@BaKhan: Yeah...that would help, but it was an email from HR that my manager responded to. Attention to detail should be top for my manager...
Mike Kabala 2016-09-12T15:18:58-04:00
@Zem, thanks. That's a great relief to me. They actually took the time to look through the comments and only deleted the ons that were inappropriate. They left the rare few that were actually on topic.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-12T15:20:34-04:00
@GM, you're 100% right, however, also wrong. The rarest creature out in the wild, is a manager that really exemplifies what a manager should be. I'd go into more detail, but, you never know whos looking at what I do at work... ;)
Mike Kabala 2016-09-12T15:28:40-04:00
@Zem, I tried signing up for Google Fiber when they installed my Fiber Jack a couple of weeks ago. It wasn't available because they hadn't connected it yet. I'm hoping that these huge molehills all over are a sign that signup day is just around the corner.
I still wouldn't give up indoor plumbing to get fiber though.
@BaKhan: Very true. I should have known better since I tend to need to correct/remind every now and then...sometimes the same day.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-12T15:50:08-04:00
Oh, I forgot my big news items! I got home on friday to discover my Kitten Corps t-shirt had arrived! It is awesome! It fits a little bit tight, but I'm hoping to lose a couple of pounds before the north bound kittens arrive (I'm running out of time!). ;)
Second news item, my band broke up over the weekend in a flurry of drama that could only come from musicians... a little thing became a huge thing, and then that had repercusions. Sigh. What I wouldn't give to find a group of musicians that could actually just talk to each other. ;)
@BaKhan: Well, that sucks about the band. I was never part of a band, but was part of a paintball team once. Phil was part of the team too. We ended up quitting because we couldn't trust one of the guys(he tried stealing from me, and vehemently denied it when caught, though there was a security camera watching where he tried to do it...and it was at work - we all worked together at this point)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-12T16:05:12-04:00
@GM, yikes, theres dumb and then theres really dumb. Stealing, dumb, stealing infront of a camera, really dumb! Not only that but I can't abide two things, one a liar, I have no time for that, and two, a thief, get your own stuff, legally! ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-12T16:10:42-04:00
Yay!
No.
Wait...
Gah, BaKhan, make up your mind if you're having good or bad news!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-12T16:13:40-04:00
@Zem, that was so typically me! Its always a mixed bag, but I do try to focus on the good, I swear!
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-12T16:35:24-04:00
BaKhan, that sucks. I'd join your band if it wasn't almost a 12 hour drive to get to your house.
@BaKhan: And to top it off...it took him about 6-7months to learn the pizza line at Boston Pizza...even with a giant 5'x4' board with ALL the pizzas on it with what their ingredients + weights for each ingredient was right above it....and it wasn't even the entire thing that he learned.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-12T16:58:46-04:00
@LZ, thanks man, I was really hoping to keep the band alive until after our halloween party, but c'est la vie I guess. What will probably wind up happening now is some open mic night style jamming for a bit. So if you know any tunes you want to jam out let me know which instrument and I'll pick up the other (bass or guitar)!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-12T16:59:16-04:00
@GM, sounds like a real winner! Yeah, you're better off not having people like that around, for sure!
That was like 8-9 years ago too. So long since I've had contact with any of them(aside from Phil).
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Also just learned that the company I'm with now is known as ATK on the streets...ATK Trucking went belly up not too long ago...that is NOT reassuring, and definitely won't help us get business.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-12T17:16:51-04:00
@GM, you should definitely be sharpening up your resume and getting it out there, and thats just based on what you were talking about a couple of weeks ago! That said, its not unheard of for companies to ditch their less profitable off shoots (not core business) during a recession.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-12T17:20:00-04:00
Well its officially fall in Alberta. Just got a frost advisory... T_T
@BaKhan: The only association we have with ATK, is that our chairman of the board is friends with the guy who owned ATK...well, before most of the management positions got given to the ATK guys. Our Calgary terminal manager was given the option of taking a cut that was almost equal to my annual salary, or leaving. He, not so politely, told them he quits.
