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I don't have a FB account, and don't want one, so you won't get a request from me. It's not you, it's me.
Wait...
No...
Well, yeah, but I'm not breaking up with you. Just hate FB. Much like plagues.
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I don't have a FB account, and don't want one, so you won't get a request from me. It's not you, it's me.
Wait...
No...
Well, yeah, but I'm not breaking up with you. Just hate FB. Much like plagues.
I completely get it. FB can be monumentally frustrating at times and sometimes I have to get up and pet the dog a while to calm down. But for someone like me whose anxiety disorders are on the downhill run to full-on agoraphobia, it's my link to friends and relatives. I've found cousins I didn't even know were still living thanks to FB. There's even one who has started a small museum in a tiny town near where I grew up and dad's family figures prominently in that area; things I never knew about. So yeah, it's not always madness-inducing (at least not for me).
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Sent!!!What's your real world name? I might have accidentally deleted a friend request today. Send it to me in a pm if you want.
We've sorted it :)
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I completely get it. FB can be monumentally frustrating at times and sometimes I have to get up and pet the dog a while to calm down. But for someone like me whose anxiety disorders are on the downhill run to full-on agoraphobia, it's my link to friends and relatives. I've found cousins I didn't even know were still living thanks to FB. There's even one who has started a small museum in a tiny town near where I grew up and dad's family figures prominently in that area; things I never knew about. So yeah, it's not always madness-inducing (at least not for me).I don't have a FB account, and don't want one, so you won't get a request from me. It's not you, it's me.
Wait...
No...
Well, yeah, but I'm not breaking up with you. Just hate FB. Much like plagues.
No, I completely understand for you.
Not having it means I miss most family announcements, but overall I'm better off not having it.
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Until I went back to FB for my writing career (it apparently helps to tell people you have a book coming out--incidentally, I do, on the 27th of the month), I'd been off for 7 years.
There was a guy I used to game with (he left town a few years back). We sat at the game table together every week for YEARS. This was at a third person's house, which is important to the story.
One day he had a cook-out and I went over. In addition to the three of his kids I knew, there was a fourth--a four-year-old girl.
Turns out he and his wife had adopted a girl two years earlier. Because nearly everyone was on FB, he just assumed we all knew from the various posts about the subject.
*facebookpalm*
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I reserve Facebook for people that I know in real life, but I follow lots and lots of RPG people on Twitter.
(If anyone wants to follow me on the hell-bird site, the link is in my Paizo profile.)
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Speaking of social media, I did recently start an Instagram for my artwork. Since we moved I keep finding more of it squirreled away in boxes and drawers and odd corners...
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Oh yeah! Wonderful news! My new Facebook page is under restriction already and I have no answer as to why. When I check my account status it doesn't show that it's restricted, but it has been for the past 38 hours. I don't know what I posted to earn this dubious distinction or how long it's going to last, either. I can still use the Facebook Messenger app, though. So I guess there's that.
*grumblegripebellyachecomplain*
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Oh yeah! Wonderful news! My new Facebook page is under restriction already and I have no answer as to why. When I check my account status it doesn't show that it's restricted, but it has been for the past 38 hours. I don't know what I posted to earn this dubious distinction or how long it's going to last, either. I can still use the Facebook Messenger app, though. So I guess there's that.
*grumblegripebellyachecomplain*
Probably because it's a different account from the same IP as your original account that's already in jail.
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Pfft. All I know is, we didn't have these problems back in my day... SQQUEEE KRRRRR SHHHHH SQUEEEEE!
Probably because it's a different account from the same IP as your original account that's already in jail.Oh yeah! Wonderful news! My new Facebook page is under restriction already and I have no answer as to why. When I check my account status it doesn't show that it's restricted, but it has been for the past 38 hours. I don't know what I posted to earn this dubious distinction or how long it's going to last, either. I can still use the Facebook Messenger app, though. So I guess there's that.
*grumblegripebellyachecomplain*
That could be it, then.
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Pfft. All I know is, we didn't have these problems back in my day... SQQUEEE KRRRRR SHHHHH SQUEEEEE!
I worked with a guy from 2000-2001 who owned his own computer service company, setting up everything from individual PCs for customers to building huge, complex networks for various companies. One day he called me and asked me to go out to the home of one of these company's owners to take a look at their computer. This was a VERY wealthy customer so I had to drop everything else and rush to their aid.
