Foggy Notion

I grew up a couple hours north of Houston. I never made it to Rockin Robin, but one of my guitars ended up there. When I was about 16, a friend gave me a hand-me-down black sparkle Silvertone Jupiter like this one... I was playing bass in a band, and didn't really play the Silvertone. Our guitarist drove down to RR with some cash and ended up falling in love with a LP goldtop, one of the early Classic 1960's models. He came back empty-handed cuz he was about 150 bucks short. He drove back down the next week with the cash and the Silvertone to trade-in and came back home with the goldtop. A couple years later, a little piece of binding came off the goldtop so my buddy shipped it to Gibson for repair. While in transit back to East Texas, the goldtop got crushed on a FedEx conveyor belt.

I believe the correct term is "enabling".

Leanderman = Rerun?

Please keep posting. So I can keep negging.

Yup. People on Twitter calling it Fyre Fest 2.0 haha. GF and I bought $100 tickets months ago. Didn't even know about the Emos show until a half hour after they went on sale. Too late by that point. Jmblya made the announcement about the Emos show right as they put them on sale. If you missed the announcement, you missed out.

The $25 tickets sold out online in less than 10 minutes. They're selling for $150 and up on the second hand market. And headliner Travis Scott is not performing at the Emos show.

This is what I was thinking. I would expect Guyger to do this. But I would hope a Ranger wouldn't. To me, it seems improper at best.

Thanks for the response, TH. I'm not arguing with anything you wrote. I understand what you're saying about evidentiary standard. To me, it just seems extraneous and irrelevant to the charge and to establishing that standard. But I'm not a lawyer, so that's why I asked.

I hope my question didn't come across as obtuse, but I am curious to hear from the attorneys posting in this thread about this. The affidavit states that the door was slightly ajar prior to Guyger's arrival. The only thing I can think of is that this "fact" was based on the investigators' interview with Guyger prior to her being charged. And of course she's gonna say that. It stuck out to me when reading the affidavit. To me, it almost seems as if the purpose of including this information was to minimize her liability or explain her intent. I would expect her defense to emphasize this "fact" during trial, but didn't expect to see this in the arrest affidavit. Is it normal to have this type of information in an arrest affidavit?

In the "facts of the case" section of this affidavit, it states that the door was slightly ajar prior to Guyger's arrival. How would this have been determined?

The linked article also includes this, which I believe has been mentioned in this thread before but is worth mentioning again as it will likely be part of the trial... "Lee Merritt, one of the attorneys for Jean's family, has said that two independent witnesses cast doubt on Guyger's narrative and told him they heard knocking on the door in the hallway before the shooting."

I believe I bought a replacement capacitor at Johnstone Supply on Todd Lane. Some of the other places I called would only sell to licensed HVAC guys. They were helpful but I didn't ask them to test anything so not sure about that part.

This is exactly what my 9-year-old said when I broke the news to him tonight. Star Wars is his jam. The kid was genuinely sad.

Also, it can take a few minutes for a new capacitor to charge up and power on the A/C unit after a swap. I learned that the hard way. My A/C went out at the end of last summer. I researched and read it could be the cap. Located the cap on the outside unit. It was swollen so I bought a new one and installed it myself. Turned on the A/C and nothing happened. Fan still wasn't blowing. I was afraid I was about to burn up the whole unit, so I turned it off quickly and called an A/C company. They sent out a guy on a Saturday (extra fee). He came out, tested it, looked confused and said he thought I needed a new fan motor. He put in the new motor, turned on the unit and nothing happened, just like when I had turned it on after putting in the new cap. A/C guy says "Sometimes it takes a few minutes to power back up." He left it on, and sure enough, a couple minutes later it powered up and started blowing. Looking back, I'm almost positive I fixed it with the $12 capacitor, but unnecessarily paid for a new $500 fan motor because I didn't let the cap charge up long enough.

You guys who are working a good, honest program in recovery, I sincerely commend you. Keep it up. I know that shit ain't easy. Some of us are dealing with exes and SO's who aren't doing that. My ex wants me to believe she's sober, yet she ended up driving over a granite historical marker out near Llano a couple weeks ago while on a headful of Xanax and no telling what else. (But it was prescribed to her!!!!) And she still doesn't get why I still think she's a danger to my kids.

I am certain that is true for some of "you". And while words without action are meaningless, some of "us" are still waiting to hear it for the first time.

Can we have a group hug?

Apologies to all for derailing this thread. And a sincere apology to Johnny as well. I was in a rush to attack and I should have paused and thought about what he wrote before responding. I'll admit, I'm probably triggered right now due to recent events with my ex-wife.

No, it's not. Go back and read Into Action, Johnny. Here's the larger quote this came from... "Step Eleven suggests prayer and meditation. We shouldn't be shy on this matter of prayer. Better men than we are using it constantly. It works, if we have the proper attitude and work at it. It would be easy to be vague about this matter. Yet, we believe we can make some definite and valuable suggestions. When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology?" Again, it's ok to admit when you're wrong.

I might be wrong, but I dont think I'm misunderstanding the 9th Step. Go back and read my posts. I never said that making amends and saying "I'm sorry" are the same thing. I'm saying that in some cases, saying you're sorry is "whatever it takes to make the situation right", which is the point of the 9th step as you yourself pointed out. In other situations like making financial amends, an apology might not be necessary because it is worthless. And you might not think that making an apology is a part of the 9th step. But it certainly is part of the 11th step. Bill W. himself says so in the Big Book. This is from the chapter Into Action. I'm sure you're familiar with it. "When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology?" It's ok to apologize. It's ok to say you're sorry. And in this case, it's ok to admit that you're wrong. It really is. I'm wrong sometimes too. When I am, I'd like to think that I admit it.

I lurk in the alcoholic thread because I want to gain perspective on how the mind of an addict works. I don't agree with everything in there, but I don't post there because I try to stay in my lane. And I do have an appreciation for the AA program. I've read the Big Book several times. I don't post about this, but I have an ex-wife who hasn't seen our 9- and 6-year old kids in 5 years because she can't get the needle out of her arm. So I appreciate this thread. Troph, Buff and the rest of y'all, I just wanna say I'm hearing you loud and clear. When you've already dealt with a shit ton of selfish, destructive behavior from an addict, the last thing you want to hear from them is "I messed up, but I don't care if you accept my amends because I'm doing this for me." To the person who has been offended, it really just sounds like more of the same selfish behavior. Saying you're sorry when you have wronged someone - and actually meaning it - that's just part of not being a shitty person. That's why most of us teach our kids from an early age to apologize when they hurt someone. It's just the right thing to do, regardless of the steps. If you're apologizing to make yourself feel better and give yourself confidence that you're lacking, that seems like the wrong reason. Those might be benefits, but they shouldn't be the reason you do it.

BearSchlong, Before you go, would you care to address this quote from AA's book on the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions? This is on page 87... "Above all, we should try to be absolutely sure that we are not delaying because we are afraid. For the readiness to take full consequences of our past acts, and to take responsibility for the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine." This seems to contradict what you wrote a few posts above, that 9th Step amends are for the alcoholic, not for the person the amends are being made to.

Tokey is the bandit's stoner sidekick who is riding shotgun. One of the subplots is trying to keep Tokey from smoking the whole stash before the bandit can make it to the picnic.

STC, you and I go to a lot of the same shows. Imma hit you up the next time I go out. Let's grab a beer.