Zem, I've been doing OK. My youngest son got married this summer and I was able to be there.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-08T22:38:29-04:00
@Zem, if you do pledge on the other KS, please leave a comment to say Hi.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-08T23:50:39-04:00
That's awesome, CB! Also...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-09T08:40:53-04:00
I think I just realized my cold is what's keeping me from sleeping. I feel horrible and can't relax or get comfortable, and end up just lying there for an hour or two trying to sleep. That didn't happen until when I got this cold, so I'm already hating life more. It's been almost a week and a half! It should be gone by now!
Though I have my theory that now I have a different cold since some symptoms are different. Which would be nice because the first one was horrible.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T09:02:13-04:00
Zem, that sucks. It also sucks that I missed CB
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T10:29:09-04:00
@LZ, good morning sir! Congrats on your book! Thats got to be exciting!
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T10:30:16-04:00
Another plus side of being committed is that they'll keep you there for as long as it takes. No need to worry about a visa! It's the perfect plan for if the giant cheeto wins!
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T10:31:01-04:00
... favorite projects.
I thought I had durned autocorrect off.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T10:31:20-04:00
BaKhan, it is, indeed! I hope to have it published by the end of the year
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T10:31:47-04:00
@CB, its all true! The more active the community, the better the ks does generally. I don't know why but when I read " bouncing ideas off of each other" I imagined a room full of people holding those red rubber balls and writing their ideas on them and then throwing them at each other dodge ball style. ;) PooonG! (the sound those red rubber balls make when they hit somebody) ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-09T10:32:24-04:00
Cheeto wining?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T10:35:37-04:00
@LZ, well the Canadian health care system has to be good for something! ;) In reality though, many people that truely need help just wind up on the streets. The reality is, mental health makes people uncomfortable, and rather than deal with it, they would rather turn a blind eye, and a closed wallet. Its sad really, before dating my wife, I had no idea how bad it truely was. Most of her patients are only covered to a max of six visits, how the hell are you supposed to help people in six visits? Yet my wife persevers and does her best for them, believe it or not, she has more "wins" than "loses".
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T10:36:32-04:00
I could see how Trump looks like a cheeto! ;) lol! NIce spray tan, I see you've gone for the full cheeto!
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T10:37:08-04:00
@BaKhan, wrong thread, but ... Fidget Dodge Ball!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-09T10:37:33-04:00
@CB: Is the house finished?
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T10:38:44-04:00
@LZ, what's the book about? I'm too lazy to scroll down.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T10:38:45-04:00
Geist, you know, the creature made of a giant cheeto and rectal tissue with a rat nest on its head that's running for president
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T10:39:17-04:00
@CB, timed fidget! How fast can you fidget with each side? ie: push each button, flip each switch once, spin each gear, etc. You could turn it into the ultimate useless sport! I'd actually watch that! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T10:39:51-04:00
@LZ, its a HUGE cheeto! Huge!
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T10:39:57-04:00
@Geist, I live in an apartment. I have to keep Cappuccino in a pen most of the day to avoid accidents, but I let him out frequently to plan and to go outside.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T10:40:42-04:00
Man, my typerator is busted today! I meant play, not plan.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T10:41:24-04:00
@Geist, lol, I think you were thinking of PoT! ;)
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T10:41:56-04:00
@BaKhan, you should pledge $! just so that you can add these little gems to the comments over there!
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T10:43:01-04:00
CB, it's about the trouble a demon prince causes while he's oblivious to the secret society of necromancers learning that their legendary artifacts are actually real. The necromancers are starting to work on gathering the artifacts, and their enemies prepare to stop them, completely unaware of the presence of the demon prince. It's the first part of a trilogy.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T10:43:19-04:00
@CB, yeah, I can see that working... just pledge a buck, what the hell. Next thing you know, five fidget cubes will be showing up at my door! ;)
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T10:43:20-04:00
NM, I just cut and pasted it over there.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T10:44:16-04:00
@LZ, put me on the mailing list for when it gets published. I love a good story.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T10:44:57-04:00
Dang! @BaKhan saw through my ruse!
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T10:46:17-04:00
CB, will do!
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T10:54:08-04:00
What's all of this Trump-eetoh stuff about? Did I miss a photo?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T11:03:07-04:00
@CB, lol! ;) I'm a salesman, I know how these things work! ;) I still get suckered in on the regular though. Tbh, I haven't been able to stop thinking of that damned fidget cube since you showed it to me!
