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BearSchlong

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  1. My wife woke up this morning after 2 large concert beers from some place called Karbach or some such place that wasn’t around in my day and she and felt like shit. My reply was “FFS switch to clear liquor or whisky, the only reason for anyone to drink beer is when the water is contaminated, I just don’t get you people.”
  2. 3rd Friday in May, every single year.
  3. Gravedigger is one of my favorites, and though I’m not chasing any particular songs this weekend I’d love to hear it. Ok I guess I’m also chasing Rooftop and Grace is Gone. Since I read your post earlier I’ve been humming to myself “Gravedigger, when you dig my grave, could you make it shallow so that I can feel the rain” We just had dinner at Whiskey Cake with my son’s in laws and I explained how I met his mother at my first DMB show, July 31 1995. Time is a flat circle and how they ended up with this particular son in law. Son’s FIL is a minister, so I left out the part about how when I met her we shared a J.
  4. That’s the hardest question to answer. I’d start with live at Central Park, live at red rocks, then the gazillion live traxx albums. Just use a Spotify sub. There’s Dave before he learned how to sing (early 90s), tracks with (sax)LeRoi, tracks with Jeff after LeRoi died, tracks with Boyd (fiddle), tracks after Boyd, tracks with various keyboardists before Buddy Strong, tracks after Buddy joined full time. And many of the best songs have never been studio released. Example - Break Free, which is one of my favorite songs of all time, got “released” in studio format today. I’m pretty sure a studio version of “Granny” has never been released either. Every version of every song sounds different, and that’s the hook. The easiest thing is to turn to SiriusXM channel 30 DMB radio.
  5. New album today. Texas two step woodlands and Dallas this weekend. First shows for me since November in Portland. Missed TX last year due to graduations so 2 nights in Chicago July 21 was our last amphitheater weekend. Happy day today!
  6. Bump. Restaurants in Costa Mesa and Newport that are noteworthy for the food and scenery? I’ll be out there for work all next week.
  7. If you really want to freak her out, tell her that families on road trips used to pull off the interstate close to sundown or whenever we got tired of driving for the day to find a motel. Preferably one with a pool and a diner. I’m looking at you, Howard Johnson’s and Holiday Inn.
  8. Not yet. I didn’t order the parts for the old one yet. Tbh I’m a little worried that I won’t be able to get it put back together correctly so I decided to just stop procrastinating and buy a new one that I know will last me a long time. I might get the parts and have a spare or just give it away. But the new one will be going in an enclosed shed when not in use, and I’ll be vigilant about keeping the hopper and auger free of sawdust. By my reckoning I paid a $500 premium for a new factory fresh one. Tl;dr I don’t trust my mechanical skills. I’ve also got that big Weber E335 as well.
  9. Just bought my 2nd 590, since it’s on sale and all. Thanks for the heads up.
  10. To thy own self be true. My first thoughts are that alcoholism is defined by unmanageability and thus the end of a business partnership may be a prerequisite to change. And you need to protect yourself from potential liability should disaster befall a project. Wreckage of the past. I’m getting a pedicure with my wife in the chair to my left right now. Met her in sobriety, so she’s never seen ol’ Mr. Hyde here. And the nutty nurse I was shacked up with during my last 11 months of active alcoholism on my right. She’s seen me do some maniacal shit, circa 2010 and early ‘11. And took offense when I split as she assumed she was going to be the next Mrs. Bearschlong, though 12 years seems to have mellowed her a bit. But I can’t help but acknowledge the hail of bullets I’ve dodged. And of course they have known each other since middle school. Just wee bit awkward. I make way better life decisions when I’m sober.
  11. Hear hear. I’ve got a friend who got sober on Christmas Day, 1985, in Newport Beach after a few days of hookers, blow, whisky, and a lifetime of bad decisions. He’s the guy who bought a new custom Brioni suit to wear while telling his story at our district conference. One of those larger than life characters. Anyway, I’m headed to his home meeting next Wednesday night in Newport. It’s gonna be a trip.
