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Vidmaster7 wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:

It's really depressing when companies that are ripping you off with 1000%+ mark-ups don't even try.

Glasses are one of those areas where, if you order from an optometrist, you're going to end up paying $250-$400 for a pair of $15 frames. My insurance covers it, so the numbers are eye-popping, but I don't think much about it, except...
...yesterday I picked up my new glasses. Within 10 minutes, one of the lenses popped out. I figured they just hadn't tightened the screw enough, but when I went to put the lens in, holy cow!

The screw was already scratched up, as if someone who didn't know what they were doing had tried to screw in the lens. Even worse, it was completely stripped; I'm going to have to take the glasses back to the optometrist and have the frames either repaired or replaced.

Because in spite of charging me $250 for a frame that probably cost them under $1 to manufacture, they couldn't afford to pay someone who knew how to use a jewelry screwdriver?

*SIGH*

Zenni-optical.com Great prices you just have to know your prescription and your eye distance which you can measure with a ruler. they had them for as low as 15 dollar. I got my pair with all the works for under 100.

I've bought my last two pairs from Zenni because they have the best price I could find on no-line progressive bifocals.

Coastal is good, too, but their prices are higher on lenses.


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John Napier 698 wrote:
Clocking out. Good night, everyone.

*Feels sorry for missing his greeting...leaves an IOU for one drink of his choice and a burly man Turtle-hug*

lisamarlene wrote:

Bathroom leak finally got fixed today.

Also, I finally started drafting character sheets in Hero Labs for my Ankh Morpork City Watch game.

Thanks to Drejk's recent run of princesses, I think I've got my mystery monster and my antagonist: the princess monster being controlled by the scholar princess, wreaking a certain amount of havoc on the city.

(Hermione, who wants to play the aristo-werewolf sergeant Angua, will love this plot device.)

Yay! Turtle threats worked! ^^'

Uhhh sounds like an exciting game!
*Puts on a strangely medievalized 'bobby' uniform, hoping for a game camo as "Constable Turtle" and imagines himself (attempting) to flag down horse-carts and inspecting them for contraband*

Tequila Sunrise wrote:

I refuse to eat sushi because I firmly believe that my ancestors tamed fire so that I can eat my meat cooked.

*Grunts in approval, thumps chest (with a turtle foot) and continues to feed the sacred fire stones, wood, bones, random animals and virgins*

Freehold DM wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:

My recollection is that the real danger of vegetarianism is actually certain B vitamins; beans and rice give you a complete protein, you're getting plenty of *almost* every other vitamin, but there are some Bs you're missing (I want to say riboflavin, but I'm probably wrong).

its b12. A multivitamin will usually remedy that.

Yup B12 is the big one.

There a couple of others, but the evidence for these aren't as clear cut (or as plentiful): Vitamin D and Calcium.


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Sitting in my car, in a snowstorm, on I74 waiting for them to clear away a completely overturned semi.


Well, it's sad. I can't recommend Angel Beats because the authors did such an amazing job of botching the ending, leaving you with more questions at the end that at any other point of the series, and NOT in a good, "Oooh, I hadn't thought of that!" way, but in a bad, "What the heck were the authors thinking?!?!? That doesn't make any sense at all!" way.

And the whole tragedy is that a single, simple plot twist (that I was expecting) would have explained everything wrapped up all the loose ends quite nicely, and ended the series on a very sweet note.

Major Plot Spoilers:

  • After introducing the Author as the major threat to their existence in the last few episodes, he basically vanishes without a thought in the final episode. Does he remain an NPC? There are hints that Otonashi is, in fact, the Author, but the immediate follow-up is that he programmed Kanade. That's not love; that's creepy stalkerhood. Even worse, he shows no interest whatsoever in computers throughout the series. Making him suddenly be the Author would be a complete non-sequitur. So, whither the Author?
  • Why does Kanade suddenly gain a personality after the Author's computers are destroyed? It's really jarring to have her suddenly spring to life as a living, feeling character with no explanation as to why. Even worse is the other characters not even reacting to it with a, "Whoa, I've never heard you laugh before!" or anything else.
  • The Nature of Time: Kanade necessarily died after Otonashi, yet she has obviously been there for a long, long time before he arrives. If he is, in fact, the Author, this might make sense, but again, they do nothing to support the case for him being the Author, unless this is an entirely cyclic realm. In which case the final scene with the reincarnated Kanade and Otonashi meeting makes no sense at all.
  • It would have been a wonderful ending to make Kanade the Author. It would explain her complete lack of emotions for most of the series. It would explain her vast power level as compared to all of the other people in the realm. And a scene with her memories flooding back, and realizing that Otonashi had finally cycled back to her would have been magnificent. Everything would have ended up tied up in a neat little bow.

