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I finally got to look through the last book of Agents of Edgewatch, it's definitely going on my list of least favorite APs (it's not bad per se, just not my thing).
Edit: Great, now my thing is showing! Life became Cyberpunk 2077 so quickly I hardly noticed.
On the flip side, I'm really digging the new Starfinder AP, Fly Free or Die.
And Alien Archive 4 is absolutely amazing, which was expected.
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They wouldn't even make it through the first shovelling before asking you to get a snow blower.I'm getting ready for the first snow run of the season, should be fun!It was not fun, the snow was ungodly heavy, they had us go out 5 hours too early, so I basically wasted five hours, I had five blowers break down, and then they had someone switch out my truck with one that didn't have a working heater. And on top of it all they expected 4 people to blow off 44 two or three car garage driveways by ourselves. I told them no and went back to the shop.
So, now I'm home, my back is sore, and I'm pretty pissed off.
On the plus side, everyone on my crew did an awesome job despite the near constant breakage and b%!@!@+%.
The kids keep talking about moving somewhere it snows. I say, "Then you'd have to shovel it."
"We wouldn't mind!"
"After the fifth or sixth snowfall? Yes, yes you would..."
And the magic of new snow wears off pretty quick, as it gets muddy, slushy, and yellow.
Got a friend in Canada or the northeast? Send the kids on a 'winter wonderland' vacation, with explicit instructions to the friend that they're to do all the shoveling. :D
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I finally got to look through the last book of Agents of Edgewatch, it's definitely going on my list of least favorite APs (it's not bad per se, just not my thing).
Edit: Great, now my thing is showing! Life became Cyberpunk 2077 so quickly I hardly noticed.
Agents of Edgewatch doesnt excite me at all.
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So John le Carré has died. Yes, he had a long life, but he was still writing and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is one of my favorite books of all time.
Can this year just be over already?
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We are almost their Feros. So close.
Just be careful what you wish for. I remember this time last year there were people complaining about how bad 2019 had been, and how 2020 has to be better, and look what happened.
Don't Jinx it!
Mark my words, there will be fire.
More glaring different alias.
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You really don't want to know the things I've seen.
Will ThACo ever make sense?
Can't argue with that.
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So John le Carré has died. Yes, he had a long life, but he was still writing and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is one of my favorite books of all time.
Can this year just be over already?
It all will be over... Soon.
"The Dragon And The Mouse, Pre-Christmas Time story"
Mouse suddenly stopped in its tracks.
"Batteries" thought the dragon, and pulled a spare pack from the desk's drawer bought the first time the computer arrived with its wireless logitech keyboard and mouse...
"For f**k's sake!" exclaimed dragon after opening the mouse, though, for the mouse used different batteries than the keyboard...
"Great, now I will have to go to shop not far in the future..." grumbled the dragon while temporarily borrowing the laptop's mouse.
Oh, cool. I get a few days off next week due to the holiday season.
Ah. I so need to get my 2021 plans together.
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Ah. I so need to get my 2021 plans together.You want an idea for evil? Go to Drejk's apartment and ensure that all of his battery-operated devices use different batteries. This may be tricky, you might have to custom build some things to use non-standard batteries, but it would certainly be evil.
There wouldn't be a lot of work to finish it.
Laptop uses its own proprietary battery/accumulator.
Phone and tablet have built-in batteries.
Keyboard uses AAA
Mouse uses AA
...
Wall clock uses... I don't really remember, probably AA but it's been dead for years now.
And that's it. I don't think there are any other working battery-operated devices around here.
Hey John.
Hey John. I hope that your day goes well.
No flashlight? Smoke / Carbon Monoxide detectors? Remote control for TV/radio? I bet we could fix that clock and make it run off a 6 volt lantern battery.Ah. I so need to get my 2021 plans together.You want an idea for evil? Go to Drejk's apartment and ensure that all of his battery-operated devices use different batteries. This may be tricky, you might have to custom build some things to use non-standard batteries, but it would certainly be evil.There wouldn't be a lot of work to finish it.
Laptop uses its own proprietary battery/accumulator.
Phone and tablet have built-in batteries.
Keyboard uses AAA
Mouse uses AA...
Wall clock uses... I don't really remember, probably AA but it's been dead for years now.
And that's it. I don't think there are any other working battery-operated devices around here.
Nope*. Nope. Nope.
*I use eithe the phone, or occassionally, a hand-held, solar-charged usb powerbank.
There could be some long forgotten flashlight somewhere in the house, or more likely in the cellar.
Having lighting issues? Just use your manipulate flames or pyrotechnics ability's Drejk. silly red dragons.
You don't have a smoke detector?
I don't know if I'll be teaching my classes this morning, or not. Most Google apps are down due to a "known server issue", and everything my school does runs from the G-Suite platform.
