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(1) Sabaton
(2) Alestorm/Gloryhammer (they're technically two separate bands, but really?)
(3) Battle Beast
(4) Some Nightwish. They produce some amazing songs; including several of my all-time favorites. And they produce some true dreck. They're my favorite example of why it's much better to add additional songs than entire albums
(5) The Scorpions. Because silly Germans singing lyrics they don't seem to understand
1) Every time I've seen them live they've blown me away.
2) Never seen them live, but I have seen the drummers band, Ravenage, a couple of times.4) That is a killer song, really love it. But yeah, I'm not huge on Nightwish albums (I have 4 or so), but the songs are good.
*EDIT: Naked metal, I've had (male) friends end up topless at gigs before.*
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Tiny T-Rex has decided Bigfoot will be the focus of his investigative powers, for now.
How he decided this is beyond me, I haven't watched Harry and the Henderson's in years.
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So if people still made mixtapes--not playlists, actual mixtapes, and not the 90-minute Maxell gold either, but the short tape that can only take about six songs per side--what would be on your ultimate mixtape? The one you would play when you felt rotten and needed to be reminded that the world isn't entirely crap?Man I don't think I could ever narrow it down to just six. Or if I did, I'd re-record over the tape a week or two later. That's certainly what I did with my many cassettes that I recorded songs onto when I was a kid.
Twelve, technically - six per side. I'm also not sure I could limit it down to that, though.
Bohemian Rhapsody would have to be on there, though. I think it's a law that you have to be in a better mood and turn the volume all the way up when it comes on.
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(1) Sabaton
(2) Alestorm/Gloryhammer (they're technically two separate bands, but really?)
(3) Battle Beast
(4) Some Nightwish. They produce some amazing songs; including several of my all-time favorites. And they produce some true dreck. They're my favorite example of why it's much better to add additional songs than entire albums
(5) The Scorpions. Because silly Germans singing lyrics they don't seem to understand
1) Every time I've seen them live they've blown me away.
2) Never seen them live, but I have seen the drummers band, Ravenage, a couple of times.
4) That is a killer song, really love it. But yeah, I'm not huge on Nightwish albums (I have 4 or so), but the songs are good.*EDIT: Naked metal, I've had (male) friends end up topless at gigs before.*
Sabaton, Alestorm, and Gloryhammer are three of the best live bands I've ever seen.
And taking Impus Major to Alestorm/Gloryhammer in a gnome costume was the best!
Side two you say!
1. Dark of the Matinee, Franz Ferdinand
2. Devil's Dance Floor, Flogging Molly
3 Couldn't Get High, Slightly Stoopid
4. Dashboard, Modest Mouse
5. Mosquito Song, Queens of the Stone Age
6. Spirit of '87, Rancid.
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My grandmother died early this morning.
I'm so glad that she's finally free of that body and can be at peace--she was so sick for so long and her last few weeks were not very comfortable--but it hurts so much to be so far away and not be able to be with my mom and my sister right now.
I'm glad I got to see her again to say goodbye at Christmas, glad that we got one last visit with all the grandchildren and great-grandchildren together, and glad that she was briefly out of the hospital to celebrate my niece's first birthday.
All of that is good.
And, although it sounds heartless, I am now much less concerned for my mother.
She's been grandma's constant caregiver since she started dialysis in 2008 and the stress of that has taken its toll on her. Honestly, I think she needs to take my sister and my niece on a vacation and get out of town for a while.
My mother's family doesn't believe in memorial services or funerals--they think they're vulgar and overly dramatic--so I won't be going back to Oregon again until this summer.
I haven't told the kids yet. I haven't even talked to my mom. Eve told me this morning, but she said Mom was sleeping and needed to rest, so I should wait and talk to her later.
I am sorry for your loss and I wish you and your family strength.
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It really depresses me to see just how far people are willing to go just to be jerks to one another. I mean, seriously. I like to think that the world is a good place, filled with mostly-decent people, and then the indecent people show just how hard they try to spoil things for everyone.
What happened this time?
In Final Fantasy, there's a new class (Blue Mage). The quest to get that class is located outside of town. So you end up standing around as a 1st-level Blue Mage watching a bunch of cut scenes.
So of course, there was one player who was working feverishly to lure higher-level creatures (level 13+) with large area attacks into the crowd of new Blue Mages in the hopes of getting a bunch of them killed. Just for fun. You don't get anything for getting other players killed. They don't lose anything. It was just being a jerk for the sake of being a jerk.
I mean seriously. The person's parents should take their account away. And if they're not living with their parents, they should be.
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So I kind of like the new jury duty system in California, where you get called every single year, but getting "called" just means having to check a web site to see whether you're needed on that date. But I don't like that you have to check in twice on the day of your call-in, because it's downright distracting.
Yep. Jury duty today. I wasn't needed in the morning, so I'm "on call" for the afternoon, meaning I have to check in again at 11:00 am, which is a pain for multiple reasons:
- I have to pay careful attention to the time and check in right at 11:00 am, because
- The particular courthouse to which I'm supposed to report has no parking and is over a mile from the nearest BART station, making it a 90+-minute commute to get there, and
- I'm supposed to be there by 1:00 pm if I get called for an afternoon session.
But honestly, they're doing it to save people the pain from sitting around a courthouse all morning, and I can't think of a better system to make sure you have 120 potential jurors per trial per week, so I guess it's OK.
I'll just be SOOOOOOO distracted this morning 'til 11.
Feh.
The Christmas tree is kicked to the curb and the decorations put away for next year.
Now the late winter redecorating can begin!
I think this year we're getting weird with it, throwing away the couch and getting bean bags and putting steps somewhere in the living room.
Should be fun!
The Christmas tree is kicked to the curb and the decorations put away for next year.
Now the late winter redecorating can begin!
I think this year we're getting weird with it, throwing away the couch and getting bean bags and putting steps somewhere in the living room.
Should be fun!
LOL. We have a 15' x 20' "studio" in the back yard, with a loft that I've set aside for "seasonal" storage: Camping gear, old Halloween stuff, Christmas decorations, and the like. I made one request of the family: "Sort this stuff and put it into its appropriate containers and I'll put it in the loft."
Yeah, the Halloween stuff is still sitting on the bed in there. Plus the Christmas stuff. Plus the camping stuff. Plus the luggage...
...ah, well. At least the loft is nice and tidy!
It really depresses me to see just how far people are willing to go just to be jerks to one another. I mean, seriously. I like to think that the world is a good place, filled with mostly-decent people, and then the indecent people show just how hard they try to spoil things for everyone.
What happened this time?
In Final Fantasy, there's a new class (Blue Mage). The quest to get that class is located outside of town. So you end up standing around as a 1st-level Blue Mage watching a bunch of cut scenes.
So of course, there was one player who was working feverishly to lure higher-level creatures (level 13+) with large area attacks into the crowd of new Blue Mages in the hopes of getting a bunch of them killed. Just for fun. You don't get anything for getting other players killed. They don't lose anything. It was just being a jerk for the sake of being a jerk.
I mean seriously. The person's parents should take their account away. And if they're not living with their parents, they should be.
were they being jerks or were they trying to get monsters for blue mages to learn spells from?
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So if people still made mixtapes--not playlists, actual mixtapes, and not the 90-minute Maxell gold either, but the short tape that can only take about six songs per side--what would be on your ultimate mixtape? The one you would play when you felt rotten and needed to be reminded that the world isn't entirely crap?
Ayana - Last Regrets
Megumi Hayashibara - Give A ReasonEve 6 - Inside Out
Wallflowers - One Headlight
Aimer - Brave Shine
Fuel - Shimmer or Foo Fighters - Best of You
Man, that was a little hard.
were they being jerks or were they trying to get monsters for blue mages to learn spells from?It really depresses me to see just how far people are willing to go just to be jerks to one another. I mean, seriously. I like to think that the world is a good place, filled with mostly-decent people, and then the indecent people show just how hard they try to spoil things for everyone.
