Getting through the day isn't the problem...getting through and still being sane is more questionable.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-06T15:24:29-05:00
I'm wearing a shirt that says "I'm hard to kidnap" because, well, I am though the shirt was originally made only in 2XL and larger and we custom made this one to my size. I love getting comments on it, though. Some people have been pretty funny.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-06T15:26:22-05:00
Hi creeper! How are you doing? How's lil' Tolstoy doin?
GM, that's a tough question. I'll have to think about that one.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-06T15:29:14-05:00
GM, how about the Zygon Inversion? Nah, not very descriptive. Flatline? Misguiding, but now I have no work, so my activity level is flatlining. But I think I'll settle for either the God Complex, Closing Time, or Hide. Those describe my life every day, though not necessarily in that order.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-11-06T15:31:49-05:00
getting through and still being sane is more questionable.
You were sane BEFORE you went to work?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-06T15:57:51-05:00
You're sane AND you go to work? Those are mutually exclusive.
Except one problem Geist...I don't do any type of drug....now, if it was rum cake minus the cake...then we're talking.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-06T16:33:24-05:00
Alcohol is technically a drug, as well as my drug of choice, caffeine. I might take a quick nap and then have pot
s of coffee or something.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-06T16:38:14-05:00
Probably better phrased as in "I don't do any illegal drugs". My personal stance? To each their own, but harm none, force none. What I do on my own time, is up to me, but I would never be intoxicated at work, or behind the wheel, thats just not right.
I was just thinking that, once I'm done with what I'm doing at work(stupid slow system) I will.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-11-06T16:41:43-05:00
Better to eat it than to smoke it IMO. Now that it's legal where I live, I can start baking brownies and such. I even have a cookbook with recipes on different desserts to make with it.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-06T16:50:05-05:00
@Geist, just watch your dosage. Whatever you are baking make sure you know the dose per serving or you will regret it, for reals! It is almost impossible to overdose by smoking, actually pretty easy with eating it. Baby steps, and bites... ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-11-06T17:03:42-05:00
Thank you for the warning. I'll have to watch out for that when I start baking. Maybe use only half of what the recipe calls for.
@BaKhan: Looking like I will need to text you after I finish work.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-06T17:31:59-05:00
@GM, its all good. My wife has left town for the weekend, so I'm free, I'm freeee! Not that it really makes a difference, lol! I do the same things if she's here or not... ;)
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-06T17:39:19-05:00
I wish I could be free this weekend. Everyone, pray to whatever higher power you hope exists that Salt Lake City will have horrific precipitation tonight/tomorrow morning!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-06T18:49:20-05:00
Smite them, Lord! Leave no survivors!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-06T20:55:47-05:00
So I couldn't wait anymore! Holy hot sauce LZ! They are all delicious! It's really hard to say which one I like best. I started with the inferno the flavour was nicely balanced and the heat was nice. I then moved on to the mad cow, the bold, almost barbecue flavour and nose were amazing! Just the right amount of heat. Then of course I moved on to the experimental sauce. I have nicknamed it sweet citrus sin sauce. ;) it packs a lot of great citrus flavour and the habanero blends very well. My only complaint is it is quite thin and hard to pour because of that. However, it would mix quite well in a marinade that way. At any rate thanks LZ, truly appreciate all your hard work! You have a very viable product on your hands!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-06T21:29:55-05:00
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Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-06T22:08:21-05:00
I was gonna rewatch Space Jam, but I talked about it with my roommate and we realized we should watch the second Naked Gun. Is it just me or are this series and Airplane the pinnacle of comedy movies?
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-06T22:30:50-05:00
Thanks, BaKhan!
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-06T22:35:11-05:00
As far as the thinness of the citrus sauce, I think I'll have the drip rings put onto those bottles
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-07T01:10:05-05:00
Watched both of those. Even the credits are hilarious!
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Can't wait to try the stuff out for myself!
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-07T10:39:49-05:00
I watched Inside Out for the first time last night. That was hard.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-07T12:17:00-05:00
Hot sauce for breakfast? Ok! The drip cap would be a great fix! You know LZ, I said it was hard to pick a favourite, and it was, but now after using over a third of each bottle, it's mad cow by a hairs breadth. They are so good I woke up thinking about them! Just to put this into perspective, I have around 15 or so different hot sauces in my fridge and I would choose any of yours over any of them! You definitely have a sellable product here. Your biggest challenge will be not sacrificing the flavour and quality by scaling up for larger production. You need to make these available to a bigger market, cause people don't know what they are missing out on!
