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Post by impulse on Oct 13, 2017 13:52:13 GMT -5
Apparently Joe Quesada had over a quarter million dollars of original art stolen from his secondary home in NJ by a handyman he had hired to fix a broken pipe who was also squatting in the home... article on SyFy Wireyeesh! -M Good grief. What is wrong with people?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 20:18:27 GMT -5
Having issues with my Windows 7 PC and I'm leaving this Avatar for a week or two until my problem is okay.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Oct 13, 2017 21:23:01 GMT -5
Good grief. What is wrong with people? Hopefully the art can be recovered. It doesn't sound like the thief has a cadre of fences and a ticket to the Cayman Islands lined up. It's hard to imagine there's a thriving black market for items like this. Owning a piece you couldn't boast about seems like it would be a real devil's bargain for many of the collectors I've encountered.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 22:29:06 GMT -5
Good grief. What is wrong with people? Hopefully the art can be recovered. It doesn't sound like the thief has a cadre of fences and a ticket to the Cayman Islands lined up. It's hard to imagine there's a thriving black market for items like this. Owning a piece you couldn't boast about seems like it would be a real devil's bargain for many of the collectors I've encountered. He sold it on the open market to stores and collectors because no one knew it was stolen at the time. Joe Q didn't find out until someone contacted him to ask him about a sketch of his wife that he had done because it was on sale at a shop and that's how he figured out what happened. Most of the art has been recovered according to the article. -M
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 11:20:09 GMT -5
For the Lovecraft foodies out there... The Necronomnomnom cookbookmmm yummy yummy bursting out of your tummy... now funding on Kickstarter for those who like their food adventurous... -M
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 11:50:44 GMT -5
Update:
My wife & I have a broken heart today. Our adoption process came to an end yesterday. The teen we were trying to adopt has been escalating his bad behaviors ever since school started. I basically told him my house, my rules...if you don't like it you can't live here. And he chose to leave. He said he wants to live somewhere where there are no rules. Everyone (us, his teachers, his caseworkers, his therapists) were shocked that he openly rejected a chance to have a better life.
So now my wife & I will enjoy being empty nesters once my youngest daughter gets married next year.
This forum has been my escape from "reality" the past 2 months when things were going downhill. So thank you for being a refuge...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 11:54:47 GMT -5
Update:My wife & I have a broken heart today. Our adoption process came to an end yesterday. The teen we were trying to adopt has been escalating his bad behaviors ever since school started. I basically told him my house, my rules...if you don't like it you can't live here. And he chose to leave. He said he wants to live somewhere where there are no rules. Everyone (us, his teachers, his caseworkers, his therapists) were shocked that he openly rejected a chance to have a better life. So now my wife & I will enjoy being empty nesters once my youngest daughter gets married next year. This forum has been my escape from "reality" the past 2 months when things were going downhill. So thank you for being a refuge... So sorry to hear this. -M
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 12:56:04 GMT -5
Update:My wife & I have a broken heart today. Our adoption process came to an end yesterday. The teen we were trying to adopt has been escalating his bad behaviors ever since school started. I basically told him my house, my rules...if you don't like it you can't live here. And he chose to leave. He said he wants to live somewhere where there are no rules. Everyone (us, his teachers, his caseworkers, his therapists) were shocked that he openly rejected a chance to have a better life. So now my wife & I will enjoy being empty nesters once my youngest daughter gets married next year. This forum has been my escape from "reality" the past 2 months when things were going downhill. So thank you for being a refuge... Very sorry that this happened.
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 14, 2017 14:14:18 GMT -5
Update:My wife & I have a broken heart today. Our adoption process came to an end yesterday. The teen we were trying to adopt has been escalating his bad behaviors ever since school started. I basically told him my house, my rules...if you don't like it you can't live here. And he chose to leave. He said he wants to live somewhere where there are no rules. Everyone (us, his teachers, his caseworkers, his therapists) were shocked that he openly rejected a chance to have a better life. So now my wife & I will enjoy being empty nesters once my youngest daughter gets married next year. This forum has been my escape from "reality" the past 2 months when things were going downhill. So thank you for being a refuge... I understand a bit of what you're going through. Last year, a young man I'd come to think of as my great-nephew chose living with his drug addict dad over being adopted by my niece and her boyfriend, who gave him security, structure and affection for the first time in his life, because he didn't like following rules or losing privileges when he chose not to. His ingratitude stung us all. I hope you get another opportunity one day, Michael, with better results. Kurt
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 15:20:25 GMT -5
Update:My wife & I have a broken heart today. Our adoption process came to an end yesterday. I understand a bit of what you're going through. Last year, a young man I'd come to think of as my great-nephew chose living with his drug addict dad over being adopted by my niece and her boyfriend, who gave him security, structure and affection for the first time in his life, because he didn't like following rules or losing privileges when he chose not to. His ingratitude stung us all. I hope you get another opportunity one day, Michael, with better results. Kurt Kurt, thank you. I know it happens. I just cant understand it. It's like rejecting a winning lottery ticket just because you have to pay taxes on the winnings.
