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  1. Squirrel
    Hmm ... I forgot about DQ ... and there's one down the street from work ... Heath Bar Blizzards ... sigh ...
  2. Squirrel
    I'm going to have to go back to season 1 and catch up. As I said, I started watching it last year and liked it ... just other stuff got in the way and I lost track. And if you are looking for another sitcom type show, Life in Pieces is well done and pretty funny, imo. Worth binge watching.
  3. Squirrel
    I'd fly to Belgium and stop at every frite carte I could, and yes, with a side of mayo please.
  4. Squirrel
    It’s not just the calories that keeps me away ... if other repercussions would also not be a thing, then I’d probably be able to list a few things. Just thinking about it, though, makes me have to ... bbiab.
  5. Squirrel
    I watched it for a bit last year and liked it, but as it is with most tv ... I miss some episodes then never catch up and then I just give up.
  6. Squirrel
    Did you figure this out yet?
  7. Squirrel
    Thank you.
  8. Squirrel
    That would truly be an off season like no other of my recall if that happened. And if that happened I may look to use 3 consecutive weeks off in March just because the giddiness will be too great not to.
  9. Squirrel
    I won't click on that ... and thanks y'all ... I made soup in the slow cooker yesterday ... had some for lunch today and it was really good. Then I read this. If they had a vomit emoji, I'd have used it.
  10. Squirrel
    I just think that punishment and rehabilitation are separate and should be separate. I think there is room for both and I don’t think that one should influence the other unless a proven, diagnosed serious condition that determines the criminal not responsible (this is not the case). Yes, again I acknowledge that there could be a problem here and that CK needs help, but not to the point where consequences are replaced with rehab/treatment. With issues such as this ... at some point real consequences need to be a thing.
  11. Squirrel
    Where in what I said did I say he didn’t need help? And where did I say in my post that there wasn’t a component there, and that availability and accessibility to mental health help wouldn’t be a benefit? But citing mental health has been a go to excuse for too many things to explain crimes. I’m suggesting not to conflate the issues as it doesn’t benefit trying to bring awareness to mental health and mental illness. And if this is a mental health issue, he needs to be registered and he needs to get help. But he also needs to face the consequences of actions he absolutely knew and admitted to being wrong. While I’m backing off on the ‘being jailed’ aspect, it’s not for me to decide and I realize that my own anger drives some of my response and judgement ... frankly, I’m tired of this **** and I’m tired of people claiming some sort of defect to get away with it. But there absolutely needs to be a punitive response to these actions, especially since he didn’t come forward of his own volition.
  12. Squirrel
    I still wonder, though, whether he would have issued it if his hand wasn’t forced because he was publicly ‘outed.’ So as genuine as it may sound, I still question the ultimate sincerity.
  13. Squirrel
    First off ... by time I wasn’t referring to lock him up ... but some form of punishment, such as community service, an appropriate numbers of it. And yes, he obviously needs help. But until he gets it and can prove that he will no longer be a menace to society he should be on a sexual offender list. And yes, he should be subject to every civil suit out there. What he did IS a crime, and I don’t think it should be treated less just because it’s 'only a misdemeanor’ and/or he needs help. he should be subject to punitive consequences AS WELL AS get help. He KNEW what he did was wrong and could have gotten help for it long ago. Instead he used his clout to intimidate silence. But let’s not get into the mental health discussion here and confuse it. It’s too easy for people to lump crime and mental health together when I don’t think that’s most often the case, especially violent crime. Yeah, we all think that there has to be something wrong with individuals who do things like this, but that is not the definition of mental illness. As to violent crime, those committing violent crimes are those who have likely been victims themselves. It stems more from past abuse and issues of anger more than mental illness. Yes, a mental health component could certainly help, no doubt, and that availability and accessibility is certainly a plus. But we have become too quick to blame mental health for crime, and I think that’s a bit of excuse making and tends to label those with mental health issues into the wrong category. I think you are trying to conflate crime and mental health.
  14. Squirrel
    When he faces real charges and faces real time served for his crimes and makes real restitution to each and every one of his victims. This isn’t just apologizing for bad behavior, and shouldn’t be considered as such. In fact I think that legitimizes the behavior rather than acknowledging it as criminal. The apology might be the first step in the rest toward acknowledging and serving for the criminal activity. Forgiveness is individual and I can’t tell you when to do that but for me I really have to wonder if if he’s yet deserving of it. I mean, he didn’t just come forward of his own volition, his hand was forced.
  15. Squirrel
    This one really made me laugh ... But this one made me want to vomit a little ...
  16. Squirrel
    Yeah, well, in every bit of humor is some truth. Keep that in mind. It might still be funny (not in this case, now that the details of behind the scenes are public), but it came from somewhere. Comedians are trained to use their own life experiences. So ... None of this is surprising to me.
  17. Squirrel
    We’ll see how far this gets: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/359381-senate-dems-introduce-bill-to-ban-assault-weapons-bump-stocks
  18. Squirrel
    This is what gives me some hopeful pause ... that the Dems did so well ... in Virginia.
  19. Squirrel
    I'm still wary, because of these three things: the economy, the economy and the economy. That has long been the thing that moves people to vote differently from election to election. There is still gerrymandering that will ensure, imo, that certain districts remain in Republican control. I'm not sure this wave is large enough to overcome that. That said, what took place in Virginia, by all accounts a 'southern' state, does give me some hopeful pause.
  20. Squirrel
    Yes, twice. Once for pleasure, once for work.
  21. Squirrel
    Nope.
  22. Squirrel
    Yeah, well ... I guess I wouldn’t move there, not even for that amount. But I didn’t know how it worked.
  23. Squirrel
    http://twinsdaily.com/topic/27957-article-buxton-dozier-win-their-first-gold-glove-awards/ Please continue discussion there ^
  24. Squirrel
    I’ll miss the Christie memes:
  25. Squirrel
    Sounds like she led a smart campaign. Good old fashioned ground work and door knocking combined with the modern and a strong presence on social media, against an aging, out-of-step incumbent who proclaimed himself ‘chief homophobe’ who took for granted he’d just win again.
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