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It's too hot for clothes anyway... :/
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OK. New insulation for the win.
We're having one of our once-or-twice-a-year "heat waves" and it's currently 85˚ F outside. I knew it was coming so I closed all the windows and curtains in the early morning and trusted to the insulation.
It's currently 68˚ F at my desk. No fans, no air conditioning; just proper tactics and "real" insulation for once.
I'll be interested in how hot it gets inside; we still have a few hours to go, but I'm betting my house won't top 75˚F indoors on a 93˚F day outdoors, so I'm pretty stoked.
We'll see.
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Texas:
It was 95 degrees, windless, and completely sunny at 12:30.
An hour and a half later, it's 74 degrees, and we're having a severe thunderstorm with marble-sized hail, flash-flooding on our street (yes, the houses are all elevated a few feet higher than the curb level), and intermittent power outages.
Good times!
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Anyone ever watched anything from The Great Courses? Lately everything with a plot has been a chore for me, so I started a free trial today 'cause I've been digging educational stuff so much. I was hoping for an economics 101 course, but a search only came up with a history of economics thing; so instead I started watching...
Spoilered for religion:
** spoiler omitted **
A LOT of the stuff I watch on YouTube has been advertising Great Courses Plus as a sponsor. Since it's not free (beyond the trial) I haven't ever bothered trying it out.
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Texas:
It was 95 degrees, windless, and completely sunny at 12:30.
An hour and a half later, it's 74 degrees, and we're having a severe thunderstorm with marble-sized hail, flash-flooding on our street (yes, the houses are all elevated a few feet higher than the curb level), and intermittent power outages.
Good times!
Very similar here in TN, though thankfully without the hail or flooding, and only minor occasional light flickers.
The rainstorms have come and gone multiple times through the day, and look to continue doing so.
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That sounds absolutely divine.
Well, perhaps the most ironic part of it is that we got the new insulation as part of putting in solar.
In other words, now that I'm not paying for electricity I don't need it.
Hmm... I may have miscalculated my tactics...
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That sounds absolutely divine.Well, perhaps the most ironic part of it is that we got the new insulation as part of putting in solar.
In other words, now that I'm not paying for electricity I don't need it.
Hmm... I may have miscalculated my tactics...
Get the Imps bigger, better, hotter computers to game, it will balance itself.
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And I am not saying that just so my throngs of kobold burglar minions could steal them for me!
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Those silly buggers never succeed in bringing me nice things anyway.
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It's 'fall' in the Sword Marches (or whatever they're called - we're playing Kingmaker). We're buying furry parkas and tents and then heading out to kill some trolls.
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We have large windows rougly south - south west of the house. Lovely in winter. Not so much in summer.
I'm hoping to redo the garden soon. And when that has been done, we can look at some serious shade options. Hopefully something that can cover most of the garden.
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Our house has windows in every direction, and a killer backyard (with the owl, the little tomato plant of horrors, and bunny population it's quite literal) to boot.
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A LOT of the stuff I watch on YouTube has been advertising Great Courses Plus as a sponsor. Since it's not free (beyond the trial) I haven't ever bothered trying it out.Anyone ever watched anything from The Great Courses? Lately everything with a plot has been a chore for me, so I started a free trial today 'cause I've been digging educational stuff so much. I was hoping for an economics 101 course, but a search only came up with a history of economics thing; so instead I started watching...
Spoilered for religion:
** spoiler omitted **
Can't say I blame ya; I'm normally very frugal about spending money on entertainment, but I'm stuck in front of the tv for three hours every day, and decent documentaries are getting harder and harder to come by via my borrowed streaming services.
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Blllllluuuuurrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhh
I. Missed. Meeting. A. Person. Again.
First we were too sick to host Sharoth. And now I didn’t even know Ray passed through town,
Whhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I swear I really want to meet people! I’m neither that reclusive or trying to ghost you! Ugh!
(I didn’t even see my PMs until today, two weeks later - I don’t think the red dot even showed up on my computer. Dang it! I suck!)
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That sounds absolutely divine.Well, perhaps the most ironic part of it is that we got the new insulation as part of putting in solar.
In other words, now that I'm not paying for electricity I don't need it.
Hmm... I may have miscalculated my tactics...
I’m your what now and you miscalculated me how?! ... oh, right, I see, carry on.
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OK. New insulation for the win.
We're having one of our once-or-twice-a-year "heat waves" and it's currently 85˚ F outside. I knew it was coming so I closed all the windows and curtains in the early morning and trusted to the insulation.
It's currently 68˚ F at my desk. No fans, no air conditioning; just proper tactics and "real" insulation for once.
I'll be interested in how hot it gets inside; we still have a few hours to go, but I'm betting my house won't top 75˚F indoors on a 93˚F day outdoors, so I'm pretty stoked.