What happened this time?
In Final Fantasy, there's a new class (Blue Mage). The quest to get that class is located outside of town. So you end up standing around as a 1st-level Blue Mage watching a bunch of cut scenes.
So of course, there was one player who was working feverishly to lure higher-level creatures (level 13+) with large area attacks into the crowd of new Blue Mages in the hopes of getting a bunch of them killed. Just for fun. You don't get anything for getting other players killed. They don't lose anything. It was just being a jerk for the sake of being a jerk.
I mean seriously. The person's parents should take their account away. And if they're not living with their parents, they should be.
Jerks. The creature has to be specifically targeting you in order for you to learn spells from it. So dragging in a creature that does large cone-shaped AoEs and pointing it at the crowd was just intentionally hurting the crowd without any chance of anyone in the crowd learning anything. And a level 13 creature spamming AoEs at a group of 1st-level characters is just widespread death.
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Going over background for "A Modest Proposal:"
Me: So, the British Empire spanned a huge swathe of the world, and all of these colonies served the purpose of making the homeland richer. So the Irish-
Student A: Where was the Boston Tea Party?
Me: ...Boston.
Student A: Yeah, that.
Me: ...Boston. Massachusetts. Not...not in Ireland.
Student B: Are you serious?!
Student A: Shut up!
Student B: Okay, [Student A], your homework is to go home, delete Instagram, and read a ...dang book. We can go to the library. It'll be fun.
Me:
Jerks. The creature has to be specifically targeting you in order for you to learn spells from it. So dragging in a creature that does large cone-shaped AoEs and pointing it at the crowd was just intentionally hurting the crowd without any chance of anyone in the crowd learning anything. And a level 13 creature spamming AoEs at a group of 1st-level characters is just widespread death.were they being jerks or were they trying to get monsters for blue mages to learn spells from?It really depresses me to see just how far people are willing to go just to be jerks to one another. I mean, seriously. I like to think that the world is a good place, filled with mostly-decent people, and then the indecent people show just how hard they try to spoil things for everyone.
What happened this time?
In Final Fantasy, there's a new class (Blue Mage). The quest to get that class is located outside of town. So you end up standing around as a 1st-level Blue Mage watching a bunch of cut scenes.
So of course, there was one player who was working feverishly to lure higher-level creatures (level 13+) with large area attacks into the crowd of new Blue Mages in the hopes of getting a bunch of them killed. Just for fun. You don't get anything for getting other players killed. They don't lose anything. It was just being a jerk for the sake of being a jerk.
I mean seriously. The person's parents should take their account away. And if they're not living with their parents, they should be.
ah. I thought you just had to see the attack.
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ah. I thought you just had to see the attack.Jerks. The creature has to be specifically targeting you in order for you to learn spells from it. So dragging in a creature that does large cone-shaped AoEs and pointing it at the crowd was just intentionally hurting the crowd without any chance of anyone in the crowd learning anything. And a level 13 creature spamming AoEs at a group of 1st-level characters is just widespread death.were they being jerks or were they trying to get monsters for blue mages to learn spells from?It really depresses me to see just how far people are willing to go just to be jerks to one another. I mean, seriously. I like to think that the world is a good place, filled with mostly-decent people, and then the indecent people show just how hard they try to spoil things for everyone.
What happened this time?
In Final Fantasy, there's a new class (Blue Mage). The quest to get that class is located outside of town. So you end up standing around as a 1st-level Blue Mage watching a bunch of cut scenes.
So of course, there was one player who was working feverishly to lure higher-level creatures (level 13+) with large area attacks into the crowd of new Blue Mages in the hopes of getting a bunch of them killed. Just for fun. You don't get anything for getting other players killed. They don't lose anything. It was just being a jerk for the sake of being a jerk.
