GM's thread about nothing (13 Viewers)

[T Bell]

This walking boot is kind of a #####

Oh well, at least you have your wife to say, "I told you so."

 

[T Bell]

HErd, I know you don't really know me (define "know" however you want) so take this for whatever this is worth. It's coming straight from the heart/experience:

Get your ### into therapy asap - both individually and with your wife. In the Herd-alone sessions, be as honest as you've been here; lying works against you. In the couples sessions, you're gonna get beat up so be ready. I've done both and it's hard. The alone-therapy sessions were really liberating for me as this lady had no vested interest in me (like my friends/family would) and called me out on my bull####. The couples portion (different lady) were harder as it only lasted one session before my soon-to-be-ex quit and it was basically (in my biased opinion) a "Uruk sucks" deal. That being said, I think the couples thing would've done wonders had either both of us REALLY wanted to make it work.

I'm a "fix it" guy - it's the way I'm wired and what I do professionally. I couldn't fix that relationship. I understand what you're going through. But you're not equipped to handle this. There's no shame in that. I've got no kids, so the fall-out of my failed relationships isn't what yours is. It was easy for me (or my exes) to quit.

If you love your wife, wanna stay with her, and be in the same house as your kid - get some help. I'm willing to talk off-line if you want.

Fixed. Otherwise

 

[Limp Ditka]

haven't been to the Shark Pool in a couple years.. but if someone wants to chum the water i was thinking a "Defense is the reason the Pats won those SB's, not Brady" thread might be fun

Those Pats fans would scream for your head on a pike.

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=675423

I'm not sure what's funnier, lemmy looking up the Montana numbers, or Phonix piling on.

 

[bentley]

K4 - We are all going to be fatter, uglier, or weirder in person than we appear online. Don't let that hold you back.

 

[krista4]

I'll put this stuff in spoilers so no one thinks I'm junking up the GMTAN.

Spoiler

Had a long talk with the wife tonight. Mostly she talked and I listened. She is overwelmed with the struggle that I brought in to our life not long after we got married. I started one business and it blew up in the worst way possible (lost money, lost friends, lawsuits). ANd then I jumped right back in and started another. She wonders if I don't have a conscience about the money people have invested in me that either was lost (first go round) or is at risk (second go round). She says she wakes up every morning wondering if that's the day I tell her we've lost everything. She says that she thinks I may be one of those people who goes looking for a struggle in life instead of just being normal (probably true). She says I spend so much time on a computer or iPad or phone that I'm missing out on the world around me and she feels ignored (probably true). She says I'm not spontaneous and don't do anything with her our or daughter and I'd rather come home and sit on the couch after work (true). She says that taking them out to eat a couple times a week isn't the same as living a life with them. (I've tried to get better at this; I took her to a concert in November and have tickets for another in February. But most of the time when we do things like going to the zoo or something it is her idea and, in her words, I just "tag along.") She says some days she thinks I just married her to show off that I could have her (not at all true) and that I don't respect or care about her as a person (not true, but I see how she can feel this way). She remembers back when we were poor and rented a house and had a dog but no internet and no business ideas and I wasn't a walking ball of stressful energy. She says I've changed from the man she married and she's finally to the point after all these years of wondering if that guy is gone for good. SHe thinks I drink too much (true) and smoke too much (true) for anyone, much less a guy on blood-pressure medicine. She's sickened by the fact that she has been telling me that for years and I have a daughter to think about but I selfishly do it anyway. It makes her thinks that I don't care about anyone but myself. She wonders how a person who is supposed to be so smart and educated has made so many bad decisions. Her theory is that I come from an environment of showy, phony, high-achievers (true) and whether its conscious or not, I can't be happy living a normal life. And she wonders if it can be salvaged because she has watched for years as I've stopped one obsession/habit/vice and simply replaced it with another. Internet poker, learning to program computers, golf, etc.She's angry about the money but that was mostly a tipping point. I've exhausted her for so long with everything else and she has put on a happy face and can't do it anymore.I told myself last night I'd try to quit drinking for a week. To see if I could do it, to see if I felt better, to see if she noticed. And, honestly, I'm already trying to justify to myself that that isn't the problem and it won't hurt for me to have a drink tonight.I have already started submitting resumes and was feeling pretty good about that until I remembered that many companies (including the one I'd most be inclined to work for) have background checks that may or may not include credit reports. My credit is in the mid-500's and while I've never committed a felony, I did spend the afternoon in October in jail because of an unpaid traffic ticket. So I was excited about the prospects of that until I realized it may not matter after all depending on what the background check includes.So that's where we are on this.