We'll see.
Wait, I’m decent now!? Since when!?
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A religion-related thesis I've come up with, after learning a bit about world religions...
So if you're fascinated by religion like I am, you may have noticed a common trend among many religions: A founding hero begins as a simple prophet or visionary during his own lifetime, but as his message gains popularity and changes over the centuries, he gets mythologized into a quasi- or fully divine character. Jesus for example almost certainly claimed only to be a Jewish prophet heralding the coming of the Son of Man and the reestablishment of the Jewish state; but after his crucifixion, Christians decided that god must have adopted him as son upon resurrection, then upon his baptism, then upon his birth, and then finally decided that he must have been coeternal with god.
The Buddha was a man with a pretty Humanistic message: that we are capable of escaping Samsara (the endless and unsatisfying cycle of reincarnation) through our own efforts (self-discipline & self-awareness). But he too got mythologized into a god, and was joined by a host of other buddhas/gods.
But this is just a trend, not a rule. Judaism for example has mythical figures like Abraham and Moses who do things like parting the Red Sea and whatnot, but they've never been mythologized into gods. An even clearer example is Confucius, who has exaggerated stories about him, but was never even mythologized into a messenger of the Chinese heaven-force.
So what's the difference between Christianity/Buddhism and Judaism/Confucianism? A second trend, that's what.
The first sect of many religions is an ascetic sect, where adherents must spend most of their time and energy in pursuit of salvation/enlightenment/etc., and are therefore isolated from family and society. Jesus and his followers were wanderers, and early Christian sects had a tendency toward asceticism and social isolation. (See also: Catholic celibacy of priests & nuns.) The early Buddhists were wandering monks, and in fact the Buddha himself abandoned his family and prince-ship in order to pursue enlightenment.
But as the religion spreads and changes, later sects will evolve, ones that are more 'user-friendly.' Sects for people with jobs and families, who can't spend all their time praying/meditating/etc.. And these sects will mythologize the founding visionary into a helper-deity who can do the heavy spiritual lifting on behalf of adherents. As a man, Jesus can only tell Christians how to follow the Jewish commandments and repent before the coming of the Son of Man; but as a god, he can give them salvation for simply believing him to be god and/or doing good works. (This is especially apparent in Protestantism, where belief is the sole requirement for salvation.) As a man, the Buddha can only tell Buddhists how to free themselves from suffering; but as a god, he can actively help them toward enlightenment. Thus all these adherents are freed to have jobs and families, and achieve salvation/enlightenment/etc..
But again, the asceticism-to-divine-helpers trend is not a rule. Judaism has no tradition of asceticism because being a good Jew is about: telling the Jewish stories to successive generations, and following the 613 mitzvahs (commandments). Both of these activities are everyday activities; there is no necessity to isolate from family or society. Confucianism has no tradition of asceticism because being a good Confucian is all about family life, good government, and everyday etiquette and rituals.
So my thesis / TL;DR is: Religions that begin as ascetic traditions tend to produce sects that introduce mythologized 'helper-deities' to help adherents toward salvation/enlightenment/etc., whereas religions that begin with everyday practices tend to maintain their founders and heroes as more-or-less simple prophets or visionaries.
My predictions (well, and Weather Underground's) proved to be remarkably accurate: The outside temperature did indeed top out at 93˚F on the nose, and should start plummeting very soon (high temps can't survive the onshore flow, so by nightfall we should be in the low 70s or high 60s). The house is 74˚F now, but with yet more sun and a couple of hours to go, I'm sure it'll tick up another degree before it's time to open the windows in a couple of hours.
Nice experience for our first actual "hot" day of the year.
(And technically, over 80˚F is considered "hot" around here; over 90˚F is a "dangerous heat wave").
Things NobodysHome Doesn't Understand #10,384: Yearbook Editors
So, the yearbook is supposed to be students' opportunity to express themselves: It's usually put together by students, with photos taken by students, senior quotes, seniors voted "Most xxx" by other seniors, and so forth. It's all about letting the students express themselves.
So WHY DO YOU EDIT THEM WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION!?!?!?!?!
In my case, the football team shaved my head the week yearbook photos were scheduled. It was a "Snoopy-like" cut, with big flopping patches of hair behind each ear and the rest shaved bald. The fact that I wore it to school unabashedly every day was the event that turned my popularity around at the school; people loved me for it. So I proudly got my yearbook photo taken in tux and Snoopy cut.
Then the yearbook came out... and they had airbrushed hair onto me!!!!! They never asked my parents. They never asked me. They just (poorly) airbrushed in some hair so I didn't look so hideous. Almost 35 years later, I am still resentful and appalled at their audacity.
In Impus Major's case, he put an intentional typo into his senior quote as an inside joke to his friends. And yep. Without consulting him and without his permission, they corrected it, so his senior quote is really pretty pathetic.
