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Why is Florida so f$%@ed up? The Founding Fathers offered it as payment to Satan in exchange for us becoming the dominant world power.
Poor Satan. He got a bad deal with Florida.
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And for those wondering where the heck a "crit from a ladder" came from in the spoiler, Impus Minor is playing his most-hilarious build ever: A Wisdom 5 catfolk cad who fights with ladders and sand. He's got a dirty trick build where he blinds the enemy with sand and entangles them in a ladder one round, then beats them with another ladder the next round.
There are very few nights we don't have to pause because we're laughing too hard at something else "Chent" did. (My favorite still being when a kid asked him what he was doing and because he couldn't think of an answer he pocket sanded the kid, then kicked him over, then ran away and hid. We still discuss the "kid incident" at length.)
There was a Jackie Chan movie with an extended ladder fight. Can't remember which one.
EDIT: It was "First Strike" and it's all over YouTube.
It's 22 degrees this morning.
F$*+ing spring.
At least by Saturday we should reach the 70s.
Today is my Friday.
Most schools in the Bible Belt have either a three- or four-day weekend for Easter, which feels a bit pointless this year, but I can use an extra weekend day to get crap done.
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Homeowner: the damn racoons keep coming up and drink out of my fountain
Coworker: A .22 costs around a hundred bucks at Walmart and then a good shovel only costs about 15 bucks
Me: Or, you can save the fifteen dollars and just toss them on the golf course.
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...I have no idea how they're going to keep five commoner-2s alive in the epic army battle they're riding towards...That seems easy enough to me. All "medieval" armies had a large contingent of camp followers: families, artisans, entertainers, crooks, etc. They leave the women with them, or maybe have them help out in the field hospital. No need to get too near the fighting, and generally it was accepted that the followers should be left alone. After all, they aren't fighters.
It's a "Seven Samurai" moment: The 4 PCs are trying to defend an orphanage from an army of 42 attacking bandits. They're only 5th level so it's going to be incredibly hard for them and they're doing a good job of picking up 5th-level NPCs along the way to help, but unless they come up with something brilliant there's going to be a lot of innocent NPC carnage.
But I'm not worried; I have faith that my players will come up with something brilliant, hilarious, or both.
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Why is Florida so f!*+ed up? The Founding Fathers offered it as payment to Satan in exchange for us becoming the dominant world power.
Florida was owned by Spain during the founding of the U.S.
This is why Spain isn't a world power today. They traded their world power status to get rid of it.
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(1) I've heard nightmares about how poorly-run their vaccination center is, and I don't want to spend 4 hours standing in 80°F weather to get the "worst" of the vaccines, and
(2) While the J&J vaccine is nearly 100% effective at preventing YOU from being hospitalized or killed, it's only 66% effective at preventing you from getting the virus (as compared to 95%+ for the other two). So with the J&J vaccine, you're pretty much stuck following the exact same protocols as you would with no vaccine at all. Since there's huge demand for the J&J vaccine for people in rural areas, people unlikely to come in for a second shot, etc., it seems silly of me to get a dose that will have very little impact on my life when it could probably help someone else a lot more.
However, while researching this, I was appalled:
- To register at the Stanford Health site to find vaccinations in your area, you have to provide a credit card.
- To register at the Sutter Health site, they run a full credit check on you.
So California legislators are decrying the low vaccination rate among the poor and minorities.
Y'know what? Requiring fricking credit checks to be able to find vaccination sites might be the problem!!!!
He should team up with my first Azlant character, the monk based off Macho Man Randy Savage. One of the other PCs crafted him a masterwork folding chair to hit people with. Admittedly, I didn't use it for that very often (the GM ruled it was still an improvised weapon, and I was specced more for grappling than striking anyways), but it was fun.And for those wondering where the heck a "crit from a ladder" came from in the spoiler, Impus Minor is playing his most-hilarious build ever: A Wisdom 5 catfolk cad who fights with ladders and sand. He's got a dirty trick build where he blinds the enemy with sand and entangles them in a ladder one round, then beats them with another ladder the next round.
There are very few nights we don't have to pause because we're laughing too hard at something else "Chent" did. (My favorite still being when a kid asked him what he was doing and because he couldn't think of an answer he pocket sanded the kid, then kicked him over, then ran away and hid. We still discuss the "kid incident" at length.)
Could he dig it?
Why is Florida so f!*+ed up? The Founding Fathers offered it as payment to Satan in exchange for us becoming the dominant world power.Florida was owned by Spain during the founding of the U.S.
This is why Spain isn't a world power today. They traded their world power status to get rid of it.
Is this true? Wow.
...I have no idea how they're going to keep five commoner-2s alive in the epic army battle they're riding towards...That seems easy enough to me. All "medieval" armies had a large contingent of camp followers: families, artisans, entertainers, crooks, etc. They leave the women with them, or maybe have them help out in the field hospital. No need to get too near the fighting, and generally it was accepted that the followers should be left alone. After all, they aren't fighters.It's a "Seven Samurai" moment: The 4 PCs are trying to defend an orphanage from an army of 42 attacking bandits. They're only 5th level so it's going to be incredibly hard for them and they're doing a good job of picking up 5th-level NPCs along the way to help, but unless they come up with something brilliant there's going to be a lot of innocent NPC carnage.
But I'm not worried; I have faith that my players will come up with something brilliant, hilarious, or both.
Love Seven Samurai and the remakes. One of my all time was on Netflix a while back.
Is this true? Wow.Why is Florida so f!*+ed up? The Founding Fathers offered it as payment to Satan in exchange for us becoming the dominant world power.Florida was owned by Spain during the founding of the U.S.
This is why Spain isn't a world power today. They traded their world power status to get rid of it.
It's true that it was a Spanish territory in 1776, and quite a while into the founding of America.
See, now this is docters advice I can get behind.C'mon body. Start adjusting to daylights savings time already.Light exposure stops the release of your body's natural melatonin, which is what signals your body's systems that it's night time. Exposure to stress-inducing individuals releases extra cortisol into your bloodstream, increasing your allostatic load and keeping your brain extra active.
Thus, logically, you should expose yourself to bright light and remove social stressors. As a doctor, I recommend you set an a!shole (or a!sholes) on fire and enjoy the warm rosy glow. Repeat as necessary until you are sleeping better.
Dunno if it's true or not, but there was this "fad" a while back where you show your a~+~*+@ to the sun for 30 seconds or so and it energises you. Something to do with it being extra effective down there, like how absorbing alcohol through your colon makes you extra drunk. An article I read even called it a "sunshine suppository."
(Turns out it's fake, but still fun.)
See, now this is docters advice I can get behind.C'mon body. Start adjusting to daylights savings time already.Light exposure stops the release of your body's natural melatonin, which is what signals your body's systems that it's night time. Exposure to stress-inducing individuals releases extra cortisol into your bloodstream, increasing your allostatic load and keeping your brain extra active.
Thus, logically, you should expose yourself to bright light and remove social stressors. As a doctor, I recommend you set an a!shole (or a!sholes) on fire and enjoy the warm rosy glow. Repeat as necessary until you are sleeping better.
Dunno if it's true or not, but there was this "fad" a while back where you show your a@*$*~& to the sun for 30 seconds or so and it energises you. Something to do with it being extra effective down there, like how absorbing alcohol through your colon makes you extra drunk. An article I read even called it a "sunshine suppository."
(Turns out it's fake, but still fun.)
I think that's probably like the blue listerine foot soak hoax, just to try to get people to do it and look like idjits.
In further proof that our school district is beyond incompetent when it comes to communication:
(1) Students received a communication from the administration that the choir teacher would be out this week and there would be no class. Parents were not informed of this.
(2) Students received a second communication from the choir council (a student group) that choir teacher is on indefinite administrative leave, and will likely not be back this year. Parents were not informed of this.
In short, Impus Minor may have lost his choir teacher for the rest of the school year and the only reason I'm aware of this is that another parent saw their kid's email, knows that I know choir teacher quite well, and texted me to find out what the heck is going on.
Hey, administration! The kids in your school are minors. You have a legal and ethical obligation to notify their parents of significant events affecting their academic careers.
Relying on students and the rumor mill to spread the word is cowardly and stupid.
EDIT: Got a call from the principal. It's even worse than expected: After the kids got the email that the teacher would be out for the week, a few came to him to find out whether she was OK, and he let slip that she was on administrative leave. Gee, trusting students with personnel secrets. What a great idea! Moron.
In further proof that our school district is beyond incompetent when it comes to communication:
(1) Students received a communication from the administration that the choir teacher would be out this week and there would be no class. Parents were not informed of this.
(2) Students received a second communication from the choir council (a student group) that choir teacher is on indefinite administrative leave, and will likely not be back this year. Parents were not informed of this.
In short, Impus Minor may have lost his choir teacher for the rest of the school year and the only reason I'm aware of this is that another parent saw their kid's email, knows that I know choir teacher quite well, and texted me to find out what the heck is going on.
Hey, administration! The kids in your school are minors. You have a legal and ethical obligation to notify their parents of significant events affecting their academic careers.
Relying on students and the rumor mill to spread the word is cowardly and stupid.
If it helps that's how our school district operates.
I hope he kept the receipt.Why is Florida so f$%@ed up? The Founding Fathers offered it as payment to Satan in exchange for us becoming the dominant world power.Poor Satan. He got a bad deal with Florida.
He's been trying to rehome Florida for years, still no takers.
Dunno if it's true or not, but there was this "fad" a while back where you show your a&$!&!! to the sun for 30 seconds or so and it energises you. Something to do with it being extra effective down there, like how absorbing alcohol through your colon makes you extra drunk. An article I read even called it a "sunshine suppository."
(Turns out it's fake, but still fun.)
Worst.
Sunburn.
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I need $106 plus shipping to pre-order an awesome robot tank lady, and my stimulus check ain't here yet. Will it arrive in time to grab a pre-order? Argh.
I am officially addicted to the plastic crack.
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Hey there John. I hope that your day goes well.
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I need $106 plus shipping to pre-order an awesome robot tank lady, and my stimulus check ain't here yet. Will it arrive in time to grab a pre-order? Argh.
I am officially addicted to the plastic crack.
I really like Barricade. Gave an entire generation a slogan to criticize poor police behavior by.
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It is official. I have resigned effective immediately.
It is official. I have resigned effective immediately.
It's also April 1
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That was pointed out to me by one of my techs.
Not a joke.
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I skinned my knuckle but I don't think it counts because I wasn't wearing new gloves.
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It is official. I have resigned effective immediately.
Excellent, you can help me with my boy band! I'm calling it Screams From The Basement, but I'll probably change that as soon as I get them to stop screaming.
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It is official. I have resigned effective immediately.
I hate that it had to come to that, but you've got to protect your sanity. I'm sure all the stress cortisol wasn't helping your physical health either.
Here's hoping you find a replacement job where they respect you and IT department, including appropriate staffing levels and an nice increase in monetary compensation. Good luck.
That's right.
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In other news, there is officially No Work Tomorrow, for religious reasons that don't apply to me.
The plan was to go to bed early, then sort out the garden, but given the day I've had, that ain't happening. Instead, I am a) having some beer; b) listening to 70s trouser-flap rock; c) playing 'Skyrim', again.
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It is official. I have resigned effective immediately.
GLORIOUS
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Head Contractor continues to prove why we hire him:
- He's REALLY upset
- He immediately gave us a $3000 discount
- He wanted to crawl under the house and try to fix the water hammer himself immediately
It is official. I have resigned effective immediately.
Wow... no 2 weeks' notice is basically a giant F.U.
And you and I both know management won't see that at all, and will think of you as an ungrateful so-and-so.
Global Megacorporation's job site is supposedly "vastly improved", so if you see something there that interests you let me know. Unfortunately, with COVID we don't seem to be hiring anyone in the U.S. right now.
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It is official. I have resigned effective immediately.It's also April 1
True story - I once gave notice regarding a job that was making miserable on April 1. Apparently one of the other senior guys on the team gave notice about an hour before I did. (We were dropping like flies at that point.)
The boss was like, "Um, is this a prank that you're all quitting today?" Me: "That would be kinda funny. But no."
My grandmother died on April 1. I took the call, I thanked the person, and then I tried to tell my parents.
They didn't believe me.
Ach.
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Oof. That is
roughhilarious.
FIFY
Good luck Vanny.
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So it looks like our online gaming group is wanting to split into two, one adults-only game from 9-midnight every other Saturday, and one game for the four kids on the alternate weekends. And no one wanted to run the kids game.
So I'm suggesting running a PF-system homebrew game for the kids following the standard trope of "go through a mysterious drainpipe/tunnel while exploring, end up in a fantasy setting", but toss them into ancient Greece as teenage, more adept versions of themselves and have them end up as supporting grunts for Hercules as he completes the twelve Labors.
I want to make whichever kid ends up the healer of the party a centaur.
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So...you're turning the kids into four Iolauses? Iolai? I'm not sure what the plural is.So it looks like our online gaming group is wanting to split into two, one adults-only game from 9-midnight every other Saturday, and one game for the four kids on the alternate weekends. And no one wanted to run the kids game.
So I'm suggesting running a PF-system homebrew game for the kids following the standard trope of "go through a mysterious drainpipe/tunnel while exploring, end up in a fantasy setting", but toss them into ancient Greece as teenage, more adept versions of themselves and have them end up as supporting grunts for Hercules as he completes the twelve Labors.
I want to make whichever kid ends up the healer of the party a centaur.
Yeah, but coming into the story after Iolaus had to go away because a labor got disqualified because he helped... Herc says, "look, I really need a pit crew, but NO ONE CAN KNOW".
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Well, I always feel "dirty" when doing something like this, but a friend found an event over the weekend in Tulare County (200 miles away) where everyone over 16 can be vaccinated.
There was no, "Are you a resident of Tulare County?" question, so all 4 of us are signed up to get vaccinated on Saturday.
Let's hope we don't drive 200 miles to get told, "Er, you have to be a resident..."