The Syndicate

Epignosis wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 9:00 pm Someone said that "he had a bot watch over 1,000 hours of Hallmark Christmas movies and write its own Christmas movie."

I don't know to what extent this is true, but the script is gold.

I laugh/coughed pretty hard at this.

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope your holiday season is full of happiness, warmth, and all that other smarmy stuff they put in Hallmark cards. When the season of spreading joy and cheer is over, remember to come back here so you can lie, manipulate, and murder for fun.

Blessings and best wishes,

-G

Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die:
Born to raise the son of earth,
Born to give them second birth!

Merry Christmas.

Tonight at bedtime, Chloe (7) mentioned how she curls up in a ball at night if she gets cold. Lilah suddenly spouts off “Yeah. Sometimes when I get cold at night, I curl up like a fetus.”

Lilah is three.

I don’t know whether to be proud of her vocabulary, scared that my daughter received an double-sized nerd gene from me, or both.

Probably both.

You should be proud of the double-sized nerd gene. And excited (that's one nerdy friend of yours who will last for the ages).

(though scared is appropriate too)

One of our students was shot and killed either last night or this morning.

This shit keeps getting harder.

I'm so sorry to hear that

Tomorrow I’m returning to my residence in a frozen hellscape totally submerged in snow, and I’m very excited for it.

best thing about leaving sweden is not having to be knee deep in snow every day and shoveling snow multiple times every friggin day.

dunya wrote: ↑Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:27 pm best thing about leaving sweden is not having to be knee deep in snow every day and shoveling snow multiple times every friggin day.

Don't come to Canada right now, or you may feel disappointed with a hint of irony.
Was there ever a child who was proud of a Participation Award? I don't think those phony awards really did damage to a generation. Maybe the sentiment behind them did, but there was no age where I didn't look at a Participation Award as only slightly better than a sheet of used toilet paper.

My brother was. He had birth defects that kept him from participating in most athletics, and when he was a kid they didn't really have special needs athletics. So when the neighborhood Soccer League started giving participation trophies, he was super excited about having an actual sports trophy. He is in his 40's now and still has that thing.

The people that complain about today’s generation being weaned on participation trophies belong to the generation of parents who were giving them out. It’s not like kids got together and decided they’d get them ...

I am in the hunt for a "did not participate" trophy.

I think that's the real prize.

I drove all day through a bunch of snow and didn’t even get a trophy.

I was supposed to have my first class today. Instead we got a few feet of snow. If the school closes tomorrow as well, I’ll have to wait a whole nother week. At that point it will have been over two months since I had a class to attend.

What has my life come to that this is what upsets me?

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:06 pm I was supposed to have my first class today. Instead we got a few feet of snow. If the school closes tomorrow as well, I’ll have to wait a whole nother week. At that point it will have been over two months since I had a class to attend.

What has my life come to that this is what upsets me?

I went outside to dig my car out of the snow. It’s so cold that my eyes started to water, and then that moisture froze my eyelashes together. It was a new experience.

The snow just started here on Long Island, but the wind chill yuk. It's blowing sideways, even the dog was like, fuck this, lets go in, lol.

We're at -30 celsius with the wind chill. I don't plan on going back outside today. Or tomorrow, apparently, because i just got another email letting me know that the school will be closed for a second straight day. that's my entire first week of classes snuffed out by snow.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:06 pm ... I’ll have to wait a whole nother week.

tmesis
/t(ə)ˈmēsəs
noun
the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, heard mainly in informal speech

Abso-fuckin-lutely!

Epignosis wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:14 pm I am in the hunt for a "did not participate" trophy.

I think that's the real prize.

Things you have said make this teacher seem wimpy in comparison.

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:06 am

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:06 pm ... I’ll have to wait a whole nother week.

tmesis
/t(ə)ˈmēsəs
noun
the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, heard mainly in informal speech

Abso-fuckin-lutely!

apparently that's a regional new england phrase. or somewhere area that encompasses new england

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:46 am

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:06 am

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:06 pm ... I’ll have to wait a whole nother week.

tmesis
/t(ə)ˈmēsəs
noun
the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, heard mainly in informal speech

Abso-fuckin-lutely!

apparently that's a regional new england phrase. or somewhere area that encompasses new england

We've had "a whole nother" here my entire life. Maybe the area you speak of reaches southern Ontario.

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:30 am

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:46 am

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:06 am

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:06 pm ... I’ll have to wait a whole nother week.

tmesis
/t(ə)ˈmēsəs
noun
the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, heard mainly in informal speech

Abso-fuckin-lutely!

apparently that's a regional new england phrase. or somewhere area that encompasses new england

We've had "a whole nother" here my entire life. Maybe the area you speak of reaches southern Ontario.

I grew up with "whole nother thing" in Alabama.

I remember being told it was a regional thing. Maybe that region is “English speaking places”.

We said that in NY, and still do

Good news! Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow this morning, so Spring is starting early. We trust the meteorological skills of a groundhog, right?

G-Man wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:38 am Good news! Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow this morning, so Spring is starting early. We trust the meteorological skills of a groundhog, right?

Winter is always 6 months long in upstate new York no matter what

Winter has not been bad at all for us in NC this year, touch wood.

Didn’t you guys have this exact conversation yesterday?
... and the day before that?

Happy Groundhog Day.

Do other states even report whether Phil sees his shadow? Punxsutawney is not exactly known for anything else, so I have to wonder if other states/regions even care.

