
gran rey de los mono |
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One really cold morning last winter my wife sent me a text that said "Windows won't open, totally frozen. Help."
I replied "Carefully pour warm, not hot, water over them and tap edges with your hand. If that doesn't work, try gently tapping with a hammer."
15 minutes later she texted back "Uhh, I think the laptop is completely broken now."

Freehold DM |
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John Napier 698 wrote:That is my Weather Dominator! Give it back!Tacticslion wrote:I also don't know what it means, and I'm super okay with that. :DA Weather Dominator is a Weather control device from the old '80s G.I.Joe cartoon. The humor is that Freehold got his at a COBRA Garage Sale. But why would anyone want to buy a garage, when you could build one? :)
I paid you ten dollars for it fair and square!

Freehold DM |
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NobodysHome wrote:
Hey, "Impus Major Gamer" is just a frigging AWESOME name, any which way you slice it!
And, in the spirit of this page so far, get nekkid, you!
Sorry, whiskey, tango, foxtrot?
Besides, your wife has actually seen me naked relatively recently and she can attest, no one needs to see that, especially in daylight.
takes nobody's wife out for coffee, snacks, discussion of naked lisamarlene in daylight vs other sources of lighting

Tacticslion |
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So, yesterday, for fun, I helped my Eldest make a new character for Neverwinter Nights!
I'm so proud!
He made all his own choices: it's a fighter, who is a girl, that is entirely... green... and... has... a... high... charisma.
...
... Captain Kirk would be so proud!
(Coincidentally, though my Eldest did not, I and my Youngest both watched the new 2009 Star Trek film that same day. Hm.)
EDIT: okay, I don't suppose a six-year-old film can really be considered "new" anymore.

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So, yesterday, for fun, I helped my Eldest make a new character for Neverwinter Nights!
I'm so proud!
He made all his own choices: it's a fighter, who is a girl, that is entirely... green... and... has... a... high... charisma.
...
... Captain Kirk would be so proud!
(Coincidentally, though my Eldest did not, I and my Youngest both watched the
new2009 Star Trek film that same day. Hm.)EDIT: okay, I don't suppose a six-year-old film can really be considered "new" anymore.
Maybe he has seen Guardians of the Galaxy and wants to play Gamora.
Anyway, kids often want to play the most visually bizarre things.
Some of them never get over that phase.
*Remembers a grown up player who insisted on playing in L5R a occidental looking woman with her hair dyed purple, different colored eyes, who wore a kimono that showed one of her breasts and slept with her horse instead of in a proper room. The GM ended allowing it, but warned him that society was very traditional and that his character could be treated poorly. He said he was OK with it. Then he was pissed off because people didn't inherently trust his character.*

NobodysHome |
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NobodysHome wrote:
Hey, "Impus Major Gamer" is just a frigging AWESOME name, any which way you slice it!
And, in the spirit of this page so far, get nekkid, you!
Sorry, whiskey, tango, foxtrot?
Besides, your wife has actually seen me naked relatively recently and she can attest, no one needs to see that, especially in daylight.
As my father used to say, "If a joke requires an explanation, you shouldn't bother, because it wasn't funny anyway."
If he were to say it now, it would be pretty creepy...

NobodysHome |
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Well, I don't know whether to celebrate or feel chagrined:
On the one hand, I'm happy to finally see Global Megacorp enforcing some kind of standards.
On the other hand, I'm not the sort of person who EVER loves to see someone else get smacked down because I ratted them out...
Damn being Lawful Good! Moral conflicts are the WORST!

NobodysHome |
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Another unproductive day comes to a close...
LOL. As of Friday, I finished all of my own projects, and bailing out my peers. So my manager has no work for me other than, "Maybe help the new person get started on this course we have no documentation on yet."
So it's a pretty relaxing week for me, capped off by a 3-day weekend.
Life is good... for a week...

Freehold DM |
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spinning through familiar territory in my customized y-wing
R5 unit behind cockpit warns of incoming blaster fire from the dreaded Tuesday Imperial Elite Squad
angles deflector shields poorly, hull takes some damage
has ion turret return fire while attempting to breathe life into engines
ionizes one fighter, still have 2 to worry about
attempts acrobatic maneuvers in a y wing
this is not a good idea

captain yesterday |
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Musical Interlude - Clutch edition.
Just because.

Rosita the Riveter |
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My last day at my job is rapidly approaching. I know I'm doing the right thing for my future in leaving, but I will miss two things: constantly being able to buy craft beer at Budweiser prices, and the steady flow of free samples the beer distributors throw as us retail guys to get us to order cases of their product.
Okay, I might miss the constant crazy homeless shoplifter shenanigans a little, too.

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I wear cargo shorts nearly year round.
The only time I don't is at work, when I forget to do laundry, and when it gets -30 out.
And yes, love the pockets. Except when I have to find my keys... every pocket is a suspect...
Shorts don't work for me at any time of year. I'm too, well, short. If I get shorts from the guys section of the store, they're just awkward pants. If I get shorts from the girls section of the store they're so short they're practically underpants. (WTF?) Or I try capris, which are actually pants on me, but the nice thing is that I don't have to hem them like I do with normal pants. So I just wear linen trousers all summer. Bonus, keeping my skin covered reduces the likelihood of sunburn. :)
But I'm still jealous of those pockets....
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You know you want baggy pants with huge pockets and embarrassing patterns on them! You know you do!captain yesterday wrote:I wear cargo shorts nearly year round.
The only time I don't is at work, when I forget to do laundry, and when it gets -30 out.
And yes, love the pockets. Except when I have to find my keys... every pocket is a suspect...
Shorts don't work for me at any time of year. I'm too, well, short. If I get shorts from the guys section of the store, they're just awkward pants. If I get shorts from the girls section of the store they're so short they're practically underpants. (WTF?) Or I try capris, which are actually pants on me, but the nice thing is that I don't have to hem them like I do with normal pants. So I just wear linen trousers all summer. Bonus, keeping my skin covered reduces the likelihood of sunburn. :)
But I'm still jealous of those pockets....