Clearly he has nevwr heard of Drunken Master...

I just say, try to successfully play through the first Deus Ex while being drunk.


Sorry. Can´t do it. You´ll get pwnd

Would and have. Password: panopticon.

Silent takedowns, for the win...dont need no GEP gun, or sniper rifle, Paul!! Gimme the Crossbow and Taser!!

Hunt me some mirocu...

That's a SP game,completly diffrent.

Well, did I tell anyone it rained all week here?


The last high school my older son attended (since he was expelled from all the other surrounding county schools, he only attended this one a month before they expelled him) had the roof cave in from the weight of the water!






Can anyone sing "Schools out for summer?" I thought you could...

Ooh, that's bad. I hope that doesn't start happening to people's homes....

Here is a link to just what happened on July 5:


Aw crap, never mind, wrong year.

Oh, damn. I really hope that rain stops soon, this is getting bad...is there flooding too?

+1

Malx: That is insane but not unexpected. The weather really has been very harsh lately. Hope everyone is alright on your end.

That storm two weeks ago ripped up some roof tiles that we didn't know about till this steady rain. There is going to be a lot of water damage waiting for it to stop raining to fix the tiles and flash up there - my husband won't climb on it while it is wet even to put a tarp over it (overheard me upping his life insurance policy? Lol).

No seriously, he fell through a roof last September at his job, and I think he is a little iffy about getting up there, especially when it is wet and slick.


I'm just really glad there were no children in school when that happened - that would have been awful.

@mALX - Eek! I hope the rain stops before even more damage happens! Rain caused some flooding problems in Germany a month or so ago...

Nyet, Comrade. You are technically incorrect. The best kind of incorrect! Deus Ex 1 also haz ze multiplayer mode, much like Starcraft and other Gamez oof eet's day.

To the gulag with the ImperialSwine!!

(meant in jest, everyone relax! The President-for-life has ordered as such!!)

Holy Cow, Kazaera! That is awful for those properties - that is disaster magnitude! My heart goes out to the people whose homes or business were affected, I hope no lives were lost in that

The guy who fired me quit like a week after he let me go...wow.

Sounds about right. We all should learn to relax in these times of stress. Easier said than done, I know.

Something occurred around my area recently. Last week, I believe. A man was filming the police at some area where there were a bunch. It appears to be a residential area, and as far as I know, filming in a public area is perfectly legal and even protected. What had transpired on a film from another person was quite shocking.

The man being arrested was walking his dog; a Rottweiler, having lived with one, I know that while they have a fearsome reputation, they are actually quite loyal, and genial. The man put the dog in the back of his car, with the windows rolled down, while the cops walked over to arrest/detain him.

The dog didn't like this. Not. One. Bit. He managed to jump out of the window of the car, and then began to aggressively approach the officers arresting his master, while the man tried to tell the dog to calm down. People began to get excited, which only served to aggravate the dog further. An officer drew, shots were fired at the canine.

I don't believe it survived. It's injurious state was replete with heartbreaking howls. I was naturally infuriated at the scene. Though, I know officers have the right to defend themselves.

What happened afterwards was the power of misinformation, and emotional reaction. The incident took place in a town far south of me. About forty or so miles. Somehow, people confused it with the town in which I live. Which in my misinformed state, I believed, as the local cops are known for being overzealous. They will seriously have two or three units roll up for a single jaywalker...

Too further add confusion to the situation, somehow a local art store that I frequent for both my journal and calligraphy supplies, shared the last name of a spokesman for the actual Police Department, and people were calling them nonstop the monday before last with angry rants, and the poor people had no idea what was going on. They also had a pizza delivered, paid for, that no one ordered. Usually meant to intimidate people with a "I know where you live" message.

Point being, I shook my head as I am among the first to say that emotional reactions need to be put in check, and rational responses given precedence. 'Disengage mouth, engage brain.' my Dad would say in frustrated tones as a youthful hellion. I took a lesson well from this incident, however horrendous the scene, whatever the moral debate is, let cooler heads prevail....

A lot of times when management is caught in wrongdoing, the company hushes it up and just forces them to quit quietly/resign. I'll bet anything they caught him doctoring those stats to make it look like he pulled that store out of its slump.

Either way, you are the winner in this situation, you have a better job that appreciates you.


