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It's for my nephews and kids, basically if I don't hand them pregenerated characters they'll take six hours making characters, ask me a zillion questions, and still all end up with Gunslingers, all with at least three to four 18's and a couple 20's sprinkled in.
My favorite, is the one kid that "forgets" to drop one die so he ends up with at least one 24. *bangs head against wall*
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I'd like to be able to blame my nudity on the concussion from banging my head against the wall.
But we all know that would be a lie.
F%+$ing stupid working six hours on Sunday. >:-(
I'm working 8 hours today. Then again, I do that every Sunday. We Californians don't believe in that blue law nonsense.
I have my reasons.
I make a point to let my jobs know I don't work Sunday.
It's a Christian thing.
Oh, the new guy has the weirdest accent.
But his name is Mike.
I'm not sure I want to try to figure that out.
Yew shore he ain't from round mah neckuhthuh woods?
I make a point to let my jobs know I don't work Sunday.
It's a Christian thing.
That's all well and good when they hire you knowing that. A lot of companies throw your application in the trash the second you say that, and sometimes you NEED the work. A lot have mandatory weekends.
So glad I've now got an old school 8-5, M-F job, but I remember almost 20 years of work with mandatory weekends and bills to pay that wouldn't let me just say no, because I could afford to take off Sundays, but I couldn't afford to be fired for doing so.
Captain Yesterday's trap question for children.
Me (to a clearly grumpy about having to wake up Pea Bear): If you want, you can stay home and do all the cleaning.
Pea Bear (eyes widening with hope): Really!?!
Me: Sure! After you graduate.
4 PCs killed in 2 days. This weekend was crazy.
Is that all? Clearly the DM is slipping.
I make a point to let my jobs know I don't work Sunday.
It's a Christian thing.
That's all well and good when they hire you knowing that. A lot of companies throw your application in the trash the second you say that, and sometimes you NEED the work. A lot have mandatory weekends.
So glad I've now got an old school 8-5, M-F job, but I remember almost 20 years of work with mandatory weekends and bills to pay that wouldn't let me just say no, because I could afford to take off Sundays, but I couldn't afford to be fired for doing so.
The thing that gets your application tossed is failing to sell yourself to the employer. Little things like what days you will work don't really matter in the end. If you can make him want to work with you
4 PCs killed in 2 days. This weekend was crazy.Is that all? Clearly the DM is slipping.
I was going to say, that just sounds like business as usual in my kids' game...
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No, I don't think you remember working in retail.
Thegreenscarfgamer nailed it pretty good.
But in my case religion has nothing to do with it. :-)
It's more like they almost never scheduled me Sundays before, and suddenly they schedule me back to back, and then the weekly schedule runs from Sunday to Saturday, and they haven't gotten the schedule for the next week done until Friday, so I don't know I work until two days ahead of time, which is what pisses me off most of all, and then there's getting things ready for the week ahead.
So, no thanks! I'm not doing that anymore. :-)
You wanna really kill people off.
Mythic Winter Quicklings with dual initiative, and the ability to entangle people in their own entrails on a critical hit.
The lesson learned?
Don't play Let It Go at random times when I'm running RoW. :-)
No, I don't think you remember working in retail.
Thegreenscarfgamer nailed it pretty good.
But in my case religion has nothing to do with it. :-)
I have worked plenty of low end jobs. If you want your employer to treat you right you just need to be someone he likes. And first impressions can get you the world. That interview is your ticket to the job you want or your failing and ending up in a hell position. The greasiest skill my mother taught me wasn't cooking or laundry, it was being amazing in an interview. ASK him a ton of questions during the interview find out about him and the job before and during the interview. BE LIKEABLE. laugh at his jokes. Talk about his hobbies. MAKE him want you in the job and not the nameless 20 others girls he talked to. And when you have him interested then let him know you are a woman of faith and need Sundays off. Every time they say "yes". After all they can always get one of the nameless girls already working there to cover Sunday.
Well yes, I see what you're saying, I do all that. :-)
Sorry!
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NobodysHome's Pet Peeve of the Week:
Self-Service gas pumps that ask, "Would you like a receipt?", you hit, "Yes", and the pump either fails to produce a receipt or says, "Please see attendant inside."
The first is at least somewhat forgivable -- if the pump doesn't have any kind of internal sensor to know when it's out of paper/has a jam/whatnot, it's a cheap design, but there's no way for the software to tell that it can't generate a receipt. Bad design, cheap pump, but at least I get it.
But the second? "I know that I can't generate a receipt, but I'm going to ask you anyway," just baffles me.
"I WANT to annoy customers by giving them an option they can't choose."
