No, I was serious. Sorry if it came off the other way.

Will check out the passage referred to.

NerblyBear wrote:No, I was serious. Sorry if it came off the other way.

Will check out the passage referred to.

Many apologies. My suspicious nature gets the best of me at times.

Let's leave that in there, for all the people who have complimented me on my whatever thus far!

OK, back to your post, then:

I just wanted to ask, Is it all going to be okay?

Yes. It's OK now.

I look at the future and I often feel like all I see is darkness. I am a young man and I feel that the future is darkness.

Pick a 25yr period in history that is better than the one you're living in right now.

Take into account all the usual things: human rights, major wars, medical advancements, life quality and expectancy, technology, etc.

I have most of the same gripes anyone else would have, but I can't pick a preferable era.

The future doesn't even matter, does it? It's how we treat people today, how we live our lives today, isn't it?

The future matters, sure. You're probably not gonna die today.

It matters for the same reason that whatever you do today matters.

You have to assume you are going to leave some kind of legacy behind. It might be due to your creative output, or your work, or the way you treat people. The way you look. It could be something petty that sticks around.

I think that legacy is important. I do believe that the human race has a shitload of untapped potential, and that each generation (so far) has essentially improved on the one before it. This is somewhat miraculous to me.

I believe we've improved as a species because many people take their responsibility to each other and themselves seriously.

The older generations rarely feel subsequent gens are an improvement, but that feeling is a lot of what makes them old.

John Maynard Keynes (always good for a quote) once said, "In the end, we are all dead." Self-evidently true, but different people take different things away from that.

You can take that to mean the future doesn't matter. I think I take it to mean that mortality is a great leveler and the fact of mortality should imbue one with both humility and a sense of purpose. And a sense of humor. We're all gonna die anyway--it doesn't really get any worse than that.

Hey Mr. Midgett,

I honestly don't know a thing about your music or your bands. Ok, I know a lot of people around here say that it's really good, but that's really it.

What's a good place to start?

tmidgett wrote:

o Hai T-Midget! What is teh differense btw/ a pick pocket and a peeping tom??!?

A peeping tom keeps his hand in his own pocket.

Nopes.

a pickpocket snatches watches.
That 1 is from a red fox not me!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, Tim - first time, long time.

Regarding the 'Pit song "Reposession": Whenever this song comes up on the ol' Zune (and it happens rather frequently), I find myself singing along in my best Ian Curtis impression and enjoying myself capitally. Have you ever done this to amuse yourself or others?

NOTE: Please don't think I am trying to disparage this song at all; it is, in fact, my second favorite on the record (after the 'Tag). I am merely curious.

Thanks,

Dan

I have a horrible dry cough, can you recommend a syrup?

SecondEdition wrote:Hey Mr. Midgett,

I honestly don't know a thing about your music or your bands. Ok, I know a lot of people around here say that it's really good, but that's really it.

What's a good place to start?

I'm not Tim but I would recommend Hammer of the Gods. Fine record.

With SKWM, it doesn't particularly matter because it's all great.

Hey Mr. Midgett,

I honestly don't know a thing about your music or your bands. Ok, I know a lot of people around here say that it's really good, but that's really it.

What's a good place to start?

I guess I would say either the Bottomless Pit album or one of the last few SKWM records--Lifestyle, Italian Platinum, and It'll Be Cool.

Nopes.

a pickpocket snatches watches.
That 1 is from a red fox not me!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah hell I know that joke.

I am the worst with jokes.

I cannot tell a joke. I can say things that are funny, tell funny stories, but I cannot tell a joke. I do something to give it away or something. Every time.

Obviously, I cannot remember them either, which doesn't help.

Regarding the 'Pit song "Reposession": Whenever this song comes up on the ol' Zune (and it happens rather frequently), I find myself singing along in my best Ian Curtis impression and enjoying myself capitally. Have you ever done this to amuse yourself or others?

No, I have never done this. It's half an Ian Curtis impression as it is.

I have a horrible dry cough, can you recommend a syrup?

I don't think you're in the US, but we have Maximum Strength Sucrets lozenges over here.

That's what I recommend for a horrible dry cough.

It may make you sick to your stomach, but it will numb the holy hell outta your throat, and you'll cough a lot less.

Don't follow the directions. Just take them until they work.

You won't be able to eat anything for a while after using them. I mean, physically you could eat, but you won't want to do so.

Hey Tim,

Are whole-wheat bagels any better for you than normal bagels? Or are they still too carb-happy to do anything but make one fatter? And with that in mind, is it worth switching to wheat/whole grain pasta?

connor wrote:Hey Tim,

Are whole-wheat bagels any better for you than normal bagels? Or are they still too carb-happy to do anything but make one fatter? And with that in mind, is it worth switching to wheat/whole grain pasta?

Refined carbs are more easily processed than unrefined stuff.

Whole grain bread products don't have (or don't have as much) refined carbs (white flour etc.). They break down more slowly and don't make you hungrier than you were before you ate.

I don't eat bagels any more, for the most part.

Pasta, I think wheat pasta is occasionally OK, but I don't really like it.

I read somewhere (might have been here) that al dente pasta acts like an unrefined grain product, in that it digests slowly and doesn't cause a carb crash. Whereas totally limp (overcooked) pasta acts like refined carbs (white bread and whatnot) and isn't so great.

I don't know how true that is, but it has the ring of possible truth.

I love pasta. I just try not to eat a huge amount of it at a sitting.