“Twitter” was such a cool name, and calling messages “tweets” was cute and made sense. I can’t believe how much he is blowing up the only form of social media I use.
I wonder, on the average college football team, what percentage of players do not have a tattoo? They are already popular with young people, and NIL will make it easy to afford them. My current guess is 76 percent of players on the average football team have a tattoo.
I spoke to one of the foundation repair guys at my house about the tattoo of three crosses on his neck. He looked like he was in his early twenties. After he told me the religious symbolism behind it, he said he wished he never would have gotten it. I bet a lot of young adults as they grow older are going to regret the tattoo they got. And the person who creates an easy and quick way to get rid of them is going to make boatloads of money.
I read somewhere that a high number of recently divorced women will get a tattoo within the first two years of divorce.
Sometimes I sit back and think about how I felt my divorce came out of nowhere. I had no idea my spouse was unhappy in our marriage, or with me. I thought she was unhappy about herself. Sure, we had problems we were working through, but since we never made it to a single counseling session together I didn’t think our marriage was near coming apart. She never communicated to me our marriage was in danger. The house was still going through a major restoration. And we agreed to renew our vows in a private ceremony with our kids. Heck, she even initiated sex the night before she left.
I wish I could look my children in the eyes and tell them we did everything possible to keep the family together. I feel so bad for my part in ruining their childhood when all of this could have been prevented.
When I look back at things, I see some of the red flags I missed. For instance, on our last Christmas together, my then-wife was crying when opening presents. She told us all she was crying out of the kindness of one present I got her. But now I see she knew that was going to be our last Christmas together as a whole family because she mentally checked out long ago.
The ex and I disagree on what is and what doesn’t constitute a family post-divorce.
Here’s one question I’d like her to answer: What things did you do to help keep the family together?
My ex told me she didn’t know when she stopped loving me. That got me thinking, is it possible to stop loving somebody? And, of course, you have to factor there are different types of love. I’m estranged from my brother and sister and feel they treated me badly. But I still love them. I never considered stopping loving them. I hate what they did to me, but wish we could all come together and talk things out. But no matter what, I still love and want them to get the best out of life. I made a covenant with God to love my ex. I may not be able to romantically love her, but now I love her as family. And like I said earlier, my ex and I disagree on what constitutes a family post-divorce.
By accounting for all streams of income, they revealed that doctors make more than anyone thought — and more than any other occupation we’ve measured. In the prime earning years of 40 to 55, the average physician made $405,000 in 2017 — almost all of it (94 percent) from wages. Doctors in the top 10 percent averaged $1.3 million. And those in the top 1 percent averaged an astounding $4 million, though most of that (85 percent) came from business income or capital gains.
In certain specialties, doctorssee substantially more in their peak earning years:Neurosurgeons (about $920,000), orthopedic surgeons ($789,000) and radiation oncologists ($709,000) all did especially well for themselves.
“In general, U.S. physicians are making about 50 percent more than German physicians and about more than twice as much as U.K. physicians,”
Until yesterday, I did not know that Cincinnati and Indianapolis were so close to each other. It’s less than a two-hour drive. I never thought about it before, but from a football perspective, I’m guessing the Bengals and Colts are rivals. Both teams are in the AFC, but not in the same division, though they should be because of their proximity to each other. It would make for a great division rivalry.
Texas Gov Abbott has installed circular saws between the Rio Grande border buoys to maim or kill anyone who attempts to climb over. Two bodies have already been found trapped in the floating barrier.
This made me think of the time I was suffering from severe depression. Instead of my in-laws helping me at my lowest, they used it against me to keep my children away from me. Man, that still hurts. My faith tells me to forgive. I’ve studied all the variants of forgiveness, but I’m just not there.
Zoom orders workers back to the office – Zoom, the video communications company whose name became synonymous with remote work during the pandemic, has ordered staff back to the office.
That article reminded me of this tweet:
The Big 12 and Big Ten conferences need to change their names to something that doesn’t include numbers. Conferences seem to always be losing and adding schools and the number of members in said conferences hasn’t matched the name for years. For the Big 12, I suggest something like the “Big West,”. At first, you may think that wouldn’t make sense since West Virginia is in there. But since “West” is in the name, it would work out after all. But that’s still a bad name because I’m sure a team from the East will eventually be added. I say add corporate sponsorship to the name and call it the “Big Mac Conference.”
Actually, I think I do have a good name for each conference. (This will be an attempt at humor, but not all of you will get it.) The conference names could be the National College Conference, the American College Conference, and the Confederate University Conference.
Every now and then, Google will do something that impresses me. The latest was my search for email salutations. I like how the search results are displayed and how functional it is to get a bit more background information.
I left something out regarding the foundation work done on the house I’m renting. I should have added that all that work, including cleanup, was done in a single day. I was impressed.
When I was first told about the needed foundation repairs. I understood it would take two days. On day 1, they would have someone move my furniture, and foundation work was to be done. On day 2, flooring would be installed and they would move furniture back. Well, it’s not working out that way.
At the start of all this, the property manager expected me to empty those two bedrooms by myself so the carpets could be pulled, foundation work to be done, and new flooring laid down. This was in early May. I explained I had back surgery in mid-April and I couldn’t, the doctor said not to move “heavy” stuff until six to eight weeks after the surgery. The PM said he would send one guy over. I stressed it was at least a two-man job since it included large bedroom furniture and I didn’t want to risk another back injury. Then there was radio silence until mid-July. He then presented me with several dates to choose from for the two-day job to be done in August. The first thought that went through my mind was that he waited until I recovered so I would have to do the work. Like, he was being cheap trying not to hire any movers. There’s no telling what he thought after I told him I had a new herniated disc in the lower lumbar area and couldn’t help in moving any of the furniture. I also explained that I would do what I could to pack up all the small stuff in boxes, but I am physically unable to move anything. Again, he said he would send one helper. Again, I said he should send two.
The helper contacted me to make moving arrangements. I told him about my current disability and that he would need help. He brought his high school-aged son. Day 1 was hectic but went relatively well, except I had no place to sleep. All the stuff in the two rooms that were being worked on was moved into my kids’ rooms. I ended up sleeping on the couch.
On day 2, no one came to the house. Around noon I contacted the property manager by email. He requested that I ask the crew when they would be done. I was like, “Uh, there’s no crew here, no one has been here all day, so there’s no one to ask.” I texted the handyman who moved my furniture and he stated he could not come today. I grew concerned because my kids are supposed to be staying with me for the week, and it was impossible for them to even get to their beds because furniture and other items from the rooms being worked on were moved into their rooms.
Eventually, the hand man’s son and a friend of his showed up at my house to move my bed back into my bedroom so that I would have a comfortable place to sleep. They also cleared a path for my kids to make it to their beds. So, right now, my bedroom is partially set up without any flooring, as is the guestroom in the house. Stuff is still stored in my kids’ rooms, but at least they can make it to their beds.
I spoke with the helper and learned the actual owner is trying to decide what to do about the flooring. It sounds like the kitchen might get retiled and cheap carpet or laminate flooring will be installed in the two bedrooms. It looks like I’m going to have to be patient no matter the case. But I don’t like living in disarray. A hundred bucks will be knocked off next month’s rent for the trouble, but to be honest, I think it should be more than that.
Austin is suffering from a rapidly worsening housing crisis, but a recent move by the city’s government to push for denser building could finally bring relief from skyrocketing costs.
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