Sure! It's all I ever do!
TNP wishes there an easier way to buy, say, a case of vagina tightening cream and have it sent unawares to somebodies place of business.
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Sure! It's all I ever do!
TNP wishes there an easier way to buy, say, a case of vagina tightening cream and have it sent unawares to somebodies place of business.
Heheh. Yes, that could have some definite joke potential.
TNP likes this Morgan Wallen tune, which is my favorite new country song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICWZfdZ5XI4
Yeah. Not really my cup of tea, exactly, but I liked the line about "my Red Wings and her flipflops in the sand." (Red Wing make boots, primarily, for use in the trades...an investment, of sorts, in that they're not cheap, nor stylish, but have been around forever and I've never heard anything bad about their safety-toe boots....don't know anybody on the job who uses them in the dispatch yard, but they're serious boots, for sure).
TNP has recently seen something fantastic and amazing in the realm of construction/carpentry/etc., such as pool tables being covered with new felt. Or such.
Yeah, my nephew is developing into a pretty talented amateur carpenter, and I most recently saw a nice, rustic multi-drawered table he made.
TNP likes the smell of woodsmoke outside on a crisp moonless night.
Well, sure. If I can identify the source of the burning in the dead of night, such as a fire or something. Otherwise, I'd be suspicious.
TNP is planning to wear shorts pretty much through October this year. And socks, shoes, and shirt, &c.
Weather permitting, yeah. I'm in shorts and a T-shirt whenever I'm at home pretty much all summer.
TNP is in shorts right now.
Yep. Just arrived yesterday some Dickies "work" shorts with the extra "utility" pocket (good size for a cell phone or other oddments). Wearing them now.
TNP will make the call: Carhartt or Dickies (for utility work clothes). Decide who lives and who dies!
Don't think I've ever heard of Carhartt, and I have had some Dickies stuff over the years, so the Big D it is.
TNP has someone's business card within reach.
Sure. A lawyer I know who agreed to represent me or consult with me if I continue to have problems with unruly neighbors or my HOA. Probably some others on my desk, but that's the only one I care about ATM.
["The Big D"????? Did you just make a dick joke, EH? Oh, OK. I used to tease this former gal at the pool table by saying she was all about the D. For defense. Which was true! In both interpretations.]
TNP thinks forty-six can probably go into twenty-two a few times to mutual benefit. Maybe modular arithmetic....but you all know what I'm talking about. Real TNP? Should it!?
If I understand you correctly - and I'm not certain that I do - then sure, why not?
TNP can see big puffy clouds from where he or she is right now.
At the time of TPP's post, I could.
TNP thinks a systematic, long-form plan of revenge and vexation would be appropriate for an ex-girlfriend who refuses to return an OOP book and two LPs lent to her. No physical harm, but complicated, devastating results for the guilty party, to be sure.
As long as it remains within the bounds of the law, yes.
TNP can think of someone he or she personally knows who really ought to die a slow and painful death.
Oh. Yeah. I don't even know where to begin. Pretty much everyone who pisses me off.
TNP has a pretty extremely aggressive temper, and if so, is just fine with it, so long as it is constrained from desired actions.
I have an occasional temper, yes, but I wouldn't say it's "pretty extremely aggressive," not really. I find my temper flares when someone lies to me, or doesn't do what he said he'd do, or is cruel or rude to others.
TNP has had cold feet at some point today.
Nope! I've been rocking these Dickies Dri-Tech socks lately...they're pretty good.
TNP has at least one "anonymous" Google Voice phone number, and finds it handy in some circumstances where one wishes to not use one's actual phone number.
No, I don't! Never had a particular need for that.
TNP owns stock in at least five different companies.
Indirectly, sure, through my 401K, and some AMZN stock that aren't fully vested yet, as a kind of half-assed "perk" of employment.
TNP thinks this whole "friend zone" thing that some...people...seem to be obsessed with is both real (because, sure, it's a pretty universal way of categorizing people, done by both men and women alike), but also ridiculous, given that people can and do change their perceptions about their acquaintances according to evolving, if not chaotic, psychological attitudes over time.
Yes, definitely. But then, interpersonal relations will always be at least somewhat fraught in a time when (ideally) people are completely free to make their own decisions as to who to hang out with, date, cohabit or marry.
TNP has least five divorced friends.
Yeah. Not all close friends, but certainly I know about five divorced people. Probably more. Mostly just one half of them, though!
TNP knows some or most of the slang terms for dice combinations in the game craps/shooting dice.
No, only a few: craps, snake eyes and boxcars.
TNP needs a cold beer right about now.
Nah, don't drink beer much anymore -- like cocktails better.
TNP likes wine okay with a meal, but doesn't really think it's superior to other beverages.
I disagree with that, somewhat. A big red wine has certain qualities that can't be simulated or replaced by other drinks...not superior, necessarily, but I wouldn't want to live in a world without some decent plonk served in a clean glass.
TNP has recently been humbled by losing badly at a game (or sport!), like chess or pool, or whatever.
No, it's been quite awhile. A friend at work beat me at chess many years ago in the only game we ever played; she then refused a rematch. Grrrrr.
TNP has big plans for the weekend.
Well, I sort of did have big plans to rehabilitate myself, do some personal hygiene, shave this beard (symbol of my new-found bachelorhood!) off, tidy up around chez moi. Nah. Played some pool today, hung out with an acquaintance at his pad, drank some malt liquors, and all that.
TNP has noticed certain peculiarities of parking enforcement habits over the years, and is pretty smart about not being cited for parking violations.
Hasn't really been an issue for me. I'm pretty careful about feeding the meters when I have to, and otherwise prefer to park in garages anyway.
TNP parked in a concrete parking structure at least once over the weekend.
Well, my kid who was doing the driving did, does that count?
TNP is going to be watching playoff hockey.
No, not interested in the least.
TNP has just the place in mind for the Stanley Cup if it's ever offered for a weekend visit.
