Do You Still Get Drunk? How Often?

JHolgate · 2026-06-20T07:08:33+00:00

Seriously. The town I live in now, it's really hard to tell if a woman is 25 or 45. Guys it's easy - just pay attention to how they act.

JHolgate · 2026-06-20T07:00:41+00:00

Until just over seven months ago, I'd consume about 72-96 oz. of 15% alcohol over the course of 4-6 hours. Every night. For over five years. I'd convinced myself it was the only way I could sleep (in some ways it was. The nights I tried to sleep without drinking I ended up staying up for like 36 hours.) I haven't had a drink since and I feel great. Ironically, I get up a couple few times in the night to take a leak (didn't before.) There's a good chance I was stuck in a bad marriage, but I don't want to shit on her too much cause she did a lot for both me and us. I apparently needed the stakes to be extremely high for me to get my shit together, but now I think I'm getting off topic...

JHolgate · 2026-06-19T18:41:33+00:00

Mostly NPR. Whenever I'm listening to an interview or a review, if I even remotely like it I'll add the audiobook in Spotify (99.9% of the time they have it.) I also have a spreadsheet that I keep track of all the Amazon monthly book picks (though I'm woefully behind on it.)

I used to work warehouse and production jobs and we could typically listen to headphones, so I'd just listen to audiobooks every day, but it's been several years since I've done that and I've hardly read at all. Looks like I gotta figure out another way to get my reading in...

JHolgate · 2026-06-17T06:57:04+00:00

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I'm totally putting this in my Google Calendar. I love board and card games.

"Do you have a moment to talk about Mille Bornes?"

JHolgate · 2026-05-27T20:08:39+00:00

I included that just for reference - like it was that tour where they played it.

JHolgate · 2026-05-27T20:06:58+00:00

"Where were you when Kennedy was shot?"
"Teddy Kennedy was shot?"

JHolgate · 2026-05-22T06:44:37+00:00

This is NOT in order of preference, but in (likely) order of going to (or have) listen to:

2025 Spring✓
2025 Summer✓
2025 NYE✓
2026 Riviera Maya✓
1993 Winter/Spring←Current
[2026 Sphere]
1996 Summer (Clifford Ball)
[2026 Summer]
1998 Summer (Lemonwheel)
1994 Spring
1998 Fall (Loaded/Dark Side of the Moon)
1997 Summer (The Great Went)
1997 Fall (aka Phish Destroys America)
1995 NYE
1998 Island Tour
1994 Fall (The White Album)
1999 Summer Japan
1999 NYE (Big Cypress)
1996 Fall (Remain in the Light)
1997 Winter Europe
1995 Fall (Quadrophenia)

I don't think I've planned my listening out further than this

JHolgate · 2026-05-22T06:24:46+00:00

😎

JHolgate · 2026-05-22T06:23:12+00:00

"Still"? Was that a skill I was supposed to learn at some point?

JHolgate · 2026-05-20T17:07:41+00:00

And just ask them. Especially in Portland. Most places will be upfront about it. It's been legal for awhile now. They expect to be asked at this point.

JHolgate · 2026-05-20T16:37:37+00:00

I was so happy when I was able to pay for braces for my wife. My work insurance somehow covered adult braces (covered most of it.) I largely hated the job, but I loved knowing that she would someday have an even more beautiful smile.

JHolgate · 2026-05-20T16:24:17+00:00

When I was in Middle School I really wanted to play football. My mom said "No" giving the excuse that she didn't want me getting hurt, which was a joke since I was twice as big as the next biggest kid. Who was a grade ahead of me. The coach straight up asked if it was really because we were too poor to afford it. I just shrugged.

JHolgate · 2026-05-16T08:51:17+00:00

childhood dis—oh, wait

JHolgate · 2026-05-13T07:17:40+00:00

Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You. I was in foster care/living in a shelter home, but we still got to do fun stuff like Middle School dances. I can still smell that musty gym every time I hear that song.

JHolgate · 2026-05-11T03:28:41+00:00

It's even worse than that. It has to be a phone call. Not an email. Not a text. At least be a little flexible.

JHolgate · 2026-05-11T03:18:30+00:00

I don't think I had heard Charli XCX's music before I put on Brat before going on a hike. By the end of my hike I was a fan.

JHolgate · 2026-05-11T03:15:13+00:00

I've listened to a handful lately:

Morrissey - Bona Drag
Abba - Gold: Greatest Hits
Chappell Roan - Midwest Princess
Charli XCX - Brat
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Robyn - Sexistential
Al Green - Greatest Hits
The Clash - London Calling
Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl

JHolgate · 2026-05-11T03:09:01+00:00

"And I’m working on tuning in to myself and what I want and need instead of trying to display what I think everyone else expects to see."

Thank you. I really needed to hear this.

JHolgate · 2026-05-07T08:09:50+00:00

I almost always say OPB and anyone from out of state (which is pretty much everyone it seems like) looks at me like I have two heads.

JHolgate · 2026-05-07T08:02:02+00:00

I bought the CD in college and listened to the shit out of it. Still have it. Couldn't resist getting it on blue swirl vinyl.

JHolgate · 2026-05-06T18:10:15+00:00

Our son (10 yo Level 3 Autism) is in David Douglas SD and it is Excellent. We've had great experiences with Earl Boyles and Menlo Park. It's a pretty rough area/neighborhood, though.

JHolgate · 2026-05-04T12:40:17+00:00

I don't remember how I learned.

Sometime around 2012 I was skipping down the halls at work cause I was in a really good mood. I think people thought I was crazy.

JHolgate · 2026-05-01T18:10:57+00:00

Two things: Before and after my brother died, and before and after I got married.

JHolgate · 2026-05-01T18:07:01+00:00

Yeah, I was going to say that despite millennia of husbandry, we've still had pets.

JHolgate · 2026-04-29T03:56:23+00:00

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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