There I am!Is that you?
Yup, I'm the guy with the long hair and multiple hats.
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There I am!That bear you're shaving seems to be unusually flat and green.
It's called camouflage. Animals have to be pretty crafty if they want to avoid inebriated Wisconsin hunters.
At first, I thought that said "inbred Wisconsin hunters", but that probably also works.It's called camouflage. Animals have to be pretty crafty if they want to avoid inebriated Wisconsin hunters.There I am!That bear you're shaving seems to be unusually flat and green.
Yup, Wisconsin is a magical place!
All that aside. that is the cutest picture of a Thri-Kreen I've ever seen.
Thri-Kreen were my favorite.
All those hats, and yet no pants.Yup, I'm the guy with the long hair and multiple hats.There I am!Is that you?
Pants cover up my mystique, I can't have that.
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I played a thri-kreen ranger once. I swapped between both their ranged and marital and jumped around a lot. a lot of fun. I also ran for a min maxed Thri-Kreen. 3.5 some sort of battle dancer. 16 attacks while dancing circles around minions.. less fun. easy to counter tho.
I miss Thri-kreen, Mindflayers and beholders in pathfinder.
I played a thri-kreen ranger once. I swapped between both their ranged and marital and jumped around a lot. a lot of fun. I also ran for a min maxed Thri-Kreen. 3.5 some sort of battle dancer. 16 attacks while dancing circles around minions.. less fun. easy to counter tho.
I miss Thri-kreen, Mindflayers and beholders in pathfinder.
I do not miss mind flayers and beholders, only thri-kreen.
I have so many good mindflayer anti-jokes though...
Why did the chicken cross the road?
So I wouldn't eat it's brain ahahahaha!
NPC: Laugh you fools or he will eat your brains!
Party *uncomfortable laughing*
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That beholder story is the best. I like that DM.
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I played a thri-kreen ranger once. I swapped between both their ranged and marital and jumped around a lot. a lot of fun. I also ran for a min maxed Thri-Kreen. 3.5 some sort of battle dancer. 16 attacks while dancing circles around minions.. less fun. easy to counter tho.
I miss Thri-kreen, Mindflayers and beholders in pathfinder.
DARK SUN FOREVER
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Yup, I'm the guy with the long hair and multiple hats.There I am!Is that you?
Cool to see you in action!
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But do you see any hair on it?There I am!That bear you're shaving seems to be unusually flat and green.
I wasn't criticising the Captain's skills and technique - far from it.
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Impus Major did his first spontaneous overnight last night (text at 10:30 pm: "Hey, Dad! I won't be home tonight!").
My big question: Will I see him at all today?
(Once he's with friends he rarely comes home before after my bedtime, so it'll be interesting to see how long he stays away.)
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I have informed him that he is an idiot, but he's still my friend.
Speaking as someone who worked a half dozen jobs at places where my SO, Wife, Friend, or Family were also employed (circumstances vary with them or I being recruited to work there) I just want to mention that NONE of these situations worked out well for one reason or another, mainly because establishing a workplace relationship on top of an existing friendship/familial one literally never worked for more than a handful of weeks. Either you start "taking work home with you" or the workplace ends up tainted by the existing relationship had between them, typically in a quite unprofessional manner. I permanently lost one friend this way and decided that I am NEVER working for or with family (for a job/career) ever again.
Bear in mind half of these were service jobs but it never EVER worked out well for me so if I might be so insistent I might say that them getting a counteroffer from their current workplace is actually a silver lining for your friendship.
I have informed him that he is an idiot, but he's still my friend.Speaking as someone who worked a half dozen jobs at places where my SO, Wife, Friend, or Family were also employed (circumstances vary with them or I being recruited to work there) I just want to mention that NONE of these situations worked out well for one reason or another, mainly because establishing a workplace relationship on top of an existing friendship/familial one literally never worked for more than a handful of weeks. Either you start "taking work home with you" or the workplace ends up tainted by the existing relationship had between them, typically in a quite unprofessional manner. I permanently lost one friend this way and decided that I am NEVER working for or with family (for a job/career) ever again.
