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    Didn't know that. Sounds interesting. Any sources perhaps? https://jezebel.com/mary-karr-reminds-the-world-that-david-foster-wallace-a-1825799769
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    recently it was made apparent that david foster wallace stalked, abused a woman he was interested in and even followed home her 6 year old son from school talking to him about his mother or something like that.. all before he wrote infinite jest or something.. this was pretty hard for me to hear but after a while of thinking of it i remembered he was crazy full on OCD. this doesn't excuse his behavior but puts it in a frame sort of. i'm curious about where he was mentally when these htings happened and i find it hard to reconcile w/some of his writing since most of it is totally hyper self examining and hyper self conscious. .. also, kind, deep, beautiful etc etc.. but it's still all fucked fucked up in a way. it'll make the next time i reread his work a little different. have to believe the woman who told her story. she brought this stuff up in the past but was ignored or shuffled under the rug. these days we find out way sooner if someone is an asshole or a nazi or an abuser or 'proud boy' or homophobic etc... so it's easier to avoid this stuff... i'm not gonna go throw out my miles davis records.... we know a lot of legendary musicians and comedians and actors and writers had at times tempestuous abusive relationships and treated people poorly. even jesus apparently killed a fig tree because it didn't bear fruit ;)
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    i haven't made it all the way through the video. part of me thinks.. she's just one of those rule nazis who bang on about every damn thing and generally make shit annoying for people who are just trying to do a damn thing. but also, i'll say.. my brother was a cop for 15 years in miami. and after many conversations w/him.. police are called for everything you can imagine. they are often called to be the adult in the room. half of what my brother did was show up to domestic disputes and de-escalate situations and calm people down who are grown ass adults acting like children. stupid people who can't solve the simplest of problems w/o calling the police. so, w/that in mind.. i bet this lady calls the police when her neighbor doesn't mow the lawn in a timely fashion. but.. i don't give her a pass. i'm glad all the shit went viral and the local people responded by having a big ass park party bbq. people need to just mind their own business a bit more and calm the fuck down about what other people are up to in day to day life.
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    "suckin on chilidog out side the shade tree... picked my head up and yek's radio came flyin right at me..."
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    "aint that america" new john melloncougarcamp album gonna be dark as fuck.
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    seems plausible
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    yasssss!!!
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    they had a huge party/pic nic in the park a couple days after that incident. http://www.ktvu.com/news/oaklanders-fight-racism-with-lake-merritt-dance-party-bbq-rally https://www.facebook.com/mike.swanson.940/videos/2123759430986127/
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    so, lot's of NTS sessions are like climbing stairs where the view gets better every level up. but it's a commitment to listen to some of them because i always want to make it to the top for the full view.. so i'm finding that i have to prep to get ready to climb or i just skip to a couple of the jams which serve as an elevator or something. that's my current hot take. what i'd like to hear is a 2 hour DJ mix of a bunch of the tracks. Ae NTS Sessions in the mix with VLR
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    Oh damn. Missed that. Thought it was an elbow or something. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -Honey, do you think my tits are big? -Nah, they are just long in the 90s i dated someone who characterized her tits as "fried eggs". i think she was trying to keep my expectations low.
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    the god people are fucking wack-a-do. whatever brings the end times and ushers in the 2nd coming.
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    Oh damn. Missed that. Thought it was an elbow or something. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    der.. duh...
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    he's ver well done. i've not gotten tired of his appearances yet.
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    this is america https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/11/rakem-balogun-interview-black-identity-extremists-fbi-surveillance?CMP=share_btn_tw
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    gun fuck = lols
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    It's truly heartbreaking how little of a fuck they give about anyone without money. It's like being forced into the worst casino in history. when the chemo/pharmacy nurse said "$14,000.. generic is $11,000" my face sank.. she said and "if we can't get this co pay card established then it can be up to $2000 a month but we should be able to get you this for $10 a month" i don't even know wtf the copay card is or how one gets it or why it exists etc. if this awesome person who has all the answers didn't work for the oncologist i'd be frantically trying to figure out how to pay for this and what tools are available etc.. i suspect that medicaid would come through for people below the poverty line who are on some form of public insurance etc but no idea what's at their disposal otherwise or how they'd have been treated to this point. i was really lucky.. the surgeon who happened to be at the hospital is a renowned trauma surgeon.. military trained etc. he's done amputations in the field in afghanistan and written books etc. probably the most humble doctor i've ever met. the nurses and staff at the hospital were all excellent and looked after me really well. w/o insurance i'd be sweating it all pretty hard right now and figuring out how to sell my house and live somewhere cheap or how to declare bankruptcy and keep my house and go on a payment plan for what will likely be a big fat bill. but yeah.. pharma companies are greedy as fuck.
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    fingers crossed. haven't gotten any of the billing statements yet. made sure to ask every doctor who entered the room if they accepted my insurance. oh sit where that thread. could blow it up w/the last 2 or so years or hospital visits. or not..
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    didn't know where else to put this: had a huge mass removed from my abdomen 1.5 weeks ago. recovery going well. got home from hospital on saturday. mass is a weird kind of GI Stromal Tumor. no signs of metastasis or lesions etc. still have to take a medication to greatly reduce the chances it will come back. met w/oncologist yesterday. cost of the drug is $14,000 per month... but there's a generic version! generic version is $11,000 per month. met w/the pharmacological chemo drug nurse who said via some deal w/case managers and my insurance i should be able to get a 'copay card' which means the drug will cost $10 per month. somehow could possibly go from $14k a month to $10. w/o insurance i'd be well and truly fucked. hopefully the ACA doesn't get beat up to much next go around. drug companies are some real dicks... but all things considered this is a best case scenario of a shitty situation. the mass was 16cm long, 13cm at widest point and tapered down to about 8cm. gahhh! no wonder i've had so many weird health issues. my guts were getting pushed around by a big bloody mass. anyway.. i'm good. feeling better every day. incision healing. abdomen less painful every day. regular BMs.. i've never talked so much about BMs w/strangers.
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    it me.
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