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-07T12:54:11-05:00
That puts a big smile on my face. :-D
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-07T13:14:38-05:00
There have to be good ways to mass produce it without sacrificing flavor at all, and I really hope you find them. Dang it, BaKhan, you're making this difficult for me! Some of us still have to wait a bit!
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-07T15:23:37-05:00
Zem, I can't seem to find your address
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-07T16:26:33-05:00
thar ya go.
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-07T16:34:51-05:00
Damn! UPS is expensive!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-07T17:01:16-05:00
Just send it by swallow. Much easier. African swallows are usually better at carrying heavy things like 3 bottles or coconuts.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-07T23:06:33-05:00
You guys are quiet. Reminds me of a riddle: What's so fragile you can break it by saying its name?
And yes, that was one featured during Riddle "Hour".
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-08T01:15:30-05:00
Aah! Riddle "hour" was great!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-08T02:13:11-05:00
Well, you broke it without even saying its name. It's Silence.
I loved Riddle "Hour". If you couldn't tell by me being the one to have started it and kept it going for the entire night. There were only like 10 people there that entire night, but it was alot of fun. Just wish I could remember all the people there during it giving riddles and guessing.
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-08T12:26:49-05:00
I kept it going, too!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-08T13:56:40-05:00
Why did nobody tell me they were marathoning all of Bob Ross's The Joy of Painting on Twitch?!?! I loved that show! I was wondering why he was suddenly cropping up all over the internet, but I just found out about this and may have even missed it, which would make me sad. I watched that show all the time when I was a kid. Reruns, of course, but who cares?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-08T19:21:49-05:00
What, do we need another riddle or something? What has one word but thousands of letters?
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If you were thinking along the lines of mail or post-office, you were close, but I was thinking more along the lines of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Challisrussia/Titin_full_name
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-08T20:02:13-05:00
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-08T21:02:03-05:00
Well nobody was here and I didn't want to just leave it open all night until I got here lunchtime tomorrow and had forgotten my answer.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-09T01:05:46-05:00
See what I mean? Nobody's been here all day but you and me, and you haven't even commented very much at all.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-11-09T09:09:35-05:00
Morning Kittens! Only a couple more weeks until Black Friday. Who wants to camp out in front of Walmart with me? (jk)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-09T09:23:53-05:00
Good Morning Kittens!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-09T09:57:10-05:00
I hate black friday. It's the stupidest idea ever, and somehow more commercialized a holiday than even christmas, if only because its only purpose is literally to sell things. You know it'd be the day after halloween if there were no thanksgiving.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-11-09T10:13:08-05:00
Ok, my AT&T hotspot is a complete fail. I can't even watch a AHS without running out of GB within a day. I miss my unlimited service.
Why is it that when I need someone's signature, they aren't in the office?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-11-09T11:25:09-05:00
Because they know it annoys you?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-09T11:33:33-05:00
Oh, hey, Owen needs my signiature for something, doesn't he? Oh boy! I just realized I left the gas on at home. And my cat is a chronic smoker!
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-09T12:01:52-05:00
Black Friday is the worst. Working retail on Black Friday ruined Christmas for me.
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-09T12:04:39-05:00
Wait, sorry. Something worse than Black Friday has come about in recent years: Black Thursday. No shopping should ever take place after about noon on Thanksgiving!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-09T12:14:04-05:00
Yeah, it was such a big hit they decided it should run over to non-friday, one that was already a holiday. If it becomes a national holiday, I'll kill whatever congressmen voted for that. But seeing how much money it pulls in, it might someday. They'll just move it to the week before thanksgiving to give more time for shopping, have it include thanksgiving shopping as well, and then it'll encompass everything. It's seriously the pinnacle of holiday commercialism.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-09T12:20:01-05:00
I don't blame retail for ruining Chirstmas, I blame all the people that buy into it! I hate getting "stuff", I would really rather people just got me a nice thoughful card then buying me some cheap junky thing. My wife's family will not go for the secret Santa thing, so everyone buy's like 20 ten dollar things and its all junk. I swear, I don't get it. If you see something when you're shopping and it says to you, this is so what that person would want, get it, if you don't, then don't just buy "something"! I expect retail to do anything to promote sales, I also expect people to use their brains! A deal, is only a deal, if it is something you actually need!
Hey Geist- did you know you can get the Icup thingie online? I googled it the other day.