First off...you're not junking up. That's what we're here for. It seems like at a minimum, you did the right thing by just listening. Let me ask you, the things you say are "true" in parenthesis...did you admit that to your wife as well? If not, that sounds like a solid next step. You need to be 100% honest with her, as she was with you...on your faults, on why you continue to drink/smoke, but mostly for how much you care about her and your daughter....and the steps on what you're prepared to do. Now of course it's not going to be easy, AND you have to follow through on everything as you say you will. GL GBThis is a great posting.Abe, in my opinion the fact that your wife is talking to you and expressing what she needs from you means there is still a lot of hope for the relationship. If she's laying out exactly where she stands, it means she's still putting effort into this and actually wants it to work. She's looking for some reassurance that you will take steps on the matters she's expressed concern about. You can show an immediate effort on some (drinking, smoking too much), which will go a long way to repairing the relationship. And on the others, you can also take steps that will show you are listening and addressing the issues, even if it might take longer for those to come to fruition.You've always given a lot of advice on the forum to people who want to start their own businesses, but I've never felt like that was going great for you. My impression, which might be way off base, is that you're a very smart guy who's felt he should be able to do something extraordinary rather than just being in a "regular" job. And while you might be extraordinary, at this point I think you realize you might need to "settle" for a regular job to be able to take care of what matters to you most--your daughter and wife. That doesn't make you in any sense a failure. In fact, you have taken risks and made leaps that most of us don't have the guts for at all. Realizing what you want and what is important to you, and taking steps to preserve those things, is likewise going to be a ballsy thing for you to do, and I'm absolutely sure you can be successful in this. Don't worry about the credit score, etc.--you ARE going to be able to find a great job that will take some stress off not only your wife but you as well!Lots of people around here will have fantastic advice to help you along as you do this.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Dudes don't count, though.

Girl, I I-love you but this is bull ####. I agree that women are held to different body-type standards than guys are. That's ####ed up, but ingrained. But to think that guys aren't more pressured by the way they look than they were back in the day is equally silly. Hell, out of the two ladies here, I actually expected YSR to bail.And this will fall on deaf ears at this point but, as far as I can tell, EVERYONE coming loves you. You've certainly been fantastic to me; I don't give a damn if you look like an uglier, bigger Kathy Bates.C'mon - get yourself down to Austin and let's have some fun

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I had a chest x-ray done Friday as well as blood work done Saturday. I remarked to Mrs. SLB an hour ago that I couldn't believe I haven't heard anything since I always get an e-mail no longer than 24 hours after stuff like this. My doctor just called me, I have to admit my heart sunk into my into my stomach. (Why is he calling me directly? Why not just send an e-mail or have a nurse call? Oh ####.) I'm fine, my cholesterol was way up but as I told him, I'm sure it is because I haven't been exercising for the most part in almost a month this chest infection has been so bad. Still pretty relieved, freaked out to hear his voice.

 

[Frostillicus]

This walking boot is kind of a #####

Yeah they are the suck. Surgical shoe is just as bad except you can actually move your ankle. I am assuming the xray was negative or inconclusive?

Negative, for now. If it's not better after taking the cortisone and being in the boot for five days they'll have to look again because at that point it's probably a stress fracture

 

[T Bell]

Dudes don't count, though.

Girl, I I-love you but this is bull ####. I agree that women are held to different body-type standards than guys are. That's ####ed up, but ingrained. But to think that guys aren't more pressured by the way they look than they were back in the day is equally silly. Hell, out of the two ladies here, I actually expected YSR to bail.And this will fall on deaf ears at this point but, as far as I can tell, EVERYONE coming loves you. You've certainly been fantastic to me; I don't give a damn if you look like an uglier, bigger Kathy Bates.

C'mon - get yourself down to Austin and let's have some fun

I know what you're trying to say here, but da-amn!

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I know I only form friendships with people if their BMI is appropriate. K4> the corn hole part isn't literal, ywia.

