[Tsundoku]

Macros, on 24 July 2015 - 08:13 AM, said:

Our first colony, for the emperor!!

Death to the False Emperor!

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

I had a dream last night that I was inspecting post-hurricane Katrina wreckage with Marlo from The Wire, looking for business opportunities. Only, he had a Russian accent and kept taking vodka breaks, and he criticized me for always carrying my baby monitor because the cops were going to bug it. One of the more interesting dreams I had in a while.

[Illuyankas]

I didn't know The Wire had an italian plumber turned mafiosa, though running shrooms for the people would explain a lo- oh MarLo, my bad

[Andorion]

Tsundoku, on 24 July 2015 - 09:09 AM, said:

Macros, on 24 July 2015 - 08:13 AM, said:

Our first colony, for the emperor!!

Death to the False Emperor!

You do realise that when our civilisation declines and ultimately falls away this colony wil go its own way, forget us, and probably descend into an exploitative hyper-capitalism that risks being destroyed by a wronged genius and an elder god?

[Tsundoku]

Andorion, on 25 July 2015 - 02:06 AM, said:

Tsundoku, on 24 July 2015 - 09:09 AM, said:

Macros, on 24 July 2015 - 08:13 AM, said:

Our first colony, for the emperor!!

Death to the False Emperor!

You do realise that when our civilisation declines and ultimately falls away this colony wil go its own way, forget us, and probably descend into an exploitative hyper-capitalism that risks being destroyed by a wronged genius and an elder god?

Whoa.

Normally I'm not fussed about poetry, but this is rather clever:

http://www.news.com....p-1227457186251

How Brooklyn girl Chanie Gorkin’s poem became a global sensation
2 HOURS AGO JULY 26, 2015 8:07AM

A HASIDIC girl from Brooklyn, New York, wrote a clever poem that spread like wildfire online and became a hit after it was posted on a wall in London.
Chanie Gorkin, in eleventh grade at the all-girls Lubavitch high school Beth Rivkah in Crown Heights, jotted down the lines for a class assignment last year and then published it on PoetryNation.com.
What happened next is remarkable.

Zachery Stephenson, the events manager at the Nambucca bar on Holloway Road in North London had tacked the poem on a wall, after his cousin in New York had forwarded it in response to a negative Facebook post, US ABC News reports.
There it was seen by Ronnie Joice, who was feeling a “bit worn out” after a day of meetings about a prospective job.
The poem, which at first appears to be a bleak outlook on a bad day, contains a surprise. The ending instructs the reader to go back and re-read from the bottom to the top, which completely reverses its meaning.

Mr Joice was so taken with the clever poem, he photographed and posted it to Twitter, which resulted in thousands of shares on social media.
The uplifting poem — ironically titled “Worst Day Ever?” — has since been translated into multiple languages, including Hebrew, Chinese and Russian. Her father, Baruch Gorkin, posted some of the translations to his Facebook page.
Chanie’s brother, Shimon Gorkin, proudly posted: “That’s my sister!”

Chanie’s mother, Dena Gorkin, confirmed to ABC News that her daughter wrote the poem. She also said Chanie was away at summer camp and unavailable for comment, but Mrs Gorkin has been telling her daughter about the reaction to the poem and “she’s quite overwhelmed.”

“One of the major tenets of Hasidic philosophy is that the mind rules over the heart, that we are able to channel our emotions to the positive ... that there is God in everything, and it is part of our mission in life to look for the good, and to find it and to spread it,” Mrs Gorkin said.
So, when Chanie was given the assignment to write about her worst day ever, she used her writing skills to turn the question around.

