Well crap. Devin Townsend has a single 3 week tour in May, and then he's going on indefinite touring hiatus. Closest he gets to me in s Milwaukee, but it's part of a 3 day festival and I have no interest in the other bands. I can't justify the cost on this one.
Granted, better than his fans living anywhere West of the Continental Divide. You get a single show in LA. Enjoy.
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This ia...a humbling day.
I'm dying.
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This ia...a humbling day.I'm dying.
Cookies for everyFaWtL.
not even personalized cookies.
I am wounded.
Wounded, I say.
*offers Freehold some Immodium*
Do you need this?
....yes.
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KITTEN FARM UPDATES:
Fluffy: Her limp is significantly improved this morning, so gee, avoiding exercising the injured limb helps it heal. Who knew? Unfortunately, we have developed a drug-resistant kitten. The drugs yesterday afternoon barely calmed her down. This morning she got a full dose and you out-and-out can't tell. Pupils dilated, attacking anything and everything. Please calm down and nap, kitty!
Blacky and Stripey: They made their first break for the front door this morning, foiled by the puppy cage around it (we call it the airlock). They are unbelievably sociable; if you sit down in their area they will be in your lap within 5 minutes. But they are completely without discipline and will climb your legs, claw you, grab your food and drink, etc. And since I'm the only one in the room with them all the time, I get all of this "love". At some point I'm going to drink my water and it's going to come pouring out of all the holes in my legs...
Fluffernutter: Just pretends that none of the others exist.
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...I can't give you more points for politeness, but I appreciate it?
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On the one hand, I'm trying to avoid my stereotypical tirades on FaWtL.
On the other, on top of a very stressful work week, Dearest Kitten In the World's injury, and New Kittens' poor discipline, Mother-in-Law just called AGAIN because she can't fricking even reboot her computer correctly.
GothBard: Don't they make computers for completely clueless people?
NobodysHome: Yeah, but she refuses to learn even those. She's using a 1990s keyboard. And a 2002 monitor. And she refuses to ever change anything so her entire system is a hideous assortment of adapters to keep her antique hardware running. Then she begs for help because it routinely stops working. She'd be better off throwing the whole thing out and living with pen and paper for the rest of her days...
EDIT: OK, in this particular case I must relent and blame the computer manufacturer. Mother-in-law, being old-school in all things technical, pressed the power button and held it down until the screen lit up, a period of 3-4 seconds. Apparently holding the power button down for that long sent the laptop into some kind of diagnostic mode. I was able to replicate all the weird issues she's been having, BitLocker lock included, by holding the power button down too long. So I showed her to just tap it briefly and wait, and everything worked fine. Bad manufacturer! No biscuit!
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Isn't holding a power button a hard reset these days anyway?
Isn't holding a power button a hard reset these days anyway?
10 seconds is a hard reset. 3-4 seconds SHOULD be harmless, but in this case it wasn't.
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That'll be the little love in 2 weeks. I am already terrified.
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OMG. In seventeen and a half years, we never managed to teach the Fluffernutter nor the Cranky Calico to use the cat door into Impus Minor's room; they just couldn't get used to the flap.
It look Fluffy all of 30 seconds, but it was really sticky and she went in there so often and caused so much trouble that he locked it, and she spent some time banging her little head against it but then decided he wasn't worth her effort.
So, to give me a break he took the M's into his room for a while. (Their formal names are Morrigan and Mephistopheles Q. Meaball, so we call them either "the hellions" or "the M's").
His room sprung a kitten leak.
They figured out the cat door on their own, lock and all.
Did I mention they get into EVERYTHING?
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This is a sad day. My masculinity weeps.
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This is a sad day. My masculinity weeps.
Euh. You should really get that looked at by a competent urologist…
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Take your sword to the grocery store. If you can toss the pineapple into the air and slash it in two, before it hits the ground; the pineapple is ripe.Ah.
While others were studying produce, you were studying the blade.
Hilarious side note- autocorrect originally changed had this as "While Orthos was studying produce, you were studying the blade."
Now I want a picture of Orthos just looking at a tomato or something, concentrating intently.
Mission AccomplishedTake your sword to the grocery store. If you can toss the pineapple into the air and slash it in two, before it hits the ground; the pineapple is ripe.Ah.
While others were studying produce, you were studying the blade.
Hilarious side note- autocorrect originally changed had this as "While Orthos was studying produce, you were studying the blade."
Now I want a picture of Orthos just looking at a tomato or something, concentrating intently.
Is it bad that not only do I know you're in Ul'dah, but I'm pretty sure i know which aetheryte?
Operation was a success. Boy should be home when I get back from the office. Then it will just be the chore of keeping him from getting too rambunctious while he heals.
Does he get a cool onesie or the Cone of Shame? Apparently all our girls are coming home in onesies. We have no idea what the boy will get.
