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OK, I'll admit. Sometimes showing off to set expectations of me through the moon backfires.
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Manager: I have an urgent assignment: You need to pass this certification exam today to be able to take some training in August.
NH: OK. Send me the links.
So, I took the 3.5-hour training course, got bored halfway through, and jumped straight to the one-hour exam. Raced through it in about 12 minutes and got a 93% (65% is passing).
Sent the results to my manager.
"Great."
So yeah, she just expected it. Didn't even lift an eyebrow. And that's the level I've set for myself. *SIGH*
EDIT: And yes, the "no personal items" rules for the exam were pretty strict...
Hey, maybe your company could create a social media platform that would focus on allowing people to keep in touch with friends and acquaintances all over the world in direct competition to Facebook?
At least then, we could hope for some level of competence among their staff...
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OK, I'll admit. Sometimes showing off to set expectations of me through the moon backfires.
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Manager: I have an urgent assignment: You need to pass this certification exam today to be able to take some training in August.
NH: OK. Send me the links.So, I took the 3.5-hour training course, got bored halfway through, and jumped straight to the one-hour exam. Raced through it in about 12 minutes and got a 93% (65% is passing).
Sent the results to my manager.
"Great."So yeah, she just expected it. Didn't even lift an eyebrow. And that's the level I've set for myself. *SIGH*
EDIT: And yes, the "no personal items" rules for the exam were pretty strict...
Well, you could have been hiding cheat sheets under your clothes...
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Hey, maybe your company could create a social media platform that would focus on allowing people to keep in touch with friends and acquaintances all over the world in direct competition to Facebook?
At least then, we could hope for some level of competence among their staff...
My company's founder's favorite saying is, "If you're copying the competition, you've already lost."
It's made for some really innovative decisions, and some really, really, REALLY stupid ones. But it definitely means we're not going to try to build a social media platform.
What if you built one out of boards. That would be new. Just don’t build it in a tree. That has been done before.
OK. Some people love male cats for this. I am not one of those people.
Lenore: Panics even though she's outside in the catio. Insists on being brought in. Sprints to hide in WhimseyShire.
Morrigan: Gets carried inside. Sprints to hide in WhimseyShire.
Meatball: Wanders inside on his own, wondering what's going on. Harasses the new person for pets. Attacks the broom because it's in his territory. Attacks the vacuum cleaner because it's in his territory. Flops over and demands more pets.
So it's pretty much, "Attack anything you don't understand, then demand belly rubs for your good job."
I know many, many people who would admire that approach to life.
... something-something about male cats... belly rubs...
He likes belly rubs?! And not in "watch my belly, but do not touch!" way?!
... something-something about male cats... belly rubs...He likes belly rubs?! And not in "watch my belly, but do not touch!" way?!
OMG. Most of the time a cat's belly is like a Venus fly trap -- they roll over, expose it, and if you put your hand on it your hand is now their favorite chew toy.
But nope, Meatball is happy to have his belly rubbed without the biting.
... something-something about male cats... belly rubs...He likes belly rubs?! And not in "watch my belly, but do not touch!" way?!OMG. Most of the time a cat's belly is like a Venus fly trap -- they roll over, expose it, and if you put your hand on it your hand is now their favorite chew toy.
But nope, Meatball is happy to have his belly rubbed without the biting.
Damn the extra $250 visa costs they introduced recently!
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Damn the extra $250 visa costs they introduced recently!... something-something about male cats... belly rubs...He likes belly rubs?! And not in "watch my belly, but do not touch!" way?!OMG. Most of the time a cat's belly is like a Venus fly trap -- they roll over, expose it, and if you put your hand on it your hand is now their favorite chew toy.
But nope, Meatball is happy to have his belly rubbed without the biting.
I'm not even going to spoiler this: If you are not a U.S. citizen, do not visit the United States right now. It is indeed that bad.
