Nekidd Christmas in July for the top!!!!
@ lynora,
It was that 9 foot angel that started your car so you could get a new battery. I had one following me through northern Germany during my last tour, and keeping me upright on the trip from Aberdeen, MD to AZ back in '83.
Well, clearly it was busy all last week keeping me from getting stranded anywhere. :)
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Also tried to go Christmas shopping at the mall....that didn't work. Didn't buy a single present. I'm starting to think that getting gift cards for everyone would be an awesome idea. And the kidlet totally meted down. Couldn't handle the crowds at all. The noise and lights and lack of space were just too much for him. But I'm super duper proud of him because even though he was totally overwhelmed and basically hiding wherever he could find a safish spot, he didn't throw a tantrum. That's a first.Thanks for the grats, and grats to your boy!
Thanks. :)
I am so happy that therapy is actually working. His bad days this year look a lot like his good days last year.
Went to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie last night. It was pretty entertaining. Not a huge fan of the stop action, but that was only in a small part of the movie, and that was my only complaint in an otherwise good film.
And now I have to go help the kidlet with a school project that's due tomorrow. Like his parents he puts things off until the last minute. :)
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AAAARRRGGGGHHH!!!!
And no, I don't think it'll be made either. As much as I hate the works of Whedon, I feel one of the comments on that page is quite true- whatsherface is 30+, and is unable to play the teenage character she was originally. I'm sure if Whedon got back into it, he'd do a time jump, which would make me laugh as all of his fans are exposed to the schlock I see from him on a regular basis- time jumps would apparently bring his "fanfiction tendencies" to the fore, I think.
Also, Sup CJ?
I'm not even gonna try this time. These week long absences need to stop...Never look back, just plow forward with all your strength, it's the FAWTL way. ;)
Apparently some guy who is suspected of murder just escaped police custody a couple miles from our house.
I understand that's a problem aroundabouts your way. Not convicts escaping custody per se, but that there are a lot of places to hide. Despite what you see on TV, in NY and to a certain extent Brooklyn, it can be rather hard to hide because of the way cops operate aroundabouts. Sometimes it can be good(posing as bums on the subway at odd hours keeps the subway crime rate down), other times it can be horrid(mounted officers and undercovers at OWS).
Drug damage can go f@*! itself. I slept for eighteen hours last night, I have to get up in four hours, and I haven't slept yet. Parents, take note, this is what happens when you give massive doses of neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors to your twelve-year-old. Their brain won't develop right, and as a result their sleep schedule will roll like an egg, and make it very hard for them to function as a normal human.
I'm sorry, Shiny. I talk about this a bit when I run my Medication Group. It's not an easy subject to tackle.
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Dude, the Packers are 12-0.
That's f@*#ing boring. It's perfection.
It's routine.Tebow is the quintissential underdog, and he's winning. Every game is the end to a Rocky movie......they're down, there's no way to win, then they miraculously win.
It's as simple as that.
Plus, he isn't a rapist, he doesn't murder dogs, and he won't be on a reality show in a house with MC Hammer and Flavor Flav who is making out with Brigitte Nielsson in 10 years because he pissed away all his money on cocaine, diamond medallions that say "TEBOW$" and supporting an army of babymamas.
*sigh*
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If one were to draw a Venn diagram of FHDM hate, circle A would be at the apex, containing Whedon, circle B would be off to the right hand side, containing Alton Brown, and circle C would be off to the left hand side, containing Facebook. Where they met, would be a small area named Math. Yes folks, my hatred for math is equivalent to my hatred for Alton Brown, Facebook/Zuckerberg and Joss Whedon COMBINED. When forced to deal with math, I feel myself going physically stronger, heartier, and more willful, although less in control of myself as I leap across desks to unceasingly attack the "Mathys" as I call them, whether they are the people who find this so frustratingly easy without being able to explain why, or math teachers who point at archaic formula and just shout "it's so easy!!!!" over and over and over again without explaining what they are doing. If math were a person, I would tie up Whedon and co. and make them watch what I did to math, which I suspect would be considerably worse than what Bruce Willis saw happening to whatshisface in Pulp Fiction. Then, I would let them go. That's right, folks. I would LET THEM GO to live their lives, knowing they will NEVER be the same afterwards. That's how much I well and truly hate math.
