Deep 6 FaWtL

waves a Fargo flag.

Have i mentioned how good Fargo is this week...

As you can see I'm committed.

I do so love playing my dhampir.

(Spoilers for Trouble in Tamran.)

So, I'm skirting dangerously close to the "No Politics" rule here, but...
...is anyone else utterly delighted and unsurprised that, in barely over 5 years since acquiring Skype, Microsoft has turned it from the "de facto go-to Voice over IP solution for all customers, be they businesses or individuals" to, "Why the heck are you still using Skype?!?!?"

And it's not that the technology has graduated -- my Rift group "downgraded" to TeamSpeak, and my wife's work group is performing a similar parallel shift, not to upgrade functionality, but because Skype's UI has become so arcane as to be worthless to them.

It's just that Microsoft's UI "improvements" made Skype nigh-unusable, and their recent decision to eliminate client-based apps in favor of browser-based connectivity was the nail in the coffin.

As I have on my Skype "What are you doing right now?" page, I am wondering whether there is anything in this whole wide world that Microsoft can't ruin by trying to "improve" it?

(For those who would argue that Skype is still usable, I'll trundle up all of Windows 8 and Windows 10 as "Evidence B".)

Ugh. For me, Stranger Things was watching a well-written 3-hour movie unfold over... a 16-hour TV season!

I just don't have time for a pace THAT lethargic.

The kids watched the rest of the season for us (thank goodness for critics with plenty of free time) and they said it was "Pretty Good".

They're usually fair judges of my taste, so I gave the rest of it a "Pass".

Not because it's bad, but because it's glacial.

Fair enough. I find it terrific. I don't particularly like those flicks because I find them irritating and hate the lack of characterizations in most movies anyway.

In a show, I actually get to see people and get to know them.

EDIT: What I'm saying is that, even if people are shallow, at least I get to know them, this way. The other way, they're just... empty - and that what I don't like. It feels like empty and wasted characters meant for no reason than to up the kill count or hate count or something.

So, I'm skirting dangerously close to the "No Politics" rule here, but...

...is anyone else utterly delighted and unsurprised that, in barely over 5 years since acquiring Skype, Microsoft has turned it from the "de facto go-to Voice over IP solution for all customers, be they businesses or individuals" to, "Why the heck are you still using Skype?!?!?"

And it's not that the technology has graduated -- my Rift group "downgraded" to TeamSpeak, and my wife's work group is performing a similar parallel shift, not to upgrade functionality, but because Skype's UI has become so arcane as to be worthless to them.

It's just that Microsoft's UI "improvements" made Skype nigh-unusable, and their recent decision to eliminate client-based apps in favor of browser-based connectivity was the nail in the coffin.

As I have on my Skype "What are you doing right now?" page, I am wondering whether there is anything in this whole wide world that Microsoft can't ruin by trying to "improve" it?

(For those who would argue that Skype is still usable, I'll trundle up all of Windows 8 and Windows 10 as "Evidence B".)

EEEYYYYYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP.

10/10 WOULD FAVORITE AGAIN.

Dangit, afternoon!

I have... very little time for you.

Sigh.

From ~2 PM:

- shower self and youngest

- pick up eldest

- Taekwondo test (preferably there early to practice with eldest)

- voting

- homework

- dinner

Bwahf. Busy. I can do it~!

>:I

Oh: in case anyone's curious:

In One Way Heroics, acquiring the "Find a new jerb" achievement is as simple as ignoring her for several days before talking to her on a future occasion.

It was really difficult finding this information until I stumbled over unlocking it on my own in a fit of personal frustration and distraction. From what I can tell, not even the wiki has it.

Help me FaWtL-wankenobe: I recall, in the vast annuls of history, either a feature (class or otherwise), magic item, spell, power, or something that could turn an object into a tattoo - permanently or temporarily or some-such.

(I was under the impression that it was temporary. A way to carry stuff without carrying stuff.)

I kind of thought it was a bard or sorcerer or maybe even old-school (ala 3.X) assassin thing?

My search-fu has failed me utterly.

Can you guys help? Ask around? Anything?

I know about the gloves of storing - those are awesome, but not quite what I'm looking for, if close. I'm looking for a way of having an item, and having it considered "attended" (those may count, and if you have a ruling, I'll take that one and run) without having it accessible, per se.