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I'm not even going to spoiler this: If you are not a U.S. citizen, do not visit the United States right now. It is indeed that bad.Damn the extra $250 visa costs they introduced recently!... something-something about male cats... belly rubs...He likes belly rubs?! And not in "watch my belly, but do not touch!" way?!OMG. Most of the time a cat's belly is like a Venus fly trap -- they roll over, expose it, and if you put your hand on it your hand is now their favorite chew toy.
But nope, Meatball is happy to have his belly rubbed without the biting.
Yup. I know. I tried to be more subtle.
Now I feel cunningly subtle... Or subtly cunning...
Huh... Apparently Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is a very good Souls-like game.
Welp, I already had it on a wishlist, and it is being release today so it will be forever until it hits a sale...
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Grumpy Old Man's Bizarre Tirade of the Day: Answering Machines
So, maybe it's because I predate mobile phones, caller ID, and even the common use of answering machines, but people's indignant, absolute refusal to use them baffles me. Even before text messaging became a standard of communication, people's attitude was (quite literally, as I've heard at least two people say this nearly verbatim), "Well, if you can't be bothered to pick up, then I can't be bothered to leave a message."
Erm... you do realize that answering machines are typically for when I can't pick up, right?
Yes, yes, I know. People started using answering machines as a way to screen their calls, so whenever you called you always got the answering machine and you started wondering whether or not the person was actually your friend, or whether they were screening you out. But with the advent of Caller ID, that's no longer an issue; they know whether or not it's you well before you leave a message.
So the whole, "I'm calling my friend but I got their answering machine so I'm not going to leave a message," baffles me.
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If you didn't leave a message, then it wasn't important and I'm not calling you back.
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On the other hand, speaking of things that make the world a better place, the kittens now have their routine:
4:00 am: Get up with NobodysHome, have breakfast, and play in the living room.
7:00 am: When NobodysHome wakes up GothBard, tumble into the room, clamber onto the bed, and say, "Good morning!" to her. Occasionally Meatball fails at this, waddles in at 6:30, and goes to sleep across her neck purring like a madman. This makes getting up, erm, difficult for her.
7:30 am: Have second breakfasts, play a little more, then migrate into WhimseyShire and sleep on Impus Major for another couple of hours.
My family has started to love mornings.
On the phone nonsense: Be it resolved! :)
I'm a young crone, and that nonsense drives me crazy too, although I've never had anyone complain about being expected to leave a message, at least.
As to kittens, it turns out I have allergies, so apart from an all too brief, shining moment, when I was six, I have never had a cat. :(
Getting a bit better at being a plant mum, though. One of my recently transplanted babies that I thought wouldn't make it seems to be bouncing back, slowly. Probably a bit cramped in a crowded planter.
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Grumpy Old Man's Bizarre Tirade of the Day: Answering Machines
So, maybe it's because I predate mobile phones, caller ID, and even the common use of answering machines, but people's indignant, absolute refusal to use them baffles me. Even before text messaging became a standard of communication, people's attitude was (quite literally, as I've heard at least two people say this nearly verbatim), "Well, if you can't be bothered to pick up, then I can't be bothered to leave a message."
Erm... you do realize that answering machines are typically for when I can't pick up, right?
Yes, yes, I know. People started using answering machines as a way to screen their calls, so whenever you called you always got the answering machine and you started wondering whether or not the person was actually your friend, or whether they were screening you out. But with the advent of Caller ID, that's no longer an issue; they know whether or not it's you well before you leave a message.
So the whole, "I'm calling my friend but I got their answering machine so I'm not going to leave a message," baffles me.
You lost me on calling someone on the phone.
If I wanted to contact you, I'd send a message.
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- Squeakio, it is 4am!
- Ave, Sneakius, it is! The trumpets blare; the crowds filling the Colisseum howl in anticipation, and we poor Cattivellani, captured during the Legions unstoppable march to the very ends of the earth, must now take part in the SCAMPERUS MAXIMUS!
- The SCAMPERUS MAXIMUS! A hurricane-fast foot-race, under the bed, up the walls, down the stairs, back up the stairs, then over Limey's face (several times), followed by vicious hand-to-hand combat, our martial cries echoing off the arena walls.