@ Blackie - I hate hearing stories like that. We had one here in TN where a man traveling with his family and pet dog accidently left his wallet on top of his car at the autopay gas pump. Bills were blowing out of it, and he passed a highway patrol at a normal speed.

For some reason these highway patrol decided he must be leaving the scene of a robbery and getting rid of the evidence. The police car-cam video shows the man and his family got out of the car and laid on the ground as ordered, but the police let his dog out of the car. It went and used the bathroom, then as it was returning they shot it (saying it looked aggressive). You can see on the vid the dog was happily smiling and wagging its tail despite the strangers in uniform barking orders at its family - really ridiculous and tragic situation.

Exactly. I feel bad for the assistant though. she went through what I did while they found another manager. But only for a week. Then again, this one is temporary.

I hope things improve at that store for all the friends you made there throughout the years.


@ Everyone = I found out the real truth about Grits's mysterious disappearance the past two weeks. She is not a double agent!

I just happened to be browsing the paper today and saw the "Dear Amy" section - Amy said that after 10 years without a vacation she is taking 2 WEEKS OFF!

Sound familiar? I thought so too!

Sounds like a smart guy. I've done roof work. I would prefer not to work on a wet roof, it gets too slick and dangerous.

My birthday is tommorow.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yisssssss

Better start working on the cake then!

I agree, I wouldn't do it either. (but I'm afraid of getting up there even in the dry, lol).

Around here they use a square piece of foam (like the foam pad inside a couch cushion) to work on roofs, they act like velcro and stick to the shingles wherever you drop them so you have a safe place to get on, (even they won't work in the pouring rain though).

Hey guys,do you like podcasts?

No.

XD

What kind of podcast?

If YOU feel rude for slow replies my dear Grits....Then how do you think I feel????

I must be, by far , the slowest one in Chorrol, maybe i should be banned? hmmm

Anyway I'm happy you who endured the storms came out of it alright... And Lizzie I'm happy for ya....really I am!

(Still searching for sugar man..noooo....for the Cade's Cove series....there MUST be something out there...)

Here is a link to a bunch of episodes, and at the bottom of the page you can order the series:


http://www.wbir.com/life/programming/heartland/default.aspx

You're one of the forum elders. Any moderator that would try to ban you would almost certainly burst into flames.

THANK YOU mAlxie! YOU ROCK!!



Ehh yeah that's true..I even was among those who started these forums! Not that I actually DID something but I was around!!! But still that doesn't excuse me.....

<3

Once in a while, I share my hobbies' progress and discoveries. Calligraphy that is. Recently in one of these showing off show and tells, Trey commented upon some unique notebooks he had come across, made from banana paper.Edited to add this direct link. He went on to tell the story of how he found the manufacturer in Central America and ordered a bunch.

So, imagine my surprise when I came across this little beauty in Target, Mrs. Hollow's new employer:



At four dollars, it was worth the try I figured, as stationary is kind of my thing. So I set about to putting it to the written test, literally.



The feel of the paper, as in just holding it, it feels thinner and more delicate than most 'standard' papers, but actually writing on it, as Treydog mentioned gave this nice resistance which was somehow gratifying if your a longhand enthusiast such as we.

But that wasn't enough, oh no. It had to pass the real test. The dip pen test. How does it hold up to steel flexing over it's face and texture?



Quite well, as it turns out.

Despite the feel of the paper being lighter and such, the actual writing makes it feel as though it's much denser, certainly more dense than any other calligraphy-friendly papers I've written on. There is no feathering, no bleeding and the ink does not show through the other side at all. Fibers coming out between the tines occasionally is a problem if your pressing down too hard, but that will happen with any paper as calligraphy does require a light touch, so it serves me as an indication of when I'm doing it right, and when I am not.

So, thank you Ser Trey for the suggestion. I'll definitely be picking up more of these. I may even use them as new journals, as I love the look of the date indicator on top and the slight constrast of ink with the paper's shade.

There are some great notebooks with nice paper at Target. I have to unload them every morning and never get to spend any time with them, lol

Very nice, Blackie! You can circle the date above to date your logs that way.

I got my first pcoket journal that way actually, as the area I was assigned to was stationary. It's the 'Markings' by C.M. Gibson, which has expanded to include several sizes. It was okay for a starter, but they don't have the endurance which I seek. Though, that one took on several of the darkest and most life-changing moments in my life, so it stays in the archive!

The one I work at has a great stationary sections. It has it's own block.

The best podcast ever.

TheGameStation Podcast.

listen.

10/10

belated response to mALX: there were sadly a few deaths but the flooding was also *really widespread* because several major rivers (like, both the Danube *and* the Elbe as well as numerous tributaries) went way, way over their banks - like, twenty feet over their usual level. It was a massive natural disaster. Thankfully the flooding is over and recovery is ongoing, from what I hear. Also thankfully (selfishly) my family wasn't affected!

In happier news!

I've been working on my thesis, and have been kind of... amused? by how there seems to be way more in common between fiction writing skills and, er, extremely extremely technical nonfiction writing than I'd expected. And I don't mean things like being able to put together a sentence, I mean things like plotting! Trying to sort out what concepts I need to introduce when is pretty much the same thing as trying to sort out what events need to happen when for my plot to work out. The thesis also needs to have a coherent "narrative", ideally even things like conflict - look, there's a problem! - and climax - here's how I solve the problem!, and a hook to get people interested... etc. I really noticed this when I was talking about ways to foreshadow (in fiction) with mALX and then went back to working on my thesis and realised that yeah, I kind of have to do the same thing - making sure to give motivation for things or mentioning concepts early in order not to blindside the reader, or introducing the right examples early on so I can use them to demonstrate the things I need later. There are of course differences (plot twists not so good! I have had to stomp *hard* on my tendency to want to surprise the reader), but it's still more than I was expecting. Has anyone else noticed anything like this this?

This is the long-winded way of saying that my only real news is: still being eaten by thesis... although I am going hiking in the Dolomites in a week with my family, which should be fun!

Like sports or not,this kits be sexy.

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On the Left side of the page is God,on the left,The Clintster,The Clintinator,The American Beast,the Southern Destroyer,The Texas Tornado,The Man of Many Names.

Those mountains are beautiful! Really sorry to hear about the loss of lives in that flooding. 20 feet is a really frightening thought!

I'm heading to a Lynyrd Skynyrd Concert tonight, featuring one of my favortie bands, Black Stone Cherry

I'm so excited!

And you can´t deny it? Are you about to lose control and you think you like it?

SHUTUP mirocu XD

If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?

Have a good time, dont you worry. We're just playing around, that's just fine.

Oh my god XD y'all crack me up!

Love ya, Liz!

I like that: 1.) She actually got it. and B.) Those lyrics fit perfectly.

I am sorry too hear of your dissappointing experience. But at least you got outside, everythings okay now (hopefully) and even a bad experiemce in good times is still better than what most people have. :-)

I hope we didn´t get her burnin´

Agreed. I still gripe over that last GNR concert that came through here - where they spent three hours backstage after only 30 minutes of playing (during which Axel was in a fog and couldn't read his stage monitor with the lyrics posted), then sent their drummer out for a 35 minute (very sucky) drum solo - but as mad as it made me, the two warm up bands were good and it was still better than sitting home and doing nothing.

Plus, despite I think he is one of the best guitar players around, I got to tell Slash to go F himself, and when the drummer cursed us the whole auditorium cursed him back.

That was a bit fun and frustration relieving.

Next time someone drapes their blanket over your feet, you could wipe the bottom of your dog poo shoe on their blanket. Or spill your cherry koolaid on it. Or take your shoes off and stick your feet near their heads. Or stuff your husband with chili and let his gas expell the neighbors that want to hug your feet. Or ... etc.

hahahahahahaha mALX!!

Black stone Cherry was amazing, but they quit before their set was over because no one, and I mean NO ONE, was reacting besides us and a few others. They tried so hard to get the crowd going. And the sound guy effed them over because the audio kept cutting in and out in one song, then the bass would randomly go up lol

You know, and this is a true story - Johnny Cash came to Germany when I was living over there - the crowd was so dead silent and still that he thought he'd bombed and was feeling down over it. Johnny Cash's crowds usually hoot or holler - something.

When he stopped playing he kind of tossed it out there like he didn't think anyone would respond - offered anyone to come up and get an autograph. He was stampeded, they loved him. They told him and showed him, even if they didn't react when he was singing. Sometimes crowds are just quiet, mellow. It has to be really hard on the performers when they are though, no feedback for them to stay charged up with.