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So, who here got sidelined in the government shutdown?
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- JayDee, WillowDarkling and Daye
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Honestly, it’s just that sort of pure blind luck I seem to have. I’d worked for the government before, they were recruiting, they made puppy eyes, and I said okay. I went through all the paperwork, and vetting, and clearances (I’m shockingly clearance-worthy). I was sworn in on October 29, and I’m now having a lovely little unpaid vacation.
In truth, I work because I’m bored otherwise. I’m not dependent on that paycheck, so I’m fine. BUT there are far too many other people who do depend on that paycheck, and this was simply wrong. I feel worse for the people who have to work without pay. My hat is off to Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, however. Once again, as she did in the last shutdown, she is donating her salary during the shutdown to a Nevada charity. I admire the gesture.
I’m not going to dip my toes into the actual politics. I’m fairly moderate, and view both the far left and far right with the same sort of wary distaste generally reserved for things best not discussed in the drawing room. I will say that if one does not have a grasp of economics, or even the patience to read a one-page precis, one should not attempt to govern. Governing from the gut tends to fail miserably, which one knows if one reads their history.
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- InvidiaRed, CloverReef, JayDee and 1 other
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I swear, that thing is shut down more than it’s up, and even when it is running, it never feels like it’s running ‘well’.
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- BronxWench, InvidiaRed and JayDee
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For everyone celebrating today, a very Happy Thanksgiving.
I am thankful for my family, both real life and my extended online family. I’m thankful for a warm home, and food on the table. I’m thankful for so many things today, and grateful, too.
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Happy thanksgiving, my American neighbours!
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- Anesor and BronxWench
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The happiest of birthdays to our very own @DemonGoddess! I hope you at least get the day off today, or get to go home on time so you can celebrate!
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Happy birthday, @DemonGoddess. Hope you have a great day, and get to relax a bit.
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Celebrate by reading some birthday smut!
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Hope you had a good one, DG.
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So, I only made it to RenFair once this year, on the last bloody day, but it was wonderful!
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- JayDee and InvidiaRed
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@BronxWench That’s … you needed the alibi
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If that’s a religion, where do I sign up?
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Why is it so damned hard to get fingerprinted???
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Mayebe it’s hard because the techs can’t get their fingers out of the fingerpaint… er ink?
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The wee corgi is home! She’s a little bit stoned on meds, but she’s home, and I’m so glad to have her here!
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@CloverReef Know the feeling. One of my cats has kidney disease, it’s a one way thing, diagnosed about a year and a half ago. Vet suggested more and more tests, and I did push back, with, “will this change the prognosis? Or help?” Based on the litter box, I know it’s progressing, that his time is limited, but I’ve had a warning, I’ve tried to make sure that he’s generally happy, and dreading that final day, but it won’t be as big of a shock as that first one was, because that first one, I wasn’t expecting, it was basically out of the blue to me. A side effect was that I had already had to start considering the burial vs cremation decision on the sick cat, pros and cons, so I did have a small head start when I did have to make that decision for the unexpected one.
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- CloverReef, Tcr, Arian-Sinclair and 1 other
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Yay!
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- Arian-Sinclair, Tcr and BronxWench
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That’s so sad, @Desiderius Price. I lost a cat to kidney disease last year. It was very sudden and ugly. Just one night she was her usual self, knocking shit off high places and enjoying terrorizing the dog, then the seizures hit and within one minute, she was suddenly, a weak, fragile little thing. Learned a lot about the empathy of my other animals that week. I feel for you. <3
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The wee corgi lass is in the hospital. ::sigh::
I fucking hate epilepsy.
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Might I suggest that next year, you go someplace more peaceful? Say, downtown Detroit? …. seriously, someplace calmer where there aren’t fireworks? I know, you shouldn’t have to, but just to protect the family?
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I don’t think it was the fireworks, really. I suspect it’s partly the hot weather, and partly an annual flare-up. When she was first diagnosed, it was right before the July 4 holiday, and we didn’t realize the phenobarbital we were administering orally wouldn’t build to a therapeutic level quickly enough. She started having clusters, and wound up nearly dying on us. Her last bad run of seizures, bad enough to put her in the hospital, was early September last year.
