Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-11T23:54:03-04:00
That is wonderful news PoT! You will have to remind me what city/state you live in so I can check out airline tickets
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-12T00:11:55-04:00
That's all on the corps site, remember, Geist? Also, That's awesome, PoT! The project is finally coming to a close (eventually)! Kinda cool to have been hearing about it since pretty much the beginning. Wow, we've been on here way too long, huh?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-12T18:17:09-04:00
A nice beautiful 101 today. Aah, wonderful, huh? Good thing my room doesn't have good insulation and only a small AC unit and a fan; it's 83 degrees in there! So nice. I think I'll have my nap elsewhere. Yet another reason I'm up so late is that my room isn't cool enough to sleep in until after midnight, and in the summer, even then it's too warm.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-13T06:19:29-04:00
Hah! Beat you all up today! Wait... I went the long way 'round. Um... see you all in 6 or 7 hours!
Aah, 5 am. When it's 70 degrees, not 95.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-13T09:08:59-04:00
Morning kittens. Happy Monday. (No such thing, of course)
My weekend wasn't too bad, except trying to get pictures hung back up after the renovations. It was mostly me sitting there, listening to my mom and dad try and figure out what to put where....we hung 6 pictures in about 2-3 hours.
Other than that, had my grandma, aunt, uncle, sister-in-law, and nephew over for dinner last night.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-13T14:42:24-04:00
Actually, the major reason I went to sleep then was to avoid my dad who'd wake up at 6. Turns out my mom had to work today, so she woke up literally at the exact wrong time. One minute earlier and she wouldn't have seen me. Now I can't stay up past midnight. Ah, the life. Now I have to live like a semi-normal person!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-13T15:44:10-04:00
Holy cow, check out r/news! It's worse than a sensationalist tabloid magazine in there! 90,000 subscribers lost due to all of that! Such is the internet, and we all know Reddit is Internet Concentrate. Just add water. Or vodka.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-13T18:42:40-04:00
Kinda quiet today, huh? Did something happen last week that nobody's gotten me up to date on yet that explains all the absences? Any doctors' notes?
Lord Zombitten 2016-06-13T19:50:42-04:00
My phone died. I can't check in here during the work day until it gets fixed. That will be a week or more...
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-13T20:13:47-04:00
After the shitty day I had at work, I am convinced even more that I wad never meant to work in an office
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-14T11:59:06-04:00
LOL@GM
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-14T12:00:13-04:00
Maybe they could put that down as an employee benefit. One shot of tequila with a beer chaser with lunch. (You have to have it with food. No drinking on an empty stomach)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-14T12:34:38-04:00
Really Geist? I'd think it'd be an open cafeteria, but you have to have it with tequila and beer. No eating on an empty stomach.
And don't forget the Irish coffee in the lounge.
Morning kittens. Hopefully today isn't like yesterday. Didn't get out of here until almost 7pm...and still have lots that I need to get done. -.-
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-15T11:01:59-04:00
I was up until about 1:30-2 am and woke up at 6 am for whatever reason. I tried to go back to sleep for 2 hours, and though I felt really, really tired, I just couldn't. I'll have to nap later today. I'll make sure to brag about it.
It's the hard-knocks life... for me.
Zem, just remember that what goes around comes around. Most of us here are up at, or before, 6am on a daily basis to get to work, put in 8-12 hour days with little more than an hour of break time(that includes coffee breaks and lunch), then do the commute home.
Also...I knew that I should have listened to my body and stayed in bed...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-15T11:45:48-04:00
Yup. The work goes around and money comes around. I do neither, so I don't have either.
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Also... yes, you should know who you're talking to. *spooky ghost voice* "Goooo baaack tooo beeeeed!!!"
That's why I said brag about my nap.
I see he's been commenting in another campaign, so I know he's still around...just haven't spoken to him.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-15T13:58:40-04:00
Seriously, where is he? At least LZ has an excuse for now showing up to Corps.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-15T14:30:45-04:00
My friend and I will be coming to the Kitten Con in October. I've been looking at some airline prices. Trying to see if I can get a something cheaper than the $193 each way price that I've seen.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-15T14:41:35-04:00
I still don't know how I'm getting up there. I think it was that I was either driving to Salt Lake or near Chicago, depending on which person thinks they could put up with me in a car the longest.