The Worst Day Ever, by Chanie Gorkin

Today was the absolute worst day ever
And don’t try to convince me that
There’s something good in every day
Because, when you take a closer look,
This world is a pretty evil place.
Even if
Some goodness does shine through once in a while
Satisfaction and happiness don’t last.
And it’s not true that
It’s all in the mind and heart
Because
True happiness can be attained
Only if one’s surroundings are good
It’s not true that good exists
I’m sure you can agree that
The reality
Creates
My attitude
It’s all beyond my control
And you’ll never in a million years hear me say
Today was a very good day

Now read it from bottom to top, the other way,
And see what I really feel about my day.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 25 July 2015 - 11:47 PM

[worry]

Wow, today must just be a really great day for poetry:
http://www.rollingst...t-rant-20150725

[Tsundoku]

Briar King, on 29 July 2015 - 02:25 AM, said:

Meteor shower tonight.

Exfoliating, are we?

[DeadHedge]

I have just recently found the following online comic. Sums up a lot of parenthood but in a very funny way.

www.fowllanguagecomics.com

[Tiste Simeon]

Briar King, on 31 July 2015 - 01:33 AM, said:

Finally getting some rain down here! Good thing cause every yard has nasty brown spots of dead grass. We are never this dry this time of year in Louisiana. Plus rain smells so good.

Flipping heck mate you can take some of the rain from us. I was camping all last week it rained nearly non stop. Today I go to my parents house where it is lovely and warm. I'm here for a week and I think finally I get some nice weather! But no. Now it's chucking it down.

On the plus side I am in my parents flipping sweet mansion on the cliff tops on the beautiful Isle of Man. It is peaceful and I always get a good rest when I come here...

[Andorion]

Rained absolutely non-stop from yesterday. Hasn't stopped yet. Roof leaking. Two main roads reduced to rubble........Seriously BK come get your rain.

Edit: this should be in the groove thread, but PC down, browsing from mobile, didn't pay attention, so whatever.

This post has been edited by Andorion: 01 August 2015 - 01:28 AM

[Maark Abbott]

Finally found a (NEW!!!!!!) Scar Symmetry shirt from the Holographic Universe album cycle. Happier than Beastman when he's hip-deep in Skeletor.

[Solidsnape]

Was having toaster trouble this morning and was reminded of this...

http://youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec

Been creased all day.

Talkies the name, toastings the game...

This post has been edited by Solidsnape: 02 August 2015 - 03:35 PM

[Puck]

Our DnD GM has concocted a rather cutesy plot about a dragon and a prince in love, and nobody seems to get the real reason behind said dragon kidnapping the prince all the freaking time, and then demanding rather meekly ransoms. Everyone agrees it's weird. Everyone proceeds to want to chop said dragon's head off anyway. And nobody takes my barbarian's proclamations of plot-relevant revelations seriously, due to being an orcish barbarian and rather drunk ingame at the time said revelation struck me, so the plan to kill the dragon seems to hinge on my chopping his head off. This is gonna be fun

Tl;dr: yesterday's DnD session's making me happy

[The Unfound]

I am now a proud father. It is definitely and incredible feeling!!!!!

[Andorion]

The Unfound, on 03 August 2015 - 04:00 AM, said:

I am now a proud father. It is definitely and incredible feeling!!!!!

Congratulations!!!

[Tarthenal Theloman Toblakai]

Two weeks until me n the missus visit Rome for the first time! Gonna go see me some Culture! and eat all the pasta, pizza, cheese and drink all the Wine in Italy. Been hitting the gym hard and eating sensibly all year for this moment. Target, gain 5 stone in a week!

[Maark Abbott]

Tarthenal Theloman Toblakai, on 03 August 2015 - 06:59 AM, said:

Two weeks until me n the missus visit Rome for the first time! Gonna go see me some Culture! and eat all the pasta, pizza, cheese and drink all the Wine in Italy. Been hitting the gym hard and eating sensibly all year for this moment. Target, gain 5 stone in a week!

With DEM GAINZ you will be able to crush the amphitheatre's lions with your bare hands.

[worry]

http://www.vice.com/...ook-group-troll

[Solidsnape]

This

"It should go without saying that the folks who have built their identities around
a 150-year-old treasonous cause to keep human beings in bondage are not very good at the internet."

Haha thanks Worry!!

[worry]

The phone call from Lowenaffchen is worth listening to: https://soundcloud.c...ebook-group-guy