I feel like being a figment of an imagined imagination is a bit paradoxical.
Eh, not really - if we're simulations, it's probably turtles simulations all the way down, so, notsoveryunlikely. XD
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I feel like being a figment of an imagined imagination is a bit paradoxical.Eh, not really - if we're simulations, it's probablyturtlessimulations all the way down, so, notsoveryunlikely. XD
Wow! You where like super way prepared for that one.
Wow! You where like super way prepared for that one.I feel like being a figment of an imagined imagination is a bit paradoxical.Eh, not really - if we're simulations, it's probablyturtlessimulations all the way down, so, notsoveryunlikely. XD
It's in my wheelhouse.
Also, I did have to spend time looking it up...
>.>
Could it be a difference between unarmed and armed combat techniques? Unarmed fighting, while very dangerous if done right, lacks the stabbing potential of sharp things making minor hits less dangerous than in case of melee weapon combat.Could well be - none of the treatises I've read/systems I've studied have dealt with unarmed combat in much detail (bar a spot of grappling when you get in close), and I've never really looked at Asian martial arts at all, beside a bit of judo when I was tiny (but I'd like to - Gatka/Silat/Filipino Escrima all sound pretty interesting).
Jumping up to kick someone in the head makes sense, providing your opponent doesn't have something long and pointy to threaten you with. I imagine that technique's in Tae Kwon Do (NH? TL?) - if so, I'd be interested to hear how well it works.
Well, jumping is an important part of TKD, but it's not always practical.
TKD is a personal and unarmed martial art, and, in my training so far, doesn't deal much with armed versus unarmed styles.
A number of the techniques actually translate very well into weapons, but those are mostly hand techniques that translate into sword-work (and, hypothetically, dagger-work, though daggers' limited range and small blade make defensive techniques weaker) - foot techniques can and probably should be used against weapon-bearers, but it's non-standard uses of those techniques (and should probably be used only be more advanced students).
The primary benefit (from my admittedly little understanding), however, is a combination of shock-and-awe (surprise/hard-to-read) plus inertia, which, depending entirely on the opponent, could be a bad idea.
There are other martial styles that emphasize jumping more. As an example, the use of the urumi seems to involve jumping to some extent (as a quick Google image search seems to indicate), but I really don't know much about that one - you'd have to research that yourself.
Hope that helps!
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Most parents don't treat packing their children's lunch as something to be competitive about.
I'm not most people.
Tiny T-Rex's lunch today, a peanut butter and nutella sandwich on an English muffin, a carrot "sword", a small gathering of pringles, a bottle of water, and a Halloween themed hostess cupcake.
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Oh, gods! Today's session was yet another reminder of why we have a GMNPC sorceress:
Round 1:
Reckless Ranger rushes into room, heedless of the 4 mooks (known rogues) so he can reach the dual-wielding enemy in the back. He is officially "in deep"
Traitorous Sorceress, supposedly on "our" team, drops Grease in the doorway, because, "I didn't want any of them coming out."
Cue the captain reminding her that they were all rogues, so the Acrobatics check would be meaningless to them, whereas the healer, whom the ranger desperately needs right about then...
... 1.tries to run across the Grease, rolls a natural 1, and falls flat on her tush, taking the rest of the round to stand up. Sorry, ranger! Maybe you'll get some healing next round!
Round 2:
Reckless Ranger gets dropped to negative hit points
Traitorous Sorceress dismisses Grease
Healer runs in and slaps a Heal on the ranger
Round 3:
The dual-wielding enemy drops the ranger back to negative hit points again, so now the Healer and the Bard have to face him down
While that's going on, a wounded mook runs over to menace the sorceresses
2.With clear line of sight to every enemy in the room, the Traitorous Sorceress casts Possession on...
...the mook that's threatening her.
What about the dual-wielding enemy about to carve up the rest of the party, you ask?
Apparently not her problem.
So, I don't get to write up any fun obituaries because our ranger survived thanks to the other sorceress taking down the dual-wielder with three well-placed Scorching Rays, but it was definitely made far more difficult than it should have been.
The best part was getting to curse in Abyssal (Tongues oracle) through the entire fight, to the point Treacherous Sorceress was sure I was going to do bad things to her...
