The FCC Calls Dave | David Letterman
My stepson, in his 4th year of the 5-year arch program at Arkansas, attended this earlier this summer, and described it as life-changing. I cognitively understood the factors involved, but getting to watch this video about it brought it home emotionally. I was filled with joy and hope. And I was holding it together until the end, when they showed the stake with his name on it being driven into the ground. I sobbed tears of joy. Which hasn't happened in a long time.
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@Jaredigital I remember all those designs! Always class
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse). Life becomes a lava lamp of memories of happier and sadder times, of what might have been, and of a fearful future, accompanied by the burbling sound of advancing time, of which one friend has almost run out, and of which I will too someday (supposedly)."
"She was very funny, brilliant, and highly educated, and turned out to be the only person I’ve ever known who is a worse know-it-all than my husband. I think she alone could have beaten him at Scrabble, and I’m glad she didn’t as this would have killed him, rendering him useless to me."
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This toot+thread has filled my music queue for a week
Perfect
Still digging this record
My son is in his first year of middle school and on the struggle bus big-time. He just got home and reported on a math grade, followed by:
"I'm going to drop out...I can just eat Pop-Tarts. I'll have a cold Pop-Tart for breakfast, a toasted Pop-Tart for lunch, and a BUTTERED Pop-Tart for dinner."
...which is funny, but also a gut-punch
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