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This was created to be the positive sister thread to the popular RANT.

Post your stories of excellent luck or success!

I'll get the ball rolling with mine.

Today, I was cleaning up a part of my bedroom I've just been using mostly for storage. Stacks of boxes, CDs, old movies, etc.

Anyway, near the bottom of the stack I found a cardboard box that was really heavy. I couldn't remember what I had put in it, so I cracked it open. It was full of coins that I had rolled while sitting in front of my computer 3 or 4 years ago, and I guess I'd forgotten about it. This brought a huge smile to my face.

You know how awesome it is to find a $10 or $20 bill in your winter jacket pocket? Imagine finding ~$300!
:teeth:

I just had a Klondike bar.

I demand pics!


But seriously congrats on finding that. :happiness:

My husband took our son to the zoo. I've got at least another hour or so to myself.

Time to oneself and found money (especially large sums) are epic!

Mine is epic in my own tiny corner of the world.

Backstory and sorry if you know this already: I've been teaching English writing and grammar to underprepared deaf college students in a transitional program to get them ready for mainstream (i.e. hearing teachers and mostly hearing students) classes. Some of them arrive at college having been passed through English even though they can't write a simple sentence -- not due to low intelligence at all, but a mismatch of linguistic expectations is the best way I can summarize the problem.

Anyway, this past semester was my last because my disability is preventing me from keeping a regular schedule, like teaching a class. I'm calling it a leave of absence just to be optimistic, but it's been kind of devastating for me (blah blah dramacakes, that goes in the other thread).

This semester was also the first time a number of our students were ready for mainstream English classes. They still don't count for transfer credit, like our classes, because they're the hearing version of our deaf program so everyone is starting out below college level. But it's still taught in English as opposed to American Sign Language (ASL), and the students have to use an interpreter. Five of our students were in the mainstream class; four were my current or previous students.

All of them passed. :aaahhh:

I consider this my "fuck, yeah!" on my way out, not that I plan to stop teaching altogether.

ZenMonkey said:

I consider this my "fuck, yeah!" on my way out, not that I plan to stop teaching altogether.

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Your "I'm out, bitches" ? Very nice!

Gusto said:

Your "I'm out, bitches" ? Very nice!

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More like a "hell yeah I/we won" kind of thing. Leaving on a high note, with a sterling teacher evaluation and students who are ready to become mainstream college students. That's really exciting for me and counteracts the suckiness of having to leave at all.

Today, I did something that 3 other programmers in our department said couldn't be done easily.

Long story short: We are doing OCR forms recognition. We use templates to OCR forms in bulk. The existing in-house app for template generation is clunky and takes a technically trained person to understand and use. It requires typing in lots of text and numbers, and takes the lead developer and primary user about 17 minutes to make a template. The developers have sworn that they've made it as simple as possible.

I've had the working source code since Friday--after a huge "I'm not giving up the source, it's my project" penis-waving contest. I grabbed the guts of their C# code, threw a nice simple VB interface on it, hid all of the non-essential stuff, and auto-generated all of the typing and numbers via context algorithms. Now the end user has a shiny point-and-click interface with heuristic aids to generate a template. You select a data point, you click on the on-screen picture of the scanned document, and the software helpfully boxes the entire word it thinks you're selecting and asks if that's what you meant, and tells you what it thinks the word is via OCR.

Now, it takes less than 2 minutes for an untrained person to make a template, and anyone can sit down, understand the app, and start using it right away (I tested on the guy in the office next door who has no relation to the project). I look forward to Monday when I show off my prototype and I shove it in the other developers faces, since they've given me such political crap about it over the last couple of weeks. Now I need an emoticon where a guys is rubbing his hands malevolently while lighting strikes in the background.

Tinwhistler said:

Today, I did something that 3 other programmers in our department said couldn't be done easily.

Long story short: We are doing OCR forms recognition. We use templates to OCR forms in bulk. The existing in-house app for template generation is clunky and takes a technically trained person to understand and use. It requires typing in lots of text and numbers, and takes the lead developer and primary user about 17 minutes to make a template. The developers have sworn that they've made it as simple as possible.

I've had the working source code since Friday--after a huge "I'm not giving up the source, it's my project" penis-waving contest. I grabbed the guts of their C# code, threw a nice simple VB interface on it, hid all of the non-essential stuff, and auto-generated all of the typing and numbers via context algorithms. Now the end user has a shiny point-and-click interface with heuristic aids to generate a template. You select a data point, you click on the on-screen picture of the scanned document, and the software helpfully boxes the entire word it thinks you're selecting and asks if that's what you meant, and tells you what it thinks the word is via OCR.

Now, it takes less than 2 minutes for an untrained person to make a template, and anyone can sit down, understand the app, and start using it right away (I tested on the guy in the office next door who has no relation to the project). I look forward to Monday when I show off my prototype and I shove it in the other developers faces, since they've given me such political crap about it over the last couple of weeks. Now I need an emoticon where a guys is rubbing his hands malevolently while lighting strikes in the background.

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This might be apt.

I have acquired a ticket to the playoff game between the Carolina Panthers and the Arizona Cardinals.

Look for me in the stands, I'll be the guy in the Panthers jersey!

The last couple of weeks have been an epic win for me. Besides exercise and jogging 6 days per week (which I plan on continuing), I've cleaned my entire apartment, gotten a bunch of errands and phone calls done, and my grad. school applications are good to go.

There will be an epic win soon, as my girlfriend is returning this Sunday (she went to her parents for 3 weeks).

For now, I can relax and drum away on Rock Band 2!

Life is great, I am paying off a loan for my third real estate (an apt in malaysia, a house in brasilia, now another in Formosa), almost marrying and Im traveling 4 times a year.

Oh, and Im going to shave my long mane this month.

I'm chowing down on multi grained tostitos and Zapp's fire roasted salsa. NOMMY!

JCM said:

Life is great, I am paying off a loan for my third real estate (an apt in malaysia, a house in brasilia, now another in Formosa), almost marrying and Im traveling 4 times a year.

Oh, and Im going to shave my long mane this month.

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GASP!

Jeez man, congrats. Sounds like you're havin' a great time.

I get to see my significant other in less than two days, and then less than two days after that it's my birthday! Whoopa!

In *counts on fingers real quick* 17 days my boyfriend will visit for a week! We saw Bolt while I was in IN, and we'll be purchasing a hamster and naming him Rhino

I used to be so overweight that my ability to do cardiovascular exercise was extremely limited. After a while, my weight would make my feet prickle and I'd have to stop. I just finished a walk, during which I ran for two full minutes without feeling any pain at all! Go me!

JCM said:

Life is great, I am paying off a loan for my third real estate (an apt in malaysia, a house in brasilia, now another in Formosa), almost marrying and Im traveling 4 times a year.

Oh, and Im going to shave my long mane this month.

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Congrats, followed up with WHAAAAAAAT?!

But...But...Who will be Jesus?

Cajungal said:

I used to be so overweight that my ability to do cardiovascular exercise was extremely limited. After a while, my weight would make my feet prickle and I'd have to stop. I just finished a walk, during which I ran for two full minutes without feeling any pain at all! Go me!

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Woo!

See, I'm a skinny little asthmatic guy, so I can run for 2+ minutes without stopping or feeling any pain, but then I'll be breathing real hard for the next 30 minutes or so.

Me and a buddy Rick Rolled my friend's wedding reception. That's right.

I just finished eating a big steak and salad for dinner.

It was delicious!!

AmateurD said:

Me and a buddy Rick Rolled my friend's wedding reception. That's right.

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OMG, that's like SO 2007.

Or something.

JCM said:

now another in Formosa

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Wait... JCM and I are going to be neighbors?

Whoa man...

I'm moving to GA in a month or so. Finally getting the fuck out of Southern CA.

So several years ago my wife got this little plant as a present. It's in a little itty bitty ceramic pot. Well, it grew really big and is really unstable, and has been kicked over (by me) several times. Little sumbitch never even blinks, keeps right on growing. We went on vacation, forgot to water it, it turns a little yellow and then once we started watering it again it kept right on growing.

Been meaning to reward the little bugger with a bigger pot for MONTHS but wifey wanted to do it right, get pebbles to cover the holes in the bottom, put sand, and then soil, etc. etc. Over winter break took the kids to the hardware store, got all the stuff, send the kids to the back for pebbles, put newspaper all over the floor, and transplanted the plant already. Roots were a solid brick. Now it is in a pot literally five times the size of the old one and looks like a Serious Plant now and apparently is very happy.

Yay. Now that I've shown that I can do the impossible, maybe now I'll get a cat.

Zonker said:

...been kicked over (by me) several times... We went on vacation, forgot to water it...Been meaning to reward the little bugger with a bigger pot for MONTHS... maybe now I'll get a cat.