They try to oust him with the local guy, Staten Island Chuck, but Phil always gets more press here in NY.

I have a theory about Phil and Groundhogs Day that involves a mass conspiracy to make people accept this shitty world. To most people groundhog day is nothing but a fun story on the TV news, but really its just a dumb ass tradition that has no real meaning at all. What do we see on the local news every night? Story after story of how shitty people are to each other is all I ever see.....and then sports and your local five day forecast. It's depressing as hell. I don't watch news any more but I assume this is still the cycle. So Groundhog Day to me is just a slap in the face reminding the world that its never going to get any better but hey here's a goofy feel good story for you to prove that it's not so bad.

I just made all that up on the fly as far as it being a conspiracy but now that i look back at that depressingly dark take on Groundhog Day, it looks legit.

Insert Martin Freeman GIF here.

Have a great day!!!

Spent like a full on hour today sealing envelopes with wax for my DnD game on Friday so my players will have something tangible to look at and feel and (hopefully) crack open before I absolutely nuke them into the center of the earth.

Acid splash.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:31 pmAcid splash.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:30 pm Spent like a full on hour today sealing envelopes with wax for my DnD game on Friday so my players will have something tangible to look at and feel and (hopefully) crack open before I absolutely nuke them into the center of the earth.

That sounds fun I wish my DMs would do cool stuff like that when I play haha

sabie12 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:35 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:30 pm Spent like a full on hour today sealing envelopes with wax for my DnD game on Friday so my players will have something tangible to look at and feel and (hopefully) crack open before I absolutely nuke them into the center of the earth.

That sounds fun I wish my DMs would do cool stuff like that when I play haha

It was pretty fun, all things considered. A lot of work tho. But for me as a GM/DM I like it because it fits with the tone I'm hoping to set. Hopefully people end up liking them anyway lol.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:43 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:06 pm I was supposed to have my first class today. Instead we got a few feet of snow. If the school closes tomorrow as well, I’ll have to wait a whole nother week. At that point it will have been over two months since I had a class to attend.

What has my life come to that this is what upsets me?

I went outside to dig my car out of the snow. It’s so cold that my eyes started to water, and then that moisture froze my eyelashes together. It was a new experience.

Welcome to Buffalo! 30 degrees this time of year feels like beach weather!

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 9:31 am

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:43 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:06 pm I was supposed to have my first class today. Instead we got a few feet of snow. If the school closes tomorrow as well, I’ll have to wait a whole nother week. At that point it will have been over two months since I had a class to attend.

What has my life come to that this is what upsets me?

I went outside to dig my car out of the snow. It’s so cold that my eyes started to water, and then that moisture froze my eyelashes together. It was a new experience.

Welcome to Buffalo! 30 degrees this time of year feels like beach weather!

I woke up this morning with a determination to "take advantage of the nice weather." It's -3 degrees celsius, but the sun is shining and there's no overpowering gusts of wind. It was like a dream and I enjoyed a very frigid jog in the park.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 6:31 pm

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Sat Feb 16, 2019 9:31 am

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:43 pm

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:06 pm I was supposed to have my first class today. Instead we got a few feet of snow. If the school closes tomorrow as well, I’ll have to wait a whole nother week. At that point it will have been over two months since I had a class to attend.

What has my life come to that this is what upsets me?

I went outside to dig my car out of the snow. It’s so cold that my eyes started to water, and then that moisture froze my eyelashes together. It was a new experience.

Welcome to Buffalo! 30 degrees this time of year feels like beach weather!

I woke up this morning with a determination to "take advantage of the nice weather." It's -3 degrees celsius, but the sun is shining and there's no overpowering gusts of wind. It was like a dream and I enjoyed a very frigid jog in the park.

[mention]ColinIsCool[/mention] you live in buffalo ny? I'm only a few hours away from you then. And yeah it was 50 degrees Friday and we were like woooo heat wave yay! But anytime its above 20 were happy at this point farenheit of course haha

I’m about an hour away from Buffalo in WNY currently, so perhaps even closer!

20C today (68F). i was on fire. i am definitely feeling at ~home~ here haha.

was recently in eastern france for work and stayed a couple extra days to explore the city. the hotel was nice as hell, the city was incredible and i have serious desires to move there forever. had a great time over all and bought a crapton of clothes and stuff...except for one extremely unfortunate event i cannot erase from memory.

as i was packing my room to check out, i was doing a final check to make sure i hadn't forgotten anything. then i spot a lipstick right next to where they put the safe thingy. and i was like hmmm, this looks familiar but not very very familiar.... pick it up, open it, touch it, realize it's not lipstick. yeah, definitely not lipstick. it was someone's travel vibrator. i wanted to cry.

Damn, I knew I had left something.

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 11:41 am 20C today (68F). i was on fire. i am definitely feeling at ~home~ here haha.

That's not hot, it hit 38C (100F) here 2 weeks ago.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:02 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 11:41 am 20C today (68F). i was on fire. i am definitely feeling at ~home~ here haha.

That's not hot, it hit 38C (100F) here 2 weeks ago.

but it's the middle of february! this is weather in my wildest dreams for mid feb.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 11:54 am Damn, I knew I had left something.

oh god.

the image is scarred into my brain.

Trust me, 38 is too much.

You open all windows, turn on fans, wear the minimum amount of clothing and it's still so hot you wanna hit something.

Now it's 31. Much more comfortable.