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You know why Smaug was so upset at that unexpected party? Besides being woken up from some lovely sleep, he had size issues.
Scatha the Worm should be wingless...
Glaurung was the sire of dragons (or at least fire-drakes) and was supposed to be big and cunning. Ancalagon the Black was the greatest and mightiest of dragons of the 1st Age of the Middle-Earth anyway. Everything gets smaller in Middle-Earth after the 1st Age.
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We put out our Christmas stuff as soon as we put out our Halloween stuff at work.
On August 27th.
Edit: and good luck finding an advent calendar now, unless you want Tsum-Tsum.
We put ours out in September. Halloween a week before Christmas, Christmas near the end of September.
We have advent calendars out the ass. We even have some advent calendars that are a 12 pack of mystery beers instead of chocolate.
Now I'm just picturing a donkey with a bunch of advent calendars hanging off of it hanging around outside the store.
Now all you need are those life-sized plastic light-up Joseph, Mary, and the Baby Jesus figures to set up around the donkey and you'll be all set!
Sacrilegious? In San Francisco, I don't think there's such a thing. Except .
Well, that's certainly a lot more tasteful than what's usually going on outside the store.
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Conversations with 4 year old visiting nephew...
"I need a sandwich!"
"Are you hungry? Already?"
"I need a sandwich!"
"Okay, how about egg salad?"
"Egg salad, yes!"
I hardboil an egg and make him a tiny egg salad sandwich.
Four year old eyeballs sandwich suspiciously. "I don't like it."
"Gee, that's too bad!" I shake a clear tin of chocolate rocks. Let it rattle. "Only people who eat sandwiches can have a chocolate rock."
"I want chocolate rocks!" Kid shakes plastic tin, fascinated.
* Sighs * "Yes, I want to give you one, but you didn't eat your sandwich."
Kid eats sandwich. Kid gets one small chocolate rock. Everyone happy.
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You know why Smaug was so upset at that unexpected party? Besides being woken up from some lovely sleep, he had size issues.Scatha the Worm should be wingless...
Glaurung was the sire of dragons (or at least fire-drakes) and was supposed to be big and cunning. Ancalagon the Black was the greatest and mightiest of dragons of the 1st Age of the Middle-Earth anyway. Everything gets smaller in Middle-Earth after the 1st Age.
I might get excited a little when speaking about dragons'size.
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Twould seem Pea Bear has been recommended by her teacher because she "has a passion for writing, especially fiction, and can maintain classroom responsibilities" to take part in a novel writing program.
Oh dear, it would seem I've become swollen with pride.
Or is that swamp gas.
No, nope, that's pride.
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Now I want an egg salad sandwich. Thanks Hmm...
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I have the nauseated condition .
...and the only prescription is more cowbell!
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Hope all in Team TacticsVoltronLions are feeling better soon.
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{fails Will save vs. smirk attack}
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I have the nauseated condition ....and the only prescription is more cowbell!
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It's always fun to see how other people view the same situation as you do.
My Orbitz review of the Anaheim Plaza got posted (you have to follow the link and click "Guest Reviews"). I rated it lower than anyone else on the page.
All of our reviews were very similar: "Very close to Disneyland. Very friendly staff. Very run-down hotel."
Yet the reviews run the gamut from one to four stars (of 5). Each of us expects different things in a hotel. When I pay $160/night for a hotel with internet, I expect:
- A room in good repair
- Internet
Failing both of those gets you a 1/5, because you did not provide the basics.
Other people felt that being close to Disneyland was enough, the price point was lower than anyone else, so they get a pass on maintenance. Absolutely reasonable conclusions.
The one guy who got to me was Mr., "The biggest negative is the hardness of the beds. I always wake up with hip soreness" who still gave it 3 stars.
Er... generous, much?
EDIT: I mean, I stayed at a $7/night dive in Athens that was straight out of the Blues Brothers, but for $7/night I don't expect much. But everything in that room, rusty and filthy as it was, actually worked... so it would have gotten at least two stars from me. :-P
Which means that I consider price when awarding stars. I learned something about myself today! Woo hoo!