Or loses at rock paper scissors.
I mean, I'll likely be reading the whole time. And probably focusing heavily on Physical Chem, because freaking P-chem.
I just had our printer on this side of the office tell me to remove papers from tray so it could continue printing the new hire packets....and that's only 10/16 that I sent to the printer.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-15T19:13:20-04:00
The problem with naps over an hour is that just after you wake up, you feel more tired than before you slept. But considering I had half the sleep I need before it, my brain realized pretty fast it was better off.
Still, weird how naps can suck sometimes. I almost went back to sleep, but I'd end up sleeping for like 6 hours straight.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-16T09:17:26-04:00
Basically. He hasn't said anything, the manager never said anything, only reason I found out, is because of the safety department asking for information to get him set up in all their systems.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-16T13:09:15-04:00
Maybe this guy is rich. I'd be screaming for my money on the 15th day of working there.
Well, the manager just approved of the payment I'm going to be doing, so it's all coming his way...now to get the CEO(who is in town right now) to approve of the off-cycle.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-16T15:32:36-04:00
Never call a utility company for information. You will only drive yourself crazy.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-16T15:49:26-04:00
Wow, GM, that must really suck for him! I would definitely have brought it up by then.
Today is a "get home, make sure glass is clean, pour scotch...when bottle is empty, go to sleep" type of day...too bad I won't be drinking that much(definitely at least a glass).
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-16T18:08:44-04:00
Just one glass... bottle. Hey, the bottle is glass!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-16T21:30:31-04:00
It's been too long since I've been to Culvers; I'd forgotten how amazing it is!
And we just happened to go there on a day when there were $1 root beer floats!!!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-17T09:25:52-04:00
Morning kittens!
@GM: I kinda had the same day you had. Only all week. But last night, I decided at the last second to travel to Virginia to pick up a pair of shoes that were on sale. Afterward, I stopped off at a nearby pub for a quick drink. I ended up chatting with two people and laughing for nearly two hours. I so needed that. One of the reasons why I don't mine traveling alone. You never know what friendships you can spark.
I wish my boss hadn't announced she was using a vacation day today...then I could have used some of the overtime I've accumulated and had today off instead.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-06-17T11:29:49-04:00
Even though I just got back from some time off, I sure would have loved to have today off. I'm so tired, still dealing with everything. My wife has been having an especially rough time. She's never had a pet before, and never lost one either. Then all that stuff that has happened in Florida lately, a place that we always thought of as our happy place, and she doesn't have that anymore either. Those poor people, and that poor poor family! Oh boy. At least the weekend will be upon us soon, thank God for that!
The world is definitely changing. Unfortunately, not always for the better.
As with the stuff in Florida, I think Disturbed said it best in one of their songs(Legion of Monsters), about how putting the murderers name/picture all over the place is essentially making others think they will get the same "glory" treatment that the person they read about in the newspaper/saw on the news.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-17T11:51:06-04:00
Hello BaKhan. I can understand how your wife feels. I was just in Florida two weeks before the tragedy that happened at Pulse. If anything, I want to go back to pay my respects. I can't let the terrorist win. Orlando will still be my happy place.
This isn't the first time a shooting happened in Florida and got national attention. There was the Trayvon Martin case. The difference is that it was one person and the killer walked scott free.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-06-17T13:00:40-04:00
@Geist, hey! I hope you're doing well! I agree, I told my wife that last night. Nothing can ever take away our happy place, we spent our first anniversary as a couple there, our honeymoon there, and have been every year for the last seven, at least once, except of course for this year. Damn, terrorists! I mean, I know that a lot of crazy happens in Florida, maybe its the heat? But seriously, stop with the brutality! That poor family and their child that was taken by that alligator, I don't even know what to say. The resort that it happened at is our home resort, the one that we bought into. So sad.
@GM, you're damn straight, instead of naming the individuals that commit these attrocities, we need to strike their names from history! No glory, no infamy, only shame and condemnation! Why should such evil, pathetic, scum bags get any kind of attention. Toss 'em in a hole, and forget the bastards!
@BaKhan: Precisely. The song even says that you are dishonouring the dead by only naming the murderer. I personally think that all news agencies should only post the names of the victims(if the families allow it), and NEVER say anything about the individual(not race, religion, name, or anything).
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-17T13:15:08-04:00
GM, that's exactly America's problem when it comes to dealing with mass shootings.
