BearSchlong

Mine lost one of his soldiers earlier this week by his own hand. When my son left the cav to join aviation during the holidays, they got drunk and wrestled in the woods. That’s his last memory of him. Thankfully he didn’t leave a widow or kids, but it’s just so sad.

It’s based on ad valorum appraisals and not transaction records, right? Every time I sell or buy a house I get a “survey” in the mail from my CAD asking for pricing information. I rip it up, throw it away, and mutter “it’s none of your fucking business” That, and my last two purchases were most definitely NOT arms length transactions. Edit: read all the posts above mine and apparently it is based on transaction records?

My dad died last year, and all his investment accounts were payable to my stepmom upon death. Per the will, she and I were co-executors and divvied up the proceeds per his exact specifications. I guess technically she had to “gift” them to me in that she had assets transferred from her UBS account to mine, right? Also fuck UBS and most stockbrokers in general unless you have serious money. The insurance proceeds all went to the residuary estate per probate, and I wrote checks to the family per his specifications, and left money in the account to settle his final tax return. Now my sister and I inherited his interests in an LLP which ostensibly serves to pay out various O&G royalties, and now I’ve got to wait on the accountants to prepare that return and produce the 1099s. This year is going to be a little murky.

Mac, my buddy has your resume and he said he would reach out to you this week.

I heard the membership is just sick of the tour taking over their course. IIRC the tour made a proposal and the CC countered with a much higher number and an huge increase in ticket requests.

Automation software, specifically integration and AIOps. Enterprise sales

Nicotine’s effect on blood vessels might not be good for me in the long run.

Happy for him. What a way to break that cherry.

So I should stop chewing nicotine gum. Got if. Only been doing it since I quit smoking in 1998.

I wonder how many times Tom Brady mentally retired and unretired before his old lady divorced him and he gave it another go and finally said “welp, I’m done” Some go to AA, other go to the broadcast booth. #compulsions.

Had a guy call me last night who was in town visiting his wife who just got released into the local halfway house from TDC. I gave him some meeting info and we chatted for a bit. He had gotten my number from a guy in Austin. His mom was a stripper, he would sleep in the car in the parking lot and she taught him how to do bumps of cocaine to wake up and go to school. At 8 years old. Now my mom definitely didn’t teach me those life skills, and tbh I was a little envious. I woke up at 5 am to start cooking lunch for my church, because that’s the multi generational parental modeling I had. Yet that guy is my people, I love me some addicts. I invited that dude and his lady, it would make my day if they stopped in for a BearschlongBurger, which sadly, is probably inferior to a DerkaDog.

When you know, you know. That’s when you join the cult for real and intertwine it into your life.

Lol. That says a lot when the best Hallmark can come up with is “happy Father’s Day, you fat, beer swilling, golf attempting, smelly fart and BO producing asshole!” I hate greeting cards.

Thanks. I was wondering when this was going to happen. Seems like forever since it happened.

Patrick seems pissed that Phelan wants to undo his past work, and he’s still pissed about how even-handed Phelan was with the Dems who jetted off to DC last session. Phelan’s family is a significantly large commercial and residential property owner, and they are known for a buy-and-hold investment strategy. I know plenty of people who have called Dade’s brother with offers that were met with indifference. Remember that they sold groceries on credit in exchange for oil royalties to wildcatters drilling for oil 120 years ago, so they are the kings of the long game. We all know that the perception of Texas being a low-tax state is smoke and mirrors; they will limit the ad valorem assessments while hiking rates per $100 value to get their money. My gut tells me that the Texas GOP is focused on a short-sighted money grab. The voucher thing as well, the Phelans are a huge catholic family who sent their kids to parochial schools and has a practical knowledge of public/private educational dynamics. The GQP loves painting PHELAN as a RINO, and I was a little shocked that Dade invoked the crooked orange man’s approval in his remarks. I haven’t done the math, but I will call the guys in Dade’s ear to get their explanation. Guys whose grandfathers did real estate deals with my grandfather in the years after WW2.

Anyone been to Hagi on 51st? My sister is thinking about it as a pre-show place. Used my hookup in the Hadestown producer’s office to get house seats for my sister and they are the exact same seats we had last weekend.

Performance art.

And some of the most meaningful direct amends I was able to make were to a few relatives who did their best to help me. “Mind your own business” became “hey, I remember your gesture and even though I was a real ass at the time, I’ll always cherish your concern for my well being.”

Don’t tiptoe around it. If you really love him, tell him the truth. “Look dude, you may not realize it but you don’t drink like a normal person, and it’s probably contributing to your other difficulties. I know a lot of people that were like that and they stopped and their lives improved. I will support you but I want you to know I care more about your life than I do your feelings.” Let him know that he is NOT alone, and that getting help is a lot more heroic and respectable than continuing a downward slide. That’s the power move. And if he asks for help, tell him to use the googles to find a close AA meeting and just go listen. He can even make up a name if he wants to. All the cool kids are doing it. Hell, go with him as an observer, it’s usually more entertaining than Netflix, as long as what you hear there stays there. The worst thing you can do is to modify your behavior to accommodate his drinking, or make excuses. “I thought you were an alcoholic maniac but I didn’t want to be rude” is a common sentiment that I wish people would avoid, but it’s not our polite nature to call people out. In hindsight, I wish people would have addressed my drinking in a direct manner rather than playing it off as something else. Just my 2 cents, YMMV.

Planning a presidential run? I kid, I kid. Just remember that when others are a drink or two in, you’re suddenly the sharpest tack in the drawer.

At this point I’d be calling everyone I’d ever worked with to shoot the shit. I’m actually referring my past VP of sales who swore he wouldn’t change industries.

The young hustlers don’t speak legacy monolith and thus are useless on modernization projects. My clients (insurance and financial services) are sick of trying to explain legacy tech to AWS guys who keep trying to fit them into a box. And the senior guys know how to strap on a quota and deliver. My anecdotes differ somewhat.

Technically it’s a Lifestorage 10x20 space but warehouse sounds cooler. About 5 minutes from my house. Mainly for holiday decor, extra furniture, and crutches. I do have a warehouse for boat storage. I’m now in a Marriott with an elevated and iced knee. Tomorrow’s gonna be an ordeal.

DFW or IAH to Rome. 18 months out, what carrier/CC/program should I focus my efforts? I’ve been a Mexico/Caribbean traveler, now starting to focus on Europe.

Certainly the ship captain would have provided an affidavit of some kind, right? Also I googled and found out that passports weren’t a thing until the League of Nations standardized them following WWI. In 1920 the USA started issuing them, more or less as a standard document.