The Rainbow has expanded again, and there is talk of a goblin druid.Your GMing job just keeps getting more complicated with that many kids. I bow before your bravery.
It's not as bad as it could be. Three of them are very hit-or-miss, and one of them is usually only there for a few minutes here and there due to reasons.
I don't really feel comfortable turning any of the kids down because it's sort of an unofficial club at this point. It'll be easier next year as half the group will be graduating (the ones who are most reliable to show up consistently, granted)...but I'm still streamlining absolutely everything I can.
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...well, that isn't very school-appropriate.
On the voice recording thing, I think I sound about an octave higher to others/on tape than I sound to myself, and I speak fairly quickly...which I think makes me sound to others like a hyperactive child.
...this may explain why my kids keep telling me I'm incredibly intimidating despite my height because the effect is basically Chiyo-chan from Azumanga Daioh making rapid-fire dry remarks.
I LOVE AZUMANGA DAIOH!
Why don't I own that series?
Hmm I leant to the (DVD) series out to friends, years ago.... not sure if I got it back.
And with the talk of beers, I had a nice Imperial Stout last night (& a sip of a good coffee porter).
But I don't mind IPA's, even though the purpose of them is to have a standard flavour/strength to get them out to India. What does annoy me is when the pubs call them APA's, since the 'recipe' comes from America.
Today's challenge, turn a pile of mud, s*+~, and rocks into a hillside a dog won't want to dig through.
I'm having an impossibly hard time not combining Cap and Woran's posts into one.
"Today's challenge, turn a pile of mud, s@$*, and rocks into a hillside a dog won't want to dig through. I am so happy my workplace serves good coffee."
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This year's kids are so much better at paying attention to details with Huck Finn.
"...and could say the multiplication table all the way up to six times seven is thirty-five-"
"...that's...not right."
"That's the joke."
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And with the talk of beers, I had a nice Imperial Stout last night (& a sip of a good coffee porter).
But I don't mind IPA's, even though the purpose of them is to have a standard flavour/strength to get them out to India. What does annoy me is when the pubs call them APA's, since the 'recipe' comes from America.
Single malt scotch.
There's a very small number of blended scotches that I like.Good Bourbon.
Stouts.
Porters.
IPAs can be thrown off a cliff. 95% of American beers can go with them - there are some really good microbrewed options, but unfortunately the microbrews are getting bought out by Budweiser/Miller/Coors as they become even regionally popular.
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DEATH TO IPAs! HIPSTERS ARE KILLING BROOKLYN! GRRRAAAAAAARRREGGGGHHHHHH!
I wake up at least five minutes before my alarm clock.
Gotta admit, the irony was thick on that one.
Posted about Microsoft and desktop icons, then TechSmith SnagIt said, "Hey, I have an update!"
The update required a reboot (what ever happened to Microsoft's whole pledge of, "Updates will no longer require a reboot"? Especially for third-party software?), then dumped the f*****g icon on my Desktop.
S**********************************************t.
Gotta admit, the irony was thick on that one.
Posted about Microsoft and desktop icons, then TechSmith SnagIt said, "Hey, I have an update!"
The update required a reboot (what ever happened to Microsoft's whole pledge of, "Updates will no longer require a reboot"? Especially for third-party software?), then dumped the f*****g icon on my Desktop.
S**********************************************t.
I don't think they ever said "no more reboots", but more along the lines of "we won't reboot your computer right then and there (with Win 10), but schedule the reboot for when you tend to not be using your computer". EDIT: To varying degrees of success.
But that only applies to Windows Updates. Third party software updates that don't come through Windows Updates aren't held to that.
Lol! Cylinders and domes exist in nature too. I'm pretty sure a tree doesn't think about it's cock n ball shape.
I knew a guy that there wasn't a tree or bush that he couldn't turn into a cock or boob shape.
Dude was a maestro with repressed feelings and a trimmer.
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It's so hard when coworker sends a text stating something super obvious (to me) to not come back with something.
Oh, well, I can feel my feet again so I guess it's back to spreading dirt and milk jugs while making mudkin.
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In this era of scam calls, I do not appreciate texts and calls from randos.
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I typed up a response. And it was so political I decided that it doesn't even belong on the Paizo boards, much less FaWtL.
I must be getting senile.
Short version: I vote the same way.
And with the talk of beers, I had a nice Imperial Stout last night (& a sip of a good coffee porter).
Was it the Sam Smith's Imperial Stout?
I am getting senile. So is fritzy.
Well, I've got 5 mini-units (brief notes + project-based mini-research assignments) planned out for the new history class next semester. Gives me about a month or two of buffer.
Onward to the JFK assassination and Vietnam!
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Would including a bullet point about the event being mindblowing cross a line?
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I mean...I'll probably keep it. They're used to my warped sense of humor by now.