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And yet, with some selective editing it makes you seem like such an evil bastard. Poor kitty :waah:

I jest

When the leaves are gone from your plant, please disregard the kitty shaped teeth marks, they were placed there to frame your cat by our mortal enemy the dog.

lol.

Yeah, finally realized that Dad should be in charge of living things in the house, not Mom. Although the kicking the plant over by accident thing was me. Cats move fast though, so hopefully my clumsiness won't be a problem.

Hm, cats eating plants. Yeah, that would be sad. Maybe mr. cat and mr. plant can get along. I'm more worried about our brand new $2000 drapes. That's why getting a cat is so complicated -- have to read up on kitty psychology, research kitty scratch poles, things to spray on drapes, blah blah. Would've been much easier last year before we renovated.

Well, I'll try to get a cat that is not known for scratching things.

God it's been a while since I had a cat.

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I'm moving to GA in a month or so. Finally getting the fuck out of Southern CA.

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And that's a win how?

Just got 2 job offers in Houston and I am now negotiating raises.

I found a quarter on the floor yesterday ... it was a really shiny one, though!

My wife and I recently started our own cleaning business, but it's been slow starting out. We've had to keep our regular 40 hour a week jobs to make things work.

Well, just a little over a week ago, we got a HUGE contract with a hospital that is paying us TWICE what we make monthly with our two full time jobs... and we only work 16 hours a week. I'm quitting my job after next week and she's already quit hers.

JOY!

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My wife and I recently started our own cleaning business, but it's been slow starting out. We've had to keep our regular 40 hour a week jobs to make things work.

Well, just a little over a week ago, we got a HUGE contract with a hospital that is paying us TWICE what we make monthly with our two full time jobs... and we only work 16 hours a week. I'm quitting my job after next week and she's already quit hers.

JOY!

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Nice! Always good to see a business take off like that!

DarkAudit said:

CynicismKills said:

I'm moving to GA in a month or so. Finally getting the fuck out of Southern CA.

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And that's a win how?

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'cause SoCal blows.

CynicismKills said:

DarkAudit said:

CynicismKills said:

I'm moving to GA in a month or so. Finally getting the fuck out of Southern CA.

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And that's a win how?

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'cause SoCal blows.

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/agree (mostly)

Chippy said:

JCM said:

Life is great, I am paying off a loan for my third real estate (an apt in malaysia, a house in brasilia, now another in Formosa), almost marrying and Im traveling 4 times a year.

Oh, and Im going to shave my long mane this month.

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Congrats, followed up with WHAAAAAAAT?!

But...But...Who will be Jesus?

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Give Amy a wig and tell her to stop shaving.

bhamv said:

JCM said:

now another in Formosa

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Wait... JCM and I are going to be neighbors?

Whoa man...

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Formosa in Brazil.

JCM said:

...almost marrying...

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I hate it when that happens... you get up to the alter and then OOPS! So close!

I spent the evening with my sweet little godchild. Made her some cookies, had a tea party, and sang to her a little. I'm so happy!

Cajungal said:

I spent the evening with my sweet little godchild. Made her some cookies, had a tea party, and sang to her a little. I'm so happy!

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...Will you be my godmother too??

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Cajungal said:

I spent the evening with my sweet little godchild. Made her some cookies, had a tea party, and sang to her a little. I'm so happy!

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...Will you be my godmother too??

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Works with the avatar SO WELL.

Also, CG, your story made me giggle. Giggle. That's a pretty fucking epic win.

Gusto said:

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Cajungal said:

I spent the evening with my sweet little godchild. Made her some cookies, had a tea party, and sang to her a little. I'm so happy!

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...Will you be my godmother too??

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Works with the avatar SO WELL.

Also, CG, your story made me giggle. Giggle. That's a pretty fucking epic win.

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Hehe, yes my avatar is awesome for stuff like this.

And BtBW, of course you can. I'm everyone's aunt!

Cajungal said:

Gusto said:

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Cajungal said:

I spent the evening with my sweet little godchild. Made her some cookies, had a tea party, and sang to her a little. I'm so happy!

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...Will you be my godmother too??

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Works with the avatar SO WELL.

Also, CG, your story made me giggle. Giggle. That's a pretty fucking epic win.

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Hehe, yes my avatar is awesome for stuff like this.

And BtBW, of course you can. I'm everyone's aunt!

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Hooray!

Can I chalk that up as EPIC WIN for me??

Nothing says EPIC WIN like cookies and tea and singing!

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Nothing says EPIC WIN like cookies and tea and singing!

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AND SWEATERS WITH LOVE IN THE STITCHES

Vytamindi said:

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Nothing says EPIC WIN like cookies and tea and singing!

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AND SWEATERS WITH LOVE IN THE STITCHES

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AND HUGS

I just EPIC WON against Juski:

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ElJuski said:

Gusto said:

HIGH FIVE

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/leave hanging

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Ahahahahaha. You just know the way into my heart, don't you

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Gusto said:

Vytamindi said:

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Nothing says EPIC WIN like cookies and tea and singing!

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AND SWEATERS WITH LOVE IN THE STITCHES

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AND HUGS

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TONIGHT IS THE BEGINNING OF....CUDDLENACHT!

I am posting on my New Computer!!! Downloading ALL THREE TYPES OF WoW!!!!


Bew..... BUT! I shall play soon

Vytamindi said:

I am posting on my New Computer!!! Downloading ALL THREE TYPES OF WoW!!!!


Bew..... BUT! I shall play soon

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NEW COMPY

RELATIONSHIP EPIC WIN!

Our first picture together!

Y'all are so cute!

I got a job in Tianjin , China! I'm going to be working at an International Korean school. I was kind of worried I wasn't going to get the job. The pay and benefits are fantastic. I was up until 2AM last night waiting for confirmation from the school. Now all I gotta do is prepare my visa documents ( and find an apartment in Tianjin---which will be paid for, but I still need to find it). Tianjin sits relatively near Beijing. You can get to Beijing via high-speed train in about 30 minutes for about $10 USD (first class ticket) which means I'll be spending a few interesting Saturdays roaming the Forbidden City. Tianjin itself is huge....3rd largest urban area after Shanghai and Beijing and it's a port city. Although I love teaching, I'm almost more excited about the photos I'll be able to take (of which, you can be assured I'll likely post here, so bear with me).


Can't wait to go back to China. Been preparing a year and a half, finishing my Linguistics degree to prepare myself for going back. In roughly a month, I will. Weeeee :aaahhh:


EDIT: Heh, guess this board refuses to take Chinese characters. Got a board error everytime I tried to post, until I removed the Chinese. What a racist board you run Ed :slywink:

Espy said:

JCM said:

...almost marrying...

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I hate it when that happens... you get up to the alter and then OOPS! So close!

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Great. The last thing Julio sees is

Visited a friend who I hadn't seen in 2 years yesterday. Much fun was had.

And...I just found out I'm going to be an Aunt!!!!

This is a great thread. Congrats lafftaff and Terrik, and AWWWWWs on V's photo!

While lying in bed a couple of nights ago I had a great idea for a book. Not just a good idea - a GREAT idea. A HOLY SHIT! idea. I'm not ready to say anything too publicly yet, but suffice it to say that I've already begun writing it and will be involving the board soon for ideas. I did a search online and in Amazon and can't find anything like it.

If this works like I plan it might mean book tour, talk shows and living my dream as a professional speaker.

Edrondol said:

While lying in bed a couple of nights ago I had a great idea for a book. Not just a good idea - a GREAT idea. A HOLY SHIT! idea. I'm not ready to say anything too publicly yet, but suffice it to say that I've already begun writing it and will be involving the board soon for ideas. I did a search online and in Amazon and can't find anything like it.

If this works like I plan it might mean book tour, talk shows and living my dream as a professional speaker.

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Can I be your crazed stalker-ish fan?

@lafftaff: Being an aunt is THE BEST THING EVER

@ZenMonkeh: Awww! Thankees!

@BtWB: Once again, your avatar pairs well with your post

Vytamindi said:

@BtWB: Once again, your avatar pairs well with your post

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Perhaps I should just end all my posts in questions that go along with my avatar..


What do you think?

Vytamindi said:

@lafftaff: Being an aunt is THE BEST THING EVER

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Babies scare the hell out me. They're so fragile and I'm so clumsy. So I figure this will be some good practice.

If this works like I plan it might mean book tour, talk shows and living my dream as a professional speaker.

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Oh! Start practicing for the book jacket photo! I say go with a smoking jacket and a pipe.
That's great though. To be activally working towards your dream. Yay!

Just got back from 4 days alone visiting my girlfriend, that was way awesome. Finally picked up fallout 3 and it is so fraking good. and tonight, im going to play trivia with a bunch of friends.

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Babies scare the hell out me. They're so fragile and I'm so clumsy. So I figure this will be some good practice.

