tkdguy Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Eleven hours in the office, and did a lot of good work. Still so much to do. I had to laugh at the futility of it all. I certainly earned my keep, but God Almighty! When did I turn into such a stiff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings "If the world were a logical place, men would be the ones who ride horses sidesaddle." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings File under really remarkable. It was in the papers today that Bill Haast died on June 15th. Read what he did and be amazed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Halp! I've been shot! It itches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings And in other news... ...wait... ...never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Is it wrong of me to use the friend facility here and have over 250 friends as a result ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Why no mention on the boards of the capture of Mr Bulger who had been on the run since 1995 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Roger Federer lost his match to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Surprisingly, he was up two sets and only needed to win one more. I can't help feeling somewhat responsible. I sent out some good vibes to Tsonga so he could win a set and make the game more exciting. How was I suppose to know he'd run with it and win the entire match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Peeve time. Using 'gender' in the place of 'sex' annoys me. Gender is a range of characteristics distinguishing between male and female, not the biological sex of a person. It used to be rare to see 'gender' used for anything other than grammatical categories. Over the past decades it has expanded to represents the indicia of a sex, the role of a sex, and even the identity associated with a sex, but it is not and never will be the sex of the person. Meanings change over time, but gender cannot be used universally to represent male and female. Oddly, my other peeve, is gamers who regularly refer to women as 'females.' We have other words for women. Like women. If you are not a law enforcement officer, medical professional, or filling out a form requiring the sex of the person referring to women as 'females' is one of the indicia of being a socially maladjusted geek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Let me get this straight... The "TEA" in Tea party stands for "Taxed Enough Already." And their candidate of choice for the Republican primary is a former IRS tax lawyer? Oh, this is just *&^%$#@! spiffy. These people have absolutely no sense of irony, do they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm having wine and cheese while listening to World War 2-era songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Ok so I love (LOVE) slightly overcooked pretzels. And the best chance to get some are in bags of pretzel sticks where two or more sticks are cooked together. Crunchy divine goodness. This is the best bag of pretzel sticks I've had in a year. Omnomnomnom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings So what good is an Alfa Romeo if it looks like a fr9ckin' Chevy, and a less-than-normally attractive Chevy to boot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm having a craving for chocolate and peanut butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The collateral damage left behind by cats chasing big buzzy flies around the room can be quite impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I've been called many things before, but I've never been described as "so pretty" until last night. It was said by an attractive woman I was chatting up, so I don't mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings A Man Who Loved Flowers and Music Henry Resner was born in 1919 a scion of a family of florists and he shared his father's passion for flowers. He majored in horticulture and hoped one day to earn enough selling flowers to take flying lessons. He got his flying lessons in a way he would probably never have wanted. In WWII he became a bomber pilot and flew against the Japanese in the Aleutian Islands. Finding a silver lining even in a cloud as dark and foreboding as a world war, by convincing the military to let him live his dream of becoming a pilot, seems typical of his approach to life's hardships. That same optimistic approach was evident when he and his wife Helen realized they would never concieve a child. Rather than seeing failure or tragedy, Henry Resner saw the opportunity to adopt and care for a child needing a loving home. His family had specialized in chrysanthemums but Henry went into business for himself with snapdragons. I do not know, but I suspect he may have chosen snapdragons because his wife enjoyed them; in any case he seems to have thoroughly enjoyed one of the perks of owning his own geenhouses (five of them before he was done,) the ability to bring fresh flowers to his wife on a regular basis. According to his son he brought flowers home to Helen at least once a week. He was the biggest snapdragon grower in Indiana. Losing his wife to cancer after 29 years must have been unimaginably painful; and it was at this time that he sold off his business. But the world had more in store for him and he had more in himself to give, and another passion to live out. His life that had been full of flowers now filled with music. He studied the organ, and became an expert not only at playing them but at maintaining and repairing them. He helped restore Indiana's largest theatre organ, the three-manual, 26-rank Wurlitzer belonging to Manual High School, at no cost to the school. One might say a man who has had nearly 30 years of happy marriage is already blessed, but Henry Resner was twice blessed; he found love again, and he and his second wife, Hazel, rejoiced in one another's company just as long as he had been with his first wife, Helen - 29 years. He is described as a capable, well organized man; I would say he seems to have known what he was doing in everything that mattered. Henry Resner lived to the age of 92, long enough to see his first great grandchild. I should read the obituaries more often. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary thinks I should apply for a job WRITING the obituaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I kinda feel like I just reached some intangible personal goal. I spent the day building a Nautilus style Golden Submarine in Minecraft Complete with working airlocks, pressure hatches, gun-decks, airship landing pad, impellers, and running lights. Not to mention, of course, the very posh captains cabin. And the docking platform, with the powered rail system running in a glass tunnel beneath the sea floor. Had to do SOMEthing with all those spare resources I had lying around, and now I'm one step closer to achieving my Skullcrusher Mountain dreams... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Arriving on the Strip on Saturday night is an excellent way to encounter drunken hoochies. And I always thought people never actually did the cheap Vegas wedding, but then I saw two such couples here in the space of half an hour. I'm not sure the wedding thing is entirely separate from the drunken hoochie thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I've just had a midnight bike tour around the Inner Firth of Piteå -- about 30 km in an hour and a half. I do declare, we have some pretty rural scenery ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm Sad. Today I went up the "home hill" for the very last time. For the last time I stood in my childhood bedroom, looked at the bathtub my Mother bathed me in, used the bathrooms in my old home. I looked at the familiar wall paper. I looked at the stickers from the 70s that still stick to the mirror in my Brother's room. I stood in my Parent's bedroom where I went when I was small and scared. My Parent's house is what I think of as home. On 7/20 they move out into a Condo. I also helped them move some stuff over today. It is a beautiful Condo and I think they'll be happy there. I'm still sad though. Today I said goodbye to my childhood home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I seem to have completely forgotten how much trouble one little kitten can cause. Tiny little creature: great big heaps of trouble. It's a good thing they're so *&^%$#@! cute.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings One thing leads to another... my Golden Submarine build led to a revelation today. A lightbulb went off over my head as I realized the implications of the proofs I created for the submarine. I can now build a push button automated battle arena, with the ability to summon monsters and/or victims and force them to fight Buhahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!! *eg* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I don't know which is worse--check-in times, or check-out times. I thought the former was bad, getting off the plane with no place to lie down or shower or leave your bags until housekeeping gets around to cleaning a room for you. But now, kicked out of the room with three hours of sleep, and with six hours to kill before I even start the process of heading to the airport, the latter feels pretty damn icky. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Poor Mary Lou Retton... reduced to making commercials for Dairy Queen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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