    Instead we were left with, "Who wrote the original Angel manual? How did Kanade arrive before Otonashi? If Otonashi is the Author, then why doesn't he remember any of it when all the rest of his memories come back?"

    It was just all in all a very dissatisfying ending to an otherwise-delightful series.

    If I can think up what I consider a significantly better ending for a series that ties up more loose plot threads, there's something wrong with a series. I'm not that good of an author.


    All we got was clouds.


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    I'm currently watching Burn Notice, though I'll probably switch to A Series of Unfortunate Events next week.


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    I haven't watched season 3 yet, but I have really liked the Netflix Series of Unfortunate Events so far. It's well cast, they are pretty gosh darned faithful to the books (not all the time, but enough for me not to complain), and most importantly, NO JIM CARREY TO RUIN IT.
    Also, I really like seeing the Tick as Lemony Snicket.


    He'll always be Kronk or Joe for us.


    One semi out, and this is where I found out there's another one to extricate.

    The closer I get to home the worse the weather is getting, and I haven't moved my car for the last two hours.


    NobodysHome wrote:

    Well, it's sad. I can't recommend Angel Beats because the authors did such an amazing job of botching the ending, leaving you with more questions at the end that at any other point of the series, and NOT in a good, "Oooh, I hadn't thought of that!" way, but in a bad, "What the heck were the authors thinking?!?!? That doesn't make any sense at all!" way.

    And the whole tragedy is that a single, simple plot twist (that I was expecting) would have explained everything wrapped up all the loose ends quite nicely, and ended the series on a very sweet note.

    ** spoiler omitted **...

    the series had a LOT of issues....a whole lot. This is VERY well written, and I will see if I can find some ppl from the old days that explain their takes on it and can answer some of these questions for you.


    Vanykrye wrote:

    One semi out, and this is where I found out there's another one to extricate.

    The closer I get to home the worse the weather is getting, and I haven't moved my car for the last two hours.

    That is just beyond the suck. Any way you can get off the highway and sit somewhere for a while?

    One of the best Greek places I ever found was during such a jam on 237. I decided I was fed up sitting in traffic, took the next exit, pulled up at the first restaurant I saw, and had the best Greek meal I've ever had.

    I never found the place again. I was very sad.


    (1) #1 reason I hate iOS: "Oh, I lost all my charge! I can't possibly power on, even while plugged in, until I've charged the battery a bit. Please try again in 10 minutes!"
    Sorry, unless your hardware engineers were idiots, you can power the phone AND charge the battery at the same time. Boot up, you!

    (2) Speaking of #1, I'm going to try to swap out an iPhone 4S battery this weekend (I have a spare 4S lying around with a never-used battery because... NobodysHome...)


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    So, does this work?

    Scarab Sages

    NobodysHome wrote:
    So, does this work?

    *facepalm*

    Scarab Sages

    Dont know what it is, but Im completely knackered today.


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    So, life update:
    The leak under the bathroom floor finally got fixed yesterday.
    I looked at our budgeting and our bills for this month, and even with the higher water bill (grrr) and energy bill (mumble grumble lights heat grumble), we're going to be able to make it, at least paying past due amounts, until our tax return comes, and then we can get ahead on all the bills again *and* pay back WW's mom for the first year's due amount of her loan to us.
    Also, earlier this week, we bought WW a car.
    Don't ask me how in the world we qualified for a loan, my credit rating is better than his and it's less than 600. I figure that since it's six years at 8%, they reckon on making a bunch of money off of us.
    My plan is to pay it off faster, use it to start rebuilding our credit score, and refinance for a better rate after a year with the local credit union. When I ran the numbers, I discovered that even with our higher insurance payment and the car payment, WW can still cover all the extra expenses by driving *half* the amount of time he was driving previously when he was leasing a Lyft car through Hertz. And any extra he drives is income.
    Honestly, between working full-time at the restaurant, driving Lyft, and working odd handyman jobs for cash (this morning he was assembling someone's Ikea furniture), I have never seen him work this hard in the 25 years that I've known him. I'm really proud of him.