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It will be. I knew absolutely nothing about babies until I became an aunt. I've been lucky enough to have an adorable niece, an adorable nephew, and an adorable nephew by eventual marriage, and it's given me the confidence to think I could handle a baby without killing it. Now... raising it not to be a screwed-up individual, that's another story...

My local grocery store is now selling small batch cane sugar root beer with pornographic advertising.

HCGLNS said:

My local grocery store is now selling small batch cane sugar root beer with pornographic advertising.

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Fuck yeah!

I think that deserves pics.

not to toot my own horn or jinx my luck *knock on wood* but im pretty decent at winning contests and such sometimes

about two years ago now, give or take a couple months, i saw Xfire was having a contest for a autographed copies of Pure Pwnage Season 1 on dvd. you had to enter to get into a fan chat with the cast, so that was a random draw. then in the chat, the cast chose 15 people out of like 100 who asked them the best questions, to get the prizes. I won a copy ;p took a while to get here but it is indeed awesome.

about a year and a half ago, i won an ipod nano in a random raffle drawing, 4gb silver, which yea the 4th gen nano is out now but at the time the 3rd gen (which it was) was literally brand new so it is indeed awesome.

last monday i saw a contest over on Evil Avatar's forum, for a random drawing for copies of Defense Grid. so i entered, they drew the prize winners today, and I won ;p I got my steam activation code very quickly, worked fine, had it downloaded within 5-10 minutes and been rocking it all day long, great game (if you love tower defense games, this one is epic).

i've won quite a few random raffles and drawings over the years, the ipod probably being the most valuable thing.

Bratwurst and asparagus on the grill, and my fellow is looking especially cute. I will pounce before the night is over. Mwahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Cajungal said:

Bratwurst and asparagus on the grill, and The Dude is looking especially cute. I will pounce before the night is over. Mwahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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FTFY.

My addition

My daughter who turns three soon just walked up to me, pointed and said "Rebel Scum!"

I couldn't be more proud!

That's awesome, HCGLNS.

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My daughter who turns three soon just walked up to me, pointed and said "Rebel Scum!"

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:lol: :lol: :lol:

That's awesome! Did you teach her that or just watch a lot of Star Wars together?

My thread is back from the grave! People are ready to win epically again.

ZenMonkey said:

That's awesome! Did you teach her that or just watch a lot of Star Wars together?

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She may have heard me use the phrase to describe our cats. :teeth:

HCGLNS said:

ZenMonkey said:

That's awesome! Did you teach her that or just watch a lot of Star Wars together?

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She may have heard me use the phrase to describe our cats. :teeth:

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This story just gets more and more epic.

Also it spurred a conversation between Mr. ZM and me about what kind of geek phrases we'd teach our hypothetical child when he got to the parrot stage. Like we'd teach him to say "As you wish" instead of "yes" and he can curse as long as it's "gorram," "frak," or "ruttin.'" Recognizing we'd be subjecting the child to years of abuse at the hands of classmates, of course.

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My daughter who turns three soon just walked up to me, pointed and said "Rebel Scum!"

I couldn't be more proud!

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That's too funny. :lol:

ZenMonkey said:

Like we'd teach him to say "As you wish" instead of "yes"

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i'm waiting in the class room before class on thursday and the conversation somehow leads to australians and their funny words(waltzing matilda may have been involved). so i say, "as everyone knows australia is entirely populated with criminals, so clearly i can't choose the wine in front of you". the guy i said it to stares at me blankly and someone else, believing i'm being serious, huffs and goes I can't believe you just said that...turns out none of them had ever seen the princess bride. being a wes(t)ley myself this was inconceivable and then to top it all off when i try to convince them to see it one says he never wanted to because he thought it was nothing but a chick flick :tear:


anywho, as for the epic win(seeing as this is the epic win thread) i was walking through a book store yesterday and i saw that a new version of the princess bride book has been released...so i bought it thhp: william goldman has written a brand new intro to the book and its awesome.

-New laptop last week after my four-and-a-half-year-old trusty laptop finally started dieing. Every time I go into work at Gamestopnow, I feel like I just leveled up: "You reach Level 2! You unlock: PC Section!"

-Yesterday was my last day of work after working/going to school (minimum of ten hour days, then plus homework) every day for the past two weeks while a coworker's on vacation. Went with about seven friends I knew, ended up being nine since a friend invited a couple friends along; one of which was a really cute, really awesome girl and we hit it off immediately. She knew about Dr. McNinja!

-In addition to aforementioned girl, really tasty moyashi chashu ramen was had when I hadn't eaten in five hours (half-intentionally, half-not). This was followed by really tasty gyouza, which was then followed by a really happy food-coma upon returning from San Francisco.

-Today was first day off, and slept in and felt awesome. Then I woke up, showered, and sat down to really play drums for the first time in the last two weeks, and got into a ton of really good grooves. Headband came off, dreads were flying everywhere, and it turns out that--if I headbang properly--I can keep time by using my dreads to trigger my crash and/or ride cymbal.

-I was gonna fix myself something quick and easy for dinner, and instead a friend invited me over for dinner. We had applewood-smoked turkey, stuffing, and this weird (but awesome!) dish that was mainly peas, cooked with bacon grease/eggs/bacon on top. My friend and I then proceeded to play Street Fighter for about two hours, wherein it turns out my ability to dodge grabs in fighting games translates over to Street Fighter.

-My friend and I made a pact to start skydiving in April (my birth month) and do one skydive a month until we get our licenses in December (his birth month). I called dibs on our first free jump to shoving him out of a plane, solely so I can say I've shoved my best friend out of a plane.

Enresshou said:

-Yesterday was my last day of work after working/going to school (minimum of ten hour days, then plus homework) every day for the past two weeks while a coworker's on vacation. Went with about seven friends I knew, ended up being nine since a friend invited a couple friends along; one of which was a really cute, really awesome girl and we hit it off immediately. She knew about Dr. McNinja!

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Marry her! Marry her now!

bhamv said:

Enresshou said:

-Yesterday was my last day of work after working/going to school (minimum of ten hour days, then plus homework) every day for the past two weeks while a coworker's on vacation. Went with about seven friends I knew, ended up being nine since a friend invited a couple friends along; one of which was a really cute, really awesome girl and we hit it off immediately. She knew about Dr. McNinja!

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Marry her! Marry her now!

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That was my gut reaction, which was further strengthened by an 'XKCD' moment. After walking out of the restaurant, the rest of the group laughing and talking, I noticed her bouncing along with them and only stepping on certain tiles in the ground.

Me: "Why are you walking like that?"
Her: "Oh, I'm only letting myself step on certain tiles. Didn't you ever play that game?"

The fella

Crawfish dressing-stuffed chicken

video game fun time

large coffee

2 rough chapters completed in about an hour

long walk on campus in the nice cool weather

no responsibilities until tomorrow night at 10 pm

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

At my university, coursework is marked on a scale of 100. A mark in the high-seventies will get you a First, and a mark over 80 is very, very rare indeed. For my first submitted piece this year - a book review done on something written by a chap called George Monbiot - I got a 90, and a request from the module lecturer to use my essay as n example for next year's students.

Hell, yes.

Being married to Mr. ZM means epic win for me every damn day.

:waah: (in a good way)

Enresshou said:

bhamv said:

Enresshou said:

-Yesterday was my last day of work after working/going to school (minimum of ten hour days, then plus homework) every day for the past two weeks while a coworker's on vacation. Went with about seven friends I knew, ended up being nine since a friend invited a couple friends along; one of which was a really cute, really awesome girl and we hit it off immediately. She knew about Dr. McNinja!

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Marry her! Marry her now!

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That was my gut reaction, which was further strengthened by an 'XKCD' moment. After walking out of the restaurant, the rest of the group laughing and talking, I noticed her bouncing along with them and only stepping on certain tiles in the ground.

Me: "Why are you walking like that?"
Her: "Oh, I'm only letting myself step on certain tiles. Didn't you ever play that game?"

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How the hell is this girl still single? She doesn't have a hump does she?

Fuck it. Even if she did...

Edrondol said:

She doesn't have a hump does she? Fuck it.

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It may not be epic, but I invented a new forum game, and it actually seems to be working! Woo!

Also,

Jake said:

Edrondol said:

She doesn't have a hump does she? Fuck it.

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That's all 300 of the active forum users, except JCM, cause he's like, "Yeah.... yeah, I'd hit it..."

-Adam

Subtract one for me too.

Also, referring back to ZM: "As you wish", in what tone of voice? It's so often used I don't really seei t as nerdy...of course, I can't help but hear it in a paladin's voice from WCII

Bubble181 said:

Also, referring back to ZM: "As you wish", in what tone of voice? It's so often used I don't really seei t as nerdy...of course, I can't help but hear it in a paladin's voice from WCII

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The way Wesley says it to Buttercup in The Princess Bride, so yeah, it's nerdy. :geek:

ZenMonkey said:

Bubble181 said:

Also, referring back to ZM: "As you wish", in what tone of voice? It's so often used I don't really seei t as nerdy...of course, I can't help but hear it in a paladin's voice from WCII

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The way Wesley says it to Buttercup in The Princess Bride, so yeah, it's nerdy. :geek:

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"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooou wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssssh...."