Bear in mind half of these were service jobs but it never EVER worked out well for me so if I might be so insistent I might say that them getting a counteroffer from their current workplace is actually a silver lining for your friendship.
Indeed.
It can be weird, mixing work and friendship. Family is even worse.
I have managed to pull out working with friends but it was rather special environment of (among the others) gaming industry with very little hierarchy and not much of space for favoritism or nepotism.
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I have been shown.
Impus Major texted that he'd be home between noon and 1:00 pm. I managed to resist the urge to text back, "Hah!" and instead decided to give him grief when he got home.
At 12:57 pm, I brought up Paizo to post about it.
At 12:58 pm, he walked in the door.
I've never seen him be that punctual before.
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Now someone has to let him know that he had shown you.
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Yes, now I really want to do this with Impus Major and Minor.
"Get us to Vegas, boys!"
"Er... where the heck are we?"
The second round of checks was far more satisfying because we didn't get anything, as is appropriate.
This afternoon I *just* looked at the requirements for the third check and our gross income is well above the limit to receive anything. I was happy.
And yet I signed into my bank and there's a child tax credit deposit from the IRS.
Seriously?!?!?
GothBard was talking about it with her co-workers (apparently many of them also had the same "problem") and they came up with a nice solution: Immediately spend the money locally to support local businesses and workers. Sounds like we're going out to dinner a couple of times this week!
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** spoiler omitted **
Don't spend anything the government accidentally sends you, they'll notice it eventually and then make you repay it.
** spoiler omitted **Don't spend anything the government accidentally sends you, they'll notice it eventually and then make you repay it.
I think I figured it out. While we don't qualify for anything extra, Impus Minor still gets us the base $2000. I think they're just sending us that, split up over 12 months.
More money now, less money come tax time.
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You probably make some figure under the cut-off cap, I say spend it. Clearly, that money is better spent going back into the circulating economy than otherwise.
If you have reason to believe your income IS too high to qualify... yeah, make some phonecalls because you don't want heat for accepting or spending money that they gave you by mistake.
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My best tech at the previous job has jumped ship and will be starting his new job at my current place of employment on the 26th.*Sigh*
After accepting the offer he's gotten cold feet. The old job matched the salary offer and he's decided to stay with the abuse he knows.
I have informed him that he is an idiot, but he's still my friend.
Guess who's going to be starting a new job with my current employer again?
Yeah... today he found out that they plan to close the office here.
I had told him they would screw him over if he stayed there, but I didn't expect *that*.
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I have informed him that he is an idiot, but he's still my friend.Speaking as someone who worked a half dozen jobs at places where my SO, Wife, Friend, or Family were also employed (circumstances vary with them or I being recruited to work there) I just want to mention that NONE of these situations worked out well for one reason or another, mainly because establishing a workplace relationship on top of an existing friendship/familial one literally never worked for more than a handful of weeks. Either you start "taking work home with you" or the workplace ends up tainted by the existing relationship had between them, typically in a quite unprofessional manner. I permanently lost one friend this way and decided that I am NEVER working for or with family (for a job/career) ever again.
Bear in mind half of these were service jobs but it never EVER worked out well for me so if I might be so insistent I might say that them getting a counteroffer from their current workplace is actually a silver lining for your friendship.
In this specific case I respectfully disagree.
We met and worked together at my old (his still current) employer and developed a friendship out of that working relationship. We've already figured out how to keep the work/personal separate.
Secondly, the current employer has caused more pain and suffering in the IT Dept than I ever previously detailed here. Anxiety issues, depression, excessive drinking (at least two turned into full alcoholism), a couple wrecked marriages...this company has chewed on the corpses of IT Professionals for years. I can't say I got out completely unscathed myself.
No, I don't lay 100% blame for all of that on my former employer, but they sure as hell not only don't help but they also don't listen when they're told someone is having serious problems either. And then they invariably make it worse by completely not caring.
You probably make some figure under the cut-off cap, I say spend it. Clearly, that money is better spent going back into the circulating economy than otherwise.