Colin D 2015-11-09T12:35:18-05:00
Aside: pixel beads worth checking out? http://kck.st/1LNWBgv\ I'll be making exploding kittens ;0)
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-09T12:57:27-05:00
@BaKhan, I agree with you. I should have been more specific. I don't fault the stores for having sales at that time of year. They realize that people want to get stuff for people for Christmas, and they have to reduce their inventory for tax purposes. What I meant when I said that working retail during Black Friday ruined Christmas for me was that seeing how awful the people were in response to the perceived great sales ruined it for me. The sales weren't even as good as the shoppers thought they were.
I got so sick of the verbal lashing I'd receive any time I dared to close my register for something as silly as taking a mandatory lunch break after working for six hours straight or the even more insignificant reason that I had been working for ten hours with only one break and it was time to go home.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-11-09T13:19:11-05:00
Howdy Creeper!
Icup? What is that? I don't think I backed that one.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-09T14:16:36-05:00
@LZ, thats why I specifically do my very best to get my Christmas shopping done in November. I absolutely hate Christmas shoppers! I mean its such a joke, its supposed to be a religious holiday (not for me, but meh to each their own) about loving your fellow man, etc., and people are the biggest a-holes! I just don't understand all the pushing and crowding, not to mention trying to get a parking space... I try to make at least one of the gifts I give each year, because I think it should be special, and it cuts down my exposure to the jerk faces!
I'm definitely glad my family all agreed to just spend time together instead. Though, this year will be slightly different as I will be in uncle early next year.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-09T14:42:27-05:00
Colin, that'd be really cool, actually!
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I usually don't even go shopping if I can help it on black friday and near christmastime. And BaKhan, it's been more commercial than religious for well over 100 years now.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-09T14:54:35-05:00
@GM, congrats on becoming an uncle! That sounds like your family has the right idea!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-09T14:57:27-05:00
@Zem, I highly doubt that, my grandparents generation was extremely religious. To the point that my grandfather was very upset that I stopped going to church as he really believed my soul to be in jeopardy. It made me feel bad for him, but I refuse to be a hypocrite, and as much as I wanted to make him happy, I wouldn't lie to him, or pretend to be something I'm not.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-09T15:16:27-05:00
Yes, I know it's still a religious holiday for the few of us left who really care, but to everyone else, it lost its religious aspect so long ago that my grandparents weren't even born yet. (I believe that specific sale that really changed it all, especially with the introduction of the modern Santa image, was around 1918, and my grandparents were born in the early '30s)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-09T15:18:45-05:00
These days, if you are religious like with my family, then it's about half celebration of Jesus and half visiting family and giving gifts, etc. But if you're not, you can literally go the entire season without hearing anything Christian at all, only carols on the radio, annoying bells trying to suck the coins out of your pockets, and layaway deals that let you not have to worry about paying for those stacks of gifts until they're already given and you have no recourse.
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-09T15:30:14-05:00
I also make a point of having my Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving. If I don't, then I do it online. Last year, I gave everyone om my list homemade aftershave
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-11-09T16:06:17-05:00
Homemade aftershave? I didn't think one could make such a thing.
I love crafting projects. I've been so busy, I don't know if I have time to make anything for myself.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-09T16:19:41-05:00
LZ, this year you can give them all homemade hot sauce, and then you even have a great testing base for feedback. Plenty of close relatives and friends with widely varied tastes! Just make sure to have something else as well if they're not so into spice. Though I'm sure you already thought of that and who it would work well for.
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-09T16:40:13-05:00
Zem, that's what I had in mind. My friends all love my sauce, so they'll be very thankful
Lord Zombitten 2015-11-09T16:45:21-05:00
Geist, it's really easy to make your own aftershave. I do an extraction with cheap rum (Montego Bay gold rum-- < $3/pint) by soaking cinnamon sticks, cloves, lemon zest, rosemary, orange zest, anise, vitamin E oil, cedar oil, tea tree oil, and a few other things for a few weeks. Then mix it with witch hazel and aloe juice and you're good to go.
Colin D 2015-11-09T17:15:59-05:00
@Zem, yeah, I don't usually post anything other than "good luck project" or "yah/phew it's arrived!" But I liked the look of the pixel beads and it's pretty small scale. They were all excited about their 100th backer recently.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-09T17:26:07-05:00
I'd actually like to see kittens exploding into beads, Colin. That could look pretty cool.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-09T17:50:25-05:00
Speaking of which, has anyone uploaded any Halloween pictures yet?
Anyways, time for me to head home...at a decent time...on a Monday...what's going to hit the fan this week?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-09T19:04:04-05:00
GM, the quiet before the storm
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Why did nobody tell me before that the entirety of Bob Ross's show was streaming a marathon before?! I loved that show, and I'm suddenly re-addicted to it now that I'm watching it again.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-09T22:41:20-05:00
I saaaiid "the QUIET BEFORE the STORM!" You guys weren't supposed to go silent then, you were supposed to start chatting up a storm! What do we pay you people for anyways?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-10T00:56:07-05:00
Huzzah! I am now the proud owner of a beautiful baby Fallout. Too bad I likely won't have time to play until late Wednesday.
Egor Melnikov 2015-11-10T03:20:31-05:00
Got mine today here in Russia. NSFW is slightly too NSFW for me.
David Guidry "Doc" 2015-11-10T09:12:03-05:00
Homemade aftershave. ... I need to get on your Xmas list......
@Zem: Fallout is overrated. I played Fallout 3, but couldn't get into it. Give me a Rainbow Six, Star Wars, or (some)Call of Duty any day over that. I also have Final Fantasy XIV that I play, so I've got LOADS of RPGing to do there(I haven't even done 1/5 of the quests in the game, and have 4/33 or 34 classes(both crafting and combat) at the current max level of 60).
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-11-10T10:42:45-05:00
@Geist: Maybe that's where my bad luck went...this weeks has been decent for me. Maybe we're swapping the luck back and forth between us.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-10T11:30:13-05:00
I'm with Geist. I'm actually very close, after 15 years, to handing in my notice. I just can't do it any more. I am not two people, I can not do the work of two people. Just because I can push myself to the limit to get things done doesn't mean I don't take a toll in the process. There is no relief in sight and my manager will do nothing to mitigate the work load I am under. I've been frustrated here before, but it is getting crazy, and I HATE letting people down. Its not how I work.
@BaKhan: I'm the same way with not wanting to let people down, hence the late hours to ensure people get paid. And the severe frustration/stress when people blame me for them not cracking down on stuff.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-10T11:55:35-05:00
The problem with putting more hours in, is that I don't get paid for them unless they've been pre-approved and that won't happen, and then they will just expect me to put in those extra hours for free. I'm totally sick of it. I don't want to make a rash decision, I do like working with most of the people here. I just don't think I can do it anymore.
Definitely do what's best for your health(both mental and physical).
For me, my manager has us keep track of the overtime we put in, and then gives us time off in lieu. Basically the same as having worked it, and I usually take the time off on days that are normally slow anyways. So I can actually relax a bit and not worry.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-11-10T12:07:55-05:00
You can keep your stinking bad luck GM! Your bad luck was so bad, I'm currently internet-less at home.
@BaKhan: I told my gran when I was a young kitten that I wanted to be a chef when I graduated from school. She scoffed and badgered me into getting an office job. The worse thing I ever did as I've hated every minute of it. Now I'm trying to get into the medical field so that I don't leave this earth hating going to work since I don't think I will ever retire.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-11-10T12:21:39-05:00
@Geist, I hear that! I wanted to go into sound production. Producing music/audio for television, music bands, etc. I was told that wasn't practical. So I was forced into business managment, specializing in accounting, because, you're good with numbers! Well, I hated every minute of it, and didn't end up graduating, as I just couldn't afford to go back for another year and pick up the two last courses I needed for my degree. Then I was forced into taking a job with CP rail, working as a trainman, and would have worked my way up to an engineer (the train driving kind), after numerous near misses, and working with a bunch of alcholics, I decided to choose life. I wound up here, at a plumbing/heating wholesale and worked my way up to lead hydronics designer (not to toot my own horn, but hardly and easy accomplishment). While I enjoy the challange of the work itself, I am hardly happy here either. Too much pressure, too much work, too many opportunities to let people down. This whole working thing is way over rated. I wish I would have followed my dreams, and not the advice I was given. Even if I would have been broke most of the time, at least I would have loved what I did. At 41, I'm not even sure if I could get into sound production anymore. Four years of school, and who wants to hire a novice, 45 year old?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-11-10T12:30:16-05:00
Even if I would have been broke most of the time, at least I would have loved what I did
You never know BaKhan. Do some research. Reach out to companies and ask them about hiring criteria. I don't really have a choice in the matter because the job I'm on doesn't pay well and the D.C. area is getting more and more expensive to live here ever year. I could move somewhere else but I don't think folks want a late 40's junior accounting assistant.
