Lok Tar Ogar John.
Really 3 times in a row?
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Not having a vehicle must suck. I wish public transportation was more dominant then private. I swear if I could not own a car and still get to where I wanted to go I would be all for it.
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In states if you don't have a car you're a prisoner in your own house since the nearest supermart may be half an hour driving on the highway away. Because land is plentiful, most of the shops are spread all over the place. Though states could definitely use a better public transport network like Singapore.
In states if you don't have a car you're a prisoner in your own house since the nearest supermart may be half an hour driving on the highway away. Because land is plentiful, most of the shops are spread all over the place. Though states could definitely use a better public transport network like Singapore.
Yeah unfortunately its not doable but I really wish it was.
I mean it is doable if they really wanted to they could but its not an option someone has ATM.
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We're on a bus line straight to downtown with four grocery stores within a mile and a half, so we're good.
In fact our car has been out of commission for a couple of months now.
I think that's another reason Albany's such an expensive place to live: It was developed back in the early 1900s when the whole idea was that in a town where the maximum distance between any two points is around 1.5 miles, you should be able to walk anywhere you need to.
Growing up, within a mile of my house was:
- Two movie theaters
- Three grocery stores (plus multiple convenience stores)
- Two parks with open baseball and football fields for pick-up games
- Approximately 60 dining establishments (along Solano alone)
So as a kid I didn't really need to get driven around. As an adult, the only time I tend to drive is on Sundays to Shiro's game, and even then I *could* bike to the BART station and BART down, but with two people it's more economical to drive. Which does say something about our public transportation system right there, but I think that's getting into politics.
But yeah, the Celica is "my" car, and goes about 4000 miles a year, including a 500-mile trip to the Sierras every year.
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And yes, I am uber-excited to be getting solar! Yes, a lot of it is the environmental aspect of things, but PG&E has been mostly-renewable around here for years. It's far more the excitement of no longer being dependent on someone else to provide me with power.
We could have "the big one" and lose power for a month, and we'd still be fine, which is nice. Impus Minor put it well: We're a great house for the zombie apocalypse, complete with compound bow, multiple sharpened katanas, solar power, water filtering, etc.
Now if only we had a second floor or a basement...
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And yes, I am uber-excited to be getting solar! Yes, a lot of it is the environmental aspect of things, but PG&E has been mostly-renewable around here for years. It's far more the excitement of no longer being dependent on someone else to provide me with power.
We could have "the big one" and lose power for a month, and we'd still be fine, which is nice. Impus Minor put it well: We're a great house for the zombie apocalypse, complete with compound bow, multiple sharpened katanas, solar power, water filtering, etc.
Now if only we had a second floor or a basement...
Barbed wire hedge or a proper, tall wall that could stop the wave of walking dead.
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Barbed wire hedge or a proper, tall wall that could stop the wave of walking dead.And yes, I am uber-excited to be getting solar! Yes, a lot of it is the environmental aspect of things, but PG&E has been mostly-renewable around here for years. It's far more the excitement of no longer being dependent on someone else to provide me with power.
We could have "the big one" and lose power for a month, and we'd still be fine, which is nice. Impus Minor put it well: We're a great house for the zombie apocalypse, complete with compound bow, multiple sharpened katanas, solar power, water filtering, etc.
Now if only we had a second floor or a basement...
Polearms.
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Solar installers are at my house right now.
Once the solar guys are done, we just have to have Ameren come by and update our meter and somebody is coming out to remove 4 trees.
Also, it's much easier to work from home when the cats are completely disinterested in you. My cats are highly interested in me and my activities at the moment. They're making it nigh impossible.
Oh, and oh joy, I get to drive back to Cincinnati tomorrow. Won't be back home until late Friday evening.
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Wakka doesn't deserve lulu in the slightest.I still think about Wakka's story sometimes, it did a good job of showing how there can be good hearted racists when it is simply born of ignorance,that scene where the party is on a boat and Wakka's talking s!$* about Al Bhed while Rikku and Yuna sit quietly nearby felt super realistic and his growth over the game was cool.
His loss of faith too, while not the focus of the game, really made me feel the sting of loss for him and made me realize that even in the real world the loss of faith can be one of the most devastating feelings.
I dunno I kinda think Lulu is a hard to deal with person as well. She basically criticizes Wakka nonstop and that's when she isn't being cold.
Edit: Basically the only person she supports is Yuna, other than that she tends to be pretty condescending.
Edit 2: Though yes, I realize she wears a fetish outfit and her chest is so big after battle she leans forward like her back is killing her =p
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I get to go to a seminar about stone tomorrow.
