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Ribbit
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39 years old
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November 27, 1985
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Upstate NY
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  1. In Topic: What's messing with your groove?

    14 July 2025 - 07:51 PM

    Some of it is due to their disability. Some of it is due to really, really wanting the techno singularity to become reality to make several tough factors of life go away.
  2. In Topic: Whats making you happy right now

    09 July 2025 - 06:46 PM

     QuickTidal, on 08 July 2025 - 03:03 PM, said:

    Wife has noticed a wall gap on our main floor where no art resides...and has said I can find naval sailing ship art to put on that wall....shhhhh...nobody spook her....she's letting me put some of my age of sail nerdery on a wall people can see when they come over...

    April -- 1805
    NAPOLEON IS MASTER OF EUROPE
  3. In Topic: What's messing with your groove?

    07 July 2025 - 08:48 PM

    View PostMaark Abbott, on 07 July 2025 - 11:51 AM, said:

    Opening windows does nothing against the sort of heat we just had, because it's still hot outside. Even when it's not, it takes a good few days for the inside of the house to cool off, even with windows opened.

    The opening windows method that most of us outside the UK employ involves opening the windows at night at the coolest times, using fans to get a breeze going to move the hot air out for a few hours, then closing everything up before it gets hot again. I've started searching through appropriate sun shields to use on certain windows (the curtains are on the inside and absorb the heat inside the house) for my house. Having the barriers outside the house will help this summer.

    I fear that many of us will be using similar strategies to stay cooler as our tree coverage disappears (old trees near my house in my yard and in those of my neighbors have died or been damaged/removed).

    So it's a bit less daffy than initially suggested, yet this only applies if you can do that with the house.

    Best of luck.
  4. In Topic: Israel and Iran

    03 July 2025 - 01:38 PM

    View PostTiste Simeon, on 03 July 2025 - 12:30 PM, said:

    I'm... I'm struggling guys. I'm trying to switch off a bit but the constant death of children is filling me with despair because I'm so helpless to do anything about it.

    And yes, me a westerner in my nice comfy home with my family, I know these problems are nothing compared to what the Gazans are going through. I get that. But the thought of children the same age as my own living in abject terror and confusion is really hurting my soul. I don't know what to do but I'm going to hug my kids extra tight tonight.

    You are not alone. This is incredibly soul damaging.

    There are four things helping me deal with this:
    1) I do work that helps many people directly and help train many, which provides a channel for the need to help people.
    2) I donated to World Kitchen, which appears to get food into Palestine as often as possible and for me, this skips the insane verification process necessary because enough scammers have set up Gazan fake identities that it drowns the real Gazan begging for food and money.
    3) I have been fully present for my family and friends. I've talked occasionally with some of them about this wide range of horror, which has helped me feel not as alone andv they also feel not as alone.
    4) I don't stay around people who think this is ok or cheer it on. That means avoiding some people in real life, happily sticking to my decision to delete my Twitter account (bc it's a bigoted place now), paying attention to very smart writers/talkers like Jamelle Bouie, Reb Masel, and Tressie McMillian-Cottom, and retaining some strength to look at what is happening without burning myself too much.

    I hope you can find a path to heal even as you burn alongside so many others, even at a distance.

    (I also refuse to use block lists because they always end up in some weird drama that I had no part in. My list isn't that big, but it's mine and there's a certain satisfaction in clicking that being away.)
  5. In Topic: What's messing with your groove?

    02 July 2025 - 01:07 PM

    View PostMaark Abbott, on 02 July 2025 - 11:52 AM, said:

    Heat did me. Got to the gym yesterday, was prepping to go into the work room and promptly puked.

    Turns out I had heatstroke, so I had to take yesterday off of work to sort myself out. Not fun.

    That's horrible. Did you walk out in the 34C/90F weather for a while?

    I've started using a loose sun shirt and a hat/sunglasses to get through long hours outside. Really keeps things cool.

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    Tsundoku 

    27 Nov 2024 - 12:03
    happy #39, wow
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    Tsundoku 

    27 Nov 2023 - 09:14
    happy #38
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    Tsundoku 

    26 Nov 2022 - 20:52
    Happy another one, hope things are looking up for you.
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    Tsundoku 

    26 Nov 2021 - 22:43
    happy birthday
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    EmperorMagus 

    13 Apr 2015 - 21:01
    I love how well you write in discussions. It's like a far more articulate version of me saying things I want to say.
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    Terez 

    26 Nov 2014 - 09:15
    I needed an excuse to change my profile status so I used it to respond to your incredulity that I am still alive.
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    QuickTidal 

    29 Nov 2012 - 20:46
    Um, the NEW SANDMAN trades have the Absolute -recolouring-...but the older trades don't. You can see a comparison here at the link below and personally I think it's staggeringly different for tonal value of the panels. http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/09/23/absolute-sandman-recoloring/
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    Illuyankas 

    17 Aug 2012 - 16:02
    Oh, and cheers for calling me out on the pics on the election thread, I have a bad habit of not registering if a thread's in Discussion or not but I will cut down on the no content posts there.
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    Terez 

    05 May 2012 - 04:34
    heh, sorry, didn't mean to make it look like you were resentful of my presence or anything. I just felt most comfortable approaching you about it. As QT mentioned there are others who feel the same as him. I'll still be around, but I'm just saying I wouldn't be offended. :p
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    Terez 

    05 May 2012 - 04:11
    By the way, if you guys want to have a Terez-free WoT thread, I wouldn't object to that. To be honest, I probably won't be discussing WoT online much longer anyway. It's not good for me. ;) I'm told some people feel like they have to defend a dissertation to discuss WoT with me. Not true, really, but I get it.
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    Greyfrog32 

    11 Jan 2012 - 20:26
    and dont be rude you little bastard
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    LinearPhilosopher 

    09 Nov 2011 - 03:48
    You doubled back for GOTM and DG? tell me did you read them in the correct order?personally i read DG b4 GOTM
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    Guest 

    06 Jul 2011 - 14:53
    I will look into getting my hands on it :) By myself.
    Have you seen Valhalla Rising?
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    Guest 

    06 Jul 2011 - 14:46
    I saw you said something about Winter's Bone, I recently watched it :D I liked it :D
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    HoosierDaddy 

    11 Jun 2011 - 06:43
    I have not. I'll see it at some point.
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