No. I mean, I'd take it temporarily and cherish it for as long as allowed, but my 2-bdrm place is extremely cluttered with....stuff.
TNP has strong opinions about the graphical "strike zone" imposed on televised baseball matches (the one that shows the strike zone and the mph of each pitch). And will share those opinions. Here.
Eh, I don't mind it, but I wouldn't be terribly upset if they did away with it, either.
TNP will be going in person to a MLB game in the next month.
Hope so. With the kid moved out and working, my baseball world is changing.
TNP has watched cricket, either live or on TV.
Only a little on TV. Never entire match or game.
TNP could, in five minutes or less, explain the rules of cricket to someone who knew nothing about the game, and actually have them understand it.
Nah, maybe my kid could.
TNP has been having particularly strange dreams lately.
No, it's been awhile now.
TNP had a particularly good rest last night.
Yes. First in a long time. No alcohol, ten hours of sleep, and some good REM sleep with a few short, uninteresting dreams.
TNP finds it difficult to depart from certain routines, like, for example, stopping in for a beer at the regular place after work. Or whatever.
Yes, I tend to be a creature of habit, although when I do something different I enjoy the newness of the experience and/or the break from routine.
TNP has been to a graduation ceremony in the past month.
No. I haven't found those ceremonies to welcome those who are not only unaffiliated with any relevant group, but also openly consuming alcohol while peering around using binoculars.
TNP knew that you can take an old smartphone, unattached to any mobile carrier, hook it up to your home WiFi, and make all the anonymous calls and texts you want using Google Voice. Not a "phone," but a superphone!
I did not - but I bet the NSA does!
TNP knows someone who works in the U.S. Intelligence Community (I know one current and two former such staff, as it happens).
Not that I know of.
TNP understands how cryptocurrency is created.
In only the vaguest sense. Mostly I find it baffling.
(I know one current CIA satellite photoanalyst, and two former NSA Russian translators).
TNP owns at least two kinds of cryptocurrency.
I don't own one and probably never will. To me they're just a well publicized Ponzi scheme.
TNP: Has a small coin collection
True! Accumulated over the years when I get an odd or interesting coin as part of my change, and some I've been given as gifts. I particularly like JFK half-dollars, and the various recent Lincoln pennies.
TNP has been to Abraham Lincoln's birthplace in LaRue County, Kentucky.
No, I don't know nothing about KY. Except that finding Irish or Scotch whiskies might be a bit of a challenge. Plus they got all them nasty horses and whatnot.
TNP just plain does not care for horses or ponies, even for betting on, really. But TNP is a big fan of glue.
I like horses and ponies, and did some riding back in the day. Not so crazy about glue, whether or not it's made from horses and ponies.
TNP washed the dishes tonight.
Haha. I haven't washed dishes in months. Kind of a in a funk after calling it quits with a gal.
TNP thinks gossip, that comes from the devil's worksho[.
Too often, yes, if it's mean-spirited. If it's just non-earthshaking news about what the people around you (such as at work) are up to, then I'm usually glad to hear it.
TNP thinks that's a useful distinction to make for gossip.
Yeah, I'd go along with that. Even to the extent that IRL I harangued a bar room pal by insisting, "I love gossip! You must tell me everything!"
TNP concludes it is impossible to make a good video using a phone/tablet/notebook without some advanced knowledge of things like tripods and stuff.
Oh, definitely. Too many shaky, handheld, poorly-lit, inaudible video messes out there already.
TNP has scratched behind a dog's ears today.
No. Dogs like me, but I don't necessarily reciprocate. But, no.
TNP doesn't think much of these younger kids with their "fluid" dating ways. I.e., when one is with someone, then that's it. If not, pull the plug. Ain't no game.
Yeah, it makes me wonder sometimes. That, and they're always going around in packs rather than pairing off, as we did back when I was a lad.
Yeah, this current poster agrees. And even observes within ones own age cohort, that "people" are a bit more flighty and "hip" than is acceptable.
TNP agrees, without hesitation, that the various commendable characters one works with professionally are the best part of "the job."
Yes, that's generally true. That, and the chance to do some good and to help some people choose a better path in life.
TNP has been in Columbus, Ohio in the past year.
Yeah, probably true.
TNP agrees that the various totally worthless characters one works with professionally are the worst part of "the job."
100% Some of these people are as useful as a dug up body, and some of them actively inhibit any kind of effort, like dangerous lumps in the road.
TNP has ever been chastised for using "unprofessional" language directed at the incompetent and unwilling on the job.
No, have managed to avoid that, even with the guy who kept calling himself the “office iconoclast”. Really wanted to tell him that the Greek for “moron”is not “iconoclast”, but “moron.”
TNP likes banana peppers on pizzas, sandwiches and so forth.
Nah, don't really care for them.
TNP will usually add hot peppers to pizza when the opportunity presents itself.
Sure! Hell, I add hot peppers to hot pepper, when the time is right. And, FTR, I love banana peppers. Good stuff.
TNP is pretty damned good at not responding to direct verbal insults with any kind of vitriol, although he or she can be very upset indeed.
Yes, I'm a lover, not a fighter, and don't typically fight fire with fire, but I've been known to grit my teeth as I walk away from those situations.
TNP is reading a very good book these days.
Yeah. 99 Critical Shots in Pool and Banking With the Beard. It's been a long time since I've really studied books, but these are worth the effort to me.
TNP: Theory, practice, or both. And why! </James Lipton>
Both! Life is too diverse and interesting to be reduced to just one or the other.
TNP: Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway or someone else?
Oh, I'd go Picard, I guess. If only because Kirk already had the wrath, inspired the ire, and is, to me, much more a spoken word artist than an O6 or O10 (I guess) might be. TBH I don't know who Sisko is, and I only know about Janeway from scuttlebutt in the year two thousand, or whatever.
