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*Stays dressed*
;_; I'm sorry to hear that, NH. And yes, one's passing should be dignified. I would like to hope that mine would be, when it's my time.
It's funnier naked.
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*hugs* NH
One thing I really like about 4e is classes that are expected to heal get a minor-action heal feature, so they can heal a couple times while bringing the pain. Players who want to go the healbot route can take further healing powers, especially divine classes.
I'm going a more traditional route with my heartbreaker, insofar as healing requires explicitly magical per-day spells. But I've got nothing good to say about D&D's arcane/divine divide -- I think it's a weird relic of real-world religion
It is not even a relic of real world religion.
Historically healing was viewed as province of wizards and witches, sometimes bordering on godless as often as it was perceived as divine miracle. Gods were capricious and the priests smug. Wizards and witches might have been arrogant and vengeful when offended, but at least they could reliably try to heal you for compensation instead of counting for miracle.
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*Stays dressed*
;_; I'm sorry to hear that, NH. And yes, one's passing should be dignified. I would like to hope that mine would be, when it's my time.
Check with your Doctor on getting a DNR(Do not Resuscitate) Order. Also have a Healthcare proxy and LPA(Lasting Power of Attorney) to one of your family/friends whom you can trust and forsee will outlive you. So that they can handle your affairs if you're unable to.
Talk to a lawyer and yeah this is what you get.
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*Stays dressed*
;_; I'm sorry to hear that, NH. And yes, one's passing should be dignified. I would like to hope that mine would be, when it's my time.
Check with your Doctor on getting a DNR(Do not Resuscitate) Order. Also have a Healthcare proxy and LPA(Lasting Power of Attorney) to one of your family/friends whom you can trust and forsee will outlive you. So that they can handle your affairs if you're unable to.
Talk to a lawyer and yeah this is what you get.
Oh, gods. My mother's been wearing a DNR bracelet for 20+ years now. It's kind of like a badge of honor to her.
In more disturbing news, even after she moved to Seattle she left me with the lasting power of attorney because, "If I go into a coma, I know you'll pull the plug. I don't trust either of your brothers to do it."
Er... thanks, Mom?
(Funniest part: My older brother, who retired at 36, is to handle her financial affairs. I, a strong proponent of dying with dignity, am to handle her medical affairs. She knows her sons well.)
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Today I went to the Pitt-Rivers Collection, which is a vast hall crammed with interesting stuff hoovered up from all over the world, including everything you might think of - musical instruments, creepy masks, religious bits & bobs, tools, clothes,weaponry (yippee!) and hugely disturbing headhunters' trophies from the India/Burma border (ram's horns tied into a very small human skull - no thank you), then nobbed about the town and bought a couple of books and watched the schoolkids marching against climate change. Then I did some exercise and went to the pub, where I learnt that tomorrow's tournament will probably be a Painful Experience.
Also, Oxford is the home of the practically transparent yoga pant wearer.
SPLENDIDO.
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And I hate being called to do something else when I'm in the middle of doing something.I've recently realized this about myself as well.
Sometimes there's no help for it, but "Good at focusing on a single task until convenient milestone" and "Doesn't like switching tasks on momentary notice" are going to make an appearance in future interviews.
*Nods vigorously*
Yup don't like it, as it messes with my ability to focus, which I have precious little of already...
Furthermore having a mile wide ADD streak means, that not finishing something or not having a clear "mile stone" for what I'm doing, will mean that I forget about what I was doing when I'm called away to do something else.
One thing I really like about 4e is classes that are expected to heal get a minor-action heal feature, so they can heal a couple times while bringing the pain. Players who want to go the healbot route can take further healing powers, especially divine classes.
I kind of like the way Shadow of the Demonlord does it. Everyone get a combined buff/small heal ability, that's usable a couple of times between rests.
These are doubly usable for healers as its a heal beyond what they have with their spell slots....But I've got nothing good to say about D&D's arcane/divine divide -- I think it's a weird relic of real-world religion -- so healing spells are open to any caster class. Not necessarily every caster, in fact if you're a priest of anything but a god of healing you probably have zero healing power at all. But if you're a wizard for example, you can totally study up on the healing arts as well as you can the blaster arts.
I can get onboard with this. As long as a brief explanation is given for the lack of the divide (All magic is from the same source, its the casters beliefs that shape the "nature" of magic or whatever) then its fine by me.