    Nice one, WW!

    In other news, I heart Rauchbier.


    NobodysHome wrote:

    (1) #1 reason I hate iOS: "Oh, I lost all my charge! I can't possibly power on, even while plugged in, until I've charged the battery a bit. Please try again in 10 minutes!"

    Sorry, unless your hardware engineers were idiots, you can power the phone AND charge the battery at the same time. Boot up, you!

    Eh, that happens on some android device as well.

    Grand Lodge

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    Pathfinder Adventure, Rulebook Subscriber

    Ralph Breaks The Internet was perfect.


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    Hero Lab is behaving strangely.
    At the moment, I can only print by "printing" to save as a Microsoft xps document, then opening and printing that from Windows rather than from Hero Lab itself.

    But I've got Angua and Carrot done for the kids. Now to tackle Vimes for WW. And, hey, Nobody's Home! He's playing a character who is NOT A SPELLCASTER!


    lisamarlene wrote:

    Hero Lab is behaving strangely.

    At the moment, I can only print by "printing" to save as a Microsoft xps document, then opening and printing that from Windows rather than from Hero Lab itself.

    Sounds like if for some reason it doesn't see the printer devices. Might be an issue with printer settings in Windows.


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    btw, Drejk, your Patreon page really ought to have suggested patron levels for using/supporting your work.


    Drejk wrote:
    lisamarlene wrote:

    Hero Lab is behaving strangely.

    At the moment, I can only print by "printing" to save as a Microsoft xps document, then opening and printing that from Windows rather than from Hero Lab itself.
    Sounds like if for some reason it doesn't see the printer devices. Might be an issue with printer settings in Windows.

    I can print from other programs, just not that one. I'm wondering if the printer has trouble with the file extension. Is that even a thing?


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    The General has introduced me to my new favorite term.

    Weekend panties.


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    Meaning they disappear at 1:01 Monday morning?


    Vanykrye wrote:

    One semi out, and this is where I found out there's another one to extricate.

    The closer I get to home the worse the weather is getting, and I haven't moved my car for the last two hours.

    Let me guess: Indiana?

    The last time I went through during the winter, I got stuck behind a FedEx truck that had flipped over and twisted apart like one of those pop-open crescent roll cans.

    At the risk of sounding nothing but flippant, I guess this is the time to ask, are you still stuck, are you staying warm, and where are you going to end up tonight?

    The Exchange

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    lisamarlene wrote:

    So, life update:

    The leak under the bathroom floor finally got fixed yesterday.
    I looked at our budgeting and our bills for this month, and even with the higher water bill (grrr) and energy bill (mumble grumble lights heat grumble), we're going to be able to make it, at least paying past due amounts, until our tax return comes, and then we can get ahead on all the bills again *and* pay back WW's mom for the first year's due amount of her loan to us.
    Also, earlier this week, we bought WW a car.
    Don't ask me how in the world we qualified for a loan, my credit rating is better than his and it's less than 600. I figure that since it's six years at 8%, they reckon on making a bunch of money off of us.
    My plan is to pay it off faster, use it to start rebuilding our credit score, and refinance for a better rate after a year with the local credit union. When I ran the numbers, I discovered that even with our higher insurance payment and the car payment, WW can still cover all the extra expenses by driving *half* the amount of time he was driving previously when he was leasing a Lyft car through Hertz. And any extra he drives is income.
    Honestly, between working full-time at the restaurant, driving Lyft, and working odd handyman jobs for cash (this morning he was assembling someone's Ikea furniture), I have never seen him work this hard in the 25 years that I've known him. I'm really proud of him.

    Yay grats on getting your bathroom fixed and a new car. Looks like you're getting your domestic situation in check!

    On another note, I just slept for 9 hours, and feel good about it...Zzzz. Been on short sleep the whole week between exercise, dealing with stoopid telcos last week.


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    lisamarlene wrote:

    btw, Drejk, your Patreon page really ought to have suggested patron levels for using/supporting your work.

