...I think I really should talk my boss into letting me leave early...I read Same as Shame. @_@
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-02-26T14:47:56-05:00
Watch them.whenever you get a moment. I promise you it will be worth your while.
Lord Zombitten 2016-02-26T14:51:00-05:00
I had Cry for Freedom by White Lion stuck in my head for a solid week. Then it left, so I popped the CD in the player and listened to it to get it back.
Lord Zombitten 2016-02-26T14:52:04-05:00
Which is just crazy, because that's not even my favorite White Lion song. That would be It's Over.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-26T15:02:56-05:00
Have you ever had 2 songs in your head at once? I've had up to 5 songs stuck in my head, all going at the same time, focusing in between each of them or being able to focus on a certain one. They all kept going at a normal pace whether I thought about them or not, and it was exactly like 5 radios all playing at once.
Lord Zombitten 2016-02-26T15:27:58-05:00
I have had two. No more than that, though. It drove me nuts.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-26T15:30:40-05:00
I loved it! It was so crazy to be able to actually be able to hear 5 songs at once! Though, as you can imagine, once I realized it, it took quite a bit of focus to keep them all rolling merrily along, and for obvious reasons, it only happened once. Heck, even just two songs simultaneously is pretty dang rare. Well, I can think of two songs and actively focus on both, but it's rare for them to spontaneously simultaneously come up in my head. It's especially hard when they have different paces.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-02-26T15:34:12-05:00
So, a pirate, with a ship's wheel down the front of his pants, walks into a bar. The bartender looks at the pirate and says, "that looks mighty uncomfortable." The pirate responds, "Yyyaarrrrr.........it drives me nuts."
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-02-26T15:54:32-05:00
lol@Trinkets.
You must be so much fun at parties. You better be at our first Kitten Con.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-02-26T15:54:50-05:00
@Geist, thats easy peasy! You could make that in your sleep! Nothing to it! Unless you just wanted someone else to make it for you... ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-02-26T16:15:16-05:00
Also, couldn't help noticing that they didn't have any bacon in there... its gots to have bacon!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-26T16:18:33-05:00
Dang it, Trinkets, are we gonna have a joke contest now? Just say yes if so, because I can try to remember some of my favorite (non-offensive) ones!
Here's a primer: Two bums are walking down the railroad. One says, "Man, these steps are so uncomfortable. They're all bumpy and irregular." The other replied, "Nah, the steps are fine. It's these low handrails that are killing me."
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-26T16:19:39-05:00
Ah, 2 apples and a pot of coffee. Other than the coffee introducing me to my new best friend, the bathroom, this sounds like a perfect afternoon.I love the weekend!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-02-26T17:22:45-05:00
@BaKhan: Bacon! That would make it so perfect. I am too lazy to fix something like that.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-02-26T17:53:44-05:00
Thanks Geist. And monetarily speaking, a Con may be out of me and the wife's current fiscal situation.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-02-26T17:55:30-05:00
Good one Zem.
No, I am not up to a joke-off. At least not right now.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-26T18:16:32-05:00
Aw shucks. I was hoping for a Joke "Hour"! ;)
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Out of your fiscal situation? Then we'll bring the Con to you! Wait... too impractical. We'll bring you to the Con! No... still impractical and pretty expensive... Um... We'll hope you win the lottery! There we go.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-02-26T22:31:26-05:00
I will leave my parting joke for the night.
Q: How many Ramones does it take to change a light bulb?
A: onetwothreefour!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-26T23:00:25-05:00
I have one I want to say, but it's kinda long, so I'm too lazy and will only do it if people really want to hear it. It's about hell.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-02-27T04:07:23-05:00
Why am I up this morning on a Saturday? And sober to boot.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-02-27T09:15:48-05:00
I wasn't the only one up that late then.
I was up due to some shoulder muscle issues. Couldn't get any good sleep. Now I feel like a zombie.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-02-27T11:28:21-05:00
@Trinkets: I woke that early because I joined a walking/running group and this was the first meeting. I am trying to get in shape before I turn 50
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-27T13:47:19-05:00
I was up until right about 3:30 am here (a little less than 9 hours ago).
Dang, only 9 hours? And I've already been up for several of those. At least I'll be able to sleep tonight and not throw off my sleep schedule like most weekends. I made sure to tone it back to only 3:30 last night.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-27T16:04:24-05:00
Wow, 75 out today! Then the whole next week bounces up and down between 40 and 50.
Celsius.
We have a mixture of ice and rain here today..not nice when you were planning on going to get a sub. =/
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-27T17:01:05-05:00
And then there's me who won't even leave today to buy stuff I need, I'll put that off until tomorrow when it's getting late and even then I may end up just staying here out of laziness and fear of losing my beloved parking spot in the garage, the perfect one, and realizing I can go a week on minimal rations.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-27T20:39:45-05:00
I thought, "I want to go eat Canes or something like that. I need convincing not to." So I looked at my bank account. 10 minutes later I was busy using my meal plan in the dining hall here. Funny how your bank account can be one of the most convincing tools and friends you can ever have!
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-02-27T21:14:53-05:00
Candy canes?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-27T22:58:29-05:00
Raising Canes. It's so diabolical that they put one just off campus. It's so addicting. Probably the best decision Canes ever made. They're making me poor!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-28T05:21:44-05:00
I just decided (Yes, at 4:20 am) to check the entries out of curiosity of my position and the end date. Whoa, it ended now! And I'm somewhere above the middle! Woo! Conglaturation to all of us who entered, a winner is you!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-02-28T10:37:24-05:00
Going to a lock picking class this afternoon. Will post pictures in the litter box this week.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-28T16:23:37-05:00
Ooh, that sounds fun. I got my lessons from Scam School on youtube, on of my favorite channels. They had a really good series awhile back. Also from just things I've seen around the internet and in real life. I've never tried picking a lock, yet I know all of the basics, a few advanced tips, locks other than the normal type, and am confident I could pick an easy one with just a problem or two on my first attempt ever. Why haven't I tried?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-28T16:29:36-05:00
Also, just woke up half an hour ago, at 3 pm. Tried to get up earlier, but failed. There goes any hope of getting enough sleep before a monday to start the week off right. At least I don't have exams this week (I don't think), so there's less to worry about.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-28T18:44:37-05:00
I don't care about the oscars whatsoever, but a youtuber I like is streaming and they keep cutting to him for interviews. It's actually kind of funny and cool, but nobody has any idea why they chose him to do it.
Hiya kittens!! Tried to give Leo a fun day today. We played outside in the sun (with his leash and harness), the tonight he got all the nomz and played with a laser, and his favorite toy. Tomorrow- his balls are gone. Poor little bear!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-29T02:18:07-05:00
Leo did have a fun day! He finally won an Oscar! I mean, he should have like 8 for Best Actor, but it's a start!
... oh, that Leo. "Best Supporting Kitten"?
Haha, so you actually thought he was a girl until Nugget's "nuggets" made an appearance, and now you're cutting off his identifying marks?
I only thought Leo was A girl for the first few days until we took him to the vet. Even then, the vet struggled.
I want to go to bed but Leo is asleep in my Arms like a baby. So sweet, but my ass is asleep!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-29T02:59:31-05:00
I should have gone to bed, but I slept until 3 pm today by accident, so I wanted to stay up late even if I was tired (wasn't until about now) so I wasn't laying in bed until like 4 or 5 am awake and uncomfortable. I wanted to start the week off with enough sleep just once, but no, looks like I'll be tired yet again all week. Right now, though, I can't even remember the sentence I was seconds away from typing. I should probably go to bed now.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-02-29T07:17:03-05:00
Morning kittens. Mortal Kombat crazy day today thanks, in part, to it being the last check run of the month.
At humane society with Leonidas. I don't know who's more upset! I fell bad for the little fuzz because commuting here was stressful and now he's in office with whimpering dogs and meowing cats.
He keeps burrowing under his fuzzy animAl to hide. :(
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-02-29T09:45:41-05:00
Good Morning Kittens!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-02-29T09:56:35-05:00
Awwww Creeper. Just remember that it's for his own good and he will heal quickly with lots of love from you
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-02-29T10:04:12-05:00
I remember how guilty I felt about getting my dog neutered. That was the first time he ever went under and he was two years old (I wanted him to get as big as he could), I was going to wait until three, but things were happening, and they needed to stop happening. ;) He bounced back in no time, as I'm sure Leo will as well! Lots of love and treats won't hurt either!
I did well and didn't cry until I got outside! I'm ok with getting him fixed- I know it's good for him. It was sitting in the waiting room and leaving him when he looked so scared. Broke my little fur mommy heart!
I don't know how people can abandon pets. Just leaving him like that, even knowing I'll be back, nearly killed me.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-02-29T10:12:26-05:00
@Creeper, you wouldn't be such an awesome fur mom if you didn't feel that way! He'll be just fine, and he will forgive you, eventually, with enough blood sacrifices... ;) Do you get to pick him up tonight?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-02-29T10:16:43-05:00
@Creeper, there is no depth to which humanity can not sink. Anyone who could hurt or abandon an animal are the true defenition of evil. There is no more evil act than to harm an innocent, no animal ever did anything to deserve the suffering and abuse that some humans are willing to doll out (I don't call them people, because in my opinion, they are not). Its up to the good people of the world to speak out and act out for those who can't! Love is greater than evil. Love will always find a way to overcome!