If you have reason to believe your income IS too high to qualify... yeah, make some phonecalls because you don't want heat for accepting or spending money that they gave you by mistake.
Nah, we’re way over the cutoff for the extra $1000. I just hadn’t realized they were going to be sending out the base child tax credit as well. But it all adds up. $300/month per child does indeed add up to the $3600 total for young kids if you were to do it over the whole 12 months, not the $1600 extra. So I’ll owe an extra $1000 come April. I can plan for that.
EDIT: The thing that really bothers me about such tax shenanigans is just how much they can hurt the people they're supposedly helping. Someone has two kids under 5 (I forget the cutoff ages) and gets $600/month from the IRS for the next 6 months, without asking for it. Tax time comes around. "Oh, that $7200 in child tax credit you were counting on? We already sent half of it to you. So instead of the $1000 refund you were hoping for this year you owe us $2600!"
Pretty messed up. I'm hoping there's some kind of tax forgiveness built in, but I doubt it.
EDIT 2: I read through it and you're getting paid half of your child tax credit up front, and take the other half at tax time. Not convoluted or confusing or anything...
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Unrelated, I just realized I'd made it half way through shark week without playing Maneater.
I have informed him that he is an idiot, but he's still my friend.Speaking as someone who worked a half dozen jobs at places where my SO, Wife, Friend, or Family were also employed (circumstances vary with them or I being recruited to work there) I just want to mention that NONE of these situations worked out well for one reason or another, mainly because establishing a workplace relationship on top of an existing friendship/familial one literally never worked for more than a handful of weeks. Either you start "taking work home with you" or the workplace ends up tainted by the existing relationship had between them, typically in a quite unprofessional manner. I permanently lost one friend this way and decided that I am NEVER working for or with family (for a job/career) ever again.
Bear in mind half of these were service jobs but it never EVER worked out well for me so if I might be so insistent I might say that them getting a counteroffer from their current workplace is actually a silver lining for your friendship.
In this specific case I respectfully disagree.
We met and worked together at my old (his still current) employer and developed a friendship out of that working relationship. We've already figured out how to keep the work/personal separate.
Secondly, the current employer has caused more pain and suffering in the IT Dept than I ever previously detailed here. Anxiety issues, depression, excessive drinking (at least two turned into full alcoholism), a couple wrecked marriages...this company has chewed on the corpses of IT Professionals for years. I can't say I got out completely unscathed myself.
No, I don't lay 100% blame for all of that on my former employer, but they sure as hell not only don't help but they also don't listen when they're told someone is having serious problems either. And then they invariably make it worse by completely not caring.
Nearly all of my friends are from various jobs or FaWtL.
I only have two friends I can think of that don't come from those two categories.
In fact, I've worked with coworker, pops, and Greg off and on for fifteen years now.
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Happy birthday, Icyshadow!
It is also Tiny T-Rex's 10th birthday.
And Bastille Day.
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Happy Birthday to both!
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Why I work where I do.
When I worked at other places and started out an idea with "when I was in Seattle, we'd do this" and then watch their eyes gloss over and they dismissed it.
When I say that here everyone gets super excited and says "f!+~ yes, let's do it!"
Respect is an incredible motivational tool, just saying.
My brothers are going on their annual camping trip/bicker fest this next week.
This year, they're going to the Boundary Waters (even though it's been fifteen years since they last went) and it sounds like they're already bickering, and they haven't left yet.
Of course they're now all diabetic, out of shape, and overweight. So the odds aren't in their favor.
Happy birthday, Icyshadow!
It is also Tiny T-Rex's 10th birthday.
And Bastille Day.
Happy birthday, Icy and Tiny T-Rex!
Your Harry Potter Revolutionary Terror Lego sets are in the post.
Yes, now I really want to do this with Impus Major and Minor.
"Get us to Vegas, boys!"
"Er... where the heck are we?"
I can navigate a city with a map (we are speaking a "I am in this town for two days already, I'll take a map, and go sightseeing, I can get back have a dinner, and go sleep if when I manage to find my way back home" - I went much more to the west than south than I intended). I don't think I'd handle navigating on the road, though, as I tend to phase out to avoid motion sickness.
