No, under normal circumstances, I find her completely repellent, but I have to give her props for this one. I wish someone had taken my dad aside in similar fashion at my own wedding.::sigh::
I have Parent Teacher Conferences tomorrow. Which is something I was really looking forward to this year, because I have an incredible group of kids.
But I have one boy whose parents went through an acrimonious divorce a while back, and the mom is refusing to meet jointly with the dad for 25 minutes ONLINE (not even in the same building) to talk about their child's needs.
And school policy for students with divided families is one conference, both parents present. Which his parents were told when they signed the enrollment agreement.
So there's been a flurry of emails back and forth and she's been pooping all over my day.
I'm trying hard to remain balanced and non-judgmental. It's a bit difficult at the moment.
I know you and the Portuguese Hurricane don't see eye-to-eye on... er... pretty much anything, but...
On our wedding day GothBard's parents were going to be in the same place for the first time since an appallingly acrimonious divorce 20 years previously. Without GothBard's knowledge or permission, and completely out of her sight, the Portuguese Hurricane took each person involved aside and told them in no uncertain terms that if they so much as looked askance at one another, she'd bodily throw them out of the wedding, and she didn't give a d*** about any consequences.
GothBard's dad thought it was really cool.
It took GothBard's mom 10 years to forgive her.But... there were no incidents at the wedding.
TL;DR version: Mom can suck it. She signed the enrollment agreement. You've set the conference time. She can show or not. That's not your problem.
It seems we have found this Hurricane Polymer villain's niche.
If she's hot, I'll be naked around her, sure.
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Friday the 13th today, thankfully I have no prior arrangements set for today, aside from visiting my parents. Two job interviews next week, and a potential oneshot online game on Sunday.
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We'll sink their armadaIs that the time for British dynasty change already?I have never understood why mayonnaise was ever adopted as a foodstuff, but that's just me.*throws down gauntlet*
You, sir, have just insulted the entire netherlands!
Been there, done that.
Woran, if our respective nations are to have another war (and we're long overdue one), please to sail up the Medway and set fire to Chatham again. It really needs it.
I'll pencil it in.
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You intend to hold back the rising waves with a gigantic mayo slick?The UK should not forget its an island, and that we Dutch will manage to get trough the icecaps melting just fine. But if they want to keep londen from drowning, they better keep us friendly if they want to use our technology.Isn't that what the UK does.I have never understood why mayonnaise was ever adopted as a foodstuff, but that's just me.*throws down gauntlet*
You, sir, have just insulted the entire netherlands!
What do you think is actually in those dykes?
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Fingers.What do you think is actually in those d@#@s?You intend to hold back the rising waves with a gigantic mayo slick?The UK should not forget its an island, and that we Dutch will manage to get trough the icecaps melting just fine. But if they want to keep londen from drowning, they better keep us friendly if they want to use our technology.Isn't that what the UK does.I have never understood why mayonnaise was ever adopted as a foodstuff, but that's just me.*throws down gauntlet*
You, sir, have just insulted the entire netherlands!
That was only one time.
What do you think is actually in those d!#+s?You intend to hold back the rising waves with a gigantic mayo slick?The UK should not forget its an island, and that we Dutch will manage to get trough the icecaps melting just fine. But if they want to keep londen from drowning, they better keep us friendly if they want to use our technology.Isn't that what the UK does.I have never understood why mayonnaise was ever adopted as a foodstuff, but that's just me.*throws down gauntlet*
You, sir, have just insulted the entire netherlands!
recycled windmills held together by caramel and waffles.
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My very favorite pub in Berkeley, the Albatross, is closing at the end of this month after sixty years.
This was where I had my costumed, Vogon Poetry Competition 42nd birthday party a few years ago.
Also the place where they had the best dart lanes.
And where my favorite local jazz trio used to play.
And they had a great fireplace and a small library and piles of board games.
We didn't go out much, because we couldn't afford to, but this was where we went when we did.
2020 blows.
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My very favorite pub in Berkeley, the Albatross, is closing at the end of this month after sixty years.
