Despite my dearth of years of experience, the rules "bros before 'hoes'" and "chicks before [something that rhymes with chicks]" prove to be noteworthy adages, which are, unfortunately, not always time-honoured.
While once in a blue moon, those with several mutual friends dating and those with good friends like yourself offering advice regarding a romantic interest, for lack of a more precise or better term, "work" out for the two and others, including valued friends and family, most of the time, someone or people get hurt.
Not to make short of these recent downers, but perhaps you could be a little more tolerant, even a little supportive, of the pair's relationship, even if it irks you and is to your chagrin; I doubt soiling your long-standing friendship with your buddy is worth it (although, I don't really know what kind of friend he is, friendship it is, and what you're like in expansive depth; so, I'm going solely by the number of years). (I had a falling out with a person over a relationship, but I never quite made up, as they pursued the person who I was with. One key difference, however, is that I'm me and I just sit back and watch life pass me by, unfortunately, and I wasn't really all that great mates with the person with which I fell out with.)
As for your family and extended family with their children, don't let it get you down; and, of Facebook, you could de-activate it.
I used to have a profile till I broke up/was jilted, and sought social isolation (actually kind of stupid if I wanted to get back up on the horse, I guess
(but, knowing me, I have pretty slim chances of getting what I want)). I also considered de-activating my profile long before (I de-activated it in midlate/September-ish 2008), as I felt a lack of privacy and security. With everyknow acquiescent of everything, my knowing of other people's crap, (and the loss of a regular Internet connection), I got really peeved, I decided the quasi-break up ("it's complicated") would be the final straw.Anyway, sorry for my ramblings and meanderings, but I feel for you, and though I don't know whether I'm of any help, or hinder (I hope not), goc, or simply full of it, I genuinely hope that life works itself out for you (and all (being the hopeless romantic I am)).
Perhaps, if romance is a bother, you could take things slowly by attending to yourself (e.g. self-improvement, shrink-y kind of stuff, relaxing, etc.) a little more; whether you should hit the dating scene or allowing for time to heal the wounds of relationships past isn't for me to advise, but you'll know when, and I wish you the best of luck in your endeavours, and till then, and after that point, best of physical and mental/emotional health.
You dump a ton of money into any one project, there may not necessarily be results due to lack of leadership, or even resistance, from powers that be, among other factors relating to the lay and their attitudes.
Dude, he only said girlfriend, not wife.
I was jokingly going to suggest buy her a rock and make an honest woman of your girlfriend, then go travelling.
More seriously, if you can't travel with your girlfriend or do something that benefits you and your loved ones, just be sensible and save to something - a house, a car, or whatever you might want. Money comes and money goes, but you could always do with a little more rainy-day savings.
There are other things, but I don't really care about them quite as much, even if neither neuroscience nor psychiatry are specifically my work.
WRT statistics, what's your background and what do you want to get out of it? What amount of rigour and how much probability theory do you want to deal with? What disciplines will you apply statistics to (e.g., legal, medical, scientific, engineering, business; each discipline has its own gold standard, best practices, etc., etc.)?
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1. Thanks for purchasing MTGS and integrating it into the Curse gaming network.
2. There are some issues with MTGS now. One most key one is accessing MTGS, the forums or threads in the forums is associated with a concomitant spike in CPU usage. Occasionally, my browser (all of the major ones) freeze and, sometimes, a prompt pops up informing me of a non-responsive script. Many of these are for analytics, including, but not limited to, Google's ones and "Script: http://static-dominaria.cursecdn.com/1-0-5154-30198/js/core.js:28".
3. Quoting doesn't exactly work as it used to. I understand that things might change, but surely quoting is supposed to actually quote the text...
Can't remember what my other things were, but they don't seem so important.
Cheers. Keep up the good work.
The issue is probably retaining all of those numbers faithfully. I know what is holding me back from doing insane (properly insane) mental arithmetic is that; I'm okay with clever little algorithm or tricks.
Very, very good post. Thank you very much for such a helpful and thought-out post.
I don't believe you can become a synesthete. If you could, the likelihood of becoming or learning to become is likely to be inversely correlated with age. Though I know Jed Fonner (from the MIT Media Lab) are trying to develop toys to simulate an experience of synesthesia.
The abacus part is interesting. I might look into this.
Okay, I guess the most key question here is, "but can you guys do these questions, unassisted, without pencil or paper (and certainly without any calculating apparatus), within a maximum of three seconds?". That, my friends, is the speed we're aiming for.
So, as the title says, is it a joke or a satire? If not, do you believe that it delivers a very Christian message or is it appropriate? I have watched a few episodes (:stupid: time is ... something? something is something else?) on double-speed, and it seems awfully un-Christian, violent and hateful, for example.
What of other religious TV programming too? Seriously, who the heck watches them?
Honestly, is there any religious (any faith) TV programming that you could suggest?
Hoffman is a guy who had much promise in his early days and talent in his latter days, but it seems that he is very polarising; there are two main camps, those that fanboy him who claim that he is the best thing since sliced bread and there are those that dismiss his acting chops, claiming that he is over-rated.
It is undeniable that ODing is not a very classy way to call it in, but tragic? I don't think so; the silver lining is that Hoffman has now moved on and is no longer struggling and suffering from his addictions. He is, as the cliche goes, 'in a better place'.
Those of us who are still alive, this might sound a little strange: don't dwell on mourning his passing; celebrate his life.