On another note, I thought when you mentioned Florida for a second that you were actually referring to the Nebraskan 2-year-old that was dragged off by an alligator. Not much hope for that kid, unfortunately. I think the internet hubbub has dulled me down to the shooting so much that now the kid is a more prominent recent Floridian event than it!
Especially the Reddit r/news fiasco about the shooting. Holy hell, THAT was a shit-show!
@Zem: They ended up finding the kid, unfortunately, he had drowned(according to the last story I saw).
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-17T13:32:01-04:00
Yeah, the police sounded as unhopeful as they could while talking to the media. As in "We'll retain hope" (but it's really not hopeful). He was a goner one way or another. Surprised the gator let him be, though.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-17T13:43:24-04:00
@BaKhan: I am still wondering why an alligator was in a man made pond on Disney property to begin with. Not the most friendly creature to begin with.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-17T13:58:07-04:00
Well, normally it'd be fine if you see an alligator in a pond, just look big and carefully move the hell away. Like a rattlesnake. But in a place like that, I'd imagine it was pretty hungry as it was.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-06-17T14:20:32-04:00
@Geist, they actually have full time teams that round up and remove the alligators on a regular (every day) basis. As soon as a gator is over 4 feet long, they get rid of it. The problem is, they are in the swamp lands of Florida, there isn't much you can do. Any Floridian will tell you, if you see a body of water, assume theres a gator in there. People find them in their swimming pools all the time. They can even climb fences. Scary stuff.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-06-17T17:27:32-04:00
@Zem, as morbid as this is, alligators don't eat fresh meat. They normally take their kill and stash it under water, tuck it underneath a fallen tree or what have you, and then come back for it when its started to decay. I suspect thats why they were able to find him. So sad.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-17T18:22:56-04:00
This just sounds more and more creepy all the time. Other than in sewers in New York City, why aren't there many horror movies of alligators?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-17T21:35:48-04:00
I say people should be able to hunt gators. Their meat is tasty
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-18T12:57:34-04:00
This might be the last cousin on this side of my family to get married. No wait, one left. On the other side, however, only 3 people and not much younger, yet none of them have been married. Then there's my family, where of us 4 brothers, one has even been in a relationship. Also we're the youngest of our relatives; our oldest is only 24, the rest average like 26-28. I guess it's because both my parents were the youngest siblings.
Anyways, yes, though I love my cousin, I have to sit through a wedding today. And reception. Woo social events. The food better be worth it. Stupid dress shirt and tie...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-18T13:00:25-04:00
Ooh, and our former japanese exchange student made it back to the US! He'll be studying in Kansas for a month, with us again for a few weeks before fall semester, and then moving to Florida for school.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-19T00:50:57-04:00
Weddings aren't so terrible, I just didn't want to go to one. But really, my highlight of over 8 hours was tying an overhand knot inside a bowline inside a slipknot inside a taut-line hitch. It was pretty magical, though. I re-learned all my knots at camp last week.
Also a Schubert piano piece we listened to on the way back. That was really good.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-19T07:21:05-04:00
Happy Father's Day to all the dads who are active in their children's lives.
We had my brother, sister-in-law, nephew, and my mom's cousin and her husband, daughters, and grandsons over for dinner last night. Today, my brother and sister-in-law are taking my nephew, dad, and cousins two boys to the zoo. Then later, we are having more people over for dinner.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-20T13:35:50-04:00
Happy monday everyone! Or else...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-20T13:39:08-04:00
Yesterday, I didn't wake up early enough to go to the day after of the wedding, with the leftover food and opening gifts. After that, though, my dad went to the nursing home to visit my grandpa and have a fathers day there. Don't worry; we picked out some great cards for my dad and severely burned the chicken for him. ;)
I saved the day though. We love hot sauce chicken, basically bone-in chicken and frank's red-hot, like scaled up hot wings, and I told them the charcoal-y chicken compliments the sauce, which it does. Pro-tip right there for you.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-21T03:07:02-04:00
It just keeps getting quieter and quieter here... are we going to need to hunt some people down again?!
And where's that new hot sauce campaign? The longer you wait, the less likely people will be to re-pledge.
It definitely is getting quieter in here. Not sure what we can do to bring people back(though for LZ, it was his phone breaking).