 

[Abraham]

I'll put this stuff in spoilers so no one thinks I'm junking up the GMTAN.

Spoiler

Had a long talk with the wife tonight. Mostly she talked and I listened. She is overwelmed with the struggle that I brought in to our life not long after we got married. I started one business and it blew up in the worst way possible (lost money, lost friends, lawsuits). ANd then I jumped right back in and started another. She wonders if I don't have a conscience about the money people have invested in me that either was lost (first go round) or is at risk (second go round). She says she wakes up every morning wondering if that's the day I tell her we've lost everything. She says that she thinks I may be one of those people who goes looking for a struggle in life instead of just being normal (probably true). She says I spend so much time on a computer or iPad or phone that I'm missing out on the world around me and she feels ignored (probably true). She says I'm not spontaneous and don't do anything with her our or daughter and I'd rather come home and sit on the couch after work (true). She says that taking them out to eat a couple times a week isn't the same as living a life with them. (I've tried to get better at this; I took her to a concert in November and have tickets for another in February. But most of the time when we do things like going to the zoo or something it is her idea and, in her words, I just "tag along.") She says some days she thinks I just married her to show off that I could have her (not at all true) and that I don't respect or care about her as a person (not true, but I see how she can feel this way). She remembers back when we were poor and rented a house and had a dog but no internet and no business ideas and I wasn't a walking ball of stressful energy. She says I've changed from the man she married and she's finally to the point after all these years of wondering if that guy is gone for good. SHe thinks I drink too much (true) and smoke too much (true) for anyone, much less a guy on blood-pressure medicine. She's sickened by the fact that she has been telling me that for years and I have a daughter to think about but I selfishly do it anyway. It makes her thinks that I don't care about anyone but myself. She wonders how a person who is supposed to be so smart and educated has made so many bad decisions. Her theory is that I come from an environment of showy, phony, high-achievers (true) and whether its conscious or not, I can't be happy living a normal life. And she wonders if it can be salvaged because she has watched for years as I've stopped one obsession/habit/vice and simply replaced it with another. Internet poker, learning to program computers, golf, etc.She's angry about the money but that was mostly a tipping point. I've exhausted her for so long with everything else and she has put on a happy face and can't do it anymore.I told myself last night I'd try to quit drinking for a week. To see if I could do it, to see if I felt better, to see if she noticed. And, honestly, I'm already trying to justify to myself that that isn't the problem and it won't hurt for me to have a drink tonight.I have already started submitting resumes and was feeling pretty good about that until I remembered that many companies (including the one I'd most be inclined to work for) have background checks that may or may not include credit reports. My credit is in the mid-500's and while I've never committed a felony, I did spend the afternoon in October in jail because of an unpaid traffic ticket. So I was excited about the prospects of that until I realized it may not matter after all depending on what the background check includes.So that's where we are on this.

Spoiler

First off...you're not junking up. That's what we're here for. It seems like at a minimum, you did the right thing by just listening. Let me ask you, the things you say are "true" in parenthesis...did you admit that to your wife as well? If not, that sounds like a solid next step. You need to be 100% honest with her, as she was with you...on your faults, on why you continue to drink/smoke, but mostly for how much you care about her and your daughter....and the steps on what you're prepared to do. Now of course it's not going to be easy, AND you have to follow through on everything as you say you will. GL GB

