[amphibian]

Anthony Bourdain wrote about why he loves doing Brazilian jiu jitsu. https://medium.com/p...nny-2004ad77ec1

The story of how he got started isn't quite told in this (his wife started, LOVED it, then later, his daughter started, and he finally made the jump into it while quitting cigarettes), but it's illuminative of how rolling around with other sweaty people is simultaneously hard, fun, puzzle-solving, and a legitimate thing to base travel around.

That essay resonates with me and why I do this. I'm really glad he and his family are having such a great time with this odd sport.

[Solidsnape]

My oldest "little" boy is 7 today.
He's soooo bloody cute.

Can't wait to get stuck into that mario maker!!!

Happy Birthday Solidus!!!

[QuickTidal]

It's been almost a day already, but this:



is STILL the most exhilarating, and epic damned baseball moment I've ever witnessed. (CONTEXT HERE)

GO JAYS GO!

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 15 October 2015 - 05:19 PM

[Tiste Simeon]

Was that against the Rangers QT? If so, as a poor Angels fan, go Jays!

[QuickTidal]

Tiste Simeon, on 16 October 2015 - 04:12 AM, said:

Was that against the Rangers QT? If so, as a poor Angels fan, go Jays!

It was. Game 5, for the ALCS title, and moving on to the next round. The Rangers are out.

[Tiste Simeon]

Good good! Thanks for avenging us

[QuickTidal]

Tiste Simeon, on 16 October 2015 - 01:45 PM, said:

Good good! Thanks for avenging us

It was our pleasure!

Also, the Rangers squad is filled with at least a few sore losers (Dryden, and Odom come to mind)...so it's nice to see them brought a bit low.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 16 October 2015 - 03:28 PM

[Solidsnape]

The Dan Carlin Hardcore Histories Podcast.
It's one of those things I can't believe I hadn't heard of.
Anyone who's into military history should give it a go if they haven't already.
Brilliant.

[Gredfallan Ale]

A couple of months, I returned to the board with a post about my depression in the Groove thread.

Well, today I can say that I've a positive outlook on life again, for the first time in years. I still have a long way to go, a lot of things to work on, a lot of stuff to fix, but I'm actually working on my career again and I'm enjoying it. I decided to join an advanced class lectured by my boss to get back into things and I'm actually enjoying it and handing in assignments. That last thing is a pretty big deal for me, as stopped doing that in the past because things were never up to my standards, so why hand them in? Now, I just hand them in and hope for the best. (Turns out they're fine, I've only received perfect markings so far.)

I have more confidence in my own teaching as well and started enjoying that again. As teaching is a pretty big part of my week, that's very significant for me.

Also, I've basically been offered a job in a the future, more or less the result of me showing progress again, so there's that as well.

Still, there are many moments that I can't see that. So, there's still a lot to work on. Nonetheless, today is a good day and there have been plenty of those in the last couple of weeks. That's progress.

[Silencer]

Gredfallan Ale, on 21 October 2015 - 10:23 AM, said:

A couple of months, I returned to the board with a post about my depression in the Groove thread.

Well, today I can say that I've a positive outlook on life again, for the first time in years. I still have a long way to go, a lot of things to work on, a lot of stuff to fix, but I'm actually working on my career again and I'm enjoying it. I decided to join an advanced class lectured by my boss to get back into things and I'm actually enjoying it and handing in assignments. That last thing is a pretty big deal for me, as stopped doing that in the past because things were never up to my standards, so why hand them in? Now, I just hand them in and hope for the best. (Turns out they're fine, I've only received perfect markings so far.)

I have more confidence in my own teaching as well and started enjoying that again. As teaching is a pretty big part of my week, that's very significant for me.

Also, I've basically been offered a job in a the future, more or less the result of me showing progress again, so there's that as well.

Still, there are many moments that I can't see that. So, there's still a lot to work on. Nonetheless, today is a good day and there have been plenty of those in the last couple of weeks. That's progress.

Well done man, glad to hear you're doing better. It's a long term deal, but hold onto those wins and keep going!

[Binder of Demons]

Gredfallan Ale, on 21 October 2015 - 10:23 AM, said:

A couple of months, I returned to the board with a post about my depression in the Groove thread.

Well, today I can say that I've a positive outlook on life again, for the first time in years. I still have a long way to go, a lot of things to work on, a lot of stuff to fix, but I'm actually working on my career again and I'm enjoying it. I decided to join an advanced class lectured by my boss to get back into things and I'm actually enjoying it and handing in assignments. That last thing is a pretty big deal for me, as stopped doing that in the past because things were never up to my standards, so why hand them in? Now, I just hand them in and hope for the best. (Turns out they're fine, I've only received perfect markings so far.)

I have more confidence in my own teaching as well and started enjoying that again. As teaching is a pretty big part of my week, that's very significant for me.

Also, I've basically been offered a job in a the future, more or less the result of me showing progress again, so there's that as well.

Still, there are many moments that I can't see that. So, there's still a lot to work on. Nonetheless, today is a good day and there have been plenty of those in the last couple of weeks. That's progress.

Nice to see you're feeling (somewhat) better. Depression is a tricky beast, but you seem to be moving in the right direction. Keep
active, and acknowledge (& enjoy) the satisfaction of completing those assignments, or any other short terms goals you have. The bigger stuff will fall into line.

As a long term sufferer of depression myself, this post has made me very happy to see someone else turn the corner.

[Tiste Simeon]

Good to hear, Gred!

[QuickTidal]

Today we welcome Marty McFly from 1985 in his time traveling DeLorean.

And about time too, somethings GOTTA be done about his kids.

[Gorefest]

I need to check if Argos has got any hoverboards in.

[Gnaw]

Briar King, on 21 October 2015 - 06:03 PM, said:

Where the flying fuck is my flying car?

The last I saw of it Thelma and Louise were taking a road trip in it.

[Shiara]

Issue mentioned in the Messing with Groove thread has now been resolved and is no longer my problem, woo!

[Maark Abbott]

Gamma 3.0 (local gaming centre event) is coming up on Saturday. Off work next week. And not long until Fallout 4.

Better still, Saturday is what we call in Tarn 'feyt club'. Hopefully the Neo Geo rig will be back and it's dominance time.

[Slow Ben]

Briar King, on 21 October 2015 - 06:03 PM, said:

Where the flying fuck is my flying car?

Well, obviously that version of the future was altered in some way and never came to pass.

I do wear my pants inside out though.


And nice work Gred! Keep it up.

[Arthur Dayne]

I was reading a few Terry Goodkind reviews on Amazon and it pretty much made my whole day if not my next couple of days. It feels so good to laugh that hard.

[Solidsnape]

Maark, on 22 October 2015 - 07:06 AM, said:

Gamma 3.0 (local gaming centre event) is coming up on Saturday. Off work next week. And not long until Fallout 4.

Better still, Saturday is what we call in Tarn 'feyt club'. Hopefully the Neo Geo rig will be back and it's dominance time.

I went to Game on 2.0 ,which sounds numerically inferior to your local games event, but is supposedly (I'm struggling to believe) the worlds largest collection of playable computer games from the last 60 years.
It was fun, but I didn't get to play on much, my son (who's idea it was) kept wanting to see Mario through the ages, which kind of limited my options. Plus he's only 7 so a lot the games were well over his head.
I ended up spending most my time on the Amiga 500+ that was running Lemmings.
Scattered around the display were other Amiga titles, including The Secret of Monkey Island, I was dying for a go. But it's hardly a 5 minute here and there game. Haha.
Also, things look very dated when you have a direct comparison about a foot away.