Useless Conversation

[Miasma]

They have since added a decimal point.

I can't find basic McIntosh apples anymore.  It's really the only apple I enjoy, so basically I haven't had an apple in quite a while.

[Pennilenko]

I only like Granny Smith apples.

[Yegolev]

It's good to know that I have scientific backing of my thesis that apples suck.

Also, later in the same presentation - after the presenter recovered from the lockup with what I assume was a hard boot - the presenter's Lync 2013 decided it would gently, slowly shut itself down.  That was a bother since it was what was hosting the presentation.  Or not, since I decided to abandon ship and go do something else.

[Miasma]

I only like Granny Smith apples.

Bleh.  Why wouldn't you just eat twenty year old sour candy, it would be both softer and sweeter.

[Morat20]

Wow, the oral surgeon we were recommended does NOT fuck around. Kid went in today for consultation (Ortho said "Yeah, you're gonna wanna get those wisdom teeth out before too long"). Took another X-ray, came back and scheduled it for Monday morning.

Kid is nervous. :) Kinda hard to reassure a not-quite 17 year old on that. "It's ridiculously routine" is not, you know, routine to him.

It looks really clean, though -- two are coming in horizontal but they're not into the nerves and the upper ones are vertical but not into the sinuses, and they're not putting a lot of pressure on anything yet. (Plus, my insurance pays for a surprising amount of it! I was expecting a 4 figure bill, looks like maybe 400 when it's all said and done. My share. I think the actual bill pushes three grand).

Oh well, he'll figure out the age-old truth of wisdom teeth extraction: That goddamn packing they shove into your mouth is fucking bullshit.

[Pennilenko]

...wisdom teeth stuff...

Oh man, don't forget to video tape your boy in his still high on anesthesia state so you can laugh at it together ten years from now, or you know on Youtube for the world the day after.

[schild]

I apparently punched a doctor when I woke up before I was supposed to, screamed "WHO'S THE REAL MAN NOW FUCKER?" and then went back to sleep.

[schild]

I was 28 when this happened. Apparently, and I quote "it hurt, a lot."

[Merusk]

So did anyone else go see the Rifftrax life of Starship Troopers?  I didn't know there was a kickstarter to get this done.

Fantastic show.  If you missed it they're reshowing it again Sept. 12th.  The only disappointment is no nudes.

[Pennilenko]

I apparently punched a doctor when I woke up before I was supposed to, screamed "WHO'S THE REAL MAN NOW FUCKER?" and then went back to sleep.

Oh damn, that must have been a hell of a swing. When your in a unconscious state your body is in retard strength mode.

[murdoc]

So did anyone else go see the Rifftrax life of Starship Troopers?  I didn't know there was a kickstarter to get this done.

Fantastic show.  If you missed it they're reshowing it again Sept. 12th.  The only disappointment is no nudes.

I had a playoff game tonight or I definitely would have gone. Glad to know they're redoing it. Sad to know it's censored.

[Merusk]

Not censored as in pixellated, but there was a sudden compelling reason to "pull back" to the live-cast theater during the shower and Rico-Diz hookup scenes and the screen just happened to not be fully in the shot anymore.  Quelle Suprise!

Still enjoyable and I wasn't there for the boobs anyway.   I *was* uncomfortable around the crowd, though. I'm not one who enjoys the "super-geek" culture and don't go to conventions for that reason.

[Yegolev]

You got the offer for the package, though.

[Merusk]

I'm shallow and judgy. I'm ok with that! 

[Margalis]

Wow, the oral surgeon we were recommended does NOT fuck around. Kid went in today for consultation (Ortho said "Yeah, you're gonna wanna get those wisdom teeth out before too long"). Took another X-ray, came back and scheduled it for Monday morning.

Kid is nervous. :) Kinda hard to reassure a not-quite 17 year old on that. "It's ridiculously routine" is not, you know, routine to him.

I had 4 teeth pulled when I was a kid and then two wisdom teeth later. Local anesthetic only.

It's kind of an odd, almost fun sensation, to feel the twisting and pressure and hear the cracking but not feel any pain.

 

[Signe]

Yes.  That sounds like a laugh riot... for the dentist.  As much as I  you, Magalis, sometimes you fall right into a big vat of creepy!

[Nebu]

Yes.  That sounds like a laugh riot... for the dentist. 

[craan]

Has Orson Scott Card always been fucking loony?

Edit:  Scott!  Although I kinda like Scoot.

