The Swamp

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:56 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:37 pm Hoo boy. It really hit me tonight in the grocery store. It was my first time grocery shopping with my boy gone. I realized just how much of our groceries were for him. I wasn’t sure what to buy! It took all my resolve to avoid being the creepy guy crying in aisle 12.

How was parents weekend? How is he doing?

Also, Quinn was accepted to his Early Decision school (six days after the deadline, quick acceptance)!

He will be at the College of Wooster starting next August. A Fighting Scot, at the place his uncle (geep in these parts when he was around) and garyclark attended, among others.

And, god bless him, he landed a sizable scholarship in the process. Jen and I can see how to pay for this now. It was a good night last night celebrating with him. He worked hard for this. We are proud.

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:04 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:56 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:37 pm Hoo boy. It really hit me tonight in the grocery store. It was my first time grocery shopping with my boy gone. I realized just how much of our groceries were for him. I wasn’t sure what to buy! It took all my resolve to avoid being the creepy guy crying in aisle 12.

How was parents weekend? How is he doing?

Also, Quinn was accepted to his Early Decision school (six days after the deadline, quick acceptance)!

He will be at the College of Wooster starting next August. A Fighting Scot, at the place his uncle (geep in these parts when he was around) and garyclark attended, among others.

And, god bless him, he landed a sizable scholarship in the process. Jen and I can see how to pay for this now. It was a good night last night celebrating with him. He worked hard for this. We are proud.

Awesome stuff. I'll head over to mewe to like it.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:46 am

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:04 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:56 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:37 pm Hoo boy. It really hit me tonight in the grocery store. It was my first time grocery shopping with my boy gone. I realized just how much of our groceries were for him. I wasn’t sure what to buy! It took all my resolve to avoid being the creepy guy crying in aisle 12.

How was parents weekend? How is he doing?

Also, Quinn was accepted to his Early Decision school (six days after the deadline, quick acceptance)!

He will be at the College of Wooster starting next August. A Fighting Scot, at the place his uncle (geep in these parts when he was around) and garyclark attended, among others.

And, god bless him, he landed a sizable scholarship in the process. Jen and I can see how to pay for this now. It was a good night last night celebrating with him. He worked hard for this. We are proud.

Awesome stuff. I'll head over to mewe to like it.

No, no, still on Facebook. I overlooked needing access to it for some of my litigation work. Zuckerburg is undefeated.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:56 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:37 pm Hoo boy. It really hit me tonight in the grocery store. It was my first time grocery shopping with my boy gone. I realized just how much of our groceries were for him. I wasn’t sure what to buy! It took all my resolve to avoid being the creepy guy crying in aisle 12.

How was parents weekend? How is he doing?

Also, Quinn was accepted to his Early Decision school (six days after the deadline, quick acceptance)!

He will be at the College of Wooster starting next August. A Fighting Scot, at the place his uncle (geep in these parts when he was around) and garyclark attended, among others.

And, god bless him, he landed a sizable scholarship in the process. Jen and I can see how to pay for this now. It was a good night last night celebrating with him. He worked hard for this. We are proud.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:45 am By the way, Q was 18 months old when I started posting on this site...

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:11 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:45 am By the way, Q was 18 months old when I started posting on this site...

Shit That Makes Me Feel Old

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:56 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:37 pm Hoo boy. It really hit me tonight in the grocery store. It was my first time grocery shopping with my boy gone. I realized just how much of our groceries were for him. I wasn’t sure what to buy! It took all my resolve to avoid being the creepy guy crying in aisle 12.

How was parents weekend? How is he doing?

Also, Quinn was accepted to his Early Decision school (six days after the deadline, quick acceptance)!

He will be at the College of Wooster starting next August. A Fighting Scot, at the place his uncle (geep in these parts when he was around) and garyclark attended, among others.

And, god bless him, he landed a sizable scholarship in the process. Jen and I can see how to pay for this now. It was a good night last night celebrating with him. He worked hard for this. We are proud.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:27 am Middle age comes at you fast. And stuff.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 1:37 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:27 am Middle age comes at you fast. And stuff.

Congratulations. That is great news.

I am about to have a birthday that will put me closer to 70 than 40.

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:14 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 1:37 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:27 am Middle age comes at you fast. And stuff.

Congratulations. That is great news.

I am about to have a birthday that will put me closer to 70 than 40.

Holy shit, I'll be doing that in June. Dammit, Pruitt.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:56 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:37 pm Hoo boy. It really hit me tonight in the grocery store. It was my first time grocery shopping with my boy gone. I realized just how much of our groceries were for him. I wasn’t sure what to buy! It took all my resolve to avoid being the creepy guy crying in aisle 12.

How was parents weekend? How is he doing?

Also, Quinn was accepted to his Early Decision school (six days after the deadline, quick acceptance)!

He will be at the College of Wooster starting next August. A Fighting Scot, at the place his uncle (geep in these parts when he was around) and garyclark attended, among others.

