OPEN BAR: it rubs the lotion on the skin or it gets the hose again

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Seriously?  A lot of guys have problems with women becoming as educated or more educated than themselves.  Not just spouses, either.  I've had to pull strips off of peoples' asses here for making comments about new hires in Houston or whatever (we get notices of new hires w/pics in our email), such as "Oh, she has a master's degree.  Must be some kind of ice princess."

And then the dumbass is staring at me, wondering why he's being written up, because no women heard the comment (too fucking bad, I won't tolerate workplace bigotry no matter who is listening or not listening, because I am NOT getting sued because Joe Sixpack can't keep his ignorance to himself).

They wouldn't make a comment about a GUY with a master's degree.

Ohhh man. I can't WAIT until I get the chance to overhear something like that. A man's genitals must not be that valuable to him if he thinks it's okay to say malicious things about a woman with an education.

Odds are, you never will.  The sort of person who still says that sort of shit is the sort of person who will only say it "around the boys".

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh, oh, OH, also this is the THIRD time he's tried to sabotage my education. When we were married (during which time I worked through both pregnancies, the second one IN A GLASS FACTORY) I wanted to go back to school, and the week I got my placement testing he out of the blue quit his job and enrolled in school without telling me, leaving me holding the bag for all the bills. The second time I tried to go back to school, he had a tantrum and said he was leaving me, to which I wisely replied "GOOD".

I seriously think he's doing this shit on purpose. I don't know why, but I think he is.

Seriously?  A lot of guys have problems with women becoming as educated or more educated than themselves.  Not just spouses, either.  I've had to pull strips off of peoples' asses here for making comments about new hires in Houston or whatever (we get notices of new hires w/pics in our email), such as "Oh, she has a master's degree.  Must be some kind of ice princess."

And then the dumbass is staring at me, wondering why he's being written up, because no women heard the comment (too fucking bad, I won't tolerate workplace bigotry no matter who is listening or not listening, because I am NOT getting sued because Joe Sixpack can't keep his ignorance to himself).

They wouldn't make a comment about a GUY with a master's degree.

Yeah, wouldn't surprise me if that's it. We haven't been married for 14 years, so honestly I think the only reason he finds it threatening is because he wants the kids to think he's better than I am. He's been telling people for years that I'm "flighty" and "irresponsible", and I think it's getting harder and harder for him to sustain his own delusional belief, living in his basement apartment, unemployed with a Master's degree in business administration (LOL) that he owes over 250K on.

Oh, and he went back to school for an accounting degree because no one would hire him and he thinks it'll help, but I'm friends with someone in one of his classes and he says he's been skipping class a lot.


Fucking BOUND AND DETERMINED to lose, at all costs.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

So, I went out and got a Nook.

I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one.  Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore?  BAM!  DOWNLOADED!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Yeah, wouldn't surprise me if that's it. We haven't been married for 14 years, so honestly I think the only reason he finds it threatening is because he wants the kids to think he's better than I am. He's been telling people for years that I'm "flighty" and "irresponsible", and I think it's getting harder and harder for him to sustain his own delusional belief, living in his basement apartment, unemployed with a Master's degree in business administration (LOL) that he owes over 250K on.

Oh, and he went back to school for an accounting degree because no one would hire him and he thinks it'll help, but I'm friends with someone in one of his classes and he says he's been skipping class a lot.


Fucking BOUND AND DETERMINED to lose, at all costs.

Well, it's easier to point at you, isn't it?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Yeah, the universe is telling you not to waste your time on assholes when you have better things to do.

Unfortunately, three of the assholes are my children.

I think she meant the ex, wasting your time with dumb fucking comments.

Ah, yes, at this point his moronicity is more merely annoying than anything else. Mildly humorously annoying.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

So, I went out and got a Nook.

I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one.  Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore?  BAM!  DOWNLOADED!

I'M TELLING YA!

People get all weird about paper books, and I have a pretty hardcore addiction to paper books, but reading devices are THE BOMB for always having reading material on you no matter where you go. They are fucking priceless for traveling.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

So, I went out and got a Nook.

I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one.  Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore?  BAM!  DOWNLOADED!

I'M TELLING YA!

People get all weird about paper books, and I have a pretty hardcore addiction to paper books, but reading devices are THE BOMB for always having reading material on you no matter where you go. They are fucking priceless for traveling.

The Nook will never replace my love of "real" books, which are in fact stamped on clay tablets in cuneaform.



No shit, this is sort of like the e-cig...A straight up smack-you-inna-face bit of the FUTURE, the REAL future, where shit gets better in ways that SEEM small but ARE REALLY FUCKING BIG.

As the internet bogs down in throttled access and cat pics, I STILL have access to whatever I want to read, whatever I want to learn, all in about 10 ounces total weight.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I just saw a little bit of the OTHER future.  A calvinist tract that refers to poor people as "soup kitchen sinners".

HAW HAW HAW HAAAAAAAAAAW

[Suu]

So, I went out and got a Nook.

I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one.  Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore?  BAM!  DOWNLOADED!

Best Christmas present I got in years. Kindle Fire, but same purpose. Not that I don't adore paper books, but I'm running out of room.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

So, I went out and got a Nook.

I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one.  Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore?  BAM!  DOWNLOADED!

Best Christmas present I got in years. Kindle Fire, but same purpose. Not that I don't adore paper books, but I'm running out of room.

KINDLE HEATHEN!

[Suu]

So, I went out and got a Nook.

I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one.  Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore?  BAM!  DOWNLOADED!

Best Christmas present I got in years. Kindle Fire, but same purpose. Not that I don't adore paper books, but I'm running out of room.

KINDLE HEATHEN!

I got the Bluetooth keyboard for it and everything.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

So, I went out and got a Nook.

I don't fucking know how I ever survived without one.  Can't find that fucking book at the bookstore?  BAM!  DOWNLOADED!

Best Christmas present I got in years. Kindle Fire, but same purpose. Not that I don't adore paper books, but I'm running out of room.

KINDLE HEATHEN!

I got the Bluetooth keyboard for it and everything.

I can get that for a Nook as well.  And not be DAMNED TO HECK with the Amazon.com savages.

[Cain]

I was OK with Kindle until mine broke.  As in, it started restarting over and over again, then froze up completely.  It's currently at the stage where I'm letting the battery run out, then I'm going to try a factory reboot.

I may look into getting a Nook, if that doesn't work.  That said, converting and transferring all my books would take some time...

[Suu]

It appears no reader is without flaw. My mother-in-law's Nook that the husbandthing got her for Christmas died in a month. Not sure why, it was probably just a lemon.

[Eater of Clowns]

It appears no reader is without flaw. My mother-in-law's Nook that the husbandthing got her for Christmas died in a month. Not sure why, it was probably just a lemon.

It voids the warranty if you use it beat vacationing Red Sox spring training attendees. 

Edit - I read that as your sister for some reason - joke now makes no sense.