And thanks baKhan. I'm such a helicopter mommy. I get to pick him up today. :) I liked that the woman behind the desk kept saying "ok, your baby will be..." "You can pick your baby up at 4"
Agreed baKhan.... Don't understand how humans live with themselves. Can't talk about it. Too sad.
They did, however, LOVE Leo's kittyconvict collar! The vet goes "oh wow- this is good. It's bright, your number is right on it. Thank you for doing this"
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-29T13:30:16-05:00
The highest score I've gotten on an exam all semester! 105 points! Woo! Oh, wait... it's out of 200? Dang. Oh well, the average was 63, so this is the highest above the average I've been all semester!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-29T13:37:40-05:00
I want a kitten just to get a kittyconvict collar! And... well, other kitten stuff. I wouldn't mind having one as it is. There was a really cute, friendly, and playful one at a farm we frequent outside of town, but my mom didn't want to take her as she thought she would be too needy and attention-stealing all the time and would not be able to stay outside (like none of our other cats ever tried to sneak in the door while it was open). The only reason they're outside at all is that my dad hates the fur and scratches on furniture, though I imagine if we had a puppy he'd allow it.
As for killing pets? I can't even imagine it. Even if I had to humanely put down a pet, even if it was aggressive to any object living or inanimate and genuinely hated life itself, I would feel like I were pulling the trigger on ol' Lassie.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-29T14:00:18-05:00
You know, aside from the annoying headache all morning, this is turning out to be a nearly perfect day! If only I could have had it on the weekend so that work didn't get in the way later on tonight.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-02-29T14:18:38-05:00
Part one of the check run is over. Part two starts tomorrow. Who wants a beer? (Creeper, you get a shot of vodka since you are fretting over little Leo)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-29T14:49:40-05:00
I do, though while I'm in America, on a dry campus, no less, I'll stick with some root beer if you have it. I'll just put it in a square glass. The math checks out.
Lord Zombitten 2016-02-29T15:22:53-05:00
Good heavens! That was a very long meeting! Just over 4 hours. I could go for a beer.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-02-29T15:34:09-05:00
@LZ: Tell your co-workers you are going out for a smoke break and pop in at the local bar and have a brewski.
Lord Zombitten 2016-02-29T15:38:47-05:00
That's not a bad idea. Except I'd have to say lunch, since I don't smoke
Lord Zombitten 2016-02-29T15:39:59-05:00
But that would actually give me more time to finish a pint...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-29T15:48:31-05:00
I saw something today about a beer spa in Prague on a vlog where you take a bath in beer products and, for a full hour, included in the spa price, you can have as much beer on tap right next to the tub as you can drink. Probably very expensive, but that totally sounds amazing! Maybe we should hold the KittenCon in Prague?!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-29T15:54:33-05:00
Also, it never ceases to amaze me NOT how many people believe the earth is flat, but how many people believe that many people believe the earth is flat! B.o.B. put out that rap album months ago and it's still a topic everywhere online.
How many times do I have to tell people? 95% of the Flat Earth Society, at a minimum, doesn't actually believe it. Most of them are internet trolls who don't believe it but love people's reactions when they say they do. What's left is minor celebrities and rappers who didn't make an album for like 10 years looking to get a bit of popularity by throwing it all over their twitter and the internet and getting into internet battles with Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
The only people who do believe it, or would, are the ones who are more like farmers in ancient civilizations or undeveloped nations where they could learn about it and would totally believe it was round, but they honestly wouldn't care whatsoever since it doesn't impact their daily lives. And people think people just 150 years ago or so believed it was flat! It comes up all the time here on the internet! Eratosthenes found out over 2000 years ago by looking in wells on solstice it was round (and proceeded to calculate the circumference of earth and distance from the sun and circumference of the sun, quite accurately if I remember correctly), but fishermen thousands of years before even that saw the curve of the ocean horizon and deduced it from that.
End rant.
I just realized: trying to out-science Neil Tyson is like trying to out-box Mike Tyson.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-29T15:55:33-05:00
Oops. That turned out a bit longer than I'd hoped! Sorry, it's really interesting, but not relevant to life as we know it.
But if you ever meet someone who still believes the Flat Earth Society believes what they're saying, copy and paste that in their faces. How is this still a topic, though?!
Lord Zombitten 2016-02-29T16:23:16-05:00
People love getting reactions out of other people. To that end, they'll make ourlandishly false claims to get a rise out of people and/or grab a few minutes in the spotlight and possibly gain a cult following. See the anti-vaxxer movement.
Lord Zombitten 2016-02-29T16:31:45-05:00
Oh, and always remember to use the buddy lift system when moving a transmission so you don't drop it on your finger. I'm glad no little kids were around.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-02-29T16:48:21-05:00
@LZ, wheres the fun in that? At least if you would have had some little kids around they could have moved it for you... ;) (jokes, just jokes) Hope you didn't squish said finger too much!
