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(You too, Taig and Urizen.)

Thanks, Amby!

I have a rant to share about my experience today, but I will have to wait to do that later. :)

My partner did not get the teaching job. Here's hoping that the new job for me comes through. It would be a lot more money, and better work.

Good luck with your job search, CH. Sorry to hear that your partner's job opportunity fell through.

*How do you know Darth Vadar is evil? Because he's the guy in black. How do you know Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa are the good guys? Because they are in white. Han Solo wears both colors. (I'm talking here about Star Wars 4, Luke actually starts to wear more darker colors as he becomes morally tormented in the later movies).

Yes. You see, they kept missing on purpose.

Mothman wrote:

Crimson Jester wrote:

I am very curious, if you happen to just lurk here, for good or ill, can you like this post. I just want to see how many people lurk. I have noticed on various threads people mention this one who never post, so my curiosity is up.If that sentence made any sort of linguistic sense?

Or hey just post saying long time lurker first time poster ;)

Well that experiment didn't work ...

I posted. ;)

I favorited.

Clark Peterson wrote:

We've selected the top 32 and 4 alternates.

No, we won't be releasing anything early.

Congratulations to you, Neil, Sean & Ryan on once again completing a difficult task.

Round of applause for the judges, ladies & gentlemen!

When do you get to look at the items?

My kids game now, but, wow, I really wish I had some of these games when they were younger.

I got them hooked with Pokémon Emergency!

onoes..........icanhazcheezburger.com is down too....

Can you post kyoot kittehs here, too?

1 week (minus 3.5 hours) to find out!

sends ch even more positive waves

Plus more waves, but the kind that add rather than cancel.

Garydee wrote:

Cap'n Crunch (Peanut Butter)

another good choice. Gets stuck in my teeth, though.

Unlike, say, Whedon-O's. A senseless killing part of this complete breakfast.

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

Is pizza a cereal?

I believe it's in Lucky Charms.

Right after Sebastian's horseshoes.

While I do love me some frosted mini wheats, my all time fave is a three way tie between warm honey nut cheerios, Life/Cinnamon Toast Crunch (I count them as a single entity) and fruity pebbles(rainbow milk!).

Huh. I always thought you were a fan of Whedon-O's. Snarky dialogue in every bite.

Actually, Cinnamon Toast Crunch is awesome!

That's my 50th wonka bar since the competition started.

Still no gold :P

You need a father who owns a nut factory...

Good to have you back, Charles!

Doesn't someone here have a Kanye West alias?

Today I am studying math by memorizing the lyrics to a goofy song. Silly, yes, but since I learned the quadratic formula by singing it to the tune of pop goes the weasel...well, obviously it works. :)

Yay for mnemonicas!

I "passed" my first phone interview with Amazon, so now I've got one more phone interview, and, if all goes well, I'll be flying out to Seattle for an on-site interview.

If this works out, I'll be in Toronto just as it's thawing out. :)

Good Morning FaWtLys! I am excited. I found a new job that allows me to stay in the Houston area and it is a great opportunity. It's been a stressful few weeks, but now that it has been announced at work, I feel like a great load has been lifted off of me.

In the "it's a small world" category, I will now be working only 10 minutes from AZ's brother who is also a player in my Rise of the Runelord's campaign. Wolfthulhu plays in that game as well.

Since I have a lot of projects to wrap up, I gave my current employer about 4 weeks notice so I don't start my new job until February 6th. Grrr!

Congratulations!

Kthulhu wrote:

Patrick Curtin wrote:

Oh and please no giant space hamsters. :)

Yeah. Giant Space Dire Naked Mole Rats are much cooler.

Maybe miniature giant space badgers??

I'm taig, and I approve this message.

taig's clone wrote:

Say...a badger?

Um....ok...."a badger".

There, I said it. Now, what do I win?

Booby prize?

Just finished a coding exercise for an interview for a job at Amazon's newly opening Toronto development center.

Assuming I pass that, it looks like I'll be flying to Seattle for an onsite interview, since the Toronto office isn't actually opened yet.

Holy Passive Voice, Batman!

Somebody wrote:

Good Afternoon,

It has been decided that the e-mail sent to [group of clients] who have not yet submitted required data for 2010 testing or prior will no longer be sent. The email was scheduled to go out on January 23,2012. This email was deemed unnecessary and will be removed from the [redacted] Calendar and will not be included on any testing calendar going forward. Should you have any questions regarding this removal please contact [redacted].

Emphases mine.

That email made my skin crawl. It's a perfect example of passive voice being used to avoid making anybody responsible for anything.

[/venting]

They made that first sentence almost incomprehensible.

Best of luck, CH!

taig wrote:

He's a lurkannoy dragon.

So I guess people will be seeing stats for this in the next Kobold Quarterly.

