No. Unless I lie and say I think he's got ADHD, or another learning disorder, we would have to pay a couple hundred dollars out of pocket to test him for giftedness. His scores vs. national average from the standardized test the school uses range from 70th to 98th percentile for his grade level, so we know he's more than a little smart.
Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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GasBandit
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That's not the test. The Sheldon line is "I'm NOT crazy! My mother had me tested!"
Well that just goes to show you that I've only seen BBT a handful of times. I can sing "Soft Kitty" though.
Zappit
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My grandfather fell this morning, broke his femur, and needs surgery to fix it. Oh, but because of his cancer, his blood levels aren't right to allow that. The specialists are trying to level him out by tomorrow so he can get the surgery, but now they don't think he'll be ready by then. So the poor guy has to lay in the hospital, doped up on morphine, and wait it out for at least another day with his leg split in half.
Cajungal
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I want to watch this show for a while just so I know what people mean by this, because I've gotten that too. I think it means "you're the only slightly needy person I know."
I don't think "needy" is the right word. I'm not a fan of the show, but I've seen enough of it. I know he can be OCD, have no mouth-to-brain filter, aloof, socially awkward but scientifically brilliant*... I think there was a oft-repeated theory that he had undiagnosed Asperger's, but I only remember that because I saw a headline where one of the writers shot that down.
Frankly, if someone were going to compare me to that, I'd rather be called Abed.
(*Or they claim. I feel like there's a lot of uneven writing on it, so maybe "brilliant" by comparison to other characters on the show.)
GasBandit
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It seems to me that Abed and Sheldon are two expressions of the same coin - the "no it's not asperger's but it mimics it in every way" coin. On one side, you have a nerd - Sheldon, on the other side, a geek - Abed.
Oh, I agree. I was just saying if I reminded people of someone with those qualities, I think I have a higher tolerance and more sympathy for Abed.
Didn't they say Abed had Asperger's? I remember Jeff mentioning it in the pilot, but I don't know if that was considered an observation or a confirmation.
GasBandit
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It's heavily implied but Dan Harmon and the other Community muckety mucks dance around it and leave it vague.
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Weird. I read it as nerdy until it was quoted.
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I understand completely.
Do you have time before it arrives to move?
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Oh great. Next time you log on, you'll be spouting all your big government nonsense.
GasBandit
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It's being brought to me at work, by a very friendly and helpful coworker for whom I have previously held no ill will. Turns out he LOVES the smell of patchouli and only recently discovered exactly what it was that made that smell. A couple years ago I had a slight mildew problem in my office (the walls are all carpeted as it used to be a studio), and I burned some "fresh laundry" scented candles to cover the smell... and now everybody thinks I'm this scented-candle enthusiast.
Patchouli --hiding the smell of pot since the 1960's
I think you have found the reason for Gasbandit's candle.
I think you're getting your Halforums twins confused.
GasBandit
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Hah... if I burned a bacon scented candle, there'd be a food riot in the building.. hmmmmm
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Not after the patchouli. He's going to come in after rolling out of bed in bright and early at 4pm slip on his tie dye and sandals, reeking of that stuff.
One of the last things you want to hear when you're on Day 10 of "we have no idea when your next day off is, but it's not soon," is "Grandma and a couple of cousins are coming up to visit."
I'm having a rough enough time keeping up with maintaining the house as it is. I'm not coming home exhausted every morning, but quite frequently drained to the point of having no motivation to do much beyond eating dinner and listening to a record or two after work. When one of the biggest parts of the job is keeping the lobby clean (especially when mud-caked workers come in at breakfast), the last thing I want to do after the daily slog is sweep and mop the house. Yet I'm the only one physically capable of doing that right now.
I'm having a rough enough time keeping up with maintaining the house as it is. I'm not coming home exhausted every morning, but quite frequently drained to the point of having no motivation to do much beyond eating dinner and listening to a record or two after work. When one of the biggest parts of the job is keeping the lobby clean (especially when mud-caked workers come in at breakfast), the last thing I want to do after the daily slog is sweep and mop the house. Yet I'm the only one physically capable of doing that right now.