TNP has ever been reprimanded at work (or, hell, even in social life) for passing vocal, but direct and reasonably polite criticisms of members of his or her profession. Or, "profession," if one prefers.
No, I've been reprimanded for other things, but not that.
TNP wants to learn more about Benjamin Sisko, commanding officer of Deep Space Nine: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Benjamin_Sisko
Well, I looked at the wiki page, so I guess "true." I think my curiosity is sated at this moment, though. The actor looks like somebody I vaguely recognize (either another actor or the self-same actor...can't be sure)!
TNP is completely done with any kind of comic book/superhero movies. At least the ones from this milennium. TNP can have no more of it!
Definitely not. I usually enjoy them, and there are several recent one I'd like to see that I haven't had the chance to yet (especially the newest Spiderman and Batman films).
TNP will be asleep in the next half-hour.
Definitely not then, nor today, since my place of commerce is closed tomorrow. Anyway, I strive to be asleep by 1900 anyways. Except for special cirumstances. I'm caught up in watching The Love Witch and finishing this bottle of Paddy's, so must not go asleep.
TNP has very second (or third, or fifth) thoughts about committing to wearing a beard, and trimming it and all that. BUT He or she finds it very reinvigorating after ending a relationship to do it again.
I've had a beard for awhile now and occasionally think of shaving it off, but then I think better of it, and keep it. Shaving my whole face again every morning holds little allure for me.
TNP went for a long walk today.
Not yet, maybe at lunchtime or tonight.
TNP likes olives on pizza, possibly green more than black.
No, never did. My typical combos are pepperoni and pineapple, or pepperoni and red (or green) peppers, or sausage and mushrooms.
TNP could go for some pizza right about now, come to think of it....
Sort of. I've been liking putting pieces of Naan bread in an oven with some olive oil, granulated garlic, some pulverized "parmesan" cheese, black pepper, red chile flakes lately. It's sort of like a pizza, but a very low-effort one to prepare.
TNP: Delivery, or DiGiorno's?
Neither. We like a local pizza place, Dewey's, that doesn't deliver, but you can either dine in or take out. I've had DiGiorno's before and, while it isn't the worst pizza I've ever had, I can't say I'm in much of a hurry to have it again.
TNP has a pair of scissors within easy reach.
<Looks around>.....Sort of. In the bathroom, thirty feet away or so. Right next to the beard trimmer!
TNP has recently been incensed by the poor bookbinding of a new paperback, despite having taken great care to avoid cracking the spine, as one must.
Yeah, now and then I notice some pretty shoddy book construction. I once had a beloved paperback, long out of print, that I bound together with rubber bands, it was in such bad shape - but back then I couldn't get a new or even a used replacement copy, and I hated to throw it away.
TNP has thought about a tiger today.
Yeah, maybe. A paper tiger, perhaps.
TNP has ever been mistaken for a lawyer by multiple people while entering a courthouse for an arraignment (or similar), merely, one presumes, by wearing a coat and tie and adult shoes. Additional TNP, while outside the "Justice Center," one is tempted to say to people asking to bum change or cigarettes by saying, "yeah, I can't right now....I'm not a lawyer, but I just got out of a courtroom as a defendant, so, no."
And that is my first and only story of appearing before a magistrate at a simple arraignment. I'm glad I was booked at time of arrest and released from jail after only....six, ten hours or whatever. Nice to wear adult clothes and shave my raggedy-ass face, at least.
No, it was a well-trimmed beard, but it is no longer. Like Robert Lowell wrote once, "Make the girls love, not war." Conservative red tie, four-in-hand knot, white shirt, blue wool blazer, dark khaki pants, black shoes, belt. I figured not necessary to be "try-hard" for an arraignment when I've already been booked, just not wear a Led Zep T-shirt with cigarette burns on the front. Respect for the office of the court, but not overboard.
No, I have never been mistaken for a lawyer, because I am one. But I have had total strangers ask me to represent them when there's no way I could do so.
Hope your case went well!
TNP has big plans for Saturday.
Nope. Continue to research my upcoming hearing (at which time I'll be appointed a public defender, and receive a full copy of the county sheriff's report) and trial for DUII and Reckless Driving, and keep trying to request a DMV Administrative Hearing for an Implied Consent Suspension (the DMV website is not that good...might have to FAX request instead).
TNP knew that Warren G. Harding was somewhat responsible for popularizing the term "bloviation."
Well, H.L. Mencken coined the term and applied it to him, as I recall, so yes. Harding's speeches were notoriously content-free drivel.
TNP has used the word "drivel" in a sentence in the past week.
You know, I don't think so. Closest has probably been "blathering" and some other synonyms.
(My bad about Harding....funny, I actually like Mencken's writings...but I got that one wrong!)
TNP thinks the future is so bright, he or she has to wear shades.
Sure, just like they sang so long ago!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEH4..._channel=k3vin
TNP has studied nuclear science.
Yeah, I guess. Whatever nuclear science is, from first year physics (just differentiating polynomials, and working with partial derivatives), and a b**ch of a two semester sequence in *Modern Physics*, of which about half the class flunked, by design. Hard knee.
So, not really. Ask WE?. He's not a nuke, but pretty sharp fellow.
TNP will never give up standing on the corner, watching all the girls go by.
Nah, never my scene. I knew plenty of cute girls in school and at camp, and had no need to stand on any corner.
TNP heard a live band play tonight.
No, I don't suppose so.
TNP would prefer to appear before a hearing, during which a magistrate, a PD, and an ADA will decide to accept a (very) conditional offer of entering a diversion program wearing a proper suit, or just a coat and tie, which latter is detailed down to the socks and has a better, more tailored fit. And TNP must explain why.
I don't suppose it makes any difference. If you're clean, sober, presentable and respectful to the court (without being obsequious), you should be fine either way. For myself, I'd be more likely to be in a "proper suit."
TNP went shopping for clothes today.
