What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Luke]

no it's probably the titties

Somehow my alarm clock has the option of waking up to a track on a CD, which has become a daily battle for my wife and I.

One time I set the alarm to Eye Of The Tiger expecting to be peeved, but she loved it.

Waking up to Tubthumping on the other hand is the worst way to start a day.

But it is fun to wake up to tracks like Ice Cube's "Good Day", and...well, waking to almost any song is better than waking to an alarm. I'm a deep sleeper, but I don't need the sound of panic to wake me up, a simple "Good morning there sleepy head. I hope you had a good night's sleep. It's time to start a beautiful day full of adventures, accomplishments, progress, imagination, challenges and wonders", preferably spoken by Mister Rogers.

Big titties are overrated. Symmetry, perkiness, and nipple size.

Or you could always go for "personality".

[Fragems]

: Forgot to mention this the other day but now USPS wants to start doing delivery estimates to within an hour which is just crazy . Going to especially suck in the winter when road conditions, accidents, and etc. start causing delays.

: Brother and his girlfriend are fighting and it looks like I'll have to start going over and playing mediator every other day to make sure things don't escalate. She is from out of state and they are sharing an apartment so basically it is really freaking complicated and they are both attending college her so she can't just pack up and go home if things don't work out. Things would be fine if they would just talk, but my brother is a lot like my Dad he can't handle stress, when problems arise he doesn't look for help or talk about it, and he is extremely jealous/controlling. He also takes to sarcasm when he feels hurt which just complicates things even further when you are trying to tackle a serious problem. Anyways my Mom drove down last night and we all had a little pow wow at the apartment which cooled things off a bit, but it's still pretty rocky.

[TSTR]

I am an equal opportunity boob lover. Big, small, pepperoni nipples, it don't matter. Shake em if you got em.

[BoringSupreez]

I am an equal opportunity boob lover. Big, small, pepperoni nipples, it don't matter. Shake em if you got em.

Cone nipples or target nipples? Surely you draw a line somewhere.

[mjmjr25]

it looks like I'll have to start going over and playing mediator every other day to make sure things don't escalate.

No, that would be a choice. One you already acknowledge is rife with possibilities of stress, control issues, and escalation. Why would you choose to involve yourself. If you want to be involved then it's on you and you need to be prepared for any legal, family, or emotional fallout. My advice would be to tell them BEFORE anything unsavory happens where you stand. "If you guys are fighting and you call me. My first call is to 911 to intervene." Full stop.

[TSTR]

I am an equal opportunity boob lover. Big, small, pepperoni nipples, it don't matter. Shake em if you got em.

Cone nipples or target nipples? Surely you draw a line somewhere.

I mean, maybe if they're like 4 inches long or something...

[prfsnl_gmr]

it looks like I'll have to start going over and playing mediator every other day to make sure things don't escalate.

No, that would be a choice. One you already acknowledge is rife with possibilities of stress, control issues, and escalation. Why would you choose to involve yourself. If you want to be involved then it's on you and you need to be prepared for any legal, family, or emotional fallout. My advice would be to tell them BEFORE anything unsavory happens where you stand. "If you guys are fighting and you call me. My first call is to 911 to intervene." Full stop.

Agreed. I do not see any reason for you to mediate disputes between your brother and his girlfriend. It sounds like their relationship is already doomed in any event, and I suspect they would both be better served by making alternative living arrangements. (In other words, if you really want to help, then find your brother another apartment.)

[Czernobog]

A day where I can take some time to relax for a few minutes and play a game or two. Yay.

Neighbors still shut the door like their trying to win a world's strongest contest. It's like a damn shell shock moment every time.

Bemused: Had a malware that was only preventing me from accessing racketboy as far as I could tell. Although, it was probably affecting wordpress sites in general.

[Luke]

I am an equal opportunity boob lover.

Sure, but certainly you have a preference. But I've always been super picky about weight, boobs, height, and basically everything you can list when it comes to ringing my dong gong.

Frown: My mobile phone will not charge, so apologies to those that have tried to contact me.

Skip the rest if you also do not have a "Verizon Story".

Battery goes dead, phone will not charge. I visit one of the local Verizon stores, and after an hour wait some guy takes my phone, and tells me it won't work, and all my data is gone. Kaput. Pictures, videos, phone numbers. I then get told I could "save money" by purchasing a new phone for around $500. He could not explain how I would save money by spending it, so I left.

Today I went to a different Verizon location and was met with the same ineptness of a rep who knew where his wallet was but could for the life of him could not find his brain.

Not complaining about waiting, as I hate people who complain about waiting. It's what you do when you are in a line. I'm complaining about waiting to speak with idiots.

After about an hour of waiting I had the pleasure of meeting Jeremy, who was just as helpful as the last rep. Again, I'll save money by spending it. I politely tell Jeremy that you save money by not spending it. "But if you upgrade your plan, you'll be saving at least five dollars a month".

I asked him to show me the numbers on paper. He begins with "Okay. Say you have nine dollars. Times that by two and you have eighteen". For those very few of you who aren't hip to my education and experience, I excel at math, have an MBA, and not only consult Fortune 500 businesses, I also write accounting code for said businesses for tax purposes. Pretty wise on third grade multiplication.

And I don't mean to make these reps get frustrated and act like children, all I'm asking is for an explanation in writing. Writing down a change of bill or invoice should be able to be written by any rep, and johnny on the spot at that. But these reps are also the type to tell you to "hold on a minute" while they take a personal call.

But in the end he did his job as I caved and said, "Fine. Great. Fantastic. I'll buy a new phone". Of course I got the great news of "That phone won't be in stock until next week, but we'll call you as soon as we get one in".

This man gives zero nothings. Spent nearly an hour talking with this guy about how my phone doesn't work, and his response is to call me on it. Great HR verizon.

And if this guy was having a bad day, totally excusable. We all have them. But this guy was a disrespectful moron who got flustered and frustrated with each and every question I asked him.

^didn't spell check, so sorry for any grammatical errors.

[Fragems]

Well I love my Brother he just has a lot of issues and way to much on his plate. Yesterday our little sit down seemed to help out a lot. They just need somebody there to make them talk to each other. Pretty much I'll just be going over and hanging out(doing movie nights and stuff like that)and trying to help them work out their issues as best I can.

Basically there are few big problems that need to be tackled. First off my brother is overworking himself like crazy and has serious trust issues stemming from past relationships and family issues. On the other side she really needs someone to hang out with who my brother won't be suspicious of. Pretty much my brother is working 24/7 since he has a full class load that leaves him with 2-5 hours of homework a night, and he is also essentially single handedly running two engineering societies/frats which have meetings/activities every other day. She one the other hand only has a few classes and they aren't as intensive as his so she ends up staying at the apartment by herself a lot which in turn drives my brother loopy since he has trust issues from his last serious relationship. So really I just need to help him destress and open up from time to time, and I also need take her out or go over and chill from time to time so she can have someone to talk to.

I just really don't want my brother to turn out like my Dad so I'm going to do everything in my power to try and avoid that.

I'm not a big fan of it, but my mom is going to take him to the doctor to see if he can get on some medication as well since both of my parents have some psychological issues which he seems to have developed as well mainly my dad is bipolar and both of my parents have stress & depression issues. Basically I'm the only person in my family not on meds.

Edit: Really it will probably help me out as well to go and socialize every now and then since pretty much the only socializing I do is at the fleas or pawns when I'm hunting for games .