I'm willing to sacrifice 4 years of my life to get the medical degree that I am shooting for. I'm pretty sure I could get a job in the field and within 3 years be making over $70,000 a year. Plus I have the added bonus of enjoying what I do. That is good enough for me.
I have a friend who just got her real estate license and she is 52 and happy now. She could be making a lot more as an executive assistant but she didn't like the job and didn't want to do it anymore.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-11-10T13:07:13-05:00
GM, Final Fantasy: the fourteenth finale!
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The problem with me is that even if I got my dream job, it would become work to me and I'd hate what I've always dreamed of. I'm going to have a hard time because I hate work itself, unless it follows distinct, strict, fluid guidelines. That sentence actually describes me in a nutshell, oxymorons and all.
Getting through the day isn't the problem...getting through and still being sane is more questionable.
I'm wearing a shirt that says "I'm hard to kidnap" because, well, I am though the shirt was originally made only in 2XL and larger and we custom made this one to my size. I love getting comments on it, though. Some people have been pretty funny.
Hi creeper! How are you doing? How's lil' Tolstoy doin?
GM, that's a tough question. I'll have to think about that one.
GM, how about the Zygon Inversion? Nah, not very descriptive. Flatline? Misguiding, but now I have no work, so my activity level is flatlining. But I think I'll settle for either the God Complex, Closing Time, or Hide. Those describe my life every day, though not necessarily in that order.
getting through and still being sane is more questionable.
You were sane BEFORE you went to work?
You're sane AND you go to work? Those are mutually exclusive.
@Geist: I was up until I left the house.
Lucky you. I'm insane most of the time. It's the only way I know of to deal with this world.
Until I leave my house, I don't deal with the world(unless I'm online gaming...in which case I'm dealing with idiots who can't listen).
dealing with idiots who can't listen
That sounds like your co-workers. You can't escape no matter what?
*hands GM a pot brownie* This should help.
Except one problem Geist...I don't do any type of drug....now, if it was rum cake minus the cake...then we're talking.
Alcohol is technically a drug, as well as my drug of choice, caffeine. I might take a quick nap and then have pot
s of coffee or something.
Probably better phrased as in "I don't do any illegal drugs". My personal stance? To each their own, but harm none, force none. What I do on my own time, is up to me, but I would never be intoxicated at work, or behind the wheel, thats just not right.
@BaKhan: Agreed.
@GM, so about that hot sauce... text me or something?
I was just thinking that, once I'm done with what I'm doing at work(stupid slow system) I will.
Better to eat it than to smoke it IMO. Now that it's legal where I live, I can start baking brownies and such. I even have a cookbook with recipes on different desserts to make with it.
@Geist, just watch your dosage. Whatever you are baking make sure you know the dose per serving or you will regret it, for reals! It is almost impossible to overdose by smoking, actually pretty easy with eating it. Baby steps, and bites... ;)
Thank you for the warning. I'll have to watch out for that when I start baking. Maybe use only half of what the recipe calls for.
As with everything start small and go bigger.
Yup, nap time. I totally agree.
@BaKhan: Looking like I will need to text you after I finish work.
@GM, its all good. My wife has left town for the weekend, so I'm free, I'm freeee! Not that it really makes a difference, lol! I do the same things if she's here or not... ;)
I wish I could be free this weekend. Everyone, pray to whatever higher power you hope exists that Salt Lake City will have horrific precipitation tonight/tomorrow morning!
Smite them, Lord! Leave no survivors!
So I couldn't wait anymore! Holy hot sauce LZ! They are all delicious! It's really hard to say which one I like best. I started with the inferno the flavour was nicely balanced and the heat was nice. I then moved on to the mad cow, the bold, almost barbecue flavour and nose were amazing! Just the right amount of heat. Then of course I moved on to the experimental sauce. I have nicknamed it sweet citrus sin sauce. ;) it packs a lot of great citrus flavour and the habanero blends very well. My only complaint is it is quite thin and hard to pour because of that. However, it would mix quite well in a marinade that way. At any rate thanks LZ, truly appreciate all your hard work! You have a very viable product on your hands!
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I was gonna rewatch Space Jam, but I talked about it with my roommate and we realized we should watch the second Naked Gun. Is it just me or are this series and Airplane the pinnacle of comedy movies?