CynicismKills said:

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooou wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssssh...."

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LOL...okay, not quite like that every time. Because eventually you'd, you know, strangle the kid.

This carrot is GREAT. It's just sweet enough. I'm glad I bought a big bag of em yesterday.

Cajungal said:

This carrot is GREAT.

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Oh yeah? well... SO'S YOUR FACE!!


Shit, wait no... that's... that's wrong.


Dammit, let me start over :x

Cajungal said:

This carrot is GREAT. It's just sweet enough. I'm glad I bought a big bag of em yesterday.

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Now that is an epic win.

Carrots can be tricky. There are average carrots. Below average carrots. And then there are carrots that are just perfect - the right amount of moisture, crunchiness, sweetness, etc. Not too much of the center part.

They just taste like they're full of vitamins.

And then I start thinking about bunnicula.

And all those poor, white, tasteless veggies he leaves behind...

:waah:

But the image of the cat pounding a USDA grade A steak into bunnicula makes me chuckle.

what?

-Adam

A MOST EPIC WIN!


My band got a house gig and a hot new venue. We play every tuesday from 7-10! This'll skyrocket my band!

YESSSSSS!

It also means I'll be in town more often, and can spend more time with my girlfriend.

Double win?

I think so.

CynicismKills said:

ZenMonkey said:

Bubble181 said:

Also, referring back to ZM: "As you wish", in what tone of voice? It's so often used I don't really seei t as nerdy...of course, I can't help but hear it in a paladin's voice from WCII

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The way Wesley says it to Buttercup in The Princess Bride, so yeah, it's nerdy. :geek:

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"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooou wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssssh...."

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BWAHAHAHAHAAAA!! AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

*wheeze*

AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!

Best post ever!

Cajungal said:

This carrot is GREAT. It's just sweet enough. I'm glad I bought a big bag of em yesterday.

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The carrots we get from our CSA co-op are the greatest. Those Mennonites may have shitty taste in facial hair, but they grow some damned fine organic produce and we get it within a day of harvest.

Jake said:

Cajungal said:

This carrot is GREAT. It's just sweet enough. I'm glad I bought a big bag of em yesterday.

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The carrots we get from our CSA co-op are the greatest. Those Mennonites may have shitty taste in facial hair, but they grow some damned fine organic produce and we get it within a day of harvest.

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Jealooooous of your produce!

I'm also posting another win preemptively as incentive to actually do it.

Baaaack on the workout train today. Woowoooooo! *chuggachuggachugga*

If I don't exercise, I'll shamefully edit my post.

Banana in my pocket, I am glad to see you!

(I was a little hungry just now and noticed a banana sticking out of my jacket pocket. Epic win? Depends on your perspective, I guess)

Jake said:

Banana in my pocket, I am glad to see you!

(I was a little hungry just now and noticed a banana sticking out of my jacket pocket. Epic win? Depends on your perspective, I guess)

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its only a win if you offer it to someone. "i got a banana in my pocket, you want some of it?"

Jake said:

Banana in my pocket, I am glad to see you!

(I was a little hungry just now and noticed a banana sticking out of my jacket pocket. Epic win? Depends on your perspective, I guess)

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:lol: :lol: :lol:
Jake, you're one of my top 5 favorite posters.

Cajungal said:

Jake said:

Banana in my pocket, I am glad to see you!

(I was a little hungry just now and noticed a banana sticking out of my jacket pocket. Epic win? Depends on your perspective, I guess)

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:lol: :lol: :lol:
Jake, you're one of my top 5 favorite posters.

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Just in time for the 5 o'clock whistle... another epic win for Jake!

Bumpty-dumpty ...

Yaaay! School was canceled today. Or, rather, it's opening late, but I still get to miss a class! :teeth:

FINALLY! A professor come through for me, goes way beyond what she needed to do and now im in the class that i've been trying to get into for TWO FUCKING MONTHS! I woke up this morning to an email saying that all i need to do is respond and I'll be added without the prereq.

YAY!

Okay this is pretty stupid but there's this new company or person making merit badges for nerds. Only one so far but they're taking requests on Twitter, and I just saw this:

"@zenmonkey suggested the best Nerd Merit Badge that is or will ever be: "PLAYED EVERY INFOCOM GAME"! What's on the badge?"



(okay, I said it was stupid)

And the Cajungal sojourned to the Walmart wherein she purchased a box of swiss cake rolls. She divided the rolls amongst herself and her small brother, who may or may not have partaken in a particular type of plant. And he did giggle while eating the cake rolls. And she did giggle at him.

Cajungal said:

And the Cajungal sojourned to the Walmart wherein she purchased a box of swiss cake rolls. She divided the rolls amongst herself and her small brother, who may or may not have partaken in a particular type of plant. And he did giggle while eating the cake rolls. And she did giggle at him.

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So it was written, and so it was done.

Gusto said:

Cajungal said:

And the Cajungal sojourned to the Walmart wherein she purchased a box of swiss cake rolls. She divided the rolls amongst herself and her small brother, who may or may not have partaken in a particular type of plant. And he did giggle while eating the cake rolls. And she did giggle at him.

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So it was written, and so it was done.

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om nom nom

Gusto said:

Cajungal said:

And the Cajungal sojourned to the Walmart wherein she purchased a box of swiss cake rolls. She divided the rolls amongst herself and her small brother, who may or may not have partaken in a particular type of plant. And he did giggle while eating the cake rolls. And she did giggle at him.

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So it was written, and so it was done.

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AMEN

My epic win? I have been chilling with the boyfriend all week. And he is thinking of moving to LA!!!!!!!!!

But there are a few sad things that go with that... god damned economy.

Congrats

I just started reading Achewood. It's very funny. And I want to make a dreamsicle cocktail now.

Vytamindi said:

My epic win? I have been chilling with the boyfriend all week. And he is thinking of moving to LA!!!!!!!!!

But there are a few sad things that go with that...

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Like you not being on here nearly as often as you used to be :waah:

Vytamindi said:

My epic win? I have been chilling with the boyfriend all week. And he is thinking of moving to LA!!!!!!!!!

But there are a few sad things that go with that... god damned economy.

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Yeah, lube prices are through the roof...

Emo punching

Ed said I had to brag about this here.

Cajungal said:

Congrats

I just started reading Achewood. It's very funny. And I want to make a dreamsicle cocktail now.

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Yessssss

What delightful nostalgic flavour!

Cajungal said:

Congrats

I just started reading Achewood. It's very funny. And I want to make a dreamsicle cocktail now.

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ABOUT DAMN TIME SILLYFACE

PAYDAY! (but im too miserly to go spend any of it )

Pfft. We don't need lube.

No, but the sad thing that set this wonderfulness in motion is the fact his job position in IN was terminated. He's now looking for work here. WISH ME LUCK!

Oh, and I would be on more if he didn't have to run so many goddamned heroics on MY gaming machine.


...which I just found out doesn't have Microsoft Office on it...ha.

I work at a movie theatre doing various things depending on the day. Sometimes I have to bounce kids out of movies that they try to sneak into and while I really hate doing it most of the time every once in awhile I get a nice opportunity.

Right now we have My Bloody Valentine in 3d and here it's 18A. Yesterday I was pulling tickets and had noticed that three emo guys, probably around 15 years in age, had just handed me three tickets to Bride Wars.

I pull their tickets and, sure enough, they eventually sneak into My Bloddy Valentine. So I get someone to take over for me and head down to the theatre that it's playing in. The movie is still in it's pre-show so it hasn't started yet and is surprisingly busy but I manage to spot them. So I head up there and politely, but as loud as I could with out yelling, say "I think you guys went into the wrong theatre, Bride Wars is in number 10."

They all just stopped and stared for a minute before getting up and running out of the theatre.

My robe is fresh from the dryer.

I just stapled my fingers! Hells yeah! How's that for a win?

Really, I was bored at work, and playing with the stapler. I snapped the thing shut half-mindedly and the staple is sitting nice and deep in my pointer finger as I write this. It didn't hurt going in at all, but the coming out part is gonna suck.

Singularity.EXE said:

I just stapled my fingers! Hells yeah! How's that for a win?

Really, I was bored at work, and playing with the stapler. I snapped the thing shut half-mindedly and the staple is sitting nice and deep in my pointer finger as I write this. It didn't hurt going in at all, but the coming out part is gonna suck.

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Wait...how is this a win...?

Vytamindi said:

Pfft. We don't need lube.

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I find your lack of buttseks... disturbing.

Jake said:

Vytamindi said:

Pfft. We don't need lube.

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I find your lack of buttseks... disturbing.

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Buttsecks?

