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I wonder how GothBard would play an athasian bard.Confusedly, as we have no idea what they are...Dark Sun bard! Athas is the campaign world.
Edit: Really all she needs to know is to play them dark and sexy.
This sounds like typecasting. Gothbard. C'mon.
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This sounds like typecasting. Gothbard. C'mon.I wonder how GothBard would play an athasian bard.Confusedly, as we have no idea what they are...Dark Sun bard! Athas is the campaign world.
Edit: Really all she needs to know is to play them dark and sexy.
Yeah. Ravenna, her bard from Carrion Crown. Every player in the party plus half the bad guys had a crush on her. The sorcerer even made custom raven Wings of Flight for her, and she had a raven "familiar".
Been there. Done that.
Finished The Haunting of Hill House last night, and while the second 5 episodes are definitely weaker than the first 5, it's still a very solid series.
It left a couple of unsatisfying questions, though:
(1) Is the house evil? Nell refers to the Red Room as its "stomach" and there are references to it chewing people up. Yet the dead inside its walls seem perfectly content, and there are ghosts a hundred years old. Sure, it's "mean" of the house to try to trap mortals within and kill them so that it can have more souls, but once it has them, it seems perfectly content to let them exist as ghosts within forever. No digesting seems to be happening at all.
(2) If the house is neutral, what the h*** is up with the terrifying hauntings throughout the series? Has it learned that driving mortals insane is the best way to get them to come inside? I couldn't reconcile the outside-the-house hauntings with the perfectly-content ghosts within the walls. The graveyard scene's a prime example: The two horrifying ghosts try to drag Luke into the grave. Yet once Luke is in the house, both ghosts are borderline benevolent. Why are they so angry outside the house? Are they even the same ghosts?
And there's the "series disconnect" for me: At the end of it all, it seems like the house is "neutral" -- it just wants to populate itself with souls. Depicting itself as a horrifying edifice populated with sadistic and terrifying spirits seems like the last thing it should do to attract new souls.
And it's not like it has to drive people insane to trap them. In at least one instance a first-time visitor to the house is killed within its walls and becomes a trapped spirit. So it doesn't have to torment people and drive them insane. Is it the house tormenting people, or is Poppy just hyperactive?
EDIT: After showering, my favorite explanation is that the hauntings outside of the house are the family members' own personal demons (as demonstrated multiple times by other characters), while hauntings inside the house are either the house trying to make itself more attractive, or Poppy. Because Poppy's an evil cray-cray.
Anyway, fun ponderings.
Gran, nope, was referring to the act of doing bard things that adventuring bards do.Oh! So, like, putting barding on each other.
Ok, that one made me chuckle. Ahh, the oddities of the English language. We shall use a better example.
"Gothbard clearly went to a barding college given his skills at playing bards"
In this context barding is not the armor for a mount, but used like say "The singer went a singing".
Hey my English degree was useful...kinda ;).
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Resident: I vote that we evict Poppy because she keeps scaring off potential new tenants.
Poppy: It's too crowded in here already! And what's the fun of immortality if you can't scare the living bejeezus out of mortals?
Board: Poppy's got a point there...
This sounds like typecasting. Gothbard. C'mon.I wonder how GothBard would play an athasian bard.Confusedly, as we have no idea what they are...Dark Sun bard! Athas is the campaign world.
Edit: Really all she needs to know is to play them dark and sexy.
Yes.
To add some context: bards in Dark Sun are really fancy expert assassins, without magical abilities but often proficient with poisons (I think).
Being dark and sexy is basically part of the job description.
I'm working on warranty work at work.
But it still beats whatever everyone else is doing right now so no complaints. And it's my fault for being awesome at everything.
So, our opening has been re-posted, so in case you know anyone who has experience developing courseware for enterprise software companies, we're looking for a senior-level curriculum developer.
PM me if you know anyone and I'll PM back the posting. As I mentioned, it's a job completely revising our financial curriculum, so it has to be someone with experience doing that sort of thing. As I also mentioned, we're getting hundreds of applications from K12 teachers looking to get out of teaching. It frustrates my manager because not a single one of them lists any experience with enterprise software whatsoever. It depresses me because it proves yet again how poorly we treat our teachers.
I wonder how GothBard would play an athasian bard.Confusedly, as we have no idea what they are...
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DARK SUN FOREVER
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Would it not be possible to play a pasty, annoying bard whose high charisma score is based around the fact that his personality is so abrasive that everyone does what he says in the hope that he'll shut up and go away?
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Would it not be possible to play a pasty, annoying bard whose high charisma score is based around the fact that his personality is so abrasive that everyone does what he says in the hope that he'll shut up and go away?
A friend of mine tried something similar once. It was HILARIOUS in the first session and then it was really really annoying.
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Woooooooooow...
