At the Con we got a few Planet Stories books in our goody bag. Since we have been home he has read all of them, two or three times. He loves them. So we asked him if he would be interested in the sub for his birthday, he was very excited at the idea. His reading comprehension is through the roof, at last testing he was reading on an 8th grade level. :)Going to sign Kellen up for a Planet Stories sub for his birthday, he is so excited!Hmm...this kind of gift sounds suspicious...
In a couple of years, Kellen will be raiding my philosophy books and telling me what I understood as epic fail! :p
Goooooooooooooooooood morning Fawlty Towers!!!
Wow. What a weekend.
It started off innocently enough. I ended up going to dinner with my father in law and mother and wife at Red Lobster when my shift on Friday ended up being cancelled. At first I was annoyed, but then I realized how important the meal was and we had a pretty good time. I had exactly ONE bahama mama and ended up passing out at home. After my father in law and wife had a good laugh at my expense, he went home to Virginia, leaving us with an empty house for the first time allllllll week. Saturday was supposed to be good in that she was going to a party at my old stomping grounds to welcome in the new roommmate that took my place, and friends were to be coming over. I went out to meet one of the people who had gotten lost along the way and left my electric razor charging by the tub. Apparently whilst I was out, my wife decided to take a shower, and it slipped into the tub, creating a spark and forcing my wife to make a reflex save to evacuate. She got out alright, but when I got home, she broke the razor over my head(okay, it was my arm, but still) and bit my head off neatly. I was shaken myself, and after a few hours of her hyperventilating and our friends quietly ignoring her furious and deserved ranting, she was off to the party and I was off to work. Looking back on it now, I'm not sure how much danger she was in as it was a tiny razor that ran off a battery charger(as opposed to my older Grundig that needs a direct current to work), but I'm glad I don't know for sure. Saturday night itself made up for the day, as she went to the party and I went to work, where I ran into a street magician who pulled an interesting number-based magic trick on me. If there are any mathematicians around who can explain the 1-60 random number trick on me, lemme know. I was the life of the shift that evening, as I had my partner in stitches with even the most random and ineffectual of jokes. It made up for the earlier scare/near accident.
Sunday was spent at a friend's graduation party at a restaurant near downtown Brooklyn, and I saw a lot of people I hadn't seen in a while. Old roommates were there, as were old training partners, and just assorted people. It was great, primarily because it was free, but my wife's head started pounding towards the end, and I took her home to relax. She's going to the doc today because we're not sure why she's feeling this way, it's been happening for a few days now and I don't think she has a history of migraines or anything like that. Here's hoping we actually find out something...
Anyway, that was my weekend. We laughed, we cried, we almost had a shocking experience, and I dont' think my left arm will be the same for all the beating my wife gave it.
<snip>If there are any mathematicians around who can explain the 1-60 random number trick on me, lemme know.Glad to hear the weekend was good. Can you give me a bit more detail on the trick (there are a couple I'm thinking of)?
It's been a couple of days, but here's what I remember.
First off he was a hilarious dude. REALLY nice guy.
He had exactly 6 "losing NJ Lottery cards" on him(quotes used just in case they weren't) filled with numbers from 1 to 60. One was supposed to pick a number at random between 1 and 60, and check on each card, examined one at a time, to see if their number was on there. About halfway through, he gave me the opportunity to switch my choice. I kept my number though(47), and kept going through the cards. My partner for the evening was allowed to keep the cards that had the number I had chosen on them, and the guy kept the ones that did not.
Now if he had just picked the number I was thinking of after I went through the cards, I would have thought it a low-rent trick. But that's not what happened. He instead flipped out his driver's license, showing me the year he was born- and flipped around, it was my number(he was born in 1974). What really got me thinking is that the person I was working with that evening also chose that same number, which blew our minds.
Now, to be fair, he DID tell me his age at the beginning of our conversation. Is it possible that I was mulling that over subconciously and chose a number that was related to that information in some way?
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More than likely. Check through Google some of the behind-the-scenes stuff that David Blaine used to do where he was guessing numbers. Most of time, the magician tries to 'implant' the number into your subconscious so that you'll pick it, or give you a set of rules that lead to a single number (add 12, multiply by 100, divide by 7, etc.).
Try to think back to the trick. Was he talking a lot while you were deciding the number? Using a lot of "for's" and "severals"? There's a lot of ways for him to influence your train of thought, as long as they have your attention.
More than likely. Check through Google some of the behind-the-scenes stuff that David Blaine used to do where he was guessing numbers. Most of time, the magician tries to 'implant' the number into your subconscious so that you'll pick it, or give you a set of rules that lead to a single number (add 12, multiply by 100, divide by 7, etc.).
Try to think back to the trick. Was he talking a lot while you were deciding the number? Using a lot of "for's" and "severals"? There's a lot of ways for him to influence your train of thought, as long as they have your attention.