Thanks, BaKhan!
As far as the thinness of the citrus sauce, I think I'll have the drip rings put onto those bottles
Watched both of those. Even the credits are hilarious!
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Can't wait to try the stuff out for myself!
I watched Inside Out for the first time last night. That was hard.
Hot sauce for breakfast? Ok! The drip cap would be a great fix! You know LZ, I said it was hard to pick a favourite, and it was, but now after using over a third of each bottle, it's mad cow by a hairs breadth. They are so good I woke up thinking about them! Just to put this into perspective, I have around 15 or so different hot sauces in my fridge and I would choose any of yours over any of them! You definitely have a sellable product here. Your biggest challenge will be not sacrificing the flavour and quality by scaling up for larger production. You need to make these available to a bigger market, cause people don't know what they are missing out on!
That puts a big smile on my face. :-D
There have to be good ways to mass produce it without sacrificing flavor at all, and I really hope you find them. Dang it, BaKhan, you're making this difficult for me! Some of us still have to wait a bit!
Zem, I can't seem to find your address
thar ya go.
Damn! UPS is expensive!
Just send it by swallow. Much easier. African swallows are usually better at carrying heavy things like 3 bottles or coconuts.
You guys are quiet. Reminds me of a riddle: What's so fragile you can break it by saying its name?
And yes, that was one featured during Riddle "Hour".
Aah! Riddle "hour" was great!
Well, you broke it without even saying its name. It's Silence.
I loved Riddle "Hour". If you couldn't tell by me being the one to have started it and kept it going for the entire night. There were only like 10 people there that entire night, but it was alot of fun. Just wish I could remember all the people there during it giving riddles and guessing.
I kept it going, too!
Why did nobody tell me they were marathoning all of Bob Ross's The Joy of Painting on Twitch?!?! I loved that show! I was wondering why he was suddenly cropping up all over the internet, but I just found out about this and may have even missed it, which would make me sad. I watched that show all the time when I was a kid. Reruns, of course, but who cares?
What, do we need another riddle or something? What has one word but thousands of letters?
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If you were thinking along the lines of mail or post-office, you were close, but I was thinking more along the lines of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Challisrussia/Titin_full_name
I've been writing notes on the top left of my former roommate's door all year, and I've topped myself this time! I put this up: http://askmiddlearth.tumblr.com/post/62996194361/the-runes-on-bilbos-door
It's no fun if you give the answer in the riddle
Well nobody was here and I didn't want to just leave it open all night until I got here lunchtime tomorrow and had forgotten my answer.
See what I mean? Nobody's been here all day but you and me, and you haven't even commented very much at all.
Morning Kittens! Only a couple more weeks until Black Friday. Who wants to camp out in front of Walmart with me? (jk)
Good Morning Kittens!
I hate black friday. It's the stupidest idea ever, and somehow more commercialized a holiday than even christmas, if only because its only purpose is literally to sell things. You know it'd be the day after halloween if there were no thanksgiving.
Ok, my AT&T hotspot is a complete fail. I can't even watch a AHS without running out of GB within a day. I miss my unlimited service.
Morning kittens!
Morning GM
Why is it that when I need someone's signature, they aren't in the office?
Because they know it annoys you?
Oh, hey, Owen needs my signiature for something, doesn't he? Oh boy! I just realized I left the gas on at home. And my cat is a chronic smoker!
Black Friday is the worst. Working retail on Black Friday ruined Christmas for me.
Wait, sorry. Something worse than Black Friday has come about in recent years: Black Thursday. No shopping should ever take place after about noon on Thanksgiving!
Yeah, it was such a big hit they decided it should run over to non-friday, one that was already a holiday. If it becomes a national holiday, I'll kill whatever congressmen voted for that. But seeing how much money it pulls in, it might someday. They'll just move it to the week before thanksgiving to give more time for shopping, have it include thanksgiving shopping as well, and then it'll encompass everything. It's seriously the pinnacle of holiday commercialism.
I don't blame retail for ruining Chirstmas, I blame all the people that buy into it! I hate getting "stuff", I would really rather people just got me a nice thoughful card then buying me some cheap junky thing. My wife's family will not go for the secret Santa thing, so everyone buy's like 20 ten dollar things and its all junk. I swear, I don't get it. If you see something when you're shopping and it says to you, this is so what that person would want, get it, if you don't, then don't just buy "something"! I expect retail to do anything to promote sales, I also expect people to use their brains! A deal, is only a deal, if it is something you actually need!
