This one goes to some dark places, folks. Skip it, if you're faint-hearted.
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PM sent.
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Just a PM. Nothing else.
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Yep. I'm a convert to masking and shunning to avoid illness. It's not for COVID. It's for general quality of life.This, this, this, this, this. And probably for the rest of my life, until the point that businesses start banning masks in stores - so the CCTV can see your face - in greater volumes than I can say "I'll just go to a different store then" to.
On the surface, I'm all for this.
But for f&%%s sake, don't turn into my mom. Please. She's slowly going nuts, and I'm not sure I can help her anymore.
I will almost never say this out loud to anyone, even my mother (who agrees), but Eve is a scary drunk.
She is a loud, bullying, scary drunk.
The equivalent of a lunatic holding forty people hostage in a bank with a semi-automatic kind of drunk.
The kind of drunk where you're terrified to say anything at all, even to ask them to turn the music down from 150 decibels to maybe 145 because you'll be the next target.
The kind of drunk where you find yourself doing everything you can to please and appease them just to get through the Spocking night.
The kind of drunk where you wind up shellshocked and exhausted and in tears at the end of the night, but not until they themselves have finally gone to bed and you can breathe freely.
Tomorrow she won't remember 98% of this.
She won't remember her threats, and her rage, and her tears, and her self-recrimination, and the way the children amped up and went freaking berserk because they didn't know how to understand or process it.
She won't know we're still tiptoeing on eggshells.
And we will smile, and pretend nothing is wrong, and dread the next time, because we're terrified of facing her, because she's already been through AA, and Narc-Anon, and rehab, and nothing stuck for very long. Because she's beaten the crap out of me (two black eyes and the neighbors calling the cops) in the past when I tried to keep her in when she was so drunk that she was a danger to herself, and all she said in lieu of an apology was, "That's what happens when you try to put a tiger in a cage." Because she's doing so much better, until all of a sudden she isn't.
I want to go home.
And we're only a third of the way through our visit.
And if I say anything, anything at all, she will find a way to make everything my fault.
My god.
I'm so sorry.
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Not to be That Guy, but I'm glad I don't have an office job.
Seconded. Or a corporate job in general.
My job is a little hard on my joints, but I'm healthier than I've been in years, and more importantly, I'm not bound to serve Moloch for the rest of my natural life.
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Well, I've nearly got rid of all the grotty old carpets, so that's something. After that's done, I have been tasked with disposing of the bizarre solid, flock-covered pelmets, and I intend to do so in style. I haven't done any test cutting for ages, and while I think it might end up requiring an axe, or a kukri, I'm going to try with my broadsword first and see how I get on.
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How low has the corner store fallen?
Today I went with a list of three items:
- Bacon
- Black Peppercorns
- Bread
I went 1-for-3.
Admittedly, they had all of three brands of bacon, but one was Oscar Mayer and the other two were "all natural uncured" bacons that we'd tried before and deemed flavorless. I even tried to switch plans to hot dogs, but they had one brand of hot dogs, and it was an all-natural brand that even the kids wouldn't eat.
And how can a store with an entire 6' x 8' spice rack not have peppercorns? There wasn't even an empty space; they just chose not to carry peppercorns. (You need peppercorns rather than pepper for many soups and sauces, so please don't pre-grind my peppercorns, thanks.)
So yeah, going there less and less often.
Yep. I'm a convert to masking and shunning to avoid illness. It's not for COVID. It's for general quality of life.This, this, this, this, this. And probably for the rest of my life, until the point that businesses start banning masks in stores - so the CCTV can see your face - in greater volumes than I can say "I'll just go to a different store then" to.On the surface, I'm all for this.
But for f&+%s sake, don't turn into my mom. Please. She's slowly going nuts, and I'm not sure I can help her anymore.
Nah, I'm still cool with socializing and going out in limited amounts.
I'm just masking up and keeping my distance while I do it.
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And now, the movies we loved in our youth that have not aged well.
Tonight, Eve and I thought we would show the kids The Great Outdoors with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd. WW had never seen it.
It was a lot better 34 years ago.
How low has the corner store fallen?
Today I went with a list of three items:
- Bacon
- Black Peppercorns
- BreadI went 1-for-3.
Admittedly, they had all of three brands of bacon, but one was Oscar Mayer and the other two were "all natural uncured" bacons that we'd tried before and deemed flavorless. I even tried to switch plans to hot dogs, but they had one brand of hot dogs, and it was an all-natural brand that even the kids wouldn't eat.
And how can a store with an entire 6' x 8' spice rack not have peppercorns? There wasn't even an empty space; they just chose not to carry peppercorns. (You need peppercorns rather than pepper for many soups and sauces, so please don't pre-grind my peppercorns, thanks.)
So yeah, going there less and less often.
I had heard that peppercorns were hit bad by the supply chain issues.
And now, the movies we loved in our youth that have not aged well.
Tonight, Eve and I thought we would show the kids The Great Outdoors with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd. WW had never seen it.
It was a lot better 34 years ago.
A lot of those movies agreed quite poorly.
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Year Month Day.
It's reasonable and clear.
Of course Americans don't use it.
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Another vote for month/day/year. Sorry rest of the world.
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Year Month Day.
It's reasonable and clear.
Of course Americans don't use it.
Yep. Now that everything I do is stored digitally, it's all, "Bank_Statement_2022_07_10.pdf" precisely because of sorting and ease of scanning. Yes, in spoken English "July 10, 2022" is far more natural, but in any written language putting them in either ascending or descending order makes more sense.
Typical Americans. We stick with Imperial Units and weird dating conventions (in more ways than one).
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Another vote for month/day/year. Sorry rest of the world.
I don't get that one. Medium unit of time small unit of time big unit of time? How does that make any sense?
Because most people speak month and day, leaving off the year unless it is needed.
It's funny -- even if we stick to American English we do it backwards:
"What day is it?"
"The 10th."
"Which month?"
"Oh, July."
"So it's July 10?"
"Right."
Notice that after getting the most important information first (the current day date) and the month second, we automatically reverse them. It's a weird language thing for us.
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Fantasy Monster: Sagging Blob.
Because I noted that there wasn't a CR 6 ooze yet.
Day/Month/Year!
Day/Month/Year!
"That is the format!", we all cheer,
Boo hiss boo to Year/Month/Day,
But Day/Month/Year? Hip hip hooray!
It's the 10th of July, 1922, and a wonderful thing appears,
A format for dates that is great! Great! Great!
And that format is Day/Month/Year!
Oh voh doh de oh doh. Boop!
I prefer second/day/hour/year/month/minute format. Or, really, I just need someone to tell me what day of the week it is.
I prefer second/day/hour/year/month/minute format. Or, really, I just need someone to tell me what day of the week it is.
Is today a session? A Sunday?
If it is neither, I don't need to know what day of the week it is.
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So I was, thankfully, about 4 feet away from a hoverboard when it exploded in my face.
I heard/felt a loud crackle like when the lightning bolt is really close, there was a loud BOOM, and pieces of the hoverboard flying all over the place.
I did not know i could still, or have ever, done a kip up. from prone to standing like a break dancer. We picked it up and tossed it in the back yard before it burned the house down, but not by much. If i hadn't been sleeping right next to it? That would have been the house.
Which brings the plagues in the house to
Fire
Floods
Frogs (moved in during the flood)
Snakes (haven't seen the frogs since, but the workmen didn't like him so he was relocated to the shed)
plague (enough said)
Locusts (cidadia)
So... does god do repeats? Or Going to invent something new just for us....
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Thank god you are alright.
Hello
Heyooooooooo
And this week is another example of the differences between my new manager's style and my own. We finally have a new hire. Since I'm the only other member of the department, I'm her buddy/mentor and she's supposed to come to me with any issues/questions/whatever else she's having trying to get oriented and adjusted.
I'd typically schedule a first meeting just to get acquainted, then tell her to go ahead and email/IM me with any questions, and if she wanted to talk about anything more significant to go ahead and set up a meeting. Instead, my manager mandated daily half-hour meetings every single day this week for check-ins.
I despise meetings without formal agendas or topics. "You should meet to talk," is not a reason to have a meeting. Yet my manager loves such meetings.
I consider them an unnecessary disruption in my work day.
So I was, thankfully, about 4 feet away from a hoverboard when it exploded in my face.
I heard/felt a loud crackle like when the lightning bolt is really close, there was a loud BOOM, and pieces of the hoverboard flying all over the place.
I did not know i could still, or have ever, done a kip up. from prone to standing like a break dancer. We picked it up and tossed it in the back yard before it burned the house down, but not by much. If i hadn't been sleeping right next to it? That would have been the house.
Which brings the plagues in the house to
Fire
Floods
Frogs (moved in during the flood)
Snakes (haven't seen the frogs since, but the workmen didn't like him so he was relocated to the shed)
plague (enough said)
Locusts (cidadia)
So... does god do repeats? Or Going to invent something new just for us....
Sounds like a terrifying way to wake up. Any idea what happened?
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So I was, thankfully, about 4 feet away from a hoverboard when it exploded in my face.
I heard/felt a loud crackle like when the lightning bolt is really close, there was a loud BOOM, and pieces of the hoverboard flying all over the place.
I did not know i could still, or have ever, done a kip up. from prone to standing like a break dancer. We picked it up and tossed it in the back yard before it burned the house down, but not by much. If i hadn't been sleeping right next to it? That would have been the house.
Which brings the plagues in the house to
Fire
Floods
Frogs (moved in during the flood)
Snakes (haven't seen the frogs since, but the workmen didn't like him so he was relocated to the shed)
plague (enough said)
Locusts (cidadia)
So... does god do repeats? Or Going to invent something new just for us....
Have you considered picking up some lamb's blood from a butcher and smearing it on your doorposts?
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Sounds like a terrifying way to wake up. Any idea what happened?So I was, thankfully, about 4 feet away from a hoverboard when it exploded in my face.
I heard/felt a loud crackle like when the lightning bolt is really close, there was a loud BOOM, and pieces of the hoverboard flying all over the place.
I did not know i could still, or have ever, done a kip up. from prone to standing like a break dancer. We picked it up and tossed it in the back yard before it burned the house down, but not by much. If i hadn't been sleeping right next to it? That would have been the house.
Which brings the plagues in the house to
Fire
Floods
Frogs (moved in during the flood)
Snakes (haven't seen the frogs since, but the workmen didn't like him so he was relocated to the shed)
plague (enough said)
Locusts (cidadia)
So... does god do repeats? Or Going to invent something new just for us....
As someone who used to sell the death trap emergency room godsends I can say with certainty, that's just what "hoverboards" do.
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Have you considered picking up some lamb's blood from a butcher and smearing it on your doorposts?
I'm a vegetarian so red dye number 7 is going to have to work....
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How little do I pay attention to my subs?
Apparently there's a book coming out called Dark Archives that's going to be shipping this week and I have absolutely no idea what it's about. Besides dark stuff I presume.
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I forget whether I named the company, but remember the place I interviewed where three separate people at the company refused to tell me their time off policy?
Turns out our new hire had EXACTLY the same experience, and made EXACTLY the same decision -- "If they can't talk about work/life balance nor time off, it's not a place I want to work."
One of her friends ignored the red flags and took a position there. Two weeks later, that friend pinged our new hire asking about any other open positions at Global Megacorporation.
Just because you pay a mint doesn't mean the older, more experienced professionals you need are going to put up with your s***.
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Either Shamash is pleased at Boris' departure, or is absolutely furious, as the Sweatometer is hitting record British highs at the moment. I am going to have a character-building cold shower before I go to bed.
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Judging from the new guy's name, he probably identifies as a town, or village (this is Wisconsin after all where if you dream big you move away, even if you end up returning).
At any rate I put a few control tests (I purposely left some pavers you could stub your toe on) in his assignment (make sure every paver is level and doesn't wobble) to see if he'd correct them. He missed every single one.
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I've got to get out of this house, or I'm going to lose my Spocking mind.
My sister is working all day at her office, WW is working all from his home-away-from-home office in the basement, my mother can't go anywhere because she has to take care of my four-year-old niece (who is beautiful and bright but a total goblin), and so the kids and I have been spending our "vacation" mostly sitting around the house doing nothing. Everyone is bad-tempered and miserable.
So I told my mother that I'm going to start disappearing with Hermione and Val during the day and go exploring and hiking, and come home in time to make dinner. It's either that or go back to Texas, and I'm not sure whether that wouldn't be even worse. (My sister or WW's mother, hell of a choice.) At least it's 20 degrees cooler here.
Back from watching Brad Pitt's Middle Age Crisis The Movie.
It was quite fun but also sadly rather imperfect movie. Too much awkward humor—Ragnarok had much better balance in that matter—and the background establishment and the build up to the climax felt rather unfulfilling.
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Nice night and really hot inside the house, So I'm sleeping on the front porch, which is about 2 feet off the ground.
Small skunk comes up. I make some tu tu tu tu noises to let him know I'm there.
Skunk sniffs the air, isn't sure what the heck I am, wanders off the way they came.
Large skunk comes up. I make some tu tu tu noises to let him know I'm there.
Gives me a quick look. Keeps rummaging through the lawn in a grid pattern, walking pretty much right under my feet
Not sure if he was like "Oh, hello, It is BringerofBirdSeeds" or "I'm a honey badger with mace I don't give a damn" in general. But big skunk did not give a damn.
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At least Big Skunk left you unscented.
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In general, young skunks are trigger-happy psychotics, while older skunks learn to conserve their ammunition.
Mother-in-Law fed all the animals in her rural backyard, and she enjoyed having cats, raccoons, skunks, and the occasional opossum all coexisting peacefully on her back deck, chowing down on the mountains of cat food provided and carefully watching the humans watching them through the glass.
Then the little skunks would be born. And the back yard would reek for weeks until they learned to control themselves.
Baby skunks are amazingly cute. And amazingly stinky, because any and all movement is a reason to spray. It's amazing their parents tolerate them.
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New guy requested to work with someone else.
I didn't even get to ask what kind of municipal services his parents got him for his birthday.
Oh well, he's the other Captain's tax burden now.