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[Celph Titled]

My wife's away on a business trip. Before she left, I called her into the kitchen and calmly explained that after 8.5 years, I think it's time that she gets one free pass.

Instead of being grateful or politely refusing it because I'm the only one for her blah blah blah, she immediately starts yelling at me because she thinks I'm angling for a pass. Women are the worst.

 

[Chaos Commish]

I have to drive pretty soon so I cut myself off of the tequila and opened a beer.

 

[Abraham]

Just got off the phone with the Board Chair of the United Way for Greater Austin. I'm officially a board member. I'm pretty friggin' elated about it. I forgive all the unkind words from this morning. Go Bentley!

So, you have to like help people now and stuff?

(Congratulations)

 

[YSR]

Just got off the phone with the Board Chair of the United Way for Greater Austin. I'm officially a board member. I'm pretty friggin' elated about it. I forgive all the unkind words from this morning. Go Bentley!

Should probably get in touch with someone to put together a press release ASAP.

 

[kevzilla]

Another win for bentlosh!

 

[Bob Sacamano]

bentley seems like too much of an over-achiever to be here.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Just got off the phone with the Board Chair of the United Way for Greater Austin. I'm officially a board member. I'm pretty friggin' elated about it. I forgive all the unkind words from this morning. Go Bentley!

Should probably get in touch with someone to put together a press release ASAP.

He already has the Powerpoint slides prepped.

 

[Chaos Commish]

Just got off the phone with the Board Chair of the United Way for Greater Austin. I'm officially a board member. I'm pretty friggin' elated about it. I forgive all the unkind words from this morning. Go Bentley!

So, you have to like help people now and stuff?

(Congratulations)

Hey Abe. I asked this in the cable cutters thread but not getting a response. Are integrated graphics from intel and amd good enough for htpc and which do you prefer? Ordering a motherboard today.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

My wife's away on a business trip. Before she left, I called her into the kitchen and calmly explained that after 8.5 years, I think it's time that she gets one free pass.

Instead of being grateful or politely refusing it because I'm the only one for her blah blah blah, she immediately starts yelling at me because she thinks I'm angling for a pass. Women are the worst.

You were, right?

 

[Abraham]

bentley seems like too much of an over-achiever to be here.

I always assumed he thought he was helping by balancing out the cosmos, what with all the underachievement going on on these parts.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Just got off the phone with the Board Chair of the United Way for Greater Austin. I'm officially a board member. I'm pretty friggin' elated about it. I forgive all the unkind words from this morning. Go Bentley!

Should probably get in touch with someone to put together a press release ASAP.

He already has the Powerpoint slides prepped.

NO TRANSITIONS

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Only $600 for 9 more hours of drinking? No brainer imo.

Sell a few more reams of paper and wa la....

If only he'd quit going camping and going to the pool and going to Cardinals games, the bottom line might be a little higher

Amtrak is pretty fun. Pretty sure they let you drink on the train.

Wish I would have thought of this earlier. Took Amtrak to KC once and it was a blast. Hhhmmmmmm....

 

[bentley]

Just got off the phone with the Board Chair of the United Way for Greater Austin. I'm officially a board member. I'm pretty friggin' elated about it. I forgive all the unkind words from this morning. Go Bentley!

Should probably get in touch with someone to put together a press release ASAP.

Coincidentally, my company and United Way happen to share the same PR firm.

Too soon?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Amtrak from St Louis to Milwaukee looks like it leaves at 8am and arrives in Chicago a little before 2pm. Costs $90/pp for a seat or $130/pp for a private room,

 

[Abraham]

Just got off the phone with the Board Chair of the United Way for Greater Austin. I'm officially a board member. I'm pretty friggin' elated about it. I forgive all the unkind words from this morning. Go Bentley!

So, you have to like help people now and stuff?

(Congratulations)

Hey Abe. I asked this in the cable cutters thread but not getting a response. Are integrated graphics from intel and amd good enough for htpc and which do you prefer? Ordering a motherboard today.

Intel integrated with Iris should be fine.

 

[Celph Titled]

Just got off the phone with the Board Chair of the United Way for Greater Austin. I'm officially a board member. I'm pretty friggin' elated about it. I forgive all the unkind words from this morning. Go Bentley!

So, you have to like help people now and stuff?

(Congratulations)

What's with all the open space?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Amtrak is pretty fun. Pretty sure they let you drink on the train.

Verified

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Amtrak from St Louis to Chicago looks like it leaves at 8am and arrives a little before 2pm. Costs $90/pp for a seat or $130/pp for a private room,

Private room?

Ramtrak imo

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Amtrak from St Louis to Chicago looks like it leaves at 8am and arrives a little before 2pm. Costs $90/pp for a seat or $130/pp for a private room,

Thanks GB! Hopefully Mrs. SLB took off on Monday. I think I'm going to take ramTrak.