    As long as I allow the access to what I write to everyone it counts as gifts and is taxed as such (with decent tax free threshold). Making any materials accessible to paying patrons only immediately turn my blog into business activity according to Polish law, and would subject me to different taxes.

    The Exchange

    Vanykrye wrote:

    One semi out, and this is where I found out there's another one to extricate.

    The closer I get to home the worse the weather is getting, and I haven't moved my car for the last two hours.

    Uh oh Vany. Do you have emergency rations in your car incase you need to camp in your car? Water, food, heating etc?


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    ...

    Waiataminute...

    o.o

    <.<

    >.>

    *checks Patreon*

    O.O

    \o/

    Hello and welcome!


    Drejk wrote:

    ...

    Waiataminute...

    o.o

    <.<

    >.>

    *checks Patreon*

    O.O

    \o/

    Hello and welcome!

    Well, I was completely stuck on a plot for the campaign because I didn't want to just copy the plot of one of the novels. Your work gave me the inspiration to get the campaign going.

    And your monsters fit in nicely with the Discworld. Snow Wight!

    The Exchange

    Anyway, I just helped my aunt fix her IKEA computer chair. Fix-it cats?


    I'm at what can best be termed a "baby rave". One of Hermione's 2nd grade classmates is having a dance party for her birthday.
    One of the other moms asked me if I knew (random dance). How do I explain that I haven't been in a dance club since 1995, when it was all about Haddaway and Zima? I feel like the android from Dark Matter, standing at parade rest and awkwardly observing.


    Home. So glad to be back home.

    But, happily, one of the other moms (her son is one of my students, her daughter is one of Hermione's classmates) and I hit it off, and we're making plans to get together for a just us wine bar thing, and a both families getting together to grill meat and watch the kids run around the backyard thing.

    They're cool; they're both game designers who escaped the Bay Area a couple of years ago.


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    lisamarlene wrote:

    I'm at what can best be termed a "baby rave". One of Hermione's 2nd grade classmates is having a dance party for her birthday.

    One of the other moms asked me if I knew (random dance). How do I explain that I haven't been in a dance club since 1995, when it was all about Haddaway and Zima? I feel like the android from Dark Matter, standing at parade rest and awkwardly observing.

    Haddaway Is Love, Haddaway Is Life!.


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    lisamarlene wrote:

    I'm at what can best be termed a "baby rave". One of Hermione's 2nd grade classmates is having a dance party for her birthday.

    One of the other moms asked me if I knew (random dance).

    WAIT!

    Are you telling us that people are knowing specific moves for specific moves instead of bouncing randomly on the dance floor in a vague approximation of the music's tempo?!


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    Ok, sorry... here's the full thing...

    I pulled up on the accident site before they got traffic rerouted. It actually wasn't in Indiana, but not far into Illinois. Between Oakwood and Danville.

    I was stuck with nowhere I could possibly go while they flipped one semi off its back and carted it out and the other was able to leave under its own power.

    The state trooper, on the other hand, was a dick. He yelled at me for going around a police barricade...which didn't exist. Me telling him that there wasn't a barricade or signs or even a trooper directing traffic just made him repeat himself louder.

    I was at a dead stop for two and a half hours.

    I made it to Zelda's to wait out the rest of the storm before heading home to Aiymi in the morning.

    The Exchange

    OK good to hear that you're safely back at home. Winter is a bad season for getting around because snow causes all kinds of problems.

    The Exchange

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    lisamarlene wrote:

    I'm at what can best be termed a "baby rave". One of Hermione's 2nd grade classmates is having a dance party for her birthday.

    One of the other moms asked me if I knew (random dance). How do I explain that I haven't been in a dance club since 1995, when it was all about Haddaway and Zima? I feel like the android from Dark Matter, standing at parade rest and awkwardly observing.

    Say you dont do the dancing thing. On the other hand if you wanna pick up some dance moves, try following Marc Bossman's zumba gold series. Look, I don't dance myself but since my aunt took an interest in zumba gold, I tried some just to see what it was like. I'm not that coordinated and I definitely don't move with grace, but doing body combat several times a week does let me get into vague approximations of the actual moves and not trip over my own feet.

    Actual zumba is too fast and the moves are too complex for me to follow.