I am apocalyptically angry with our IT staff at this point. Yes, I know it's the beginning of the semester. Yes, I know there's a lot on their plate. But there are problems that were brought to their attention 6 to 8 months ago that we're still having. And this morning they managed to top it.
This is the email I just had to send to support:
Now, we don't have desktops. We have "thin clients", so that you don't actually have a computer, you just have a network terminal to the server that you can access a user account from, and apparently there are six library accounts. Which in theory is great, but in practice has lead to a lot of problems that our IT staff simply seem to be incapable of solving. An example: Every day, between 5 and 7pm at some point, the account will log itself, no working, even if you're in the middle of working on it. This has been an issue for two years. I've been given a number of explanations and finally was told "well you have to wait until the thin client update"... which has come and gone, and it still happens. Now, what I suspect the issue is, is that the account is set to log itself out after a certain number of hours of use. But isn't there an option to change that?
Anyway, due to whatever is going on, I no longer have access to several functions that probably cover around 65% of my daily workload.
This is the email I just had to send to support:
The reason I mention the time being incorrect is because during an update a few weeks ago, all of our accounts got set to Dublin time. They have been unable to fix this.There are a few programs that we need to use in the library on a consistent, sometimes near constant basis.
One of these is the Active Directory program, that allows us to reset student passwords.
Another is the AS400, which Lisa and I can use to reset RAVEN passwords, apply library holds to students, check enrollment status, etc.
Is there some reason these functions are now missing from the library user accounts?
Also missing is the Library folder under the Offices network drive (O, where we have stored quite a few documents, forms, and spreadsheets that, again, we use frequently. Has that been moved somewhere?
If these are planned changes, it would have been nice to know ahead of time. As it is, I am unable, due to these technical issues, to reset student network passwords or Raven passwords, among other tasks.
Perhaps these are problems only on some of the library accounts/images. All I know is that on both terminals in the library this morning (Saturday, 9/6/2014, 2:34PM according to the computer but actually 9:34AM) these functions are missing.
I have logged out and logged back in repeatedly hoping to get an "image" where things are actually working right. This did not occur.
When I logged in with the wccclibrary username and password, it had a number of options showing: adjuncts, lab 215, student serv, etc, though I chose Library2Pool.
If that is not the correct account, which one is?
Now, we don't have desktops. We have "thin clients", so that you don't actually have a computer, you just have a network terminal to the server that you can access a user account from, and apparently there are six library accounts. Which in theory is great, but in practice has lead to a lot of problems that our IT staff simply seem to be incapable of solving. An example: Every day, between 5 and 7pm at some point, the account will log itself, no working, even if you're in the middle of working on it. This has been an issue for two years. I've been given a number of explanations and finally was told "well you have to wait until the thin client update"... which has come and gone, and it still happens. Now, what I suspect the issue is, is that the account is set to log itself out after a certain number of hours of use. But isn't there an option to change that?
Anyway, due to whatever is going on, I no longer have access to several functions that probably cover around 65% of my daily workload.
Okay, they JUST called, and said, "Oh, well, the library2pool is the guest account, so of course it doesn't have access to those files. You should be defaulting to (such and such account)." "Well, okay, I agree, we SHOULD be, but we're NOT. That account isn't even on the menu." "Well, log out and log back in and that should take care of it." "I've got one logged off right now. *logs in* Nope, still not there, these are my options." "Well, it should be there." "Okay, but it isn't." "Oh. Okay I'll take a look and get back to you."
Last night was a gorgeous clear night with a very pretty moon and lots of stats. I set everything up and then some freaky beast in the woods starting hissing at me and my daughter. I only got a few shots before I felt I needed to be in the house
OMG camera!!
I've never even touched a gun.
I've never even touched a gun.