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The General, looking for a book for nightly story time found a book of Christmas stories and said "Christmas stories are always happy"
Tiny T-Rex, who had been looking through More Scary Stories, throws the book in the air and exclaims excitedly "yeah, screw Scary Stories!"
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Not quite sure why Jessica Lange is singing a song referencing Jim Morrison when the show takes place in 1952.
Just saying.
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Different Jim Morrison?
Same Jim Morrison, but when he was a baby?
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Sometimes, you do silly things to support your local schools.
As I mentioned, we have an awesome choir teacher. When Impus Major was suffering through significant depression and anxiety in 6th grade, her enthusiasm was the only thing that got him to school in the morning. So I do a lot of volunteer work for her.
When I heard they needed store-bought pumpkin pies for an event tonight, I volunteered to bring SIX.
Well, almost no other parents signed up, the teacher sent out a panicked note that the event was in jeopardy of having too few pies...
...so this morning I'm off to buy EIGHTEEN Costco pies and twelve canisters of whipped cream.
My fridge is going to be a mess for the day...
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Sometimes, you do silly things to support your local schools.
As I mentioned, we have an awesome choir teacher. When Impus Major was suffering through significant depression and anxiety in 6th grade, her enthusiasm was the only thing that got him to school in the morning. So I do a lot of volunteer work for her.
When I heard they needed store-bought pumpkin pies for an event tonight, I volunteered to bring SIX.
Well, almost no other parents signed up, the teacher sent out a panicked note that the event was in jeopardy of having too few pies...
...so this morning I'm off to buy EIGHTEEN Costco pies and twelve canisters of whipped cream.My fridge is going to be a mess for the day...
That is supporting an educator. Apologies to your fridge, NH, but -- Good on ya!
My mother has been a high school English teacher for 21 years now -- and I can honestly say that no individual parent has gone as far as our resident "Haunt of the Pumpkin Pie" to help out. Can't commend you enough for that, NH.
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Aaaaaaand... karma has come back to bite me in the tuchus.
I gave the hotel a one-star review on Orbitz, soooo... they just double-dinged me for the room.
*SIGH*
It's just one of those days. Already behind at work for the week, then the pie run, then our network has been acting up since the rain came and the AT&T guy decided to come... TODAY, then NobodysWife realized that her costume parts for tomorrow's party are in the storage facility so I have to go there today (3 costume parties, so 3 different costumes, of course), then the double-ding from Orbitz.
Gotta go curse at Cosmo!
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Uh, have you called the Hotel? I'm pretty charging you more because of a bad review isn't exactly legal...
LOL. I already filed the complaint with Orbitz, and they're supposed to get back to me within 24 hours.
It's not like I'm actually going to PAY that amount. It's just the time to get them to fix it that hurts.
I'm more indignant about it on others' behalf. I had $400 in space on my credit card, so it's just taking a few days to get it resolved. What happens to people who are running close to the edge on their credit cards, or are using a debit card that doesn't have a lot of extra space? Bank charges, increased interest rates, all kinds of financial badness because the hotel screwed up.
I can get it resolved in under an hour of my time. They either fix it, or I call Chase and have them fix it. (I have to say, I've been impressed with Chase credit cards because every time I've called, they've had my back.)
But for people where $400 puts them over the limit or overdraws their account, it would be HOURS of pain to get it cleaned up.
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Yeah, that ain't karma -- that's criminal! Twice rotten, considering the shoddy room.
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A chill is in the air.
only one week until Halloween, the greatest holiday on earth.
Yus, my Tumblr feeds have been flooded with cute monster boys and girls all month, among other things...
Gonna be sad after it's over.
did you say monster girls?!?!
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Aaaaaaand... karma has come back to bite me in the tuchus.
I gave the hotel a one-star review on Orbitz, soooo... they just double-dinged me for the room.