Just before Impus Minor was born in 2004 I signed GothBard and myself up for $300,000 in life insurance each. It cost $340/year for GothBard and $400/year for me. I thought it was pretty expensive, but worth it for the peace of mind that we wouldn't lose the house if one of us died. It was 20-year fixed life insurance, so even though I dropped mine long ago in favor of Global Megacorporation's cheaper plan, GothBard's still on the original plan.
I just tried to transition her to her company's plan. They want over $1560/year for the same insurance! And since it's corporate, it doesn't take her age, health, or anything else into consideration.
One could argue that that's precisely why it's so much more expensive -- the two of us had to undergo serious health screenings when we got the original insurance.
I'm more of a cynic, so my take is that it's more expensive because it represents just how much insurance companies have been raising their rates over the last 18 years.
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What I learned today!
There is nothing more hilarious then two electricians that bicker constantly and are forced to work in close proximity to each other.
Especially when the one with the loudest speaker is into classical music. Really classes up the swear words and derogatory comments about each other's spouses or eating habits.
Just did a horror start (where you jump just a touch) upon re-reading my super awesome barding post, when I realized, Gothbard should have been her, regarding her having attended Barding college.
Pardon for getting that one wrong, absolutely no offense intended, I didn't even think about it at the time, was in English professor mode :). (which in point of fact, I am not, just one of the degrees I have that didn't make me more money in the world of adulting and such).
Now don't I feel silly.
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Wake up on my birthday, and there is snow on the ground. Winter is coming!
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Today is going to be one of those days where I definitely earn every penny I make, so like every other day, except today is going to More Extreme, as the high temperature is 33 degrees and it's going to be "breezy" and I get to work with former coworker and his guy carefully pulling out a wooden step (which isn't rotted at all) and replacing it with marble slabs. Which are all things they hate. which is why I requested them specifically, because they added 3 days to my giant patio job by half assing it when it was in the upper forties.
Why specifically ask for them when they just screw up when I do work with them you may ask. Well, this job is small enough that I can micromanage the hell out of them without setting anything back and the marble slabs are heavy enough you don't want to screw them up and then I make you do it over and over and over again until it's just right.
Having a perfectionist manage corner cutters is it's own special kind of hell for everyone involved.
So that's why I'll be earning every penny, more so then usual, as not everyone can work in hell while maintaining a cheerful disposition.
Today is going to be one of those days where I definitely earn every penny I make, so like every other day, except today is going to More Extreme, as the high temperature is 33 degrees and it's going to be "breezy" and I get to work with former coworker and his guy carefully pulling out a wooden step (which isn't rotted at all) and replacing it with marble slabs. Which are all things they hate. which is why I requested them specifically, because they added 3 days to my giant patio job by half assing it when it was in the upper forties.
Why specifically ask for them when they just screw up when I do work with them you may ask. Well, this job is small enough that I can micromanage the hell out of them without setting anything back and the marble slabs are heavy enough you don't want to screw them up and then I make you do it over and over and over again until it's just right.
Having a perfectionist manage corner cutters is it's own special kind of hell for everyone involved.
So that's why I'll be earning every penny, more so then usual, as not everyone can work in hell while maintaining a cheerful disposition.
Ahh, karmic revenge at work. It can be trying, but in the end how sweet it is!
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Ahh, karmic revenge at work. It can be trying, but in the end how sweet it is!Today is going to be one of those days where I definitely earn every penny I make, so like every other day, except today is going to More Extreme, as the high temperature is 33 degrees and it's going to be "breezy" and I get to work with former coworker and his guy carefully pulling out a wooden step (which isn't rotted at all) and replacing it with marble slabs. Which are all things they hate. which is why I requested them specifically, because they added 3 days to my giant patio job by half assing it when it was in the upper forties.
Why specifically ask for them when they just screw up when I do work with them you may ask. Well, this job is small enough that I can micromanage the hell out of them without setting anything back and the marble slabs are heavy enough you don't want to screw them up and then I make you do it over and over and over again until it's just right.
Having a perfectionist manage corner cutters is it's own special kind of hell for everyone involved.
So that's why I'll be earning every penny, more so then usual, as not everyone can work in hell while maintaining a cheerful disposition.
Trying for them maybe, I have headphones.
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Wake up on my birthday, and there is snow on the ground. Winter is coming!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Yeah, happy B-Day there Feros!
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Wake up on my birthday, and there is snow on the ground. Winter is coming!
Happy birthday!
Today is going to be one of those days where I definitely earn every penny I make, so like every other day, except today is going to More Extreme, as the high temperature is 33 degrees and it's going to be "breezy"...
I know what you mean -- it's barely going to break 60 today and it'll be a bit cloudy so I might even have to turn on the heat...
It is supposed to be stable 7 degree (44-45 for you 'Muricans) all the day and night here, if the google is to be believed.
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Today is going to be one of those days where I definitely earn every penny I make, so like every other day, except today is going to More Extreme, as the high temperature is 33 degrees and it's going to be "breezy"...I know what you mean -- it's barely going to break 60 today and it'll be a bit cloudy so I might even have to turn on the heat...
its going to be 66 today. I am unhappy.
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Wake up on my birthday, and there is snow on the ground. Winter is coming!
Bappy hirthday!
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Happy birthday Feros.
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Happy Birthday, Feros!
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Happy birthday Feros!
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So, a couple of good things:
1. Had a great monthly one-on-one with the school director yesterday, she said some really nice things about my classroom after observing a couple of weeks ago. That felt good.
2. Since the plumbers came ten days ago and cut through the clay pipe under our house (yes, clay) to send the root-cutter through, the "anus of Cerberus" smell has gone away. He's coming back soon to check for the kitchen greywater leak.
3. Since Val and Hermione get their second shots on the 30th, we're going to start IN-PERSON GAMING WITH ACTUAL HUMANS WE ARE NOT RELATED TO! Next month, after school lets out for the winter holidays.
4. Miz Daisy isn't even arguing about wanting to cook the Turkey herself this year, and is only offering to make an appetizer and a sweet potato pie.
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I find it entertaining how much non-cooks misunderstand Thanksgiving. I really enjoy the opportunity to plan out everything, from which burners I'll be using to what the oven will be set to to when to start everything so that it call comes out at the right time. It's a beautiful expression of my obsessive-compulsiveness, combined with spending six hours in the kitchen, combined with sitting down to a spectacular meal...
...and GothBard keeps telling her mother, "Well, it'll depend on how NobodysHome feels, and I'm not promising anything, and if he doesn't feel like it I'll just make fettucini Alfredo..."
Pretty much the only thing that will stop me is the lack of a turkey.
I forgot all about pre-ordering a turkey from the corner store at the start of November, so I'm entirely reliant on Costco to have a turkey in stock on Saturday.
Otherwise I'll just buy a bunch of chickens and rope 'em together...
Hello, everyone.
Hello, John.
Afternoon there John Boy!
I kinda want to hear about you making a turkey out of like 5-7 chickens just for the stories that occur factor.
I will be making my always in demand cornbread stuffing again this year. I have made it for like five years running now. A very good friend of mine hosts a "Franksgiving" (lol, yeah, his name is Frank) and after the first time I brought it to the feat, the entire gathering stated that I was not allowed to NOT make it in the future. Actually takes a heck of allot of work to make really, cause I start by baking cornbread from scratch and go from there, though drying the cornbread and other bread in the oven reduces time needed nicely and does not affect the final product. I even candy my own cranberries that go into it. Tis a labor of love.
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Whoot! My monthly Paizo box arrived today! Excellent timing! :D
Thanks for the Birthday well-wishes, everyone!
I find it entertaining how much non-cooks misunderstand Thanksgiving. I really enjoy the opportunity to plan out everything, from which burners I'll be using to what the oven will be set to to when to start everything so that it call comes out at the right time. It's a beautiful expression of my obsessive-compulsiveness, combined with spending six hours in the kitchen, combined with sitting down to a spectacular meal...
...and GothBard keeps telling her mother, "Well, it'll depend on how NobodysHome feels, and I'm not promising anything, and if he doesn't feel like it I'll just make fettucini Alfredo..."
Pretty much the only thing that will stop me is the lack of a turkey.
I forgot all about pre-ordering a turkey from the corner store at the start of November, so I'm entirely reliant on Costco to have a turkey in stock on Saturday.
Otherwise I'll just buy a bunch of chickens and rope 'em together...
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My mother's side roasts a turkey and bakes a gigantic ham.
Thanksgiving on that side of the family is good eats.
mmmm...HAM!!!
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So, this is rather awkward and hilarious at the same time:
(1) When I got laid off from my first tech job, they paid for me to take a week of "job seeking training". The very first point, which they hammered home again and again and again, was, "Ignore the prerequisites listed in the job posting -- no one satisfies those prerequisites! Just apply, apply, apply!"
It was their core message throughout the week.
(2) Today my manager was absolutely raging about the number of candidates she's having to sort through who don't meet the basic qualifications for the job. "Can't they READ?!?!?!" Apparently just this morning she had to discard over 120 resumes for not meeting the basic qualifications. (And yes, our HR Department's attitude is, "We're not technical enough to evaluate candidates for technical jobs, so you're on your own."
To which GothBard replied, "So what the heck do they DO!?!?!?")
And such is the problem when you have an honest, forthright manager who spends hours talking with everyone to determine exactly which qualifications she should list... only to have candidates ignore them because far too many managers list "everything I can possibly think of" as a requirement.