And, god bless him, he landed a sizable scholarship in the process. Jen and I can see how to pay for this now. It was a good night last night celebrating with him. He worked hard for this. We are proud.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:39 pm And by way of transparency and openness:

Both of my kids are struggling, to varying degrees. The Boy, in particular, is battling bouts of depression. He's taken off a couple of non-consecutive semesters on Medical Leave. We were just up in Boston last week into this week helping him get sorted out.. Needs a new therapist, first because the current one was shitty, but as part of that he needs to get his medication adjusted.

He's smart as Hell and has a decent group of friends, but he falls into a pit and needs support to climb out. Northeastern wasn't very good about letting us know things were off the rails the first time this happened, but were much better this last go 'round.

The Girl had to wipe out a trimester with Medical Leave, but is back now and seems to have pulled it together. She has issues with Anxiety, but she also is thriving in a sorority and with a work study job with the Athletic Department. Her main issue is that she needs to get her grades to a place where she is eligible for Denver to pay for her junior year abroad. We are putting pressure on her, as much as we can without freaking her out, because if her grades aren't at that level, we'd have to pay for her flight and other stuff the school picks up otherwise.

Anyways... Parenting is hard, y'all.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:26 pm

eta: And, back to this thread, weirdly, having a kid in college makes me feel young and old at the same time. (Young, because I can relate pretty well to her and her friends. Old, because she thinks of me as this funny old dude.)

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:07 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:32 am AB - things still going well at BU? Geep's oldest is the same grade as Q and is also on her college search process. She was supposed to tour BU yesterday along with a few others in the Boston area but Spirit Airlines did what Spirit does best and canceled the flight up and she is having to re-schedule. I mentioned to him that things seemed to going well for your daughter and the early returns were positive.

Yes. After an early boyfriend-related bump in the road, things are going very well. She managed her courseload well the first semester, and has done OK this semester but hopefully still getting out with As/Bs. She has been pretty involved, writing a column for paper and will be an editor next semester. Also does the one day a week at radio station and did join a Sorority, where she has found a group to be roommates with next year still on campus. I think that will help her stay connected.

brian wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:57 pm Uh oh, AB. Did you accidentally raise a journalist?

the Daily’s editorial staff fielded complaints about photos of the demonstrations being posted to social media, saying some protesters found that to be traumatizing and invasive....

some students complained about reporters using the Northwestern directory to contact them before the event and ask if they wanted to be interviewed.

In response, the Daily took down some photos from social media and removed the name of a student who demonstrated, explaining the paper did not want to make anyone vulnerable to disciplinary action by the school nor expose them to any threats.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:34 pm But if you do a public act like that, are you not responsible for it? Should a journalist report on public news stories such as that?

the Daily’s editorial staff fielded complaints about photos of the demonstrations being posted to social media, saying some protesters found that to be traumatizing and invasive....

some students complained about reporters using the Northwestern directory to contact them before the event and ask if they wanted to be interviewed.

In response, the Daily took down some photos from social media and removed the name of a student who demonstrated, explaining the paper did not want to make anyone vulnerable to disciplinary action by the school nor expose them to any threats.

You acted in a public place at a public event. Your name and contact information is in a public document. If you fear the repercussions of your acts, perhaps reconsider if you really want to go through with the acts.

Sorry for the threadjack.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:34 pm But if you do a public act like that, are you not responsible for it? Should a journalist report on public news stories such as that?

the Daily’s editorial staff fielded complaints about photos of the demonstrations being posted to social media, saying some protesters found that to be traumatizing and invasive....

some students complained about reporters using the Northwestern directory to contact them before the event and ask if they wanted to be interviewed.

In response, the Daily took down some photos from social media and removed the name of a student who demonstrated, explaining the paper did not want to make anyone vulnerable to disciplinary action by the school nor expose them to any threats.

You acted in a public place at a public event. Your name and contact information is in a public document. If you fear the repercussions of your acts, perhaps reconsider if you really want to go through with the acts.

Sorry for the threadjack.

brian wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:50 am A couple people touched on it, but I don't think you guys are getting the dynamics involved when you have students covering other students. You're in a fishbowl together to begin with and the pressures are much different than what you face at a metro daily. I could tell you some stories about the shit I had to eat about one column or another when you're in classes with the people you're covering or live down the hall from them or eat in the same chow hall.

I don't think the student newspaper ever doubted the legality of its actions, merely the journalistic ethics of them. As it turns out the student reporters were still very much in the right on that score as well, but that's still a grayer area.

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:08 am Oldest is Editor-In-Chief for next semester at the student-run newspaper.

https://twitter.com/victoriagbond/statu ... 95680?s=20

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:08 am Oldest is Editor-In-Chief for next semester at the student-run newspaper.

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 1:34 pm It looks awesome. Except there is one typo on a headline.