Well, maybe on a Friday morning on the KQ website...

He's a lurkannoy dragon.

Well done all you first timers.

Little snippet from an "old timer?", entered every year and guess what.

It's no less nerve wracking waiting now as it was the first time.

So enjoy and welcome to the fold.

Hopefully, this will be your year! (I'm with you on the entering every year)

Also, excellent work to those who have entered for the first time!

taig wrote:

Sharoth wrote:

This is pretty interesting.

Somehow, it seems appropriate the BBC will recover lost Doctor Who episodes as rebroadcasts from space.

Page last updated at 02:05 GMT, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 UK

Dang! My first thought was to look for a date...

Hello Sharoth,

and sorry for interrupting the Holy Grail re-enactment

Which *ahem* interrupted my Doctor Who referencing...

That is the first question.

They're coming from Mondas.

This is pretty interesting.

Somehow, it seems appropriate the BBC will recover lost Doctor Who episodes as rebroadcasts from space.

I'm certainly excited to be working on the project!

Have I mentioned that everybody needs a hug? I think everybody needs a hug. ** spoiler omitted **

<Tackles Gary>

I can't give BttH, and no one really wants MttH (as far as I know).

I hope I didn't cross the line...

Everybody needs a hug!

<Gives Gary a hug>

I see your point, Clark. For those who have entered for the first time, it is quite awesome that you put yourself out there.

ANebulousMistress wrote:

I want to have improved enough to at least have made someone go "hey, that's neat"

This.

So much this.

If just one of the judges says this wow (and if I dont make top 32 and brave the voluntary feedback, even one of the community saying this would be awesome sauce).

Having turned in unanimously rejected items for every RPG Superstar so far, it would be nice to know that one judge liked my item enough to consider keeping it. :)

Kelsey--

** spoiler omitted **

If I may add to the Burgomeister's eloquent post:

Now, I hope I'm not breaking any unspoken/unwritten/unposted rules...

You post here, you abide by our rules. Whether it's here, or out there.

Sometimes people forget. :)

For all those who were following my radio show last year, the last of the episodes are finally up on the website.

Hooray!

That's no moon!

Moorluck wrote:

Hehehe. We're havin' a seekrit.

Don't we have a couple? And neither is a moon base.

Awwww...

<Puts moon boots away>

So if one totally didn't keep a copy of what they submitted. After the 24 when first round is announced....can I see what I submitted, even if someone else can't?

In prior competitions, Cosmo (I believe) was kind enough to provide the text of your submitted item, notably in the "Judges' Feedback" threads. That's not to say it will happen again this year...

taig wrote:

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

In the next life, I hope they spell it Drough.

I'll name my next dark elf character Dan Drough.

Will he be the sole survivor of a near TPK causing Delayed Blast Fireball?

Even though he WAS the intended target to boot!

;)

This time it will be a poison cloud that only he will survive. :D

In the next life, I hope they spell it Drough.

I'll name my next dark elf character Dan Drough.

So, I've been pronouncing Dow Jones incorrectly all these years?!!!

Good luck to all who entered!

I entered within two weeks of the start date, so the wait has been considerably longer. I've almost forgotten I submitted an item. OK...that's not true.

Neil Spicer wrote:

I've given a few people those comments. It definitely improves my view of an item to see someone has that type of attention-to-detail. Because that tells me a lot more about the designer behind the item. And that's what we're really assessing in this round. We're not collecting a bunch of item submissions in an open call for a book of magic items. The actual item is far less relevant than what it tells us about the designer behind it and whether they deserve a shot at the Top 32. From there, it's anyone's game. But, you've got to convince us you're the one who deserves that opportunity. Your 300-word item submission is the only means by which you have to convince us. So, making it as neat and professional as you can definitely reflects well on you.

See, there is Neil summarizing my favorite observation about round 1: we are not actually trying to compile a book of wondrous items. The GOAL is to find 32 awesome potential freelancers to compete in the contest. The TASK we use to achieve that goal is to have everyone design a wondrous item. You can't get lost on the task and forget about the actual goal which is why a submission with creativity and innovation and inspiration but a few technical flaws wins over a technically perfect submission with less inspiration and creativity.

Summarizing? ;)

My wife is worried that I love My Little Pony. I have no idea why. It's such an adorable show. A bit heavy handed with the morals, but I would love to watch such a show with my kids. And I love Pinkie Pie, she's so cute.

Ummmmmm....

taig wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

Spanky the Leprechaun wrote:

I'm scairt of gas though.

From pipes or people?

I'd be afraid of people fitted with pipes.

And so I now have the image for my nightmares tonight. Thank you, kind badger.

Hey, I can only work on so many Pathfinder monsters to purge my own nightmares. I have to use other outlets.