1. Years of ecchi make this seem a lot more appealing than it probably is.
2. [Rick Sanchez]Hey, can't save the party if I'm dead, can I? see you guys in vindicators 4. [/Rick Sanchez]
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Could it be a difference between unarmed and armed combat techniques? Unarmed fighting, while very dangerous if done right, lacks the stabbing potential of sharp things making minor hits less dangerous than in case of melee weapon combat.Could well be - none of the treatises I've read/systems I've studied have dealt with unarmed combat in much detail (bar a spot of grappling when you get in close), and I've never really looked at Asian martial arts at all, beside a bit of judo when I was tiny (but I'd like to - Gatka/Silat/Filipino Escrima all sound pretty interesting).
Jumping up to kick someone in the head makes sense, providing your opponent doesn't have something long and pointy to threaten you with. I imagine that technique's in Tae Kwon Do (NH? TL?) - if so, I'd be interested to hear how well it works.
jumping to kick someone in the head is incredibly foolish unless the circumstances are very exacting. It's usually better to kick the instep as hard as possible.
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With Tiny T-Rex's toe healed we're back to walking to school.
It's quite lovely today.
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Hey, Nobody's Home. You getting tha smoke from the Napa fire? We're smelling it all the way out here in western San Francisco.
Yeah, thanks for telling me what is was. I went out this morning for my stretches and the whole region smells like burning grass, so I knew there was a fire somewhere. Nice to know it's not nearby!
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I just smelled the trees on a brisk fall day.
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Could it be a difference between unarmed and armed combat techniques? Unarmed fighting, while very dangerous if done right, lacks the stabbing potential of sharp things making minor hits less dangerous than in case of melee weapon combat.Could well be - none of the treatises I've read/systems I've studied have dealt with unarmed combat in much detail (bar a spot of grappling when you get in close), and I've never really looked at Asian martial arts at all, beside a bit of judo when I was tiny (but I'd like to - Gatka/Silat/Filipino Escrima all sound pretty interesting).
Jumping up to kick someone in the head makes sense, providing your opponent doesn't have something long and pointy to threaten you with. I imagine that technique's in Tae Kwon Do (NH? TL?) - if so, I'd be interested to hear how well it works.
A direct kick at the head is remarkably slow, so most trained fighters can dodge it. The key is obfuscation. We had the world collegiate champion in my weight class (my job was to tire out opponents so he could win), and his signature move was a spinning hook kick. You'd be amazed how effective spinning kicks are, because you generate a lot of force, they're faster than you'd think, and you can target pretty much anywhere on the person's body with remarkable accuracy. But no, you don't jump.
The only effective "jump kick" I've ever seen is where you fake a kick with one foot, only to hop on the other to switch feet and switch angle of attack. It's effective, but it's nothing like you see in martial arts movies.
My experience in several years of training matches yours: If someone's feet leave the ground, you know their position for the next 0.5-1.0 seconds, and you can hit them with something really nasty.
EDIT: And for a very direct answer, no, I'm 5'6" (168 cm) and I had no trouble at all kicking my 6'6" (183 cm) opponent in the face without my feet ever leaving the ground. You do the splits every day for a reason.
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Could it be a difference between unarmed and armed combat techniques? Unarmed fighting, while very dangerous if done right, lacks the stabbing potential of sharp things making minor hits less dangerous than in case of melee weapon combat.Could well be - none of the treatises I've read/systems I've studied have dealt with unarmed combat in much detail (bar a spot of grappling when you get in close), and I've never really looked at Asian martial arts at all, beside a bit of judo when I was tiny (but I'd like to - Gatka/Silat/Filipino Escrima all sound pretty interesting).
Jumping up to kick someone in the head makes sense, providing your opponent doesn't have something long and pointy to threaten you with. I imagine that technique's in Tae Kwon Do (NH? TL?) - if so, I'd be interested to hear how well it works.
A direct kick at the head is remarkably slow, so most trained fighters can dodge it. The key is obfuscation. We had the world collegiate champion in my weight class (my job was to tire out opponents so he could win), and his signature move was a spinning hook kick. You'd be amazed how effective spinning kicks are, because you generate a lot of force, they're faster than you'd think, and you can target pretty much anywhere on the person's body with remarkable accuracy. But no, you don't jump.
The only effective "jump kick" I've ever seen is where you fake a kick with one foot, only to hop on the other to switch feet and switch angle of attack. It's effective, but it's nothing like you see in martial arts movies.
My experience in several years of training matches yours: If someone's feet leave the ground, you know their position for the next 0.5-1.0 seconds, and you can hit them with something really nasty.
