Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-27T15:23:22-04:00
GM, when my dad worked for an Indian company, they didn't give any heed to American holidays whatsoever except for the absolute major ones people would quit over. Their holidays (not including the skimpy paid leave they were allotted) were something like thanksgiving (Maybe even not that), New Years, 4th of July most of the time (maybe), and Christmas day, not eve.
He liked that job better, but his new one treats them WAY the hell better. But yeah, he had to worry about Indian holidays, but they sure as hell didn't worry about American ones.
@Zem: That's pretty much the way it is for us. It's our US HR manager scheduling the session with all branch admins and managers so we are all on the same page...unfortunately, when my manager or I suggest a time, we look at the calendar, and all the approved holiday, then schedule around that so we don't make people work on holidays if they don't have to. Definitely can't say the same about our US counterparts.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-27T23:45:42-04:00
Testing would be easy. Ask the subject in question if they would like either a $20 taco bell gift card or $20 gas card.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-27T23:57:31-04:00
Haha, too damn perfect, Trinkets! Offer them a choice of cheetos or their car keys back.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-28T07:09:21-04:00
Morning kittens
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-28T09:18:24-04:00
Good morning kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-28T09:19:22-04:00
Just ask 'em if they know how fast they were going just meow? ;)
Nothing like getting lost in the book your reading before bed(10:30pm), then glancing over at the clock and seeing the lovely red numbers 01:30...oops. Today will be an interesting day.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-28T10:21:57-04:00
@GM, lol, that describes my teenage years so well! So many late nights because of good books! Just one more chapter... ;)
@LZ: I wasn't able to sleep well Monday night, I woke up an hour before my alarm(wide awake) and stared at it for half an hour before actually getting up and doing something.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-28T11:21:13-04:00
@LZ, I don't blame you man! After something like that happens, any sound will freak you out! You should see if you can get your hands on an inexpensive web cam or something, it might help. Also, those motion lights might be good too. At the end of the day though, bad things happen to good people bro. Try not to let those bastards steal more than your car!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-28T11:41:14-04:00
Oh man! Megabots just updated their ks with a how to destroy giant robots video! Giant fricken robots!!! *swoon* \(^.^)/
So, I was looking at my Backed Project list, and at the very bottom is a list of the ones that I either canceled or were unsuccessful. I looked at the one Exploding Puppies that was actually successful, and the comments showed that the quality was definitely not what it was advertised as.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-28T11:54:03-04:00
@GM, I can only imagine, there were people who weren't happy with EK's quality... ;)
About 45 decks. Based on the reward levels, and numbers that ordered those. However, it doesn't add up to the total of 41 people backing it(only comes to 37, I'm guessing the other 4 didn't select a reward)
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-28T13:01:09-04:00
I'm doing my best not to let them steal my car. I'm sure that I'll be fine with enough time, probably a week or two. It's just that it's so recent.
My new car is pretty awesome, though. It runs like a dream. I did opt for the extended warranty because of its rebuilt status.
Only 4.5 hours to go until I'm done for the week...and I'm already working on our wall calendar for 2017...the last week of December will be interesting if things keep going the way they are going...Christmas is a Monday, Boxing Day is the Tuesday, and we have our big payroll that week...we are going to be juggling things around to pay people right, but probably not on the usual day...
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-28T14:32:10-04:00
@LZ, I agree, just give it some time. I'm glad to here your new car is awesome! You're going to get a good chance to see what it can do, in less than a month! I'm also glad that you got the extended warranty! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-28T14:36:06-04:00
@GM, good for you! Are you going to start painting your TO:7S? ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-28T14:40:36-04:00
Geist, Ready Player One was pretty good, but I feel like it came off lacking or generally not as good as it could have been. Part of it was Cline taking opinion or belief as absolute overarching fact, which isn't bad unless you drill it as much as he did completely out of context of the book like that annoying person who thinks you should know their opinion every 3 minutes, disrupting the flow, but while the story was incredibly detailed and well-thought-out, it just ended up missing alot of perfect opportunities for the genre. I loved the book, it just could have been way better.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-28T14:43:45-04:00
Exploding Puppies was a flop? What a surprise. Though you'd think with how much we shouted heedlessly into the comments that's how it was going to turn out would have been a tip-off. I knew it would pass if only because of the extremely low goal, which made me sad for all the suckers who gave money that would actually be taken.
@BaKhan: I'm definitely going to get a bunch prepped to paint, and probably do the base coat. Most of my plans for this weekend are to organize things, and help finish getting the yard winterized(one thing I am not looking forward to when I own a house...but I won't have a garden unless someone else wants it and takes care of it themselves)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-28T15:18:59-04:00
@GM, well the only thing I have growing at my house is grass, and a few rose bushes. So my "winter prep" is pretty much nil. I have a company coming to clean our eavestroughs (no way in hell I'm doing that), and after that, I can't think of anything else that will need to be done. Of course, this weekend we start on our Halloween yard display!