I mean seriously. The person's parents should take their account away. And if they're not living with their parents, they should be.
Well, on the bright side, maybe the player was just an idiot and trying to be "nice". I like that explanation better, though I'm skeptical...
Well, on the bright side, maybe the player was just an idiot and trying to be "nice". I like that explanation better, though I'm skeptical...ah. I thought you just had to see the attack.Jerks. The creature has to be specifically targeting you in order for you to learn spells from it. So dragging in a creature that does large cone-shaped AoEs and pointing it at the crowd was just intentionally hurting the crowd without any chance of anyone in the crowd learning anything. And a level 13 creature spamming AoEs at a group of 1st-level characters is just widespread death.were they being jerks or were they trying to get monsters for blue mages to learn spells from?It really depresses me to see just how far people are willing to go just to be jerks to one another. I mean, seriously. I like to think that the world is a good place, filled with mostly-decent people, and then the indecent people show just how hard they try to spoil things for everyone.
What happened this time?
In Final Fantasy, there's a new class (Blue Mage). The quest to get that class is located outside of town. So you end up standing around as a 1st-level Blue Mage watching a bunch of cut scenes.
So of course, there was one player who was working feverishly to lure higher-level creatures (level 13+) with large area attacks into the crowd of new Blue Mages in the hopes of getting a bunch of them killed. Just for fun. You don't get anything for getting other players killed. They don't lose anything. It was just being a jerk for the sake of being a jerk.
I mean seriously. The person's parents should take their account away. And if they're not living with their parents, they should be.
I know the blue mage has gone through various iterations, I am more familiar with the old school "see it, then cast it" version. Some games did "you have to experience/survive the attack" which makes a bit more sense to some.
...lots of snippage...
I know the blue mage has gone through various iterations, I am more familiar with the old school "see it, then cast it" version. Some games did "you have to experience/survive the attack" which makes a bit more sense to some.
Yeah; it's just that if you *do* the Blue Mage quest, it specifically says, "In order to learn a new spell, you must be targeted by the monster using the ability," and the NPC emphasizes that point. Thus, either the player lacked reading comprehension or just wanted to be a jerk. Who knows?
Anyway, work work work then jury duty at 11.
Whee?
It's already 11:42 here.
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Me: So, what other factors has Swift brought up?
Student A: Big families.
Student B: Famine.
Me: Good, good.
Student C: ...does that say "Let's off kids"?
Me: No.
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Student D: This is sketch. I don't like it.
Student C: ...did I accidentally foreshadow something when I asked about 'let's off kids'?
Me: So, what other factors has Swift brought up?
Student A: Big families.
Student B: Famine.
Me: Good, good.
Student C: ...does that say "Let's off kids"?
Me: No.---
Student D: This is sketch. I don't like it.
Student C: ...did I accidentally foreshadow something when I asked about 'let's off kids'?
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"God bless you Recyclops, and your cold robot heart!" - Jim, The Office.
So if people still made mixtapes--not playlists, actual mixtapes, and not the 90-minute Maxell gold either, but the short tape that can only take about six songs per side--what would be on your ultimate mixtape? The one you would play when you felt rotten and needed to be reminded that the world isn't entirely crap?
This is a difficult thing to pare it down to 12. I know people are generally doing 6, but I don't want the same songs on Side B. Plus, if I did this tomorrow it would probably be a different list.
Portland Rain - California Guitar Trio
Blue Rondo a la Turk - Dave Brubeck
The Sheltering Sky - King Crimson
The Finger - March Fourth Marching Band
Even Less - Porcupine Tree
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Signal to Noise - Peter Gabriel
Instrument Landing - Preston Reed
Flow My Tears - Stuart Hamm
Crack in the Sky - Stick Men
Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2
Beginnings - Chicago
So...what's good at removing fire/smoke marks off of a white microwave?