Lord Zombitten 2016-02-29T16:56:31-05:00
It wasn't too bad. It only dropped about a quarter inch, and it was the smaller end. The big end hit first, so I didn't get the full weight. I still cussed loudly, though
Lord Zombitten 2016-02-29T16:57:02-05:00
Time for another meeting!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-29T20:45:34-05:00
America bashing seems to be a major topic online. So is religion bashing. I love how alot of people who abjectly hate those hate them for being closed-minded, hateful, or controversial in some way, ironically.
I also saw another thing that surprised me today, though I'm afraid of all the controversial subjects coming up. I saw a brony-bashing meme for the first time since likely 2012! I thought people got tired of hating on that one and moved on a long freakin' time ago.
Leo is home and FINALLY asleep. All his tests came back negative (lukemia, feline AIDS) and he did well. But the cone of shame...I've had cats hate it and adjust. Leo just...no. He spent forever trying to get it off, and started thrashing- which made it hard on his surgery. He wasn't sleeping-scraping his head along the wall. I finally got to feed him, took the collar off and spent 30 minutes covering the surgical area while he tried to lick it. He finally zonked out.
I ordered one of those donut collars instead. Hopefully it arrives tomorrow.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-29T21:49:08-05:00
Eek. I know I'd hate a collar, but sometimes it seems like pets are irrationally afraid of anything around their neck. It took Marble months to get used to her collar after our county instituted a mandate that all pets needed to be registered. Then again, she went nearly all her life without one, so it just showing up, I can understand hating it.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-02-29T23:58:01-05:00
Here I was avoiding work I didn't even have to do. Procrastinating from a short thing turns out I did last week already. Well shoot. Then again, not like I had anything else to do.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-01T06:58:56-05:00
Morning kittens. Spring like weather today and I will be spending most of it indoors dealing with another check run.
Poor little Leo. I don't blame him for hating the cone. At least he is eating and got some sleep. He should all healed up in a week.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-01T08:51:56-05:00
Lucky you, you're getting the weather we had yesterday. Hopefully you don't get this weather; it's 24 outside, only getting up to just slightly above freezing. Normally that's not so bad, but I'm really tired right now, so it's just annoying. Then the rest of this week is just up and down between like 35 and 65. Next week gets up to 75 even.
But for now, the air here is so dry somehow that my nose, throat, and lips are all really hurting right now. Especially my lips; the bottom one apparently bled a little while I slept. Thankfully the mouth is the fastest healing part of the body.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-01T09:13:54-05:00
Good Morning Kittens!
@Creeper, glad little Leo is ok! I'm not surprised he hates the cone, especially after some of the stories of him that you've shared! My guy will do pretty much anything for me, so he actually wags his tail when I put his cone back on. Seriously, the sweetest dog ever! The worst part of the cone (which I call the lampshade of shame) is when he drinks out of his bowl, he scoops a lot of water with the cone, getting it everywhere! ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-01T13:09:48-05:00
*sigh* In order for me to do my check run, I have to have everyone finish their stuff first. Do you think they let me know? Of course not. They don't say s%*t to me and they know that I'm suppose to have this done by 3 pm. Guess because I'm not in their little clique, they don't feel the need to tell me a damn thing.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-01T13:13:54-05:00
Well, this week seems to be going a bit more smoothly than the last couple, I'll give it that. Not having several exams does a great deal in that regard, not at all surprisingly. However, still just as tired as ever. Halfway through the day. I did, though, get out of physics extra early, so between after that class and after calc reci (now), I actually had time to eat my full lunch! That might be a first for my tuesday schedule! Plus possibly a short lab! This week might turn out all right in the end!
Sorry, no time to read and respond to the day's correspondences, but I'll get to it when I'm done in a few hours.
@Geist: I'm in the same boat. Apparently, one of the managers isn't a manager anymore. Found out from the HSE team about that....not even from a manager, but another person on the same level as me. Will I get paperwork in time? Remains to be seen.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-01T16:21:17-05:00
Where's Trinkets? I need to share my opinion of Schlitz with him.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-01T16:22:18-05:00
My nose all day has been alternating between painfully dry and absolutely stuffed and flowing.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-01T16:24:16-05:00
Wow, today has the stench of all-around suck for the most part on here. I'm taking a break, but tomorrow I have quite a damn bit of work to do.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-01T16:25:43-05:00
I have lots to do this week, including writing up a personal improvement plan for one of my employees. I don't want to, but it has to happen.
Hooray for performance reviews...and people who don't review their documents they send telling you how to access said review. Step 1, Step 2, Step...4?!
