Random randomness

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:36 pm

Ok, so NOW it's gone 200 pages.

Default · Post by **Default** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 10:28 pm

Brian wrote:Ok, so NOW it's gone 200 pages.

And that's why my forehead bonds to oak.

Jaymon · Post by **Jaymon** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:13 pm

This is way more soup then I am prepared to eat. Also, my receipt is in Chinese.
Thank you, that is all.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:57 am

Jaymon wrote:This is way more soup then I am prepared to eat. Also, my receipt is in Chinese.
Thank you, that is all.

Too much soup? Are you sure the receipt isn't Vietnamese? I have never seen soup bowls so big. WTPho.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:30 am

"I believe I have your replacement server ready and configured. I know we're all anxious to swap machines as quickly as possible. I just need to test pulling in documents and then I will be ready to send this machine down to you tomorrow.

Can you pull in documents on your existing server and let me know when you do, so I can test the new server and make sure we don't lose any documents."

Response:

"Great. Thanx."

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:36 am

LordMortis wrote:"I believe I have your replacement server ready and configured. I know we're all anxious to swap machines as quickly as possible. I just need to test pulling in documents and then I will be ready to send this machine down to you tomorrow.

Can you pull in documents on your existing server and let me know when you do, so I can test the new server and make sure we don't lose any documents."

Response:

"Great. Thanx."

I used to have this happen to me all the time, although I'm much worse than you about hiding my questions in informational paragraphs.

I just list my requirements/questions at the beginning of the email in point form, or numbered, with at least 1 empty line between each to distinguish them.

I then write all my "information" below those. Yes, even if some of the questions cannot be answered until the reader has read my information.

I just got tired of people skimming emails and missing important details. If I could make the details flash in neon I would.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:47 am

GreenGoo wrote:I used to have this happen to me all the time, although I'm much worse than you about hiding my questions in informational paragraphs.

I just list my requirements/questions at the beginning of the email in point form, or numbered, with at least 1 empty line between each to distinguish them.

I then write all my "information" below those. Yes, even if some of the questions cannot be answered until the reader has read my information.

I just got tired of people skimming emails and missing important details. If I could make the details flash in neon I would.

I like to bold questions or action items or bullet point them but whenever I proofread my emails framed that way I read the them back to myself sounding like a condescending asshole. Like I am need to treat the reader like a child.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:27 pm

They opened one the favorite of Pete Rock places to eat, The Tilted Kilt in Novi. I think I need to find out what all the hub bub was about. From the look of it, it must be right next to the Novi Hooters (never been) and that seems an odd choice to me. At the very least it's somewhere in the same "fountain walk."

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:54 pm

I know it is a horrible story and all, but I couldn't help my first thought on seeing this picture was shock at the description - "a damaged car"???

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/syria-1339 ... 32447.html" target="_blank

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 2:51 pm

Times I wish I had Netflix. They released the Logan's Run TV show on DVD this year. As painful as it would be, I'd love to sit down and rewatch this 35 years later. Or at least I think I would probably right up until I was sitting down and rewatching it.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 2:53 pm

stessier wrote:I know it is a horrible story and all, but I couldn't help my first thought on seeing this picture was shock at the description - "a damaged car"???

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/syria-1339 ... 32447.html" target="_blank

So you are insinuating the car was not damaged?

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:30 pm

Overheard:

"are you up to date on your shots?"

"I better be. From working here, I'm out there doing 'em every damned night."

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:01 pm

SCORE! I came across a widescreen copy of Serenity today for $5! Awesome.

KKBlue · Post by **KKBlue** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:10 am

Actually lost weight while in vacation, go figure.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:00 am

GreenGoo wrote:
LordMortis wrote:"I believe I have your replacement server ready and configured. I know we're all anxious to swap machines as quickly as possible. I just need to test pulling in documents and then I will be ready to send this machine down to you tomorrow.

Can you pull in documents on your existing server and let me know when you do, so I can test the new server and make sure we don't lose any documents."

Response:

"Great. Thanx."
I used to have this happen to me all the time, although I'm much worse than you about hiding my questions in informational paragraphs.

I just list my requirements/questions at the beginning of the email in point form, or numbered, with at least 1 empty line between each to distinguish them.

I then write all my "information" below those. Yes, even if some of the questions cannot be answered until the reader has read my information.

I just got tired of people skimming emails and missing important details. If I could make the details flash in neon I would.

Defeat. Email sent again with bullet points and call outs with names.

We'll see what happens.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:53 am

Fuck, everytime I shift it feels like someone is sticking a knife in my lower back. Trying to figure how I'm going to make it through the day. Been looking forward to playing volleyball tonight all week. Somehow I have my doubts about that happening now. Fuck.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:56 am

Use the alt key instead of the shift.