This was where I had my costumed, Vogon Poetry Competition 42nd birthday party a few years ago.
Also the place where they had the best dart lanes.
And where my favorite local jazz trio used to play.
And they had a great fireplace and a small library and piles of board games.
We didn't go out much, because we couldn't afford to, but this was where we went when we did.2020 blows.
I'm sorry. There is a chance Forbidden Planet may not reopen, on my end.
We have been lucky so far. our old stumble bar is doing okay on take out and patio dining, particularly on evenings with live music when people can spread out in the parking lot.
Our steak house has some serious patrons (like the president of epic games, yeah him) and they are getting by on reduced hours and take out.
That said, the staff are suffering. Fewer tables flipping means less tips and not every take out order tips over 10%.
But yeah, 2020 is pretty much ranking up there among the worst years. Not sure if passes 2005, which was personally god awful, but it definitely top 3.
Its worse than 2011 and 2014 for me.
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Yeah, I've been avoiding posting about such things. We "lost" Rivoli in a heart-wrenching email from the owners. Their loan ran out and they're facing laying off staff that have been around for years (if not decades) and they just don't have the endurance for all the related stress.
They've sold it off to the manager and the sous chef, who are going to try to keep the name going, but the last time Wendy tried to retire it was catastrophic, so I'm not hopeful it'll even be a shadow of its former self once it reopens.
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We'll sink their armadaIs that the time for British dynasty change already?I have never understood why mayonnaise was ever adopted as a foodstuff, but that's just me.*throws down gauntlet*
You, sir, have just insulted the entire netherlands!
Been there, done that.
Woran, if our respective nations are to have another war (and we're long overdue one), please to sail up the Medway and set fire to Chatham again. It really needs it.
I'll pencil it in.
Do you want to add a dash of treason and make sure your prime minister is visiting it at that time for some campaign nonsense? Take care of that for you at the same time?
O, I couldn't possibly comment. Besides, any indication of serious trouble and he'd be scuttling off to a fortified compound in the Cayman Islands as fast as his pudgy little legs could carry him.
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Yeah, I've been avoiding posting about such things. We "lost" Rivoli in a heart-wrenching email from the owners. Their loan ran out and they're facing laying off staff that have been around for years (if not decades) and they just don't have the endurance for all the related stress.
They've sold it off to the manager and the sous chef, who are going to try to keep the name going, but the last time Wendy tried to retire it was catastrophic, so I'm not hopeful it'll even be a shadow of its former self once it reopens.
I am truly sorry.
I haven't been in Manhattan in almost a year. I dont know whats left.
Which is healthier, symmetrical food or messy food
The author proposes that prettier food is perceived as healthier, specifically because classical aesthetic features make it appear more natural.
Overwhelmingly, participants expected pretty food to be more nutritious and both less fatty and caloric, and repeatedly stated that pleasing food is healthier. One study had 400 people look at two pieces of avocado toast, one neatly sliced and presented, and the other with the avocado smeared on. Participants found the handsome toast to be healthier and “more natural.”
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3 weeks ago we had a new director start in the IT department. 3 hours ago he quit.
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On one hand, he could have been hired away that quickly because he is a kick ass hire.
On the other, it may say volumes about either
management above
minions below
Either way, condolences on having to break in a new body.
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On one hand, he could have been hired away that quickly because he is a kick ass hire.
On the other, it may say volumes about either
management above
minions belowEither way, condolences on having to break in a new body.
He talked a good game. I agreed with about 85% of the changes he wanted to make.
I think the bigger issue wasn't directly above or below, but those adjacent in other areas he had to try to work with.
Our big issue is keeping the business side on a plan and schedule and not constantly changing it like spastic adolescent ferrets.
They want to hire 35 new people to work at home 4 weeks out with the equipment being shipped directly from the supplier to their homes? No problem. The problem comes when they decide with 5 days to go that it's actually 47 new hires, and the equipment should be ready tomorrow morning for them to show up in person to pick it up.