Mrrreeow
Hey Geist- did you know you can get the Icup thingie online? I googled it the other day.
Aside: pixel beads worth checking out? http://kck.st/1LNWBgv\ I'll be making exploding kittens ;0)
@BaKhan, I agree with you. I should have been more specific. I don't fault the stores for having sales at that time of year. They realize that people want to get stuff for people for Christmas, and they have to reduce their inventory for tax purposes. What I meant when I said that working retail during Black Friday ruined Christmas for me was that seeing how awful the people were in response to the perceived great sales ruined it for me. The sales weren't even as good as the shoppers thought they were.
I got so sick of the verbal lashing I'd receive any time I dared to close my register for something as silly as taking a mandatory lunch break after working for six hours straight or the even more insignificant reason that I had been working for ten hours with only one break and it was time to go home.
Howdy Creeper!
Icup? What is that? I don't think I backed that one.
@LZ, thats why I specifically do my very best to get my Christmas shopping done in November. I absolutely hate Christmas shoppers! I mean its such a joke, its supposed to be a religious holiday (not for me, but meh to each their own) about loving your fellow man, etc., and people are the biggest a-holes! I just don't understand all the pushing and crowding, not to mention trying to get a parking space... I try to make at least one of the gifts I give each year, because I think it should be special, and it cuts down my exposure to the jerk faces!
I'm definitely glad my family all agreed to just spend time together instead. Though, this year will be slightly different as I will be in uncle early next year.
Colin, that'd be really cool, actually!
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I usually don't even go shopping if I can help it on black friday and near christmastime. And BaKhan, it's been more commercial than religious for well over 100 years now.
@GM, congrats on becoming an uncle! That sounds like your family has the right idea!
@Zem, I highly doubt that, my grandparents generation was extremely religious. To the point that my grandfather was very upset that I stopped going to church as he really believed my soul to be in jeopardy. It made me feel bad for him, but I refuse to be a hypocrite, and as much as I wanted to make him happy, I wouldn't lie to him, or pretend to be something I'm not.
Yes, I know it's still a religious holiday for the few of us left who really care, but to everyone else, it lost its religious aspect so long ago that my grandparents weren't even born yet. (I believe that specific sale that really changed it all, especially with the introduction of the modern Santa image, was around 1918, and my grandparents were born in the early '30s)
These days, if you are religious like with my family, then it's about half celebration of Jesus and half visiting family and giving gifts, etc. But if you're not, you can literally go the entire season without hearing anything Christian at all, only carols on the radio, annoying bells trying to suck the coins out of your pockets, and layaway deals that let you not have to worry about paying for those stacks of gifts until they're already given and you have no recourse.
I also make a point of having my Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving. If I don't, then I do it online. Last year, I gave everyone om my list homemade aftershave
Homemade aftershave? I didn't think one could make such a thing.
I love crafting projects. I've been so busy, I don't know if I have time to make anything for myself.
LZ, this year you can give them all homemade hot sauce, and then you even have a great testing base for feedback. Plenty of close relatives and friends with widely varied tastes! Just make sure to have something else as well if they're not so into spice. Though I'm sure you already thought of that and who it would work well for.
Zem, that's what I had in mind. My friends all love my sauce, so they'll be very thankful
Geist, it's really easy to make your own aftershave. I do an extraction with cheap rum (Montego Bay gold rum-- < $3/pint) by soaking cinnamon sticks, cloves, lemon zest, rosemary, orange zest, anise, vitamin E oil, cedar oil, tea tree oil, and a few other things for a few weeks. Then mix it with witch hazel and aloe juice and you're good to go.
@Zem, yeah, I don't usually post anything other than "good luck project" or "yah/phew it's arrived!" But I liked the look of the pixel beads and it's pretty small scale. They were all excited about their 100th backer recently.
I'd actually like to see kittens exploding into beads, Colin. That could look pretty cool.
Speaking of which, has anyone uploaded any Halloween pictures yet?
@Zem: You will need to bug BaKhan's wife for the pictures of us.
Anyways, time for me to head home...at a decent time...on a Monday...what's going to hit the fan this week?
GM, the quiet before the storm
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Why did nobody tell me before that the entirety of Bob Ross's show was streaming a marathon before?! I loved that show, and I'm suddenly re-addicted to it now that I'm watching it again.