*SIGH*
It's just one of those days. Already behind at work for the week, then the pie run, then our network has been acting up since the rain came and the AT&T guy decided to come... TODAY, then NobodysWife realized that her costume parts for tomorrow's party are in the storage facility so I have to go there today (3 costume parties, so 3 different costumes, of course), then the double-ding from Orbitz.
Gotta go curse at Cosmo!
you mean they charged you twice? That's illegal!
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you mean they charged you twice? That's illegal!Aaaaaaand... karma has come back to bite me in the tuchus.
I gave the hotel a one-star review on Orbitz, soooo... they just double-dinged me for the room.
*SIGH*
It's just one of those days. Already behind at work for the week, then the pie run, then our network has been acting up since the rain came and the AT&T guy decided to come... TODAY, then NobodysWife realized that her costume parts for tomorrow's party are in the storage facility so I have to go there today (3 costume parties, so 3 different costumes, of course), then the double-ding from Orbitz.
Gotta go curse at Cosmo!
Well, it's stupidity, so while I wish it were illegal, it's really just an e-mail (and if necessary a couple of follow-up phone calls) saying, "Er, check your records -- you charged me twice."
They'll fix it, I'm sure.
I'm not exactly going to call the police on 'em before I give 'em a chance to make things right.
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did you say monster girls?!?!A chill is in the air.
only one week until Halloween, the greatest holiday on earth.
Yus, my Tumblr feeds have been flooded with cute monster boys and girls all month, among other things...
Gonna be sad after it's over.
Yes, among other things.
Not so sure about MM though, definitely don't have any of that on Ryskyblr.
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Have you considered Judge Judy.
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did you say monster girls?!?!A chill is in the air.
only one week until Halloween, the greatest holiday on earth.
Yus, my Tumblr feeds have been flooded with cute monster boys and girls all month, among other things...
Gonna be sad after it's over.
Yes, among other things.
Not so sure about MM though, definitely don't have any of that on Ryskyblr.
time to expand!!
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time to expand!!did you say monster girls?!?!A chill is in the air.
only one week until Halloween, the greatest holiday on earth.
Yus, my Tumblr feeds have been flooded with cute monster boys and girls all month, among other things...
Gonna be sad after it's over.
Yes, among other things.
Not so sure about MM though, definitely don't have any of that on Ryskyblr.
Dood, commissions are EXPENSIVE.
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Not if they're done in MS Paint.
Hint, hint.
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Installing new operating system, estimated time: 33 minutes.
My guess: 237.6 minutes, after which I anticipate spending at least six hours trying to figure out how to disable Ciri, because somebody watched too many "if computers can talk, we're all doomed" movies growing up.
Also Max Headroom.
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Installing new operating system, estimated time: 33 minutes.
My guess: 237.6 minutes, after which I anticipate spending at least six hours trying to figure out how to disable Ciri, because somebody watched too many "if computers can talk, we're all doomed" movies growing up.
Also Max Headroom.
My, but you are being overtly optimistic!!! You always multiply the worse case time by 5, maybe even 10.
~grins~
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Well, well, well, almost done.
Edit: nope, still says 15 minutes.
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Saw the flock of wild turkeys on the way to school. :-)
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Saw the flock of wild turkeys on the way to school. :-)
Kill them with extreme prejudice. Otherwise they WILL infest your entire city, rendering streets impassable as everyone stops their cars to stare out their windows, saying, "Oooh! Look! Turkeys!"
I swear, 'Mericuns and wildlife.
We were walking home from Rivoli the other week and a woman came running up to us screaming, "There's a DEER! A deer! Right over here! Come see! It's a real live deer!"
Considering EVERY gardener in the area curses the darned things, and I nearly run into one every morning on my walk, we were... unsurprised.
Shiro's player told us an even better story, about a woman (why is it always women? Maybe men just assume everything they see is some kind of dog...) who came running up to him to tell him that an escaped dog was rampaging in the neighborhood, and she called the police. The police had a heck of a time explaining to her that the deer was native. She kept demanding that they haul it away.