Just joking. I did drink Schnapps; it was Lunar New Year, and you have to wash down tea with something.
Now I am drinking water as well as progressively working my way through these Dilmah Exceptional teas. Some of them I have tried before, but I received a box of 16 flavours recently and didn't know about most of them until, you know, recently.
Really, what difference does it make, though?
Everyone dies, but Coke Zero, being zero-fat, zero-calories, etc. simply sounds implausible as well as too good to be true.
When you actually know a thing or two about Coke Zero (I really don't know for sure what little I know is true), you'll probably reasonably conclude that Coke Zero is in fact worse than regular Coke (unless you're, you know, diabetic or something; even then, that's considering...).
If you really want to quit pop, though this sounds dismissive of how difficult it is, just quit it! I'm sure it isn't insurmountable for you.
Fine, something decent. This will be sad for Hoffman's three children, his romantic/de-facto partner, his family, his friends, his fans and the dudes behind that trilogy [ninja: Hunger Games, Pt. 3b], though most, if not all, of Hoffman's scenes have been filmed and are solid.
TBH, I am not too surprised that this would happen, given the prior history of alcohol and other drug issues. What is surprising is the déclassé way of dying, with a needle in one's arm.
As a general comment, it is sad that other matters do not receive as much attention or discussion compared to this, which is otherwise very topical and trivial.
I do not dislike Hoffman's work in general, in whatever roles he played in life - actor or director - but I do not like it either. However, that is generally speaking; specifically, I thought Magnolia was something special, and I hated the hell out of Synecdoche, which has marred my appreciation of Kaufman and any of the people associated with the film.
Still, what a way to live in the world and to leave it (if, indeed, this is a thing. Some are suggesting that this is a hoax :-/).
Indeed, it is easier to check the time on your watch than on your phone. For potentially crazy reasons, I like watches at my former (as well as any) workplace; though I take precautions and measures to keep my phone and person clean, I don't like taking avoidable risks and needlessly increasing the risk of making my phone 'icky' and transferring that 'ickiness' to the side of my face.
Well, there are thin, light metal bands/straps/bracelets, though perhaps that isn't very masculine?
Frankly, I am ambivalent over watches. One part of me knows that they still matter and are indicators of something or other (wealth, class, sophistication, style, fashion); another part wants no part of many things, including, though not necessarily, conspicuous consumption or makes me so pig-headed about being 'pragmatic'.
Needless to say, my parents, thinking that I do not appreciate it, are disappointed that I do not wear a watch they bought me as graduation gift. (It is not even a luxury item; in fact, it is a specialist watch. :weird:)
On another note, although now that everyone has a phone and can use it to check the time, I still rely on my watch a lot. It's like a tic.
I cannot suggest a particular method that will work for you when it comes to listening to their discography or a subset of it, as I neither had the patience or wisdom for asking anyone or doing my research. Instead, I commenced with their Greatest Hits, which included an acoustic-only bonus disc that only further cemented my opinion of the band. After that, I would go through tracks on albums - starting with the latest album of the time, Bloodflowers, followed by Three Imaginary Boys; Seventeen Seconds; The Head on the Door; Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - systematically, starting with track 1, then 2, then 3, and so on. Later, I listened to 1980's Seventeen Seconds, 1981's Faith, and 1982's Pornography, which were tonally darker and textually more richer.
Really, you might like The Cure, and I think it would be hasty and unfair to not give them a listening session of Greatest Hits and some of their albums (if you can't do that much, perhaps at least listen to "A Forest" and "The Hanging Garden").!
Wow, really? Fair do's.
Moz is an unique and colourful character, but I don't really let that influence my opinion of The Smiths or other works involving Moz, such as his solo career. Like them or not, which is entirely a person's prerogative, The Smiths are also an influential, but comparably 'underground', band, and Johnny Marr is a damn wizard with the guitar.
Although more post-rock than gothic rock, I am aware of Aussie Rowland S. Howard. In fact, I very don't mind "Dead Radio".
Yes, I am! I went through a phase of listening, though not exclusively, to works by KMFDM and Nine Inch Nails. I thought to look deeper than that and I came upon EN. I appreciate the entirety of their discography (till 2008, when I last listened to them), particularly their more gothic rock works. Indeed, they take the gothic rock in a more rock direction and heavily incorporate industrial rock stylistic elements and sensibilities.
Thanks for the recommendations!
I know it isn't the great thing to use, but I just Similar Artists'd Joy Division and The Cure (for ref.):
- http://www.last.fm/music/Joy+Division/+similar
- http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cure/+similar
Mmm... Bauhaus! It's been a while since I listened to them too.Mmm... Broodish English boys playing post-punk/New Wave/gothic rock. :knod:
I couldn't find any on the website of the dedicated, independent music store.
I guess I'll have to do a little more looking around.
Edit: Wolfsheim are awesome!
Edit 2: I have looked into
De/Vision and Zynicall of them now, and I like what I am hearing. These bandsthat I have looked into thus farare all excellent synthpop acts.Surely, those graduates holding B.Sc.Journ.s must adapt as others must to this brave new world or their skills are applicable to things other than journalism alone.
Yes, I guess there are many other things that could be done, as could anyone else, but what else would you have done other than becoming a banking guy?
I don't mean to call anyone out; but, Catalmafie, what is it that you hold?
By the by, I tweaked my system services recently. I don't really recall what I tweaked but I was guided by this reputable page. Could this tweaking have anything to do with this?