Ladies. Gentlemen. Poodles. This is shaping up to be the greatest week EVAR!
Yesterday was golden. GOLDEN!!! I put more money down on the bike and actually talked shop with some of the guys there, I picked up Infinite Space, which looks to be THE strategy DS strategy game of the spring, I swung by the comic book shop and got tons of stuff for 25% off, INCLUDING the Avatar: The Last Airbender Artbook and retrospective AND the first issue of Legion of Super Heroes(2010). Add to that that I was mentioned and thanked in the Mistfinder PDF a few dozen topics up-page(!!!!!!), and thanks to Set, illuminous serpent-god of the Paizo.com messageboards, I have a solid idea/theme for undead for the Freehold Campaign Setting!!!!!
And, oh yeah, it was discovered that Facebook is indeed quite evil. NOW who's a luddite?!??!!
I'm playing the lotto tonight. Before I go play RotRL, that is. There's only one thing left for me to do. And that's STRUT.
TOP OF PAGE!!!! Two days in a ROW!!!
[EDIT] Although, as I am in NY while everyone else is together elsewhere, it is mighty lonesome...*sniff*
Migraine gone. Life is good.
3 hours of Relic Hunter Season 2 later....
[EDIT] Although, as I am in NY while everyone else is together elsewhere, it is mighty lonesome...*sniff*
Lonesome is 34 years without a significant other.
LOL I have that series, very good one. I'm on a Sandman jag now, having obtained some of the series for my birthday.Happy me. Bought the next two volumes of Fables. :)
I did provide fair warning that letting me start buying comics was probably going to be a long term mistake. :P
Both of you should pick up Unwritten. That's another good Vertigo series.
I'll keep an eye out for that one. Currently I'm reading Fable and The Last Man. Once I'm caught up on one or both of them I can move on to another series. :)
I'll keep an eye out for that one. Currently I'm reading Fable and The Last Man. Once I'm caught up on one or both of them I can move on to another series. :)LOL I have that series, very good one. I'm on a Sandman jag now, having obtained some of the series for my birthday.Happy me. Bought the next two volumes of Fables. :)
I did provide fair warning that letting me start buying comics was probably going to be a long term mistake. :P
Both of you should pick up Unwritten. That's another good Vertigo series.
It's a new series, so you won't have to spend a lot of time catching up. :)
Y: The Last Man was a good series. I'll be interested to hear what you think about it when you finish it.
*Hugs* for TAD. :)
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I'll keep an eye out for that one. Currently I'm reading Fable and The Last Man. Once I'm caught up on one or both of them I can move on to another series. :)LOL I have that series, very good one. I'm on a Sandman jag now, having obtained some of the series for my birthday.Happy me. Bought the next two volumes of Fables. :)
I did provide fair warning that letting me start buying comics was probably going to be a long term mistake. :P
Both of you should pick up Unwritten. That's another good Vertigo series.
Sandman was an awesome series. I collected it from issue #1 until about #50, and it's one of my all-time favorites.
Fables is another title that I love. I've been collecting it since #1 and it's also on the list of favs. Jack of Fables, a spin off, is OK. You may also want to find:
- the collection 1001 Nights of Snowfall - original stories set before the series.
- Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love - a six-issue miniseries
- Peter & Max, a fables novel written by Bill Willingham.
Something else, if you can find it, is the Lucifer comics. Started off as a miniseries (3 issues, I think) with the character as originally written in Sandman. Then that continued into a regualr series. Really good stuff.
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Morning, all. What did I miss?
Well, Scott finally got his new monitor at work, only to find that it had been manufactured using experimental nanotech that quickly achieved sentience and began taking over the office. Meanwhile, young Eric decided that he'd had enough of Harry, and began to plot his revenge against the unwary old-timer. And across town, someone had misplaced a box of live gerbils....No, wait! That's my soapr opera.
Before I forget, pick up House of Mystery too. That's another relatively new series, and it's sort of a spin off from the Sandman mythos. It has an interesting structure with the main story/plot, and a side story (with a different artist than the main story) that reinforces the theme in the main story.
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Morning, all. What did I miss?