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-06-21T11:14:39-04:00
Morning kittens. I'm off of work today. I have an extremely painful gout attack right now. I can only walk very short distances with my cane. Hating life right now.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-21T11:20:23-04:00
Howdy BaKhan. Sorry about your gout. Isn't there a medication you can take to help ease up on the pain and make it go away?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-21T11:20:38-04:00
OH! I almost forgot. I keep hearing about this "Haunted Coalmine" thing that happens out in Drumheller around Halloween time. Not sure if it's still in operation, or where exactly it is, but that could be interesting to do.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-21T14:24:54-04:00
Bacon Maple Brittle time! Canada time! Kitten Con time! Halloween party time!...
Wow, this is starting to sound like a listing of Assassination Classroom episodes.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-21T14:59:27-04:00
@GM: haunted coalmine, eh? I'll try it out if it's still going on when I get there. I'll do a little searching and see.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-06-21T15:51:17-04:00
That does sound really cool, Misty would be in for that too!
My dad said they chase you with a chainsaw(the teeth removed of course), so it adds that bit of fright to it.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-21T16:47:44-04:00
I've just never been much of one for haunted houses. Been to a couple.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-06-22T00:26:38-04:00
Hey, I've got an idea for going to Kitten Con! We, or at least some of us, can all meet in one place and charter an empty leg flight up! Look them up; it's really cool. We could charter a private jet up to Canada for extremely cheap if several of us split the cost, maybe even just as much as economy class tickets normally! We should definitely find a place to do this.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-22T09:49:23-04:00
Morning kittens. I really need the July 4th weekend to get here already.
@Geist: I know what you mean. For us it's the Friday we get off, and you guys get the Monday off. I'm lucky enough my manager is letting me take this Friday off as well, without using a vacation day.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-22T12:22:07-04:00
*bangs head against keyboard*
I swear, there is a reason why I'm an introvert at work.
I'm in the same boat right now. Nobody told me that a guy was transferring divisions(and companies in our system) as of 6/13/2016...we are paying up to the 18th.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-06-22T15:15:33-04:00
Nobody tells me anything in my department except my supervisor. All the rest ignore me like I'm not there unless I'm asking them a question.
That is wonderful news PoT! You will have to remind me what city/state you live in so I can check out airline tickets
That's all on the corps site, remember, Geist? Also, That's awesome, PoT! The project is finally coming to a close (eventually)! Kinda cool to have been hearing about it since pretty much the beginning. Wow, we've been on here way too long, huh?
A nice beautiful 101 today. Aah, wonderful, huh? Good thing my room doesn't have good insulation and only a small AC unit and a fan; it's 83 degrees in there! So nice. I think I'll have my nap elsewhere. Yet another reason I'm up so late is that my room isn't cool enough to sleep in until after midnight, and in the summer, even then it's too warm.
Hah! Beat you all up today! Wait... I went the long way 'round. Um... see you all in 6 or 7 hours!
Aah, 5 am. When it's 70 degrees, not 95.
Morning kittens. Happy Monday. (No such thing, of course)
Morning kittens.
Another fun(HA!) filled day ahead.
How was your weekend GM? I spent most of Saturday at the movies.
My weekend wasn't too bad, except trying to get pictures hung back up after the renovations. It was mostly me sitting there, listening to my mom and dad try and figure out what to put where....we hung 6 pictures in about 2-3 hours.
Other than that, had my grandma, aunt, uncle, sister-in-law, and nephew over for dinner last night.
Actually, the major reason I went to sleep then was to avoid my dad who'd wake up at 6. Turns out my mom had to work today, so she woke up literally at the exact wrong time. One minute earlier and she wouldn't have seen me. Now I can't stay up past midnight. Ah, the life. Now I have to live like a semi-normal person!
Holy cow, check out r/news! It's worse than a sensationalist tabloid magazine in there! 90,000 subscribers lost due to all of that! Such is the internet, and we all know Reddit is Internet Concentrate. Just add water. Or vodka.
Kinda quiet today, huh? Did something happen last week that nobody's gotten me up to date on yet that explains all the absences? Any doctors' notes?
My phone died. I can't check in here during the work day until it gets fixed. That will be a week or more...
After the shitty day I had at work, I am convinced even more that I wad never meant to work in an office
This day may end up being a big pain in the ass.