I was the one who went up to clean our eaves trough this year, only because we had a blockage that made it overflow. My dad held the ladder, and I cleared the blockage...that was all. We don't get much in the troughs anymore since we replaced our shingles with metal ones(they look plastic, but I'm told they're metal). Also found some pieces of the old shingles in there, and the bottom of the trough had some sand from the old shingles in there, not even 1mm thick.
And that's pretty much what I plan on doing with my house when I buy. Grass and some trees(just a few, probably pine as they don't have as much cleanup), and probably a fire pit area in the back yard.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-28T15:35:44-04:00
Haha, someone made a video about a drinking game for the debate to drink every time Trump interrupted or spoke over Clinton.
It didn't go well. There's not enough alcohol in the world.
I don't know about Clinton winning, persay, but Trump sure as hell knows how to lose hard. I'm calling mulligan on this election.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-28T16:04:05-04:00
@Zem, although, having watched that "debate" I would think that drinking would have made the watching easier. That was so ackward! I honestly feel bad for all my American friends, how do you choose between those two? Any of you American kittens would make a much better president!
I'm out now too...was just finishing up the last thing for this weeks' payroll, and now I can ignore everything until Monday(which will be a massive load of stuff to do, but that's for Monday GM to care about, not "Wednesday is my Friday" GM).
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-28T19:38:11-04:00
I'm done for the week now. Virtually. Minor homework... ooh, concept questions for P-chem... small amounts of major difficult homework and classes, but that's all for the rest of the week! Tomorrow is basically my friday.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-28T20:11:12-04:00
Ok. That is it. No more getting into the office at 6 am. I could barely keep my eyes open and it prevents me from working on my apartment
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-29T00:02:27-04:00
Woo! Done with homework! Just in time to be late for bed! Woo... Oh well, thursdays are better than fridays for me!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-29T08:18:22-04:00
I thought about skipping my first class. It's just a math recitation in a class we really don't have anything to review because we just had the exam, and it's an hour and a half I could skip and go straight to having one class and waking up at 8:30 instead of 7:00.
It was very, VERY tempting to go back to bed, but then I remembered one of my life mottos is "Don't be THAT guy." Plenty of people will probably skip today, and the TA will be looking for it. I can take a little hit to not look like an asshole.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-29T09:24:29-04:00
Good morning kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-29T10:40:01-04:00
Allllll by myseeellff.... now I'm, alllll by my seeellff.... ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-29T10:48:49-04:00
*sigh* Why would you have me in a meeting for a procedure you don't let me practice in? And then when one of the other staff is out, you are going to expect me to do it like an expert.
I swear I need to come up with something that will make me a ton of money so I can retire.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-29T10:58:07-04:00
@Geist, lol, sounds familiar. The problem is, the even without training/practice, you probably can do it better than anyone else there when the other staff is out, so they are coming to know, and depend on this. Sadly, a common reality of the workplace is that you get punished with more work for doing a better job, and worse there is no compensation for being better.
I'm with you though, lets just get rich and then we can do what ever we want to do, even if that is nothing! ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-29T11:41:02-04:00
Okay, so A+ for mental fortitude, but my brain did not work. You want to know how little my cognitive function could throw sparks around this morning?
I LITERALLY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE FUNCTION Y=4X! I tried to graph it in the calc reci I debated skipping and literally could not remember what a modification of y=x looked like.
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Oh look, a fortune cookie! "I see a great nap in your future!"
So do I, cookie, so do I.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-29T11:43:35-04:00
Yeah, what are the core Corps Git-rich-n'-quit plans? We need to figure this out.
Remember the verbal contract. One of us gets rich, the others benefit at least minorly! We're all in that together, right? I'm working on my part, but I'm not creative.
Good news is that when you're all quitting work, you'll still be able to rely on my chances of getting rich. You guys got the better end of this deal time-wise.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-29T13:50:26-04:00
Howdy all. Hope everyone's day is going good. I've been too busy these last few days to pop in much.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-29T14:08:55-04:00
It's good now that I have nothing to do!
Well... nothing except 3 assignments, one of which will take forever, but that's like nothing, right?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-29T14:09:58-04:00
@Trinkets, hey man! Doing good, hope you are too!
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-29T14:28:27-04:00
Ghghghtrghgfghgg!!
I have to fire somebody on Monday.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-29T14:32:10-04:00
@LZ, this wouldn't be the same person you've been having issues with by any chance would it?
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-29T14:44:54-04:00
LZ, make sure you use your best Donald Trump impersonation when firing them. It will be like they were on Celebrity Apprentice and everyone will feel good about it.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-29T14:46:42-04:00
Also, if you're going to do that, work the word "huge" in there a few times! My wife and I get endless laughs out of that one... ;) You could say "huge", is huge in my house... ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-29T16:59:53-04:00
Ah, naps. Whoever invented you was the most genius person.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-29T17:30:27-04:00
It's the person who has been on time less than half the time this year, and who mouthed off to me when I confronted her about it.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-29T18:35:58-04:00
And then supposedly hid/trashed the files? Yeah, she needs to go. I don't know why you sounded frustrated about firing them.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-29T19:27:26-04:00
Because it puts a strain on the rest of my staff. And because I've never done it before, so I'm a touch nervous.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-29T20:42:03-04:00
I thought you had had to lay someone off. Okay, I see now. Yeah, this is going to be a stressful week.
When you feel the need to go into a quiet room and yell at the top of your lungs, this room is always open.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-29T20:42:13-04:00
And completely soundproof!
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-29T21:02:07-04:00
There's also the timing issue. When merit bonus time rolls around (within the next couple of weeks), I'm given a budget for the department, based on the number of people in the department and how much those people make. The fact that she's being fired right before merit bonus time means that I'll have less of a budget, so my other employees won't get as much of a bonus. It also means that I'll likely have a brand-new hire at the time of our trip to Canada. It's less-than-ideal timing, is mostly the complaint. I would have preferred to wait until after the trip, but HR stepped in and said now is the time.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-29T22:17:06-04:00
Ah. No, I see HR's point easily, she needs to go, but that also is very inopportune. We're here for you when this all starts to build up, and thankfully, though you won't be there to help train the new hire, at least it's vacation and you can relax. Seems like after you get back, though, there might be a little hit of extra workload. Here's hoping this all works out for you better than you hope.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-29T22:31:36-04:00
I also see their point. If they're not going to work out, it's better not to waste any more money on them.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-29T23:10:35-04:00
I thought wasting money was what HR did best?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-29T23:11:13-04:00
It finally happened. Not for the first time, but the stress while studying for a class drove me partially insane. This is maybe the fourth time it's happened. Not terribly insane this time, I stopped before it went too far, but I never understood what it was like to go insane before Physics 2. Sometime I think it would be easier...
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-29T23:11:38-04:00
BaKhan, what do you use as a primer for your miniatures?
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-09-29T23:12:48-04:00
Pace yourself Zem. There's plenty of life to drive you insane. Don't let school do it.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-30T00:59:52-04:00
I'm just holding my hand over the burner for now. I know when to back off a little even if it means not doing this assignment for the case of my own sanity.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-30T01:29:13-04:00
Well tonight was productive. I proved to dozens of random strangers many things, most importantly that the only measurement ever based on a true, non-arbitrary standard is Kelvin (though the increments are thus purely arbitrary considering the standard-shift), and that, while I absolutely don't support either the convicted clown nor MechaHitler Mk. II for president, at least Trump isn't under investigation for several various felonies.
Remember the last president we elected who was convicted of felonies? I mean, Nixon was actually a successful president, but he knew when it was time to leave before things got out of hand. I doubt Clinton has that kind of restraint.
Hell, she'd likely wave her hand and pardon herself!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-30T01:33:36-04:00
Also, this has driven me just as crazy for years, what's the Spanish Flea remind you guys of? Other than technical difficulties. I have no idea where I heard it from that I associate it with, and somehow, every time, I think it's a game show theme!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-30T08:28:37-04:00
Morning kittens. It's Friday and I can't wait for quitting time. Two festivals this weekend and a book sale next week so I'll be out enjoying the new fall weather.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-30T09:13:01-04:00
Morning kittens! I can see the weekend and I JDGAF! ;) We can do this!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-30T09:13:31-04:00
@LZ, damn man, yeah, I think thats one of the hardest parts of management. Good luck bro!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-30T09:17:16-04:00
@Trinkets, I use vallejo surface primer, either white, or black depending on the tone I'm setting for the colour pallet. Every once in a while I'll go way out there and go with grey (I just mix the two). I read a really good article on priming miniatures, and the jist was, very light coat (I usually cut the primer pretty heavy with water), and don't worry about getting into every nook and crany. The paint will still cover those deeply recessed areas, and they won't need the primer because of where they are, and they won't rub or be touched. The raised surfaces that are more prone to chipping/being touched will be primed, and you'll still have all of the delicate details left. I find it works really well for me.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-30T09:19:23-04:00
@Zem, just breath man. Seriously, when you feel yourself getting overwhelmed, whether its in your dorm or in class, go get a drink of water, close your eyes and count down from ten, repeat a funny limerick under your breath, whatever it takes, but break up the situation. It will help. You can do this man, and we've got your back!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-30T09:22:19-04:00
@Geist, I'm so jealous! It sounds like you always have something cool to do! We're starting decorating this weekend, so when all you kittens show up, it'll be fully decked out! Less than a month to go! Muuu-ahahhahhahaha!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-30T09:47:19-04:00
Geist, I can't wait to quit either! It means the week is over! I don't need a festival, just a lack of responsibilities is good enough for me.
@Trinkets: HR does know how to waste money best. We get told "damn the expense, just pay them right now"...even though the following Friday is their regularly scheduled payday.
Lord Zombitten 2016-09-30T12:40:44-04:00
Now that people know she's running on fumes, they're coming forward with more information about stuff she has done. It's like, damn, guys! If you had told me sooner, we probably could have taken care of this sooner!
It does make me feel better about the whole thing, though.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-30T12:40:59-04:00
I always feel fairly accomplished when, with significantly less than 5 hours of sleep and while feeling fairly nauseated by back problems, I understand at least 1/3 to 1/2 of what my P-chem professor said!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-30T12:42:20-04:00
Like stuff that would have gotten her serious warnings long ago? That could have saved a good deal of trouble and pain!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-09-30T15:48:50-04:00
@BaKahn: Did you check out the Halloween festivities' at Universal Studios?
Holy crap! We have GOT to go to this next year! I wish I had the money to go this year. It looks sooooo good.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-30T16:23:38-04:00
@Geist, you have no idea how bad I want to go right now! How can I live!?!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-30T17:18:02-04:00
I don't know, BaKhan, it just comes pretty naturally to me. I guess focusing on just not dying is a good place to start and you can work your way to maintaining life from there.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-30T17:41:04-04:00
@Zem, do you realize that I haven't been to any theme parks at all this year? Damn man, not even one. :( I'm jonesing bad! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-09-30T17:53:23-04:00
Ok, you kittens have a good weekend! I'm outta here! ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-30T18:05:27-04:00
Oh I will, BaKhan; only 2 assignments over 3 days? Yes please!
Have fun with whatever it is you pretend to do when you're really just sitting there missing talking to me over the weekend!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-09-30T21:44:22-04:00
LZ and BaKhan, I just need a quick confirmation. I was going over several plans with my oldest brother because he realized he could go to Seattle when I went to Salt Lake and we could go together till then, but then he thought it'd be too much of a drive. Long conversation short, I realized he could keep his already made plans, but come to Canada instead.
So, the questions arise:
LZ, would there be room on the way up for another (small) person/alternate-driver/gas-payer?
BaKhan, would it be correct to assume there's room for one more person to sleep?
I don't know, it feels awkward to bring up a person completely outside this group, but it'd be cool. He's not *entirely* sure what'll be going on at work at that time, but there's a very good chance he'd have the week in question off already, which is what brought up the original conversation we had that led to this interesting situation.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-10-01T07:39:03-04:00
Hey.
Do you hear that?
Sounds like a clock ticking.
Count down to Kitten Con begins now.
Only 27 more days to go.
Lord Zombitten 2016-10-01T13:38:00-04:00
Zem, we'll either be going in your car or my wife's Mazda 5. I don't know what you're driving, but there's plenty of room in the Mazda.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-10-01T20:26:33-04:00
Great, LZ! I figured most cars with more than 2 seats seat at least 4, but thought I should ask to make sure.
How about with you, BaKhan?
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-10-01T21:23:46-04:00
Howdy all!
Painting minis while listening to Prong is both awesome and terrible.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-10-01T21:29:39-04:00
@BaKhan, I use a spray primer but have been considering going with the Vallejo as well. Even thought of the same thing that i just need white and black. I would be applying it by airbrush. I always prime, base coat, and varnish with the airbrush. Some of the Blood Rage monsters, the larger ones, I painted almost entirely with the airbrush. Got some amazing shading. I wish more games had larger figures.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-10-01T21:37:10-04:00
LZ, that sucks that everyone was holding back info on that employee. I have the reverse problem. I have informed the owner of the horrible work ethic and abilities of 2 of our employees. He does nothing about it. Makes me not want to give a crap about what I'm doing. Why should I bust my ass while they get away with their crap. I can't do that, just not that kind of person, but man.......it's getting old.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-10-02T00:34:52-04:00
My brother just mentioned it may be late before he knows whether he's available, but if it's cool with you all, it'd be awesome.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-10-03T09:11:12-04:00
Good Morning Kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-10-03T09:14:52-04:00
@Zem, well thats fine with me, but I am running into a bit of a space issue. My problem is, that I already had two bedrooms called for for the night of the party. I have a proper bedroom for LZ and his lovely wife, and for Geist. I was hoping that you wouldn't mind sleeping on the futon for one night and having a bedroom for the other nights. If your brother were to come with, he would need to crash on the floor for one night. Do you guys have an air matress or something that he could use? I mean really, other than the actual bedroom issue, I don't have a problem with it. Let me know, asap please! ;) Also, does your brother have any allergies I should know about?
