It was both a joke and my real life. I hope I have a similar experience. I’m a virgin after all… for this anyway.

They’d probably cancel the appointment if I said that, not gonna wait another 3 months to try to book my favorite activity.

The genders will be the other way around, but I like the cut of your jib.

Bravo.

Absurd, love it.

I farted.

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I think detectives and other police that legitimately solve crimes and help the community should be lauded. Law enforcers can tend to be thugs who like brandishing big sticks though. Sometimes they may start that way, other times they may end up that way due to constantly having to deal with horrible situations and people over and over again. I can imagine it would tend to skew your view of people, thinking that they tend to be worse than they actually are, and that affects how you interact with them. Not excusing, just attempting to understand why someone would choose to be that way. Some are just sadists and awful people, of course, but I don’t think that’s how the majority start. Probably partially the gang mentality of looking after your own no matter what as well.

Game of Thrones

• A Day In The Life - epic, creative and original
• Hey Jude - such heartfelt brotherly love
• Tomorrow Never Knows - exotic, strange and otherworldly
• Norwegian Wood - a small slice of life from a drifter with a great sense of humor
• I’ll Follow The Sun - so sweet and sad, sang it to lullaby my babies

Anyone who appreciates this one and hasn’t read the entirety of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations (compiled into book form) really should. Many gems of stoic wisdom therein.

I love this. As a software engineer, I see people run into this issue all the time. I’ve often heard it as, “Done is better than perfect.”

Just FYI, that quote from your girlfriend is not original. Good one though. I believe originally it’s, “Better a bitter truth than a sweet lie,” but I’m not sure who said it first.

Here are a few off the top of my head (though I looked up the original kanji for some of the Japanese ones)…

To enjoy life’s immensity, you do not need many things.

• Ryōkan, a Japanese poet

Ain’t no shame in holding onto grief, as long as you make room for other things too.

• Bubbles, from the last episode of The Wire

Honor is dead, but I’ll see what I can do.

• Kaladin, from The Stormlight Archive Book 2 by Brandon Sanderson

Beware the difference between intelligibility and correctness.

• Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Success consists of moving from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

• Winston Churchill

猿も木から落ちる (Saru mo ki kara ochiru)

Even monkeys fall from trees.

• Anonymous, traditional Japanese saying

正勝吾勝 (Makatsu agatsu)

True victory is victory over one’s self.

• Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido

I mean, I didn’t take notes or anything, but given how much I played, looking back I think it was some sort of coping mechanism. Moving can be tough on kids.

Wow, I totally forgot about this one. I used to play it all the time when I was a kid. I think I bonded with it because my family moved to California around that time and I had trouble fitting in (a-la Daniel-san), so I think partially it was my way of simulating being a native as silly as that sounds. Anyway, I had the NES version, but your write-up is making me want to try a Sega ROM of it. Thanks for the nostalgia blast!

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