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Post by Pharozonk on Oct 20, 2016 9:35:44 GMT -5
shaxper , I've been busy with school so I haven't dropped by much, but I just wanted to say I'm sorry to hear what you're going through with your wife. We're here for you, pal.
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 20, 2016 12:08:44 GMT -5
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 20, 2016 14:13:46 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 14:26:14 GMT -5
Faculty at all 14 of PA's state colleges are possibly going on strike tomorrow. This could get interesting. My youngest daughter is a senior at Millersville. She hopes it doesn't affect her graduation.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 20, 2016 16:58:58 GMT -5
balgoe, #7 of the Rules of the Board says we do not buy or sell stuff here. Reporting interesting opportunities we've come across and want to share is fine, but not selling our own comics.
We do have a thread for people who want to trade comics, though.
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Post by Gene on Oct 20, 2016 17:14:07 GMT -5
Faculty at all 14 of PA's state colleges are possibly going on strike tomorrow. This could get interesting. My youngest daughter is a senior at Millersville. She hopes it doesn't affect her graduation. I can promise you her professors hope so, too. The faculty were working without a contract for 450 days before the state stopped negotiating. Hopefully, the strike ends soon.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 20, 2016 17:54:29 GMT -5
My youngest daughter is a senior at Millersville. She hopes it doesn't affect her graduation. I can promise you her professors hope so, too. The faculty were working without a contract for 450 days before the state stopped negotiating. Hopefully, the strike ends soon. Have a good friend who is a tenured professor at Edinboro University. He was back here this summer and mentioned that there appeared to be a strike imminent. Haven't had a chance to talk to him since they went out.
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Post by Gene on Oct 20, 2016 18:06:36 GMT -5
I can promise you her professors hope so, too. The faculty were working without a contract for 450 days before the state stopped negotiating. Hopefully, the strike ends soon. Have a good friend who is a tenured professor at Edinboro University. He was back here this summer and mentioned that there appeared to be a strike imminent. Haven't had a chance to talk to him since they went out. I did my master's at Edinboro. It's where most of my info's been coming from, so I'll let you know if I hear anything big.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2016 1:14:30 GMT -5
I'm off for a quick three day trip to Victoria Canada to see friends and attending a birthday party for one of them Saturday Night and I will see the Gardens on Saturday.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 21, 2016 5:01:01 GMT -5
My dental surgery took place at the NYU School of Dentistry. Using an institution such as that has advantages and disadvantages. On the plus side, you have extremely competent doctors on the faculty and they are training the students on proper procedure. They do not take short cuts, they are thorough and the apparatus on hand are all up to date. Plus their rates are extremely competitive.
The disadvantage is I had a number of students observing my surgical procedure. My eyes were shut, I did not want to see what was going on, but you can hear questions and answers bouncing back and forth. In that type of environment I don't like to be the center of attention. I told them I better not see this event on YouTube.
And I'm under the impression the whole magilla will take more time than it would at a private practice. For simpler things, the students perform it themselves with a few instructors walking around.There could be 20+ patients being treat on the floor at the same time. I'm sure the student reviews the case with the instructor before the next step is taken which does slow down the process
But in total, I can recommend this place. Doing things the right way and being reasonably priced outweighs it all
I did not get a seat on the subway for the hour long ride home due to it being evening rush hour
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Oct 21, 2016 11:43:35 GMT -5
I can't say I know what your going through, but you're in my thoughts. What I will say is that in those times where I have experienced loss that resulted in more time to fill (loss of job, moving to a new place and losing my social circle and support network, health issues keeping me from work, death of a family member whose care consumed a lot of my time, etc.) it always led to a period of introspection and consideration of all those things I had always said I wanted to do if I ever had the time to do it. The last time I was in that situation, I finally sat down and got serious about writing and it lead to me eventually getting my first professional writing publication credits. It gave me something new to focus on, to throw myself into and keep me going until I found a way to wrap myself around the new status quo. In essence it was a coping mechanism, but one that was more productive than some of the destructive options that were in front of me. Sometimes I kept with those things, and others I gave them up once I had moved through what I needed to deal/cope with. I know you mentioned having stories you eventually wanted to tell, and that could be something, or it may not be right for you, but try looking at things from a different perspective for a few minutes each day, ask yourself what are the things I always said I would like to do if I could add a few extra hours to each day...it might be something as simple as fixing the squeaky door you never found time to address to something as exotic as learning how to play the ukulele, it doesn't matter what, just try to find productive things big or small to fill the time