As per Trump = cheeto... its the spray tan! And well, Trump... ;)
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T11:06:32-04:00
@BaKhan, consider it payback for the Ultra Coins campaign. :-)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T11:07:33-04:00
@CB, well I've set a reminder... I'm almost certain to back it now... revenge achieved! ;)
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T11:11:19-04:00
We had one person who posted on "that other campaign" whining about how successful it was while his own campaign, which sucked, couldn't get funding. He thought that his campaign had a nobler purpose, employing third-workd workers, and that people should pledge for his project for that reason.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T11:30:47-04:00
Crap, I hate it when one of my comments stays on top for too long. It always makes me feel like I just bored everyone to death, kind of like during an awkward pause in a conversation.
@CB: Sorry, been busy with phone calls, emails, my manager asking me for stuff that was in her email box for over a week, and follow ups on stuff that I never received.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T11:35:05-04:00
@CB, lol! I'm just trying to actually do what I'm getting paid for, as well as keep up with the comments! ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-09T11:46:24-04:00
@LZ: Put me down for a book too!
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T11:50:14-04:00
CB, you sneaky sneak! I NEEED that cube!
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T11:50:33-04:00
Geist, certainly!
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T12:06:59-04:00
@LZ, hee hee. It's all part of my plan for world domination.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-09T12:09:31-04:00
@CB: I echo what BaKhan said. I just got started at this new job and I don't want to give them any reason to fire me. This is the position that will make it possible for me to hang out with BaKhan and his wife when they visit Florida next year.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-09T12:31:13-04:00
I don't get the appeal of the fidget cube. Then again, I don't get the appeal of Pokémon Go.
@Geist: And me!....if I can get enough saved up without compromising my purchasing of a house in the near future.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T12:36:11-04:00
Florida is driving distance from Charlotte.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T12:37:13-04:00
@Geist, guilty on both charges! I'm so hooked on Pokemon Go that I look for opportunities to walk at the mall, LOL.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T12:45:31-04:00
@CB, okay damnit! I caved and got the fidget cube! I need to take my figetting to the next level! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T12:47:20-04:00
@Geist, I have a top at work (my customers love it!) that I use for the same reason as the fidget cube, I need to distract my mind, temporarily, to get it to work better, faster, etc. If I get stuck on a thought, it just goes round and round, without resolving itself. If I distract myself, even for a few seconds, bam, theres the answer. I don't know why it works, but it does.
I'm not even LOOKING at the fidget cube because I know I will probably cave!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T12:49:15-04:00
@GM, save yourself! CB comes back and stirs it up, and we all wind up with fidget cubes! ;)
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T12:53:47-04:00
Come on, @GM ... You know you want it ... :-)
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T12:54:35-04:00
I really cane here today because I was bored, but this is so much fun!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T12:55:33-04:00
@CB, its been good to see you here again! I'm glad you stopped by!
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T12:59:00-04:00
@BaKhan, I have three tops, all KS rewards, but I rarely pull them out any more. I'll probably begin spinning them again now due to the power of suggestion. It works both ways, you know.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T13:00:10-04:00
@CB, come to think of it, I think my first top was your fault too! ;)
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T13:19:54-04:00
@BaKhan, Was that Forever Spin? That actually turned out to be my least favorite of the three. The other two rave ruby and carbide tips,
Speaking of the Billet Spin...I need to bring it in for myself to be mesmerized by.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T13:29:45-04:00
I decided on the two cube level. It just made more sense
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-09T13:30:25-04:00
it would be so cool if GM could come to Florida too. It would be like a second kitten con.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T14:26:08-04:00
@CB, yep, it was the billet spin. Its a real favorite with my customers! My boss has a spin time on that one of over 11 minutes! The other two top projects I've backed haven't delivered yet. One of them sent me tracking info today (that doesn't work, yet, I'm hopefull though) and the other I think was a scam... oh well. I did look at that ruby one while it was live, but a guy can't get everything... >.>
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T14:26:40-04:00
@GM, do it! I find its a great distracter!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T14:27:29-04:00
@Geist, yep, and if we get the same set up we had before down there, we have room to comfortably sleep 5 people, no problems!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-09T14:44:56-04:00
Holy crap! Just like the good 'ol days; a page and a half of comments I missed in just a few hours! You guys have been busy!
