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May the Fourth be with you!
I also ordered blue milk.
Oh yeah!
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I just want people to put our tools and equipment back after using it.
I realize that's a lot to ask.
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When the COVID shutdowns first hit, I rolled my eyes when retail cell phone outlets insisted they were "essential services". I know that people are incredibly reliant on their cell phones these days, but seriously, outside of the occasional repair, what can't you do online through their web store?
Apparently, "Get a new phone in a reasonable amount of time once your old one dies."
I ordered a new phone yesterday morning. This morning I got a shipping update: The shipping label for UPS Ground had been printed. No estimated delivery date as of yet.
I'm guessing that with UPS Ground, I'll be phone-free for at least a week.
For me, other than CY texting me pictures of his projects I don't think I'll notice.
More many, many others, this would be an utter stoppage of their lives.
"Essential" seems more plausible now.
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for at least a week.
You might want to start reading news stories about shipping backlogs. Paizo hasn't even received its April products yet.
for at least a week.You might want to start reading news stories about shipping backlogs. Paizo hasn't even received its April products yet.
The big California spike was in L.A., so that's where massive backlogs are occurring. We haven't been significantly impacted so far, as we're within spitting distance of the Port of Oakland.
But I figure we're not planning on going anywhere until late June, so if they can get it to me within 6 weeks, I'll be fine.
And now it's my turn. Taking both cats to the vet. Always fun to get stereo yowling.
My predictions:
(1) The Fluffernutter will be healthy as a horse, but will have terrible teeth and the vet will recommend we get her teeth cleaned (which we never do). Maybe this year, but I hate anesthetizing a 14-year-old cat for something so seemingly trivial. We'll see how bad it is.
(2) The Calico Empress of Hate will cost us another $300 in blood work, her kidneys won't have improved after 6 months of being on a ridiculously-expensive diet (feeding her raw filet mignon would be cheaper), and they'll suggest some stupidly-expensive treatment that we'll pay for anyway, because the Calico will Live Forever. (She already survived feline leukemia and a radiation treatment so bad we weren't supposed to be in the same room with her for 3 days, so she's a feisty one.)
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I'm over Star Wars, I could care less who's involved and what they have planned.
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When the COVID shutdowns first hit, I rolled my eyes when retail cell phone outlets insisted they were "essential services". I know that people are incredibly reliant on their cell phones these days, but seriously, outside of the occasional repair, what can't you do online through their web store?
Apparently, "Get a new phone in a reasonable amount of time once your old one dies."
I ordered a new phone yesterday morning. This morning I got a shipping update: The shipping label for UPS Ground had been printed. No estimated delivery date as of yet.
I'm guessing that with UPS Ground, I'll be phone-free for at least a week.
For me, other than CY texting me pictures of his projects I don't think I'll notice.
More many, many others, this would be an utter stoppage of their lives.
"Essential" seems more plausible now.
I'll be finishing one up tomorrow!
Interesting... Impus Minor is having a fairly strong reaction to the vaccine. He woke up at 6:30 am this morning complaining that, "I feel really terrible," and, "It's like my whole body is being stretched."
The talk around the second vaccine is that the stronger your immune system is, the worse your symptoms will be, but Impus Minor is sick a lot, so it's interesting that he's the one complaining.
We'll see how Impus Major feels once he wakes up.
Younger people tend to react worse, and while stronger symptoms might mean stronger immune system, it isn't a simple proportional equation.
May the Fourth be with you all!!
** spoiler omitted **
I've been sitting here trying to frame my replies. I even posted one for a few minutes that some of you might have caught.
I spoilered that initial post for very good and well-known, well-documented reasons. We've all been clear on our stances about that subject for a very long time. I figured you all knew me well enough to guess what was behind it, and dodge it for your own peace of mind.
But here's the bottom line:
I'll never type another word about any of it on this forum ever again.
I've been sitting here trying to frame my replies. I even posted one for a few minutes that some of you might have caught.
I spoilered that initial post for very good and well-known, well-documented reasons. We've all been clear on our stances about that subject for a very long time. I figured you all knew me well enough to guess what was behind it, and dodge it for your own peace of mind.
But here's the bottom line:
I'll never type another word about any of it on this forum ever again.
No, no, vent away! I love reading it even if I don't always agree with it. Though more often than not I do, I've just had one of those days is all.