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-01T16:27:53-05:00
Ugh! I hate performance reviews! Yet, I'd rather do those than a personal improvement plan.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-01T16:29:10-05:00
Yay! Got a twitter message from EK: I'm officially in The Crate now! Just had to give them my name, email, home address, social security number, at least one credit card, bank account numbers, number of windows in my place, best vantage point with a direct line of sight through a window to the place I'm most commonly sitting, and mother's maiden name and now I'm officially part of it! Everything after email was optional.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-01T16:32:01-05:00
Interesting, I didn't see most of that on the form. I did think it was funny that I had to try a few times because the Twitter ID was "not in the correct format." You know, the part that was auto-populated and uneditable.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-01T16:35:26-05:00
See, the PIP is a combination written/verbal warning, informing the employee that they have 90 days to get their crap together if they want to continue working for the company.
Some people need that other kick....out the door. Just wish I had the power to do either of those with some people...missing paperwork, slow response times on vital information, some people not even looking at the stuff they are supposed to approve(send email out, not even a minute later get response).
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-01T16:49:36-05:00
Just count down the days until you can rest easy atop your hot sauce empire.
I'm counting those days down. I can't wait to rest easy when you hire all of us.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-01T17:44:19-05:00
@GM, we call it releasing them to the industry... it sounds nicer than, gtfo!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-01T17:48:49-05:00
Be free! Away from here! No seriously, maybe you should consider dancing. Or dentistry. Just not what you're doing now.
I can't. YouTube doesn't work at work.
Same here no YouTube at work... :(
...I think I really should talk my boss into letting me leave early...I read Same as Shame. @_@
Watch them.whenever you get a moment. I promise you it will be worth your while.
I had Cry for Freedom by White Lion stuck in my head for a solid week. Then it left, so I popped the CD in the player and listened to it to get it back.
Which is just crazy, because that's not even my favorite White Lion song. That would be It's Over.
Have you ever had 2 songs in your head at once? I've had up to 5 songs stuck in my head, all going at the same time, focusing in between each of them or being able to focus on a certain one. They all kept going at a normal pace whether I thought about them or not, and it was exactly like 5 radios all playing at once.
I have had two. No more than that, though. It drove me nuts.
I loved it! It was so crazy to be able to actually be able to hear 5 songs at once! Though, as you can imagine, once I realized it, it took quite a bit of focus to keep them all rolling merrily along, and for obvious reasons, it only happened once. Heck, even just two songs simultaneously is pretty dang rare. Well, I can think of two songs and actively focus on both, but it's rare for them to spontaneously simultaneously come up in my head. It's especially hard when they have different paces.
So, a pirate, with a ship's wheel down the front of his pants, walks into a bar. The bartender looks at the pirate and says, "that looks mighty uncomfortable." The pirate responds, "Yyyaarrrrr.........it drives me nuts."
lol@Trinkets.
You must be so much fun at parties. You better be at our first Kitten Con.
LZ, make me this for dinner please?
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/lobster-mac-and-cheese-recipe.html
@Geist, thats easy peasy! You could make that in your sleep! Nothing to it! Unless you just wanted someone else to make it for you... ;)
Also, couldn't help noticing that they didn't have any bacon in there... its gots to have bacon!
Dang it, Trinkets, are we gonna have a joke contest now? Just say yes if so, because I can try to remember some of my favorite (non-offensive) ones!
Here's a primer: Two bums are walking down the railroad. One says, "Man, these steps are so uncomfortable. They're all bumpy and irregular." The other replied, "Nah, the steps are fine. It's these low handrails that are killing me."
Ah, 2 apples and a pot of coffee. Other than the coffee introducing me to my new best friend, the bathroom, this sounds like a perfect afternoon.I love the weekend!
@BaKhan: Bacon! That would make it so perfect. I am too lazy to fix something like that.
@Geist, oh I see how it is... ;) Here let me help you... http://www.yelp.com/search…
Thanks Geist. And monetarily speaking, a Con may be out of me and the wife's current fiscal situation.
Good one Zem.
No, I am not up to a joke-off. At least not right now.
Aw shucks. I was hoping for a Joke "Hour"! ;)
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Out of your fiscal situation? Then we'll bring the Con to you! Wait... too impractical. We'll bring you to the Con! No... still impractical and pretty expensive... Um... We'll hope you win the lottery! There we go.
I will leave my parting joke for the night.
Q: How many Ramones does it take to change a light bulb?
A: onetwothreefour!
I have one I want to say, but it's kinda long, so I'm too lazy and will only do it if people really want to hear it. It's about hell.
Why am I up this morning on a Saturday? And sober to boot.
I wasn't the only one up that late then.
I was up due to some shoulder muscle issues. Couldn't get any good sleep. Now I feel like a zombie.
@Trinkets: I woke that early because I joined a walking/running group and this was the first meeting. I am trying to get in shape before I turn 50
I was up until right about 3:30 am here (a little less than 9 hours ago).
Dang, only 9 hours? And I've already been up for several of those. At least I'll be able to sleep tonight and not throw off my sleep schedule like most weekends. I made sure to tone it back to only 3:30 last night.
