Old Man

Re: The cranky thread I didn't, actually, but thanks for asking.

Re: The cranky thread Because if they did then they wouldn't have an excuse to overbill their customers. Duh!

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "Daddy?" "Yes?" "How does Spider-Man go to sleep?" "Well, he takes off his costume, takes a bath, brushes his teeth, and goes to bed. Just like you." "Not the fake Spider-Man, Daddy. The real one."

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "Daddy?" "Yes, son?" "Can I have this fire truck for Christmas?" (it's a ride-on) "No, you're a big kid now. You're too big for that one." "What if I get small again?" "What? Uh, no, you're only going to get bigger from now on." "But what if I accidentally walk into a shrinking machine and it shrinks me? Or if I get too close to one? Then I'll be small again." "...Well, I don't think there are too many shrinking machines around here, so I don't think we need to worry about that." (wtf is mommy letting you watch on tv, kid?) "What if I make a shrinking machine? Then can I have the fire truck?" "Kid, if you invent a shrinking machine, you can pretty much have whatever you want."

Re: The cranky thread Yes, better to die outright than suffer through a difficult diagnosis.

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "Wow, have I spent twenty minutes in here complaining about the timesheet system?" "Yes, but what I want to know is, how are you going to account for that on your timesheet?"

Re: The cranky thread What's the average lifespan of a bunny, like eight years?

Re: A Game Of Questions Can't you make your own decisions?

Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore One of these days I'm going to try the meat cube. I mean it.

Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore That thing would kill you in seven hours, not seven days.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... You're not Mhoram, are you?

Re: The cranky thread Usually that's not an option since they typically nest under the eaves of the house. This time they hung their nest under a large leaf on a random bush in the yard. One that had lots of weeds under it. That I was pulling. Surprise! At least I expect the ones under the eaves.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I felt like I had to leave space for books I liked even less. Although I'm having trouble thinking of any at the moment. Oh wait--The Crystal Empire. There. So many other things bothered me that that one didn't even register.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. 4.5 out of 5. I'm not usually into politics and intrigue, as opposed to action, but this book really held my interest. The book centers around three POV characters, who are all well developed, but the book really shines when they happen to be interacting with each other. Those interactions were deep and well thought out. I don't actually know why I'm docking the book half a star except that it's not Game of Thrones and I wasn't actually staying up all night to finish it. Mainspring by Jay Lake. 2 out of 5 stars. In this book, the world is literally a Deus Ex Machina, part of an enormous clockwork mechanism. It's a very interesting world concept. Hethor, the protagonist, finds himself seriously questioning his own faith in his quest to find the Key Perilous and rewind the mainspring that drives the world. The characters he encounters are usually one dimensional and opaque; even the bad guys are so poorly explained that the reader doesn't care about them one way or the other. Hethor (ahem) "hooks up" with a monkey-girl and rationalizes that it's okay because it's not premarital sex if it's not human. (The obvious hole in that logic goes unaddressed.) Anyway, Hethor's incompetence and stupidity eventually force God to save him over and over through repeated deus ex machinas until, by the end of the book, one feels as though Hethor was literally dragged through his quest by God Himself. It is never explained why God chose such a dumb*** for his quest. Perhaps God is a dumb***? Anyway I give this book two whole stars because 1) it only offended me a little and 2) I did manage to finish it.

Re: Musings on Random Musings Amen. My wife was in the Hallmark store the other day shopping for this year's christmas ornaments. We haven't even gotten everything together for Halloween yet. Meanwhile, my fave holiday is Thanksgiving. Nothing commercial about it, just food and family. Or food and friends, if your family sucks.

Re: Musings on Random Musings Personally I think the NGD has calmed way the hell down since the days of Seenar/Worldmaker. I attribute this partly to the general intelligence and civility of the people here, and partly to a president who was so bad that his actions became literally indefensible. YMMV.

Re: The cranky thread Thanks, although mostly I'm just pissed off. It's not like my house lacks good places for the little bastards to nest, so why the hell are they nesting under random leaves of random plants? This is why I hate working in the yard.

Re: The cranky thread I can think of worse reasons to have itching and burning...

Re: The cranky thread The good news is, I am apparently not allergic to wasp stings. The bad news is, I used to think I knew where wasps liked to nest.

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "Mommy?" "Yes?" "You look like a princess. " "Why thank you honey! That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me all month! You're such a good boy." "Daddy?" "Yes, son?" "You look like a princess too!"

Re: Musings on Random Musings I love Rock and Roll. So put another dime in the jukebox, baby. Even though I haven't seen a jukebox that runs on dimes since before they had jukeboxes that ran on CDs. You'll probably just be out a dime. So swipe your debit card in the jukebox, baby.

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? A crap ton of iCarly ever since my kids "discovered" it. I have a feeling my older one wants to watch it because he thinks Miranda Cosgrove is cute.

Re: The cranky thread I'm pissed because it's been so long since I've been here!

Re: A Game Of Questions Are you serious?

Re: A Thread for Random Videos I can't rep you for that yet... Very cool.