was Jeffrey Sprecher bald in high school - I think he is wearing a toupee in his his senior yearbook picture - but that's irrelevant, I guess, to the subject at hand -
but why doesn't Wikipedia mention that he was married before (in 1979)
and why does his current wife use her maiden name? Does she think she is Elizabeth Taylor or something?
also, why no investigation on insider trading re the former Senator at the beginning of the pandemic?
On a side note, with regard to the stock market - SEC - the wife of Peter Strozk - Melissa Hodgman - got a big promotion in October 2016 - but that's another story.
that's beautiful . . . 45 for 45 . . .
anytime you can give yourself to take a time out is good . . .
reading about AA just to pass the time when you are going through the beginning I found was helpful and inspiring . . . also reading the Big Book ("Alcoholics Anonymous"), reading the stories of other people, it is a matter of recognizing one's own patterns . . . sometimes, just starting out to see if it is really a big deal for one or not, can I really just "take it or leave it"
That beautiful poem by Rudyard Kipling, "If" . . . that's a very good thing to read and take into your heart, that part especially about treating those two imposters the same . . . not to be subject to vicissitudes of feeling as a reason to drink, good or bad, leading to the destruction of some of the very most beautiful and wonderful people.
(personally, I think Donald J. Trump illustrates the kind of man Kipling was talking about, whose character has been forged and come out strong)
stopping smoking is really hard too - but once you give yourself a chance to get the stuff going into your body (nicotine) - even ONE HOUR starts with a split-second - string the split seconds together like a string of pearls or a beautiful job of welding
perfectly formed beads that make a strong weld
also, it seems like drinking and smoking go together (for me they did) so I was lucky, having quit smoking first two years before
you will be glad many years later that you quit when you did
it's like saving a bunch of money for your old age that no one can take away from you
Good for you!
(speaking as someone who gratefully recalls August 28, 1982 as the day I decided to not drink anymore - it was my stepdad's 65th birthday party that day, so I could always remember the date)
(I was 30 years old)
Just remember . . . one day at a time . . . let Go and let God . . . there but for the grace of God go I . . .
some people think those are corny sayings but they can help you from one moment to the next sometimes and then you are okay . . .
another good one, also corny but helps a lot:
HALT
if one is going through a rough spot when having a drink seems like the thing to do in the situation, I force myself to remember HALT
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Hungry - go and have a good steak and a baked potato, if possible - then go home and go to sleep (better yet, have it at home)
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Angry - am I mad about something stupid or even righteously but acknowledge if that is what is driving the idea to have a drink
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Lonely - this sounds very sad and stupid, don't want to bring anyone down - but maybe I am thinking if I am forlorn and went to a bar and heard all the happy people having a good time and just sip on one drink, that will be a good idea?
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Tired - maybe just go to bed and go to sleep - early - then get up early the next morning and go for a good walk or run - then get on a good routine of early to bed, early to wise - not thinking of having a drink - getting to a good place of not having the kind of tiredness that leads to flawed decisions, bad judgement.
I avoided hanging out in "slippery places" like bars or partying with friends who are drinking - even with lovely relatives who are having a nice party and drinking beer on a hot day, that could be more hazardous - don't try to "save" friends or family who are still drinking by accompanying them to the old haunts and thinking you can convince them how great it is to not drink. One does not want to be a wet blanket and I can't make the whole world stop drinking. Not everyone is alcoholic anyway. Laissez-faire.
Good luck!
I just love those questions: example: Question: "What would you say is your greatest fault." Answer: "Well, I am somewhat a perfectionist and I need to know that I have all the information at hand . . . I also like to work quickly and that is a problem for some people."
well, thinking of that stupid Bellycheck guy, then I am glad this is called patriots.win now -
let any complaints by NE Patriots redound to their deficit and serve to remind any MAGA fans that NE Patriots let down MAGA -
if Kraft is sticking with Bellycheck then what's up with that - good bye, New England Patriots!
My Mom and I made cheese biscuits and everything we could think of at one time to serve on Super Bowl Sunday to help you win - and you did!
It's over.
"Ahahaha I love how you guys make yourselves more miserable"
that is a very good one - I might use that -
"Ahahaha I love how you guys make yourselves more miserable as you twist yourselves into pretzels rationalizing why you want our economy to be devastated, our nation's sovereignty, safety and well-being to be given away as your Joe Biden flings open the gates to the illegal incursions while at the same time talking about masks. Nutz!"
yes, I think they try to get people emotional in conversations, to even say hurtful things in order to elicit a heated response -
but coolness is such a beautiful thing, along with a good sense of humor as well as disdain for lower forms of IQ -
they can't stand logic, it hurts their heads
we got into a near thermonuclear event back in 2016 when Mom and I brought up Hillary's bus dropping poop into the water system in a little town in Georgia -
the relatives were like "harrumph" and they are both younger than we are - but they acted like stodgy old schoolteachers who were horrified that we dared to make a critical comment about St. Hillary - and we thought the guy who KNOWs all about pollution and the environment and the need to not pollute the city waterways would be shocked but they acted like it was story that a Hillary hater made up -
when it was actually a Hillary supporter who was all excited to see her campaign bus as he looked out the window of the restaurant - went out to take a picture of the bus with his phone and happened to zero in on the poop being disposed of into the storm drain system through the manhole.
that's right . . . you would never get out from behind the 8 ball.
it would always be, "what is she going to come up with at the next family get-together" and you are forever trying to avoid getting the monster mad and this will not be healthy
your wife should apologize to you for the fact that she has such a stupid sister and that you were subjected to that ordeal . . .
but I know you probably think you had better not point that out . . . just wanted to say that as I think you need to know, it is patently obvious
what I would like to know is WHY it was necessary to go to a remote cave somewhere and bother some horseshoe bats who were just hanging around, minding their own bizness . . . .
so, the thing is, you have this weird SARS thing set loose on the world but if no one else has any horseshoe bats and doesn't know what the hell this thing is as it is spreading, and if you are the guy with the horseshoe bats at your disposal, so you can have a vaccine which you have already given to your soldiers . . .
then your soldiers can show up in poor and already struggling and already vulnerable country - in Africa, Asia, South East Asia and provide humanitarian services to help the poor people and lookee here! A loan for infrastructure for your deep water port! A loan for a dam which is going to fiuck up the hydrology for the poor people after the next monsoon season.
Fuck the CCP.
I grew up as a Brownie and a Girl Scout, also volunteered as a docent and worked at the hospital auxiliary's annual horse show, handing out ribbons . . .
so, that was not very ladylike of me, I know . . .
but Fuck the CCP and that means you, Xi - and anyone in our own country helping you to destroy ours.
they are totally injurious
they are like an invasive species - like that snake in the Everglades
or that fish in Lake Michigan (some kind of a Chinese fish)