Went to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie last night. It was pretty entertaining. Not a huge fan of the stop action, but that was only in a small part of the movie, and that was my only complaint in an otherwise good film.
Thanks for the quick review. I'll need to check it out tomorrow afternoon.
Interesting review of Sherlock. Will take the wife sometime soon.
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FHDM....wow, that is a lot of math hate. :)
FWIW, I had a lot of the same experience with math teachers growing up. I definitely do have dyscalculia so learning math as a child was a form of horrible torture as I couldn't explain to the teacher why I couldn't do the problems when I could clearly explain how the problem was supposed to be done. Now I've learned some coping mechanisms that let me see the numbers, so what used to be difficult has become much less so.
Actually I've found college math teachers to be a whole different thing. They've been extremely reasonable, helpful, don't care how you do the problem so long as you understand the concept, encourage calculator use (seriously we've had lectures entirely devoted to how to do something on the calculator), and overall have made it a fun and easy subject for me. Of course they love how much I 'show my work' because I have to do problems with meticulous care to make sure I don't lose or invert numbers along the way. Sorry you never got to run into any of the cool teachers. :(
FHDM....wow, that is a lot of math hate. :)
FWIW, I had a lot of the same experience with math teachers growing up. I definitely do have dyscalculia so learning math as a child was a form of horrible torture as I couldn't explain to the teacher why I couldn't do the problems when I could clearly explain how the problem was supposed to be done. Now I've learned some coping mechanisms that let me see the numbers, so what used to be difficult has become much less so.
Actually I've found college math teachers to be a whole different thing. They've been extremely reasonable, helpful, don't care how you do the problem so long as you understand the concept, encourage calculator use (seriously we've had lectures entirely devoted to how to do something on the calculator), and overall have made it a fun and easy subject for me. Of course they love how much I 'show my work' because I have to do problems with meticulous care to make sure I don't lose or invert numbers along the way. Sorry you never got to run into any of the cool teachers. :(
Thank you for validating my math hateration!!! SOOOOOO many people try to turn it into "it's okay, you just have math anxiety!!" which pisses me off to no end. Noone likes being told how they feel about something or having their feelings dismissed or redefined. It's hate. Pure, unadulterated hate. And I hate math sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much.
The only "cool" math teacher was one I met in the third grade, who taught us SOMETHING that I can't remember involving a different way of adding and subtracting that was how we learned multiplication and division a year before we were supposed to learn it in the 4th grade. Then the 4th grade came along with Ms. Mieselas, who insisted we learn it HER way, which made no sense to me. I struggled with it, and then ended up committing the capital sin of USING FINGERS, which pissed her off so much she would come over to the desk and press down on our hands to keep us from counting. I did so poorly on math tests, my mom came to the school to have conferences with her on a regular basis. Mom tried to help, but her method of helping was nothing more than giving me extra multiplication problems to do in addition to homework. She made me practice my times tables in the car on the way to school, which only increased my dislike. It became true hatred in junior high school when I moved to PA to discover that the math classes there were completely different than the ones in Brooklyn, and they were learning different subjects that made no sense to me. I tried to keep up though, but when mom divorced and we moved back to Brooklyn, I was lost in math class again. I muddled through(was valedictorian in JHS actually!) and started high school, where math became my truly abiding foe- the one subject that dragged my gpa down, and made me take summer school for the regents TWICE. However, it also ensured that I met and made friends with the two people who are responsible for getting me into anime and tabletop gaming, so I guess that's a blessing in disguise, but my hatred for math abides. And grows.
