Old Man Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Good to hear your maternal unit's condition has improved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Glad to hear your mom is doing better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I just reconnected with a friend I hadn't talked to in years. Enforcer84 and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 On my way out of the flat saw a fox sitting in the back garden just relaxing. Not bothered by anything at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 It's cloudy today, after three straight weeks of mid to upper 90's, pealing at 103 a couple of days, it's supposed to hit 75 today. I'm going for a walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Just got home from seeing the Indigo Girls in concert at the zoo; wife was with me, who got the tix for my birthday present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Beef stroganoff for lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 This morning I got to lay in bed watching clouds fly by while a woodpecker went to work on the light pole in the backyard. Addendum: This afternoon I took a walk at the local park and saw a crane catch a fish. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 The front porch needed painting, so I took the boys out there one morning and we started scraping. I found some of the wood was rotten. The more I looked, the more I found. I wound up taking apart the entire front porch and last night, my father-in-law and I got it all back together. Besides the slats, only 4 pieces of wood were from the original. Now I need to prime the new wood, paint it all, and seal it against the weather. Wait. Shouldn't this be in the cranky thread? Nope. I felt fantastic looking at it all put together again. And I mowed the yard last night. The weather prevented that for an entire week then working on the porch stopped it this week. It was looking bad. Now, it looks good. And I'm sure the neighbor's happy. He's trying to sell his house, and our yard being badly in need of a mow doesn't help that any. Burrito Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Well, yesterday started well and ended with us squeegeeing water from the basement again. But I did have some time to think about my band for Superdraft: The Musical. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Then this morning I got an email that The Untold Podcast wants to produce one of my short stories as a dramatic reading! "Sixes Wild," set in the same fictional universe as Joshua's Pawn Shop and sharing Lou's Bar & Grill with "Crazy Moon," will be streamed! I don't know the date of the broadcast, but I'll keep you informed. (Now I need to finish its cover and upload it.) Also in writing news, I'm starting procedures with Amazon to get my first book back to my account since the publisher folded and has left it under his account. Looking for a relaxing night on the town, four poker buddies unknowingly play cards with the Devil, but when he plays, all deals are off. Hermit and Burrito Boy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Ka-ching! Sometimes you win big. Heck, this might even transcend big. I remember the dread that existed in the terminal 1950s that got parents to line up with their kids in lines that went all the way around the block for the polio vaccine. Ebola vaccine works, offering 100% protection in African trial FrankL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 But... does it cause autism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Heard about that ebola vaccine on NPR. The researchers say that the 100% effectiveness is probably due to the small sample size and the indirect nature of the testing--they had to do a ring test. So the actual effectiveness is probably more on the order of 70%, but that's still really good. It's already saving lives. In other good news, I thought I was going to have to retest in order to renew a particular IT certification, but it turns out that since I've been keeping current with relevant credits, I don't. This matters because six hour tests really, really suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 The church is starting Royal Rangers, a boys club. Even as we've tried to cut the startup costs for new members (poor community), the numbers were still prohibitive. If we went with the cheap uniform, it was still close to $45 per boy. For the full utility uniform, add $25 to that number. Today, an anonymous donor told us he would pay $34 per boy and for the three leaders' uniforms we needed. We were stunned. God is good! Burrito Boy, tkdguy and Cancer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 The church is starting Royal Rangers, a boys club. Even as we've tried to cut the startup costs for new members (poor community), the numbers were still prohibitive. If we went with the cheap uniform, it was still close to $45 per boy. For the full utility uniform, add $25 to that number. Today, an anonymous donor told us he would pay $34 per boy and for the three leaders' uniforms we needed. We were stunned. God is good! And this morning, the last $11 per boy was covered. God is good! Burrito Boy and Cancer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 And this morning, the last $11 per boy was covered. God is good! That's awesome. I was in Royal Rangers when I was a kid and I still have fond memories of the camping trip we took and the epic pine cone fight we had. FrankL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 That's awesome. I was in Royal Rangers when I was a kid and I still have fond memories of the camping trip we took and the epic pine cone fight we had. Cool! My eldest has already started planning his Honor GMA (equivalent to an Eagle Scout). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 The Mystery Machine is now on my shelf, next to the Ecto-1. death tribble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 What, no Ghost Rider? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Get yourself a Scooby-Doo miniature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 What, no Ghost Rider? There is, alas, a shortage of flaming skulls in the Lego parts inventory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Coulda sworn there was one. Oh well. Did you at least stock up on the monster hunter line while it was out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Ghost Rider was apparently only in the Lego Marvel Super Heroes video game. Sadly, no official set that I can find was made. And yes, I have one of everything from the Monster Hunters line, though I tend to think of 'em as the villains. Most of the sets are still in the box, waiting for me to assemble in my copious free time. I also have some of the original Lego Movie Studio monster sets, like this one (1382 Scary Laboratory) which lives on top of my computer desk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Take that Taliban ! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-34016407 tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 I was just told that I look 25. Pretty good, considering that I'm really 37. Old Man and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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