Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-23T13:22:59-04:00
@BaKhan: Then you'll let GM borrow him for walkies when the weather gets warmer. It would be nice to have a KC wedding.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-23T13:26:26-04:00
Hi everyone.
Yeah, yesterday in colorado, we had a high of 78 with a winter weather advisory! Good thing we got out of there when we did. Though skiing after this storm would be AWESOME! We were just too late! Western Nebraska is in for a surprise as well. We're just scheduled for a pleasant rain storm at about 4 today.
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No, not again! That's so sad, PoT. Seems we've lost far more honorary Corps members than we've gained over the past year.
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Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-23T13:27:45-04:00
I'd visit Canada for a KC wedding! Hell, I'd visit anyways if I could. Seems my summer could be pretty full, especially with a major family reunion I forget where.
Okay...I know the world is already mentally screwed up...but I just saw a link on the MSN news page for "What to do after cheating on your partner"...I didn't even bother looking at it...but come on!
Awh, PoT... :( I have daisy, toto, Rufus, and shadow all waiting to greet your baby in doggie heaven. He's going to LOVE IT.
Powers of Tesla 2016-03-23T14:37:34-04:00
Thanks Creeper, GM. It's 1:30, and I'm already starting to get misty. Damn pollen.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-23T14:50:55-04:00
@PoT, strength, courage, and compassion brother. Its all we have when in the face of overwhelming situations. FWIW, we're here for you!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-23T14:53:59-04:00
@GM, unless it was a step by step guide for suicide... I've never understood cheaters! If you can't be faithful to someone, why even get married or be in a committed relationship!?! If the love is gone, own up to it, and that way both people can move on without feeling like they're worthless. No one should ever be made to feel that way.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-23T14:57:12-04:00
@GM: I didn't know people needed instructions on that type of thing.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-23T14:58:19-04:00
@BaKhan: I completely agree. Never understood why sports figures get married when they know they are going to cheat. Not all of them do but enough to make me wonder why in the world would you do that in the first place?
@BaKhan: I agree. I've been cheated on before, and damned if I will EVER put someone through that.
@Geist: Apparently so. I mean, they do have websites dedicated to infidelity after all.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-23T15:23:38-04:00
Guide to what to do if you just cheated on someone.
1) locate nearest gravelyard, unexplored forest, or bottomless pit
2) grab shovel
3) go to location stated in step 1
4) dig a hole
5) go die in a hole.
5a) optional: bring a lighter with you and go die in a fire.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-23T15:24:29-04:00
Note: In step 1, that is gravel yard, but it looks like a typo for graveyard, which is also an acceptable location.
It's not that simple. I'm not saying it because I've cheated. I'm saying it because when I was cheated on, I started reading. And researching. The guy who cheated on me ended up marrying the other woman, and they're still together. People get married with the hopes of being together forever- but we all know that's not the case. Sometimes you meet someone and slowly fall In love with them. It's scary because you're in a committed relationship and don't know what to do. Emotions are powerful and confusing. It's not easy to avoid- or else why would there be SO many people who cheat or get divorced. It's easy for us to judge. But unless you've been in their shoes, step back and realize not every decision is an easy one.
There *are* a lot of scum bags out there, selfish people. I'm not excusing their behavior. But generalizing every person that cheats is unfair. Every relationship is unique.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-23T15:52:31-04:00
@Creeper, the point I was trying to make was if you're even thinking about cheating, you are with the wrong person, and need to be honest with them and do the right thing. The right thing in that case would be to end the relationship before cheating. I think that if you can even think about it, theres a problem, and you need to address it. How many people are carrying around garbage because someone was too selfish to do the right thing. Either way there will be hurt feelings, but at least if you're honest with your soon to be ex, there is a showing of respect for what was, and for that persons feelings, which are important, even if you aren't in love anymore.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-23T16:16:24-04:00
I don't mean everyone who does it should die.
Though it would put a dent in overpopulation...
But you realize I mean the asshats who can't deal with commitment. Besides, even if the other relationship is better, don't cheat, explain things, break things off with good intentions and as few hard feelings as possible, then pursue the other person. At the very least. I mean then you're not just being disloyal by sneaking around someone else's back, and they might even understand or agree with you that way.