And that is why your job should have a bar.
And that is why your job should have an open bar
There, fixed it for you Geist. ;)
LOL@GM
Maybe they could put that down as an employee benefit. One shot of tequila with a beer chaser with lunch. (You have to have it with food. No drinking on an empty stomach)
Really Geist? I'd think it'd be an open cafeteria, but you have to have it with tequila and beer. No eating on an empty stomach.
And don't forget the Irish coffee in the lounge.
Wonder how everyone who hasn't been on lately is doing...
All the regulars who disappeared after the campaign. Yes, even ProF.
Where is everyone this week? Only two of you checking in once or twice per day and me.
Morning kittens. Hump Wednesday already? Good
Top o' the mornin', Geist.
Morning kittens. Hopefully today isn't like yesterday. Didn't get out of here until almost 7pm...and still have lots that I need to get done. -.-
I was up until about 1:30-2 am and woke up at 6 am for whatever reason. I tried to go back to sleep for 2 hours, and though I felt really, really tired, I just couldn't. I'll have to nap later today. I'll make sure to brag about it.
It's the hard-knocks life... for me.
Zem, just remember that what goes around comes around. Most of us here are up at, or before, 6am on a daily basis to get to work, put in 8-12 hour days with little more than an hour of break time(that includes coffee breaks and lunch), then do the commute home.
Also...I knew that I should have listened to my body and stayed in bed...
Yup. The work goes around and money comes around. I do neither, so I don't have either.
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Also... yes, you should know who you're talking to. *spooky ghost voice* "Goooo baaack tooo beeeeed!!!"
That's why I said brag about my nap.
Zem, it's not that I'm tired, shit hit the fan, and it hasn't stopped.
shit hit the fan, and it hasn't stopped.
Doesn't the office stink when that happens?
Where is BaKhan? I hope he is doing OK.
I see he's been commenting in another campaign, so I know he's still around...just haven't spoken to him.
Seriously, where is he? At least LZ has an excuse for now showing up to Corps.
My friend and I will be coming to the Kitten Con in October. I've been looking at some airline prices. Trying to see if I can get a something cheaper than the $193 each way price that I've seen.
I still don't know how I'm getting up there. I think it was that I was either driving to Salt Lake or near Chicago, depending on which person thinks they could put up with me in a car the longest.
Or loses at rock paper scissors.
I mean, I'll likely be reading the whole time. And probably focusing heavily on Physical Chem, because freaking P-chem.
I just had our printer on this side of the office tell me to remove papers from tray so it could continue printing the new hire packets....and that's only 10/16 that I sent to the printer.
The problem with naps over an hour is that just after you wake up, you feel more tired than before you slept. But considering I had half the sleep I need before it, my brain realized pretty fast it was better off.
Still, weird how naps can suck sometimes. I almost went back to sleep, but I'd end up sleeping for like 6 hours straight.
Morning kittens.
Well...this could be awkward...I JUST found new hire paperwork for a salaried employee, that was to have started on May 16...and we pay bi-weekly. -.-
@GM: Are you saying that the company hasn't paid those employees in a month? And they never said anything?
Basically. He hasn't said anything, the manager never said anything, only reason I found out, is because of the safety department asking for information to get him set up in all their systems.
Maybe this guy is rich. I'd be screaming for my money on the 15th day of working there.
Well, the manager just approved of the payment I'm going to be doing, so it's all coming his way...now to get the CEO(who is in town right now) to approve of the off-cycle.
Never call a utility company for information. You will only drive yourself crazy.
Wow, GM, that must really suck for him! I would definitely have brought it up by then.
Today is a "get home, make sure glass is clean, pour scotch...when bottle is empty, go to sleep" type of day...too bad I won't be drinking that much(definitely at least a glass).
Just one glass... bottle. Hey, the bottle is glass!
It's been too long since I've been to Culvers; I'd forgotten how amazing it is!
And we just happened to go there on a day when there were $1 root beer floats!!!
Morning kittens!
@GM: I kinda had the same day you had. Only all week. But last night, I decided at the last second to travel to Virginia to pick up a pair of shoes that were on sale. Afterward, I stopped off at a nearby pub for a quick drink. I ended up chatting with two people and laughing for nearly two hours. I so needed that. One of the reasons why I don't mine traveling alone. You never know what friendships you can spark.