Wow, 75 out today! Then the whole next week bounces up and down between 40 and 50.
Celsius.
We have a mixture of ice and rain here today..not nice when you were planning on going to get a sub. =/
And then there's me who won't even leave today to buy stuff I need, I'll put that off until tomorrow when it's getting late and even then I may end up just staying here out of laziness and fear of losing my beloved parking spot in the garage, the perfect one, and realizing I can go a week on minimal rations.
I thought, "I want to go eat Canes or something like that. I need convincing not to." So I looked at my bank account. 10 minutes later I was busy using my meal plan in the dining hall here. Funny how your bank account can be one of the most convincing tools and friends you can ever have!
Candy canes?
Raising Canes. It's so diabolical that they put one just off campus. It's so addicting. Probably the best decision Canes ever made. They're making me poor!
I just decided (Yes, at 4:20 am) to check the entries out of curiosity of my position and the end date. Whoa, it ended now! And I'm somewhere above the middle! Woo! Conglaturation to all of us who entered, a winner is you!
Going to a lock picking class this afternoon. Will post pictures in the litter box this week.
Ooh, that sounds fun. I got my lessons from Scam School on youtube, on of my favorite channels. They had a really good series awhile back. Also from just things I've seen around the internet and in real life. I've never tried picking a lock, yet I know all of the basics, a few advanced tips, locks other than the normal type, and am confident I could pick an easy one with just a problem or two on my first attempt ever. Why haven't I tried?
Also, just woke up half an hour ago, at 3 pm. Tried to get up earlier, but failed. There goes any hope of getting enough sleep before a monday to start the week off right. At least I don't have exams this week (I don't think), so there's less to worry about.
I don't care about the oscars whatsoever, but a youtuber I like is streaming and they keep cutting to him for interviews. It's actually kind of funny and cool, but nobody has any idea why they chose him to do it.
Hiya kittens!! Tried to give Leo a fun day today. We played outside in the sun (with his leash and harness), the tonight he got all the nomz and played with a laser, and his favorite toy. Tomorrow- his balls are gone. Poor little bear!
Leo did have a fun day! He finally won an Oscar! I mean, he should have like 8 for Best Actor, but it's a start!
... oh, that Leo. "Best Supporting Kitten"?
Haha, so you actually thought he was a girl until Nugget's "nuggets" made an appearance, and now you're cutting off his identifying marks?
I only thought Leo was A girl for the first few days until we took him to the vet. Even then, the vet struggled.
I want to go to bed but Leo is asleep in my Arms like a baby. So sweet, but my ass is asleep!
I should have gone to bed, but I slept until 3 pm today by accident, so I wanted to stay up late even if I was tired (wasn't until about now) so I wasn't laying in bed until like 4 or 5 am awake and uncomfortable. I wanted to start the week off with enough sleep just once, but no, looks like I'll be tired yet again all week. Right now, though, I can't even remember the sentence I was seconds away from typing. I should probably go to bed now.
Morning kittens. Mortal Kombat crazy day today thanks, in part, to it being the last check run of the month.
Thanks a lot leap year. (You wanker)
At humane society with Leonidas. I don't know who's more upset! I fell bad for the little fuzz because commuting here was stressful and now he's in office with whimpering dogs and meowing cats.
He keeps burrowing under his fuzzy animAl to hide. :(
Good Morning Kittens!
Awwww Creeper. Just remember that it's for his own good and he will heal quickly with lots of love from you
I remember how guilty I felt about getting my dog neutered. That was the first time he ever went under and he was two years old (I wanted him to get as big as he could), I was going to wait until three, but things were happening, and they needed to stop happening. ;) He bounced back in no time, as I'm sure Leo will as well! Lots of love and treats won't hurt either!
I did well and didn't cry until I got outside! I'm ok with getting him fixed- I know it's good for him. It was sitting in the waiting room and leaving him when he looked so scared. Broke my little fur mommy heart!
I don't know how people can abandon pets. Just leaving him like that, even knowing I'll be back, nearly killed me.
@Creeper, you wouldn't be such an awesome fur mom if you didn't feel that way! He'll be just fine, and he will forgive you, eventually, with enough blood sacrifices... ;) Do you get to pick him up tonight?
@Creeper, there is no depth to which humanity can not sink. Anyone who could hurt or abandon an animal are the true defenition of evil. There is no more evil act than to harm an innocent, no animal ever did anything to deserve the suffering and abuse that some humans are willing to doll out (I don't call them people, because in my opinion, they are not). Its up to the good people of the world to speak out and act out for those who can't! Love is greater than evil. Love will always find a way to overcome!
Morning kittens.
Morning GM!
