It is going to be difficult with my daughter though. She wants it to be pink and have sparkles.

He’s only 48?  ...damn...

Yep.  Before the most recent winning streak the place was usually still fairly full, even during day games, because Wrigley Field is a pilgrimage park, like Fenway, and the neighborhood is/was great. 

I have plenty of complaints about the renovations to the field itself (those billboards are a fucking abomination at night), but I can’t imagine that most of the new restaurants are going to last -- too upscale and expensive for most of the crowd, especially with the price of tickets.

I hated The Power, because it took an awesome idea and then went sort of nowhere with it.  I hope the tv series is better.

I mean, I disliked him before because that age difference between him and Alba was creepy and I was glad they broke up, but HE GOT JENSEN ACKLES FIRED???

This is mine, too. Setting aside the financial viability of it (which is MAJOR), doing what you love for money can also rob you of your love for it. Doing what you love can break your heart.

Yeah, I do this as part of my Marie Kondoing — After I’ve purged everything out of a category, I take a photo of what remains. The big ticket stuff, like furniture and electronics, are often the same for me year to year, but the inventory of my shoes, bags, jewelry and cultural artifacts (books, music, etc), change…

Sorry, man, but at an open bar your tip doesn’t get you “more social” than I am for every customer.  You get standard pleasant service, regardless of how much money you put in the cup.  What I “can do for you” is make your drink promptly and correctly.  Tip or don’t. 

I worked in catering as a bartender for four years, but thanks for your input.

If you are making good money and I give a big tip and all you can do is offer me a heavy poor at an open bar, get over yourself, and be more social.

Tipping big at the beginning always garnered good will with me. It doesn’t mean you get to cut the line or anything, but you might get a more generous pour or a step up from the well liquor depending on the set up.

Perhaps if you make a game of it and just keep hinting at the reward all night, it might make sense if the bartender is into it, but that has to be one monster of a tip at the end.

I agree with you on the mirrors, but you should have enough distance between you and the car in front of you to shoulder check.

And don’t “hook” (turn your hand palm up and underneath the top of the steering wheel) when you’re turning, either.  As my driving instructor used to say “don’t be a hooker!”

I don’t know how you’re shuffling if you’re taking your hands off the wheel. The way I was taught, shuffling means at least one hand on the wheel at all times.

I do something similar — I just make the choice and keep it to myself for awhile. Sometimes an hour, sometimes a day or two. Then I assess how I feel about it. If I regret it or am resisting it, then I rethink the decision.

My go to line in the movies is “excuse me, we can hear you,” which operates on the assumption that they don’t know how loud they’re being.  It usually works, unless people just don’t care.

I do still love that show, even though Jeremy was a dick and Natalie deserved better. 

Was her name Cassandra Clare, by any chance?  :)