What I want is someone to tell me cannabis oil works for canine epilepsy, too, and I’ll be at that damned dispensary so fast, I’ll break the sound barrier.
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Sorry it flared like this. We just can’t comfort them enough and they try to to return it too. I worry about ours getting something chronic like this.
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And of course, because it’s hot, and nasty, and there are fireworks, the wee corgi lass is having seizures…
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I can’t stand how loud fireworks are. I really feel for the doggy. It really is anxiety provoking and can easily cause a panic attack. I hope your corgi gets better soon and that a trip to the hospital doesn’t end up being necessary. I think it’s be a good idea to have a talk with all your neighbors about taking their fireworks elsewhere and explain to them how it effects the poor pup if you haven’t done that.
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Oh, gods, we have a huge park nearby and everyone goes there. It’s literally insane…
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- JayDee and Arian-Sinclair
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I love parks, but not that close by on certain holidays.
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- JayDee and BronxWench
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It is 37 degrees Celsius out there. That’s 99 degrees Fahrenheit. (Otherwise known as really hot...)
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We can occasionally drop down to 0 overnight, but never ever during the day. Some shit has gone seriously wrong if it ever did that.
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Don’t worry, if it’s too cold, there’s a place near Antarctica called “Shag Island” (at 3C/37F), should be a good location … free plot bunny to anybody wanting it.
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Happy Canada Day to our saner neighbors up North!
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Ouch, Des….
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I never saw the deer, just heard the “thunk”. Fortunately I’ve got a dash cam, so I was able to review the footage, and for several frames, the deer was present. (The pickup coming the other way never slowed down either, barely missed it) Now with minor hoof marks on the back of my car… (no, I’m not driving too close to the north pole either).
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- Anesor and Arian-Sinclair
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Wishing the happiest of birthdays to my Neko-baby, Willow Darkling!
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Thank you, DG
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Happy birthday, Willow!
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Thank you, George
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- GeorgeGlass and BronxWench
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Well, that was interesting… nothing like a good thunderstorm to clear the air...
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Can I put in an order for one of those when I come to visit, please? I just love thunder and lighting, so I want to see a proper one
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@WillowDarkling You can have all the thunder and lightning as your heart desires …. No reason we can’t all enjoy a good light show.
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I have cover art!
NineStar Press is republishing my Witch’s Apprentice series, and Ghost’s Sight, the first book, has cover art. I’m really excited, and I can’t wait for the release date!
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Awesome!
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so PRETTY!
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Wonderful news. Sorry I am so late to see this. Congratulations on the new publishing deal. I truly hope it gets all the attention you deserve for this adorable story series.
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I missed your birthday! A very belated happy birthday to you, youngster!
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Oh yeah, cake is the best thing about it.
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Happy birthday, Melrick!!
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- Melrick and BronxWench
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Thanks! And I was given a late birthday present by discovering that ABBA have actually recorded new music together!
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It’s a good day when you get a first look at the cover art for your book, and it’s completely amazing!
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Pretty pretty pictures for a wonderful story!
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I’m so excited to see it! And I can’t wait to read the new version too!
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So exciting! Hope we get to see it soon!
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The happiest of birthdays to our beloved @pittwitch!
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Oh you’re an April girl! April people are clearly superior to others. Happy birthday to you @pittwitch !
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- BronxWench and pittwitch
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Happy birthday, PW!
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Belated Happy Birthday!
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Ah, February, when the weather pattern resembles a roller-coaster, and my brain wants to hibernate...
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- JayDee, DemonGoddess and Wilde_Guess
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More like the middle I guess, on the east coast, about 2 hours north of Sydney.
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So, more or less along the Tropic of Capricorn?
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South of there. The Tropic of Capricorn passes through the state of Queensland and I’m in NSW (New South Wales).
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And it looks like the new hard drive is doing the trick, for which I am profoundly grateful!