They better have pizza.
I've been watching my way thru two great Netflix shows this month.
Bodyguard is wonderfully action-y, British, and just unpredictable enough to create a few genuine surprises for a jaded action-show watcher. The protagonist is a classic action hero, but also 100% human and prone to mistakes.
Love, Death & Robots is a collection of 10-minute vignettes that showcase a wide range of both sci-fi and fantasy themes, and also a range of both excellent CGI and cartoon animation. Some are serious, some are humorous, some are action-y, others are thoughtful. Not all of them will be to everyone's taste, but it's all very well done and there's more than something for everyone. The worst I have to say about this one is that it lacks an oxford comma. ;)
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I get to go to a seminar about stone tomorrow.
They better have pizza.
It'll be full of Dwarves and Pech. The food will be dreadful, but the beer? A-MA-ZIIING.
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It'll be full of Dwarves and Pech. The food will be dreadful, but the beer? A-MA-ZIIING.I get to go to a seminar about stone tomorrow.
They better have pizza.
Unfortunately, this being Wisconsin the beer will also be dreadful (If you haven't already had Milwaukee's Best, DON'T!!!).
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Unfortunately, this being Wisconsin the beer will also be dreadful (If you haven't already had Milwaukee's Best, DON'T!!!).It'll be full of Dwarves and Pech. The food will be dreadful, but the beer? A-MA-ZIIING.I get to go to a seminar about stone tomorrow.
They better have pizza.
Agreed, once you've had Milwaukee's Best you'll wonder if it's even possible to survive it's worst.
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Agreed, once you've had Milwaukee's Best you'll wonder if it's even possible to survive it's worst.Unfortunately, this being Wisconsin the beer will also be dreadful (If you haven't already had Milwaukee's Best, DON'T!!!).It'll be full of Dwarves and Pech. The food will be dreadful, but the beer? A-MA-ZIIING.I get to go to a seminar about stone tomorrow.
They better have pizza.
Challenge. Accepted.
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At any rate I think they scheduled the seminar for 10-1 to specifically cut down on the amount of people already drunk.
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Challenge. Accepted.Agreed, once you've had Milwaukee's Best you'll wonder if it's even possible to survive it's worst.Unfortunately, this being Wisconsin the beer will also be dreadful (If you haven't already had Milwaukee's Best, DON'T!!!).It'll be full of Dwarves and Pech. The food will be dreadful, but the beer? A-MA-ZIIING.I get to go to a seminar about stone tomorrow.
They better have pizza.
You're using someone else's bathroom after you drink it, we have old plumbing, I'm not sure it can withstand a first timer anymore.
If it helps, Old Milwaukee is only slightly better.
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So, the solar project planner was just here and they think the whole thing (roofing, insulation, solar) will all be done within the next 2 weeks.
I am all astonishment.
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Geez so I must just have the worst luck with fiction recently as, to celebrate Baldur's Gate 2, I started reading this old Elminster trilogy called The Shadow of the Avatar...
Almost immediately when the book starts there is a scene where Elminster loses all his magic and in his rage and despair punches a female friend in the ribs. She tries to calm him down as he is even more despairing at his own actions as she tells him that hey, its probably a good thing he hit her, at least he's still got some fight in him and even her husband will be happy to see the bruise. He rejects this rightly with more despair as she scurrys off and I thought damn, that was dark, but it really sold Elminster's despair and how much he is freaking out, as well as showing how others react to this figure of power and fame losing it.
Ok, so at first I thought it was a bold choice and the novel would deal with the fallout of this along with whatever adventuring happens and it might but I'm getting leery because at the point I'm at Elminster has taken off with this female ranger and he seems fine, as well as constantly disrespecting her and women in general(though often with a wink).
Now though I'm at this part where he commands her to go set a trap in the dark outside a villain's place and as she sets off he grabs her somewhere on her body. It doesn't say specifically where but it does say specifically he backs up after so that she doesn't kick him. She doesn't kick him but takes this with a kind of fawning most women in the story show him and I'm like yeah...
So is Ed Greenwood good at dark characterization or is this just kinda...?
Inquiring of those who have read him =/
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Challenge. Accepted.Agreed, once you've had Milwaukee's Best you'll wonder if it's even possible to survive it's worst.Unfortunately, this being Wisconsin the beer will also be dreadful (If you haven't already had Milwaukee's Best, DON'T!!!).It'll be full of Dwarves and Pech. The food will be dreadful, but the beer? A-MA-ZIIING.I get to go to a seminar about stone tomorrow.
They better have pizza.