Anyway right now we are focusing on my youngest daughter's marriage in one year. And my oldest daughter who just got married this summer is thinking about children in 2 years. So we think we are done trying to adopt. We had tried adopting before but never got this far in the process. We are thinking of hosting foreign exchange students which we have done in the past & really enjoyed.
We have a lot of options & other things we can do...
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 14, 2017 18:06:24 GMT -5
What an ungrateful, and unappreciative, immature kid.
He'll regret it later on.
Who lets a kid run without rules ?
Some acquaintances I know don't have enough discipline / structure, which doesn't have to be awful, but everyone I know has rules of some kind.
We all have rules, and laws, and policies.
Welcome to reality, kid.
Maybe just hosting the foreign students and having the grandchildren will fill that void MJ.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 14, 2017 19:05:06 GMT -5
Update:My wife & I have a broken heart today. Our adoption process came to an end yesterday. The teen we were trying to adopt has been escalating his bad behaviors ever since school started. I basically told him my house, my rules...if you don't like it you can't live here. And he chose to leave. He said he wants to live somewhere where there are no rules. Everyone (us, his teachers, his caseworkers, his therapists) were shocked that he openly rejected a chance to have a better life. So now my wife & I will enjoy being empty nesters once my youngest daughter gets married next year. This forum has been my escape from "reality" the past 2 months when things were going downhill. So thank you for being a refuge... I’m truly sorry to hear that, Michael. Shakespeare’s words from The Tempest come to mind, as well as memories of people I knew... all too eager to throw away the chance for a better life, freely offered. It always hurts because it feels like such a waste. Thank you and your wife for having tried.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 14, 2017 19:29:15 GMT -5
Update:My wife & I have a broken heart today. Our adoption process came to an end yesterday. The teen we were trying to adopt has been escalating his bad behaviors ever since school started. I basically told him my house, my rules...if you don't like it you can't live here. And he chose to leave. He said he wants to live somewhere where there are no rules. Everyone (us, his teachers, his caseworkers, his therapists) were shocked that he openly rejected a chance to have a better life. So now my wife & I will enjoy being empty nesters once my youngest daughter gets married next year. This forum has been my escape from "reality" the past 2 months when things were going downhill. So thank you for being a refuge... I'm very sorry that you've had this experience. I'm sure you've heard a lot from the social workers and therapists. I'll throw in my two cents worth based on my experience dealing with parents and children as a defense attorney and my wife as a child protection worker. While it's easy to lash out at the child as being ungrateful, and yes he is, it's also important to keep in mind that these children are incredibly damaged and what we see as aberrant is completely normal for them. Yes...there are homes with no rules. There are homes where the children make all their own decisions because the adults in their lives are to strung out to take care of themselves much less children. That's why the children have come in to care. The thing is that even though you've taken them out of that environment that is their normal. They've adjusted too and survived in that situation and it's completely normal to them. This is why you'll frequently find foster children gorging themselves to the point of sickness because they aren't used to having food. And why you'll frequently find them hoarding food because that's how they've survived at home. Those are just examples. I've had five year olds describe how Mommy gives herself medicine and sleeps all day with her friend and so she finds stuff to eat and watches her baby brither. These are essentially free-range children and if those patterns persist for years you are very unlikely to ever change them. It's not your fault. And in a lot of ways it's not his fault either. He's a victim of his environment and lack of upbringing and fixing that can simply be impossible.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 19:56:16 GMT -5
I'm very sorry that you've had this experience. I'm sure you've heard a lot from the social workers and therapists. While it's easy to lash out at the child as being ungrateful, and yes he is, it's also important to keep in mind that these children are incredibly damaged and what we see as aberrant is completely normal for them. It's not your fault. And in a lot of ways it's not his fault either. He's a victim of his environment and lack of upbringing and fixing that can simply be impossible. Thank you. My wife & I have questioned ourselves what we could have done different. And we knew going in some of his behaviors would be "off" for reasons you mentioned. Unfortunately they escalated to his detriment. We tried not to blame him. We realize he is a victim in all this. But it is difficult to remember that when your home is in turmoil because he wants to set the rules. And we realized we don't have the resources to help him. So when he asked to leave we decided that it may be best for everyone. I hope someone can break thru to him before he does something really destructive that could affect him the rest of his life.
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 14, 2017 21:20:34 GMT -5
So sorry , man. People are unpredictable.
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