that keep you moving forward rather than just standing still or wallowing in more destructive coping mechanisms. It's never easy, but the hardest part is the first step. Once you force yourself to take the first step, each additional step isn't quite as hard, and even with one step you are moving forward. Hang in there Shax. -M Wise words, and I appreciate them. The problem is, I'm the perfect hobbit. I've never craved anything beyond what I had. I have no desire to write the Great American Novel, travel the world, bungee jump, or become a whisky aficionado. the only problem with my life was the stress between my wife and myself. I had everything else I wanted. So I suppose it's time for me to re-examine what I want out of life, maybe even who I am, and reinvent me. That should be exciting, but considering that I was content with what I had, knocking the old me down to find new happiness is a pretty sad affair. I didn't choose to lose what I had. I did everything I knew to avert that outcome, actually. Eh. Enough whining. I'm sorry. Maybe I just need a little time to wallow and let all this resonate emotionally. Here I am waiting for it to get easier, and my wife's been out of the house for four days. It feels like an eternity, but it's been four days. That doesn't seem possible. Yeah, if I came out of this and said "I had one dark week, but then it all got better," that, in and of itself, would sound ridiculous and impossible. Here I am looking to feel all better after 96 hours. Maybe my mission for this exact moment is just to feel and cope. Tomorrow night is parent conferences. Thursday night I'm going to make sure I do something constructive -- go to the YMCA or call some friends; get involved, as so many here have suggested. Then Friday is hanging out with the friends. The girls will be there, and I suspect they will miss me after not seeing me for three nights. Seeing them, seeing friends, I think that will be good, and hopefully things won't be weird with my wife. I'm alone again for the weekend (unless my wife opts to involve me), and most people I know are busy on the weekend, so I'll have to make some firm me-time plans in order to ensure I don't just languish. But tonight, I guess, is just feel-it-out time. This sucks. The life I always wanted and had is gone, likely forever. That sucks. I'm allowed to be sad about this. It doesn't mean I'm falling apart. Just gotta tell myself that. It's okay to be sad. Thanks, mrp. Really sorry to hear about this, Shax. I hope life starts to get better soon.
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 23, 2016 0:34:36 GMT -5
There's a local con here that alternates between OKC and Tulsa. This year it was held in Norman.
You guys would've liked it.
OAF-Con (OK Alliance of Fans) mostly caters to the vintage, with heavy emphasis on the Platinum, Golden and Atomic ages.
Didn't see Bud Plant there but did get to meet Anthony Tollin, long-time colorist for DC. He's since established Sanctum Books reprinting the great Street & Smith pulps of The Shadow, Doc Savage, the Avenger, the Whisperer, the Spider, the Phantom Detective, Cap Fury, the Black Bat, and Nick Carter.
He knew the Rozen brothers who painted most of the Shadow's pulp covers. He had copies of The Shadow's Scrapbook, the best single source of Shadow history I've found. I'd recognized Mr. Tollin's name of years from the comics, but this guy is a world class expert on pulps.
I bought a Frazetta color guide page of The Shining Knight from Adventure Comics that Tollin colored and had him autograph it.
Also found a copy of The National Cartoonist Society's portfolio that my ex had inadvertently ruined in a move, along with a French Brian Bolland portfolio, an Overstreet Guide to Grading Comic, an autographed Steve Rude sketchbook, and fanzines Panels # 4, Heritage # 1, The Third Rail # 1 and Comics World # 3.
Everyone was great. I'm really looking forward to going back next year. Bart Bush, who puts this on, only had a $ 5 admission and it was nice to see wives, girlfriends, college kids, and even some female collectors.
It was the inverse of a standard con : mostly vintage with some new. Some reasonable pricing and fine company.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 23, 2016 2:47:15 GMT -5
Now with my dental surgery behind me, I thought my string of bad luck these past 2 months was finally over
Of course not
Remember back, my hard drive died, my buying a new Dell Windows 10 Inspiron and after many frustrating hours having it up and running. Well, a few days ago I began experiencing some problems. The sound not working, browser freezing among others. So I put in a call to Dell Support and one of the techs logged into my laptop and poked around. Finally it was decided to just delete the whole OS and start fresh.
And that's how I spent my day today. Another 4 hours on the phone with Dell support downloading the new OS and testing everything. Then another few hours re-installing all my programs again, checking for further windows and dell updates, setting up my favorite websites and on and on. 8 hours in total and now I'm back to where I started and things are working fine again
Of course, that happened last week where it was all fine until a few days later it started going on the fritz. Not out of the woods yet
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 24, 2016 8:29:14 GMT -5
How horrible !
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2016 17:20:50 GMT -5
My Hot Water Tank problem will be taken care of tomorrow, and I have no problems with Insurance and my 55 gallon tank is now drained of water and couple minor problems fixed. I should have Hot Water available by 3pm tomorrow afternoon. It was a very long day working with several neighbors (I live in Condo Complex) and everything is squared away with Insurance.
It was a crazy two days affair with it; and everything should be back to normal. My next one is my 3rd Hot Water Tank in 31 years.
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