My predictions:
(1) The Fluffernutter will be healthy as a horse, but will have terrible teeth and the vet will recommend we get her teeth cleaned (which we never do). Maybe this year, but I hate anesthetizing a 14-year-old cat for something so seemingly trivial. We'll see how bad it is.
*ALMOST* accurate. Her teeth were in "remarkably good shape" this time.
(2) The Calico Empress of Hate will cost us another $300 in blood work, her kidneys won't have improved after 6 months of being on a ridiculously-expensive diet (feeding her raw filet mignon would be cheaper), and they'll suggest some stupidly-expensive treatment that we'll pay for anyway, because the Calico will Live Forever. (She already survived feline leukemia and a radiation treatment so bad we weren't supposed to be in the same room with her for 3 days, so she's a feisty one.)
*ALMOST* accurate. She's lost another pound and a half (from 10.8 to 8.8 to 7.2), so I have to double her wet food intake in the hopes of slowing down the weight loss while the vets try to figure out what's wrong with her.
So, why am I paying for a vet again?
I've been sitting here trying to frame my replies. I even posted one for a few minutes that some of you might have caught.
I spoilered that initial post for very good and well-known, well-documented reasons. We've all been clear on our stances about that subject for a very long time. I figured you all knew me well enough to guess what was behind it, and dodge it for your own peace of mind.
But here's the bottom line:
I'll never type another word about any of it on this forum ever again.
Taking this to pms for more clarity.
I can't even post a reply without a their/there typo.
Epic.
Aaaaaaand... Impus Minor’s fever hit 102.3. I started getting concerned, but apparently one of GothBard’s co-workers had the exact same symptoms last week, so it’s a thing.
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♫ Spider-Man, Spider-Man ♫
♫ Does whatever a spider can ♫
♫ Everything's going dark ♫
♫ I don't feel good, Mr. Stark ♫
♫ Look out! There goes the Spider-Man! ♫
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And now it's my turn. Taking both cats to the vet. Always fun to get stereo yowling.
My predictions:
(1) The Fluffernutter will be healthy as a horse, but will have terrible teeth and the vet will recommend we get her teeth cleaned (which we never do). Maybe this year, but I hate anesthetizing a 14-year-old cat for something so seemingly trivial. We'll see how bad it is.(2) The Calico Empress of Hate will cost us another $300 in blood work, her kidneys won't have improved after 6 months of being on a ridiculously-expensive diet (feeding her raw filet mignon would be cheaper), and they'll suggest some stupidly-expensive treatment that we'll pay for anyway, because the Calico will Live Forever. (She already survived feline leukemia and a radiation treatment so bad we weren't supposed to be in the same room with her for 3 days, so she's a feisty one.)
Good luck!
Luckily Mephisto doesnt yowl in the basket. He just tries to use his ample strength to break out.
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My boss is an idiot.
♫ Spider-Man, Spider-Man ♫
♫ Does whatever a spider can ♫
♫ Everything's going dark ♫
♫ I don't feel good, Mr. Stark ♫
♫ Look out! There goes the Spider-Man! ♫
Okay. This made me laugh.
Blue milk can't get here fast enough.
Aaaaaaaand... my phone reactivated itself last night.
While I'm sure many people would proclaim, "Woo hoo!", cancel the new phone, and happily go on with life with a 10-year-old phone, my feeling is that I'm only carrying my phone for mission-critical things: Vet appointments, chaperoning, backpacking, family trips, and such, so blithely moving forward with a phone that may cease functioning again at some random point in time seems like a poor life choice.
I'll take the new darned phone. The funniest part is that I have two iPhone 4Ses and I looked into trying to donate them and the general sense is, "Those things are too old for anyone!"
(There's a local eWaste center that prides itself on trying to find new uses for old tech, so I'll drop the phones off with them and hope they can do something.)
Sending them here would be probably not worth the cost...
Sending them here would be probably not worth the cost...
That's my guess. Apple's "trade-in value" for them was $0.
In spite of the Bay Area's reputation, we have severely impoverished areas in the region, so I'm hoping the "responsible eWaste" place repurposes them to some needy teens.
Shipping them to Poland? Not worth it.
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Impus Minor really is astute.
