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In yesterday's Dallas Morning Snooze: Teachers, in vaccine group 1C in Texas, probably won't get vaccinated until after the school year is over.
Half of my students have had covid. Half. I've been teaching in-person since July. But I'm not eligible yet. All they'll give me is a weekly mandatory rapid test, to make sure I'm not infecting the kids. F***ing Texas.
I don't think it's just Texas. California has a huge push to re-open schools before the teachers get vaccinated.
EDIT: Yeah, yeah. Going back to school naked. Everyone's had that nightmare.
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Speaking of companies and dismal communication skills, Pacific Gas and Electric company (our local utility) deserves an award for this one:
NobodysHome: Dear PG&E: On my last two bills, you didn't bill me for gas. I assure you that I'm still receiving gas service, so can you tell me what's up?
PG&E: Dear NobodysHome: We received your request to schedule an at-home visit. We'll contact you with the details once we've made the appointment.
WTF?!?!?!?
Here are my issues:
(1) If there were something wrong with the gas meter, I'd receive a gas bill with a usage of 0, not a bill that doesn't even list gas service.
(2) If they checked my account and found that they needed to do a visit, you'd think the email would be, "I'm sorry, we can't find the problem at our end. We're going to need a technician to come out and visit you. Is that OK?" or some such.
Not just, "Hey, PG&E, you're not billing me!"
"Thanks for requesting a visit!"
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So, WW just reconnected with a few of his old gaming buddies (middle school through college, so 1980s) on FB, and one thing led to another, and we all just had a zoom meeting where we agreed to run an every-other-week Zoom/rd20 Fate campaign that we're tentatively calling the League of the Extraordinary Magnificent Seven.
The premise is we each get to pick a favorite character from a random different fictive world, and we all get together for an urban high fantasy campaign. So one guy wants to be a Mandalorian, another guy's 19-year-old daughter wants to be San from Princess Mononoke, Teensy Valeros wants to be Ang from Avatar, Hermione wants to be, well, the actual Hermione, I want to be River Song, and we're all going to fight monsters together.
WW gets to choose which of our powers/attributes are temporarily disabled on the world we find ourselves in so the party isn't grossly overpowered.
One of the guys hasn't gamed in thirty years, and ours are the only kids who have even though they're the youngest, and one guy's wife has only played in the Realms (she loves Salvatore), so this will be interesting. Mostly this is just a kiddie pool campaign so we can splash about, get our feet wet, and get used to playing together.
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We switched campaigns at the last minute to Abomination Vaults as the kids were way more into investigating a haunted dungeon underneath a mysterious lighthouse rather than circus performers.
I don't care, either way I'm using my Elven farmhand swashbuckler.
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We are going to be doing the space moon demon 16-18 adventure soon. I can't remember it's actual name but I expect it to be exciting. I'm going to play a wizards no hold barred. I usually don't play a caster for new DM's but I feel like I'm throwing down more with the adventure path.
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I will have to help others with their characters for that one then.
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some adventure paths are tougher then others. We had a TPK on Emerald spire before I decided I was tired of dying and made a semi min/maxed character so we could finally finish it. Current game that the wife is running I can't remember the name of it but were searching a mine and their is a town of gunsmiths involved. Not much min maxing this one but some of the combats are cutting us pretty close.
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Hmm You know this whole charging people who get on my nerves more for rooms is kind of therapeutic. Last one I already upped by 20 wish I had went for 40 though.
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We've made it through day 3 of our 11 day stretch of the yearly deep freeze where our high temperatures never get to double digits and we're happy if it gets above 0.
Thankfully, this year everyone in the house is either working or schooling at home so the only reason anyone needs to leave is for groceries, and because of my profession all of my outdoor gear is designed for extreme mountain climbing so I don't even notice the wind chill.
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So, WW just reconnected with a few of his old gaming buddies (middle school through college, so 1980s) on FB, and one thing led to another, and we all just had a zoom meeting where we agreed to run an every-other-week Zoom/rd20 Fate campaign that we're tentatively calling the League of the Extraordinary Magnificent Seven.
The premise is we each get to pick a favorite character from a random different fictive world, and we all get together for an urban high fantasy campaign. So one guy wants to be a Mandalorian, another guy's 19-year-old daughter wants to be San from Princess Mononoke, Teensy Valeros wants to be Ang from Avatar, Hermione wants to be, well, the actual Hermione, I want to be River Song, and we're all going to fight monsters together.
