POG PUB 2025-2026: About damn time. For a lot of things. But not everything.
Happy New Year, everyone.
I'll let you all mentally fill in the categories in the title.
that's really nice!
how did the first date go? did you know right away that you were crazy about each other?
she's into bargains too, right? did you bring any coupons or order food just cuz of the deals or whatever?
unrelated question, but are there things you are ok with overpaying for? like hoodies, mattresses, or whatever
mark all jokes aside, i genuinely think you're the happiest person on this forum
that's really nice!
how did the first date go? did you know right away that you were crazy about each other?
she's into bargains too, right? did you bring any coupons or order food just cuz of the deals or whatever?
unrelated question, but are there things you are ok with overpaying for? like hoodies, mattresses, or whatever
I meet my wife at a Catholic young adult conference. I got her number after hanging out together. BTW, that night, there was a dance. I think the ratio of single women to guys was 3 to 1. Pretty amazing.
I lived in Downey and she lived in Riverside (50 miles apart). On our 1st date, we went to play mini-golf in Riverside and then dinner at OSF. Was a great time!
And yes, she is cheaper than me. While she was growing up, money was always tight.
Yeah, I pay (overpay?) for stuff. House, cars, applicances some electronic gadgets, some tools.
No. It's not about dating at all. Just a religious conference about faith and our relationship with God. They have speakers, and discussions about a ton of interesting topics for young adults. Highly, highly recommended.
I once scammed mark out of 50 dollars by selling him a phone I found on the ground saying I got it wet accidentally. One born every minute.
His wife sounds a bit like my wife.
I once scammed mark out of 50 dollars by selling him a phone I found on the ground saying I got it wet accidentally. One born every minute.
His wife sounds a bit like my wife.
Truth. But it was a fair deal.
Kind of cool. Kind of creepy.
thanks for sharing mark! good story!
and yes I have dating stories. I already told the one about averting my eyes.
fairly recently I was doing some online dating, and I met a woman who I instantly could not stand just cuz the sound of her voice, and the way she talked. after that I made a rule that we had to at least have a brief phone convo before meeting in person.
most of my dating was pre internet dating though.
when I first got active in pog, I think it was 2011? idk, but I was living in Canada and didn't really know anyone. I moved there for poker, and lived with a few poker guys.
I went to audit an acting class just to check it out. there was a painfully beautiful woman in the class. I was intimidated. but she was really friendly, and after the class she told me she was walking to the same train station and asked I wanted to walk together?!?!?!?! I NEVER WANTED ANYTHING MORE IN MY LIFE!
we ended up catching the same train, and we were having a great time just talking to each other, and she asked me if I wanted to get a beer??? is this real life? am I on some hidden camera prank show? I said yes.... I was about to write "of course I said yes" but I am the one who averted my eyes, so it's not a given that I would say yes.
anyway before we went for the beer it somehow came out that neither of us liked bars, but we both wanted to keep hanging out. so she said "do you want to just come back to my place?" and then her eyes got kinda big and she was blushing, realizing how that sounded and she was like "no no. I didn't mean that!" and we were both laughing.
it was summer, and we ended up just going to the liquore store and getting beer and going to drink in the park at night. it was maybe 9pm. we sat there til like 3am, and then got worried that maybe the trains stopped running. they did.
she just had a few dollars on her. I had enough for one cab ride. I suggested flipping a coin, heads we use the money for the one cab ride back to my house. tails we use it to go to her house. it was tails so we went back to her house, this baller two bedroom apartment she lived alone in. it was her dads. she was broke but dad let her live there.
I had no credit card or phone since I just got to Canada. I had to use her computer to go on Facebook and let my flatmates know I was ok.
we hung out in her living room and talked til like 7am. then went to sleep in separate bedrooms. she cooked me breakfast and walked me to the bus stop.
our next date was supposed to be just lunch(or something I don't remember), but I went to meet her for a few hours, and we stayed together 3 days! one of the nights, me her, and her friend all slept together in a queen size, but no sex.
then I lost all my money, and had to go home broke.
cant remember if we ever kissed. we never had sex.
never saw her again. kept in touch a little, but went our separate ways
sorry Rick, but those kinds of jokes are hurtful
also, for me sex wasn't/isn't the goal
we had a great time! and great memories
i love how a joke about cesar chavez being a monster is somehow conflated as a pro rape joke
does this means everyone's nazi jokes made about mark mean they are trying to keep the holocaust going?
Uh oh… You know what this means
Everyone has ups and downs. But I'm doing fine. I've been veru blessed.
You guys count as one of those blessings. 😀
I've never read any jack kerouack, but I get the feeling i wouldn't be a fan.
I love philosophers and poets, so the algorithm shows me him every so often, but I always scroll right past.
You might try The Dharma Bums, which many believe to be Kerouac's best book. It's very readable and easy to get caught up in, I'd say. And filthy, I think you'd get to know him a little and like him quite a bit, that early version of him, before he turned into a fat drunk and died in his 40s.
Sounds nice, but as Dean Wormer once warned, no way to go thru life.
