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On the subject of grad school, I literally just got the notification that I got a 97 on my final project for an overall grade of 96. Semester 1 done. 8 more classes to go.
Cyz having to do two extra years was an expense we REALLY didn't need.
Now I can't even afford pants.
Pants just reinforce the dominant cishet patriarchal late capitalist paradigm through a rhyzomatic neocolonial fabric of oppression, masking the subaltern's manufactured consent in a media-saturated normative and performative act of epistemic violence.
I learned that in grad school.
Cyz having to do two extra years was an expense we REALLY didn't need.
Now I can't even afford pants.
Pants just reinforce the dominant cishet patriarchal late capitalist paradigm through a rhyzomatic neocolonial fabric of oppression, masking the subaltern's manufactured consent in a media-saturated normative and performative act of epistemic violence.
I learned that in grad school.
Alternative: skirts go spiiiiiin~
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"Sorry, can you repeat that for me?"
"The Australian duke Fred was killed by a Siberian."
"...none of those words are right."
I'm sorry. "was killed" and "by a" gives the author a solid 4/9 for 44%. I'm not sure whether Ferdinand ever called himself "The" archduke, but if so, then we're up to 55%.
Went to the doctor for my annual physical. Flu shot. Tetanus shot. Blood drawn for bloodwork.
Tomorrow I'm going to the Dickens Faire. Should be... interesting...
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Cyz having to do two extra years was an expense we REALLY didn't need.
Now I can't even afford pants.
Pants just reinforce the dominant cishet patriarchal late capitalist paradigm through a rhyzomatic neocolonial fabric of oppression, masking the subaltern's manufactured consent in a media-saturated normative and performative act of epistemic violence.
I learned that in grad school.
"Pants are prisons!" -- Lae'zel, Baldur's Gate 3.
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"Sorry, can you repeat that for me?"
"The Australian duke Fred was killed by a Siberian."
"...none of those words are right."
Maybe not on THIS timeline.
I'm three stops up the train line, in a pub known as the House of Hermit Hipsters, having just watched The Cromagnon Band. The DJ is playing a version of 'Sugar, Sugar' in... Tagalog? Laotian?, and someone has smashed a glass on the floor without all the other patrons shouting 'WHOAAARRRR!', which proves that the old traditions are DEAD.
"Pants are prisons!" -- Lae'zel, Baldur's GateCyz having to do two extra years was an expense we REALLY didn't need.
Now I can't even afford pants.
Pants just reinforce the dominant cishet patriarchal late capitalist paradigm through a rhyzomatic neocolonial fabric of oppression, masking the subaltern's manufactured consent in a media-saturated normative and performative act of epistemic violence.
I learned that in grad school.
But can also be palaces
"Sorry, can you repeat that for me?"
"The Australian duke Fred was killed by a Siberian."
"...none of those words are right."
That level of error is really-really impressive...
I reserve the right to post that on Facebook (no names)...
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"Sorry, can you repeat that for me?"
"The Australian duke Fred was killed by a Siberian."
"...none of those words are right."I'm sorry. "was killed" and "by a" gives the author a solid 4/9 for 44%. I'm not sure whether Ferdinand ever called himself "The" archduke, but if so, then we're up to 55%.
I was going to comment something along those lines, but you went above and beyond what I'd point out.
You can leave a University teaching job, but can the University teaching job leave you?
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"Sorry, can you repeat that for me?"
"The Australian duke Fred was killed by a Siberian."
"...none of those words are right."Maybe not on THIS timeline.
I'm three stops up the train line, in a pub known as the House of Hermit Hipsters, having just watched The Cromagnon Band. The DJ is playing a version of 'Sugar, Sugar' in... Tagalog? Laotian?, and someone has smashed a glass on the floor without all the other patrons shouting 'WHOAAARRRR!', which proves that the old traditions are DEAD.
Or maybe you are in the paralel dimension where Laotian empire discovered and civilized British isles, bringing their culture and language to the native savages.