No, not today, nor even that recently. I should buy another set of work gloves, and some more socks, and maybe another black dress shirt for work. Everything else in my wardrobe is pretty fully stocked, even surabundantly: just need to launder them.
TNP always forgets the mandate at his or her pharmacy to wear a mask, which policy makes perfect sense, given the increased likelihood of contact with elderly or people of unknown immune systems' functioning. If true, for shame!
Not at the pharmacy, since I'm rarely there, but in other places, yeah, now and then. COVID still isn't completely behind us yet, dammit!
TNP yearns for the day that the President or Dr. Fauci steps up to the podium and says everything's great, we don't have to wear masks anymore, and to hell with social distancing. Or words to that effect.
Well, that would be nice, but I don't think that will ever happen. It seems unprecedented, as a statement, especially about public health. Have we heard similar assurances about AIDS, or regular "flu," or other maladies that, while responsible for many illnesses and deaths, have strong treatments available that can assure the life and quality of life for the great majority of the population?
I don't think a medical professional could ethically make that statement, except if it concerns his or her individual patient.
TNP has a funny story about how confusing car insurance (or other kinds of insurance, perhaps) can be, even to a canny, experienced user of these services.
I wish I did, but I think there's probably a good reason I can't think of any standup comic who talks about insurance.
TNP a favorite standup comic or three who are now regularly performing, and will tell us who.
Oh, I don't know. I think Steven Wright is still out there doing it OG-style, as is Zach Galifiniakis, and I'll toss in Lisa Lampanelli for good measure.
TNP has in recent memory used the old pre-school shoelace-tying stand-by of making a "double knot" on one shoe or more. To prevent slippage, dontcha know!
Yeah, just about every time, actually. Never had Velcro on my sneakers.
TNP got caught in the rain at least once this weekend.
No, not over the weekend. There were a few pathetic little emissions yesterday about mid-day. No, I did not go about singing and dancing ad iste Sachverhalt. It was somewhat amusing.
TNP finds that there are is alarming shortage of public defenders in his or her county, and is of two minds about that, personally. TNP must explain.
No, from what I've seen we have enough, and their caseloads seem manageable, all in all. Not as bad as Nawlins has been in recent years, from all I've read - they actually went on a strike a few years ago due to their crushing caseloads.
TNP opened up a new file of some kind just last week.
Heh. Yeah. Even my own personal files have files in them. You know, like, uh, business papers and stuff! :) Those court dates and bills for various accoutrements aren't going to memorize themselves, y'know!
(Oh, not relevant, but perhaps of interest: an OR state supreme court justice has effectively fired all of the commisioners responsible for administering PD duties, due to some kind of squabble, petty or not. Hot topic of the day? Without representation for those eligible....ahem....is this going to clear out the jails and dockets? Nobody knows, but all signs point to "probably!")
TNP knows an LDS/mormon person IRL and if so, thinks, despite sheer instinct, that he or she is not so terrible.
Hmm. I know one Muslim, and two Jehovah's Witnesses, a sprinkling of atheists and agnostics, lots of Jewish people, and 'way more Christians of various types, but no, I don't think I personally know any LDS/Mormon folks.
Hadn't heard that about Oregon. Might be burning down the house to kill a mouse under the fridge.
TNP would gladly visit Oregon next week, if able.
Sure, I wouldn’t mind checking out Portland.
TNP is traveling this weekend.
I'm....going.....to California in my mind? I guess that's a no.
(I really don't recommend visiting Portland these days. I took the light rail train this Monday and was absolutely shocked and dismayed walking the few blocks through Oldtown/Chinatown. It used to be an average bad neighborhood, but with quirky little restaurants and a jazz club and all that.....fuggedaboutit....now it's Chinatown, fellas! Scraggly tweaked-out white people, tents everywhere, of course. I do not recommend this city as a travel destination, and this is, really "my town," I know its geography and history up and down, but I just can't recommend.)
TNP can and will do describe a recent disappointment. On any topic.
The app the Cleveland Guardians use for paperless ticketing is a #$%^&! pain in the ass - and it's mandatory. No paper tickets, even with proper barcodes, are honored anymore. It took two ticket-takers almost ten minutes to help me with my iPhone to try to access our tickets, and in the end my friend had to have the tickets sent remotely to his phone before we could enter the ballpark. Grrrrrrr.
TNP has been to a pro baseball game this summer.
Well, no. And besides every time I'm around a TV it's the damned Little League World Series. I'm ready some for some football, yo! (aside....I'm never going to get used to the Cleveland Guardians name.....maybe eventually, but it's jarring every time....not that it wasn't the right call, but I've been accused of being less than "fluid" and "flexible" concerning some things).
TNP is ready....READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!
Eh, I don't particularly care one way or the other. But if the Steelers (my childhood team) or the Browns (my adulthood team) are doing well, I certainly don't mind.
TNP will be going to a comedy show this weekend.
Absolutely not. The sounds, the smells, the raucous laughter. No sir.
TNP would rather play craps in a casino than any other table game. And TNP must explain his or her reasons.
Having visited casinos but never actually played a game in one, I have no opinion on the matter.
TNP will be hearing live music this evening.
Nope. My bedtime is 1900-2000 most work-nights, so I don't be doing the whole nightlife thing.
TNP can think of a better color necktie to wear with a navy blazer or suit than red, and if so, will name it.
I like a red tie with a gray suit, actually, but prefer a striped tie mostly of blue, green or yellow with a navy blazer. (I also never wear a striped tie with a striped shirt, and always wear either a solid or patterned tie with a striped suit. That's just me.)
TNP has read a Stephen King book recently (as I did: The Dead Zone).
No. I have read my share of SK over the years (not all, but a good many, including *The D/Zone*...pretty good movie, too, IMHO).
TNP thinks UPS last-mile delivery sucks....especially when one needs something fast, like a replacement for a lost cell phone, for example. Among other logistics companies, of course!