I love him, he loves me, we're moving in together soon... but STILL NO BUTTSECKS. Gotta give the guy a gold star for trying though! Maybe one day.

Mmmm... daiquiris.

ElJuski said:

Cajungal said:

Congrats

I just started reading Achewood. It's very funny. And I want to make a dreamsicle cocktail now.

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ABOUT DAMN TIME SILLYFACE

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I know. I should listen to you guys more often. I'm gonna start punching more emos, also.

'Nother win for me--had an entire day with my godchild. And during our tea party, while she's pouring, I ask: "What kind of tea is this?" She usually says Earl Gray.

"NO, Aunt Leslie! I have juice today, and you have beer!" ...I love her so damn much.

Also her favorite 'night night' song from me is "Honey Pie" from the White Album--the sweet one, not the noisy one.

(and, as always, Jake, you make-a me laugh)

Yet another win for the Cajun gal! My fellow gave me an early Vday surprise this weekend, and it's so so nice! Damn him and his cooling me off to that stupid holiday.... I can't wait to surprise him next weekend with a special dinner. *^_^*

In a few months, I shall have a super sexy roomie who will sleep in the same bed as me

It hasn't really hit me yet as this will be the first guy I've ever officially lived with. My sister said it was a good thing so I am good to go!

I won a mug that looks like this -->

I won 50 bucks on an arbitrary bet for an arbitrary game of which I did not watch half of. WOOP!

Gusto said:

I won a mug that looks like this -->

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Awesome. It was payday friday. Im going to finally buy me one.

Silvanesti said:

Gusto said:

I won a mug that looks like this -->

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Awesome. It was payday friday. Im going to finally buy me one.

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MUG PARTY UP INS

While he's still a rich son of a bitch, Eric Bauman gets what's coming to him: http://blog.ebaum.tv/

Read the post titled "How it all went down," and keep going until you see the CEO of the parent company driving off in the eBaum-mobile.

Enresshou said:

While he's still a rich son of a bitch, Eric Bauman gets what's coming to him: http://blog.ebaum.tv/

Read the post titled "How it all went down," and keep going until you see the CEO of the parent company driving off in the eBaum-mobile.

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hehe, oh schadenfreude.... its so tasty.

I'm getting a sketch of my favorite City of Heroes toon (and only 50) for Valentine's Day, from this guy:

http://chenzan.deviantart.com/

He's a friend of Mr. ZM's and has done cards for the WoW TCG. And yeah this is a bit of a plug for him but also I just love his art and can't wait to see RooGirl immortalized!

Silvanesti said:

Enresshou said:

While he's still a rich son of a bitch, Eric Bauman gets what's coming to him: http://blog.ebaum.tv/

Read the post titled "How it all went down," and keep going until you see the CEO of the parent company driving off in the eBaum-mobile.

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hehe, oh schadenfreude.... its so tasty.

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Can someone please provide a synopsis? I tried going to that link, but it made my browser cry and then crash.

General Specific said:

Silvanesti said:

Enresshou said:

While he's still a rich son of a bitch, Eric Bauman gets what's coming to him: http://blog.ebaum.tv/

Read the post titled "How it all went down," and keep going until you see the CEO of the parent company driving off in the eBaum-mobile.

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hehe, oh schadenfreude.... its so tasty.

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Can someone please provide a synopsis? I tried going to that link, but it made my browser cry and then crash.

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Bauman lost ebaumsworld and is out on the streets, or something to that effect.

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Bauman lost ebaumsworld and is out on the streets, or something to that effect.

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So, someone came along, stole all his stuff and is now using it for themselves?

Well, isn't that a nice slice of poetic justice? :lol:

Tinwhistler said:

Today, I did something that 3 other programmers in our department said couldn't be done easily.

Long story short: We are doing OCR forms recognition. We use templates to OCR forms in bulk. The existing in-house app for template generation is clunky and takes a technically trained person to understand and use. It requires typing in lots of text and numbers, and takes the lead developer and primary user about 17 minutes to make a template. The developers have sworn that they've made it as simple as possible.

I've had the working source code since Friday--after a huge "I'm not giving up the source, it's my project" penis-waving contest. I grabbed the guts of their C# code, threw a nice simple VB interface on it, hid all of the non-essential stuff, and auto-generated all of the typing and numbers via context algorithms. Now the end user has a shiny point-and-click interface with heuristic aids to generate a template. You select a data point, you click on the on-screen picture of the scanned document, and the software helpfully boxes the entire word it thinks you're selecting and asks if that's what you meant, and tells you what it thinks the word is via OCR.

Now, it takes less than 2 minutes for an untrained person to make a template, and anyone can sit down, understand the app, and start using it right away (I tested on the guy in the office next door who has no relation to the project). I look forward to Monday when I show off my prototype and I shove it in the other developers faces, since they've given me such political crap about it over the last couple of weeks. Now I need an emoticon where a guys is rubbing his hands malevolently while lighting strikes in the background.

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Update on epic win:
The guys that have been working on the project have been fired. I'm now totally in charge this entire project. I just showed my latest prototype to the president & ceo in an upper management meeting, and he said that I was doing an awesome job and that i didn't need to worry about job security because he can see how this project will just expand to cover most of their business over the next few years. heh.

ATTENTION WHORE!!! :explode:

I'm getting the fuck out of SoCal on March 6th.

CynicismKills said:

I'm getting the fuck out of SoCal on March 6th.

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YAY! Where are you going? I am so happy for you!

Vytamindi said:

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I'm getting the fuck out of SoCal on March 6th.

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YAY! Where are you going? I am so happy for you!

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Atlanta, moving in with a friend. It's going to be rough since I'll be jobless at first, but I'll have a good chunk of cash put away by then. I need to make a change and try starting over somewhere, and this seemed a great opportunity to do so.

CynicismKills said:

Vytamindi said:

CynicismKills said:

I'm getting the fuck out of SoCal on March 6th.

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YAY! Where are you going? I am so happy for you!

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Atlanta, moving in with a friend. It's going to be rough since I'll be jobless at first, but I'll have a good chunk of cash put away by then. I need to make a change and try starting over somewhere, and this seemed a great opportunity to do so.

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The boyfriend got laid off and he's moving here. Have you ever thought about subbing for teachers? In my parish you sign up, attend a workshop, and are good to go ASAP. You get paid according to your highest degree.

He's doing that for work when he gets here. It's the worst job in the world if you look like a 19 year old (which is why it was hard for me. No respect), but you can pull in at least $300 a week. Pretty sweet for over glorified babysitting.

Just a suggestion that doesn't involve the food service industry. :teeth:

School districts are up top on my list of places to check out. Get myself in the sub listing out there, even for on-teacher work. I'm not being picky though, I'll clean bathrooms in a gas station 12 hours a day if it makes enough to pay the rent.

Hee. My belly has started to jiggle with every kick and sometimes I see bumps.

SO WEIRD.

LittleSin said:

Hee. My belly has started to jiggle with every kick and sometimes I see bumps.

SO WEIRD.

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Just remember, if they poke you, you poke 'em right back. Start that discipline early!

Nixter said:

LittleSin said:

Hee. My belly has started to jiggle with every kick and sometimes I see bumps.

SO WEIRD.

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Just remember, if they poke you, you poke 'em right back. Start that discipline early!

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"Oh, so you wanna fight, eh??"

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LittleSin said:

Hee. My belly has started to jiggle with every kick and sometimes I see bumps.

SO WEIRD.

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Just remember, if they poke you, you poke 'em right back. Start that discipline early!

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Just remember: this doesn't work when they're actually crawling out. Pushing them back in isn't the correct response. :-P

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LittleSin said:

Hee. My belly has started to jiggle with every kick and sometimes I see bumps.

SO WEIRD.

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Just remember, if they poke you, you poke 'em right back. Start that discipline early!

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Lol! I would, 'cept the little one seems to be an acrobat...if I get kicked to my left and start poking ther he suddenly to the right or at the top.

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Lol! I would, 'cept the little one seems to be an acrobat...if I get kicked to my left and start poking ther he suddenly to the right or at the top.

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Are you playing whack-a-mole with your fetus?

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LittleSin said:

Lol! I would, 'cept the little one seems to be an acrobat...if I get kicked to my left and start poking ther he suddenly to the right or at the top.

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Are you playing whack-a-mole with your fetus?

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LittleSin said:

Lol! I would, 'cept the little one seems to be an acrobat...if I get kicked to my left and start poking ther he suddenly to the right or at the top.

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Are you playing whack-a-mole with your fetus?

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THAT'S a perk they never tell you about.

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Hee. My belly has started to jiggle with every kick and sometimes I see bumps.

SO WEIRD.

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Wait until you can actually make out what the bumps are. My husband used to try to "catch" my son's foot when he'd see it.

Birngs back memories - our first child (sex unknown at the time) was named Lurch at a very early age by my wife.

Burger King has slider burgers.

