Beryllium!
Yes! Nekkid beryllium!!!
My mad scientist guess is YES! THE DEVICE IS WORKING! QUICKLY, IGOR, FETCH ME MORE TUNGSTEN!
I am so very proud.
Yes! Nekkid beryllium!!!
... slightly less proud...
Tell me about it....
386 missed posts
Hmmm
You better go back and read. I recently made a joke only you could appreciate!
Fawtl does that.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREPPA!!!!
Belated +1!
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It's almost like some of us just post for the sake of posting.
Well, that happened. Woke up at 8 AM coughing up blood. Spent the next few hours at the hospital hooked up to a ventilator before someone figured out that I'd been coughing so hard that I'd torn up the back of my throat. Went in as a priority patient, and left with a prescription for industrial-strength Mucinex. I'd consider that a good anticlimax.Hope you feel better soon, and as you say a good anti-climax.
+1
3,394...grrr
Hi CJ!
It's almost like some of us just post for the sake of posting.
nonsense.
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It's almost like some of us just post for the sake of posting.
LOL!
I'm not blitzing; I'm just trying to catch up. :)
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It's almost like some of us just post for the sake of posting.nonsense.
Yeah, I'm probably imagining it.
So apparently I'm an idiot. I'd only been searching ".com" domain names, while completely neglecting ".net" and ".org" domains. Once I figured that out, I was able to find a name in about ten seconds. Three weeks of freaking out for nothing. This is why I can't have nice things.
Hang in there!
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Still miffed that we had to cancel one of our play performances because our abysmal football team made state. And then were surprised they lost.Heh. Same thing happened when I was in high school, and again after I had graduated and was working as a volunteer with the school's drama club.
At my high school, football, basketball, and women's soccer were so important that they overshadowed the other sports. Cross-country, track, golf, softball, and even baseball got pushed to the sidelines. Not to mention the school's one art class and two music classes.
In Texas High School football was virtually the state religion. Of course I grew up in Odessa and Midland.
Here's one of the weirder exchanges I've had this week, on DeviantArt with M:tG illustrator Johannes Voss, in response to a poll he had created entitled "More science! Your relationship status?"
Me: "Was in a three-year relationship up until just about a year ago, when she broke off our engagement, took a bunch of my stuff, and ran off to New York City with some actor. Since then, nothing on my end."
Johannes: "Believe it or not, but I know that feel. It'll get better brah, work your hardest, get in shape and live the life of kings!"
Me: "The life of kings, eh? So you're saying I should marry my sister, then execute all of my friends out of sheer paranoia, all before dying of syphilis at the ripe old age of 29? Sounds like a plan I could work with."
Johannes: "You got it, bro! *fistbump*"
Usually, people run screaming from that stuff.
ROFLMAO!
In Texas High School football was virtually the state religion. Of course I grew up in Odessa and Midland.Still miffed that we had to cancel one of our play performances because our abysmal football team made state. And then were surprised they lost.Heh. Same thing happened when I was in high school, and again after I had graduated and was working as a volunteer with the school's drama club.
At my high school, football, basketball, and women's soccer were so important that they overshadowed the other sports. Cross-country, track, golf, softball, and even baseball got pushed to the sidelines. Not to mention the school's one art class and two music classes.
Eyup. Victoria here. (Or just north of.)
And now I know why I was reluctant to post my resume publicly on career builder and monster. Sure I got a few legitimate inquiries but I also have gotten a lot of "would you like to own your own insurance branch or pay us $5,000 to develop a killer resume and marketing plan for you offers"
I agreed to two such pay us to market you interviews today before I realized what I almost got myself into. Luckily I pulled the plug before I wasted a drive into downtown Houston. Mrgh!
On the bright side, I still have a steady trickle of opportunities to pursue.
I need to hurry up and get a job in time to restart my subscription before Ultimate Campaign comes out. Plus, there is a certain module that comes out in May that I have my eye on.
+1
Good save avoiding the trap!
Eyup. Victoria here. (Or just north of.)In Texas High School football was virtually the state religion. Of course I grew up in Odessa and Midland.Still miffed that we had to cancel one of our play performances because our abysmal football team made state. And then were surprised they lost.Heh. Same thing happened when I was in high school, and again after I had graduated and was working as a volunteer with the school's drama club.
At my high school, football, basketball, and women's soccer were so important that they overshadowed the other sports. Cross-country, track, golf, softball, and even baseball got pushed to the sidelines. Not to mention the school's one art class and two music classes.
My Dad's brother still lives there!
We get an intern today! Handpicked by a biggie from D.C.
Can you say...SPY!
or nepotism.
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or nepotism.We get an intern today! Handpicked by a biggie from D.C.
Can you say...SPY!
