Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)

[dashDustin]

I'm sitting at an airport bar and a manbun just sat down next to me.

touch it

[Lionel]

Poison f'ing Oak won't go away.

Ride the Colnago instead of these damn trails.

[j44ke]

I cannot believe this year. I'd like my friends and family to hold off on dying until next year. Or maybe in 5 years. Thanks.

[mmoore]

The Manbun. Are you f'ng kidding me?!

my wife is trying to get me to grow one.


Ive pretended to be ok with it, but my shag is getting a bit out of hand.

[monadnocky]

The Manbun. Are you f'ng kidding me?!

Was at a hotel in Asheville a few weeks ago- there seemed to be a college LAX competition around and every player staying in the hotel appeared to have one.

[Chad]

Poison f'ing Oak won't go away.

That stuff sucks! Mine stuck around for at least 6 weeks.

[EricKeller]

drama closing on a house. Learning all about moral hazard

[Nierman]

The Manbun. Are you f'ng kidding me?!

My 11 year old daughter often gives me the "bun of disapproval" -- shaking her head at me with wobbling bun when I'm administering chores or bad Phil Dunphy wordplay. Now she calls it the Zusi. She disapproves of Manbun.

[joosttx]

That stuff sucks! Mine stuck around for at least 6 weeks.

thanks for the hope.

[joosttx]

Ride the Colnago instead of these damn trails.

considering it....

[David Tollefson]

Back at work after a week off, visiting my wife's family in Illinois. yeah, I got to ride most days there, and even found a decent little hill in Starved Rock. Back issues are still present -- I'm gonna see a different chiropractor, one that isn't afraid to put things back in place.

And yesterday met with the evaluators for my 2-year-old's development testing. Seems she's a bit behind in verbal communication, at the 18-month level.

[bcm119]

Where to start... I've been off the bike for a month now, and my back/sciatic nerve issue doesn't seem to be improving. Riding is out for now. All I can do is walk on flat ground and do core exercises. For a while I was enjoying the time away from the bike, but now I'm getting antsy.

My Dad is very slowly dying. He has a somewhat rare cancer-like bone marrow disorder, probably from years of exposure to solvents at work. He needs blood transfusions almost weekly now, and my Mom is an anxiety-ridden wreck. And they live on the east coast.

The real estate situation is really pissing me off. We have been renting the same place for 8 years, and it's nice, and they haven't raised the rent, ever. But we really want our own place, and while we've been saving up a decent chunk of change, the real estate has risen way faster than our savings. And since my gf and I commute in opposite directions, we can't really look somewhere cheaper without one of us having a horrible commute. Stuck in our apartment paying below market rent isn't necessarily a bad situation but we were hoping to get our foot in the door by now.

[dgaddis]

Running on 4hrs of sleep is fine for a day or two. Today is day 4. I'm really tired.

I haven't ridden my bike in nearly 3 weeks and I really miss it. Riding Saturday...but that seems so far away...

[davids]

Ran out at lunchtime to swoop into an open house for a just-listed property.

The open house date was wrong.

[mmoore]

Looking at selling our home and moving into a larger one, which isn't the grump.

Dealing with getting everything in place to do this deal and subsequent moving has me running all over like a rabbit on crack.

[robin3mj]

In the middle of a move, and have ridden exactly once in the last 20 days.

Did I mention I'm in the middle of a move?

[davids]

Looking at selling our home and moving into a larger one, which isn't the grump.

Dealing with getting everything in place to do this deal and subsequent moving has me running all over like a rabbit on crack.

I feel you. My summer evenings at home with my wife have turned into business meetings. Or demolition projects.

[joosttx]

Where to start... I've been off the bike for a month now, and my back/sciatic nerve issue doesn't seem to be improving. Riding is out for now. All I can do is walk on flat ground and do core exercises. For a while I was enjoying the time away from the bike, but now I'm getting antsy.

My Dad is very slowly dying. He has a somewhat rare cancer-like bone marrow disorder, probably from years of exposure to solvents at work. He needs blood transfusions almost weekly now, and my Mom is an anxiety-ridden wreck. And they live on the east coast.

The real estate situation is really pissing me off. We have been renting the same place for 8 years, and it's nice, and they haven't raised the rent, ever. But we really want our own place, and while we've been saving up a decent chunk of change, the real estate has risen way faster than our savings. And since my gf and I commute in opposite directions, we can't really look somewhere cheaper without one of us having a horrible commute. Stuck in our apartment paying below market rent isn't necessarily a bad situation but we were hoping to get our foot in the door by now.

Hang in there. I was thinking about you on Tuesday night when I was riding.

[Vlad Luskin]

Working almost full-time on my vacation in Hawaii last week. Vacation time began at 2:00 pm, when work in the office wrapped up in CA. The weekend was nice also. Suckiest working vacation ever.

[devlin]

Another thread has thrown me a curve ball and I my head is screwed. Want so bad.