Well, I hope you didn't have any secret plans you buried in there that you didn't want me to know about, so you buried them under dozens of comments because I can't read all that, but nice to see it all!
CB must be the life of the party that left!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-09T15:08:40-04:00
Nice. thanks, rain, for waiting just until I was getting my food to downpour! I guess I got in just before the worst of it (torrential right now), but jeez!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-09T15:11:21-04:00
@BaKhan: You have a house in Florida that sleeps 5?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-09T15:15:54-04:00
It is funny, though, watching all the soaked people outside screaming and running around! Especially when they need to cross the street in front of my window, which is currently functioning as two rivers too wide to jump across.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T15:17:59-04:00
@Geist, we are part of the DVC! Disney Vacation Club, its like a time share. The last time we went down with our friend Mike, we got a condo basically. It had a full kitchen, living room, dining area, outdoor patio area, master bedroom suite with a jetted tub, and a room with two double beds and its own full bathroom. It even had a washer and dryer! The living room has a double hide-a-bed and a chair that flips out into a single. Pretty sweet if you ask me!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-09T15:19:27-04:00
And God said, "Let there be no more rain in this area", and it stopped virtually instantly. From 60 to 0 in less time than a semi would take to stop a motorcycle. Wow. I've lived here my whole life and I'm still not used to Nebraska weather...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-09T15:20:19-04:00
I mean, you've heard of a deafening silence? That's what this rain was! I could seriously hear the absence of rain it stopped so fast!
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T15:20:22-04:00
One of my tops is missing! It's the one with the ruby. I'll have to search for it later.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T15:29:15-04:00
I think certain people may have forgotten that I was one of the villains.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T15:31:10-04:00
@LZ, not for a second! *points two fingers at my eyes, then at LZ*
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T15:31:43-04:00
@CB, it was pirates! Got to be pirates! Maybe they left you a treasure map! Bonus weekend activity for you!
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T15:31:52-04:00
I was neutral and now look at me, the Pied Piper of EK.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T15:32:31-04:00
I'm saying that because of how that Josh fellow reacted to my lead comment. I almost suggested an asbestos shell to protect the whole thing from fire. Mwahahahaaaahaaaaaa!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T15:33:45-04:00
@LZ, you totally should have! That would have been too funny!
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T15:35:16-04:00
@LZ, it's not too late.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-09T15:37:31-04:00
Ooh, I like that idea!
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T15:38:41-04:00
@LZ, if it's shock value that you want, suggest that the heavier cube be made out of uranium. I dare you!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-09T15:48:31-04:00
Oh that's too easy. You can do that without it even being dangerous! But yeah, uranium core for weight, lead to stop radiation, and asbestos outside! We've devised the perfect cube!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T15:52:39-04:00
The million dollar cube! We have the technology... ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-09T15:58:16-04:00
Oh wait, this is supposed to have little widgets on it, isn't it? Shoot, um... just put a little stick or something on one side. I don't know how you'll get it rooted into the cube, but it'll give 'em something to play with. They'd complain either way.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T16:03:03-04:00
Zem, can you tone it down a bit over there? You're scaring the N00bs.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T16:16:51-04:00
Well, thanks a lot for screwing up a perfectly good campaign. I'm sorry that I mentioned it to any of you.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T16:28:39-04:00
@CB, not sure if serious or joking?
