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Well, in the "Why aren't you a millionaire?" thread I could just post, "Because I don't intentionally squeeze other people for my own profit" and it would be true enough...
My respect, sir.
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"Mom! We need to do CPR on a mint!" - Pea Bear, yelling from the garden.
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So, the Lego Y-Wing "Keychain" and the Tekko materials arrived about when I expected them to. Enjoy. :)John John John John John John John John John
GUESS WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL TODAY?!
YES IT DID
My only issue is that everything is glued together, even the ion cannon turret, which means I can't spin it around to win arguments as to why y wings are superior...
I am also glad to see tekkoshocon has a dedicated 18+ room!! Now I can watch h at any time of day or night!
H! H! H! H! H! H!
*Gets Dressed*
The cast metal keychain wouldn't have been any different. You'll just have to use your imagination. Besides, anyone who has seen the early Clone Wars (dealing with the Malevolence ) knows that the Y-Wing turrets rotate. And Tekko has always had 18+ programming. This is just the first year that it was always available. :)
clearly, considering your nudity.
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*SIGH*
Well, I'm actually feeling better today, which isn't saying much, considering I spent the entire day yesterday in bed, but I'm at least sitting instead of lying, and feel like I can get a few things done (the budget and Impus Major's homework). On the other hand, I think even going out to a movie is beyond me, much less running a game. Ah, well, maybe I'll be well enough tomorrow to go participate in a game. Seems likely.
In other news, it is always disappointing when your family shows its mercenary, merciless side. As you know, I have tenants. I let them move in at 10% below market, and I've been raising their rent at roughly 4% per year, just above the 3.xxx% COLA adjustment for the area.
Unfortunately, my family just found out the repercussions of doing this for 10 years: Our tenants' $2700/month rent is roughly half the rent in surrounding houses, because Albany is stupid.
So my view on the house was that it was "free money" -- we already own it free-and-clear, property taxes are nearly nonexistent thanks to Prop 13, so it's just money in our pockets. Everyone in my family is financially well-off, so if we're not charging market rate so what? It's still free money.
Well, I've been ousted as property manager, and they're bringing in a pro to bring the rent back inline with surrounding houses. My tenants can expect 15-20% rent increases annually until they're forced out and a wealthier family can move in. Albany has no rent control, so they could just as easily increase the rent by 100% this year, so they feel they're being "merciful".
Having been on the receiving end of such "mercy" once before, it just plain sucks.
So I'm disappointed that my family is just one more group so obsessed with the bottom dollar that humanity goes by the wayside.
*SIGH* again.
damn.
I didn't know Albany was that bad.
Does your family know your tenants? Is there no way to appeal to their humanity?
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The General is making a Heavens Shaman with a chicken as her spirit animal. But here's where it gets good, she's also bought a half dozen of what she calls "deflector chickens" if her chicken ever gets in trouble she tosses out a handful of chickens to deflect attention from the familiar chicken (which has a star map on it's feathers).
She's also modeling her somewhat after Pam from Archer.
I might've mentioned how much I love my wife. :-)
Her background story "things went south, the whole chicken thing emerged"
if she's modeling her after Pam, isn't she going to have to use a dolphin?
Nevertheless, I approve.
Kinda hard to lug a dolphin around Nirmathis.
Also a spirit animal has to be a familiar.
All hail the Star Chicken!!
considering my legend of Zelda based history with the chicken, I do not worship the star chicken out of love, but fear.
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I didn't know Albany was that bad.
Does your family know your tenants? Is there no way to appeal to their humanity?
And risk they will laugh hissingly at him, while tearing their fleshy masks away and reveal their reptilian features?
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We got spears, with rubber ends. They don't hurt when you get stabbed with them.
However, we did manage to knock the florescent light-strips out of their housings without breaking them, which is quite impressive given that they're about 10 feet up.
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considering my legend of Zelda based history with the chicken, I do not worship the star chicken out of love, but fear.The General is making a Heavens Shaman with a chicken as her spirit animal. But here's where it gets good, she's also bought a half dozen of what she calls "deflector chickens" if her chicken ever gets in trouble she tosses out a handful of chickens to deflect attention from the familiar chicken (which has a star map on it's feathers).
She's also modeling her somewhat after Pam from Archer.
I might've mentioned how much I love my wife. :-)
Her background story "things went south, the whole chicken thing emerged"
if she's modeling her after Pam, isn't she going to have to use a dolphin?
Nevertheless, I approve.
Kinda hard to lug a dolphin around Nirmathis.
Also a spirit animal has to be a familiar.
All hail the Star Chicken!!
So you've had chickens before...
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I'm at work.
The day before Easter. At a toy store. People do NOT want to hear about twenty four hour assembly.
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What she meant to say "can you help with a return I'm pretty backed up here"
What she actually said "can you help with a return I'm pretty jacked up here"
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They have all the go getters scheduled tonight, which means I essentially get the night off.
All I gotta do is put away reshop which is pretty much busy window shopping.
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more importantly, has she borrowed snowflake themed corsets to go along with the goats?My unicorn has borrowed two SO CUUUTE goats from a friend, and they are busily weeding our lawn.
I don't know why they have decided that our concrete patio is the best place to poop though.
She is a native Arizonian, so it is dust-and-thirst themed. :/
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But there is a corset right?
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Five minutes left in my break!
Sold five bikes so far.
And that's just when I happened to be wandering by bikes.
Bikes pretty much sell themselves.
