That's true. I have known so many people who completely destroyed their lives with drugs and alcohol. I am happy to say that I've never really been that attracted to either.

during the 'beta' phase Oh man, that was a painful experience. haha! It was pretty rough at the beginning. Things did improve quite a lot over time. To this day it would be hard to convince me that the

It was something that I kind of had to give up when I got married. After my previous relationship was pretty much ruined by Anarchy Online, when I got a new girlfriend (Amanda) I was still playing but

Yeah, believe it or not it is still going. I realised I wasting my life again. I remember sitting there at 3 in the morning grinding away killing the same mobs over and over again with bloodshot eyes,

it was one of the ones where you had these floating minions that would fly around with you. That would be a Metaphysicist! I have only leveled one to 65. It is one of the harder professions in my opinion,

Oh absolutely. We used to all sit around and make fun of political figures, even ones we voted for. Nobody would ever get mad. then we would hang out for the rest of the day and just agree to disagree.

Oh man, I couldn't stop watching Breaking Bad.. We binged it from beginning to end!

Haha, yeah I noticed that as soon as I started trying to pull data. You have to think hard about what you really want, then you have to figure out how to collect the data in a logical way. It takes a lot

He seemed a bit disappointed in himself for that. Hahaha, I don't know why but this line made me laugh.. I imagined the guy looking all dejected and embarrassed. Yeah, one thing I have really enjoyed about

placed on Ritalin, and now take amphetamine salts A few years back they gave me Ritalin for the first time. Oh my God, I really hated it! I got focused, but in the evening I started having anger outbursts

Cool! Yeah we've been friends with Jenny (his wife) and Artie for 20 years or so. In fact, he was the first person I met in LA. We lived in his brother's house for a couple of weeks while we were getting

OMG dude that sounds so similar. We couldn't have any tapes of good music or they would confiscate them. Anything that didn't praise God was considered contraband. It was an all male live-in school where

Well, it's not too bad I suppose. But it gets a bit much when he wants to go every day! 😅

Same here. I wash my hands way more now than I did before Covid.

Oh man, this kid is obsessed with Halloween. He still won't let it go and keeps asking for more Halloween related stuff.

I've been (and am) quite absent from hive since I've started studying again I am the same way once I get busy on a project or a job. These days I am on Hive a lot being a full time dad. It can be mind

I've jumped to 104th place since this post, so everything is helping! I think if I can get just a few more spots up, I'll get close to breaking even.

Ah, ok. damn, hehe. I got a really bad deal. Thanks for the note! I sent over some Hive. 100% bonus sounds pretty nice.

for those who made it through… There were times when I felt like I wouldn't. But you have to always remember that 'this too shall pass'. That was my mantra during those years.

Whew! Looks pretty aggressive. I love those rocky shorelines though. Creates a lot of character. I hope all is well with you, @gric!