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makare

On the way to work today I saw all these cute little frogs in the road. At first I didn't know what they were because I usually see toads and these didn't hop like toads. I thought they were huge crickets or something. But no I stopped and they were adorable little frogs. They were hopping from one ditch to the other. I am guessing they had just reached the adult stage that's why they were so tiny. I scurried some of them off the road but I'm sure lots of them got squishered. Poor things.
 
Hylian

Hylian




I was at the swap meet today and I happened to spy this out of the side of my eye. I asked the guy where he got it and he said he wasn't sure and that it had belonged to his dad. I ended up paying the guy $5 for it cause I liked the looks of it. I took it home to further examine it and I found some info on it but not a ton. The print is called "Caped Seurat, Seurat" was dated 7/10/95 and it is number 64/500. I tried finding some info out online but the only info I could find was from one site that said it was part of a set of 15 prints commissioned by FOX in 1995 as a perk for network associates and network affiliate owners. Whether or not that is where it came from I am not sure but I found the picture very nice especially for $5.
 
Frank

Frank

Baerdog said:
So for the last five months my diet has consisted mostly of tons of beer and various kinds of fried, roasted, or cured meats. Well, last night I weighed myself...and found out I'd lost about five pounds.

Eat shit, vegetables!
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Bye bye five pounds. Hello Diverticulitis
 
Silver Jelly

Silver Jelly

Today I went to a film/comic book/videogame shop with my little sister. She loved the giant sonic statue, was very excited about Mario Kart, liked to identify all the characters on superhero comics, and had incredible fun with a Star Wars pop-up book.
We ended up buying the lost ark and temple of doom because she loves Indiana Jones and she didn't own those dvds yet. ("but I love Harrison Ford because he is Han Solo, not because he's Indiana Jones")

I was so proud, in a very nerdy way.
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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Silver Jelly said:
Today I went to a film/comic book/videogame shop with my little sister. She loved the giant sonic statue, was very excited about Mario Kart, liked to identify all the characters on superhero comics, and had incredible fun with a Star Wars pop-up book.
We ended up buying the lost ark and temple of doom because she loves Indiana Jones and she didn't own those dvds yet. ("but I love Harrison Ford because he is Han Solo, not because he's Indiana Jones")

I was so proud, in a very nerdy way.
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You have a very good little nerdling growing there, SJ. You oughta be proud; as should your parents.

*sighs* I miss the days when my niece and nephew weren't all serious and reasonable... when I could offer to take them out to the movies and they wouldn't say "No thanks, we're gonna wait until the DVD comes out and buy that instead".
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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One week to go before Ropecon, the Finnish all-purpose nerd get-together.

Hotel has been booked.
Train tickets are set.
Interesting programme ahead.
Camera is ready to get some nice shots of cosplay.

Now the only problem is the one I face each year: trying to figure out which panel discussions, games and lectures to leave out because of constant overlapping. Should I leave out a lecture on Medieval heroes to go and play Carnage Among the Stars? Reverse dungeon about goblins defending their land against pesky adventurers or a humorous game of working for a megacorporation IN SPACE? The psychology of heroism and villainy or a mid-level swamp adventure GM'ed by Frank Mentzer?

Decisions, decisions, decisions...
 
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MindDetective said:
So I was just accepted to present my first talk at a conference. I've only ever presented posters before. Eep!
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Advice from someone who's done it a few times? There's a standard set of people in the audience.

The young folks who will try to tear you a new one to prove their own chops, regardless of whether they actually understood what you said. Expect ornate, overly-worded questions about their own specialty that really have nothing to do with your talk.

The middle folks who actually came to listen and care. They will ask plainly worded, direct questions that will floor you with their simplicity, yet your complete lack of an answer. You will understand what they're asking, why they're asking it, and feel stupid for not having thought of it.

The old folks, some of whom are in the upper echelon of your field. Don't worry. They came to sleep.
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PS that describes the seating order, too, from front to back.
 
Sparhawk

Sparhawk

Had a great day yesterday at Six Flags Over Texas, warm day, about 102F, but had a nice breeze and rode some great rides. All the kids (youth group) had fun and even got to watch Skillet in concert if they wanted to.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Sparhawk said:
Had a great day yesterday at Six Flags Over Texas, warm day, about 102F, but had a nice breeze and rode some great rides. All the kids (youth group) had fun and even got to watch Skillet in concert if they wanted to.
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That's cool; what band uses a skillet for an instrument?
 
Hylian

Hylian

I managed to get a few good deals this weekend. First thing I got was an Ace-Edge Flight Joystick for the Xbox 360 for $5. I don't plan on selling it but if I wanted to they easily sell for over $60. And although it's not as good of a deal I did find a stack of old Pokemon toys I picked up. Later on I hit up a garage sale and picked up Final Fantasy IV Advance, Final Fantasy V Advance, and Final Fantasy VI Advance for $1 a piece. Once again I am not selling them but if I wanted to I could fairly easily fetch over $50 for them. :)


Ace-Edge Flight Joystick



Pokemon Toys



Sadly I didn't get to take a picture of the GBA games so you will have to imagine there is a pic here.
 
gargoyle_eva

gargoyle_eva

after almost 3 months off due to injury/ personal problems and just plain laziness im back at karate training. Also I got cookies from one of my students mom for my birthday. As much as I loved the extra free time, I'm pretty sure I love the 40+ students asking where I've been and telling me how much they missed me.
 
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