Nice job, guys!
Can you please ASK US BEFORE YOU EDIT US?!?!?!?!
Grr...
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I have tons of games to play.
So I bought a new one.
Stars In Shadow, a space 4X. Well, I am a sucker for 4X, particularly SF, Fantasy, or Historical ones...
GOG and its promotions... *sigh*
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In Impus Major's case, he put an intentional typo into his senior quote as an inside joke to his friends. And yep. Without consulting him and without his permission, they corrected it, so his senior quote is really pretty pathetic.
Nice job, guys!
Can you please ASK US BEFORE YOU EDIT US?!?!?!?!
Grr...
In their defense...
Have you seen how kids write these days? No wonder they assumed it isn't an intentional and corrected that...
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Step 1: WW downloads all of Good Omens.
Step 2: WW and LM make plans to start binge-watching series after getting kids to sleep Sunday night.
Step 3: Freakish severe storms knock out power to over 300k homes, including LM's.
Step 4: Power company says, "We'll try to have service restored by 1900 hours Monday night."
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Can't say I blame ya; I'm normally very frugal about spending money on entertainment, but I'm stuck in front of the tv for three hours every day, and decent documentaries are getting harder and harder to come by via my borrowed streaming services.A LOT of the stuff I watch on YouTube has been advertising Great Courses Plus as a sponsor. Since it's not free (beyond the trial) I haven't ever bothered trying it out.Anyone ever watched anything from The Great Courses? Lately everything with a plot has been a chore for me, so I started a free trial today 'cause I've been digging educational stuff so much. I was hoping for an economics 101 course, but a search only came up with a history of economics thing; so instead I started watching...
Spoilered for religion:
** spoiler omitted **
There's a few good such things if you just go on YouTube. I imagine once you find them, your recommendations will just send you further down a rabbit hole on related videos. =)
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~winces~ Mom's medical bill from when she was admitted to when she died. $98,099.00 From 4-22-2018 to 5-3-2019.Does your state require children to pay parents medical bills? Did your mother leave any estate that should be used to pay them first?
I think between the insurance and Hospice, it is all paid.
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Well, carp. I'm becoming trendy.
I may have to start drinking again.
I only pray they don't start wearing fish pants.
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Step 1: WW downloads all of Good Omens.
Step 2: WW and LM make plans to start binge-watching series after getting kids to sleep Sunday night.
Step 3: Freakish severe storms knock out power to over 300k homes, including LM's.
Step 4: Power company says, "We'll try to have service restored by 1900 hours Monday night."
That bites.
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Well, carp. I'm becoming trendy.
I may have to start drinking again.
I only pray they don't start wearing fish pants.
Maybe this will be a good thing for those of us who don't drink, and it'll stop being a thing that's just expected and leads to harassment or seclusion if you don't participate, as it's done in the past.
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LOLOL. Impus Minor just came into the living room to tirade about just how bad Catcher in the Rye is.
Impus Major summarized the book as, "Holden Caulfield complains."
Impus Minor responded, "Yeah. And every whiny complaint is a metaphor."
Impus Minor is considering doing the essay properly, then finishing it with, "By the way, this is the worst book I ever read."
No one in their peer group would disagree.
I've seen worse.
Nah. I've met the kid, he's a lot better behaved than that, and you'd never catch him without his gang of friends or his dog.A teenage boy walks into a brothel dragging a dead frog on a leash. He asks the head mistress specifically for a whore with an STD. The mistress is confused and asks the boy why. The boy says, "Well, when I go home my parents will go out and leave me and my little sister with a babysitter. The babysitter will have sex with me and get it. Then when my parents get home my dad will take the babysitter home, bang her on the way and get it. Then he will get home and give it to my mom. Then when my dad goes to work tomorrow, mom will have sex with the mailman and give it to him. And he's the a#!*#&$ that ran over my pet frog!"Anti-Christ is that you?
Ah good book and the movie/mini series was great.
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Maybe this will be a good thing for those of us who don't drink, and it'll stop being a thing that's just expected and leads to harassment or seclusion if you don't participate, as it's done in the past.Well, carp. I'm becoming trendy.
I may have to start drinking again.
I only pray they don't start wearing fish pants.
I had a long, rambling reply to this, but it was mostly fueled by a lot of personal stress, a touch of depression stemming from said personal stress, and perhaps ironically a couple glasses of scotch. Perhaps three. They were all in one glass though. I'm estimating.
Short(er) version, with less anger. Orthos, I'm generally pissed off at everyone that has made you feel ostracized over things that are just supposed to be social courtesies.