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[bragging] I paid off my 30 year home mortgage in 12 years.[/bragging]
Mostly a matter of lucky timing. Interest rates were fairly low and housing prices had not yet ballooned when I bought. Also a small house on a tiny lot.
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Ah, the guilt of knowing how things work and not being able to do anything about it.
GothBard and Impus Major are going to a concert tonight, so Impus Minor and I got Al's. I picked up dinner, got home, and finally noticed that it seemed heavier than it should be. The problem is, I'm so used to picking up dinner for 5 I hadn't even thought about it.
And yes, the server had accidentally given me 2 bags: Our dinner, and someone else's dinner.
So yeah, I could re-pack the bag, drive back, and hand it back to them. But I know exactly what health law says: That bag goes straight in the garbage because you don't know what happened for the 25 minutes the stranger had it. Plus, I doubt a fast food customer would stick around 25 minutes for "the other guy" to return their order.
So, we're keeping the dinner. I'll pay them for it next time I go by, assuming we eat it. It doesn't mean I don't feel guilty about running off with someone else's dinner.
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Went to the doctor for my annual physical. Flu shot. Tetanus shot. Blood drawn for bloodwork.
Tomorrow I'm going to the Dickens Faire. Should be... interesting...
Just like a Dickens character, you can contract consumption!
Just like a Dickens character, you can contract consumption!Went to the doctor for my annual physical. Flu shot. Tetanus shot. Blood drawn for bloodwork.
Tomorrow I'm going to the Dickens Faire. Should be... interesting...
Better that than small pox...
Better that than small pox...Just like a Dickens character, you can contract consumption!Went to the doctor for my annual physical. Flu shot. Tetanus shot. Blood drawn for bloodwork.
Tomorrow I'm going to the Dickens Faire. Should be... interesting...
I was born near the height of the cold war, so I'm one of the last people to have received a smallpox vaccine. Scary thought, that. (GothBard is 3 years younger than I am and didn't get one, and the more general phase-out started in 1971...)
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I had something here but I got ninja'd by NH and it was no longer funny.
*Shakes fist*
I was born near the height of the cold war, so I'm one of the last people to have received a smallpox vaccine. Scary thought, that. (GothBard is 3 years younger than I am and didn't get one, and the more general phase-out started in 1971...)
In '72 my cousin still got one but Aiymi didn't. In '74 I still got one. Same doctor as my cousin.
I was definitely the last one in my family to get it though.
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I had something here but I got ninja'd by NH and it was no longer funny.
*Shakes fist*
I saw it. :-P
I was born near the height of the cold war, so I'm one of the last people to have received a smallpox vaccine. Scary thought, that. (GothBard is 3 years younger than I am and didn't get one, and the more general phase-out started in 1971...)Better that than small pox...Just like a Dickens character, you can contract consumption!Went to the doctor for my annual physical. Flu shot. Tetanus shot. Blood drawn for bloodwork.
Tomorrow I'm going to the Dickens Faire. Should be... interesting...
Apparently in Poland vaccination against small pox were ended in 1980... I can't find monthly date, so I have no idea if I was vaccinated or not.
I saw it. :-PI had something here but I got ninja'd by NH and it was no longer funny.
*Shakes fist*
I didn't :(
...smallpox vaccine...Apparently in Poland vaccination against small pox were ended in 1980... I can't find monthly date, so I have no idea if I was vaccinated or not.
Oh, trust me, it's easy. You don't need a vaccination record. Check your left arm about 5-10 cm below the shoulder for a large circular scar, maybe 1-2 cm across.
The smallpox vaccine was a nasty one, and left a permanent scar. I was curious so I just re-checked, and yes, mine is still visible.
...smallpox vaccine...Apparently in Poland vaccination against small pox were ended in 1980... I can't find monthly date, so I have no idea if I was vaccinated or not.Oh, trust me, it's easy. You don't need a vaccination record. Check your left arm about 5-10 cm below the shoulder for a large circular scar, maybe 1-2 cm across.
