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i probably would have made a t-shirt that let people know what happened to me.

He always seemed like a very pleasant guy when interacting with him in the shoutbox. the guy loved to fish, as he would let people know his plans as to when he was going out and what he was fishing for. if i'm not mistaken, flaz had the story of having to go to a porta potty at night, (possibly because of the hurricanes) and being bit in the balls by a black widow. that's a solid guy tale to share with friends.

i'm too much of a visual guy. i need pics.

he was a good pope. the church greatly needed to take a step forward and evolve a bit, and he was the correct man to do it.

i'm kinda in on this. at least in our house it's become too much of a thing. i love my wife, but she comes from a culture of gift giving. her family wasn't wealthy, but for christmas those kids would be opening ***** for hours. so the last few easters, our kids have been getting more and more elaborate baskets. they're not filled with candy, but toys, crafts, books, etc. they're pretty elaborate. after the kids went through them, my wife then asks, "now...do you want your gifts from us?" That's when I had a bit of a moment. She come out with two bags filled with legos and other random today. not a ton, but why in the world do the kids need a packed basket, and gifts from us. it's far too much, but her response is that the kids are young once, so here we are. then we did the 10 am brunch. 80 bucks a person. even when we looked around, the majority of all the brunches were $70-90. two places were $40, but they're places i get wings at, so i just wasn't feeling it. then a few hours later it was off do another dinner i didn't even want. it's just become too much nonsense for us, so i think i'm going to retool some things next year.

Bold, yet disastrous.

But how are the schools?

i do get where people are coming from with the smell as it's just so potent. is it the end of the world? no...but people should use the same courtesy as the would when smoking cigs as mentioned. i think part of that is how ny rolled it out. if i'm not mistaken, the rule was that you could smoke pot in the same areas that you could smoke cigs. that always struck me as odd, as it created way too much of a gray area. enforcement would be impossible, so what can you do other than trying to be considerate of others. that being said, i do smell it a lot less in public than when it first became legal. i'm not sure if the freedom buzz wore off, but it's now rare for me. i've been told by everyone that nyc is the exception along with denver. the place stinks of weed.

they should put one in the new stadium. give the place a new vibe.

the dispensaries aren't the issue. the more dispensaries aren't suddenly going to produce more smokers. how many years has pot been legal and now we have 2 within a 15 minute drive from my house. i'm willing to be i can get to 6-8 liquor stores in the same radius. on top of that, the dispensaries are always clean and secure. the one i go to on occasion doesn't even let you in the door without showing an id. on top of that, i have no idea why a drive through somehow makes it worse. you can get weed in a number of ways. you can have it delivered or pick it up yourself. for pick up, you can preorder what you want, walk into the store and just walk out. what's the difference of getting out of your car to get it vs just driving through. it's just another service in our community at this point. the more tax money coming in the better.

i'm researching the cleveland housing market as we speak.

god i hated it. i remember talking to a colleague's wife that weekend prior about how we may have to shut down. maybe for a week or two...take a short break and go back into it. that monday we started talking to the staff about how we may have reduced hours coming up, and we may have to split days. The next day, (tuesday) we were all at home, no longer allowed to work. i just build my office months before, and i was panicked. i remember hearing that we could be closed until june, and thought that would be completely impossible. we were out of work for 10 weeks after that. i was stuck in the house with a 2 year old, a 5 year old, my wife, and no way to earn. it was awful. the profession still hasn't completely come back as there's still large staff shortages.

Super Bowl *****.