Shoot me. Not to kill, just to injury. It would be less painful that what I'm currently dealing with.
Morning Kittens!
I wish my boss hadn't announced she was using a vacation day today...then I could have used some of the overtime I've accumulated and had today off instead.
Even though I just got back from some time off, I sure would have loved to have today off. I'm so tired, still dealing with everything. My wife has been having an especially rough time. She's never had a pet before, and never lost one either. Then all that stuff that has happened in Florida lately, a place that we always thought of as our happy place, and she doesn't have that anymore either. Those poor people, and that poor poor family! Oh boy. At least the weekend will be upon us soon, thank God for that!
The world is definitely changing. Unfortunately, not always for the better.
As with the stuff in Florida, I think Disturbed said it best in one of their songs(Legion of Monsters), about how putting the murderers name/picture all over the place is essentially making others think they will get the same "glory" treatment that the person they read about in the newspaper/saw on the news.
Hello BaKhan. I can understand how your wife feels. I was just in Florida two weeks before the tragedy that happened at Pulse. If anything, I want to go back to pay my respects. I can't let the terrorist win. Orlando will still be my happy place.
This isn't the first time a shooting happened in Florida and got national attention. There was the Trayvon Martin case. The difference is that it was one person and the killer walked scott free.
@Geist, hey! I hope you're doing well! I agree, I told my wife that last night. Nothing can ever take away our happy place, we spent our first anniversary as a couple there, our honeymoon there, and have been every year for the last seven, at least once, except of course for this year. Damn, terrorists! I mean, I know that a lot of crazy happens in Florida, maybe its the heat? But seriously, stop with the brutality! That poor family and their child that was taken by that alligator, I don't even know what to say. The resort that it happened at is our home resort, the one that we bought into. So sad.
@GM, you're damn straight, instead of naming the individuals that commit these attrocities, we need to strike their names from history! No glory, no infamy, only shame and condemnation! Why should such evil, pathetic, scum bags get any kind of attention. Toss 'em in a hole, and forget the bastards!
@BaKhan: Precisely. The song even says that you are dishonouring the dead by only naming the murderer. I personally think that all news agencies should only post the names of the victims(if the families allow it), and NEVER say anything about the individual(not race, religion, name, or anything).
GM, that's exactly America's problem when it comes to dealing with mass shootings.
On another note, I thought when you mentioned Florida for a second that you were actually referring to the Nebraskan 2-year-old that was dragged off by an alligator. Not much hope for that kid, unfortunately. I think the internet hubbub has dulled me down to the shooting so much that now the kid is a more prominent recent Floridian event than it!
Especially the Reddit r/news fiasco about the shooting. Holy hell, THAT was a shit-show!
@Zem: They ended up finding the kid, unfortunately, he had drowned(according to the last story I saw).
Yeah, the police sounded as unhopeful as they could while talking to the media. As in "We'll retain hope" (but it's really not hopeful). He was a goner one way or another. Surprised the gator let him be, though.
@BaKhan: I am still wondering why an alligator was in a man made pond on Disney property to begin with. Not the most friendly creature to begin with.
Well, normally it'd be fine if you see an alligator in a pond, just look big and carefully move the hell away. Like a rattlesnake. But in a place like that, I'd imagine it was pretty hungry as it was.
@Geist, they actually have full time teams that round up and remove the alligators on a regular (every day) basis. As soon as a gator is over 4 feet long, they get rid of it. The problem is, they are in the swamp lands of Florida, there isn't much you can do. Any Floridian will tell you, if you see a body of water, assume theres a gator in there. People find them in their swimming pools all the time. They can even climb fences. Scary stuff.
@Zem, as morbid as this is, alligators don't eat fresh meat. They normally take their kill and stash it under water, tuck it underneath a fallen tree or what have you, and then come back for it when its started to decay. I suspect thats why they were able to find him. So sad.
This just sounds more and more creepy all the time. Other than in sewers in New York City, why aren't there many horror movies of alligators?
I say people should be able to hunt gators. Their meat is tasty
This might be the last cousin on this side of my family to get married. No wait, one left. On the other side, however, only 3 people and not much younger, yet none of them have been married. Then there's my family, where of us 4 brothers, one has even been in a relationship. Also we're the youngest of our relatives; our oldest is only 24, the rest average like 26-28. I guess it's because both my parents were the youngest siblings.