"So, other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"
"...Miss, that's terrible."
"Booth's aim wasn't."
"OH MY GOD."
Well, it has been 55 years, so you really shouldn't get the "too soon" response.
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Most of my kids weren't even alive for 9/11. I really shouldn't get the "too soon" response.
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I am getting senile. So is fritzy.
What's that now!
Most of my kids weren't even alive for 9/11. I really shouldn't get the "too soon" response.
please let me know what reactions you get going over that tough time in American history.
Lol! Cylinders and domes exist in nature too. I'm pretty sure a tree doesn't think about it's cock n ball shape.I knew a guy that there wasn't a tree or bush that he couldn't turn into a cock or boob shape.
Dude was a maestro with repressed feelings and a trimmer.
There's a big beautiful park in Riverdale that I liked to hike during my engineering program days. On my first hike in that park I discovered what I can only describe as a diving entwife -- a double-trunked tree with a very suggestive cleft and curvy bits where the two trunks join.
Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I had only an ancient flip phone at the time and never got it together to bring a decent camera on any of my later hikes.
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Most of my kids weren't even alive for 9/11. I really shouldn't get the "too soon" response.please let me know what reactions you get going over that tough time in American history.
I meant "too soon" on JFK. But I'm honestly not sure if I'll have enough time in the semester to get to 9/11. I'm starting in 1945 for a background on the Cold War before plunging into the Red Scare, Korea, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam...
I want to get there, but that is an incredibly dense 60-year span to cover in half a year.
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Ah, kids. I love when they're 100% correct but still off-the-mark.
"So Huck now knows that Jim is a runaway, but he promises not to turn him in. What, legally speaking, is he doing?"
"Being a loyal friend?"
"By the laws of pre-Civil War Missouri when the Fugitive Slave Act exists, what is he doing?"
"...oh."
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I remember my cousin not letting him eat outside food(2-3), still home cooked stuff, besides my parents didn't bring me out of the house until I was much bigger.??????? 2-3 year olds eat solid food...they’ve got all their teeth and everything. I mean, you have to watch them like a hawk because they try to eat things they shouldn’t and bits that are too big to swallow, but they def eat full solid food....I remember that stage well because that was the age when the kiddo would steal all the food off my plate and if I wanted to not starve I had to sneak food when they weren’t around....Vidmaster 7 – I think I was around 5-6 at that time. 2-3 the kid in question wouldn’t be eating full solid food…and definitely wouldn’t be able to eat a large portion of the chicken rice up. Not sure how my parents handled that. I’m sure they apologized, not sure if they actually bought the poor guy another plate. Or maybe that guy said he didn’t mind it’s fine…
My cousin was swinging on the handbars like a monkey, right till she landed on her music teacher’s feet. That one at least she was embarrassed about. My brother fell in the zoo moat and didn’t dare to tell anyone about it.
Ah. Cultural differences. That makes more sense. Of course I didn’t follow a lot of the normal cultural practices for here either, so I don’t know why I would expect otherwise... my parenting style is a weird combo of common sense, being hyper-educated about stuff, and obliviousness to ‘normal’ ;P
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Sooooooo many tirades to go on today. Just need to keep my mouth shut. Let's just say that perhaps 95% of all people working in the U.S. insurance industry today are assured a "warm" afterlife...
Most of my kids weren't even alive for 9/11. I really shouldn't get the "too soon" response.please let me know what reactions you get going over that tough time in American history.I meant "too soon" on JFK. But I'm honestly not sure if I'll have enough time in the semester to get to 9/11. I'm starting in 1945 for a background on the Cold War before plunging into the Red Scare, Korea, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam...
I want to get there, but that is an incredibly dense 60-year span to cover in half a year.
It certainly is.
And on the "too soon" remark...well...I know Ryan Stiles got a censor hammer a few years ago with a very appropriate (no typo - it wasn't dirty or really over any line I can think of) Hitler joke (other than being Hitler). I'm at work so I'm not going to go delving through YouTube to find it.
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Most of my kids weren't even alive for 9/11. I really shouldn't get the "too soon" response.please let me know what reactions you get going over that tough time in American history.I meant "too soon" on JFK. But I'm honestly not sure if I'll have enough time in the semester to get to 9/11. I'm starting in 1945 for a background on the Cold War before plunging into the Red Scare, Korea, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam...
I want to get there, but that is an incredibly dense 60-year span to cover in half a year.
It certainly is.
And on the "too soon" remark...well...I know Ryan Stiles got a censor hammer a few years ago with a very appropriate (no typo - it wasn't dirty or really over any line I can think of) Hitler joke (other than being Hitler). I'm at work so I'm not going to go delving through YouTube to find it.
Oh. Hey, Fritzy. Sup.
Currently watching aggressive Monopoly negotiations.