Is it bad that not only do I know you're in Ul'dah, but I'm pretty sure i know which aetheryte?Mission AccomplishedTake your sword to the grocery store. If you can toss the pineapple into the air and slash it in two, before it hits the ground; the pineapple is ripe.Ah.
While others were studying produce, you were studying the blade.
Hilarious side note- autocorrect originally changed had this as "While Orthos was studying produce, you were studying the blade."
Now I want a picture of Orthos just looking at a tomato or something, concentrating intently.
I mean, it's the market obviously, where else would one find veggies just sitting out to be pondered? ;D
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Don’t promise the Rohirrim unless you can bring the Rohirrim.
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Merry: "We're not orcs!"
Pippin: "We swear it!"
Treebeard: "Maybe you are, and maybe you aren't. The White Wizard will know."
Gandalf the White: "That one, Merry, is a hobbit. The other one, Pippin, is an orc."
I though they were both trolls?
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Today's gripe: Web pages that won't load unless they're active.
So, you go to your bank site. You sign in. You know it takes 30-40 seconds for the page to load so you go to a different tab. After a minute or two you go back to the bank tab. It hasn't done a thing because it won't load unless it's the active tab.
No! Bad coders! It's not "security" to prevent a page from loading when it's not active (unless Vanykrye corrects me about some exploit I don't know about), it's just forcing users to sit there while all your idiotic features I never use load.
EDIT: And it's a particular pain point for me because our new corporate UI uses the same "don't load unless active" mechanism, so I spend HUGE amounts of my day waiting on loading screens 'cause I can't switch to other applications while waiting.
KITTEN FARM UPDATE: Fluffy has a barely-noticeable limp this morning; you can tell when she prances (which she does A LOT), but not when she's walking normally. So today will be the Hardest Day Of All: We don't want to drug her unnecessarily, so we're going to have a bored, undrugged kitten trapped in only half a house with the Fluffernutter. It will be... hard.
The hellions attacked my feet very painfully this morning and are at this moment beating the tar out of each other. Impus Minor noted that his solution to any hellion issues is to drop Blacky on top of Stripey whenever they bother him and they will immediately start brawling. Useful, but distracting.
The Fluffernutter continues to pretend none of them exist.
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Dog: Well i walked to the end of the driveway.
Oh look the blacktop is nice and warm
Flops down for a nap
KITTEN FARM UPDATE: Fluffy has a barely-noticeable limp this morning; you can tell when she prances (which she does A LOT), but not when she's walking normally. So today will be the Hardest Day Of All: We don't want to drug her unnecessarily, so we're going to have a bored, undrugged kitten trapped in only half a house with the Fluffernutter. It will be... hard.
The hellions attacked my feet very painfully this morning and are at this moment beating the tar out of each other. Impus Minor noted that his solution to any hellion issues is to drop Blacky on top of Stripey whenever they bother him and they will immediately start brawling. Useful, but distracting.
The Fluffernutter continues to pretend none of them exist.
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Can we get an official spell of Produce Flame? The way I see it, it causes all fruits and vegetables in a 10' radius to catch on fire.
Maybe get a spell of Eternal Flame, too, which summons a rampaging Susannah Hoff to lend you a hand.
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This is a sad day. My masculinity weeps.
You should have a doctor check that...
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Look, if they can manage to light the Beacons of Gondor, then I'm pretty sure that I can scrounge up some Rohirrim.
Best I can muster up is an angry Long Islander.
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Today's gripe: Web pages that won't load unless they're active.
So, you go to your bank site. You sign in. You know it takes 30-40 seconds for the page to load so you go to a different tab. After a minute or two you go back to the bank tab. It hasn't done a thing because it won't load unless it's the active tab.
No! Bad coders! It's not "security" to prevent a page from loading when it's not active (unless Vanykrye corrects me about some exploit I don't know about), it's just forcing users to sit there while all your idiotic features I never use load.
EDIT: And it's a particular pain point for me because our new corporate UI uses the same "don't load unless active" mechanism, so I spend HUGE amounts of my day waiting on loading screens 'cause I can't switch to other applications while waiting.
That's usually not the web page. It's a newer feature of browsers, usually Chrome-based ones, to lower network bandwidth and memory usage.
It's intended to be used with people who routinely have multiple tabs open and they only look at a couple of them once every few hours or whatever. No need to auto refresh those tabs if the user is never looking at it. However, the initial page loading getting paused because you switched off would be a bit of an aggressive overreaction.
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Wishing everyone a happy N*Sync day: it's gonna be May.
Today's gripe: Web pages that won't load unless they're active.
So, you go to your bank site. You sign in. You know it takes 30-40 seconds for the page to load so you go to a different tab. After a minute or two you go back to the bank tab. It hasn't done a thing because it won't load unless it's the active tab.