INTRIGUING!! I think he did use a lot of "for examples", but I don't think he used any "severals"
Interestingly enough, I was originally going to go with 42, but I thought that might be too obvious, as it is a very important number.
Solnes: Hope you are feeling better after last night. Has the club soda helped any?
Moorluck and Urzien: Good luck on the job hunt. Hey, I know it's kinda "monkey work" (no offense, Patrick), but have you checked the job listings at Redbox.com? They seem to be hiring a bunch of people to reload/service their DVD rental kiosks. Not a perfect job, but you are both smart and good at dealing with people, so maybe something temporary until something better comes along. And Urizen, I'm sure they'd cut you a discount on movie rentals.
Sebastian: If mildly distracted, I'll forget why I got up or what I was going to get... or when driving, I forget how I got to my current destination, or end up driving to the wrong place because a passing thought diverted me from my original destination. Not sure it helps. (Edit: Ah, I see Treppa already gave you a better answer).
Hope all the rest of you are doing ok (or better) this Monday.
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More than likely. Check through Google some of the behind-the-scenes stuff that David Blaine used to do where he was guessing numbers. Most of time, the magician tries to 'implant' the number into your subconscious so that you'll pick it, or give you a set of rules that lead to a single number (add 12, multiply by 100, divide by 7, etc.).
Try to think back to the trick. Was he talking a lot while you were deciding the number? Using a lot of "for's" and "severals"? There's a lot of ways for him to influence your train of thought, as long as they have your attention.
INTRIGUING!! I think he did use a lot of "for examples", but I don't think he used any "severals"
Interestingly enough, I was originally going to go with 42, but I thought that might be too obvious, as it is a very important number.
Actually, "for example" would probably better, since it's sounds very similar to "forty seven". Same number of syllables and all that.
Moorluck, Urizen, I'm sorry to hear about the lay-offs. I think I missed that in previous posts(and if I didn't, I'm sorry again). Here's hoping you guys find something soon.
Actually, "for example" would probably better, since it's sounds very similar to "forty seven". Same number of syllables and all that.More than likely. Check through Google some of the behind-the-scenes stuff that David Blaine used to do where he was guessing numbers. Most of time, the magician tries to 'implant' the number into your subconscious so that you'll pick it, or give you a set of rules that lead to a single number (add 12, multiply by 100, divide by 7, etc.).
Try to think back to the trick. Was he talking a lot while you were deciding the number? Using a lot of "for's" and "severals"? There's a lot of ways for him to influence your train of thought, as long as they have your attention.
INTRIGUING!! I think he did use a lot of "for examples", but I don't think he used any "severals"
Interestingly enough, I was originally going to go with 42, but I thought that might be too obvious, as it is a very important number.
[Spock]Fascinating...[/Spock]
EDIT- It's important to note that my hatred for math remains, despite this cool trick. I hate you math. One day, I will eat your lunch while you look on and weep.
McKinney? Same owners as Martini Ranch?Wow. Cool. And for the record, Margarita Ranch does not water down their margaritas, and they have Happy Hour all day on Sunday. My kind of folks!Going to sign Kellen up for a Planet Stories sub for his birthday, he is so excited!Hmm...this kind of gift sounds suspicious...You'd think that, but you'd be surprised as to Kellen's reading level and preferences.
If she had said Pathfinder Fiction, then yes .... I would refer to your original comment too. :D
It's in its original location in Mockingbird Station. Had that been built when you lived here?
I read online that Martini Ranch closed and that Marg. Ranch may be what they (or their former owners) opened afterwards, but it's all internet rumor and I couldn't find any official confirmation. It's much better than it's reviews, which I think are probably old at this point. Either that or our table lucked out getting a waiter instead of a hostess...but the food was certainly good, and the margaritas even better. Probably the best house Margarita I've had since San Antonio.
At the Con we got a few Planet Stories books in our goody bag. Since we have been home he has read all of them, two or three times. He loves them. So we asked him if he would be interested in the sub for his birthday, he was very excited at the idea. His reading comprehension is through the roof, at last testing he was reading on an 8th grade level. :)Going to sign Kellen up for a Planet Stories sub for his birthday, he is so excited!Hmm...this kind of gift sounds suspicious...
Cool! Which PS books were in the good bag?
Good morning, Fawtlers.
VE-NET-SEE-YAH!!!
