need netflix. I have a giant box of WIRES to watch.

SO MANY WIRES(Glad you are enjoying it)

I finally figured out where I knew Bubbles derelict white friend from, and I didn't even have to Google it. He was Casper(?) from the mid-90s movie "Kids", right? Has to be. Now THAT was a movie. Whoa.

I took a first date to go see Kids GB the 90s

how romanticdid you nudge her during that first scene "I think you'll like it"

My buddy worked at the local movie theater and he snuck us in...I didn't know what it was about, but it was the next movie startingWas a bit awkward

 

[Tiger Fan]

I don't need netflix. I have a giant box of WIRES to watch.

SO MANY WIRES(Glad you are enjoying it)

I finally figured out where I knew Bubbles derelict white friend from, and I didn't even have to Google it. He was Casper(?) from the mid-90s movie "Kids", right? Has to be. Now THAT was a movie. Whoa.

I took a first date to go see Kids

GB the 90s

Sorta related story...

When I was about 19 I worked at this restaurant. One day this very cute and very sweet Chinesed-Americaned girl, MiMi asked me if I would take her to the movies. The weird part (other than a very cute girl asking me out) was that her boyfriend worked at the restaurant with us and was a friend of mine.

MiMi explained to me that one of her good friends was going out with a guy that night but said friend's parents were overprotective. The friend lied to her parents and said that she was going out with MiMi instead. And MiMi's boyfriend was out of town. Basically I was just escorting MiMi to the movies so her friend could go out on a date.

It was all very harmless and platonic. MiMi was very prim and proper and one of the only girls I worked with that I really watched myself around in terms of language and innuendo. She would blush if you said "boobs".

So what movie did I take MiMi to? "The River's Edge". 5 minutes into there is full-on frontal nudity of a dead girl.

I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill crime drama.

My sophomore year college girlfriend confided in me that she had been sexually abused as a child by a family member a couple months after our first date. Which was to see the movie based on one of my favorite books. The book was "sleepers" and she cried for the entire last two thirds of it and didn't say anything on the way back to her place for me to drop her off. But she did go out with me again.

My link

 

[bigbottom]

My sons have email accounts now. We are hoping it improves their writing skills. But there's some trepidation about all this. I mean, what if a Nigerian queen asks them for money or a friend of theirs forwards them a Forrestmail? Parental thoughts on 10/8 year olds and email?

I've pretty much found that email in general confirms that most people are awful awful writers. So good luck!

The point of the exercise is to engage them in written emails and help them work on their writing by exposing them to good writing and helping them work on theirs (correct punctuation, encourage proper sentence structure, build vocabulary, discourage redundancy, built their typing skills). Wait until your kids are in grade school and you have to help them with their writing with pencil and paper. But yes, your point about people being bad writers in general is understood, despite not being germane to my query.

It is germane - how is exposing them to ####ty emails from people helping them? Last week I received an email from the vP of a biotech company that was six sentences long. Among other sins he ended three sentences with multiple exclamation points, typed the first sentence in all caps, and called me "buddy" twice before signing off with "thanks buddy".

Because they won't be trading emails with VPs of biotech companies. The bulk of their exchanges will be with me, my wife, their mom, their grandparents and their friends. Their writing skills will be sharpened through exchanges with us; the fun aspect of it will come from interacting with their friends.

You should start them off with a quill and inkwell.

 

[FDAS]

Ooooof. I had a similar experience with the movie "Notebook" during a very rocky time in my first marriage. We had to turn that one off so I could get yelled at. Good times.

On the plus side, you didn't have to watch the rest of The Notebook

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I don't need netflix. I have a giant box of WIRES to watch.

SO MANY WIRES(Glad you are enjoying it)

I finally figured out where I knew Bubbles derelict white friend from, and I didn't even have to Google it. He was Casper(?) from the mid-90s movie "Kids", right? Has to be. Now THAT was a movie. Whoa.

I took a first date to go see Kids GB the 90s

Sorta related story...When I was about 19 I worked at this restaurant. One day this very cute and very sweet Chinesed-Americaned girl, MiMi asked me if I would take her to the movies. The weird part (other than a very cute girl asking me out) was that her boyfriend worked at the restaurant with us and was a friend of mine.MiMi explained to me that one of her good friends was going out with a guy that night but said friend's parents were overprotective. The friend lied to her parents and said that she was going out with MiMi instead. And MiMi's boyfriend was out of town. Basically I was just escorting MiMi to the movies so her friend could go out on a date. It was all very harmless and platonic. MiMi was very prim and proper and one of the only girls I worked with that I really watched myself around in terms of language and innuendo. She would blush if you said "boobs".So what movie did I take MiMi to? "The River's Edge". 5 minutes into there is full-on frontal nudity of a dead girl. I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill crime drama.

My sophomore year college girlfriend confided in me that she had been sexually abused as a child by a family member a couple months after our first date. Which was to see the movie based on one of my favorite books. The book was "sleepers" and she cried for the entire last two thirds of it and didn't say anything on the way back to her place for me to drop her off. But she did go out with me again.

We're some smooth mofos up in here.

Also reminds me of this one time the wife (GF at the time) and I went over this other couple's place to watch movies. Now this couple had just recently gotten back together after a month-long break-up. The reason they split was the guy cheated on the girl with at least 2 other girls.So we bring over a couple of video tapes. One of them was an Eddie Murphy stand-up (can't remember which one specifically) that featured a bit that was at least 10 minutes long about guys cheating on their women.It took me about 3 minutes to realize that I was the only one laughing.

"It wasn't me."

The vast majority of my life could be summed up with "inappropriate laughter".

 

[shuke]

It would already take a lifetime, GB. During Dylan's soccer game yesterday, he talked to the ball almost the whole game. "Hey, where are you going?! Come back here! I got you now! You're going in the goal!" He did it all in this squeaky cartoon like voice too. I'm cracking up just thinking about it.