Anyway, thanks, guys! Gotta go!

Rifts by Palladium had tattooed Atlantean Warriors with that type schtick.

Well I got my 16th level group about halfway through "Moonscar", upon entering the big black tower they were confronted by...

Thankfully, the dark times draw to a close, as my shorts are out of the dryer, I don't know how people wear pants all the time.

We learned from the Aes Sedai.

(Also, some of us are paid to wear pants.)

captain yesterday wrote:

Thankfully, the dark times draw to a close, as my shorts are out of the dryer, I don't know how people wear pants all the time.

We learned from the Aes Sedai.

(Also, some of us are paid to wear pants.)

Some of us are paid not to.

Not me, however.

captain yesterday wrote:

Thankfully, the dark times draw to a close, as my shorts are out of the dryer, I don't know how people wear pants all the time.

We learned from the Aes Sedai.

(Also, some of us are paid to wear pants.)

I get paid to wear pants too, but it still sucks, even if it is only for 10-15 hours a week.

captain yesterday wrote:

Thankfully, the dark times draw to a close, as my shorts are out of the dryer, I don't know how people wear pants all the time.

We learned from the Aes Sedai.

(Also, some of us are paid to wear pants.)

best. Response. Ever.

Also, pants rule.

I really don't want to HTML up a page, but the course requires it. :/

There, I did it.

Hmp. Not able to favorite hints for some reason. It just keeps popping me back to the top of the page.

EDIT: also it seems like I am unable or interface with spoiler tags properly. Hm.

Pants are not bad try doing some activities in a skirt. :)

I hesitated to post this because... Well... I broke up with my boyfriend and wasn't planning on telling anyone online. But... This story had to be told.

My mom set me up with a date with some guy from church. He was funny and cheerful and so full of life. But he kept making comments, about races women people from Detroit. Like oh women can't reason, blacks can't understand proper English, everyone in Detroit is a criminal, Asians have a superior culture to whites. This stuff wasn't said with hate... It was like listening to a newscaster cheerfully telling us about a plane crash. I mean we went to a very nice restaurant you know 50 to 100 dollars a plate. He seemed oblivious to the fact that I would take offense or the black waiter... If you had asked me then I would have told you he was trying to sabotage the date. But later he expressed how much he really liked me and wanted another date. I think he really believes this stuff. When I challenged him on it he even asked the poor black waiter to tell me that of course he was right, the waiter sided with me unsurprisingly. You should have seen the surprise on my dates face that people weren't agreeing. I slipped that poor waiter an extra tip and apologized. I have never been so embarrassed on a date before.

Sorry you're having bit of a grim time at the moment, Aranna :(

That sounds like a particularly mortifying date, too...

That... Sounds horrible.

That's... I want it to be more surprising that people like him exist in the world. I pray his eyes are opened and he comes to understand people better without losing the good aspects of his personality, instead becoming a genuinely good version of himself.

TriOmegaZero wrote:

I really don't want to HTML up a page, but the course requires it. :/

There, I did it.

You know, I think I made a HTML page of similar quality (though it had't had a picture of cat, it had another picture) a long ago.

Well, I sit in pub with a friend today and complained a lot about people and argued if they are inherently bad or just stupid cognitively biased.

One of the conclusions was that I am weird.

We also argued about the difference between need and want. We came to no conclusion there.

Hmp. Not able to favorite hints for some reason. It just keeps popping me back to the top of the page.

EDIT: also it seems like I am unable or interface with spoiler tags properly. Hm.

Huzzah! I'm back, baby!

Hopefully I didn't miss anything...

Tequila Sunrise wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

Thankfully, the dark times draw to a close, as my shorts are out of the dryer, I don't know how people wear pants all the time.

We learned from the Aes Sedai.

(Also, some of us are paid to wear pants.)

I get paid to wear pants too, but it still sucks, even if it is only for 10-15 hours a week.

I work in a desert. I would pay to get to paid to work with pants on for only 10-15 hours a week. ;)

best. Response. Ever.

Also, pants rule.

...Also, I belatedly realized that there is a double meaning in my response.

Oh well, happy accidents. :D

Pants are not bad try doing some activities in a skirt. :)

I hesitated to post this because... Well... I broke up with my boyfriend and wasn't planning on telling anyone online. But... This story had to be told.

