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Aren't raccoons the closest thing to actual terrestrial imps anyway?
Obviously the rac'imps would not be wearing clothes.
Until they stole some.
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And for the record:
(1) Mom had her first stroke at 91. Being a "grizzly woman", it only affected her physical mobility, not her mental capacity. The day after the stroke the physical therapist walked in, took one look at her determinedly doing every rehabilitation exercise obsessively, and said, "She'll be fine."Sure enough, Impus Major visited her over the holiday weekend and said that she's back to walking a mile a day. She needs a walker, but she's determined to get back up to two milse a day.
(2) GothBard starts her new job today!!
193 days of unemployment heck. At $450/week for unemployment with a $10,000 max, she drained her unemployment fund to $150.
Nice timing, but considering unemployment is less than minimum wage, she'd've rather have had a job.
Woohoo for GothBard! Cookies for everyFaWtL!
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It's been just under 3 years since COVID turned our corporate meetings into remote online Zoom sessions. Three. Years.
So, how is it that we STILL have people who join meetings then fail to mute themselves while they wander off and do something else?
This morning's tirade brought to you by a team meeting of only 8 people, one of whom started a call with a family member during the team meeting, not muting themselves, and completely disrupting the meeting.
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A zoom meeting where I work usually consists of the general manager driving up, handing the mowing crew lead all the paperwork and then driving off before anyone has a chance to complain.
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A Zoo Meeting, on the other hand, normally involves a bunch of worried keepers trying to work out how to counter a Conspiracy amongst the Penguins.
Cleaning up the ice storm round two!
I most definitely won the first round but we'll see how things go for round two. I expect a much harder go of it this time.
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In the red corner, Captain Yesterday.
In the blue corner, Cryonax.
LET BATTLE COMMENCE!
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The world of taxes is truly bizarre:
(1) I was complaining to Shiro that unless you withhold extra money, you always end up owing. Shiro pointed me to the pertinent tax law: If you fail to pay your taxes, the maximum penalty is a percentage of what you owe. So if they properly withheld the correct amount, you wouldn't have to file taxes.
(2) Somehow, in spite of GothBard being laid off, we made more money last year. I'm sure it was the generous severance plus two months of medical coverage. (Apparently our medical plan at her company was a $3000/month plan. No wonder it was so good.)
(3) In spite of the extra income, they taxed GothBard's severance at the "full rate" (don't ask me where this comes from), so we're getting decent refunds from both the state and the feds this year.
In short, I'm a Ph.D. in mathematics and taxes make no sense to me.
Mathematics has logic as a prerequisite...
The world of taxes is truly bizarre:
(1) I was complaining to Shiro that unless you withhold extra money, you always end up owing. Shiro pointed me to the pertinent tax law: If you fail to pay your taxes, the maximum penalty is a percentage of what you owe. So if they properly withheld the correct amount, you wouldn't have to file taxes.
(2) Somehow, in spite of GothBard being laid off, we made more money last year. I'm sure it was the generous severance plus two months of medical coverage. (Apparently our medical plan at her company was a $3000/month plan. No wonder it was so good.)
(3) In spite of the extra income, they taxed GothBard's severance at the "full rate" (don't ask me where this comes from), so we're getting decent refunds from both the state and the feds this year.
In short, I'm a Ph.D. in mathematics and taxes make no sense to me.
Mathematics has logic as a prerequisite...
Whereas we will be paying for the first time in 12 years. WW's job puts us in a different bracket than before, but we own no property and can't claim more than the standard deduction.
We're paying all the taxes and insurance on Daisy's house, but through her, because everything is still in her name, so we pay the money and she gets the deductions. Which stinks.When we finally put the solar panels on the roof (probably this year), it's going to be the same story.
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Both new frying pans have been used and washed clean. They are much more non-stick than the previous one that I bought a few years ago. At least for now.
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I ended up defeating the ice storm, it took me 13 hours and I was absolutely exhausted but I got it all.