WW gets to choose which of our powers/attributes are temporarily disabled on the world we find ourselves in so the party isn't grossly overpowered.
One of the guys hasn't gamed in thirty years, and ours are the only kids who have even though they're the youngest, and one guy's wife has only played in the Realms (she loves Salvatore), so this will be interesting. Mostly this is just a kiddie pool campaign so we can splash about, get our feet wet, and get used to playing together.
Those don't sound like they're allowed by Pathfinder Society!
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MrT is home!
HUZZAH~!
Hope recovery is swift and thorough! e-hugs!
Well, it's not nearly as awesome as Mr. T coming home or planning the downpayment on a house, but I got my replacement laptop battery in the mail today, so I should now have more than 10 minutes of battery life and won't have to schlep my power supply from room to room in my house any more.
Hurray! Schlepping is a pain and can cause back problems from over-exhuastion, so glad you're not doing that anymore!
The LIVING WALL was stapled up this afternoon, which means that I can now spend my working day staring at a synthetic hedge, whoopee, and the boss also tells us that it cost one and a half thousand pounds.
My life.
I would be tempted to hide small plastic arboreal animals* amongst the plastic foliage and see how long it takes for anyone to notice.
* Or anything really: 1/64 scale cars, doll shoes, food-shaped refrigerator magnets, small photoshopped pictures of the boss doing odd/stupid things, small plastic dinosaurs, etc. Just keep it cheap, plentiful, and stick to a theme.
This sounds like something entirely legitimate to do. :D
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wifi and/or repeaters
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Im not a fan of those
I personally despise Wi-Fi,
So, in your position I'd wire what can be wired,
I found the professional tech people. :D
EDIT:
and strategically supplement the wireless with repeaters when/where necessary. I don't particularly like repeaters either, but they do serve the purpose.
woah, woah, woah, Vany! That's not the kind of talk I expect from a professional! ;D
Well me and the Mrs. are just about ready to start the house hunt! we got our paper work all lined out finally and the journey begins soon.
Congratulations and good luck! Woo!
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So, asking those who are so much more tech savvy than I am...
When we move into my mother-in-law's house this summer, we have to figure out how to make the internet work throughout the house. Right now, there's one router on the built-in desk in the kitchen (which will be mine, so, good), but the house is two stories and a smidge over 2800 square feet, plus the studio apartment over the garage (detached) is where WW's office will be, plus our movie and gaming room, because no tvs are allowed in the formal living room in the house.
And, right now, the internet doesn't even work in the living room or downstairs bedrooms because they're too far away.What am I supposed to do to fix this? Our rental house is barely bigger than NH's and this hasn't been an issue. And how much should I plan into my budget for the fix?
I just realized that we have six months left on our rental, and we have to have the scary haunted hoarder house completely ready and be moved in by then. All the cleaning, getting rid of all the hoarded crap, all the reno we can manage.
If we can move cross-country in two months, we can clean this monster out and move cross-town in six, but... geez.
Oof! Good luck, and God bless you!
Fantasy Monster: Birdflower
Much shorter than many of your entries!
But it's really nice; I like it! Mind if I use it in a game, soon?
Do you have anything else you didn't get a chance to put in?
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It has been an unusually long Florida winter. You folks would call it "fall" at absolute worst. But it is a pleasant change from previous years.
In other news, Tala and I are hoping to use the stimulus and our taxes to put a down payment on a house back up in Ohio. My work is remote, so I can do it there, and Tala always was able to find work up there before she got pregnant. We really want to return. Hopefully it is enough.
Oh! Sweet! Good luck, my dude!
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On the plus side, the kitchen floor is swept and mopped, which I was planning on doing this week anyway.
The down side, I had to accidentally shatter a jar of marinara sauce to motivate me to do it.
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wifi and/or repeaters-----------
Im not a fan of thoseI personally despise Wi-Fi,
So, in your position I'd wire what can be wired,I found the professional tech people. :D
EDIT:
woah, woah, woah, Vany! That's not the kind of talk I expect from a professional! ;D
and strategically supplement the wireless with repeaters when/where necessary. I don't particularly like repeaters either, but they do serve the purpose.
Home wireless, for better or worse, is a reality. It's not as secure, it's not as stable, it's not as fast, and I can't count the number of times I've had to tell at-home employees "plug the thing directly into your router and see if it works without issue". However, as NH pointed out, there are devices that can't be wired, and not every user lives in a home where they get to decide what happens to the walls.
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I loved yesterday’s Strange Aeons session. Over 2 hours with no combat, and it was still awesome. Featuring:
Book 6 of Strange Aeons is proving to be quite the payoff.
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Home wireless, for better or worse, is a reality. It's notassecure, it's not as stable, it's not as fast, and I can't count the number of times I've had to tell at-home employees "plug the thing directly into your router and see if it works without issue". However, as NH pointed out, there are devices that can't be wired, and not every user lives in a home where they get to decide what happens to the walls.
My brother's approach is to not bother securing his wireless at all. That way when war drivers inevitably get in, he's not responsible for anything they do.
(Long story short, if someone accesses your wireless network and does something illegal on it, prosecutors have been known to go after the owner, asking, "So, how did this mysterious third party access your network if it's secured?"
Younger brother decided to have a foolproof defense: "I have no idea what goes on on my network; it's open!")
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I "secure" my wifi by not having the router broadcast the SSID. I don’t know how much, if any, good that does, but I figure it should at least stop the ones who are just messing around.
That'll stop 99.99% of them, because there are dozens of other, easier networks to deal with.
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My brother's approach is to not bother securing his wireless at all. That way when war drivers inevitably get in, he's not responsible for anything they do.(Long story short, if someone accesses your wireless network and does something illegal on it, prosecutors have been known to go after the owner, asking, "So, how did this mysterious third party access your network if it's secured?"
Younger brother decided to have a foolproof defense: "I have no idea what goes on on my network; it's open!")
Which is utterly stupid. They don't blame the victim for locking their doors and windows when a burglar still manages to get in. This is the exact same thing.
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Sometimes that’s how house cleaning works.On the plus side, the kitchen floor is swept and mopped, which I was planning on doing this week anyway.
The down side, I had to accidentally shatter a jar of marinara sauce to motivate me to do it.
Totally. Really dirty kitchen floor?
Let the collies out to chase a skunk.When they bring skunk smell back into the kitchen, drop a quart-size jar of zesty dills.
Then, clean up the mess.
The pickle brine chases out the stench, and the floor gets clean.
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I know CY hasn't been shy about informing everyone of this fact, but my testicles just informed my inner ears that it's really f'n cold outside.
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Which is utterly stupid. They don't blame the victim for locking their doors and windows when a burglar still manages to get in. This is the exact same thing.
My brother's approach is to not bother securing his wireless at all. That way when war drivers inevitably get in, he's not responsible for anything they do.(Long story short, if someone accesses your wireless network and does something illegal on it, prosecutors have been known to go after the owner, asking, "So, how did this mysterious third party access your network if it's secured?"
Younger brother decided to have a foolproof defense: "I have no idea what goes on on my network; it's open!")
Not that long ago, people had unsecured wireless networks for passersby to use. It made the second job that much easier when we could upload our data from thr night and go home without having to make an appointment to go into the office and upload the data the old fashioned way.
Its amazing how much has changed in such a short time.
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I know CY hasn't been shy about informing everyone of this fact, but my testicles just informed my inner ears that it's really f'n cold outside.
From:Clankers@Vany.net
To: Equilibriumrules@Vany.netSubject: Weather
Hey guys, just letting you know it's cold outside. I know we work in different worlds, but hey, looking out for you.
From: Equilibriumrules@Vany.net
To:Clankers@Vany.net
Subject:Re:Weather
Thanks.
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At our level meeting today, my boss announced that we should prepare to bounce back into Home Learning later this week because the temps might drop below freezing and we might get a tiny little flurry.
And she's from northern Michigan (not the UP, just up north). She has no freaking excuse.
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Pathetic.
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I'm cooking.
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I'm cooking.
Vichyssoise? Borscht? Gazpacho?
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I cooked too. Mom's recipe for vegetable beef soup.
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Our temperatures are supposed to get down to -30 this week (not wind chill).
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Use beef stock.
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hmm actually that is only like 3 steps from a meal with just that.
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Although, if you really want to just throw a big chunk of beef and a bunch of whole veg into a pot of hot water and call it soup, I'm not going to stop you. In fact, I will probably slowly back away, making calming noises and gestures, and get in my car and drive away before the clearly insane cook decides to make me into a pie.
Now if we are using a crockpot You can almost get away with that. It won't be good mind you but it will be edible.
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I'm cooking.Vichyssoise? Borscht? Gazpacho?
I need your phone number so I can text you pictures of what I am cooking.