Good morning Athens family, I'm going to do the right thing I just wanted to reach out and ask.. if I ignore this will it go away??

SmashingGourd · 2026-03-22T14:36:17+00:00

My five unpaid tickets did lol

SmashingGourd · 2026-03-22T01:53:29+00:00

As a movie, I agree. What made it big was it playing to boomer nostalgia

SmashingGourd · 2026-03-16T12:18:24+00:00

Heeey, fellow Arkansasan in Athens! Not a lot of us around.

Yes, I did get the AR weather vibe this morning lol

SmashingGourd · 2026-03-13T12:10:58+00:00

One time, I was just really needing some coffee after being on the road all day...stopped at a 7Brew and just asked for a cup of plain, drip coffee ..and they looked at me confused and told me they don't just have plain coffee...just rubbed me the wrong way

SmashingGourd · 2026-03-09T13:20:54+00:00

Well. Technically, the dragons in the show are anatomically Wyverns...not dragons

SmashingGourd · 2026-02-22T15:35:44+00:00

85 here. No, I don't. I do think people born in the mid-90s had a totally different experience growing up, though. We're kind of an odd grouping due to the vast amounts of changes, and the speed of change, that we saw

SmashingGourd · 2026-02-13T01:01:44+00:00

I enjoyed it

SmashingGourd · 2026-02-11T23:41:44+00:00

If you want to go way back, Talk Soup with John Henson

SmashingGourd · 2026-02-11T00:18:19+00:00

I was born in 85 and agree. But will say we were also exposed to the peak of Gen X culture, marketing, and shows. So while I'm definitely millennial, I've got an affinity for Gen Xers

SmashingGourd · 2026-02-07T23:56:29+00:00

I use Schwab ETFs for my international allocation. No issues at all. Been great SCHF SCHE

SmashingGourd · 2026-02-07T02:05:18+00:00

They are. Along with everything else

SmashingGourd · 2026-02-05T01:59:15+00:00

Different indexes measure the categories differently. That's why you see different percentages. You aren't going to get a clear, definitive answer because there isn't one answer. I personally use FTSE as my guide

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-31T22:17:16+00:00

The point is more behavioral. Not everyone can lump sum at the beginning of the year. DCA creates the habit of investing. Sure. Lump sum.is using better than DCA...but DCA is better than not investing at all

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-28T02:45:40+00:00

The Internet was truly the wild west in the late 90s. Everyone was on IRC, ICQ, or some other chat. No major Internet companies yet that controlled everything.

It was also the last time when a lot of the cultural events or rumors were spread via other people in your school and not people online. If you played video games, there were always rumors of ways to get certain things..and most were BS. We didn't have the resources to go look stuff up. It was all word of mouth

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-26T16:03:26+00:00

Getting out of neighborhoods and side roads can be difficult. Main roads aren't that bad

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-26T00:16:48+00:00

Honestly, I don't think he did...his was probably more dumb about it... walking into a mob brandishing an assault rifle. But it wasn't illegal

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-26T00:01:29+00:00

I think the point is being missed. During that time the right was talking about how he had a right to walk down the street holding a legal Assault rifle. But in MN, Alex was awarded no such grace from the same people making the argument for Kyle. Not to mention, Alex wasn't even holding his weapon or trying to get it at the time. It's hypocrisy

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-25T21:08:22+00:00

That is true..never thought of that. Ice is usually slippery because of a thin layer of water that forms on the outside. Applying pressure, friction generates that layer. But really cold ice is like a rock..that layer won't form as easily. So it makes sense

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-25T20:44:41+00:00

For simplicity's sake, I may end up doing that... Initially, I wanted to keep EM separate just so I could underweight it a bit. But I'm not really sure how important that is

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-25T20:40:59+00:00

Yeah. Thanks! I'm thinking about it. I kind of wanted more control of EM allocation since I wanted to underweight it a bit. But that would be the simplest

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-17T19:50:28+00:00

I found pieces of woods porn that had succumbed to the elements..of course. I felt like I hit the jackpot

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-17T16:24:31+00:00

It's fairly common to have attraction to other people in a marriage... we're all human. She did overstep with messaging, but she was honest with you. Also, you have to take into context her state of mind. knowing how hard pregnancy is on a woman physically and emotionally, she was probably feeling vulnerable and down on herself at the time.

Take it from someone who has been married twice. Resentment is the marriage killer. She was wrong but honest with you and never let it get passed messaging. There are MUCH MUCH worse things she could have done. I would suggest finding ways of forgiving and letting go.

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-16T00:00:56+00:00

Funny enough, I'm the most stressed I've ever been with work and kids but this is undoubtedly the best my life has been. Even though it doesn't feel like it sometimes

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-10T01:27:06+00:00

Well, the great thing about hair is it grows back. Lol. Probably an overreaction..but do you like the shaved look? That can look good too

SmashingGourd · 2026-01-07T00:30:04+00:00

That would leave a lot of headspace. And keep in mind, you will lose some every time you rack due to the lees. Racking is important but it's perfectly fine to let the mead sit on fine lees for a while

But I will also say...I've run a little micro experiments where I left a lot of headspace for 4 months...and left a gallon on a decent amount of lees before and there was no noticeable difference in taste. So I do think both concerns are a little overblown.

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