Oh dear, I did wonder about your dad, but was afraid to ask. Some people are their own worst enemy. I hope for the people around him that he starts looking after himself.

A really good friend of mine passed away a few weeks back, he was 48 and went in his sleep after a big night of partying. A big shock to me, the thing is he got it easy, what a way to go. It's his wife and friends that are all left behind totally devastated that really matters. Sort of makes you angry ... if it wasn't so damn sad. Affected me more than when my own father passed.

Sorry to hear about your dad's troubles whirly! Some people really don't like hospitals and I am on to the theory that they serve bad food to try to get people out of there. Kinda like how some stores play bad music to get customers out.

In 30 hours I may find out that I cannot go to work on monday due to a government shut down since republicans are trying to fuck over America's budget by trying to stuff if full their crack-pot ideologies.

It is really sick that these people are so stubborn and devoid of ration that their BS rhetoric on job creation would actually put people nearly a million out of work and many more out of pay for an indefinite time while they try to eliminate low-income health care (which planned parenthood provides a lot of I can tell you from my job! none of which even has to do with birth control), health care for the elderly and disabled (Medicare), more low income health care (Medicaid), while giving the rich and corporations a 10% tax cut. This is the kind of shit that makes you realize that a bunch of irate middle-aged guys dressed like 18th century Americans in front of congress to convey a false pretense of loyal (as they do with Christianity) might be completely crazy.

That's my political flame rant for now. But I cant wait for Coachella -woooo, even if I have to pan-handle while there!

Awww, Whirls... I'm sorry my dear. ::hugs:: Pobrecita.

Not the greatest event to occur on the near-eve of Coachella...

In other news, one of my roommates is going through a conundrum on where she wants to live and is trying to move out before the lease ends... This in the middle of me and our other roommate subletting our apartment for the summer. God... fucking... damnit.

Small bumps along the road, and they're not the kind of bumps that you'd cut up with a credit card, unfortunately. Not that I'm in love with those kinds of bumps...

But back to the moral of the story.

Coachella, woo, and awesomeness.

@Biff: It's absolutely insane to hear the rhetoric that is coming out of D.C. right now. The Republicans are trying to undo and cut away at quite a bit at the moment and it's frustrating how they can reconcile the budget cuts to the poor while subsidizing the rich.

There are many, many arguments for taxing the upper 1% more than we do right now, and apparently the tax rate has been the lowest it's been in many, many decades. Arguments against raising corporate tax rates fall flat when you consider how some of the largest corporations in America, such as G.E. and Bank of America, have paid $0 in taxes this year because of tax loopholes.

Sorry to hear that your job is at risk.

Once again, insanity: Rhetoric that raising taxes will kill jobs and there is a need to "reign in spending," which in turn... kills jobs...

Mia, sorry to hear about your dad. That's a lot of drama (and trauma) to go through in such a short time. All the best.

Thanks guys Hopefully soon I will have something positive to post in this topic about, for a change, lol! I'm sorry to hear about your friend Krisper. 48 is way too young to go. Death is a mercy in so many ways, but it's the wreckage that's left behind that is the hard part. Biff I hope your job will be OK. What's happening is infuriating! And Pooter, I believe these little bumps will smooth themselves out. It's like the earth is thrown off its axis - here's hoping all will be realigned next weekend!

Cmon! How are these doctors scurrying away to help! I'd call that doctor and tell ass to get back here from vacation to help. That's like a bleeding victim who stumbles next to a paramedic who's on his lunch break!

I hope there's a doctor somewhere close bye to help your dad Whirls.

brother_ging, on 07 April 2011 - 10:58 PM, said:

keep it going! what's your favourite team? hopefully not rb???

BoywiththeGoldenEyes, on 13 April 2011 - 12:34 PM, said:

damn it, nooo! but i support the team which beats rb last autumn in the austrian cup (maybe now you no which team i mean). the best thing: my club plays in the 3rd league and rb in the first pro league. i really hate rb! nothing like a big product placement playing football! no soul at all.

you like football too? for my self i'm watching "deutsche Bundesliga" from week to week. van gaal, S04 stuff...i'm a real little expert.

brother_ging, on 14 April 2011 - 11:16 PM, said:

that must be blau weiß linz then fantastic to have beaten rb, every team should beat them. they make austrian football as much a kindergarten as currently bundesliga is (schalke, bayern, hamburg, wolfsburg and so on).
unfortunately we have rb in germany also, playing in leipzig. fortunately they'r enot getting promoted to league 3 this season. so, they sack their coach end of season to get pacult in. a shame. hope they're staying at 4th league level forever.
my favourite german team is also playing on 3rd league level but getting promoted. and best: they're playing in the city where I live tomorrow and I'll be there to celebrate promotion. ace. hardly get to see their home matches as it is kinda 1,000 km away.

brother_ging, on 14 April 2011 - 11:16 PM, said:

van Gaal isn't Bundesliga any more...


For me there is one club "rock the house in" next season:

couldn't that have been a smaller pic?

we should continue our football talk in the sports thread...

BoywiththeGoldenEyes, on 15 April 2011 - 3:11 PM, said:

No, because it's about

erster fußballclub köln
erster fußballclub köln
erster fußballclub köln

ERSTER FC KÖLN !!!


edit: http://www.youtube.c...TMQBOeM&t=0m50s

edit2: http://www.youtube.c...eF4wdiFmGo&hd=1

don't like fc köln so much but frank schaefer does a good job. for me as an austrian i like werder bremen because of herzog, prödl and now enfant terrible arnautovic. st. pauli also rocks.

@boywiththegoldeneyes: yeah "blau weiss linz" (=blue white linz) is my team. what is yours? perhaps jahn regensburg? bwl has a very strong fan friendship with jahn.

rb leipzig sucks like rb salzburg. but it's good that pacult is leaving rapid vienna for them (big love for rapid vienna) that rapid will come back and win the league trophy.

bayern just in euro league would be great too!!!

(can't wait till "sportschau" tonight -> next season i buy a sky package to have it on fullscreen)

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ThePumisher, on 16 April 2011 - 3:13 AM, said:

pum, you should watch out for a number plate k db [any number] and post it in the forum, as k+d+b is godlike!

brother_ging, on 16 April 2011 - 3:48 PM, said:

sorry multireplay doesn't work right now. excuse for not killing kittens, god!

my favourite one is hansa rostock who used to play 1st bundesliga for a number of years. saw them live yesterday and it was the worst game I've ever seen them playing. they lost 0-3 to saarbrücken, this is where I have lived for 3.5 years now.
it's going to be promotion celebrations on wednesday then. 14 points in front compared to 3rd placed team and only 5 games to go. should be safe

werder bremen is BIG to me, I lived in bremen for 5 years and my flatmate one of their biggest supporters.

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Champiness, on 17 April 2011 - 7:52 PM, said:

I've proposed it before but they don't listen champi!

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A big nostalgia trip for me. It's strange that I like these songs so much.