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T16:29:50-04:00
@BaKhan, dead serious! What you did over there looks like a deliberate attempt to disrupt the normal give and take of questions and answers.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T16:30:27-04:00
What's funny here might not be perceived as funny on other projects.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T16:31:51-04:00
@CB, my bad, I certainly wouldn't expect people to look for the FAQ section on their own or anything. I especially wouldn't expect other commentors to offer answers either... ;)
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T16:34:50-04:00
My bad too. I can't say that I didn't egg you on a little with my suggestion about a uranium cube.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T16:36:58-04:00
And you're right. People don't look at the FAQ. A good 50% or more of my answers to people has been taken directly out of the FAQ. It's just that there are a lot of people on that project who are totally new to KickStarter. You can tell that by how many of them keep asking why the pledge manager didn't ask for their shipping address.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T16:38:21-04:00
Remember when EK was dunding? We kept a running count of repeatedly asked questions, but we tried our best to treat those people with compassion. That's what I loved about the Kitten Corps.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T16:40:21-04:00
This is directly from the KittenCorps site. I could make up a similar list for Fidget Cube:
Repeated Requests in Comments
Lower Postage Rate Requests
1,000,021 and counting
Update Requests
500,487 and counting
Stretch Goal Requests
590,556 and counting
EU Friendly Requests
500,223
Like the Facebook Page and Subscribe to the Twitter Feed
120,017
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T16:41:10-04:00
Let's remember how we pulled together for EK and treat other projects with compassion.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-09T16:41:54-04:00
Well, I certainly didn't want to upset anyone, I was just trying to have some fun. I'll leave it alone. You won't need to worry about me commenting over there anymore. Sorry all about it.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T16:47:18-04:00
And I won't mention other KickStarter projects here ever again, even in passing. You can all find your own campaigns to back.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T17:25:07-04:00
Is this how it ends, or can we mend this somehow? Right now it feels like my heart's been ripped out.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T17:33:26-04:00
Oh, wow! I go to a meeting and things get heavy. Umm. If I contributed to your disappointment, CB, I apologize. Yes, let's mend it. I hate it when people argue in here. I mean, I know it happens, but we're all friends here. We can definitely make things right.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-09T17:34:33-04:00
And to get things going in a happy direction: Friday! Amiright?! So glad it's here! I just wish Saturday and Sunday each lasted for two or three days ;-)
Mike Kabala 2016-09-09T17:59:07-04:00
Yes, let's mend it. I apologize for offending everyone. Please forgive me.
Zem, I've been doing OK. My youngest son got married this summer and I was able to be there.
@Zem, if you do pledge on the other KS, please leave a comment to say Hi.
That's awesome, CB! Also...
I think I just realized my cold is what's keeping me from sleeping. I feel horrible and can't relax or get comfortable, and end up just lying there for an hour or two trying to sleep. That didn't happen until when I got this cold, so I'm already hating life more. It's been almost a week and a half! It should be gone by now!
Though I have my theory that now I have a different cold since some symptoms are different. Which would be nice because the first one was horrible.
Zem, that sucks. It also sucks that I missed CB
@LZ, good morning sir! Congrats on your book! Thats got to be exciting!
Another plus side of being committed is that they'll keep you there for as long as it takes. No need to worry about a visa! It's the perfect plan for if the giant cheeto wins!
... favorite projects.
I thought I had durned autocorrect off.
BaKhan, it is, indeed! I hope to have it published by the end of the year
@CB, its all true! The more active the community, the better the ks does generally. I don't know why but when I read " bouncing ideas off of each other" I imagined a room full of people holding those red rubber balls and writing their ideas on them and then throwing them at each other dodge ball style. ;) PooonG! (the sound those red rubber balls make when they hit somebody) ;)
Cheeto wining?
@LZ, well the Canadian health care system has to be good for something! ;) In reality though, many people that truely need help just wind up on the streets. The reality is, mental health makes people uncomfortable, and rather than deal with it, they would rather turn a blind eye, and a closed wallet. Its sad really, before dating my wife, I had no idea how bad it truely was. Most of her patients are only covered to a max of six visits, how the hell are you supposed to help people in six visits? Yet my wife persevers and does her best for them, believe it or not, she has more "wins" than "loses".
I could see how Trump looks like a cheeto! ;) lol! NIce spray tan, I see you've gone for the full cheeto!
@BaKhan, wrong thread, but ... Fidget Dodge Ball!
@CB: Is the house finished?
@LZ, what's the book about? I'm too lazy to scroll down.
Geist, you know, the creature made of a giant cheeto and rectal tissue with a rat nest on its head that's running for president
@CB, timed fidget! How fast can you fidget with each side? ie: push each button, flip each switch once, spin each gear, etc. You could turn it into the ultimate useless sport! I'd actually watch that! ;)
@LZ, its a HUGE cheeto! Huge!
@Geist, I live in an apartment. I have to keep Cappuccino in a pen most of the day to avoid accidents, but I let him out frequently to plan and to go outside.
Man, my typerator is busted today! I meant play, not plan.
@Geist, lol, I think you were thinking of PoT! ;)
@BaKhan, you should pledge $! just so that you can add these little gems to the comments over there!
CB, it's about the trouble a demon prince causes while he's oblivious to the secret society of necromancers learning that their legendary artifacts are actually real. The necromancers are starting to work on gathering the artifacts, and their enemies prepare to stop them, completely unaware of the presence of the demon prince. It's the first part of a trilogy.
