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Yes! That's when I'm like hoodie on - hoodie off - hoodie on because I'm cold, and then I'm hot, and then I'm cold again.

Once it is a more respectable time of day, I'll reach out to my friend who happened to be the teacher of said class, and ask her when it started being offered as I believe she was the first ever teacher of that class there.

I haven't edited a wiki page in decades, so not sure how well that will go.

I was randomly browsing the wiki page for my High School and I spotted an incorrect statement. (They have it listed that a specific class started being offered in 1998 [before eventually being offered at other area schools], but it was offered during all 4 years I was enrolled 95-99.)

Also, how has it been 6.5 years (again) since we've seen each other in person?!

I was trying to eat other places than at the hotel. :D

Sadly, The Marina Club at the Radisson Blu in Athlone, Ireland has taken it off their menu since I was there for work in 2019. I had it at least once a week for the month I was there. It was amazing.

It is ridiculous, it harms no one, and it is bringing me joy.

Would it have been more funny if I didn't post about it? Maybe. But now I get to share in my goofiness.

Anyone else get a ridiculous idea and decide to just go for it?

Its no secret that I love Dr Pepper. I've got shirts, pj pants, hoodies, merch, etc..

I'm starting to pack for my trip and I had the idea of 'I bet I have enough shirts to only wear Dr Pepper branded clothing the entire trip'.

I'm at that point in pre-travel mode where my brain is trying to get me there faster.

Woke up this morning sure that it was Thursday.

Alas, it is only Wednesday and I still have to work today and tomorrow.

Fair point.

The closest I'd ever want is if they could (with Rod's permission - and compensation) get Majel Barrett's voice for my Echo. I had heard rumours this was in the works years back since they had so much audio on file, but then nothing.

But yeah, anything else seems icky.

Pam Bondi says the system will collapse if she prosecuted everyone who is in those files... well, don't threaten me with a good time if you aren't gonna follow through. Geez.

Most of a grey tabby cat’s face and one ear is visible. He is laying on grey sheets with a dark grey duvet being lifted off of him. The rest of his body is not visible.

Essek got scared earlier (a friend came over and there was Stranger Danger) and burrowed under the covers on my bed to hide. That was like 4 hours ago. The little goober has since just stretched out and napped there all afternoon.

This was my wellness check.

The horrors persist, but so must I. And my persistence means making sure people know about my job so I can feed the cats, pay the mortgage, and help support the causes I believe in.

With this in mind, the reprint editions of IMAGINARY NUMBERS and CALCULATED RISKS are out today!

Gotta clean those beans!

amandasmildtakes • 9m I enjoyed Kendrick Lamar's halftime show even though I'm not Black and I enjoyed Bad Bunny's even though I'm not Latina because I like America and watching different cultures in our country celebrate themselves because those are my neighbors and it never occurs to me to find that threatening because I'm not a punk ass bitch

presented without comment about the super bowl:

Ok, that blanket though....

Reposting with Alt Text.

This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So:

In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.

Correction on website: Dice Collecting Wiki (not collector)

Two clear acrylic dice boxes with paper inserts. Left: Chessex paper insert identifying CHX LE538. Red, 7 - Raw Transparent polyhedral dice set Right: Chessex paper insert identifying CHX LE540. Purple, 7 - Raw Transparent polyhedral dice set

Two clear acrylic dice boxes with polyhedral dice. Left side has a red set, right side has a purple set.

A clear plastic tube with white “glow” polyhedral dice in normal light. These are raw and unpainted so numbers are not easily visible in the image.

A clear plastic tube with white “glow” polyhedral dice with a UV light shining on them making them glow green. These are raw and unpainted so numbers are not easily visible in the image.

Here are the two identified sets, and the third unidentified set.

Anyone have any connections at Chessex? I need to get the set ID for a long discontinued set. I found the inserts with the set ID for two other sets in the same line, but not this set.

Sadly, my best resource (Dice Collector Wiki) doesn't even have the two sets I've got IDs for listed.

Reason 892 why I love my vet clinic:
Essek had his annual wellness visit yesterday afternoon and got a vaccine.

7:45am I get an email from my vet checking in on how he's doing since his appointment.

They check in EVERY TIME. 🤍

"Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim McGraw

It was a perfectly fine song the first 90 times I heard it, but I was a delivery driver in the summer of 2004 when it was released, and the subsequent 900 times I heard it on the radio in a matter of weeks turned me off to it real quick. I abhor that song.

Context:
Essek had a wellness visit at the vet today. Simon did not go with him.

Essek, a grey tabby cat, lays sprawled in a hallway. Simon, an orange tabby, is on guard and creeping nearby.

Who said it? You decide. 😁

Simon Lorden (from Seanan McGuire's OCTOBER DAYE series) or Simon, the cat (named after the book character):
"My brother smells weird and I’m afraid to walk past him."

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