This is the best I can do till I get to GA and can kill myself on Crystal's, so I'm enjoying every artery-clogging second of this lunch.

Just saw the sketch for my City of Heroes character commission and WOW. RooGirl looks so great! Can't wait to see the final result.

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I'm moving to GA in a month or so. Finally getting the fuck out of Southern CA.

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What's so bad about southern California? I have my beefs with the place, but gf thinks it's bloody Mecca and thinks that we will live there someday. Do tell, so, I can show her.

I just successfully embedded my first video! ^_^

drawn_inward said:

CynicismKills said:

I'm moving to GA in a month or so. Finally getting the fuck out of Southern CA.

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What's so bad about southern California? I have my beefs with the place, but gf thinks it's bloody Mecca and thinks that we will live there someday. Do tell, so, I can show her.

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Well first off, it's just too damned expensive. I've also noticed people who weren't born and raised here seem to think it's some kind of promised land, and I can assure you it is not. The weather is non-existant. It's pretty much 80+ all the time, depending on whereabouts you are in SoCal. Here in Murrieta the summer gets well into 105-110, and it's a very dry heat (think AZ). Unless you live in or close to one of the larger cities, it can be hard to find things to do, especially for younger kids (should family be in the cards). Traffic on the main freeways (5, 15, 8, and the 91) is a nightmare like you've never experienced.

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Well first off, it's just too damned expensive. I've also noticed people who weren't born and raised here seem to think it's some kind of promised land, and I can assure you it is not. The weather is non-existant. It's pretty much 80+ all the time, depending on whereabouts you are in SoCal. Here in Murrieta the summer gets well into 105-110, and it's a very dry heat (think AZ). Unless you live in or close to one of the larger cities, it can be hard to find things to do, especially for younger kids (should family be in the cards). Traffic on the main freeways (5, 15, 8, and the 91) is a nightmare like you've never experienced.

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To be fair, it isn't 24-hour traffic everywhere on the 5.

Allen said:

CynicismKills said:

Well first off, it's just too damned expensive. I've also noticed people who weren't born and raised here seem to think it's some kind of promised land, and I can assure you it is not. The weather is non-existant. It's pretty much 80+ all the time, depending on whereabouts you are in SoCal. Here in Murrieta the summer gets well into 105-110, and it's a very dry heat (think AZ). Unless you live in or close to one of the larger cities, it can be hard to find things to do, especially for younger kids (should family be in the cards). Traffic on the main freeways (5, 15, 8, and the 91) is a nightmare like you've never experienced.

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True. Honestly the 91 is the only awful one. The other three clear up around 6-7pm depending on the day.

GOD! The Else is SO good!

We're the Mesopotaaaaaamiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaans!

Today I received in the mail the following:

- The Halforum Mug I won from the Superbowl Pool; and
- My purchased copy of Paddy Gone Wild, Tinwhistler's CD.



Time to make some coffee and fire up the stereo.

Frakkin' awesome!

My aunt got back the results of the biopsy from her double mastectomy. The cancer hadn't spread beyond the outer edges of the removed tissue and only two of her 6 removed lymp nodes had signs of infection, which is good. They figure 9 months of chemotherapy with no radiation will be enough to clean up any possible leftovers. Yay Aunt Jo! :aaahhh:

Nice and quiet shift today at work, and even better no supervisor to laden me with retarded assignments! YAY!

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Well first off, it's just too damned expensive. I've also noticed people who weren't born and raised here seem to think it's some kind of promised land, and I can assure you it is not. The weather is non-existant. It's pretty much 80+ all the time, depending on whereabouts you are in SoCal. Here in Murrieta the summer gets well into 105-110, and it's a very dry heat (think AZ). Unless you live in or close to one of the larger cities, it can be hard to find things to do, especially for younger kids (should family be in the cards). Traffic on the main freeways (5, 15, 8, and the 91) is a nightmare like you've never experienced.

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I thought you were talking about Atlanta, till I got to the "dry heat" part. Everything else (except for interstate numbers) is the same. Oh, and switch an "a" for the "u" in Murrieta.

drawn_inward said:

CynicismKills said:

I'm moving to GA in a month or so. Finally getting the fuck out of Southern CA.

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What's so bad about southern California? I have my beefs with the place, but gf thinks it's bloody Mecca and thinks that we will live there someday. Do tell, so, I can show her.

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I will kind of echo what CynicismKills wrote. It is very expensive compared to other places in the US. Traffic is a nightmare during rush hour and when there are special events. We live off of I-805 just north of the Mexico border. Traffic here is almost constant even at night. When it rains, people don't know how to drive. The seasons consist of warm, cloudy, hot & dry, and fire. When we say dry, the humidity gets down to single digit levels sometimes. Where we are, there is plenty for little kids to do. But unless we want to travel an hour, there isn't much for my husband and I to do besides go to museums (expensive) or go to a shopping center. The housing market completely tanked here. I think I remember hearing on the news that my area has the worst foreclosure rate in our county. Great for buyers? Not when they are still charging an incredible amount of money for a home with no property that goes with it (much of the properties around here are townhomes and developed communities, so you own your unit and not the land). The homes in our area are sandwiched together and barely have yards. We probably will be getting IOUs from the state for our tax rebates because Sacramento has no money to pay them. They're talking about putting major rationing on water in our county later this year by allotting people a certain amount a month and charging heavy fines for going over that amount.

Now I don't know why I keep saying that I want to stay here.

She said yes

Wooooo! Grats Tinny!

I assume we'll all get invited to your bachelor party. :moon:

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She said yes

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... Yup, I'd call that pretty epic. Nice one, Tin.

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She said yes

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HOORAY!

FUCK YEAH TINWHISTLER

*starts Irish dancing in celebration of TW and his bride-to-be*

So happy for you, man! Congratulations!

Tinwhistler said:

She said yes

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Dammit, man! You were free! You were living the dream! Whyyyyyyy...... :waah:

Jake said:

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She said yes

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Dammit, man! You were free! You were living the dream! Whyyyyyyy...... :waah:

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lol, if you wanted some, Jake, you shoulda spoke up sooner.


but you know..i'm not married yet...

Wooo, congrats Tin

Tinwhistler said:

She said yes

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Awesome! Congrats! I'll fire up your CD in her honour when I'm back at my place


Gusto: you're late to the party. I had both last month. Pussy. :humph:

Bubble181 said:

Tinwhistler said:

She said yes

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Awesome! Congrats! I'll fire up your CD in her honour when I'm back at my place


Gusto: you're late to the party. I had both last month. Pussy. :humph:

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Whatevs, dude. I won that mug, and they both arrived on the same day. Jackpot.

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Jake said:

Tinwhistler said:

She said yes

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Dammit, man! You were free! You were living the dream! Whyyyyyyy...... :waah:

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lol, if you wanted some, Jake, you shoulda spoke up sooner.


but you know..i'm not married yet...

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Hey, I can only drop so many hints before I start to think you're not interested. :humph:

I took my wife to see the Chieftans (the Celtic group) last night and they were awesome! I got good seats as well, something she'd never buy for herself. Great night of music and dancing!

Excellent Destructoid interview with the main guy on Scratch: The Ultimate DJ! Dan is the nicest guy and really smart and talented; Mr. ZM calls him "the heart and soul of the game." Very excited for everyone!

And what the heck, here's another one.

Here's my first and so far only 50 in City of Heroes, RooGirl. Never found another character I loved playing like her. I don't RP her, but her backstory is she is an Australian aborigine who was sideswiped by a spell meant for another, which merged her spirit with that of a kangaroo. So she's got the jumping and fighting abilities (MA/regen) and the only other physical manifestation is her tail (which you have to imagine is that of a kangaroo). In other words, she's not a furry, just a regular-looking young woman who kicks ass. This explains her relatively uninteresting outfit.



This is my Valentine's Day present from my husband, a commission by an artist who used to work at his company. A really nice young guy who's done cards for the WoW TCG among other things. I just love her! And Roo always does wear that heart T-shirt, not just for Valentine's. (We don't share a fashion sense.)



Here's his deviantART page, if you'll pardon the plug. He is having trouble finding work these days and I believe he's still taking commissions. Even if you're not in the market, check out his work (including a higher-res version of that painting)! Tell him RooGirl sent you, if you are in the market.

Oooh, that's snazzy, ZM.

My, that is nice. Makes me wonder which of my CoH characters would benefit from a similar treatment. Nathan's the only one I can think of with the requisite elegant simplicity to his design - maybe the Red Doctor costume-wise, but being a Bots/Traps Mastermind makes him kind of... busy.

Thanks guys! Yeah, it's funny, I thought her costume being on the plain side would be a downside, initially. But the cool thing about it was that I didn't have to describe anything to the artist (except her tail, which I really wanted to have more of a kangaroo look to it), since it's pretty self-evident with a few more screenshots for reference. So the painting is entirely his artistic interpretation, but still perfectly captures what I think of as her "personality," if she can be said to have one.

