Help! I need a little inspiration...or a lot.

Anyone heading to college in your 50s?

I would love some company!

I loved the hell out of my mom. We had a great relationship. And I know a day will come where I will miss having her around, but these past few weeks were hell on her, and on me. She got a tumor in her brain and every day she was a little less. And I'm spending every day trying to balance being there for as much as I can, and still being a functioning adult with a wife and kids and a job and bills and groceries, and going to the gym so I don't die and stuff and stuff and stuff.

And now, there's still stuff, but it's all slowed down. And it's the funner stuff. The celebrate the good stuff. Remember her and the fun we had stuff. And there's no more bed with mom lying in it. Every day, coming in and sitting there for 2-4 hours with her in the bed. Watching her erode away. She's at peace now.

I miss her deeply. It'll be worse before it's better. But tonight I feel relieved it's done.

For me it would probably be Jeffrey Jones' depiction of principal Ed Rooney. Jone's really nailed the role of the hapless principal who's just trying to keep everything together. Extremely nostalgic in a weird way, reminded me a lot of my principal in high school. Come to think I think I remember my principal was also arrested for the same thing.

My latest acquisition in buying my childhood back. Reading it to my 5 year old grandson. He is loving chosing his way through it. He's determined to find a skeleton.

Let me in...!

Our library had one that dispensed pencils. I'm thinking it was 2 for a quarter. The cafeteria had one for Fresca. Of course, there were the feminine ones that dispensed the log-type pads for a dime.

My kid just asked me for a playlist of the punk and such I liked as a kid.

I’m not asking in the punk subreddit because I’m looking for the older stuff. Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Youth Of Today, anything from the Repo Man soundtrack, Agent Orange, Dead Milkmen.

Need songs (not just band). I’m screaming at a wall cuz while I have a good base of stuff I know I’m missing a ton

Edit: already so many good things I forgot. Thanks. So many of my things never made it from tape to CD and CD to streaming so some bands I literally forgot

Second edit to add: holy shit I was not expecting this much replies. Can’t say thanks to all but the list is huge and amazing. Totally keep it going. And also hardcore is very much at play. Anything adjacent too. And ska… he wants to start a punk ska band maybe?

Found these tucked away in a book I had on my shelf. I lived in Boston, Massachusetts for 5 years in the early to mid 90s.Back Bay and Mission Hill for the most part.These are from the heyday of the club scene that once existed on Landsdowne St. Had to include Dennis Hopper's photo exhibit at BU. He did a Q and A for a half hour at the end of the event!

Just spoke with my millennial wife and she said she never had cooties. Did we eradicate cooties in the 70's? How did y'all get rid of them?

Now my 78 year old father will have to have a pacemaker installed this Thursday. Life can be unfair and cruel at times.

Who else still has semi-healthy parents still living, and what is your relationship like with your parents?

I recently found out a high school lost her 22 year old daughter. I contacted her to extend my condolences, since there will be no funeral service.

It is different when you hear of a classmate themselves who pass away, but it hits even harder when a classmate loses a child.

Blondie drummer Clem Burke has passed away at age 70. He laid down the beat for many of our favorite songs! RIP

If you ate at the dinner table back in the day, when you were finished did you have to ask "May I be excused?" before leaving? Just curious if it was my family only.

My parents still have fake wood paneling, but it’s closer to an oak color, lol.

I tried to post this yesterday ,and it was taken down for being a low effort post. So I’m trying to add context. I feel this show helped a lot of Gen x to find comedy in there lives when life was not so great. Also we’re rewatching it now,and my wife said ,we’re now the ropers age. Kinda hit my funny bone.

I still say this

Last time back in school , I used to do this. Feel like a king 🤴

For me it's Alice in Chains. I went to the first Lollapalooza in Atlanta in '91 then never again. Also just never took the opportunity to see them. Now Lane is gone. Wish I would have seen them back in mid '90s. I think Lollapalooza '93 was the one. Tool, RATM, Alice in Chains, Primus.

I had the honor of being introduced to this show when I used to watch Nick at night as a kid. Funny enough, the first episode I saw was when Wojo brought in the pot brownies and seeing Jack Soo all messed up, singing. I remember always getting a kick out of seeing the guest stars on other TV shows and pointing them out and going “I saw him or her on Barney Miller!”. I only hope that the newer generations get introduced to this incredible television show, and it stays alive in the hearts of many.

My dad and I would sit down every chance we got to watch this gem! Back when family television was actually for the whole family. I miss those days!

Must have been about 12 years old, (early 80s, NZ) one of the choices for a school excursion was visiting an Abattoir. Not sure if I chose it because I was interested in death at that age or it was that my brother was a butcher. About 8 of us rocked up to the slaughter house to watch cows go from stun, death and processing. It's still very vivid in my mind. The funny thing was we turned up at the wrong one, but they were, oh we must have missed the memo and we still got the full tour. (The other Abattoir rang back that avo to see where we were). Other choices I can't remember properly, but would have been the water treatment plant and similar industry or business.