My mom set me up with a date with some guy from church. He was funny and cheerful and so full of life. But he kept making comments, about races women people from Detroit. Like oh women can't reason, blacks can't understand proper English, everyone in Detroit is a criminal, Asians have a superior culture to whites. This stuff wasn't said with hate... It was like listening to a newscaster cheerfully telling us about a plane crash. I mean we went to a very nice restaurant you know 50 to 100 dollars a plate. He seemed oblivious to the fact that I would take offense or the black waiter... If you had asked me then I would have told you he was trying to sabotage the date. But later he expressed how much he really liked me and wanted another date. I think he really believes this stuff. When I challenged him on it he even asked the poor black waiter to tell me that of course he was right, the waiter sided with me unsurprisingly. You should have seen the surprise on my dates face that people weren't agreeing. I slipped that poor waiter an extra tip and apologized. I have never been so embarrassed on a date before.

my god.

What an oaf.

NSFW BLACK WIDOW Captain America Winter Soldier Customization

Pants are not bad try doing some activities in a skirt. :)

I hesitated to post this because... Well... I broke up with my boyfriend and wasn't planning on telling anyone online. But... This story had to be told.

My mom set me up with a date with some guy from church. He was funny and cheerful and so full of life. But he kept making comments, about races women people from Detroit. Like oh women can't reason, blacks can't understand proper English, everyone in Detroit is a criminal, Asians have a superior culture to whites. This stuff wasn't said with hate... It was like listening to a newscaster cheerfully telling us about a plane crash. I mean we went to a very nice restaurant you know 50 to 100 dollars a plate. He seemed oblivious to the fact that I would take offense or the black waiter... If you had asked me then I would have told you he was trying to sabotage the date. But later he expressed how much he really liked me and wanted another date. I think he really believes this stuff. When I challenged him on it he even asked the poor black waiter to tell me that of course he was right, the waiter sided with me unsurprisingly. You should have seen the surprise on my dates face that people weren't agreeing. I slipped that poor waiter an extra tip and apologized. I have never been so embarrassed on a date before.

Yikes. I'd have walked out on him way before the eating part of the night had finished.

Good on you for not throwing your drink at him.

Charming. Charming.

Aranna wrote:

Pants are not bad try doing some activities in a skirt. :)

I hesitated to post this because... Well... I broke up with my boyfriend and wasn't planning on telling anyone online. But... This story had to be told.

My mom set me up with a date with some guy from church. He was funny and cheerful and so full of life. But he kept making comments, about races women people from Detroit. Like oh women can't reason, blacks can't understand proper English, everyone in Detroit is a criminal, Asians have a superior culture to whites. This stuff wasn't said with hate... It was like listening to a newscaster cheerfully telling us about a plane crash. I mean we went to a very nice restaurant you know 50 to 100 dollars a plate. He seemed oblivious to the fact that I would take offense or the black waiter... If you had asked me then I would have told you he was trying to sabotage the date. But later he expressed how much he really liked me and wanted another date. I think he really believes this stuff. When I challenged him on it he even asked the poor black waiter to tell me that of course he was right, the waiter sided with me unsurprisingly. You should have seen the surprise on my dates face that people weren't agreeing. I slipped that poor waiter an extra tip and apologized. I have never been so embarrassed on a date before.

Yikes. I'd have walked out on him way before the eating part of the night had finished.

Good on you for not throwing your drink at him.

Thanks guys.

The thing is I can't understand such a person. If you had asked to play such a character at my game I would have told you that such a person couldn't exist. I honestly thought he was making bad jokes at first... then later I thought he was trying to get rid of me for whatever reason... it wasn't till he honestly expected the black waiter to support his assertions and the look on his face when that didn't happen that I finally bought a clue and thought "wow, he believes this stuff" and even more than that he expects the rest of the world has accepted his truths as reality too. The disconnect with ... sanity? To expect me to agree that I am a totally emotional person incapable of reason or the waiter to agree that he couldn't truly understand proper English (despite the fact that he was speaking clearly the whole time).

I didn't think of it at the time but I really should have sent a text to someone explaining that if I turned up dead it was his fault.

That being said he was a great guy... Charming, cheerful, full of life, generous to everyone regardless of race, gender, or city. He loved everyone. He believed in God despite some heresy he would spew out that I won't go into on this thread. And he LOVED games of all kinds (this is why my mom thought he was perfect for me...).

Hopefully after I yelled at her my mom will spend more than 5 minutes vetting future matches for me.

NobodysHome! Bump your AMA, please! I need to do something on it and I like the focus to find it myself! Thanks!

... nothing! >.>

I didn't just remember it exists! That's for sure! :I

NobodysHome! Bump your AMA, please! I need to do something on it and I like the focus to find it myself! Thanks!

... nothing! >.>

I didn't just remember it exists! That's for sure! :I

As if I know where that thing wandered off to...

...rummages around...

Done!

OWEN BUNDLE IS AWESOME

(I'm just sayin'.)*

* Kamehameha~!

Kajehase wrote:

Aranna wrote:

Pants are not bad try doing some activities in a skirt. :)

I hesitated to post this because...

Spoiler:

Well... I broke up with my boyfriend and wasn't planning on telling anyone online. But... This story had to be told.

My mom set me up with a date with some guy from church. He was funny and cheerful and so full of life. But he kept making comments, about races women people from Detroit. Like oh women can't reason, blacks can't understand proper English, everyone in Detroit is a criminal, Asians have a superior culture to whites. This stuff wasn't said with hate... It was like listening to a newscaster cheerfully telling us about a plane crash. I mean we went to a very nice restaurant you know 50 to 100 dollars a plate. He seemed oblivious to the fact that I would take offense or the black waiter... If you had asked me then I would have told you he was trying to sabotage the date. But later he expressed how much he really liked me and wanted another date. I think he really believes this stuff. When I challenged him on it he even asked the poor black waiter to tell me that of course he was right, the waiter sided with me unsurprisingly. You should have seen the surprise on my dates face that people weren't agreeing. I slipped that poor waiter an extra tip and apologized. I have never been so embarrassed on a date before.

Yikes. I'd have walked out on him way before the eating part of the night had finished.

Good on you for not throwing your drink at him.

Thanks guys.

The thing is I can't understand such a person.

Spoiler:

The thing is I can't understand such a person. If you had asked to play such a character at my game I would have told you that such a person couldn't exist. I honestly thought he was making bad jokes at first... then later I thought he was trying to get rid of me for whatever reason... it wasn't till he honestly expected the black waiter to support his assertions and the look on his face when that didn't happen that I finally bought a clue and thought "wow, he believes this stuff" and even more than that he expects the rest of the world has accepted his truths as reality too. The disconnect with ... sanity? To expect me to agree that I am a totally emotional person incapable of reason or the waiter to agree that he couldn't truly understand proper English (despite the fact that he was speaking clearly the whole time).

I didn't think of it at the time but I really should have sent a text to someone explaining that if I turned up dead it was his fault.

That being said he was a great guy... Charming, cheerful, full of life, generous to everyone regardless of race, gender, or city. He loved everyone. He believed in God despite some heresy he would spew out that I won't go into on this thread. And he LOVED games of all kinds (this is why my mom thought he was perfect for me...).

Hopefully after I yelled at her my mom will spend more than 5 minutes vetting future matches for me.

Wow. Just... wow. I am sorry about your experience with this dude (and your previous break-up too). Thankfully, he disclosed this info early and not later after you were both in a relationship. I'm doubtful it'll make you feel any better, but some (lesbian/bi) women have some horrible ideas like this too.

I wish you much much better luck on future dates. :)

Tequila Sunrise wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

Thankfully, the dark times draw to a close, as my shorts are out of the dryer, I don't know how people wear pants all the time.

We learned from the Aes Sedai.

(Also, some of us are paid to wear pants.)

best. Response. Ever.

Also, pants rule.

I hate shorts (don't even like capris) and short sleeve tops. (Yes, I know this is a stupid dislike to have during the middle of Florida summer.)

I'm just confused that I keep waking up in cutoffs.

{whistles innocently}

Clearly, what we all need is HOTPANTS.

HUZZAH!

Clearly, what we all need is HOTPANTS.

HUZZAH!

You are bad and should feel bad.

(Also, you have not seen me. You would not have said this, had you seen me.)

