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Finally got Hermione's room taped, tarped, and ready to paint. Took waaaaay too freaking long. Bye bye, Pea Soup Green; hello Cellini Gold.
I know a bunch of you are Harry Potter Haters, but if my little girl wants the ultimate Gryffindor Tower bedroom, I will move heaven and hell to do it and thank my lucky stars she isn't into Disney princess crap.
Even if she did self-select into the wrong Hogwarts house.
I loved the princesses in Wreck It Ralph 2. They were awesome. And this is me talking.
I also get strong Merida vibes from you.
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I'd make the Disney Princess vibe joke while naked, but the FBI told me to knock it off.
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Shiro's remarkably blasé about our virus exposure. Why?
(1) He's about to take a plane trip to a family reunion in Kentucky where two of his siblings are unvaccinated (and strong anti-vaxxers) so he was expecting to have to get himself tested when he got back anyway.
(2) As he sees it, if our trip to Disneyland didn't get us infected, nothing will.
I think he makes a strong second point...
- Talky's brother refused to get vaccinated, then (obviously) didn't take enough precautions to protect himself from getting infected.
- When Talky's brother started showing symptoms, neither Talky nor his family took them seriously enough. "Oh my goodness! Our unvaccinated family member is starting to show signs of illness!" should be an immediate, "Better isolate him!" Not a 5-day waiting period of, "Oh, he's sick! Let's take good care of him! Hey, he's not getting better. Better get him tested. Uh oh!"
- When Talky found out about his exposure last night, he should have self-isolated. Instead, I found out that he was exposed because he was at my house this afternoon.
- Impus Major was with Talky when he got the news, so he knew, but he still let Talky come over, risking further exposure. (I can see his mindset: We were already gaming with him for two hours last night, so we were already exposed, but exposure isn't a yes/no black/white thing, so you need to minimize risk from there on out.)
Of everyone exposed (and assuming the vaccine at least prevents hospitalization of any of us), Talky is at the most risk: He's got a part-time job that pays well and that he loves, and missing two weeks because of COVID might well get him fired. If he tests positive and we subsequently test negative, we're going on the backpacking trip without him.
And if Impus Major, Nocturnal Boy, and Bacon Boy have to self-isolate for two weeks because of Talky, it's going to be ugly.
Yeah. Talky made mistakes. But I wouldn't want to be in his shoes right now.
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Holy crap, NH.
I agree, you're all probably fine, but Talky needs some serious Spocking consequences.
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Life moves on. I'm okay. I got a dog. His name is Argyle. Hope y'all have been good.
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Had two people try to get within arm's length this morning at work wheezing and coughing. Guy and a gal.
Granted, we've had some pretty horrible air quality lately, but that doesn't give one the right to try and invade my personal space and don't take it personally when one is batted away with my kneeling pad for working on the bottom shelf!
Please, complain to Management, I Triple-Dog Dare You..
Only saving grace is that I've been wearing a mask for self-protection and for the protection of my customers...
Can I borrow your kneeling pad to hit some people with? Not for getting close to me while they are coughing, but because neither 1st or 2nd shift touched the f@@&ing laundry. So I've spent the last 30 minutes sorting it all and starting the first of many loads. I'm not even going to try to get it all done. I'll work it, but I won't push myself. I just don't give a f~+#. Hell, they're lucky I'm not going with my first instinct, which was "F~~& this! If no one else going to touch it, then why should I?"
Sure thing! Almost walked off the job a 30 minutes into a 12 hour shift because some chucklef*!+ put an open 1.5L bottle sideways in a damaged products bin it was not supposed to be in two weeks ago.
The thing I don't miss about Toys R Us is when people would bring in their Starbucks drink and when they finish they just leave it on a random shelf.
I wouldn't touch it mind you if I came across one but it was annoying.
The thing I don't miss about Toys R Us is when people would bring in their Starbucks drink and when they finish they just leave it on a random shelf.
I wouldn't touch it mind you if I came across one but it was annoying.