Asking for a friend.
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More fire. Then it's a grey-black microwave.
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This is a difficult thing to pare it down to 12. I know people are generally doing 6, but I don't want the same songs on Side B.
Oh, well in that case...
Ayana - Last Regrets
Megumi Hayashibara - Give A Reason
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Wallflowers - One Headlight
Aimer - Brave Shine
Fuel - Shimmer
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Foo Fighters - Best of You
Disturbed - Prayer
Rob Zombie - Two-Lane Blacktop
Smash Mouth - All Star
Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance
This is a difficult thing to pare it down to 12. I know people are generally doing 6, but I don't want the same songs on Side B.Oh, well in that case...
Johnny Cash's version of Hurt would absolutely be on my list at least 5 out of 7 days of the week for these purposes.
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True facts. I imagine if I actually were at home and could check my CD wallet I'd come up with a much different set. Metallica hasn't been on my list for awhile but I can really use the energy from Damage Inc. some days.
Edit: I was trying to come up with an Imagine Dragons song that would fit, and now I remember my fave, It's Time.
So...what's good at removing fire/smoke marks off of a white microwave?
Asking for a friend.
"Nobody saw me do it, therefore it never happened" Freehold Edition
Chapter XVI- Microwaves
-Make sure you are in a well ventilated area.
-Unplug microwave, possibly transporting it to well ventilated area
-Spray interior with Lysol Basin Tub Tile Cleaner
-Grin immaturely as you cover everything in a thick, white foam via the Lysol Basin Tub and Tile Cleaner
-Get a roll of paper towels
-Use paper towels to wipe down everything, dont be afraid to scrub
-If hallucinations/difficulty breathing/irrational bursts of confidence begin, take a few steps away from microwave to breathe fresh air and/or ensure microwave is unplugged, as comics have lied and being exposed to radiation will NOT activate latent mutant powers(see Appendix B)
-Throw away all used paper towels
-Return microwave to original location, if necessary
-Ensure alibi/activate patsy if necessary
I also kind of assumed that putting some 30 minute epic pieces on the list like Stranger in Your Soul by Transatlantic or Traveler on the Supernatural Highway by Rocket Scientists would be considered some form of cheating.
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No jury duty! Woot!
As I think I've mentioned, if jury duty actually involved trying to determine the truth of the situation and then applying the law as written to it, I'd love it. Instead, it's, "Watch the dog-and-pony show put on by both lawyers as they try to confuse you to the point that you have no idea what is true and what isn't, then vilify/canonize the defendant until you hate/love him, regardless of his guilt."
I really, really hate modern trial by jury.
So...what's good at removing fire/smoke marks off of a white microwave?
Asking for a friend.
"Nobody saw me do it, therefore it never happened" Freehold Edition
Chapter XVI- Microwaves
-Make sure you are in a well ventilated area.
-Unplug microwave, possibly transporting it to well ventilated area
-Spray interior with Lysol Basin Tub Tile Cleaner
-Grin immaturely as you cover everything in a thick, white foam via the Lysol Basin Tub and Tile Cleaner
-Get a roll of paper towels
-Use paper towels to wipe down everything, dont be afraid to scrub
-If hallucinations/difficulty breathing/irrational bursts of confidence begin, take a few steps away from microwave to breathe fresh air and/or ensure microwave is unplugged, as comics have lied and being exposed to radiation will NOT activate latent mutant powers(see Appendix B)
-Throw away all used paper towels
-Return microwave to original location, if necessary
-Ensure alibi/activate patsy if necessary
I have it from a reliable source that none of the damage is on the inside...
Also I cannot use that stuff...err...my friend cannot use that stuff...due to reactions that happen even if a mask is worn.
Don't get me started on microwaves and smoke.
At HQ, microwave popcorn is banned, and a fireable offense. Why? Because people keep making it, burning it, setting off the fire alarm, and causing the evacuation of 1000+ employees from the building for at least half an hour.
