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In the meantime, here in the good old Bay Area it's another week of not being able to open the windows because the fog is locked in again and we'll be lucky to get into the 60s during the day...haaaaaaaaaaaate. Yooooooooouuuuuu.
That's it!
We move in for the summer. Imps can go for the vacations.
Yes, I am naked. How could I not be in this infernal heat?
These are the hardest days, where the weight of the mantle of Lead Foreman really weigh on me.
When I have to stand there all day in the sun and pretend to supervise someone who doesn't need to be supervised.
On the plus side I'm all caught up on the current season of MasterChef.
And I downloaded the Discovery+ app so I can watch Cupcake Wars (I actually hate cooking but I love cooking competition shows).
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I am six work days away from my vacation. Thankfully, since I am paid on a "count up all the academic days worked and divide by 12" basis, I get paid whether I'm there or not. And Whingey Wizzard is just going to take his home office setup in a box and work from the basement at my mom's house like last year. Thankfully, gas is a little bit lower than it was this time last year, because my unused PTO for the school year is our gas and motel money. We don't ever go on real vacationey vacations anywhere that isn't my mom's house or a campground a day away from home, but I'm more or less okay with that. Although I did tell WW that I would like to take a little trip next year for our 25th anniversary. Even if it's just a long weekend somewhere.
These are the hardest days, where the weight of the mantle of lead Foreman really weigh on me.
It must be very heavy indeed...
It is!
After we get the base rock in I get to build a phallic (just the tip) patio.
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Please call your next Pathfinder character Phallic Patio (if you don't, I will)
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Please call your next Pathfinder character Phallic Patio (if you don't, I will)
Just so happens I'm going to be trying out PFS next week.
So, absolutely, yes.
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When we lived at the marine lab in Jamaica when I was a teen, there was an old Rastafari ice cream man named Leonard who would ride up on his bicycle once a day to sell cones of his homemade ice cream to all the scientists. His best flavor was rum raisin.
No store-bought rum raisin ice cream I've had since then has come close. Some are pretty terrible (Häagen-Dazs).
So this morning, I put attempt #3 at replicating it into the deep freeze. I soaked the raisins in Appleton for a week, poured off the excess rum into the custard as it was cooling, and we shall see how it tastes.
When we lived at the marine lab in Jamaica when I was a teen, there was an old Rastafari ice cream man named Leonard who would ride up on his bicycle once a day to sell cones of his homemade ice cream to all the scientists. His best flavor was rum raisin.
No store-bought rum raisin ice cream I've had since then has come close. Some are pretty terrible (Häagen-Dazs).
So this morning, I put attempt #3 at replicating it into the deep freeze. I soaked the raisins in Appleton for a week, poured off the excess rum into the custard as it was cooling, and we shall see how it tastes.
I am excited to see how it turns out.
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While I think the whole, "They grow up so fast," term is overused (it's hard to imagine the time in my life before I had kids, so it's been a while), but sometimes they ask for things that are hard.
For this year's road trip, I was going to drive a minivan with the kids in it, and Shiro was going to drive his car. Impus Minor rebelled at this idea: He wants the 4 kids in the Prius on their own with no grown-ups allowed and all the adults in Shiro's car.
On the one hand, Impus Minor just proved that he can drive on a road trip safely; not only did he get his friends to and from the Russian River without incident, but the Prius got 44.6 mpg for the entire trip, meaning that he drove very safely (the Prius is fantastic is that you can tell how someone drives by the mileage: Impus Minor and I average between 44 and 45 mpg, and GothBard and Impus Major average around 37 mpg). Impus Minor has 4 years of driving under his belt without so much as a scratch on the car and not a single speeding ticket, so in spite of his speed demon tendencies, he tends to be careful when it counts.
On the other hand, I worry about 4 distracted "teens" trying to participate in a car "caravan" -- are they really going to be able to follow us, or are we going to be losing them every time we decide to stop?