Well...that was interesting. I just got an email that had the time of arrival as 3:42...looked down at my computers clock, it was 3:41...damn time traveling email!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-12T17:51:46-04:00
You're lucky it went that way in time, GM. My uncle goes on missionary trips occasionally to Madagascar (both my parents went with him on separate ones), and one time at that side of my family's Christmas party, he got a slightly urgent text message from a year and a half and 10,000 miles away. I think it must've been delivered by foot.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-12T18:20:53-04:00
@BaKhan, that has happened to me like three times in my life. Musical groups that get along for years and then suddenly disintegrate. I'm usually the guilty party too. I take my music too seriously and I sometimes have a hard time holding my tongue when someone else doesn't want to put in the time to practice.
At this time, I am purely a solo artist.
A lonely solo artist.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-12T20:21:25-04:00
Wow. Lots to catch up on today. Good evening all.
Howdy again, CB.
Ok, BaKhan, tshirt = :-D. Band = :-(
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-12T20:22:29-04:00
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-12T22:24:54-04:00
Well, here I sit, all alone. Just me prepping my Imperial Assault figures to paint, listening to Cealed Kasket's Penetration album. Maybe tomorrow will be slower at work and I can chat more durring the day.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-12T22:27:50-04:00
Phone calls! That's when I'm going to need the fidget cube most! If I'm standing, I just keep walking full-speed around the entirety of whatever small space I have, and if I'm sitting, I drive myself crazy by not being able to do anything! I don't know what it is about them, but every time!
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-12T22:33:18-04:00
I tend to wander aimlessly if I'm standing when I take a phone call as well.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-12T22:44:47-04:00
Howdy Trinkets! How have you been?
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-12T23:56:15-04:00
Fantastic Geist, how about yourself?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-13T00:42:00-04:00
Howdy! Goodnight!
(drive-by Zem)
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-13T00:46:15-04:00
Yep. I'm out as well
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-13T09:24:28-04:00
Good morning kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-13T09:29:27-04:00
@CB, It is a lot of work to find people that are like minded and like actioned (not sure if thats a word). I read a really good article once and the jist was that people that excel can't work with people that don't. I think that may be your issue (not that thats a bad thing). Its hard to be a part of something and not want it to succeed, and also not get mad at those that are preventing its success (failing to practice, not skilled, etc.) I always knew there was no future with this version of the band. Our guitar player (the one who went psycho) has MS, and its only getting worse, his abilities are decaying (its hard to watch, and I'm sure harder to experience first hand) so we've all been kind of hanging in there waiting for him to call it quits, I just never expected it to go down the way it did. Its ok, in the end it just sped up our time table I guess. Now we can move ahead, get a new guitarist and start moving on. "every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end"
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-13T09:32:03-04:00
@Trinkets, how is Imperial Assault? I've been sorely tempted for a long time, but my funds keep getting redirected to ks... >.> I am a pretty big StarWars fan, and the look of the game is fantastic, does it play well?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-13T09:32:49-04:00
Morning kittens
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-13T09:33:19-04:00
@CB, not sure if its your thing, but why not check out some of you local open mic nights, etc? The best way to find other people that play in my opinion, is to get out and play! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-13T09:33:31-04:00
Morning Geist!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-13T10:00:05-04:00
Oh boy, rain. And I get to walk back and forth all day in it! Oh boy!
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What's that? 2 exams and less than 6 hours of sleep? Where do I sign?!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-13T10:04:59-04:00
@Zem, you had better dress against it, or you'll be sick for ever! Just buckle down and get those exams done, you know you can do it! So do it!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-13T10:10:30-04:00
I should have known that's what I get for staying up late proving that science and religion aren't mutually exclusive: abuse, non-logic, and more abuse. Good for me. Now to trudge back through the rain, go to one class, trudge back, and try not to die before my third class and exam today.
@Geist: Tell me about it. I just got a call from one of our driver's wives...apparently they still haven't received the pay check that was supposed to be already mailed...she was yelling at me like it was my fault that the mail service was going super slow.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-13T11:39:37-04:00
Nevermind, no more complaining about walking through the rain. One of my roommates is in Marching Band and had to march in it for an hour and a half this morning! The worst is when you go somewhere dry and your shirt evaporates! He's so cold right now.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-13T11:40:58-04:00
Hooray for the imminent return of cognizant LZ! I know how you feel, and I want for you to be able to wake up later as well!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-13T12:17:17-04:00
What is it with this day! I'm trying to be positive, I'm trying to be hopeful, but I'm so sick of dealing with bs! I had to tell a customer to go pound sand today, after spending well over 5 hours of time dealing with him over the last couple of weeks, for one product on a one time order. Then he came back to me and tried to dictate terms... I don't think so!