    Zumba is fairly feet intensive, which I don't mind overly much. But the nuances of fancy footwork still elude me. But it's a fairly decent workout. Especially for those who love to dance.


    Hmm slow day.


    I know that live news reporting isn't the easiest gig, but sometimes I don't think they're even trying anymore. Earlier tonight I heard a reporter use this segue: "If you are seeing snow plows working around the clock, it's because of the snow fall. Here with more is...". Really? Snow plows are working because of snow fall? That's incredible!


    lisamarlene wrote:

    I'm at what can best be termed a "baby rave". One of Hermione's 2nd grade classmates is having a dance party for her birthday.

    One of the other moms asked me if I knew (random dance). How do I explain that I haven't been in a dance club since 1995, when it was all about Haddaway and Zima? I feel like the android from Dark Matter, standing at parade rest and awkwardly observing.

    At least at a "baby rave" it would make sense for people to have pacifiers.


    I finally got around to seeing the Han Solo movie. I thought it was pretty good. Not as good as Rogue One, but a decent flick.


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    Today's nerd conversation:

    My 5 year old nephew: "Spider Man is awesome!"

    Me: "Batman is cooler than Spider Man."

    D: "No way, Spider Man is way better than Batman. His powers are way better. Batman's got nothing on Spider Man."

    Me: "Batman could totally own Spider Man. He could buy him three times over. He'd make him shine his shoes or something."

    D: "Yeah, that's true."

    Me: "He'd like hire him to clean houses and stuff. He'd be like, "Peter, are those your cobwebs over there? I thought I told you to dust this place, man'."


    gran rey de los mono wrote:
    I know that live news reporting isn't the easiest gig, but sometimes I don't think they're even trying anymore. Earlier tonight I heard a reporter use this segue: "If you are seeing snow plows working around the clock, it's because of the snow fall. Here with more is...". Really? Snow plows are working because of snow fall? That's incredible!

    That sounds right to me....


    gran rey de los mono wrote:
    I finally got around to seeing the Han Solo movie. I thought it was pretty good. Not as good as Rogue One, but a decent flick.

    It wasn't bad but it didn't really do anything for me either. I kind of miss all the awesome light saber fights personally.


    lisamarlene wrote:

    I'm at what can best be termed a "baby rave". One of Hermione's 2nd grade classmates is having a dance party for her birthday.

    One of the other moms asked me if I knew (random dance). How do I explain that I haven't been in a dance club since 1995, when it was all about Haddaway and Zima? I feel like the android from Dark Matter, standing at parade rest and awkwardly observing.

    party hard


    GreatKhanArtist wrote:

    Today's nerd conversation:

    My 5 year old nephew: "Spider Man is awesome!"

    Me: "Batman is cooler than Spider Man."

    D: "No way, Spider Man is way better than Batman. His powers are way better. Batman's got nothing on Spider Man."

    Me: "Batman could totally own Spider Man. He could buy him three times over. He'd make him shine his shoes or something."

    D: "Yeah, that's true."

    Me: "He'd like hire him to clean houses and stuff. He'd be like, "Peter, are those your cobwebs over there? I thought I told you to dust this place, man'."

    They are not wrong.


    Vanykrye wrote:

    Ok, sorry... here's the full thing...

    I pulled up on the accident site before they got traffic rerouted. It actually wasn't in Indiana, but not far into Illinois. Between Oakwood and Danville.

    I was stuck with nowhere I could possibly go while they flipped one semi off its back and carted it out and the other was able to leave under its own power.

    The state trooper, on the other hand, was a dick. He yelled at me for going around a police barricade...which didn't exist. Me telling him that there wasn't a barricade or signs or even a trooper directing traffic just made him repeat himself louder.

    I was at a dead stop for two and a half hours.

    I made it to Zelda's to wait out the rest of the storm before heading home to Aiymi in the morning.

    glad you are okay


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    Vidmaster7 wrote:
    gran rey de los mono wrote:
    I finally got around to seeing the Han Solo movie. I thought it was pretty good. Not as good as Rogue One, but a decent flick.
    It wasn't bad but it didn't really do anything for me either. I kind of miss all the awesome light saber fights personally.

    I didn't miss them. This wasn't a story about Jedi, so they would have been very out of place. I'm not saying it didn't have it's problems, but I wasn't angry that I watched it.

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