terrancew_hod

At least you didn't end up at someone else's surprise birthday party on your birthday. I was not happy to say the least, and I no longer speak that "friend". I mean how thoughtless can you be? Terry

Birthday/Europe Trip shopping spree: $800. Now how am I going to get all these fashions in a duffel bag? I did shock myself by almost getting into a 30 inch waist pant. Quads were to big too pull it off though. Terry

40th Birthday Statistics: Number of times we had to pull back in driveway because we forgot something: 3 Pieces of birthday cake I ate: 2 Number of pictures taken: 5 (all blurry) Total hours partying: 11 Hours of downtime between parties: 1 Men stolen by me from the girls they were with: 1 (Whoops) Number of times I got aggressively hit on after I hooked up by trying to bump into me or step in front of me: 3 (You snooze, you lose...tramps) Number of drug busts witnessed at club: 1 Number of fights witnessed: 1 (the cops decided to beat the guy with the drugs instead of tasering him... he was high on something and they didn't want him to go into cardiac arrest) Beers consumed after coming home from partying: 5 Total times hit on by trolls and guys with busted shapes: 3 Times told "I hate you" because I don't look 40: 4 Clubs gotten in free because I said it was my birthday: 1 Best letdown I gave: "Your friend--Yes. You--no." Insult that had people running and laughing: "Watch it, Bubbles." (said to drunk obese girl that kept bumping into me) Moment when I knew I was tore up: I said "Your Budda looks like he's crying" Not bad for a 40th birthday blowout. Terry

I got my "Middle Aged Queer" packet in the mail today. They were sure quick about sending that thing out! Still look good though. Terry "Officially 40 Today" Weaver

but imagine the air time I know I'm not supposed to laugh at such a callous statement... must... not... laugh... Terry

Just a refresher my old TPR of IB plus a few pics added in for good measure: http://www.houseofdebbie.com/page16/PhotoAlbum/MidwestPt4.html Of course it's my coaster-lite TPR, but plenty of fowl hats! Terry "Had a blast and my drink on there" Weaver

Exactly. Anything you do has to be responsible and in moderation. I see stuff like this so many times it's not funny. I remember coming home from a night out and having to slowly go around an accident scene that happened minutes earlier and there were bodies on the interstate from people drinking and not wearing their seat belt. South Florida is one of the areas where you have to pay attention and wear your seatbelt because some people are so careless and reckless in their decision making. Lord knows there have been a time or two I've been so torn down I could only crawl around (not in years though); but I know better not to get behind a wheel when I could barely walk or staggering around. And I definitely know to always wear my seatbelt when driving. I won't put the car in drive until all my friends have their seat belts on. I feel bad for the situation your friends are in, but it should serve as reminder. Your friend may not be able to learn from this experience, but you and others definitely should. Terry "Someone else is driving me around for my 40th birthday so I can get drunk for a change" Weaver

Dubai is currently working with Busch to create a Seaworld by 2012 (I think) and I believe Busch gardens as well. That area is a big resort destination. As far as some of the generalizations: it's like when a hurricane hits down here, the first place the media goes is the trailer park and gives a sensationalist story. It may just be trees down and some damaged roofs in some areas but you know a trailer can't stand any type of high winds; so it looks worse than what the majority is to get people to watch. Sometimes perception is worse than reality. The same thing may be in Baghdad; just areas where there is violence. I'm sure the area where they want to put this park is well away from where the media focuses. Terry

^I just got a flashback of a substitute teacher; her name was Ms Hatchet. She wore a mini meat cleaver around her neck. You didn't want to mess with her. She didn't play. She got in my face one class when I was cleaning out my gym bag looking for some notes. She like to scare students; she tried it on me and I just said "Don't get so close. You need perfume." I got sent to the office. I laughed all the way there... and the principal couldn't punish me with a straight face. She knew it was true. She just told me to go to the library and study. Terry

My roommate just saw the segment with me on the phone with Brian's Mom. He just said "Were you drinking?" "Just a little." Terry "5 days until my 40th Bday Blowout" Weaver