@CB, yeah, I can see that working... just pledge a buck, what the hell. Next thing you know, five fidget cubes will be showing up at my door! ;)
NM, I just cut and pasted it over there.
@LZ, put me on the mailing list for when it gets published. I love a good story.
Dang! @BaKhan saw through my ruse!
CB, will do!
What's all of this Trump-eetoh stuff about? Did I miss a photo?
@CB, lol! ;) I'm a salesman, I know how these things work! ;) I still get suckered in on the regular though. Tbh, I haven't been able to stop thinking of that damned fidget cube since you showed it to me!
As per Trump = cheeto... its the spray tan! And well, Trump... ;)
@BaKhan, consider it payback for the Ultra Coins campaign. :-)
@CB, well I've set a reminder... I'm almost certain to back it now... revenge achieved! ;)
We had one person who posted on "that other campaign" whining about how successful it was while his own campaign, which sucked, couldn't get funding. He thought that his campaign had a nobler purpose, employing third-workd workers, and that people should pledge for his project for that reason.
Crap, I hate it when one of my comments stays on top for too long. It always makes me feel like I just bored everyone to death, kind of like during an awkward pause in a conversation.
@CB: Sorry, been busy with phone calls, emails, my manager asking me for stuff that was in her email box for over a week, and follow ups on stuff that I never received.
@CB, lol! I'm just trying to actually do what I'm getting paid for, as well as keep up with the comments! ;)
@LZ: Put me down for a book too!
CB, you sneaky sneak! I NEEED that cube!
Geist, certainly!
@LZ, hee hee. It's all part of my plan for world domination.
@CB: I echo what BaKhan said. I just got started at this new job and I don't want to give them any reason to fire me. This is the position that will make it possible for me to hang out with BaKhan and his wife when they visit Florida next year.
I don't get the appeal of the fidget cube. Then again, I don't get the appeal of Pokémon Go.
@Geist: And me!....if I can get enough saved up without compromising my purchasing of a house in the near future.
Florida is driving distance from Charlotte.
@Geist, guilty on both charges! I'm so hooked on Pokemon Go that I look for opportunities to walk at the mall, LOL.
@CB, okay damnit! I caved and got the fidget cube! I need to take my figetting to the next level! ;)
@Geist, I have a top at work (my customers love it!) that I use for the same reason as the fidget cube, I need to distract my mind, temporarily, to get it to work better, faster, etc. If I get stuck on a thought, it just goes round and round, without resolving itself. If I distract myself, even for a few seconds, bam, theres the answer. I don't know why it works, but it does.
I'm not even LOOKING at the fidget cube because I know I will probably cave!
@GM, save yourself! CB comes back and stirs it up, and we all wind up with fidget cubes! ;)
Come on, @GM ... You know you want it ... :-)
I really cane here today because I was bored, but this is so much fun!
@CB, its been good to see you here again! I'm glad you stopped by!
@BaKhan, I have three tops, all KS rewards, but I rarely pull them out any more. I'll probably begin spinning them again now due to the power of suggestion. It works both ways, you know.
@CB, come to think of it, I think my first top was your fault too! ;)
@BaKhan, Was that Forever Spin? That actually turned out to be my least favorite of the three. The other two rave ruby and carbide tips,
I know the Billet Spin was someone's fault from here!
Speaking of the Billet Spin...I need to bring it in for myself to be mesmerized by.
I decided on the two cube level. It just made more sense
it would be so cool if GM could come to Florida too. It would be like a second kitten con.
@CB, yep, it was the billet spin. Its a real favorite with my customers! My boss has a spin time on that one of over 11 minutes! The other two top projects I've backed haven't delivered yet. One of them sent me tracking info today (that doesn't work, yet, I'm hopefull though) and the other I think was a scam... oh well. I did look at that ruby one while it was live, but a guy can't get everything... >.>
@GM, do it! I find its a great distracter!
@Geist, yep, and if we get the same set up we had before down there, we have room to comfortably sleep 5 people, no problems!
Holy crap! Just like the good 'ol days; a page and a half of comments I missed in just a few hours! You guys have been busy!
Well, I hope you didn't have any secret plans you buried in there that you didn't want me to know about, so you buried them under dozens of comments because I can't read all that, but nice to see it all!
CB must be the life of the party that left!
Nice. thanks, rain, for waiting just until I was getting my food to downpour! I guess I got in just before the worst of it (torrential right now), but jeez!
