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"Look, it's an attractive girl who chooses not to have sex. She simply must be mocked! I mean, if she is not mocked, why... I may have to examine my own life and the decisions I have made. But we all know that I made all the right decisions. All the ones with no baggage attached, all the ones the are acceptably normal. Yep. So, certainly it is this girl who is making silly choices. I mean, jeez. She believes in God and everything. So, silly and foolish..."
You know, this is the second time in the past week that I have been reminded of this.
Crabs in a Bucket metaphor:
There's a very powerful metaphor of crabs in a bucket. Supposedly, if you put one crab in a bucket, it'll eventually find a way to leverage itself out of the bucket. But if you put a bunch of crabs in a bucket, none will ever get out because as soon as one crab gets up near the top, the others reach up, grab onto it and pull it back.
I don't think the crabs are really thinking critically about this, but it's a very human metaphor because people often, when they see someone getting ahead or see somebody who's taking a different path, the tendency is to reach out and try to pull that person back. And if they resist, then to punish them in a whole variety of ways.
One of the ironic things is that often the people who pull you back are those who are close to you. I think one of the reasons is because they see your accomplishments and achievements and individuality as a negative reflection on themselves. It's like holding a mirror up to themselves and by comparison they feel like they're suffering. Their way of dealing with it, instead of themselves trying to achieve, is to try to pull you back.
-John Chaffee
Get over it folks. Whatever her reasons, there are no real risks to choosing to stay a virgin (zomg but it feels so awesome! really doesn't cut it. sorry.), while there are innumerable dangers and complications in choosing not to.
Pretty decent Con, given the less than optimal organization that was not the fault of anyone on the gaming end of things. The Convention organizers and venue really screwed things up for us this year.
Indeed - one of the good things about working with numerous ex-sailors. There is always coffee!
I was stationed on Ike with a guy who's parents owned a restaurant. We had one of those humongous restaurant coffee pots in the #2 plant. Everyone else could make, "Meh, it's OK coffee" with it, but that man could brew some AMAZING java with that beast. :)
I removed some posts and changed the thread title to be a little less inflammatory.
In the middle of the day on a Sunday? For goodness' sake, man, go enjoy yourself and clean up after the kids tomorrow. Or make the minions do it for you.
Well, I have big news. I've been holding off on posting anything because this is my name and all, but I have officially resigned my current position in order to join a new company in two weeks' time.
It's been a stressful week and a half, but all in all I am pleased. I like the new position, I think I have more room to move up in the new place, and the dress code is JEANS EVERY DAY (a client's not there, anyway...).
A week and a half is a quick job search - though it's been crazy hectic.
So I wanted to post a little celebration, and I wanted to wish all my fellow FAWTLIES who are in the job market good luck in finding something fawesome!
Also, wolfthulu, have you played Cthulhu Saves The World? Because if you haven't, you really should.
Oh? I have not heard of such awesomeness before this very moment.
A quick google shows that it is an Xbox game. Which explains my ignorance. I shall be purchasing the PC port very shortly. Happy birthday ME! (No it's not, but with this kind of potential goodness, it should be.)
Got my birthday present from my wife and kid - a painting from this website called allpopart.com. It shows Charlie as Batman and me as the Joker. They must have used an actual picture of us. It's interesting.
On the other hand, yesterday at my FLGS, I bought some more Pathfinder minis for myself - got a Minotaur, a guardsman, the iconic paladin, and one other I can't remember at the moment.
Then when I stopped at Popeyes and ordered my 3 strip dinner, I had to wait about 10 minutes for it. When they finally brought it out, I had like 7 or 8 strips in the box. So that made lunch and a small dinner! Huzzah!
And I watched part one of the Fringe season finale!
** spoiler omitted **
Hey, did I miss a birthday? Happy birthday man!!!!
No, you didn't miss it. I turned 40 today.
Happy birthday man!... Well, yesterday but still. :D
Part of the reason it jumps to $250 is that production of a second book in small quantities is pretty expensive. The $250+ patrons also are helping to fund the overall project for everyone else--so they get something unique as a thank you from us.
I am still just in shock over this. I love our fans!
For the record, Bill. With all the bonuses from the expanded goals being met, there is a lot more bang for that 250 bucks. I am currently figuring out ways to make this purchase less painful, but I will be upping my pledge. And won't regret it a bit. :D
Note: I do want to say, I am EXCITED about this project and have every intention of making that 250 price mark. Sometimes you just want to b#*#* a little bit.
