I was just talking to my wife today about how trees lived long before the bacteria that could decompose wood, how generations of trees lived and died and just stayed there. That the reason we have coal is because of all of these trees that died ages ago and couldn't decompose. Not only are trees the lungs of the earth, but the only reason we ever got an atmosphere that we could exist in is because of the innumerable trees that captured carbon from the air and contributed oxygen back to it. Trees are fucking amazing and we owe them everything.
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In the movie Point Of No Return, the main character is taught by one of her trainers to say "I never did mind about the little things." To demonstrate the appropriate use of the phrase, later in the movie a guy shoots her friend then looks at her to see how she's going to react and she says it to him. Given the time and perspective thus afforded her, she later kills that guy before he kills her.
I dunno, I just think of that phrase a lot. Also I've been through a lot of big things that make practically everything seem like Little Things in comparison.
L*******y, or the L-word.
only mostly dead and not dead dead
Nice reference, bro. That was the second movie I ever bought, on VHS.
Man, I read these comments and I can relate to so many of them. But honestly, this year, nothing. We've recently moved to an area that's more healthy for our family. I have a partner who's not abusive. My kids and myself are getting the mental healthcare that we need. It's snowy outside! We have a Christmas tree and presents! It was not amazing; there was nothing over the top or spectacular. But there was nothing bad. Damn, that feels nice.
When I was a kid, someone gave me a Transformers toy. After I came home with it, we destroyed it ritualistically to ensure that the demons within it would not plague our home.
Or, more simply: oh you sweet summer child.
Hahaha I didn't even notice that, that's perfect.
It probably doesn't help that a lot of things will take your emoticons and automatically convert them into emojis for you. Like you type :-) and it changes it to 🙂 without even asking. I've run into this in a lot of chat clients.
I mean you're right that we all form opinions based on emotions and the social pressure from our tribe, and it takes deliberate effort to counter that. I guess you're getting downvoted due to the echo of "both sides", but that wasn't how I read your comment.
I just pushed a major update to prod on my QuickBooks app. I may have made a terrible mistake.
It's not the same thing, but it looks like you haven't got a match yet. I'm in my 40's and just had jaw surgery about 6 months ago. Everyone I could find seemed wildly glad they'd done it. I'm relatively early in recovery and still somewhat annoyed with the process. However, my teeth line up how they should now so that's pretty sweet. (That was the reason for it.) Also my face isn't crooked any more and my tongue has more room and apparently I don't snore any more.
It sounds like the tongue tie surgery is much less invasive and stuff in your mouth heals pretty quick. (All I'm waiting for at this point is nerves and bone.) I ultimately decided to go ahead with it even though I feel like I'm pretty old, because I figure I should live at least another 40 years, and 40 years is a long, long time. May as well make it a little better if possible.
No joke, printing is like the #1 thing I like most about switching from Windows to Linux. I still get errors about the bypass tray every time I try to print from Windows. I'M NOT USING THE BYPASS TRAY!