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28761. arkymalarky - 10/30/2015 1:08:01 AM Believe me, I understand anxiety attacks. I was plagued with them for years. Not much to do, because you can't reason through them. You just get through what's causing them. Don't know if you need it, but there is an app for that. And there some that work really well. 28762. arkymalarky - 10/30/2015 1:11:23 AM When my dad went to DC as a cryptanalyst for the NSA, he was really suffering from anxiety and panic attacks, but at the time nobody really knew what that stuff was. He of course thought he was dying, so he went to the doctor and he noticed the doctors sleeves were very worn at the elbows. He was telling him all about his symptoms, and all his issues, and the doctor, propped on his elbows, went sound asleep. Woke up, picked up right where he left off, and of course told Dad he was fine. The doctor had narcolepsy. 28763. judithathome - 10/30/2015 7:11:16 PM Believe it or not, my DENTIST had that! And he was my son's father-in-law so I just suffered through his exams...because he was the best ever...when he was awake. 28764. arkymalarky - 10/30/2015 11:38:10 PM Scary. How did he deal with drilling and filling teeth and stuff like that? 28765. judithathome - 10/31/2015 5:14:27 PM He'd only fall asleep in between tasks like that...while waiting for a mold to set, a shot to take effect, etc.
If he was honed in on an actual task, he was fine...I never related a long detailed story to him, that's for sure! 28766. arkymalarky - 11/1/2015 3:38:00 AM Made a cool owl Jack O'Lantern. Year 32, no kids to enjoy it. Oh well. 28767. judithathome - 11/1/2015 10:29:09 PM The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding,
subtracting, or changing one letter, and then to supply a
new definition.
The winners:
Cashtration (n.): A procedure performed by the wife's
attorney during a divorce proceeding
Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with
Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly
Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer,unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future
Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very,very high
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it
Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late
Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease (This one gets extra credit)
Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes,right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer
Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you
Glibido (n.): All talk and no action
Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly
Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web
Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out
Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating
Frisbeetarianism (n.): The belief that after death the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there
The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply
alternate meanings for common words. The winners:
Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs
Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained
Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach
esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk
Negligent, adj. Absent-mindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown
Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp
Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash
Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller
Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline
Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists
Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist
Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms
Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men
28768. Ms. No - 11/3/2015 3:15:38 AM Those are great!! 28769. robertjayb - 11/5/2015 9:58:19 PM Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer,unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future...
I like it. Should be useful in the political season. 28770. arkymalarky - 11/7/2015 5:24:50 AM Reintarnation must be what happened to me. 28771. judithathome - 11/13/2015 8:58:03 PM Happy Paraskevidekatriaphobia Day!!! 28772. robertjayb - 11/19/2015 7:55:43 PM Adios, Muchachos...
SAN DIEGO (AP) - More Mexicans are leaving the United States than migrating into the country, marking a reversal of one of the most significant immigration trends in U.S. history..... Pew Research Center found that slightly more than 1 million Mexicans and their families, including American-born children, left the U.S. for Mexico from 2009 to 2014. During the same time, 870,000 Mexicans came to the U.S., resulting in a net flow to Mexico of 140,000. 28773. robertjayb - 11/20/2015 2:37:10 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXTJ2aK7uI 28774. robertjayb - 11/20/2015 2:41:38 AM Hope it works...if not, it is Willie doing "Living in the Promised land. Look it up. Timely, I think. And for anytime, it's Willie. What else do you need? 28775. robertjayb - 11/20/2015 2:56:36 AM Another way to go is Juanita Jean's World's Most Dangerous Beauty Shop. Willie is top of the list at the moment. 28776. iiibbb - 11/21/2015 3:20:13 PM Crosspost... Wrong thread
Went home for a couple of days to e with my mom during dad's birthday and clean out some of his stuff. He still had every PC since the 80vs probably. I took 3 cpus, 3 crts, tons of cables and all of his electronics scraps to the recycling center. Wierd driving around my hometown. Places that were the deep woods are all entire neighborhoods for miles. Stores no longer where they used to be. Crazy.
Mom did okay.
Worst part was going out to lunch with an old friend who in many ways helped raise me. As a means of comparison, his and my parents phone numbers are the only two from tjere I don't need to look up. Always a bit conservative he's turn himself into quite the racist. Obama hates white people. There is a great non white plot to out produce us in fertility and take over the world.
Sad.
I'd disown him if he didn't mean so much to me 28777. arkymalarky - 11/21/2015 5:27:18 PM I thought that was an odd post for the garden thread. But I posted a response in there 28778. Ms. No - 11/23/2015 12:36:24 AM Have I mentioned how much I fucking love the Kongos' album, Lunatic? 28779. arkymalarky - 11/23/2015 12:56:15 AM Ha-ha! Not lately.... 28780. Ms. No - 11/23/2015 6:54:35 PM I built a sort of house-cleaning-classroom-straightening-piddling-around-the-house playlist on my Amazon Prime.
Kongos - Lunatic
Saint Motel - Voyeur
Atlas Genius - Inanimate Objects
Gin Wigmore - Gravel & Wine
Boy & Bear - Harlequin Dream
21 Pilots - 21 Pilots
The Demberists - Castaways & Cutthroats
Man Man - On Oni Pond
Fitz & the Tantrums - More than Just a Dream
Misterwives - Our Own House
Milky Chance - Sadnecessary
Rumspringa - Rumspringa EP
The Cat Empire - Two Shoes
Foster the People - Torches
None of which anyone but maybe you, Arky, have ever heard.
I've no idea what i3b3 listens to, but I think we're within 10 years of each other (he being the younger).
It's one of the things I miss most about living close to my brother - sharing our latest musical finds. Sure, we text and call, but it's not the same thing as sitting in the car with the radio cranked right up to the threshold of pain and immersing yourself with another person in an audio-experience.
We grew up doing this with our dad, and if I lived closer to him we'd share too. His tastes are a little more traditional, but he'll give anything a try. As far as he's concerned, good music is good music regardless of genre.
Plus he's got a 9yo son who'll keep him up-to-date.
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