Random Thought Thread Part III: The Thinking

[Rev. Powell]

I entered an NFL playoff select-a-lineup contest with over 170,000 entrants. The first week I was average (about 60,000th place), but last week I finished in 65th place.

My prize? $1. Hoping to double that this week!

[ER]

My daughter is off visiting my mom, and will be til summer, doing school over there, everything, and with her gone I find I have no interest in going to church, something I did with her for the past few years, because she wanted to. The people we'd go there with, go there and see, go out and have breakfast with afterward, people I've known since I was my daughter's age, are sad I haven't been there the last two weeks, and each told me separately today how upset they were that our ritual of getting together is unraveling, and how I am missed, but I can't seem to summon the desire in me to go. Honestly, church services leave me feeling very far from God. Sometimes I think God is to be experienced, not thought about, and I think about God far more often than I feel God's presence, which I maintain I have at times in my life.

I truly am very bad at this.

[Trevor]

My daughter is off visiting my mom, and will be til summer, doing school over there, everything, and with her gone I find I have no interest in going to church, something I did with her for the past few years, because she wanted to. The people we'd go there with, go there and see, go out and have breakfast with afterward, people I've known since I was my daughter's age, are sad I haven't been there the last two weeks, and each told me separately today how upset they were that our ritual of getting together is unraveling, and how I am missed, but I can't seem to summon the desire in me to go. Honestly, church services leave me feeling very far from God. Sometimes I think God is to be experienced, not thought about, and I think about God far more often than I feel God's presence, which I maintain I have at times in my life.

I truly am very bad at this.

I haven't been to church since Dad passed in 2008.

[ER]

It seems like every time I've turned on the radio today there's been a song playing that was used in The Virgin Suicides.

[Trevor]

Insomnia sucks 😑😔

[ER]

According to my Every Day's A Holiday calendar, this is Wear A Godzilla Suit Day, so let's not be slackers....

[RCMerchant]

^ heres the original man in a Godzilla suit- Haruo Nakijima-

[Trevor]

^ heres the original man in a Godzilla suit- Haruo Nakijima-

Godzilla looks like he's seen some bad crap go down 😳😉😉

[lester1/2jr]

John Fetterman has been as tall as he is for all of his adult life I assume? but he acts like it's something that happened recently and is like struggling to get on top of

[ER]

Lately I been making an effort to see the best in things, so I created this list:

Nazis: Great fashion sense.
KKK: Supported bed sheet manufacturers.
Japanese Imperialists: Zero Godzilla attacks on their watch.
Nation of Islam: Keeps Pee-wee Herman's clothing in our memories.
Judas Iscariot: Makes us feel better about ourselves.
Al Qaeda: Held ISIS to number the two spot.
Mark David Chapman: Kept the Beatles out of the contemporary music category. (You're welcome, classic rock!)
Scrappy-Doo: Helps us miss Saturday morning cartoons a little less.
Covid: Finally gave us a rhyme for the color pattern "mauved."

[indianasmith]

"The goose that laid the golden egg
Died looking up its crotch
To find out how its sphincter worked.
Did you lay well?  Don't watch!"

   - Ogden Nash

[Leah]

Gotta say Mardi Gras has ramped up since last year.

[HappyGilmore]

As I'm pushing 40 in 3 weeks, I've grown to accept it more and move on in life.

I once said I'd never make it past 21. Then 25. You could say I had a death wish of some kind. I lived recklessly. Booze, drugs, thoughts of self harm, 4 day benders. I lost many friends and relatives to death.

But I wanna be here now. Yeah this car accident knocked me out, but seeing other patients in the ward who've been missing legs, and couldn't walk at all, I'm grateful. It's a blessing in disguise.

[RCMerchant]

^ I know the feeling. I'm 61 and should have died decades ago.

[HappyGilmore]

^ I know the feeling. I'm 61 and should have died decades ago.

I'm glad you're here, RC