I have to wonder how many suckers actually pay $150 to upgrade the in car GPS when Google maps is a thing that exists.
 
Starting getting flashing in my right eye last night, so I called my eye doctor and saw him this morning. He didn't see a retina detachment but he did see something weird, so I have a appointment to see a retina specialist on Friday, with explicit instructions to go in right away if anything gets worse. Hopefully it's nothing though. :x
Saw retina specialist. The viscous layer of my eye is separating, which is something that usually happens around 50 but since my eyes are so nearsighted it's happening earlier. Was told to continue watching for bad symptoms, in case said layer tries to take my retina with it, but otherwise just check back in 6 weeks.

http://columbiaeye.org/eye-library/vitreous-detachment
 
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It wasn't because of the eye surgery. It was because I'm near sighted as fuck. The only thing the laser surgery did in this case was make me notice the symptoms because I've been really focusing on my vision.
 
I will be department chair for at least the next year. No real pay raise, but teaching load reduced and a stipend over the summer. But I will also be the lightning rod for every issue from every direction. It is a bit of a mixed bag.
 
First time I've seen this: on a tracking result on USPS.com, for an item I purchased, it said "Acceptance CHINA" as the initial entry.

Not quite sure what to think about that.
 
First time I've seen this: on a tracking result on USPS.com, for an item I purchased, it said "Acceptance CHINA" as the initial entry.

Not quite sure what to think about that.
Is it being shipped from China? The last two pens I bought started their journey to me via China Post.
 
So I start typing in "youtube" to search for, well, let's not worry about what I was searching for.

So, I start typing in "youtube" and Google's top suggestion is "youtube bills kick super bowl" - watching that never gets old!
 
So I start typing in "youtube" to search for, well, let's not worry about what I was searching for.

So, I start typing in "youtube" and Google's top suggestion is "youtube bills kick super bowl" - watching that never gets old!
If I knew how to inflict pain through the internet, I would.
 

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Oigh. I'm home. My feet are killing me, my gut is on strike, it was a hell of a trip. My only regret is not having a free moment to let Dei kick my ass in front of all my friends.

In related news, Denver is expensive and hipster as fuck and the traffic is straight out of India. I'd never taken an Uber before in my life, and I took at least 5 in the last 5 days, and half of them scared me half to death.
 
Oigh. I'm home. My feet are killing me, my gut is on strike, it was a hell of a trip. My only regret is not having a free moment to let Dei kick my ass in front of all my friends.

In related news, Denver is expensive and hipster as fuck and the traffic is straight out of India. I'd never taken an Uber before in my life, and I took at least 5 in the last 5 days, and half of them scared me half to death.
I almost never go to Denver if I can help it. I'll drive to the zoo, Science Center, or Elitch because those are get off the interstate and follow one road, but the rest of the city can die. Also, if you think Denver is hipster as fuck, you should see Boulder these days.
 

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I had Carl's Jr. for the first time. Please note my lack of enthusiasm.
What'd you get? If you didn't get the western bacon cheeseburger, you may as well not have gone.

Granted, I haven't had one in over 15 years, so maybe they suck now.
Ok, I had the opportunity to go to Carl's Jr. on the drive back from Austin today (ate at the one in Bastrop).

It's not as awesome as it used to be, but the double western bacon cheeseburger is still probably one of the top 5 chain burgers out there.[DOUBLEPOST=1496634563,1496634439][/DOUBLEPOST]
I almost never go to Denver if I can help it.
And I see why! But sadly, even if I had had a few hours unaccounted for that could have served to meet up for lunch somewhere in Firestone, I didn't have a car, and I bet a 30 mile Uber and back might have been... exorbitant.

Also, if you think Denver is hipster as fuck, you should see Boulder these days.
Gah, no thanks. Seeing all the manbuns and skinnybeards at the concert almost made me want to put on a MAGA hat just to make their heads pop. Which could have been dangerous, seeing as how basically the entire time, Waters was working the crowd into a big, frothy, anti-Trump frenzy as hard as he possibly could.
 
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First time I've seen this: on a tracking result on USPS.com, for an item I purchased, it said "Acceptance CHINA" as the initial entry.

Not quite sure what to think about that.
I bought a stuffed bear from Amazon.com (you Americans are truly fortunate people. You have a remarkable number of Gund Snuffles bears available to you.) and it went through Jamaica on its tracking. I usually don't stalk tracking pages unless it's a camera lens, but this poor bear was taking a really long time to arrive.

My white transfer paper is too, but there's no tracking on that one :(
 
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