Ben No.3 Posted November 24, 2017 Posted November 24, 2017 Note to self: Never, ever agree to truth or dare when there is Sauerkraut juice around. 1 Everybody knows the deal is rotten Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton For your ribbons and bows And everybody knows
LadyCrimson Posted November 26, 2017 Posted November 26, 2017 Went to a jewelry fair. Saw this cool silver bracelet that was maybe 3.5 inches long (not a skinny bangle). Asked how much it was guy weighed it and said $275. Yeah, no. Was fun however. Haven't been to one in a long time and you can definitely find good deals from low to high priced. I think I'll stick to Amazon however, it's easier to browse thru than crowded booths. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Gfted1 Posted November 26, 2017 Posted November 26, 2017 ^Yeah, we were over families house for Thanksgiving and when things were wrapping up my brother in law and his fam were excitedly getting ready to go Black Friday shopping (which starts Thursday). And I asked him "where you going?" and he rattles off three stores, then I ask "is it some deal that you can only get in-store" and he says "no its available online too". So I say "why go wrestle the crowds if you can have it delivered to your front door?"...and the answer was "we just like the shopping experience / excitement". Ug. The madhouse is exactly what I hate about Christmas shopping. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
BrewJolts-Outs Posted November 27, 2017 Posted November 27, 2017 i watched the 2017 Miss Universe, congrats to South Africa.
Bartimaeus Posted November 27, 2017 Posted November 27, 2017 Looks like I accidentally went over my data cap this month. Darn. Stupid data caps. Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
Malcador Posted November 27, 2017 Posted November 27, 2017 Browsing Cyber Monday deals, nothing good. Then again, not like I really need anything but it's always fun to think about getting new toys. A tablet would enhance the slacking at work though... 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
Bartimaeus Posted November 27, 2017 Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) With the exception of a few low quantity items, Black Friday et. al. sales are pretty much a known joke in retail at this point. Edited November 27, 2017 by Bartimaeus Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
Malcador Posted November 27, 2017 Posted November 27, 2017 With the exception of a few low quantity items, Black Friday et. al. sales are pretty much a known joke in retail at this point. Seems so, US sites have some decent deals. We get nada up here, alas. 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
Hurlshort Posted November 27, 2017 Posted November 27, 2017 I picked up a couple fire sticks to replace my outdated roku's around the house.
Lexx Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 Ain't even december yet and radio stations are playing christmas songs already. :/ "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
Malcador Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 Ain't even december yet and radio stations are playing christmas songs already. :/ Yep, the "season" started here already. Stores were already hocking Christmas crap after Halloween, well or on it in some cases. After spending many days in the University cafeteria with Christmas music playing, I've a strong aversion to it Do need to start planning gifts. Might just get everyone cash. 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 November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 My kid just wants cash / gift cards but that isn't flying with my wife. She wants physical presents under the tree and envelopes don't count! "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Malcador Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 Good time to teach the kid that life isn't about what you want. 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
Blarghagh Posted November 28, 2017 Author Posted November 28, 2017 My kid just wants cash / gift cards but that isn't flying with my wife. She wants physical presents under the tree and envelopes don't count! Put the cards in a box. Or buy crap and a put a card in with it. I do that a lot. Lots of people think just a gift card is too impersonal, but pair it up with a dollar store snowglobe? You went the extra mile! Or for cash, make it funny. All change in a diaper filled with smushed up chocolate cake. Coins in a block of quick drying cement and add a tiny hammer and chisel. Put in an ornately decorated jewelry box and when they open it, just a bill of cash. The effort and laughs will make people forgive a lot.
teknoman2 Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 My kid just wants cash / gift cards but that isn't flying with my wife. She wants physical presents under the tree and envelopes don't count! Put the cards in a box. Or buy crap and a put a card in with it. I do that a lot. Lots of people think just a gift card is too impersonal, but pair it up with a dollar store snowglobe? You went the extra mile! Or for cash, make it funny. All change in a diaper filled with smushed up chocolate cake. Coins in a block of quick drying cement and add a tiny hammer and chisel. Put in an ornately decorated jewelry box and when they open it, just a bill of cash. The effort and laughs will make people forgive a lot. you should rename yourself to Chaotic Neutral The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder. -Teknoman2- What? You thought it was a quote from some well known wise guy from the past? Stupidity leads to willful ignorance - willful ignorance leads to hope - hope leads to sex - and that is how a new generation of fools is born! We are hardcore role players... When we go to bed with a girl, we roll a D20 to see if we hit the target and a D6 to see how much penetration damage we did. Modern democracy is: the sheep voting for which dog will be the shepherd's right hand.
