Starlord Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 My how I love (loathe horribly) Time Warner cable. This wonderful company (evil empire) and their control (paranoid obsessive monopoly) of 20+ mbps internet in my area makes me so happy (violent and suicidal). Once a week, I get to call their customer service (go-f**k-yourself hotline) and discuss their latest gift (complete screw-up or incorrect billing) for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Five planets are up tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Really? They really thought this was the time and place for a lecture on pollution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Wow. They're still making Resident Evil movies???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 I just got called a "generic tutor" today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 If I could convert Pedantic drivel into electricity, our world's energy problems would be solved! Enforcer84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 If I could convert Pedantic drivel into electricity, our world's energy problems would be solved! Yeah, but will I get my royalties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 I sort of feel like Flo from Progressive is starting to get a little full of herself these days. Maybe its just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 Cue questionable gatekeeper rage in 5..4...3...2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 So: Proxima Centauri b -- literally THE CLOSEST STAR TO US other than Old Sol -- and despite my rantings in the Star Hero thread -- seems to have an Earth-like planet orbiting it, at the right distance so that it's "in the Habitable Zone", i.e., the average surface temperature is between 0 and 100 Celsius. (It has got to be tidally locked, which does who knows what in terms of climate, but the Earthlike-in-Habitable-Zone thing has been the Holy Grail of planet searching for at least half a century, and combination of blasphemous vulgarity united with gross statistical improbability if it doesn't turn up where we most need it.) Literally the first thing I read about this after the astronomy/discovery stuff (including the tech papers) was a blurb to the effect of "20 years to design and build the ship, then another couple of decades to get there". Maybe there's hope for this species yet. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 DUNDUNDUN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 My favorite news story of the morning. Minor league baseball player hits grand slam, smashes his own truck http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/08/22/minor-league-baseball-player-hits-grand-slam-smashes-his-own-truck.html L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Looks kinda like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Good luck to Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Love me, hate me, I'm the one you're stuck with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 I remember reading a story about a child who was in heaven. The boy had a star pinned to his shirt, and it let him fly around all over the place. Everything was wonderful until he remembered his mother. He missed her, and he wanted to see her again. He finally got to go down to earth to see his mother. His mother, who was very bitter about losing her child, was overjoyed to see him again. They wanted to stay together. Then the boy's star began to fly away. The boy explained that he would have to live as an ordinary mortal if he stayed. The mother decided to let him go back to heaven. I have been looking for this story for a while. It was a children's picture book. I read it as a child in the 1970s, but I don't remember the title. Does anyone have an idea about what it was? I couldn't find any information using Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I received a new shaving brush for my birthday. I will use it tomorrow, but I suddenly got worried my old shaving brushes would get jealous. Only 49, and already senile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Cleaning my office, looking for things. Blundered upon a sheet with my writing on it. Transits of Earth as seen from Mars; Earth date/time of mid-transit 0624 UT, 19 December 1425 (Gregorian proleptic calendar) 0104 UT, 1 January 1994 0136 UT, 27 March 2801 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 you know, in all the sci-fi and fantasy I've ever read. Even the porny stuff; using the amazing technology to send women unsolicited pictures of your junk never popped out as something that would be a social problem. But here we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 I have a new column up I wanna share On The Other Hand #6 … Matter-Eater Lad Enforcer84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Sign up for Tor's newsletter at giveaway.tor.com to get an ebook of Kai Ashante Wilson's The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps. 9/21/2016 only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 So is there *any* card game on the Internet that doesn't cheat continuously and grossly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Flipping channels and came across Episode III of the prequels. It's just not as good as I remember. There's way too much CGI, way too little direction, and the writing... I just realized: I'm watching a B-movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 The guy working across the street has a wife who works at Lord Kitchener Elementary School down the street. Apparently, his wife has told him that the school has been rebuilt without urinals in the boys' washrooms. He finds this upsetting. I know this because he has told the neighbourhood so. Very loudly. Admittedly, he was intending to communicate this to the children walking by on their way to school, but, as I say, he's very loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 I was wishing a friend happy new year because today is Rosh Hashanah and autocorrect wanted to change Hashanah to Hash analysis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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