@BaKhan: It seems like when kids go back to school, people becoming more and more filled with BS that spills out.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-13T14:31:03-04:00
@GM, I think that some people are just jerks, that are used to pushing others around to get their own way. I put way too much effort into what I do, to have someone tell me what its worth and try to bull their way through.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-13T14:43:57-04:00
Wow, I missed a lot of good comments while I was away. @BaKhan, thanks for the kind suggestions, but I am getting to the point where my own musical abilities are on the downswing, especially where it concerns my voice. I can't reach the high notes any more, and everyone wants the high notes. Nobody cares about a solid Bass voice any more.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-13T14:44:38-04:00
BaKhan, you *could* go build it their way, just to prove a point, but then again we know where the blame would go when they found out how faulty it is. ;)
Mike Kabala 2016-09-13T14:45:10-04:00
@Zem, I have to agree about arguments between religion and science. Trouble is, I'm a bit of a religious person who loves exploring science.
What to do?
Mike Kabala 2016-09-13T14:46:37-04:00
Hi Trinkets, if you're still around. I went to bed depressed last night, so I wasn't up when you checked in. Maybe next time.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-13T15:04:48-04:00
@CB, I'm sorry you feel that way! My personal opinion is that lack of use (I can't imagine you've much felt like singing in a while) and not being "yourself" has a lot to do with your voice right now. Depression is a sickness, and it has physical effects on your body. When you start to feel better (which will happen in its own time) I bet your voice comes back. Don't be down on yourself, theres enough people in the world that will fill that role for you! As far as high notes, man, bass is where its at anyways (says the highly unbiased bass player >.>)!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-13T15:11:44-04:00
@Zem, its not building anything, its a price on insulation, he tried to tell me I was going to sell it @ $2 less per sheet than I had quoted him. That much running around and I'm not supposed to make money? I don't think so. Also, when I design something, much like an engineer, I'm responsible for it. If it is installed the way I've prescribed and it fails, its on me. Thats why I wouldn't "build it their way", the reason they came to me was my certification and my expertise, if they want someone who will stamp anything, theres other shops in town. Theres also a reason I'm always busy.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-13T15:19:28-04:00
I really should pick up my guitar again. It's been a while. I wonder if I can still shred it. I kind of doubt it, but I know I could get back to where I was.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-13T16:02:29-04:00
Well, another busy day. Good afternoon, all!
@BaKhan, love, love, LLLOOOOVVEEE Imperial Assault. If you have every played Descent, it's Descent, tweaked a little. And it's Stat Wars. I am the Empire and the 2 guys who I play it with are Rebel scum. They take 2 characters each. It's a blast. It's a little in favor of the Empire, but isn't Star Wars? The Key for the Rebels is to not waste actions. When we would play Descent, I was one of the good guys. I was able to keep everyone focused on the task in hand and not worry about killing that last monster for no reason. But without my guidence, the Rebels are doomed!!!! Fantasy Flight announced they will do an app just like the one for Descent and Mansions of Madness. That will be amazing. We really like the Mansions of Madness app.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-13T16:05:43-04:00
Hey, CB. Don't worry about whatever idiots are doing. Let them have miserable lives and enjoy yours!!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-13T16:06:11-04:00
CB, so am I, but apparently there's some rule in place that says they're like the Montagues and the Capulets. I've never heard of it, but apparently anyone else with an opinion on the internet has.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-13T16:06:58-04:00
I can shred paper. :-P I should dust the ol' axe off again. Been a few months since I played.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-13T16:07:41-04:00
Anyone with an opinion has the internet.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-13T16:08:09-04:00
Work calls. Later
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-13T16:15:08-04:00
@Trinkets, good / bad to hear! ;) Good, because I want to know it plays well, bad because now that I know it plays well, I'll have to see in person... Well Christmas is coming! ;) Haven't played descent or mansions of madness. Both have intregued me though. Right now my group is still loving Z:BP so maybe one day... ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-13T16:16:57-04:00
@LZ, I'm sure you could! I haven't played thrash metal in a long time (going on 8 years now) but I can still throw down on misirlou by Dick Dale, so I think I can still shred... ;) Probably not for very long though... ;)
Mike Kabala 2016-09-13T17:02:44-04:00
@Zem, the Montagues and the Capulets are the two dueling families in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
Mike Kabala 2016-09-13T17:05:43-04:00
@Trinkets, thanks. Yesterday was an all-around bad day for me. It would have been our 24th anniversary and I was still reeling from the troll attack. Nobody could go through that and say truthfully that it didn't bother him.
