It is done.
It was not for the faint of heart. I have seen things no man should ever see. No doubt the visions of those horrors will stay with me for years to come.
But I endured the foulness and emerged victorious.
The fridge has been cleaned out.
~screams in horror and then runs away~
Cleaning out the fridge does take a high Fort save at times.
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It’s easy to keep a clean fridge when you ain’t got a lot of food ...
I do need to scrub the crumbs out soon though. And replace the baking soda. I hope I sell a book or three on eBay.
Another lovely day in DC! Hazy, hot, and frigging wet as hell.
My stomach is sore, but 17 minutes left of ab crunches left.
Macaroons baked for my staff meeting, and a protein shake awaiting me at the completion of my workout
*frantically scribbles down new adventure idea involving cold environments and many varieties of slime molds*
sounds less like an adventure, more like heaven to me.
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Meh. Already into the grandparent phase of genetic propagation. Monkey DNA FTW! Barring catastrophe my little chromosomes will be set into the 22nd Century, at which time I expect the randomness of the process to be gone.
I hoping there is a digital copy of me still extant as well in the 22C. I’m rather sanguine about the thought, I think it would be fun to have a bunch of digital monkeys ooking around the Internet.
Hah! Good, I'm not alone in the Grandparent Dept. ;)
On the other hand, my firstborn WON the Gene Pool! While I myself am short, average to tall genes run in the family, and my X was 6' and the shortest one in her family.
My first-spawned is now a clone of me, but more like 3 of me crammed together! 6'6", built like a rock, and thick red hair.
:)
I'm,... not so sure about digital copies, of me at any rate.
I get SO mad at the computers and Interwebs as it is, if I went 100% digital, I can't help but wonder what would happen when the inevitable occurs?
You know, would I then get angry at, myself?!? O_o
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It’s easy to keep a clean fridge when you ain’t got a lot of food ...
I do need to scrub the crumbs out soon though. And replace the baking soda. I hope I sell a book or three on eBay.
It’s usually not this bad, but we had so many houseguests throughout the Spring (mostly my in-laws) and they three so much who-knows-what in there.
The absolute worst was my cheese box (a plastic tub with a cheese grater attachment, that I generally use to store excess grated cheese). I expected to find moldy cheddar in there, which is gross but not the end of the world. What I found were segments of what must have been a tangerine. I am thinking that two months ago my sister-in-law separates the tangerine wedges for her toddler and used that container. (Seriously, even a toddler should be able to finish a little tangerine.) The segments were barely recognizable under all the mold. And I cannot begin to describe the smell. I will be turned off from tangerines for the next year.
I'd have thrown the whole container away.
'm,... not so sure about digital copies, of me at any rate.
I get SO mad at the computers and Interwebs as it is, if I went 100% digital, I can't help but wonder what would happen when the inevitable occurs?You know, would I then get angry at, myself?!? O_o
Think of the bigger picture. How cool would it be to reskin yourself as Justin Case and experience Sigil in full sensory panoply? I mean, it would be amazing.
Eventually the meat me would die, barring a full rejuvenation process, but digital lives on. And digital-me would have endless opportunities for fun. And no need to work, at least as we would define it
I don't have a dishwasher and will completely freak out if fridge debris touches me. I'd still have tossed it... LOL
Bleaching works best for fridges.
Also I feel semi-productive today for mowing the lawn...at least more than 2 quarters worth anyway...
I wrote my adventure for this weekend. One page of notes and 7 encounters ready for my group to derail at the outset of the game.
LOL...it's usually within the first 10, at least. I have seen them just completely decide to something totally different than what I had in mind. Then I had to wing everything and try to drop at least some of the encounters in along the way... lol
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'm,... not so sure about digital copies, of me at any rate.
I get SO mad at the computers and Interwebs as it is, if I went 100% digital, I can't help but wonder what would happen when the inevitable occurs?You know, would I then get angry at, myself?!? O_o
Think of the bigger picture. How cool would it be to reskin yourself as Justin Case and experience Sigil in full sensory panoply? I mean, it would be amazing.
Eventually the meat me would die, barring a full rejuvenation process, but digital lives on. And digital-me would have endless opportunities for fun. And no need to work, at least as we would define it
LOL,
No doubt, I have to admit, going in full-tilt 'Ready Player One' but full sensory, would be really cool.Although, deciding which to play as, first, would be really tough!
Right now it would be between Justin Case/Harry Dresden, and Superman!
;P
(What? I'm a BIG kid, and Supes and Spidey have always been my go to heroes!)