Blarghagh Posted November 28, 2017 Author Posted November 28, 2017 I did use that for a while, but at this point my screenname is a relic of the past and I use a different one everywhere else. I'm about as neutral as acid.
Azdeus Posted November 29, 2017 Posted November 29, 2017 Bleeding in the back of my throat, must've eaten something sharp or such, but it's still annoying. 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
LadyCrimson Posted November 29, 2017 Posted November 29, 2017 A year later and I can still sometimes get excited about upcoming changes to FFXV. Damn you, Square. This is probably my fave game since FO:NV, maybe more. It just suits me. Now if there would just be a good Borderlands 3 made I could die happy. Also, after years of saying "I'm going to get a kitchen apron one day," I finally did. From Amazon of course. And it's also ... of course ... 1 “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted November 30, 2017 Posted November 30, 2017 I ran into my ex and now she looks happily married with a kid. Meanwhile I'm sitting alone in front of my computer. I think I ****ed up somewhere along the line. "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands
Lexx Posted November 30, 2017 Posted November 30, 2017 Considering the amount of stress and moneysink a child is, one could argue you are the winner. 1 "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
Hurlshort Posted November 30, 2017 Posted November 30, 2017 Considering the amount of stress and moneysink a child is, one could argue you are the winner. That's just something childless people tell themselves.
Guard Dog Posted November 30, 2017 Posted November 30, 2017 The city of Memphis does not have a whole lot going for it to recommend it as a place to live. It's small, old in a sad way rather than an appealing one, and about 40% of it is just flat out f-----g dangerous. But if you like live blues music this is the capital of the world. Went to Lafayette's tonight. three bands, each better than the last. Plus I got to spend some time with someone I haven't seen in far too long. 1 "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
Azdeus Posted November 30, 2017 Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) Considering the amount of stress and moneysink a child is, one could argue you are the winner. That's just something childless people tell themselves. Quite right, every time I see my friends black bags under their eyes. --- Still have a couple of days left on my vacation, and my boss had decided that today and tomorrow were perfect days to plan for me and my coworkers to get licenced to drive our tugs. He had planned this after I planned my vacation, but I want the licence so I had agreed to come in anyway and do the course. Arrived at work 15 minutes before we were about to start my coworkers greeted me, insanely happy that I was there but confused wondering what I was doing; Turns out the course was cancelled because they had too much to do. Really pleased that I had to drive 100km's to find that out. Really, I am. Spent the day instead with the doctor, taking lung x-rays and such. Got prescribed a bloodclotting drug and told to wait for a specialist to call me or send a letter. Going to pick up my meds in a while and then head to my friends for some D&D. Been GM'ing my old campaign the past few weeks, at the moment they've been set up by a green dragon acting as a noble. The characters are quite high levelled and the Helmite cleric of the group decided that, **** it, don't want to trudge through a court hearing - Divine Intervention power; "Helm! Bring us to the one responsible for this!" rolls his dice and succeeds. Both the dragon and the group finding themselves in his lair are quite surprised. Edited November 30, 2017 by Azdeus 1 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
Hurlshort Posted November 30, 2017 Posted November 30, 2017 The city of Memphis does not have a whole lot going for it to recommend it as a place to live. It's small, old in a sad way rather than an appealing one, and about 40% of it is just flat out f-----g dangerous. But if you like live blues music this is the capital of the world. Went to Lafayette's tonight. three bands, each better than the last. Plus I got to spend some time with someone I haven't seen in far too long. Memphis was easily one of the richest cities in terms of history that I have been to. Sun Studios and the Lorraine Motel are places that everyone should visit, and yet they haven't been over commercialized like so many important landmarks. Plus, the BBQ!
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