Anyway, Stranger Things is awesome.

Also is about,

I mean, seriously.

Also, pretty sure they're talking like it's (A?)D&D and playing a modified(?) version of True20 in that show.

Heh. "Thesselhydra." Ah, youth.

Hotpants Hussar wrote:

Clearly, what we all need is HOTPANTS.

HUZZAH!

You are bad and should feel bad.

Yes, I am.

Super bad - in my HOTPANTS!

HUZZAH!

Wow. Just... wow. I am sorry about your experience with this dude (and your previous break-up too). Thankfully, he disclosed this info early and not later after you were both in a relationship. I'm doubtful it'll make you feel any better, but some (lesbian/bi) women have some horrible ideas like this too.

I wish you much much better luck on future dates. :)

The break up was inevitable and we parted on good terms. I wanted a big wedding and children, he was hurt by his first love and vowed never to wed / also he doesn't want children probably because he views his family lineage as a curse. We waited way too many years as the perfect couple hoping the other would give up... and it never happened. So I needed to move on and find someone willing to start a family before it was too late to do so. We are still good friends.

And thankfully I only dated the new guy once. There won't be another date. The fact that there are more people out there like him? It's mind blowing.

I finally understand why Daniel Tiger was removed from Netflix. Dang it. >:I

Yeah. I hate it when somebody is a genuinely nice person except that they are totally and completely ignorant in the most offensive way possible.

I mean, I want to stay around just to educate them, but at the same time, I feel like if I stayed around for too long, I would feel morally obligated to punch them in the face.

Ambrosia Slaad wrote:

Wow. Just... wow. I am sorry about your experience with this dude (and your previous break-up too). Thankfully, he disclosed this info early and not later after you were both in a relationship. I'm doubtful it'll make you feel any better, but some (lesbian/bi) women have some horrible ideas like this too.

I wish you much much better luck on future dates. :)

The break up was inevitable and we parted on good terms. I wanted a big wedding and children, he was hurt by his first love and vowed never to wed / also he doesn't want children probably because he views his family lineage as a curse. We waited way too many years as the perfect couple hoping the other would give up... and it never happened. So I needed to move on and find someone willing to start a family before it was too late to do so. We are still good friends.

And thankfully I only dated the new guy once. There won't be another date. The fact that there are more people out there like him? It's mind blowing.

unfortunately, he is not alone.

Pea Bear just now realized she starts school Friday. :-D

More specifically, she realized that today was Wednesday, and summer doesn't last forever.

Pea Bear, giving Tiny T-Rex a tour of his new playground at school.

"I broke my arm on that one, but at least I saved my face"

Pea Bear, giving Tiny T-Rex a tour of his new playground at school.

"I broke my arm on that one, but at least I saved my face"

It always amuses me how human reactions seem patently designed to incur the greatest amount of injury when dealing with concrete.

Next time you slip, instead of putting out an arm, try curling into a ball and landing on your side.

It's FAR less painful, but takes a HUGE amount of willpower to overcome your body's natural instinct to sacrifice its limbs.

Why is that?!?!?

Oh no, it was over wood chips, you know those wheel things where you grab one and spin and grab the next one, it was just pea bear going full speed, and in her customary toughness we didn't find out about it until much later when she said her "arm kinda hurts a little" :-D

Kids have no sense, I tell ya!

Hopefully after I yelled at her my mom will spend more than 5 minutes vetting future matches for me.

Sorry to hear about your breakup and terrible date, Aranna. I've had some bad ones, but wow, yours was a winner! :/

I'm curious, does your mother set up most/all of your dates?

captain yesterday wrote:

Pea Bear, giving Tiny T-Rex a tour of his new playground at school.

"I broke my arm on that one, but at least I saved my face"

It always amuses me how human reactions seem patently designed to incur the greatest amount of injury when dealing with concrete.

Next time you slip, instead of putting out an arm, try curling into a ball and landing on your side.

It's FAR less painful, but takes a HUGE amount of willpower to overcome your body's natural instinct to sacrifice its limbs.

Why is that?!?!?

Because if you haven't trained to curl it's quite likely to hit the ground with side of head or side of your armor and break it anyway?

That's why so many martial training and non-martial exercise regimes start with learning how to curl and fall properly.

I could use such training myself...