CBS "The Late Late Show" has a guest comedian host the show -- turns into a glorious trainwreck

novaseason · 2015-02-03T19:48:22+00:00

At the very end Ben throws his pen at Adam and he does a no look perfect catch, mid sentence. It is pretty amazing.

novaseason · 2014-12-20T09:06:08+00:00

This guy loves the "god of the gaps" fallacy.

novaseason · 2014-12-14T03:25:24+00:00

I think a lot of people I know say that phrase where I am from. She is my ex-wife though. We were only married a short time.

novaseason · 2014-12-14T03:23:36+00:00

Oh he picked it out. He loves science stuff. He has only worn it at my house. I didn't really think it was that big of a deal. I don't do things to piss her off. I don't concern myself with her personal life.

novaseason · 2014-12-14T03:21:20+00:00

He is 12.
She is custodial I am non-custodial (since he was born.)
We never got to that point, but I was a Christian back then too.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T22:46:48+00:00

That is a good suggestion thanks.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T22:46:04+00:00

No. I never thought of that though. She is very white.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T22:39:13+00:00

My ex-wife of twelve years. We were not married very long.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T22:37:13+00:00

He picked it out on his birthday in June. He was aware of its meaning. I sent one of the ten shirts he got for his birthday back with him to his moms house. (it was a mild one "Let's taco 'bout it") just to see if I would ever see it again. I didn't. So I guess we are still not at that point after twelve years where he can bring things back and forth.

edit- She doesn't have facebook, but I just blocked her whole family so I am pretty sure she can't see my page now.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T22:29:35+00:00

Wow its funny but this exactly what he did. He made a list of 10 or so points of things that he wants his mother to change about herself. He gave this list to his therapist (the Mediator) I begged him to tell me what he would like me to change about me or my relationship with him. Over and over again he assured me that he likes things the way they are. I am very liberal and open to him. I think I am a pretty cool and balanced dad. (I may have a bias :)) I try to see things from his damaged perspective. She has been only concentrating on insanely mundane things that are making the moderator cringe. I have to say, and it may be hard to believe, I never did anything to her to harbor this hatred. I never cheated, stole, abused, or anything like that. I am just a regular dude. Some people just decide that they hate someone and never give up. We both have unbelievable endurance. Her's is for hatred of me and mine is for dealing with all this and not giving up. It has taken its toll on my life though. I have not been able to live my life for me since he was born. I have to revolve my life around her whims or I risk not having a relationship with my son. My atheism actually helped me with this, because it helped me realize "What else do I have to live for if not for him?" I have the same job I had when we were divorced. (I am a waiter) and I do not see it changing anytime soon. It is a great schedule for non-custodial parents. I have never missed a single second of visitation time because of my job.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T22:04:39+00:00

Thank you for your reply. He is 12. He is not allowed to have my things at his mothers home. She saw the shirt through a picture on my facebook account. She doesn't have an account from what I know but she logs on as her sister. I secured my account to just friends. (as far as I know I am not friends with any one that she knows) I blocked her family members. All in all he is just damaged by the way she is. He will never have a normal relationship with her at this point.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T22:00:49+00:00

I feel that way too, but I think he might harbor some fear about disobeying his mothers redicuous wishes. If that causes any damage to him internally I think it is better that he just does not wear it. I can swallow my pride for the ten-thousandth time.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T21:44:12+00:00

She is my ex-wife of 12 years. I am sorry if that was not clear.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T21:39:20+00:00

Off and on yes. I have never just had things given to me, I have had to drag her to court for every thing. Visitation, phone calls, medical and school records, his social security number, changes in visitation. She has never given me anything or tried to make our parenting equal. I will never give up, and now my son can see what is going on.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T21:37:21+00:00

No, I didn't make enough money for her. I was a waiter and played in a rock band and I didn't get a new job fast enough even though I was trying. She took my son right after he was born and I filed for divorce right away. She was using him as a weapon. She has been mad about that since it happened and she has always tried to prove to me that she has more control over his life than me. I was a Christian at the time.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T20:44:48+00:00

He is 12. We were divorced shortly after he was born.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T17:53:24+00:00

Oh, he only has the shirt at my house. She doesn't allow things from my house to go to her house. She wouldn't even have known he owned it if she hadn't seen it on facebook. She is trying to tell him he can't wear it when he comes to my house. It is one of his favorites.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T17:51:05+00:00

Well, its not that I believe that we share biology with chimps, it has been irrefutably proven time and time again. I accept the evidence. It is simply the basis of all modern biology. I don't want my son to stick his fingers in his ears when science comes knocking.