[Yegolev]

Scoot?

[Ironwood]

Has Orson Scott Card always been fucking loony?

Edit:  Scott!  Although I kinda like Scoot.

Apparently.  Though he hid it well.

In related news, I was at the cinema today (watching shite) and there was a trailer for Enders Game.  I really, really want to see it, but I'm not going to.  I refuse to give that cockjob any cash.  At all.

[Merusk]

Just wait a few days and get yourself an eyepatch.

[Ironwood]

Quite.  If it wouldn't hurt others and Not Just Him, that would be a foregone.

[Yegolev]

Doesn't anyone else theater-hop?  It's not like the people working there give a shit.

[Reg]

What is with writers that get popular and famous and mistakenly believe that suddenly we are all fascinated by their political views?  Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle have gone that way by injecting the wonders of Libertarianism into their latest books.  It's bad enough that I couldn't make it past the first 30 pages of Niven's latest.

I guess they're just getting old and wacky like poor old Robert Heinlein did.

[Ingmar]

It says 3.5 now.

[Morat20]

What is with writers that get popular and famous and mistakenly believe that suddenly we are all fascinated by their political views?  Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle have gone that way by injecting the wonders of Libertarianism into their latest books.  It's bad enough that I couldn't make it past the first 30 pages of Niven's latest.

I guess they're just getting old and wacky like poor old Robert Heinlein did.

I think it's the fact that editors have less sway with big draw writers.

If you've got a big fan base, you've got a lot more pull to put shit in your story --- or pull a Jordan and just flat-out make your wife your editor. (I'm always pleased to see author forwards or notes praising their editors to high heaven. A good editor doesn't just fix typos, they remove all the fucking shit you larded your story with, among a zillion other things).

So authors put...authorial screeds...into works once they've become big enough to tell an editor to fuck off. Often they learn and don't do that shit again, though. Depends on how badly the books sell and how much flack they get.

As for just generally being out on the fringes policially or socially or whatever, well -- I think if you're the sort of person to make a serious attempt at writing for a living? You're either really, really dedicated or kinda crazy. It's not a field for half-assing, not if you want to eat.

[Yegolev]

That's basically why I stopped reading Stranger In A Strange Land.  Awful.

[Reg]

Oh man. Weirdness in Stranger from a Strange Land is nothing compared to some of his later books.

[Sky]

I like when a stopped-up drain is a 5 minute job. PVC had built up a lining of gunk that had finally pulled away from the walls. 5 minutes is an exaggeration, took longer to grab my tools and a bucket. Drain trap, unhook T, dump gunk sheet out of T, put it back together and done.

Folks, don't buy drano, buy a pipe wrench.

It's funny, because it's the kind of simple fix most people find mystifying.

[Morat20]

That is, basically, the only plumbing repair I can do.

[Nebu]

I live alone, have no hair, and eat a low fat diet.  My drains never clog.  Ever.

[Sky]

Yeah, I was actually surprised that had built up in 5 1/2 years. It was a pretty thin film, but had pulled away from the walls, so it was laying across the flow (the sink just drained slow).

Morat, I don't go much further than that. Basically if a wall needs to be opened, I'll call in my plumber. He's quick and reasonable.

[Nebu]

If it's hair, draino is great (base dissolves proteins).

If it's fat, use powdered laundry detergent.

Other than that, it's probably roots and needs serious work.

That's my list.  I own two snakes for all purposes and scavenge the lab for chemicals!

[Merusk]

I live alone, have no hair, and eat a low fat diet.  My drains never clog.  Ever.

2 women with long hair and both use hair spray.  I clean drains 2-3 times a year. 

The thing that gets me is how hairspray gets everywhere, making problems even worse.

[HaemishM]

What is with writers that get popular and famous and mistakenly believe that suddenly we are all fascinated by their political views?  Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle have gone that way by injecting the wonders of Libertarianism into their latest books.  It's bad enough that I couldn't make it past the first 30 pages of Niven's latest.

I'll give you a hint. Writers are the world's largest egotists as well as the world's most insecure little snowflakes. It takes a monumental ego to believe that people want to not only HEAR your thoughts but actually pay money and take days/weeks/months to hear them because let's face it, what most people think is utter shit. However, writers also need constant ego massaging to maintain the facade that what they think is actually entertaining/engrossing/thought-provoking and so the more people read their stuff, the more they have to project their deeper thoughts out to those people. It's a sick feedback loop. It's why so many writers off themselves.