This is a great posting.Abe, in my opinion the fact that your wife is talking to you and expressing what she needs from you means there is still a lot of hope for the relationship. If she's laying out exactly where she stands, it means she's still putting effort into this and actually wants it to work. She's looking for some reassurance that you will take steps on the matters she's expressed concern about. You can show an immediate effort on some (drinking, smoking too much), which will go a long way to repairing the relationship. And on the others, you can also take steps that will show you are listening and addressing the issues, even if it might take longer for those to come to fruition.You've always given a lot of advice on the forum to people who want to start their own businesses, but I've never felt like that was going great for you. My impression, which might be way off base, is that you're a very smart guy who's felt he should be able to do something extraordinary rather than just being in a "regular" job. And while you might be extraordinary, at this point I think you realize you might need to "settle" for a regular job to be able to take care of what matters to you most--your daughter and wife. That doesn't make you in any sense a failure. In fact, you have taken risks and made leaps that most of us don't have the guts for at all. Realizing what you want and what is important to you, and taking steps to preserve those things, is likewise going to be a ballsy thing for you to do, and I'm absolutely sure you can be successful in this. Don't worry about the credit score, etc.--you ARE going to be able to find a great job that will take some stress off not only your wife but you as well!Lots of people around here will have fantastic advice to help you along as you do this.K4 - you have me pegged pretty well. I'm coming to grips with the fact that the facade I've maintained for a while both at work at home is going to ruin my life. I have a chance to stop it, and I will try. If I'm honest with myself i realize that I am book smart about a lot of things but that doesn't mean I can do whatever I want and "out think" everyone around me. My wife has talked to me a lot more tonight once I got home (ran out of gas and had to walk - nut sack kick). I put in 22 resumes/applications today and will continue flooding the market tomorrow. I'm hopeful that ill get some feedback soon. I'm very fortunate to live in a market where companies are hiring. And I've had a diet coke tonight. There may be time to joke later, but I do wonder what people do at night if they don't drink....

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Man, this T Bell dot shtick is pretty terrible.

 

[proninja]

K4 - you have me pegged pretty well. I'm coming to grips with the fact that the facade I've maintained for a while both at work at home is going to ruin my life. I have a chance to stop it, and I will try. If I'm honest with myself i realize that I am book smart about a lot of things but that doesn't mean I can do whatever I want and "out think" everyone around me. My wife has talked to me a lot more tonight once I got home (ran out of gas and had to walk - nut sack kick). I put in 22 resumes/applications today and will continue flooding the market tomorrow. I'm hopeful that ill get some feedback soon. I'm very fortunate to live in a market where companies are hiring. And I've had a diet coke tonight. There may be time to joke later, but I do wonder what people do at night if they don't drink....

We're proud of you. Kick this thing's ###.

 

[General Malaise]

I also, despite the almost nauseating name (or is it just me?) bought some of this today.GM, you Velveeta hating jerk, is this alright? The container is mostly white so I'm sure you like that.

It's great. I like to scoop it while reaching around another dude at the buffet table.

 

[General Malaise]

Someone signed up for an Amazon account with my email address. Now I get a bunch of emails from Amazon every time he orders something. Which is often. There isn't any unsubscribe option, only a link to the "my account" page which I obviously can't access. Any idea how I would go about fixing this?

For whatever reason, my Gmail address is hugely popular with people thinking they are emailing someone else. I get all kinds of things: invites to baby showers, dance team updates, reminders to pick up my prescriptions, school closing information, etc. Usually I realize it's a losing battle and just delete, but sometimes I email them letting them know they are idiots. You might do something like that.

I have the same problem due to having a somewhat common name and having been able to get myname@gmail.com. Quite often I respond as if I'm the person they meant to email. One lady used to email me often for the rent, so I started offering her sex in lieu of rent.One woman worked at the Hard rock in Vegas and was emailing about my upcoming bachelor party that I had reserved. I asked if I could bring midget prostitutes, and she responded with "What happens in Vegas...". I then asked her, since that was the case, how about her and I happening in Vegas.Just a week or two ago, I ended up in an email between multiple parties dealing with a work project with people here and in China. I decided to let that one slide.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Caved. Going to foot specialist lady tomorrow. Is very hurty.

What's wrong again?Both of mine are ####ing hurting. But I'm tired of going to the doctor.

Tuesday morning my foot hurt for no reason I could recall (and I didn't drink the night prior). Tuesday evening I said F it and ran on the treadmill anyway. Since then the pain has been between a 3 and an 8. My wife made me an appointment with her podiatrist friend (special favor) on Friday and I told her to forget it because Friday morning I was at a 3 and figured I was getting better. Was very hurty again Saturday and I was gonna play it cool so my wife couldn't call me a dubmass but keeps getting worse so here we are. If you wanted more the symptoms, which I now suspect is what you were asking, my foot really ####### hurts. Sometimes it's just the top and sometimes it's the whole thing including teh calf. I'm starting to suspect foot AIDS.

Sorry GB, but this needs to stop.

You're awfully hard on me lately.

I'm sorry GB, maybe it's the list. You need to drop Wisconsin down a few notches.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Man, this T Bell dot shtick is pretty terrible.