 

[Abraham]

Just got off the phone with the Board Chair of the United Way for Greater Austin. I'm officially a board member. I'm pretty friggin' elated about it. I forgive all the unkind words from this morning. Go Bentley!

So, you have to like help people now and stuff?

(Congratulations)

What's with all the open space?

Safari on my new work computer is not playing nice with the Neat Board. It keeps dropping in post meta #### or something. Trying to fix it.

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[krista4]

Amtrak from St Louis to Chicago looks like it leaves at 8am and arrives a little before 2pm. Costs $90/pp for a seat or $130/pp for a private room,

Thanks GB! Hopefully Mrs. SLB took off on Monday. I think I'm going to take ramTrak.

Amtrak is awesome. We're planning a trip to visit friends up and down the East Coast in August, and I'm really looking forward to taking Amtrak when we can. Love train trips.

 

[Celph Titled]

My wife's away on a business trip. Before she left, I called her into the kitchen and calmly explained that after 8.5 years, I think it's time that she gets one free pass.

Instead of being grateful or politely refusing it because I'm the only one for her blah blah blah, she immediately starts yelling at me because she thinks I'm angling for a pass. Women are the worst.

You were, right?

It hadn't crossed my mind until that point.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

SlamTrak imo

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

GMTAmtrak?

 

[El Floppo]

If you have done so so far, stay out of the Ham thread. His longer update just now is the worst thing I've ever read.

Every update he posts with details runs my head through the Rolodex of clients I've had with deceased children suing just to get some kind of peace. I really wish I were a better human being in the moments, but it makes me so angry I just want blood for his family's sake.

I believe I just felt a twinge of empathy for lawyers. It was fleeting so I can't be sure.

I couldn't eat dinner tonight thinking about Chad and his family.

My daily routine is to leave for work around dawn. I have a nanny/cook who arrives at 6 to cook Chloe breakfast - invariably, pancakes - and I cut out around 4 or 5 to pick up my daughter from Afterschool. Left early today. Her teacher was there organizing - I rarely see her since I don't do drop off and dismissal is a few hours before I normally pick up - so I took pictures of her and my daughter. Pretty terrific K teacher, really lucky. Instead of heading straight home I let her play in the sprinklers in the park for 90 minutes. Threw off the nightly routine but I didn't care. She got to bed later than normal. Instead of me reading, she wanted to read aloud (she's moved up several levels and she's pretty proud she can read beyond sight words now). Such a sweet girl.

Called my 15 y.o. son and talked WC for 45 minutes.

Then I cried. A lot.

I've dramatically changed my mindset when I'm with my kids now (hopefully to hold on to moving forward) to be as present as possible when I'm home and they're awake. No phone, no computer... although the World Cup is hard to avoid, I'm avoiding it unless it's with my son (who just turned 7!). I've wasted a lot of time around them not really being with them.

Ham's story- and I got to the point where I just can't even look in the thread any more- has completely gutted me. I am fairly certain if it was me, I would either withdraw into an angry useless hole or just walk around like an exposed socket kneedeep in water electrocuting anybody who waded in nearby. I know, I would not be able to handle this, and I worry that my marriage wouldn't either. So absolutely horrible for him and his family. :(

 

[St. Louis Bob]

GMTAmtrak?

Holy crap would that be epic.

I'm doing this. Stryker, should be take the Milwaukee airport stop or the regular stop or does it matter?

 

[Chaos Commish]

Just got off the phone with the Board Chair of the United Way for Greater Austin. I'm officially a board member. I'm pretty friggin' elated about it. I forgive all the unkind words from this morning. Go Bentley!

So, you have to like help people now and stuff?

(Congratulations)

Hey Abe. I asked this in the cable cutters thread but not getting a response. Are integrated graphics from intel and amd good enough for htpc and which do you prefer? Ordering a motherboard today.

Intel integrated with Iris should be fine.

gracias, lga1150 mobo on order.

 

[strykerpks]

GMTAmtrak?

Holy crap would that be epic.

I'm doing this. Stryker, should be take the Milwaukee airport stop or the regular stop or does it matter?

Up to you as it really doesn't matter, except for proximity to the hotel. The downtown location is about 10 blocks from your hotel. The airport, about 7 miles.

What time does that put you in MKE? I can pick you up either place if needed

 

[El Floppo]

GMTAmtrak

 

[St. Louis Bob]

GMTAmtrak?

Holy crap would that be epic.

I'm doing this. Stryker, should be take the Milwaukee airport stop or the regular stop or does it matter?

Up to you as it really doesn't matter, except for proximity to the hotel. The downtown location is about 10 blocks from your hotel. The airport, about 7 miles.

What time does that put you in MKE? I can pick you up either place if needed

Airport it is. Thanks GB!!