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Sooooooo many tirades to go on today. Just need to keep my mouth shut. Let's just say that perhaps 95% of all people working in the U.S. insurance industry today are assured a "warm" afterlife...
Closer to 99 or 100. The industry is practically mandatory in most states for multiple types, (f@#+ lobbyists with a cactus dildo) and then if you ever actually use it your premiums go up. So your "safety net" is essentially a sham. It's forced gambling against an industry that can't lose.
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Currently watching aggressive Monopoly negotiations.Is it at least more interesting than playing Monopoly?
I like Monopoly. But yes, the kids are getting super into it. One particular property has become a battleground...not because of any strategic value but because someone said it was their favorite, and spite is a great motivator.
Improbably, I have yet to run over the rake.
Improbably, I have yet to run over the rake.
Now you can run over the rake.
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Re: voice, I have a voice like a presenter for a children’s program. Soft, calm, slightly sing-songy. I bloody hate recording the greeting for my phone voicemail. I know what I sound like, but I’d rather not be confronted with it. :)
Re: aging, a lot of the things that people my age complain about as symptoms of aging are things I’ve been dealing with since I was a teen. Or younger. So I often have little sympathy, but mostly it’s because I’m standing there trying to wrap my head around the idea of not experiencing those problems. Like, there was a time when y’all got out of bed and didn’t hurt all over? For really? I don’t get it. That can’t be real. *shrug* Life with chronic illness. :P
Also, umm, I try not to call out spelling errors cause whatevs it’s the internet and folks are typing on phones and whatnot, but...
Trepidation = slightly nervous/anxious
Trepanation = drilling unnecessary holes in someone skull to let out the ‘bad humours’
Sorry, it was just really bugging me to see the wrong word being used
Re: voice, I have a voice like a presenter for a children’s program. Soft, calm, slightly sing-songy. I bloody hate recording the greeting for my phone voicemail. I know what I sound like, but I’d rather not be confronted with it. :)
Re: aging, a lot of the things that people my age complain about as symptoms of aging are things I’ve been dealing with since I was a teen. Or younger. So I often have little sympathy, but mostly it’s because I’m standing there trying to wrap my head around the idea of not experiencing those problems. Like, there was a time when y’all got out of bed and didn’t hurt all over? For really? I don’t get it. That can’t be real. *shrug* Life with chronic illness. :P
Also, umm, I try not to call out spelling errors cause whatevs it’s the internet and folks are typing on phones and whatnot, but...
Trepidation = slightly nervous/anxious
Trepanation = drilling unnecessary holes in someone skull to let out the ‘bad humours’
Sorry, it was just really bugging me to see the wrong word being used
I would rather shiver in the former than in the latter.
I think most people would.
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You also reminded me of someone on my caseload once, who lived with serious stomach and gastrointestinal problems and pain. I once made the mistake complaining of a stomachache at work. He turned to me with *perfect* comedic timing and dry wit and said, "oh really? Your stomach hurts? Why dont you sit here and tell me all about it?"
I laughed so hard I only made it worse.
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The health insurance industry, and the industry lobbyists and conservative think tanks that work against the public interest, can take a long walk off a short pier.
It's topics like this that highlight the downside of being a Humanist -- there's no awful afterlife awaiting these scumbags, just the dreamless sleep that awaits us all. >:(
At LA Airport, heading to transit. Couldn't charge my phone on USB on plane so I'm trying to conserve phone bat.
Wow! You never said you were getting as far north as LA! I could have dropped by...
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Well, in particular this is the usual "in network/out of network" nonsense they've turned into a national shame.
"I have an unusual form of diabetes and I'm seeing a specialist about it."
"Oh, that's OK! Your specialist is in-network! You're all set!"
"I noticed that my specialist is now out-of-network."
"Yes, I'm afraid he wouldn't accept the 40% pay cut we insisted he take to continue working with him. He is a stubborn sort, isn't he? Well, the good news is that you're still 80% covered with a $2000 out-of-pocket maximum."
"But my treatments are $120,000 a year!"
"Well, I guess you're out $2000 then."
"Our employees have been complaining that their insurance co-pays were out-of-control so we've shuffled the plans around a bit to save on costs."
"My out-of-network doctor is still out-of-network, and there's no longer an out-of-network cap. And you cut the coverage from 80% to 40%."
"Yes, yes! But look how much lower your premiums are!"
"But my health care is now $72,000 a year! That's more than you pay me!"
"Ah, well. Can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs! Sorry about that, old boy!"
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NH, ugh, yes, I know this pain too well. :(
Mine is more hi, I have these conditions that can be successfully managed with medication, thereby saving you money in the long run by keeping me out of the emergency room and preventing the need for these other expensive procedures
Insurance company: okay, we’ll just fight you tooth and nail over paying for every medication you need
Me: ...........