Cancer Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 In a manner of speaking, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Last summer, the wife bought a couple of flowering plants from some craft fair. Younger boy and I planted them a couple of weeks later. As flowers they suck; I don't think they've produced many, if any. But it turns out that monarch butterflies like them. So for the past month we've been watching as a couple of itty bitty caterpillars munch leaves and become big fat caterpillars. Finally last weekend one of them became a cocoon (chrysalis, technically). Watched it throughout a week of pretty crummy weather (for here). We had a crisis where the leaf it was attached to fell off the plant; we put it in a plastic container on the porch. Then we had another crisis when the dumbass gardener blew it halfway across the yard with a leaf blower, because of course I pay this dude every month to leaf blow my front door. Despite all these travails, the thing actually hatched this morning, and left in the afternoon. Happy birthday bug, and good luck, looks like you're going to need it. Bazza and L. Marcus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Up at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday in order to get a train. Made the bud service to Totnes and then the 7:17 train. Got into Reading for 9:40 which was a bit early. So finished off coffee and pasty and had a look at the local games shop before going on to see friends. while we waited for friends played the HPLHS Scary Solstice CD. Played a game where you tried to build a rocket in the Victorian era and get it launched. Also Bloody Inn where you got people into an Inn and then tried to bump them off for money and bury them before the police investigated. The police are often guests so. We had a quite brutal game of Judge Dredd that much to my surprise I ended up winning by three points. Block Mania, Edwin Parsey and moving the crime away worked very effectively for all of us. I also won Apples to Apples which was fun. Finished off with a game where you tried to construct rides in an amusement park. The scoring is a little bit odd but it was fine. Finished there as I had to get home and despite the effort of a trespasser on a nearby station I got home before midnight. Dinner was a fillet tower from Kentucky Fried Chicken my first visit there since before Christmas. And one friend gave me my birthday and Christmas presents which were Series 2 and 3 of Fargo. and I have borrowed Plutarch's Lives of the Greeks and Romans to read and John Wicke to watch. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 Have now completed level 1,000 of Farm Heroes. Happy, happy joy, joy. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 I went to a One Day University event yesterday. The theme was about genius and creativity. The lectures were about Mozart, Michelangelo, and Einstein, as well as a workshop on improving creativity and the "aha" moment. Fascinating stuff! I may attend another event in the future. death tribble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Went to dinner with my wife last night for Valentines. Etta's Seafood in Seattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Have now completed level 1000 of Diamond Digger unexpectedly although there might have been a blip in the level 997 suddenly completing. EDIT: I went back and defeated said level while I still had the chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 I've heard from "V" which was nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 On 2/3/2018 at 1:23 PM, Cancer said: In a manner of speaking, yes. Saw this fellow's lady friend yesterday in the yard: Colors are subtler (whats black on the male is the greenish on the female) but there's no mistaking them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 The building that's being constructed in my neighborhood supermarket's parking lot has a sign on it now: "In-n-Out Coming Soon". tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 I have finally won the day on March 11th which is the first day I have won since December 17th. Yeehah ! tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 I won it on March 12, which I hadn't done for a couple of years. Thanks for the help, tribble, Cygnia, and Ternaugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 It's Pi Day. On the down side, Stephen Hawking passed away earlier today. On the up side, it is Albert Einstein's birthday. And on the very up side, for the first time this century, I've been offered a multi-year contract. tkdguy, Ternaugh and L. Marcus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 4, 2018 Report Share Posted April 4, 2018 I have been getting the works of John Connolly for a while now. I found out he was doing a signing in Plymouth so I went and got the new book and got it signed. Also took the first of his Charlie Parker books and got that signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 We had a birthday fika for my sister's recently acquired co-hab boyfriend. Almost everyone on our side of the family showed up. Loud and noisy and fun.The new recruit will fit in nicely, even if he's a half-Danish import (från Skeaune -- Malmö, to be precise). tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 csyphrett won the day for the first time this year on the 16th. That was my doing Cancer and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 Jury duty was today. After waiting in the hallway for a longish time, we were brought into the court room for the Judge to thank us for our service, and that the (criminal) case had ended in a plea bargain, so we were being released. In theory, I shouldn't be called again for at least the next 18 months, but I firmly expect to be called sometime around the 2 year mark. tkdguy and Old Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 12 hours ago, Ternaugh said: Jury duty was today. After waiting in the hallway for a longish time, we were brought into the court room for the Judge to thank us for our service, and that the (criminal) case had ended in a plea bargain, so we were being released. In theory, I shouldn't be called again for at least the next 18 months, but I firmly expect to be called sometime around the 2 year mark. I hope I get lucky on Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 10 hours ago, tkdguy said: I hope I get lucky on Tuesday. ... verging towards TMI ... good thing you said "on" rather than "with". tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 While waiting on responses to sent resumes I have been getting a couple projects done. Made a riser for the couch though need to make a pair of drawers for it and then got it in my head to make an extra stair for the loft.e lo The loft is barely big enough for the mattress, so this make it possible for my wife to have a place to put books on her side of the bed. Will probably make a nightstand sort of thing for her side. At Ikea, found this doll house that will work for my side of the bed. Old Man and Cancer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 Still on vacation, but we had a four-star day today. High point -- but not the most improbable positive juxtaposition of the day -- better than my design, because I hadn't known it was even possible until less than a week earlier. Grand Canyon National Park, Mather Point, not too long after 9 AM. California. Freaking. Condor. Words fail me. I'll be back on a regular basis this weekend, unless the truly massive karmic overdraft of this whole vacation catches up with me before then. (And if that occurs, I know what I want to be in my next life: a raven on the South Rim at Grand Canyon.) tkdguy and lemming 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 I won the day on May 4th, Star Wars day. To which I must say this tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Just a minor thing. Have been recording in the diary my progress on the Candy Crush, Candy Crush Soda, Farm Heroes and Diamond Digger games since the start of the year. Have now completed 100 straight days getting at least one level in one of the games and have over 500 levels altogether since January 1st. The only day I did not get a level was when i was visiting friends in Reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 We can see the floor next the the living room wall again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 My work anniversary day was today (6 years). I now get 3 weeks of paid vacation. Cancer, tkdguy and Pariah 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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