;D
Has anyone listened to Dan Carlin's Hardcore History?
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I prefer drunk history.
Has anyone listened to Dan Carlin's Hardcore History?
I have. At least the free ones he’s put out. He did an interesting granular discussion of the Persian Empire that was pretty good.
Do you plan ahead for the derailment?
I guess I do to a small extent. Sometimes I have a side quest ready that has little to do with the overall campaign arc that I throw at them as they wander off. Over the years I've learned how to gently steer them back on track with encounters and lies...lol...to make them think that I anticipated much of what they're doing. Sometimes I don't make any mention that they've run off the rails and just let things unravel on their own and do my best to keep up. But really, most of the time when they start thinking independently.. lol..I just go with the flow. Not too long ago I had a great game in mind and they just completely took off in the opposite direction. I kept some of the encounters and just put them in different situations and completely improvised the rest of it, turning the whole evening into a great time.
Oh, great, I woke with a sore throat... One of the tonsils is swollen. I feel like I had a chestnut inside.
Ugh. I still have my tonsils at 54. My dad, who was born in 1907 when rural medicine was pretty much limited to folklore and home cures, had scarlet fever at the age of 10. All his hair fell out and so did one of his tonsils. He lived the rest of his life with the remaining one.
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Wow.
When I was little (In the 60's) The worst thing I caught was Mumps Meningitis.
At the time I didn't realize how bad that was. I just knew I was stuck in a hospital, bored out of my 3rd grade mind! ;P
My hair falling out? That's more or less natural,... ;P
I had chicken pox and the mumps at the SAME TIME. I was 6. Ugh.
I never caught chicken pox, so we thought I was naturally immune. Then my 5yo sister brought it home from preschool. I was 16 when I finally succumbed (to chicken pox, you naughty people). It really IS worse when you're older (again, the chicken pox). I was sick as a dog while she bounced around wanting me to play with her. Uuuuugh. If I could have caught her, I would have strangled her.
When my sister had the mumps she gave them to our grandmother, who was 86 at the time.
Some times I think I'm just too nice and accommodating to strange old ladies that like dogs.
Other times I just realize it's my war of my 12th level paladin of Torm self against my 13th level Death Cleric of Orcus for my soul.
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Some times I think I'm just too nice and accommodating to strange old ladies that like dogs.
Other times I just realize it's my war of my 12th level paladin of Torm self against my 13th level Death Cleric of Orcus for my soul.
Being too nice is both a blessing, AND a curse. ;P
You can see how far it's gotten ME in life! Excuse me a sec,...
"Yes ma'am, Would you like fries with that?"
-_o
I never caught chicken pox, so we thought I was naturally immune. Then my 5yo sister brought it home from preschool. I was 16 when I finally succumbed (to chicken pox, you naughty people). It really IS worse when you're older (again, the chicken pox). I was sick as a dog while she bounced around wanting me to play with her. Uuuuugh. If I could have caught her, I would have strangled her.
Never had chicken pox, They THOUGHT I had caught it a couple of times, but it always turned out to be something far less unpleasant. (Like Poison Ivy, almost ended up in the hospital for that too!) :)
Worse thing I went through was that Mumps-Meningitis. And from my point of view it wasn't that bad. Went to Doctors office, woke up in hospital, had to stay there and be BORED out of my 3rd-grade mind for a week or two, went home and back to school. (I recall being actually happy to go back to school! It was far better than the boring hospital)
What ACTUALLY happened was, went to doctors office, puked & collapsed in parking lot, dr saw me immediately and told mom, "Either you get him to the hospital in less than 10 minutes, or I'll get an ambulance here that will." Mom got me there in 5 minutes. I was already in semi-coma. The following diagnosis/treatment included a spinal tap with 2' needle, (While I do not recall any of this, Dad says they could hear my screams all the way down the hall. And this is likely the source of my subsequent dislike of needles) When I finally woke up a few days (3?) later, I wondered what everyone was fussing about.
I didnt find out until my 20's just how BAD it was/could have been.
O_o
;P
Sometimes, NOT knowing is a good thing too! :)
Sometimes, NOT knowing is a good thing too! :)
TRUTH!
Sounds like quite the ordeal for you AND your parents.
Sometimes, NOT knowing is a good thing too! :)TRUTH!
Sounds like quite the ordeal for you AND your parents.
I'm sure it was, (knowing how much I stress over MY kids when they have a cold!) :P
But again, I found out all of this much later. All I really recall is not feeling well, and then LOTS of boredom. ;)
All I have to say is, God bless doctors and walk-in clinics!
