The "What's on your mind?" thread

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was.

[Show spoiler]To catch them is my real test, to train them is my cause.

Herpes? Sorry, couldn't resist.

Pretty sure I got an A in my FCS 181 class, hoping I can get As in journalism and Math appreciation as well. Positive I can't get an A in Social Work but a B is pretty nice. Time for bed!

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Herpes? Sorry, couldn't resist.

Pretty sure I got an A in my FCS 181 class, hoping I can get As in journalism and Math appreciation as well. Positive I can't get an A in Social Work but a B is pretty nice. Time for bed!

How could you train herpes.

[Scarriere]

Not too good of a sleep. My first day back at work may be a long one.

[LordoftheRings]

Right in the now, this: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...-out-1.4621970

Kid's cool; he likes to be knowledgeable. It's the officials who made those files available on the internet who should be charged and go to jail for up to ten years.

[Waboman]

A butt is a real unit of measurement for a cask of wine. A buttload is about 108 imperial gallons.

[sk33tr]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Right in the now, this: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...-out-1.4621970

Kid's cool; he likes to be knowledgeable. It's the officials who made those files available on the internet who should be charged and go to jail for up to ten years.

WTF?!

ok...i have issues with their charges...

first: he didn't "steal" them. he downloaded them freely since they were on the site and he had the ability to do so without circumventing any security protocols (according to that news source, he did not circumvent any security protocols to download the files).

second: ..."and were never intended for public release." and that's his fault....HOW? HE didn't release the files and put them online. the dept of...whatever...did. it is THEIR fault that the files were online and able to be freely downloaded.

third: they were freedom of information releases. does nobody else see the irony in this?

[Scarface32]

Hey Buckaroo! How are you? Whipped cream on top and a cherry, too! Wear pants with pleats? Yes I do! A steam engine goes "choo choo choo choo"

[The_Donster]

Originally Posted by Scarriere

Not too good of a sleep. My first day back at work may be a long one.

Feel bad for you buddy. Had a rough night and a early morning myself. Currently on coffee #3 and thinking I'm lying down once my son's school work is done and I've fed him.

Side note, up to 66 totes packed. Hoping the rest go smoothly now and I can get more packed up tonight. Want this project done so I can start on the next one.

[dyne]

A girl at work laughs at everything whenever talking to people. Not sure if it's a coping/defense mechanism or everybody is a stand up to her but it's annoying.

"Hey you just made a mistake that cost the company money"
"Hahahahahaha"
"It's 58 degrees outside"
"Hahahahahaha"
"Did you hear so and so died?"
"Hahahahahaha"

No joke. It's literally any time she's in a conversation.

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by The_Donster

Feel bad for you buddy. Had a rough night and a early morning myself. Currently on coffee #3 and thinking I'm lying down once my son's school work is done and I've fed him.

Side note, up to 66 totes packed. Hoping the rest go smoothly now and I can get more packed up tonight. Want this project done so I can start on the next one.

Wait until you have to unpack it all, lol.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by dyne

A girl at work laughs at everything whenever talking to people. Not sure if it's a coping/defense mechanism or everybody is a stand up to her but it's annoying.

"Hey you just made a mistake that cost the company money"
"Hahahahahaha"
"It's 58 degrees outside"
"Hahahahahaha"
"Did you hear so and so died?"
"Hahahahahaha"

No joke. It's literally any time she's in a conversation.

Some girls are just excessive gigglers. Taking lunch in the same office with loud and annoying so will have headphones on for that.

