My dad, and I can tell this story here because he is not a Gawker user, once surprised the heck out of us at a family gathering when he got drunker ‘n all hell and wobbled upstairs to ‘bring down his two best friends’, which turned out to be ‘Smith & Wesson’. My mom was shocked because she had no idea he had a gun…

I don’t have kids, and I’m going to go on a limb and guess that you don’t either Nexus2161, but if I put myself into the Dr’s shoes, that question probably isn’t too weird. Nor would it seem weird to other people with kids (these days). Maybe a few decades ago it would be weird and ‘gawd, we’ve got a hippie in our…

I think if I were in middle school and found out my teachers had said something horrible about me, I would be heartbroken and would think it was all my fault. By high school I was basically, how to put this...? A walking hormone, one giant id in essence, caring only tangentially about teachers, grades, what they…

My 5th grade teacher despised me and it was pretty rough. In all fairness, I didn’t like her much either.

That’s why I’m always sweet as sugar to my doctors, their PAs, all the nurses, and every single receptionist that I see - and I see a lot with this stupid chronic disease that I’ve got. I still expect to get slammed because my chronic disease comes with super fun skin lesions so there are times when I look like a…

Yes, exactly. Anything attached to a work account, or on work equipment is fair game for being busted at work. If I ever feel like I need to write about work BS to my peers, I switch over to a personal gmail account on my personal phone or personal desktop going to a personal email account of theirs when working at…

I’m tentatively in. I’m in IL, in Chicago, which is 100% democratic. #nevervotingtrumptho

My mom did this to me back in oh...somewhere around 1984 or 1985, I think. I was either in 4th or 5th grade. Yep, long-ass walk for me too!

Yay Generation X!

My dentist is just fine and hasn’t murdered or assaulted anyone, as far as I know, and I’ve been going to him for 20 years, 3 times a year (I have terrible teeth and gums). #notalldentists

There’s also one on Clark St. right by Wrigley Field in Chicago.

I was going to ask if that was for real Bill Cosby, and you answered my question. Holy moly. That is...something else.

I work in the Lyric Opera building, so if I work too late to catch the purple line express home, I get the red line and pass by the Flamingo all the time. Love it. And also the Picasso, which I don’t love as much, but it is still iconic.

Kuma’s hurts mah delicate ears! But the burgers are delicious.

Hai from another Chicago person. Rogers Park representing.

I have the biggest crush on Maynard. Lawd have mercy.

Oh honey, I’m not trying to keep it secret that I’m old. But I do like trying to keep up, so thanks for the correction. Seriously!

The only upside to this entire debacle is that as An Old, I now know what wax and dab are.

My heart goes out to you. I am so sorry for your loss.

I’m thinking that as well. Kid’s only 18 - there’s plenty of time for the family to bury all of this on the 3rd or 4th page of Google searches by the time he reaches a professional career age if they get the right SEO guy to handle it for them. It’s not rocket surgery, c’mon.