I'm doing better today. Even getting some work done.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-13T18:55:53-04:00
Haha, BaKhan, guess who we spent about half of History of Rock lecture yesterday talking about? And which class I just took an exam for?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-13T18:57:13-04:00
CB, good to know you got the allusion. There was a reason I made the simile, referencing Religion and Science as two warring tribes that somehow mutually exclude eachother.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-13T20:41:03-04:00
Wow... we were supposed to get concept questions for the next chapter of P-chem today, but he never sent them out, and now I have so much time I don't know whether to play a game or watch some of the playthrough of Undertale I'm watching, and that's hour episodes!
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-13T21:40:21-04:00
Zem, too bad you don't have a fidget cube.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-13T21:42:15-04:00
I find it adorable that they think it will only take 2 months to go from kickstarter to delivering tens of thousands of Fidget Cubes.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-13T22:43:18-04:00
Oh, GOD these chips are awesome! I'm almost dizzy right now because I just keep breathing out over the spice! It's fun.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-13T23:27:24-04:00
We lost the game again today. No surprise there, really. Our opponents today were the best we've played against. They got 3 home runs. The good news is I actually got one of them out. I play the catcher, so I don't get that many opportunities (most rumners cross the plate before the ball is even headed in my general direction). The guy grazed the ball, knocking it high and slow behind him and into my waiting glove.
The other good news is that I found my Scrivener registry information so I could get it installed on the new laptop.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-13T23:32:53-04:00
Sorry, CB, that's rough. I can only imagine how that feels.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-14T01:21:41-04:00
My gaming club met tonight. I got to play Lords of Waterdeep. Wish I had brought my coins, but it's the best I have felt for days.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-14T08:41:03-04:00
A vacation day every month for a 3-day weekend called a "Sleep Day" is the best idea I've had all month. How do you go about implementing that?
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-14T08:41:45-04:00
LoW. Fantastic game. One of the first worker placement games we played, Alien Frontiers was the other. I wish we played it more. My buddy went from having mostly Talisman, Descent, Zombicide, 7 wonders, Ticket to Ride to a huge collection of games. Probably 30%+ is worker placement. Stone Age, Caverna, AF,LoW, Tzolkin, and about 10 others I am drawing a blank on.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-14T08:42:17-04:00
You run for President, Zem.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-14T08:45:58-04:00
Viticulture is the worker placement game we have been playing the crap out of recently. My buddy got Scythe on KS and we live that game, so he decided to check out the guys other games. Viticulture and Euphoria IIRC. We can't stop playing Viticulture. Never thought a wine making game would be fun, but it may be my second favorite worker placement game behind Caverna.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-14T08:46:17-04:00
*love not live
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-14T08:46:29-04:00
I know I'd have the majority of votes on the "Sleep Day" platform alone, not to mention just by not being Clinton or Trump. By these powers combined, backed by the all-powerful Kitten Corps lurking in the wings, we can make America great again by GETTING MORE SLEEP!
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Really, though, I went to bed early last night even, but I still couldn't sleep until almost 2 am anyways! It's just getting really annoying now. I miss getting enough sleep.
Mike Kabala 2016-09-14T08:57:52-04:00
@Zem, if your body is used to staying up until 2am, it's not going to change just because you're in bed. You may have your days and nights mixed up.
Of course. I get a free lunch today because the CPA(Canadian Payroll Association, not the accounting association) is having their semi-annual luncheon, that counts two hours towards my continuing education hours(need 14 hours per year, and includes webinars, seminars, and these luncheons...think I need 2-3 hours after today).
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-14T11:30:36-04:00
Free lunch is the best! !
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-14T11:41:03-04:00
Morning kittens. Sorry I haven't been very talkative. Tons of work and I'm still very new. Still trying to learn the system.
Yay Trinkets! Free food is the (most of the time) the tasty-est
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-14T11:44:22-04:00
Can it just be the weekend now...
...
...
...and forever, please?