The smallpox vaccine was a nasty one, and left a permanent scar. I was curious so I just re-checked, and yes, mine is still visible.
As is mine. My cousin has a huge knot-scar on his shoulder.
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Have I tiraded about how much I loathe DVC recently? Yes? No?
Well, it looks like Impus Minor is going to miss the Dickens Faire.
"But wait, NobodysHome! Didn't you expressly schedule the Faire to be after the kids' finals were all over?"
"Yes, yes I did. But technically the semester doesn't end until midnight on Sunday, so Impus Minor's CS professor saw fit to assign him a massive assignment on stuff he's never seen before on the day of the final (Friday) and due by midnight on Sunday."
So Impus Minor already took his final, but this assignment is worth enough points that he has to do it, so he's working through the weekend after finals.
If DVC were an employer, they'd've faced a class action suit already.
EDIT: And if I were the dean, I'd put forth a simple rule: Any time you assign homework to students, you must be physically on campus for at least 8 hours during the homework time. If you assign an exam to students, you must be physically on campus during the exam period.
"Oh, no! You can't make me come in on a Saturday! That violates our union agreement!"
Exactly. So why the f*** do you think you can do it to your students?
...smallpox vaccine...Apparently in Poland vaccination against small pox were ended in 1980... I can't find monthly date, so I have no idea if I was vaccinated or not.Oh, trust me, it's easy. You don't need a vaccination record. Check your left arm about 5-10 cm below the shoulder for a large circular scar, maybe 1-2 cm across.
The smallpox vaccine was a nasty one, and left a permanent scar. I was curious so I just re-checked, and yes, mine is still visible.
I don't think that everyone got the scar from that vaccine.
I do recall that a few people from my elementary school class had that scar, but not the others, and I was one of the oldest children in my class so the more likely to be vaccinated than the others.
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"Oh, no! You can't make me come in on a Saturday! That violates our union agreement!"
Exactly. So why the f*** do you think you can do it to your students?
It is a Polish proverb saying "what is allowed for a voivode, is not (allowed to) you, stinker", which is used in response to/commentary on double standards, or as a cheeky response when someone complains on double standards (basically meaning "I am better than you, so I can do that" when used in the second case)...
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All animals are equal, but...
Or maybe you are in the paralel dimension where Laotian empire discovered and civilized British isles, bringing their culture and language to the native savages."Sorry, can you repeat that for me?"
"The Australian duke Fred was killed by a Siberian."
"...none of those words are right."Maybe not on THIS timeline.
I'm three stops up the train line, in a pub known as the House of Hermit Hipsters, having just watched The Cromagnon Band. The DJ is playing a version of 'Sugar, Sugar' in... Tagalog? Laotian?, and someone has smashed a glass on the floor without all the other patrons shouting 'WHOAAARRRR!', which proves that the old traditions are DEAD.
Three pints of porter will do that to a fellow.
Someone hit my rear passenger side yesterday. Freaked out as he front grill fell off. Recorded everything especially the part where she admitted she hit me. Very little if any damage to my car but I made sure to record everything as this is New York. Took the day off work to spend time with insurance company staff. It is LOOKING like I am in the clear, but still...upset stomach yesterday much of the day.
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"Oh, no! You can't make me come in on a Saturday! That violates our union agreement!"
Exactly. So why the f*** do you think you can do it to your students?
It is a Polish proverb saying "what is allowed for a voivode, is not (allowed to) you, stinker", which is used in response to/commentary on double standards, or as a cheeky response when someone complains on double standards (basically meaning "I am better than you, so I can do that" when used in the second case)...
This means a lot to me as a Vampire The Masquerade fan.
This means a lot to me as a Vampire The Masquerade fan."Oh, no! You can't make me come in on a Saturday! That violates our union agreement!"
Exactly. So why the f*** do you think you can do it to your students?