The worst

 

[General Malaise]

This Of Monsters and Men band is really growing on me.

I go to church 1-2 times a year tops; xmas eve and anytime my mom is doing something that gets her recognized (like yesterday). I am usually bored to tears and am reminded why I don't go regularly. But yesterday, they had a 'guest' minister (or reverend? deacon? pastor?) who was dynamite. Guy quoted - not out of the bible (though he did do some of that) but out of Huck Finn, which is one of my all time favorite books. He was talking about doing the right thing in your heart (not turning in a slave despite societal pressures to do so) and even talked about homosexuals attaining equal rights (which I thought was a NO NO in church circles). I was really impressed. Who'd thunk it.

And man, as much as I was dreading this weekend, it was one of the BEST I've had in ages. Really connected with my daughter, got along fabulously with me MIL, had my sons almost all weekend, saw a cousin I hadn't seen in 23 years, met some new friends, visited with some of my oldest friends. All the high notes were hit and it was so unexpected. Haven't been this happy in a long time.

OH! And Drifter - we went to Salty's tonight. We tried over the weekend to spot a wild bald eagle for my MIL and try as we might, we just couldn't spot one. We're eating dinner over the Columbia on a marvelous day and mid-meal, I look out and see a wild bald eagle swooping down into the water to snatch a fish. My MIL said that was on her 'bucket list' and now, it is crossed off.

#tl; dr, #I'mfattoo, #can'twaitforFeb1

 

[krista4]

K4 - We are all going to be fatter, uglier, or weirder in person than we appear online. Don't let that hold you back.

Fatter, check. Uglier, check. Weirder, hopeful.

Dudes don't count, though.

Girl, I I-love you but this is bull ####. I agree that women are held to different body-type standards than guys are. That's ####ed up, but ingrained. But to think that guys aren't more pressured by the way they look than they were back in the day is equally silly. Hell, out of the two ladies here, I actually expected YSR to bail.And this will fall on deaf ears at this point but, as far as I can tell, EVERYONE coming loves you. You've certainly been fantastic to me; I don't give a damn if you look like an uglier, bigger Kathy Bates.C'mon - get yourself down to Austin and let's have some fun

Not everyone. I'm sorry for all this public flagellation. It actually was not meant to engender the "come anyway" stuff so much as admitting publicly that I'm a dickmitten. :(

I know I only form friendships with people if their BMI is appropriate. K4> the corn hole part isn't literal, ywia.

I don't get this. Maybe I don't want to?

 

[General Malaise]

I'm a dickmitten. :(

We're ALL dickmittens. Fat, pale, old dickmittens. But you're one of us and I don't think there's a person here who gives s good ####### WHAT you look like. There's a LOT of us who would like to give you a big hug and tell you "Thank You" for being a good friend to people you've never met before. Christ, I'm going to get fitted for a UHEM moo-moo for this thing.

 

[krista4]

My favorite Nicaraguan experiences from this trip (in no particular order):1. Granada and Managua, arch rivals on the level of Red Sox v. Yankees, Duke v. North Carolina, or GM v. the sun, played in the deciding game 5 of the playoffs last night. We wanted to go--if you remember my account of the other Nicaraguan beisbol game we attended, you'll understand why--but Julio warned against it as he said last year there was violence involving broken bottles and cars set on fire. So instead we ended up at a bar last night watching it on TV with a bunch of very exuberant Nicaraguans. Bottom of the 9th, Granada down 3-2. They scored a run to send it into extra innings, and then won in the bottom of the 10th. The excitement, joy, and noise was incredible. Uruk will appreciate...fireworks inexplicably started at the stadium in the middle of the 9th and continued throughout the game and then throughout the night. 2. Julio has a son, Santi, who is about 15 months old. He has taught Santi the important stuff, like how to high-five everyone or to kiss his Aunt Krista on the cheek, but most importantly, he has taught Santi that Mr. krista is loco and the little circles one makes on the side of the head to indicate "crazy", so that when Santi hears Mr. krista's name, he just touches the side of his head to indicate "loco".3. Julio told us of a homeless guy that lives in Granada who doesn't own a watch or any other timepiece but always know, with absolute precision, what time it is. Doesn't matter if it's cloudy or sunny, day or night, but he can tell you the time. Everyone calls him Bruce Lee. We asked Julio why he is known as Bruce Lee. "I don't know; that's just what we call him."