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-14T12:04:22-04:00
The word you are looking for LZ is retirement.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-14T12:09:13-04:00
I've decided that I'm winning the lotto max (60 million) this weekend. I'm tired of adulting!
There's also another saying I saw regarding not wanting to adult, and becoming a dragon instead. I think I would prefer that actually.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-14T12:44:18-04:00
Trinkets, I know. I just can't do that yet. I'm 33 years too young and about 5 million dollars too poor. I'm hoping my book does well enough to put me on a path to solving one of those.
I realize that the one won't do it all by itself, but if it does well enough, it will give me motivation to write other books.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-14T12:45:31-04:00
@LZ, I wish all the best with your book (and I wanna copy, so hook a brother up!)! I hope it can set you up to do it full time!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-14T12:46:26-04:00
@CB, I know I said I wouldn't comment on the fidget cube ks but I'm getting sorely tempted! Some of those "superbackers" are really getting on my nerves!
Mike Kabala 2016-09-14T13:29:47-04:00
@BaKhan, after last Sunday, all bets are off. Comment away. You have my blessing.
@BaKhan: Yeah...that would help, but it was an email from HR that my manager responded to. Attention to detail should be top for my manager...
@Zem, thanks. That's a great relief to me. They actually took the time to look through the comments and only deleted the ons that were inappropriate. They left the rare few that were actually on topic.
@GM, you're 100% right, however, also wrong. The rarest creature out in the wild, is a manager that really exemplifies what a manager should be. I'd go into more detail, but, you never know whos looking at what I do at work... ;)
@Zem, I tried signing up for Google Fiber when they installed my Fiber Jack a couple of weeks ago. It wasn't available because they hadn't connected it yet. I'm hoping that these huge molehills all over are a sign that signup day is just around the corner.
I still wouldn't give up indoor plumbing to get fiber though.
@BaKhan: Very true. I should have known better since I tend to need to correct/remind every now and then...sometimes the same day.
Oh, I forgot my big news items! I got home on friday to discover my Kitten Corps t-shirt had arrived! It is awesome! It fits a little bit tight, but I'm hoping to lose a couple of pounds before the north bound kittens arrive (I'm running out of time!). ;)
Second news item, my band broke up over the weekend in a flurry of drama that could only come from musicians... a little thing became a huge thing, and then that had repercusions. Sigh. What I wouldn't give to find a group of musicians that could actually just talk to each other. ;)
@BaKhan: Well, that sucks about the band. I was never part of a band, but was part of a paintball team once. Phil was part of the team too. We ended up quitting because we couldn't trust one of the guys(he tried stealing from me, and vehemently denied it when caught, though there was a security camera watching where he tried to do it...and it was at work - we all worked together at this point)
@GM, yikes, theres dumb and then theres really dumb. Stealing, dumb, stealing infront of a camera, really dumb! Not only that but I can't abide two things, one a liar, I have no time for that, and two, a thief, get your own stuff, legally! ;)
Yay!
No.
Wait...
Gah, BaKhan, make up your mind if you're having good or bad news!
@Zem, that was so typically me! Its always a mixed bag, but I do try to focus on the good, I swear!
BaKhan, that sucks. I'd join your band if it wasn't almost a 12 hour drive to get to your house.
@BaKhan: And to top it off...it took him about 6-7months to learn the pizza line at Boston Pizza...even with a giant 5'x4' board with ALL the pizzas on it with what their ingredients + weights for each ingredient was right above it....and it wasn't even the entire thing that he learned.
@LZ, thanks man, I was really hoping to keep the band alive until after our halloween party, but c'est la vie I guess. What will probably wind up happening now is some open mic night style jamming for a bit. So if you know any tunes you want to jam out let me know which instrument and I'll pick up the other (bass or guitar)!
@GM, sounds like a real winner! Yeah, you're better off not having people like that around, for sure!
That was like 8-9 years ago too. So long since I've had contact with any of them(aside from Phil).
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Also just learned that the company I'm with now is known as ATK on the streets...ATK Trucking went belly up not too long ago...that is NOT reassuring, and definitely won't help us get business.
@GM, you should definitely be sharpening up your resume and getting it out there, and thats just based on what you were talking about a couple of weeks ago! That said, its not unheard of for companies to ditch their less profitable off shoots (not core business) during a recession.
