Burrito Boy Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Damn. Sympathies for you both, Gewing and Bolo. And I know that others have things way, way worse, so I get pissed at myself for getting irritated at the relatively minor things going wrong. I feel the same way. Which is why I try not to post here very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 I'm working on a day off. One of my job functions is to monitor the news. Too much stupid going on. Why, after all the news coverage, do people think it's okay to lock kids and pets in cars on a hot day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted June 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 What sucks the most to me is being unable to fix any of it. Can't help either of my kids with their problems, nor my wife. Just have to ride it all out and hope for the best. Yeah, that sums it up for me too more or less. My sympathies for your loved ones. I hope things get better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 I'm working on a day off. One of my job functions is to monitor the news. Too much stupid going on. Why, after all the news coverage, do people think it's okay to lock kids and pets in cars on a hot day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Because stupidity is the most common thing in the universe aylwin13 and BoloOfEarth 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Because stupidity is the most common thing in the universe Ain't that the truth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Feeling rather out of sorts today. Not motivated at work. Luckily, I don't have anything with an urgent deadline, but even so I'm pushing myself do to anything useful. Not too motivated at home, either. Maybe I'll copy my wife and daughters, and just wait for household chores to magically do themselves. (And since I'm typically the one who "magically" does them, I bet I'll be waiting a long damn time.) Not even motivated at gaming. Can't seem to decide what the next Champions adventure is going to be. Also a tad irritated -- one of the players wanted to run a D&D 5th edition game, but we were already alternating between my Champions and another guy's D&D 4th edition game. I said okay as long as either my game or the D&D 4th game ends, and the guy running the D&D 4th game offered to end his. But that hasn't happened yet, not sure how long that's going to be either, so we have now three games alternating. Good thing I don't have an idea of what to run, because it's looking like I won't run again until mid-July -- and my last time running was in May. Grrrrr.... Irritated with people at church being stupid - it's turning from a church into a glorified book club with one really good book that too many people act like they've never read. On the way in to work, I mentioned to my wife that I'm feeling out of sorts, and she immediately said, "I know what you're talking about" and then launched into everything about her. Got news for you, honey. Misery doesn't love company. Misery would love for you to shut the **** up. And like Nolgroth, I'm sick of people all over this world being too damn stupid. I swear to God, if alien invaders came to wipe humanity off the face of the earth, I might just cheer them on. Nolgroth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Irritated with people at church being stupid - it's turning from a church into a glorified book club with one really good book that too many people act like they've never read. That is really frustrating. I know I'm guilty of it sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted June 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Feeling rather out of sorts today. Not motivated at work. Luckily, I don't have anything with an urgent deadline, but even so I'm pushing myself do to anything useful. Not too motivated at home, either. Maybe I'll copy my wife and daughters, and just wait for household chores to magically do themselves. (And since I'm typically the one who "magically" does them, I bet I'll be waiting a long damn time.) Not even motivated at gaming. Can't seem to decide what the next Champions adventure is going to be. Also a tad irritated -- one of the players wanted to run a D&D 5th edition game, but we were already alternating between my Champions and another guy's D&D 4th edition game. I said okay as long as either my game or the D&D 4th game ends, and the guy running the D&D 4th game offered to end his. But that hasn't happened yet, not sure how long that's going to be either, so we have now three games alternating. Good thing I don't have an idea of what to run, because it's looking like I won't run again until mid-July -- and my last time running was in May. Grrrrr.... Irritated with people at church being stupid - it's turning from a church into a glorified book club with one really good book that too many people act like they've never read. On the way in to work, I mentioned to my wife that I'm feeling out of sorts, and she immediately said, "I know what you're talking about" and then launched into everything about her. Got news for you, honey. Misery doesn't love company. Misery would love for you to shut the **** up. And like Nolgroth, I'm sick of people all over this world being too damn stupid. I swear to God, if alien invaders came to wipe humanity off the face of the earth, I might just cheer them on. Ugh. Yeah. I'm a bit disgruntled with what a lot of Christians are willing to support these days that I'm pretty sure the J man would not approve of myself As for the Champions stuff... well, if you want to brainstorm, there are great minds here (at least we THINK we are) who would probably be happy to share our ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 As to gaming, I haven't had the pleasure since '09. I would love to be in a game and I would also love to play as opposed to my assumed roll as GM. That said, my own inspiration towards gaming is going through a low point. I blame the hellish conditions outside my front door. Yes, I'm sure somebody is in a warmer place on Earth, but 105° F is frickin' demoralizingly hot. I hate summer and all it stands for. Tomorrow is supposed to be even more hot. Stupid heat. Stupid sun. Stupid...everything. Not even motivated at gaming. Can't seem to decide what the next Champions adventure is going to be. Also a tad irritated -- one of the players wanted to run a D&D 5th edition game, but we were already alternating between my Champions and another guy's D&D 4th edition game. I said okay as long as either my game or the D&D 4th game ends, and the guy running the D&D 4th game offered to end his. But that hasn't happened yet, not sure how long that's going to be either, so we have now three games alternating. Good thing I don't have an idea of what to run, because it's looking like I won't run again until mid-July -- and my last time running was in May. Grrrrr.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Obligatory: Hermit and aylwin13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 According to the weather service, we've cooled down to 111°F, it was somewhere around 116°F or so when I left work at 4 PM. I had to bump my home air conditioner up several degrees when I came home, as I found it running for about 20 minutes, shutting off for 5, and then starting in again. Unfortunately, we're going to be like this at least through Friday. On the bright side, Engineering at work keeps my office at about 66°F all year round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 The doctor's surgery two doors up is closing at the end of September which is a pain in the neck more for my mother than it is for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted June 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Some days I really really do not like my family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Obligatory: I actually miss living in Phoenix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 Some days I miss not moving to Antarctica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted June 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 Flipping Road Trip to Texas to help family... gone for roughly 9 days, may not have internet, at least not often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 I'll freely confess, Texas is not where I would choose to be in late June if it were up to me. You have my sympathies. Be well, Hermit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 And don't forget the item in the Advice thread about orange speed limit signs in Texas!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 The difference between my thinking and my wife's thinking. Setting: Shop-Ko (a mid-level department store, two notches up from Walmart). Her: "What time is it?" Me: "8:33 p.m." My thinking: "...and we still need to get the kids home and in bed, and I need to get to bed because I have to get up at 5:00 for work. Let's pick up the pace." Her thinking: "Oh, good, the store doesn't close for another hour and a half! As long as I'm in the checkout line by then, we should be good." Patience is a virtue...I keep telling myself that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 It's 2300 hours. I should be in bed. I have to get up early for work. I am a night person. Why don't I have a night job? And that dance between proper sleep and insomnia goes on for another night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 The newly-revised procedure never specifically instructed the students to add the ethylenediamine to the reaction. And I didn't catch that fact as I skimmed over it. Net result: My students spent nearly two hours in the lab today turning cobalt (II) chloride into...cobalt (II) chloride. What a colossal waste of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Heh. I remember the fabulous lab I did back in the day, when we were supposed to be replacing the copper in in cupric chloride with aluminum. As I found out when I got a snootful of it when I looked in the cooking dish, we may have been doing that, but we were also releasing chlorine from the mess. Among the reasons I decided against becoming a chemist. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 A faceful of chlorine certainly makes a lasting impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 It certainly gave me a new appreciation for the guys in the trenches in 1915. Burrito Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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