When I got there she told me that every time she tried to "go on that internet" something made terrifying noises that gave her nightmares. She had become too scared to even sit down in front of the monitor (there's a story about that, too). I wonder now if she was prescient somehow, because *gestures broadly*
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Oh sweet Ent Jesus. Nature is trying to kill me. I have to wade through three feet of pollen every time I go outside and I'm pretty sure if I sneeze one more time my entire sinus cavity will invert in some horrifying Cronenberg/Escher otolaryngological freakshow.
That's it.
For years people have been telling me to save the environment. But now... it's personal. It's me or the environment. *cocks imaginary dramatic shotgun* And I don't plan on losing.
Oh sweet Ent Jesus. Nature is trying to kill me. I have to wade through three feet of pollen every time I go outside and I'm pretty sure if I sneeze one more time my entire sinus cavity will invert in some horrifying Cronenberg/Escher otolaryngological freakshow.
That's it.
For years people have been telling me to save the environment. But now... it's personal. It's me or the environment. *cocks imaginary dramatic shotgun* And I don't plan on losing.
I read a very interesting article about why seasonal allergies have been getting worse for people in cities.
Most trees bear fruit of various sorts, and trees drop them in the summer & fall. For trees in urban settings, these fallen fruit nuts, acorns, etc can make a big mess on the sidewalk. Squashed fruit can also make it dangerous for pedestrians by making sidewalks slippery. Starting in the 1980s, as mature urban trees died off, city planners would deliberately replace them with trees that were didn't drop fruit: i.e. trees that only produced male flowers. But what male flowers do produce is pollen!
As time and this practice went on, the male trees grew bigger and more numerous, dumping more and more pollen into the air.
Recently, botanists have also discovered that male trees that don't have female-flowering trees neaby produce up to twice as much pollen as trees where a female-flowering tree is nearby.
So that's one reason seasonal allergies seem worse now than they did 20 or 30 years ago: There really is more pollennin the air!
Wow, I've not heard of that but it does make complete sense. I'm lucky that I barely even notice the pollination sensation that's sweepin' the nation each year. My son and his mom are hit really hard by it, though. I sympathize with everyone who has to live through The Pollening every year.
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Wow, I've not heard of that but it does make complete sense. I'm lucky that I barely even notice the pollination sensation that's sweepin' the nation each year. My son and his mom are hit really hard by it, though. I sympathize with everyone who has to live through The Pollening every year.
Why do I suddenly have visions of a mob of people in black hooded robes, holding lit torches and chanting in some deep, monotone Latin while one of them wearing a gold medallion says, "The fruit crop will be good this year."?
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Shhhh... you see nothing. Nothing.
Nothing.
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I read a very interesting article about why seasonal allergies have been getting worse for people in cities.
I've also seen articles (didn't dig further into the actual science) saying that the longer, drier, warmer springs, coupled with more CO2 in the atmosphere are increasing pollen outputs.
I never used to have allergies. Four decades, I could freebase pollen off the hood of a Trans-Am with no consequences (kids, stay in school). Then I turned 40 and BOOM! Two-to-three weeks of every spring I'm ragged, sneezy, and squinty.
Apparently that can happen.
I wonder what strange and wondrous things await my remaining decades! *hikes pants up; wanders off muttering about onions*
Tree pollen doesn't really affect me, so I don't usually get spring allergies.
My allergies are toward ragweed and mold spores... so I get really bad seasonal allergies in late summer/early autumn (ragweed) and mid/late autumn until the first killing frosts of winter (decomposing leaves).
I didn't use to have allergies until a couple years ago, now it's something outdoors that is triggering it. It's still pretty mild compared to how bad others get it.
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Probably miss your old glasses...
Facebook weirdness...
I am going through some of my old status updates and I see that Cal's account has been deleted - with his comments on my posts removed. And yet, the facebook still shows likes (and other reactions) he made, without showing who made them. So I get posts that have "1 like" while the listing of people who liked that posts remains empty.
Facebook weirdness...
I am going through some of my old status updates and I see that Cal's account has been deleted - with his comments on my posts removed. And yet, the facebook still shows likes (and other reactions) he made, without showing who made them. So I get posts that have "1 like" while the listing of people who liked that posts remains empty.
The first account should just be temporarily deactivated, not gone. Hmm. Fortunately, I downloaded all my photos and posts as a precaution.
The new page is still under a restriction so I can't post, react, or reply to anything. The Account Status link shows no infractions and no indication of how long my incarceration will be. Vanykrye suggested that the Facebook Bureau of Investigation's crack team of internet sleuths discovered that the IP address was the same on both accounts so they just transferred my sentence to the new one. If that's the case I still have 21 days to go before I can use my new account. The Messenger app still works though, so I can at least chat with friends with that.
