Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?

[somebuddyX]

I work in a warehouse and my friend Beef who I'd worked with for two years and then left last year came back to work with us on Monday and it was so fucking great having someone back who knew what was up and I didn't have to explain shit to and we could just talk shit at each other all day. So I had a really good day!

 

[Commander Troi]

I'm sending positive thoughts.

Medicine likes to use convoluted and complicated jargon. Makes doctors seem overly educated. Basically, they're going to take sets of images at different timing points of the dye injection.

Here's some doc-speak so you too can sound doctorish:

Obdormition and paresthesia is when you sleep on your arm and awaken to find it numb, followed by the pricking/tingling.

Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is brain freeze or ice cream headache.

Morsicatio buccarum is that ridge inside your mouth after you bite the inside of your cheek.

Transient diaphragmatic spasm is getting the wind knocked out of you

Synchronous diaphragmatic flutter is just a hiccup

Sternutate is a sneeze

Nocturnal enuresis is something you might have done as a kid- nighttime bed wetting.

Orthostatic hypotension is that dizziness from standing up too fast.

Borborygmi is the rumbling/gurgling in your stomach

Gustatory rhinitis is the runny nose from eating spicy food

Medial tibial stress syndrome is just shin splints.

Horripilation is what you've gotten after reading this list- goose bumps

Thanks guys!

 

[JD]

Sending positive vibes your way.
OK, to be clear this is not brought on by a situation I am in, it's just something I was thinking about.
At what point would you say an age difference between two people in a relationship is creepy?
For me it's probably anything around 10 is kinda iffy, but once you reach 20 it's creepy. Basically once you reach the point that one person could by the other person's parent, and once you hit the grandparent point, then it's really creepy.

 

[scotpens]

Here's some doc-speak so you too can sound doctorish:

Obdormition and paresthesia is when you sleep on your arm and awaken to find it numb, followed by the pricking/tingling.

Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is brain freeze or ice cream headache.

Morsicatio buccarum is that ridge inside your mouth after you bite the inside of your cheek.

Transient diaphragmatic spasm is getting the wind knocked out of you

Synchronous diaphragmatic flutter is just a hiccup

Sternutate is a sneeze

Nocturnal enuresis is something you might have done as a kid- nighttime bed wetting.

Orthostatic hypotension is that dizziness from standing up too fast.

Borborygmi is the rumbling/gurgling in your stomach

Gustatory rhinitis is the runny nose from eating spicy food

Medial tibial stress syndrome is just shin splints.

Horripilation is what you've gotten after reading this list- goose bumps

And fecal encephalopathy is having shit for brains!

. . . OK, to be clear this is not brought on by a situation I am in, it's just something I was thinking about.
At what point would you say an age difference between two people in a relationship is creepy?
For me it's probably anything around 10 is kinda iffy, but once you reach 20 it's creepy. Basically once you reach the point that one person could by the other person's parent, and once you hit the grandparent point, then it's really creepy.

I would never judge a relationship between two consenting adults based on nothing more than age difference. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall had a happy marriage despite his being 25 years her senior. I'm sure you can find plenty of other examples of successful May-December marriages and relationships among the famous as well as us "regular" people.

Like the song by the late pop songstress Aaliyah says, "Age ain't nothing but a number." But don't try telling that to the judge.

 

[JD]

OK, that's fair. I guess I was thinking more along the lines of a 40 year old in a relationship with a 18 year old.
It doesn't feel quite as icky when we're talking people in the 40s or 50s in a relationship with people 30s or 60s.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

At the time James Doohan died, he was in his 80's, married to a woman in her 30's. Nothing creepy about that.

The age difference isn't the creep factor. It's the age of the younger person that should be scrutinized. For instance, if you're in your 60's and married to a thirtysomething, then that's fine. But if you're 50 years old and dating somebody who's like 21? THAT is creepy.

I was thinking more along the lines of a 40 year old in a relationship with a 18 year old.

That's creepy too.

18-year-olds have no damn business going out with somebody that old.

 

[JD]

The age difference isn't the creep factor. It's the age of the younger person that should be scrutinized. For instance, if you're in your 60's and married to a thirtysomething, then that's fine. But if you're 50 years old and dating somebody who's like 21? THAT is creepy.

Yeah, that's a better way of looking at it.

 

[Aragorn]

Greg Locke is in the news again. Burning books and saying autism isn't real because it's not in the bible but instead is something demonic. I don't understand how anyone can believe a single thing this extremist nutjob touts.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

One of the most dangerous and abused phrases in the English language:

"Man up."

 

[Commander Troi]

My friend Adam died a few months back and several of us tried to help his mom out after. We just found out she died in mid-December. She never changed her will to her granddaughter (Adam's daughter) so it's in probate. I realized this morning that his mom's cat was probably left in the house to starve.

I'm praying I'm wrong.

 

[TribbleFeeder]

I couldn’t sleep. I wrote a poem about @Gary Mitchell and our friendship.

If you lived across the block
I was six, you were five
We’d have cups and strings
We would be saying things
like “copy/ hey you?”
“Aeroplane or helicopter?”
“Shhh I hear my momma”

Me and you, on my block
Cups and strings, just to talk

If it were 1942
We’d be in striped pajamas
Damp bunks, full heads
Lookin across edges of beds
Saying things like “hey you”
“What’s there to do?”
“I bet I can stare as long as you”

Me and you, 1942
Full heads, no shoes

If high school hit us both
at the same time
We’d be laughing in the lunch line
Known as the nice kids
Saying things like “hey you”
“There’s gum on your shoe”
“Let me get that for you”

Me and you, lunchroom B
Ham and cheese, mayo please.

If it were 3022
We’d be in pods floating about
Blinking lights all around
Going “doo do”
Saying “hey you”
“Pewww peww”
“I got you!”

Me and you, space station 42
Peeww peeew.

——————————————
I hope you like it Gary.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Like the song by the late pop songstress Aaliyah says, "Age ain't nothing but a number."

Which she recorded at the age of 15 while being statutory raped and secretly illegally married (they lied about her age and didn't tell her parents) by her 27 year old producer R. Kelly, who wrote the song as a creepy apologism for grooming his underage bride. So, maybe not the best example.

 

[somebuddyX]

I've never had a Star Trek uniform so thinking about getting some cheap turtleneck sweater and TOS department patches from ebay and sewing them on there.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

I couldn’t sleep. I wrote a poem about @Gary Mitchell and our friendship.

If you lived across the block
I was six, you were five
We’d have cups and strings
We would be saying things
like “copy/ hey you?”
“Aeroplane or helicopter?”
“Shhh I hear my momma”

Me and you, on my block
Cups and strings, just to talk

If it were 1942
We’d be in striped pajamas
Damp bunks, full heads
Lookin across edges of beds
Saying things like “hey you”
“I bet I can stare as long as you”
“What’s there to do?”

Me and you, 1942
Full heads, no shoes

If high school hit us both
at the same time
We’d be laughing in the lunch line
Known as the nice kids
Saying things like “hey you”
“There’s gum on your shoe”
“Let me get that for you”

Me and you, lunchroom B
Ham and cheese, mayo please.

If it were 3022
We’d be in pods floating about
Blinking lights all around
Going “doo do”
Saying “hey you”
“Pewww peww”
“I got you!”

Me and you, space station 42
Peeww peeew.

——————————————
I hope you like it Gary.

Wow Tribble. That was wonderful. No one's ever written me a poem before. I'm honored to have you for a friend.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

My friend Adam died a few months back and several of us tried to help his mom out after. We just found out she died in mid-December. She never changed her will to her granddaughter (Adam's daughter) so it's in probate. I realized this morning that his mom's cat was probably left in the house to starve.

I'm praying I'm wrong.

I hope you're wrong too. What a sad situation.

 

[JD]

My friend Adam died a few months back and several of us tried to help his mom out after. We just found out she died in mid-December. She never changed her will to her granddaughter (Adam's daughter) so it's in probate. I realized this morning that his mom's cat was probably left in the house to starve.

I'm praying I'm wrong.

That's pretty rough. Hopefully someone got to the cat in time.

 

[Velocity]

I hope the cat is ok, too! Once, my much much older sister hired a neighbor kid to keep her cat fed and watered but he never showed up. Luckily her bag of kitty kibble was out on the kitchen counter and the kitty was able to knock it over and get food for herself. Also, a toilet lid was left up so she could get water. Pure luck. I hope Adam's mother's cat was lucky, too.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I mentioned that there was something on my liver in my CT scan at the hospital. I got the ultrasound they wanted, but it was inconclusive. Now I get a "dedicated triple phase hepatic CT" on Monday 2/7. They need to put an IV in me to inject the dye.

I'm scared. Apparently liver cancer is on the rise... and obesity is a high risk factor.

::Gives you a big hug::

I'll pray for your health & well being!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I heard a song on the PA system at my store...called "Everybody's Lonely".

And I'm like,

Ain't that the fuckin' truth.

 

[Commander Troi]

Thank you all for your kindness. I'll keep you all updated as I know more.

I heard a song on the PA system at my store...called "Everybody's Lonely".

And I'm like,

Ain't that the fuckin' truth.

*HUGS*