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Hey man.
My time at the second job has taught me that I really, really shouldnt say that to people while naked.
NH - PM
Sharoth - Good to see you again. Hope things are as under control as they can be.
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How to weird out your tech coordinator:
"Scint, I can't find the notecard that has the breakout box codes. Do you have it?"
"Oh, yeah."
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Wow... I just realized that we actually had a combat with a succubus in a grapple, and I didn't even realize it, much less link the thread.
Shame on me!
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Wow... I just realized that we actually had a combat with a succubus in a grapple, and I didn't even realize it, much less link the thread.
Shame on me!
SHAME!
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SHAME!Wow... I just realized that we actually had a combat with a succubus in a grapple, and I didn't even realize it, much less link the thread.
Shame on me!
DISAPPOINTMENT
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Yesterday since I knew WW's mother was coming at lunch, I spent an hour of the morning moving every single remaining box of unpacked, unsorted stuff to my bedroom. I put an old sheet on top of the bed, stacked the boxes on and around, and closed the door. Then I cleaned.
So when she arrived, my house *looked* beautiful. Mostly.
Then after they both left at 4ish, I spent three hours sorting through boxes, because in the final mad rush to leave California, things just got thrown in willy-nilly. Kids' toys with sewing/crafting supplies with books with socks. So... sorting.
So far I have sorted three boxes to go into the garage and two for goodwill.
My aim is to get it finished tonight, so the house is DONE, and next week when I'm on vacation, I can take a day or two to work on the garage. Maybe finally find our knives.
BUT, the house is clean enough for us to have people over now.
if I was closer I would help you unpack.
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DISAPPOINTMENTSHAME!Wow... I just realized that we actually had a combat with a succubus in a grapple, and I didn't even realize it, much less link the thread.
Shame on me!
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Aw shit, looks like I'm in charge of a shoveling crew this year.
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Corporate Weirdness: Different divisions of my company get different holidays off, and in no way are the people off for an equal number of holidays across the divisions. But IT still has to be available to support the people that don't get the holidays.
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So my little guy in my class who had the petit mal the day after Halloween?
He pooped in the sink in the bathroom twice last week.
This morning, he squashed a golfball-sized lump of Therapy Putty into his hair and it took me over an hour to get it out without cutting his hair.
There is something very strange going on here.
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Ah, the wacky, wacky world of working on my house!
I traced some wonderful 6-gauge cable that I needed to reroute, found the nearest box about halfway under the house, was ecstatic to see I had about 10' of slack in the line so there wouldn't be any patching; just detach it, pull it out, re-run it, and re-attach it.
Except I opened the box and found out that as usual, the electricians who worked on my house didn't care for things like, oh, electrical caps, so each connection was made by twisting the wires together (no easy feat) and wrapping them in about a roll of electrical tape. Each. Seriously, each connection is a roughly 1" diameter ball of electrical tape. I ended up having to cut the line because the tape was impossible to get through.
*SIGH*. Just another day in NobodysHome's Home Improvement.
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Ah, the wacky, wacky world of working on my house!
I traced some wonderful 6-gauge cable that I needed to reroute, found the nearest box about halfway under the house, was ecstatic to see I had about 10' of slack in the line so there wouldn't be any patching; just detach it, pull it out, re-run it, and re-attach it.
Except I opened the box and found out that as usual, the electricians who worked on my house didn't care for things like, oh, electrical caps, so each connection was made by twisting the wires together (no easy feat) and wrapping them in about a roll of electrical tape. Each. Seriously, each connection is a roughly 1" diameter ball of electrical tape. I ended up having to cut the line because the tape was impossible to get through.
*SIGH*. Just another day in NobodysHome's Home Improvement.
Why...why would they make more work for themselves twisting and taping 6-gauge wire rather than just capping it? I mean, ok, so they were paid by the hour, but...no.
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Aw s+#&, looks like I'm in charge of a shoveling crew this year.
Rewards of a job well done. More jobs.
Captain Yesterday's Oddball Weekly Challenge Of The Day.
Whilst playing a video game and nature calls, don't pause it, take the controller with you and keep playing.
Captain Yesterday's Oddball Weekly Challenge Of The Day.
Whilst playing a video game and nature calls, don't pause it, take the controller with you and keep playing.
Degree of difficulty goes up if you're using a non-wireless keyboard and mouse.
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I figure if they're going to invent wireless controllers they're going to have to deal with the consequences.
Aw s+#&, looks like I'm in charge of a shoveling crew this year.Rewards of a job well done. More jobs.
Now I'm the guy with the clipboard.
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"...you really think I should rearrange the entire sentence because of an awkward comma?"
"Raise your hand if you've ever completely rewritten a sentence to avoid using a word you can't spell."
"...oh. Okay, then."
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Huzzah huzzah, someone else who studies rapier & dagger came along to Monday HEMA, so I actually got to do some rapier & dagger sparring, and solo rapier (and twin daggers vs. tomahawk & dagger, amongst other things. Twin daggers (me) had the better of it)
So my little guy in my class who had the petit mal the day after Halloween?
He pooped in the sink in the bathroom twice last week.
This morning, he squashed a golfball-sized lump of Therapy Putty into his hair and it took me over an hour to get it out without cutting his hair.
There is something very strange going on here.
Yikes.
I just heard from Kileanna via PM. She's doing reasonably well. I invited her to pop in and say Hi every once in a while. I also asked her to not be a stranger.
Please tell her I said "hello".
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Although, judging by how frozen the ground is, I'll be applying for work at the other toy store for the winter soon enough.Try for one of the game stores instead. The clientele may still be annoying, but at least it will be a different kind of annoying. Variety is important.
