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I was thinking of a paladin in satin pajamas.
But, a Warpriest in pajamas is also good.
Sacred fist (a warpriest archetype) can fight in their pajamas!
They can even do it nekkid!
I meant those sacred fists, not me!
*puts on clothes*
♫ Let's pee in the corner. ♫
♫ Let's pee in the spot. Light. ♫
♫ Confusin' all the pigeons. ♫
Wait is this a jimmy buffet song or an R kelly song?
♫ I believe I'm a spy ♫
♫ I'm relieved I can touch this guy ♫
♫ I drink Bacardi every night in May ♫
♫ Bread and things make me fly away ♫
I am reminded why I don't like jimmy buffet
♫ Let's pee in the corner. ♫
♫ Let's pee in the spot. Light. ♫
♫ Confusin' all the pigeons. ♫
Tryin' to steep a pie in pee,
But I don't know if I can do it.Bono's chives sped slow mulch,
I haven't shed a muff.
I'm jealous... It costs like $80+ minimum for a concert lasting 4h here. My BF and I went distant worlds concert the last time it was in Singapore.£30 for all 3 days, although my friend (well friends dad actually) had 4 free tickets. So I ended up with 3 unused tickets.Oh wow...a music festival full of metal...*starts headbanging*
How much were the tickets again? Though I think it'd be the plane tickets that'd burn a hole in my pocket.
Wow, that looks cool. But most of the concerts I go to (not that many, 2-3 festivals a year & maybe as many concerts), are generally a smaller scale than that - thus cheaper. The cheapest was at a regular venue, but each of the 3 acts were solo performers & the tickets were something stupid like £6.
Yeesh, it's getting dark outside in the morning.
And in typical Wisconsin tradition our high temperature for the next three days.
Today 62
Tomorrow 79
Thursday 58, and windy as f~$*.
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Yeah. Unless the printer model you have is 'old' and the manufacturer wants to push you to a newer model. Nothing like a windows version update to 'help' costumers along to a new, 'better' printer. At a 'competative' cost of course.People keep telling me I'll get used to Windows 10.
Instead, it seems like every week I find a new reason to hate it.
This week was a twofer:
(1) The aforementioned, "We've combined your hardware and software mute buttons without telling you! Enjoy!" that bit me yesterday.
(2) This morning I was printing my payslip (what can I say? I'm old. I keep 10 years of records on everything). I have been printing docs on Windows for 20+ years now, thanks. So when I say, "I could not find a 2-sided option anywhere", please believe that for my particular printer, there was no 2-sided option. So my 2-page payslip ended up taking 2 pages of paper.Seriously, Microsoft? Your "latest-n-greatest OS" is making me long for the 90s?
(I'm sure if I take a few minutes I'll find the 2-sided option. But the fact that I have to do a thorough search of every configuration option just to print duplex is downright pathetic.)
EDIT: Nope. I'm wrong. MS's driver for my printer just has no 2-sided option. Wow, Microsoft. Just... wow...
Yeah, I know it's supposedly the printer manufacturer who's providing the driver, but considering on EVERY OTHER COMPUTER, including my Windows 7 machine, the 2-sided option is there, it's hard to believe the printer manufacturer would say, "Nah, let's not do this on Windows 10 for, er, reasons..."
Just bought it last year, so I think it's just M$ being a$$hats again.
Trouble is, at work I'm stuck on Windows. All our development is in Word and PowerPoint (with lots of templates and macros just to be sure alternatives such as OpenOffice aren't an option), and trust me, you don't want to be on an Apple using THOSE.
OMG NO. Ive worked at a company what had both windows and apple in a single enviroment and that SUCKED.
I'm currently at a company that is wholely linux. And while priterdrivers are still 'interesting', a lot of other stuff is real nice.
Damn is it a cheery morning.
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Welcome to U.S. Health Care -- any anaesthetic costs money, so insurers deny all such claims:
Impus Minor's surgery to screw his elbow back together after he broke his arm: Surgery approved, anaesthetic denied
NobodysWife's surgery to remove her gall bladder: Surgery approved, anaesthetic denied
As I said upthread, the people who make such decisions should spend their lives undergoing ALL medical treatments sans anaesthesia.As it is, if anaesthesia IS medically necessary, they deny it and you get to fight to get it paid for. If it's considered a "luxury"; for example, for childbirth or TS's treatment, they won't offer it, and if you ask for it, they may or may not pay for it.
