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♫ Caesar are you okay? ♫
♫ Are you okay? Are you okay, Caesar? ♫
♫ Caesar are you okay? ♫
♫ Are you okay? Are you okay, Caesar? ♫
♫ Caesar are you okay? ♫
♫ Are you okay? Are you okay, Caesar? ♫
♫ You've been hit by- ♫
♫ You've been struck by- ♫
♫ A Roman Senator! ♫
Several Roman senators really.
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We left early.
We have escaped Florida and are on the road.
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Yay escape from florida! just don't get trapped in TN.
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Yay escape from florida! just don't get trapped in TN.
Not on route.
Fl->Ga->Sc->Nc->Va->Wv->Oh
Watch out for SC too.
GAHH! JIMMY!! PANTS!!!
Pants are for barbarians. Civilised men wear togas, but he's going more for the statue look, I see.
Coworker is not going to be fun to work with today.
Yesterday afternoon.
Me: See you in the morning!
Coworker: Maybe. It's supposed to rain starting tonight until Thursday morning, according to my phone.
There was no rain last night and they've completely removed it from the forecast for today.
I think he was hoping for rain so he could get a break from laying pavers and he has some maintenance work at his new house so he's not going to be happy about that.
I better bring some headphones so I don't have to hear him b&+~$ing about every little thing.
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I sleep on both sides of my body.The infamous Sandwich Bed™. Used by construction hippies everywhere!Either that, or he's a slaad with the Non-Orientable* Anatomy feat tree.
* Sorry about dropping in a mathematics reference, Freehold.**
You're not sorry...
** Disclaimer: Not actually sorry.
I knew it!
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Why I love my manager, Reason #836:
NobodysHome: By the way, my second vaccine appointment got moved from last night to today at lunch, so there's a chance I'll miss tomorrow depending on my reaction.
Manager: There's nothing urgent going on. Why don't you take this afternoon off and see how you feel in the morning?
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How to ruin a discussion about the 1970s.
"Ms. Scint, I can't think of an energy-saving initiative to do my poster on for the oil crisis."
"Well, look over the notes. Just from there, there was the speed limit cap, yearlong daylight savings, the WAP-"
"THE WHAT?"
"The Weatherization Assis-"
"MS. SCINT THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT SONG WAS ABOUT."
"I didn't make the acronym!"
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I have finished Sniper Elite 4.
This is one of the best, if not the best modern shooters I have played. And it's definitely the best third person shooter—a category that has usually tons of issues with positioning of the camera. Here it goes smoothly and actually works.
While the game is composed of several missions, you have a lot of freedom in the way you complete those missions, and the learning curve is right—almost all of the times I died, instead of frustration I had clear idea of what I did wrong and what I should attempt to overcome the opposition (with running away to a better chocke point/finding a better vantage point being a typical solution).
Also, Southern Italy is beautiful, with a mixture of rustic and small town architecture, large villas, small cottages, narrow and sloping streets.
And dead Nazi everywhere. Well, at least whence I already been.
The biggest annoyance the game threw at me were...
Italian bread strewn absolutely everywhere.
Now I am hungry...
How good was that game? Well, let's say that I am seriously tempted to replay some missions...
Huh, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts is only 12.9 GB? Weird.
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GothBard and I have our second vaccinations!
Two weeks!
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How to ruin a discussion about the 1970s.
"Ms. Scint, I can't think of an energy-saving initiative to do my poster on for the oil crisis."
"Well, look over the notes. Just from there, there was the speed limit cap, yearlong daylight savings, the WAP-"
"THE WHAT?"
"The Weatherization Assis-"
"MS. SCINT THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT SONG WAS ABOUT."
"I didn't make the acronym!"
Hooray! It's a Scint scighting!
Dealing with the vaccination registration system right now.
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Hooray! It's a Scint scighting!How to ruin a discussion about the 1970s.
"Ms. Scint, I can't think of an energy-saving initiative to do my poster on for the oil crisis."
