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Planescape!
Lankhmar!
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Gray box Forgotten Realms.
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Looks like today is our last day of 80 degrees or more for the foreseeable future.
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Dress rehearsals have begun. Costume timings are proving...tricky.
"Where's Lion? Where the heck is Lion?!"
All of us backstage for scene changes are torn between laughter and exasperation as we watch him do the entire song and dance with his tail in front.
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Dress rehearsals have begun. Costume timings are proving...tricky.
"Where's Lion? Where the heck is Lion?!"
All of us backstage for scene changes are torn between laughter and exasperation as we watch him do the entire song and dance with his tail in front.
I’m here! I’m here! Dang it! Stop rushing me!
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NobodysHome, have you listened to NPR's podcast, The Big One? So far it is pretty good, in a scary sort of way.I tend to listen to music while at work (because focus) and the family in the evening (because family), but I'll see whether I can squeeze it in.
I'm assuming it's about the eternally-upcoming 9.0+ quake in California.
Just a totally random thing, I read this sentence this morning, and I was then possessed of a strong urge to listen to "California Earthquake" performed by Cass Elliott. (As an aside, few these days apparently know she did not actually like being called "Mama" (apart from the link, I have been told this by someone who apparently knew her)). Then for the rest of the day her music and her story were on my mind for some reason...
And then I realized today (1 minute left) was her birthday (she would have been 78 or thereabouts--around the same age as my dad. She died just shy of her 33rd birthday due to a heart attack caused in part by severe crash/starvation dieting (another myth, choking was not involved)). Happy birthday to a lady with an amazing voice.
fascinating history.
May she rest peacefully.
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Gray box Forgotten Realms.
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Looks like today is our last day of 80 degrees or more for the foreseeable future.
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Dress rehearsals have begun. Costume timings are proving...tricky.
"Where's Lion? Where the heck is Lion?!"
All of us backstage for scene changes are torn between laughter and exasperation as we watch him do the entire song and dance with his tail in front.
oh man.
So many jokes...so many jokes...
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Maybe its like a tent. I can never decently fit those back into the bag they came in.One of my technicians just got a phone call from a former work-from-home employee. She's received the shipping labels for all of the equipment she needs to send back, but she needs advice because she's pretty sure the equipment doesn't fit in the same boxes it came in.
....
It won't fit in the box it came in.
...
Perhaps this is why you are now a former employee.
Well now I want a tent with a map printed on it.
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So, is there anything more annoying than applications that still use Flash?
I swear, Steve Jobs was doing the world a tremendous favor way back in 2010 when he announced that Apple would no longer support Flash on its devices. Google is finally following suit in 2019.
But we've still got major software companies putting out interfaces built on Flash.
NO! Bad corporation! No biscuit!
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Never know how long something will take to get here from Europe. I've seen shipments from the UK take anywhere from 1 week to 6 months.
So, is there anything more annoying than applications that still use Flash?
I swear, Steve Jobs was doing the world a tremendous favor way back in 2010 when he announced that Apple would no longer support Flash on its devices. Google is finally following suit in 2019.
But we've still got major software companies putting out interfaces built on Flash.
NO! Bad corporation! No biscuit!
but how will I play flash games?
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Freehold, Vankyre, your packages are in the mail. Now we wait an undetermined amount of time.
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Yup, it's one of those days.
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Twould appear the boss likes to schedule the cray cray people for the fall.
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NobodysHome, have you listened to NPR's podcast, The Big One? So far it is pretty good, in a scary sort of way.I tend to listen to music while at work (because focus) and the family in the evening (because family), but I'll see whether I can squeeze it in.
I'm assuming it's about the eternally-upcoming 9.0+ quake in California.
Just a totally random thing, I read this sentence this morning, and I was then possessed of a strong urge to listen to "California Earthquake" performed by Cass Elliott. (As an aside, few these days apparently know she did not actually like being called "Mama" (apart from the link, I have been told this by someone who apparently knew her)). Then for the rest of the day her music and her story were on my mind for some reason...
And then I realized today (1 minute left) was her birthday (she would have been 78 or thereabouts--around the same age as my dad. She died just shy of her 33rd birthday due to a heart attack caused in part by severe crash/starvation dieting (another myth, choking was not involved)). Happy birthday to a lady with an amazing voice.
Here's a thought: if you don't want to be called Mama, perhaps, maybe, just spitballin'...
...don't be a founding member of The Mamas and the Papas.
Just sayin'.
Here's a thought: if you don't want to be called Mama, perhaps, maybe, just spitballin'...
...don't be a founding member of The Mamas and the Papas.
Just sayin'.
Heh.
