Life Thread v2.0

SSOK wrote: Did anyone get one of those National Guard 870s?

Not I.

Did anyone get one of those National Guard 870s?

Can of Coke.

Saturday is liquid nitrogen day at work. What should I bring in to freeze?

tallen702 wrote: BARREL BREAK wrote: Couldn't afford a trip out so I just went with a 7 month sight unseen lease in a complex between bolton hill and mt vernon, not bad but I am not really digging the high rise life so far. Not bad at all. Plus, 7mo is nothing, gives you time to look at other areas of the city (or county for that matter) figure out traffic, and get to know what you're looking for here on the east coast. You could definitely do worse on neighborhoods. You're literally a stone's throw from my old job there. I ran The Owl Bar at the old Belvedere back in '04. Given your location, I can make some good recommendations: Brewer's Art for beer (front bar or down it the ratskeller) Oriole Pizza and Subs for cheap but good cheese steaks Club Charles for a laid-back retro bar Clavel for Latin food and killer drinks Nam Kang for cheap late-night Korean Jong Kak for authentic Korean BBQ The Helmand for killer Afghan food (legit good). Ottobar for live music Paper Moon for Cali-inspired diner food.

BARREL BREAK wrote: Couldn't afford a trip out so I just went with a 7 month sight unseen lease in a complex between bolton hill and mt vernon, not bad but I am not really digging the high rise life so far.

Not bad at all. Plus, 7mo is nothing, gives you time to look at other areas of the city (or county for that matter) figure out traffic, and get to know what you're looking for here on the east coast.

You could definitely do worse on neighborhoods. You're literally a stone's throw from my old job there. I ran The Owl Bar at the old Belvedere back in '04. Given your location, I can make some good recommendations:

Brewer's Art for beer (front bar or down it the ratskeller)
Oriole Pizza and Subs for cheap but good cheese steaks
Club Charles for a laid-back retro bar
Clavel for Latin food and killer drinks
Nam Kang for cheap late-night Korean
Jong Kak for authentic Korean BBQ
The Helmand for killer Afghan food (legit good).
Ottobar for live music
Paper Moon for Cali-inspired diner food.

BARREL BREAK wrote: Aw sorry to hear about the son's rough time :( In other news, I will have a bed again on thursday. My back is very, very excited.

Thanks. He's doing better now. He bounces back very quickly.

You sound like me. When I moved to Baltimore back in '04, I had nothing but a futon for a place to put my head. The moment I saved up enough money for a real bed, I got one.

Where did you settle on living? I was just up in Lutherville/Timonium on Saturday and then had to make my way down to the house of my company's owners to drop off some stuff for a party. They're just north of Hopkins.

Should edit my previous post, but screw it. This place needs all the traffic it can get!

Spent Saturday working at HQ for an event and had to stay waaay later than was told. Meanwhile, my son was coming down with strep, hard. Got home around 5:30PM and rushed him to an urgent care where they gave us the little kids' equivalent of a Z-Pack. He's a-ok now, but was miserable for most of Saturday night.

Yesterday, we went out and got the stuff we need to prep our downstairs for a makeover. Ripped out the kitchen down there last weekend and hauled it to the dump. This week, I spent most nights patching and sanding where the screws from the cabinets went into the sheetrock. I'm in the middle of putting together the new modular base cabinets and counter from Ikea for the wet bar, and painting the walls where the kitchen used to be so we can then get the new pad and carpet installed. We're having the stairs and den re-carpeted while we're at it which will update everything rather nicely. All that will be left to do for the basement is run a cable and ethernet drop, hang up some shelving, change out light fixtures, and put in a dart board and air hockey table. Then we'll be able to use it as a family living space and party area.

Celebrated my 30th birthday by helping my aunt buy a new car. She bought a Toyota Highlander.

I need to get out of my job.

Putting in 60 hour weeks and I'm still falling behind. My boss keeps assigning stupid laborious tasks to pretend he is involved with my projects. If my company got out of my way I'd be able to accomplish more things.