"Well, look over the notes. Just from there, there was the speed limit cap, yearlong daylight savings, the WAP-"
"THE WHAT?"
"The Weatherization Assis-"
"MS. SCINT THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT SONG WAS ABOUT."
"I didn't make the acronym!"
It's a very short Scint sighting, but Scint sighting, nonetheless.
And it seems that the registration system doesn't like me.
I am supposed to reply to messages within 5 minutes or the process is interrupted. I haven't received the system's reply for 20 minutes now...
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This is why IT either loves me or hates me:
(1) A new feature was missing from our build, so I notified the PM.
(2) The PM responded, "That's not in the base build, but there's a workaround. Let me fix it for you," and he did.
(3) I was reviewing my notes from a talk he did on March 24, and he mentioned that there was a security privilege that unlocked a secret area of the application, but he wouldn't tell us what it was.I finished my "real" work early this afternoon so in 12 minutes I'd figured out the security privilege, assigned it to myself, and figured out everything the PM did to fix our image, and I can do it whenever we need it.
Some IT staff/PMs love this because it saves them time and they trust me.
Some IT staff/PMs hate this because they want control or they don't trust me.My co-workers? I just scare them.
Be careful - that's a good way to pick up added responsibilities.
I have a lot more administrative privileges to my team's systems than I let on. If people knew how much access I had, they'd be coming to me every time they need something fixed, instead of the people who are actually supposed to do it.
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I decided to give the phone system a try instead. I have a date on May 28. Well, better that than daemons know when.
AstraZeneca... Meh, but you take what you can.
After finishing the registration through the automated phone call. I finally got the late message from the message-based registration system asking for my zip code... Half an hour later.
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It's a very short Scint sighting, but Scint sighting, nonetheless.Hooray! It's a Scint scighting!How to ruin a discussion about the 1970s.
"Ms. Scint, I can't think of an energy-saving initiative to do my poster on for the oil crisis."
"Well, look over the notes. Just from there, there was the speed limit cap, yearlong daylight savings, the WAP-"
"THE WHAT?"
"The Weatherization Assis-"
"MS. SCINT THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT SONG WAS ABOUT."
"I didn't make the acronym!"
Is there any other kind?
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This is why IT either loves me or hates me:
(1) A new feature was missing from our build, so I notified the PM.
(2) The PM responded, "That's not in the base build, but there's a workaround. Let me fix it for you," and he did.
(3) I was reviewing my notes from a talk he did on March 24, and he mentioned that there was a security privilege that unlocked a secret area of the application, but he wouldn't tell us what it was.I finished my "real" work early this afternoon so in 12 minutes I'd figured out the security privilege, assigned it to myself, and figured out everything the PM did to fix our image, and I can do it whenever we need it.
Some IT staff/PMs love this because it saves them time and they trust me.
Some IT staff/PMs hate this because they want control or they don't trust me.My co-workers? I just scare them.
Be careful - that's a good way to pick up added responsibilities.
I have a lot more administrative privileges to my team's systems than I let on. If people knew how much access I had, they'd be coming to me every time they need something fixed, instead of the people who are actually supposed to do it.
"Added responsibilities" = Indispensability around here.
I've been asked to help with demos for our annual corporate event. PMs, trainers, consultants, and even the occasional engineer comes to me for help. My VP is terrified of me. All she knows is that "NobodysHome fixes everybody else's problems and doesn't like to be disturbed by management". Two other VPs know the same thing.
So somehow, in a company that doesn't believe in even cost-of-living adjustments, I always get a raise and some stock options. And I rarely work over 30 hours in a week. From home.
As you get older and wiser, being the one everyone comes to to fix everything becomes a blessing, because you can fix things really fast, and they still consider you one of the best workers in the division because you've made so many other people work more efficiently.
Be lazy by making other people better. That's my motto.
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"Escape from Florida" - they should make that into a movie with Kurt Russell.We left early.
We have escaped Florida and are on the road.