Powers of Tesla 2016-03-23T17:35:21-04:00
It is done.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-23T17:48:34-04:00
@PoT, peace brother.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-23T17:50:50-04:00
Sorry, PoT.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-23T17:52:48-04:00
I'm sorry PoT. May the many good memories about your beloved friend ease you through the heartache
Thank you all. It was time, we believe he was in pain, and we could not allow him to live in pain. But as big an ass as he could be, we will miss him. The vet gave him a shot of phenobarbital she claimed was enough to put down a dog twice his size. He required more, Asshole to the end our dog. May he rest in peace.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-23T21:05:31-04:00
Aaw, he was a fighter. Or had a previous history with drugs, you never can tell with some dogs...
But I'm sorry. We all know what you're going through, so we're here for you.
So many fur babies to add to the memorial this past year. Too many. Poor pets. Here's to the hopes we'll have a better year to come with them than we've had this past one.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-03-23T23:04:11-04:00
My deepest sympathy, PoT.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-24T09:16:17-04:00
Good morning kittens!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-24T09:20:41-04:00
Are you there weekend? It's me, Geist.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-24T09:28:07-04:00
@Geist, its almost there, its breathing heavy anyways... ;)
Powers of Tesla 2016-03-24T09:36:57-04:00
Hi everyone.
@Trinkets, thank you.
So how is everyone today?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-24T09:42:46-04:00
@PoT, good morning sir! I'm hanging in today, can't wait for the weekend, I need some sleep! Hows your family doing today?
Powers of Tesla 2016-03-24T10:00:14-04:00
I'm sure you know. There's a dog shaped hole in our house right now, BaKhan. But it'll get smaller as the days pass. My wife is talking about wanting a new dog, but I'm trying to talk her out of it. The process of being a responsible pet owner is incredibly hard on me.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-24T10:51:43-04:00
I understand PoT. It's one of the reasons why I don't want another kitty. I would always think about my other two and I would be sad about that. Not saying it won't happen in the future, I just don't see it happening now.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-24T11:08:31-04:00
@PoT, I know. I was just trying to give you an opportunity to talk about it, if you wanted to. I didn't mean to come off as being insensitive, I'm sorry if I seemd that way. I think its much too early to have a new dog conversation. You'll know when and / or if its time. I think the best thing to do is share your favorite stories and try to remember the good times, best way to honor the passed in my opinion. Gone, but not forgotten, loved so not lost.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-24T12:00:57-04:00
In other news, I completely forgot that the new Superman movie is out today. If it weren't for the fact that I have a commitment Saturday morning, I'd be in the theater 9 am on Saturday watching it. I'm really curious how they introduce Wonder Woman and Aquaman to the story.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-24T14:10:09-04:00
Oh, that's today? I'm several movies behind. I still haven't even seen The Revenant. Or Zoolander 2. There was another I needed to see as well, but I forget now.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-24T14:10:34-04:00
I do NOT have enough money for the amount of amazing movies coming out this year.
Mike Kabala 2016-03-24T14:43:01-04:00
Hi everyone. I tried playing EK with my wife on our iPhones last night, but failed. I knew she had downloaded the game because I had asked her to do it a few days earlier. However, when she started the game, she had trouble setting up her nickname. It seemed that every name she tried was already taken. I thought that was strange, because I haven't seen anyone else having that problem no matter what nickname they chose, even if that name was not unique.
After a while, I could see she was getting frustrated, so I offered to help. The graphics on her game were all strange and didn't look like anything drawn by The Oatmeal. In addition to that, when I cancelled the game and looked for the icon on her phone to start it up again, all I could find was some cartoonish icon that didn't look AT ALL like what I was expecting.
Then I looked at the name of the app: "Exploding Kitten." There's an impostor out there, folks.
I downloaded the "correct" game (Exploding KittenS), but by then the moment was lost. I'm going to wait a day or two before trying again. My wife has little patience with "computer problems."
@CB: Yeah, I've seen one similar to that. It's actually called Exploding Kittens, and it's by Aztech Films, so it could REALLY mess with people who want to Android app right away.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-24T14:52:06-04:00
@CB, damn that sounds painful! My wife also has limited patience with "computer problems" Just last night the remote for the apple tv went flying because she couldn't get it to connect, turns out it was nothing to do with the apple tv and everything to do with the wifi, unplug, replug, problem solved... but the moment was lost...