At a conservative estimate of $50/hour per employee (this IS a tech firm), that's a $25,000 bag of popcorn.
Yet it happens almost every month. Because people are idiots.
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Don't get me started on microwaves and smoke.
At HQ, microwave popcorn is banned, and a fireable offense. Why? Because people keep making it, burning it, setting off the fire alarm, and causing the evacuation of 1000+ employees from the building for at least half an hour.
At a conservative estimate of $50/hour per employee (this IS a tech firm), that's a $25,000 bag of popcorn.
Yet it happens almost every month. Because people are idiots.
In this case, I had gone home for lunch, and was cooking whiskey peppercorn sausages in a skillet (used olive oil) on the gas stove top. As soon as I lifted the lid to flip them the first time I found out that the butcher shop they were purchased from apparently had infused the sausages with enough whiskey to create 3-foot tall flames in my skillet. And we have one of those giant microwaves that acts as the hood for the stove.
So mistakes have been made.
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"Here's your vocab. You've got all hour, and it's due tomorrow."
"Ms. Scint, can you play some sweet tunes?"
"...I dunno about sweet."
"It has to be sweet."
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No jury duty! Woot!
As I think I've mentioned, if jury duty actually involved trying to determine the truth of the situation and then applying the law as written to it, I'd love it. Instead, it's, "Watch the dog-and-pony show put on by both lawyers as they try to confuse you to the point that you have no idea what is true and what isn't, then vilify/canonize the defendant until you hate/love him, regardless of his guilt."
I really, really hate modern trial by jury.
You know that jury duty worked like that since, well, Republican Rome at least? It was always a popularity trial that has little to do with determining the truth because random citizens just don't have expertise (psychological, criminal, sociological, scientific) necessary to judge atypical situations. The only reason for keeping trial by jury is political - restricting the discretion to sentence people to serious punishments to the people.
So...what's good at removing fire/smoke marks off of a white microwave?
Asking for a friend.
Trashcan.
But, I hate microwaves, so.
"Here's your vocab. You've got all hour, and it's due tomorrow."
"Ms. Scint, can you play some sweet tunes?"
"...I dunno about sweet."
"It has to be sweet."
The fun part is that I've got them used to the power metal enough that playing anything else confuses and concerns them.
-If hallucinations/difficulty breathing/irrational bursts of confidence begin, take a few steps away from microwave to breathe fresh air and/or ensure microwave is unplugged, as comics have lied and being exposed to radiation will NOT activate latent mutant powers(see Appendix B)
Maybe you just don't have latent mutant powers to be activated?
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It's always interesting to see that, at least for Caucasians, it's a lot easier to recognize stereotypes about other people over stereotypes about yourself.
NobodysHome: Well, I'm all dressed up nice, and shaved, and ready to go to jury duty if necessary.
GothBard: Why are you dressed nicely? Shouldn't you be wearing fish pants or something?
NH: Oh, absolutely not! The defense attorney takes one look at me, sees a conservatively-dressed middle-aged white male, and says, "Whoops! That one is a conviction! Better get HIM out of here!"
GB: That's not true! The one time I had to serve on a jury I dressed nicely for the jury selection.
NH: And you're a woman. What does, "Pretty, conservatively-dressed young white woman" say to you?
GB: Aaaah...
I don't know how it is around the rest of the country, but around here a good 80-90% of conservatively-dressed white women are Social Justice Warriors, so a defense attorney would be chomping at the bit to get one of them on his/her jury.
Unfortunately, the attorney in GothBard's case made an error in judgement...
So...what's good at removing fire/smoke marks off of a white microwave?
Asking for a friend.
Trashcan.
But, I hate microwaves, so.
The only reason we have it is that it came with the house. And the only thing we use it for is steamable veggies or a quick reheat of leftovers.
Hi, everyone.
Hello, John! Late lunch so I can actually say, "Hi!" before getting back to work!
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Can of tea?