In Reply To #11

Fett, that is cool. My old team still hits me up on Skype from time to time. I still do a bit of consulting/contract work for my old boss (no more than a few hours a week at most). They had a virtual server die last week and they asked me to rebuild it since only I would know the exact settings needed to get it done in a reasonable amount of time.

I wasted 2 hours trying to get the broken VM working before giving up, and then had the new one running within 90 minutes. So I didn't charge them for the first 2 hours, as it was a dumb idea.

He emailed back and said to charge anyway, plus an extra hour for documentation I'd previously done which had really helped them out. Now that's just being nice.

In Reply To #12
This Paleo thing seems to be getting really big recently...

Health wise, I started running about a year and a half ago. Last year was great. This year has been less awsome because we've messed up our schedules more and haven't had that much time to run. Still I managed to stay close to my time from last year on a 5k. It has helped me lose weight, feel better and I still eat and drink anything I want. Although I definitely drink less than I did years ago...

In Reply To #12

My coworker just finished his three-month Paleo diet run and it worked great for him. Dude also competes in the crossfit games and is currently ginormous. Paleo is hard to keep up with, though. He said he probably won't do another run of it for a bit.

Wish I had the commitment he has to working out. Luckily my anxiety keeps me burnin' calories just by existing (and in a perpetual state of existing in a fetal position), but I go through a two month stretch of running in the parks or lifting weights.

In Reply To #17,18

Paleo is getting a boost of "it makes sense" now backed by science. As more and more evidence comes out that most people don't handle gluten, lactose or grain by-products well more people give it a shot. Also, since those anti-nutrients are generally responsible for those 'irritating' things about being human just not major things (like skin clarity, uneven energy levels, occasional headaches, what-have-you) there is a attractive benefits outside of weight loss.

But holy shit is the weight loss crazy. I've always been trying to gain weight but anytime I tighten up on the paleo diet I lose more body fat. Hopefully this bout I can eat enough to manage to build muscle too (crossfit certainly helps) but it is somethings just exhausting to eat as much as I should (3,500+ calories).

After just 2 months of crossfit I ran a 5k accidentally (you never do long distance running in the normal wod schedule). Got out of work too late to get the last class so I went and ran at my local track. Since workouts involving sprints are murder for me I thought I'd just practice running. Felt like I could run indefinitely (obviously not true).

Had pasta for lunch today and pizza for dinner. Was all good. Damn good.

However we've ordered pizza 3 times now and each time the delivery dude comes by (different one each time), they always go to our landlady's house and not our flat behind the property. I specifically mention it in the order, that we are at the end of the driveway. It's like they can't read.

So I have to go out and fetch them and, like tonight, stand in the rain while the transaction is made. Maybe I need to ask the landlady about investing in a sign. A big sign.

Dear Dude Who Left Himself Logged Into All His Accounts On The Demo Tablet At Best Buy,

Thanks for making my afternoon delightful.

Yours in Christ,
-Taco

In Reply To #21

Tell the story. Tell it!

In Reply To #22

Hypothetically speaking, I might have gone to the store to look at a tablet. And some dude may have logged into a bunch of his accounts on the demo unit. Including gmail. Which I may have used to recover, then reset his facebook password. At which point I might have posted something along the lines of, "Sometimes, when I'm blowing eight dudes, I stop and think, 'what am I doing with my life?' Then I take a shot in the face and think, 'Oh right, I feel like a pretty pretty princess.'"

Then I might have changed his gmail signature line, which I imagine will go longer without notice.

Hypothetically speaking.

In Reply To #23

It is always correct to punish stupidity. I award you 3 lashes with the Golden Wang.

In Reply To #23

I love you with all 1.2 inches of my wang.

In Reply To #23

Thankyou for existing.

Just got back from Season's Beatings which is a fightin' game tournament. Had guests from all over the world and watched Justin Wong's incredible Rufus gameplay.

Was super cool.

http://godlike-entertainment.com/

In Reply To #23

This is the best thing in the history of anything, ever.

I would like to meet the person who actually logged into a store tablet, just so I know who to avoid.

In Reply To #28

Nothing wrong with logging in to a store tablet.

As long as you don't log in as yourself.

Appears all the designers at my company left at once. Being the single senior designer left, I am now apparently art director at the age of 24.

Sure I technically 'cheated' in getting there, but whatevs.