As much as I complain about money, I'd rather take my kid in and make sure, than not and find out the hard way it was something rotten. :P
Hope everyone is having a good 'Almost-made-it-to-the-end-of-the-week' day?
:)
Ugh. I still have my tonsils at 54. My dad, who was born in 1907 when rural medicine was pretty much limited to folklore and home cures, had scarlet fever at the age of 10. All his hair fell out and so did one of his tonsils. He lived the rest of his life with the remaining one.
WOW.
It just...fell out?
Wow.
When I was little (In the 60's) The worst thing I caught was Mumps Meningitis.
At the time I didn't realize how bad that was. I just knew I was stuck in a hospital, bored out of my 3rd grade mind! ;PMy hair falling out? That's more or less natural,... ;P
HOLY S&!+ YOU GOT MUMPS?!
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I had chicken pox and the mumps at the SAME TIME. I was 6. Ugh.
HOLY S%$~! WHAT IS YOUR CON SCORE?!
I never caught chicken pox, so we thought I was naturally immune. Then my 5yo sister brought it home from preschool. I was 16 when I finally succumbed (to chicken pox, you naughty people). It really IS worse when you're older (again, the chicken pox). I was sick as a dog while she bounced around wanting me to play with her. Uuuuugh. If I could have caught her, I would have strangled her.
I have never had the chicken pox due to disturbingly old fashioned approaches to health issues as a child. I am terrified I will get it as an adult.
*sends a flock of chickens to NYC*
Isn't there a vaccine now? That might not be a bad course of action, based on how very ill I was even at 16. At 53, like you, it could be disasterous.
Treppa, Freehold isn't 53.
Yea. He is old, nut not that old. Yet.
Ugh. I still have my tonsils at 54. My dad, who was born in 1907 when rural medicine was pretty much limited to folklore and home cures, had scarlet fever at the age of 10. All his hair fell out and so did one of his tonsils. He lived the rest of his life with the remaining one.WOW.
It just...fell out?
He said it came out during a fit of coughing.
...
What did it look like?
I don't know. He never said.
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Some how I think even if I had the Black Death, the old lady up the street would STILL want me to look after her dog while I moldered in her house...
I was fairly stereotypical in the childhood diseases regard. Got the usual colds, minor flu, etc. here and there. Chicken pox in 4th grade, so age 9. Dunno if I got it at school and gave it to my brother (then 7) or he got it and gave it to me, but we came down with it at the same time, then gave it to our sister (then 3) after we were getting over it.
Far worse than that, IMO, was when I got pneumonia in 8th grade. I was utterly incapable of moving much for an entire week, and only vaguely remember shuffling to the bathroom from time to time, having to lay on the floor while my mom pounded on my back for 30 minutes twice a day to break up the fluid in my lungs, and a lot of sleeping and generally feeling miserable. I pretty much lived on the living room couch that week, wrapped in sheets and drifting in and out of sleep.
Wow.
When I was little (In the 60's) The worst thing I caught was Mumps Meningitis.
At the time I didn't realize how bad that was. I just knew I was stuck in a hospital, bored out of my 3rd grade mind! ;PMy hair falling out? That's more or less natural,... ;P
HOLY S%*$ YOU GOT MUMPS?!
How did you survive?
Wait, MUMPS is bad? I thought it was the Meningitis that was the worse part?
O_oEither way, good doctors I guess?!? (Getting there early enough probably helped too) ;P
I was fairly stereotypical in the childhood diseases regard. Got the usual colds, minor flu, etc. here and there. Chicken pox in 4th grade, so age 9. Dunno if I got it at school and gave it to my brother (then 7) or he got it and gave it to me, but we came down with it at the same time, then gave it to our sister (then 3) after we were getting over it.
Far worse than that, IMO, was when I got pneumonia in 8th grade. I was utterly incapable of moving much for an entire week, and only vaguely remember shuffling to the bathroom from time to time, having to lay on the floor while my mom pounded on my back for 30 minutes twice a day to break up the fluid in my lungs, and a lot of sleeping and generally feeling miserable. I pretty much lived on the living room couch that week, wrapped in sheets and drifting in and out of sleep.
Ugh, yes. Sorry Treppa.
Not 'as bad' if treated (technically) but you just feel like you could die. :(
Worse, you were old enough to remember it! ;P
Good news? Whenever you feel bad, you can always think back and remind yourself, 'It could always be worse!' ;P
:)