@BaKhan: You have a house in Florida that sleeps 5?
It is funny, though, watching all the soaked people outside screaming and running around! Especially when they need to cross the street in front of my window, which is currently functioning as two rivers too wide to jump across.
@Geist, we are part of the DVC! Disney Vacation Club, its like a time share. The last time we went down with our friend Mike, we got a condo basically. It had a full kitchen, living room, dining area, outdoor patio area, master bedroom suite with a jetted tub, and a room with two double beds and its own full bathroom. It even had a washer and dryer! The living room has a double hide-a-bed and a chair that flips out into a single. Pretty sweet if you ask me!
And God said, "Let there be no more rain in this area", and it stopped virtually instantly. From 60 to 0 in less time than a semi would take to stop a motorcycle. Wow. I've lived here my whole life and I'm still not used to Nebraska weather...
I mean, you've heard of a deafening silence? That's what this rain was! I could seriously hear the absence of rain it stopped so fast!
One of my tops is missing! It's the one with the ruby. I'll have to search for it later.
I think certain people may have forgotten that I was one of the villains.
@LZ, not for a second! *points two fingers at my eyes, then at LZ*
@CB, it was pirates! Got to be pirates! Maybe they left you a treasure map! Bonus weekend activity for you!
I was neutral and now look at me, the Pied Piper of EK.
I'm saying that because of how that Josh fellow reacted to my lead comment. I almost suggested an asbestos shell to protect the whole thing from fire. Mwahahahaaaahaaaaaa!
@LZ, you totally should have! That would have been too funny!
@LZ, it's not too late.
Ooh, I like that idea!
@LZ, if it's shock value that you want, suggest that the heavier cube be made out of uranium. I dare you!
Oh that's too easy. You can do that without it even being dangerous! But yeah, uranium core for weight, lead to stop radiation, and asbestos outside! We've devised the perfect cube!
The million dollar cube! We have the technology... ;)
Oh wait, this is supposed to have little widgets on it, isn't it? Shoot, um... just put a little stick or something on one side. I don't know how you'll get it rooted into the cube, but it'll give 'em something to play with. They'd complain either way.
Zem, can you tone it down a bit over there? You're scaring the N00bs.
Well, thanks a lot for screwing up a perfectly good campaign. I'm sorry that I mentioned it to any of you.
@CB, not sure if serious or joking?
@BaKhan, dead serious! What you did over there looks like a deliberate attempt to disrupt the normal give and take of questions and answers.
What's funny here might not be perceived as funny on other projects.
@CB, my bad, I certainly wouldn't expect people to look for the FAQ section on their own or anything. I especially wouldn't expect other commentors to offer answers either... ;)
My bad too. I can't say that I didn't egg you on a little with my suggestion about a uranium cube.
And you're right. People don't look at the FAQ. A good 50% or more of my answers to people has been taken directly out of the FAQ. It's just that there are a lot of people on that project who are totally new to KickStarter. You can tell that by how many of them keep asking why the pledge manager didn't ask for their shipping address.
Remember when EK was dunding? We kept a running count of repeatedly asked questions, but we tried our best to treat those people with compassion. That's what I loved about the Kitten Corps.
This is directly from the KittenCorps site. I could make up a similar list for Fidget Cube:
Repeated Requests in Comments
Lower Postage Rate Requests
1,000,021 and counting
Update Requests
500,487 and counting
Stretch Goal Requests
590,556 and counting
EU Friendly Requests
500,223
Like the Facebook Page and Subscribe to the Twitter Feed
120,017
Let's remember how we pulled together for EK and treat other projects with compassion.
Well, I certainly didn't want to upset anyone, I was just trying to have some fun. I'll leave it alone. You won't need to worry about me commenting over there anymore. Sorry all about it.
And I won't mention other KickStarter projects here ever again, even in passing. You can all find your own campaigns to back.
Is this how it ends, or can we mend this somehow? Right now it feels like my heart's been ripped out.
Oh, wow! I go to a meeting and things get heavy. Umm. If I contributed to your disappointment, CB, I apologize. Yes, let's mend it. I hate it when people argue in here. I mean, I know it happens, but we're all friends here. We can definitely make things right.
And to get things going in a happy direction: Friday! Amiright?! So glad it's here! I just wish Saturday and Sunday each lasted for two or three days ;-)
Yes, let's mend it. I apologize for offending everyone. Please forgive me.