I saaaiid "the QUIET BEFORE the STORM!" You guys weren't supposed to go silent then, you were supposed to start chatting up a storm! What do we pay you people for anyways?
Huzzah! I am now the proud owner of a beautiful baby Fallout. Too bad I likely won't have time to play until late Wednesday.
Got mine today here in Russia. NSFW is slightly too NSFW for me.
Homemade aftershave. ... I need to get on your Xmas list......
@Zem: Fallout is overrated. I played Fallout 3, but couldn't get into it. Give me a Rainbow Six, Star Wars, or (some)Call of Duty any day over that. I also have Final Fantasy XIV that I play, so I've got LOADS of RPGing to do there(I haven't even done 1/5 of the quests in the game, and have 4/33 or 34 classes(both crafting and combat) at the current max level of 60).
Well this is turning into a crappy week.
@Geist: Maybe that's where my bad luck went...this weeks has been decent for me. Maybe we're swapping the luck back and forth between us.
I'm with Geist. I'm actually very close, after 15 years, to handing in my notice. I just can't do it any more. I am not two people, I can not do the work of two people. Just because I can push myself to the limit to get things done doesn't mean I don't take a toll in the process. There is no relief in sight and my manager will do nothing to mitigate the work load I am under. I've been frustrated here before, but it is getting crazy, and I HATE letting people down. Its not how I work.
@BaKhan: I'm the same way with not wanting to let people down, hence the late hours to ensure people get paid. And the severe frustration/stress when people blame me for them not cracking down on stuff.
The problem with putting more hours in, is that I don't get paid for them unless they've been pre-approved and that won't happen, and then they will just expect me to put in those extra hours for free. I'm totally sick of it. I don't want to make a rash decision, I do like working with most of the people here. I just don't think I can do it anymore.
Definitely do what's best for your health(both mental and physical).
For me, my manager has us keep track of the overtime we put in, and then gives us time off in lieu. Basically the same as having worked it, and I usually take the time off on days that are normally slow anyways. So I can actually relax a bit and not worry.
You can keep your stinking bad luck GM! Your bad luck was so bad, I'm currently internet-less at home.
@BaKhan: I told my gran when I was a young kitten that I wanted to be a chef when I graduated from school. She scoffed and badgered me into getting an office job. The worse thing I ever did as I've hated every minute of it. Now I'm trying to get into the medical field so that I don't leave this earth hating going to work since I don't think I will ever retire.
@Geist, I hear that! I wanted to go into sound production. Producing music/audio for television, music bands, etc. I was told that wasn't practical. So I was forced into business managment, specializing in accounting, because, you're good with numbers! Well, I hated every minute of it, and didn't end up graduating, as I just couldn't afford to go back for another year and pick up the two last courses I needed for my degree. Then I was forced into taking a job with CP rail, working as a trainman, and would have worked my way up to an engineer (the train driving kind), after numerous near misses, and working with a bunch of alcholics, I decided to choose life. I wound up here, at a plumbing/heating wholesale and worked my way up to lead hydronics designer (not to toot my own horn, but hardly and easy accomplishment). While I enjoy the challange of the work itself, I am hardly happy here either. Too much pressure, too much work, too many opportunities to let people down. This whole working thing is way over rated. I wish I would have followed my dreams, and not the advice I was given. Even if I would have been broke most of the time, at least I would have loved what I did. At 41, I'm not even sure if I could get into sound production anymore. Four years of school, and who wants to hire a novice, 45 year old?
Even if I would have been broke most of the time, at least I would have loved what I did
You never know BaKhan. Do some research. Reach out to companies and ask them about hiring criteria. I don't really have a choice in the matter because the job I'm on doesn't pay well and the D.C. area is getting more and more expensive to live here ever year. I could move somewhere else but I don't think folks want a late 40's junior accounting assistant.
I'm willing to sacrifice 4 years of my life to get the medical degree that I am shooting for. I'm pretty sure I could get a job in the field and within 3 years be making over $70,000 a year. Plus I have the added bonus of enjoying what I do. That is good enough for me.
I have a friend who just got her real estate license and she is 52 and happy now. She could be making a lot more as an executive assistant but she didn't like the job and didn't want to do it anymore.
GM, Final Fantasy: the fourteenth finale!
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The problem with me is that even if I got my dream job, it would become work to me and I'd hate what I've always dreamed of. I'm going to have a hard time because I hate work itself, unless it follows distinct, strict, fluid guidelines. That sentence actually describes me in a nutshell, oxymorons and all.