Although technically it ended up being an ice-snow-ice storm, which is why I was so exhausted at the end because trying to get through a snow drift with a layer of ice on top is extremely physical, even with a snow blower.
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In the red corner, Captain Yesterday.
In the blue corner, Cryonax.
LET BATTLE COMMENCE!
I never wear red at work, I'm very adamant about that.
Mostly because I hate wearing red but also because I watched Star Trek.
The world of taxes is truly bizarre:
(1) I was complaining to Shiro that unless you withhold extra money, you always end up owing. Shiro pointed me to the pertinent tax law: If you fail to pay your taxes, the maximum penalty is a percentage of what you owe. So if they properly withheld the correct amount, you wouldn't have to file taxes.
(2) Somehow, in spite of GothBard being laid off, we made more money last year. I'm sure it was the generous severance plus two months of medical coverage. (Apparently our medical plan at her company was a $3000/month plan. No wonder it was so good.)
(3) In spite of the extra income, they taxed GothBard's severance at the "full rate" (don't ask me where this comes from), so we're getting decent refunds from both the state and the feds this year.
In short, I'm a Ph.D. in mathematics and taxes make no sense to me.
Mathematics has logic as a prerequisite...
I always ask to be taxed as heavily as possible.
I'm going to start playing the Harry Potter open world game today I think.
All I know is my wizard will not be wearing glasses and I plan on going full on Hufflepuff plant wizarding.
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What's it like living with kids?
Last night we had an extremely rare (once per 10 years or so) lightning, hail, and thunderstorm here. The hailstones hitting the corrugated plastic roofing on the garage woke me up, the flashes of lightning were so bright that they lit up the room in spite of the light-blocking curtains, and the thunder was powerful enough to set off car alarms.
How did the cats react to this?
They both slept comfortably through it, completely accustomed to random loud bangs, flashes of light, and shaking around the house. They live with teenagers.
The smallest Purrbarian Brother, Squeaker, has injured his leg, poor chap (nothing serious, we think - just a sprain got while Gallivanting About). He's presently snoozing behind me at the moment on what's usually my computer chair, wrapped in a sleeping bag, and will be checked out more thoroughly by the vet tomorrow.
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Word on the street is that California is suffering an unspeakable incomprehensible cataclysm happening right now...
Don't tell Freehold.
...or you never get rid of him
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Word on the street is that California is suffering an unspeakable incomprehensible cataclysm happening right now...
Don't tell Freehold.
...or you never get rid of him
It's called "rain"... and no, we're not used to it.
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More seriously, it was pretty cool in that we got a rare storm where the snow level dropped to just over 1000' (330m), so as I was driving along the highway today I got to gaze in wonder at the snow-capped foothills, and this morning mother-in-law had patches of hailstones on her steps. But when the kids were in the 6-9 range we got a solid 3" of hail one night, so it's not a "once in a generation" storm or anything.
I was surprised that it was L.A.'s first blizzard warning since '89. They get snow in the Grapevine every 2-3 years. I think this was just unusual because we got enough snow to stick for more than a day. (8-12", or 20-30 cm, as opposed to a more typical 1-3", or 2.5-7.5 cm.)
It's called "rain"... and no, we're not used to it.Word on the street is that California is suffering an unspeakable incomprehensible cataclysm happening right now...
Don't tell Freehold.
...or you never get rid of him
I thought it was that wind. Light rail service in San Jose and Campbell got knocked out for a while. Bunch of trees got uprooted.
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Next week I get to start venturing out into the free range boulder field to wrangle up groups of 3 boulders to carve into water features.
Which means spring is almost here.
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Fantasy Monster: Clockwork Gibbet. For capture, storage, and transportation of prisoners, intruders, and thieves adventurers.
So far in Elden Ring I'm about 225 hours in and level 171 with another level to go before I can summon black blade tiche without burning through a rune arc every time.