I just started this week, and already I want it to be over. So much BS happened on the two days I was off that there is an insane amount of shit to dig through, sort, get ready, enter, and hopefully...all before 4:30 since I do NOT want to work late.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-10-03T10:28:19-04:00
@GM, sorry to hear that, I hope it doesn't take you too long!
40 emails, with partial information, that my manager had access to(I expected her to at least look at the US Payroll email inbox while I was off to see what needed to be followed up on, passed onto the VPs for approval, or what was missing...NOPE), and all that is not including what was sent to my email. There's another 30 in there.
Hell, I don't have time on the best of days to chase down a VP approval for a wage change. It needs to change from them sending half approved shit to me, to sending it to proper people for approval and they then pass it along to me.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-10-03T11:00:21-04:00
So here is what you do. Send it back to the person who sent it to you, and tell them to send it whom they need to in order to get the approval you need. Stop doing it for them! The only way it will ever change. If you do it for them, it just reinforcing bad behaviour/practice, and adding to the bs you already have to deal with. Don't enable them!
GM, when my dad worked for an Indian company, they didn't give any heed to American holidays whatsoever except for the absolute major ones people would quit over. Their holidays (not including the skimpy paid leave they were allotted) were something like thanksgiving (Maybe even not that), New Years, 4th of July most of the time (maybe), and Christmas day, not eve.
He liked that job better, but his new one treats them WAY the hell better. But yeah, he had to worry about Indian holidays, but they sure as hell didn't worry about American ones.
@Zem: That's pretty much the way it is for us. It's our US HR manager scheduling the session with all branch admins and managers so we are all on the same page...unfortunately, when my manager or I suggest a time, we look at the calendar, and all the approved holiday, then schedule around that so we don't make people work on holidays if they don't have to. Definitely can't say the same about our US counterparts.
Testing would be easy. Ask the subject in question if they would like either a $20 taco bell gift card or $20 gas card.
Haha, too damn perfect, Trinkets! Offer them a choice of cheetos or their car keys back.
Morning kittens
Good morning kittens!
Just ask 'em if they know how fast they were going just meow? ;)
Morning kittens.
Nothing like getting lost in the book your reading before bed(10:30pm), then glancing over at the clock and seeing the lovely red numbers 01:30...oops. Today will be an interesting day.
@GM, lol, that describes my teenage years so well! So many late nights because of good books! Just one more chapter... ;)
I just couldn't put it down while the Malazan Marines were making a stand against the Edur.
@GM: That was how I felt reading Ready Player One a couple of weeks ago.
Then there's me: I haven't been able to sleep very well the last couple of nights. Something about a new-found paranoia...
@LZ: I wasn't able to sleep well Monday night, I woke up an hour before my alarm(wide awake) and stared at it for half an hour before actually getting up and doing something.
@LZ, I don't blame you man! After something like that happens, any sound will freak you out! You should see if you can get your hands on an inexpensive web cam or something, it might help. Also, those motion lights might be good too. At the end of the day though, bad things happen to good people bro. Try not to let those bastards steal more than your car!
Oh man! Megabots just updated their ks with a how to destroy giant robots video! Giant fricken robots!!! *swoon* \(^.^)/
So, I was looking at my Backed Project list, and at the very bottom is a list of the ones that I either canceled or were unsuccessful. I looked at the one Exploding Puppies that was actually successful, and the comments showed that the quality was definitely not what it was advertised as.
@GM, I can only imagine, there were people who weren't happy with EK's quality... ;)
@BaKhan: Fair enough. His goal though, was just over 500GBP I believe, and he raised just shy of 1000.
@GM, I don't even know how you could make a game that cheap, without expecting substandard product. How many decks were sold?
About 45 decks. Based on the reward levels, and numbers that ordered those. However, it doesn't add up to the total of 41 people backing it(only comes to 37, I'm guessing the other 4 didn't select a reward)
I'm doing my best not to let them steal my car. I'm sure that I'll be fine with enough time, probably a week or two. It's just that it's so recent.
My new car is pretty awesome, though. It runs like a dream. I did opt for the extended warranty because of its rebuilt status.
Only 4.5 hours to go until I'm done for the week...and I'm already working on our wall calendar for 2017...the last week of December will be interesting if things keep going the way they are going...Christmas is a Monday, Boxing Day is the Tuesday, and we have our big payroll that week...we are going to be juggling things around to pay people right, but probably not on the usual day...
@LZ, I agree, just give it some time. I'm glad to here your new car is awesome! You're going to get a good chance to see what it can do, in less than a month! I'm also glad that you got the extended warranty! ;)
@GM, good for you! Are you going to start painting your TO:7S? ;)
Geist, Ready Player One was pretty good, but I feel like it came off lacking or generally not as good as it could have been. Part of it was Cline taking opinion or belief as absolute overarching fact, which isn't bad unless you drill it as much as he did completely out of context of the book like that annoying person who thinks you should know their opinion every 3 minutes, disrupting the flow, but while the story was incredibly detailed and well-thought-out, it just ended up missing alot of perfect opportunities for the genre. I loved the book, it just could have been way better.
Exploding Puppies was a flop? What a surprise. Though you'd think with how much we shouted heedlessly into the comments that's how it was going to turn out would have been a tip-off. I knew it would pass if only because of the extremely low goal, which made me sad for all the suckers who gave money that would actually be taken.
@BaKhan: I'm definitely going to get a bunch prepped to paint, and probably do the base coat. Most of my plans for this weekend are to organize things, and help finish getting the yard winterized(one thing I am not looking forward to when I own a house...but I won't have a garden unless someone else wants it and takes care of it themselves)
@GM, well the only thing I have growing at my house is grass, and a few rose bushes. So my "winter prep" is pretty much nil. I have a company coming to clean our eavestroughs (no way in hell I'm doing that), and after that, I can't think of anything else that will need to be done. Of course, this weekend we start on our Halloween yard display!
I was the one who went up to clean our eaves trough this year, only because we had a blockage that made it overflow. My dad held the ladder, and I cleared the blockage...that was all. We don't get much in the troughs anymore since we replaced our shingles with metal ones(they look plastic, but I'm told they're metal). Also found some pieces of the old shingles in there, and the bottom of the trough had some sand from the old shingles in there, not even 1mm thick.
And that's pretty much what I plan on doing with my house when I buy. Grass and some trees(just a few, probably pine as they don't have as much cleanup), and probably a fire pit area in the back yard.
Haha, someone made a video about a drinking game for the debate to drink every time Trump interrupted or spoke over Clinton.
It didn't go well. There's not enough alcohol in the world.
I don't know about Clinton winning, persay, but Trump sure as hell knows how to lose hard. I'm calling mulligan on this election.
@Zem, although, having watched that "debate" I would think that drinking would have made the watching easier. That was so ackward! I honestly feel bad for all my American friends, how do you choose between those two? Any of you American kittens would make a much better president!
30 more minutes...don't know if I can do this man!
@GM, you can do it, I on the other hand, am heading home! Have a good night kittens!
I'm out now too...was just finishing up the last thing for this weeks' payroll, and now I can ignore everything until Monday(which will be a massive load of stuff to do, but that's for Monday GM to care about, not "Wednesday is my Friday" GM).
I'm done for the week now. Virtually. Minor homework... ooh, concept questions for P-chem... small amounts of major difficult homework and classes, but that's all for the rest of the week! Tomorrow is basically my friday.
Ok. That is it. No more getting into the office at 6 am. I could barely keep my eyes open and it prevents me from working on my apartment
Woo! Done with homework! Just in time to be late for bed! Woo... Oh well, thursdays are better than fridays for me!
I thought about skipping my first class. It's just a math recitation in a class we really don't have anything to review because we just had the exam, and it's an hour and a half I could skip and go straight to having one class and waking up at 8:30 instead of 7:00.
It was very, VERY tempting to go back to bed, but then I remembered one of my life mottos is "Don't be THAT guy." Plenty of people will probably skip today, and the TA will be looking for it. I can take a little hit to not look like an asshole.
Good morning kittens!
Allllll by myseeellff.... now I'm, alllll by my seeellff.... ;)
*sigh* Why would you have me in a meeting for a procedure you don't let me practice in? And then when one of the other staff is out, you are going to expect me to do it like an expert.
I swear I need to come up with something that will make me a ton of money so I can retire.
@Geist, lol, sounds familiar. The problem is, the even without training/practice, you probably can do it better than anyone else there when the other staff is out, so they are coming to know, and depend on this. Sadly, a common reality of the workplace is that you get punished with more work for doing a better job, and worse there is no compensation for being better.
I'm with you though, lets just get rich and then we can do what ever we want to do, even if that is nothing! ;)
Okay, so A+ for mental fortitude, but my brain did not work. You want to know how little my cognitive function could throw sparks around this morning?
I LITERALLY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE FUNCTION Y=4X! I tried to graph it in the calc reci I debated skipping and literally could not remember what a modification of y=x looked like.
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Oh look, a fortune cookie! "I see a great nap in your future!"
So do I, cookie, so do I.
Yeah, what are the core Corps Git-rich-n'-quit plans? We need to figure this out.
Remember the verbal contract. One of us gets rich, the others benefit at least minorly! We're all in that together, right? I'm working on my part, but I'm not creative.
Good news is that when you're all quitting work, you'll still be able to rely on my chances of getting rich. You guys got the better end of this deal time-wise.
Howdy all. Hope everyone's day is going good. I've been too busy these last few days to pop in much.
It's good now that I have nothing to do!
Well... nothing except 3 assignments, one of which will take forever, but that's like nothing, right?
@Trinkets, hey man! Doing good, hope you are too!
Ghghghtrghgfghgg!!
I have to fire somebody on Monday.
@LZ, this wouldn't be the same person you've been having issues with by any chance would it?
LZ, make sure you use your best Donald Trump impersonation when firing them. It will be like they were on Celebrity Apprentice and everyone will feel good about it.
Also, if you're going to do that, work the word "huge" in there a few times! My wife and I get endless laughs out of that one... ;) You could say "huge", is huge in my house... ;)
Ah, naps. Whoever invented you was the most genius person.
It's the person who has been on time less than half the time this year, and who mouthed off to me when I confronted her about it.
And then supposedly hid/trashed the files? Yeah, she needs to go. I don't know why you sounded frustrated about firing them.
Because it puts a strain on the rest of my staff. And because I've never done it before, so I'm a touch nervous.
I thought you had had to lay someone off. Okay, I see now. Yeah, this is going to be a stressful week.
When you feel the need to go into a quiet room and yell at the top of your lungs, this room is always open.
And completely soundproof!
There's also the timing issue. When merit bonus time rolls around (within the next couple of weeks), I'm given a budget for the department, based on the number of people in the department and how much those people make. The fact that she's being fired right before merit bonus time means that I'll have less of a budget, so my other employees won't get as much of a bonus. It also means that I'll likely have a brand-new hire at the time of our trip to Canada. It's less-than-ideal timing, is mostly the complaint. I would have preferred to wait until after the trip, but HR stepped in and said now is the time.
Ah. No, I see HR's point easily, she needs to go, but that also is very inopportune. We're here for you when this all starts to build up, and thankfully, though you won't be there to help train the new hire, at least it's vacation and you can relax. Seems like after you get back, though, there might be a little hit of extra workload. Here's hoping this all works out for you better than you hope.
I also see their point. If they're not going to work out, it's better not to waste any more money on them.
I thought wasting money was what HR did best?
It finally happened. Not for the first time, but the stress while studying for a class drove me partially insane. This is maybe the fourth time it's happened. Not terribly insane this time, I stopped before it went too far, but I never understood what it was like to go insane before Physics 2. Sometime I think it would be easier...
BaKhan, what do you use as a primer for your miniatures?
Pace yourself Zem. There's plenty of life to drive you insane. Don't let school do it.
I'm just holding my hand over the burner for now. I know when to back off a little even if it means not doing this assignment for the case of my own sanity.
Well tonight was productive. I proved to dozens of random strangers many things, most importantly that the only measurement ever based on a true, non-arbitrary standard is Kelvin (though the increments are thus purely arbitrary considering the standard-shift), and that, while I absolutely don't support either the convicted clown nor MechaHitler Mk. II for president, at least Trump isn't under investigation for several various felonies.
Remember the last president we elected who was convicted of felonies? I mean, Nixon was actually a successful president, but he knew when it was time to leave before things got out of hand. I doubt Clinton has that kind of restraint.
Hell, she'd likely wave her hand and pardon herself!
Also, this has driven me just as crazy for years, what's the Spanish Flea remind you guys of? Other than technical difficulties. I have no idea where I heard it from that I associate it with, and somehow, every time, I think it's a game show theme!
Morning kittens. It's Friday and I can't wait for quitting time. Two festivals this weekend and a book sale next week so I'll be out enjoying the new fall weather.
Morning kittens! I can see the weekend and I JDGAF! ;) We can do this!
@LZ, damn man, yeah, I think thats one of the hardest parts of management. Good luck bro!
@Trinkets, I use vallejo surface primer, either white, or black depending on the tone I'm setting for the colour pallet. Every once in a while I'll go way out there and go with grey (I just mix the two). I read a really good article on priming miniatures, and the jist was, very light coat (I usually cut the primer pretty heavy with water), and don't worry about getting into every nook and crany. The paint will still cover those deeply recessed areas, and they won't need the primer because of where they are, and they won't rub or be touched. The raised surfaces that are more prone to chipping/being touched will be primed, and you'll still have all of the delicate details left. I find it works really well for me.
@Zem, just breath man. Seriously, when you feel yourself getting overwhelmed, whether its in your dorm or in class, go get a drink of water, close your eyes and count down from ten, repeat a funny limerick under your breath, whatever it takes, but break up the situation. It will help. You can do this man, and we've got your back!
@Geist, I'm so jealous! It sounds like you always have something cool to do! We're starting decorating this weekend, so when all you kittens show up, it'll be fully decked out! Less than a month to go! Muuu-ahahhahhahaha!
Geist, I can't wait to quit either! It means the week is over! I don't need a festival, just a lack of responsibilities is good enough for me.
