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Yes, the Vikings built things NAKED!!!
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Yes, the Vikings built things NAKED!!!
I was more worried about the "bushcraft" part of that...
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** spoiler omitted **I need to let the wind out of it's sail.Nuke it, it's the only way to be sure.
I am afraid I must issue a rebuttal on our president's behalf:
Not exactly how I believe the Founding Fathers felt the president should go about declassifying documents, but there it is.
He's re-Tweeted falsehoods and various hateful memes.
And yet, in the constant spew of misinformation, vileness, classified information, and stupidity that has belched forth from our beloved President, not once has he publicly said anything about using bombs to disrupt hurricanes.
I believe he's that stupid. But I am also willing to give him the benefit of the doubt simply because he didn't Tweet about trying it, and the idea came from "anonymous sources who attended the briefings".
It just seems... uncharacteristically quiet of him.
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I taught a bunch of 1st level newbies to fear the might of the kobold last night.
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** spoiler omitted **I need to let the wind out of it's sail.Nuke it, it's the only way to be sure.I am afraid I must issue a rebuttal on our president's behalf:
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Bomb's away!
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I never expected a twofer when I laid my Fritzy trap.
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Nuke it, it's the only way to be sure.Spoiler:Lord Sunkist
I cannot drink soda anymore at all, but I will not have you libel and defame the good name of Sunkist is such a vile manner.
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Orthos & Scint, I don't know if you two have plans for Halloween costumes yet, but this ineffable pair would be perfect.
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Orthos & Scint, I don't know if you two have plans for Halloween costumes yet, but this ineffable pair would be perfect.
We actually have before. Before the series came out, anyway. I did Az with a sweatervest, collared shirt, and angel wings .
The fact that we live in separate states lessened the effect, admittedly.
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** spoiler omitted **I need to let the wind out of it's sail.Nuke it, it's the only way to be sure.I am afraid I must issue a rebuttal on our president's behalf:
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The f#~*ed up thing is, there was a scientist in the 50s that purposed this and if it's one thing Wisconsin is stuck in it's the 50s, so I've actually heard that this was how to deal with hurricanes if it weren't for them bleeding hearts in Washington way before the pumpkin-mice-expensive suit combo brought it up, so I don't doubt for a second he purposed it, at all.
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I never expected a twofer when I laid my Fritzy trap.
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I cannot drink soda anymore at all, but I will not have you libel and defame the good name of Sunkist is such a vile manner.Nuke it, it's the only way to be sure.** spoiler omitted **
Please give my apologies to Jim Philipps. I never meant to slander the good name of Sunkist.
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** spoiler omitted **I need to let the wind out of it's sail.Nuke it, it's the only way to be sure.
That's a Simpsons reference, silly. I'm surprised you didn't catch it.
"Nuke the whales?"
"Gotta nuke somethin'."
"Touche..."
EDIT - WAIT THAT WAS A REAL SUGGESTION?!?!
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Also, regardless of how stupid an idea it is...
The current administration could claim that Jesus was a liberal invention concocted to make poor people believe Love should be Free, and he STILL wouldn't lose his supporters.
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Orthos & Scint, I don't know if you two have plans for Halloween costumes yet, but this ineffable pair would be perfect.We actually have before. Before the series came out, anyway. I did Az with a sweatervest, collared shirt, and angel wings .
The fact that we live in separate states lessened the effect, admittedly.
Yep. I donned a black suit, black shirt, red tie, and sunglasses and had a rubber snake in my suit jacket pocket and a spritz bottle on my belt.
Still have all of it except the bottle, which I could easily replace, and the black shirt no longer fits but I could likely easily acquire another.
Noooooobody at the Halloween dinner got the reference.
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To all the people in the path of this hurricane, please be safe.
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What the dragon said. This storm is taking an erratic path. Things may get real up by me. Everyone is panicking should a storm develop over here. Memories of Sandy are quite real.
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Orthos & Scint, I don't know if you two have plans for Halloween costumes yet, but this ineffable pair would be perfect.We actually have before. Before the series came out, anyway. I did Az with a sweatervest, collared shirt, and angel wings .