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So, every now and then I'll receive something game-related in the mail that I did not order. A brass d100 about the size of a golfball and the weight of an American Navy Destroyer, different sets of very cool dice, and even a titanium spork arrived anonymously. In the past, I've received various Pathfinder books for free. Dreamscarred Press sent me three copies of their excellent hardback "Ultimate Psionics" when I only ordered one. That one might have been a mistake on their end but when I contacted customer service they told me to share the love with my friends. I've received several supplements from different publishers throughout PF Classic's run.
So I wasn't too surprised today to find a package from the notorious wish.com site with dice from the dice company, Only Crits. I didn't order them but now I have a set of dice with tiny rubber ducks inside them.
So thank you, Gaming Spirits, for your seemingly endless bounty of nerdity.
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That is one heavy d100! :-)
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Every once in a while I receive a gaming book in the mail unexpectedly, and when I open it my reaction is, "Oh! That Kickstarter I backed three years ago finally shipped!"
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One of the 13-year-old nerdawans from my intro game: “So. Our procedure is we kick down a door, kill people, and rob their stuff.”
*sniff sniff* They grow up so fast...
Fantasy Monster: Slooshp!
Great critter! Can't pronounce it, but great critter!
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My other favorite line from the last nerdawan session:
They're fighting bandits. I plonk down a couple Pawns that are identical (as is my custom with mooks, to just use extra copies of the same NPC/monster).
NERDAWAN: Hey look! It's Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum! Or, when we're done with them, Tweedle-Die and Tweedle-Deceased!
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We just did a mock crash assembly for prom, and they brought the drug dog out (I suspect because everyone's mood is improved when there is a puppy). My homeroom is trying to make a plan to kidnap it for petting because they were told they could not pet the dog.
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This seems entirely reasonable. The Germans call it Der Hundenpettenheist.
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OMG I just thought of a halfling whip specialist named Devo Floggins and now there is nothing more in the world I want to play...
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*whips it chaotic good*
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Chim chim cheroo!
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*whips it chaotic good*
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Licorice whip!
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That's awesome!
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I have a custom license plate on my car referencing Lovecraft's Great Old Ones. I was waiting for a pickup order at a bbq place and as the kid walked past with an order for the car ahead of me he asked about it. I told him it certainly was a Lovecraft reference. He got really excited and said he and his gf saw my car in town one day and he's been dying to find out ever since.
He was so excited my order was doubled for free lol.
I have a custom license plate on my car referencing Lovecraft's Great Old Ones. I was waiting for a pickup order at a bbq place and as the kid walked past with an order for the car ahead of me he asked about it. I told him it certainly was a Lovecraft reference. He got really excited and said he and his gf saw my car in town one day and he's been dying to find out ever since.
He was so excited my order was doubled for free lol.
Is that the car you got from your friend after they got a new one?
It is. I had it on the vehicle before the new-ish car, too, but it sat dead in the carport for two years. I was really glad to be able to show the plate off again.
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I have a custom license plate on my car referencing Lovecraft's Great Old Ones. I was waiting for a pickup order at a bbq place and as the kid walked past with an order for the car ahead of me he asked about it. I told him it certainly was a Lovecraft reference. He got really excited and said he and his gf saw my car in town one day and he's been dying to find out ever since.
He was so excited my order was doubled for free lol.
Funny you should mention that...
Today we decided to take a beach trip. As we were leaving town, I nearly got run off the road by someone in with a HASTUR vanity license plate...
EDIT: I did not chase him down and yell: "DIDN'T YOU SEE THE YELLOW SIGN?!"
I may regret not doing that. Then again, I almost certainly would have regretted doing it. So maybe I'll call it a wash...
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Have you seen the Yellow Sign?
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I've heard 'Yellow River' by Christie. Does that count?
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Have you seen the Yellow Sign?
After six weeks at number one, Ace of Base only managed to raise dread M'ar-a-L'ago from the ocean floor. "Low Energy. Sad."
It is. I had it on the vehicle before the new-ish car, too, but it sat dead in the carport for two years. I was really glad to be able to show the plate off again.I have a custom license plate on my car referencing Lovecraft's Great Old Ones...Is that the car you got from your friend after they got a new one?
"In Cal's house carport at R'lyeh, dead Carthulhu waits dreaming." Seems legit.
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Was it a Ftaghn Explorer?
Yog-o?
Mazdathoth Mi-gota?
Lengoln Continental?
Welp, I know what I'm doing the rest of the night... *lays awake till 2:00 staring into abyss and thinking of lovecraftian car puns*