Wisconsin?! I live in Wisconsin!!Where in Wisconsin? I know I've asked you this before, but I can't recall the answer.
Madison. Just a bit to the west of the UW hospital.
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Madison. Just a bit to the west of the UW hospital.Wisconsin?! I live in Wisconsin!!Where in Wisconsin? I know I've asked you this before, but I can't recall the answer.
You clearly have vastly different feelings for Wisconsin than I do.
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Every year I pick a new song to hum to see if it drives anyone crazy.
My first year it was the Mission Impossible theme song.
My second year it was Another One Bites The Dust.
My third year was The Smurfs theme song.This year it's Gilligan's Island theme song.
As an added bonus, you can sing the words to any random Emily Dickinson poem to the tune of Gilligan's Island. (Or The Yellow Rose of Texas, which works superbly for "Because I Could Not Stop for Death...")
Learn a few and sing them just under your breath.
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Every year I pick a new song to hum to see if it drives anyone crazy.
My first year it was the Mission Impossible theme song.
My second year it was Another One Bites The Dust.
My third year was The Smurfs theme song.This year it's Gilligan's Island theme song.
As an added bonus, you can sing the words to any random Emily Dickinson poem to the tune of Gilligan's Island. (Or The Yellow Rose of Texas, which works superbly for "Because I Could Not Stop for Death...")
Learn a few and sing them just under your breath.
You can also sing 'Fat Bottomed Girls' by Queen to the tune of Ralph McTell's poignant 'Streets of London', 'Walk on the Wild Side' to the tune of 'If I Was A Rich Man' (with a bit of adjustment), and Sisqo's 'Thong Song' to the verse and chorus melodies of 'Rule Britannia'
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You clearly have vastly different feelings for Wisconsin than I do.Madison. Just a bit to the west of the UW hospital.Wisconsin?! I live in Wisconsin!!Where in Wisconsin? I know I've asked you this before, but I can't recall the answer.
I do! Hippies gonna hippie.
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You clearly have vastly different feelings for Wisconsin than I do.Madison. Just a bit to the west of the UW hospital.Wisconsin?! I live in Wisconsin!!Where in Wisconsin? I know I've asked you this before, but I can't recall the answer.
Condidering it's preponderance of milk maids, possession of Captain Yesterday, the fact that you lived there for a while, and it's proximity to Vany and technically NH, it can't be THAT bad...
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Condidering it's preponderance of milk maids, possession of Captain Yesterday, the fact that you lived there for a while, and it's proximity to Vany and technically NH, it can't be THAT bad...You clearly have vastly different feelings for Wisconsin than I do.Madison. Just a bit to the west of the UW hospital.Wisconsin?! I live in Wisconsin!!Where in Wisconsin? I know I've asked you this before, but I can't recall the answer.
In fairness there are some real shit holes in Wisconsin.
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In fairness there are some real s~#& holes in Wisconsin.Condidering it's preponderance of milk maids, possession of Captain Yesterday, the fact that you lived there for a while, and it's proximity to Vany and technically NH, it can't be THAT bad...You clearly have vastly different feelings for Wisconsin than I do.Madison. Just a bit to the west of the UW hospital.Wisconsin?! I live in Wisconsin!!Where in Wisconsin? I know I've asked you this before, but I can't recall the answer.
Mainly because half the state doesn't have indoor plumbing.
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Vanykrye'll like this one.
I was trying to describe my hardware requirements to GothBard. And I realized they're very simple:
"Can I drop it in a jar of jam?"
It's an amazingly good test: If you can drop it in the jam, rinse it off, let it dry, and still use it, then it's "good" hardware.
Dude. Our clients don't need your help with those kinds of ideas.
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They were selling BRIGAND CHEESE in the supermarket.
I bought the BRIGAND CHEESE.
I intend to eat the BRIGAND CHEESE.
If I end up robbing travellers on the Queen's Highway as a result of doing so, you can blame that on the BRIGAND CHEESE.
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They were selling BRIGAND CHEESE in the supermarket.
I bought the BRIGAND CHEESE.
I intend to eat the BRIGAND CHEESE.
If I end up robbing travellers on the Queen's Highway as a result of doing so, you can blame that on the BRIGAND CHEESE.
Dude. Our clients don't need your help with those kinds of ideas.Vanykrye'll like this one.
I was trying to describe my hardware requirements to GothBard. And I realized they're very simple:
"Can I drop it in a jar of jam?"
It's an amazingly good test: If you can drop it in the jam, rinse it off, let it dry, and still use it, then it's "good" hardware.
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Vanykrye'll like this one.
I was trying to describe my hardware requirements to GothBard. And I realized they're very simple:
"Can I drop it in a jar of jam?"
It's an amazingly good test: If you can drop it in the jam, rinse it off, let it dry, and still use it, then it's "good" hardware.
RASPBERY, no one would dare give me RASPBERRY... LONESTAR!!!
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RASPBERY, no one would dare give me RASPBERRY... LONESTAR!!!Vanykrye'll like this one.
I was trying to describe my hardware requirements to GothBard. And I realized they're very simple:
"Can I drop it in a jar of jam?"
It's an amazingly good test: If you can drop it in the jam, rinse it off, let it dry, and still use it, then it's "good" hardware.
Beernorg gets cookies.
To my utter and complete astonishment, Albany High School did something at least somewhat reasonable. Amusingly enough, I think it's also something that could get them sued into oblivion:
Impus Minor wasn't feeling well this morning, but because he missed his math class yesterday he decided he wanted to go in, try to tough it out, then come home when he felt bad enough. Once he was done with math, he started his next class, decided he was done, and went to the nurse.
"Sensible" decision: Since he's over 18, the nurse let him sign himself out and released him to his own recognizance.
"Stupid" decision: The nurse let him walk himself home without notifying me or GothBard. While we knew he was likely to do it, imagine the scenario where an 18-year-old feels feverish, asks to be allowed to leave, the nurse lets them walk home, and they collapse on the way. No way the school isn't getting sued for that one.
So I appreciate the whole, "He's over 18 so he can sign himself out," but heck, when we had 30+-year-old trainers feeling ill enough to go home, we'd provide a ride for them or otherwise make them check in once they were home. It's common courtesy and common sense. If you're sick enough to quit school or work and go home, you're sick enough someone should be checking on you.
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Is this your average client?Dude. Our clients don't need your help with those kinds of ideas.Vanykrye'll like this one.
I was trying to describe my hardware requirements to GothBard. And I realized they're very simple:
"Can I drop it in a jar of jam?"
It's an amazingly good test: If you can drop it in the jam, rinse it off, let it dry, and still use it, then it's "good" hardware.
I would really like to say no.
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One of the great frustrations in life is, "You can't have this because other people are 'irresponsible'."
In theory, Zelle is a fantastic service: It's a direct wire transfer between two bank accounts, and all you need is the recipient's email address. No passwords, no security, no pins: The bank assumes that you know the recipient and transfers the money securely. Works great. Think of it as Venmo without the middle man.
So of course fraudsters immediately started pelting people with fraudulent email addresses. "Hey! This is your long-lost uncle! I need $200 to come visit you! Send it to myfakeaddress@fraudsters.us!"
And people are doing it. In droves. To the point that Zelle will likely have to implement far more restrictive security and transfer features.
Because people can't be bothered to actually NOT send money to email addresses they don't recognize. It's not even, "NobodysHome@yahoo.com" vs. "NobodysHome@gmail.com". It's out-and-out nonsense email addresses, and people are sending money to them.
*SIGH*
EDIT: As GothBard and I were talking about it it struck me: It's ironic that we live in perhaps the most money-obsessed culture on the planet, yet people are so easily duped into sending that money to strangers. Frequently with a promise of, "Send me money now and I'll send you lots more money later."
A dupe so ancient they could have carved it in the pyramids.
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I'm encasing a nondescript concrete porch in expensive pavers and wall block.
And trying to think happy thoughts so i don't have the urge to do something violent to former coworker (who is working on the other side of the house and still somehow found a way to test my patience.
I'm encasing a nondescript concrete porch in expensive pavers and wall block.
And trying to think happy thoughts so i don't have the urge to do something violent to former coworker (who is working on the other side of the house and still somehow found a way to test my patience.
Why do I have the feeling your wall will have a human shaped support for some of the bricks?
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A dupe so ancient they could have carved it in the pyramids.
The only reason they didn't is that they hadn't the money until almost two thousands later.
Sending a sheep, a bag of grain, and a few bottles of date wine took more time giving people to think again about the request.
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A dupe so ancient they could have carved it in the pyramids.The only reason they didn't is that they hadn't the money until almost two thousands later.
Sending a sheep, a bag of grain, and a few bottles of date wine took more time giving people to think again about the request.
OK. I'm impressed. I started Googling to contradict you and your numbers are terrifyingly accurate:
Great Pyramids: 2550 to 2490 B.C.First Known Currency: 650 to 600 B.C.
"Almost two thousand years later" is amazingly accurate.
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I dunno...Are you sure your average clients would take that long to completely destroy the system?I would really like to say no.Is this your average client?Dude. Our clients don't need your help with those kinds of ideas.Vanykrye'll like this one.
I was trying to describe my hardware requirements to GothBard. And I realized they're very simple:
"Can I drop it in a jar of jam?"
It's an amazingly good test: If you can drop it in the jam, rinse it off, let it dry, and still use it, then it's "good" hardware.
On average our clients would ask us about the specific effects of different flavors of jam.
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On average our clients would ask us about the specific effects of different flavors of jam.I dunno...Are you sure your average clients would take that long to completely destroy the system?I would really like to say no.Is this your average client?Dude. Our clients don't need your help with those kinds of ideas.Vanykrye'll like this one.
I was trying to describe my hardware requirements to GothBard. And I realized they're very simple:
"Can I drop it in a jar of jam?"
It's an amazingly good test: If you can drop it in the jam, rinse it off, let it dry, and still use it, then it's "good" hardware.
Then they'd pay us to arrange focus groups about it.
A dupe so ancient they could have carved it in the pyramids.The only reason they didn't is that they hadn't the money until almost two thousands later.