  12. Shame about NYNY. Had my weekly lunch with the producer’s BIL on Friday and had just put it on my list for next trip. But yeah, the critics weren’t impressed. Was thinking about coming up in Oct for that and the Opera “Dead Man Walking” at the Met.
  13. If he's eating Whataburger he ain't actively dying. Firing up the big motor in a few and headed back to the dock and Texas, I think I'll have what MAC’s having. He needs a T-shirt that says “Brisket dared me to live, hold my beer (for keeps)” If it is his last meal though, hope he gets to eat from the good batch of fries.
  14. Youre on! I'm going to schedule accordingly.
  15. I've been tooling around AUS and DFW for the last 6 hours re-listening to Joe and Charlie and their book commentary. It's just such an enduring gem.
  16. I went to high school with Dade’s sister and female cousins. Kathryn, Phoebe, Mollie, even Keely. And the other cousin Kim who was smoking hot but turned out batshit crazy. Blue eyes, blonde hair, all of them. They're just attractive people. My wife works with Dade’s wife and I suggested he and I could do a remake of this but got shot down.
  17. Holy shit, that was a chilling article. As a sober alcoholic, I had an out loud conversation with myself earlier today about why I inexplicably lean towards self-sabotage whenever the opportunity presents itself. I'm in put up or shut up mode on a few business matters involving others, and I was shouting at myself in the third person while driving down the highway. It's not insane if I'm self-aware, right? Anyway, it changed my perception. To John - I regret our paths didn't cross. To his family and loved ones - nothing short of locking him up that you could have done if he was hell-bent on sparring with the disease. I hate that some die to remind others to live. I just wish you'd been there in my pickup to laugh at me. I would have treated you to gumbo and grilled flounder at the Schooner.
  18. Whenever my wife gets a case where a parent has tested hot for PCp I have two reactions.
  19. Give him my number, id love to stop by for a cup or coffee or whatever.
  20. 80 for Brady in the ass Remember the titans in the ass Rudy in the ass The longest yard in the ass Friday night lights in the ass North Dallas 40 in the ass Chariots of fire in the ass Hoosiers in the ass Tin cup in the ass The legend of bagger Vance in the ass Face off in the ass Field of dreams in the ass Six pack in the ass The sting in the ass Pete’s dragon in the ass Fury in the ass Fists of fury in the ass Sixteen candles in the ass Wind in the ass Flight of the intruder in the ass Steel magnolias in the ass Seven in the ass Gold finger in the ass Big in the ass The toy in the ass Trading places in the ass
  21. He isn’t close to being done. See, the trick is you have to drink yourself sober. It has to stop working. He’s in the middle of a chemistry experiment. The trick is to reach the inevitable conclusion before overshooting the mark and either dying or hurting a civilian. I’d recommend that his wife lawyer up pronto and go to Al Anon, for her children’s protection and her sanity. As for your friend, offer to buy him a bottle of his favorite. That’s the only way to accelerate his becoming beaten into a state of reasonableness. In the old days, before the proliferation of modern “spin dry” rehabs, the AA old timers would throw him a few bucks and tell him to go get drunk and return when he was actually ready for help. Then they would interrupt their own lives and go to any length to help the still suffering alcoholic recover. We still do. Alcoholism is a self-diagnosed disease, and until you have it, you don’t. And when you realize you do, you have to take responsibility for recovery. That’s harsh, I know. But alcoholism is pure insanity and negotiating with the insane is pointless.
  22. The only nice thing I have to say about my ex wife is during her 13 years at St. Mary’s we always had an amazing time at Oyster Bake. Of course then I had to stop drinking.
  23. Let’s just step back for a moment and contemplate what the word “career” means to sane, reasonable, rational, moderate, normal people. Walter Cronkite had a career. Tucker Carlson built the media equivalent of a black hole.
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