Yeah, some of the coolest people were in the remedial math classes. :)
My mom was a math teacher so she used to tutor me when I couldn't get it in class. There were many tears. I don't know if I ever would have gotten it if one of my college teachers hadn't finally explained numbers to me in terms of visual media. I love the number line. Numbers make so much more sense as a measure of distance as opposed to an abstract something. But I doubt I'd have ever given math another chance if it hadn't been for all the work my mom did to make it understandable for me. Even if she never understood how my brain works. :)
And it's okay....I hate English classes. With a passion. Nothing pisses me off more than being told what a book is supposed to say to me. We all have things we hate.
OOh, and the last thing on math before I go back to hammering vague concepts into my head- I'm a former math tutor myself. I used to tutor kids while in college in jhs and early hs math. I specialized in kids who hated math as much as I did- we worked well together because we shared a hatred. I still wonder if there's something to that.
Also, one of the bigger problems I had with math that fascinates me on a psychological level is that math classes in general truly encourage a tribal mentality- the kids who "get it" (who naturally have the teacher on their side) and those who don't. Guess who does better in the class? After a few years of this an us vs. them mentality develops that can be very very hard to crack.
And I LOVE me some english classes. Was in honors english in junior high, not sure what happened in high school, but I still read voraciously, even if it's primarily sci fi and fantasy stuff that "rots my brain" as my mom believes.
See I love to read. I read voraciously. I just hate being told how I should react to what I've read. I butted heads with many teachers over that, proving that just because you have talent for something doesn't mean you have to like it. :)
Oh, I didn't realize I wasn't alone anymore. How's tricks E7?
Oops, missed ya. Ticks are tricksy. Tricksy hobbitses.
He's blessed. He'll say so. He thanks God every play.
FIFY
*sigh*Dude, the Packers are 12-0.
That's f@*#ing boring. It's perfection.
It's routine.Tebow is the quintissential underdog, and he's winning. Every game is the end to a Rocky movie......they're down, there's no way to win, then they miraculously win.
It's as simple as that.
Plus, he isn't a rapist, he doesn't murder dogs, and he won't be on a reality show in a house with MC Hammer and Flavor Flav who is making out with Brigitte Nielsson in 10 years because he pissed away all his money on cocaine, diamond medallions that say "TEBOW$" and supporting an army of babymamas.
Sorry. I was rolling.
I'm going to go study the Bible. I've decided to read the whole thing in 2012.
Huh. Me too. I should be finished with Shakespeare this week and I was thinking "Which huge-ass piece of classic literature that I've never read before should I do next?" and then I saw a recent National Geographic about the making of the King James Bible and I figured I'd do that. I'm going to take it one book at a time; don't think I'll be done by the end of 2012, though.
My 2012 resolution is to get back to reading more. Although I was damn tired of the job when I was laid off, I sure do miss sitting at that desk and reading all day (with the occasional splurge of game design thrown in) Boring, but good for the reading ...
I'm going to go study the Bible. I've decided to read the whole thing in 2012.Huh. Me too. I should be finished with Shakespeare this week and I was thinking "Which huge-ass piece of classic literature that I've never read before should I do next?" and then I saw a recent National Geographic about the making of the King James Bible and I figured I'd do that. I'm going to take it one book at a time; don't think I'll be done by the end of 2012, though.
There's some kinda way to do it; reading a few pages every day or something.
I think I tried it 20 years ago, and got to a few pages of dudes begatting other dudes and said "....meh..."
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AAAARRRGGGGHHH!!!!
And no, I don't think it'll be made either. As much as I hate the works of Whedon, I feel one of the comments on that page is quite true- whatsherface is 30+, and is unable to play the teenage character she was originally. I'm sure if Whedon got back into it, he'd do a time jump, which would make me laugh as all of his fans are exposed to the schlock I see from him on a regular basis- time jumps would apparently bring his "fanfiction tendencies" to the fore, I think.
Also, Sup CJ?