Or the morons who seem to think that putting a returned frozen pizza clearly labeled DO NOT SELL! in the kitchen gadgets section is a GREAT idea.
THAT almost had me walking out at the five hour point.
Yes, I 'almost' walk out several times a shift (up from a couple of times per week) now.
The most egregious two I can recall was someone leaving their full Dairy Queen Blizzard in the newly cleaned and reset Cosmetics section fifteen years ago (and it wasn't found for a week, because it was HIDDEN)... or the prime rib roast that someone thought was cute to hide under one of the wine shelving units ten years ago. That only took a week to find....!!!
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The thing I don't miss about Toys R Us is when people would bring in their Starbucks drink and when they finish they just leave it on a random shelf.
I wouldn't touch it mind you if I came across one but it was annoying.
Or the morons who seem to think that putting a returned frozen pizza clearly labeled DO NOT SELL! in the kitchen gadgets section is a GREAT idea.
THAT almost had me walking out at the five hour point.
Yes, I 'almost' walk out several times a shift (up from a couple of times per week) now.
The most egregious two I can recall was someone leaving their full Dairy Queen Blizzard in the newly cleaned and reset Cosmetics section fifteen years ago (and it wasn't found for a week, because it was HIDDEN)... or the prime rib roast that someone thought was cute to hide under one of the wine shelving units ten years ago. That only took a week to find....!!!
We had a group of high school kids that used to come in and stash Lego sets in random places, I saw them do it once so the next time they came in I walked by them and whispered loud enough for them to hear "I know what you're doing".
They stopped doing it after that.
Hmm...I wonder if I said that to people if they would stop coming back.The thing I don't miss about Toys R Us is when people would bring in their Starbucks drink and when they finish they just leave it on a random shelf.
I wouldn't touch it mind you if I came across one but it was annoying.
Or the morons who seem to think that putting a returned frozen pizza clearly labeled DO NOT SELL! in the kitchen gadgets section is a GREAT idea.
THAT almost had me walking out at the five hour point.
Yes, I 'almost' walk out several times a shift (up from a couple of times per week) now.
The most egregious two I can recall was someone leaving their full Dairy Queen Blizzard in the newly cleaned and reset Cosmetics section fifteen years ago (and it wasn't found for a week, because it was HIDDEN)... or the prime rib roast that someone thought was cute to hide under one of the wine shelving units ten years ago. That only took a week to find....!!!
We had a group of high school kids that used to come in and stash Lego sets in random places, I saw them do it once so the next time they came in I walked by them and whispered loud enough for them to hear "I know what you're doing".
They stopped doing it after that.
That didn't stop them from coming in every Saturday night but they transitioned from stashing Lego sets to riding bicycles and shit.
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Today I start to finish the sundial, which cutting lines out of it where the times line up and then squeezing pebbles in and then sanding off a place for the numerals I have carved for it.
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Today I start to finish the sundial, which cutting lines out of it where the times line up and then squeezing pebbles in and then sanding off a place for the numerals I have carved for it.
IA! IA! IA!
Today we get to decide whether to cancel all of tomorrow's plans. *SIGH*
So... 50% chance Talky got it. 25% chance we got it. And GothBard's supposed to be visiting a VERY pregnant woman tomorrow, and I'm supposed to be visiting the chaperones, who have several high-risk members.
Until we get Talky's test results, we need to be cancelling plans.
To say that GothBard is pissed would be a massive understatement.
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Im envious of cap yesterdays job satisfactionIf I had 1/10 of his job satisfaction, I wouldn't be applying for a new job.
We are hiring.
You're more than welcome to use me as a reference.
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OK. I love corporate euphemisms.
I'm listening to a presentation by the team responsible for developing our crisis management software. So of course issue #1 is to determine what's wrong with the existing software (not ours), and holy carp, the dispatcher is supposed to fill in "dozens of fields while the caller is providing the information in random order".
The screens were terrifyingly disorganized.
