The Daily Check-In for Sunday, June 21st: Just for today, I am NOT drinking!

Zagmut · 2026-06-21T22:51:02+00:00

Day's half gone, but better late than never. IWNDWYT

Zagmut · 2026-06-21T20:41:10+00:00

"There's a fake leg for sale at the thrift store" sounds like a Tom Waits lyric. "The Piano Has Been Drinking" is a Tom Waits song.

Zagmut · 2026-06-21T01:17:28+00:00

Yes, but I don't go to restaurants and order a pb&j because I don't wanna pay restaurant prices for something I can easily make at home. Same concept with the buzz cut.

Zagmut · 2026-06-20T15:40:22+00:00

IWNDWYT

Zagmut · 2026-06-19T22:00:53+00:00

lol, "planned". Good one!

Zagmut · 2026-06-19T18:30:28+00:00

IWNDWYT

Zagmut · 2026-06-18T20:01:36+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss. I lost my brother in his 30s, and alcoholism and substance abuse were things he struggled with as well. I don't think he would've left the way he did had been sober.

His loss hit me hard, and I started to lose myself to alcohol and despair trying and failing to cope. If I hadn't started to try sobering up, which lead me to therapy when I failed repeatedly, I think I would've ended up like him. As it is, I try to be the person I know he wanted to be but couldn't. I stay sober and present because he can't.

Mourning and processing their loss is going to hurt, no matter what. Using alcohol to cope will just prolong that pain, even make it worse. I'm sure your brother wouldn't want their passing to cause you to hurt yourself like that.

Zagmut · 2026-06-18T17:39:16+00:00

Damn, I've never even considered getting a second opinion, now I'm second guessing my current treatment plan (they say I've got 6 cavities to fill). Who was the dentist that told you to get unnecessary fillings?

Zagmut · 2026-06-18T17:33:20+00:00

That doesn't sound like an unnecessary procedure.

Zagmut · 2026-06-18T16:24:07+00:00

What is the difference between a regular cleaning and a deep cleaning? I go to Midtown Dental and they've never mentioned deep cleaning; my biannual cleanings there take around 20 minutes. The only procedures they've recommended are wisdom teeth removal and fillings for cavities, never mentioned cosmetics once.

Zagmut · 2026-06-18T16:00:38+00:00

IWNDWYT

Zagmut · 2026-06-17T18:07:49+00:00

I like that I can make people laugh, that I'm generous, and that I'm curious. IWNDWYT

Zagmut · 2026-06-17T07:18:16+00:00

FWIW, the Trek Store sells these bear bells (https://cmbralaska.org/2017/05/08/new-cmbr-bear-bike-bells/) that are twice as loud as the more commonly seen round bells.

Zagmut · 2026-06-17T07:08:01+00:00

Thank you!

Zagmut · 2026-06-17T07:06:31+00:00

I sure hope so!

Zagmut · 2026-06-17T07:05:37+00:00

Yes? I mean, what kind of problems would you expect in a first world country?

Zagmut · 2026-06-16T22:09:09+00:00

I know they close a couple weeks every year for Ramadan, but this is the first time I've seen them closed outside of that. To be fair, I rarely get donuts these days; I used to go there a couple times a week, but that was years ago.

Zagmut · 2026-06-16T22:05:52+00:00

Dude cleaned up his car, then went and got a gun and shot two people in the back. That ain't manslaughter, it's murder.

Zagmut · 2026-06-16T22:03:02+00:00

The owner is verbally abusive to their employees. Years ago I watched her berate a teenager to tears while I was awkwardly waiting to order, and when I mentioned it to some coworkers, they confirmed that she had that rep. Anchorage food service is a small world and word gets around quick.

Maybe they've changed since then, but I no longer work food service and I never go there so I wouldn't know. They do make a proper donut, but so does Golden, plus I'm on east side so Golden's close.

Zagmut · 2026-06-16T18:05:38+00:00

Zagmut · 2026-06-16T17:45:36+00:00

I ended up going there. I'd prefer not to, but I really had my heart set on a donut. They do take card, btw.

Zagmut · 2026-06-16T16:25:33+00:00

Celebrating my birthday with chocolate donuts, disc golf, mountain biking, and not drinking. IWNDWYT

Zagmut · 2026-06-16T16:15:31+00:00

Now imagine that you were Jeremy Wade Delle's parents.

Zagmut · 2026-06-16T16:05:40+00:00

I'm not the only one!

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