Happy Birthday, new Daddy.Originally Posted by RandBlade
Happy Birthday, new Daddy.
I bought a bag of wildflower seeds in late winter/early spring for about 3 bucks, and scattered them in a tough lawn area in late May/early June.
I'm happy to see waist-high blooms, a riot of colors, and butterfly and hummingbird visitors.
Huh, my sister in law was either at your show or the one last night. She enjoyed... if you saw a shortish single American you should've said hi.
Took 2 hours of combined waiting and chatting, but I managed to turn my physical Sims 2 CD key into an Origin Sims 2 Ultimate copy.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Happy about the prospect of visiting my sister in Indiana, with both my kids, and maybe getting to the Indiana State Fair, too!
Yaaayyy!
Yesterday I donated just over 40 books (mostly fantasy, a lot of sci-fi, some pop-sci and one Marian Keyes) to the library. Then we got one of these:
It's perfect! It displaced our old wooden shoerack which is a shame 'cause I love it, but needs must and so on. Anyway, it's 76cm tall and I suddenly realized it might be better in our bathroom (much-needed extra storage space), in which case it'd switch places with this:
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
BestBuy just gave me $303 for my Xbox 360S. Turned around and bought a Xbox 360E on sale for $150. So I'm ahead $150 for updating my 360.
idiots.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Why not do that to a bunch of systems and make some money?
Hope is the denial of reality
Gamestop limits preowned console purchases to 2 per person and BestBuy limits trade-ins to 3 per license.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
YES
YES!!
After a long and at times seemingly futile search I have finally found a tool for whipping my bookmark-collection into something less ridiculous.
The tool: Linkman Pro (http://www.outertech.com/en/bookmark-manager)
The problem it solved: 14 years of accumulated bookmarks--a great portion of which were duplicates that arose from a past (but costly) unfortunate habit of bookmarking all tabs "just in case" along with a few borked attempts at restoring after disasters--that could not be pruned effectively using Firefox's own bookmark-manager because it always crashed.
The Book of the Fallen: of 65,000 bookmarks, ca. 40,000 were slain. 25,000 of these were duplicates. Due to quirks of both Firefox and one of my installed extensions, the browser history had to be sacrificed. However,this was acceptable collateral damage because bookmark-cleaning is messythe blame rests squarely on Hamas's shoulders for hiding bookmarks in the same file as the browser history.
I don't know if I have ever felt so free
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Hoarders: Bookmark Edition?YES
YES!!
After a long and at times seemingly futile search I have finally found a tool for whipping my bookmark-collection into something less ridiculous.
The tool: Linkman Pro (http://www.outertech.com/en/bookmark-manager)
The problem it solved: 14 years of accumulated bookmarks--a great portion of which were duplicates that arose from a past (but costly) unfortunate habit of bookmarking all tabs "just in case" along with a few borked attempts at restoring after disasters--that could not be pruned effectively using Firefox's own bookmark-manager because it always crashed.
The Book of the Fallen: of 65,000 bookmarks, ca. 40,000 were slain. 25,000 of these were duplicates. Due to quirks of both Firefox and one of my installed extensions, the browser history had to be sacrificed. However,this was acceptable collateral damage because bookmark-cleaning is messythe blame rests squarely on Hamas's shoulders for hiding bookmarks in the same file as the browser history.
I don't know if I have ever felt so free
You have no idea, it is my greatest shame
WAS
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Uhm, you probably wouldn't say that if you knew about the "Hoarders" cable tv series.You have no idea, it is my greatest shame
WAS
Omg GGT I had no idea there was such a series I thought it was just something Enoch made up oh no wait that's not it at all i have the Internet and recognize common Anglo-American pop-culture references whew
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
In 6 weeks time, I'll be a father.
Say goodbye to sleep... forever!
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
and this is going the first of many times where your kid gives you the finger. Your "schedule" is forever more meaningless.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Very sad and true. I bypassed the diaper and midnight wake ups...and I'm still seeing most planned ANYTHING taking longer to get f-ing started.
Brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita
Savor every moment in that awesome journey....and appreciate the times you and your partner are "just two" especially, because it will never happen again.In 6 weeks time, I'll be a father.
I'm happy right now because my son's best friends are playing capture-the-flag in our dark backyard. I suppose it's something they wanted to do after HS graduation and before everyone moves to different places for college or jobs, but wasn't fulfilled by Senior Beach Week --- acting like little boys in summertime without cares or worries, and 'giggling like girls'.
I have discovered the greatest thing: http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
tracert -h 100 216.81.59.173
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
An IP trace is making you happy?
run it...
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Hehe. Took some time, but after step 11 it made me happy indeed
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
can't ... am at work ... and it'll only link to something that'll get me fired/demoted/shot/all of the above.
I will (probably not) conquer alternate history with this weapon:
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Finally making more money on the Steam marketplace than what I'm putting into it.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
I can't believe it... Project Ara should be in the hands of early developers sometime this fall, and available for purchase sometime next year
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I was happy to learn that we have modern "Milkman" home delivery service! Not too happy he rang the doorbell early in the morning, like any other solicitor, but he's a milkman after all.
They have all kinds of yummy things beyond dairy/creamery that are farm-to-table fresh, including eggs, meats, nut butters, veggies, breads, and noodles. It's mostly from small, local, family producers, but they also have coffee and salmon on their list.
They even have pasteurized, non-homogenized milk --- so you can skim the cream off the top to use in recipes, or shake it up to drink whole milk if you want. I'm happy to have so many options. Between the dairy farm down the street, to the dairy that delivers, I may never have to buy milk at a grocery store, or at a Rutter's (Dairy Farm) convenience store/gas station again.
PS, they also have raw milk products. Sorry if you don't have the same choices, Enoch.
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