His son is a pretty good actor. If they do any more Snake Plissken movies, he'd be the one I'd cast.
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This is why IT either loves me or hates me:
(1) A new feature was missing from our build, so I notified the PM.
(2) The PM responded, "That's not in the base build, but there's a workaround. Let me fix it for you," and he did.
(3) I was reviewing my notes from a talk he did on March 24, and he mentioned that there was a security privilege that unlocked a secret area of the application, but he wouldn't tell us what it was.I finished my "real" work early this afternoon so in 12 minutes I'd figured out the security privilege, assigned it to myself, and figured out everything the PM did to fix our image, and I can do it whenever we need it.
Some IT staff/PMs love this because it saves them time and they trust me.
Some IT staff/PMs hate this because they want control or they don't trust me.My co-workers? I just scare them.
Be careful - that's a good way to pick up added responsibilities.
I have a lot more administrative privileges to my team's systems than I let on. If people knew how much access I had, they'd be coming to me every time they need something fixed, instead of the people who are actually supposed to do it.
"Added responsibilities" = Indispensability around here.
I've been asked to help with demos for our annual corporate event. PMs, trainers, consultants, and even the occasional engineer comes to me for help. My VP is terrified of me. All she knows is that "NobodysHome fixes everybody else's problems and doesn't like to be disturbed by management". Two other VPs know the same thing.
So somehow, in a company that doesn't believe in even cost-of-living adjustments, I always get a raise and some stock options. And I rarely work over 30 hours in a week. From home.
As you get older and wiser, being the one everyone comes to to fix everything becomes a blessing, because you can fix things really fast, and they still consider you one of the best workers in the division because you've made so many...
There’s a lot of truth to this.
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College Student: Did you join the retirement plan?
Me: No
College Student: Why not?
Me: I don't plan on retiring
College Student: So what, you're just going to work until you keel over and die?
Me: Yes
2nd College Student: Dude, that's hardcore!
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His son is a pretty good actor. If they do any more Snake Plissken movies, he'd be the one I'd cast."Escape from Florida" - they should make that into a movie with Kurt Russell.We left early.
We have escaped Florida and are on the road.
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I sleep on both sides of my body.Me as well.Yeah, I also sleep on both sides of captain yesterday's body.
Wait, is that not what you meant?
He meant top and bottom.
I have enough clout at work that if I get frustrated with something and then leave for an hour no one says anything or asks why, because more often than not I'll return with three boulders, one of which is guaranteed to fit and the frustration is over.
Hooray! It's a Scint scighting!How to ruin a discussion about the 1970s.
"Ms. Scint, I can't think of an energy-saving initiative to do my poster on for the oil crisis."
"Well, look over the notes. Just from there, there was the speed limit cap, yearlong daylight savings, the WAP-"
"THE WHAT?"
"The Weatherization Assis-"
"MS. SCINT THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT SONG WAS ABOUT."
"I didn't make the acronym!"
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My plan for today?
Put my earbuds in and ignore everyone.
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As you all know, work has been getting to me lately. Or maybe it's been all the time and I just didn't notice. Have a meeting with the boss today to go over some stuff. Heres hoping I am able to keep from jumping across the desk and throttling him.
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Be the unicorn.
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It's funny how expectations can affect you psychologically. After all the talk of how bad the second shot can be, all I have is some extremely mild soreness, not even as bad as the first shot.
So of course my hind brain starts worrying, "Did this second dose even work?"
Funny when you start thinking, "This doesn't hurt enough; it can't be working right..."
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My mother sent me a very slow-motion clip of my father driving a tiny tractor yesterday.
I wonder why.
It's funny how expectations can affect you psychologically. After all the talk of how bad the second shot can be, all I have is some extremely mild soreness, not even as bad as the first shot.
So of course my hind brain starts worrying, "Did this second dose even work?"
Funny when you start thinking, "This doesn't hurt enough; it can't be working right..."
It wasn't the shoulder pain that got to me, it was the flu-like symptoms.