Mike Kabala 2016-03-24T14:57:54-04:00
It's really frustrating because she liked the card game so well during beta testing. Maybe I should get one of our decks out so we can do it "Old School" for a while.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-24T15:01:26-04:00
@CB, thats the way we still play, until the app has internet conectivity I can't see using it. My wife, thankfully, loves the card game!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-24T15:30:24-04:00
Holy crap. Someone has nothing better to do but to make a copy cat version of the game.
@CB: Did you let the folks at the real EK know?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-24T15:54:06-04:00
@Geist, I'm sure that they know, its been out for a long time now. Since shortly after the card game came out. Its nothing like EK though.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-24T17:45:45-04:00
Do they ever check here anymore? I'd like to think so, but then again all this time without once actually jumping in would just be sad. Not as sad as someone making a fake EK app for no apparent reason, but sad nonetheless.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-24T19:18:05-04:00
Ahh. Currently 70 degrees, feels like 80. Relaxing at home with the windows town open.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-25T05:46:17-04:00
Morning kittens. It's Friday, finally.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-25T12:03:02-04:00
You guys, I'm seriously. If you are going to crash at a friend's house for a couple of nights, show up before freaking 2:30 in the freaking morning!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-25T12:46:55-04:00
@LZ: Then that person would have been sleeping on the porch.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-25T12:54:02-04:00
Yeah, that's what I should have done. I'm too nice
Mike Kabala 2016-03-25T14:12:18-04:00
Hi everyone. Anybody got plans for the weekend?
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-25T14:37:15-04:00
I'm going to be working on the car my friend and I are restoring
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-25T15:18:18-04:00
I guess it's not a pet, but my grandpa is in serious condition now too; he had a major subdural hematoma (bleeding in the brain) that was drained and now filled back up because his brain didn't fill the space. Oh well, he's not the one to let a pool of blood in his brain stop him and he seems to be recovering well enough so far for an 86 year old.
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In other news, thanks for reminding me it's already friday. Dang. My week off went by so quickly! We don't even get the day after Easter off for vacation, which will suck for everyone who wants to celebrate with their family.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-25T16:18:23-04:00
I'm going to be joining my walking group, shopping for grocery's, finishing up spring cleaning and getting ready for the following week.
Mike Kabala 2016-03-25T16:18:32-04:00
Wow, not many people on Kickstarter today. I'm monitoring several campaigns and they all seem to be in the doldrums. I wonder if that's the Easter weekend effect.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-25T17:07:54-04:00
Actually, I was trying to finish up a project before the CFO started asking me about it. Since the president's death, I've decided I would be more proactive about my duties.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-25T18:05:14-04:00
Even I haven't been on much today at all. Granted until my previous post I was away all morning.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-25T22:34:03-04:00
i guess I should be on now then? Okay, the All Zem All Nite Show returns! Last time on AZANS: it was me talking to myself. I think I remember it was actually really interesting stuff for the most part. About 8-10 comments if I remember right. And I do know for sure Geist interrupted me not a full 2 hours before my 24-hour marathon of only AZANS had completed.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-26T13:22:53-04:00
Woo, on hour 19 of the All AZANS marathon part 2! I mean, sure hours 4-19 were really dull and in fact I even left you guys and went to bed, but it's a good marathon anyways! Leftover cinnamon rolls from yesterday's donut run time!!!
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Also, saw the new Pee Wee movie last night. It's obviously not as good as Pee Wee's Big Adventure, but it was actually pretty darn good and easily better than Pee Wee's Big Top.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-26T18:55:42-04:00
Woohoo! 25 hours straight! This is the most successful AZANS marathon of all time!!!
I'd like to thank my family for believing in me, my bed for giving me a place to sleep, my toilet for taking my shit, Mark Iplier for doing a charity livestream today and occupying like 6 hours of my time, and Mount & Blade Warband for doing so after the stream ended.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-26T20:34:10-04:00
Thing I learned today: mixing crushed red pepper into your Shock Top makes for a damn delicious drink.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-26T21:19:49-04:00
Thing I learned today: walking 7 miles in one day produces sore legs later.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-26T22:23:23-04:00
7 miles sounds normal to me. At least walking. Running... yeah, no.
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Dang it, 27 hours! Well, folks, that's the new AZANS marathon record!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-27T08:45:24-04:00
Happy Easter kittens to those that celebrate this holiday
Powers of Tesla 2016-03-27T15:09:30-04:00
The anniversary of the zombie Jesus rising from his tomb is upon us.