Ah, well, it'll save me $650 on the trip for the rental, and as I keep saying, the way to raise good kids is to trust them, warn them, and give them their freedom up until they make a mistake. (Unless the mistake might be fatal, in which case I'm a bit more insistent that they don't do the stupid.)
It doesn't prevent me from getting grey hairs over it, though.
We'll see how it goes.
It doesn't prevent me from getting grey hairs over it, though.
I thought you were beyond that point already by the time of Netherlands trip.
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It doesn't prevent me from getting grey hairs over it, though.I thought you were beyond that point already by the time of Netherlands trip.
Oh, no. I'm definitely in the realm of "frosty tips" or "salt and pepper". I just checked in the mirror and towards the roots my hair is still mostly dark.
Both my father and mother were the same way -- clearly visible grey by the time they were in their 40s, but then a decades-long slow fade to white, so you wouldn't call them fully grey-haired until they were in their early 70s...
...speaking of which, no sign of hitting 70°F before at least the middle of next week, and probably longer.
I just enjoy tormenting Freehold...
Maybe it's the fact I've already worked 50 hours this week, or maybe the fact that I have to shovel and wheelbarrow a half yard of rock chips and screed them out without any shade or wind at any point, but I'm not feeling all that motivated to continue on with my day.
Unfortunately I already loaded the rock chips on my truck and there is only one way to get them off...
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Maybe it's the fact I've already worked 50 hours this week, or maybe the fact that I have to shovel and wheelbarrow a half yard of rock chips and screed them out without any shade or wind at any point, but I'm not feeling all that motivated to continue on with my day.
Unfortunately I already loaded the rock chips on my truck and there is only one way to get them off...
Hairpin turn at 90 mph?
...speaking of which, no sign of hitting 70°F before at least the middle of next week, and probably longer.
I just enjoy tormenting Freehold...
Now, that's borderline parental abuse!
It's 23 degrees (real)/74 (silly), and yet the day is terrible here - the air is so stuffy and humid that while returning with groceries I was sweating at least as much as over the last two days (29/84).
It was much more pleasant early on, after the night of rain, but we are supposed to get storms over weekend.
It doesn't prevent me from getting grey hairs over it, though.I thought you were beyond that point already by the time of Netherlands trip.Oh, no. I'm definitely in the realm of "frosty tips" or "salt and pepper". I just checked in the mirror and towards the roots my hair is still mostly dark.
Both my father and mother were the same way -- clearly visible grey by the time they were in their 40s, but then a decades-long slow fade to white, so you wouldn't call them fully grey-haired until they were in their early 70s...
And then, there is Shiro :D
Neither of my parents hadn't started greying until their fifties so I probably have some time left, though I had individual grey hairs in my beard for some 20 years now. They usually fell out before accumulating, though.
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Hairpin turn at 90 mph?Maybe it's the fact I've already worked 50 hours this week, or maybe the fact that I have to shovel and wheelbarrow a half yard of rock chips and screed them out without any shade or wind at any point, but I'm not feeling all that motivated to continue on with my day.
Unfortunately I already loaded the rock chips on my truck and there is only one way to get them off...
I LIKE the way you think!
Let inertia do all the hard work.
EDIT: Alternatively, sub-contract to younglings for a fair wage.
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It doesn't prevent me from getting grey hairs over it, though.I thought you were beyond that point already by the time of Netherlands trip.Oh, no. I'm definitely in the realm of "frosty tips" or "salt and pepper". I just checked in the mirror and towards the roots my hair is still mostly dark.
Both my father and mother were the same way -- clearly visible grey by the time they were in their 40s, but then a decades-long slow fade to white, so you wouldn't call them fully grey-haired until they were in their early 70s...
...speaking of which, no sign of hitting 70°F before at least the middle of next week, and probably longer.
I just enjoy tormenting Freehold...