I'm more guessing you were out with your gay friend at the bar. You just have to remember the magic words so you aren't harassed: "I'm not interested." Telling them "I'm straight" makes it a challenge to some of the tired ones. I did have a coworker that I took a week-long business trip tell me that his good friend told him that he was gay. He said "We used to undress around each other and sleep in the same bed, but he never tried anything. I don't know if I should be honored or upset!" Then he rented a porno and I guess he wanted me to do something... he was getting married in a month and I guess that was going to be his last fling. I went to sleep. He was cute, but I don't do that sort of thing, especially with coworkers or people I know I'm not getting anything I want out of the deal. That's as much as I can say without being totally naughty. Terry

I have a few pics from volunteering from the Miami AIDS Walk last weekend. I had the privilege of escorting actress Jane Lynch at the event, making sure she was at the designated spots and getting her anything she needed. It was a good day and I believe so far the event raised $300,000. I didn't start with the banner but I sure ended up with it! Jane did the entire walk through South Beach...I acted a pure fool keeping everyone entertained, but my feet were killing me afterwards! I enjoyed the day nonetheless. Jane gave me a big hug before she left and thanked me for my help. She's pretty cool! The walk starts and I snap a quick picture... After a bunch of people asked to take her picture, I said "I want picture too!" In case you don't know who Jane is, this is her from the "40 Year Old Virgin". She been in a lot of TV and movies as well. The director was reading her credits and after a few minutes, Jane ran to the stage and said "Ok! Ok! That's enough!"

^Very true. But until that day, it's a good enough solution. It's good to buy the same type of security software for the mac and there are freeware virus programs available. Luckily there aren't any viruses/spyware in the wild that are similar to what you can get in Windows. At least currently the mac os won't allow you to cause all the havoc you can do from internet explorer/windows xp. It will prompt for your password before you can get at any system files. Vista can do it too, but that OS is just annoying to the point that people may accidentally accept the spyware/virus clicking all those dialog boxes to get rid of them.

Amen! My friends used to bug the heck out of me, constantly calling me to fix their spyware/virus-ridden PCs after surfing for "free" porn. I finally told them that I wasn't going to fix their machines and if they insist on looking for that crap on the "free" sites (yeah, right), they need to get macs. They finally got macs, and I haven't heard them complain since. I doubt they changed their "surfing" habits either. And if you don't want to get a mac... for heaven sakes, get a good antispyware/antivirus/firewall combination (and keep it updated) or just stay away from that stuff! Even buying a copy of VMWare and doing all your "questionable" surfing there, creating a snapshot that you can recover from, is a better solution. Those "free" sites have a price. Terry EDIT: When guests arrive, either lock down your computer (I used to take the power cord from the machine when I went to bed) or put together a crappy machine that you don't mind losing information that guests can use. My personal machine was in my bedroom and I had another pc in the living room people could use. I would still yell at them if I caught them surfing for porn and turn off the machine, but I didn't have to worry about them losing my personal files and pictures because they don't know how to act at my house. It was even better when installed an old mac downstairs; some "free" sites wouldn't even allow the browser to be used and they were out of luck.

That's called a typo, I'm sure you've never had one. I was pointing out his repeated flawed punctiation in multiple posts. You guys can take cheap shots all day, I don't really care. I would probably call it a Freudian slip.

^Wish I could but with my disabled mom living by herself after my stepfather died, I can't really cut myself off in case of emergencies. But severely cursing out the culprit usually works wonders. I'm a bit more lenient on the weekend, since I may be up running the streets at 4am; but I usually don't call anyone at that time unless we are in the same club and I can't find them or making sure they made it home.

Drunk texting from exes after 2am on a weekday. I do have to go to work in the morning. Good thing this medicine for my sinuses knocked me out last night or he would have gotten an earful. I cured my friends of that bad habit; have to get him together as well.