 

[T Bell]

Man, this T Bell dot shtick is pretty terrible.

The worst

You two just made the list.

 

[krista4]

We're ALL dickmittens.

I've had a really great GM quote as my sig for years, but I might have to update for this.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I know I only form friendships with people if their BMI is appropriate. K4> the corn hole part isn't literal, ywia.

I don't get this. Maybe I don't want to?

Which part? The cornhole?

Spoiler

cornholing is teh buttsex

Or body mass index?The point is the people here are (or should be) friends with you regardless of what you look like.Edit: Outer space hair is obviously a huge plus though.

 

[krista4]

I know I only form friendships with people if their BMI is appropriate. K4> the corn hole part isn't literal, ywia.

I don't get this. Maybe I don't want to?

Which part? The cornhole?

Spoiler

cornholing is teh buttsex

Or body mass index?The point is the people here are (or should be) friends with you regardless of what you look like.

Oh, what I didn't know was

Spoiler

teh buttsecks

 

[Tremendous Upside]

That's a pretty good sig there, Krista

 

[General Malaise]

I know I only form friendships with people if their BMI is appropriate.

K4> the corn hole part isn't literal, ywia.

I don't get this. Maybe I don't want to?

Which part? The cornhole?

Spoiler

cornholing is teh buttsex

Or body mass index?

The point is the people here are (or should be) friends with you regardless of what you look like.

Edit: Outer space hair is obviously a huge plus though.

Take me to your leader.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I know I only form friendships with people if their BMI is appropriate.

K4> the corn hole part isn't literal, ywia.

I don't get this. Maybe I don't want to?

Which part? The cornhole?

Spoiler

cornholing is teh buttsex

Spoiler

Or body mass index?

The point is the people here are (or should be) friends with you regardless of what you look like.

Edit: Outer space hair is obviously a huge plus though.

Take me to your leader barber.

Fixed

 

[kevzilla]

I know I only form friendships with people if their BMI is appropriate.

K4> the corn hole part isn't literal, ywia.

I don't get this. Maybe I don't want to?

Which part? The cornhole?

Spoiler

cornholing is teh buttsex

Spoiler

Or body mass index?

The point is the people here are (or should be) friends with you regardless of what you look like.

Edit: Outer space hair is obviously a huge plus though.

Take me to your leader.

 

[eoMMan]

You're kind, but I'm talking like 30 pounds. Wait, was "don't sweat it" a fat chick joke?

No, it wasn't a fat chick joke at all.

 

[shuke]

Caved. Going to foot specialist lady tomorrow. Is very hurty.

What's wrong again?Both of mine are ####ing hurting. But I'm tired of going to the doctor.

Tuesday morning my foot hurt for no reason I could recall (and I didn't drink the night prior). Tuesday evening I said F it and ran on the treadmill anyway. Since then the pain has been between a 3 and an 8. My wife made me an appointment with her podiatrist friend (special favor) on Friday and I told her to forget it because Friday morning I was at a 3 and figured I was getting better. Was very hurty again Saturday and I was gonna play it cool so my wife couldn't call me a dubmass but keeps getting worse so here we are. If you wanted more the symptoms, which I now suspect is what you were asking, my foot really ####### hurts. Sometimes it's just the top and sometimes it's the whole thing including teh calf. I'm starting to suspect foot AIDS.

Thinking about amputating both of mine. The right toe I had surgery one has been pretty sore the past week. I'm now getting sciatica issues in my right foot when I extend my leg, severe burning on the outside and I now have a small area with no feeling. Plantar fasciitis in my left seems to have improved, but I am now having a lot of pain on the top of my foot near the ankle, it's like the ####ing pain displaced.I CAN'T ####ING WAIT TO TURN 40!

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Man, this T Bell dot shtick is pretty terrible.

Thank you for saying what needed to be said.

 

[shuke]

Gusher has a very exciting announcement/unveiling coming soon.

not sure how exciting it is, but here is a new GMTAN Coshole shirt design in 1 color for lower cost.

In black, so it's slimming (I'll take a large, GB).