So we're trying to fix it and cut the amount of time it takes to fill in the form by at least a factor of 5 (which is great), but we got this golden quote: "And a difference of 10-15 seconds in the time it takes to get this information entered to so you can send out a responder can be the difference between a good outcome and... a... er... not-so-good outcome."
Meh. Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition took a bit to download its whopping 72 GB... Only to reveal my computer is not capable of running it. And it wasn't a mere warning - it kept crashing.
I'll give non-enhanced edition a try (70 GB) but I don't expect it to work much better.
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GothBard's company just announced they're now permanent work-from-home employees who can expense meeting rooms once a month for get-togethers.
The good news: We're not going to need a third car for when both kids are commuting to school and GothBard is commuting to work, and we're going to save around $100/month in commuting costs. (It's kind of terrifying how cheap Priuses are, even in the $4.70/gallon world of Bay Area gas.)
The bad news: Since she's going to be in the studio permanently, she wants to do a full reorg/redecoration of it this weekend.
EDIT: It's funny that I've been a work-from-home advocate for over 20 years now, and companies finally tried it and saw productivity skyrocket. I'm rather amused that Global Megacorporation is strongly resisting its employees' desire to go back to the office. "No, no. We want you to be safe. We're going to keep you working from home for the time being. Maybe we'll let a few people back this Fall."
It's definitely a software industry thing: Most of my colleagues had maxed-out vacation balances and were taking vacation every year because they had to. So the company gave them infinite vacation time and now they don't have to take time off. Now employees working from home are terrible at time management and are working longer hours. So the company is encouraging them to keep working at home. It's great for me because I am very disciplined about my work hours, but a LOT of my colleagues are complaining about how "infinite vacation time, infinite sick time, and work from home 100% of the time" is ruining their quality of life because they're working too much.
Huh?
Arglebargle
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Arglebargle
Gesundheit
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D'oh. My manager got Shiroed.
She's off starting tomorrow and through all of next week. I messaged her that she could take off early and I'd cover for her. Turns out some so-and-so scheduled her for a 5:30 pm meeting today that she can't duck. So she's stuck at work until long after her work day is supposed to be done.
(It happens to Shiro so often we've taken to calling it, "Getting Shiroed".)
Meh. Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition took a bit to download its whopping 72 GB... Only to reveal my computer is not capable of running it. And it wasn't a mere warning - it kept crashing.
I'll give non-enhanced edition a try (70 GB) but I don't expect it to work much better.
Ok, the non-enhanced version actually works.
And IT. IS. HARD.
Or maybe I have got too used to all the comforts of modern shooters, with their enemy tagging, superior optics, and all that.
The visibility is, in-game, an issue. The iron sights are utter crap - I get better results firing assault rifle from a hip most of the time. The main character dies in two or three hits.
I have repeated an early combat sequence five or six times... I might consider switching to easier difficulty.
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The thing I don't miss about Toys R Us is when people would bring in their Starbucks drink and when they finish they just leave it on a random shelf.
I wouldn't touch it mind you if I came across one but it was annoying.
I see that shit all the time when I take my daughter to the park. And the park by my house has garbage cans like every thirty feet. I pick them up because I don't want my kid to, but it's f%@+ing gross and I wish I could make the people who do it lick the cups of the others who do it.
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Why I work where I do.
"And don't worry about having enough pebbles, I ordered way more than you'd need because I expect we'll be doing more of these!" - The Boss.
Goodnight, John!
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Got a kid (or whatever) who is afraid of the dark? Try saying this to them:
"Mayhaps the shadows mean you no harm. They drape around you like a well-worn cloak, they act as blanket and swaddle when even light fails you.
Do not fear the quiet shadows, that shift from corner to corner, seeking only a soft place to settle. Let them creep into your room at night, and sit mildly by your bedside, whispering you to sleep."
What I did was when the General told Crookshanks that she shouldn't be afraid of the dark because vampires and werewolves don't exist. I only caught the tail end of the conversation so I immediately pipe in with an "Actually!..." And then I went through every culture with their own unrelated myths about vampires and werewolves.
The next day I'm out buying a high end stainless steel mortar and pestle so Crookshanks has a "silver" club she can use to defend herself at night (I also told her they're scared of "beautiful singing").
I have a few regrets.
Got a kid (or whatever) who is afraid of the dark? Try saying this to them:
"Mayhaps the shadows mean you no harm. They drape around you like a well-worn cloak, they act as blanket and swaddle when even light fails you.
Do not fear the quiet shadows, that shift from corner to corner, seeking only a soft place to settle. Let them creep into your room at night, and sit mildly by your bedside, whispering you to sleep."
What I did was when the General told Crookshanks that she shouldn't be afraid of the dark because vampires and werewolves don't exist. I only caught the tail end of the conversation so I immediately pipe in with an "Actually!..." And then I went through every culture with their own unrelated myths about vampires and werewolves.
The next day I'm out buying a high end stainless steel mortar and pestle so Crookshanks has a "silver" club she can use to defend herself at night (I also told her they're scared of "beautiful singing").
I have a few regrets.
I just told my kids that, if any monsters show up, they should say "You'd better run away and get out of here quickly or my mommy will get you, because my mommy is scarier than any monster."
The silver club is awesome, though.
I'm glad that this man was never my doctor.
(It's the Wikipedia entry for Robert Liston, a surgeon in the 1800s who was very fast at amputations. Amongst his accomplishments are:
1) Removing a 45 pound scrotal tumor in 4 minutes.
That's more than twice the size of my kid!
That's two toddlers dangling from your nuts.
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Im envious of cap yesterdays job satisfactionIf I had 1/10 of his job satisfaction, I wouldn't be applying for a new job.We are hiring.
You're more than welcome to use me as a reference.
Damn.
Im actually really tempted by this. I've never shied from hard physical work and I dont mind the cold (the heat is however a problem, but Im sure someone on a job site can be found to regularly hose me down).And Im pretty sure you'd all help me find a house.
But with MrT's health issues and diabetes, its most likely better to stay here. I mean, insulin is free here.
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Im envious of cap yesterdays job satisfactionIf I had 1/10 of his job satisfaction, I wouldn't be applying for a new job.We are hiring.
You're more than welcome to use me as a reference.
Damn.
Im actually really tempted by this. I've never shied from hard physical work and I dont mind the cold (the heat is however a problem, but Im sure someone on a job site can be found to regularly hose me down).
And Im pretty sure you'd all help me find a house.But with MrT's health issues and diabetes, its most likely better to stay here. I mean, insulin is free here.
Insulin is free there.
I'm repeating for emphasis.
Living in the country where diabetics are known to skip doses because it's so freaking expensive.
I'm glad that this man was never my doctor.
(It's the Wikipedia entry for Robert Liston, a surgeon in the 1800s who was very fast at amputations. Amongst his accomplishments are:
1) Removing a 45 pound scrotal tumor in 4 minutes.
That's more than twice the size of my kid!
That's two toddlers dangling from your nuts.
I once saw a photo of a man with a scrotal (I presume) tumor that he could sit on, like if it was one of those ball-shaped mini-cushions.
I managed to creep the hell out of my sister this morning by texting her a picture of a man holding a geoduck clam.
I captioned it "Fisherman Finds Alien Dildo!"
I'm glad that this man was never my doctor.
(It's the Wikipedia entry for Robert Liston, a surgeon in the 1800s who was very fast at amputations. Amongst his accomplishments are:
1) Removing a 45 pound scrotal tumor in 4 minutes.
2) Removing a leg in 2.5 minutes, although in his haste he also removed the patient's testicles.
3) Removing another patient's leg in under 2.5 minutes, although he also removed several of his assistant's fingers and slashed the clothes of another surgeon who was observing. The patient and the assistant later died of gangrene, while the observing surgeon died from shock. Thus making this surgery the only recorded case of a procedure having a 300% mortality case.
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Wow.
I managed to creep the hell out of my sister this morning by texting her a picture of a man holding a geoduck clam.
I captioned it "Fisherman Finds Alien Dildo!"
there's a picture I have to send you, then.