Just in time for the first round of edits for the republications….
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- pippychick, Wilde_Guess and JayDee
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I’d probably not be writing if it weren’t for the computer. The ability to backspace, change, revise. I’ve done some hand stuff since then, usually when I’m too far away from the computer; it’s a bit better in quality, but I wouldn’t be able keep up with it.
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And here, I started writing with pen and paper... Then to a typewriter... Then DOS... Now MS Word... i really have a problem... lol. On a serious note, that's always good to hear, BW
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- BronxWench and Wilde_Guess
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I might still have a few of my very early, handwritten scribbles somewhere. Possibly.
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Okay, the new hard drive is being treated to a clean install of Windows 10, and then I get to reinstall EVERYTHING else so I can move my files over properly.
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A fast and durable hard drive is never a bad thing. As for *nix, you will want to be VERY COMFORTABLE with the “normally hidden wires” of an operating system before using it. I have experience with SCO Unix, Intel Solaris, Linux, and post-Intel Apple OSX. If you have to try *nix, get an iMac. All the unix stuff is in there, but stays “hidden” unless you go looking for it.
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@Wilde_Guess I read the "fast and durable hard drive" way too fast, started to think latex and naughty thoughts (this is AFF after all)
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@Wilde_Guess I’m an old DOS user, so I’m very much at home with working in the command prompt arena. The daft one and I were tidying, and ran across our ancient notes on tweaking HIMEM on our--really—IBM PS1. We’re hopelessly geeky, and the daft one has at least one laptop that runs Linux (don’t ask me what flavor) and one that still runs DOS.
@Desiderius Price Very good! You get to move to the front of the spanking line.
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Augh, an update to the forum, and I’m back to the default theme. My fav is gone… ::sobs::
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Sorry about the blood tests, but I really, REALLY do not need my computer to act up today, nor do I need the aggravation of trying to deal with updates on a website when I can barely load the freaking website as it is, and getting a call from the daft one that he needs me to drive down and pick him up at MIDNIGHT tonight, because I don’t mind going to bed at 1am when I need to be up at 5:30am, and when he’s dragging me to a seminar/trade show/dinner thing tomorrow.
It is either the hard drive deciding to fail or it’s the router. I’m hoping it’s the router, because I can fix that in 5 minutes or less. The hard drive will take a little longer.
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I’d backup the hard drive, just in case…. it could simply be time to reinstall.
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I’ll replace the hard drive. Reinstalling is simply delaying the inevitable. In the meantime, I have the idiot laptop which has very little I can actually use, but….
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It is Day 3000 of the nuclear winter, and I am preparing to go and stock up in advance of the coming Bomb Cyclone we are threatened with as of tonight.
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Summer’s a great time to visit Australia! There’s a 50/50 chance you won’t die of heat exhaustion! Those are good odds, if you ask me.
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First I have to live through winter…
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A very Happy Birthday to our own CL Mustafic! Hope this year is good to you!
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Wine is always a win!
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@CL Mustafic Hope the day has been going well. (I’m now home, so better keyboard
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Hope you had a good one, CL!
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A very happy, joyous, and healthy New Year to you all—may 2018 be the best year ever!
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Happy new year to you too. May your all wishes come true and 2018 turns out to be really prosperous for you.
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I’m starting off the new year with a few pounds of pork loin in the smoker… should be good.
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I’m starting off the new year with a few pounds of pork loin in the smoker… should be good.
Now that’s how it’s done!
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“The Play That Goes Wrong” is utterly brilliant. I quite literally laughed until I cried. It was the perfect birthday present from my daft bugger, and I adore him forever!
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Ohhh! On the off chance something from Broadway might make it’s way across the ocean and turn up in Sheffield, I checked, and it will be with me for my birthday in 2018!!! I’m going to have to see it, lol. Then we’ll compare tears of laughter
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Happy birthday to the amazing DemonGoddess061!
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Yes, Happy Birthday!
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- pippychick and BronxWench
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Happy birthday, lady!
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Hope you had a happy birthday, DG.
