patrick.net

And I've got tons of food on the frig.

I'll end my night with a Lobster Ravioli, not with Alfredo but Garlic/Butter.

And I've got my hot wings, Calzone, and even some Rhode Island Calamari, though it's MA-like (don't tell anyone in Providence).

Rin says

Rhode Island Calamari

My complaint about R.I. Calamari ... at most, I'd say up to ~90% of chefs, toss in the roasted sweet peppers, at the end of the cooking cycle!

Sorry, pure garbage!

If you want to get it right, you need to mince the peppers and let it marinate with the seafood, for a few hours or overnight.

You can add additional peppers on top of that, but the seafood must be imbued with the favors first. Got it?!

Why can't you ppl simply admit it, if I were born rich, my life would be totally different than yours?

Many of you, would be a bunch of losers.

Instead, I'd be the true Renaissance man of our times.

Since many of you are born middle class, you can't see how truly inferior you really are. The fact that you have a white collar job, hides that fact from you.

Rin, I will take your bait: there is not a damn thing you can do now about how you were born.

What you can do is making yourself rich, and then produce a statistically significant sample of offsprings and see how their lives will be "totally different from yours."

You know, live vicariously through them; just make sure there are enough of them so you don't lean too heavily on any one of them.

Reality says

What you can do is making yourself rich,

I'd rather meet my detractors, during old age and show 'em the following ...

www.youtube.com/embed/U18VkI0uDxE

It beats paying $300/hr for a whore that won't even fuck you.

Booger says

It beats paying $300/hr for a whore that won't even fuck you.

It's the other way around, I'd never fuck a Linda Hamilton look-a-like, even if I paid her for it.

Rin, you think you are unique, but you are not. Look up the story of Paul "Eskimo" Clark. If you followed the world poker tour shows in the first few seasons you would have seen him on tv.

He's not unique either. But the only one I know that consistently won hundreds of thousands and blew it within weeks or even days. Hookers were a strong part of his repertoire, and I'm sure he enjoyed some aspects of his life.

Truth is, he hit half a million in the mid 90's, could have bought a decent condo in LA at that time for about $75-90k, and kept all the money, having others stake his play. Instead he smoked through all of it in record fashion. He hit a few more six figure wins including his tv appearance, but by that time was in bad health, lonely, and full on degenerate.

Not that you're story can't end better than Paul Clarks...clearly you don't have the life leaks he did...but you are far from unique.

dodgerfanjohn says

but you are far from unique.

I think the difference is that I'm not some 'card shark' or in my industry's lingo 'round trips' prodigy. I'm simply a fiscally prudent person who believes that being a Renaissance man is better than in showing off cars and houses.

It's New Year's eve and I'm home alone with couple of bottles of gin. Can someone really burn through his cash with that kind of prudence?

I'm waiting for you to finish that first bottle of gin. The posts will get a lot more interesting.

Let me highlight, $35-$40 is how much a bottle of Tanqueray costs. Now, if I were to ingest more than a bottle's worth, I'd be dead come Jan 2.

Thus, my total dollar burn rate is already pre-calculated.

Ceffer says

I'm waiting for you to finish that first bottle of gin.

I'm at roughly 1.5-2 pints now!

My daughter and I are cooking tonight's dinner together. We're still in our PJs... She's peeling potatoes and I'm making the basting sauce for the standing rib roast. We have the movie Insergent on in the background. I started on the wine when I overpoured for the basting sauce. We couldn't stop laughing when she accidentally took off part of her fingernail when cutting the celery... especially since we don't have health insurance until tomorrow. Perhaps you had to be there.

I know you don't want to hear it... so I'll spare you the "lecture." I just wish I could have you over here right now... and you could experience something different. Nothing glamorous. No hookers... No near-death drinking experiments... No marinating in thoughts of how you must achieve more.... Just laughing until your sides hurt.... eating until you have to loosen your pants... Trying to keep the dogs from stealing the roast... playing stupid games (e.g., exploding kittens) and watching bad movies. I wish I could teach you how to appreciate the ordinary.

rin , You can get alcohol anytime, hookers are impossible to find, most are undercover cops. Unless u know a secret, then share.