Never tried it, so I don't know.
TNP has ordered food online in the past week.
Nope. I never do that. I did pick up some take-out a few days ago at a Chinese restaurant, but I did it the old fashioned way.
(C'mon! You've never had something delivered by UPS? I find that hard to believe!)
TNP would go to the ends of the earth to exact petty revenge on a business client who called a coworker a "fat bitch." Legal revenge, mind you, but up to any possible harm one might reasonably cause him or his "business," which sucks.
No, I hope I'd stand up for my coworker and tell the client that that kind of conduct was unacceptable, but I'm not a petty-revenge kinda guy.
And I've had things delivered by UPS, but am unfamiliar with and haven't used their "last mile delivery" service.
TNP is wearing something red right now.
Yeah, shirt as it happens, since I now longer particularly care what I wear to the office as long as the gravy stains and holes aren't too noticeable.
TNP kinda wonders what happened to September.
It did zoom by, didn't it?
TNP has special plans for Saturday night.
Yep. Go to bed early and have a good night's sleep before work.
("Last mile" just means from the time it arrives at a local distribution station to when it arrives at your place....so, it's not special. Just abstracts away all of the "before" steps of logistics, e.g., overseas freight, cross-country airplane or truck delivery, etc. It's more or less what you see when you get the finished product on your porch, or whatever).
TNP thinks it's a problem worth addressing that the Ignition Interlock Devices require repeated inattentive driving stunts in order that an unimpaired driver may continue after initially starting a motor vehicle. Recognizing, as one does, that it is often impossible to find safe harbor to pull over and resubmit a "rolling" test.
I didn't know that, but if true, yes, it's certainly a problem worth addressing.
Thanks for the explanation about "last-mile delivery."
TNP listened to classical music today.
Well, sort of. I often "listen" to music by actively rehearsing or recalling in some detail a given piece (or section of a longer piece), which I did. Most times I'd rather read off the score to help remember a given piece of music, or just recall it in my mind, rather than listen to another performer's performance.
So, yes.
TNP doesn't think that sounds completely crazy.
No, I don't, although I prefer the actual audio stimulation to imagining it.
TNP patted or scratched a dog today.
No, but I used a metal whistle yesterday to "play" some Morse code to a pack of unruly dogs from a neighboring apartment complex at a time when I normally retire to go to sleep.
TNP thinks cracking the screen on a smurphone is just fine, so long as it works. In a total bummer sort of way, if it's a new phone.
That would indeed be a bummer.
TNP is following the MLB post-season closely.
Negative, Colonel. I'm on to NFL now, and feel proud and good of Buffalo this season. I'm just happy Oakland is not doing good this MLB season, for reasons. Back to NFL, Buffalo could be toppled next week against the KC Chiefs, but week five's game against the Steelers did me solid. Didn't watch, but followed the scores in real time. One field goal is all Pittsburgh got? It was a massacre!
TNP has ever had a pair of socks that could control the fires of hell itself: for example, Darn Tough's lifetime guarantee quality socks. Expensive for socks, but worth it, IMO.
I've never had truly sucky socks, I guess, but neither have I had such mind-blowingly awesome socks as that. Or as Herzog has (or had).
TNP ate some cheese today.
No. Sadly. I have a Roquefort and a Bleu d'Auvergne that are ready for eating, but I lost my appetite after a disappointing court hearing.
TNP thinks it is unacceptable that after four court appearances, consisting of one arraignment, and three hearings, each spaced about a month apart, Da Judge finally saw fit to assign me a PD, whom I shall meet in about a month. 114 days after my initial arrest. In fact, TNP thinks it is an absurd travesty straight out of Kafka.
That does seem a bit slow of the court.
TNP, being a fan of blue cheese, knew about (the extremely yummy) Maytag Blue: https://maytagdairyfarms.com/the-farm
Yep. I've eaten my way through the local QFC's blue cheese section over the past eight months or so. Sadly, I might be tired of the blues....but I can console myself with some manly pecorino or another variety. I don't find the blue cheeses have much desire to ascend from their caves: they can be finicky to handling at surface temperatures, I find. Talking about Bayley Hazen Blue, ahem....never mind about that one. An inferior domestic product. But, the Maytag is a good cheese. I would serve it to a guest without hesitation, and eat of it myself. I've served it to myself with pleasure.
With optimal handling, a good blue cheese is still glorious, though. IMHO.
TNP: traditional taxicabs, or those Über/Lyft people. Hint....it's the professional cabbies every time, but TNP must explain his or her choice and why.
I've only myself ever used pro cabbies, but my sons are very comfortable with Uber and have taken me along with them on several such rides, esp. in Washington, D.C. Both will get you there, in my experience.
TNP is rooting for the Guardians over the Yankees this week.
Oh, one hundred per cent, like any right-thinking person.
TNP is also hoping the Yankee fans will boo Judge so mercilessly tonight that he'll take his talents to another team.
Well, that made me laugh a bit, so, even though I haven't been following baseball this season very much at all (partly because of the long union negotiations at the beginning....I just got tired of getting blue-balled), I'll say "sure!"
TNP thinks without a doubt this NFL season, Buffalo is going, without a doubt, to the Superbowl. Sure, Sunday's game against KC was close, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. Decisive win with a spectacular INT at the last possible moment.
Sure, why not? Although I favor either the Browns or the Stillers.
TNP could go for a beer and some nachos right about now.
Nah, it's morning and even I have my limits.
TNP thinks the breakfast burrito is a pretty good invention.
No, I'm going to disagree. Well, OK, I agree. It's "pretty good," sure. As good as a breakfast pizza? No, not by a damned sight. But pretty good, sure! A couple of smokes, some coffee, a handful of vitamins, and a nice breakfast burrito? Yep! Trouble is finding a good breakfast burrito, I suppose. Many contenders but few top tier champions! Eez much like ze vimmin, eh, m'sieur? Ouais! I know about which you to have been talking, sir! Very much like ze vimmin, or you know, ze girls, eh?