It is a Polish proverb saying "what is allowed for a voivode, is not (allowed to) you, stinker", which is used in response to/commentary on double standards, or as a cheeky response when someone complains on double standards (basically meaning "I am better than you, so I can do that" when used in the second case)...
No. I am not considering a Tzimisce as a replacement to my Brujah when if we die soon...
Sadly, 5th edition messed up Vicissitude, not only making it a set of alternate Protean powers instead of a separate discipline, but also forcing you to take Dominate 2 to start taking Vicissitude powers at all. Yuck.
Two small, barely plate-sized pizza with salami eaten. Belly full.
Yum
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Okay, remember six years ago when we first moved back to Texas, I discovered one of WW's dojo buddies had been a bodyguard for Lech Wałęsa during the Solidarność movement? And how I'd irritated the snot out of him by fangirling until he brushed me off and refused to talk about it?
Apparently he's over his snit, as WW tells me he's invited us to a NYE party at his house.
How do I get him to tell stories without irritating him again?
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Okay, remember six years ago when we first moved back to Texas, I discovered one of WW's dojo buddies had been a bodyguard for Lech Wałęsa during the Solidarność movement? And how I'd irritated the snot out of him by fangirling until he brushed me off and refused to talk about it?
Apparently he's over his snit, as WW tells me he's invited us to a NYE party at his house.
How do I get him to tell stories without irritating him again?
Get him drunk?
On a serious note. If he wants to talk about that stuff he will. If not, best to leave it be.
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This means a lot to me as a Vampire The Masquerade fan."Oh, no! You can't make me come in on a Saturday! That violates our union agreement!"
Exactly. So why the f*** do you think you can do it to your students?
It is a Polish proverb saying "what is allowed for a voivode, is not (allowed to) you, stinker", which is used in response to/commentary on double standards, or as a cheeky response when someone complains on double standards (basically meaning "I am better than you, so I can do that" when used in the second case)...
No. I am not considering a Tzimisce as a replacement to my Brujah
whenif we die soon...Sadly, 5th edition messed up Vicissitude, not only making it a set of alternate Protean powers instead of a separate discipline, but also forcing you to take Dominate 2 to start taking Vicissitude powers at all. Yuck.
I have been banned from the World of Darkness subreddit due to badmouthing 5th edition.
I have finished The Surge 2... Before finishing the first game yet (I am on one of the bosses somewhere in the middle...).
For some time I thought I will need to put this game on hiatus until getting the graphics card, because some zones and fights had terrible framerates, which is definitely not a good thing in a Souls-like where every reaction matters.
Thankfully, the ancient art of brute-force buttons-mashing (and grinding a lot before certain bosses) prevailed once again over finesse, precision, and advanced tactics.
Yay me!
I started NG+ purely to the see the big sword that dropped out of the final boss. Eh, it's nice looking, but terribly slow. Also, I would likely appreciate it more with better graphic capabilities. Ah, well. It's finished. I am not going to play it all over again. I need to get back to the first game anyway.
Okay, remember six years ago when we first moved back to Texas, I discovered one of WW's dojo buddies had been a bodyguard for Lech Wałęsa during the Solidarność movement? And how I'd irritated the snot out of him by fangirling until he brushed me off and refused to talk about it?
Apparently he's over his snit, as WW tells me he's invited us to a NYE party at his house.
How do I get him to tell stories without irritating him again?
Get him drunk?
On a serious note. If he wants to talk about that stuff he will. If not, best to leave it be.
Agreed.
It seems I can no longer play Saga Frontier Remastered as the game has forgotten how to save.
This is ill news, indeed.
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Fantasy Monster: Scouring Mist
A mist that will grind you into dust and later make sculpture of you.
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And as always, lesson learned: Listen to your nurse or doctor.
The nurse who gave me the flu vaccine said, "If you normally have a reaction do it, drink tons of water to help flush your system more quickly."
I drank a ton of water on Friday and I had no particular issues for most of the day at the Dickens Faire on Saturday, except...