Or both!
That makes sense. No job is better than a job that LOSES you money. Good luck and don't be discouraged. You are getting positive feedback in that people are wanting to hire you. You'll hit a job.Probably not, but it's more due to my not being able to afford working there any more than due to them not wanting me back. It's why I'm quitting in the first place--I've barely been breaking even, and some weeks, I'll actually LOSE money working there. Since I started the job in April 2012, I've made about $8,000, and around $3,000 of that has gone straight back into fixing my truck and paying for gas. The income is not guaranteed or steady: for example, I've had paychecks that were in the single digits. All in all, not a good work environment for someone who's trying to get their feet under them.A couple weeks ago, I was looking around for jobs, and happened to find a warehouse position that was exactly what I was looking for. I applied, interviewed, and was told that I was the front-runner for the position. I put in my two weeks notice at Papa John's last week. Today, I got a phone call from the warehouse saying that they got rid of the position due to budget cutbacks, and were no longer hiring. Now, after next week, I'm unemployed again. Awesome.That's uncool. I know things change, but you can't just jerk people around. Jobs are scarce commodities now a days, and you can't yank someone out of job and then say, "oops" Is there any chance of going back to Papa John's at least temporarily?
+1
22:45... So, it is thirty three years?
And I stayed night owl since then.
Had a computer virus pop up on my home computer last night - trying to pass itself off as a Windows 7 program. It started this scan to "show" me all the "viruses" on my computer. Some of the stuff that popped up was my Campaign Cartographer add-ons. Seriously?
So, then it knocked out my Internet Explorer, but HEY -We can fix that if you just put in your credit card information to order the full version of this software that just suddenly popped up on your computer.
So I turned the computer off until this morning.
When I checked, it was still showing up and still denying me access to the internet. So I looked the thing up with my iphone and got all kinds of links to articles about how this was a virus masquerading as protection software.
But then I noticed skyp open, shut it off, and suddenly had access to the internet again.
Weird.
Gonna ask a buddy here at work about it today. He knows all about this stuff.
I strongly recommend this as being worth every penny!
I gotta get out of this state.
I'm really starting to feel this way about Colorado with all the evil BS that's happening here.
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:D
I don't think CH would appreciate the muff-cannon beingffired into his office. Or at him in general. This is why I believe in both labeling and keeping similarly named weapons far from one another.*DSX mis-reads that as "Muff-cannon"*
Man, I need some sleep.
LMFAO!
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:D
You found the FaWtL egg! It's like an easter egg, but inclusive of other faiths and CRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAZZZZZZZY !
Gonna make an NPC to temporarily assist the PCs in the Kingmaker campaign I DM. He's gonna be an Oread cleric - probably no specific god, just nature sort of. I'll give him the Earth Domain, and maybe either Animal or Healing. He's gonna be a hermit living in the mountains who is a friend of the centaur tribe the PCs befriended.
I vote for healing.
I mean, heck, I'm about cardboard level of interesting.I highly doubt this. You could make class more fun if you were of a mind to and had the resources. One of the biggest influences on me was my Spanish teacher, who was head of the science fictioncclub and the first responsible adult I knew who was a serious role player. I'm sure there are students who would kill for a teacher that was into mlp and Pathfinder.
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I have absolutely no problem being an utter geek in front of students. I think it's great how many students seem to enjoy having a geeky sub or teacher - gives me hope that smart-shaming will come to an end.
However, I'm not trying to impress anyone who isn't actively looking to employ me. If the kids like me, that's awesome. If they don't, then I hope they at least learned something.
Smart-shaming is one of those things that instantly makes blood want to shoot out of my eyes. It has been popular with many kids in this school district. For example when two of Diane's grand daughter's friends bragged about not being smart enough to understand multisyllabic words and how cool that made them with the other girls in school I blew a fuse! I'm sure I embarrassed her grand daughter with my long angry rant about how being stupid and weak is not cool, and that s#~% would never fly in my house. I can't begin to wrap my little brain around ideas like being stupid, illiterate, on welfare, or pregnant in junior high school are things that actually make you more popular. I get that I'm old and weird, but this trend utterly mystifies me.
catch up/blitz done.
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Smart-shaming is one of those things that instantly makes blood want to shoot out of my eyes. It has been popular with many kids in this school district. For example when two of Diane's grand daughter's friends bragged about not being smart enough to understand multisyllabic words and how cool that made them with the other girls in school I blew a fuse! I'm sure I embarrassed her grand daughter with my long angry rant about how being stupid and weak is not cool, and that s%&@ would never fly in my house. I can't begin to wrap my little brain around ideas like being stupid, illiterate, on welfare, or pregnant in junior high school are things that actually make you more popular. I get that I'm old and weird, but this trend utterly mystifies me.I have absolutely no problem being an utter geek in front of students. I think it's great how many students seem to enjoy having a geeky sub or teacher - gives me hope that smart-shaming will come to an end.