It could have been a thing where it evolved, though - like it could have started out fine, but become annoying later on. For example, it seems Michelle Phillips was not particularly called "Mama," so it could be a frustrating thing to be singled out that way.
(There's a similar disconnect with John Phillips - called "Papa Phillips" - and Denny Doherty, who, as far as I can tell, was never really called "Papa" either. It is weird that the Phillips man was called "Papa" and the non-Phillips woman was called "Mama," so...)
((I honestly don't know - I'm just spit-balling right back.))
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Goo Goo Dolls was originally a joke name that stuck and the singer absolutely hated the name.
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Hm.
As a deeper thing, it could be that there were more problems with the group itself.
Mild reading of Wikipedia, notes...
John and Michelle Phillips became Hollywood celebrities, living in the Hollywood Hills and socializing with stars such as Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, and Roman Polanski. The Mamas & the Papas broke up in 1968 largely because Cass Elliot wanted to go solo and because of personal problems between Phillips, his wife Michelle, and Denny Doherty, including Michelle's affair with Doherty. As Michelle Phillips later recounted, "Cass confronted me and said 'I don't get it. You could have any man you want. Why would you take mine (Doherty)?'" Michelle was fired briefly in 1966 for having affairs with Gene Clark and Doherty, she was replaced for two months by Jill Gibson, their producer Lou Adler's girlfriend. Although Michelle Phillips was forgiven and asked to return to the group, the personal problems continued until the group split. Cass Elliot went on to have a successful solo career until her death from heart failure in 1974.
So it probably was a pretty harsh thing to go through to be continuously reminded of those issues by being referred to as her band name persona.
Boop.
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I've gotten through the first nine seasons of The Walking Dead.
A few thoughts.
They need to stop putting Carol in charge of kids, or at least stop her from giving them red shirts.
I thought the latter seasons are better than the early seasons, I especially like the Whisperers as villains.
My favorite person is Negan, and Daryl grew on me, and of course, Ezekiel (R.I.P. Shiva!).
Happiness is the mark of death, as soon as someone starts to seem happy or at least content with the situation (or they're put under Carol's care) you know it's only a matter of time before they die.
High School Sportsball for the win!
(... dang it.)
A large area of Pittsburgh is now under a 48-hour boil water advisory. *Stupid water main break*
Ooooof. That’s sucky, my dude. Hope it resolves itself fats!
I've gotten through the first nine seasons of The Walking Dead.
A few thoughts.
They need to stop putting Carol in charge of kids, or at least stop her from giving them red shirts.
I thought the latter seasons are better than the early seasons, I especially like the Whisperers as villains.
My favorite person is Negan, and Daryl grew on me, and of course, Ezekiel (R.I.P. Shiva!).
Happiness is the mark of death, as soon as someone starts to seem happy or at least content with the situation (or they're put under Carol's care) you know it's only a matter of time before they die.
I will say, in Carol’s defense, that one set - while, yes, a very, very terrible oversight/blindness - was really not her fault. But, uh, yeah.
Also Rick be totes cray-cray.
Oh, and Ezekiel is best boi.
Clocking out. Good night, everyone.
Good night, John!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalso.
Oooooooooooooooooppphhhh.
Listening to the "evil humanist" faction rhetoric shortly after having watched a review of the film Silence is... ah... hm. It's.... uncomfortable, to say the least.
I absolutely cannot imagine Japanese audiences being deaf to the implications and related connotations. Yikes. Given that it seems... surprising that the show was as accepted as it was. Hm.
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Dress rehearsals have begun. Costume timings are proving...tricky.
"Where's Lion? Where the heck is Lion?!"
All of us backstage for scene changes are torn between laughter and exasperation as we watch him do the entire song and dance with his tail in front.
The costume has been fixed! Apparently what happened was they took the tail off to put some wire in so it would flop less...and sewed it on the wrong side.
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The costume has been fixed! Apparently what happened was they took the tail off to put some wire in so it would flop less...and sewed it on the wrong side.Dress rehearsals have begun. Costume timings are proving...tricky.
"Where's Lion? Where the heck is Lion?!"
All of us backstage for scene changes are torn between laughter and exasperation as we watch him do the entire song and dance with his tail in front.
...
You gotta be setting up some stand up routines here.
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Last night was one of the most successful nights I have had on the second job in a long, long time. Absolutely amazing. Great night.
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The costume has been fixed! Apparently what happened was they took the tail off to put some wire in so it would flop less...and sewed it on the wrong side.Dress rehearsals have begun. Costume timings are proving...tricky.
"Where's Lion? Where the heck is Lion?!"
All of us backstage for scene changes are torn between laughter and exasperation as we watch him do the entire song and dance with his tail in front.
...
You gotta be setting up some stand up routines here.
