OPEN BAR: I see you've come to PD. I too like to live dangerously

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#45
April 29, 2014, 08:42:40 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on April 29, 2014, 08:30:53 PM
I have to write something making fun of a bunch of idiots in Tuscon for thinking they can overthrow the government. Any recommendations for how to describe Tuscon in the letter would be appreciated  :evil:

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LMNO

#46
April 29, 2014, 11:31:14 PM Last Edit: April 29, 2014, 11:33:27 PM by LMNO, PhD (life continues)
Ugh.  Feeling old.  Tuesday shows.

One of my favorite bands of the 90s, Slint, is playing tonight.  I've never seen them play live.

BUT:

1. It's 20 years later.

2. It's TUESDAY NIGHT.

3. I'd rather just listen to my vinyl copy of Spiderland and drink a half dozen 1794s.*

Grumble grumble, kids these days, who goes out on a Tuesday, get off my lawn.



*Rye, Campari, sweet Vermouth

The Good Reverend Roger

#47
April 30, 2014, 12:16:43 AM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on April 29, 2014, 08:30:53 PM
I have to write something making fun of a bunch of idiots in Tuscon for thinking they can overthrow the government. Any recommendations for how to describe Tuscon in the letter would be appreciated  :evil:


Ooooh.  When is this due?
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Ben Shapiro

#48
April 30, 2014, 01:26:46 AM
So the Iced Earth gig was cool, Sabaton was great!
If you liked early Iced Earth stuff don't go to any of their shows currently. Since Matt isn't there anymore singing. The playlist reflects the current singers vocal range. I was happy they played Burning Times, Watching over Me, and The Hunter.

I'll post some videos on facebook to whoever wanted to know how they sound live.

Cain

#49
April 30, 2014, 02:58:29 AM
Ugh.

A while back, Gawker had a post about this EXCITING STRANGE WEIRD IDEA some hedge fund type on Wall Street had about John Kennedy being assassinated.

So I downloaded the memo he published on the topic, and to call it a bland grab-bag of the most commonly accepted theories of people who can think above 7th grade terms garbled into an incoherent mess of unlikeliness would possibly be the kindest thing I could say.

I can accept maybe the CIA had a hand in his death.  I can certainly accept a Mafia angle.  I can accept a possible military angle. Amd mp doubt Cuba had some role to play in it all. However, I cannot accept a wide-ranging CIA-Military-Mafia-Media-Industralist angle, with apparently hundreds of people all in on the deed and yet all kept silent.  Because reality don't work like that.

I could shit a better theory about what really went down that day.  But, then, you know, this is an age of dumbing down.  Details are for losers, or something.  "The Man" killed JFK, does anyone need to know any more?

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#50
April 30, 2014, 03:49:30 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on April 29, 2014, 11:31:14 PM
Ugh.  Feeling old.  Tuesday shows.

One of my favorite bands of the 90s, Slint, is playing tonight.  I've never seen them play live.

BUT:

1. It's 20 years later.

2. It's TUESDAY NIGHT.

3. I'd rather just listen to my vinyl copy of Spiderland and drink a half dozen 1794s.*

Grumble grumble, kids these days, who goes out on a Tuesday, get off my lawn.



*Rye, Campari, sweet Vermouth

Dude, I feel that way about FRIDAY night most of the time. :lol:
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#51
April 30, 2014, 03:52:48 AM
I have been completely just phoning in my chemistry labs and I got a few of them back tonight, and they are all 95 and 100%. I feel like this threatens to give me a false sense of confidence in my own competence, and I will also reiterate that I think it is profoundly unfair that the one class that I hate with a burning passion and can't wait to put behind me forever is the one that I seem to be the best at without putting in anywhere near the amount of effort I'm supposed to.

"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

The Good Reverend Roger

#52
April 30, 2014, 02:14:44 PM
Quote from: All-Father Nigel on April 30, 2014, 03:52:48 AM
I have been completely just phoning in my chemistry labs and I got a few of them back tonight, and they are all 95 and 100%. I feel like this threatens to give me a false sense of confidence in my own competence, and I will also reiterate that I think it is profoundly unfair that the one class that I hate with a burning passion and can't wait to put behind me forever is the one that I seem to be the best at without putting in anywhere near the amount of effort I'm supposed to.