I swear, no matter where you live, if you haven't run into raccoons, possums, deer, skunks, rats, and voles or mice at night then you're just not paying attention. I can hear the frogs in our neighborhood, and the one bobcat I've seen was when we were living near Tilden park, but believe or it not, wildlife actually exists in the city! *gasp*
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Sorry. Just hate wild turkeys because of what they've done to traffic around here.
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I'm not a meat eater or anything, but I remember when I was, and I remember how unbelievably delicious turkey was. Turkey is so damn tasty, I...no...I will remain strong...damnit, now I want some turkey.
If I had turkey in the house, I would not be a vegetarian tonight. Thank goodness by the time I could go and get some and cook it, the feeling would pass.
That's how delicious turkey is.
There really is no such thing as a turkey invasion. Not as long as Americans know how to make gravy.
EDIT - See, this is why you can't go all alt-left-wing like California does. If you had enough rednecks, you'd NEVER have turkeys stopping traffic. You might have a turkey cookout stopping traffic, as people flock to eat, but you'd never have living ones stopping you.
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In Madison they just run em down.
But we have s~#*loads of wooded parks here for them to roam. :-)
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I'm not a meat eater or anything, but I remember when I was, and I remember how unbelievably delicious turkey was. Turkey is so damn tasty, I...no...I will remain strong...damnit, now I want some turkey.
If I had turkey in the house, I would not be a vegetarian tonight. Thank goodness by the time I could go and get some and cook it, the feeling would pass.
That's how delicious turkey is.
There really is no such thing as a turkey invasion. Not as long as Americans know how to make gravy.
EDIT - See, this is why you can't go all alt-left-wing like California does. If you had enough rednecks, you'd NEVER have turkeys stopping traffic. You might have a turkey cookout stopping traffic, as people flock to eat, but you'd never have living ones stopping you.
I helped my dad during butchering season. I'm responsible for the deaths of over a hundred turkeys. I haven't eaten turkey since I moved out.
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Man.
Now I want a turkey and cranberry sauce sandwich. Bad.
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I just want to go back home and get some sleep. But some turkey and cranberry sauce does sound good.
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Freehold DM. Did you and CH have a good time?
Hope all in Team TacticsVoltronLions are feeling better soon.
Its shields are powerful, but I believe our beam saber has 'em on the ropes!
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Went for a second look at a house tonight. Looks like I'm going to make an offer on it. Meeting with the realtor on Friday to work on terms.
Gratz! Good luck and don't forget to keep up on your maintenance!!!
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Freehold we should start a chapter of The (Full Contact) National Lightsaber League and Tournament
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Freehold we should start a chapter of The (Full Contact) National Lightsaber League and Tournament
{HEMA grumbles}
What the f*~$ is up with the robes. Wouldn't one fight better without layers of cloth tangling you up.
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Some of it may depend on how pretty you want to stay -- those lightsabers *can* leave marks. There's probably a pic floating around on the web of me stalking away from a kegger saber duel with a double-bladed over my shoulder -- the lighting was "bad", since it was probably around 3 am, but no pads and inebriated coordination left bruises and such you couldn't see till daylight. :) Fun times.
EDIT: And Musashi was right -- stab the face, stomp the sword.
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Freehold we should start a chapter of The (Full Contact) National Lightsaber League and Tournament
I'm pretty sure NY Jedi has us beat to the punch.
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Well, Orbitz is plummeting rapidly in my opinion:
(1) Get a callback number before putting the person on hold
(2) If you believe you will be putting the person on hold for more than 5 minutes, go ahead and let them go, then call them back once you've resolved their issue.
Needless to say, the "very nice lady" did neither, so after 10 minutes on hold I was cut off.
So it's been a busy morning at home and I actually have this "work" thing to do, so I'll try again during my lunch break, but seriously? If you're going to promise to get back within 24 hours, get back within 24 hours. Don't make promises you can't keep. If you'd said, "48 hours", I'd still be patiently waiting. And if you're going to have a call center, make sure it's a competent call center.
We'll see how this plays out, but it's beginning to look like I'm going to cross Orbitz off my, "Ways to make reservations" list...