It's like going to a restaurant and getting the "daily specials" menu, ordering something, and having the server say, "Oh, sorry! Those were YESTERDAY'S daily specials. We're not carrying that particular dish any more, but we didn't want to bother re-printing the menus."
So nothing Earth-shatteringly aggravating (like the drivers who do 42 in a 65 zone at the Eastshore split in the left lane, and who won't get out of the left lane come Hell or high water, even as a steady stream of cars goes around them on the right), but one of those things that just makes you say, "Hmm. Did anyone really THINK about this before they did it?"
I hear they are going to start ticketing drivers who do that in some places.
All well and good Aranna, but...
Fact: If I were capable of selling myself to a prospective employer, I wouldn't have been working retail then in the first place. Nobody chooses retail. You simply end up there.
So glad to be free...
I hear they are going to start ticketing drivers who do that in some places.
California sadly won't be one of those places.
If it's not drunk driving, speeding, or running stop signs or red lights, California's enforcement is essentially, "Why bother?"
If I see one driver doing 50 in heavy traffic but weaving in and out of lanes, cutting people off, tailgating, and using the exit lane as a passing lane, I'd like to see that driver get a ticket for reckless driving. I have never seen it happen.
If I see a second driver toodling along in the left lane on a clear freeway on a clear day at 85, I'll see them get a ticket on a fairly regular basis.
And I'll ask, "Hmm... which of those two drivers was more dangerous?"
EDIT: And just for context: In California, if you are on a 2-lane highway (one lane in either direction) and you get a tail of 5 or more cars, you are required by law to pull over. In all my years of driving in the mountains, I've seen cars and RVs generate 20-30 car tails. I've never seen one pulled over for this.
Is it still illegal to pump your own gas in Oregon.
Is it still illegal to pump your own gas in Oregon.
As of last year, yes. Haven't been up there this year yet.
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4 PCs killed in 2 days. This weekend was crazy.Is that all? Clearly the DM is slipping.I was going to say, that just sounds like business as usual in my kids' game...
This is the first weekend I've killed anyone in months.
The Sunday game avoided a TPK only because the bard had freedom of movement. But that meant the BBEG had nothing to focus its wrath on but the unconscious PCs in its grasp.
Friday night was Wei Ji's tengu getting on the wrong side of a pack of ghouls.
Is it still illegal to pump your own gas in Oregon.Yes. And New Jersey.
Wow really?
I prefer pumping my own. Well unless it is like 15 below zero and howling wind... then I would love a full service station. Such stations don't exist here in Michigan.
Almost get a ticket EVERY TIME I go through Jersey for a con. I keep forgetting.
It's more like they almost never scheduled me Sundays before, and suddenly they schedule me back to back, and then the weekly schedule runs from Sunday to Saturday, and they haven't gotten the schedule for the next week done until Friday, so I don't know I work until two days ahead of time, which is what pisses me off most of all, and then there's getting things ready for the week ahead.
So, no thanks! I'm not doing that anymore. :-)
Aaah... Been there before with the second job. Fortunately they made a few changes.
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I still want a fully automated gas station where the fuel connector extends out like a spaceship airlock, so I can just pull in and refuel without leaving the air conditioned vehicle.
I am ok with not having flying cars or jetpacks, because I lack the attention span to operate either safely.
I still want a fully automated gas station where the fuel connector extends out like a spaceship airlock, so I can just pull in and refuel without leaving the air conditioned vehicle.
I am ok with not having flying cars or jetpacks, because I lack the attention span to operate either safely.
I..see...
Always nice when your road tripping west coast aunt pays you a surprise visit. :-)
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They started the shipping process on my Curse of the Crimson Throne!!!!
I wonder if I beat Skeld...
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No context:
I don't know how to describe this gif of a McDonald's fight on Rideau Street except to say that, at one point, someone pulls out a raccoon.
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My other half and I found a great house on Saturday, so here's hoping our app is first and best!
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My other half and I found a great house on Saturday, so here's hoping our app is first and best!
Fingers crossed!
4 PCs killed in 2 days. This weekend was crazy.Is that all? Clearly the DM is slipping.I was going to say, that just sounds like business as usual in my kids' game...
This is the first weekend I've killed anyone in months.
The Sunday game avoided a TPK only because the bard had freedom of movement. But that meant the BBEG had nothing to focus its wrath on but the unconscious PCs in its grasp.
Friday night was Wei Ji's tengu getting on the wrong side of a pack of ghouls.
I haven't killed any player character in ages... :(
I..see...I still want a fully automated gas station where the fuel connector extends out like a spaceship airlock, so I can just pull in and refuel without leaving the air conditioned vehicle.