Then we'll see if he's The Most Powerful Summon In The Game like everyone says.
Personally my favorite is myself (the mimic).
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I have finished Titansfall 2.
It was a fun ride. Very good first person shooter, with excellent pacing, good combat, and lovely companion. I want my own BT now.
The game handled first person platforming much better than the new Doom and the combat wasn't as insane.
The bad thing is that the single player campaign is terribly short - I was done in 7.1 hour. Some people apparently went through it even faster.
Besides the short campaign, the weapon selection was a minor issue - while the game has quite a number of weapons, the difference between many of them are marginal, often you wouldn't even notice which of multiple rifles you are actually using, simply throwing at enemy whatever you have at the moment. The precision/sniper rifles were nice at least.
It could also use some xp and skill system to represent the main character's development during the game.
The February Humble Choice got me Fallout 76. I thought that I might give it a try... Though until now I haven't had 76 spare GBs on disk...
I have finished Titansfall 2.
It was a fun ride. Very good first person shooter, with excellent pacing, good combat, and lovely companion. I want my own BT now.
The game handled first person platforming much better than the new Doom and the combat wasn't as insane.
The bad thing is that the single player campaign is terribly short - I was done in 7.1 hour. Some people apparently went through it even faster.
Besides the short campaign, the weapon selection was a minor issue - while the game has quite a number of weapons, the difference between many of them are marginal, often you wouldn't even notice which of multiple rifles you are actually using, simply throwing at enemy whatever you have at the moment. The precision/sniper rifles were nice at least.
It could also use some xp and skill system to represent the main character's development during the game.
I agree with all of these points, it's also super fun in multiplayer. Or at least it used to be.
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I don't do multiplayer.
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I don't do multiplayer.
I don't blame you I don't either usually but I will occasionally dip my toes in just to show the kids that I'm cool (and to show them an example of how to act like a decent human being in those type of games).
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Next week I get to start venturing out into the free range boulder field to wrangle up groups of 3 boulders to carve into water features.
Which means spring is almost here.
Ugh.
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We've started Yet Another New World in Valheim to see how the Mistlands expansion fares.
Can't venture further. Afraid of trolls.
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Really weird phenomenon going on around here since roughly mid-January: A manyfold increase in the number of cars parked facing the wrong way on the local streets.
It used to be unusual enough that you might see it once or twice a month. In the last few weeks we've seen more than two dozen cars parked facing the wrong way, all over Albany.
It's just... weird...
Really weird phenomenon going on around here since roughly mid-January: A manyfold increase in the number of cars parked facing the wrong way on the local streets.
It used to be unusual enough that you might see it once or twice a month. In the last few weeks we've seen more than two dozen cars parked facing the wrong way, all over Albany.
It's just... weird...
Mayhaps you have an influx of people from Dubuque, Iowa. Those people absolutely hate parking on the correct side of the street.
Mayhaps you have an influx of people from Dubuque, Iowa. Those people absolutely hate parking on the correct side of the street.Really weird phenomenon going on around here since roughly mid-January: A manyfold increase in the number of cars parked facing the wrong way on the local streets.
It used to be unusual enough that you might see it once or twice a month. In the last few weeks we've seen more than two dozen cars parked facing the wrong way, all over Albany.
It's just... weird...
Also weird: I've been seeing ton of vehicles with California license plates in Iowa, starting about mid-summer last year.
Also weird: there have been a ton of vehicles with California license plates around central Iowa, starting about mid-summer last year.Mayhaps you have an influx of people from Dubuque, Iowa. Those people absolutely hate parking on the correct side of the street.Really weird phenomenon going on around here since roughly mid-January: A manyfold increase in the number of cars parked facing the wrong way on the local streets.
It used to be unusual enough that you might see it once or twice a month. In the last few weeks we've seen more than two dozen cars parked facing the wrong way, all over Albany.
It's just... weird...
The inversion begins...