...the bathroom lines at the Faire are so horrific that I tend not to eat or drink all day at the Faire so I don't have to use the facilities.
And hoo, boy am I miserable today! Even by yesterday evening I could feel my right arm locking up, and I was so exhausted I went straight to bed after dropping everyone off. Today I had a 99.6°F temperature, felt like I had a serious cold, and couldn't even lift things with my right arm.
I appealed to "Sir Liter of Gatorade" and "Miss Ibuprofen" and I'm feeling significantly better, but I do wish I'd had more to drink yesterday...
...which is funny, because GothBard and the Fake Russian did the newly-established "Dr. Jekyll's Pub Crawl", which of course provided way too much alcohol because it was their first year and they were just figuring things out. So, as I told GothBard, I managed to get the hangovers for both of them.
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Nutcracker is over. Socially necessary parties are over (except for the faculty lunch on Friday). Debate Club is over.
I'm going to be in bed by ten tonight.
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Nutcracker is over. Socially necessary parties are over (except for the faculty lunch on Friday). Debate Club is over.
I'm going to be in bed by ten tonight.
Have a celebratory drink tonight.
Edit: just realized the time...go back in time and have a celebratory drink.
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Tis the season.
"Why did you give me a C- on my paper?"
"Because I'm exceedingly generous."
Watching laws conflict in utterly stupid ways is why I may be Lawful, but I'm not "Letter of the Lawful" because laws-as-written are frequently stupid beyond belief.
Law #1: You may not park in such a way as to block a driveway.
This is the law I actually disagree with. It needs the clause, "Without the owner's permission." I've heard the arguments: "Oh, emergency vehicles need access to the property," but considering it's legal for me to block my driveway with a locked gate, telling me I can't do it with my own parked car is stupid. So, it's a good law to make it illegal for other people to block your driveway without your permission. It's a bad law to make it illegal for you to block your own driveway.
Law #2: You may not park in such a way as to block any portion of the sidewalk.
Living in an area with a lot of elderly people with movement issues. I think this is a good law.
Law #3 (new this year): You may not park within 20' of an intersection.
I have been lobbying for this for years for cars over 6' tall, so the fact they made it universal is a minor annoyance, but holy cow, we can now actually see into the intersections we're about to go into. So a sensible law.
But take Laws #1-3 together and look at the corner house: Their driveway is positioned such that they have no parking spaces in front of their house more than 20' from the intersection. They have the classic Albany driveway that's literally 9' deep, so they can't park in their own driveway. And they aren't supposed to block their driveway. So they cannot legally park anywhere near their own house.
So yes, the Albany Police Department is a sensible lot: "We're not going to give anyone a ticket for blocking a driveway unless the owner calls in a complaint."
But the fact that the residents have to either break the law or park some distance from their house is proof that the laws are poorly-written, and at least one of them needs to be ignored.
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One of the first things you learn when you're trying to train people in public speaking is that everyone has a "space filler" -- psychologically, people believe that silence is "wrong", so instead of allowing crisp breaks between sentences or clauses, they'll add "ums" or "uhs" or some other vocal filler. You have to spend hours making them aware that they're using fillers, jumping on them every time they do, and training them to stop using them.
Today's presenter has the most annoying filler I've ever encountered. "You know." Literally 5-6 times per sentence. It's just... wow...
And we have a new "Zoom meeting idiot" winner.
One of the attendees put herself on video on her phone. Then got on a call with her friend. Hit the wrong unmute button and interrupted the entire meeting with, "Oh, that's a fantastic deal!" Then was so embarrassed that she tried to hide her phone in her lap.
So yes, our recorded meeting that will be viewed by thousands now has a woman exclaiming, "Oh, that's a fantastic deal!" and then giving us a crotch shot for several seconds.
*SIGH*.
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Yes, child. I will gladly drop everything to grade the assignment you turned in three weeks late. It is my highest priority to serve at your beck and call like Jeeves.