You offer your guest a drink...of any kind...simply to show hospitality and be a good host. Unlike the olden days, a refusal should not be taken to be an insult or a signal of hostility. And it sure as hell isn't a reason to make fun of someone. There's a LOT of reasons for someone to turn down a drink. Diabetes. Alcoholism. They're not thirsty. Liver disease. Simply don't like the available options. You're driving. You don't like the taste. A giraffe crossed your path and you're pretty sure that means something, but only if you don't partake in any liquids for the next 24 hours.
F%$& those people that ostracized you for not drinking alcohol. Well, only f%$& them if you want to. But I know you don't, so don't do that either. Smile at them, wish them well, turn your back, and walk away. Live your life as you need to live it for yourself.
Cheers.
The show may have been called "Spongebob Squarepants", but we all know that Patrick was the star.
Is mayonnaise an instrument?
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Here's a tip: If you never want to be turned away from a hotel because it is sold out, change your name to "Improvement". There's always room for Improvement.
Why would you do this to yourself?
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Maybe this will be a good thing for those of us who don't drink, and it'll stop being a thing that's just expected and leads to harassment or seclusion if you don't participate, as it's done in the past.Well, carp. I'm becoming trendy.
I may have to start drinking again.
I only pray they don't start wearing fish pants.
I had a long, rambling reply to this, but it was mostly fueled by a lot of personal stress, a touch of depression stemming from said personal stress, and perhaps ironically a couple glasses of scotch. Perhaps three. They were all in one glass though. I'm estimating.
Short(er) version, with less anger. Orthos, I'm generally pissed off at everyone that has made you feel ostracized over things that are just supposed to be social courtesies.
You offer your guest a drink...of any kind...simply to show hospitality and be a good host. Unlike the olden days, a refusal should not be taken to be an insult or a signal of hostility. And it sure as hell isn't a reason to make fun of someone. There's a LOT of reasons for someone to turn down a drink. Diabetes. Alcoholism. They're not thirsty. Liver disease. Simply don't like the available options. You're driving. You don't like the taste. A giraffe crossed your path and you're pretty sure that means something, but only if you don't partake in any liquids for the next 24 hours.
F%$& those people that ostracized you for not drinking alcohol. Well, only f%$& them if you want to. But I know you don't, so don't do that either. Smile at them, wish them well, turn your back, and walk away. Live your life as you need to live it for yourself.
Cheers.
I don't drink... When they ask me why I say the taste mostly and that tends to be the end of it. Occasionally some hussie wants to go well you just haven't found the kind you like yet! Nope all tastes like garbage. No mater what you mix it with I can taste that alcohol prominently.
Depends on how you use it.The show may have been called "Spongebob Squarepants", but we all know that Patrick was the star.Is mayonnaise an instrument?
Gran your clearly the star of our sponge bob square pants fawtl forum. Take that as you will.
Gran your clearly the star of our sponge bob square pants fawtl forum. Take that as you will.Depends on how you use it.The show may have been called "Spongebob Squarepants", but we all know that Patrick was the star.Is mayonnaise an instrument?
*I suspect there was some of this going on*
*I suspect there was some of this going on*Gran your clearly the star of our sponge bob square pants fawtl forum. Take that as you will.Depends on how you use it.The show may have been called "Spongebob Squarepants", but we all know that Patrick was the star.Is mayonnaise an instrument?
You know me so well.
...I don't drink... When they ask me why I say the taste mostly and that tends to be the end of it. Occasionally some hussie wants to go well youMaybe this will be a good thing for those of us who don't drink, and it'll stop being a thing that's just expected and leads to harassment or seclusion if you don't participate, as it's done in the past.Well, carp. I'm becoming trendy.
I may have to start drinking again.
I only pray they don't start wearing fish pants.
I had a long, rambling reply to this, but it was mostly fueled by a lot of personal stress, a touch of depression stemming from said personal stress, and perhaps ironically a couple glasses of scotch. Perhaps three. They were all in one glass though. I'm estimating.
Short(er) version, with less anger. Orthos, I'm generally pissed off at everyone that has made you feel ostracized over things that are just supposed to be social courtesies.
You offer your guest a drink...of any kind...simply to show hospitality and be a good host. Unlike the olden days, a refusal should not be taken to be an insult or a signal of hostility. And it sure as hell isn't a reason to make fun of someone. There's a LOT of reasons for someone to turn down a drink. Diabetes. Alcoholism. They're not thirsty. Liver disease. Simply don't like the available options. You're driving. You don't like the taste. A giraffe crossed your path and you're pretty sure that means something, but only if you don't partake in any liquids for the next 24 hours.
F%$& those people that ostracized you for not drinking alcohol. Well, only f%$& them if you want to. But I know you don't, so don't do that either. Smile at them, wish them well, turn your back, and walk away. Live your life as you need to live it for yourself.
Cheers.
It's usually friends of friends at social events so chances are I most likely wouldn't see them again anyways.
Would it have been more believable if I had said you are our Patrick?