The divide can of cause work, but it doesn't hold any special significance for me personally.I think I'm more of a details kind of cat. Positive, yes, light hearted, not really. Some say I have no sense of humor.
*Tilts turtle head*
*Waddles by Mort's basket, hides a whoopee cushion between her basket sheets, and then he hides nearby to observe her reaction to the "whoopee"*
Whingey Wizzard has a job interview today at 9:30.
It's his second interview this week with a local company that places extracurricular specialist teachers in local schools, the position is a management position that oversees and coordinates programs.
For once, his rather eccentric resume and provable skill set are a pretty good fit. His first interview earlier this week was with someone who was junior to the position but with whom he would be working with a lot; today's interview is with the HR director.
And then he has a lunch meeting today with the pastor at our church about bringing an early morning Aikido class into the church two days a week. We already have another church member doing a yoga twice a week, so there is precedent, and the pastor wants to do more to make the church a place where folks in the community come during the week other than for the grocery bag distribution. The yoga guy does a free class but has a donation box, so basically the same structure as WW's "free dojo" back in California. It would do him a LOT of good to be teaching again. And a 7:00 class is something he could do and still work a 9-5.
So... fingers firmly crossed. This could be a good day.
*Crosses turtle feet and attempts to send positive vibes*
Hi, everyone.
*Attempts to wave to John, but is having a bit of a difficult time due to crossed turtle feet*
Today I went to the Pitt-Rivers Collection, which is a vast hall crammed with interesting stuff hoovered up from all over the world, including everything you might think of - musical instruments, creepy masks, religious bits & bobs, tools, clothes,weaponry (yippee!) and hugely disturbing headhunters' trophies from the India/Burma border (ram's horns tied into a very small human skull - no thank you)…
*Looks slightly envious*
kind of been wanting to visit the place if I ever got the chance...sounds interesting.
Also, Oxford is the home of the practically transparent yoga pant wearer.SPLENDIDO.
Shush!!! You wanna get invaded all over again!
A pretty face launched a thousand ships, what the heck do you think transparent yoga pants will do?!
And it's done. My friend passed away at 11:56 pm last night, 14 days short of his 54th birthday.
** spoiler omitted **
*Sends man-hug and back pats*
Condolences NH.
And it's done. My friend passed away at 11:56 pm last night, 14 days short of his 54th birthday.
** spoiler omitted **
may he rest peacefully.
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*Waddles by Mort's basket, hides a whoopee cushion between her basket sheets, and then he hides nearby to observe her reaction to the "whoopee"*
*Mutters whoops at the fart*
*Gets up and sits down again resulting in another*
*Is puzzled*
*digs into blankets and takes whoopee cushion out and bats at it*
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Oh urm...Me in swimsuit, without glasses
Please allow me to say that you've been far too hard on yourself for how you look. You are a beautiful woman. Never believe otherwise.
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One thing I really like about 4e is classes that are expected to heal get a minor-action heal feature, so they can heal a couple times while bringing the pain. Players who want to go the healbot route can take further healing powers, especially divine classes.I kind of like the way Shadow of the Demonlord does it. Everyone get a combined buff/small heal ability, that's usable a couple of times between rests.
These are doubly usable for healers as its a heal beyond what they have with their spell slots.
Interesting, what's the design motive behind everyone getting a buff/heal? Or, how does it play out I guess?
...But I've got nothing good to say about D&D's arcane/divine divide -- I think it's a weird relic of real-world religion -- so healing spells are open to any caster class. Not necessarily every caster, in fact if you're a priest of anything but a god of healing you probably have zero healing power at all. But if you're a wizard for example, you can totally study up on the healing arts as well as you can the blaster arts.I can get onboard with this. As long as a brief explanation is given for the lack of the divide (All magic is from the same source, its the casters beliefs that shape the "nature" of magic or whatever) then its fine by me.
Explanation, hm....
"Different casters use magic differently; wizards study and learn to manipulate the magical workings of the universe, sorcerers are born with it, and priests channel divine will.
But let's get real, I have limited time to write spells, so a fireball or a heal uses the same rule whoever casts it."
:D
One thing I really like about 4e is classes that are expected to heal get a minor-action heal feature, so they can heal a couple times while bringing the pain. Players who want to go the healbot route can take further healing powers, especially divine classes.
