SwampD
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Rain. I've been waiting for some rain to knock all the allergens out of the air. Soooo sick of my nose running all day every day.
Hmmm. If it were complaint Thursday I'd be griping about my allergies today.
Do you guys not even read this thread?
It really works.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, if I am sitting in a chair doing nothing, I SHOULD NOT BE SWEATING!
I really hate Summer.
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OK, I am against most wars. Obama has had 3 years to end them. Mabbe he shoulda.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/18/us-iraq-withdrawal-idUSTRE7BH03320111218
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Bush has not been in office for more than 3 years. This is his fault? How?
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-Fishing as competition.
-Not being able to get out and fish.
-The Pro Tools plug-in that gives pop singers vibrato that they don't actually have.
-Kids having seizures that make me miss the first 5 minutes of the first game of the SCFs.
-Spell correction that turns "he's" into "his".
-Summer/heat.
That's probably enough.
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Maker's on ice. Just what the doctor ordered after a brutally sober three day weekend.
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Phineas and Ferb.
It's just funny.
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Was it dark in that closet? :P
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Ya know, this whole site is devoted to people who do amazing feats of skill and agility with their bodies. As a musician, when I see that same skill and agility put to music, with some self expression thrown in, I'm sold. I know,... I'm ghey. Don't care.
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I don't know how to feel about the fact that I like "So You Think You Can Dance".
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Dude.....Goldbond....get the green bottle. You complain about sweaty balls more than i complain about Regier.
$10....last you the summer.
Every male should be taught about the wonders of Goldbond before they've reached maturity. It is as important as the birds and the bees talk.
Just when I think I'm old and learn-ed, I read things like this and realize that I am but a pup and know nothing.
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My kid can't talk, but she sure can tell me what music she likes. It's Music Choice's Kidz Only or nothin'. :wallbash:
I woke up with this song in my head and it's only gotten louder.
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Got to leave work 2 hours early today to celebrate my 16th wedding anniversary.
Spent it in the backyard with the wife and kid and...
F'N Fantastic.
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This is true. But I guess we're both probably used to working in environments that are like that. The environment she works in is supposed to be very casual, friendly, buddy-buddy, art kid good-ju-ju kinda stuff. They have couches, her boss's wife comes in and teaches Yoga, the developers play video games all day, they take 2 hours to go get Mighty Taco, and everybody sorta does what they want and it's not a problem as long as the work gets done. Hell, she got told to "act like she was at work" today when she doesn't even start her next project for another week. She had to beg her way into another project this afternoon because she didn't want to get yelled at like a little kid again.
The major problem is that she is the only one at the company that gets treated like this. No one else gets made an example of, everyone else is treated like their part of the buddy-buddy family. For some reason her boss treats her differently. Probably because she doesn't really "fit in" there. She's not a gamer, she's not even an animator (she learned on the job), so I think because she's sorta the "low man on the totem pole" she gets treated like it.
It's very weird. And very unprofessional.
It's probably the same reason that there isn't a woman on the board of Facebook yet, computer geeks are terrified of girls. :lol:
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I don't know if I agree with that. I've always taken my work very personally, which is why I've always been a good employee. I don't like letting the people who rely on me down, and she's no different. The difference between us is that I know when I'm being screwed around and I'll do something about it if I have to. I try to play Mr. Nice Guy but I can get real mean and nasty if someone takes a shot at my pride, especially if they're in a management position where they should know better. She doesn't have a mean bone in her body, so she won't respond to workplace issues like I would. It's not who she is.
I understand her perspective, but boy is it frustrating when I'm sitting on the other end of the phone.
There's also something to be said for the industry she's in, which is the creative industry. She works for a company that makes Flash games. It's like a sweatshop for artists. These kids come out of school with the idea in their head that they probably wont ever "make it" so they should just be happy with what they can get, which basically gives employers license to treat people like slaves. Her boss drives a Land Rover and lives in a mansion but he wont offer her the benefits that the rest of her coworkers have, and she's not allow to "ask" for it. She has to wait for him to offer it to her (which he never will). It's a completely different world than almost any other industry where it's okay to ask for things. The creative arts puts someone at the top and no matter what they're always right, because they can just threaten to go find some other brainwashed drone who has accepted the "I'm not worthy" mindset.
It's very weird. And it's not an industry I could function in. Because it's more religion than trade.
Don't get me wrong, I take great pride in my work as well. I just don't take anything personally. If I know I'm right and did a good job, I couldn't give two s###s would someone else thinks, as long as the checks clears and they keep asking me back.
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My girlfriend's boss is a massive douche. Or at least that's what I have to believe, since I always have to hear stories from my girlfriend about him being mean to her, or embarrassing her, etc.
But she can be very oversensitive to things, especially dry/sarcastic/borderline mean humor. Apparently today he singled her out for watching some show that is related to the project she's working on, even though her co-workers all do the same thing: play games, watch tv, whatever, while they work. Since he can see her desk from his office, she gets singled out for it and told "you're at work, try to act like it."
I want to believe her boss is a massive douche, and that her co-workers are all wussies who don't stand up for their own, but part of me just thinks she needs to have thicker skin. I wish I could see for myself what was going on so that I could just take her word for it in the future, but I've met her boss and I like him and we get along well, so I have a hard time believing her.
Being obligated to take someone's side in something isn't always easy.
I may be wrong, but it seems to me that a job to a man is just what he does, so it's not that personnal. A job to a woman is who she is, so it's very personnal. And no matter what, ALWAYS choose your girl's side.
I think i will state unequivocally ,a all encompassing, cover all Dam it, perhaps even a double dam it.... that is " dam it all' so there....
A common phrase here is "F### everyone,.. and everything!"
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Receiving political emails from people I like.
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Only lurking these days ...
While Jazz is not my "cup of tea", IMO, Allah (God) has blessed you with an immense talent.
A wonderful performance.
Of course, a couple thousand hours in the practice room didn't hurt either. :lol:
just kidding and thanks.
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..and now for something completely different...
I'm not all that churchy (I should say that I'm not churchy,.. at all), but I played another church service on Wednesday. It might not show up on top but it's called Wednesday Jazz Concert. Hope you like it.
My tune is at the 18:50 mark.
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1 month ago yesterday, it took 1 female nurse, 2 male nurses, myself and two orderlies my size (6'4") to hold my 7 year old daughter down in order to give her an IV to sedate her, so she could get stitches on a pretty scary gash on her forehead. Even after giving her what would have killed a horse, she never fully went under and was still fighting during the entire stitching procedure.
We just found out today that the wound is infected and if the antibiotics don't work, we get to do the whole thing again.
Livin' the dream,.. and to add insult to injury, it looks like the Rags are going to win.
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I've heard you either like it or you don't. Like Vegemite, or Moxie.
I just had Marmite for the first time last week. I liked it.
As to Kass for Hodg, like with stocks, I don't care where they've been, I only care where they are going. I just don't think Kass is going to end up the player that we thought he was going to be and I like Hodg and think he is going to be good.
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Hmmm. A father involved in his twenty-one year old son's life,.. better call Child Protective Services because that is straight up abuse.
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Drain? Or Hodgson's dad?
Sure.
Things that are AWESOME...
in The Aud Club
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Wow! That picture where they make almost perfect concentric circles is mindblowing. Were you lucky enough just be at the right spot or did you travel to see it (I kinda remember you saying something about driving to see it). Either way, it's amazing. The tree making abunch of pinhole cameras on the fence was really cool, too. Thanks. :thumbsup: