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Big Brother Moment:
Impus Minor: Hey, Dad! What's our Amazon Prime password?
NobodysHome: 123Password
IM: Thanks!
NobodysHome's Phone:Text Message: Someone at your current IP address just signed in to your account! Do you recognize this activity?
Evil response: Dear God! Someone's in my house! Call the police!
Death should be a part of the game, and some of these are good ideas to make death almost fun. I am partial to ability drain or ability damage myself.
My longest-running PbP character has been dead the entire time...
Yeesh, you fall asleep watching YouTube and it ends up on some sexy math video and suddenly YouTube thinks you want to watch ALL the math videos.
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On the one hand, I understand the correlation effect: You notice when things go wrong, but not when things go well, so you have a strong tendency to overestimate the occurrence of coincidences.
On the other hand, it really does seem like every time GothBard or I get a mission-critical meeting, a whole slew of other events try to interfere:
Yesterday Morning: Congratulations, GothBard! Your second-round interview for your dream job is on Friday at 4:00 pm!
Yesterday Evening: Congratulations, NobodysHome! Your upgrade to a fiber optic line is scheduled for Friday from 2-5 pm. Expect to lose network access during that period!
And it's remarkably hard to CANCEL that appointment, even though it should be the immediate response: The email should include buttons that say, "I will be available at that time," or, "I will not be available at that time."
Instead, it was pretty much, "We're showing up then. Good luck stopping us."
I am well-trained in stopping such people. But seriously. Give me a darned Cancel button.
And of course the usual nonsense where I work:
Instructor: Hey, NobodysHome! There's a mistake in your guide! Please fix it!
Production Team: Yes. Please deal with this ASAP, as such errors are unacceptable.
And I go back to the original files, and they're all fine, and I check the post-production files and they're the ones that are messed up, so I check to see why I messed up...
...and it was the production that occurred while I was backpacking where the production manager rubber-stamped the final product without so much as glancing at it.
And this is my fault how?!?!?
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And of course the usual nonsense where I work:
Instructor: Hey, NobodysHome! There's a mistake in your guide! Please fix it!
Production Team: Yes. Please deal with this ASAP, as such errors are unacceptable.And I go back to the original files, and they're all fine, and I check the post-production files and they're the ones that are messed up, so I check to see why I messed up...
...and it was the production that occurred while I was backpacking where the production manager rubber-stamped the final product without so much as glancing at it.And this is my fault how?!?!?
They will arrive at exactly 3:55, park in back and around a corner and then shut you off from the rear.
Good luck! You'll need it!!
Edit: Damn, quoted the wrong post.
Advice applies to both I'm sure though so I'll just leave it as it is.
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I'm back at work today for the first time since August 30th.
I'm very, very tired.
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King Charles. O no.
Whelp. An end to an age.
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King Charles. O no.
Could have picked Arthur...
King Charles. O no.
You're the second person today I've heard say that (after the elderly Australian teacher in the classroom next door to mine).
I'm curious, why?
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King Charles. O no.You're the second person today I've heard say that (after the elderly Australian teacher in the classroom next door to mine).
I'm curious, why?
He is not terribly popular, even among the people who are fond of the monarchy.
Limey, despite (or maybe because of) his swashbuckling flamboyantness flamboyishness flamboyant ways never struck me as a particularly cavalier individual, though I can't truly speak about his stance on royalty beyond my own (possibly inaccurate) impression. He might even be a Jacobite, for all I know...
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King Charles. O no.Could have picked Arthur...
You know, as hooked as I was on all things Camelot-and-Once-and-Future-King-related as a young person, the first place my brain went when I read this post was Dudley Moore. And I was trying like mad to figure out the logical connection.
Let's just ascribe it to post-Covid brain fog, shall we?
King Charles. O no.Could have picked Arthur...You know, as hooked as I was on all things Camelot-and-Once-and-Future-King-related as a young person, the first place my brain went when I read this post was Dudley Moore. And I was trying like mad to figure out the logical connection.
Let's just ascribe it to post-Covid brain fog, shall we?
I haven't known (though I might had read that and later forget) that one of his new majesty's names is Arthur until an article mentioned it today.
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King Charles. O no.You're the second person today I've heard say that (after the elderly Australian teacher in the classroom next door to mine).
I'm curious, why?
He is not terribly popular, even among the people who are fond of the monarchy.
Limey, despite (or maybe because of) his swashbuckling
flamboyantnessflamboyishnessflamboyant ways never struck me as a particularly cavalier individual, though I can't truly speak about his stance on royalty beyond my own (possibly inaccurate) impression. He might even be a Jacobite, for all I know...
I am no Jacobite. Hurrah for the Good Old Cause!
Essentially, the last two Charleses have been disastrous (the first because he fervently believed he was anointed by God to be an absolute monarch, thus plunging the country into civil war, the second because, while a genial sort of chap by all accounts, he was lazy, sex-obsessed, and uninterested in doing his job), and C. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha likes to do things like hang around with Saudi royalty and run his mouth off about GMOs and modern architecture (harmless in someone who is not theoretically head of state), as well as being clearly bitter & resentful that he has had to wait so long to be KING, and that he won't be able to throw his royal weight about now he is.
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Yeah, the crown should have been passed straight to William in my opinion.
I love the monarchy (and I'm proud to be a British man, living in a sovereign state/country) but I don't have much to say about Charles. Honestly? I give him at least ten years on the throne before we get a new (and much better) monarch.
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All I know is he's not showing up to help me build the patio I'm working on and he won't raise my taxes so he's useless to me.
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King Charles. O no.You're the second person today I've heard say that (after the elderly Australian teacher in the classroom next door to mine).
I'm curious, why?
He is not terribly popular, even among the people who are fond of the monarchy.
Limey, despite (or maybe because of) his swashbuckling
flamboyantnessflamboyishnessflamboyant ways never struck me as a particularly cavalier individual, though I can't truly speak about his stance on royalty beyond my own (possibly inaccurate) impression. He might even be a Jacobite, for all I know...I am no Jacobite. Hurrah for the Good Old Cause!
Essentially, the last two Charleses have been disastrous (the first because he fervently believed he was anointed by God to be an absolute monarch, thus plunging the country into civil war, the second because, while a genial sort of chap by all accounts, he was lazy, sex-obsessed, and uninterested in doing his job), and C. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha likes to do things like hang around with Saudi royalty and run his mouth off about GMOs and modern architecture (harmless in someone who is not theoretically head of state), as well as being clearly bitter & resentful that he has had to wait so long to be KING, and that he won't be able to throw his royal weight about now he is.
So what I'm hearing is that Carolus Rex isn't entirely out of line here?
Yeesh, you fall asleep watching YouTube and it ends up on some sexy math video and suddenly YouTube thinks you want to watch ALL the math videos.
Well, that was the absolute LAST thing to rule 34. Internet is done people we can all go outside now.
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Yep. Definitely need to work harder on teaching Impus Major to say, "No."
He's driving Impus Minor and two friends to DVC every day, saving them nearly an hour of commute time each way (it's 35 minutes by car, 90+ minutes by public transportation) and costing the friends nothing (since Impus Major would be driving anyway, I don't mind not charging the friends for the trivial amount of extra gas they take by adding 300 pounds to the car).
One of the friends just dropped an 11:30 am class for a 9:35 am class and asked Impus Major to adjust his driving schedule. Impus Major didn't even think about it and said, "Yes."
Impus Major's classes those days don't start until 12:35 pm. I said, "Impus Major. After all the work you and your friends went to to work out a compatible schedule, one of them just rearranged his schedule so that if you drive him to school you have to sit around on campus doing nothing for 3 hours twice a week. Is that really OK with you?"
Once he realized just how long he'd be sitting around, he told the friend they'd have to take public transportation.
But seriously. "Hey, Impus Major! I just changed my schedule and you're going to give up 6 hours a week to accommodate me even more!"
Nope. Just... nope.
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Yep. Definitely need to work harder on teaching Impus Major to say, "No."
Dammit, I was just going to ask him if I can have his gaming computer...
He's driving Impus Minor and two friends to DVC every day, saving them nearly an hour of commute time each way (it's 35 minutes by car, 90+ minutes by public transportation) and costing the friends nothing (since Impus Major would be driving anyway, I don't mind not charging the friends for the trivial amount of extra gas they take by adding 300 pounds to the car).
One of the friends just dropped an 11:30 am class for a 9:35 am class and asked Impus Major to adjust his driving schedule. Impus Major didn't even think about it and said, "Yes."
Impus Major's classes those days don't start until 12:35 pm. I said, "Impus Major. After all the work you and your friends went to to work out a compatible schedule, one of them just rearranged his schedule so that if you drive him to school you have to sit around on campus doing nothing for 3 hours twice a week. Is that really OK with you?"
Once he realized just how long he'd be sitting around, he told the friend they'd have to take public transportation.
But seriously. "Hey, Impus Major! I just changed my schedule and you're going to give up 6 hours a week to accommodate me even more!"
Nope. Just... nope.
It sounds like he agreed before actually thinking of what his friend is asking for.
Yep. Definitely need to work harder on teaching Impus Major to say, "No."Dammit, I was just going to ask him if I can have his gaming computer...
It sounds like he agreed before actually thinking of what his friend is asking for.He's driving Impus Minor and two friends to DVC every day, saving them nearly an hour of commute time each way (it's 35 minutes by car, 90+ minutes by public transportation) and costing the friends nothing (since Impus Major would be driving anyway, I don't mind not charging the friends for the trivial amount of extra gas they take by adding 300 pounds to the car).