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Five minutes left in my break!
Sold five bikes so far.
And that's just when I happened to be wandering by bikes.
Bikes pretty much sell themselves.
I think it's because people have learned about the flaming properties of bikes.
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And he does teases and provokes him into firing...
He might be creating artificial demand for his sales...
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Since today's game was cancelled due to the GM's imminent demise, I made *all* the food for tomorrow and dyed my hair. Clearly Nobody did me a favor by getting sick. It means I actually get to sleep a little tonight instead of staying up until two a.m. doing things.
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And risk they will laugh hissingly at him, while tearing their fleshy masks away and reveal their reptilian features?I didn't know Albany was that bad.
Does your family know your tenants? Is there no way to appeal to their humanity?
Ah. So you've met his sister-in-law, then.
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Since today's game was cancelled due to the GM's imminent demise, I made *all* the food for tomorrow and dyed my hair. Clearly Nobody did me a favor by getting sick. It means I actually get to sleep a little tonight instead of staying up until two a.m. doing things.
I'd say, "You're welcome!", but I'm not going through this little round-o-random pains again!
Got home Monday and thought my allergies were going nuts. Tuesday was an added headache. Wednesday added a sore throat just for fun. Thursday was, "Put 'em all together and send NobodysHome to bed!" Friday was more of the same.
Today was better! I got to sit up for a few hours instead of lying down.
And re: my family:
There are two types of people in the world:
- "Wow! Our house SHOULD be renting for $6000, but we're only charging $2700? Well, it's not like we really need the money, so we'll just keep raising the rent at a reasonable rate because the tenants are really good and it's the right thing to do."
- "Wow! Our house SHOULD be renting for $6000, but we're only charging $2700? That basically means we're GIVING the tenants almost $40,000 a year! No friendship is worth that much! We have to jack up the rent, NOW!"
And there's no convincing the Type IIs that charging a reduced rent is anything other than "giving away money", even though technically it's money they never had.
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As many of you already know, I volunteer for Tekko, Pittsburgh's premier anime convention.
Since when! This is the first i've heard it.
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Ah. So you've met his sister-in-law, then.And risk they will laugh hissingly at him, while tearing their fleshy masks away and reveal their reptilian features?I didn't know Albany was that bad.
Does your family know your tenants? Is there no way to appeal to their humanity?
I considered answering to that with "I hadn't pleasure..." but that is basically asking for a quick quip of "No one had!"
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I'm lookout in case the kids wake up while the General hides all the Easter eggs (I usually do the hiding but she wanted to).
I've already had to tell one kid to go back to bed.
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Must not fall asleep on feet. Must stay awake.
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The... name is... Bond... something, something Bond...
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I don't even understand your aliases.
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Neither do I.
Although, in this case I was just looking for one involving sleep, or dreams.
Surprisingly, I don't yet have "Cap'n Yesterday, Overtired Security Guard" or something like it.
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I got the sleep thing I was just lost on the picture that went along with it.
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It's Baba Yaga's Red Rider, signifying dawn.
Seemed pretty summery to me at the time. :-)
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Ah OK I would not of figured that one out on my own.
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Sometimes, it all depends how fast my phone is running when I make it. I have entirely too many aliases with the Black Sovereign because the pictures weren't loading fast enough.
Edit: It also helps having most of the APs so I know who these people are. :-)
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It's Baba Yaga's Red Rider, signifying dawn.
Seemed pretty summery to me at the time. :-)
Wasn't Dawn the White Rider and Red Sunset?
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Yes, that sounds right.
Well, back to the drawing board with that alias.
Any other ones you want to poke holes in.
I'm kidding of course, my aliases by design are filled with more plotholes then Firefly, which is riddled with them.
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Happy Easter FaWtL Folks!
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With or without plotholes, I like both Firefly and your aliases.
And I am not the one to criticise them, I mean, I have a Pinecone Girl, an inner Gyarados and "A Saliva Colonizer" which is basically an anagram of my real name.
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And a half kender.
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Happy Easter too! Even though in Spain we call it Holy Week and celebrate since Thursday. The more long the weekend the better ;-D
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HOPPY EASTER!
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She is a native Arizonian, so it is dust-and-thirst themed. :/more importantly, has she borrowed snowflake themed corsets to go along with the goats?My unicorn has borrowed two SO CUUUTE goats from a friend, and they are busily weeding our lawn.
I don't know why they have decided that our concrete patio is the best place to poop though.
...is it the vernacular interpretation of the word "thirst"?
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But there is a corset right?
this guy...this guy gets it.
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With or without plotholes, I like both Firefly and your aliases.
And I am not the one to criticise them, I mean, I have a Pinecone Girl, an inner Gyarados and "A Saliva Colonizer" which is basically an anagram of my real name.
this girl...does not get it.
Yes, that sounds right.
Well, back to the drawing board with that alias.
Any other ones you want to poke holes in.
I'm kidding of course, my aliases by design are filled with more plotholes then Firefly, which is riddled with them.
those aren't plot holes, they are the fingerprints of whedon when he lifted the storylines from outlaw star.
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Five minutes left in my break!
Sold five bikes so far.
And that's just when I happened to be wandering by bikes.
Bikes pretty much sell themselves.
YES. They do.
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Five minutes left in my break!
Sold five bikes so far.
And that's just when I happened to be wandering by bikes.
Bikes pretty much sell themselves.
I think it's because people have learned about the flaming properties of bikes.
if you paint flames on them they go faster.