You're using someone else's bathroom after you drink it, we have old plumbing, I'm not sure it can withstand a first timer anymore.
If it helps, Old Milwaukee is only slightly better.
You left out Schlitz, Heilemann's, and Pabst.
When the hipsters tried to make Pabst trendy, I was amazed. I know, I KNOW that it doesn't actually taste like fish. But my brain can't separate the taste of Pabst from the taste of fish batter.
Where in the state was the giant grain silo six-pack? I remember driving past it a bunch.
Where in the state was the giant grain silo six-pack? I remember driving past it a bunch.
La Crosse, I think.
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Solar panels are up and functional. Just waiting on Ameren to come by, reprogram their meter, and flip the switch. Oh, and the tree guy has to come by yet. Good thing those 4 trees coming down are already diseased or I would feel bad about taking down tall, adult cedar trees. But it's going to make for a lot of good firewood for camping trips.
Where in the state was the giant grain silo six-pack? I remember driving past it a bunch.
I think you're talking about the one in LaCrosse.
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Where in the state was the giant grain silo six-pack? I remember driving past it a bunch.I think you're talking about the one in LaCrosse.
It's La Crosse, Lacrosse is a sport only rich white people play. It involves...like a stick or something?
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Yuugasa gets cookies.
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La Crosse is a weird town, definitely a Derry from Stephen King vibe.
I can't explain it but I'm always relieved when we leave before dark, or if it is dark exhale when we have it safely behind us.
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At night, from a distance, Monroe looks like it's rising from the pits of hell.
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Challenge. Accepted.Agreed, once you've had Milwaukee's Best you'll wonder if it's even possible to survive it's worst.Unfortunately, this being Wisconsin the beer will also be dreadful (If you haven't already had Milwaukee's Best, DON'T!!!).It'll be full of Dwarves and Pech. The food will be dreadful, but the beer? A-MA-ZIIING.I get to go to a seminar about stone tomorrow.
They better have pizza.
You're using someone else's bathroom after you drink it, we have old plumbing, I'm not sure it can withstand a first timer anymore.
If it helps, Old Milwaukee is only slightly better.
You left out Schlitz, Heilemann's, and Pabst.
When the hipsters tried to make Pabst trendy, I was amazed. I know, I KNOW that it doesn't actually taste like fish. But my brain can't separate the taste of Pabst from the taste of fish batter.
I will try these unlovable beers. I already had pbr. It tasted like a 3 dollar beer should taste.
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La Crosse is a weird town, definitely a Derry from Stephen King vibe.
I can't explain it but I'm always relieved when we leave before dark, or if it is dark exhale when we have it safely behind us.
Aye, but instead of IT being a clown he has something to do with cheese.
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I was planning to bake my thoory dates but on finding out they're (probably) about only 20 calories per date like deglet noor, I don't think I'll bother. Eating 5 dates a day will be a sweet pleasure, and will finish that packet in no time.
I do have a sweet tooth. I just try to keep it in control.
Medjools are scary.66 calories per date.
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It's La Crosse, Lacrosse is a sport only rich white people play. It involves...like a stick or something?Where in the state was the giant grain silo six-pack? I remember driving past it a bunch.I think you're talking about the one in LaCrosse.
Sorry wasn't trying to be rude it was just a sweet setup for a joke about lacrosse. Haha obscure.
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Sorry wasn't trying to be rude it was just a sweet setup for a joke about lacrosse. Haha obscure.It's La Crosse, Lacrosse is a sport only rich white people play. It involves...like a stick or something?Where in the state was the giant grain silo six-pack? I remember driving past it a bunch.I think you're talking about the one in LaCrosse.
No offense taken. It's one of the typos I commonly make. Misspelling Cincinnati is another one. I always want to use "Cincinatti" instead.
No offense taken. It's one of the typos I commonly make. Misspelling Cincinnati is another one. I always want to use "Cincinatti" instead.Sorry wasn't trying to be rude it was just a sweet setup for a joke about lacrosse. Haha obscure.It's La Crosse, Lacrosse is a sport only rich white people play. It involves...like a stick or something?Where in the state was the giant grain silo six-pack? I remember driving past it a bunch.I think you're talking about the one in LaCrosse.
Well hey at least you can spell Cinci...Cinci...that word at all!
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I will try these unlovable beers. I already had pbr. It tasted like a 3 dollar beer should taste.Challenge. Accepted.Agreed, once you've had Milwaukee's Best you'll wonder if it's even possible to survive it's worst.Unfortunately, this being Wisconsin the beer will also be dreadful (If you haven't already had Milwaukee's Best, DON'T!!!).It'll be full of Dwarves and Pech. The food will be dreadful, but the beer? A-MA-ZIIING.I get to go to a seminar about stone tomorrow.