RUN! Run for your lives!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-27T15:46:45-04:00
LOL@POT: as luck would have it, I just started reading World War Z
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-27T18:18:12-04:00
Those that celebrate? I know devout atheists that celebrate Easter because you get to be with your family and it's an excuse to eat tons of good food and cheap candy.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-27T20:25:29-04:00
Grrr... last day of vacation is always the worst...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-27T20:26:33-04:00
On top of that, I didn't get any of that work done that I needed to. I hardly had any time, and I was already set back on other things I needed to get caught up on, so homework got pushed aside. Welp, there goes a weekend later on.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-27T23:24:07-04:00
Hey, LZ, how long you think until the campaign and subsequently shipping out the bottles of liquid gold? I'm just about out and am even starting to think about shelf life of a semi-frequently opened bottle. (mine were all left unrefrigerated, I think, all last week and looked weird, but that could just be because they separated)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-28T01:58:33-04:00
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-28T06:28:25-04:00
Morning kittens. Another work week and month end to boot.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-28T09:12:28-04:00
Good morning kittens!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-28T09:56:47-04:00
Hola, kool kats. Another normal week. Only a month of classes and an extra 2 weeks after that. You'd think I'd be excited, but then again, remember all that work I didn't get done over break? Yeah, got that to do some time.
Super cold in my room somehow to start the day, all the windows are shut except for a .5 mm opening in one that lets no air in. Not a good sign, but it'll be 70 before the day is out, and I won't be my normal morning self, so I might actually complain about not enough cold then. I only hate cold in the mornings.
ARGH! I hate FedEx, and when people that know about a screw up don't fix it right away. Is it drinking time yet?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-28T11:03:17-04:00
@GM, for gov't workers and bankers it is... for us working stiffs, not so much. But its up to you of course... ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-28T11:08:41-04:00
I don't like using FedEx. They will claim to have something delivered to your apartment but don't actually make an effort to leave the package, just a note.
@Geist: I would rather not use FedEx, but Wells Fargo uses them, and we don't get a say in it. Considering we've have admins watch the FedEx truck drive into the yard, stop for a second looking at the address on the package, then turn around and leave(with payroll documents IN the package), I would prefer something else.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-03-28T11:21:11-04:00
@Geist, I have that problem with most of the courier services, even the post office. The few times that I've been home during the week when they come to the house, the only reason I knew they were there was because of my dog barking at the door. I've got one of the obnoxiously loud and long door bells, so I know damn well they didn't even bother ringing... oh well, what can you do?
Could always complain to the manager. I've done that, and now I know they ring the doorbell whenever they come by my place. That, and since my dad is retired and home 90% of the time, we don't need to worry.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-28T11:37:10-04:00
Zem, I'm hoping by July.
GM, go home and have a Shock Top with crushed red pepper in it.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-28T11:39:12-04:00
a Shock Top with crushed red pepper in it
Ewww
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-28T11:53:13-04:00
That's what I thought at first, but it was soooo good!
Never had it that way. I will have to give it a shot sometime. Probably not until after the renovations are done at home(by the way, I do NOT recommend ripping up linoleum and the K-2 flooring that is under it when you haven't done much of that type of work before...my hands are still sore from the reverberations of the crowbar that was used to pry up the wood)
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-28T11:54:10-04:00
Unless you just don't like Shock Top...
Of course, the pepper flakes make it a lot less bitey.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-28T13:37:07-04:00
Hooray for july! Then again, that's what both EK and Clearly Canadian (a drink not from kickstarter, but had their own KS-like campaign) said. EK just BARELY made good on that, which is astounding considering the surprising scale they needed, but CC (with similar problems, but are less able to control what's going on due to their manufacturers) is still going about it.
In short, let's just hope your hot sauce company explodes but you can control the outcome.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-03-28T15:34:59-04:00
@LZ: If they make a Belgian style ale, then I've probably had some. IPA beer is too hoppy for my taste.
Andrew Divoff makes a spicy beer that he sells for charity.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-28T15:41:30-04:00
Peppers in beer just sounds like salt on a watermelon; in theory, it sounds disgusting, but when you try it, at least I imagine based on what I've heard here, it makes it taste SO much better. Completely different.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-28T16:01:38-04:00
I haven't had an IPA. That's on the list, though. Saturday was the first time I had tried a Belgian white of any sort.
