Yes, but he was an adult and you are not responsible for helping him deal with his adult mistakes. Children aren't fully formed and sometimes do horrible things they're not able to understand are really horrible.

I'm pretty sure EM's guy on the side knew just how badly he was hurting someone.

Looks like Gaddafi may finally be going down.

Not soon enough, unfortunately.

No, not soon enough.

it would have been better if I had not behaved that way in the first place.

I was teased horribly in middle school and really don't have a problem with any of those kids. They were kids.

Well, actually, there's still one of them that I think is a horrible person, but that may just be because he turned into a giant Republican douchebag as an adult, so there's not really anything to redeem what I thought of him as a kid.

And if you're on the phone in the public restroom, you don't get to be annoyed by other people using the restroom for waht it was designed for.

I read somewhere that a lot of phones bite the dust (so to speak) by being dropped in the urinal or toilet ....

And if you're on the phone in the public restroom, you don't get to be annoyed by other people using the restroom for waht it was designed for.

I read somewhere that a lot of phones bite the dust (so to speak) by being dropped in the urinal or toilet ....

Didn't bon bon lose 2 that way? I remember at least one.

Looks like Gaddafi may finally be going down.

Amen to the not soon enough. I had a reservation on Pan Am 103, and lost my best friend. Having the story pop up over and over is...challenging.

I apologized to the adult who was the girl I marginalized in high school, and she was all, "What?"

This was my experience in reverse. I finally had to ask the 'mean girls' to quit with the apologizing because a) I'm fine thanks, b) they were embarrassing themselves for no reason. Once was enough. Really.

I'm still waiting for the mean girls to apologize. Heck, i accepted a couple FB friend requests assuming that was their intention, but not a peep. I forgave them years ago on my own, but it would be nice to get that kind of message acknowledging that they feel some remorse for destroying my self esteem in middle and high school so effectively.

ION, i lost 2 cell phones to unexpected toilet plunges before i started wearing cargo pants. Back when i was painting professionally the only place to put the cell phone during work was in a back jeans pocket. I think we all know how *that* can translate into a sodden phone.

IOON, it's snowing rather heavily here. And the overnight accumulation had *just* all melted from sunshine. (No, really, the sun was shining for a few hours.) Not it's dark like night and the snowflakes are enormous. I think i might have to take a nap. Glad that my yoga class happened during the sunny, melting time, since i'm loathe to go near crowded streets right now. Portlanders do not respond to snow with anything resembling uniformity or sanity.

it would have been better if I had not behaved that way in the first place.

I was teased horribly in middle school and really don't have a problem with any of those kids. They were kids.

I was bullied horribly, too. I totally have a problem with every single one of those kids. They were kids, but so was I, and I wasn't throwing rocks at their heads. I'd really appreciate an apology. I probably wouldn't friend back, but I would feel a lot better for hearing or reading, "I'm sorry for what I did."

It's hard to admit that you did something wrong, and I think it's great that you're making the effort, Scrappy.

They were kids, but so was I, and I wasn't throwing rocks at their heads.

Yeah.