And then their upper-upper management, rather than looking at the situation with reason and logic, tries to say we're the ones being unreasonable for not finding a compromise.
On one hand, he could have been hired away that quickly because he is a kick ass hire.
On the other, it may say volumes about either
management above
minions belowEither way, condolences on having to break in a new body.
He talked a good game. I agreed with about 85% of the changes he wanted to make.
I think the bigger issue wasn't directly above or below, but those adjacent in other areas he had to try to work with.
Our big issue is keeping the business side on a plan and schedule and not constantly changing it like spastic adolescent ferrets.
They want to hire 35 new people to work at home 4 weeks out with the equipment being shipped directly from the supplier to their homes? No problem. The problem comes when they decide with 5 days to go that it's actually 47 new hires, and the equipment should be ready tomorrow morning for them to show up in person to pick it up.
And then their upper-upper management, rather than looking at the situation with reason and logic, tries to say we're the ones being unreasonable for not finding a compromise.
Oh, yeah. Upper management being THAT dumb drives away pretty much all good mid-to-upper tier management.
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Sometimes being fluent is amusing.
GothBard told me that she was going to have a Friday the 13th "soiree" with her former manager in Fremont. I told her, "Since you're down there anyway and you're doing coffee with Shiro as well, can you let him know we won't be around tonight?"
"Why not? Are you doing something?"
"No, but you're going to be out with (Cosplay Queen Manager)."
"But that's only for the afternoon!"
"You called it a 'soiree'. 'Soir' is French for 'evening', so typically a 'soiree' happens after 5 pm."
"No, no, no! I expect I'll be home well before 5..."
I guess because "apres midi-ee" sounds goofy.
TFW you block out a day for two projects. One morning, one afternoon...and the afternoon project takes all of 1 hour.
...
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hmmm.
Painting perhaps or next project?
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Sometimes being fluent is amusing.
GothBard told me that she was going to have a Friday the 13th "soiree" with her former manager in Fremont. I told her, "Since you're down there anyway and you're doing coffee with Shiro as well, can you let him know we won't be around tonight?"
"Why not? Are you doing something?"
"No, but you're going to be out with (Cosplay Queen Manager)."
"But that's only for the afternoon!"
"You called it a 'soiree'. 'Soir' is French for 'evening', so typically a 'soiree' happens after 5 pm."
"No, no, no! I expect I'll be home well before 5..."I guess because "apres midi-ee" sounds goofy.
That's the problem with using the original language meaning and not the loanword modern meeting which is basically just a fancy way of saying "meeting" or "get-together" or "hangout", no implication of time or duration implied.
Did it change its meaning with the newer generations?
Soiree has always implied or connoted a formal evening occasion to me.
Looking at the dictionary.com, they take out the formal part. M-W uses "fancy" which I will accept as equal to formal for my purposes.
eh, whatever.
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recycled windmills held together by caramel and waffles.What do you think is actually in those d!#+s?You intend to hold back the rising waves with a gigantic mayo slick?The UK should not forget its an island, and that we Dutch will manage to get trough the icecaps melting just fine. But if they want to keep londen from drowning, they better keep us friendly if they want to use our technology.Isn't that what the UK does.I have never understood why mayonnaise was ever adopted as a foodstuff, but that's just me.*throws down gauntlet*
You, sir, have just insulted the entire netherlands!
That would be a good back up plan actually
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On one hand, he could have been hired away that quickly because he is a kick ass hire.
On the other, it may say volumes about either
management above
minions belowEither way, condolences on having to break in a new body.
He talked a good game. I agreed with about 85% of the changes he wanted to make.
I think the bigger issue wasn't directly above or below, but those adjacent in other areas he had to try to work with.
Our big issue is keeping the business side on a plan and schedule and not constantly changing it like spastic adolescent ferrets.
They want to hire 35 new people to work at home 4 weeks out with the equipment being shipped directly from the supplier to their homes? No problem. The problem comes when they decide with 5 days to go that it's actually 47 new hires, and the equipment should be ready tomorrow morning for them to show up in person to pick it up.
