Octopus Overlords

Moat_Man wrote:

Jolor wrote:I've always been more of a Chilliwack guy than a Lighthouse guy (let the eternal battle continue!) but Skip Prokop was a legend and I'm disappointed/saddened that I'm only hearing of his passing almost a month after the fact.

That's kinda weird, linking to an empty Wikipedia page.

He typo'd the URL. Here, without the 'L'.

Had an absolutely nerve-wracking afternoon. The regular instructor showed up sick to our program today. He thought he could teach, but asked me 15 minutes before he was supposed to start if I could fill in for him. While I've led meetings before, I've never facilitated a group for more than an hour. It also wasn't my company's content, so while I've seen this program taught a couple times, I've never actually done it myself. It was a group of about 40 people who had spent the previous two days with very seasoned professional instructors, and now they get me on 15 minutes notice with no experience. Awesome.

I actually think I did pretty well, all things considered, but it was terrifying. I have no idea how professional facilitators do that for a living...paging MHS for presentation skills tips.

Told my boss about it, and his response was "discomfort means you're growing". In that case, I'm 90 goddamn feet tall right now.

I can't tell if Top Ramen is back in style or if everyone I know is just poor.

Sectoid wrote:I can't tell if Top Ramen is back in style or if everyone I know is just poor.

The first one. I even saw a special on Netflix or Amazon about some 'food guy' touring the world looking for the best Ramen.

Paingod wrote:

Sectoid wrote:I can't tell if Top Ramen is back in style or if everyone I know is just poor.

The first one. I even saw a special on Netflix or Amazon about some 'food guy' touring the world looking for the best Ramen.

Just yesterday I saw a Twitch streamer talking about how it would take too long to do a proper ramen stream because it would entail 6-8 hours to do the "boil" -- I guess there's more to ramen than cheap high-sodium noodles.

Yeah, there's a big difference between college food ramen and hipster foodie ramen.

ImLawBoy wrote:Yeah, there's a big difference between college food ramen and hipster foodie ramen.

Amen. Goro in OKC:



It's so good!

I saw an article at MSN today that said; Between 1859 and 1900, there were an estimated 12 bank robberies in the entirety of the so-called “Wild West.”

dbt1949 wrote:I saw an article at MSN today that said; Between 1859 and 1900, there were an estimated 12 bank robberies in the entirety of the so-called “Wild West.”

Slackers.

dbt1949 wrote:I saw an article at MSN today that said; Between 1859 and 1900, there were an estimated 12 bank robberies in the entirety of the so-called “Wild West.”

Unpossible.

Movies have taught me that banks were being robbed daily. Sometimes twice a day.

It occurred to me today that military adventure movies set in the British Raj are really just westerns, with British soldiers instead of U.S. Cavalry and Indians instead of Indians.

Possibly....the only brit movie I can recall is Zulu.

TheMix wrote:

dbt1949 wrote:I saw an article at MSN today that said; Between 1859 and 1900, there were an estimated 12 bank robberies in the entirety of the so-called “Wild West.”

Unpossible.

Movies have taught me that banks were being robbed daily. Sometimes twice a day.

Trains and stagecoaches were the preferred target in the movies I've seen.

BBC

More than 300 girls born in England and Wales last year were named Arya, sharing their name with the well-known Game of Thrones character.

That's more than the number of children who received traditional names like Mary (204) and Catherine (163).

Another name from the HBO series growing in popularity is Khaleesi.

There were 69 girls born last year with the same name as the would-be Queen of Westeros, according to figures for England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

More Game of Thrones names on the list include Tyrion (11), Sansa (5), Daenerys (4) and Brienne (3).

Her name ISN'T KHALEESI!

I need to change my youngest's name to Tyrion... he is short and sarcastic... and may well kill his father before it's all over.

coopasonic wrote:I need to change my youngest's name to Tyrion... he is short and sarcastic... and may well kill his father before it's all over.

You'll need anti-crossbow toilets.

There is a lock on the door, but the doors are just for show. A decent crossbow will punch right through. Maybe I should sit sideways so if he goes for center mass through the door I won't be there.

Isgrimnur wrote:BBC

More than 300 girls born in England and Wales last year were named Arya, sharing their name with the well-known Game of Thrones character.

That's more than the number of children who received traditional names like Mary (204) and Catherine (163).

Another name from the HBO series growing in popularity is Khaleesi.

There were 69 girls born last year with the same name as the would-be Queen of Westeros, according to figures for England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

More Game of Thrones names on the list include Tyrion (11), Sansa (5), Daenerys (4) and Brienne (3).

Her name ISN'T KHALEESI!

I'm trying to convince Zarathud and his wife to spawn again so they can name the child Hot Pie.

hepcat wrote:

Isgrimnur wrote:BBC

More than 300 girls born in England and Wales last year were named Arya, sharing their name with the well-known Game of Thrones character.

That's more than the number of children who received traditional names like Mary (204) and Catherine (163).

Another name from the HBO series growing in popularity is Khaleesi.