[The damned Steelers? WTF? Well, to each his or her own opinion, I suppose. Anyway, it's just a game! :)]
TNP is prone to recidivism. Interpret how one will. In life or as a spectator.
Hmm, no, I don't think I'd describe myself as a recidivist. I don't have enough bad and/or criminal habits to really qualify.
TNP has someone in his or her extended family who went to prison.
Almost definitely. The Irish-Catholic side.....I know of one short stint in jail, not prison, but it was a clerical error. I'm sure there were others on the distaff side, but they were pretty well behaved as a clan. At least two of my father's sisters' husbands did some time, i.e., fathers of a number of first cousins, or had some blood relations who did, but I wouldn't know the details.
TNP thinks county jail in his or her locale isn't so bad. Not Aunt-Bee-baking-a-pie good, but one can easily survive as a regular non-tweaked-out citizen. Just a place to relax under some watchful guardians while trying to not insult a bunch of tweakers.
It's actually pretty bad, from all I've heard. Several prisoners have died in recent years, some by suicide. Building a newer, more humane county jail is very much in the local news right now.
TNP follows the local news pretty closely.
I try not to. Weather news is about all I can handle, and, trust me, that's plenty interesting in itself. The rest I observe for myself five or six days a week during commutes to and from work. It's bad, and I don't really need any editorial factoids about how whatever is n times better or worse than some metric or some other place.
I do follow enough local politics to have an opinion about such-and-such and have what I consider to be informed decisions when it comes time to vote.
TNP has tried at least one new (to him or her) whisky, whiskey, or other adult beverage recently.
No, not too recently, although the bar where I play trivia most Tuesday nights has new IPAs available now and then.
TNP prefers a lager to an IPA.
Yeah. I spent at least a few years drinking the most dank, hops-riddledest, micro-local-mega IPAs there ever was.
I'm done with those now: there are many Irishes and Scotches I haven't tried yet, and I still enjoy some of the old stand-bys among the brown liquors, so that's where I land when doing some serious drinking at a bar. Meh, beer is beer, but whiskies are forever a delight.
TNP had a fun, informative, and pertinent conversation with a "lady lawyer" earlier today (who is *not* one's wife, ahem, Ret, ahem!), and wouldn't have had it any other way.
I did, as a matter of fact! She's a friend, is running for judge and having some problems, and I tried to encourage her and give her a bit of advice, to which she was receptive.
TNP lives in a place where judges are elected.
Yep. Not often a very highly contested position, however. More than one candidate for a position is very exciting.
TNP thinks it can be a harmless strategy to appear charming, articulate, relaxed, forthcoming, direct, and respectful to, for example, one's public defender. In other words, flirt shamelessly, but with plausible deniability, even though she has a wedding ring on the appropriate finger.
It gets desired results, dammit! Namely, rapt attention and zealous defense. Harmless but effective. I consider that G-rated flirting, but perhaps a term like seriously subdued but charismatic is more appropriate.
Certainly... up to the moment she makes it clear that such a strategy is unwelcome, if she ever does.
TNP has leftover Halloween candy in the house.
Yeah, way overbought, yet again.
TNP gives out full sized chocolate bars at Halloween.
No, we never have. But neither do we give out the cruelly-misnamed "fun size" tiny candy bars. Our go-to candy, as it was this year, is plain M&Ms.
TNP doesn't really care for M&Ms.
No, they're OK, I guess. Haven't had one in .... I can't remember when. Don't care for the ones with peanuts inside....it's impure and unclean! The only candy-related anecdote I have is that I picked up a package of "Sea Salt Caramels" coated in milk chocolate....I'd recently given a parcel of those to my mother, knowing she doesn't care for the very dark chocolates, so I bought some for myself to see what was what. They're OK, but basically huge gobs of caramel coated with a hint of chocolate. I could see eating one, maybe, once a week? But my mother can keep those at her beach house for guests, I suppose, since I'm sure she would not like them.
TNP wishes those malted chocolate balls of goodness known as "Whoppers" would make their way into better, more regular distribution. THOSE are pretty good! Or TNP can name another somewhat scarce item of confection. And will do so.
Yes, I like Whoppers a lot. My dad used to get them and shared them with me as a special treat, so they're a sentimental favorite for me.
TNP needs to get coins for some non-nefarious purpose.
Not at the moment: I use quarters for coin-op pool tables exclusively, and I have quite a pile, since one of my regular opponents takes approximately a million years to finish a single game. They live in a jacket pocket, distressing the seams all the while.
TNP will probably be visiting a public house for a refreshing cola in order to enjoy some sport in the next few days.
Indeed. My Tuesday-night pub trivia game awaits in two days.
TNP has seen snow fall in the past two days.
Sort of, vicariously, on seeing bits of the Vikings @Bills game this Sunday.
TNP has worn sunglasses in the past week or so.
Nah, don't remember seeing the sun recently.
TNP is contemplating buying new winter footwear.
No, I think I'm all set, fortunately.
TNP is just a bit too chilly right now.
Yes! It's fricking cold and windy and I hate it!
TNP has done something even more stupid than leaving one's keys in one's front door recently.
Yes, I sent out an email I shouldn't have, and at least three people are mad at me about it, although I later retracted it and apologized. Nothing earth-shattering, nothing insulting, but I now certainly wish I hadn't sent it.
TNP has listened to some Vivaldi today.
No. Other music, natch, but not Vivaldi.
TNP thinks EH might have a fetish for Vivaldi's music, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Yes, I like his music a lot, although I would actually give the edge to J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel, myself.
TNP knew that Handel was born German but became a British subject.
Sort of....I knew he resided there for many years, although I didn't know he renounced his birth citizenship. A comparative load of German-speaking composers from Europe ended up in the British isles in that very rough time period (give or take fifty or seventy years or so). Maybe they thought it was cool or something!