Nice!

I still like the way my character looked, but not enough to continue playing.

There are pre-k children throwing us beads on campus. My state is so much cooler than your states.

Cajungal said:

There are pre-k children throwing us beads on campus. My state is so much cooler than your states.

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Hahaha what.

Cajungal said:

There are pre-k children throwing us beads on campus. My state is so much cooler than your states.

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"Show us those milk jugs, we're thirsty!"

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Cajungal said:

There are pre-k children throwing us beads on campus. My state is so much cooler than your states.

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"Show us those milk jugs, we're thirsty!"

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Pre-K?!..... are you that kid who breast-fed til 12?....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CIUkmERKA40wb53hk][/youtube0wb53hk]

Cajungal said:

CynicismKills said:

Cajungal said:

There are pre-k children throwing us beads on campus. My state is so much cooler than your states.

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"Show us those milk jugs, we're thirsty!"

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Pre-K?!..... are you that kid who breast-fed til 12?....

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I'm not, but those little backwater kids might be. :blargh:

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Cajungal said:

CynicismKills said:

Cajungal said:

There are pre-k children throwing us beads on campus. My state is so much cooler than your states.

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"Show us those milk jugs, we're thirsty!"

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Pre-K?!..... are you that kid who breast-fed til 12?....

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I'm not, but those little backwater kids might be. :blargh:

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Dude, ouch. :waah: *plays banjo to comfort herself*

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Dude, ouch. :waah: *plays banjo to comfort herself*

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Aww, don't worry. I'll throw you beads if given the proper motivation....

Cajungal said:

Dude, ouch. :waah: *plays banjo to comfort herself*

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WAIT I CAN FIX IT

/beads

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Cajungal said:

Dude, ouch. :waah: *plays banjo to comfort herself*

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WAIT I CAN FIX IT

/beads

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Too late! I'm leaving, and I'm taking the kids.

The kids, fine. Their source of food, on the other hand....

Bubble181 said:

The kids, fine. Their source of food, on the other hand....

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Edit: JINX! Gusto, buy me a Coke! You totally owe me a Coke in July.

Ohh poo :-P

Also.... man, I can always count on Arlo and Janis to make me laugh when I've woken up from an awful dream.

Thank you, big sister, for turnin me on to Mason Jennings.

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^_^ Alright! Alright!

Spent the day doing good old innovation, rather than the dull drudgery of reports-reports-reports.

I miss doing that sort of coding.

Fan-freaking-tastic Mardi Gras Ball!

I wore my pretty dress, and I drank a half a bottle of Shiraz (new record for ol' Leslie... hardcore, I know :eyeroll: ), I danced and danced and danced, got to see the fellow in a tux (rowr) and got to eat post-drunk pancakes also in a pretty dress. All in all a perfect night.

Next up---PARADES! O jas.

Epic craziness: just found out that one of our very nice forumites used to work with my mother! My mind is kinda blown, but not in a bad way.

ZenMonkey said:

Epic craziness: just found out that one of our very nice forumites used to work with my mother! My mind is kinda blown, but not in a bad way.

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Ooh! Who is it? Can you say?

ZenMonkey said:

Epic craziness: just found out that one of our very nice forumites used to work with my mother! My mind is kinda blown, but not in a bad way.

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I had a moment like that a few days ago, where I suspected one of my RL friends of being a forumite. We were talking about something, and I guess I got a little enthusiastic or loud, and he said "Bring down the gusto a bit."

I was like "WHO ARE YOU HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT NAME".

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Not to be a tease but probably better if I don't, just to keep privacy as intact as possible. Suffice it to say there's nothing juicy to this story other than it being a major "small world" kind of moment.

ZenMonkey said:

Epic craziness: just found out that one of our very nice forumites used to work with my mother! My mind is kinda blown, but not in a bad way.

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Ooh, ooh, was it me? I only ask because I've worked quite a few of your mothers and...

*Rereads OP*

Oh, worked with your mother. Well, never mind then

This morning I pulled on a pair of 32 waist trousers, which I have not been able to wear for a couple years.

They fit, no problems at all.

I've dropped over 25 pounds / 1.5 stone since September simply by cutting back on how much I eat and drink.

I just received an email from the Director of Admissions at the college I got my Masters & MBA. The email reads:

Hope all is well? While you may or may not be interested in an employment opportunity, I was always impressed with you during the MAM program and thought this Q&A position may be a way to get you on board.

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One of my dreams is to be a teacher and this is a foot-in-the-door scenario.

How exciting Dave! I hope this is the beginning of things turning around for you.

WildSoul said:

How exciting Dave! I hope this is the beginning of things turning around for you.

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It's quite a substantial raise, the job is not being posted and he contacted me directly! :aaahhh:

I almost didn't post it here out of respect for another forumite, but I had to tell someone!

Edrondol said:

WildSoul said:

How exciting Dave! I hope this is the beginning of things turning around for you.

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It's quite a substantial raise, the job is not being posted and he contacted me directly! :aaahhh:

I almost didn't post it here out of respect for another forumite, but I had to tell someone!

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High five man!

Denbrought said:

Edrondol said:

WildSoul said:

How exciting Dave! I hope this is the beginning of things turning around for you.

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It's quite a substantial raise, the job is not being posted and he contacted me directly! :aaahhh:

I almost didn't post it here out of respect for another forumite, but I had to tell someone!

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High five man!

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At the very least. Way to go Mr. Nihsen!

Go Go Nihsen Go!
You seem to be on a roll the past few days, which you absolutely deserve after the few weeks before that. Keep it up! Whoo yeah!
Go play powerball. If you win, it was my idea so I get 10%, right? :-P

A lady I work with just gave me a full unopened carton of Mage Knights booster packs. w00t!

She's got more! :aaahhh:

Scarlet Varlet said:

A lady I work with just gave me a full unopened carton of Mage Knights booster packs. w00t!

She's got more! :aaahhh:

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Are you sure she's not trying to lead you into her van?

ElJuski said:

Scarlet Varlet said:

A lady I work with just gave me a full unopened carton of Mage Knights booster packs. w00t!

She's got more! :aaahhh:

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Are you sure she's not trying to lead you into her van?

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Nope. She has a Prius. Nice car, but she has recently realised not near as nice as my Rabbit. Dunno why she got it knowing how spiff the Rabbit (Golf) is. :eyeroll:

So these Mage Knights are 4 to a booster and I have 48 boosters in the carton, so that's 192 figures I have. They were made by WizKids (they who ceased to exist.) I have the game manual and stuff, so I'm all set for total all-out warfare in the living room when I get home.

My father-in-law came through his cancer operation and prostatectomy with flying colors. Was only in the hospital one night and won't need radiation or anything. He's 85 years old and this is his third time beating cancer -- one tough motherfucker and a sweet, sweet guy, just like his son.

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Was only in the hospital one night and won't need radiation or anything. He's 85 years old and this is his third time beating cancer

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Holy shit. Impressive.

ZenMonkey said:

My father-in-law came through his cancer operation and prostatectomy with flying colors. Was only in the hospital one night and won't need radiation or anything. He's 85 years old and this is his third time beating cancer -- one tough motherfucker and a sweet, sweet guy, just like his son.

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Now THERE's a warrior. Much kudos to the primate in law. That is indeed EPIC.

ZenMonkey said:

My father-in-law came through his cancer operation and prostatectomy with flying colors. Was only in the hospital one night and won't need radiation or anything. He's 85 years old and this is his third time beating cancer -- one tough motherfucker and a sweet, sweet guy, just like his son.

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He should be giving Lance Armstrong advice!

Thanks guys. He is definitely a warrior.

And extra $70+ in my pay! Was there some massive new tax cut I didn't know about? Seems too soon for that bill Obama signed. I should probably keep quiet about it. Money attracts problems.

Scarlet Varlet said:

Money attracts problems.

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My sweet & sour, spicy carrot pickles are the hit of than land.

What to pickle next...?

Made a lot of progress in packing up my room, and my last week of work ends this coming Thursday. Outlook for move is very positive, and I'm confident this was the right choice as opposed to sticking around this town.

Both finals done and turned in. Got a good feeling about my psychology case study. Now I have the next week off. I've got plans to try a couple of new recipes and just chill. We're taking a mini-vacation starting Thursday night. My mom will be here to watch the kiddo while we're away. Oh yeah.

I got cast member of the month today(I work at a movie theatre). No real benefit from it but it's nice to know they recognize my work, especially since it gets voted on by all of the team leaders(sort of employee supervisors) as well as all the managers.

I also have a date on Monday or Tuesday, not sure which yet. Not entirely sure what it is we're gonna do yet but we'll figure something out eventually. We we're going to go see Watchmen together but she is going to Ontario on Wednesday.