Sending a sheep, a bag of grain, and a few bottles of date wine took more time giving people to think again about the request.
OK. I'm impressed. I started Googling to contradict you and your numbers are terrifyingly accurate:
Great Pyramids: 2550 to 2490 B.C.
First Known Currency: 650 to 600 B.C."Almost two thousand years later" is amazingly accurate.
You thought that currency is older or younger?
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Today one of my boys threw a screaming, rolling and writhing on the floor tantrum because there was glitter on his bottom and he was "dying" as a result of it.
The fact that the entire classroom is a completely glitter-free zone is irrelevant.
I helped him change. I put a note into his backpack for his parents with the offending clothing.
Fifteen school days until the end of term.
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You thought that currency is older or younger?A dupe so ancient they could have carved it in the pyramids.The only reason they didn't is that they hadn't the money until almost two thousands later.
Sending a sheep, a bag of grain, and a few bottles of date wine took more time giving people to think again about the request.
OK. I'm impressed. I started Googling to contradict you and your numbers are terrifyingly accurate:
Great Pyramids: 2550 to 2490 B.C.
First Known Currency: 650 to 600 B.C."Almost two thousand years later" is amazingly accurate.
I'd forgotten just how old the pyramids are. I've studied mathematical history, so I've read up on both Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics, and there's a huge amount of crossover there. Thus in my head I placed the construction of the great pyramids concurrently with the Babylonian Empire and their development of currency.
Doing actual research, the heydey of the Egyptian empire was millenia before the Babylonians came along. Ancient Egypt was in its final decline.
The longevity of the Egyptian empire is mind-boggling to us 'Merikuns.
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The longevity of the Egyptian empire is mind-boggling to us 'Merikuns.
It's more a series of states occupying the same region and sharing a long evolving culture and set of religions, or their series.
But, yes. My favorite reminder regarding Egypt's history is that more time passed between construction of Great Pyramids and life of Cleopatra, than between Cleopatra and our times...
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On average our clients would ask us about the specific effects of different flavors of jam.I dunno...Are you sure your average clients would take that long to completely destroy the system?I would really like to say no.Is this your average client?Dude. Our clients don't need your help with those kinds of ideas.Vanykrye'll like this one.
I was trying to describe my hardware requirements to GothBard. And I realized they're very simple:
"Can I drop it in a jar of jam?"
It's an amazingly good test: If you can drop it in the jam, rinse it off, let it dry, and still use it, then it's "good" hardware.
So I notice your documentation says not to smear jam on my tablet, but what about peach preserves? It isn't jam, it's preserves. That's okay, right?
...No? Okay, so what if, hypothetically speaking of course, I already lathered it with peach preserves in an effort to remove the peanut butter.
...
What do you mean, "What peanut butter?"? The peanut butter I put on it so that my dog would lick it and clean the Cheeto dust off the screen. Duh.
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You and I work with the same people.
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Apparently, Mel Brooks was worried that George Lucas would sue him over the movie Spaceballs, so he went the George the script and asked if he was okay with it. George agreed not to sue, but had a few conditions. One of which was that Lone Star couldn't dress like Han Solo. So instead, they dressed him like Indiana Jones.
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In preparation for watching the series, last night I watched the Stargate movie. And it got me wondering: How many mediocre-to-poor movies have led to good-to-excellent series?
The Stargate movie wasn't awful, but it wasn't good. Yet the series is supposed to be a classic. And I know this will send Freehold into conniptions, but again the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie out-and-out stank, but the first few seasons of the series were excellent.
What other terrible movies led to good series? Now I'm curious...
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In preparation for watching the series, last night I watched the Stargate movie. And it got me wondering: How many mediocre-to-poor movies have led to good-to-excellent series?
The Stargate movie wasn't awful, but it wasn't good. Yet the series is supposed to be a classic. And I know this will send Freehold into conniptions, but again the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie out-and-out stank, but the first few seasons of the series were excellent.
What other terrible movies led to good series? Now I'm curious...
I feel the opposite, I absolutely love the movie, as it's one of my all time favorites. But I can't stand the TV show. Probably because of McGyver.
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As a native Californian, some of the headlines about the drought really set me burning. Water districts in both Southern and Northern California are implementing "unprecedented" restrictions:
- In SoCal, you're only allowed to water your yard once a week.
- In NoCal, you're limited to 1648 gallons per household per day.
These are "restrictions"?!?!?
I know that a couple of years ago they were posting about some SoCal households that broke 3000 gallons per day, but if our house breaks 200 per day I start griping at the family about conservation.
Honestly, if people hear that we're in a major drought and they're still using over 1000 gallons a day, they really should be paying through the nose for it.
I have ten more minutes to dry out then it's back to blasting my legs with cold water and rock silt for another three hours.
I have ten more minutes to dry out then it's back to blasting my legs with cold water and rock silt for another three hours.
It turns out I only had two hours left. That's efficiency right there.
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I opened the packet of BRIGAND CHEESE, and it smells just like a Marauder who's been hiding out in the woods and living on dead badgers and wild garlic, and hasn't washed since five years last Michaelmas, so very authentic. Tasty, but my life, does it have a sustained pong.