Now featuring the official coshole mascot, for those that didn't appreciate my efforts to reproduce GM's face as a cartoon on a shirt

my link

ETA - tough to tell with the quality of the preview, but the dog tag says:

cos

hole

'13

Other one was way better.

No disrespect to GB Guster, but I agree.

HINT: he made both of them.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Salonpas pain patches are amazing. I slept on my neck wrong and was in discomfort all day. Pharmacist recommended these, and they are awesome.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Salonpas pain patches are amazing. I slept on my neck wrong and was in discomfort all day. Pharmacist recommended these, and they are awesome.

Could one, say, cover his whole body in these?

 

[shuke]

I'll put this stuff in spoilers so no one thinks I'm junking up the GMTAN.

Spoiler

Had a long talk with the wife tonight. Mostly she talked and I listened. She is overwelmed with the struggle that I brought in to our life not long after we got married. I started one business and it blew up in the worst way possible (lost money, lost friends, lawsuits). ANd then I jumped right back in and started another. She wonders if I don't have a conscience about the money people have invested in me that either was lost (first go round) or is at risk (second go round). She says she wakes up every morning wondering if that's the day I tell her we've lost everything. She says that she thinks I may be one of those people who goes looking for a struggle in life instead of just being normal (probably true). She says I spend so much time on a computer or iPad or phone that I'm missing out on the world around me and she feels ignored (probably true). She says I'm not spontaneous and don't do anything with her our or daughter and I'd rather come home and sit on the couch after work (true). She says that taking them out to eat a couple times a week isn't the same as living a life with them. (I've tried to get better at this; I took her to a concert in November and have tickets for another in February. But most of the time when we do things like going to the zoo or something it is her idea and, in her words, I just "tag along.") She says some days she thinks I just married her to show off that I could have her (not at all true) and that I don't respect or care about her as a person (not true, but I see how she can feel this way). She remembers back when we were poor and rented a house and had a dog but no internet and no business ideas and I wasn't a walking ball of stressful energy. She says I've changed from the man she married and she's finally to the point after all these years of wondering if that guy is gone for good. SHe thinks I drink too much (true) and smoke too much (true) for anyone, much less a guy on blood-pressure medicine. She's sickened by the fact that she has been telling me that for years and I have a daughter to think about but I selfishly do it anyway. It makes her thinks that I don't care about anyone but myself. She wonders how a person who is supposed to be so smart and educated has made so many bad decisions. Her theory is that I come from an environment of showy, phony, high-achievers (true) and whether its conscious or not, I can't be happy living a normal life. And she wonders if it can be salvaged because she has watched for years as I've stopped one obsession/habit/vice and simply replaced it with another. Internet poker, learning to program computers, golf, etc.She's angry about the money but that was mostly a tipping point. I've exhausted her for so long with everything else and she has put on a happy face and can't do it anymore.I told myself last night I'd try to quit drinking for a week. To see if I could do it, to see if I felt better, to see if she noticed. And, honestly, I'm already trying to justify to myself that that isn't the problem and it won't hurt for me to have a drink tonight.I have already started submitting resumes and was feeling pretty good about that until I remembered that many companies (including the one I'd most be inclined to work for) have background checks that may or may not include credit reports. My credit is in the mid-500's and while I've never committed a felony, I did spend the afternoon in October in jail because of an unpaid traffic ticket. So I was excited about the prospects of that until I realized it may not matter after all depending on what the background check includes.So that's where we are on this.

Spoiler

i don't know a lot but that top half is bad. really bad. really really bad.

Yeah, I'll agree. Your marriage is in bigger crisis than your finances. I'm sorry you're going through this.Agreed, this is very tough to hear. Quit drinking. Now. Not for a week. For good.

 

[Frostillicus]

Salonpas pain patches are amazing. I slept on my neck wrong and was in discomfort all day. Pharmacist recommended these, and they are awesome.

Could one, say, cover his whole body in these?

You have any idea how expensive that would be for you?

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Salonpas pain patches are amazing. I slept on my neck wrong and was in discomfort all day. Pharmacist recommended these, and they are awesome.

Could one, say, cover his whole body in these?

Theoretically? YesPractically? No

 

[shuke]

Will be in a walking boot the next five days and then will find out. Neat.

Are you serious?