Darren Hayes of Savage Garden - Escorted around a Benefit show before and after he performed. Got kudos from him and his manager after making sure everything was ok... now I get to work the stage at all the benefits including this Sunday for the Miami AIDS walk. Cyndi Lauper - Saw her for a few seconds before she threw a diva fit at a staff member. I tipped out the back door. Roberta Flack - Met her in the hallway of a hotel when I was little. She got mad at me because I smelled her Jeri Curl it stunk (the things a little kid will say) Sylverster (sung "You make me feel mighty real") - Met at a family reunion. Carmen Electra/Dennis Rodman - Sat by them at a Female Impersonation pageant. Dennis was acting all ghetto yelling up at the stage while people tried to get his autograph. I said "Why are you getting his autograph? Get Carmen's. She's beat! Dennis glared while she giggled. Jonathan Knight "Of New Kids" - He was drunk and was hitting on my friend. Matt Rush - A bit more than met, since we party together on occasion. Part of my "hanging with the gay porn stars" days. Will Downing (Jazz Singer) - met him backstage after a concert.

Sounds like one of my friends. Luckily, after dealing with a bunch of flakes, I never go anywhere without a "plan b" and "plan c". Plan A always is partying without friends, and if they show up that's fine. But that gets tiring after a while. After one of my friends flaked out on me, they called up a few months later like nothing happened. My response before they started into the conversation: "Who are you again?" Then I hung up. They got the point. That phrase works in text messages too if you need it. "Friends" like that are the ones you don't need. Sounds very selfish of them. My best friend calls me the gay Ann Landers because I get everyone wanting to tell me their problems. Years ago, that was fine. I was trying to be a good friend. Now I've gotten older and crankier, especially since no one wants to hear my problems. Now, I really don't care to hear them and it's really bad. I put the phone on speaker and let them talk while I play a game on the computer, saying "uh huh" every once in a while. I'll read a magazine or watch a video for some of my acquaintances tell me their drama. If I'm out drinking and someone wants to tell me their life story, I just tell them "Why don't you tell it to Oprah? I'm drinking." If it's a computer problem they're having, I tell them to "Take it to a shop or get a mac." and hang up on them. But it took years of getting involved of that drama (or overextending myself for their sake) to have enough of it. So now most of them won't speak to me or will say a quick hi (imagine that) and I will keep walking. I like it that way. I got enough problems of my own to work on to be worried about theirs. But funny thing: now they are actually taking care of their problems since they don't have me to lean on. So I guess it's tough love I'm giving them. Anyway my rant is how my exes keep calling me and get mad when I have other plans with people and don't break them. He said how hurt he was. I told him "I don't see a ring on this finger. Get over yourself." Terry "Shouldn't have stopped drinking coffee 2 1/2 weeks before my 40th birthday" Weaver

^Grammar overrides topics when a person consistently uses bad grammar in their posts, which makes it difficult to read. Normally I don't say anything (not a stickler for that stuff), but I've ran across several posts he's written (including a locked thread by him) over the last two days and all of them were badly written. Something had to be said. Use this sticky as a reference. @rollerboy: But where are the periods or semicolons? You have at least four sentences that need to be split out. If you wrote that for English Composition, that whole thing would have had a red marker written through it. Like I said, I'm not a stickler for pointing out mistakes; we all do them from time to time. I have to look over my post several times before hitting the submit button (and then I still don't get all of it right). But, when the posts are consistently bad, then you have to do something about it. Besides, you'd rather have me tell you now than a mod or Robb stepping in... people do get banned here for their grammar and not using search when creating new threads. Ok. That's enough of me "backseat modding" and derailing the topic. Terry

Ouch. My head hurts. Do you know what a "run-on sentence" is? This one is wearing Nikes. I expect better from across the pond. C'mon, "youth of tomorrow", this is not how you do it. School is your friend. Terry "Hasn't had his coffee" Weaver

Just sat through a shouting match at work... I just threw on my earphones and worked on something else... My oh my. Terry

My month of vacation has been approved for this summer. I love it! Terry

Two great tastes that taste great together! I was all set to sing "Feelings" in Beaker-speak and I got this gem... It used to be my jam... Terry (doing the move Rick did over and over and over in the video)

Wes, I would like to thank you for helping cough up much of the mucus still in my lungs from laughing. Laughter is really the best medicine...