First day of the new school year, and my younger kid is trapped at elementary school because a bear wandered down out of the mountains and was cavorting around the perimeter of the campus. All the "walk-home" kids were made to wait in the cafeteria until someone showed up to get them.
It's gonna be that kind of year.
Follow W.C. Fields' budget:
1) Spend half on gambling, alcohol, and wild women.
2) Waste the other half.
YouYour friend will be rich in life experience.
Arguing with bills fans on DK Valentine's old BBoard; amber monochrome text, blinking cursor (block OR underscore, yay choices!), 9600 baud if you were lucky, no graphics. Man I tell ya, those were the days!
/ducks
Well... not necessarily. I have a mathematician friend who can barely balance his checkbook, but has proven like 10 major conjectures and won the Veblen prize in Geometry.
Update: The ME has ruled that this was a suicide. Sad.
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Medical-examiner-rules-Cos-Cob-railroad-death-a-6436349.php
Du mußt herrschen und gewinnen,
Oder dienen und verlieren,
Leiden oder triumphieren,
Amboß oder Hammer sein.
I guess old JWvG was the anvil this time....
Over 93,000 fans packed the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for Tuesday's friendly (FC Barca vs. LA Galaxy).
http://www.lagalaxy.com/post/2015/07/21/la-galaxy-lose-fc-barcelona-2-1-sold-out-rose-bowl-stadium
Me: "Oh really? That's very interesting."
<yelling over my shoulder to my imaginary colleague: "Hey, is that drone hot yet? Yeah? How long until you can triangulate the signal? 90 seconds? OK...>
Scammer: ?
Me: "Oh sir, could you please stay on the line for another minute and a half? Thanks!"
Scammer: <click>