Mr Bubbles · Post by **Mr Bubbles** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:29 am

Remus West wrote:Fuck, everytime I shift it feels like someone is sticking a knife in my lower back. Trying to figure how I'm going to make it through the day. Been looking forward to playing volleyball tonight all week. Somehow I have my doubts about that happening now. Fuck.

So what format? Xbox360, PC, PS3?

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:30 pm

God is telling you to go home and play Eclipse.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:25 pm

Zarathud wrote:God is telling you to go home and play Eclipse.

Eclipse is not solo playable as far as I know. I think God is telling me, "Get thee hence to the chiroprator."

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:09 pm

The phrase of the day, kids, is "Executive Summary". Tell me what the problem is in two lines or less, he says. He doesn't want to read my long-winded explanation of what happened, what caused it, and what we should be doing about it.

Of course, this crap thinking fails spectacularly when the executive then asks "Why?" when his summary doesn't tell him.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:53 am

Must....stop...watching...Chuggington

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:16 am

The new EW has a photo of the cast of Clueless today, and Stacey Dash has not. aged. a. day. It's freaky.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:45 pm

Daehawk wrote:Must....stop...watching...Chuggington

Chugga chugga chugga chugga Chuggington!

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:56 pm

LordMortis wrote:They opened one the favorite of Pete Rock places to eat, The Tilted Kilt in Novi. I think I need to find out what all the hub bub was about.

I tried the reuben at the Tilted Kilt outside Atlanta. I haven't been that sick in a long time.

At least the view was nice.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:05 pm

Exodor wrote:
LordMortis wrote:They opened one the favorite of Pete Rock places to eat, The Tilted Kilt in Novi. I think I need to find out what all the hub bub was about.
I tried the reuben at the Tilted Kilt outside Atlanta. I haven't been that sick in a long time.

At least the view was nice.

It's a good thing I think reubens are the worst food ever.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:28 pm

GreenGoo wrote:
Daehawk wrote:Must....stop...watching...Chuggington
Chugga chugga chugga chugga Chuggington!

You bastards.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:30 pm

LordMortis wrote:
Exodor wrote:
LordMortis wrote:They opened one the favorite of Pete Rock places to eat, The Tilted Kilt in Novi. I think I need to find out what all the hub bub was about.
I tried the reuben at the Tilted Kilt outside Atlanta. I haven't been that sick in a long time.

At least the view was nice.
It's a good thing I think reubens are the worst food ever.

Titled Kilt?

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:42 pm

Remus West wrote:Titled Kilt?

Not sure. Never been. It was raved about here years ago. As far as I can tell it's an upscalier Hooters, except the food was supposed to be fantastic and the beer selection, huge. I might end up there this weekend either for the Tigers or Football. I'll be out in Farmington anyway for death in the family stuff.

Plus, I dig women in plaid bras.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:53 pm

Come to think of it, I remember a recent news story about somebody trying to open a Tilted Kilt somewhere in the Greater Boston area and being thwarted because of the sexy costumes.

Ah here it is: It was in Quincy, the next town north of me.

“It’s like putting a pork chop in front of a mosque,” Lewis said. “It’s counter to what we teach. It’s counter to what we believe. ...This is a distortion of why God gave us sex.”

Damned Puritans.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:02 pm

Kraken wrote:
This is a distortion of why God gave us sex.”

To get men to do things they wouldn't to otherwise? I thought that's exactly why God gave us sex.

bb2112 · Post by **bb2112** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:48 am

Yesterday was my 16th wedding anniversary. I feel old.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:13 am

bb2112 wrote:Yesterday was my 16th wedding anniversary. I feel old.

We're coming up on our 23rd.

The thought that a woman could put up with my shit for more than two decades is amazing.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:05 am

GreenGoo wrote:
Daehawk wrote:Must....stop...watching...Chuggington
Chugga chugga chugga chugga Chuggington!

God, I hate you right now.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:22 am

Brian wrote:
bb2112 wrote:Yesterday was my 16th wedding anniversary. I feel old.
We're coming up on our 23rd.

The thought that a woman could put up with my shit for more than two decades is amazing.

I think the key is not presenting it to her in a box. That should be kept strictly to your workplace.

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 2:18 pm

I've been with my partner 16 years. 34 is NOT old.

bb2112 · Post by **bb2112** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:27 pm

silverjon wrote:I've been with my partner 16 years. 34 is NOT old.

Although we have been married for 16, we have been together for 21. That is half my life.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:32 pm

25 years last week. Not a thing was done to celebrate and no one came over or called.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:33 pm

A 7 foot 135 lb Serenity model made from over 70,000 Legos

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/0 ... ertainment" target="_blank

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:50 pm