It's more about closeness and convenience, ideally it will snow, a lot.
But I'm going with in order of distance from our house.
1. Pizza place at Whitney way
2. Toy store at Hilldale
3. Board game store
4. Arcade
5. Other game store
6. Laser tag place.
As far as variety goes, I'm quite adept at manufacturing my own variety.
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Huzzah huzzah, someone else who studies rapier & dagger came along to Monday HEMA, so I actually got to do some rapier & dagger sparring, and solo rapier (and twin daggers vs. tomahawk & dagger, amongst other things. Twin daggers (me) had the better of it)
Aren't there issues involving reach you have to get around when dealing with longer range weapons like Tomahawks? I thought historically reach was quite a big thing, that's why people used polearms.
Huzzah huzzah, someone else who studies rapier & dagger came along to Monday HEMA, so I actually got to do some rapier & dagger sparring, and solo rapier (and twin daggers vs. tomahawk & dagger, amongst other things. Twin daggers (me) had the better of it)
Was there some kind of technical advantage to two daggers or were you simply better yourself?
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All I'm going to say is... "Holy ****, Florida! Can't you make it through a single election without making yourself the laughingstock of the civilized (and uncivilized) worlds?"
At this point I'm thinking we'd all be better off if we just took away the entire state's right to vote, and maybe just had Georgia and Alabama assign their elected officials for them.
Couldn't be worse...
I saw it summed up nicely in a tweet:
If florida had to vote between a kick in the head and icecream, it would still come up 49.6% to 50.4%
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I have yet to read that series. Having said that, I am rereading David Eddings' The Riftwar Saga. I have my original copy at home and it is one of my favorite reads. The copy I am reading on the tablet is his "directors cut". He had to pare it down to have it published the first time. After a decade, he went through it and added the stuff back in and rewrote some passages. I think it is an improvement.Reading The Wheel of Time a second time, it's clear just how juvenile most of the characters are.
"Grrrrrrrr, why are men/women completely incomprehensible?!"
"Despite traveling with her for over a year and proving over and over again what her motives are, Moiraine is aes sedai and therefore completely untrustworthy so I can't tell her anything even if it's likely to help us survive raw evil!" To be fair, Moiraine keeps unnecessary secrets too.
"Waaaaaaaaaaa, the Power makes me feel icky, I demand you ask permission before healing my life-threatening wounds, aes sedai!!!"
I think I made it to book 5 before I quit the wheel of time. The characters stupidity was just too grating.
Its the same reason I just cant re-read Song of Ice and Fire anymore. In book 1 I just start screaing to ned stark to not do it... but yeah...
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I bet it's all Freehold's fault. Maybe Kjeldorn's as well and maybe Seth,just for a third person to throw the blame on.
*Sits under a freezing waterfall, clutching a picture of Mort, while droning the following mantra: "purity in nudity - nudity is purity"
No drunk Mort posts. That's sad.
*Nods solemnly*
All right, I just had a swig of Bénédictine neat…
Should get my hands on some Bénédictine again.
Then again I'm not really that much of a liqueur person.
Oh thanks all, I was afraid I was going to get a bunch of weird suggestions.
You're welcome!
^^
Lots of stuff about getting house and husband in order
Good that you're feeling like you're finally getting on top of things, and getting you're home in proper presentable condition/order.
…and it sounds like you might have saved a thanksgiving turkey from becoming almost jerky-ish too ^^'
*Sends hugs and well-wishes*
Pfew, I'm back. I had a potential chance of employer (official now) and the whole thing gave me a lot of stress.
So much that i was emotionally pretty exhausted for days.I just dont do well with uncertainty and change, even if its the good kind.
Congratulation on the job! (if I read things correctly ^^' )
and you shouldn't excuse yourself for being exhausted, we all got thought that once in while.And if you ever feel like talking about things - good or bad - I'll venture that you could find someone here who's willing to listen.
*Pats Woran on the shoulder and offers a hug*
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DISAPPOINTEDDISAPPOINTMENTSHAME!Wow... I just realized that we actually had a combat with a succubus in a grapple, and I didn't even realize it, much less link the thread.
Shame on me!
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Give co-worker credit, I've been humming the Smurfs theme song every day for 7 months and he hasn't snapped. In fact, he's been more cheerful then I've ever seen him in the 13 years I've known him.
Edit: Or maybe he did snap and I haven't noticed yet...
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FIFYDISAPPOINTEDDISAPPOINTMENTSHAME!Wow... I just realized that we actually had a combat with a succubus in a grapple, and I didn't even realize it, much less link the thread.
Shame on me!
I love that movie.
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Knives are important! You never know when you have to shank someone!
Isn't 24 h too long to cook a turkey?
YES. A lengthy, low-temp cooking process is precisely what a food dehydrator does... it's basically making jerky. And it makes me want to shank someone.
And she honestly believes it's the only way to get a tender, juicy turkey.
Cooking has never been her strong suit.
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Emotional? No, not me, the couch was leaning at that angle when I got here.
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"...you really think I should rearrange the entire sentence because of an awkward comma?"
"Raise your hand if you've ever completely rewritten a sentence to avoid using a word you can't spell."
"...oh. Okay, then."
I still regularly do this. In both english and dutch.
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Congratulation on the job! (if I read things correctly ^^' )
and you shouldn't excuse yourself for being exhausted, we all got thought that once in while.
And if you ever feel like talking about things - good or bad - I'll venture that you could find someone here who's willing to listen.*Pats Woran on the shoulder and offers a hug*
Thank you! Its pretty much all been done except the actual signing of the contract, but I doubt they will pull back at the last minute, as they were the ones to contact me in the first place.
(certain areas of expertise are just very sought after)
Congrats Woran!