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The girl scouts make cookies.
I hadn't heard.
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I actually grew out of liking Thin Mints. Can't really stand them anymore.
It's all Tagalongs and Samoas for me now.
The link again, for anyone who missed it at the bottom of the page.
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Thin Mints have always been confectionary betrayal. Evil mint in a deceptively benign chocolate guise...
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The space and science museum had a scribble-bot building station today. My daughter spent over an hour tinkering with her design, was heartbroken when she couldn't take it home, and when her hair got caught in the motor, *CHOSE TO CUT A LOCK OF HER HAIR RATHER THAN DISASSEMBLE IT*. This. Does. Not. Happen. Now she's begging me to go to the electronic bits store to buy motors and wires and... things. So she can build more at home.
I feel ridiculously out of my depth.
Did you really want to post that on Paizo where Hi, Shiro, and I would see it?
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I've got snuffles now. Hope it doesn't get worse.
Awwww! Kyuuuuute snuffley kittie!
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Using the cast iron teapot I got for Christmas. It does a good job of holding heat, which is awesome as I have a regrettable tendency to wander away after I make tea and then come back once it's gone cold. :)Cast iron teapot sounds like a good idea.
We got Hi a cast iron teapot for Christmas. He luuurves it.
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Did you really want to post that on Paizo where Hi, Shiro, and I would see it?The space and science museum had a scribble-bot building station today. My daughter spent over an hour tinkering with her design, was heartbroken when she couldn't take it home, and when her hair got caught in the motor, *CHOSE TO CUT A LOCK OF HER HAIR RATHER THAN DISASSEMBLE IT*. This. Does. Not. Happen. Now she's begging me to go to the electronic bits store to buy motors and wires and... things. So she can build more at home.
I feel ridiculously out of my depth.
Honestly?
YES.Because she needs someone who understands and loves the subject to show her a bit of what is possible.
I am great at humanities and anything that involves needles, and am tolerable with hand tools and knocking things together, but my knowledge of electricity ends with how to install a ceiling fan.
And her teacher at school is a musician with an education degree. Science isn't her thing.
So, damned straight, this is a job for the strange uncles.
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What is normal body temperature for a cat anyways?
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Cold kitty.
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Are you sure? You could have. I'd get it looked at.
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Like a dinosaur it just took him a few extra years to realize.
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Don't feel bad people say that about me all the time. I know some advice about that it will only cost you...
About tree fiddy.
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Don't trust that one. If you give him any money he will only keep showing up asking for more.
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You can keep the leeches. wasn't Trois some bad early 2000 horror movie?
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I've got an anomalic body temp, too -- a whopping 96.8 F. No medical personnel believe me -- till they check it.
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And: get better, Mort!
Strange Uncles For the Win!!
Thou shalt not blaspheme the glorious Tagalong, TOZ!! :)
In other news: starting another job tomorrow morning. Gonna have *two* sources of income! Won't know what to do with the $$$. But, then -- I'll be too busy to spend it . . . . lol
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All girl scout cookies are weird to me. Chocolate chip or bugger off.
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That is a lot of hate.
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Coconut = Blecch.
To communicate politely, if not completely . . . .
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But what is Laksa without coconut? Or kueh lapis?
Malay/Indian/Nonya cooking uses a lot of coconut.
I love chocolate and mint cookies myself, not that I can take them now...
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The space and science museum had a scribble-bot building station today. My daughter spent over an hour tinkering with her design, was heartbroken when she couldn't take it home, and when her hair got caught in the motor, *CHOSE TO CUT A LOCK OF HER HAIR RATHER THAN DISASSEMBLE IT*. This. Does. Not. Happen. Now she's begging me to go to the electronic bits store to buy motors and wires and... things. So she can build more at home.
I feel ridiculously out of my depth.
This is how robo-calypse starts.
However, I think that zombies have a head start on robots...
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Did you really want to post that on Paizo where Hi, Shiro, and I would see it?The space and science museum had a scribble-bot building station today. My daughter spent over an hour tinkering with her design, was heartbroken when she couldn't take it home, and when her hair got caught in the motor, *CHOSE TO CUT A LOCK OF HER HAIR RATHER THAN DISASSEMBLE IT*. This. Does. Not. Happen. Now she's begging me to go to the electronic bits store to buy motors and wires and... things. So she can build more at home.
I feel ridiculously out of my depth.Honestly?
YES.
Because she needs someone who understands and loves the subject to show her a bit of what is possible.
I am great at humanities and anything that involves needles, and am tolerable with hand tools and knocking things together, but my knowledge of electricity ends with how to install a ceiling fan.
And her teacher at school is a musician with an education degree. Science isn't her thing.
So, damned straight, this is a job for the strange uncles.
The Strange Uncles have been informed. Let robopocalypse ensue...
(Honestly, I bought The Fake Russian's daughter that massive electronics kit last year just to irritate him (and to force him to spend time with her because she'd need help) and he still talks about what a great present it was. Between me, Hi, and Shiro, I'm sure we'll find "things". And Hi isn't planning on leaving for his Japan (and now Singapore) trip until late February, so he can drop by and get her started. He spent many, MANY hours sitting on the floor building stuff with Impus Major when the lad was wee).
EDIT: And was this Chabot? Or somewhere else? I want to make a field trip (or send Hi because I'm lazy and employed) to see the kits in question...
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What is normal body temperature for a cat anyways?Google says 101.5, so she's actually hypothermic.
Gotta love Google. One of my favorites continues to be, "Choose a famous quote, translate it into a language similar to your own (e.g. German) and back again. Do it a few times."
If you choose a dissimilar language such as Chinese or Japanese you get gobbledy g+~~. But a similar language can produce some real entertainment.
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And this mention of body temperatures brings me to an anomaly of my family that I think I've mentioned before. My dad, my brother, and myself all have below normal body temperatures. My "normal" is about 98.2, my brother hovers at around 98.0, and our dad clocks in at an astonishing 97.8. This has led to some interesting conversations with medical personnel who are unaware of this. Like showing up for a school physical and being told "You should really go to the ER right now because you're body temp is too low and you could DIE!"
Spoiler alert: I didn't die.
Well, everyone is *supposed* to know that 98.6 is the mean, NOT an absolute, but as usual math illiteracy conquers all.
I'm surprised medical personnel would be that poorly-trained though. When I was younger I was a 96.8-er. Now I'm a 97.3-er. I'm convinced it, calorie intake, and cold resistance are related (if you don't need to keep your body as warm, you don't need as many calories, and it's easier to maintain the temperature when it's cold outside), but the limited evidence I have is scattered all over the map.
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You can't make a good curry without coconut! But if you're allergic, yes stay clear of it.
You haven't had my lamb vindaloo.
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Did you really want to post that on Paizo where Hi, Shiro, and I would see it?The space and science museum had a scribble-bot building station today. My daughter spent over an hour tinkering with her design, was heartbroken when she couldn't take it home, and when her hair got caught in the motor, *CHOSE TO CUT A LOCK OF HER HAIR RATHER THAN DISASSEMBLE IT*. This. Does. Not. Happen. Now she's begging me to go to the electronic bits store to buy motors and wires and... things. So she can build more at home.
I feel ridiculously out of my depth.Honestly?
YES.
Because she needs someone who understands and loves the subject to show her a bit of what is possible.
I am great at humanities and anything that involves needles, and am tolerable with hand tools and knocking things together, but my knowledge of electricity ends with how to install a ceiling fan.
And her teacher at school is a musician with an education degree. Science isn't her thing.
So, damned straight, this is a job for the strange uncles.
The Strange Uncles have been informed. Let robopocalypse ensue...
(Honestly, I bought The Fake Russian's daughter that massive electronics kit last year just to irritate him (and to force him to spend time with her because she'd need help) and he still talks about what a great present it was. Between me, Hi, and Shiro, I'm sure we'll find "things". And Hi isn't planning on leaving for his Japan (and now Singapore) trip until late February, so he can drop by and get her started. He spent many, MANY hours sitting on the floor building stuff with Impus Major when the lad was wee).
EDIT: And was this Chabot? Or somewhere else? I want to make a field trip (or send Hi because I'm lazy and employed) to see the kits in question...
Yes, it was the Chabot. But the "kit" was just a table with little bins of parts: 1.5v DC motors, counterweights for the motors, AA batteries, wires, and then lots of random bits of rubber band, tape, and things to build out of (margarine tubs, Solo cups, etc.). And she was in heaven.
And, by the by, Lamb Vindaloo would be a great option for the 3rd.
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And this mention of body temperatures brings me to an anomaly of my family that I think I've mentioned before. My dad, my brother, and myself all have below normal body temperatures. My "normal" is about 98.2, my brother hovers at around 98.0, and our dad clocks in at an astonishing 97.8. This has led to some interesting conversations with medical personnel who are unaware of this. Like showing up for a school physical and being told "You should really go to the ER right now because you're body temp is too low and you could DIE!"
Spoiler alert: I didn't die.
Well, everyone is *supposed* to know that 98.6 is the mean, NOT an absolute, but as usual math illiteracy conquers all.
I'm surprised medical personnel would be that poorly-trained though. When I was younger I was a 96.8-er. Now I'm a 97.3-er. I'm convinced it, calorie intake, and cold resistance are related (if you don't need to keep your body as warm, you don't need as many calories, and it's easier to maintain the temperature when it's cold outside), but the limited evidence I have is scattered all over the map.
I'm pretty much the same way, I don't know how resistant to cold I am, but I do wear shorts regularly until it drops below zero.
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Thanks to the perpetual cockup that is the American rail system, my children are going to wake up in an hour and a half thinking they're going to take their father to the train station, only to find out that he already left at 3:30 this morning and they won't see him again until breakfast on Friday.
Without a hug goodbye.
Stupid Amtrak.
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Thanks to the perpetual cockup that is the American rail system, my children are going to wake up in an hour and a half thinking they're going to take their father to the train station, only to find out that he already left at 3:30 this morning and they won't see him again until breakfast on Friday.
Without a hug goodbye.Stupid Amtrak.
Oh, Gods. I'd *love* to take the train to Seattle so the kids could visit their cousins, but it's already a 24-hour ride, and it routinely runs 24 hours late.
What other public transit system can DOUBLE its travel time and not even offer you a friggin' coupon?!?!?