Hermit Posted February 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 I got my raise! Quitting my second job was the right decision! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Old Man Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Congrats Chad! Drinks are on you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 indeed they are! I'm drenched. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 You should get your drinking problem looked at then. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Sports-related happiness: Charlotte Kalla showed great promise in the last cross-country skiing competition before the world cup by beating -- no, trouncing! -- her rivals in the 10 km race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I refused to give up (but I really, really wanted to). I refused to accept the computer's nonhelpful error messages. I got the program done. I can't say I chokeslammed the orchestrator, but I put it in a sleeper hold until it was out. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Oh, a couple of mornings ago, on the five-block walk to the bus stop from my house, a bald eagle flew past in the morning twilight. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 25,000 posts plus. 225th delivered commission Went out last night to an event where the chef Bryn Williams did a demo. So had scallops, pork cheek in a lobster bisque and restaurant made Jaffa cake. Lovely. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 And tonight, after finishing some things around the house, I intend to start a solo CoC adventure called Alone Against the Flames. I'll use Harold Matthers, the character I wrote up for a novelette called "Fun and Games." . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Finally replaced the car whose transmission had gone wonko. Transportation exists again. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Nice to be mobile -- greatly enhances one's chances come the Zombie Apocalypse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 And tonight, after finishing some things around the house, I intend to start a solo CoC adventure called Alone Against the Flames. I'll use Harold Matthers, the character I wrote up for a novelette called "Fun and Games." . As I suspected, the adventure is a Choose Your Own Adventure with a character sheet that you fill out. Fun so far. Just getting into to the weirdness when I stopped for the night. I played a couple of those CYOA knockoffs that had simulated combat with very simple rules way back. Can't recall any of their names, but the first program I ever tried to write from scratch was inspired by CYOA and Ghosts and Goblins. My program was "The Secret of Tut's Tomb." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 As I suspected, the adventure is a Choose Your Own Adventure with a character sheet that you fill out. Fun so far. Just getting into to the weirdness when I stopped for the night. I played a couple of those CYOA knockoffs that had simulated combat with very simple rules way back. Can't recall any of their names, but the first program I ever tried to write from scratch was inspired by CYOA and Ghosts and Goblins. My program was "The Secret of Tut's Tomb." Fighting Fantasy is a RPG meets CYOA book series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 I see CYOA and think of CYA, with and emphasized Own inserted into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 I finished the solo CoC adventure and learned some very important things about CoC: 1) put points in Spot Hidden. It doesn't matter how you justify it in the backstory, do so! When taking my character's personal skills (not professional), I choose stealth, violin, fighting (brawl), and archeology. Why violin? I wanted Harold to be a little more well-rounded as a person. Forget that! Next run, those 20 points are going into Spot Hidden. Spot was the most common check. I made several spot hidden checks (I passed two and missed two). One of the misses would have been a success if I had taken it before. NOTE: consider playing as a police detective and thus justify Spot Hidden as a professional skill. 2) if a crazy, homeless man teaches you a chant "to be used only if all else fails," speaking it is never a good idea, even if all else has failed. I stopped the cultists, but there's a 16-mile diameter barren place in the Connecticut landscape now and "my spirit floats amongst the stars." 3) Being a hero takes second place to living. I rolled back the last bit to try a different escape plan. That worked and I got away from the bonfire, singed and hurt. Without the sacrifice (me), something or things descended on the town. I found a bicycle in an alley and sped away. The book then said this. "You hear screams behind you and what sounds like the rush of wings high above. If you look back at the bonfire, turn to __. If you keep going, turn to __." I said, "I've got 1 HP left. This is no time for heroics. I peddle like crazy!" Even though I plan on running the adventure again, I'm keeping Harold's sheet. I found a book of poetry that gave me 4 points to the Mythos skill. Professor Matthers might have other adventures, and a chemical engineer has great potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 When you realize that you've wasted hours because you weren't testing correctly, but you don't care because you finally got postfix to be PCI compliant by disallowing plaintext AUTH on port 25 (but still permitting incoming email). FrankL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I now have my 75th commissioned piece of work from Deviantart arists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 For some years Gillian Anderson had said that she wanted to go on Top Gear. Well I found out recently that she had been on as she had said that Jeremy Clarkson had been nice to her when she was on the programme. You might find it on Youtube as Season 22 episode 6. It is pretty good. And it made me happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I get to fry me some palt today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 For some years Gillian Anderson had said that she wanted to go on Top Gear. Well I found out recently that she had been on as she had said that Jeremy Clarkson had been nice to her when she was on the programme. You might find it on Youtube as Season 22 episode 6. It is pretty good. And it made me happy. Gillian Anderson could vomit in your socks and it would make you happy. And we understand. Kinda. gewing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 I got a new job! FrankL, Bazza, Lawnmower Boy and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Drinks are on tkdguy! Grats! tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Thanks. Orientation on Tuesday, I start officially on the 22nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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