And then their upper-upper management, rather than looking at the situation with reason and logic, tries to say we're the ones being unreasonable for not finding a compromise.
I would say a few words about "compromises" but it would be definitely political.
Also, vulgar.
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I opted for more projects. Not making much progress as chaos is abounding in my house. Grandmas kidnapped the kids and left me and the wife unit at loose ends. As she is pregnant my more nefarious thoughts may be sidetracked by sleep.
Nevertheless, at last a bit of quiet.
I have started finally returned to playing Rise Of The Tomb Raider and the difference between it and Darksiders 3 is staggering - Rise has challenging (and annoying) moments like the later, but it feels fair and making sense. If you die you usually know what you have done wrong, see where the timing went off, and so on.
And puzzles feel more reasonable (at least in the weird, Rube Goldbergesque-way). Maybe they feel that way because I managed to solve them so far.
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I use "soiree" in the "Weird Science" application of the word. If you've ever seen the movie, one character has to ask permission to sleep over at a friend's house
Parents: what're you doing tonight
Gary/Lisa (simultaneously, over one another): Movie/Party!
Gary (to parents): Movie-party, is what it is folks... movie-party
Lisa (to Gary): Don't be such a little liar! (to parents) No, I've whipped up this nasty little soiree over at his friend Wyatt's house
Dad: soir-WHAT?
Mom: Soiree honey, I think it means party... party!
So yeah, that's the context I've always defined the term in.
One of my moms favorite movies. For obvious reasons.
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Just finished giving my last Parent-Teacher Conference.
Now I just have Hermione's left, and then I finish re-setting my classroom for next week, and then I go home and bake the pizza.
I have a bottle of Malbec waiting for me next to the pizza dough I made this morning, and I have earned it.
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It really is amazing to me just how contrary teenagers will be.
As lisamarlene will attest, I am a mother hen. Even worse so with my kids. So tonight Impus Major is getting together with a couple of friends to hang out for a few hours. Outside it's 56°F with a drizzling rain all night. So I invited Impus Major to invite his friends over to:
- Sit in front of our new gas-powered fireplace on our new black microfiber furniture
- Watch TV or play games on our 75" TV
- Get fed free takeout from the restaurant of their choice
All well worth it in my mind to know that Impus Major is safe, sound, and warm at home.
And of course they won't take me up on it. Because privacy and independence are far greater intoxicants than warmth, comfort, free food, and a giant TV.
*SIGH*
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It really is amazing to me just how contrary teenagers will be.
As lisamarlene will attest, I am a mother hen. Even worse so with my kids. So tonight Impus Major is getting together with a couple of friends to hang out for a few hours. Outside it's 56°F with a drizzling rain all night. So I invited Impus Major to invite his friends over to:
- Sit in front of our new gas-powered fireplace on our new black microfiber furniture
- Watch TV or play games on our 75" TV
- Get fed free takeout from the restaurant of their choiceAll well worth it in my mind to know that Impus Major is safe, sound, and warm at home.
They are young, their blood is still hot, and their stomaches can handle longer periods without eating, even if a free food is a significant temptation.
And of course they won't take me up on it. Because privacy and independence are far greater intoxicants than warmth, comfort, free food, and a giant TV.
... said the guy who is an avid mountain-and-other-wilderness hiker.
It really is amazing to me just how contrary teenagers will be.
As lisamarlene will attest, I am a mother hen. Even worse so with my kids. So tonight Impus Major is getting together with a couple of friends to hang out for a few hours. Outside it's 56°F with a drizzling rain all night. So I invited Impus Major to invite his friends over to:
- Sit in front of our new gas-powered fireplace on our new black microfiber furniture
- Watch TV or play games on our 75" TV
- Get fed free takeout from the restaurant of their choiceAll well worth it in my mind to know that Impus Major is safe, sound, and warm at home.
And of course they won't take me up on it. Because privacy and independence are far greater intoxicants than warmth, comfort, free food, and a giant TV.
*SIGH*
You just can't get naked with someone you like in front of your parents.
