[Kruppe of Darujhistan]

A coworkers little 14-year-old dog went missing this past Tuesday afternoon. Consternation all around. Doggie turned up Friday morning. She had somehow gotten into a neighbor's open garage and then trapped when garage door was closed. A bit dehydrated but all is well.

[Itwæs Nom]

Yesterday I randomly found out that a girl from my class had a "family" team registered for a local muddy obstacle course race(pretty big and famous one around here so registrations are a bit pricey and have to be done in advance if you want place) that was taking place today but the only guy of them who was under 18(having one 18- member was one of conditions for creating family team) injured his leg and they needed a substitute. I haven't been doing any exercise for like 4 years, can't swim and was never interested in this kinda stuff but they couldn't find anyone else so I agreed to sub for him.

It was a lot of fun. The family track was designed for 8+ kids so it wasn't very difficult and all the swimming parts were luckily omitted, but still making my way through all the mud was really satisfying, plus I could still outrun the rest of my team so seeing that my shape ain't as bad as I though made me happy too. Well except for the obstacle where I had to swim twice under a log placed just on the surface of water, there it turned out that contact lenses and caolin water don't go together very well, but when during making my way through the next obstacle I managed to open my eyes without loosing the lenses for .ore than 2 seconds and the burning in my eyes mostly diminished I was back on the track again.

We were third but that's not really not much of an achievement for a team of 4 18 year olds where probably every team behind us had atleast one 12- kid.

I'm happy that I so randomly stumbled into participation in such an awesome event.

Just a little bummed that if I wanted to I couldn't participate in the full-length race(5km, over 40 obstacles) next year if I wanted to since that one is only for individuals and nobody could help me swim there. Might get an adult team though, but the prices for that are almost double and there can only be 3 members so that might be a problem too, but I guess I'll see next year.

[Kruppe of Darujhistan]

Nom, I had no idea you were under 18!

[Itwæs Nom]

Kruppe of Darujhistan, on 13 May 2017 - 05:49 PM, said:

Nom, I had no idea you were under 18!

Only for another month and a half!
That's not making me happy btw. But atleast I'll finally be able to do the driving school exams.

[Gust Hubb]

Quiet moments reading news, boredpanda, and this site while drinking coffee and listening to Sir Sly.

Don't judge.

[Mezla PigDog]

Itwæs Nom, on 13 May 2017 - 05:35 PM, said:

Just a little bummed that if I wanted to I couldn't participate in the full-length race(5km, over 40 obstacles) next year if I wanted to since that one is only for individuals and nobody could help me swim there. Might get an adult team though, but the prices for that are almost double and there can only be 3 members so that might be a problem too, but I guess I'll see next year.

You've got a year to learn how to swim maybe?

[LadyMTL]

I have lots of good TV to watch, which might sound lame but hey, I'm apparently easily pleased. I remember being a kid and looking forward to a specific night of the week because show X would be on, and I sort of feel like that again. I don't know why most of it seems to be on Sunday night, but thank Jeebus for PVR's...Handmaid's Tale and American Gods, and then this coming weekend the new / rebooted Twin Peaks, all on Sunday nights. It'll suck when all these shows end, but until then, hooray.

This post has been edited by LadyMTL: 15 May 2017 - 11:18 AM

[JPK]

Gust Hubb, on 14 May 2017 - 01:27 PM, said:

Quiet moments reading news, boredpanda, and this site while drinking coffee and listening to Sir Sly.

Don't judge.

This reminded me that I'd heard a song by them on xm and that I wanted to check out their other music. So now, I'm chilling with my daughter while listening to Sir Sly. Thanks Gusty!

[Gust Hubb]

My pleasure. I love Spotify

[Loki]

My son just ran into the room, yelling:

"Mummy!!! The past is coming back to haunt you!"

Before running back out of the room.

That's right, my son is a harbinger of Doom, apparently.

[Silencer]

Considering the depressing nature of the data, this could just as easily go into the Groove thread - but, because of potential positive changes on the horizon, and well, SCIENCE!, it's going in here:

Machine Learning and Gender Equality in Films

While it doesn't address, for obvious reasons, the potential causes of the data, or its effects, it does provide a truckload of incontrovertible data on representation.

[Loki]

I've been blocked by so many people on twitter tonight. XD

Apparently, Zach McGowan's fans don't like it when you call him out for whitewashing.

[Kruppe of Darujhistan]

Loki, on 16 May 2017 - 03:05 AM, said:

My son just ran into the room, yelling:

"Mummy!!! The past is coming back to haunt you!"

Before running back out of the room.

That's right, my son is a harbinger of Doom, apparently.

My son came into the Delivery Room and said (non-verbally ), "The past is coming back to haunt you!"

Yep. Nine months past...

[Stormcat]

Dr. Pepper is making me happy right now.

[Traveller]

Day off. So dropped the kids off at preschool club as I usually do when I'm at work, and headed into town.

Just having a coffee now while I decide what to do with the day. And hoping that the temp my boy had last night doesnt result in a call from school just as I've decided on something.

Also, finally reading some Neil Gaiman is making me happy. I can't believe I haven't read any of his stuff before. Just finished American Gods, now into Anansi Boys.

This post has been edited by Traveller: 17 May 2017 - 07:41 AM

[Silencer]

Briar King, on 16 May 2017 - 10:39 PM, said:

Owl is now getting medical care. I wasn't going to risk putting my phone any closer to get a better pick because I didn't want it to panic in the cage and break it's wings. It's eyes were locked on to me any time I made eye contact from various positions. So what appears to have happened was someone had their line snap after getting tangled up in branches and couldn't retrieve the lure(a nice one so it probably wasn't just discarded). The owl became interested and swooped on it hitting it just right the hook set in completely straight through one side of its leg and out the other side. It was really swollen. Glad we could help it.

Even better news the little boy has survived surgery and pics of him giving the rock n roll hand sign have gone on social media. Nothing about the investigation had been released yet but the tyke living is welcome news for me and will go a long way to help heal the mental damage the accidental shooter will go through.

Sounds like two silver linings. Good stuff!

[Coltaine -]

Just back from a bicycle tour through the Palatine vineyards, to meet with some winemakers and talk about our current projects. Definitive the good sides of my studies

This post has been edited by - Coltaine -: 17 May 2017 - 01:51 PM

[Loki]

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[QuickTidal]

Loki, on 17 May 2017 - 01:18 PM, said:

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Soo....CBS thinks Star Trek should look more like Star Wars and Tatooine? Sand Goggles and all?

[worry]

It's canon. Star Trek V's opening scenes look like Star Wars.