3361

The fear of shaky reports about guns comes mostly from a handbook on firearms law in my state written by a rather pragmatic lawyer, along with some time reading Internet anecdotes about the differing law enforcement approaches around the nation to various concealed carry gaffes and such.

I have no idea if historical and modern police departments react the same way to false positives, merely stating an opinion about present day procedure that I’ve mentioned elsewhere many times from a risk analysis perspective.

Anything else I can do for you?

3362

Tim - even though my opinions on guns differ hugely from yours, I agree with you on this. I think its frightening to consider how easily a situation like that could get out of hand, especially when one party is (probably) off his meds. He means no harm, he just has no common sense about appropriate behaviour. I dislike the bi-polar guy and the trouble he causes, but I wouldn’t wish death by cop on him.

This particular situation was a little weirder, since I am guessing that I know which neighbour called 911, and that she probably knew it wasn’t a shotgun. She also dislikes him and I think she is hoping to escalate things in order to get him removed from the neighbourhood. So much drama!

3363

Jeez, if your neighborhood was a TV show, they’d probably find child pornography in his house in a few weeks.

3364

Rward – that looks really, really cool.

3365

I lost two friends in two days. Or at least got the news of death two days in a row. First Rannie Yoo, an awesome and kind PR person with whom I’d been working with on and off for ten years, and then the witty and talented Derek Torres, a friend and frequent co-author of mine.

And the thing is, all my emotions just shut down.

I don’t feel the pain of loss, or empathy for the families, or anything. I feel nothing. My sciatic leg hurts incredibly badly (humid, rainy weather moved in) and I don’t care. I’ve been up all night and I’m not tired, and I don’t care. Deadlines, money worries, grabbing the next big freelance job…nothing. Not a bit of stress or worry. I don’t care.

I’ve never been bereft of emotion before. It’s somewhat liberating. I’d call it creepy, but I don’t feel that way.

I assume this is a temporary defense mechanism of some sort.

Anyway, rest in peace Rannie and Derek. When it hits me, it’ll hit me hard, and I’ll miss you both terribly.

3366

Sorry for your loss Acid.

3367

I intimidated a guy for the first, and probably last, time in my life: One of those scams where you’re stopped on the street they take down some personal data in order to send you some info material, but instead you get a bill.

I work just around the corner and on a hunch I googled them to learn that I’d been had. So I walked straight back and asked for the paper (with my data) back. I got an earful of BS, but the second time I said “just give me back that piece of paper and I’ll walk away quietly”, he got the message.

Now, why this is a big deal to me is that I’m utterly and completely harmless, look the part, and is easily intimidated to boot. And this guy was almost half my age, much fitter and nearly a foot taller.

Feeling very manly today.

3368

Fuck, I just lost my job, 3 weeks notice :(

3369

Acid, how awful. Take care of yourself - or enlist someone to do so - because eventually the pain is going to hit and it’s not going to be pretty.

Ugh, so sorry to hear that. Good luck.

3370

Last night at 2 am the fire alarms in my building started blaring. It’s rare that they go off at all never mind in the middle of the night, so I jolted awake and swung my legs over the side of the bed to see what the hell was going on.

At which point my kneecap decided that staying in place was for losers and it tried dislocating again. I have no idea what I did, what with being half asleep, but I remember being hunched over clutching my knee for about fifteen minutes straight in agony. Eventually the fire alarms turned off, went back on again three minutes later, then turned off again for good. I bent my knee a couple times (ow ow ow) and then tried going back to sleep.

This morning the inside of my knee right along that bone there is tender as fuck and it doesn’t really want any weight on it and it will only bend a certain amount before killing me. Since I know this drill, I’m going to try not bending it for a couple of days and hope it’s not as bad as it was last time. I don’t want a fucking month in a brace with PT again.

3371

At which point my kneecap decided that staying in place was for losers and it tried dislocating again.

Sorry to hear about what happened but damn if that sentence didn’t make me laugh. Thanks!

3372

Shit one. Maybe you could do the Sherlock Holmes route in reverse and go into private detecting…?

3373

I’m certainly up for taking copious quantities of opium right now, but I don’t own a violin.

3374

Never stopped me. I do mine right here by the harpsichord.

Then again, I’m no detective.

3375

Congrats! I have no idea how this feels because apparently i’m the most intimidating person alive. I’ve had people I’ve been working with afraid to approach me. I chalk it up to the beard, because I’m only ever told I’m intimidating after I’ve shaved; the rest of the time they’re too afraid to tell me.

3376

Went and saw August Osage County last night. Performances were fantastic, but man, oh-so-tired of the generically trite and cliche darkly comedic stories and observational pieces about isolation, tension, and dysfunction amongst families. Like, hey, if I wanted to take three hours out of my life to watch an aggravating family go at it, that’s what holidays are for, right?

3377

Maybe they just don’t want to catch whatever you got from Ron Jeremy.

3378

Haha ouce, that’s brutal man.

3379

I just emailed a couple of my professors to ask them for letters of recommendation for grad school. I am pretty surprised at how anxious this has made me.

3380

My grandmother just died. I feel quite strange about it, despite being an adult this is the first grandparent I’ve lost during my lifetime.

She was very old and very sick so it’s not unexpected, but it’s still sad. I cried a little after I got the news but am mostly feeling functional now.

The funeral is two states over and it looks like I’ll miss it. My parents are acting like I shouldn’t feel obligated to go at all, which bothers me.