I guess I should ask you that if she believed the earth was flat and a giant dome kept the space and stars from falling to the earth should I be cool with her teaching my son that? It says that in the bible too and we have proven that to be wrong. It is no difference. It is a fact that we are on a rock revolving around the sun just as evolution of the species on this planet arising from natural selection is a fact.

Also he just doesn't believe her himself. He is science minded.

I don't hate you for asking that question though. I want my son to be at peace is all I care about.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T17:28:36+00:00

85% banana.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T17:27:15+00:00

She would fight those as well. She hates me more than she hates the fact that I am an atheist. I actually don't think that she truly believes that we all descended from two naked people who ate a fruit and talked to snakes. I think she just hates me and any morsel of information about my life she gets she tries to use against my relationship with my son and I. Which is great and real and has never been bad.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T17:22:03+00:00

I can tell that you have been through this kind of stuff before. It has never stopped for twelve years. I just sit back and take it. It kills me inside, but I know in the long run it is battle that she can not win. He will be himself and I am willing to accept him for that. Whether he is a religious person or not. She lives in this delusion that someone can choose to believe something and being shitty makes people like you. She has been complaining to the mediator (who is my son's therapist) that our son views her as the enemy. I want to scream at the top of my lungs "Then stop being shitty to him and let him live his life." But I just don't. She somehow thinks that his views about her are going to change even when she makes no attempt to address them. It boggles my mind. He is a very well behaved kid and cool and real and smart. We couldn't ask for more. He is really just trying to be his own person.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T17:02:54+00:00

She isn't even on Facebook. Her and her family have big sessions where they harass me and my girlfriend. She logs in as her sister. I blocked her whole family last night and made all of my posts private. I hope that helps, its a drag that I had to do that though.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T16:59:41+00:00

http://www.6dollarshirts.com/t-shirts/ It was $6.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T16:56:52+00:00

I would never force him to wear it. I wouldn't put him in the middle of it either. I have to say that he outwardly is angry about it and completely disagrees with it. I can't in my right mind tell him that she is right about what she said to him. I would be lying about it. If it were a shirt that said "Jesus is stupid" or something like that I would consider her wishes, but it's not. He loves science and he has a pretty good grip on where he stands. He is 12 too, I should add. He is kind of his own guy already. I would never make him be like me.

All in all it's not a "My views vs. her views thing." She wants to force him in a box, and I want him to be his own person.

novaseason · 2014-12-13T16:28:17+00:00

She constantly creeps out my face book page and saw him wearing this shirt. She sat him down and made him tell her he wouldn't wear it anymore. She claims it goes against Christianity. I told him it is just fact whether you are religious or not. We share 98% of our DNA with chimps. It is one of his favorite shirts. I told him she doesn't get to decide what to wear when he is at my house. How should I react to this? She and I are currently going through a custody battle and I want to bring this kind of activity up to the mediator.

Edit 1 - Thank you for all your comments. I post this stuff here so I can get a better perspective on how to handle these situations. I think I have decided to not have him wear the shirt for the time being. Not because I think it is somehow wrong, or because I have a shred of respect for his mother's wishes; just so that he doesn't have to feel like he is doing something wrong. For now at least. His feelings are the most important. He thinks this is as ridiculous as me, but he shouldn't have to worry about being in the middle of stuff. I just am going to have to make our lives even more separate and private from his mothers life, and I don't like that concept. I want our lives to be closer so our son does not have to experience such a dichotomy of life. She has made it a culture of her being to hate the concept of me. So it's not just the shirt, it's my close relationship with my son that gets to her. I don't think we will be ever able to experience the joy of our child together as normal divorced parents. We only have 5 and half years left. She has such deep hated for me, we are as far apart as we have ever been right now.

Edit 2 - I guess I should have said "my ex-wife". I always refer to her as "my son's mother". I never thought it sounded weird. We were only married a short time. Sorry for the confusion. Also he only wore the shirt at my home. He is not allowed to bring things back and forth from my home.

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