I don't know if I'll be teaching my classes this morning, or not. Most Google apps are down due to a "known server issue", and everything my school does runs from the G-Suite platform.
I can only imagine the mess your having to deal with. For a place of education it's amazing how schools never learn how to adapt.
You don't have a smoke detector?That was my first thought, too. I'm assuming he has hard wired ones, although in my experience those usually have a 9V for backup if the power is out.
Yeah I think they tend to have a back-up battery for if the power goes out. I didn't even think they made them now a days without that.
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I can only imagine the mess your having to deal with. For a place of education it's amazing how schools never learn how to adapt.I don't know if I'll be teaching my classes this morning, or not. Most Google apps are down due to a "known server issue", and everything my school does runs from the G-Suite platform.
I'm hoping it stays down for a few hours and we get the technological equivalent of a snow day.
I can only imagine the mess your having to deal with. For a place of education it's amazing how schools never learn how to adapt.I don't know if I'll be teaching my classes this morning, or not. Most Google apps are down due to a "known server issue", and everything my school does runs from the G-Suite platform.
I'm hoping it stays down for a few hours and we get the technological equivalent of a snow day.
Life finds a way.
Is it even necessary to have formal classes meeting everyday? Couldn't they just be assigned reading and test to make sure they are doing the reading. Then allow them to message you with questions?
Ok so maybe some math and science I could see needing explanations beyond the book though.
You don't have a smoke detector?That was my first thought, too. I'm assuming he has hard wired ones, although in my experience those usually have a 9V for backup if the power is out.
Nope. Those are not common around here, at least not in housing buildings that were not built in the last few years.
They might occur more often in public and buisness buildings.
No smoke detector. The whole "they are not common here" refered to any smoke detectors.
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Yay! Winter break (for me), I give it a week before the claustrophobia sets in.
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Smoke detectors are required in every room by law in Madison.
I can only imagine the mess your having to deal with. For a place of education it's amazing how schools never learn how to adapt.I don't know if I'll be teaching my classes this morning, or not. Most Google apps are down due to a "known server issue", and everything my school does runs from the G-Suite platform.
I'm hoping it stays down for a few hours and we get the technological equivalent of a snow day.
Life finds a way.
Is it even necessary to have formal classes meeting everyday? Couldn't they just be assigned reading and test to make sure they are doing the reading. Then allow them to message you with questions?
Ok so maybe some math and science I could see needing explanations beyond the book though.
She teaches *little* kids. There's no way they can be turned loose for an independent study day. They're either in class or they aren't.
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Grumpy Old Man Peeve of the Week: Video announcements
Both Global Megacorporation and Albany High School send out their announcements in the form of "cute, enthusiastic" videos where two overly-excited people gush about how wonderful everything is, and here are the announcements for the week. The videos range from 3-5 minutes long.
For a handful of announcements that would take half of a single sheet of paper in bullet point form.
Sorry, I have better things to do than watch your hyped up, chipper video. If you have important announcements for me, put them in text form so I don't have to waste minutes of my life watching horrifically cheerful people read the news to me. That's my own personal little Hell.
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She teaches *little* kids. There's no way they can be turned loose for an independent study day. They're either in class or they aren't.I can only imagine the mess your having to deal with. For a place of education it's amazing how schools never learn how to adapt.I don't know if I'll be teaching my classes this morning, or not. Most Google apps are down due to a "known server issue", and everything my school does runs from the G-Suite platform.
I'm hoping it stays down for a few hours and we get the technological equivalent of a snow day.
Life finds a way.
Is it even necessary to have formal classes meeting everyday? Couldn't they just be assigned reading and test to make sure they are doing the reading. Then allow them to message you with questions?
Ok so maybe some math and science I could see needing explanations beyond the book though.
That, and I work for a private school, so parents expect content in exchange for their tuition dollars.
This morning, I put on a stuffed fuzzy Bullwinkle Moose hat for my online phonics lesson, because one of our letters this week is M.
It was either that or stage a murder in my living room.
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She teaches *little* kids. There's no way they can be turned loose for an independent study day. They're either in class or they aren't.I can only imagine the mess your having to deal with. For a place of education it's amazing how schools never learn how to adapt.I don't know if I'll be teaching my classes this morning, or not. Most Google apps are down due to a "known server issue", and everything my school does runs from the G-Suite platform.
I'm hoping it stays down for a few hours and we get the technological equivalent of a snow day.
Life finds a way.
Is it even necessary to have formal classes meeting everyday? Couldn't they just be assigned reading and test to make sure they are doing the reading. Then allow them to message you with questions?
Ok so maybe some math and science I could see needing explanations beyond the book though.
That, and I work for a private school, so parents expect content in exchange for their tuition dollars.
This morning, I put on a stuffed fuzzy Bullwinkle Moose hat for my online phonics lesson, because one of our letters this week is M.
It was either that or stage a murder in my living room.
Yeah. "Stage".
What?