Open Bar: Funnier Than White People Practicing Voodoo

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I'm not even sure how far back Chicago's corruption goes.  At least the 1920s, for sure, but possibly way, way longer.

Any place that is that persistently corrupt, over that long a period of time, has some serious rot.

And yet it functions.  It's still one of the big three.  I can't figure it out, either.

Oh, I have no problem understanding that.  Corruption is just an older form of governance, nepotism and aristocracy all bundled up into one nice system.  Hong Kong worked remarkably well with its system...

Also, I did some checking, and the first corruption case was in 1869.  So, for about 40 years, Chicago was indeed mostly corruption free.

So basically, when the city was 36 years old.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Mild rant ahead:

We have a budget. I told you how much there was available after taking out necessities.
First thing you do is blow past that budget (80 doesn't just magically turn into 110). Ok, can work with that...not too much over. But absolutely nothing else can be spent. That was agreed on. And repeatedly reinforced when anyone else wanted something.

then YOU decided that well....we are running out of this and this and this so go ahead and get some. Little more of that set aside money gone.
THEN you decided that more was needed. To the sum of 50 dollars. Because you were tired of what was here.

I don't want to hear a fucking complaint when come Friday we have even less than last time around after the needed things are paid 

/rant over

Ugh... that's a tight situation

[Ben Shapiro]

Selfish self-promotion.

http://www.gofundme.com/cmp6f8

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Selfish self-promotion.

http://www.gofundme.com/cmp6f8

I can throw a couple of bucks next week. (First tuition payment is pending)

[Ben Shapiro]

Selfish self-promotion.

http://www.gofundme.com/cmp6f8

I can throw a couple of bucks next week. (First tuition payment is pending)

I shall make you a Robot Picard that says Star Wars sucks!

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Selfish self-promotion.

http://www.gofundme.com/cmp6f8

I can throw a couple of bucks next week. (First tuition payment is pending)

I shall make you a Robot Picard that says Star Wars sucks!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Mild rant ahead:

We have a budget. I told you how much there was available after taking out necessities.
First thing you do is blow past that budget (80 doesn't just magically turn into 110). Ok, can work with that...not too much over. But absolutely nothing else can be spent. That was agreed on. And repeatedly reinforced when anyone else wanted something.

then YOU decided that well....we are running out of this and this and this so go ahead and get some. Little more of that set aside money gone.
THEN you decided that more was needed. To the sum of 50 dollars. Because you were tired of what was here.

I don't want to hear a fucking complaint when come Friday we have even less than last time around after the needed things are paid 

/rant over

I love people who don't grasp the whole "budget" concept.

I love to throw them into  the river.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I went to Brighton Pride, and bought lots of tea. I ended up not doing the pride party proper, because money, and then we went to eat pho.

I've started actually writing on my tea blog, and am embarking on a project to do 50 reviews of different teas, one a day. The title of this is Fifty Shades of Tea. If anyone is interested in reading it I can link it when I'm at my PC.

That sounds kind of awesome.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I just won the 1st annual International Jeet Kun Do Comparison heavyweight grappling division.... by beating one guy. Huzzah!

On some level, though, don't you always win by beating one guy?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Phone interview for 30k/yr gig tomorrow. Thanks Roger for helping me get this far.

Good luck!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I have been taking 5HTP and it seems to be working.

It's hard to say, but I haven't been waking up with every single person I hate running trough my mind. Even better, I can actively think about shit like that without that flat tire in my brain making a fuss.

Huzah!

I love that stuff. Seriously, it has helped me so much with sleep, and with emotional lability. It's great.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Selfish self-promotion.

http://www.gofundme.com/cmp6f8

That looks like it would be an awesome shop, good luck Bear!

[Pæs]

Successfully made a rough 3D island in Blender and textured water and land separately. Soon, precious, I will be a master of making game art assets.

[LMNO]

Selfish self-promotion.

http://www.gofundme.com/cmp6f8

The text doesn't make it very clear how much you're looking to raise, nor what really you'll be doing with funds raised.  Is it to expand the inventory?  Move to a brick and mortar location?  Fund payroll?

I mean, I'm still going to kick you a $20 or so, but for other people, they may want to know more about what your business plan is.

Oh, btw, I don't really need/want the Yu-Gi-OMGWTF reward, but feel free to mail it to someone you randomly choose from the phone book.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm on page 6 of a 7 page paper, and my computer decides its out of memory so I have to restart and re-find the paper I was in the process of citing.