I'm going a more traditional route with my heartbreaker, insofar as healing requires explicitly magical per-day spells. But I've got nothing good to say about D&D's arcane/divine divide -- I think it's a weird relic of real-world religion
It is not even a relic of real world religion.
Historically healing was viewed as province of wizards and witches, sometimes bordering on godless as often as it was perceived as divine miracle. Gods were capricious and the priests smug. Wizards and witches might have been arrogant and vengeful when offended, but at least they could reliably try to heal you for compensation instead of counting for miracle.
I was thinking specifically of Gygax's religion.
I could be wrong, but that's my understanding.
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Far Cry: New Dawn is out today.
GothBard and Shiro have been playing for a couple of hours. Both Impii are downloading it.
And not a single server crash yet. As if the game company did some kind of testing and QA before releasing the game. What a concept! :-O
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And I hate being called to do something else when I'm in the middle of doing something.I've recently realized this about myself as well.
Sometimes there's no help for it, but "Good at focusing on a single task until convenient milestone" and "Doesn't like switching tasks on momentary notice" are going to make an appearance in future interviews.
*points* That me
Thoth for ancient Egyptians, Vidmaster7. You spelt his name wrong.
Thanks for the correction I was thinking it didn't look right. he is magic god right?
Thoth for ancient Egyptians, Vidmaster7. You spelt his name wrong.Vidmaster misspell something!?! Your cray cray!
It will be a nice ditch...
Clocking out. Good night, everyone!
Hey, Vid! TAG, you're it!
*delayed tag in*
I'm working on how to look halfway decent while nude actually. I mean since I'm working on my weight, I must as well do some shaping while I'm at it, right?
Careful you'll make certain posters far too excited with that kind of talk Mort
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Thoth played many vital and prominent roles in Egyptian mythology, such as maintaining the universe, and being one of the two deities (the other being Maat) who stood on either side of Ra's solar barge.In the later history of ancient Egypt, Thoth became heavily associated with the arbitration of godly disputes,the arts of magic, the system of writing, the development of science, and the judgment of the dead.
God of knowledge and magic, like Nethys in a way, but more even-handed and fair. Go wiki!
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Oh urm...Me in swimsuit, without glassesPlease allow me to say that you've been far too hard on yourself for how you look. You are a beautiful woman. Never believe otherwise.
Thanks. I'll say it was a lot of work for the last 4 months. But I think as I dress rather conservatively(usually I'll wear sleeves etc), so on looking only at my belly(which still have some fat), I've not been really taking notice of the progress made.
Well except occasional cussing that my pants are too loose and trying to find a belt...
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And I hate being called to do something else when I'm in the middle of doing something.I've recently realized this about myself as well.
Sometimes there's no help for it, but "Good at focusing on a single task until convenient milestone" and "Doesn't like switching tasks on momentary notice" are going to make an appearance in future interviews.
Yeah, there are stupid interview questions, and then there are ones people handle stupidly.
"What is your worst trait/what is your biggest weakness?" and its variants is really supposed to be an introspective question: Do you know what you're weak at? So many managers have turned it into an, "If the candidate answers this question honestly they lose the job," that it's amazingly frustrating. Because yeah, I single-track and don't like to be disturbed. My manager likes to know that. We interviewed a candidate. She said her writing skills were superb, but her technical skills were lacking. We could work with that. Another guy admitted he had little experience in the industry, so we'd have to train him up. Knowing how to support a co-worker is golden. Having SO many a$$hat managers turn it into a 'trap' question is mind-bogglingly frustrating.
About 50-60% of our candidates give the Mary Poppins, "I'm practically perfect in every way," which is a big red mark against them.But yes. "I like to focus on a single task and hate to be disturbed" is definitely me.
Can I request some more good answers for this one. This one always trips me up.
Thoth played many vital and prominent roles in Egyptian mythology, such as maintaining the universe, and being one of the two deities (the other being Maat) who stood on either side of Ra's solar barge.In the later history of ancient Egypt, Thoth became heavily associated with the arbitration of godly disputes,the arts of magic, the system of writing, the development of science, and the judgment of the dead.
God of knowledge and magic, like Nethys in a way, but more even-handed and fair. Go wiki!
