Bazza Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Fair enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Two unwritten rules for life: 1. 2. Lawnmower Boy and Old Man 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 (edited) The total eclipse of the Sun crossing North America happens two months from today. Totality comes ashore at Mazatlan and runs northeast across Mexico and through central Texas, stepping on Little Rock, central Indiana, western Ohio (including Cleveland), across parts of New England and southern Ontario and Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces of Canada. See the Great American Eclipse page for more information. Edited February 8 by Cancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 My daughter sent me pictures of a smooth lumpsucker. We have the spiny kind locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 (edited) I've had two of the three pens I habitually carry fail on me today. One was a failure mode I'd never seen before. Yeesh. I have lots of backups, but it required me to go home to get them, since the only functioning one left was the red one. And, the cats are especially needy this morning now that I am home, for no discernable reason. Must Get Pets And Lap Time. Edited February 12 by Cancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 If Babylon 5 is The Lord of the Rings in space, then Vir is Samwise Gamgee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Little Johnny’s mother had three kids: the first was named April. The second was named May. What was the third one named? Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Pennywise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 My kids have just discovered the millions of "maybe the real treasure is the friends we made along the way" memes. I have been inundated with the things the past few days. Then I had an epiphany! Armageddon will have nothing to do with angels and demons, nor Jesus and Satan, nor Allah nor any other religion. Armageddon will occur because this is how they try to end One Piece.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 The hard-fought struggle between malaise and ennui. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 16 minutes ago, Pariah said: The hard-fought struggle between malaise and ennui. You just described my whole year to date. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 (edited) Hm. It seems you can start a business ostensibly for "Biohazard cleanup" but not simply for "Biohazard". How limiting. EDIT: Similarly, you can have "Cosmetologist" but not "Cosmologist". and "Debris Cleanup" but not "Debris Creation". Not simply "Demolition". You can have "Dog Food", but that probably is manufacturing or selling that, not being it. You can have "Emu Raising" but not "Emo Raising". "Escort Service" and "Exotic Dancer" are explicitly permitted. Woo! "Explosives User (Blaster)" is allowed! "Liquidation" probably does not mean turning your enemies into a slurry. "Mad Bomber" and "Mad Scientist" are not on the allowed list. "Magician" is allowed, but "Mercenary" is not. "Motor Vehicle Wrecker" is allowed. "Necromancer" is nowhere to be found. "Neighborhood Watch" is there but not "Neighborhood Witch". Nothing starting with "Nuclear" is on the allowed list. "Peep Show" is allowed, as is "Pest Inspector". I wonder what the overlap is among those. "Physicist" is not on the allowed list, but "Astronomer" is. Fascinating. You cannot have "Arsonist", but I suppose "Pyrotechnics Operator" (which is allowed) is an appropriate stand-in for that. "Shatterer of Worlds" is not allowed. I wonder what "Social Worker, Uncertified" is supposed to be. Huh. Had no idea there was enough demand for them to list "Tank Renovating". "Telegram Stripper" is on the allowed list. No "Torturemaster". No "Wizard", but maybe they throw those in with "Magician". Edited March 1 by Cancer Complete reconnoiter L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 My school has a Dungeons & Dragons Club. Do you suppose Hogwarts has some muggle-based role-playing game that their students play for fun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 Yes, and it also is the D&D club. Dopeheads and Dweebs. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Since I have been appointed executor for an estate, I have started learning of a whole cesspool ecology of opportunistic bottom-feeders I had not previously imagined. There are outfits who are most easily described as the equivalent of payday loan (sharks), but they go after inheritances rather than paychecks. "Get your inheritance now!" is the teaser line. Since wills and estates that become active are public records, they grab those wills off the government sites where they are posted, scrape all the names and addresses out of them, and spam those with their come-hither (not, of course, mentioning any terms or rates). I know this because I got one of the come-hither papermails also, even though I'm the executor. There are also lots of opportunist solo operators who want to buy your house (for rather less than it's worth) but these aren't really a new discovery. I expect I will continue to learn more varieties of scumbags and ripoff artists as I negotiate this estate thing over the coming months, and I will post descriptions and spread the knowledge as I gain it. L. Marcus and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Remember back in the 90s when a bunch of ska bands started recording swing music? Lawnmower Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Lawnmower Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 12 Author Report Share Posted March 12 Why aren't astronomers called 'skyentists'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 53 minutes ago, Old Man said: Why aren't astronomers called 'skyentists'? Because Greek happened before English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Old Man, Lord Liaden, Lawnmower Boy and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 (edited) There was a period when deconstruction of the superhero genre was fresh, interesting, and useful. Deeper analysis of what and why certain characters and conventions are the way they are, contributed in the best cases to stories with a richer, more mature undercurrent, while keeping the ideals and hopefulness that made us love superheroes. But too many comics creators are still stuck in that tearing-down phase, thinking that being "dark" and "edgy" is enough. They forgot, or never understood, that superheroes have endured for generations because they inspire us to strive to be better than we are. Edited March 14 by Lord Liaden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 Been on a binge of late. Got 7 Wrestlemanias that I did not have; a couple of Marvels that I did not have; one fantasy novel to complete a set; a detective work with supernatural elements and the book version of Is Paris Burning ?. Finished this off with a board game expansion Scoundrels of Skullport and a Banshees collection that I stumbled upon by accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 2007 seems like such a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asperion Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 8 hours ago, Bazza said: 2007 seems like such a long time ago. I would say the same about 2024. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 An infinite number of $1 bills and an infinite number of $100 bills would be worth exactly the same amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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