IMPOSTER SYNDROME ITT.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Junkenstein

#53
April 30, 2014, 02:23:12 PM
Sounds like it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome

QuoteImpostor syndrome has been commonly reported by graduate students and scientists beginning tenure track positions

That said, if you're able to get quality results with literally no effort, you've clearly doing something right. Probably the studying and such.
Quote from: All father, Bearman on April 30, 2014, 01:26:46 AM
So the Iced Earth gig was cool, Sabaton was great!
If you liked early Iced Earth stuff don't go to any of their shows currently. Since Matt isn't there anymore singing. The playlist reflects the current singers vocal range. I was happy they played Burning Times, Watching over Me, and The Hunter.

I'll post some videos on facebook to whoever wanted to know how they sound live.

That was me. Appreciated, but no facebook account.
Nine naked Men just walking down the road will cause a heap of trouble for all concerned.

Suu

#54
April 30, 2014, 02:31:25 PM
I got back to Portsmouth at 10:30pm yesterday, my train from Chicago was an hour early, which never happens on the Lakeshore Limited. This made both me and the husband very happy.

I'll be doing some mad writeups today about it, mostly about the people I met along the way and some things I saw in transit. The layovers and destinations were nice and all, but I think the key element of train travel is the community. This country is full of awesomely crazy people and we all rode the train together.
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"Add a dab of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it."

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#55
April 30, 2014, 03:02:45 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 30, 2014, 02:14:44 PM
Quote from: All-Father Nigel on April 30, 2014, 03:52:48 AM
I have been completely just phoning in my chemistry labs and I got a few of them back tonight, and they are all 95 and 100%. I feel like this threatens to give me a false sense of confidence in my own competence, and I will also reiterate that I think it is profoundly unfair that the one class that I hate with a burning passion and can't wait to put behind me forever is the one that I seem to be the best at without putting in anywhere near the amount of effort I'm supposed to.

IMPOSTER SYNDROME ITT.

Nnnnnooooooo, because imposter syndrome would be if I felt like I wasn't really good enough. I hate Chemistry. I would love to get an A out of the class, but seriously, I haven't been putting much work into this (I finish my lab reports in the 2 hours between classes on Tuesdays) because I just don't give a fuck anymore, and I'm surprised to be doing so well. I think I'm receiving a "good student premium" on my grade.

Or, maybe everyone else is overthinking things and it really just isn't that hard. 
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

P3nT4gR4m

#56
April 30, 2014, 03:58:31 PM
I get ya - you have a natural aptitude for something you hate, right? I was like that with biology at school.

I'm up to my arse in Brexit Numpties, but I want more.  Target-rich environments are the new sexy.
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The Good Reverend Roger

#57
April 30, 2014, 04:44:48 PM
I'm going over to facebook for most things, I think.

Yeah, it's evil and annoying and all that, but at least there's some conversation.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

President Television

#58
April 30, 2014, 05:10:43 PM
A spring haiku:

flowers aren't worth this
drippy goddamn misery
tweet tweet little bird
My shit list: Stephen Harper, anarchists that complain about taxes instead of institutionalized torture, those people walking, anyone who lets a single aspect of themselves define their entire personality, salesmen that don't smoke pipes, Fredericton New Brunswick, bigots, philosophy majors, my nemesis, pirates that don't do anything, criminals without class, sociopaths, narcissists, furries, juggalos, foes.

EK WAFFLR

#59
April 30, 2014, 06:42:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 30, 2014, 04:44:48 PM
I'm going over to facebook for most things, I think.

Yeah, it's evil and annoying and all that, but at least there's some conversation.

I'm not totally sure about this, but one way to get more traffic here could be to make the forums mobile friendly. I find it quite difficult to read and write on the forums when I'm on the phone, which is usually where I'm online nowadays. This is actually the first time I have turned my computer on in almost twoo weeks.
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