Official CCS Random Thoughts Thread

[malcore]

Bare (or is it Bear???) with me here:

So I have these two friends that got married their senior year of college. Met both of them while I was in college, went to their wedding - partied with them many times. Anyways, they live on the opposite side of the state of Illinois from me, so really the only way I communicated with them post college was Facebook. Let me be clear, THESE ARE GREAT FUCKING PEOPLE. The kind of people that would stop whatever they are doing to help you out. No questions asked, would never give the slightest hint of being uninterested in what they're doing if you needed help.

So they had a daughter three years ago. The daughter got sick - heart problem. It's always seemed touch and go. Daughter recovered, then this February shit hit the fan. Now the wife is living in Chicago away from her home, and the husband is working during the week and driving into Chicago to see his wife and daughter. I've known about this and have always just felt awful. I finally got enough nerve to visit them today at the hospital. As expected, the three year old daughter is fucking adorable. Also, as expected these two are amazing parents. As expected, they make everything seem alright when you visit.

So here we have a young family, going through the amount of pain that I wouldn't even begin to imagine. And what do they do? They try to make everyone else feel comfortable even though you know they are dying inside. Long story short, I gave the daughter some crayons, a coloring book, and a Disney movie as a present. Watched The Little Mermaid with her, cracked some knock, knock jokes with her, then had lunch with the parents.


SO STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FUCKING WEATHER!!!

Once again, PerspetiveBastard strikes.

 

[Capt. Serious]

Lemonade Slurpee

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Once again, PerspetiveBastard strikes.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Re-watching Lost. God damn is Ben Linus a fantastic character. So is Locke, but I feel bad for him because Locke never really got to know about the island.

 

[Nick80]

I might make an OT thread in the Bears forum talking about food, but include anything from music, TV and Film and maybe even a political slant at the end of it, ending on mens fashion.

I may also just make a cup of tea and wonder why I feel emotionally redundent, or I could talk to Biff.

Yep.

 

[Nick80]

I even spelt redundant wrong #fml

 

[nwfisch]

Donna has breast cancer

 

[brett05]

Praise God for medical advancements. The women in my life that have had it have all survived from it.

 

[Iwritecode]

Praise God for medical advancements.

I think that's an oxymoron.

 

[brett05]

I think that's an oxymoron.

No.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

That trailer for Lucy irks me.

"We only use 10% of our brain. She can use 100%"

That's because the other 90% of our brain is composed of stuff like white matter(glial cells) which make the 10% that does do work more useful. **** you, Morgan Freeman.

/NerdRant

 

[Iwritecode]

That trailer for Lucy irks me.

"We only use 10% of our brain. She can use 100%"

That's because the other 90% of our brain is composed of stuff like white matter(glial cells) which make the 10% that does do work more useful. **** you, Morgan Freeman.

/NerdRant

I’ve read that the whole “we only use 10% of our brains” is a flawed stat that has somehow become fact.

IIRC, somebody misunderstood a study one time and it just gained traction from there.

 

[Anytime23]

I think that's an oxymoron.

I am not lying when i say this might be the best post i have ever seen. And i agree

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

I’ve read that the whole “we only use 10% of our brains” is a flawed stat that has somehow become fact.

IIRC, somebody misunderstood a study one time and it just gained traction from there.

Hmmm...haven't heard that one before

 

[malcore]

Hmmm...haven't heard that one before

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-people-only-use-10-percent-of-their-brains/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_percent_of_brain_myth

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-people-only-use-10-percent-of-their-brains/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_percent_of_brain_myth

I wasn't serious, I was trying to make the point that people misinterpret data a lot and it can have far reaching consequences.

Should have invested in that green font

 

[malcore]

I wasn't serious, I was trying to make the point that people misinterpret data a lot and it can have far reaching consequences.

Should have invested in that green font

You fooled me, I don't see it. :shrug:

 

[brett05]

I am not lying when i say this might be the best post i have ever seen. And i agree

:shrug:
Read more?

 

[Anytime23]

:shrug:
Read more?

Was it sarcasm? I dont feel like reading and getting the back story

 

[brett05]

No.