# Name a good/bad thing that happened today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638 "2017-12-31T17:33:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reecejackox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reecejackox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reecejackox)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/1 "2017-12-31T17:33:18Z")
I will start Good Won a game on fifa Bad Headache ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/2 "2017-12-31T17:38:15Z")
Bad: Package scheduled for delivery today was damaged in transit, order canceled. Good: Leftover potstickers. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/3 "2017-12-31T17:45:27Z")
Bad: Meijer was sold out of some of the sale items I wanted to buy Good: It is a relaxing new years eve. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/4 "2017-12-31T17:46:44Z")
Good: sausage sandwich for breakfast and it’s a sunny day Bad: nothing so far ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/5 "2017-12-31T17:52:22Z")
Bad: heard lots of people refusing well-wishing kisses and hugs due to colds. But hey, it’s the middle of winter, this many colds going around is normal. Good: spent a very nice time with my youngest brother, his family and his MiL. We ran into his nephews, who told us their dad got a new job. He’d been unemployed for a few months. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/6 "2017-12-31T18:01:47Z")
Good, slept in , Siamese are happy (new food) Bad, still tired…worked a basketball tourney, it was a mad house for 3 days! Happy 2018, y’all!! ---
**Author:** ![Sveltington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/7 "2017-12-31T19:55:22Z")
Bad = Freak’n cold out Good = Did not have to go out ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/8 "2017-12-31T21:45:11Z")
Bad - Too cold to take the walk I’d planned. Good - Figured out a way to improve the story I’m writing. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/9 "2017-12-31T22:34:12Z")
Good: an attractive young woman hit on me (hard) at the grocery store. Bad: the woman was either tripping or had mental issues (I’d guess drugs). Plus, my gf was with me and she’s been teasing me about it ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/10 "2017-12-31T22:37:30Z")
Good: carnitas fajitas, potted up another 30 African violet seedlings, looking forward to Hue Jackson jumping into Lake Erie. Bad: upper respiratory virus effects still lingering, too damn cold out. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/11 "2018-01-01T06:03:11Z")
Good: I’m continuing to get Noir Kitty, the Big Crow’s cat, to come out of his shell. I love seeing him seeming to enjoy himself as he runs after or hunts for treats and play with a piece of twine on a fishing rod-type of toy. Or sometimes he seems to pretend that his own tail is a snake trying to creep up on him. He’ll grab it and even growl and hiss at it. What a hoot! It used to be all he did was hide and sleep and run for his life if either of us approached. I felt so sorry for him. It’s such a relief now to see him have fun. I hope one day soon he’ll trust me enough to allow me to touch him. Even after eight or so years, the Big Crow doesn’t often get to do that. Bad: We went to the annual no-alcohol street festival downtown this evening to find that there were only a small fraction of vendors and food sellers as there usually is. I don’t know why that was but I hope next year will be better. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/12 "2018-01-01T06:19:50Z")
Good: I still have one more day before I have to go back to work. Bad: I only have one more day before I have to go back to work. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/13 "2018-01-01T17:20:50Z")
Good: Chicago homicides down 16 percent in 2017. Bad: There were 650 killed in Chicago in 2017. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/14 "2018-01-01T17:59:50Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Good: I still have one more day before I have to go back to work. > > Bad: I only have one more day before I have to go back to work. Yes. This. The work week is gonna be nuts, too. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/15 "2018-01-01T18:18:01Z")
Good: It’s cold enough that the cats are very cuddly. Bad: I have to leave the house to get some shopping done for the school week for the kids. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/16 "2018-01-01T20:52:38Z")
Good: Crippled dog took a shit for me, outside. Bad: The Rose Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/17 "2018-01-01T21:00:43Z")
Good: I’ve just finished another pencil and ink drawing. Bad: The picture looks good but the image I had in mind when I started drawing it was much more beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Sveltington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/18 "2018-01-01T22:41:03Z")
Bad = It is still crazy cold and forecast to remain that way for at least the next 10 days. Good = They delivered oil today! ---
**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/19 "2018-01-02T01:11:16Z")
Today for me is 1-January. Good: (1) Sunny day, temps in the 60s. (2) Mr. Knightly (cat) was unexpectedly present and accounted for this morning, and ready for food. Bad: I learned that author Sue Grafton died. No “Z.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638/20 "2018-01-02T02:06:11Z")
Bad: wife woke up feeling dizzy and didn’t really get mobile until about 5 p.m. Not an auspicious start to the new year. Good: Another beautiful day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-good-bad-thing-that-happened-today/805638.md?page=2)