Mairkurion and taig went to a Backstreet Boys concert together but got into an argument over who was the best singer. Mairkurion left taig at the concert and drove off in his AMC Gremlin. Taig was forced to bum a ride off of Sebastian (who works as a roadie) and had to listen to him talk about himself the whole way home. Later they all had a beer and made fun of Aberzombie behind his back.
Lots of good comics suggestions. Something tells me that this is gonna be as much of a money pit as art supplies. :)
But I think I can get the Sandman series from the library. Time to put in some book requests. :)
And write down some of these other ideas for later.
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Before I forget, pick up House of Mystery too. That's another relatively new series, and it's sort of a spin off from the Sandman mythos. It has an interesting structure with the main story/plot, and a side story (with a different artist than the main story) that reinforces the theme in the main story.
House of Mystery was before Sandman. It has however been incorporated into the Sandman Mythos and has been rebooted as such.
I'll keep an eye out for that one. Currently I'm reading Fable and The Last Man. Once I'm caught up on one or both of them I can move on to another series. :)LOL I have that series, very good one. I'm on a Sandman jag now, having obtained some of the series for my birthday.Happy me. Bought the next two volumes of Fables. :)
I did provide fair warning that letting me start buying comics was probably going to be a long term mistake. :P
Both of you should pick up Unwritten. That's another good Vertigo series.
It's a new series, so you won't have to spend a lot of time catching up. :)
Y: The Last Man was a good series. I'll be interested to hear what you think about it when you finish it.
+1.
Y the last man is so awesome, I can't just read one part of it- I have to sit down and read it from beginning to end every time I pick it up. I own the entire series, and would gladly let someone borrow it if it turned them on to the series.
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Eee! Just found out Darkman 3 is being rereleased on DVD captions. Definetely worth the double dip.
Morning, all. What did I miss?Mairkurion and taig went to a Backstreet Boys concert together but got into an argument over who was the best singer. Mairkurion left taig at the concert and drove off in his AMC Gremlin. Taig was forced to bum a ride off of Sebastian (who works as a roadie) and had to listen to him talk about himself the whole way home. Later they all had a beer and made fun of Aberzombie behind his back.
I'm sorry for overreacting, Taig, but never criticize my singing voice when I've been drinking. Also, next time you take me to a concert, it better not be the Backstreet Boys. No wonder I got drunk!
Ugh, what a morning. Up at 9 after a 3:45 (in the ayem) bedtime, eyes like meatballs from the pool and a leak in the CPAP mask, animals yelling and howling because they want food and drink -- as if those were necessities of life or something! -- girl dog chewed up my favorite berry lip balm (the one I save for special occasions), spent 15 precious minutes curling hair only to have the mist and rain undo all the work, needed gas so was late for said work, while filling up at the pump I made the Perception check to notice that the NEXT gas station's price was four cents per gallon cheaper, it's raining and the lawn desperately needs cutting, and I didn't get any breakfast, not even coffee.
Good morning!
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How frustrating. I got a voicemail from the people putting on the Donizetti opera saying they would love to have me on board. I had assumed, since I didn't hear from them for like two weeks, that I wasn't going to be participating, and gave a positive RSVP for my partner's cousin's wedding that weekend. How insanely frustrating... Why did they wait so long to call me? Meh. I really want to do it, but changing a wedding RSVP rubs me the wrong way.
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Ugh, what a morning. Up at 9 after a 3:45 (in the ayem) bedtime, eyes like meatballs from the pool and a leak in the CPAP mask, animals yelling and howling because they want food and drink -- as if those were necessities of life or something! -- girl dog chewed up my favorite berry lip balm (the one I save for special occasions), spent 15 precious minutes curling hair only to have the mist and rain undo all the work, needed gas so was late for said work, while filling up at the pump I made the Perception check to notice that the NEXT gas station's price was four cents per gallon cheaper, it's raining and the lawn desperately needs cutting, and I didn't get any breakfast, not even coffee.
Good morning!
Don't you just want to stay in bed some days?