Mike Kabala 2016-03-28T16:48:17-04:00
Good afternoon Kitties. I have been hanging about on other campaigns today. There's a 3D printer that's getting a bunch of pledges, but most of the comments are about what we don't know about the device. Interesting discussions though.
Mike Kabala 2016-03-28T16:49:46-04:00
I tried something last Saturday called "Not Your Father's Root Beer." It tasted great, but I had to stop after two bottles. Got to pick up a six-pack of that soon.
Mike Kabala 2016-03-28T16:50:48-04:00
It had, like, 5.9% alcohol, but it was masked by the sweetness.
That 3-D printer looked sketchy when I first saw an add for it pop up on my Facebook feed.
Mike Kabala 2016-03-28T16:58:40-04:00
@GM, most commenters agree with you about the OLO. They've raised a lot of excellent questions, but the response from the creative team has been rather slow. It looks to me like another KS that could become a victim of its own success.
Lord Zombitten 2016-03-28T16:59:40-04:00
I've heard of that root beer. I want to give it a try.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-03-28T17:00:41-04:00
I've seen that "root" beer. And tried a tiny bit. It's pretty good, but as you can tell by their sales which instantly took the hell off into space, it's made with some magic or something.
Mike Kabala 2016-03-28T17:14:43-04:00
To me, it tastes like a really good brewed root beer. It's easy to forget that it's actually alcoholic. I can taste a hint of beer, but there are no hops used, so there is no bitterness at all.
Thanks Lz, BaKhan. I appreciate the kind words.
@BaKhan: Then you'll let GM borrow him for walkies when the weather gets warmer. It would be nice to have a KC wedding.
Hi everyone.
Yeah, yesterday in colorado, we had a high of 78 with a winter weather advisory! Good thing we got out of there when we did. Though skiing after this storm would be AWESOME! We were just too late! Western Nebraska is in for a surprise as well. We're just scheduled for a pleasant rain storm at about 4 today.
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No, not again! That's so sad, PoT. Seems we've lost far more honorary Corps members than we've gained over the past year.
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I'd visit Canada for a KC wedding! Hell, I'd visit anyways if I could. Seems my summer could be pretty full, especially with a major family reunion I forget where.
Okay...I know the world is already mentally screwed up...but I just saw a link on the MSN news page for "What to do after cheating on your partner"...I didn't even bother looking at it...but come on!
@PoT: Sorry about your pup. Never fun when you need to put down a loved family member.
Awh, PoT... :( I have daisy, toto, Rufus, and shadow all waiting to greet your baby in doggie heaven. He's going to LOVE IT.
Thanks Creeper, GM. It's 1:30, and I'm already starting to get misty. Damn pollen.
@PoT, strength, courage, and compassion brother. Its all we have when in the face of overwhelming situations. FWIW, we're here for you!
@GM, unless it was a step by step guide for suicide... I've never understood cheaters! If you can't be faithful to someone, why even get married or be in a committed relationship!?! If the love is gone, own up to it, and that way both people can move on without feeling like they're worthless. No one should ever be made to feel that way.
@GM: I didn't know people needed instructions on that type of thing.
@BaKhan: I completely agree. Never understood why sports figures get married when they know they are going to cheat. Not all of them do but enough to make me wonder why in the world would you do that in the first place?
@BaKhan: I agree. I've been cheated on before, and damned if I will EVER put someone through that.
@Geist: Apparently so. I mean, they do have websites dedicated to infidelity after all.
Guide to what to do if you just cheated on someone.
1) locate nearest gravelyard, unexplored forest, or bottomless pit
2) grab shovel
3) go to location stated in step 1
4) dig a hole
5) go die in a hole.
5a) optional: bring a lighter with you and go die in a fire.
Note: In step 1, that is gravel yard, but it looks like a typo for graveyard, which is also an acceptable location.
It's not that simple. I'm not saying it because I've cheated. I'm saying it because when I was cheated on, I started reading. And researching. The guy who cheated on me ended up marrying the other woman, and they're still together. People get married with the hopes of being together forever- but we all know that's not the case. Sometimes you meet someone and slowly fall In love with them. It's scary because you're in a committed relationship and don't know what to do. Emotions are powerful and confusing. It's not easy to avoid- or else why would there be SO many people who cheat or get divorced. It's easy for us to judge. But unless you've been in their shoes, step back and realize not every decision is an easy one.
