Whats making you happy right now

#13141 Tiste Simeon

Faith, Heavy Metal & Bacon

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Posted 04 March 2016 - 07:35 PM

Slow Ben, on 04 March 2016 - 07:27 PM, said:

Both my kids are napping at the same time!

Uninterrupted reading time!

And yet you're on here with us reprobates...

A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.

#13142 Mentalist

Martyr of High House Mafia

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Posted 04 March 2016 - 11:51 PM

W00t! the weekend!

The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
THE CONTESTtm WINNER--чемпіон самоконтролю

Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#13143 Mentalist

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Posted 06 March 2016 - 06:02 AM

Huh. Had 21 y.o girl try to pick me up and give me a dancing lesson at a Uki disco.
When asked to guess how old I am, she said 25.
Given I'm turning 29 this year, it's a nice thing to hear. I don't feel nearly old enough to act my age, but it's always nice to get an outsider confirmation

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 06 March 2016 - 06:02 AM

The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
THE CONTESTtm WINNER--чемпіон самоконтролю

Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#13144 TheRetiredBridgeburner

House Knight

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Posted 06 March 2016 - 10:39 PM

New PC is here! It's blindingly fast when compared with my nine year old previous model, and I keep having to check it's still on because it's so quiet. Also.... I CAN FINALLY PLAY DRAGON AGE INQUISITION

This post has been edited by TheRetiredBridgeburner: 06 March 2016 - 10:39 PM

- Wyrd bið ful aræd -

#13145 Andorion

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Posted 07 March 2016 - 01:01 AM

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 06 March 2016 - 10:39 PM, said:

I know this feeling! With my old PC I would turn it on and go have a cup of tea. By the time I was done it would have booted up. Now its a few seconds.....

Making me Happy:

Sunday evening was great. I listened to a 1.5 hour long symphony and read old SE interviews. The insights that can be got from there, including his original take on Grimdark are really interesting.

Also he said that after finishing TCG, he felt tired and burnt out. He felt that he could not write anything new. This exhaustion lasted a "long time" That time was two weeks. then he wrote Forge of Darkness. Really puts things in perspective. We are so unbelievably lucky that SE is so totally different from GRRM

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#13146 Mezla PigDog

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Posted 07 March 2016 - 06:51 AM

Monday morning on a week off work. Niiiiiice.

Burn rubber =/= warp speed

#13147 Arthur Dayne

Nuclear Baconator

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Posted 07 March 2016 - 04:26 PM

Thanks Mez, some of us are here at work reading about how you're at home writing about not being at work. I should probably go do... stuff... I guess...

If your cat wasn't meant to fly, why wouldn't they make them bigger?

#13148 Mezla PigDog

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Posted 08 March 2016 - 07:07 AM

Arthur Dayne, on 07 March 2016 - 04:26 PM, said:

Thanks Mez, some of us are here at work reading about how you're at home writing about not being at work. I should probably go do... stuff... I guess...

Ahhh, Tuesday morning on a week off from work. *smug*

Burn rubber =/= warp speed

#13149 Illuyankas

Retro Classic

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Will cluck you up

Posted 08 March 2016 - 06:44 PM

Got some requested leave that I thought was refused when I had most put through, instead accepted, along with the one day I had a 4 hour shift in the middle of a weekend we were planning to spend miles from home changed to leave as well. So I'm off work from March 12th to March 28th. It's pretty great!

Hello, soldiers, look at your mage, now back to me, now back at your mage, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped being an unascended mortal and switched to Sole Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re in a warren with the High Mage your cadre mage could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an acorn with two gates to that realm you love. Look again, the acorn is now otataral. Anything is possible when your mage smells like Sole Spice and not a Bole brother. I’m on a quorl.