EDIT: And for a very direct answer, no, I'm 5'6" (168 cm) and I had no trouble at all kicking my 6'6" (183 cm) opponent in the face. You do the splits every day for a reason.
this.
Spinning kicks.
Much force.
Very amaze.
Yeah.
I suppose I should have clarified - "jump kick" is not a "jump kick" like in the films at all.
'dat spinning force of inertia... it's hard to withstand...
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Sure. It can be whatever flavor of ice cream you want. And if you're looking for a movie to make you cry, I suggest you ask someone else. I don't really do crying.
I can’t recommend a movie, either, because I tend to at least get teary-eyed for a lot of movies.
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I just smelled the trees on a brisk fall day.
That is a lovely smell.
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Fall is my favorite time of year. Paradoxically, it is also the worst time of year for my depression.
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Badger-badger-badger-badger-badger-badger-badger-badger -
- HE POOOOSSSSTS, HE POOOSSSTSS, HE POOOOOSSSTS, oh he poooosssttss~!
... hello!
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OK, the fire in Santa Rosa is really bad, and we're in a high-pressure heat system right now that makes fires like that go nuts.
Pray for those north of us, folks.
(There's a major river between us and the fire, so no risk to us, but I'm reading the reports and it's Bad. With a capital 'B'.)
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I am and will continue to do so!
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OK, the fire in Santa Rosa is really bad, and we're in a high-pressure heat system right now that makes fires like that go nuts.
Pray for those north of us, folks.
(There's a major river between us and the fire, so no risk to us, but I'm reading the reports and it's Bad. With a capital 'B'.)
Will do. It sounds pretty scary.
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Hey, Nobody's Home. You getting tha smoke from the Napa fire? We're smelling it all the way out here in western San Francisco.Yeah, thanks for telling me what is was. I went out this morning for my stretches and the whole region smells like burning grass, so I knew there was a fire somewhere. Nice to know it's not nearby!
Scared the heck out of me at two a.m. I finally checked Google News.
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You know John your post to somoene else inadvertently may help me with some of the style feats I've been trying to write for my rpg.
GURPS deals with those in a different way than d20. The character can attempt almost every maneuver imaginable (and some that are unimaginable) by making a skill check with a penalty based on the difficulty of the maneuver. Additional training in specific maneuvers reduces the penalties associated with the selected maneuver (though increasing the particular skill used is usually more cost effective, until you hit the skill cap, if any was set by GM).
<.<
>.>
I could use a decent group for GURPS. Mine are rather uncooperative in that particular matter.
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I fear my life has become too stationary, so I walk to the store today!
My list.
Chicken
Blueberries
Seaweed.
It's not the weirdest list I've had.
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Scared the heck out of me at two a.m. I finally checked Google News.Hey, Nobody's Home. You getting tha smoke from the Napa fire? We're smelling it all the way out here in western San Francisco.Yeah, thanks for telling me what is was. I went out this morning for my stretches and the whole region smells like burning grass, so I knew there was a fire somewhere. Nice to know it's not nearby!
I keep forgetting you don't live in Wisconsin.
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If the United Nations of Paizo Roll Call thread is any indication we're (myself and the family) the only people in Wisconsin.
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He must be gearing up for another Holiday Giveaway.Badger-badger-badger-badger-badger-badger-badger-badger -
- HE POOOOSSSSTS, HE POOOSSSTSS, HE POOOOOSSSTS, oh he poooosssttss~!
... hello!
That is definitely in the works. :)
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I keep forgetting you don't live in Wisconsin.Scared the heck out of me at two a.m. I finally checked Google News.Hey, Nobody's Home. You getting tha smoke from the Napa fire? We're smelling it all the way out here in western San Francisco.Yeah, thanks for telling me what is was. I went out this morning for my stretches and the whole region smells like burning grass, so I knew there was a fire somewhere. Nice to know it's not nearby!
Not for thirty years.
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Not for thirty years.I keep forgetting you don't live in Wisconsin.Scared the heck out of me at two a.m. I finally checked Google News.Hey, Nobody's Home. You getting tha smoke from the Napa fire? We're smelling it all the way out here in western San Francisco.Yeah, thanks for telling me what is was. I went out this morning for my stretches and the whole region smells like burning grass, so I knew there was a fire somewhere. Nice to know it's not nearby!
And it hasn't changed.
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OK, the fire in Santa Rosa is really bad, and we're in a high-pressure heat system right now that makes fires like that go nuts.
Pray for those north of us, folks.