Well its officially fall in Alberta. Just got a frost advisory... T_T
@BaKhan: The only association we have with ATK, is that our chairman of the board is friends with the guy who owned ATK...well, before most of the management positions got given to the ATK guys. Our Calgary terminal manager was given the option of taking a cut that was almost equal to my annual salary, or leaving. He, not so politely, told them he quits.
Well...that was interesting. I just got an email that had the time of arrival as 3:42...looked down at my computers clock, it was 3:41...damn time traveling email!
You're lucky it went that way in time, GM. My uncle goes on missionary trips occasionally to Madagascar (both my parents went with him on separate ones), and one time at that side of my family's Christmas party, he got a slightly urgent text message from a year and a half and 10,000 miles away. I think it must've been delivered by foot.
@BaKhan, that has happened to me like three times in my life. Musical groups that get along for years and then suddenly disintegrate. I'm usually the guilty party too. I take my music too seriously and I sometimes have a hard time holding my tongue when someone else doesn't want to put in the time to practice.
At this time, I am purely a solo artist.
A lonely solo artist.
Wow. Lots to catch up on today. Good evening all.
Howdy again, CB.
Ok, BaKhan, tshirt = :-D. Band = :-(
Zem, ghost pepper chips?!!!! Must.....get.....them!!!!
Well, here I sit, all alone. Just me prepping my Imperial Assault figures to paint, listening to Cealed Kasket's Penetration album. Maybe tomorrow will be slower at work and I can chat more durring the day.
Phone calls! That's when I'm going to need the fidget cube most! If I'm standing, I just keep walking full-speed around the entirety of whatever small space I have, and if I'm sitting, I drive myself crazy by not being able to do anything! I don't know what it is about them, but every time!
I tend to wander aimlessly if I'm standing when I take a phone call as well.
Howdy Trinkets! How have you been?
Fantastic Geist, how about yourself?
Howdy! Goodnight!
(drive-by Zem)
Yep. I'm out as well
Good morning kittens!
@CB, It is a lot of work to find people that are like minded and like actioned (not sure if thats a word). I read a really good article once and the jist was that people that excel can't work with people that don't. I think that may be your issue (not that thats a bad thing). Its hard to be a part of something and not want it to succeed, and also not get mad at those that are preventing its success (failing to practice, not skilled, etc.) I always knew there was no future with this version of the band. Our guitar player (the one who went psycho) has MS, and its only getting worse, his abilities are decaying (its hard to watch, and I'm sure harder to experience first hand) so we've all been kind of hanging in there waiting for him to call it quits, I just never expected it to go down the way it did. Its ok, in the end it just sped up our time table I guess. Now we can move ahead, get a new guitarist and start moving on. "every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end"
@Trinkets, how is Imperial Assault? I've been sorely tempted for a long time, but my funds keep getting redirected to ks... >.> I am a pretty big StarWars fan, and the look of the game is fantastic, does it play well?
Morning kittens
@CB, not sure if its your thing, but why not check out some of you local open mic nights, etc? The best way to find other people that play in my opinion, is to get out and play! ;)
Morning Geist!
Oh boy, rain. And I get to walk back and forth all day in it! Oh boy!
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What's that? 2 exams and less than 6 hours of sleep? Where do I sign?!
@Zem, you had better dress against it, or you'll be sick for ever! Just buckle down and get those exams done, you know you can do it! So do it!
I should have known that's what I get for staying up late proving that science and religion aren't mutually exclusive: abuse, non-logic, and more abuse. Good for me. Now to trudge back through the rain, go to one class, trudge back, and try not to die before my third class and exam today.
Morning kittens.
@GM, good morning sir!
Ugh! I feel like a zombie. These early mornings are getting to me.
I love walking into a shit storm. Especially when none of it is my fault.
Fret not kittens! Things will get better, or else! ;)
@LZ, hopefully, you'll be off early morning doody soon!
@Geist, Yikes, I hope it works itself out! Sometimes, you can find opportunities in the worst situations! Show 'em what you're made of!
@BaKhan, I will be. I only have to do this on Thursday and Friday. My opener comes back on Monday.
@Geist: Tell me about it. I just got a call from one of our driver's wives...apparently they still haven't received the pay check that was supposed to be already mailed...she was yelling at me like it was my fault that the mail service was going super slow.