The fact that we live in separate states lessened the effect, admittedly.
Yep. I donned a black suit, black shirt, red tie, and sunglasses and had a rubber snake in my suit jacket pocket and a spritz bottle on my belt.
Still have all of it except the bottle, which I could easily replace, and the black shirt no longer fits but I could likely easily acquire another.
Noooooobody at the Halloween dinner got the reference.
Huh. I have that photo on my disc. I didn't got that is supposed to be Crowley :P
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So in my L5R game the players are champions of the Celestial Dragons, including one for the Obsidian Dragon (representing taint and such and thus blood magic)
This leads to a great moment.
"Earth!"
"Fire!"
"Wind!"
"Water!"
Obsidian champion has a human heart in one hand, a knife in the other, and a big grin on his face...
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RE: nuking hurricanes
From back in March.
EDIT: Note, this post is entirely non-political. It's strictly about SCIENCE (more specifically, the Sci Show.) From what I can tell, the politics thing seems to have been within the last week? I'unno.
6 Parasites That Live INSIDE Cells - SciShow
UGH
THIS IS THE WORST
EDIT: I FEEL THE NEED TO CLEAN MY CELLS
EDIT2: Still glad you linked it, but yyyeeeeuuuuugggghhhh
EDIT 3: though I can't help but feel that Ricketsia has potential to alter medicine - in a good way - by outright stealing some of its mechanisms for medicinal use. The option to induce specific kinds of cells into "eating" medicine (while ignoring others) could be huuuuuuuuuuge and the idea of simply... rearranging proteins to better suit themselves is almost everything we'd want in cellular diseases. I mean, we've got a long way to go before we get anywhere close, obvs., but still.
Netflix's Dark Crystal prequel series is out. I watched the first few episodes yesterday. I'm not sure how good it is yet. There are parts I really liked, parts I didn't, and parts I thought were very boring. I'll have to finish it before I give it a grade.
And yes, Freehold, there are plenty of Skeksis in it.
You know, I feel that was true of the original Dark Crystal, too. It was very slow and plodding in many ways, and though I absolutely love it, I can recognize that is can be... slow.
EDIT: I can't actually speak to the show, as I've not had the opportunity tow watch it, yet. I'm just saying the movie could be similar.
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RE: nuking hurricanes
From back in March.EDIT: Note, this post is entirely non-political. It's strictly about SCIENCE (more specifically, the Sci Show.) From what I can tell, the politics thing seems to have been within the last week? I'unno.
The COMMENTS, on the other hand, are 100% political. And almost all of them are from the last week or so.
The COMMENTS, on the other hand, are 100% political. And almost all of them are from the last week or so.RE: nuking hurricanes
From back in March.EDIT: Note, this post is entirely non-political. It's strictly about SCIENCE (more specifically, the Sci Show.) From what I can tell, the politics thing seems to have been within the last week? I'unno.
Well, okay. Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks!
In my defense I didn't read any of those, so...
(Also, I saw it, like, a month-ish or so ago, I think, and there was nothing like that at the time.)
EDIT: and the raw power/energy inside of a hurricane is just... it's really fascinating. The fact that it has that much energy swirling through it. So cool.
Netflix's Dark Crystal prequel series is out. I watched the first few episodes yesterday. I'm not sure how good it is yet. There are parts I really liked, parts I didn't, and parts I thought were very boring. I'll have to finish it before I give it a grade.
And yes, Freehold, there are plenty of Skeksis in it.
You know, I feel that was true of the original Dark Crystal, too. It was very slow and plodding in many ways, and though I absolutely love it, I can recognize that is can be... slow.
EDIT: I can't actually speak to the show, as I've not had the opportunity tow watch it, yet. I'm just saying the movie could be similar.
keep that s~&! away from me. Ugh.
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The COMMENTS, on the other hand, are 100% political. And almost all of them are from the last week or so.RE: nuking hurricanes
From back in March.EDIT: Note, this post is entirely non-political. It's strictly about SCIENCE (more specifically, the Sci Show.) From what I can tell, the politics thing seems to have been within the last week? I'unno.
