The Glade 4.0

My cousin is coming over tonight which means her, my wife and I will stay up till unreasonable hours shooting the ****; maybe even my daughter depending on how social she's feeling. She's staying overnight. I'm making steaks with avocado salsa for dinner.

Tomorrow we're all going to the parade. My older daughter is in it; she plays Clarinet in her HS band. The younger one loves the parade, and my wife and I do to. Cousin is going too, and then tomorrow afternoon we're grilling out and our neighbor across the street is coming for dinner. I'm making Bratwursts with peppers and onions sauteeed in beer on the grill.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Is that the sausage you use in the Aebelskiver?

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Thursday - worked all day, got off work and went to see sister-in-law graduate high school

Friday - worked all day, got off work and went to see relatives about 30 miles away, had Frito pie for dinner

Saturday - went to a flea market (which I quickly found out was indoors, and thus I stayed in the car for 97% of it), drove out to the middle of nowhere to see ancillary family to kill time, and went to see brother-in-law's Master's Commission showcase thing

Sunday - lazy day spent trying to track down an iPad while Phe takes sister-in-law to the TN Ren Faire as a graduation present

Monday - rest and relax and spend time with Phe, probable dinner and Prince of Persia that evening

The brother's been in Columbus for about a year, now.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

If friends help you move...
And good friends help you move bodies...
What sort of friends help you move a friend whom you're stuck in friendzone with?

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Once, I was a ranger
Then, I was a warlock
And a mage
And a paladin
Now, I seek to be myself

Ones who are crushing on you desperately?

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

nomnomnomnom..

Just grilled some rib eye. Sautéed onions, mushrooms, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, Macaroni Salad and washed it down with a pair of ice cold beers.

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

The Katii helped me move a friend out of her storage units this weekend. In spite of being teased cruelly by his wife and myself, Katas kept us moving and organized. I am grateful, they showed themselves to be very good friends this weekend. I rewarded them with good burgers yesterday and great pizza today.

Yes, I am in the friends zone with the lady in question. She's good people, was a very good friend of my late wife, and has been a friend to me for around 30 years. We just are too far into the friends zone to turn the corner to anything else.

Backstory, after a series of really nasty setbacks, she had entered the Great Big Depression Zone. I've been nudging and tugging her to get her life back. It seems to be working. The Katii have impressed her as very nice people.

Note 1: Katas is easily distracted by cats.

Note 2: I don't think the Katii are crushing on me desperately.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

8 hours driving across the state to go to a very close friend's wedding. Much merriment was had by all. 8 hours driving back. Now working on projects for school. WEE!

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"I've got twenty ways to tell you shut the f*ck up / nineteen of them are twenty-four bars long / the other one goes: SHUT THE F*CK UP" - Aesop Rock
"There is no God higher than truth." -- Gandhi
Formerly: Tulamian

Darn - I forgot about this!

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When he's underwater does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead?

Went to an SCA camping event outside of Albany with my whirling dervish and bf. As of this morning, I still have said bf. *grin* (My daughter can be a handful sometimes.)

This morning she wrote us a letter that said "I love you Mommy and <bf''s name> you are the best."

Today was supposed to be a cookout, but the girl is playing at the neighbors' house, and I'm pretty exhausted from the rest of the weekend. The 85- to 90-degree heat during the day plus the 50-degree nights just killed me.

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When he's underwater does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead?

more nom....

I am baking a meatloaf made with lamb, pork and beef. Latticework of bacon over the top. nomnomnomnom

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

*ughhh*

Getting rained out through 9 of 18 holes at a pristine local golf course that costs a ton to play at. My dad and I got half of our money's worth. It was great until we had lightening hitting close to us.

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Given the weather forecasts the past few days, I'd count yourself lucky you got 9 in.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Friday, drove to St. Louis. Monday, drove back to Mississippi. Something happened in between but I'm fuzzy on the details.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."