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And of course they won't take me up on it. Because privacy and independence are far greater intoxicants than warmth, comfort, free food, and a giant TV.... said the guy who is an avid mountain-and-other-wilderness hiker.
::snerk::
Drejk gets all the cookies.
You just can't get naked with someone you like in front of your parents.It really is amazing to me just how contrary teenagers will be.
As lisamarlene will attest, I am a mother hen. Even worse so with my kids. So tonight Impus Major is getting together with a couple of friends to hang out for a few hours. Outside it's 56°F with a drizzling rain all night. So I invited Impus Major to invite his friends over to:
- Sit in front of our new gas-powered fireplace on our new black microfiber furniture
- Watch TV or play games on our 75" TV
- Get fed free takeout from the restaurant of their choiceAll well worth it in my mind to know that Impus Major is safe, sound, and warm at home.
And of course they won't take me up on it. Because privacy and independence are far greater intoxicants than warmth, comfort, free food, and a giant TV.
*SIGH*
Honestly, it's far more pathetic than that. *ALL* of Impus Major's friends like to drink and smoke pot, to the point that they can't imagine getting together without drinking and smoking pot. Which suddenly gets problematic when it's raining so you can't go to your usual hangouts, but you can't go to your friend's parents' house or stay at your house because the adults don't want you doing any illegal drinking nor smoking in the house (weed is "legal" in California at 18, but I'm sure as heck not letting someone smoke inside of my house).
When your dependence on a substance becomes so great that your social life gets disrupted because of it, you might be an addict.
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FYIF!!
Despite temperatures hovering in the mid twenties to around thirty I was able to finish cutting the pavers around the fire rock, which isn't as easy as it sounds.
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And of course they won't take me up on it. Because privacy and independence are far greater intoxicants than warmth, comfort, free food, and a giant TV.... said the guy who is an avid mountain-and-other-wilderness hiker.::snerk::
Drejk gets all the cookies.
(it's 3:27 am, I just woke after some three hours of sleep)
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Eve is upset.
She had my niece on the waiting list for the one good preschool in her town. A spot opened up two weeks ago, but with cases on the rise on Oregon, sbe passed on it. Tbe next person in line was her best friend's daughter. The little girl got Covid from her teacher.
She's over the fever and slowly getting better, but she was very sick, and Eve feels guilty.
Eve is upset.
She had my niece on the waiting list for the one good preschool in her town. A spot opened up two weeks ago, but with cases on the rise on Oregon, sbe passed on it. Tbe next person in line was her best friend's daughter. The little girl got Covid from her teacher.
She's over the fever and slowly getting better, but she was very sick, and Eve feels guilty.
May she heal swiftly.
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Eve is upset.
She had my niece on the waiting list for the one good preschool in her town. A spot opened up two weeks ago, but with cases on the rise on Oregon, sbe passed on it. Tbe next person in line was her best friend's daughter. The little girl got Covid from her teacher.
She's over the fever and slowly getting better, but she was very sick, and Eve feels guilty.
I hope she gets better soon.
Eve should not feel guilty. I understand why she does, but she prioritized protecting her daughter from a raging pandemic. Yes, another child got sick, but another child would have gotten sick regardless - you know better than most of the rest of us that if the teacher has COVID, then just about every child in that classroom is getting it.
Eve's actions had nothing to do with it, and her best friend rolled the dice.
I'm not a complete logic monster - I do hope the child recovers swiftly and I do hope they can keep it from spreading beyond her.
But this is absolutely NOT Eve's fault.
I'm always interested in the "good process/bad outcome" corner of after-action reports (which army spouses call "Lessons Learned").
The analysis axes are "Was it a good/bad process" and "Was it a good/bad outcome".
Teaching people to evaluate, in hindsight, how good or bad a decision process was, is made much more difficult until you get them to understand that the outcome is not relevant to evaluating the process.
Being able to distinguish between being smart and being lucky is a skill that most people don't have.
So it sounds like the decision process was good, but luck affected the outcome.