toynbee

“Gainsay” is antiquated? Huh.

I know, but only because of an early episode of Family Guy.

My mom called this “read and regurgitate.”

Ever watch Cool Hand Luke?

Heterochromia! Very cute.

So how long have you lived in Baltimore?

Cognitive behavioral therapy, right?

… Right?

Back on Reddit, I once saw a lengthy debate about whether this or what you meant should be the default assumption when seeing that acronym. I don’t think either participant left satisfied, which I suppose was appropriate.

I’m a man, but I like it when my wife has orgasms. Often I do, too. Sometimes the two coincide and I really like that.

I suspect men of old also loved their lovers, though not universally. Hopefully the ladies came as well.

“it’s a psychological horror sort of film,” you say, clearly not remembering the part where he abruptly opens his eyes and sprays blood from them.

… But yes, you got exactly right what I was referencing, thanks for the assist!

Wasn’t he just copyright protection after Shazam was unveilled?

I have three arms!

Her.

For sure. When my rollover happened I was alone - no dependents and no one in the car with me. Now I have a wife and a daughter and if anything threatened to happen to them, especially under my care, I would be terrified.

Again, though; I absolutely believe you were justifiably frightened in the moment, but I’m glad things worked out!

So how was it working with Robin Williams?

It’s good that you and your wife made it through that experience okay.

I once rolled my car just due to driving in the snow down a mountain. It wasn’t quite scary like yours - in fact, I remember feeling a detachment as I started sliding towards an obstacle, thinking basically “okay, this is going to happen. I can’t do anything about it. What can I do to minimize the damage?”

I never ended up hitting the obstacle. The car rolled and I think the material of the roof generated more friction than the tires had, so I stopped sooner.

The car performed one full rotation, landing on one side, then the roof, then the other side, then back right side up. The interesting thing to me is that I didn’t realize the car was rolling until all the loose objects in the car started, from my perspective, defying gravity, then started obeying it again.

I came out completely physically unhurt, but one of the loose objects in the car was a jack. I saw it fly straight past my head. That could have been bad.

As I said, it was snowing and I was on a mountain in Pennsylvania. It was a long time ago and cell phone coverage wasn’t very good, let alone in that area. I ended up walking into the drainage ditch (figuring that the debris there might give my shoes more traction, maybe not the best idea in retrospect, but I neither slipped nor fell) and walking up to knock on the door of the nearest house to call a tow truck. I think it was nine or ten pm.

I couldn’t really see the resident, but I could see their feet on their recliner and the TV they were watching. The first time I knocked, there was no reaction. I waited a short while and knocked again and saw them reach to turn the TV up.

I got the message and walked to the next house. They were much more helpful.

“The Earth is fine. People are fucked.”

• George Carlin

Recently I’ve been reading the book Eifelhelm, which features a character named “Okham.” Another character familiar with him says he’s met Okham’s successor and says “he used your razor.” It took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize that wasn’t meant literally. My first thought was that it was unsanitary, though the relevant part of the book is set in the 1300’s so I suppose that wasn’t a major concern.

I don’t entirely disagree with you, but I’ve boiled eggs. I’ve peeled boiled eggs. I’ve never once given boiled eggs an ice bath - I didn’t even know that was a thing until I saw a roommate doing it in my early thirties (though to be fair I didn’t have my first boiled egg until my mid twenties).

I’ve definitely peeled eggs poorly, as shown in the OP, but I’ve also peeled them nearly perfectly with no ice bath. I don’t know if it helps, but it’s not necessary.

Fair enough. Thank you.

When I was learning to drive, my parents read a manual provided by the state. One of the directives was “say correct, not right!”

My kid is only six and therefore not driving as far as I know, but I have maintained that standard.