And thanks baKhan. I'm such a helicopter mommy. I get to pick him up today. :) I liked that the woman behind the desk kept saying "ok, your baby will be..." "You can pick your baby up at 4"
Agreed baKhan.... Don't understand how humans live with themselves. Can't talk about it. Too sad.
They did, however, LOVE Leo's kittyconvict collar! The vet goes "oh wow- this is good. It's bright, your number is right on it. Thank you for doing this"
The highest score I've gotten on an exam all semester! 105 points! Woo! Oh, wait... it's out of 200? Dang. Oh well, the average was 63, so this is the highest above the average I've been all semester!
I want a kitten just to get a kittyconvict collar! And... well, other kitten stuff. I wouldn't mind having one as it is. There was a really cute, friendly, and playful one at a farm we frequent outside of town, but my mom didn't want to take her as she thought she would be too needy and attention-stealing all the time and would not be able to stay outside (like none of our other cats ever tried to sneak in the door while it was open). The only reason they're outside at all is that my dad hates the fur and scratches on furniture, though I imagine if we had a puppy he'd allow it.
As for killing pets? I can't even imagine it. Even if I had to humanely put down a pet, even if it was aggressive to any object living or inanimate and genuinely hated life itself, I would feel like I were pulling the trigger on ol' Lassie.
You know, aside from the annoying headache all morning, this is turning out to be a nearly perfect day! If only I could have had it on the weekend so that work didn't get in the way later on tonight.
Part one of the check run is over. Part two starts tomorrow. Who wants a beer? (Creeper, you get a shot of vodka since you are fretting over little Leo)
I do, though while I'm in America, on a dry campus, no less, I'll stick with some root beer if you have it. I'll just put it in a square glass. The math checks out.
Good heavens! That was a very long meeting! Just over 4 hours. I could go for a beer.
@LZ: Tell your co-workers you are going out for a smoke break and pop in at the local bar and have a brewski.
That's not a bad idea. Except I'd have to say lunch, since I don't smoke
But that would actually give me more time to finish a pint...
Or five
I saw something today about a beer spa in Prague on a vlog where you take a bath in beer products and, for a full hour, included in the spa price, you can have as much beer on tap right next to the tub as you can drink. Probably very expensive, but that totally sounds amazing! Maybe we should hold the KittenCon in Prague?!
Also, it never ceases to amaze me NOT how many people believe the earth is flat, but how many people believe that many people believe the earth is flat! B.o.B. put out that rap album months ago and it's still a topic everywhere online.
How many times do I have to tell people? 95% of the Flat Earth Society, at a minimum, doesn't actually believe it. Most of them are internet trolls who don't believe it but love people's reactions when they say they do. What's left is minor celebrities and rappers who didn't make an album for like 10 years looking to get a bit of popularity by throwing it all over their twitter and the internet and getting into internet battles with Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
The only people who do believe it, or would, are the ones who are more like farmers in ancient civilizations or undeveloped nations where they could learn about it and would totally believe it was round, but they honestly wouldn't care whatsoever since it doesn't impact their daily lives. And people think people just 150 years ago or so believed it was flat! It comes up all the time here on the internet! Eratosthenes found out over 2000 years ago by looking in wells on solstice it was round (and proceeded to calculate the circumference of earth and distance from the sun and circumference of the sun, quite accurately if I remember correctly), but fishermen thousands of years before even that saw the curve of the ocean horizon and deduced it from that.
End rant.
I just realized: trying to out-science Neil Tyson is like trying to out-box Mike Tyson.
Oops. That turned out a bit longer than I'd hoped! Sorry, it's really interesting, but not relevant to life as we know it.
But if you ever meet someone who still believes the Flat Earth Society believes what they're saying, copy and paste that in their faces. How is this still a topic, though?!
People love getting reactions out of other people. To that end, they'll make ourlandishly false claims to get a rise out of people and/or grab a few minutes in the spotlight and possibly gain a cult following. See the anti-vaxxer movement.
Oh, and always remember to use the buddy lift system when moving a transmission so you don't drop it on your finger. I'm glad no little kids were around.
@LZ, wheres the fun in that? At least if you would have had some little kids around they could have moved it for you... ;) (jokes, just jokes) Hope you didn't squish said finger too much!
It wasn't too bad. It only dropped about a quarter inch, and it was the smaller end. The big end hit first, so I didn't get the full weight. I still cussed loudly, though
Time for another meeting!
America bashing seems to be a major topic online. So is religion bashing. I love how alot of people who abjectly hate those hate them for being closed-minded, hateful, or controversial in some way, ironically.
I also saw another thing that surprised me today, though I'm afraid of all the controversial subjects coming up. I saw a brony-bashing meme for the first time since likely 2012! I thought people got tired of hating on that one and moved on a long freakin' time ago.
Egads that sounds painful!