However, I'm not trying to impress anyone who isn't actively looking to employ me. If the kids like me, that's awesome. If they don't, then I hope they at least learned something.
I don't get it, either. My best guess right now comes from the snippets I overhear in the hallways - I have flat out heard some girls claim that you can't get a boyfriend if you're smart. I'm...fairly certain that this is only true of the kind of boy you don't really want a serious relationship with, but I don't exactly have a dog in the "how to properly acquire and maintain a relationship" fight.
Other reasons come to mind, but I don't want to turn this into angry ranty Fawtl.
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I'll never understand it. But then, I've been deemed Hermione ever since Harry Potter hit the shelves.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go neglect my social life to go read things.
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I don't think I'm doing this whole "life" thing right.
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I don't get it, either. My best guess right now comes from the snippets I overhear in the hallways - I have flat out heard some girls claim that you can't get a boyfriend if you're smart.
Hell, I hear quote-unquote adults say this on a regular basis. It's terrifying.
I don't think I'm doing this whole "life" thing right.
Neither do them.
I don't think I'm doing this whole "life" thing right.Neither do them.
Not that I am expert on living.
Despite 32... Er, 33 years of experience.
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Smart-shaming is one of those things that instantly makes blood want to shoot out of my eyes. It has been popular with many kids in this school district. For example when two of Diane's grand daughter's friends bragged about not being smart enough to understand multisyllabic words and how cool that made them with the other girls in school I blew a fuse! I'm sure I embarrassed her grand daughter with my long angry rant about how being stupid and weak is not cool, and that s~&& would never fly in my house. I can't begin to wrap my little brain around ideas like being stupid, illiterate, on welfare, or pregnant in junior high school are things that actually make you more popular. I get that I'm old and weird, but this trend utterly mystifies me.I have absolutely no problem being an utter geek in front of students. I think it's great how many students seem to enjoy having a geeky sub or teacher - gives me hope that smart-shaming will come to an end.
However, I'm not trying to impress anyone who isn't actively looking to employ me. If the kids like me, that's awesome. If they don't, then I hope they at least learned something.
it may not have flown in your household, but I'm sure uo went to school with people who were proud that they were less than average in terms of intelligence. It was popular even in my weird high school with some kids, and even my wife's super duper smarties only high school. It happens.
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The way I look at it, there are very few people who don't go out of the way to decry or mock something they aren't good at or the people who delight in them. You don't find many people on this forum going on and on about how much they bench, for example. It's an ugly part of humanity, but it is no less human than going on and on about the things one is good at or enjoys.
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Oh, I know it's human nature to whine. And I'm guilty of it myself - see my many rants about sports supremacy in schools.
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I don't get it, either. My best guess right now comes from the snippets I overhear in the hallways - I have flat out heard some girls claim that you can't get a boyfriend if you're smart.Hell, I hear quote-unquote adults say this on a regular basis. It's terrifying.
I think all of this makes the baby Jesus cry. (so to speak)
it may not have flown in your household, but I'm sure uo went to school with people who were proud that they were less than average in terms of intelligence. It was popular even in my weird high school with some kids, and even my wife's super duper smarties only high school. It happens.Smart-shaming is one of those things that instantly makes blood want to shoot out of my eyes. It has been popular with many kids in this school district. For example when two of Diane's grand daughter's friends bragged about not being smart enough to understand multisyllabic words and how cool that made them with the other girls in school I blew a fuse! I'm sure I embarrassed her grand daughter with my long angry rant about how being stupid and weak is not cool, and that s~&& would never fly in my house. I can't begin to wrap my little brain around ideas like being stupid, illiterate, on welfare, or pregnant in junior high school are things that actually make you more popular. I get that I'm old and weird, but this trend utterly mystifies me.I have absolutely no problem being an utter geek in front of students. I think it's great how many students seem to enjoy having a geeky sub or teacher - gives me hope that smart-shaming will come to an end.
However, I'm not trying to impress anyone who isn't actively looking to employ me. If the kids like me, that's awesome. If they don't, then I hope they at least learned something.
I'm not sure I follow, but I have been drinking.
OTOH, I must thank you for this awesome snow!
I must note though, that if you get credit for this beautiful snow we reserve the right to blame you for the next drought. ;)
Waiting on the predicted storm we're supposed to get.
Specifically, waiting for a snow day to get declared.
Waiting on the predicted storm we're supposed to get.
Specifically, waiting for a snow day to get declared.
Our school district is horrible about this.
Huh, they called it.
It hasn't even started snowing yet.