I wasn't going to pledge quite that much, but then I saw that that was the minimum amount needed to get an exclusive bonus level...and I really had no choice. I mean, I didn't say to myself "I'm going in to get the BIGGEST DUNGEON EVER except for that one level."
So cruel, Frog God...so cruel.
Not real happy with the price point for that part. I could care less about the mini or t-shirt, So I need to spend $150 extra for a few more pages (and the battlemap which is merely a nice perk, slightly better than the T)...
:-/
Hope I can scrape that extra cash together, but not happy about it.
If you want to go for melee power, go Paladin. Cleric and Inquisitor make great secondary combatants, but neither are really meant to be the center of a party's physical combat lines.
Not that it can't be done, it just takes more work and very specific builds.
Yeah, funny how half a dozen effectively invisible monsters throwing Shadow Conjuration (more than doubling the number of effectively invisible targets) and Prismatic Spray can do that.
Aberzombie was involved in a sports riot and has court date next month and may face time.
Mairkurion is running for political office.
And to everyones horror Shiney has become a nudist. We are mostly upset because we think this "Nudist colony" is actually some sort of weird religious cult.
But mainly its been an uneventful few days.
Well alrighty then.
Heathy, I want in on the movie deal.
Zombie, It's just a game, man! Unless it's hockey...
If Mairkurion is running on a gamer platform, he has my vote.
Shiney... yeah, not touching that.
Well, I was let go from my job today. Nice to get no advance warning after almost six years there ... and to be told I should take my two week's notice away from the office ...
S@*$. Sorry to hear that. Hope you find something quickly.
Well, Jess' professed despair at missing the chance to inflict fatal wounds on her friends prompted several co-workers to become concerned for their safety. Meanwhile, during a booze-fueld rampage, Derek lost control and severely beat a Confucius impersonator performing a one-man show in the park. And, across town, an attempt to start a cult dedicated to a local douchebag backfired when.....No, wait! That's my soap opera!
Thank you for both the article and the concern, Treppa. I know exactly where that ghost bike is, and I pay my respects when I pass. The comments on the article are cruel and insensitive, but I don't let them get to me. As a cyclist in NY, I take a "don't f*$* with me, I won't f$!& with you" attitude- to do anything else would be quite lethal. I obey most rules unless it's dangerous to do so. For example, I rarely stop at red lights, but almost always stop at stop signs- stopping at red lights usually would get me killed once traffic starts up again and people need to start making turns. I usually ride along with the flow of traffic unless something strange is going on on the other side of the road, I fear people won't see me(people tend to see cyclists when they are coming straight at them) or I think people might rip my left arm off if I went with the flow. Riding a bike in NY is a far more complicated affair than non-cyclists realize.
Kudos to you FHDM. I have a hard enough time staying alive on the bike path I ride for exercise.
Well, time to go see how my new game with Lord One Eye and the Bolshegobbo goes. Wish me luck!
*blink*
People get all pissy when I ride on a bike path. No idea why...
I couldn't play the same character over and over. I have revamped character concepts that are many years old, usually made for a totally different system. And I have a couple of PFS characters I may may 'reboot' to play in a full blown campaign, but to play basically the same character back to back... to back? I'd get burned out.
done some gardening, sabine is on a bicycle tour with my mum.
tonight: ACCEPT \m/
Good lord, Accept! They opened up one of the first concerts I ever went to as a young metal head \m/00\m/. Rock on!
I only know of Accept because of BASTARD!!! They must be good if they appeared in the manga/anime.
No, they're good in spite of the fact that they were referenced in a manga/anime.
Oh no, I didn't mean it that way, it came out wrong. I more meant to say they must be good if they crossed the pond to Japan. Lots of rather discerning metalheads and innumerable cover bands there.
Gotcha. Although as I recall, Japan LOVES 80's style rock.metal bands.
The iPad, though, is a COMPLETELY different animal. All of the details for the iPad are entirely UNKNOWN at this point in time. For example, we have to solve the issue of memory footprint on the iPad, which is radically different from a desktop/laptop with comparatively unlimited storage, and that issue could impact what we can/can't do regarding licensing. We have to figure out how to reconcile what we want to do vis-a-vis Apple's extensive rules for iPad apps, which could force us to make changes to stay compliant with those rules. And then there is the issue of the huge commission that Apple takes off the top of all iPad app sales, which is on top of the royalties we pay to the game publishers. At the end of the day, we have to pay everyone's salaries that develop these products, which means our pricing has to take that into consideration. Those are just a few of the fundamental issues that will shape how we have to handle the iPad.
Almost exactly a year old, but as far as I know this is the last time it was mentioned on these forums.
There may be something more recent on their official site/forums.
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