There *are* a lot of scum bags out there, selfish people. I'm not excusing their behavior. But generalizing every person that cheats is unfair. Every relationship is unique.
@Creeper, the point I was trying to make was if you're even thinking about cheating, you are with the wrong person, and need to be honest with them and do the right thing. The right thing in that case would be to end the relationship before cheating. I think that if you can even think about it, theres a problem, and you need to address it. How many people are carrying around garbage because someone was too selfish to do the right thing. Either way there will be hurt feelings, but at least if you're honest with your soon to be ex, there is a showing of respect for what was, and for that persons feelings, which are important, even if you aren't in love anymore.
I don't mean everyone who does it should die.
Though it would put a dent in overpopulation...
But you realize I mean the asshats who can't deal with commitment. Besides, even if the other relationship is better, don't cheat, explain things, break things off with good intentions and as few hard feelings as possible, then pursue the other person. At the very least. I mean then you're not just being disloyal by sneaking around someone else's back, and they might even understand or agree with you that way.
It is done.
@PoT, peace brother.
Sorry, PoT.
I'm sorry PoT. May the many good memories about your beloved friend ease you through the heartache
Oh sweet babe. :( I'm heartsick for you.
Thank you all. It was time, we believe he was in pain, and we could not allow him to live in pain. But as big an ass as he could be, we will miss him. The vet gave him a shot of phenobarbital she claimed was enough to put down a dog twice his size. He required more, Asshole to the end our dog. May he rest in peace.
Aaw, he was a fighter. Or had a previous history with drugs, you never can tell with some dogs...
But I'm sorry. We all know what you're going through, so we're here for you.
So many fur babies to add to the memorial this past year. Too many. Poor pets. Here's to the hopes we'll have a better year to come with them than we've had this past one.
My deepest sympathy, PoT.
Good morning kittens!
Are you there weekend? It's me, Geist.
@Geist, its almost there, its breathing heavy anyways... ;)
Hi everyone.
@Trinkets, thank you.
So how is everyone today?
@PoT, good morning sir! I'm hanging in today, can't wait for the weekend, I need some sleep! Hows your family doing today?
I'm sure you know. There's a dog shaped hole in our house right now, BaKhan. But it'll get smaller as the days pass. My wife is talking about wanting a new dog, but I'm trying to talk her out of it. The process of being a responsible pet owner is incredibly hard on me.
I understand PoT. It's one of the reasons why I don't want another kitty. I would always think about my other two and I would be sad about that. Not saying it won't happen in the future, I just don't see it happening now.
@PoT, I know. I was just trying to give you an opportunity to talk about it, if you wanted to. I didn't mean to come off as being insensitive, I'm sorry if I seemd that way. I think its much too early to have a new dog conversation. You'll know when and / or if its time. I think the best thing to do is share your favorite stories and try to remember the good times, best way to honor the passed in my opinion. Gone, but not forgotten, loved so not lost.
In other news, I completely forgot that the new Superman movie is out today. If it weren't for the fact that I have a commitment Saturday morning, I'd be in the theater 9 am on Saturday watching it. I'm really curious how they introduce Wonder Woman and Aquaman to the story.
Oh, that's today? I'm several movies behind. I still haven't even seen The Revenant. Or Zoolander 2. There was another I needed to see as well, but I forget now.
I do NOT have enough money for the amount of amazing movies coming out this year.
Hi everyone. I tried playing EK with my wife on our iPhones last night, but failed. I knew she had downloaded the game because I had asked her to do it a few days earlier. However, when she started the game, she had trouble setting up her nickname. It seemed that every name she tried was already taken. I thought that was strange, because I haven't seen anyone else having that problem no matter what nickname they chose, even if that name was not unique.
After a while, I could see she was getting frustrated, so I offered to help. The graphics on her game were all strange and didn't look like anything drawn by The Oatmeal. In addition to that, when I cancelled the game and looked for the icon on her phone to start it up again, all I could find was some cartoonish icon that didn't look AT ALL like what I was expecting.
Then I looked at the name of the app: "Exploding Kitten." There's an impostor out there, folks.
I downloaded the "correct" game (Exploding KittenS), but by then the moment was lost. I'm going to wait a day or two before trying again. My wife has little patience with "computer problems."