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhh
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Hairpin turn at 90 mph?Maybe it's the fact I've already worked 50 hours this week, or maybe the fact that I have to shovel and wheelbarrow a half yard of rock chips and screed them out without any shade or wind at any point, but I'm not feeling all that motivated to continue on with my day.
Unfortunately I already loaded the rock chips on my truck and there is only one way to get them off...
I would only trust Vany with that kind of maneuver, and I don't trust myself to not scream like a small child during.
Maybe it's the fact I've already worked 50 hours this week, or maybe the fact that I have to shovel and wheelbarrow a half yard of rock chips and screed them out without any shade or wind at any point, but I'm not feeling all that motivated to continue on with my day.
Unfortunately I already loaded the rock chips on my truck and there is only one way to get them off...
Stand at the tailgate with your mouth open and inhale with great vigour?
I am excited to see how it turns out.When we lived at the marine lab in Jamaica when I was a teen, there was an old Rastafari ice cream man named Leonard who would ride up on his bicycle once a day to sell cones of his homemade ice cream to all the scientists. His best flavor was rum raisin.
No store-bought rum raisin ice cream I've had since then has come close. Some are pretty terrible (Häagen-Dazs).
So this morning, I put attempt #3 at replicating it into the deep freeze. I soaked the raisins in Appleton for a week, poured off the excess rum into the custard as it was cooling, and we shall see how it tastes.
Not as good as Leonard's, which had such a high alcohol content that it wouldn't set properly, but good enough that I will happily make it again.
Maybe it's the fact I've already worked 50 hours this week, or maybe the fact that I have to shovel and wheelbarrow a half yard of rock chips and screed them out without any shade or wind at any point, but I'm not feeling all that motivated to continue on with my day.
Unfortunately I already loaded the rock chips on my truck and there is only one way to get them off...
Only half a yard?
I would only trust Vany with that kind of maneuver, and I don't trust myself to not scream like a small child during.Hairpin turn at 90 mph?Maybe it's the fact I've already worked 50 hours this week, or maybe the fact that I have to shovel and wheelbarrow a half yard of rock chips and screed them out without any shade or wind at any point, but I'm not feeling all that motivated to continue on with my day.
Unfortunately I already loaded the rock chips on my truck and there is only one way to get them off...
Depends on the road and vehicle.
I've seen the truck. I'm unconvinced of its ability to reach 90.
Nor would it stay upright with a load of rock chips in a hairpin...
Only half a yard?Maybe it's the fact I've already worked 50 hours this week, or maybe the fact that I have to shovel and wheelbarrow a half yard of rock chips and screed them out without any shade or wind at any point, but I'm not feeling all that motivated to continue on with my day.
Unfortunately I already loaded the rock chips on my truck and there is only one way to get them off...
Yes, that's all I needed on my last trip, that doesn't account for the 2 yards I'd already shoveled off my truck before lunch.
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I would only trust Vany with that kind of maneuver, and I don't trust myself to not scream like a small child during.Hairpin turn at 90 mph?Maybe it's the fact I've already worked 50 hours this week, or maybe the fact that I have to shovel and wheelbarrow a half yard of rock chips and screed them out without any shade or wind at any point, but I'm not feeling all that motivated to continue on with my day.
Unfortunately I already loaded the rock chips on my truck and there is only one way to get them off...
Depends on the road and vehicle.
I've seen the truck. I'm unconvinced of its ability to reach 90.
Nor would it stay upright with a load of rock chips in a hairpin...
Yeah, no, it'll fall apart before it hits 70, much less 90, and turns of any kind, regardless of load are out of the question.
I could use my clout to get a better truck but I'd rather use it to get new power tools and flamethrowers.
Also, I grew up super poor so I wouldn't know what to do with a new truck anyway.
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Unfortunately I already loaded the rock chips on my truck and there is only one way to get them off...
Load up the general lee music, throw it in reverse as fast as you can and slam the brakes?