Welcome to tech week. Other routines include "[Munchkin], for the FIFTEENTH time, do not stand in the flight path, or Glinda's bubble will take you out." "OKAY!" and "Toto, you came back!"
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Toto should have held the line.
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Here's a thought: if you don't want to be called Mama, perhaps, maybe, just spitballin'...
...don't be a founding member of The Mamas and the Papas.
Just sayin'.
Heh.
It could have been a thing where it evolved, though - like it could have started out fine, but become annoying later on. For example, it seems Michelle Phillips was not particularly called "Mama," so it could be a frustrating thing to be singled out that way.
(There's a similar disconnect with John Phillips - called "Papa Phillips" - and Denny Doherty, who, as far as I can tell, was never really called "Papa" either. It is weird that the Phillips man was called "Papa" and the non-Phillips woman was called "Mama," so...)
((I honestly don't know - I'm just spit-balling right back.))
When they were all IN the Mamas and the Papas, they were all called Mama or Papa (Papa John, Papa Denny, Mama Cass, Mama Michelle). But after they broke up, everyone just called them by their regular name (John Phillips, Denny Doherty)... Except Cass. (Also, I've looked an insane amount up on the history of this band due to a weird obsession with you folk rock in my teens, especially this band, and I've never heard of John being called "Papa Phillips.") The band was only together for 3 years, producing 4 albums. (There was a 5th album in 71 that they were forced to make for contractual reasons, and most prefer to forget it.)
Ironically, all of the tried to launch solo careers. Only Cass was successful. But she couldn't escape the "Mama" moniker. Initially, I would guess her agent made her keep it due to "brand recognition." Her earlier albums had it on there. But by the 70s she was really doing her own thing, doing well, very apart from her earlier work, including leading her own variety show specials on TV like the pre linked-to special entitled "Don't Call Me Mama Anymore." She wanted to shed the association with a band that was now years behind her (and, I'm sure, fraught with some difficult memories). She wanted to make a name for herself, and deserved to. And she probably WOULD have... She was definitely on her way to doing so, selling out under "Cass Elliot" at the London Palladium the night before she died. Unfortunately she died before her efforts to make her OWN name for herself (indeed, "making her own kind of music") fully set in place.
But out of respect for the dead, I call her by the name she wanted to be known by, Cass Elliot.
Saying she should be saddled with a name she didn't want, for being part of a band for a few years (that she was the last person to join, hardly "founding" it) is both asinine and disrespectful to the wishes of the deceased. She was also in The Big Three and the Mugwumps, but we're not calling her Big Mama Mugwump either (though we might name an unrelated goblin character that). Should we call other successful solo musicians by the name of the band they used to be in forever, even after they've left that work behind? Beatle Paul? Supreme Diana? Maniac Merchant? That's silly and stupid.
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Supreme Diana's quite a good name. Sounds like a prog band, or perhaps feminist power-metal.
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It'd be a great name for something ( many are), but diminishing of Diana Ross's career if that's what you called her specifically.
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Here's a thought: if you don't want to be called Mama, perhaps, maybe, just spitballin'...
...don't be a founding member of The Mamas and the Papas.
Just sayin'.
Heh.
It could have been a thing where it evolved, though - like it could have started out fine, but become annoying later on. For example, it seems Michelle Phillips was not particularly called "Mama," so it could be a frustrating thing to be singled out that way.
(There's a similar disconnect with John Phillips - called "Papa Phillips" - and Denny Doherty, who, as far as I can tell, was never really called "Papa" either. It is weird that the Phillips man was called "Papa" and the non-Phillips woman was called "Mama," so...)
((I honestly don't know - I'm just spit-balling right back.))
When they were all IN the Mamas and the Papas, they were all called Mama or Papa (Papa John, Papa Denny, Mama Cass, Mama Michelle). But after they broke up, everyone just called them by their regular name (John Phillips, Denny Doherty)... Except Cass. (Also, I've looked an insane amount up on the history of this band due to a weird obsession with you folk rock in my teens, especially this band, and I've never heard of John being called "Papa Phillips.") The band was only together for 3 years, producing 4 albums. (There was a 5th album in 71 that they were forced to make for contractual reasons, and most prefer to forget it.)
Ironically, all of the tried to launch solo careers. Only Cass was successful. But she couldn't escape the "Mama" moniker. Initially, I would guess her agent made her keep it due to "brand recognition." Her earlier albums had it on there. But by the 70s she was really doing her own thing, doing well, very apart from her earlier work, including leading her own variety show specials on TV like the pre linked-to special entitled "Don't Call Me Mama Anymore." Should we call other successful solo musicians by the name of the band they used to be in forever, even after they've left that work behind? Beatle Paul? Supreme Diana? Maniac Merchant? That's silly and stupid.