@CB: Yeah, I've seen one similar to that. It's actually called Exploding Kittens, and it's by Aztech Films, so it could REALLY mess with people who want to Android app right away.
@CB, damn that sounds painful! My wife also has limited patience with "computer problems" Just last night the remote for the apple tv went flying because she couldn't get it to connect, turns out it was nothing to do with the apple tv and everything to do with the wifi, unplug, replug, problem solved... but the moment was lost...
It's really frustrating because she liked the card game so well during beta testing. Maybe I should get one of our decks out so we can do it "Old School" for a while.
@CB, thats the way we still play, until the app has internet conectivity I can't see using it. My wife, thankfully, loves the card game!
Holy crap. Someone has nothing better to do but to make a copy cat version of the game.
@CB: Did you let the folks at the real EK know?
@Geist, I'm sure that they know, its been out for a long time now. Since shortly after the card game came out. Its nothing like EK though.
The one on Android is described as Whack-a-mole.
@Geist, I figure they'll see it here.
Do they ever check here anymore? I'd like to think so, but then again all this time without once actually jumping in would just be sad. Not as sad as someone making a fake EK app for no apparent reason, but sad nonetheless.
Ahh. Currently 70 degrees, feels like 80. Relaxing at home with the windows town open.
Morning kittens. It's Friday, finally.
You guys, I'm seriously. If you are going to crash at a friend's house for a couple of nights, show up before freaking 2:30 in the freaking morning!
@LZ: Then that person would have been sleeping on the porch.
Yeah, that's what I should have done. I'm too nice
Hi everyone. Anybody got plans for the weekend?
I'm going to be working on the car my friend and I are restoring
I guess it's not a pet, but my grandpa is in serious condition now too; he had a major subdural hematoma (bleeding in the brain) that was drained and now filled back up because his brain didn't fill the space. Oh well, he's not the one to let a pool of blood in his brain stop him and he seems to be recovering well enough so far for an 86 year old.
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In other news, thanks for reminding me it's already friday. Dang. My week off went by so quickly! We don't even get the day after Easter off for vacation, which will suck for everyone who wants to celebrate with their family.
I'm going to be joining my walking group, shopping for grocery's, finishing up spring cleaning and getting ready for the following week.
Wow, not many people on Kickstarter today. I'm monitoring several campaigns and they all seem to be in the doldrums. I wonder if that's the Easter weekend effect.
Actually, I was trying to finish up a project before the CFO started asking me about it. Since the president's death, I've decided I would be more proactive about my duties.
Even I haven't been on much today at all. Granted until my previous post I was away all morning.
i guess I should be on now then? Okay, the All Zem All Nite Show returns! Last time on AZANS: it was me talking to myself. I think I remember it was actually really interesting stuff for the most part. About 8-10 comments if I remember right. And I do know for sure Geist interrupted me not a full 2 hours before my 24-hour marathon of only AZANS had completed.
Woo, on hour 19 of the All AZANS marathon part 2! I mean, sure hours 4-19 were really dull and in fact I even left you guys and went to bed, but it's a good marathon anyways! Leftover cinnamon rolls from yesterday's donut run time!!!
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Also, saw the new Pee Wee movie last night. It's obviously not as good as Pee Wee's Big Adventure, but it was actually pretty darn good and easily better than Pee Wee's Big Top.
Woohoo! 25 hours straight! This is the most successful AZANS marathon of all time!!!
I'd like to thank my family for believing in me, my bed for giving me a place to sleep, my toilet for taking my shit, Mark Iplier for doing a charity livestream today and occupying like 6 hours of my time, and Mount & Blade Warband for doing so after the stream ended.
Thing I learned today: mixing crushed red pepper into your Shock Top makes for a damn delicious drink.
Thing I learned today: walking 7 miles in one day produces sore legs later.
7 miles sounds normal to me. At least walking. Running... yeah, no.
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Dang it, 27 hours! Well, folks, that's the new AZANS marathon record!
Happy Easter kittens to those that celebrate this holiday
The anniversary of the zombie Jesus rising from his tomb is upon us.
RUN! Run for your lives!
LOL@POT: as luck would have it, I just started reading World War Z
Those that celebrate? I know devout atheists that celebrate Easter because you get to be with your family and it's an excuse to eat tons of good food and cheap candy.
Grrr... last day of vacation is always the worst...
On top of that, I didn't get any of that work done that I needed to. I hardly had any time, and I was already set back on other things I needed to get caught up on, so homework got pushed aside. Welp, there goes a weekend later on.
