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#8641 Anomander

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Posted 22 August 2011 - 01:37 PM

Waking up to the news of Jack Layton's death. A sad day for Canadians everywhere.

And so the First denied their Mother,
in their fury, and so were cast out,
doomed children of Mother Dark.

#8642 QuickTidal

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Posted 22 August 2011 - 01:49 PM

Totally.

I honestly can't believe just how upset I am over a politicians death. Never thought I would be.

I think it's because he stood for such good ideals and was such a decent man

...and the fact that without him who will fight against Harper?

I think he'll be more missed than we know.

"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora

"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon

#8643 Anomander

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Posted 22 August 2011 - 02:27 PM

Just listened to Chretien speak glowingly about Layton and the man he was. For a brief moment Canadians everywhere are united in our sorrow.

And so the First denied their Mother,
in their fury, and so were cast out,
doomed children of Mother Dark.

#8644 QuickTidal

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Posted 22 August 2011 - 03:18 PM

A really nice little anecdote about Layton and shows the type of guy he was:

http://www.metafilte...ed-away#3882741

"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora

"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon

#8645 Captain Beardface

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Posted 22 August 2011 - 07:28 PM

I hate micromanagement!!!!!!!!!!! They made the schedule, they assign the work, they shouldn't need to come by and ask what I did last week!

Monsignor:...Now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men.
Connor: [as the brothers exit the church] I do believe the monsignor's finally got the point.
Murphy: Aye.

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#8646 Puck

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Posted 22 August 2011 - 08:21 PM

It's way too hot over here, even at night! And they say tomorrow will be even hotter. I hate this weather

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#8647 Loki

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 12:28 AM

I have to clean my house and make it guest friendly - ugh, the effort!

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

~TQB~

#8648 Illuyankas

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 12:31 AM

Hey, friend of mine, if you're organising a meetup through facebook, try not to delete your account before the meetup and before you give everyone the details and then people might be able to turn up at some point. Just saying.

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.

#8649 worry

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 01:43 AM

That reminds me of an old saying a wise man once told me: "Never make friends."

They came with white hands and left with red hands.

#8650 Ain't_It_Just_

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 02:32 AM

Writing in pen, what a fool's task! And I think I'm going to lose my lovely study booth.

Suck it Errant!

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#8651 RodeoRanch

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 03:47 AM

Did my interview. Think I did alright. Promptly died after it. I feel horrible. Terrible. This flu is murdering me. I've thrown up everything I've ever eaten over the past two days.

#8652 Arthur Dayne

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 04:24 AM

Having your girlfriend rifle through your phone is not a good way to back up: "I respect your privacy."

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

#8653 Tapper

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 08:26 AM

Arthur Dayne, on 23 August 2011 - 04:24 AM, said:

Having your girlfriend rifle through your phone is not a good way to back up: "I respect your privacy."

There's nothing to worry about if there's nothing to worry about, but yeah, I guess her PR division needs some serious spin to make the action and statement match.

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#8654 Gothos

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 08:33 AM

Tapper, on 23 August 2011 - 08:26 AM, said:

Arthur Dayne, on 23 August 2011 - 04:24 AM, said:

Having your girlfriend rifle through your phone is not a good way to back up: "I respect your privacy."

There's nothing to worry about if there's nothing to worry about, but yeah, I guess her PR division needs some serious spin to make the action and statement match.

to be honest that's about the moment I'll be telling her to shove it and get out of my life.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

#8655 Loki

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 11:18 AM

Cowboys and Aliens.

Kinda went something like this -

Spoiler

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

~TQB~

#8656 Obdigore

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 02:02 PM

Pre-Ordered Deus Ex. It is sitting at my local gamestop. I'm at work and the earliest I could possibly play it this week is Thursday Night.

/sigh.

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#8657 Illuyankas

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 02:31 PM

That's still a day before Europe, you Yank bastards.

#8658 Obdigore

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 02:35 PM

Illuyankas, on 23 August 2011 - 02:31 PM, said:

That's still a day before Europe, you Yank bastards.

Don't worry, I now have to build 4 servers with 200TB drives by the end of the week. So maybe this weekend, hopefully, and I can't get started until I get the LUN partitions which they will probably give me thursday morning at the earliest.

Monster Hunter World Iceborne: It's like hunting monsters, but on crack, but the monsters are also on crack.