[RageATL]

This is pretty effing cool, from the press release surrounding Jim James's (lead singer of "My Morning Jacket") new album, "Uniform Distortion:"



Flipping through the pages of The Last Whole Earth Catalogue, a resource that was in 1971 basically the internet before the internet, Jim James stumbled upon a distorted photo of "The Illuminated Man" by Duane Michals. Immediately moved by the photo, he asked for permission to to use the image as the album cover of Uniform Distortion. The first request to Michals was rejected. In hopes of changing his mind, James wrote a letter to Michals personally and was ultimately allowed to use the image. The letter, which sheds some light on the album and James current state of mind, reads in full below:

"hello duane- your piece 'the illuminated man' was used in 'the last whole earth catalogue' in 1971. i wasnt even born yet. i was born in 1978...but i found my copy of 'the last whole earth catalogue' about 6 months ago in a thrift store and it blew my mind. i have been feeling increasingly overwhelmed by the speed of technology and its place in our lives and here was this beautiful book/catalogue from the past showing me me all these beautiful things and amazing images to help one learn different ways to look at the world... or 'get off the grid?' funny they had no idea back then just how crazy 'the grid' would get. or did they?

so i am trying to put down my phone... use the computer and social media less... and just focus on real life and the people i love and my art. of course i am not fully 'off the grid' because i am sending you this email in hopes of you changing your mind about letting me use your image as it appeared in 'the last whole earth catalogue' in 1971 because when i saw it on the page there it spoke to me so deeply of how my head feels like it is exploding with the amount of information we are forced to consume on a daily basis and how that information is so DISTORTED there is almost no longer any tangible truth. the name of my new record is 'UNIFORM DISTORTION' because i feel like there is this blanket distortion on society/media and the way we gather our 'news' and important information...and more and more of us are feeling lost and looking for new ways out of this distortion and back to the truth...and finding hope in places like the desert where i write this email to you now...finding hope in the land and in the water and in old books offering new ideas and most importantly in each other and love.

i feel like there was a reason i found 'the last whole earth catalogue' and there was a reason your art spoke to me... and i really think it would speak to others who would see it exploding out at them illuminating from the record store shelf or the glow of their phone or computer screen and feel its organic mind blowing distortion connect with this new music.

i also like the natural 'distortion' that time and the pulp of the paper meeting the ink from 'the last whole earth catalogue' add to your original image and that is why i am asking your permission to use this 'distorted' version of your original beautiful image.

i hope you are well and thanks for listening-
jim james"

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by sk33tr

WTF?!

ok...i have issues with their charges...

first: he didn't "steal" them. he downloaded them freely since they were on the site and he had the ability to do so without circumventing any security protocols (according to that news source, he did not circumvent any security protocols to download the files).

second: ..."and were never intended for public release." and that's his fault....HOW? HE didn't release the files and put them online. the dept of...whatever...did. it is THEIR fault that the files were online and able to be freely downloaded.

third: they were freedom of information releases. does nobody else see the irony in this?

That was also pretty much everything you just said on my mind.
This is an upside down world the one we live in sometimes too often.

[The_Donster]

Originally Posted by BizCat

Wait until you have to unpack it all, lol.

Don't forget staging and putting them in the trailer too

[VictoryAtNight]

Originally Posted by BWBODDY

Jeeps use to be unique and stand apart from the rest, now they just look like all the rest!

I wish I could buy one.

Love that new car smell.

[LordoftheRings]

This: http://geekologie.com/2018/04/baby-o...-stare-ins.php

And that: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...d-age-294.html

[RageATL]

Looking forward to seeing Chad Daniels tonight!

Hairy Penines - YouTube

[BizCat]

Someday, even though I've never really played any instruments, I'd like to buy a drum set and/or fiddle and learn to play them. I don't think I'd do much with either (like joining a band) and I doubt I'd ever be good at it, but I just think it'd be fun.

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by BizCat

Someday, even though I've never really played any instruments, I'd like to buy a drum set and/or fiddle and learn to play them. I don't think I'd do much with either (like joining a band) and I doubt I'd ever be good at it, but I just think it'd be fun.

You should. I have been playing guitar since 1989 but I've always loved drums and had a good sense of rhythm, so I recently bought a drum practice pad. It's really fun to mess around with. Shoot, they have electronic drums these days that you can buy for relatively cheap.

[RageATL]

Got Friday and Monday off to attend this on Friday - Sunday: