For anyone thinking of switching to Office 365...DON'T! We have way too many issues with it here at work. My manager can see some emails, but I can't. I create a folder, then three WEEKS later it appears. Ever since the company went the "technologically advanced" way of doing that, we have had major issues.
@GM, I didn't either, I guess he's an American college football coach, well thats what goggle says anyways... Regardless, 2016's just crusin for a brusin!
@BaKhan: Also, I'll take a pass on NYE. I got word from some friends I haven't gotten to talk to in a long while that they are going to be online NYE, so I'm going to stay home, and chat with them and play games with them.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-12-29T15:07:16-05:00
@GM, thats cool, I figured as much... ;) Have fun bro!
Lord Zombitten 2016-12-29T16:24:47-05:00
Yes, he was the head coach of BYU football for many years. I'm not a football (or sports in general, except hockey) fan, but the guy was a Utah celebrity.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-29T16:54:37-05:00
You would think that with 90% of the office gone, we'd have an easy week. Quite the opposite. So glad I will be off tomorrow.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-29T22:30:00-05:00
LZ, oh, OH GOD, please don't say Tom Osborne is next! That'd be a huge tragedy for Nebraska! He's done so much for University/-ies of Nebraska sports; all of them even, not just football!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-29T22:30:33-05:00
I like how now that the year is coming to a close, we all have a paranoid close eye watching 2016 waiting for it to reveal the ace in its sleeve just before midnight. ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-12-30T01:16:06-05:00
@Zem, you like that? 2016 has me feeling like I'm in an 80s horror movie and I'm walking backwards into a dark and scary room!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-30T01:34:00-05:00
"I like how..." as in "I think it's kind of funny how...". I did say we're all paranoid, which is only a good thing in the form of a Black Sabbath song.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-30T01:39:23-05:00
That reminds me that I found out today my 86 year old grandma knows Black Sabbath.
She may not like them at ALL, but my dad made dang sure she knew who they were when he was a teenager in the late 70s! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-12-30T09:14:00-05:00
Good Morning Kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-12-30T09:42:56-05:00
@Zem, yes, I know, I just wanted to use my 80s horror movie analogy. ;)
Lord Zombitten 2016-12-30T10:38:55-05:00
It is a good morning! In just a few minutes, I'll be on my way to my very last radiation treatment!
This day over yet? Love when people bypass the person who actually handles the payroll, and go to someone else who has no idea what goes on with it.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-30T12:45:40-05:00
Afternoon kittens. I am enjoying my day off. We even had some snow flurries this morning. I am not ready for the first true winter storm.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-30T12:46:12-05:00
Congrats LZ!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-12-30T12:58:58-05:00
@LZ, Huzzah! I'm so glad to hear to that! Yay!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-30T19:41:16-05:00
LZ, Huzzah! That's awesome! Well, I'm betting it's that great now that it's over-with!
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Geist, first true storm? We only had like an inch or two ever so far, and it only stuck around for a day or two.
How am I supposed to rub my face in the snow for BaKhan if we don't have enough snow to begin with?!
Lord Zombitten 2016-12-31T00:45:42-05:00
We got about a foot and a half on the night of Christmas Eve and morning of Christmas.
Lord Zombitten 2016-12-31T00:47:53-05:00
I got tired of the begging, so I let Little LZ (but not Littlest LZ) watch Jurassic Park tonight. He got scared at some parts, but not nearly as much as I thought he would. Bear in mind that what he got is as close to the theater experience as you can get at home, what with our 160+ inch screen and surround sound system...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-31T09:48:36-05:00
LZ, on Christmas, we got probably the equivalent of over a foot of snow in rain. Unfortunately, it was 10 degrees above freezing, and we haven't had a white christmas since 2009 I believe. It's depressing to me, to be honest, and probably 85% of Christmases before that (that I was around for) were white. No snow at all, and rain to rub in that point this year.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-12-31T09:50:33-05:00
Aw, haha. Now time for all the other classics you can't be too sure they're old enough for? My parents didn't let me see Lord of the Rings until I was like 10. Don't make that mistake. ;) Too much time lost when you could otherwise be thinking of epic fantasy battles in the prime of your imagination!
Lord Zombitten 2016-12-31T22:56:46-05:00
2016's last victim: William Christopher (Father Mulcahey from M*A*S*H)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-12-31T23:02:30-05:00
Happy New Year kittens. May 2017 be better than last year. Or at least survivable.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-01T10:19:34-05:00
Okay, that wasn't too bad, LZ. I still don't trust it. It might reach out from the grave. Thankfully even the year succumbed to its own curse!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-01T14:09:36-05:00
Happy new year! Hoping all the best for all my kittens!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-01T14:27:23-05:00
You too BaKan! Give Pumpkin a scratch behind the ears for me.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-01T22:39:35-05:00
Happy new year! Whoever put the bullet in the back of 2016's head deserves a bonus.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-02T10:08:48-05:00
Morning kittens. Or those of you who don't have a hangover this morning. ;-)
I rang in the new year snug in bed and then spent part of Sunday making Oxtail soup. Trust me, it is sooooo good. Gotta make two more soups (one to eat and one to store) by the end of this week and then I'll feel ready for any adverse weather that hits my region.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-02T11:19:13-05:00
What adverse weather? Usually you get the midwest's leftovers, but all we're getting is a bit of rain today and being in the 20s all week here! I want what you got! Where's Santa, does he do weather too?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-02T16:27:01-05:00
Can we agree to pass a law that no businesses are allowed to play Christmas music after December 31st?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-03T01:40:44-05:00
You mean 25th? Even on the 26th is stretching it! Actually, it should only be legal to play it the week prior to Christmas at the very most.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-03T09:10:31-05:00
Good Morning Kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-03T09:12:11-05:00
@Geist, that ox tail soup sounds amazing! Misty is going to email you some photos of Pumpkin in her trapper hat! As soon as I can find some maple sugar at a decent price I'm making you some MBB, and thats a fact! ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-03T10:26:09-05:00
A decent price? Wait, you mean it's not literally flowing in the land of milk and maple? There aren't really maple rivers and bacon trees?! Nooooo!!!
Geist, we have to go now to s̶t̶e̶a̶l̶ ̶ s̶a̶v̶e̶ liberate the maple!
New year...same bullshit with emails. Move emails to the appropriate folder, and can't find them. Go through office 365 web app, can't find them(IT says that I deleted them...), switch to "offline" mode, and said emails appear.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-03T11:57:53-05:00
@Zem, maple sugar is more expensive as it is more intensive to make. We've got it, but finding it at the right price, thats the tricky part. ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-03T11:58:21-05:00
@GM, good times with microsoft.... said no one ever! ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-03T15:20:40-05:00
@BaKhan: No reward needed. I had such a great time in Calgary. I can't wait to visit so that I can play the Zombiecide game. Hope Pumpkin liked the catnip. I was gonna get her the hat with the dreds attached but I kinda figured she'd had all of that stuff hanging in her face.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-03T15:22:45-05:00
I made some gumbo last night. VERY tasty. The only part I didn't like was making the roux. That took me a solid 15 minutes standing at the stove and stirring constantly so that I could get it the right color. Well worth it though. Now I gotta make 2 more soups/stews to store in the freezer and I'm all set.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-03T17:02:47-05:00
@Geist, the hat was perfect, I'm glad that you chose that one, Pumpkin is nowhere near chill enough to have dreads... ;) I was planning on making you some anyways, and this is just a good excuse, plus, you're awesome, MBB is awesome and birds of a feather flock together! ;) With roux, I normally melt the butter first, then slowly add the flour until it starts to crumb, then turn the heat up to "get the colour". I love me some creole cooking! ;)
John Proffer 2017-01-03T17:17:10-05:00
ok I'm a little miffed.. just learned that the Exploding Kittens boxes being sold in stores has the same audio effect as the kickstarter editions. I thought this was supposed to be a kickstarter-only special effect? Now I just have the same kind of box everyone else has :(
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-03T17:26:53-05:00
@John, I think someone is having you on. There is no way to get that version of the game anymore, it was kickstarter exclusive. The only way to get the box with the sound now is to buy it on eBay. I did a quick search and there are no "deluxe" versions out there.
So I guess, you can be a little upset about it, or happy that some other people get a chance to enjoy the crazy. Anyway you slice it though, not everyone will have one, and with as many backers as this had, exclusivity was already not really all that exclusive.
John Proffer 2017-01-03T20:11:52-05:00
@Rod it's also being sold in stores, not just in amazon. How much is 'limited stock' exactly? There was this huge shelf jam packed full of them.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-03T21:24:24-05:00
John, unless the store bought those originally, or even from the extra overstock, I have no idea where they got them, last I heard was what BaKhan said about it.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-04T09:12:13-05:00
@John, I'm not sure to be honest. I'm not sure how much over run / protection stock they had made. I would assume that they probably made 20% more than what was required for the ks in order to cover losses, damages, etc. So that would mean that there was some where in the range of 220,000 copies made. Assume that half of the extras that they made were directed at the ks, that would leave around 10 000 copies left over. Which would account for the ones that you've seen on store shelves, on the oatmeal, etc. For the record, I don't see them on Amazon (unless I'm just that bad at searching). Honestly, I don't have any hard feelings for them selling off the overage, what else could they have done with them? Throw them out? That seems petty to me, but if it bugs you that much, why not contact them? Elan is a great guy to talk to!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-04T09:12:24-05:00
Also, Good Morning Kittens!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-04T09:34:59-05:00
Morning kittens!
@BaKhan: How about making some MBB popcorn. Much easier to ship and won't cost as much.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-04T09:46:19-05:00
@Geist, I have been thinking about it. I'll try it out and if I think it passes the test, I'll ship you some of that, maybe as well! ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-04T10:57:14-05:00
Nicely put, BaKhan!
Also, popcorn? Maple? Brittle? ........ BACON?! Make all of it the laws of physics will allow! Though bacon doesn't always go good with popcorn, at least however they usually make bacon flavored popcorn. I can't remember if we ever made popcorn using bacon grease, though, maybe that'll work.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-04T13:07:06-05:00
*sigh* In every office, there is always ONE person who treats me like sh&t. This is part of the reason why I'm an introvert.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-04T14:36:26-05:00
@Geist, sadly there are those people out there, pretty much one in every crowd so to speak. Here's a little thing I like to do. We have a department manager here (not mine) that is just a miserable sob, all the time. He revels in making people feel bad, or bringing people down, he is a total neg, all the time. So I decided to kill him with kindness! Everytime I see him, no matter how crappy, burnt out, stressed out or other I feel, I put on a big smile, inject some radio announcer in my voice, and ask him how he's doing. He hates it, HATES it! I won't ever let him see me anything other than cheerful (even if its the last thing that I truly feel). It ruins his day and the fact that it does that, makes me a little happier! I turned someone I loathed to see, into someone whom I look forward to seeing! Show those nasties who's boss, and don't let the negs get you down! Who the hell are they anyways? Next time that person treats you that way, give him one of those sad smiles that you save for hurt children, or mistreated animals. Show him that you feel sorry for him, pity even, and then ask him seriously (but like a guideance counceler) if he's doing ok, it'll probably kill him! ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-04T16:31:03-05:00
Geist, I'm an introvert because of about 40 people who treated me like shit every single day for 5-6 years straight. I know exactly how you feel.
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BaKhan, that's PERFECT! Haha, now I wish I had someone like that in my life so I could be like that to them, it sounds like so much fun! Then again, I'm always positive and think of something funny (it was so hard to keep my morbid humor to myself even at my grandpa's funeral), so I could be the most ingratiating person ever.
Though yes, there's always someone like that. And they seem even to themselves like they're like that because it makes them feel better, but in reality, they're every bit as sad and angry as they make people, in part BECAUSE they're like that. After they get used to your ingratiating smile, it may actually even start to make them feel better sometimes. It's always the best to me to get a miserable person to laugh and be positive.
@Zem: Similar to you, I'm primarily an introvert because of how I was teased for a supposedly saying this wrong, though people just don't actually listen.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-04T17:34:17-05:00
I often wonder if my own propensity towards introvertism is a fear of regection. I tend to swing between two extremes in about 10 year cycles. I go from intro to extro and back and back... Sometimes, I just feel like I hate everyone, and everything, and just want to watch the world burn, and other times, I want to help everyone (even those that don't want help), pitch in and help the community, and hang out with friends and be social. Its wierd, but I'm not consistant, and I don't really know why, other than not wanting to look foolish, or desperate I guess.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-04T18:08:15-05:00
That's really interesting, BaKhan, I don't think I've ever known someone to switch back and forth over long periods of time!
I mean, I switched, but so far as I can tell, it was permanent. I was really extroverted in kindergarten, but after all my close friends moved away and I was separated socially from everyone in my class, I just sorta went downhill. But I like it here; it's comfy, and we have good internet.
I think my phone is FUBARed. Apparently my mom's friend has tried calling me a few times today, but I have only received one call(my friend, who is on vacation in Brazil).
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-05T01:22:42-05:00
Dang, today was pretty eventful in the Misadventures of Micah Man.
I was told I finally have my first cavity, though it's so small they nearly missed it and otherwise my teeth were in incredible condition for not having seen a dentist in 2 1/2 years (only coffee-staining) marking the end of 20-year perfect streaks of no close family deaths and no cavities.
Day 3 of my brother being home after being the second person I know to have gotten pink eye in Iowa and generally having to avoid him like he has some kind of contagious disease.
My friend told me he came out as bi
... well over a year after ACTUALLY coming out, he just forgot to tell me.
Otherwise having a great day, though, fun everywhere. Just that there were 3 pretty interesting things happening. Dang it, though, school starts next week. Woo.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-05T03:40:11-05:00
*ending those 20-year streaks both within a week or so during a single holiday break, which is the amazing thing, two streaks I was rather proud of both shot down in relatively calm and peaceful ways.
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I have a habit of having easy, great first examples for major events like those. Kind of like how when I got in my first car accident, it wasn't a major crash with injuries and whatnot, I got rear-ended by a person who was rear-ended, so though they hit me several times forgetting what a "brakes" was, I had literally not a scratch.
Whereas a giant dent appears in the side of my car randomly without cause while it's just sitting parked in our yard, sure...
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-05T09:26:59-05:00
Good Morning Kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-05T09:33:56-05:00
@Zem, sorry to hear about the cavity! God I hate mouth pain! In regards to your friend, I long for the day when, we don't need to tell people our "orientation", as in it doens't matter. Imo what happens behind closed doors should stay there, and people should not be discriminated because of it. I have several gay friends, some you'd never know and others you can tell from accross the room, city, province, etc... ;) To me its all about good people, if you're a good person, thats all that matters to me. Also, pink eye sucks! I had it once, and now I wash my hands anytime I'm able, never again!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-05T09:35:04-05:00
@GM, thats weird! What carrier do you use? Also, you have an android phone, don't you?
@BaKhan: I'm with Telus, and yes, I use an android phone. This is the very first time it's happened. I've always had my phone with Telus, and I've always had an android.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-05T10:43:07-05:00
@GM, just poking fun... it was probably just a glitch.
Probably...still want to know why. Since my friends mom had to have him call me, and his call came through...which he when he found out why I'm house sitting for them.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-05T11:02:39-05:00
@GM, no doubt, it almost makes a person paranoid. How many other calls have I not gotten? >.>
I guess you could call Saskatchewan out of country...but no, my friend is out of country, his parents are here, just next door in Sask.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-05T14:22:02-05:00
BaKhan, thankfully the cavity doesn't hurt at all, I guess because it's so small, and isn't in any of the parts of my mouth that have had major pain before, which is weird. I never would have noticed it.
And the thing about my friend was moreso that it was funny that he came out and just forgot to tell me for over a year, and he was just like, "Oh... I did tell you about that, didn't I?"
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-05T15:28:05-05:00
Sorry for the late greetings kittens. I was stuck all day doing wires.
@BaKhan: I'd try to kill her with kindness but I'm not very good hiding my emotions. She'd see how fake my "kindness" was in a heartbeat. I loathe this b*tch and today she was extra nasty. I talked to my supervisor again today and told her that if something wasn't done, I was going to Kirk out on her. Which would get me fired quick. I asked for a seat change and she said she would look into it. Don't know why they had me sit beside her in the first place.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-05T15:32:47-05:00
Well, then, it's time for innocent office pranks! You came to the right place! ;)
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P.S. I don't condone pranks with a person who will make something minor and fun seem like you were trying to amputate their leg at work or something and try to get you fired for putting those little snap fireworks under their office chair. Though it'd be funny as hell the entire time!
GAMEHORDER 2017-01-06T01:51:03-05:00
You got de throned!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-06T09:32:04-05:00
Good Morning Kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-06T09:32:48-05:00
@Gamehorder, lol, maybe if they would have had another 200000k backers... This is still the most backed game! Muahahhahahaha!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-06T09:44:46-05:00
Morning kittens.
The skank who was pissing me off yesterday is working from home. Good. Now I can work without getting a headache today.
@Geist, I'm sorry that "lady" has upset you so. Its not fair that someone you have so little regard for has so much control over your feelings. You deserve better! At some point you have to see that! Hugs from the north!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-06T10:37:25-05:00
Thanks BaKhan. Not sure why she only treats ME this way but I've told my boss several times that if she keeps this up, I'm going to lose it and curse her black and blue and loud enough so that half the office can hear it.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-06T10:37:47-05:00
@Geist: Do you have some of the stress relief foam balls? If so, can always squeeze them until they no longer retain their shape...and I do not condone "accidentally" bouncing them off the back of her head.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-06T11:28:15-05:00
@Geist, I found this interesting, especially the case studies at the bottom of the article. I think at the end of the day, the best way to deal with a person like this, is to try and see things from thier perspective (no matter how backwards it is), this will help give you insight into how to best deal with them. Either way though, there is no reason that you should need to have to put up with that stuff daily, or repetetively, its bad for you! If you think you can (without killing her), ask her what her specific issue/s are and maybe there is room for you guys to work it out.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2017-01-06T12:28:48-05:00
GM, when you said "Do you have some of the stress relief foam balls?", I thought you said stress relief FROM balls for a second. I thought, "Wait, don't most people get some kind of relief from balls one way or another? Oh wait..." ;)
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Glad to hear you get a temporary reprieve, Geist! And on a Friday as well, so you get the weekend away too!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-06T15:32:41-05:00
Thanks BaKhan. I printed out the article and will read it on the way home. I think the problem is that she is an ambitious A+ person and I'm not. I've done my time in AP. I'm not trying to move up. (I don't like what I do anyway)
She also tends to run hot one day and cold the next. One week she is sweetness and light to me and the next week she snarks on everything that I do. This week has been worse than others. When I came in the office she didn't say "Morning" like she usually does. All her comments were more acidic than previous months and it rubbed me the wrong way so bad that I started push back. I'm REALLY close to cursing her out. I let my supervisor know several times this week and she swore she would have a word with her.
Don't get me wrong. The girl does excellent work and I am not ashamed to say it. I was never made for accounting but I've been in it for over a dozen years and I can hold my own pretty well. But I am not the type of person who will let someone just make shitty comment after shitty comment and not say something. Like Vivica A.Fox said recently, "I'm not a punk!".
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-06T15:34:13-05:00
@GM: if by "foam balls" you mean booze, unfortunately, no. I'd love to leave my desk and go for a quick walk to clear my head but with the work load that we have, that option isn't really available to me.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2017-01-06T15:43:21-05:00
@Geist, I think you're an A+ person! As far as I'm concerned, unless someone has deeply wronged you, theres no reason to be sh*tty to them (as she is with you). It just makes her come off as petty, and small, definitely not good characteristics for someone looking to get ahead. I hope that you can get her to see why the rest of us think you're so great! I hope that you have a nice relaxing weekend! Make some soup! ;)
Lord Zombitten 2017-01-06T15:55:00-05:00
Afternoon, kittens!
Sorry for the absence; I've been buried in work this week. The good news is that I was able to drive this morning! It's been three months since I've been allowed to do that.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-06T15:57:43-05:00
Hey LZ! Glad to know you are back at work. Must feel strange to get back into the swing of things.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2017-01-06T15:59:12-05:00
@BaKhan: Whoops! I meant she has a type A personality.
Geist, I'm sorry you have to deal with a toxic person. I would offer advice on how to make it work, but I really don't have any. I will say, though, that you have my support and you don't deserve to be treated that way.
For anyone thinking of switching to Office 365...DON'T! We have way too many issues with it here at work. My manager can see some emails, but I can't. I create a folder, then three WEEKS later it appears. Ever since the company went the "technologically advanced" way of doing that, we have had major issues.
@LZ: No idea who that is.
@GM, I didn't either, I guess he's an American college football coach, well thats what goggle says anyways... Regardless, 2016's just crusin for a brusin!
@BaKhan: Also, I'll take a pass on NYE. I got word from some friends I haven't gotten to talk to in a long while that they are going to be online NYE, so I'm going to stay home, and chat with them and play games with them.
@GM, thats cool, I figured as much... ;) Have fun bro!
Yes, he was the head coach of BYU football for many years. I'm not a football (or sports in general, except hockey) fan, but the guy was a Utah celebrity.
You would think that with 90% of the office gone, we'd have an easy week. Quite the opposite. So glad I will be off tomorrow.
LZ, oh, OH GOD, please don't say Tom Osborne is next! That'd be a huge tragedy for Nebraska! He's done so much for University/-ies of Nebraska sports; all of them even, not just football!
I like how now that the year is coming to a close, we all have a paranoid close eye watching 2016 waiting for it to reveal the ace in its sleeve just before midnight. ;)
@Zem, you like that? 2016 has me feeling like I'm in an 80s horror movie and I'm walking backwards into a dark and scary room!
"I like how..." as in "I think it's kind of funny how...". I did say we're all paranoid, which is only a good thing in the form of a Black Sabbath song.
That reminds me that I found out today my 86 year old grandma knows Black Sabbath.
She may not like them at ALL, but my dad made dang sure she knew who they were when he was a teenager in the late 70s! ;)
Good Morning Kittens!
@Zem, yes, I know, I just wanted to use my 80s horror movie analogy. ;)
It is a good morning! In just a few minutes, I'll be on my way to my very last radiation treatment!
And in a week, I'll be allowed to drive again!
Morning kittens.
@LZ: That is a good morning(sort of...sucks you're still going through that, but good that it's almost over, right?).
Indeed. I gotta say, these have been the longest 7 weeks of my life!
This day over yet? Love when people bypass the person who actually handles the payroll, and go to someone else who has no idea what goes on with it.
Afternoon kittens. I am enjoying my day off. We even had some snow flurries this morning. I am not ready for the first true winter storm.
Congrats LZ!
@LZ, Huzzah! I'm so glad to hear to that! Yay!
LZ, Huzzah! That's awesome! Well, I'm betting it's that great now that it's over-with!
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Geist, first true storm? We only had like an inch or two ever so far, and it only stuck around for a day or two.
How am I supposed to rub my face in the snow for BaKhan if we don't have enough snow to begin with?!
We got about a foot and a half on the night of Christmas Eve and morning of Christmas.
I got tired of the begging, so I let Little LZ (but not Littlest LZ) watch Jurassic Park tonight. He got scared at some parts, but not nearly as much as I thought he would. Bear in mind that what he got is as close to the theater experience as you can get at home, what with our 160+ inch screen and surround sound system...
LZ, on Christmas, we got probably the equivalent of over a foot of snow in rain. Unfortunately, it was 10 degrees above freezing, and we haven't had a white christmas since 2009 I believe. It's depressing to me, to be honest, and probably 85% of Christmases before that (that I was around for) were white. No snow at all, and rain to rub in that point this year.
Aw, haha. Now time for all the other classics you can't be too sure they're old enough for? My parents didn't let me see Lord of the Rings until I was like 10. Don't make that mistake. ;) Too much time lost when you could otherwise be thinking of epic fantasy battles in the prime of your imagination!
2016's last victim: William Christopher (Father Mulcahey from M*A*S*H)
Happy New Year kittens. May 2017 be better than last year. Or at least survivable.
Okay, that wasn't too bad, LZ. I still don't trust it. It might reach out from the grave. Thankfully even the year succumbed to its own curse!
Happy new year! Hoping all the best for all my kittens!
You too BaKan! Give Pumpkin a scratch behind the ears for me.
Happy new year! Whoever put the bullet in the back of 2016's head deserves a bonus.
Morning kittens. Or those of you who don't have a hangover this morning. ;-)
I rang in the new year snug in bed and then spent part of Sunday making Oxtail soup. Trust me, it is sooooo good. Gotta make two more soups (one to eat and one to store) by the end of this week and then I'll feel ready for any adverse weather that hits my region.
What adverse weather? Usually you get the midwest's leftovers, but all we're getting is a bit of rain today and being in the 20s all week here! I want what you got! Where's Santa, does he do weather too?
Can we agree to pass a law that no businesses are allowed to play Christmas music after December 31st?
You mean 25th? Even on the 26th is stretching it! Actually, it should only be legal to play it the week prior to Christmas at the very most.
Good Morning Kittens!
@Geist, that ox tail soup sounds amazing! Misty is going to email you some photos of Pumpkin in her trapper hat! As soon as I can find some maple sugar at a decent price I'm making you some MBB, and thats a fact! ;)
A decent price? Wait, you mean it's not literally flowing in the land of milk and maple? There aren't really maple rivers and bacon trees?! Nooooo!!!
Geist, we have to go now to s̶t̶e̶a̶l̶ ̶ s̶a̶v̶e̶ liberate the maple!
Morning kittens.
Oh, and happy new year.
New year...same bullshit with emails. Move emails to the appropriate folder, and can't find them. Go through office 365 web app, can't find them(IT says that I deleted them...), switch to "offline" mode, and said emails appear.
@Zem, maple sugar is more expensive as it is more intensive to make. We've got it, but finding it at the right price, thats the tricky part. ;)
@GM, good times with microsoft.... said no one ever! ;)
@BaKhan: No reward needed. I had such a great time in Calgary. I can't wait to visit so that I can play the Zombiecide game. Hope Pumpkin liked the catnip. I was gonna get her the hat with the dreds attached but I kinda figured she'd had all of that stuff hanging in her face.
I made some gumbo last night. VERY tasty. The only part I didn't like was making the roux. That took me a solid 15 minutes standing at the stove and stirring constantly so that I could get it the right color. Well worth it though. Now I gotta make 2 more soups/stews to store in the freezer and I'm all set.
@Geist, the hat was perfect, I'm glad that you chose that one, Pumpkin is nowhere near chill enough to have dreads... ;) I was planning on making you some anyways, and this is just a good excuse, plus, you're awesome, MBB is awesome and birds of a feather flock together! ;) With roux, I normally melt the butter first, then slowly add the flour until it starts to crumb, then turn the heat up to "get the colour". I love me some creole cooking! ;)
ok I'm a little miffed.. just learned that the Exploding Kittens boxes being sold in stores has the same audio effect as the kickstarter editions. I thought this was supposed to be a kickstarter-only special effect? Now I just have the same kind of box everyone else has :(
@John, I think someone is having you on. There is no way to get that version of the game anymore, it was kickstarter exclusive. The only way to get the box with the sound now is to buy it on eBay. I did a quick search and there are no "deluxe" versions out there.
@John, ok, I think I've found it, on The Oatmeal. It says that they have some limited stock left over from fulfillment of the ks, and they will be available till they run out. http://shop.theoatmeal.com/products/exploding-kittens-a-card-game-about-kittens-and-explosions-and-sometimes-goats
So I guess, you can be a little upset about it, or happy that some other people get a chance to enjoy the crazy. Anyway you slice it though, not everyone will have one, and with as many backers as this had, exclusivity was already not really all that exclusive.
@Rod it's also being sold in stores, not just in amazon. How much is 'limited stock' exactly? There was this huge shelf jam packed full of them.
John, unless the store bought those originally, or even from the extra overstock, I have no idea where they got them, last I heard was what BaKhan said about it.
@John, I'm not sure to be honest. I'm not sure how much over run / protection stock they had made. I would assume that they probably made 20% more than what was required for the ks in order to cover losses, damages, etc. So that would mean that there was some where in the range of 220,000 copies made. Assume that half of the extras that they made were directed at the ks, that would leave around 10 000 copies left over. Which would account for the ones that you've seen on store shelves, on the oatmeal, etc. For the record, I don't see them on Amazon (unless I'm just that bad at searching). Honestly, I don't have any hard feelings for them selling off the overage, what else could they have done with them? Throw them out? That seems petty to me, but if it bugs you that much, why not contact them? Elan is a great guy to talk to!
Also, Good Morning Kittens!
Morning kittens!
@BaKhan: How about making some MBB popcorn. Much easier to ship and won't cost as much.
@Geist, I have been thinking about it. I'll try it out and if I think it passes the test, I'll ship you some of that, maybe as well! ;)
Morning kittens.
Nicely put, BaKhan!
Also, popcorn? Maple? Brittle? ........ BACON?! Make all of it the laws of physics will allow! Though bacon doesn't always go good with popcorn, at least however they usually make bacon flavored popcorn. I can't remember if we ever made popcorn using bacon grease, though, maybe that'll work.
*sigh* In every office, there is always ONE person who treats me like sh&t. This is part of the reason why I'm an introvert.
@Geist, sadly there are those people out there, pretty much one in every crowd so to speak. Here's a little thing I like to do. We have a department manager here (not mine) that is just a miserable sob, all the time. He revels in making people feel bad, or bringing people down, he is a total neg, all the time. So I decided to kill him with kindness! Everytime I see him, no matter how crappy, burnt out, stressed out or other I feel, I put on a big smile, inject some radio announcer in my voice, and ask him how he's doing. He hates it, HATES it! I won't ever let him see me anything other than cheerful (even if its the last thing that I truly feel). It ruins his day and the fact that it does that, makes me a little happier! I turned someone I loathed to see, into someone whom I look forward to seeing! Show those nasties who's boss, and don't let the negs get you down! Who the hell are they anyways? Next time that person treats you that way, give him one of those sad smiles that you save for hurt children, or mistreated animals. Show him that you feel sorry for him, pity even, and then ask him seriously (but like a guideance counceler) if he's doing ok, it'll probably kill him! ;)
Geist, I'm an introvert because of about 40 people who treated me like shit every single day for 5-6 years straight. I know exactly how you feel.
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BaKhan, that's PERFECT! Haha, now I wish I had someone like that in my life so I could be like that to them, it sounds like so much fun! Then again, I'm always positive and think of something funny (it was so hard to keep my morbid humor to myself even at my grandpa's funeral), so I could be the most ingratiating person ever.
Though yes, there's always someone like that. And they seem even to themselves like they're like that because it makes them feel better, but in reality, they're every bit as sad and angry as they make people, in part BECAUSE they're like that. After they get used to your ingratiating smile, it may actually even start to make them feel better sometimes. It's always the best to me to get a miserable person to laugh and be positive.
@Zem: Similar to you, I'm primarily an introvert because of how I was teased for a supposedly saying this wrong, though people just don't actually listen.
I often wonder if my own propensity towards introvertism is a fear of regection. I tend to swing between two extremes in about 10 year cycles. I go from intro to extro and back and back... Sometimes, I just feel like I hate everyone, and everything, and just want to watch the world burn, and other times, I want to help everyone (even those that don't want help), pitch in and help the community, and hang out with friends and be social. Its wierd, but I'm not consistant, and I don't really know why, other than not wanting to look foolish, or desperate I guess.
That's really interesting, BaKhan, I don't think I've ever known someone to switch back and forth over long periods of time!
I mean, I switched, but so far as I can tell, it was permanent. I was really extroverted in kindergarten, but after all my close friends moved away and I was separated socially from everyone in my class, I just sorta went downhill. But I like it here; it's comfy, and we have good internet.
I think my phone is FUBARed. Apparently my mom's friend has tried calling me a few times today, but I have only received one call(my friend, who is on vacation in Brazil).
Dang, today was pretty eventful in the Misadventures of Micah Man.
I was told I finally have my first cavity, though it's so small they nearly missed it and otherwise my teeth were in incredible condition for not having seen a dentist in 2 1/2 years (only coffee-staining) marking the end of 20-year perfect streaks of no close family deaths and no cavities.
Day 3 of my brother being home after being the second person I know to have gotten pink eye in Iowa and generally having to avoid him like he has some kind of contagious disease.
My friend told me he came out as bi
... well over a year after ACTUALLY coming out, he just forgot to tell me.
Otherwise having a great day, though, fun everywhere. Just that there were 3 pretty interesting things happening. Dang it, though, school starts next week. Woo.
*ending those 20-year streaks both within a week or so during a single holiday break, which is the amazing thing, two streaks I was rather proud of both shot down in relatively calm and peaceful ways.
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I have a habit of having easy, great first examples for major events like those. Kind of like how when I got in my first car accident, it wasn't a major crash with injuries and whatnot, I got rear-ended by a person who was rear-ended, so though they hit me several times forgetting what a "brakes" was, I had literally not a scratch.
Whereas a giant dent appears in the side of my car randomly without cause while it's just sitting parked in our yard, sure...
Good Morning Kittens!
@Zem, sorry to hear about the cavity! God I hate mouth pain! In regards to your friend, I long for the day when, we don't need to tell people our "orientation", as in it doens't matter. Imo what happens behind closed doors should stay there, and people should not be discriminated because of it. I have several gay friends, some you'd never know and others you can tell from accross the room, city, province, etc... ;) To me its all about good people, if you're a good person, thats all that matters to me. Also, pink eye sucks! I had it once, and now I wash my hands anytime I'm able, never again!
@GM, thats weird! What carrier do you use? Also, you have an android phone, don't you?
Morning kittens.
@BaKhan: I'm with Telus, and yes, I use an android phone. This is the very first time it's happened. I've always had my phone with Telus, and I've always had an android.
@GM, just poking fun... it was probably just a glitch.
Probably...still want to know why. Since my friends mom had to have him call me, and his call came through...which he when he found out why I'm house sitting for them.
@GM, no doubt, it almost makes a person paranoid. How many other calls have I not gotten? >.>
My friend also said that she tried texting me.
@GM, same friend? Probably had something to do with her end of things then. You said she was out of the country? Maybe something to do with that?
I guess you could call Saskatchewan out of country...but no, my friend is out of country, his parents are here, just next door in Sask.
BaKhan, thankfully the cavity doesn't hurt at all, I guess because it's so small, and isn't in any of the parts of my mouth that have had major pain before, which is weird. I never would have noticed it.
And the thing about my friend was moreso that it was funny that he came out and just forgot to tell me for over a year, and he was just like, "Oh... I did tell you about that, didn't I?"
Sorry for the late greetings kittens. I was stuck all day doing wires.
@BaKhan: I'd try to kill her with kindness but I'm not very good hiding my emotions. She'd see how fake my "kindness" was in a heartbeat. I loathe this b*tch and today she was extra nasty. I talked to my supervisor again today and told her that if something wasn't done, I was going to Kirk out on her. Which would get me fired quick. I asked for a seat change and she said she would look into it. Don't know why they had me sit beside her in the first place.
Well, then, it's time for innocent office pranks! You came to the right place! ;)
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P.S. I don't condone pranks with a person who will make something minor and fun seem like you were trying to amputate their leg at work or something and try to get you fired for putting those little snap fireworks under their office chair. Though it'd be funny as hell the entire time!
You got de throned!
Good Morning Kittens!
@Gamehorder, lol, maybe if they would have had another 200000k backers... This is still the most backed game! Muahahhahahaha!
Morning kittens.
The skank who was pissing me off yesterday is working from home. Good. Now I can work without getting a headache today.
Morning kittens.
@Geist, I'm sorry that "lady" has upset you so. Its not fair that someone you have so little regard for has so much control over your feelings. You deserve better! At some point you have to see that! Hugs from the north!
Thanks BaKhan. Not sure why she only treats ME this way but I've told my boss several times that if she keeps this up, I'm going to lose it and curse her black and blue and loud enough so that half the office can hear it.
Morning GM.
@Geist: Do you have some of the stress relief foam balls? If so, can always squeeze them until they no longer retain their shape...and I do not condone "accidentally" bouncing them off the back of her head.
@Geist, I found this interesting, especially the case studies at the bottom of the article. I think at the end of the day, the best way to deal with a person like this, is to try and see things from thier perspective (no matter how backwards it is), this will help give you insight into how to best deal with them. Either way though, there is no reason that you should need to have to put up with that stuff daily, or repetetively, its bad for you! If you think you can (without killing her), ask her what her specific issue/s are and maybe there is room for you guys to work it out.
@Geist, guess it would have helped to include the link... ;) https://hbr.org/2014/10/how-to-deal-with-a-mean-colleague
GM, when you said "Do you have some of the stress relief foam balls?", I thought you said stress relief FROM balls for a second. I thought, "Wait, don't most people get some kind of relief from balls one way or another? Oh wait..." ;)
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Glad to hear you get a temporary reprieve, Geist! And on a Friday as well, so you get the weekend away too!
Thanks BaKhan. I printed out the article and will read it on the way home. I think the problem is that she is an ambitious A+ person and I'm not. I've done my time in AP. I'm not trying to move up. (I don't like what I do anyway)
She also tends to run hot one day and cold the next. One week she is sweetness and light to me and the next week she snarks on everything that I do. This week has been worse than others. When I came in the office she didn't say "Morning" like she usually does. All her comments were more acidic than previous months and it rubbed me the wrong way so bad that I started push back. I'm REALLY close to cursing her out. I let my supervisor know several times this week and she swore she would have a word with her.
Don't get me wrong. The girl does excellent work and I am not ashamed to say it. I was never made for accounting but I've been in it for over a dozen years and I can hold my own pretty well. But I am not the type of person who will let someone just make shitty comment after shitty comment and not say something. Like Vivica A.Fox said recently, "I'm not a punk!".
@GM: if by "foam balls" you mean booze, unfortunately, no. I'd love to leave my desk and go for a quick walk to clear my head but with the work load that we have, that option isn't really available to me.
@Geist, I think you're an A+ person! As far as I'm concerned, unless someone has deeply wronged you, theres no reason to be sh*tty to them (as she is with you). It just makes her come off as petty, and small, definitely not good characteristics for someone looking to get ahead. I hope that you can get her to see why the rest of us think you're so great! I hope that you have a nice relaxing weekend! Make some soup! ;)
Afternoon, kittens!
Sorry for the absence; I've been buried in work this week. The good news is that I was able to drive this morning! It's been three months since I've been allowed to do that.
Hey LZ! Glad to know you are back at work. Must feel strange to get back into the swing of things.
@BaKhan: Whoops! I meant she has a type A personality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_A_and_Type_B_personality_theory
Geist, I'm sorry you have to deal with a toxic person. I would offer advice on how to make it work, but I really don't have any. I will say, though, that you have my support and you don't deserve to be treated that way.