There were 69 girls born last year with the same name as the would-be Queen of Westeros, according to figures for England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

More Game of Thrones names on the list include Tyrion (11), Sansa (5), Daenerys (4) and Brienne (3).

Her name ISN'T KHALEESI!

I'm trying to convince Zarathud and his wife to spawn again so they can name the child Hot Pie.

There are several dogs at the dog park I frequent (with my dog) that are named Arya and Sansa. There is even a Skyler for Breaking Bad fans. If I had a Corgi, I'd name it Tyrion.

Best dog name = Sandor.

The great Steven Wright:

I bought a dog the other day. I named him Stay. It's fun to call him. "Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!" He went insane. Now he just ignores me and keeps typing. He's an East German Shepherd.

Kraken wrote:

TheMix wrote:

dbt1949 wrote:I saw an article at MSN today that said; Between 1859 and 1900, there were an estimated 12 bank robberies in the entirety of the so-called “Wild West.”

Unpossible.

Movies have taught me that banks were being robbed daily. Sometimes twice a day.

Trains and stagecoaches were the preferred target in the movies I've seen.

Right. Between bank A and bank B.

Or the Federal bank.

In any case, there were plenty of bank robberies to go around, is what I've learned from movies as well. Usually for the 200 bucks the bank has on hand.

Isgrimnur wrote:BBC

More than 300 girls born in England and Wales last year were named Arya, sharing their name with the well-known Game of Thrones character.

That's more than the number of children who received traditional names like Mary (204) and Catherine (163).

Another name from the HBO series growing in popularity is Khaleesi.

There were 69 girls born last year with the same name as the would-be Queen of Westeros, according to figures for England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

More Game of Thrones names on the list include Tyrion (11), Sansa (5), Daenerys (4) and Brienne (3).

Her name ISN'T KHALEESI!

And Seven is a number and Apple is a fruit.

What's your point?

What item is that food?..this one..... Id like to make it at home.

Daehawk wrote:What item is that food?..this one..... Id like to make it at home.

I think I already did, but I flushed it.

I make that about twice a week.

It's called "Stir-fry everything you want to eat." The liquid says "This time try it with sauce."

Daehawk wrote:What item is that food?..this one..... Id like to make it at home.

That looks like a ramen soup. Probably pork meatballs, soft boiled eggs, mushrooms...


Here's a chicken one.

GreenGoo wrote:

Isgrimnur wrote:BBC

More than 300 girls born in England and Wales last year were named Arya, sharing their name with the well-known Game of Thrones character.

That's more than the number of children who received traditional names like Mary (204) and Catherine (163).

Another name from the HBO series growing in popularity is Khaleesi.

There were 69 girls born last year with the same name as the would-be Queen of Westeros, according to figures for England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

More Game of Thrones names on the list include Tyrion (11), Sansa (5), Daenerys (4) and Brienne (3).

Her name ISN'T KHALEESI!

And Seven is a number and Apple is a fruit.

What's your point?

That it's shitty reporting.

Where have all the flowers gone?

dbt1949 wrote:Where have all the flowers gone?

Wherever the cowboys went.

Sectoid wrote:

dbt1949 wrote:Where have all the flowers gone?

Wherever the cowboys went.

Young girls picked all the cowboys? Every one?

dbt1949 wrote:I saw an article at MSN today that said; Between 1859 and 1900, there were an estimated 12 bank robberies in the entirety of the so-called “Wild West.”

That's only slightly less than the number of known stand-up gunfights.

While I appreciate my iPhone remembering to perform the alarm function to get me up this morning, not being able to access them to turn them of because it was behind the "learn about the new update" screens was not fun at 6 a.m.

Holman wrote:I make that about twice a week.
It's called "Stir-fry everything you want to eat." The liquid says "This time try it with sauce."

Looks like perhaps a "Posole Rojo" to me.

MonkeyFinger wrote:

Holman wrote:I make that about twice a week.
It's called "Stir-fry everything you want to eat." The liquid says "This time try it with sauce."

Looks like perhaps a "Posole Rojo" to me.

Since it's from a Ramen place (per the original post), I'm guessing it's the Spicy Ramen found here.

This Windows update says I need to uninstall Steam in order for it to be able to install.

Hmmm...I don't think so.

ImLawBoy wrote:

MonkeyFinger wrote:

Holman wrote:I make that about twice a week.
It's called "Stir-fry everything you want to eat." The liquid says "This time try it with sauce."

Looks like perhaps a "Posole Rojo" to me.

Since it's from a Ramen place (per the original post), I'm guessing it's the Spicy Ramen found here.

Ah, the first post I saw was Daehawk asking "what is this?" with no quote so assumed that was start of it. Needed to scroll back further, it would seem.

Max Peck wrote:

Sectoid wrote:

dbt1949 wrote:Where have all the flowers gone?

Wherever the cowboys went.

Young girls picked all the cowboys? Every one?

Young girls always pick cowboys.

I swear to God, if I ever decide to date again, I am not friending them on facebook. The last one ended up friending 17 of my peeps, and now she's embedded like a tick. I have to post shit through an "everyone but..." filter.