Ha nice. I thought you just knew all that off the top of your head I was impressed.
Most Egyptian gods tend to be like multi-classed wizard/cleric. Which is how we tend to do the clerics when a player chooses an Egyptian as their deity of choice. My favorite example for a game I ran one of our players played a Good aligned lich (I think the teplate was in the undead book for 3.5) mystic theurge who worshiped Osiris and he created undead and used them for good. I loved the concept so much I may have altered some rules but I think most of it was already available.
About to clock out. May not be here tomorrow because of the scheduled website maintenance. Good night, everyone.
*Tags Vid in*
*slightly less late tag in*
And I'm caught up.
Mort your getting some good tone. I'm gonna use you as motivation for me to kick it up a notch. preferably before I kick the bucket from my sedimentary life style.
Also your hair is kind of hilarious in that one.
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Ah so funny I get this all the time.
What are you rates
"quote rates"
Ok let me go check with (x) I'll be right back.
*they frantically drive off asap*
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I'm working on how to look halfway decent while nude actually. I mean since I'm working on my weight, I must as well do some shaping while I'm at it, right?Careful you'll make certain posters far too excited with that kind of talk Mort
That's the truth on what I want to be doing to myself. You know...as in get more defined muscles etc.
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About to clock out. May not be here tomorrow because of the scheduled website maintenance. Good night, everyone.
*Tags Vid in*
*slightly less late tag in*
And I'm caught up.
Mort your getting some good tone. I'm gonna use you as motivation for me to kick it up a notch. preferably before I kick the bucket from my sedimentary life style.
Also your hair is kind of hilarious in that one.
My hair was a mess after running my arse, while carrying my swimming bag, to the swimming pool(about 4km),but it's a sling bag so not very well balanced for running. So I took the simple expedient method of stuffing as much of it as possible into my cap.
That's the truth on what I want to be doing to myself. You know...as in get more defined muscles etc.I'm working on how to look halfway decent while nude actually. I mean since I'm working on my weight, I must as well do some shaping while I'm at it, right?Careful you'll make certain posters far too excited with that kind of talk Mort
Keep at it Its harder to notice progress when you see yourself every day but I can tell a huge difference myself.
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I hate some of the open ended questions for interviews.
"Please provide some examples of times when others ask you for your input when they were making a decision or solving a problem. What input did you provide? What were the results?"
Like The phraseing alone makes my mind go blank. Its so vague.
Alright online interview #1 done. Maybe I'll make it to a face to face this time.
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Far Cry: New Dawn is out today.
GothBard and Shiro have been playing for a couple of hours. Both Impii are downloading it.
And not a single server crash yet. As if the game company did some kind of testing and QA before releasing the game. What a concept! :-O
Does Impus finally use his gaming laptop?
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I hate some of the open ended questions for interviews.
"Please provide some examples of times when others ask you for your input when they were making a decision or solving a problem. What input did you provide? What were the results?"
Like The phraseing alone makes my mind go blank. Its so vague.
Alright online interview #1 done. Maybe I'll make it to a face to face this time.
Hmm the company asked me to come up with some policies, so I came up with some policies based on guidelines by the country government and our shareholders policy. Company wants me to deal with bank KYC so I deal with it, generally by caterwauling at everyone until I get the stuff to pass to the bank. But basically when dealing with bank KYCs...communication is very important. Banks are very stringent on their requirements. It is NOT a good idea to deviate from what they want. Always double check with them if you're not sure. But I notice that for a lot of people, out of sight means out of mind, which means you ALWAYS have to chase even though the person should have automatically coughed up the stuff. I'm not too bad at chasing people, assuming I don't have other things on my hands. I'm persistent to the point of being possibly undiplomatic. Basically its either you cough up my stuff or I'll bother you day and night until you do. Take your pick which one you prefer.
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Thoth played many vital and prominent roles in Egyptian mythology, such as maintaining the universe, and being one of the two deities (the other being Maat) who stood on either side of Ra's solar barge.In the later history of ancient Egypt, Thoth became heavily associated with the arbitration of godly disputes,the arts of magic, the system of writing, the development of science, and the judgment of the dead.
God of knowledge and magic, like Nethys in a way, but more even-handed and fair. Go wiki!
Ha nice. I thought you just knew all that off the top of your head I was impressed.