Hey, LZ, how long you think until the campaign and subsequently shipping out the bottles of liquid gold? I'm just about out and am even starting to think about shelf life of a semi-frequently opened bottle. (mine were all left unrefrigerated, I think, all last week and looked weird, but that could just be because they separated)
Just gonna leave this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Morning kittens. Another work week and month end to boot.
Good morning kittens!
Hola, kool kats. Another normal week. Only a month of classes and an extra 2 weeks after that. You'd think I'd be excited, but then again, remember all that work I didn't get done over break? Yeah, got that to do some time.
Super cold in my room somehow to start the day, all the windows are shut except for a .5 mm opening in one that lets no air in. Not a good sign, but it'll be 70 before the day is out, and I won't be my normal morning self, so I might actually complain about not enough cold then. I only hate cold in the mornings.
ARGH! I hate FedEx, and when people that know about a screw up don't fix it right away. Is it drinking time yet?
@GM, for gov't workers and bankers it is... for us working stiffs, not so much. But its up to you of course... ;)
I don't like using FedEx. They will claim to have something delivered to your apartment but don't actually make an effort to leave the package, just a note.
@Geist: I would rather not use FedEx, but Wells Fargo uses them, and we don't get a say in it. Considering we've have admins watch the FedEx truck drive into the yard, stop for a second looking at the address on the package, then turn around and leave(with payroll documents IN the package), I would prefer something else.
@Geist, I have that problem with most of the courier services, even the post office. The few times that I've been home during the week when they come to the house, the only reason I knew they were there was because of my dog barking at the door. I've got one of the obnoxiously loud and long door bells, so I know damn well they didn't even bother ringing... oh well, what can you do?
Could always complain to the manager. I've done that, and now I know they ring the doorbell whenever they come by my place. That, and since my dad is retired and home 90% of the time, we don't need to worry.
Zem, I'm hoping by July.
GM, go home and have a Shock Top with crushed red pepper in it.
a Shock Top with crushed red pepper in it
Ewww
That's what I thought at first, but it was soooo good!
Never had it that way. I will have to give it a shot sometime. Probably not until after the renovations are done at home(by the way, I do NOT recommend ripping up linoleum and the K-2 flooring that is under it when you haven't done much of that type of work before...my hands are still sore from the reverberations of the crowbar that was used to pry up the wood)
Unless you just don't like Shock Top...
Of course, the pepper flakes make it a lot less bitey.
Hooray for july! Then again, that's what both EK and Clearly Canadian (a drink not from kickstarter, but had their own KS-like campaign) said. EK just BARELY made good on that, which is astounding considering the surprising scale they needed, but CC (with similar problems, but are less able to control what's going on due to their manufacturers) is still going about it.
In short, let's just hope your hot sauce company explodes but you can control the outcome.
@LZ: If they make a Belgian style ale, then I've probably had some. IPA beer is too hoppy for my taste.
Andrew Divoff makes a spicy beer that he sells for charity.
Peppers in beer just sounds like salt on a watermelon; in theory, it sounds disgusting, but when you try it, at least I imagine based on what I've heard here, it makes it taste SO much better. Completely different.
I haven't had an IPA. That's on the list, though. Saturday was the first time I had tried a Belgian white of any sort.
Good afternoon Kitties. I have been hanging about on other campaigns today. There's a 3D printer that's getting a bunch of pledges, but most of the comments are about what we don't know about the device. Interesting discussions though.
I tried something last Saturday called "Not Your Father's Root Beer." It tasted great, but I had to stop after two bottles. Got to pick up a six-pack of that soon.
It had, like, 5.9% alcohol, but it was masked by the sweetness.
That 3-D printer looked sketchy when I first saw an add for it pop up on my Facebook feed.
@GM, most commenters agree with you about the OLO. They've raised a lot of excellent questions, but the response from the creative team has been rather slow. It looks to me like another KS that could become a victim of its own success.
I've heard of that root beer. I want to give it a try.
I've seen that "root" beer. And tried a tiny bit. It's pretty good, but as you can tell by their sales which instantly took the hell off into space, it's made with some magic or something.
To me, it tastes like a really good brewed root beer. It's easy to forget that it's actually alcoholic. I can taste a hint of beer, but there are no hops used, so there is no bitterness at all.