 

[bostonfred]

UHEM moo-moo

Awesome.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Salonpas pain patches are amazing. I slept on my neck wrong and was in discomfort all day. Pharmacist recommended these, and they are awesome.

Could one, say, cover his whole body in these?

You have any idea how expensive that would be for you?

Nope...more expensive than most I'd imagine

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Salonpas pain patches are amazing. I slept on my neck wrong and was in discomfort all day. Pharmacist recommended these, and they are awesome.

Could one, say, cover his whole body in these?

Theoretically? YesPractically? No

But it wouldn't kill me or anything? Do they numb the pain or what?

 

[shuke]

I should have been here yesterday

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[shuke]

I had a chest x-ray done Friday as well as blood work done Saturday. I remarked to Mrs. SLB an hour ago that I couldn't believe I haven't heard anything since I always get an e-mail no longer than 24 hours after stuff like this. My doctor just called me, I have to admit my heart sunk into my into my stomach. (Why is he calling me directly? Why not just send an e-mail or have a nurse call? Oh ####.) I'm fine, my cholesterol was way up but as I told him, I'm sure it is because I haven't been exercising for the most part in almost a month this chest infection has been so bad. Still pretty relieved, freaked out to hear his voice.

 

[shuke]

I know I only form friendships with people if their BMI is appropriate. K4> the corn hole part isn't literal, ywia.

I don't get this. Maybe I don't want to?

NO ONE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE ANAL SEX WITH YOU UNLESS YOU ASK.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Oh, they will ask..

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Salonpas pain patches are amazing. I slept on my neck wrong and was in discomfort all day. Pharmacist recommended these, and they are awesome.

Could one, say, cover his whole body in these?

Theoretically? YesPractically? No

But it wouldn't kill me or anything? Do they numb the pain or what?

Yeah, it's like Ben Gay I guess, though it seems more potent and doesn't smell much and isn;t greasy...It's from Japan

 

[bostonfred]

And I've had a diet coke tonight. There may be time to joke later, but I do wonder what people do at night if they don't drink....

A few ideas:- spend more time being a dad. This one should be non negotiable. And its much easier when you're sober and not looking forward to a drink later. take more turns doing bath time, or reading a bed time story, etc.- start one of those honeydew projects you keep meaning to do but never seem to start. - be better hydrated. Use a humidifier, too, if you don't already. You'll be amazed how much better you feel.- work out earlier. - have more sex, and spend more time on her. She seems invested in helping you to be a better version of yourself. Reward that behavior.- find time for the friends who don't drink, especially friends with kids the same age as yours. Like so many of us, you obsess with projects, then move on to the next one after a while. Well, your new project is Operation Better COlin. Be a better father, husband, and man. Reenvision the man you want to be, including an honest appraisal of the stuff you don't want to do, whether its drinking, or spending time with her stupid friend carol, or obsessing about work, or posting on internet forums - and an honest appraisal of the things you'd like to have done by the time you die. Figure out which of those things can wait until you approach retirement age - maybe some more experience in the work force will make you an even better entrepeneur - and which ones you wont be able to do later, like being a good dad. Envision a calendar on a yearly scale, and where things need to go to get where you will want to have been by the time youre on your death bed some day and thinking about how you were a young, smart, motivated dude and what you wish you had done with your time here instead.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Salonpas pain patches are amazing. I slept on my neck wrong and was in discomfort all day. Pharmacist recommended these, and they are awesome.

Could one, say, cover his whole body in these?

Theoretically? YesPractically? No

But it wouldn't kill me or anything? Do they numb the pain or what?

Yeah, it's like Ben Gay I guess, though it seems more potent and doesn't smell much and isn;t greasy...It's from Japan

$12 for 120 patches on amazon. Operation Patch Body is underway!

 

[cosjobs]

Salonpas pain patches are amazing. I slept on my neck wrong and was in discomfort all day. Pharmacist recommended these, and they are awesome.

Could one, say, cover his whole body in these?

Theoretically? YesPractically? No

But it wouldn't kill me or anything? Do they numb the pain or what?

Yeah, it's like Ben Gay I guess, though it seems more potent and doesn't smell much and isn;t greasy...It's from Japan

Looked them up on AMazon. There are at least 4-5 types. What do you recommend? Hot? Capesium? Arhtitis? Plain? Extra Ribbed?