Bazza Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 No ... I wanted to catch the 3:30 bus, and good form snark takes more time than I had. Next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Probably. At least, as long as they don't change the form AGAIN so I can't just copy-paste from what I had this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 Today I made a dropping that was so long and rigid that it would not go down even after three flushes. I am proud of my creation. TOUGH S__T! SteveZilla and Old Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 I found that a kettle of boiling water emptied onto the offending item and then flushing usually works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 The only way I can get through each day is to distract the hell out of myself and just not think about my actual situation. Is that bad? You do what you have to do, but man, it sounds like a rough way to live, at least long-term. I hope your situation will improve, even if just a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothere Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 So is there a way to pick which topic gets removed from your archived topics? Or does it keep more than 5 pages? How long do you suppose an artist has to make an issue of a monthly comic? They can't start publishing without being at least an issue ahead. But between coloring, printing and shipping, can they really maintain a monthly pace if the artist takes longer than two weeks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 No idea about that first question. The second set of questions is kind of a pipeline question. As long as you are producing issues -- pushing things into the pipeline -- at the rate they fall out of the pipeline, then how long it takes to make one particular issue isn't important, ASSUMING you can work on multiple issues in parallel. That assumption is likely not to be true, if you want to avoid retcon-type problems in the initial release of a story; though it's easier to envisage if you have (e.g.) two parallel simultaneous plots and alternate issues dwell in alternate plots without overlapping. I admit that's unlikely. But I've never been in that racket (my tenure as a magazine columnist involved nonfiction columns that didn't depend on each other at all) so I have no real knowledge of how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 16 minutes ago, tkdguy said: Now that cannabis is legal in California, should we be thinking about the appropriate wine pairings? (This is a moot question here in WA; smoking is prohibited in restaurants, so it's only a question for private home dinners.) Do not be afraid to look further than just wine. There is, after all, a long tradition of an after-dinner cigar, and the drink that went with that is brandy. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 On 1/29/2018 at 11:53 AM, Cancer said: (This is a moot question here in WA; smoking is prohibited in restaurants, so it's only a question for private home dinners.) Do not be afraid to look further than just wine. There is, after all, a long tradition of an after-dinner cigar, and the drink that went with that is brandy. Good idea! But since California also has a wine industry, the two would be a natural fit . And I admit I was inspired by this article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Quote I learned last night that the slide rule was invented in or about 1622. I also learned that in 2018, you can download a slide rule app for your smartphone. Still not letting kids use their phones on exams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Right on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Photomath Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 There are reasons I have been known to give essay questions. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 On 17/02/2018 at 5:07 AM, Old Man said: Photomath Great app! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 What about seal pub crawls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 15 hours ago, Cancer said: There are reasons I have been known to give essay questions. Two words, my friends: Word problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 On a related note, I've discovered that if I want to write a test question that will separate the 'A' students from the rest, all I have to do is include the word "Explain". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 That feeling you get when you see a Constant Phoenix roll past your office. Hypoxia, because you're at 38,000 feet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 I'm only on the 14th floor. It was taxiing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Uber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 If I were to get a ride with an internet stranger, it’d be Lyft, not Uber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 The Constant Phoenix is a plane which collects atmosphere data, yes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 ...to detect nuclear detonations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 It wasn't us this time, honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Suuure. I look forward to receiving more phone alerts like the one we got on January 13. Shortly thereafter, maybe I can hitch a ride on Constant Phoenix, as I will be in the form of airborne particulates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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