Anyways, yes, though I love my cousin, I have to sit through a wedding today. And reception. Woo social events. The food better be worth it. Stupid dress shirt and tie...
Ooh, and our former japanese exchange student made it back to the US! He'll be studying in Kansas for a month, with us again for a few weeks before fall semester, and then moving to Florida for school.
Weddings aren't so terrible, I just didn't want to go to one. But really, my highlight of over 8 hours was tying an overhand knot inside a bowline inside a slipknot inside a taut-line hitch. It was pretty magical, though. I re-learned all my knots at camp last week.
Also a Schubert piano piece we listened to on the way back. That was really good.
Happy Father's Day to all the dads who are active in their children's lives.
Morning kittens.
Morning GM. Did you wish your dad a Happy Father's Day? Do Canadians celebrate that?
Yup, we do. And I did, as soon as I walked into the kitchen yesterday morning it was the first thing I said.
No taking dad out to brunch? Or dinner?
We had my brother, sister-in-law, nephew, and my mom's cousin and her husband, daughters, and grandsons over for dinner last night. Today, my brother and sister-in-law are taking my nephew, dad, and cousins two boys to the zoo. Then later, we are having more people over for dinner.
Happy monday everyone! Or else...
Yesterday, I didn't wake up early enough to go to the day after of the wedding, with the leftover food and opening gifts. After that, though, my dad went to the nursing home to visit my grandpa and have a fathers day there. Don't worry; we picked out some great cards for my dad and severely burned the chicken for him. ;)
I saved the day though. We love hot sauce chicken, basically bone-in chicken and frank's red-hot, like scaled up hot wings, and I told them the charcoal-y chicken compliments the sauce, which it does. Pro-tip right there for you.
It just keeps getting quieter and quieter here... are we going to need to hunt some people down again?!
And where's that new hot sauce campaign? The longer you wait, the less likely people will be to re-pledge.
It definitely is getting quieter in here. Not sure what we can do to bring people back(though for LZ, it was his phone breaking).
Morning kittens. I'm off of work today. I have an extremely painful gout attack right now. I can only walk very short distances with my cane. Hating life right now.
Howdy BaKhan. Sorry about your gout. Isn't there a medication you can take to help ease up on the pain and make it go away?
@GM: As long as the Kitten Con is still on...
@Geist: To my knowledge it's still going on. Nothing that I have seen suggests otherwise.
@Geist, I'm taking it, but it takes time to work. It has go dissolve the crystals. Kitten Con is totally still on!
Woohoo! Bacon maple brittle for me!
OH! I almost forgot. I keep hearing about this "Haunted Coalmine" thing that happens out in Drumheller around Halloween time. Not sure if it's still in operation, or where exactly it is, but that could be interesting to do.
Bacon Maple Brittle time! Canada time! Kitten Con time! Halloween party time!...
Wow, this is starting to sound like a listing of Assassination Classroom episodes.
@GM: haunted coalmine, eh? I'll try it out if it's still going on when I get there. I'll do a little searching and see.
That does sound really cool, Misty would be in for that too!
My dad said they chase you with a chainsaw(the teeth removed of course), so it adds that bit of fright to it.
I've just never been much of one for haunted houses. Been to a couple.
Hey, I've got an idea for going to Kitten Con! We, or at least some of us, can all meet in one place and charter an empty leg flight up! Look them up; it's really cool. We could charter a private jet up to Canada for extremely cheap if several of us split the cost, maybe even just as much as economy class tickets normally! We should definitely find a place to do this.
Morning kittens. I really need the July 4th weekend to get here already.
Morning kittens.
@Geist: I know what you mean. For us it's the Friday we get off, and you guys get the Monday off. I'm lucky enough my manager is letting me take this Friday off as well, without using a vacation day.
*bangs head against keyboard*
I swear, there is a reason why I'm an introvert at work.
Now now Geist. What did the keyboard ever do to you? You're supposed to hit the person who is aggravating you.
@GM: Then I'd end up in jail and wouldn't be able to visit you and BaKhan in October.
I'm in the same boat right now. Nobody told me that a guy was transferring divisions(and companies in our system) as of 6/13/2016...we are paying up to the 18th.
Nobody tells me anything in my department except my supervisor. All the rest ignore me like I'm not there unless I'm asking them a question.