Turtledove, you r right, family gives unique company. Partying gets old after while, u need purpose like kids.

Rin says

Ceffer says

I'm waiting for you to finish that first bottle of gin.

I'm at roughly 1.5-2 pints now!

What if you get horny?

Rin
I'm in agreement.
I can't believe I'm not riding the bandwagon
or maintaining the required rituals.
I need to bust my ass trying to have an exciting holiday
each time one arrives & then realize the next day that nothing changed
and,for many, it's back to the same old grind & wonder why they wasted
money for 24 hours of propaganda.

I would enjoy avoiding the BS except for the assholes in my head when I'm alone
& trying to make those assholes to STFU.

KgK one says

hookers are impossible to find, most are undercover cops. Unless u know a secret

It's called Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and yes, even mother England.

Since I'm stuck stateside, I'd rather just enjoy my booze.

turtledove says

something different. Nothing glamorous. No hookers... No near-death drinking experiments... No marinating in thoughts of how you must achieve more.... Just laughing until your sides hurt.... eating until you have to loosen your pants... Trying to keep the dogs from stealing the roast... playing stupid games (e.g., exploding kittens) and watching bad movies. I wish I could teach you how to appreciate the ordinary.

This is called, 4-5 years ago, when other ppl had decided, what a holiday was for me.

Unlike you, I'm a New Englander. I know all about traditional values, including northeast Clam Bakes, the Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving, and all that jazz. This has been around ... since the Revolutionary war. Unfortunately, the 21st century looks a lot different than Betsey Ross's times.

It's not malarky. You just have not met a right woman yet, with whom you can settle down and live a good life man.

Happy New Year Rin. If you want to ask something, feel free to email.

FortWayne says

You just have not met a right woman yet, with whom you can settle down and live a good life man.

You guys are struggling too hard, to fit society's motif onto a man who doesn't really care for them.

Since it's New Year's Eve, I'll just imbibe some more gin, w/o getting into the usual hard core debate. Bottom's up mate ... sorry, make that fellas, since we're in America and not Australia, where seeing hoes is legal.

Ok, I've just had some more gin, here's something for everyone's enjoyment, some classic heavy metal from America's one and only Metallica ...

www.youtube.com/embed/V6Dfo4zDduI

Rin says

Ok, I've just had some more gin

Actually, you don't like to be alone. You are socializing right here on Patnet.
Cheers Mate.

Strategist says

Actually, you don't like to be alone. You are socializing right here on Patnet.

Cheers Mate.

It's more that I'm evangelizing here.

If I were in Sydney Australia, this is exactly what you'd hear from me ...

'PatNeters ... Rin here in Sydney Down Under, getting ready to party with some mates Down Under. Will talk again on Sunday'

But being here in New England, I can't order a bunch of hoes to my place, legally, under the statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Thus, I'm talking to you while sipping away.

Rin you need this in your life.

www.youtube.com/embed/y5XHRo5y5FE

Dude, upload it to Youtube and tell everyone they get 10 seconds of Blankfein Facial Expression Footage for every $10,000 you get via Patreon.

Become a millionaire and do the world a good turn.

I've had a bit more to drink, some more classic rock, from the Boston area, The Cars ...

www.youtube.com/embed/G3G36leNfp8

I'm on the train with my wife off to see the big short, very relevant to how I wasted 4 years on Patrick.net

Then we're going to see a cover band of the grateful dead in redwood city.

Entertaining enough for tonight.

I'm on the train with my wife off to see the big short, very relevant to how I wasted 4 years on Patrick.net

Then we're going to see a cover band of the grateful dead in redwood city.

That sounds great! I'm going to end up downtown crammed back to belly into a Cha-Cha-Cha parlour, trying to get attention of the bartender to buy a round of drinks. So I can squish my way back to our back to belly possition somewhere in the crowd.

What town? SF?

Some more music ...

www.youtube.com/embed/U1vTZp1cqZE

This is the successful version of Bad Company's "Shooting Star", where the subject lives and prospers.

DieBankOfAmericaPhukkingDie says

I've got Lloyd Blankfein tied up in the living room next to a tank of piranhas.

Every once in a while I toss in a chicken wing and take a picture of his reaction.

If you leave the room, you'll probably be shocked to come back and find Blankfein picking his teeth with piranha bones. Selling video streaming shots of his facial tics should gather quite an internet crowd.

DieBankOfAmericaPhukkingDie says

Please, enough twinkrock. Time for something to celebrate the burning cities of the past and future.

Why this, as oppose to let's say "Dominance & Submission" or "Flaming Telepaths" from the same CD?

www.youtube.com/embed/kpKJUa6IoBs

www.youtube.com/embed/qttI6oytqpw

I'm on the train with my wife off to see the big short, very relevant to how I wasted 4 years on Patrick.net

Then we're going to see a cover band of the grateful dead in redwood city.

Entertaining enough for tonight.

what's the name of the cover band?

my guess:
the wharf rats

Ok, I'm now losing count of the number of gin shots... I think I'm wobbly.

Time to get back to some Boston rock basics ...

www.youtube.com/embed/wHo43B6nu60

I don't drink often enough, so I forget... All wines aren't equal. This stuff was much stronger. I'm kind of drunk. I had to backspace a bunch of times just to get the typing right, which is not normal for me. Anyway...

Happy New Year!!!!! to you east coasters. We still have a few hours on the other coast. I don't know what it is about you all. You're a motley crew, for sure. But you've become people I really enjoy spending time with. I started as a lurker about eight years ago... joined about six years ago... and now there's rarely a day that goes by that I don't feel compelled to check on my patnet "friends." You all are amazing people. Thank you for the good conversations, the entertainment, and even the arguments. I wish you all the very best for 2016.

Same to you! I've been much more of a lurker than a poster over the past couple of years, mostly due to a few people who hijack nearly every thread with their whiny-ass high school drama. But I still lurk, meaning that the draw is still there.

Here's a toast to my friend Patrick, who IMHO hasn't wasted the past four years. But I have.... and am proud to say it.

...and here's a toast to those who have stuck around a long time - who remember bearmarket (a kid who lived with his parents in Florida and dreamed of moving to Pennsatucky. Those who were so freakin' hilarious I would laugh out loud and snort diet pop out my nose....

...and here's a toast to being able to type after a joint and a couple of glasses of wine. To all of you out there, Happy New Year & I wish you the best.

Here is my ex-GF, the whacked out Canadian. The one I'd broken up with... now, almost 5 years circa Mar/Apr of 2016. And yes, she's a lot like her compatriot, Alanis Morrisette ...

www.youtube.com/embed/4iuO49jbovg

Now tell me, does this person above look like she's got her act together or perhaps, a little f'cked up?

In contrast, here's Matchbox 20, Rob Thomas's band from the same mid-90s era. Notice that despite the fact that he's not very pleased with his topic of discussion, he's very rational and down to earth with his responses.

www.youtube.com/embed/2X5Dr-uFVGw

Rin says

Here is my ex-GF, the whacked out Canadian. I one I'd broken up with... now, almost 5 years circa Mar/Apr of 2016. And yes, she's a lot like her compatriot, Alanis Morrisette ...

This might be the wine talking, but... FIVE YEARS?!

If I kick her ass, do you think you could forget about her once and for all? Now, I mean really knock the shit out of her... beat her unconscious, shove a kosher dill up her ass, cut her eyelashes and shave her eyebrows and head? Could you release her from your consciousness once and for all and never let her back in.... thus allowing yourself to move on completely?

The Big Short was good. I recommend it. Walked over to the Fox Club just in time for the opening band to finish. The grateful dead cover band is the China Cats. I plan to drink right up to the hangover line but not past it. Too much experience.

Tomorrow night we'll have dinner at Hakkasan in sf with some friends and just stay the night in the city at a hotel.

Very happy to have this virtual community in addition to meatspace. Thanks you all for hanging out over the years. Happy new year!

Now laugh at the image of skinny little turtledove opening up a can of whoopass on your ex-girlfriend... and forget about her, already!