(There's a major river between us and the fire, so no risk to us, but I'm reading the reports and it's Bad. With a capital 'B'.)
My roommate's from Santa Rosa. He had to leave a few hours ago to get to his parents.
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Thanks for the feedback, all.
Re: jumping in (Western) martial arts, I'm going to put something up on one of the HEMA FreeholdBook groups.
I suspect the answer will be 'Hahaha you daftie, of course not', but we'll see.
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Scared the heck out of me at two a.m. I finally checked Google News.Hey, Nobody's Home. You getting tha smoke from the Napa fire? We're smelling it all the way out here in western San Francisco.Yeah, thanks for telling me what is was. I went out this morning for my stretches and the whole region smells like burning grass, so I knew there was a fire somewhere. Nice to know it's not nearby!
NobodysWife woke up to it, terrified, looked it up, saw "Santa Rosa" and thought, "Holy carp! My aunt and uncle!"
I brought up the evacuation maps to reassure her, and... oops! Aunt and uncle are in the mandatory evacuation zone!
We called them forthwith and they are safely evacuated to Aunt's sister's house in Petaluma, but we've offered them lodgings if they need them. And they say the fire came within blocks of their house, but they think it didn't quite reach it.
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And it hasn't changed.Not for thirty years.I keep forgetting you don't live in Wisconsin.Scared the heck out of me at two a.m. I finally checked Google News.Hey, Nobody's Home. You getting tha smoke from the Napa fire? We're smelling it all the way out here in western San Francisco.Yeah, thanks for telling me what is was. I went out this morning for my stretches and the whole region smells like burning grass, so I knew there was a fire somewhere. Nice to know it's not nearby!
the state has one less milkmaid. This is a major change.
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Random musings as I settle in to work post-physical-exam:
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Unfortunately, she's young (maybe late 20's, tops) and was obviously uncomfortable with even the digital prostate exam. No testicular examination; no questions; just a complete willful obliviousness that there's something there that needs to be checked.
So I let her get away with it this year, since she's new, but if she can't poke and prod men in uncomfortable places, she shouldn't be doing men's annual physicals.
Now I know what it's like to live in Florida!
It turns out Impus Minor left it on the cat tree outside overnight. And again, it's such a crappy phone that it didn't care at all!
Woo hoo for crap phones!
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On the way out, an amazing new driving frustration: The exit from the hospital is at a T with a light, good visibility, and very rare pedestrian traffic. So I got behind a van that was turning left. No pedestrians. No oncoming traffic (a T, after all). The light turned green. It took them 3-4 seconds to realize it. Then they took their foot off the gas. And that's it. And creeped sloooooooooooooooooowly through the intersection. For the duration of the light! I have never seen a single car take up an ENTIRE light before when there was nothing in its way. Just, "I'm in no hurry, so I don't feel like pressing the gas pedal is necessary."
Now I know what it's like to live in Florida!
I... what?
I mean, I've seen this happen every once in a while, but not often.
Is that a Florida stereotype?
(I've probably experienced more in Chattanooga Tennessee than here, honestly.)
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Scared the heck out of me at two a.m. I finally checked Google News.Hey, Nobody's Home. You getting tha smoke from the Napa fire? We're smelling it all the way out here in western San Francisco.Yeah, thanks for telling me what is was. I went out this morning for my stretches and the whole region smells like burning grass, so I knew there was a fire somewhere. Nice to know it's not nearby!
My roommate and I went outside to see if Stern Grove was on fire or something, because the smell was strong around midnight.
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On the way out, an amazing new driving frustration: The exit from the hospital is at a T with a light, good visibility, and very rare pedestrian traffic. So I got behind a van that was turning left. No pedestrians. No oncoming traffic (a T, after all). The light turned green. It took them 3-4 seconds to realize it. Then they took their foot off the gas. And that's it. And creeped sloooooooooooooooooowly through the intersection. For the duration of the light! I have never seen a single car take up an ENTIRE light before when there was nothing in its way. Just, "I'm in no hurry, so I don't feel like pressing the gas pedal is necessary."
Now I know what it's like to live in Florida!I... what?
I mean, I've seen this happen every once in a while, but not often.
Is that a Florida stereotype?
(I've probably experienced more in Chattanooga Tennessee than here, honestly.)
Yep. Incredibly slow drivers is a very strong Florida stereotype around here.
Though we're a few miles away...
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Finally broke 20,000 words :D and figured out what to do with my Prologue, woot woot.
