They Say It's Spring: Lounge LC Thread
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I still use this system today. My standard declaration is: It takes ten attaboys to make up for one dumbshit, and I don't think you have one attaboy in you.
Dom,
Wasn't it de riguer to just piss in public in NYC those days? I would've taken my son to find a wall somewhere.
Check out the Bristol, RI 4th parade. It's the oldest in the country, and I wouldn't go within miles of it. People camp out overnight to have a good spot. Insanity.
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Yeah, it always made me mad when later I realized I couldve just taken my lil boy weiner out and pee and no one would've noticed. But I listened to my Dad, instead.
For whatever reason, remember being in my town's July 4 parade as a kid. Rode my bike down one of the two main streets with RWB crepe paper threaded through the spokes. Right past what later was my junior high school.
Can't remember why I was in it. Must've been involved with some group that was invited to ride along.
When I moved to Colorado, the first year I rented a house just across from City Park. This is where the fireworks happen for my suburb. Had come people over, we had fun watching with essentially a front-row seat.
The poor gold dog buried herself as far as she could in a closet under the basement stairs. Just way too much for her.
In subsequent years, the neighbors' kids would run up to Wyoming and get a bunch of fireworks. Me & the gold dog would go in our basement, turn the tv up through the stereo, and that seemed to help. While the sound was still loud(ish), it wasn't explosive.
Not sure if thread-worthy, so I'll stick this here. This is an article about a study meant to show that them kids these days don't read no good.
https://x.com/kitten_beloved/status/1924...
It took off as part of an ongoing debate about whether kids are getting dumber, more ignorant, less literate or too many people go to college. Since 60% of you are profs, I wonder what you think.
One thought I had is that people might be forgetting how raw they were at 18 or 19. When I entered college, I knew almost nothing about the bible, antiquity in general or much of our cultural history. I eventually studied philosophy but if you'd asked me who Hegel, Kant, Hume, Wittgenstein, or most others were, at best I would recognize the name and that they were a philosopher. I had no clue what they said.
I enjoyed reading stuff like Dickens (the article is about kids not understanding Dickens passages) at that age, but there were certainly times where I was like "IDK WTF he is talking about here" and just powered through. Often in college, I didn't understand what I was reading very well, but I improved over time.
Love the twilight blue this time of year.
Ditto...
Light pollution alert
ive seen the green flash numerous times on the west coast.
every time i rub my eYesQQ
Woo hoo! Three day weekend! Then again I am retired so every week is a 7 day weekend if I so desire 😀 Try to keep a schedule and routine though.
Put the finishing touches on my summer travel plans this week and its gonna be a little more active than usual. Going to Vegas for 8 days in mid June for some wsop goodness. I typically go to LV 2-3 times a year but always avoid summer because it's too frikken hot! Plus I typically do my "roadtrip" in June but not this year. Right after Vegas I am heading up to Milwaukee for 3 days with my college bros to take in the Brewers/Pirates series. Then in late July I'm headed north to Alaska (in lieu of my typical roadtrip). Gonna do a cruise (10 days) from Vancouver to Anchorage (and Mt McKinley). I did the cruise part to Ketchikan, Juneau and Glacier Bay while I was in the Navy in 1980 but never been to McKinley/Denali so I am really looking forward to that. Plus I'm guessing the glaciers I saw in 1980 finally moved a little 😀 Last time I was on a ship out to sea was probably late 80's on a reserve cruise. I kinda miss the "call of the sea" and am really hoping for some clear skys. I absolutely love middle of the ocean Milky Way views although I'm not so sure cruise ships will be dark enough to really experience the best of it.
Roadtripping to Alaska is both a grind and can be a great experience. Hope the weather is clear when you're around Denali, it's very impressive.
If you find yourself downstream from a glacier and it's easy, scoop out a piece of ice floating by. I found it amazing, clear as crystal--I guess the air gets compressed out.
yes, please refer to her as Denali mrbb
Okay, so I went to another graduation today, this time a high school graduation. I had three of the students in my film class this semester. The school is for kids who have all sorts of learning disabilities. Some take college classes to acclimate to a college environment.
They invited me, but they didn't know if I was going to show up. When one saw me, she was excited, practically jumping up and down saying, "I told them you were going to come, but they didn't believe me."
I met her parents who had come from Singapore to see their daughter graduate. (The school has kids from all over: seven countries and from everywhere in the US. It's expensive. More than Harvard or Yale.)
All three were great students. One will be attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and will spend two years at both the NYC and LA campuses, another going to the New School in NYC, and the last at Marist College.
One of their tutors somehow knew who I was and told me how much they liked me and about other students who also took classes with me that I didn't know about. Apparently, I have a good reputation there.
It costs a ton of money to get these kids to learn to accept their differences and succeed. Too bad not all students have that opportunity.
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Twenty odd years ago I worked with a girl who named her daughter Denali. I know Ive ided at least one Denali and pretty sure a McKinley too among the college kids.
You've certainly produced some accomplished students.
The valedictorian at the hs graduation I went to Thursday had been diagnosed with dyslexia in grade 6. I thought that was a pretty damned impressive turnaround from then to now.
There is a proverb that is befitting this ^ truism and it comes from a great well known philosopher...
'It is like a Finger pointing a way to the moon... DON'T concentrate on that finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory'
B.L.
Today is my friend Ray's 72nd birthday. So Ray, Bones, and I are getting together to celebrate today. The three of us have been friends since we were 13 years old, nearly 60 years now.
Next week another friend of 60 years who lives in Chicago is coming to RI. We will all get together then, too.
Who says men can't have lasting friendships?
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lol I have a friend named Bones, too. He used to be on 2+2, as well.
are you talking about THE Ray Bones?
as in Ray 'Bones' Rodriguez?
No. I'm talking Bones, Bones. (The "I'm talking" is RI patois at its finest.)
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