Yeah it would not be the same show at all. No way for that now after all this time.
I don't see him as any worse or better than any other schlock out in hollyweirdland.
I am doing good. made some hot couche-couche for breakfast, did a family Christmas thing last night with the kids' cousins and side of the family. None of mine being anywhere near enough to do so.
Wasting time watching Tekken on G4 with my oldest.
Hey CC--
I thought of you the other night. As my seniority at UPS goes up, I am entitled to more and more hours and get to go to more and more places in the building. As I spend more and more time there, I keep running into more and more D&D dorks.
Short list:
--I was going through the guard shack one night and the security guard and two of the midnight shifters were having a conversation when I overheard the line "Yeah, he's a 14th-level druid."
--Different security guard was supposed to be wanding us down as we came out, but was too busy poring through his 3.5 Monster Manuals and just waved us through.
--Had a long conversation with a guy wearing a Sirius Black t-shirt about China Mieville novels
--Had a long conversation on Grant Morrison versus Warren Ellis with another guy
--Bonded with one of the kids I represent over Buffy; turned him on to Joe Abercrombie
--(And here's where I thought of you) Was smoking a cigarette during my "lunch" break when I ran into an older guy reading a book by S.M. Stirling (didn't catch the title, but he said it was part of a 12-part series!); talked about The Peshawar Lancers. Oh, I guess I should say that I associate you with Stirling because that's where I first heard of him. EDIT: Conquistador? Or maybe that was something else.
There's some kinda way to do it; reading a few pages every day or something.
I think I tried it 20 years ago, and got to a few pages of dudes begatting other dudes and said "....meh..."
I'm going to do it more like I did Shakespeare--read Genesis, read a couple of other books, read Exodus, etc., etc. There's like, what? 50-something books? I'm sure I'll be at it for a while!
I also reserve the right to skip big long passages of "begettings".
I'm going to go study the Bible. I've decided to read the whole thing in 2012.Huh. Me too. I should be finished with Shakespeare this week and I was thinking "Which huge-ass piece of classic literature that I've never read before should I do next?" and then I saw a recent National Geographic about the making of the King James Bible and I figured I'd do that. I'm going to take it one book at a time; don't think I'll be done by the end of 2012, though.There's some kinda way to do it; reading a few pages every day or something.
I think I tried it 20 years ago, and got to a few pages of dudes begatting other dudes and said "....meh..."
Bleh. Life's too short to try that eye-crosser again. I have a stack of SciFi/Fantasy/Fiction twelve feet high to read.
I think it's cool on accounta nobody's trying to convince nobody of anything i.e. how big their internet pecker is; but ymmv.
Getting a little to close to a religious discussion here guys. ;)
I'm just talking about books, I swear! Blame Patrick!
how big their internet pecker is; but ymmv.
I'd be up for that discussion!
I'm not here to like um say, "hey, Doodlebug.....Pat.....love Jesus. Go to heaven. yadda yadda....."
Just the potential laughs re: Tim Tebow are irresistable. NOBODY is on the fence about that guy. You either love or hate him.
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I think it's cool on accounta nobody's trying to convince nobody of anything i.e. how big their internet pecker is; but ymmv.
Oh I know, I just worry over who else may decide to come in and start giving their opinion on the matter. Sometimes I swear the Summon Internet Troll spell verbal components are the words "religion, The Bible, and Politics."
Getting a little to close to a religious discussion here guys. ;)I'm just talking about books, I swear! Blame Patrick!
Yeah; that's the angle I'm taking on the whole thing.
I think it's cool on accounta nobody's trying to convince nobody of anything i.e. how big their internet pecker is; but ymmv.Oh I know, I just worry over who else may decide to come in and start giving their opinion on the matter. Sometimes I swear the Summon Internet Troll spell verbal components are the words "religion, The Bible, and Politics."
Yeah; that's true.
Mac does kinda get going on Tebow and all...
I, uh, don't know who Tim Tebow is. But I probably hate him.