No! Bad coders! It's not "security" to prevent a page from loading when it's not active (unless Vanykrye corrects me about some exploit I don't know about), it's just forcing users to sit there while all your idiotic features I never use load.
EDIT: And it's a particular pain point for me because our new corporate UI uses the same "don't load unless active" mechanism, so I spend HUGE amounts of my day waiting on loading screens 'cause I can't switch to other applications while waiting.
That's usually not the web page. It's a newer feature of browsers, usually Chrome-based ones, to lower network bandwidth and memory usage.
It's intended to be used with people who routinely have multiple tabs open and they only look at a couple of them once every few hours or whatever. No need to auto refresh those tabs if the user is never looking at it. However, the initial page loading getting paused because you switched off would be a bit of an aggressive overreaction.
Interesting. I'll have to play Browser Wars again and see whether it's consistent across browsers or whether it's just Chrome (which is, of course, our company's browser of choice because the browser wars were *SO* "fun" last time).
Interesting evolutionary question: Why do toddlers of all species hurtle themselves towards mortal danger with such appalling enthusiasm? I will not provide human examples to spare people's sensibilities, but the hellions (the two new kittens) epitomize this to the extreme:
(1) They're not accustomed to our house yet, yet any door, window, or other opening is an exciting new place to explore and they will hurtle themselves past any barrier to get there. Morrigan leapt the 24" puppy gate within 30 minutes of arrival, putting her in face-to-face confrontation with a much larger hostile cat. So we put up a 36" barrier. She hopped that. She encountered the Fluffernutter and got beaten stupid for that transgression. Still hops any barrier she sees. (We resorted to a 6' tall plywood plank, which she hasn't scaled yet.) Getting outside will likely kill her. So she does everything in her power to make it happen. Similarly, Impus Major wanted to let her explore WhimseyShire so he blocked all the obvious holes in the floor. Up a stud she scrambled (amazing feat of climbing) and into the ceiling. Fortunately she got confused for a moment and I managed to grab her before she spent several hours in fiberglass insulation.
(2) The Fluffernutter is HUGE compared to them; basically triple Morrigan's weight. She's made no secret of her hatred of them, having beaten Morrigan soundly and bopped Mephisto several times. And they still run up to her as if she's not going to beat them.
I understand that curiosity is a core learning skill for the very young. But shouldn't it be tempered by SOME sense of self-preservation?
Damn. I just didn't have the spare cash for Elfquest super hyper pdfs. I did get thr companion along with my original pledge. Thats good. Still, I would have loved to have the rpg available separately...Burns me a bit that it isnt.
KITTEN FARM UPDATE: The wall came down at 6:30 am this morning and there was nonstop play for about 3 hours. They seem to have exhausted each other and have retreated to their respective beds.
The Fluffernutter did not notice.
Dammit. The lead we had for finding Sophie a home fell through.
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I'm sorry. I'm trying not to turn this thread into my dumping ground. I just don't know what else to do. I have next-to-no support system to rely on for any of this relocation nonsense...Sophie, selling the house, getting the visa paperwork, everything. I feel like I'm flailing through it all.
And I feel so guilty about Sophie. If I hadn't accepted this offer, she wouldn't be in this position, but I feel like refusing it would have been far, far worse for so many reasons Paizo doesn't let us discuss.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Innocents caught in the crossfire as always.
I just want life to stop hurting.
I'm sorry. I'm trying not to turn this thread into my dumping ground. I just don't know what else to do. I have next-to-no support system to rely on for any of this relocation nonsense...Sophie, selling the house, getting the visa paperwork, everything. I feel like I'm flailing through it all.
And I feel so guilty about Sophie. If I hadn't accepted this offer, she wouldn't be in this position, but I feel like refusing it would have been far, far worse for so many reasons Paizo doesn't let us discuss.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Innocents caught in the crossfire as always.
I just want life to stop hurting.
How prohibitive is bringing her with you? I saw the standard vet stuff (~$300) plus you'd need housing that would accept her plus an "import permit", which I'm guessing is $2000 to a lawyer to get you one, but it wouldn't hurt to call the consulate and find out whether they're "impossible" or "get a lawyer" or "oh, yeah, we give those out like candy".
Sorry for trying to offer solutions I'm sure you've considered, but saying them out loud seems more helpful than sitting here and shutting up.
EDIT: I've done a lot of digging into getting cats into Europe and it's basically, "First, talk to the consulate and get their OK. THEN take them to the vet and get all the certifications. THEN go back to the consulate and fill out the paperwork.THEN you can go."
It's impossible. She's outright illegal in the city we're moving to, even if the plane itself wouldn't kill her.
It's impossible. She's outright illegal in the city we're moving to, even if the plane itself wouldn't kill her.
Ugh. I'm sorry. I figured you'd checked.