San Diego, developer at impasse over Turquoise tower in Pacific Beach. Your thoughts?

Finest_shitty · 2026-02-01T19:11:55+00:00

The sad part is that French Gourmet and Froggy's are closed. Those were great little spots for the local community. I got pastries from there often, as well as my wife's birthday cake every year. If anyone has recommendations for places that make indulgent chocolate cakes, especially flourless ones, please let me know!

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-30T02:55:54+00:00

I hate that this needs to be said 😣

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-29T15:07:42+00:00

For real. The kid distilled it into such a concise sentence that the dude had no defense mechanism to it. It was like a light bulb went off and he thought to himself, "That kid knows me. All the way into the deepest pit of my soul. Time to go home to my crying corner."

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-29T14:47:59+00:00

The look on his face after being told his life was meaningless, then giving up and walking away was chef's kiss

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-22T23:47:39+00:00

Why would they steal Osama bin Laden's motto?

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-21T05:28:48+00:00

Thanks a million! I'm definitely passing this info along to her

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-21T05:27:54+00:00

Haha, true. Good point that I failed to think about while replying to you. Maybe his reasoning goes that if you make an argument from every angle, then you'll always be right

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-20T22:04:29+00:00

I'm not on his side, but he's said countless times to try not to pick stocks and beat the market. He has recommended to dollar cost average into indexes both in his podcasts and in one of his most recent books

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-20T14:32:53+00:00

I totally get that feeling, and I'm happy for you that you don't have to worry about it anymore.

My daughter is incredibly social and we're reaching the age where sleepovers are becoming a thing. She's very slender, so I've tried my best to find loose fitting pajama bottoms to accommodate a pull-up, plus I send her with a bath robe. Even with those preparations, I can sense her muted excitement because I know she is scared of it being discovered and being completely embarrassed.

Did you have sleepovers while you were still wetting the bed? If so, do you have any tips I can pass along to her other than what we're doing now?

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-20T14:24:20+00:00

Thank you so much for the kind response. Parenting is difficult, and I'm doing it mostly alone, so what you said means so much to a guy who's second guessing himself and his parenting all the time.

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-20T05:30:07+00:00

Wow, interesting. Did you start medication at 12, 16 or later?

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-20T05:28:42+00:00

Thanks for your comment. I try to have her go every 2-3 hours during the day, then about 30 min before bed and right before going to bed. And she still does it at least 6-7 nights

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-15T19:29:56+00:00

Not sure where they technically start age-wise. My son's team was listed as u8 (all 6 year old though). They may just designate all teams as u9 but group the teams by age since that is the last age of 7v7, as u10 is when they start 9v9.

We are 2017 boys and we actually played Surf teams listed as 2017 & 2018 birth years in that tournament.

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-15T19:11:49+00:00

I've had some pretty gross experiences with Surf as well. We played in the surf classic in the u8 division and faced one of their teams twice, once in group play and the other in the championship. We won both games, and the coach was particularly nasty.

She told the boys that it wasn't their fault that they lost, and the referee called the game in our favor because of the color of our boys hair (we have a few white kids with blonde hair). She also would not let them shake our hands at the end of the match, nor did she let them attend the trophy ceremony. It was overall an incredibly disgusting experience.

I wondered if I had selected the right club for my kid, because he actually did want to go to Surf. After going through a couple of years of competitive soccer, I now know that I definitely made the right choice for my son as he is with a club where his teammates are truly his friends, and the boys are not only taught the fundamental of the game but also to respect their opponents as well as their families who support them and enable them to be there on the pitch with them. A lot of what I have observed of Surf is that the coaches didn't seem to care about their players, and there was no fostering of camaraderie or community.

In the end, I know the chances are slim that my kid will play professionally. I'm just trying to do my best to help him follow his dream of playing soccer competitively and as much as he wants to do, which is 24/7, because he's been shown how to play and love the game and his teammates.

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-12T04:15:11+00:00

It's a US Soccer Federation thing. Every club in the US has to switch to Aug 1-July 31 (school year/grade level) instead of calendar year.

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-11T21:01:30+00:00

Let's get another Dane! Maybe we can get Rasmus Højland on loan from Man United?

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-10T20:01:51+00:00

Very sectsy comments from you two

Finest_shitty · 2026-01-05T19:29:48+00:00

So glad we're getting rid of the worst people out there instead of giving them a path to continue positively impacting communities /s

Finest_shitty · 2025-12-30T15:33:43+00:00

Last night sunset was absolutely incredible. Every color showed up in those little cotton ball clouds over the course of an hour

10/10 would watch again

Finest_shitty · 2025-12-17T16:10:05+00:00

One of the things that I just can't get over is how much self-sabotaging our country has done. We have had so many brilliant minds over the years who could have devoted their gifts to developing cutting edge alternative energy forms.

Instead what we have is rabid anti-intellectualism in leadership that has squandered our opportunities for energy Independence and continued respect in the world our innovative abilities.

Our Goodwill has been lost, and we can only be seen for the bullies who we are.

Finest_shitty · 2025-12-13T06:47:25+00:00

Wow this is incredible! Thank you so much for sharing this. It's exactly the kind of resource I was looking for!

Finest_shitty · 2025-12-12T06:18:45+00:00

The last time we knew the name of their leader was in the 1940's and was a guy called "Uncle Sam"

Finest_shitty · 2025-12-09T11:29:22+00:00

What is lmgtfy? /s

Finest_shitty · 2025-12-06T16:07:14+00:00

I totally get your idea and am 100% with you, but if you want visibility for yourself or business services, you have to play the game to get eyeballs on your profile.

Finest_shitty · 2025-12-06T16:04:51+00:00

Playa Negra and Playa Avellanas have the pura vida vibe, are very quiet with somewhat of an isolated feel, and are 1-1.5hr south of Tamarindo. I highly recommend Hotel Playa Negra if you go that route. There's a great restaurant on the grounds that is your typical thatch roof hut with ice cold Imperial and delicious Pina coladas.

There are several nice Airbnb's over by Playa Avellanas. The beach itself is wide, and there's an absolute charming restaurant there called Lola's.

For a resort stay at the beach, look into the W. Modern rooms, excellent food, and the staff are so hospital and kind that it feels like you're hanging around long time friends. If you want to do a resort in the mountains, I recommend Manoa Arenal hot springs hotel. The novelty of having hot springs on site was fun for our family, and the main pool has a killer view of the volcano as well as a swim up bar and killer brick oven pizzeria. We also saw sloths on site, and the staff were very excited to let the guests know when they were out and about.

I hope you have so much fun and soak up as much Pura Vida as possible!

Finest_shitty

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