And I may have found a place to rent that actually allows cats, is in downtown Victoria and not a crappy suburb way out of the way and is only a ten minute walk from work as opposed to a 15 minute drive.

I the professor for my research writing class gave me a huge compliment in some feedback for one of my last assignments in the class. It made me choke up when I read it.

We were asked what advice we'd give to students just coming into the class. My response was that I would tell new students to choose their topic wisely. I explained how after a few weeks of researching physician-assisted suicide I started to find it depressing. I had a personal connection to the subject in a way because of the history of illness and such in my immediate family. If I had been able to do it all over I would have picked a different topic.
My professor's reply was that he wants to use my advice for his upcoming classes. He also said it was obvious from how the subject effected me that I took my project seriously - like a real writer.

OMG, I was floored. Retelling the story is making my eyes well up with tears. I don't think I have ever had a teacher, in any capacity, tell me something like this. Wow.

$11 on me lotto ticket and a silver 25 cents in me change. Puts a grin above me chin this rainy day

Grats WS! It's always nice to get unexpected validation like that from a professor.

This isn't exactly epic, but Ze Frank retweeted my stupid joke today and it's put a smile on my face as I've been a big fan since before "The Show."

I just had a two-hour bus trip, with two gals sitting on my lap making out with each other/me.... with of course, a bunch of poor brazilian saps behind me wondering whatever is it that they did wrong in life, that they are not in my shoes that instant.

I love being me.

JCM said:

I just had a two-hour bus trip, with two gals sitting on my lap making out with each other/me.... with of course, a bunch of poor brazilian saps behind me wondering whatever is it that they did wrong in life, that they are not in my shoes that instant.

I love being me.

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I hope all your oral hygenes are good!

Silver Jelly said:

JCM said:

I just had a two-hour bus trip, with two gals sitting on my lap making out with each other/me.... with of course, a bunch of poor brazilian saps behind me wondering whatever is it that they did wrong in life, that they are not in my shoes that instant.

I love being me.

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I hope all your oral hygenes are good!

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I always bring a small bag with toothpaste, toothbrush, mouthwash, condoms and a DS.

JCM said:

Silver Jelly said:

JCM said:

I just had a two-hour bus trip, with two gals sitting on my lap making out with each other/me.... with of course, a bunch of poor brazilian saps behind me wondering whatever is it that they did wrong in life, that they are not in my shoes that instant.

I love being me.

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I hope all your oral hygenes are good!

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I always bring a small bag with toothpaste, toothbrush, mouthwash, condoms and a DS.

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Woah. Always ready!

I've been recently tied up with creating a search tool with a tie to plotting results on Google maps. The API for Google maps isn't too bad, but coding javascript again, ick. Still, the results have impressed. :falldown:

Sanjay Gupta is more interested in raking in the big bucks from Big Pharma than being Surgeon General of the U.S.

EPIC FUCKING WIN. Go back to CNN, you quack asshole.

Few things make me happier than the unofficial beginning of spring.

I found my video card driver disc!

I've reinstalled everything and can now watch TV on my video card (and record it to HDD)!

Jeopardy is on!

My brain, it is melting! Melting!!

My name looks supercool in green.

... *glee*

Yay!

My mother just emailed me saying that her friend Naomi, the Captain of the Xanadu Krewe, wants me to sing the National Anthem at next year's ball! This is the perfect way to practice performing again, because everyone there's so drunk they'll applaud no matter what.

Gotta start practicing! Do, re, mi......

Wow, grats Cajun! :falldown:

Thanks! I've been practicing for a long time, because I'd like to try and do some community theatre once I'm settled someplace (I kind of live between two places right now :\). This is a great opportunity to get used to it again.

Jose can you see....?

BEHOLD! LO! Though for years he had been but a petty cubical rat! Now enter Edrondol's OFFICE!!

Sweet!

I have a job now. And after a little research, my pay is actually in the upper quartile of the industry, meaning higher than 75% of my peers. And it was higher than the salary I asked for. Woooo.

Of course, he said that my English is terribly informal and I should learn to use formal Business English. But that's a minor detail.

I have fig newtons.

I have 1 lb of Cajun Spice Almonds

Scarlet Varlet said:

I have 1 lb of Cajun Spice Almonds

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http://gothamist.com/2009/04/03/pistach ... linked.php

Edrondol said:

BEHOLD! LO! Though for years he had been but a petty cubical rat! Now enter Edrondol's OFFICE!!

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That desk looks poorly suited to discrete secretarial hummers. My condolences.

Jake said:

Edrondol said:

BEHOLD! LO! Though for years he had been but a petty cubical rat! Now enter Edrondol's OFFICE!!

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That desk looks poorly suited to discrete secretarial hummers. My condolences.

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That is, until he gets a TABLECLOTH!


/highfive

Yay new love! Or ... prospective new love/new like.

My good old pal from Lafayette suffered a nasty breakup with a trashy, clingy, gold digger who was more interested in having a ring to show off than having someone who treated her well.

Well guess what! My buddy met this great girl recently, and I just got a call saying their 3rd (or was it 4th...) "date-thing" went great! She kissed him. ^_^ Hooray for my old pal! He deserves nothing less... what a prince of a fellow. That put me in an even better mood!

Bit late, but Cajun: whoo! Sing!

Do, a deer, afemale deer
Re, a gentle drop of sun
Mi, the name I call myself
Fa, a long long way to gooooo
Sol, a neelde pulling thread
La, Err I don't remember wha,
Ti, a drink for you and me
and that brings us back to do do do do


Oh, and hurray for the buddy, too.

I like that song, but I am confused.

NEVERMIND!! No I'm not! I just remembered the news I posted here...... Thanks, Bubs!

Haha what.

Sorry ladies, Bumble is spoken for now.

:slywink:

also, sorry fellas, Bumble's spoken for now.

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Sorry ladies, Bumble is spoken for now.

:slywink:

also, sorry fellas, Bumble's spoken for now.

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goddamnit.

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Sorry ladies, Bumble is spoken for now.

:slywink:

also, sorry fellas, Bumble's spoken for now.

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Damn you. Now I don't think you should be artist of April anymore.

And BAM, done. Hah!

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Sorry ladies, Bumble is spoken for now.

:slywink:

also, sorry fellas, Bumble's spoken for now.

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Way to go, Bumble. ^_^ You should draw her for us.

Cajungal said:

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Sorry ladies, Bumble is spoken for now.

:slywink:

also, sorry fellas, Bumble's spoken for now.

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Way to go, Bumble. ^_^ You should draw her for us.

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...because giving your girlfriend 10 creepy internet stalkers, some male and some female, is a sure way of reinforcing her personal insecurities and drive her closer to someone to depend on.


That is, go, draw! We want to see! :-P

Bubble181 said:

Cajungal said:

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:

Sorry ladies, Bumble is spoken for now.

:slywink:

also, sorry fellas, Bumble's spoken for now.

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Way to go, Bumble. ^_^ You should draw her for us.

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...because giving your girlfriend 10 creepy internet stalkers, some male and some female, is a sure way of reinforcing her personal insecurities and drive her closer to someone to depend on.


That is, go, draw! We want to see! :-P

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Oy! How could anyone possibly stalk someone based on a sketch?! ... unless Bumble is a fool and writes her name, address, and SSN on the bottom corner. Don't do that, Bumble.

Easy.
1) Give sketch to Shego
2) Tell her to go wild
3) ...
4) Profit!


...wut?

:shock: Ok, so it's already been established that Shego is a dangerous gal, but does she also have Batman-like detective abilities??? Or is she some type of mythical, omnipotent person posing as a lady with a neat computer?

She's a mythical, near-omnipotent lady with a neat computer. Those are the worst :-P

Besides, I have Bumble's rough location from the Halforum Google maps chart from a while back. With a good sketch, we could conceivably start marking down possibilities. Give a few more details (say "we met at the art academy" or whatever) to narrow it down further and you'd be amazed how fast you can single down to a very limited set of people.

It concerns me how much thought you're putting into this.... never mind, bumble.

I'm innocent! I'm not Shego!


You know how the side of Good always needs one who's capable of thinking like the Other side, right? :-P

Bubble181 said:

I'm innocent! I'm not Shego!


You know how the side of Good always needs one who's capable of thinking like the Other side, right? :-P

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How do I know you're a good owl (like Archimedes from Two Sword in the Stone)? You could be one of those evil owls from Rock-a-Doodle.

.....I'm watching you.

...dammit, I'd switch to a snow owl à la Hedwig to really convince you I'm a goodie, but I can't because we're close to epic t-shirt-avatar-cropping-time :humph:

Iiiiiiii never trusted Hedwig. Cheeky little bastard...

[spoiler:1of4bn1j]She died so that Harry could be free! She's, like, his personal Jesus! :-P[/spoiler:1of4bn1j]

Dang it.... never actually read the books.

Whoops, sorry. Thanks for adding the spoiler tags, I usually try to be careful with those >_< :blargh: