Friday, February 26, 2010

Who Likes Steak!

The following post could be completely true.

Well, in response to Matheo’s article: The Best Thing I Ever Ate, I decided to go along but only after I pushed him to allow me to reference regional chain restaurants as well as national chain restaurants. But, to be fair, I’ll start with a national chain that I’m sure everyone is familiar with. Let’s talk about Outback Steakhouse! There are three locations near where I live all about a half-hour to forty-five minute drive. But I do have a particular favorite in Greensboro, near Battleground Ave. And, instead of naming a single dish, I’ll walk through an entire meal that’s typical for me whenever I wind up at Outback.

So, let’s start with the appetizers. I’m sure we’re all familiar with the Outback signature Bloomin’ Onion, supposedly hand-carved by what the menu describes as a “bloomologist” – LOL. But it’s deep-fried and comes with a spicy dipping sauce (tastes kind of like 1000 island dressing with some hot sauce.) But, instead of that, I would recommend the Aussie Cheese Fries. They come with melted Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheese…mmmm, lovely. And, to top it off, have some chopped bacon bits for that extra bit of flavor and don’t forget the spicy ranch dip. The regular is a decent size so I would recommend the small if you’re not sure about your abdominal capacity.

For the main course, there are a variety of steaks available. Yes, I said steaks, not chicken. Chicken is available if desired but I see no point to it. I don’t go to KFC to order a bacon cheeseburger, therefore I see no reason to go to a steakhouse and order a meal that isn’t steak! Anyway, the two choices I’m most interested in are the rib eye and the NY strip. Both are 14 oz. and are about the same price. My preference is the NY strip. Now, I know all the steak connoisseurs out there are probably thinking, “But, but, but, the rib eye is better! Every steak-lover knows that!” Yeah, whatever. I like the NY strip over the rib eye because I think it has a better flavor. Also, if the butcher did his/her job properly, the NY strip is a leaner cut of beef than the rib eye. That’s not saying that one should eliminate fat from a steak. Good heavens no! The fat in the cut is an important part of the flavor of a steak. But, back to Outback. I believe that the steaks are flavored with spicy seasoned salt, and I think a bit of garlic, however, I’m not 100% positive on that. I use seasoned salt on my own steaks as well and it’s a personal favorite seasoning I use when I'm cooking. For sides, I like the garlic mashed potatoes and whatever happens to be the seasonal veggie. Ah, buttery mashed potatoes and a thick, hearty steak!

Are your arteries hardening yet?

If you think you can handle the extra food, how about dessert? I’m a big guy and I likes mah food! For dessert, I suggest the cheesecake with either raspberry or chocolate sauce. Yummy!

All of these items are delicious but I have another reason I like Outback, or rather, why I prefer a particular Outback nearby. I’m talking about the bar of course. Because I have a taste for rum, I enjoy Outback’s variety of daiquiris. My favorites are the strawberry or banana daiquiris, depending on my mood. And the reason I have a preference of one restaurant over another restaurant is that my favorite restaurant treats bartending as more of an art form rather than a regimented procedure. Yes, that’s right folks. At this particular restaurant, I can request a daiquiri that’s “heavy on the rum” and actually get it the way I want instead of having to put up with modern devices that strictly regulate a “shot” (peg, jigger, etc.) of liquor. Some places don’t allow “flexible” tastes and therefore, if you order a daiquiri, you’ll get a drink that is precise in all of its parts, and exact, every single time. Boring! I prefer a bartender that doesn’t mind giving me a just a bit extra in my drinks and asks for feedback on how I want that drink the next time. Oh, by the way, if you intend to enjoy the bar as well as the food, be sure to have someone with you to drive you home. :-)





The Chop House Grille

Now, onto the real reason I wanted to write this article. My current, absolute favorite steakhouse, EVAH! That would be the Chop House Grille. Please do not confuse this chain with a similar one called The Chop House. Those restaurants are a different chain and most are in Tennessee or Kentucky. I actually came across the Chop House Grille by mistake. I was taking someone out to dinner at a “fancy” restaurant. This was a different restaurant that I had heard a lot about and I was interested in trying it out. I called ahead of time to find out the restaurant hours and what would be the best time to arrive. I even asked if I would need a reservation for the day in particular and I was told that it wasn’t necessary. Well, it turns out, a reservation was unnecessary because there were no available tables on that day! I show up, at the restaurant, with my dinner guest and was told that the restaurant had already been booked solid and that no table would be available for at least another hour and a half! Good thing someone told me this when I called, huh?! I was furious! Anyways, we left and wandered around Greensboro a bit thinking of our next move and I happen to drive by the Chop House Grille. So, we decided to give it a shot.

Please understand, the Chop House Grille is expensive. I think they spelled Grille with an “e” to indicate “Extra.” Meaning, you’re going to pay extra money when you eat here. But, trust me, the food is unbelievable. And I have no problems paying extra for damned good food. So, I’ll just walk through what is my typical meal at a place like Chop House Grille.

The appetizers are quite varied. There’s chicken, crab, shrimp, even calamari. But, being the steak-lover that I am, I had to try out the tenderloin beef medallions. You get three, small (I think they’re 3 oz.) grilled beef tenderloins with their Grand Marnier Orange Sauce. Now, I’ve heard of several versions of this recipe. Some call for egg yolks, some may include heavy cream, but all of them included that particular brand of orange liqueur. These medallions were just amazing! And that tangy orange sauce was definitely a first for me. Now, I know you’re probably thinking, “Three ounces? That’s hardly enough for a couple of bites!” Well, actually for me it was just one bite each. One, tender, juicy, tangy bite of steak-lover goodness on a plate.

The Chop House Grille is a high-end restaurant, so I’m not sure why they would create a menu that would include sandwiches and burgers. Nevertheless, if you’re not into steaks (sacrilege!) there are several high-end sandwiches you can choose from. Of course, after that wonderful appetizer, I wasn’t about to turn down a chance to sample their best cuts of beef.

For the main course, I chose a NY strip (12 oz.) cooked medium rare, at least according to the restaurant’s description. Yes, I like my meat a bit bloody. They offer Bearnaise, bleu cheese, or more orange sauce, but I was asked if I wanted something different. I requested chopped onions and mushrooms grilled on the side with a bit of melted butter thrown in. Much to my surprise, they agreed. I’ve done similar sauces like that on my own steaks, using the remaining grease and drippings from the steak I just cooked. Often, I’ll add a small amount of chopped garlic in with my onions and mushrooms to give it a bit more kick. No more need for steak sauce!
Believe it or not, I actually hate the taste of raw, or undercooked onions. It makes me sick to my stomach. But, oddly enough, I love the taste cooked onions bring to a dish. Go figure.

For the side (yes, one side) I chose Au gratin cheddar potatoes. What they brought back to my table is best described as heavenly. The steak was just as tender and juicy as the medallions were in the appetizer. In fact, the steak was so tender, I literally did not need a steak knife to cut it. A simple dinner knife pressed down onto the meat, stabbing my fork into a portion, and lightly pulling the two away from each other was all that I needed to pull a bite off of my steak. And, just as I requested, the steak had grilled chopped onions and mushrooms with a buttery taste to them added as a garnish. The Au gratin cheddar potatoes had just enough actual melted cheese in them to be “stringy” to pull a bite away from the plate. Exquisite!

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Now, if you think your esophagus can handle it, and I’m not ashamed to point out that mine can, I strongly suggest that you try one of their luscious desserts. There are three, yes – three, absolutely scrumptious desserts for us chocolate lovers out there. Oh, did I say chocolate? I meant CHOCOLATE! Of course the restaurant has other desserts like the typical key lime pie (meh) or the vanilla ice cream sundae (yawn), but might I recommend the quite-aptly named: Five layer chocolate mousse cake (for two.) Yes, even I couldn’t handle eating this thing all by myself. It’s made of devil’s food chocolate cake with chocolate mousse and they even add some heated chocolate sauce with some sprinkles of shaved white chocolate.

(Dies)

I hate to disappoint anyone that is not capable of traveling, but this restaurant is currently only available in North Carolina. I haven’t seen it anywhere outside of NC, and believe me, I look every time I travel outside of the state. I think their website is currently undergoing some updating because it doesn’t list all of their locations. I know of at least two restaurant locations that are missing. Also, I did say that it was expensive. But, for a special occasion, or a once in awhile event, it is definitely worth every penny. No other restaurant I’ve been to (ever) has food that good. And, I honestly don’t think that I’m doing the food at Chop House Grille justice with my article.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

ZOMFGWTF – Two Articles???

The following post is exactly 95.6% true.


Yes. I’ve been especially creative with my time and can now probably produce no less than two articles per week. Ok, well not really. Actually, I’ve already managed to complete part of this article so adding another article wasn’t too difficult. I will probably still only just manage an article every week or every other week or whenever.


Hello from Ulduar!


I’m a bit of an amateur photographer. I enjoy nature photography and I’ve been working on a project for sometime to display some of my best photos from a vacation I took in Alaska. The project is taking much longer to complete than anticipated. So, I decided to apply my favorite hobby to my favorite other hobby, and follow in the footsteps of Matheo and start taking a few screenshots of my experiences in WoW. Yeah, I’ll admit, not very original but I still enjoy it. Recently, I filled in for someone on an Ulduar attempt to earn the Starcaller achievement.


Ulduar is special to me. Despite many “facepalm” memories of wipes, character deaths, and lost loot rolls, I’ve always loved going into Ulduar. The design of nearly every section of the raid appeals to me. Because I started well after Burning Crusade content had been out, I didn’t get to hit some of the raids like Karazhan or Zul’Aman or some of the bigger epic raids like Sunwell Plateau. By the time Wrath of the Lich King was released, I was a newbie level 70 and I skipped a lot of the BC content to go onto Northrend. Please understand that I have completed Naxxramas and I enjoyed it too. But I’ve never cared for the overall look of Naxxramas. An epic raid, I’ll admit, but I just don’t see it as aesthetically pleasing as Ulduar and I feel that the look and beauty of a raid is just as important as its challenge to players.


Nexus: Eye of Eternity? That’s a single room. Meh. Onyxia’s Lair? Yay, a dreary old cave. The Obsidian Sanctum? Too much damned orange/red (personal preference.) Vault of Archavon has a good look to it, but the scale of that raid is nothing compared to Ulduar. I’ll be the first to admit that Ulduar is a long drawn-out raid. It really could have been shortened to make progression through it a bit less painful. But, then again, it probably would not have been as epic, would it? Initially, I thought that the “machines” at the start of the raid were a bit silly. Isn’t this supposed to be a world of warriors, shamans, magi, paladins, hunters, and healers? Wasn’t this supposed to be a world of epic weapons, mighty armor, and wondrous spell craft items? Oh well. Progressing further into the raid opened up areas that still thrill me with their look. There’s the area for Ignis the Furnace Master with its large columns, massive fireplace and a lot of potential adds. The conservatory where Freya waits is a deceptively serene forest. Thorim’s lair is an epic arena/coliseum complete with an “audience” so-to-speak. The antechamber of Ulduar with large scale images of constellations is one of my particular favorites. This time, when I went into Ulduar, I had the opportunity to wander throughout the raid a bit and visit my favorite areas – add free. Still impressive. Still beautiful. Enjoy the pics.


Hi mom!




Our mighty heroes ready to challenge the great Algalon.



Oh the humanity! BB in a moment of prayer for his fallen comrades.



Another moment of quiet prayer.



This one in particular seems very profound to me for some reason.


One of the constellation images inside the antechamber of Ulduar and a personal favorite of mine.


Hmm...

Another Day – Another Failed Pug Run

The following post is nearly 88% true.


Ugh. Last night was a particularly miserable run. I believe I’m actually starting to understand how some of the “less-informed” players of WoW think. The random heroic brought up the Pit of Saron instance. Ok, not too difficult. Of course, this is assuming that the people you are with know boss fights, know how threat works, know class mechanics, etc. Oh, how ignorance is pure bliss! Actually, ignorance is more like drinking just a bit too much alcohol – the initial effect is pleasing, but the aftereffects are just a really bad headache. I would have thought that, if very few in a group don’t understand a particular boss fight, or maybe they don’t understand the mechanics of some of the more challenging “trash” mobs, those individuals should, at the least, start to learn those things through trial and error. Hell, I’m even willing to sit and type out as best as I can a detailed explanation of the fight – no matter how long it would take. But, as was the case in the heroic Pit of Saron last night, it’s more like trial and keep-making-the-same errors will be the standard one should come to expect from bad pugs.



So, let me just point out that what I’ve learned has been though extensive field study. More research will be needed to confirm my findings, but I may be able to explain some of the more mysterious, bizarre behavior exhibited by pugs. What I’ve learned can be best described as a sequence. This process is a series of steps that many pugs experience when attempting a challenging instance. Starting with the first reaction, I’ll demonstrate the process that many pugs follow from first entering the LFG dungeon finder right up to the point when a pug leaves the party. First, whenever a well-geared tank leads a group through a challenging instance, pugs can become very insecure, particularly if that tank can match or outperform a pug’s dps. When faced with this performance, pugs will often lash out at anything they feel they can take one-on-one – which can be practically anything that happens to be hostile to the pug or to other party members. This is known as the “Dps E-peen effect” wherein a pug sees his/her dps lower than or matched by the tank, and thinks to himself/herself, “Oh noes! My deeps isn’t the highest in group! I must attack something else and unleash my rawr to raise it! I MUST!” This is a common trait among most anthropoids but it can lead to behavior that is harmful to the pug.


To address this, most team leaders will resort to marking targets to identify a specific “kill order” to help prevent pugs from pulling threat and possibly killing themselves. My studies have shown that this will do no good at all. The reasons for this aren’t too complex but a quick, simplified answer will be the immediate thought the pug will have once marks are introduced, “A skull! That means that it’s important! I must avoid hitting skull and probably ‘X’ so that I don’t get one-shotted and my deeps goes down! Therefore, I must hit anything that isn’t marked! I MUST!” The correct term for this is the “Unknown kill order” reaction. This is normal, and indeed, should be expected by group leaders.


A natural response by most group leaders would be to try to explain the concept of threat buildup and management. The intricacies of threat and dps will most likely be alien to the pug. One should expect statements from pugs such as, “Omen Threat Meter? Will that help my deeps?” This is known as the “Manage your threat” response and is indigenous to all competent group leaders. Despite their best efforts, even the best group leader or tank will often have difficulty helping pugs understand threat, and how not-managing it can lead to premature character death. Premature character death or PCD is a common problem among pugs. But there are resources available that can help. It’s at this point where the pug’s insecurities can become a real issue socially. This is usually the point that will make or break a pug. Pugs that are capable of learning will begin to demonstrate traits that show responsible behavior such as: keeping threat below the tank’s level, avoiding threat-building AoE abilities, and waiting patiently for a tank to generate enough threat before using hard-hitting abilities that can cause major threat buildup. Other, less-skilled pugs will continue down the process this article is describing.


The next step in that process is defined as the “Berate your teammates” action. This is where the uninformed, and un-teachable, pug lashes out again, only this time towards his/her teammates. Statements such as, “L2tank noob” and “Noob healer Y didnt U heal me” are so common during this action that one could argue that it’s deemed mandatory by the pug. Please note that the contraction in the latter statement may not be available to some pugs and the statement would be revised as, “Noob healer Y U not heal me.” It’s theorized that the pug may not even realize what he/she is saying at this point. Perhaps this is instinctual behavior. It is usually at this point that the pug will often quickly progress through the final phases in this overall process.


The “Acceptance” phase is the point where a team leader will realize and accept that the pug is beyond help. No amount of explanation, regardless of how simple the process was kept, will help the pug understand the problems he/she is facing. Additionally, it is at this point that the pug is more properly referred to as “fail pug.” This is a more accurate description of the individual’s abilities. The following “Separate” and “Search” phase can be described as two phases but in application can appear concurrently. It is the point in this process where separation occurs from either the pug(s) removing themselves from the group, or more commonly, the group removes the pug themselves, followed immediately by the searching phase. The searching can have a double meaning; one description for the pug and another description for the group. The group begins their search for a suitable replacement for the recently removed pug and the pug begins his/her search for another group, and starts this process over again.


The overall process is as follows:



  1. Deeps e-peen effect
  2. Unknown kill order reaction
  3. Manage you threat response
  4. Berate your teammates action
  5. Acceptance of pug failure aftermath
  6. Separate fail pug from group reflex
  7. Search for new pug outcome



While this process is still being studied, it may ultimately lead to a better understanding of pug thought processes and behaviors. Again, more field study may be required and this process may become a “living” document. That is, the steps shown might not be absolute. Careful study could prove to show that each step is fluid and may lead to other steps not yet known. To help better understand this process, we can label it with an acronym that would best describe it to others. Let’s call the process – D.U.M.B.A.S.S. It is hoped that this article will be beneficial to all pugs interested in improvement as well as a benefit to all fledgling tanks or group leaders. Once one understands D.U.M.B.A.S.S. one will surely understand fail pugs. Hopefully, understanding D.U.M.B.A.S.S will give novice and maybe even experienced group leaders some ideas or techniques in handling fail pugs in future instances. Thank you.




Ok, yeah. I know I probably seem like some elitist. And I know all pugs are not that bad. This is just another attempt at some creative writing. Well, writing made to look a bit scientific. Hope you enjoyed. :-P


BB

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Desktop Screen Cleaning

The following post is approx. 90% true.

Ok
. I'm sure we've all came across a point in our lives, interfacing with our computer, adding more programs, additional folders of those "important things," which have forced ourselves to look at our "desktop" and say, "Maybe I need to clean this up a bit." As an instructor, this frequently happens to my computer. I'll sometimes have to bring my work home, create lesson plans, handouts, etc. Or, sometimes I need another folder to help generate new projects for the students to complete. Also, I often research (if one could call it that) information about WoW and a particular class. Currently, my focus is on hunters and I rarely, if at all, look up any information concerning my main - Blackbear. So in researching information about a class, I'll also add articles, screenshots of talent builds, etc. and add that to additional folders on my desktop. As one would expect, this can cause quite a lot of clutter on the desktop screen of my computer. Therefore, I decided to look around for anything - a program, a script, a "cleaning" technique, that would help me keep my desktop clean. And believe it or not, I found one! It wasn't easy, and depending on your net browser and how strong your firewall system is, it might not work that well - I usually right click on it and open in a new tab. But here goes...

I present to you - the best desktop screen cleanup tool EVAH!



Screen cleaner!







XD

Thursday, February 4, 2010

F.U.N!

The following post is mostly true.

I was hoping it wouldn’t get here. I was really hoping I didn’t get to this point. The possibility of having to actually – GASP, write, something again so soon was just too much for me to bear. Well no, not really. I was just being a bit lazy, enjoying a minor lull in school activity thanks to some help from Mother Nature. Snow (approx. 6+ inches of it) mixed with sleet on top of that, has a tendency to stop things here in the southeast. And by that, I mean, everything, just, stops. Of course this follows the typical “spaz shopping” I see so often anytime a weather report even mentions snow, even if it’s just, at most, a slight dusting. People panic buy things that they think they’ll need. For example, MILK! Oh, good heavens! Let’s not forget to purchase at least two gallon containers of milk. Even though it’s entirely possible that we might not be capable of drinking that much milk before it spoils, we have to have two gallons of it. God forbid, we might actually have to drink water! Ah yes, let’s include another loaf of bread, along with some lunch meat. We simply must have additional bread for sandwiches. That’s probably all we’ll be able to make anyways. Never mind the fact that we may already have a loaf and probably can get by without having to purchase another one. No-no! More bread! And more lunch meat! NOW! Let’s all hop in the family car and go out to flood the grocery stores with panic shoppers and wipe out their stock of milk, bread, and lunch meat! Alright well that was me raging a bit. I guess that’s just one of life’s little ironies; living in the southeast, every time we get snow, despite the fact that it probably won’t hang around for very long (a few days – maybe?), people will spaz shop for nearly a month’s worth of groceries.

But, back to being lazy, I played a lot of wow during the break. Hit a few of my other, neglected toons to inch (more like millimeter) their leveling up a bit more. During that time, I had the opportunity to hit the random daily instances a lot. Also, during that time, I had the opportunity to hit my head against a brick wall a lot. Guess which one was more appealing? Ahh pugs. Can’t live with ‘em, and you want to kill ‘em. Ok, well maybe that’s not the best idiomatic phrase to represent my experiences with pugs, but it does express my frustration and sometimes just outright anger at having to deal with some of them. Not all pugs are bad, obviously. But the ones that are a real pain to deal with turn out to be really bad. And those pugs that clearly know what they’re doing and don’t have to be told to watch their threat level are usually really good. That’s it. There is no “in-between.” There’s no happy medium. Maybe it’s just me. With a tank as my secondary spec, I don’t have the irritating wait times that others have to deal with. Folks always need a tank and a healer. Dps, just have to stand in line and the amount of time waiting can be frustrating. But, pugs lately have been either very efficient or very excruciating.

Consider the arms spec warrior I recently met in a regular Utguarde Keep. His character was arms spec, and he was dual-wielding…two one-handed weapons…with a spec that has 5 talent points in axe specialization and 5 more talent points in mace specialization…and to top all of that, he wasn’t even using weapons that he had dumped a whopping 10 talent points into, he was using swords. Sometimes a pug isn’t necessarily bad due to inexperience with the game or just low skill, or to a lack of understanding with class/game mechanics. Sometimes, a pug is bad just because he/she is a total ass.

Another “gem” to consider is a recent pug I did with a buddy of mine – Nash. I believe we also had two others from our guild. We were hitting a random heroic and came upon Gun Drak. This particular instance can be challenging for under-geared groups. But it’s usually a quick and easy run with multiple opportunities for decent gear and a lot of emblems. We only had 4 so we pugged the last dps spot, which led us to a DK of epic fail. Let’s just refer to him as Dopey. So Dopey is helping us through the instance and it becomes immediately obvious, this person is either an adult high on something illegal, or this person is probably under 13 years old and really high on sugar and/or something illegal. Dopey’s comments were bizarre, to say the least, and they became more frequent as the instance rolled on – even during a boss fight. Now, I’m not too strict when it comes to party chat. But typing in party chat during a boss fight only means that the player isn’t performing during the fight. After repeated attempts to inform Dopey to focus or risk being kicked out of the group, he finally started to calm down. After the second boss he then decided to pull an elite, deliberately, and with no healer around. Brilliant. Of course, his character died, and my character nearly died with him. Dopey eventually started back up his rants (possibly looking to get kicked?), which led to the ultimate fail statements from immature players. Those, HILARIOUS (sarcasm) statements that start out with “your” and end in “mom.” Yeah. There’s a real mature player for you folks. The final straw came when he said something to the effect of raping someone’s mom. And if you think I just mistyped that last statement, let me assure you that you read it right. “That’s it! I’ve had enough!” I said out loud, and quickly typed “F*#k it. Kick ‘em!” in party chat. I clicked on the vote-to-kick option, and less than a split-second later, he was gone. I didn’t even have the chance to blink. We were going to continue on and 4-man the rest of the instance but, fortunately, a shaman decided to allow himself/herself to be saved to the instance and only collect loot and emblems from the final boss. Bless him/her whoever that person was.

Am I too demanding? Do I have expectations too high to meet? Am I irrational to expect others that I run instances with to, at the very least, try to act mature? Should I hire a nanny every time I go looking for pug instances? Is it unreasonable to expect my fellow evolved beings to be capable of doing more than simply breathing out carbon dioxide and spamming one, maybe two buttons? Or, for those individuals that truly have difficulty doing just that simple task, am I to be expected to remind them to breathe every few minutes? I’m just curious. If that’s true then I have no problem with that and I’ll eagerly accept my new responsibilities. I would just like to know ahead of time.

Also, do people play this game as if whatever they say won’t affect anything? It seems to me as if so many players (most are probably young and immature) behave this way and that those people view their actions as consequence-free. Maybe that’s true, but there are people that operate those other characters in the pug. People that the read party chat. People that can be offended just like anyone else at ridiculous comments. People that have used some of their own personal time to play a game with total strangers (pugs) and attempt to clear an instance with that team. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t take that too lightly. Someone else has decided to try to run an instance with me and is giving me a bit of their time, and I with them. Yeah, it’s only a video game. But a video game doesn’t make statements that could hurt someone’s feelings. Players do. Is that being overly sensitive? Could be. In any case, I feel that this game could really use more well-mannered people. Sometimes I feel like the only people worth playing with are my guildies. I realize that's a generalization and I sincerely hope that I don't appear to be an elitist. Fortunately, it's not all just one endless terrible experience. In another one of life’s little ironies, Dopey had to gall to whisper a message to me just after we kicked him from party and said, “That’s harsh man.” Maybe this game isn’t just a “say anything, do anything and expect no consequences” kind of game after all. Maybe there is just a wee bit of karma here. Just before I ignored him he tried to tell me that he was just having some fun. I resisted the urged to reply back, “There’s always an F – U in fun!”

Well…I might have said something like that back to him.


BB