Whee?
Who the F in their right mind would scedule abdominal surgery (even if its with those remote thingies) without anaesthesia?
Costs be damned, its actually dangerous!
I don't know whats happening anymore.
Me 'n' Jim are singing 'Hosing Mylie's Pigeon', by Auntie Em, with all the right lyrics.
I was thinking of a paladin in satin pajamas.
But, a Warpriest in pajamas is also good.
Sacred fist (a warpriest archetype) can fight in their pajamas!
They can even do it nekkid!
I meant those sacred fists, not me!
*puts on clothes*
I'm sure if I saw you naked you would punch me.
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Yeesh, it's getting dark outside in the morning.
And in typical Wisconsin tradition our high temperature for the next three days.
Today 62
Tomorrow 79
Thursday 58, and windy as f@!*.
Thursday sounds heavenly.
Will there be milkmaids?
G*~+#*n that's a slippery slope.
Yeesh, it's getting dark outside in the morning.
And in typical Wisconsin tradition our high temperature for the next three days.
Today 62
Tomorrow 79
Thursday 58, and windy as f@!*.Thursday sounds heavenly.
Will there be milkmaids?
And just over 3 hours south of Cap...
Today 73
Tomorrow 89 (w/66% humidity and all sorts of cloudy)
Thursday 67
And the rest of the 10 day forecast pretty well bounces between 72 and 82, with 6 days out of 7 having a 60% chance of rain.
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something sounds off here. You need anesthetic for those procedures. As awesome as your wife and son are, I dont see them calmly relaxing while someone slices into them. Was there local anesthetic?Welcome to U.S. Health Care -- any anaesthetic costs money, so insurers deny all such claims:
Impus Minor's surgery to screw his elbow back together after he broke his arm: Surgery approved, anaesthetic denied
NobodysWife's surgery to remove her gall bladder: Surgery approved, anaesthetic denied
As I said upthread, the people who make such decisions should spend their lives undergoing ALL medical treatments sans anaesthesia.As it is, if anaesthesia IS medically necessary, they deny it and you get to fight to get it paid for. If it's considered a "luxury"; for example, for childbirth or TS's treatment, they won't offer it, and if you ask for it, they may or may not pay for it.
Whee?
Not quite what I meant: The hospital provided the necessary anaesthetic for both procedures, then the insurance company attempted to refuse to pay for it, claiming it had been "optional" in both cases.
Yes, I won both times and got reimbursed, but having to fight for anaesthetic is just wrong.
*pfew* that is a lot better
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When I was a kid I read d&d, books about history and archaeology, listened to music, and watched TV.My best friend to this day introduced me to D&D heavy metal and MTG all at once. I dove in so hard. I was around 13 I think.
Teach your kids to play MTG and they will never have money for drugs ;)
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One of these days I just want to go with Shiro into Games of Berkeley and, having never even looked at the rules for MTG before, drop $4k-$5k on a "deck to beat all decks".
Just to make kids cry.
And because pay-to-win sucks.
It's why I'm not a fan of card games like MTG.
Yes it is. The VMWare team finally fixed the issues that was causing a lot of daily whack-a-mole with our VDI system, and this morning has been preternaturally quiet thus far.
One of these days I just want to go with Shiro into Games of Berkeley and, having never even looked at the rules for MTG before, drop $4k-$5k on a "deck to beat all decks".
Just to make kids cry.
And because pay-to-win sucks.
disposable income wars suck no matter what system they are in. Although paizo and others paved the way in cost saving and in just having everything available online.
One of these days I just want to go with Shiro into Games of Berkeley and, having never even looked at the rules for MTG before, drop $4k-$5k on a "deck to beat all decks".
Just to make kids cry.
And because pay-to-win sucks.
MTG? I think the deck to beat all decks will be more than $4k-$5k...
Although it should still be within Shiro's means.
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Speaking of jobs, job interviews, and the like, Gothbard is approaching her 3-year anniversary at her current job, which is an eternity in her industry. ("What? You actually stuck around for the complete development cycle? Who DOES that?!?!?")