I think one of the highlights of tonight's game was 4 12th level characters being so scared of a standard, CR 1 spider swarm, that they used 2 alchemist fires (both missed), 1 acid vial (2 damage), and a fireball to kill it. Maybe a slight bit of overkill?
Should have led with the fireball.
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Load up the general lee music, throw it in reverse as fast as you can and slam the brakes?
Unfortunately I already loaded the rock chips on my truck and there is only one way to get them off...
That's a good way to lose my truck bed.
I think he should go more for an antique patina effect.
Oh it's got that!
Smash it up until it's more like you are used to?...
Also, I grew up super poor so I wouldn't know what to do with a new truck anyway.
Seems like more work than I want to put into it.
Not only dents and scratches, I also have to rough up the upholstery, somehow take the rust to unhealthy levels, tear off none structural parts, dismantle and then poorly reassemble one or both doors.
That's a good way to lose my truck bed.
That's where the gravel is. So mission accomplished!
That's a good way to lose my truck bed.That's where the gravel is. So mission accomplished!
I still need it though. I've got a lot to do and I don't like delays.
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Huh. That is... Unexpected. Certainly not unwelcome, but unexpected...
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Huh. That is... Unexpected. Certainly not unwelcome, but unexpected...
Huh. Didn't think he'd go that far. He must feel very sure of his odds.
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Huh. Didn't think he'd go that far. He must feel very sure of his odds.
Huh. That is... Unexpected. Certainly not unwelcome, but unexpected...
Or desperate.
Funnily, I always thought Kadyrov to be the more expendable one that will be sacrificed or go out in some stupid way first.
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Well, I wasn't going to talk politics on FaWtL, but I didn't start it.
The man's committed enough war crimes that surrendering to the West would have been little better -- his lifelong prison cell would have been nicer, but still a cell.
So his only chance to avoid a lifetime on the run or in prison is to change sides, topple Russian leadership, and tell the West, "Look what a Good Boy am I!"
That's my guess as to his motives.
Huh. Second time a chopper flew very low over my neighborhood within 10-15 minutes.
How bad has company abuse of customers become? I'm grateful that Avis charged me a $50 cancellation fee for cancelling our rental van for the road trip because it ensures me that they're not going to pull any nonsense: I'll get the rest of my money back and I'll be done with them.
What kind of world do we live in where you'd rather pay $50 than deal with whatever nonsensical paperwork a company tries to throw at you to prevent you from cancelling? (I'm looking at you, Amazon Prime!)
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How bad has company abuse of customers become? I'm grateful that Avis charged me a $50 cancellation fee for cancelling our rental van for the road trip because it ensures me that they're not going to pull any nonsense: I'll get the rest of my money back and I'll be done with them.
What kind of world do we live in where you'd rather pay $50 than deal with whatever nonsensical paperwork a company tries to throw at you to prevent you from cancelling? (I'm looking at you, Amazon Prime!)
A world that has seen 'Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels'.
There is a grift discussion towards the start that sort of touches on it.
Huh. That is... Unexpected. Certainly not unwelcome, but unexpected...
I just hope he doesn't succeed (unlikely, but...), as having someone of his ilk in charge of a nuclear-armed nation would NOT be an improvement.
EDIT: Looks like it's all over. He's leaving for Belarus, and charges have been dropped.
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What amuses me the most is that all involved parties behaved in the most rational possible manner given their circumstances, and everyone's acting baffled.
Yep... leaders behaving logically now utterly confounds the populace. Sounds about right.
For NobodysHome and the gang:
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I am not even linking to Angry Joes Review, though you can find it easily...
If you want to see Angry Joe freaking out over how bad it is, it's fun.
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Okay, this will interest maybe two or three of you, but if you've ever watched early Eddie Izzard (Circle/Sexie era) and wondered what was up with the random James Mason thing he used to do, I happened to be watching a video of a classic Lenny Bruce bit about boys huffing airplane glue, but he was doing it in the persona of actor George Macready, and it was very, very similar.