What have we said about reading comments?
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And to you as well, Synos!
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The one morning I could have slept in, and my alarm went off at 5:45 anyway.
So I updated my campaign journal from last night's session.
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I went to the gym yesterday.
I worked out everything- chest, back, arms, legs, and a swim afterwards.
For a while, everything hurt. So I popped a magnesium before bed.
Now, I feel truly powerful.
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What have we said about reading comments?The COMMENTS, on the other hand, are 100% political. And almost all of them are from the last week or so.RE: nuking hurricanes
From back in March.EDIT: Note, this post is entirely non-political. It's strictly about SCIENCE (more specifically, the Sci Show.) From what I can tell, the politics thing seems to have been within the last week? I'unno.
HISSSSSSSSSSSS
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I have seen the moons of Jupiter!
It may seem rather silly, but in 52 years of loving staring up at the sky, I never once managed to get access to a telescope powerful enough to discern the moons of Jupiter. And, considering that most people say you can do it with a good pair of binoculars, that's pretty sad.
But I went with Shiro and his son to Mount Fremont last night and we spent a few hours doing star photography with his 25" telescope, and I got a nice view of four of Jupiter's moons (just like Galileo!) and the rings of Saturn (which, for some reason I'd seen before). Shiro got some awesome pictures of the M4 cluster and some nebulae, and his son and I took random pictures of stars.
Good night, and worth being up 'til 1:00 am for!
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And gods, the textbook industry.
Impus Major's 5 other books for his English and History courses? Under $30 each. A 2-year subscription to all math texts? $80. An online art history book? $50.
And the *one* hardcover textbook that one of his courses required? $180. Or "only" $150 used.
Because education is for the wealthy.
Grr....
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Yeah, space! Good on you, mate.
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And gods, the textbook industry.
Impus Major's 5 other books for his English and History courses? Under $30 each. A 2-year subscription to all math texts? $80. An online art history book? $50.
And the *one* hardcover textbook that one of his courses required? $180. Or "only" $150 used.
Because education is for the wealthy.
Grr....
Harrrrr, I might know a solution for you, lad....
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And gods, the textbook industry.
Impus Major's 5 other books for his English and History courses? Under $30 each. A 2-year subscription to all math texts? $80. An online art history book? $50.
And the *one* hardcover textbook that one of his courses required? $180. Or "only" $150 used.
Because education is for the wealthy.
Grr....
Look up the ISBN on Amazon. There are a ton of discount textbook sites like this you can use.
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Look up the ISBN on Amazon. There are a ton of discount textbook sites like this you can use.And gods, the textbook industry.
Impus Major's 5 other books for his English and History courses? Under $30 each. A 2-year subscription to all math texts? $80. An online art history book? $50.
And the *one* hardcover textbook that one of his courses required? $180. Or "only" $150 used.
Because education is for the wealthy.
Grr....
The $150/$180 prices ARE from Amazon...
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Oh. Oh, jeez.
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The pirate thing was mostly meant as a joke at first, but after reading that, I'm less certain....
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Oh. Oh, jeez.
Yeah.
So, Community Colleges serve many purposes, but one of them is supposedly to allow low-income families who do not qualify for financial aid (or who don't want to rack up massive amounts of student debt) to still be able to afford a decent education for their kids.
Impus Major's first semester has so far cost $998.24, and he's still got $126 in tuition and roughly $1000 in transportation fees to go.
So, maybe it's just me, but I do NOT consider $2000/semester to be "providing an education to low-income families".
And that's with Impus Major living at home, and not counting his food costs if he wants to do something bizarre such as, y'know, eat on campus or something.
(Public transportation in the Bay Area is such that what would be a 25-mile, half-hour drive costs $7.90 and takes two hours. Impus Major isn't complaining about the two hours each way yet, but I'm sure it'll wear on him. And $15.80 a day isn't cheap.)
EDIT: As I mentioned, California funded a "first year free" program that pays up to $1380/semester for first year community college students, but it's a stopgap measure that needs to be re-funded every couple of years (so look out for the next recession), and paying for one year out of four is certainly better than nothing, but certainly not a "solution".