TNP thinks that, in order to get certain people off their high horses, Yanquis should stop using the British slang "soccer" and adopt the French term "foot" for soccer, pronounced in the continental fashion. In order to better demonstrate the immense debt Americans (and Canadians) owe to French settlers and allies. That is, before the French were forced to make profound conciliations in the final stages of the Seventy Years' War.
Hmm, I guess not. "Soccer" seems a useful term, in context. (And I know of the Seven Years' War and the Hundred Years' War, but not the Seventy Years' War).
TNP drank a beer in the past 24 hours.
Whoops. Seven Years' War. Maybe it just seemed longer! (I kid, small typo)
No. A couple bottles of cabernet sauvignon...plonk but serviceable. Blood alcohol now at 0.00%
TNP has at least one very accurate blood alcohol breath tester or uses it regularly.
No, I'm afraid I wouldn't give it very much use.
TNP has already heard too many Christmas songs this season.
Tough question....l'm not sure...that includes winter-ish tunes...like "Erlkönig," I guess.
Wait a minute....I know the answer!!!!!! It is YES!!!!!!!!! Assholes. It's Advent goddammit!
TNP despises using headphones, even of decent quality, for ordinary use of movies or even music.
Never wear them for movies; I wear them for music only with my iPod.
TNP has more than 600 songs on a personal music gadget.
Sure, I guess. Probably my USB thingie in the car has about that or so, probably more.
TNP has more stored video/music stored in a secret vault than he or she can be bothered to watch or listen to in the coming lifetime, whatever that means.
I used to, and felt a bit guilty about it until we changed video streaming services and lost everything we'd accumulated up to then. I can't say I shed a tear, though. If I really wanted to watch it, I just watched it - or knew I could later find it on another platform.
TNP's opinion of Elon Musk has, uh, evolved in recent months.
Not really. Call me a sheeple, but I've never had a high opinion of Bezusk. Gates, yes, despite hearing decades of "M$ is teh suxxor," I've never had a problem with.
TNP is beyond frustrated trying to find a book on *m*z*n.com, or, by contrast, has been pleased.
Neither, I guess. I am listening to a pretty interesting audiobook on Churchill's leadership early in WWII, though.
TNP knows three facts about Winston Churchill, and will share them with us.
Probably. I'm guessing "tea-sucking limey warmonger" is not a real answer. Off the top of my head, (i) part of his skill and reputation as an orator and as a generally witty maker of ripostes is due to his having coped with some speech impediments in life (ii) he did indeed drink quite a bit (iii) despite his insinuations to the contrary, he was not an especially good student at classical Latin, to speak nothing of his barely-existent skills at Attic Greek.
TNP enjoys these "hoodie" sweatshirts the people are wearing nowadays quite a bit, for one's own sartorial use.
Yeah, I've seen some cool ones, and own two myself (CWRU and Miskatonic U.).
TNP has travel plans for the holidays.
No.
TNP is not particularly enjoying enforced absences from the job/profession. Alternatively, equally not enjoying weather.
True on both, although it has warmed up quite a bit today, and is supposed to be even milder tomorrow. On the other hand, a good friend is stranded in Buffalo.
TNP has been to Buffalo in the past five years.
Yeah, sometimes go to ballgames there and such. My kid, who works in Niagara Fall, goes there a lot.
TNP likes Hawaii a lot.
I've only been once, in 1987, but yes, I certainly do. Friendly people, great weather, beautiful beaches, mountains, jungle, etc. Had a fascinating visit to Pearl Harbor, including to the sunken USS Arizona memorial.
TNP has been to that memorial.
Nope. Never have.
TNP can and will name one novel made into a film that was equal *but not better* than the adaptation.
I think the movie adaptation of the Civil War novel Cold Mountain, with Jude Law and Nicole Kidman, probably fits the bill. Both were pretty good, I thought.
TNP has seen that movie.
No I have not. I've heard of it, probably! The title reminds me of a vitamin enriched facial cream. And I know the actors named above.
TNP finds it ridiculous that a mobile taco truck uses as an audible cue to get workers to come running "Dixie." As in, "Oh I wish were in the land of cotton": some kind of cultural mismatch, and yet, kids come running when the taco truck gets around!
For bonus TNP points, TNP has mocked the use of that tune to various coworkers. As in, for example, "Ah, yes, nothing like the antebellum song of the south to rouse the troops to action," or whatever.
No, but I just might be tempted to. On the other hand, Lincoln said it was one of his favorite songs, joked that it was a lawful prize of war and even asked a band to play it at the White House after Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
TNP, having now seen the trailer, will probably watch the movie in the next 90 days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfxX...hannel=Miramax
No, hard negative on that, Colonel! But that is terribly amusing about Lincoln's take on the tune "Dixie." He was an odd fellow, it seems.
TNP is all-out on conducting telephone interviews, whether as interrogator or receipient. Just a terrible medium of endeavor, one finds.
I'm not big on them. I'd far prefer to be face-to-face, or even on Zoom.
TNP would prefer to be the interviewer rather than the interviewee.
Well, yeah! Who wouldn't, really? First you ask the questions, then you get the money, then you get the power!
TNP's audio systems at home tend to the more baroque (more possibilities for switching sources and outputs, for example) than the "set it and forget it" all-in-one type rig.
Hmm, I guess so. I often listen to a CD player in the kitchen or living room, or my iPod if I'm moving around the house. When I'm in our home office, I'm almost always using YouTube as a jukebox (usually classical music or light jazz) on my computer.
TNP needs a new phone.
Desperately. Just can't stand the thought of all the blah blah blah that goes with one.
TNP is feeling their age.
Yes, more and more. As my grandfather used to say with great vehemence, "Growing old is hell!"
TNP has at least one grandparent still alive.
No. In fact I'm somewhat surprised (in a good way) when people about my age mention they have one or two parents still alive.