Okay - well, that's fair. I look at our "incredibly slow drivers" (stereotypically, but not always, older folks) as a different level than 'mosey-on-through' though...
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Speaking of poorly preformed prostate exams, I unfortunately work tonight.
That'll learn me for checking my schedule.
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And it hasn't changed.Not for thirty years.I keep forgetting you don't live in Wisconsin.Scared the heck out of me at two a.m. I finally checked Google News.Hey, Nobody's Home. You getting tha smoke from the Napa fire? We're smelling it all the way out here in western San Francisco.Yeah, thanks for telling me what is was. I went out this morning for my stretches and the whole region smells like burning grass, so I knew there was a fire somewhere. Nice to know it's not nearby!
I imagine the cell service has gotten better.
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Finally broke 20,000 words :D and figured out what to do with my Prologue, woot woot.
Hurry up and fix them bfour ani1 noteices.
Dank oit!
I feel that maybe, perhaps, Japanese anime doesn't quite understand or fully care about Judeo-Christian theology.
Dang it, Blue Exorcist.
Then again, anime doesn't quite understand or fully care about Shinto theology or pretty much any other as well - so equal-opportunity, there! XD
(But, I mean, seriously, how many times has the Vatican been taken over by demonic forces, by this point, anime? It's... it's a lot. I say this as a fan of FFT.)
On an unrelated note: have I ever talked about Big Order? Weird censoring aside (EXTREME LENS FLARES that even Abrams would be confused by)*, it's a really weird series with lots of interesting potential and a really terrible ending.
I mean, that's not unusual for anime, but it amounts to the same ending that FF8 does - "let's all hold hands and hope for the best and believe in friendship, because that clearly works!" - which is especially absurd, given that free will is effectively delusional in the setting (in that it's easily and effectively irrefutably violated without real negative consequences).
I mean, the entire argument is, "If reality is just what we want, it serves no purpose anymore." doesn't make any sense, because the wish, "I want our lives to have meaning." is also granted under that paradigm, which, you know, means opposition is really doofy, at best. What's more, the ending is all hopeful and uplifting in style (making it seem like the heroes' win), but is fundamentally the exact same ending with no discernible difference to as if the heroes' lost (and fundamentally doesn't make sense if the heroes' won, anyway).
The ending is so brain-scratchingly baffling that it really doesn't deserve spoilers, but I've put it in there, anyway.
As an aside, it's really funny - most of the powers in fantasy (even anime) honestly don't quite live up to the power and abilities of science fiction settings, or even just scientific feasibility, even while being way "too powerful" to exist.
It's a weird dichotomy of both "too powerful" and "nowhere near powerful enough" at the same time.
And, you know, I get the idea that it's hard to know what makes "sense"to all sorts of people or concepts, but it's weird how those two things just kind of go way over the top in really weird ways. It's interesting, because it feels strange to compare and contrast those things.
And then there is a really weird interactions, like, "Hey, it's day over there, but night over here, and evil spirits are stronger at night, so we use the power of Time Zones to open a magic gate to where it's daytime so the spirits susceptible to daylight get weakened..." Man, science-fantasy is awesome.
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Finally broke 20,000 words :D and figured out what to do with my Prologue, woot woot.
Congratulations! XD
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Contemplating getting a part-time job to supplement my Security "career." Since I returned to work, my weekly hours have been reduced by four, and my first full pay is $80 less than what it was before I went into the Hospital. Any suggestions?
So, the problem is, anything that would be "relatively relaxing" typically pays only $8-$10/hour, if that. And that's around here, land of the "$3000 for a one-bedroom apartment? That seems... reasonable..." I know a lot of my students sought out the aforementioned "mom and pop shops" that are owner-run, where the owner is usually there 8-12 hours a day, and where you get to work side-by-side with the owner him- or herself.
My mother-in-law, NobodysWife, and I have all had fantastic retail experiences working in such situations, though you still, unfortunately, have to deal with the general public. Which is never fun.But for a part-time, "I just need work with no benefits, please" type of job, those are places that don't end up being hellish. They just don't pay well, and don't give benefits at all. I can't tell you how many near-retiree or post-retirees populate the various ice cream and toy shops up and down Solano Avenue, picking up some cash on the side and passing the time.
I'd avoid big-box chains and restaurants. Far, far, far more stressful.
Though I'll admit, the people who work at our local Trader Joe's seem honestly happy to be working there. I don't know whether it's all a lacquered veneer, but it's the only chain store I've ever seen where the employees actually seem happy.