He provides amazingly good and helpful critiques of games you've run (painful, but excellent), and yesterday I was explaining the difference between the mRNA vaccines and traditional vaccines:
NobodysHome: So, in a traditional vaccine they're injecting you with actual protein bits from the virus. For the COVID vaccine they're not injecting you with viral protein at all; they're injecting you with mRNA, which your cells are taking in and using to produce the COVID spike proteins, which your immune system then responds to...
Impus Minor: In other words, it's like a factory where you change what it's making and Security looks at the conveyor belt and says, "Hey, wait a minute!!!"
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My son took his first completely unprompted and unaided steps today. It was LITERALLY two weeks ago that he decided he was ready to crawl and since then he popped out six of his front baby teeth. The little man also figured out how to take his unbutton his onsies and rip his diaper off in less than five seconds in that time as well.
At least the whole house is toddler proofed because of his older sister but... man alive, this boy is determined to grow up right NOW.
My son took his first completely unprompted and unaided steps today. It was LITERALLY two weeks ago that he decided he was ready to crawl and since then he popped out six of his front baby teeth. The little man also figured out how to take his unbutton his onsies and rip his diaper off in less than five seconds in that time as well.
At least the whole house is toddler proofed because of his older sister but... man alive, this boy is determined to grow up right NOW.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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My son took his first completely unprompted and unaided steps today...
My son took completely unprompted and unaided steps both up and down some stairs today.
For teenagers in the morning, you always worry...
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Made an appointment today for Teensy Valeros to switch to a different pediatrician who has a reputation for actually listening to children.
We were so spoiled, our old pediatrician in NH's suburb was the classic slow, patient, grandfatherly type, and he was awesome. The office was no frills and a bit dingy, but the level of care was exceptional.
At the pediatric clinic we ended up at here, everthing is new and shiny, but it's like a rule that you can't work there unless you're a squirrel on crack, and NOBODY LISTENS. I hate it a lot.
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So here's an interesting cultural question for those who live "Souther" than I do: Is it inappropriate to wish a non-Mexican latina "Happy Cinco de Mayo?"
I heard GothBard wish our El Salvadoran housecleaner, "Happy Cinco de Mayo!" and I thought, "Wrong country!", but I realized that the Latino community in the U.S. is so intermingled that maybe it's OK; I just have no idea.
(Our housecleaner is awesome and took it in the spirit in which it was intended, but it made me start wondering because I'm that kind of person.)
EDIT: I know that in the whitebread community of which I am a stalwart member, wishing a Canadian "Happy Fourth of July!" will get a pained smile but they accept it, while wishing an American "Happy Canada Day!" will just confuse them.
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I got a promotion at work, I'm now a Lead Foreman, which is more powerful than a regular foreman, I assume. There's only one way to find out!
I'm going to have to challenge one of them to a dance off.
I've got a system for victory, it involves one of my many hammers.
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So here's an interesting cultural question for those who live "Souther" than I do: Is it inappropriate to wish a non-Mexican latina "Happy Cinco de Mayo?"
I heard GothBard wish our El Salvadoran housecleaner, "Happy Cinco de Mayo!" and I thought, "Wrong country!", but I realized that the Latino community in the U.S. is so intermingled that maybe it's OK; I just have no idea.
(Our housecleaner is awesome and took it in the spirit in which it was intended, but it made me start wondering because I'm that kind of person.)
EDIT: I know that in the whitebread community of which I am a stalwart member, wishing a Canadian "Happy Fourth of July!" will get a pained smile but they accept it, while wishing an American "Happy Canada Day!" will just confuse them.
Most of my Mexican American friends are people I went to college with, because Catholic stuff, and they are either not celebrating or posting ridiculous "Three Amigos" memes on FB.
There's a lot of SMH about white folks who don't know what it is they're celebrating.
All I know is that instead of celebrating a victory over "American" colonizers, this one celebrates a victory over the French.
So, we're supposed to pour out all our wine and drink tequila instead to say "f*** the French".
(This last part is probably not accurate.)
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Cue Orson Welles slurring, "Aaaaah... the French..."
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I told everyone at work that I suspect my first dose of the covid vaccine might have given me super powers. Everyone had a good laugh. But the thing is, I've finished three patios from start to finish already this week, with a fourth to be completed by the end of the day Friday.