Most Egyptian gods tend to be like multi-classed wizard/cleric. Which is how we tend to do the clerics when a player chooses an Egyptian as their deity of choice. My favorite example for a game I ran one of our players played a Good aligned lich (I think the teplate was in the undead book for 3.5) mystic theurge who worshiped Osiris and he created undead and used them for good. I loved the concept so much I may have altered some rules but I think most of it was already available.
I actually like Egyptian Gods. It first started with the Mummy, then I started reading Christian Jacq and Wilbur Smith...
It seems that FAWTL on a whole do not like to multi-task and get grouchy when they have to do so.
huh?
Ah OK. That might just be a human thing.
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I remember being human... didn't care for it.
I'm cool with multitasking.
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Anyone else notice pressing three buttons on the microwave makes the same sound as the first three bass notes from Another One Bites The Dust.
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What I hate is when I have several things I'm quite obviously working on and someone wants to add on one more thing.
Customers at the toy store were the worst for this! I'd have a hand cart with three playhouses on it with two more bikes in boxes stacked on that and I'm carrying an assembled bike on one shoulder and someone always stops me to ask "Do you have this? Or that? Oh, what about this other thing?!" Or I'd be at the top of a ladder in an aisle trying not to drop awkwardly stacked boxes on people's heads and someone ALWAYS walks up and asks if you could look for some obscure toy only found in Japan that a friend of a friend of their cousin saw on Amazon and they're absolutely convinced that WE had it, would I look for it, just for them.
Or when I'm putting bikes back on the top rack and some Hot Wheels collector says his mom will give me a BJ if I'd just go in back and bring out a box of Hot Wheels for them to forage through (yes, that really happened, and yes, his mom was totally on board with it, no I did not get the box of Hot Wheels for them to forage through).
I'm cool with multitasking.
You go back to your bear shaving!
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What I hate is when I have several things I'm quite obviously working on and someone wants to add on one more thing.
Customers at the toy store were the worst for this! I'd have a hand cart with three playhouses on it with two more bikes in boxes stacked on that and I'm carrying an assembled bike on one shoulder and someone always stops me to ask "Do you have this? Or that? Oh, what about this other thing?!" Or I'd be at the top of a ladder in an aisle trying not to drop awkwardly stacked boxes on people's heads and someone ALWAYS walks up and asks if you could look for some obscure toy only found in Japan that a friend of a friend of their cousin saw on Amazon and they're absolutely convinced that WE had it, would I look for it, just for them.
Or when I'm putting bikes back on the top rack and some Hot Wheels collector says his mom will give me a BJ if I'd just go in back and bring out a box of Hot Wheels for them to forage through (yes, that really happened, and yes, his mom was totally on board with it, no I did not get the box of Hot Wheels for them to forage through).
Also WTF.
I'm cool with multitasking.You go back to your bear shaving!
It's winter, there's no challenge in shaving a hibernating bear.
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"What is your worst trait/what is your biggest weakness?" and its variants is really supposed to be an introspective question: Do you know what you're weak at?Can I request some more good answers for this one. This one always trips me up.
I finally came up with a good analogy here: If you're looking for retail/service jobs, asking me for interview advice is like going to a marriage counselor to get advice on being better at one-night stands.
We hire people for $100,000-a-year jobs where the hiring process takes months and we expect a 3-5 year commitment out of anyone we hire. So if someone starts spewing pat answers at us ("Oh, my biggest weakness is that I work too hard and I don't know when to quit") we pretty much tune them out and move on, because we're trying to find someone we can work with, year after year, in a tight-knit, remote team. And in 21 years of being on hiring committees, it's always been that way -- I've been interviewing for long-term candidates who will most likely be around in a decade or two.
The problem is, too many retail/service managers go to El Cheapo Business School of Idiocy, or no school at all, and they think that every question is actually a trap to weed out the weak. "What do you look for in a manager?" is no longer, "We really want to know because we want to know whether we can accommodate you," but instead, "If that's not me and you don't flatter me right now you're out of here."
So for us, "good" answers are honest ones: You obviously get frustrated with co-workers who don't do their jobs; especially managers. You wish you had more authority to discipline unruly guests.
That's what WE'D like to hear. I suspect it's NOT what the idiots who will be interviewing you want to hear.