They better have pizza.
You're using someone else's bathroom after you drink it, we have old plumbing, I'm not sure it can withstand a first timer anymore.
If it helps, Old Milwaukee is only slightly better.
You left out Schlitz, Heilemann's, and Pabst.
When the hipsters tried to make Pabst trendy, I was amazed. I know, I KNOW that it doesn't actually taste like fish. But my brain can't separate the taste of Pabst from the taste of fish batter.
At $3 you got ripped off.
No offense taken. It's one of the typos I commonly make. Misspelling Cincinnati is another one. I always want to use "Cincinatti" instead.Sorry wasn't trying to be rude it was just a sweet setup for a joke about lacrosse. Haha obscure.It's La Crosse, Lacrosse is a sport only rich white people play. It involves...like a stick or something?Where in the state was the giant grain silo six-pack? I remember driving past it a bunch.I think you're talking about the one in LaCrosse.
Also you probably spell it that way because that's the way it is often pronounced; Nat-ti instead of Na-ti.
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Sorry wasn't trying to be rude it was just a sweet setup for a joke about lacrosse. Haha obscure.It's La Crosse, Lacrosse is a sport only rich white people play. It involves...like a stick or something?Where in the state was the giant grain silo six-pack? I remember driving past it a bunch.I think you're talking about the one in LaCrosse.
Because the kind of people who play lacrosse are usually kinda stuck up?
There. I'm helping.
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Challenge. Accepted.Agreed, once you've had Milwaukee's Best you'll wonder if it's even possible to survive it's worst.Unfortunately, this being Wisconsin the beer will also be dreadful (If you haven't already had Milwaukee's Best, DON'T!!!).It'll be full of Dwarves and Pech. The food will be dreadful, but the beer? A-MA-ZIIING.I get to go to a seminar about stone tomorrow.
They better have pizza.
You're using someone else's bathroom after you drink it, we have old plumbing, I'm not sure it can withstand a first timer anymore.
If it helps, Old Milwaukee is only slightly better.
You left out Schlitz, Heilemann's, and Pabst.
When the hipsters tried to make Pabst trendy, I was amazed. I know, I KNOW that it doesn't actually taste like fish. But my brain can't separate the taste of Pabst from the taste of fish batter.
At least Pabst would taste of *something* if it tasted of fish.
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Back from the Star Wars. Fourth session GMed this year. Need to up the ante... April will be probably a single session, between all the other sessions, Easter, and a gaming convention...
After the fight they followed the hint that the droids were trying to drag them to the Med Lab... Which was really more of a mad Sith alchemist laboratory where he conducted cruel experiments. They went with the "we gonna blow it up"... Though they did surprised me with an idea to record everything first for propaganda purposes - to show denizens of nearby independent cluster what monsters Sith really are.
They they visited the Sith quarters where they found a ceremonial sword imbued with the Dark Side and a Sith holocron (which they destroyed without even checking what secrets it could reveal :( — losing chance to learn Heal/Harm force power and magus specialization for a meager cost of a significant insight into the Dark Side, and a source of material for consultation when making Lore checks regarding the DS).
Having access to the Sith's personal effects, the chadra-fan used his Seek power to find the Sith... His rolled poorly, and fell to the temptation of using dark side to succeed, only to discover the Sith is a) dead, and b) just behind the wall on the ship's bridge. Oh, and it the Sith offered him power, prestige, and wealth for growing him a new body...
The offer was rejected. The party entered the bridge to discover the Sith's body, and learn that he died murdered directly by someone (instead of just dying like many other crewmembers did when the ship was almost destroyed months ago). The Sith tried some more temptation, the party ignored him, except for the togruta, who tried to convince him to dissolve into force. After some exchange of arguments and angry insults, the Sith tried to assault the sentinel's might. Who proceeded to succeed the Discipline check, albeit with a despair effect. So the ghost is gone, but a shred of him is left within the togruta's mind.
Sorry wasn't trying to be rude it was just a sweet setup for a joke about lacrosse. Haha obscure.It's La Crosse, Lacrosse is a sport only rich white people play. It involves...like a stick or something?Where in the state was the giant grain silo six-pack? I remember driving past it a bunch.I think you're talking about the one in LaCrosse.Because the kind of people who play lacrosse are usually kinda stuck up?
There. I'm helping.
More because I've honestly never known a black person that plays lacrosse, though I'm sure some exist somewhere, also if you can afford the equipment for your kids you are rich in my book =p