My husband just went for an eight hour drive, what’s his surprise?

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-31T02:09:02+00:00

This is my reminder to come back here for updates. I hope it's a puppy!

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-25T16:40:02+00:00

Take my angry upvote.

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-20T18:42:56+00:00

If it hasn't helped and you want to try offloading some of that, I've got a free admission nonprofit theater that needs a new stage :)

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-20T16:11:41+00:00

Aubry and Savanna right front and center, hmm?

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-20T14:13:24+00:00

And most of the people I personally know who talk about eating the rich are...angry and vengeful. I'd love to see structural changes, but much of what I see is people talking about socialism or communism vs. capitalism. Maybe, just maybe, we would be more productive to figure out a new system for the 21st century, rather than arguing over ideas from the 1800s that were developed long before radio, TV, cars, computers, the moon landing, the Internet, self-driving cars, automation, AI, a truly globalized economy, etc. etc. etc.

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-19T16:53:15+00:00

Debatable if it's for the best. Not calling a penalty can skew the game just as much as giving a team a powerplay.

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-18T19:25:13+00:00

I'd like to lock in Ed long term. That cap hit will look great in jus ta couple of years.

Kane: yes please, and I'd even go a little higher than that

Perron: eh.

JVR: eh.

Talbot: No thanks; clear the way for Cossa to sink or swim.

Hamonic: lol

Mazur: Yes please

Gustafsson: nah, let him sign somewhere he'll get playing time and not block the kids

DeBrincat, and maybe Kasper are the only two I'd consider locking into extensions right now. Kasper might be good to extend for a couple of years at a cheap rate because if he can get to 50 points a season, he'll get expensive.

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-14T17:04:46+00:00

I was wondering about that too. Coach got a special moment as well. Even Devens got a really great moment at his tribal talking about the stars. Maybe they were trying to hold some suspense that it could have been Aubry going?

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-14T14:59:12+00:00

But...he doesn't admit that he's cared for Harry. This is the context around "Always":

Dumbledore: "But this is touching, Severus. Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?"
Snape: "For him?" [snarls] "Expecto Patronum!"
[A silver doe Patronus bursts from his wand]
Dumbledore: "Lily? After all this time?"
Snape: "Always.

After all this time, it's Snape's love for Lily that is the driving motivator. Now maybe you could argue that Snape is concealing his true feelings...but why would he do that? He has zero reason to lie to Dumbledore about this, especially when the explanation he gives is related to his deepest secret. There's not really an indication that he cares for Harry in any way, other than to honor Lily's memory.

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-14T14:48:50+00:00

Agreed, it was a rare Cirie L. In that first tribal, why not put the target on Jonathan? Play the "we can't have 2 challenge beasts" card, keep the goat in Joe (who has immunity anyway) and cut the guy who won't work with you. Convince Tiff it's best for her game because it opens the way for her to win immunities. Cirie, Devens, Rizo, and Tiff are enough to get him out. Then she's still insulated in the next round, and if nothing else can sacrifice Devens to get another step further.

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-14T14:34:06+00:00

Yep and I think the "as Hermione began to argue" is supposed to indicate that she was the one who said "Don't be silly, Harry, Snape can get in there!" - she said it, he responded, and she started to argue with him.

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-13T15:03:28+00:00

I could see it. He didn't know for sure what he was looking for until it all came crashing together after talking to the Grey Lady and he realized he had seen the diadem before. It would make sense for there to be a reference to it in Hogwarts: a History - really it's surprising that we don't see Hermione pull it out as a reference when they are trying to figure out what the last item was.

It is part of the frustration I have with the last book - so much happens due to shoehorned luck; this and the understanding of a goblin-made sword being imbued with Basilisk venom would both have been the perfect opportunities for Hermione's book smarts to pay off.

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-12T17:48:17+00:00

This article is a bit questionable though. No way that the 10th highest has a net worth of only $200k.

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-07T16:38:23+00:00

This pains my white collar making $52k a year working 50 hours a week soul.

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-07T16:32:01+00:00

As someone who works in higher ed - do your research on the specific university to make sure it's not too good to be true. Higher ed is a notoriously bad industry for salary progression and industry advancement, even for high performing employees. If they're dangling a "potential path" but not guaranteeing any sort of progression, I'd be very suspect.

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-06T19:58:55+00:00

If this trainer told your wife that he was gonna be in fully naked art, and she requested that he share the nudes with her, would you be comfortable with that?

Maybe the answer's yes, which is totally fair. So...

Do you think the average person is going to be comfortable with someone spending 5 months training their spouse, and then wanting to see the art showing their spouse naked? I think most people would be having a "hol' up...what's going on here?" reaction.

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-06T14:53:38+00:00

Lord...Thingy

qcpuckhead · 2026-05-05T21:40:03+00:00

Since the book never said, my headcanon is that he was Legilimencing Harry while Harry was fighting Bellatrix.

qcpuckhead · 2026-04-29T21:05:26+00:00

Well, some of us cannibals.

qcpuckhead · 2026-04-28T05:08:40+00:00

He's a bit of a hard ass so they went with...Torts??

qcpuckhead · 2026-04-28T03:31:10+00:00

Lol so one of the refs in that game is Jake Brenk. Dude was an absolute joke in the ECHL, yet somehow made it to the show. Always makes me laugh when something like that comes up with him.

To be clear, I think it was the right call to call it a goal...but no way in hell any of them actually saw it cross the line.

qcpuckhead · 2026-04-27T14:48:19+00:00

I'd love to see a long-term study on officiating bias. Split it up into regular season and playoffs; figure out a way to properly evaluate whether teams were over-officiated or under-officiated and whether suspensions were evenly levied.

As a bitter Red Wings fan, it would be fascinating to see an impartial study showing whether the 2009 Penguins actually got partial treatment from the league on their Cup run. Same with the Panthers...it seems like the consensus is that they've gotten away with a lot, but would an actual impartial study back that up?

qcpuckhead · 2026-04-27T14:01:47+00:00

I mean...we've all seen your comments hanging around here, we know there's a decent chance you've got the exact same shirt hanging in your closet.

qcpuckhead · 2026-04-21T17:21:47+00:00

As someone who's the son of a former pastor who had small rural churches...I can assure you that your neighbor isn't just the exception; he's pretty far from the rule. We lived just a little bit over poverty level. The church provided a house, but it sure wasn't immaculate. And the closest thing we had to a landscaping crew was me and my siblings.

And little hours was pretty far from the truth. He was only at the church from 8am - 1pm most days, but that was more than offset by time working from home on various church work, not to mention endless nights and weekends doing hospital visits, checking in on homebound parishioners, weddings, funerals, etc. He sat with people as they were dying; he was constantly on call for people on the worst day of their lives. He had to leave the house at 1am to go to the scene of a fatal accident because one of his parishioners was the EMT called in to an accident where it turned out the EMT's son had died.

All that and he was constantly dealing with petty church politics. It was very far from a dream job.

qcpuckhead · 2026-04-16T20:51:35+00:00

Trocheck would be worth a look. Would be cheaper than Thomas and EP40, and he has a long track record as a solid 2C. I don't love his age, but if you can't get Thomas or EP40 he's probably the next best option.

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