Here's a thought: if you don't want to be called Mama, perhaps, maybe, just spitballin'...
...don't be a founding member of The Mamas and the Papas.
Just sayin'.
Heh.
It could have been a thing where it evolved, though - like it could have started out fine, but become annoying later on. For example, it seems Michelle Phillips was not particularly called "Mama," so it could be a frustrating thing to be singled out that way.
(There's a similar disconnect with John Phillips - called "Papa Phillips" - and Denny Doherty, who, as far as I can tell, was never really called "Papa" either. It is weird that the Phillips man was called "Papa" and the non-Phillips woman was called "Mama," so...)
((I honestly don't know - I'm just spit-balling right back.))
When they were all IN the Mamas and the Papas, they were all called Mama or Papa (Papa John, Papa Denny, Mama Cass, Mama Michelle). But after they broke up, everyone just called them by their regular name (John Phillips, Denny Doherty)... Except Cass. (Also, I've looked an insane amount up on the history of this band due to a weird obsession with you folk rock in my teens, especially this band, and I've never heard of John being called "Papa Phillips.") The band was only together for 3 years, producing 4 albums. (There was a 5th album in 71 that they were forced to make for contractual reasons, and most prefer to forget it.)
Ironically, all of the tried to launch solo careers. Only Cass was successful. But she couldn't escape the "Mama" moniker. Initially, I would guess her agent made her keep it due to "brand recognition." Her earlier albums had it on there. But by the 70s she was really doing her own thing, doing well, very apart from her earlier work, including leading her own variety show specials on TV like the pre linked-to special entitled "Don't Call Me Mama Anymore." She wanted to shed the association with a band that was now years behind her (and, I'm sure, fraught...
love your knowledge of music history.
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love your knowledge of music history.
LOL thanks. Particularly in that era I know some utterly random details about things. That and Doctor Who Trivia... all replacing information in my brain like useful adult life skills or remembering what I did yesterday. (Actually I do remember I did yesterday, which was pay out the nose for a car repair, so I'mma go back to 1960s-70s singers for now.)
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I dug out a hole, hit a wire and an underground hose (both out of date, so no biggie), delivered five more steps (each one about 600 pounds each), installed one, and delivered another ton of blue stone for a walkway we're putting in.
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A hard day's work!
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Well, WW's big party seems to have been a success.
Lots of people came. It went on for five hours. I think the food turned out okay. But, honestly, I'm just so glad it's over.
I'm not good with people, I'm terrible with parties, I get horrible anxiety having to cook for lots of people, or having people in my house, or trying to talk to people, and my inner train of thought was something like:
"ohgodsohgodsohgods everything is a failure and I'm way behind schedule and this is horrible" (when people started arriving and the appetizers weren't done yet)
"s**ts**ts**ts**ts**ts**ts**ts**ts**t I spent all this money on this food and it would have been cheaper just to do burgers and people probably would have liked it better"
"crapmonkeys she's trying to talk to me why is she trying to talk to me and what IS her name and why won't she go away and talk to someone who likes talking?"
"this is a disaster and people are only pretending to like the food to be polite and everybody hates it and why did I do this?"
"ohmygod how long before this is over?"
"where did I put my drink?"
But I think WW was happy. And the kids had a good time. So that all worked out... okay, I guess?
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Well, WW's big party seems to have been a success.
Lots of people came. It went on for five hours. I think the food turned out okay. But, honestly, I'm just so glad it's over.
I'm not good with people, I'm terrible with parties, I get horrible anxiety having to cook for lots of people, or having people in my house, or trying to talk to people, and my inner train of thought was something like:** spoiler omitted **
But I think WW was happy. And the kids had a good time. So that all worked out... okay, I guess?
I will be sure to avoid caffeine 24 hours before we meet. Someone I love exasperatingly says I am very much like a puppy, have only become more puppy like as I age, and should probably avoid caffeine before meeting new people unless they are as puppy like as I am.
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Denizens Of Forbidden Lands: Yeoman. A second profession for Forbidden Lands.
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I will be sure to avoid caffeine 24 hours before we meet. Someone I love exasperatingly says I am very much like a puppy, have only become more puppy like as I age, and should probably avoid caffeine before meeting new people unless they are as puppy like as I am.Well, WW's big party seems to have been a success.
Lots of people came. It went on for five hours. I think the food turned out okay. But, honestly, I'm just so glad it's over.
I'm not good with people, I'm terrible with parties, I get horrible anxiety having to cook for lots of people, or having people in my house, or trying to talk to people, and my inner train of thought was something like:** spoiler omitted **
But I think WW was happy. And the kids had a good time. So that all worked out... okay, I guess?
Should we also keep you away from sugar for the time being?