Ugh, what a morning. Up at 9 after a 3:45 (in the ayem) bedtime, eyes like meatballs from the pool and a leak in the CPAP mask, animals yelling and howling because they want food and drink -- as if those were necessities of life or something! -- girl dog chewed up my favorite berry lip balm (the one I save for special occasions), spent 15 precious minutes curling hair only to have the mist and rain undo all the work, needed gas so was late for said work, while filling up at the pump I made the Perception check to notice that the NEXT gas station's price was four cents per gallon cheaper, it's raining and the lawn desperately needs cutting, and I didn't get any breakfast, not even coffee.
Good morning!
How frustrating. I got a voicemail from the people putting on the Donizetti opera saying they would love to have me on board. I had assumed, since I didn't hear from them for like two weeks, that I wasn't going to be participating, and gave a positive RSVP for my partner's cousin's wedding that weekend. How insanely frustrating... Why did they wait so long to call me? Meh. I really want to do it, but changing a wedding RSVP rubs me the wrong way.
UGH!!!!!!!!!! That almost happened to me at work once..I've never been so happy to have a shift-partner call in sick in my entire life!!!! I'd say check and find out why they took so long to call you- if someone fought for you to be in it, go for it, if someone dropped out and you were a second or third choice or something, go with the wedding.
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How frustrating. I got a voicemail from the people putting on the Donizetti opera saying they would love to have me on board. I had assumed, since I didn't hear from them for like two weeks, that I wasn't going to be participating, and gave a positive RSVP for my partner's cousin's wedding that weekend. How insanely frustrating... Why did they wait so long to call me? Meh. I really want to do it, but changing a wedding RSVP rubs me the wrong way.UGH!!!!!!!!!! That almost happened to me at work once..I've never been so happy to have a shift-partner call in sick in my entire life!!!! I'd say check and find out why they took so long to call you- if someone fought for you to be in it, go for it, if someone dropped out and you were a second or third choice or something, go with the wedding.
I don't think it's the latter, because they also said in the message that they still need another tenor. If, even with me in the production, they are one tenor short, I doubt I was on the chopping block at any point.
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I'm sorry for overreacting, Taig, but never criticize my singing voice when I've been drinking. Also, next time you take me to a concert, it better not be the Backstreet Boys. No wonder I got drunk!Morning, all. What did I miss?Mairkurion and taig went to a Backstreet Boys concert together but got into an argument over who was the best singer. Mairkurion left taig at the concert and drove off in his AMC Gremlin. Taig was forced to bum a ride off of Sebastian (who works as a roadie) and had to listen to him talk about himself the whole way home. Later they all had a beer and made fun of Aberzombie behind his back.
So was it Pabst Blue Ribbon or watermelon martinis this time?
So was it Pabst Blue Ribbon or watermelon martinis this time?
Watermelon maritinis? Where can I find a recipe for this? It sounds insanely good!
So was it Pabst Blue Ribbon or watermelon martinis this time?Watermelon maritinis? Where can I find a recipe for this? It sounds insanely good!
Dude, they're all over NY in the summer. My wife gets stupid over 'em(read: after drinking them). I'll see if I can find a good recipe. Personally, I prefer irishing up an entire watermelon and enjoying that, but that can take some time and also go horribly, undeliciously wrong.
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Dude, they're all over NY in the summer. My wife gets stupid over 'em(read: after drinking them). I'll see if I can find a good recipe. Personally, I prefer irishing up an entire watermelon and enjoying that, but that can take some time and also go horribly, undeliciously wrong.So was it Pabst Blue Ribbon or watermelon martinis this time?Watermelon maritinis? Where can I find a recipe for this? It sounds insanely good!
Yeah, they are really big in the summer time, especially in the last couple of years. I don't know how they're made but I imagine a quick google search will reveal what to do.
So was it Pabst Blue Ribbon or watermelon martinis this time?
I don't understand how the "or" is supposed to be functioning in that sentence.
Sorry, Treppa and CH. Bad mornings suck. I've found my mornings are better now that I stay home and watch TV while posting on FB and Paizo. But I guess mentioning that would make me a bastard.
Sorry, Treppa and CH. Bad mornings suck. I've found my mornings are better now that I stay home and watch TV while posting on FB and Paizo. But I guess mentioning that would make me a bastard.
Glares daggers in a southward direction.
EDIT: Aaaaannnnddddd, we're out of coffee.
I don't think it's the latter, because they also said in the message that they still need another tenor. If, even with me in the production, they are one tenor short, I doubt I was on the chopping block at any point.How frustrating. I got a voicemail from the people putting on the Donizetti opera saying they would love to have me on board. I had assumed, since I didn't hear from them for like two weeks, that I wasn't going to be participating, and gave a positive RSVP for my partner's cousin's wedding that weekend. How insanely frustrating... Why did they wait so long to call me? Meh. I really want to do it, but changing a wedding RSVP rubs me the wrong way.UGH!!!!!!!!!! That almost happened to me at work once..I've never been so happy to have a shift-partner call in sick in my entire life!!!! I'd say check and find out why they took so long to call you- if someone fought for you to be in it, go for it, if someone dropped out and you were a second or third choice or something, go with the wedding.
Danged artists with their chaotic tendencies. Why didn't they tell you? Any way at all you could do both?
Sorry, Treppa and CH. Bad mornings suck. I've found my mornings are better now that I stay home and watch TV while posting on FB and Paizo. But I guess mentioning that would make me a bastard.
So waht are you planning to do with those two degrees?
That seems like a bad mix to me...So was it Pabst Blue Ribbon or watermelon martinis this time?I don't understand how the "or" is supposed to be functioning in that sentence.
It was.
Sorry, Treppa and CH. Bad mornings suck. I've found my mornings are better now that I stay home and watch TV while posting on FB and Paizo. But I guess mentioning that would make me a bastard.Yes, yes it would. ;-)
So have you retired the Mairkurion name for Dr. DH?
Nah...I'll go back to Mairkurion once I feel I am done sucking up the celebration.
Aaaaannnnddddd, we're out of coffee.
Now, I can't joke about that. I didn't make coffee this morning, but I think I'm going to make some soon.
Sorry, Treppa and CH. Bad mornings suck. I've found my mornings are better now that I stay home and watch TV while posting on FB and Paizo. But I guess mentioning that would make me a bastard.So waht are you planning to do with those two degrees?
I'll keep adjuncting for the nonce. I'll publish my dissertation, publish in a couple of work groups that I'm a member of. I'll apply for a real job in a seminary or private university and eventually (but not soon) get one. I only received one degree, just to clarify, TAD. It's just that it is twice as good as any other degree... :D
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So I've been so bored lately I've taken to trying to creep myself out so I read really disturbing articles. I'm gonna put this in a spoiler button cause this is seriously frakked up, it almost gave me nightmares for some reason. So be warned.........
The Legend:
Your head remains aware even after it's severed from your shoulders (giving you just enough time to reflect on how stupid you were to stand up on that roller coaster).
The legend says severed heads have been known to blink, react to stimulus and yes, even try to talk.
The Truth:
Death by decapitation has been assumed to be instant and painless throughout most of history (the guillotine was designed as a humane execution method, the fact that it looked freakin' cool was just a bonus) but there's much evidence that your brain remains aware anywhere from several seconds to a minute after your head gets lopped off.
One of the earliest and best-known proofs of this came from a Dr. Beaurieux, who conducted an experiment on a French murderer named Languille. After he was guillotined, Languille's eyes and mouth continued to move for five to six seconds, at which point he appeared to pass on. But then when Beaurieux shouted the subject's name, Languille's eyes popped open.
In Beaurieux's own words: "Languille's eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine, the pupils focusing themselves," and the good doctor continued to get similar results for up to 30 seconds (at which point Languille possibly just got tired of playing decapitation peek-a-boo).
There are plenty of other guillotine-related stories, but how about we bring the horror into modern day, where we can all relate to and be nauseated by it? Here we find a first hand account of the aftermath of an accident, in which one of the men in the car lost his head.
"My friend's head came to rest face up, and (from my angle) upside-down. As I watched, his mouth opened and closed no less than two times. The facial expressions he displayed were first of shock or confusion, followed by terror or grief. I cannot exaggerate and say that he was looking all around, but he did display ocular movement in that his eyes moved from me, to his body, and back to me."
Yes, that does seem to indicate that there was a long moment of awareness where the dude's living head had time to look and see his own body, complete with the red hole where his head used to be attached.
Pretty chilling stuff, so let's leave you on a lighter note.
In Africa, there have been certain tribes who will tie your head to a springy sapling before chopping it off, so that your head is then catapulted into the distance after the final blow. Thus your last few moments of awareness are of your head sailing breezily through the air. Seriously, if you have to die, that has to be like one of the top five ways.
Seriously just screwed up. You see how crazy I've become, isolation will do this too you. redrum redrum redrum redrum
Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies. Concentration in Theology.
My dissertation was an effort to help get a new sub-discipline off the ground: The Epistemology of Theology. (The diss. was where the double honors came in, for those who were keeping score.)
Right now I teach mostly World Religions in community college.
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Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies. Concentration in Theology.
My dissertation was an effort to help get a new sub-discipline off the ground: The Epistemology of Theology. (The diss. was where the double honors came in, for those who were keeping score.)Right now I teach mostly World Religions in community college.
Huh, I never knew but then I never saw you participate in the uncivil religious discussion thread either.
Hmmm. I just finished wrapping birthday presents for a four-year-old on behalf of her grandmother. Grandma called and had me walk her through items in the store, picked out several, and asked me to wrap them. I told her it would be better for her to come see the store and be sure this is what she wanted, but she couldn't. Her arthritis is so bad she can barely walk, and she wanted me to wrap because her hands are now crippled. Her husband will be in to pick them up. She was cheery and sunshiny during the whole conversation.
Why is it every time I try to feel sorry for myself, something like this happens to show that I'm simply whiny?
Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies. Concentration in Theology.
My dissertation was an effort to help get a new sub-discipline off the ground: The Epistemology of Theology. (The diss. was where the double honors came in, for those who were keeping score.)Right now I teach mostly World Religions in community college.
On behalf of those who have attended community college, thank you. SP and I had some great philosophy instructors at our local school and have enjoyed those classes thoroughly. I think we're shooting for "Logic and Religion" in the fall. Best bargain in the world. You guys rawk \m/.
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Why is it every time I try to feel sorry for myself, something like this happens to show that I'm simply whiny?
I think we all feel like that and just need a small reminder to appreciate the good in life sometimes.
I fight an incurable illness every day but I am more fortunate than others, especially a guy I met at a support group who has to take some scary meds with all sorts of side effects like cancer and some disease that rots the brain. Stuff like that reminds me to keep focused and just be thankful that I can still live normally day to day.
So I've been so bored lately I've taken to trying to creep myself out so I read really disturbing articles. I'm gonna put this in a spoiler button cause this is seriously frakked up, it almost gave me nightmares for some reason. So be warned.........
** spoiler omitted **...
Dude....
Hmmm. I just finished wrapping birthday presents for a four-year-old on behalf of her grandmother. Grandma called and had me walk her through items in the store, picked out several, and asked me to wrap them. I told her it would be better for her to come see the store and be sure this is what she wanted, but she couldn't. Her arthritis is so bad she can barely walk, and she wanted me to wrap because her hands are now crippled. Her husband will be in to pick them up. She was cheery and sunshiny during the whole conversation.
Why is it every time I try to feel sorry for myself, something like this happens to show that I'm simply whiny?
I wouldn't say you were being whiny, I'd say you were justifiably upset and the universe shot you a way to make someone else's day better which just might cheer you up a bit.
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Morning, all. What did I miss?Mairkurion and taig went to a Backstreet Boys concert together but got into an argument over who was the best singer. Mairkurion left taig at the concert and drove off in his AMC Gremlin. Taig was forced to bum a ride off of Sebastian (who works as a roadie) and had to listen to him talk about himself the whole way home. Later they all had a beer and made fun of Aberzombie behind his back.
Meh, mine was better. Besides, they wouldn't make fun of me. They love me. Or, at least that's what they tell me when we get together to talk about how lame gold-colored golems are.