Nevermind, no more complaining about walking through the rain. One of my roommates is in Marching Band and had to march in it for an hour and a half this morning! The worst is when you go somewhere dry and your shirt evaporates! He's so cold right now.
Hooray for the imminent return of cognizant LZ! I know how you feel, and I want for you to be able to wake up later as well!
What is it with this day! I'm trying to be positive, I'm trying to be hopeful, but I'm so sick of dealing with bs! I had to tell a customer to go pound sand today, after spending well over 5 hours of time dealing with him over the last couple of weeks, for one product on a one time order. Then he came back to me and tried to dictate terms... I don't think so!
@BaKhan: It seems like when kids go back to school, people becoming more and more filled with BS that spills out.
@GM, I think that some people are just jerks, that are used to pushing others around to get their own way. I put way too much effort into what I do, to have someone tell me what its worth and try to bull their way through.
Wow, I missed a lot of good comments while I was away. @BaKhan, thanks for the kind suggestions, but I am getting to the point where my own musical abilities are on the downswing, especially where it concerns my voice. I can't reach the high notes any more, and everyone wants the high notes. Nobody cares about a solid Bass voice any more.
BaKhan, you *could* go build it their way, just to prove a point, but then again we know where the blame would go when they found out how faulty it is. ;)
@Zem, I have to agree about arguments between religion and science. Trouble is, I'm a bit of a religious person who loves exploring science.
What to do?
Hi Trinkets, if you're still around. I went to bed depressed last night, so I wasn't up when you checked in. Maybe next time.
@CB, I'm sorry you feel that way! My personal opinion is that lack of use (I can't imagine you've much felt like singing in a while) and not being "yourself" has a lot to do with your voice right now. Depression is a sickness, and it has physical effects on your body. When you start to feel better (which will happen in its own time) I bet your voice comes back. Don't be down on yourself, theres enough people in the world that will fill that role for you! As far as high notes, man, bass is where its at anyways (says the highly unbiased bass player >.>)!
@Zem, its not building anything, its a price on insulation, he tried to tell me I was going to sell it @ $2 less per sheet than I had quoted him. That much running around and I'm not supposed to make money? I don't think so. Also, when I design something, much like an engineer, I'm responsible for it. If it is installed the way I've prescribed and it fails, its on me. Thats why I wouldn't "build it their way", the reason they came to me was my certification and my expertise, if they want someone who will stamp anything, theres other shops in town. Theres also a reason I'm always busy.
I really should pick up my guitar again. It's been a while. I wonder if I can still shred it. I kind of doubt it, but I know I could get back to where I was.
Well, another busy day. Good afternoon, all!
@BaKhan, love, love, LLLOOOOVVEEE Imperial Assault. If you have every played Descent, it's Descent, tweaked a little. And it's Stat Wars. I am the Empire and the 2 guys who I play it with are Rebel scum. They take 2 characters each. It's a blast. It's a little in favor of the Empire, but isn't Star Wars? The Key for the Rebels is to not waste actions. When we would play Descent, I was one of the good guys. I was able to keep everyone focused on the task in hand and not worry about killing that last monster for no reason. But without my guidence, the Rebels are doomed!!!! Fantasy Flight announced they will do an app just like the one for Descent and Mansions of Madness. That will be amazing. We really like the Mansions of Madness app.
Hey, CB. Don't worry about whatever idiots are doing. Let them have miserable lives and enjoy yours!!
CB, so am I, but apparently there's some rule in place that says they're like the Montagues and the Capulets. I've never heard of it, but apparently anyone else with an opinion on the internet has.
I can shred paper. :-P I should dust the ol' axe off again. Been a few months since I played.
Anyone with an opinion has the internet.
Work calls. Later
@Trinkets, good / bad to hear! ;) Good, because I want to know it plays well, bad because now that I know it plays well, I'll have to see in person... Well Christmas is coming! ;) Haven't played descent or mansions of madness. Both have intregued me though. Right now my group is still loving Z:BP so maybe one day... ;)
@LZ, I'm sure you could! I haven't played thrash metal in a long time (going on 8 years now) but I can still throw down on misirlou by Dick Dale, so I think I can still shred... ;) Probably not for very long though... ;)
@Zem, the Montagues and the Capulets are the two dueling families in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
@Trinkets, thanks. Yesterday was an all-around bad day for me. It would have been our 24th anniversary and I was still reeling from the troll attack. Nobody could go through that and say truthfully that it didn't bother him.
