death tribble Posted December 29, 2010 Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 Re: A Thread for Random Musings We've had snow and ice. we've had rain. We've had bright blue skies. Now we have fog. Least it ain't The Foga la John Carpenter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Bazza needs some sympathy rep with the Ashes result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Re: A Thread for Random Musings mmm I may have accidentally made my best chili ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Teller, from the souvenir program of the Penn & Teller stage show in Las Vegas: Last night, after my solitary practice session, as I was about to take the David P. Abbott Ball to the Magic Room, I looked around at the dark, beautiful, empty stage and was hit by a thought: There will be a last time that I do this. A last time that I see the things I love backstage. A night I will leave the theater and never return. I felt the bottom drop out of my stomach. Then I quickly said aloud, "But not yet. Not yet." And I felt a warm rush of joy. Try that yourself sometime: Take something (or someone) you love, and- in your imagination- say goodbye forever right now. Grieve for a moment. Then feel the explosion of happiness that comes when you remind yourself that you don't have to say goodbye. At least, not yet. --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I have no idea who created the ANGEL content management system for instruction, but its user interface sucks green slimy rocks from the bottom of the cesspool through four meters of used catheter tubing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Why don't we celebrate the New Year with fireworks like other countries do? Having come from another country where fireworks are used, I've always found the ball drop and its variants very anticlimactic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings If Anderson Cooper IS gay, I don't see what he has to hide. I mean, he does New Year's Eve specials on CNN with Kathy Griffin. So obviously, he's not afraid of being associated with gay men, and even more obviously, he's not afraid of public embarrassment. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Happy New Year, America! And Happy Binary Day, since it is 01-01-11! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Looking at several of the costumes and displays in this year's Rose Bowl Parade, along with a Zeppelin providing aerial coverage, I think we can consider it a Steampunk parade. Not completely of course, but in some respects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I was reading a (US) military protocol guide (don't ask me why) and I noted it said civilians may shorten a warrant officer's rank and call them Mr. or Ms. and an officers rank and call them Sir or Ma'am. May? Indeed. Has the military forgotten not everyone is in it? A civilian doesn't even have to call the President of the United States "Mr." or "Sir" if they don't want to. A good old, I refuse the right to serve anyone and that includes you "W"/"Big O" is your God given right. Its polite, and apropos for many situations to use formal address, and I'd generally do it on custom in America, but really, the civilian population is under no specific obligation to observe military formalities. If an military officer were to make an issue of being called "sir" or "general" or whatever I'd remind them I wasn't under military discipline and punctuate it with their personal name ("That's the fact, Jack"). Its good to be polite, but may? Somebody forgot themselves and overstepped when they wrote that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Excerpt from an item sent out on an astronomy education mailing list about student responses to a class. There were three questions asked of the students: what the most interesting thing in the class was, what the most confusing thin in the class was, and what single piece of advice they would offer to students taking this class in the future. And there seems to always be at least one gamer-related comment every semester: (Advice) "upgrade heavy weapons and save often" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Excerpt from an item sent out on an astronomy education mailing list about student responses to a class. There were three questions asked of the students: what the most interesting thing in the class was' date=' what the most confusing thin in the class was, and what single piece of advice they would offer to students taking this class in the future.[/quote'] Look, light weapons firing fast will get you farther. A continuous stream of DoT means that misses are much less substantial. In games, anyway. Dodging capabilities are much reduced in real life for most units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Heh. I was going to post a link to the data on the eclipses of calendar year 2011, but the first one is already over and gone about 7 hours ago. Believe it or not, that one seems to have been the best solar eclipse of this year, too. OK, I'll link it anyway. The total lunar eclipse on June 15 is a very deep one, but invisible from North America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings An unseen Mythbusters episode! Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm listening to 2 teenage/early 20's girls discuss the fictional vampires they love. Shoot me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbor Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm listening to 2 teenage/early 20's girls discuss the fictional vampires they love. Shoot me. I will think of this quote the next time I think I want a job where I have more exposure to the public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Gah. Wake up time of 4:40am tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm listening to 2 teenage/early 20's girls discuss the fictional vampires they love. Shoot me. Return the favor. Tell them about Barbarella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Scientists plan mission to probe Uranus They just had to call it a "probe," didn't they? The "related stories" are almost as good... Need help finding Uranus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings What the heck kind of name is "Assange" and how do you pronounce it anyway? Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says, "not that we want to mind you" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings What the heck kind of name is "Assange" and how do you pronounce it anyway? Reminds me of an observation a friend of mine once made... "I know it's named for the guy who 'discovered' it, but really, it's really hard to take seriously something that sounds like 'Ass-burgers Syndrome'. That ain't a medical condition: that's when you have a fat ass from eating way too many Big Mac's." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings It just stopped snowing. We have about 4-5 inches. I'm bored and tired. Wish I could go back and nap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings When all else fails give them what they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Wat are we going to do next week during the forums downtime ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The last couple of days have taught me an important lesson: Do not read or post on rpg.net just after a bad day at work. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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