#13150 Mentalist

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Posted 09 March 2016 - 12:52 AM

Walk into a grocery supermarket on my way from work to buy my grandma and my mom flowers, and I'm astounded. For the first time in my 16 and a half years in Canada, there's a line-up in the flowers department. We're not talking 1-2 people either- about a dozen men, most looking very Eastern Block. Spend 20 min waiting in line, and it felt somewhat surreal. Couldn't help grinning like an idiot, because it seemed like something from a cheesy movie.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 09 March 2016 - 12:53 AM

The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#13151 EmperorMagus

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Posted 09 March 2016 - 08:37 AM

This should probably be messing with my groove, but it isn't.
AlphaGO just beat a 9th dan professional at Go again. I can't wait until the AI revolution is here.

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Pro patria mori
#sarcasm

#13152 Gnaw

Recovering eating disordered addict of HHM

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 12:55 AM

Sober.

Internet access! Very limited though.

Hey all. Later hopefully.

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor Frankl

#13153 Silencer

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 06:34 AM

Gnaw, on 11 March 2016 - 12:55 AM, said:

Sober.

Internet access! Very limited though.

Hey all. Later hopefully.

Awesome! Good job, man.

***

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<Vote Silencer> For not garnering any heat or any love for that matter. And I'm being serious here, it's like a mental block that is there, and you just keep forgetting it.

#13154 Gust Hubb

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Around, just quiet....er

Posted 11 March 2016 - 12:30 PM

PRINCESS IS BACK

"You don't clean u other peoples messes.... You roll in them like a dog on leftover smoked whitefish torn out f the trash by raccoons after Sunday brunch on a hot day."
~Abyss

#13155 Mentalist

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Posted 11 March 2016 - 11:47 PM

From the groove theread:

Maark Abbott, on 10 March 2016 - 05:50 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 10 March 2016 - 12:55 PM, said:

Pulled smth in my right shoulder last night. Figured I'd do some diamond pushups before heading off for a swim, but didn't stretch first. Doesn't seem to be anything really bad- only getting the pain when it's in certain positions, and not when it's at rest or when i'm typing (thankfully). I was able to swim just fine with it. Mostly i'm just annoyed at myself for such an amateur mistake (not stretching)

Be careful that it isn't a Rotator Cuff injury - those get nasty. I'd advise rest for a few days, if it doesn't hurt, train light for a week, and then see how you go from there.

Egwene, on 10 March 2016 - 07:15 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 10 March 2016 - 12:55 PM, said:

Don't want to alarm you but I damaged my shoulder over ten years ago - and it hasn't been right since. Also hurts only when it is in certain positions. If it persists, get it checked out before it gets chronic.

QuickTidal, on 10 March 2016 - 07:25 PM, said:

Egwene, on 10 March 2016 - 07:15 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 10 March 2016 - 12:55 PM, said:

Agree. Chronic stuff is the worst. I had a similar issue with my TFL...which now acts up ALL the time, and only working it out with exercises designed to work it out will help. It's irritating.

2 days later, the pain/discomfort migrated from the front/top part of the shoulder to the back/just above the shoulderblade/neck junction

which is a familiar spot for regular soreness I get occasionally when over-worked. And with the weekend coming up, plenty of opportunity to get extra sleep and make it relax away.

The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
THE CONTESTtm WINNER--чемпіон самоконтролю

Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#13156 Puck

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Posted 12 March 2016 - 05:05 PM

Hayfever season's here and I'm so far managing to keep exercising regularly :thumbsup:

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#13157 Macros

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Posted 13 March 2016 - 04:07 PM

Deleted bookface, or deactivated ot or whatever.
Was just such a waste of time

2012
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#13158 Abyss

abyssus abyssum invocat

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Posted 14 March 2016 - 05:34 PM

I got to use the word 'destroy' repeatedly in a conversation this morning.

THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT

#13159 QuickTidal

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Posted 14 March 2016 - 05:47 PM

Abyss, on 14 March 2016 - 05:34 PM, said:

I got to use the word 'destroy' repeatedly in a conversation this morning.

Talking out loud to yourself about what you're going to do to that plate of bacon...is not really something I'd brag about.

:thumbsup:

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