Needless to say, the headhunting calls have started rolling in, including a call from a massive megacorporation utterly infamous for abusing its customers and its employees alike.
She's doing the interview anyway.
Why?
(1) Practice. Interviewing for a global megacorporation is really good practice in dealing with the inane, soulless, written-by-clueless-committees-who-have-no-idea-what-the-job-actually-entai ls questions that you get during interviews. And dealing with them politely.
(2) Security. Global megacorporations are notoriously slow in their offers. She can see how many offers line up and pick and choose. And no matter what happens over the next 1-2 years, the global corporation will have her flagged.
Seriously. If we get to the point of making someone an offer and they come back 3-4 years later and say, "Oh, I've decided to accept your offer," then if we still have an opening (that's the big "if"), we'll hire them.
Anyway, she's enjoying it. Just chatting with a headhunter on an early rainy morning in October.
Yes. We have our first rain of the season! Hallelujah/curses! (Our roofer took too long, so it's raining on our ancient leaky roof, meaning it's time to check for where to put the buckets...)
Go for it Gothbard.
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Teach your kids to play MTG and they will never have money for drugs ;)When I was a kid I read d&d, books about history and archaeology, listened to music, and watched TV.My best friend to this day introduced me to D&D heavy metal and MTG all at once. I dove in so hard. I was around 13 I think.
I have seen this happen before.
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One of these days I just want to go with Shiro into Games of Berkeley and, having never even looked at the rules for MTG before, drop $4k-$5k on a "deck to beat all decks".
Just to make kids cry.
And because pay-to-win sucks.
And then when you leave give them all to the youngest kid you can find.
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Speaking of jobs, job interviews, and the like, Gothbard is approaching her 3-year anniversary at her current job, which is an eternity in her industry. ("What? You actually stuck around for the complete development cycle? Who DOES that?!?!?")
Needless to say, the headhunting calls have started rolling in, including a call from a massive megacorporation utterly infamous for abusing its customers and its employees alike.
She's doing the interview anyway.
Why?
(1) Practice. Interviewing for a global megacorporation is really good practice in dealing with the inane, soulless, written-by-clueless-committees-who-have-no-idea-what-the-job-actually-entai ls questions that you get during interviews. And dealing with them politely.
(2) Security. Global megacorporations are notoriously slow in their offers. She can see how many offers line up and pick and choose. And no matter what happens over the next 1-2 years, the global corporation will have her flagged.
Seriously. If we get to the point of making someone an offer and they come back 3-4 years later and say, "Oh, I've decided to accept your offer," then if we still have an opening (that's the big "if"), we'll hire them.Anyway, she's enjoying it. Just chatting with a headhunter on an early rainy morning in October.
Yes. We have our first rain of the season! Hallelujah/curses! (Our roofer took too long, so it's raining on our ancient leaky roof, meaning it's time to check for where to put the buckets...)
The good news for you two is that you're at a point in your lives (both financially and age) where she doesn't *have* to chase the higher paycheck if she doesn't want to, and can make career happiness the biggest factor over who pays the most. Obviously I'm not saying money isn't a factor at all (you do live in the Bay Area, after all), but you're still in a spot most people can only dream of being in.
Ten o'clock in the morning and I'm already done with work.
G$!~%@n f*%&ing rain.
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And then when you leave give them all to the youngest kid you can find.One of these days I just want to go with Shiro into Games of Berkeley and, having never even looked at the rules for MTG before, drop $4k-$5k on a "deck to beat all decks".
Just to make kids cry.
And because pay-to-win sucks.
dont do that. Magic players are some of the most dedicated con men imaginable. Only yugioh players are worse(and even then they just steal your cards or beat you up for them). Some jerk will find a way to con those cards out of that kid.
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You're absolutely right! Burn them in the parking lot.
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I'm attempting to put together a scholarship essay workshop, and I've lost my mind to the point of going full "show, don't tell" on the "what not to do" part.
Newest TV addiction, British baking shows.
Every other competition begins with "Now, this is traditionally inedible, but we want you to try to make one that tastes good!"
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These notes make me feel like I've had a stroke.
Things to Avoid:
Misspellings - The first thin judges will throw out are essays with simpel spelling erors.
No capitalization - i think you know why. how can i take you seriously?
Missing/excess punctuation - If, you put commas where they, don’t need to be but you leave out necessary commas your message, is hard to read
Think it'll make the kids remember it?
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These notes make me feel like I've had a stroke.
Things to Avoid:
Misspellings - The first thin judges will throw out are essays with simpel spelling erors.
No capitalization - i think you know why. how can i take you seriously?
Missing/excess punctuation - If, you put commas where they, don’t need to be but you leave out necessary commas your message, is hard to readThink it'll make the kids remember it?
I think it's really useful to give examples, and I think your examples are good.
People respond much better to concrete examples and reasons than they do abstract absolutes such as, "Don't do this. EVER!!!"
For example, I tell people that if I receive a resume with misspellings or poor grammar, I immediately throw it in the trash.
They ask how I can be so judgemental.
I respond, "Your resume is supposed to represent the best work you can possibly do. If you can't be bothered to run a simple spell check on your resume and then have a couple of friends read it for clarity, then what kind of job are you going to do for me?"
It usually gets the point across.
These notes make me feel like I've had a stroke.
Things to Avoid:
Misspellings - The first thin judges will throw out are essays with simpel spelling erors.
No capitalization - i think you know why. how can i take you seriously?
Missing/excess punctuation - If, you put commas where they, don’t need to be but you leave out necessary commas your message, is hard to readThink it'll make the kids remember it?
if it helps, I prefer being told what not to do instead of what to do.
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These notes make me feel like I've had a stroke.
Things to Avoid:
Misspellings - The first thin judges will throw out are essays with simpel spelling erors.
No capitalization - i think you know why. how can i take you seriously?
Missing/excess punctuation - If, you put commas where they, don’t need to be but you leave out necessary commas your message, is hard to readThink it'll make the kids remember it?
I think it's really useful to give examples, and I think your examples are good.
People respond much better to concrete examples and reasons than they do abstract absolutes such as, "Don't do this. EVER!!!"
For example, I tell people that if I receive a resume with misspellings or poor grammar, I immediately throw it in the trash.
They ask how I can be so judgemental.
I respond, "Your resume is supposed to represent the best work you can possibly do. If you can't be bothered to run a simple spell check on your resume and then have a couple of friends read it for clarity, then what kind of job are you going to do for me?"It usually gets the point across.
I do hate misspellings and poor grammar. But there are some words that are no longer spelled the way I remember them.
if it helps, I prefer being told what not to do instead of what to do.These notes make me feel like I've had a stroke.
Things to Avoid:
Misspellings - The first thin judges will throw out are essays with simpel spelling erors.
No capitalization - i think you know why. how can i take you seriously?
Missing/excess punctuation - If, you put commas where they, don’t need to be but you leave out necessary commas your message, is hard to readThink it'll make the kids remember it?
I'm doing both. A lot of my kids really depend on having guidelines, so it's pretty general. Answer the entire prompt. Stay on topic. Be concise. Proofread your paper before you turn it in. And then a lot of show-don't-tell what not to do items regarding said proofreading.
I'm hoping it encourages them to go after more scholarships (a lot of kids just nope out as soon as they hear "essay requirement") and makes them a little more comfortable with the essay process overall.
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These notes make me feel like I've had a stroke.
Things to Avoid:
Misspellings - The first thin judges will throw out are essays with simpel spelling erors.
No capitalization - i think you know why. how can i take you seriously?
Missing/excess punctuation - If, you put commas where they, don’t need to be but you leave out necessary commas your message, is hard to readThink it'll make the kids remember it?
I think it's really useful to give examples, and I think your examples are good.
People respond much better to concrete examples and reasons than they do abstract absolutes such as, "Don't do this. EVER!!!"
For example, I tell people that if I receive a resume with misspellings or poor grammar, I immediately throw it in the trash.
They ask how I can be so judgemental.
I respond, "Your resume is supposed to represent the best work you can possibly do. If you can't be bothered to run a simple spell check on your resume and then have a couple of friends read it for clarity, then what kind of job are you going to do for me?"It usually gets the point across.
It's not even the worst thing I've done to them. Their first presentation always earns a visual literacy lecture. They all immediately glaze over.
Then I pull up the No-No Slide - a neon yellow background with teal, white, and lime green text in three different fonts (one of which is Comic Sans) and random clown clipart.
It always horrifies them, and there's always at least one person who calls out "My eyes!" I usually don't have a problem with their slideshows after that.
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I cannot fathom how some people think/don't think. I had to introduce a new process to someone because the previous one they were using simply didn't work. I was worried about the more difficult steps of the process, so I wanted to do a walk-through to get the user comfortable.
The difficult spots? Flew through them without asking a single question, and did it perfectly.
The easy stuff...like "pick this printer instead of that one"...completely stopped her in her tracks. Stumped. Deer in the headlights.
It's probably best that I decided not to become a high school chemistry and physics teacher.
Oh, gosh, that's me in a nutshell. Complicated stuff makes sense, and the 'easy' stuff stops me in my tracks. The problem is usually that folks gloss over the instructions for the easy parts because they're supposed to be easy/intuitive, but that's not how my brain works and I get stuck on something that I can't figure out how to connect from here to there. But the stuff that it seems like should need a whole book of instructions is sooooo obvious and then I get impatient because of course I understood that! :)
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I was discharged yesterday and am back at work today!
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Going to a Renn Faire is worth it once, IMO, but further visits even to different Faires produce diminishing returns in fun. I've been to half a dozen during the course of my life, and if I never see another I won't even remember.
I love Renn! We go every year. In full costume of course. Don't even drink or anything. But at this point we've developed friendships with the vendors and performers so there's always cool people to talk to and interesting things to see. So, there's that. And you have to learn what to buy. A lot of the 'touristy' stuff is way overpriced. But leather goods, some of the fancier costumes, some jewelry, and various art can be really good deals on one of a kind high quality stuff. And we don't really haggle, but we often get a repeat customer discount when we show up to a shop all decked out in their stuff. :)
Anyhow, yeah, it depends on the faire you go to and who you go with and what you're wearing what kind of renn experience you have. Or I just like an excuse to cosplay and go shopping for pretties. Whatever. ;)
Freehold hungers.
These notes make me feel like I've had a stroke.
Things to Avoid:
Misspellings - The first thin judges will throw out are essays with simpel spelling erors.
No capitalization - i think you know why. how can i take you seriously?
Missing/excess punctuation - If, you put commas where they, don’t need to be but you leave out necessary commas your message, is hard to readThink it'll make the kids remember it?
I think it's really useful to give examples, and I think your examples are good.
People respond much better to concrete examples and reasons than they do abstract absolutes such as, "Don't do this. EVER!!!"
For example, I tell people that if I receive a resume with misspellings or poor grammar, I immediately throw it in the trash.
They ask how I can be so judgemental.
I respond, "Your resume is supposed to represent the best work you can possibly do. If you can't be bothered to run a simple spell check on your resume and then have a couple of friends read it for clarity, then what kind of job are you going to do for me?"It usually gets the point across.
It's not even the worst thing I've done to them. Their first presentation always earns a visual literacy lecture. They all immediately glaze over.
Then I pull up the No-No Slide - a neon yellow background with teal, white, and lime green text in three different fonts (one of which is Comic Sans) and random clown clipart.
It always horrifies them, and there's always at least one person who calls out "My eyes!" I usually don't have a problem with their slideshows after that.
I really dont get the issue with comic sans. It just doesnt bother me.
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I would be like so awkward if anyone asked to take pictures with me. I don't think I've taken pictures with strangers before and definitely not in a corset(don't like them, but I read stories on how they're uncomfortable, deform your rib cage etc).
Now maybe if you were an old granny trying to take a picture with me, I wouldn't mind too much but other then that, I'm body shy.
So it depends on the style of corset and the fit. An Elizabethan style corset isn’t deforming anything, and is quite comfortable once you learn to adjust your posture. I have a gorgeous leather one I can’t wear anymore. (Damn bone spur on the inside of a rib.) A Victorian style corset if fitted to your current size will be not very comfortable but not deforming anything. But they can be used in not great ways to overtighten the laces over time and that’s what can cause permanent damage. It’s something that you aren’t doing by accident is all I’m saying. Anyhow a properly fitted corset is about the same as a long line bra for comfort. Not great, but not bad and such a relief to undo it at the end of the day! :)