Open Bar MMXIV^2: Solace of Quantum

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

My psych prof just emailed me to tell me that I got 555 out of 500 points!  I don't even know how I did that!

The only possible answer is that you Nigeled space-time.

I hope I can keep that up, because it'll really help with grad school.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Every morning at about 6:30am (and 5am, but I never hear it then) I can hear reveille from my bedroom window.

This means that should anyone attack (one of?) the most western air force bases in the US I'll be toast in the first wave. Which is nice.

Thinking about giving up the car, especially since I could not afford the insurance this month. I just need one of those little electric hub motors for my bike. If I can make it through one winter that way I can make it through them all.

Anyone can ride a bike in the summer.

I hate biking in the winter here, I can't even imagine it there in the DEATH COLD.

Heh. I've never tried. I almost impulsively sold my car, but then thought, Hm, maybe I should see if I can do winter biking FIRST and then sell it.

Lots of people have been doing it here in the.last few years. I see those giant studded tires and get all wistful. Driving here gets worse every year, there's always more and more cars filled with...healthy, good natured, highly developed primates. Yeah,, that's it.

Give it a try!

I'm working on riding every day to work. Of course, it's summer, it's temperate, and it's not that far so it isn't really a big deal. I do wish there were some dedicated bike streets though.

[Cain]

Writing an email explaining why I can't go to the office party ("because you suck and I hate you all" would be the real reason...instead I'm copping out with an unverifiable lie).

My schedule until...July 2016 is looking a little busy.  Next week, is the final week, so most students will be moving out.  Then I'm off to Italy for two weeks.  Then I'm back, to pack for Switzerland.  That will probably take a week.  Then I have a week in the middle, which I'll probably use to buy essentials that I cannot get (cheaply) in Switzerland...like coffee, and toothpaste.  Then I'll move back in with my parents, in order to store things in their basement, and rework all my bills, utilities and similar to their address.

Then I'll move to Switzerland and start my course in the same week.  And that alone should keep me busy for two years.

[Salty]

Every morning at about 6:30am (and 5am, but I never hear it then) I can hear reveille from my bedroom window.

This means that should anyone attack (one of?) the most western air force bases in the US I'll be toast in the first wave. Which is nice.

Thinking about giving up the car, especially since I could not afford the insurance this month. I just need one of those little electric hub motors for my bike. If I can make it through one winter that way I can make it through them all.

Anyone can ride a bike in the summer.

I hate biking in the winter here, I can't even imagine it there in the DEATH COLD.

Heh. I've never tried. I almost impulsively sold my car, but then thought, Hm, maybe I should see if I can do winter biking FIRST and then sell it.

Lots of people have been doing it here in the.last few years. I see those giant studded tires and get all wistful. Driving here gets worse every year, there's always more and more cars filled with...healthy, good natured, highly developed primates. Yeah,, that's it.

Give it a try!

I'm working on riding every day to work. Of course, it's summer, it's temperate, and it's not that far so it isn't really a big deal. I do wish there were some dedicated bike streets though.

Those NE drivers are so god damned polite though.

Threateningly polite.

Here people are starting to ride in the street more, as opposed to the many trails that crisscross the city (which I've just discovered for the first time). They do this to pave the way for bike rights.

Which would be a swell idea if the cars weren't all filled mishmash of people from all over the world, drunk, meth'd to the max, and driving tons of kill machine. All of them.

Cain: I'm glad that worked out for you. You must be looking forward to just being there so bad right now.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Writing an email explaining why I can't go to the office party ("because you suck and I hate you all" would be the real reason...instead I'm copping out with an unverifiable lie).

My schedule until...July 2016 is looking a little busy.  Next week, is the final week, so most students will be moving out.  Then I'm off to Italy for two weeks.  Then I'm back, to pack for Switzerland.  That will probably take a week.  Then I have a week in the middle, which I'll probably use to buy essentials that I cannot get (cheaply) in Switzerland...like coffee, and toothpaste.  Then I'll move back in with my parents, in order to store things in their basement, and rework all my bills, utilities and similar to their address.

Then I'll move to Switzerland and start my course in the same week.  And that alone should keep me busy for two years.

Woohoo!!!

[trippinprincezz13]

Just realized that one of these people is running in the MA special election: http://tvpmassachusetts.org/?page_id=6

The website! The mostly unrelated, detached from reality-ish comments section! Maybe this is old news, but WTF. I was recently out to eat and on the business-card board in the entryway of the restaurant, there was a card from a different person from this party that had run for president. Then slightly below that another card from the same person saying they got 12,000 write-in votes nationwide

I don't know why, but this tickles me right now.

Edit: Ahh, didn't notice the "usernames" at first - comments section is just tons and tons of spam. But, it also blended nicely with what I imagined posters on that site would be like.

Spotted one or two possibly real people.

Then: "peanut butters are quite tasty, the only trouble is that i have some really bad peanut allergy"
"Typewriter.. or. . "UROPYOURETER" . meaning 'a collection of urine and pus within the ureter.'"

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Dear everyone:

DO NOT SAVE YOUR CORPORATE LOGO AS A JPG FILE. EVER. STOP THAT.

<3 QG

(Back to the pixel mines I go...)

[Salty]

I was riding to work on this trail, coming down off a spiral hill bridge thingy...

...at speed...

When I see a tiny, tiny baby moose and her not so tiny momma. They're on the side of the road, drinking out of a little lagoon. I decide instantly GUN IT. And gunned it. Stupid.

The baby shied away until I got close and then RAN away. This prompted the mother to charge me. The only reason I am able to post this right now is because she found me threatening enough to let me know that she WOULD fuck me up. Or I was simply fast enough.

I kept looking back the rest of the trip.
She hasn't got me yet.

[Freeky]

Holy fuck balls.  MOOSE.

[Salty]

I.laughed a lot, real good and deep, for a while.

[Freeky]

I would. 

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

WHY WOULD YOU GUN IT? WHY FOR THE LOVE OF ZOD WOULD YOU DO THAT?

[Cain]

Dear everyone:

DO NOT SAVE YOUR CORPORATE LOGO AS A JPG FILE. EVER. STOP THAT.

<3 QG

(Back to the pixel mines I go...)

.png all day every day.

Scrubs it of metadata which can be used to track the file.

[Salty]

WHY WOULD YOU GUN IT? WHY FOR THE LOVE OF ZOD WOULD YOU DO THAT?

I have The Holy™ real strong? Plus, I was scared if I stopped and turned around I wouldn't have enough time to get away
It was pretty much straight up hill, spiraled.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Dear everyone:

DO NOT SAVE YOUR CORPORATE LOGO AS A JPG FILE. EVER. STOP THAT.

<3 QG

(Back to the pixel mines I go...)

.png all day every day.

Scrubs it of metadata which can be used to track the file.

I will forgive a png, but if you're worth over a million and don't have a vector file of some kind I still reserve nut-tap rights.