Urizen: Great! Hope you get an encouraging report. I know it will be a relief to get him past this.
howdy all, did I miss anything directed at/to me? Latest news we had a killer windstorm on Saturday night/Sunday Morning. Wind speeds constantly over 50mph with gusts as bad as 70mph. it was a beautiful storm though. Half of Ames was without power Sunday morning. still raining here, and I have my first appointment with a counselor today at 2:10. Four days back on Zoloft and it seems to be helping, I skipped the 6 day start at half speed and started on 50mg right off the bat and it has greatly helped. The four days used up the last of my previous prescription and now I start my new one.
howdy all, did I miss anything directed at/to me? Latest news we had a killer windstorm on Saturday night/Sunday Morning. Wind speeds constantly over 50mph with gusts as bad as 70mph. it was a beautiful storm though. Half of Ames was without power Sunday morning. still raining here, and I have my first appointment with a counselor today at 2:10. Four days back on Zoloft and it seems to be helping, I skipped the 6 day start at half speed and started on 50mg right off the bat and it has greatly helped. The four days used up the last of my previous prescription and now I start my new one.
I'm glad to hear the Zoloft has you back on track.
Sebastian: So very sorry about your dad; that must really suck.
Solnes: ...and glad the meeting with Mr. Honcho went so well. Although you seem personable enough, you probably could have sold him an empty cardboard shipping box. :)
Lynora: Hope your allergies are easing up. Have you tried adding locally-made honey to your daily diet? My cousin had bad allergies, and after regularly eating honey that local bees had made from local pollen, her allergies now only act up when the pollen count hits the warning levels. And even then, it's only mild, not the severe reactions she had been having. (I wish I'd thought of this sooner, but just remembered now cause of helping her with her computer on Saturday.)
...Sex and the City 2... "Honey, I can tell you what happens. Big flakes out. Carrie buys some Manolo Blahniks and humps her new f@@#-me pumps with more vigor than Marcos on a shoe binge. Samanatha gets her cougar on. Charlotte discovers her orgasm. Miranda finally comes out and admits she's a lesbian. They go on an adventure to places they realistically shouldn't be able to afford. Boo-hoo-isms. Big flashes the smile. Happily Cash Grab Ever After. Until #3".
Am I close?
I haven't seen it or the first one, but have you ever done professional scriptwriting? 'Cause you have the plot of #3 right there; I bet a finished script could net someone an easy half-mil. You might have to part with your 21 grams though.
Woody: good! You "sound" good, too. I can't think of anything in particular, other than the blinding glory of my posts. And maybe a couple of new aliases...
Urizen: Hope your doggie has good news on his vet follow-up.
Mmmmmm....Summer GlauThe only thing worth watching on the Sarah Connors Chronicles.
Did you completely ignore Lena Headey?! I'm... I'm not sure I know you anymore, Urzy.
mairkurion wrote:
Think I'll stay up and read M.A.R. Barker if the wife won't kill me.Which one?
The Man of Gold.
Lynora: Hope your allergies are easing up. Have you tried adding locally-made honey to your daily diet? My cousin had bad allergies, and after regularly eating honey that local bees had made from local pollen, her allergies now only act up when the pollen count hits the warning levels. And even then, it's only mild, not the severe reactions she had been having. (I wish I'd thought of this sooner, but just remembered now cause of helping her with her computer on Saturday.)
Yeah, I've eaten locally made honey my entire life. It always tastes better. Well, and a lot of clover honey does get made around here. We've got fields and fields of the stuff. But the best stuff is the raspberry honey from just down the road. No actual raspberries in it, but it tastes like raspberries since the bees are on a raspberry farm. :)
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But the best stuff is the raspberry honey from just down the road. No actual raspberries in it, but it tastes like raspberries since the bees are on a raspberry farm. :)
I made a batch of mead with rasberry honey - later, I split off 2 gallons and let eah soak with about 9 oz of fresh rasberries. Gave the mead a nice color and a really stand out rasberry taste.
Currently, I've got some mead fremeneting that I made with orange blossom honey. I'm considering putting something in it as well, but haven't decided what yet.
But the best stuff is the raspberry honey from just down the road. No actual raspberries in it, but it tastes like raspberries since the bees are on a raspberry farm. :)I made a batch of mead with rasberry honey - later, I split off 2 gallons and let eah soak with about 9 oz of fresh rasberries. Gave the mead a nice color and a really stand out rasberry taste.
Currently, I've got some mead fremeneting that I made with orange blossom honey. I'm considering putting something in it as well, but haven't decided what yet.
Mmmm. Raspberry mead. That sounds delicious. :)
The Man of Gold.
Nice.
I was given three of his books last Christmas, but have only read one of then since. Now I'm feeling guilty. One of them has the main character from 'Man of Gold' in it, buts it's nowhere near as good.
His books had me buying each edition of the 'Petal Throne' up until the d20 version which my flgs was never able to get.
Good reads.
Niel: I thought I saw that the d20 version was still available as a pdf? And yeah, I'm really enjoying it. Sorry to hear some of the latter novels might not stack up.
AZ: The mead sounds interesting. Heh. Seepeethreeoh.
Cool! Which PS books were in the good bag?At the Con we got a few Planet Stories books in our goody bag. Since we have been home he has read all of them, two or three times. He loves them. So we asked him if he would be interested in the sub for his birthday, he was very excited at the idea. His reading comprehension is through the roof, at last testing he was reading on an 8th grade level. :)Going to sign Kellen up for a Planet Stories sub for his birthday, he is so excited!Hmm...this kind of gift sounds suspicious...
City of the Beast, Masters of the Pit, and another that I can't remember. They were all Michael Moorecock books.
Ok, I am going to take a nap before my Doc appt. See you all laters.
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I'm here. At least for a little bit.
The mother-in-law is now allergic to "ice". It would be one thing if she just said that she prefered not to have ice, but no. She can't have ice or else she will have a "reaction".
7 more days...
On a more positive note, had a good time yesterday taking pictures and spending time with some people from church. Uploaded more pics here. (If you're interested.) We went to the Paint Mines in Calhan, Colorado. It really is kind of a fun place (even though it's the middle of no where) because you can (ignoring the signs) climb on many of the formations and do a little more than "look".
City of the Beast, Masters of the Pit, and another that I can't remember. They were all Michael Moorecock books.Cool! Which PS books were in the good bag?At the Con we got a few Planet Stories books in our goody bag. Since we have been home he has read all of them, two or three times. He loves them. So we asked him if he would be interested in the sub for his birthday, he was very excited at the idea. His reading comprehension is through the roof, at last testing he was reading on an 8th grade level. :)Going to sign Kellen up for a Planet Stories sub for his birthday, he is so excited!Hmm...this kind of gift sounds suspicious...
The Moorcock Mars books? I've been curious about those.
But the best stuff is the raspberry honey from just down the road. No actual raspberries in it, but it tastes like raspberries since the bees are on a raspberry farm. :)
That sounds delicious. I'm not sure about raspberries, but they do grow a lot of strawberries locally, and strawberry honey should be good too. I guess I need to pop by the honey booth when the Farmer's Market opens Thursday.
I made a batch of mead with raspberry honey - later, I split off 2 gallons and let each soak with about 9 oz of fresh raspberries. Gave the mead a nice color and a really stand out raspberry taste.
Currently, I've got some mead fermenting that I made with orange blossom honey. I'm considering putting something in it as well, but haven't decided what yet.
Ooo, those sound very good too.
Monday Monday, bah bah buh bahbah, so good... to... me.
This band needs more cowbell.
Moff: Are the DMTools 1.1 app for the iPhone your and Lilith's work?
Morning/Afternoon to everyone. I trust the weekend was well for everyone else?
Very good weekend.
Solnes: Happy napping! Hope you get some help at the Doc's.
Man, people got me all worked up over Moldvay Basic in the Am I right? thread, so I went and made a new thread for nothing. Where'd our love go?
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Moff: Are the DMTools 1.1 app for the iPhone your and Lilith's work?
Not sure what you're talking about, so my guess would be Lilith.
I helped her early on with a lot of the database stuff and some of the stuff for the random generators, but she did everything else. (Most of my programming experience is pretty well old school.)
(Most of my programming experience is pretty well old school.)
So, like me, you were the kid with the TRS-80 COCO plugging in text adventures in basic?
I was taught Pascal in school as well. WHY?! WHYYYYYYYYYY?! I want my life back!
Moff: Are the DMTools 1.1 app for the iPhone your and Lilith's work?Not sure what you're talking about, so my guess would be Lilith.
I helped her early on with a lot of the database stuff and some of the stuff for the random generators, but she did everything else. (Most of my programming experience is pretty well old school.)
Just found Lilith in chat. It's not hers. :(
*shakes fist in air* Dooms-day! </Professor Farnsworth>And, across town Gary was busy programming his new Doomsday....No, wait! That's my soap opera!Pretty sure that last part actually happened.
Professor: "Of course not. That's why scientists increased the speed of light in 2208."
Cubert: "Also impossible"
Professor: "And what makes my engines truly remarkable is the afterburner, which delivers 200% fuel efficiency."
Cubert: "That's especially impossible."
Professor: "Not at all. It's very simple."
Cubert: "Then explain it."
Professor: "Now that's impossible! It came to me in a dream, and I forgot it in another dream."
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I'm here. At least for a little bit.
The mother-in-law is now allergic to "ice". It would be one thing if she just said that she prefered not to have ice, but no. She can't have ice or else she will have a "reaction".
7 more days...
On a more positive note, had a good time yesterday taking pictures and spending time with some people from church. Uploaded more pics here. (If you're interested.) We went to the Paint Mines in Calhan, Colorado. It really is kind of a fun place (even though it's the middle of no where) because you can (ignoring the signs) climb on many of the formations and do a little more than "look".
Sounds like it's time to get some Ice Cream! YAY! ... um ... yeah
{Shikka-shikka boom-boom nekkid ice cream dance}