One of the friends just dropped an 11:30 am class for a 9:35 am class and asked Impus Major to adjust his driving schedule. Impus Major didn't even think about it and said, "Yes."
Impus Major's classes those days don't start until 12:35 pm. I said, "Impus Major. After all the work you and your friends went to to work out a compatible schedule, one of them just rearranged his schedule so that if you drive him to school you have to sit around on campus doing nothing for 3 hours twice a week. Is that really OK with you?"
Once he realized just how long he'd be sitting around, he told the friend they'd have to take public transportation.
But seriously. "Hey, Impus Major! I just changed my schedule and you're going to give up 6 hours a week to accommodate me even more!"
Nope. Just... nope.
YES!!!!
That's his entire issue: He blindly answers, "Yes," to every request any of his friends ever make, THEN he realizes that he screwed up and has to go back and say, "No," and feelings are hurt.
I'm trying to get him to respond to all requests with, "Let me check and get back to you."
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I've been seeing so much performative and meaningless absolute boot licking in the last 24 hours and it absolutely blows my mind given I live on THIS SIDE of the pond that was at least in part created to ESCAPE this VERY SAME royal family and their crimes/ethics/religion. I feel like I am taking crazy pills.
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If it's vestigial and has no actual power beyond ceremonial duties, I don't care.
If it's vestigial and has no actual power beyond ceremonial duties, I don't care.
This could be applied to many different conversations.
time heals all wounds, as they say.
and throwing a nation's weight behind a former nemesis-nation through several international crises/wars tends to rebuild goodwill. works both ways.
"better to be friends with them than to have to answer to ThatBunchOverThere."
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Me to my students: Remember, it's important to know when it's appropriate to use formal language. You can't always guarantee that you will be taken seriously if you lapse constantly into slang or don't enunciate.
Also me to my students: Bruh. Ya loud.
** spoiler omitted **
Imagine what it must be like without the Atlantic as a barrier...
Imagine what it must be like without the Atlantic as a barrier...** spoiler omitted **
I'm pretty sure it's an ocean.
The Lost Omens Travel Guide is pretty amazing! Almost no rules content and a TON of information about fashion, food, places and weather patterns with tons of artwork to tie it all together.
I very much recommend it if you play any version of Pathfinder.
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Why it's always good to lead by example.
Ever since Crookshanks was very young if she ever forgot her lunch or anything else essential for school I'd immediately rush it to school for her.
This last week Tiny T-Rex started his first full week of middle school and he forgot his lunch one day so Crookshanks (who is graduated) noticed and rushed it to school for him.
I hunger.
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"The people in this state drive like they have nothing left to live for. And I guess that's because they live in Rhode Island."
Teaching the Impii to drive in California I constantly have to point out, "So this isn't how normal people drive, so once you're out of California you're going to find out that you're WAAAAAAY too aggressive for the rest of the country..."
My favorite example: "If you're going to turn right, you need to make absolutely, positively, 100% sure that a car can't fit between you and the curb, but a bicycle can. Any deviation from this will result in a collision."
Just because you're in the right lane and signaling right doesn't mean a California driver won't pass you on the right anyway if you leave them enough space to do so.
Just had a beer and a shot at AFROPUNK.
Oh man. I should have eaten something.
I hath loste mine battle-axe.
Today's the 46th Solano Stroll. Someone asked me why I hate it so much.
When it first started when I was a kid, it was really awesome. A quiet little event with a few hundred people, all local, wandering the streets to look at all the local wares.
46 years later, the event draws 230,000 people. The combined population of Albany and Berkeley (the cities Solano passes through) is 150,000. As usual, non-locals care nothing for the neighborhoods they're in. Driveways get blocked. Parked cars get hit. Pets get run over. Opportunistic thieves burgle houses within a few blocks of Solano.
And Solano itself? You'd be hard-pressed to find a local vendor. Major corporations set up stands. Sure, our local State Farm agent has a stand, but a local restaurant? Unlikely to be able to afford the exorbitant fees.
Every block has a band playing at 105 decibels. Walking is impossible; movement up and down the street is akin to pushing your way through a crowd at a concert.
It's a miserable, crime-ridden experience that is detrimental to everyone living within 3 blocks.
But it brings in $$$, so who cares how the locals feel?
I'll be locking my doors and closing my blinds, thanks.
EDIT: Reading the article, "There are very few police incidents the day of the event, mostly lost children. The street
is virtually spotless the following Monday, and “restored” within 48 hours."
I beg to differ. Every year I hear of at least one neighbor being burgled. I suspect there are few police events on Solano itself. Similarly, walking the side streets reveals a depressing mountain of litter. But not on Solano itself. Put on blinders and everything looks rosy.
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