I am ok with not having flying cars or jetpacks, because I lack the attention span to operate either safely.
You could drive pilot yourself, Freehold... Just saying...
Now it reminded me of a scene in some movie where a random cowboy dude asks Whoopi Goldberg "You wanna ride my horse?" and she responds with "I've got my own bike/car" (not remember which exactly).
Cowboy FHDM: Want to ride my flying car? *waggles eyebrows*
Amby Goldberg: No, thanks, I have my own jetpack...
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Now it reminded me of a scene in some movie where a random cowboy dude asks Whoopi Goldberg "You wanna ride my horse?" and she responds with "I've got my own bike/car" (not remember which exactly).
Cowboy FHDM: Want to ride my flying car? *waggles eyebrows*
Amby Goldberg: No, thanks, I have my own jetpack...
I would happily star as "Ambrosia Secord" in a The Rocketeer remake if it meant I got to rescue Jennifer Connelly/"Jenny Blake".
'MURICA!
I see Vermont is the Dalsland of America.
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I would happily star as "Ambrosia Secord" in a The Rocketeer remake if it meant I got to rescue Jennifer Connelly/"Jenny Blake".Now it reminded me of a scene in some movie where a random cowboy dude asks Whoopi Goldberg "You wanna ride my horse?" and she responds with "I've got my own bike/car" (not remember which exactly).
Cowboy FHDM: Want to ride my flying car? *waggles eyebrows*
Amby Goldberg: No, thanks, I have my own jetpack...
Mmmmnnnnn... Jennifer Connelly.
Michigan and Minnesota seem like places for Freehold. Will party with Baron there after the New Hampshire raid.
The thing that gets your application tossed is failing to sell yourself to the employer. Little things like what days you will work don't really matter in the end. If you can make him want to work with youI make a point to let my jobs know I don't work Sunday.
It's a Christian thing.
That's all well and good when they hire you knowing that. A lot of companies throw your application in the trash the second you say that, and sometimes you NEED the work. A lot have mandatory weekends.
So glad I've now got an old school 8-5, M-F job, but I remember almost 20 years of work with mandatory weekends and bills to pay that wouldn't let me just say no, because I could afford to take off Sundays, but I couldn't afford to be fired for doing so.
We actually do hire partially based on availability where I work. This is important especially with weekends, because the highest customer volume is Saturday, followed by Sunday and Friday, so we staff the store with about 50% more employees those days. A prospective hire refusing to work weekends is just plain not getting an interview, because those are the longest, hardest work days, and the ones where we need the staff the most. Now, we do have churchgoing employees who are never scheduled Sunday mornings, but those employees tend to work Fridays and Saturdays. Meamwhile, when I stopped working Saturdays, it was in exchange for working full time every Sunday, and I'm going to start doing Fridays again.
Availability matters in other ways, too. Being a habitual closer means that I got my pick of departments (alcoholic beverages), and I get as many hours as I can stay part time with because I don't complain about usually getting home from work around midnight.
I have worked plenty of low end jobs. If you want your employer to treat you right you just need to be someone he likes. And first impressions can get you the world. That interview is your ticket to the job you want or your failing and ending up in a hell position. The greasiest skill my mother taught me wasn't cooking or laundry, it was being amazing in an interview. ASK him a ton of questions during the interview find out about him and the job before and during the interview. BE LIKEABLE. laugh at his jokes. Talk about his hobbies. MAKE him want you in the job and not the nameless 20 others girls he talked to. And when you have him interested then let him know you are a woman of faith and need Sundays off. Every time they say "yes". After all they can always get one of the nameless girls already working there to cover Sunday.No, I don't think you remember working in retail.
Thegreenscarfgamer nailed it pretty good.
But in my case religion has nothing to do with it. :-)
What I did was go into the interview knowing that I was actually in the first store the chain ever built, what year it was built in, and what we originally sold. Combined with two years of student employment, the fact that I survived Job Corps, my associate's degree, the fact that it was holiday season, good availability, and my then-Walmart supervisor father telling me what to say, I got the manager's interest. Then I proved reliable enough to stay after the season ended.
Mmmmnnnnn... Jennifer Connelly.
+1.
That is all.
'MURICA!I really dig the far right in Minnesota.
Some more snow and we will need to dig her up.
New York is mesmerizing...
Some people need to understand that, just because I can read academic and technical writing in French and German well enough to comfortably use non-English data in my geography research papers, doesn't mean I can read novels or comics or whatever, and certainly doesn't mean I can write in either language, much less speak it or follow a spoken conversation. I can pick my way through a dry, formal writing full of standardized terms I understand. That is a completely different skill from conversant understanding of a language.