@Trinkets: HR does know how to waste money best. We get told "damn the expense, just pay them right now"...even though the following Friday is their regularly scheduled payday.
Now that people know she's running on fumes, they're coming forward with more information about stuff she has done. It's like, damn, guys! If you had told me sooner, we probably could have taken care of this sooner!
It does make me feel better about the whole thing, though.
I always feel fairly accomplished when, with significantly less than 5 hours of sleep and while feeling fairly nauseated by back problems, I understand at least 1/3 to 1/2 of what my P-chem professor said!
Like stuff that would have gotten her serious warnings long ago? That could have saved a good deal of trouble and pain!
@BaKahn: Did you check out the Halloween festivities' at Universal Studios?
http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/…=
Holy crap! We have GOT to go to this next year! I wish I had the money to go this year. It looks sooooo good.
@Geist, you have no idea how bad I want to go right now! How can I live!?!
I don't know, BaKhan, it just comes pretty naturally to me. I guess focusing on just not dying is a good place to start and you can work your way to maintaining life from there.
@Zem, do you realize that I haven't been to any theme parks at all this year? Damn man, not even one. :( I'm jonesing bad! ;)
Ok, you kittens have a good weekend! I'm outta here! ;)
Oh I will, BaKhan; only 2 assignments over 3 days? Yes please!
Have fun with whatever it is you pretend to do when you're really just sitting there missing talking to me over the weekend!
LZ and BaKhan, I just need a quick confirmation. I was going over several plans with my oldest brother because he realized he could go to Seattle when I went to Salt Lake and we could go together till then, but then he thought it'd be too much of a drive. Long conversation short, I realized he could keep his already made plans, but come to Canada instead.
So, the questions arise:
LZ, would there be room on the way up for another (small) person/alternate-driver/gas-payer?
BaKhan, would it be correct to assume there's room for one more person to sleep?
I don't know, it feels awkward to bring up a person completely outside this group, but it'd be cool. He's not *entirely* sure what'll be going on at work at that time, but there's a very good chance he'd have the week in question off already, which is what brought up the original conversation we had that led to this interesting situation.
Hey.
Do you hear that?
Sounds like a clock ticking.
Count down to Kitten Con begins now.
Only 27 more days to go.
Zem, we'll either be going in your car or my wife's Mazda 5. I don't know what you're driving, but there's plenty of room in the Mazda.
Great, LZ! I figured most cars with more than 2 seats seat at least 4, but thought I should ask to make sure.
How about with you, BaKhan?
Howdy all!
Painting minis while listening to Prong is both awesome and terrible.
@BaKhan, I use a spray primer but have been considering going with the Vallejo as well. Even thought of the same thing that i just need white and black. I would be applying it by airbrush. I always prime, base coat, and varnish with the airbrush. Some of the Blood Rage monsters, the larger ones, I painted almost entirely with the airbrush. Got some amazing shading. I wish more games had larger figures.
LZ, that sucks that everyone was holding back info on that employee. I have the reverse problem. I have informed the owner of the horrible work ethic and abilities of 2 of our employees. He does nothing about it. Makes me not want to give a crap about what I'm doing. Why should I bust my ass while they get away with their crap. I can't do that, just not that kind of person, but man.......it's getting old.
My brother just mentioned it may be late before he knows whether he's available, but if it's cool with you all, it'd be awesome.
Good Morning Kittens!
@Zem, well thats fine with me, but I am running into a bit of a space issue. My problem is, that I already had two bedrooms called for for the night of the party. I have a proper bedroom for LZ and his lovely wife, and for Geist. I was hoping that you wouldn't mind sleeping on the futon for one night and having a bedroom for the other nights. If your brother were to come with, he would need to crash on the floor for one night. Do you guys have an air matress or something that he could use? I mean really, other than the actual bedroom issue, I don't have a problem with it. Let me know, asap please! ;) Also, does your brother have any allergies I should know about?
Morning kittens.
I just started this week, and already I want it to be over. So much BS happened on the two days I was off that there is an insane amount of shit to dig through, sort, get ready, enter, and hopefully...all before 4:30 since I do NOT want to work late.
@GM, sorry to hear that, I hope it doesn't take you too long!
40 emails, with partial information, that my manager had access to(I expected her to at least look at the US Payroll email inbox while I was off to see what needed to be followed up on, passed onto the VPs for approval, or what was missing...NOPE), and all that is not including what was sent to my email. There's another 30 in there.
Hell, I don't have time on the best of days to chase down a VP approval for a wage change. It needs to change from them sending half approved shit to me, to sending it to proper people for approval and they then pass it along to me.
So here is what you do. Send it back to the person who sent it to you, and tell them to send it whom they need to in order to get the approval you need. Stop doing it for them! The only way it will ever change. If you do it for them, it just reinforcing bad behaviour/practice, and adding to the bs you already have to deal with. Don't enable them!