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Or you could give the child tax credit to the child in question.
He could spend it on some new games, surely, or something.
I can navigate a city with a map (we are speaking a "I am in this town for two days already, I'll take a map, and go sightseeing, I can get back have a dinner, and go sleepYes, now I really want to do this with Impus Major and Minor.
"Get us to Vegas, boys!"
"Er... where the heck are we?"
ifwhen I manage to find my way back home" - I went much more to the west than south than I intended). I don't think I'd handle navigating on the road, though, as I tend to phase out to avoid motion sickness.
I don't even have a GPS in my phone. On the other hand, I don't drive.
My best tech at the previous job has jumped ship and will be starting his new job at my current place of employment on the 26th.*Sigh*
After accepting the offer he's gotten cold feet. The old job matched the salary offer and he's decided to stay with the abuse he knows.
I have informed him that he is an idiot, but he's still my friend.
Guess who's going to be starting a new job with my current employer again?
Yeah... today he found out that they plan to close the office here.
I had told him they would screw him over if he stayed there, but I didn't expect *that*.
I am pretty sure by now you are allowed to welcome him to the new work with a mocking "I told you!" laugh.
I am confused. I came in tonight, and 2nd shift (a fairly new employee) said "Hey, I did you a big favor and got all the laundry washed and dried. I don't know how to fold it, so I didn't do that." Now, my first thought was "That isn't a favor, it's your job", but I wanted to encourage him to keep doing it so I said "Great! Tell you what. Let me go take a piss, get changed, clock in, and then I'll show you how to fold some of it real quick." He said "Great". So I go do what I said I was going to do, come back to the desk, and he isn't there. I though maybe he had to go take some towels or something to a guest, but the phone is there, the keys are there, everything is there except him. My next thought was that maybe he slipped into the bathroom while I was clocking in and he would be right back. But nope. It's been over 90 minutes and I haven't seen him. I can only assume that when I went to the bathroom, he clocked out and left. Which is no bueno.
gran, sounds like a few former co-'workers'. They'd make a huge deal out of doing some small aspect of the job. They'd then leave our section of the store a complete mess because cleaning was 'woman's work'. Be sure to check punches if hourly punch clock. They'd also 'forget' to clock out and then were... let's say 'temporally challenged' time travellers...
My best tech at the previous job has jumped ship and will be starting his new job at my current place of employment on the 26th.*Sigh*
After accepting the offer he's gotten cold feet. The old job matched the salary offer and he's decided to stay with the abuse he knows.
I have informed him that he is an idiot, but he's still my friend.
Guess who's going to be starting a new job with my current employer again?
Yeah... today he found out that they plan to close the office here.
I had told him they would screw him over if he stayed there, but I didn't expect *that*.
JESUS
I am confused. I came in tonight, and 2nd shift (a fairly new employee) said "Hey, I did you a big favor and got all the laundry washed and dried. I don't know how to fold it, so I didn't do that." Now, my first thought was "That isn't a favor, it's your job", but I wanted to encourage him to keep doing it so I said "Great! Tell you what. Let me go take a piss, get changed, clock in, and then I'll show you how to fold some of it real quick." He said "Great". So I go do what I said I was going to do, come back to the desk, and he isn't there. I though maybe he had to go take some towels or something to a guest, but the phone is there, the keys are there, everything is there except him. My next thought was that maybe he slipped into the bathroom while I was clocking in and he would be right back. But nope. It's been over 90 minutes and I haven't seen him. I can only assume that when I went to the bathroom, he clocked out and left. Which is no bueno.gran, sounds like a few former co-'workers'. They'd make a huge deal out of doing some small aspect of the job. They'd then leave our section of the store a complete mess because cleaning was 'woman's work'. Be sure to check punches if hourly punch clock. They'd also 'forget' to clock out and then were... let's say 'temporally challenged' time travellers...
cleaning is women's work? That is not just madness it will get you fired immediately.