Great reminders for what to do or not do. Thanks for posting. I needed this today. :-)

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I had to make a trip to a hospital for business once, a long time ago with a co-worker. It was about a 50 minute drive and it seemed about every 5 minutes or so he would let loose with a silent but deadly. By the time we made it to the hospital, I was actually getting a bit irritated, as he wouldn't say anything,…

Pfffft! Like I'm going to tell you where I hid the body. I'm not falling for that trick. Not again.

Train the kids? How about train the husband? I sometimes forget that my wife is on a conference call or an important international call. I'm not sure how she can make that angry demon face at me while sounding happy to the people on the other end of the phone. Yeah, I usually slink out of the room and away from…

I would agree with that statement in regard to most Russian sciences. I'm not so sure about medicine, particularly in Siberia. I went to nursing school in the mid 80's. Much of the equipment I saw would have been old and outdated when I was in school back then. Make no mistake about Russia, they are certainly a…

Doc, you're talking about Siberian science/medicine. I mean no disrespect to anyone from Russia, but I'm not sure their equipment or medical sciences are quite up to the standards of what we're used to here in the states. There's a good chance this came out of Academgorodok, right outside of Novosibirsk, in Siberia.…

I usually hide my depression well enough that no one knows about it. The thing is, I never experienced anything remotely related to depression until my mid 40's. That's when I lost someone extremely close to me rather suddenly, and a host of medical conditions and injuries manifested around the same time. Certain…

No love for NFL Blitz? I still have the console and the game, along with Goldeneye. I'm not sure which game I played most. That's one console I won't be getting rid of. Ever!

To me, it looks like a good way to break your neck.

I guess it's OK, but I'm one who's always prefered a darker, more subdued, screen. Kudos for the work he put into this.

In more Hollywood newsery, it turns out the lasers from Star Wars, as in all of them, were CGI. And Santa isn't real. Wait, what!?!

I've been using GravityBox for almost as long as it's been out and just recently turned on the Pie section. So far, so good. I have it on my new new Galaxy S 8.4, too, and so far, so good. GravityBox isn't perfect, but it's really an amazing piece of work.

This is nearly identical to my first console, but I think this was the 2nd edition, as my controllers couldn't be removed from the console. You could play pong, or tennis, and there was a toggle to play Hockey. You could play single or double players. The faux wood finish really made it look good with our console…

I was fired by a Walmart store manager years ago because I joined the Navy. He even told me that when he let me go. I was a kid at the time and didn't know any better. It wasn't until long after that when I found out it was an illegal practice. It was one of the few things in a right to work state I could have…

I feel your pain. I was once fired because my company was sold to another company and the new company didn't like the fact that I was making more than twice the amount of a starting employee. I had a minor accident with a company vehicle. There were no tickets issued or any injuries with anyone, so they decided to…

I was able to do that in junior high. In 7th grade, I could hold my breath (out of water) for nearly 5 minutes. At that point, I started losing consciousness. Around the same time, I was able to do right at 4 minutes under water. Part of being able to do this was practice and the other part was winning the lottery…

I live in Missouri, which lists at 7.7Mbps, and I can say, happily, my speeds are much higher than those listed here or even in the top range. I realize this is measuring the state as a whole, which really isn't that bad. Depending on the day, I can hit 30 to 60 Mbps.

Ahhh dang, now I have to drag out my old Nintendo 64. Guess who's going to pwn his kids on Goldeneye? Yup, this guy!

Did you realize the word cunt has been in use since the 1200's? There are many reported cognates for the word, but the true etymology is not completely known. One of the more interesting of the possible cognates is quim. While cunt was falling out of favor during the Victorian era, quim was on the rise. The word qu…