TNP has sent somebody recently a book recently by the mail that was enjoyed, supposedly. If so, expound.
No, none. I did get a giant, two-volume collection of New Yorker cartoons for Christmas, though.
TNP likes TNY cartoons.
True. I remember having been amused many years ago. Good clean fun.
TNP has recently (i) read a superhero comic or (ii) it was his or her first time reading a superhero comic and if either or both, was amused.
No, although I did borrow an Orville graphic novel from the library and am looking forward to reading it.
TNP is an Orville fan like me.
Still haven’t seen it, although my kid highly recommends it.
TNP has seen Midnight Diner on Netflix.
Hmm, no, never have.
TNP thinks I should check out Midnight Diner, mebbe after I've caught up with The Crown, Rick and Morty and Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Yeah, I definitely recommend it.
TNP went out for Valentines Day.
No. We're going to celebrate this weekend instead.
TNP doesn't like to defer holidays or merrymaking.
Probably true, although sometimes you have to take what life deals.
TNP is pondering retirement very, very, seriously.
Not by a long shot, and I suspect EH is not either.
TNP has ever really got up in the .... cracks .... of an employer by clearly stating one's requirements and demands for one's rôle in employment. Sort of a hail Mary attempt to force action by HR and senior mgmt.
No, fortunately, although three jobs ago my supervisor and I really didn't get along all that well.
TNP has had root beer in the past month.
No, although I do very vividly recall what they taste like. Here's to temperance, now and forever! Shall we gather at the river....blah blah blah.
TNP sometimes goes weeks without drinking any alcohol whatsoever (not including trace amounts that might be present in some fruit juices, and other foods, &c.).
That's true. I had some white wine with dinner tonight, and I think it had been at least two months or so since I had last any.
TNP hates white wine.
No...there are some I enjoy. Mostly for the non-tooth-staining properties. Not my first choice, though, when given the option of a somewhat thick and meaty red.
TNP thinks owning and using a WaterPik (on one's gums) would be pretty neat.
Only tried it once, I think. It wasn't bad, but I can't say I'm eager to try it again.
TNP flosses only once or twice a month.
Nah. I've been slacking lately, but I get in there, to the extent that floss can only reach about 1mm (maybe 2) beneath the gum line, at least a handful of times a week. I crave the deep, stimulating penetration of a WaterPik!
TNP would totally wear an aviator watch (with solar power, radio-sync to atomic time, slide rule bezel, analog and digital time displays (as well as chronograph/stop watches for each), in addition to a separate indicator for UTC/GMT/Zulu time, such as this one: https://i.ibb.co/DCw7Z4j/712-Bekl0s6...Y300-SX300.jpg
Uh... which one?
All of them! The Citizen Promaster Skyhawk A-T is an example of a watch which performs all the functions listed. But my model has arrived two days ago and is sitting happily on my wrist now, so I am no longer curious about the watches of mere mortals!
Fine.
TNP thinks that the art of producing a non-dilute sample during observed urine tests can be mastered by a combination of drugs, some behavioral modifications, and a relatively precise intake of water over a prescribed interval in the immediate pre-test period.
I really doubt it. I hear from probation officers all the time that they're catching people trying to do that.
TNP has worn a hat in the last half-hour.
Nah, been a few days.
TNP has a pretty nice collection of baseball caps.
Eh....not really "nice," I guess. This gal I used to know a few years ago still has, AFAIK, one of my Flexfit black caps....that was one that really fit, and I liked it. It's difficult to get a ballcap to fit the 7'3/4" melon, but I try. Yes, I have some other black Flexfits, but I don't wear too many ballcaps...because eez deefeecult.
(No, dammit, EH! I was saying there's probably a way to overcome paruresis or the simply hard or difficult process of pissing in a cup with one hand on the sample jar, and the other on the dick...not cheating the system. I have no doubt people try all kinds of stupid tricks, but for, I'd guess, most people, it takes some art and science to "perform" under stringent conditions.)
TNP is kind of not pleased with the process of buying new eyeglasses....crowded boutique stores, complete with obsequious but knowledgable opticians, down to online places that accept one's insurance down to...you name it
Yeah, it can be a pain. I've gotten good frames from Ben Silver in Charleston, S.C. Not cheap, but good-looking and durable. Some cool retro styles available, too.
TNP has considered getting laser eye surgery.
Actually did it. Happy with it, although it has its issues.
TNP has had a detached retina.
No, thank God, I never have.
TNP ought to do the dishes tonight.
Yes, I ought to do the dishes tonight and every night.
TNP thinks a good way to test a prospective CPA's acumen is, over a drink or two, even if it might be a Heineken 0.0, is to present about three or so gasoline receipts, with odometer mileage noted, a blank Moleskine notebook, pencil, and eraser, and see if she or her can show his or her work.
It may be that's also a good way to check a first-grader's arithmetic, but for the sake of argument, let's say a full grown accountant. No calculators or smartphones allowed except a slide rule, if it is built into the bezel of a wristwatch, say.
Yeah, what the hell, it might be worth a try. I've had the same accountants for years and they do good work, so I've never had to put 'em to the test like that.
TNP has had a piece o' cheesecake in the past month.
No, I ain't reckon I did have no piece of cheesecake no past month. Sure is mighty good, though!
TNP does not find it difficult to believe that NY State's Attorney General's office is a wretched hive of villainy....even without Elliot Spitzer hanging around the joint.
Sometimes it has been, I suppose, but these days they seem be doing a good job there, from what I've read.
TNP yearns for warmer weather.
Understand the feeling, but we finally got about sixty deg F here today with blue skies. Won't last, but like Jim Bronson always said, "Hang in there!"
TNP doesn't feel the least bit bad about joking around with coworkers by putting on an exaggerated vocal mannerisms (such as a broad cartoon Foghorn Leghorn, or whatever) for laughs. While in private moments.