Leo is home and FINALLY asleep. All his tests came back negative (lukemia, feline AIDS) and he did well. But the cone of shame...I've had cats hate it and adjust. Leo just...no. He spent forever trying to get it off, and started thrashing- which made it hard on his surgery. He wasn't sleeping-scraping his head along the wall. I finally got to feed him, took the collar off and spent 30 minutes covering the surgical area while he tried to lick it. He finally zonked out.
I ordered one of those donut collars instead. Hopefully it arrives tomorrow.
Eek. I know I'd hate a collar, but sometimes it seems like pets are irrationally afraid of anything around their neck. It took Marble months to get used to her collar after our county instituted a mandate that all pets needed to be registered. Then again, she went nearly all her life without one, so it just showing up, I can understand hating it.
Here I was avoiding work I didn't even have to do. Procrastinating from a short thing turns out I did last week already. Well shoot. Then again, not like I had anything else to do.
Morning kittens. Spring like weather today and I will be spending most of it indoors dealing with another check run.
Poor little Leo. I don't blame him for hating the cone. At least he is eating and got some sleep. He should all healed up in a week.
Lucky you, you're getting the weather we had yesterday. Hopefully you don't get this weather; it's 24 outside, only getting up to just slightly above freezing. Normally that's not so bad, but I'm really tired right now, so it's just annoying. Then the rest of this week is just up and down between like 35 and 65. Next week gets up to 75 even.
But for now, the air here is so dry somehow that my nose, throat, and lips are all really hurting right now. Especially my lips; the bottom one apparently bled a little while I slept. Thankfully the mouth is the fastest healing part of the body.
Good Morning Kittens!
@Creeper, glad little Leo is ok! I'm not surprised he hates the cone, especially after some of the stories of him that you've shared! My guy will do pretty much anything for me, so he actually wags his tail when I put his cone back on. Seriously, the sweetest dog ever! The worst part of the cone (which I call the lampshade of shame) is when he drinks out of his bowl, he scoops a lot of water with the cone, getting it everywhere! ;)
Morning kittens.
The hurry up and wait is strong this day.
*sigh* In order for me to do my check run, I have to have everyone finish their stuff first. Do you think they let me know? Of course not. They don't say s%*t to me and they know that I'm suppose to have this done by 3 pm. Guess because I'm not in their little clique, they don't feel the need to tell me a damn thing.
Well, this week seems to be going a bit more smoothly than the last couple, I'll give it that. Not having several exams does a great deal in that regard, not at all surprisingly. However, still just as tired as ever. Halfway through the day. I did, though, get out of physics extra early, so between after that class and after calc reci (now), I actually had time to eat my full lunch! That might be a first for my tuesday schedule! Plus possibly a short lab! This week might turn out all right in the end!
Sorry, no time to read and respond to the day's correspondences, but I'll get to it when I'm done in a few hours.
@Geist: I'm in the same boat. Apparently, one of the managers isn't a manager anymore. Found out from the HSE team about that....not even from a manager, but another person on the same level as me. Will I get paperwork in time? Remains to be seen.
Where's Trinkets? I need to share my opinion of Schlitz with him.
My nose all day has been alternating between painfully dry and absolutely stuffed and flowing.
Wow, today has the stench of all-around suck for the most part on here. I'm taking a break, but tomorrow I have quite a damn bit of work to do.
I have lots to do this week, including writing up a personal improvement plan for one of my employees. I don't want to, but it has to happen.
Hooray for performance reviews...and people who don't review their documents they send telling you how to access said review. Step 1, Step 2, Step...4?!
Ugh! I hate performance reviews! Yet, I'd rather do those than a personal improvement plan.
Yay! Got a twitter message from EK: I'm officially in The Crate now! Just had to give them my name, email, home address, social security number, at least one credit card, bank account numbers, number of windows in my place, best vantage point with a direct line of sight through a window to the place I'm most commonly sitting, and mother's maiden name and now I'm officially part of it! Everything after email was optional.
Interesting, I didn't see most of that on the form. I did think it was funny that I had to try a few times because the Twitter ID was "not in the correct format." You know, the part that was auto-populated and uneditable.
See, the PIP is a combination written/verbal warning, informing the employee that they have 90 days to get their crap together if they want to continue working for the company.
Unfortunately, some people need that kick to get them to be productive.
Yeah. The trouble is, I don't think it's going to work.
Some people need that other kick....out the door. Just wish I had the power to do either of those with some people...missing paperwork, slow response times on vital information, some people not even looking at the stuff they are supposed to approve(send email out, not even a minute later get response).
Just count down the days until you can rest easy atop your hot sauce empire.
I'm counting those days down. I can't wait to rest easy when you hire all of us.
@GM, we call it releasing them to the industry... it sounds nicer than, gtfo!
Be free! Away from here! No seriously, maybe you should consider dancing. Or dentistry. Just not what you're doing now.