*** True Story: Java was introduced in 1995. When I was job searching in 2003 more than one company listed, "At least 12 years in Java experience required."
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*** True Story: Java was introduced in 1995. When I was job searching in 2003 more than one company listed, "At least 12 years in Java experience required."
I remember those days as well. I saw plenty of "requirements" that could only be met if you were on the original dev team for a product.
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I remember those days as well. I saw plenty of "requirements" that could only be met if you were on the original dev team for a product.
*** True Story: Java was introduced in 1995. When I was job searching in 2003 more than one company listed, "At least 12 years in Java experience required."
is THAT who they were looking for?
Wow. I just thought the people putting the advertisement together were idiots.
It is supposed to be stable 7 degree (44-45 for you 'Muricans) all the day and night here, if the google is to be believed.
Ha! We reached 32 for 3 minutes at about a quarter to one and that's as warm as it got.
But, we do have 25-30 mph wind gusts to go with the "breeze".
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I remember those days as well. I saw plenty of "requirements" that could only be met if you were on the original dev team for a product.
*** True Story: Java was introduced in 1995. When I was job searching in 2003 more than one company listed, "At least 12 years in Java experience required."
is THAT who they were looking for?
Wow. I just thought the people putting the advertisement together were idiots.
You're mostly right. We saw ads requiring TWENTY years in Java, making the requirements impossible to satisfy without time travel.
So, this is rather awkward and hilarious at the same time:
(1) When I got laid off from my first tech job, they paid for me to take a week of "job seeking training". The very first point, which they hammered home again and again and again, was, "Ignore the prerequisites listed in the job posting -- no one satisfies those prerequisites! Just apply, apply, apply!"
It was their core message throughout the week.(2) Today my manager was absolutely raging about the number of candidates she's having to sort through who don't meet the basic qualifications for the job. "Can't they READ?!?!?!" Apparently just this morning she had to discard over 120 resumes for not meeting the basic qualifications. (And yes, our HR Department's attitude is, "We're not technical enough to evaluate candidates for technical jobs, so you're on your own."
To which GothBard replied, "So what the heck do they DO!?!?!?")And such is the problem when you have an honest, forthright manager who spends hours talking with everyone to determine exactly which qualifications she should list... only to have candidates ignore them because far too many managers list "everything I can possibly think of" as a requirement.
*** True Story: Java was introduced in 1995. When I was job searching in 2003 more than one company listed, "At least 12 years in Java experience required."
I meet every single requirement for every landscaping job you can think of. I know this because the boss likes long requirement lists and I like to go through them and see if there's anything I'm missing. Nope!
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Admittedly I'm not yet Insane Clown Posse certified. But that's only a matter of time (and patience).
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...I meet every single requirement for every landscaping job you can think of. I know this because the boss likes long requirement lists and I like to go through them and see if there's anything I'm missing. Nope!
I've seen managers trying to justify the ludicrous requirements with, "Oh, I want to ensure my candidates are people who are willing to take risks and aim high!"
No. You want to ensure that your candidates are willing to LIE TO YOU, their immediate supervisor, in order to get what they want.
Is that really what you're seeking?
...I meet every single requirement for every landscaping job you can think of. I know this because the boss likes long requirement lists and I like to go through them and see if there's anything I'm missing. Nope!I've seen managers trying to justify the ludicrous requirements with, "Oh, I want to ensure my candidates are people who are willing to take risks and aim high!"
No. You want to ensure that your candidates are willing to LIE TO YOU, their immediate supervisor, in order to get what they want.
Is that really what you're seeking?
In fairness, I probably have a face that says "will learn" and once I do something once I generally don't forget how, plus there's the whole work ethic.
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In fairness, I probably have a face that says "will learn" and once I do something once I generally don't forget how, plus there's the whole work ethic....I meet every single requirement for every landscaping job you can think of. I know this because the boss likes long requirement lists and I like to go through them and see if there's anything I'm missing. Nope!I've seen managers trying to justify the ludicrous requirements with, "Oh, I want to ensure my candidates are people who are willing to take risks and aim high!"
No. You want to ensure that your candidates are willing to LIE TO YOU, their immediate supervisor, in order to get what they want.
Is that really what you're seeking?
I'm not complaining about the applicants. I'm complaining about the managers who put in "requirements" that aren't.
For example, our job posting is for a senior position, so we have a requirement that you've done this before -- we're not going to give you on-the-job training. Going to your analogy, you wouldn't hire someone off the street with no experience in landscaping and say, "OK, you're in charge of this crew of 4 people. Build a driveway to these specifications."
You might have them do the grunt labor, but you wouldn't put them in charge.
On the other hand, for our opening it would be nice for you to have accounting experience, but we figure we can train you up for that, so it's listed as a "nice to have".
Because that's what those sections are supposedly for.