Azdeus Posted May 20, 2019 Posted May 20, 2019 I was all like, "YAY, got the IT dep at work to open websites for me" and then I was; "like... wait. They're all asleep at this time... ;_; " Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Malcador Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) Hating the Agile way of thinking at work. Okay, unfair. But essentially is this https://blog.frankel.ch/agile-cargo-cult/ Edited May 21, 2019 by Malcador 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Guard Dog Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 I bought a new truck. I went with the GMC Sierra 1500. off road & towing package. I have an appointment tomorrow to get the bed coating and cover put on. Jeez it's expensive to buy a vehicle these days 3 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Calax Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 So... been gone a while. Lost my job last month, have an offer letter for a new job (about 7k less per year). Added another cat to my family and am examining my options for the future. Have four more interviews this week that I'm hoping turn into something, and I need to replace my 20 year old acrua integra with something newer. Hopefully the interview with a dealership for an Ops Administrator will get me some traction. 3 Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
Gfted1 Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 Good luck, Calax! What neck of the woods are you living in now? In other news, I was surfing this page of weird genetics and it turns out I have sectoral heterochromia. My right pupil is half brown / half black. I always just called it my crazy eye. :shrugz: "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Calax Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, Gfted1 said: Good luck, Calax! What neck of the woods are you living in now? In other news, I was surfing this page of weird genetics and it turns out I have sectoral heterochromia. My right pupil is half brown / half black. I always just called it my crazy eye. I'm outside minneapolis with a house/mortgage and everything. Jesus I joined this board 14 years ago. I feel old. 2 Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
Agiel Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) Newest model I'm about to edge highlight. I hope somewhere down the line I look at this and don't think "Man, the half-and-half stripes and diamonds scheme looks stupid" because these guys are a bastard to paint once all the pieces are glued together. Edited May 22, 2019 by Agiel 3 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
ShadySands Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 Dealt with a screaming baby half the evening. Thank baby whatever you believe in for a mamaroo. At least my dogs and I are bonding over this shared misery. 1 Free games updated 3/4/21
Azdeus Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 Found out today that I've got a reputation for being the bosses worst nightmare and the workers friend. Also a grouchy bastard apparently. XD Best day at work in a long while so far! Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Guard Dog Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 14 hours ago, Calax said: So... been gone a while. Lost my job last month, have an offer letter for a new job (about 7k less per year). Added another cat to my family and am examining my options for the future. Have four more interviews this week that I'm hoping turn into something, and I need to replace my 20 year old acrua integra with something newer. Hopefully the interview with a dealership for an Ops Administrator will get me some traction. Hey Calax glad to hear from you again! Good luck on your upcoming interviews. If anyone is past due for a good break it's you. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Malcador Posted May 23, 2019 Posted May 23, 2019 Find it amazing how much one meeting can do to sap my will to go on at work. Then I remember I have FOUR of them tomorrow. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gfted1 Posted May 23, 2019 Posted May 23, 2019 Hello from Yokohama Japan! The flight was kinda rough at 12 hours. 6 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
BruceVC Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 9 hours ago, Gfted1 said: Hello from Yokohama Japan! The flight was kinda rough at 12 hours. Dont forget to try exotic food in Japan if you can...and if you feeling really adventurous and rich you must try this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugu "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Gfted1 Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 ^The room service menu here is nuts. A plate of (presumably) high quality sushi costs 45000 Yen (around $450)! Today I m touring Asakusa and Akihabara. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
BruceVC Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/Tourism-g6736900-Bloubergstrand_Western_Cape-Vacations.html Today Im going to a coastal town just outside Cape Town called Bloubergstrand for a braai\barbeque with an old friend and his family Then tomorrow Im meeting some family for lunch and Sunday afternoon drinks so it should be a good, festive weekend 1 "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Guard Dog Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 I just took a truck load of hampers full of veggies from the garden to the farmer's market in Covington. I've got $174 burning a hole in my pocket now. But now I have to can or freeze everything I didn't sell. Busy, busy. 2 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
LittleArmadillo0 Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 It has been raining the past few days and today is a muggy and a sunny day. I think I will stay indoor today.
Lexx Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) Man, I'm so tired already all day long... can't get anything productive done. I was even sleeping for three hours this afternoon and that's usually not what I'm doing... like... at all. Edited May 25, 2019 by Lexx "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
Calax Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) Went to a friends place for a get together. We were firing an air rifle and I managed to get to close to the scope, giving myself a wonderful gash above my eyebrow. First time I've ever felt blood dripping down my nose. Edited May 26, 2019 by Calax 1 Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
majestic Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 Went to vote, watched the news, feel like barfing. Sweet Jesus, deliver me. So where's that Illuminati plan to reduce mankind to half a billion people? Get on with it. 1 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
LittleArmadillo0 Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 Having a family get together. Putting together some smoked chuck roast, rubbed ribs, and burgers on the grill.
Azdeus Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 Voted. Did 5 minutes of cleaning, went back to reading. I've got a terrible headache. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
S_fox5517 Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 Today I’m starting my cigarette free summer. I promised my family not to smoke at least three months, hope it helps me quit at all. It's the first time I try to quit and I’m very excited now, but QuitSmokingCommunity says the first day is the easiest, so wish me luck, please.
Guard Dog Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 Went to a memorial service at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery this morning. Didn't really want to but the whole VFW chapter was there so I thought I should. Just got home. Spending the rest of the day smoking jerky, drinking iced tea and catching the Marlins/Nats game on the radio. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Blarghagh Posted May 29, 2019 Posted May 29, 2019 Having made many friends through therapy and support groups, sometimes life can get a little weird. For example, this text conversation: Her: Hey, I'm in town this week if you want to hang out! Me: Cool, where are you staying? Her: The psych ward, I'm on suicide watch. 2
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