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If you didn't leave a message, then it wasn't important and I'm not calling you back.
If it’s important I do leave a message. If it’s just a social call I usually don’t.
I have my text alert turned off. If someone texts me I see it eventually. I turned the text alert off the first time one woke me up from sleep. Turned the government alerts off the first time an Amber Alert woke me up. I do realize that means I might not survive a disaster, due to getting uninterrupted sleep. Worth it.
A bit more about social platforms made of wood. Paint it white, raise the platform, add a cupola, and you have a gazebo. Which also has been done.
I'm so tired.
A bit more about social platforms made of wood. Paint it white, raise the platform, add a cupola, and you have a gazebo. Which also has been done.A GAZEBO?!?! WHERE!?!? AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Sorry. I get nervous around gazebos ever since The Incident.
HRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM....
Its hot today and will be well over 90 tomorrow.
Its hot today and will be well over 90 tomorrow.
We won't see the north side of 70°F before Sunday. We may see the sun some afternoons...
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Sweet Jesus, the reaper has been busy this week.
To add insult to the injury, Steam suddenly doesn't accept PayPal (specifically) payments, so I can't get a game on a sale that I - after watching a review or two - decided to buy.
And no, I was not convinced by the game's shameless fan service. It was combination of promising combat system and being 88% off...
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Sweet Jesus, the reaper has been busy this week.
And now Chuck Mangione.
One of the few musicians who could actually get through my worst panic attacks. (Yeah, I'm old, I've got a thing about 70s horn players, sue me.)
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We're supposed to have two new players join the Pathfinder group tonight. New meaning they haven't been playing with us, but they are both experienced. I know I haven't met one of them, and I don't think I have met the other, and I must admit to a little trepidation. Firstly, because anytime people are added to a group, there is a chance that they'll mess with the dynamic, which can be good, but is often bad. But mainly because when the guy told me he had invited them, his wife (who is part of the group) said "I wonder if either of them will make a character that actually fits in the campaign". Meaning that they are apparently both the kind of person who, if you say "This game is heavily focused on investigation and social interactions" will make a barbarian with 4 CHA and INT. Or "The people in this kingdom really hate orcs," and they'll make the orciest orc that has ever orced. Just to cause trouble. Which also can be quite unpleasant.
He did say that one of them was bringing a Nagaji(?) cleric, but then wondered if they had cleared the race and potentially deity with the GM. So, hopefully things will go well.
Both as a player and as a GM I hate such players. Though we rarely boot them from the campaign, they never get a second invite.
We are now officially beyond where Shiro's Tomb of Annihilation group got, and as he put it, "Now comes the pissy GM part where the writer is unhappy you succeeded and beat his stupid dungeon."
I've never liked the whole, "GM is the enemy" dynamic, because if you're the GM, you can kill the players at any time. "Rocks fall. You die."
But, "Oh, no," you say, "The GM has to adhere to the rules of the game."
In Tomb of Annihilation there are so many rules-breaking traps or monsters it's out-and-out stupid. "I can't make the campaign hard by being clever, so I'm going to make it hard by cheating," is the quintessential theme of the game.
But the fight that ended Shiro's campaign was, much to everyone's surprise, completely rules-legal.
We only won the fight because we had one person carrying all the keys, and he produced a series of saving rolls so ludicrous I consider it a minor miracle. (Six rolls in a row of 15+ to save against everything they threw at him.)
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What kind of martial art does a deer know? Tae Kwan Doe.
As opposed to the Stegosaurus martial art, Tail kwan do.
*sniff-sniff*
I am stinky...
Damned heat.
To add insult to the injury, Steam suddenly doesn't accept PayPal (specifically) payments, so I can't get a game on a sale that I - after watching a review or two - decided to buy.
And no, I was not convinced by the game's shameless fan service. It was combination of promising combat system and being 88% off...
...speak to me of this game.