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Well, that's just the front walkway...the front and back yards are much larger.Your back garden seems to have flooded.
Are you referring to me or Dumarest?Your back garden seems to have flooded.
I assume you, but my yard was a little wet so who knows...Are you referring to me or Dumarest?
Are you referring to me or Dumarest?
Well, that's just the front walkway...the front and back yards are much larger.
Came across an old drawing by my son, probably from a couple years ago, while cleaning the bedroom: Captain Bat, who is "brave like a soldier and strong like a bear." Helpful arrows indicate his mask and cape.
Probably looking disapprovingly at crime and injustice!He seems miffed about something.
Fucking service industry in general.
Have to talk about this here, because can't bring it i up on Facebook because of who might see.
OK, so Mother's Day last Sunday, headed over to my GF's parent's place, and baked a pecan pie (Her mom's fav), some halibut In a Bearnaise sauce, garlic butter prawns, and potatoes au gratin. We had dinner then watched the latest GOT .
During dinner and through the show, my GF's mom (Sheri), so she's a bit tipsy by the end of the night. Anyways my GF and her dad are in the kitchen doing the dishes after, and I'm sitting in the living room talking to her mom, and the subject turns to Japan, as it often does, as Sheri and her husband lived there about ten years in the 60s-70s.
I'd heard many stories over the year, and of course they have cabinets full of souvenirs, but I never really knew what they were doing for work over there. The dad is in real estate now, and Sheri was an architect at one point.
But what I found out that night blew my mind. I mean, the last thing you'd expect from these elderly, good natured, very Canadian, very conservative folks.
Anyways turns out Sheri was hired in Tokyo to design and co-run these underground clubs. At first that was as specific as she got, but I'd mentioned seeing online these "snuggle cafes" in Japan, where you pay to basically lay in these beds and get cuddled by a young girl. And that's when Sheri reveals that her club was basically a front for a Yakuza prostitution ring! My GF's mom was essentially a Madame for a Yakuza brothel! She even talked about the place getting raided by the police!
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I think I told my story about an older 50+ woman who dressed impeccably and had perfect manners that I worked with. On my last day she reveals during lunch she once helped break her heroin using boyfriend out of a Mexican jail in the 60's. The final comment was "But Don't ever mention that to my teenage daughter".Have to talk about this here, because can't bring it i up on Facebook because of who might see.
OK, so Mother's Day last Sunday, headed over to my GF's parent's place, and baked a pecan pie (Her mom's fav), some halibut In a Bearnaise sauce, garlic butter prawns, and potatoes au gratin. We had dinner then watched the latest GOT .
During dinner and through the show, my GF's mom (Sheri), so she's a bit tipsy by the end of the night. Anyways my GF and her dad are in the kitchen doing the dishes after, and I'm sitting in the living room talking to her mom, and the subject turns to Japan, as it often does, as Sheri and her husband lived there about ten years in the 60s-70s.
I'd heard many stories over the year, and of course they have cabinets full of souvenirs, but I never really knew what they were doing for work over there. The dad is in real estate now, and Sheri was an architect at one point.
But what I found out that night blew my mind. I mean, the last thing you'd expect from these elderly, good natured, very Canadian, very conservative folks.
Anyways turns out Sheri was hired in Tokyo to design and co-run these underground clubs. At first that was as specific as she got, but I'd mentioned seeing online these "snuggle cafes" in Japan, where you pay to basically lay in these beds and get cuddled by a young girl. And that's when Sheri reveals that her club was basically a front for a Yakuza prostitution ring! My GF's mom was essentially a Madame for a Yakuza brothel! She even talked about the place getting raided by the police!
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I think I told my story about an older 50+ woman who dressed impeccably and had perfect manners that I worked with. On my last day she reveals during lunch she once helped break her heroin using boyfriend out of a Mexican jail in the 60's. The final comment was "But Don't ever mention that to my teenage daughter".
Similarly mind blown.
Challenge accepted!I also was told not to mention it to my GF, one of the reasons this is one of the few places I could mention it without it getting back to her
My house got burned. If I catch the one that dunnit, expect broken bones.
Like burned down all stuff lost or like mom burned the kitchen down again?My house got burned. If I catch the one that dunnit, expect broken bones.
Oh shit! The whole thing?My house got burned. If I catch the one that dunnit, expect broken bones.
I probably have most of my stuff intact. it's this thing here:
https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10787841
My cousin promised to set me up for a new apartment. I hope that my (former) landlord gets rapid compensation from the insurance company.
I don't know the language, but I assume that would be a much longer article if anyone had died. So there's that.I probably have most of my stuff intact. it's this thing here:
So, good news. No kidney stones this time.
Bad news, there is a cyst on one of my kidneys. I am to go see a urologist.
We had heavy rain this morning. Seen on the way back from YMCA swim class:
My kid turned two today and we have a major party set up but we were already anxious about the rain... and now he’s woken up sick. So not the best of days here. Wife is very very anxious and it does help that our surviving parents live in the same town but I still have to hold the emotional line most of the time and fffffffffuuuuuuck
My sympathies brother. I know that in spades. It does get easier, though it might not be soon. Make sure that you get some time for yourself - a little working out, a little creative energy outlet, a little sip a beverage. That particular period was pretty frustrating at points, but it gets better
Also, already 2? Good lord.
yea. same thing happened to me. There were periods where I was really creative in there, but others (like the last 2 years) where it just didn't happen. and exercise has been a struggle forever, but I am finding stuff.I’m fine on the beverage sipping department. Creative outlet and working out need work, tho. A lot of work.
Yeah, when you're being stoic and rock-like for other people, there's always a little voice in your head saying "Wait, who decided I was qualified for this?"I still have to hold the emotional line most of the time and fffffffffuuuuuuck
All of this. Wtf folks, why me? My wife and I are this for both sides of the family. JFC, I appreciate the vote of confidence but we struggle tooYeah, when you're being stoic and rock-like for other people, there's always a little voice in your head saying "Wait, who decided I was qualified for this?"
yea. same thing happened to me. There were periods where I was really creative in there, but others (like the last 2 years) where it just didn't happen. and exercise has been a struggle forever, but I am finding stuff.
Yeah, when you're being stoic and rock-like for other people, there's always a little voice in your head saying "Wait, who decided I was qualified for this?"
Why is it so hard to get to the dentist?!?! I last saw one seven years ago shortly before my first was born. I feel like finding time for a haircut is hard enough even then I usually have two or more in tow getting them cuts.Yeah, I’m ok with it actually, in that I usually get to pull it out, but... my wife and I tell each other that it’s ok for one of us to freak out as long as the other one’s holding it together. I tend to hold it together more often, on account of being a little less anxious, but lately it’s been adding up and becoming more taxing.
We’re getting a break from non-routine commitments in the next week — I had three lectures in a row and she’s been planning and setting up the party all by herself — and hopefully Baby Butcher’s new fever is just a bump in the road, so I hope we get to catch our breath and I can get around to fixing everything at home that needs fixing, get my ass to the dentist, etc.
And maybe get some reading done.