GMTAmtrak

HEY EVERYBODY, LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Bob,

If you're serious, I can get on the same train as you guys in Chicago. I think you want the downtown Milwaukee location since it's right downtown. Let me know and I'll book mine for Friday.

Are you taking the train round trip? I'm booked on a Sunday night train from Milwaukee to Chicago right now, but let me know what you plan to do there too.

 

[mr. furley]

We're putting our house on the market next week. AngryWife is moderately insane about it. Like on Monday she both screamed at me for a half hour and cried for a half hour when I got home from the bar after watching the US game.

been here. wife hated the old house but cried and cried and moped for days when it finally sold.

 

[mr. furley]

GDAMIT!!! Just had a molar break. Awesome. Now I get to go to the dentist. Yay! Getting older is awesome.

the ####? how does this happen? #terrified

 

[mr. furley]

DO I NEED TO SEND BEER?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Amtrak from St Louis to Milwaukee looks like it leaves at 8am and arrives in Chicago a little before 2pm. Costs $90/pp for a seat or $130/pp for a private room,

I didn't notice this part. Then it's another hour or so to Milwaukee and the seats are unreserved. Oh well, done! We'll be staying until Monday.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Bob,

If you're serious, I can get on the same train as you guys in Chicago. I think you want the downtown Milwaukee location since it's right downtown. Let me know and I'll book mine for Friday.

Are you taking the train round trip? I'm booked on a Sunday night train from Milwaukee to Chicago right now, but let me know what you plan to do there too.

Booking now. On train 337 from Chicago to Milwaukee.

Urbanhack, you need to go!!

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Amtrak from St Louis to Milwaukee looks like it leaves at 8am and arrives in Chicago a little before 2pm. Costs $90/pp for a seat or $130/pp for a private room,

I didn't notice this part. Then it's another hour or so to Milwaukee and the seats are unreserved. Oh well, done! We'll be staying until Monday.

yeah, sorry. there's a short layover in Chicago.

you going to be on the 3:15pm train from Chicago to Milwaukee? leaving early Monday to head back?

EDIT: I just booked a spot on that 3pm train. I can bring a cooler with beer and some food.

 

[mr. furley]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/naperville_lisle/ct-snobby-city-naperville-tl-0626-20140619,0,5797423.story

Naperville No. 4 on list of snobby cities

 

[Celph Titled]

Just learned about a new trend in pornography that's literally the worst thing I've ever heard about. You can read more about it via Gawker. :X

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Amtrak from St Louis to Milwaukee looks like it leaves at 8am and arrives in Chicago a little before 2pm. Costs $90/pp for a seat or $130/pp for a private room,

I didn't notice this part. Then it's another hour or so to Milwaukee and the seats are unreserved. Oh well, done! We'll be staying until Monday.

yeah, sorry. there's a short layover in Chicago.

you going to be on the 3:15pm train from Chicago to Milwaukee? leaving early Monday to head back?

EDIT: I just booked a spot on that 3pm train. I can bring a cooler with beer and some food.

Yes, we leave at 11:154 on Monday. Beer and food welcome but I promise I'm going to have some too.

 

[Thorn]

Just learned about a new trend in pornography that's literally the worst thing I've ever heard about. You can read more about it via Gawker. :X

NopeNope

Nope

 

[kevzilla]

Spent the entire afternoon in one hospital for training, now at another hospital for my monthly professional association meeting. I have traded one hot, overcrowded room for another. In between, I got to eat hospital food. Not exactly running the bentley playbook here.

 

[mr roboto]

Just learned about a new trend in pornography that's literally the worst thing I've ever heard about. You can read more about it via Gawker. :X

NopeNope

Nope

I don't know what this means.

 

[krista4]

Spent the entire afternoon in one hospital

Dude, please don't start a sentence this way again! You had me panicked for a second!

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

EaganWC: at valley lounge! Someone here reeks of urine!

 

[Celph Titled]

Just learned about a new trend in pornography that's literally the worst thing I've ever heard about. You can read more about it via Gawker. :X

NopeNope

Nope

Vague posting is pretty dumb, but it feels warranted here. Pursue this only at your own peril.

 

[heckmanm]

SlamTrak imo

10-foot high club?

 

[UniAlias]

Just learned about a new trend in pornography that's literally the worst thing I've ever heard about. You can read more about it via Gawker. :X

NopeNope

Nope

Vague posting is pretty dumb, but it feels warranted here. Pursue this only at your own peril.

Tried finding but don't see anything crazy on Gawker front page.

 

[Celph Titled]

Just learned about a new trend in pornography that's literally the worst thing I've ever heard about. You can read more about it via Gawker. :X

NopeNope

Nope

Vague posting is pretty dumb, but it feels warranted here. Pursue this only at your own peril.

Tried finding but don't see anything crazy on Gawker front page.

Oh sorry, it's on Jezebel.

 

[UniAlias]

JFC

Now I HAVE to watch the video of it. Nervous.