I'm doing better today. Even getting some work done.
Haha, BaKhan, guess who we spent about half of History of Rock lecture yesterday talking about? And which class I just took an exam for?
CB, good to know you got the allusion. There was a reason I made the simile, referencing Religion and Science as two warring tribes that somehow mutually exclude eachother.
Wow... we were supposed to get concept questions for the next chapter of P-chem today, but he never sent them out, and now I have so much time I don't know whether to play a game or watch some of the playthrough of Undertale I'm watching, and that's hour episodes!
Zem, too bad you don't have a fidget cube.
I find it adorable that they think it will only take 2 months to go from kickstarter to delivering tens of thousands of Fidget Cubes.
Oh, GOD these chips are awesome! I'm almost dizzy right now because I just keep breathing out over the spice! It's fun.
We lost the game again today. No surprise there, really. Our opponents today were the best we've played against. They got 3 home runs. The good news is I actually got one of them out. I play the catcher, so I don't get that many opportunities (most rumners cross the plate before the ball is even headed in my general direction). The guy grazed the ball, knocking it high and slow behind him and into my waiting glove.
The other good news is that I found my Scrivener registry information so I could get it installed on the new laptop.
Sorry, CB, that's rough. I can only imagine how that feels.
My gaming club met tonight. I got to play Lords of Waterdeep. Wish I had brought my coins, but it's the best I have felt for days.
A vacation day every month for a 3-day weekend called a "Sleep Day" is the best idea I've had all month. How do you go about implementing that?
LoW. Fantastic game. One of the first worker placement games we played, Alien Frontiers was the other. I wish we played it more. My buddy went from having mostly Talisman, Descent, Zombicide, 7 wonders, Ticket to Ride to a huge collection of games. Probably 30%+ is worker placement. Stone Age, Caverna, AF,LoW, Tzolkin, and about 10 others I am drawing a blank on.
You run for President, Zem.
Viticulture is the worker placement game we have been playing the crap out of recently. My buddy got Scythe on KS and we live that game, so he decided to check out the guys other games. Viticulture and Euphoria IIRC. We can't stop playing Viticulture. Never thought a wine making game would be fun, but it may be my second favorite worker placement game behind Caverna.
*love not live
I know I'd have the majority of votes on the "Sleep Day" platform alone, not to mention just by not being Clinton or Trump. By these powers combined, backed by the all-powerful Kitten Corps lurking in the wings, we can make America great again by GETTING MORE SLEEP!
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Really, though, I went to bed early last night even, but I still couldn't sleep until almost 2 am anyways! It's just getting really annoying now. I miss getting enough sleep.
@Zem, if your body is used to staying up until 2am, it's not going to change just because you're in bed. You may have your days and nights mixed up.
Morning kittens!
Morning kittens.
Morning GM, hope you're feeling better!
Of course. I get a free lunch today because the CPA(Canadian Payroll Association, not the accounting association) is having their semi-annual luncheon, that counts two hours towards my continuing education hours(need 14 hours per year, and includes webinars, seminars, and these luncheons...think I need 2-3 hours after today).
Free lunch is the best! !
Morning kittens. Sorry I haven't been very talkative. Tons of work and I'm still very new. Still trying to learn the system.
Yay Trinkets! Free food is the (most of the time) the tasty-est
Can it just be the weekend now...
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...and forever, please?
The word you are looking for LZ is retirement.
I've decided that I'm winning the lotto max (60 million) this weekend. I'm tired of adulting!
Adulting sucks! I want to be in my pillow fort!
Oh man! How awesome would a pillow fort be right now!?
There's also another saying I saw regarding not wanting to adult, and becoming a dragon instead. I think I would prefer that actually.
Trinkets, I know. I just can't do that yet. I'm 33 years too young and about 5 million dollars too poor. I'm hoping my book does well enough to put me on a path to solving one of those.
I realize that the one won't do it all by itself, but if it does well enough, it will give me motivation to write other books.
@LZ, I wish all the best with your book (and I wanna copy, so hook a brother up!)! I hope it can set you up to do it full time!
@CB, I know I said I wouldn't comment on the fidget cube ks but I'm getting sorely tempted! Some of those "superbackers" are really getting on my nerves!
@BaKhan, after last Sunday, all bets are off. Comment away. You have my blessing.