Zagam

A hero is only a hero from one perspective. There was a movie in '92 called Hero that sort of explores this a bit. It’s not a great movie, but it has a sort of scummy guy do something great and a sort of OK guy do something scummy.

Dude. For some reason Underdog got mixed up with Mighty Mouse in my head and I could not figure out wtf you were on about. It took me a full minute to have this all click.

Just finished my 2nd listen of Handmaids Tale. I’m rinsing myself off with some Discworld.

Next up will be A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. I got turned onto it last year and it became an annual tradition instantly. It’s 31 chapters (short ones) and you do one a day starting on the 1st.

Do like my ol’ dad did make him smoke a whole pack. It’ll put him off forever.

Shut up and listen. No, not just don’t talk and wait your turn to talk, listen. Really listen. Don’t just hear. Pay attention to what they are saying. And don’t rush to respond. Real communication isn’t just back and forth. It’s understanding. And you can’t do that if you’re just busy waiting your turn or trying to come up with your reply.

I can’t remember if I’ve seen it or not.

You say in a comment that it’s your house and that your ex loves the house, area, etc. Well, when you divorced that was one of the things that stopped being a couple thing and started being an individual thing. This is just part of being apart. My wife and my ex get along fine but there’s no way we could be in the same house. I think its probably time to finish separating and be in a place where you can be fully with your current partner and put energy into helping the kids through this. But this is just opinion.

Yeah. If you’re into it, do it. Never turn down a chance to learn something or develop a skill. Pick your audience when using a skill though. You may be able to juggle 5 balls, but a funeral probably isn’t the place. Talking like a dude that stepped out of a time machine could be cool in a bar, but not so much if you’re giving a presentation on finance.

I don’t have the time to play many games now but I recently bought Dirt 5 for my arcade fix and Dirt Rally 2 for my sim fix. I’ve always loved rally games.

And yeah, still super close with one of those guys. When I can find the time, we spend our time playing Day Z, Arma Reforger, Sea of Thieves. He plays Forza, but I’m trying to get gud at DR2 before getting him into it so I can win at least a handful of games first.

Oh man. We had just gotten a PS1 and Need for Speed. We lived in a little apartment over a beer store. Friday night would come and we’d spend the entire weekend racing each other and drinking way too much. We’d let the loser of the race stay on and the winner would sit out. That way we all got practice and got really, really good. Good times.

Depends on the boss. I had a guy I worked for and we’d hang out off work. We’d go to lunch, some days go on hikes during lunch, and went camping a couple of times. He was really laid back, didn’t care about my hours as long as I got my work done, and we built him a ramp in his backyard. More than once, he’d give me a bonus, send me to the pizza place for lunch, then tell me there was credit for me at the local tattoo shop. We still talk about every week or two. Good dude all around.

My current boss is cool, fine to work for, doesn’t care about my hours as long as I get my work done, and we joke and play around. But I’d never hang out with him. Just too different a life style.

Past boss, no way. I didn’t want him having my personal mobile phone number. You need to call me? You call me on the work cell. I come in, I do work. You tell me what you need done, you give me money. Not a bad guy, but that was just work.

Saturday, working on some props for Halloween with one kid. Sunday, father’s day and 3 birthday celebrations with the other two.

I’ll ask for resources but she’s trained and studied to be a teacher for kids with special needs and that are neuro divergent.

Find an executive functioning class and take it. It’s, I think, becoming more and more a thing. My wife is starting to run them for local middle and high schoolers.
And YouTube is your friend. You can find help for just about anything. Taxes, find someone local or just pay a person to do them. States all have different rules.