Random randomness

[Unagi]

I've decided that from now on, I'm going to mentally imagine Kasey Chang as a 1990s superhero character as drawn by Rob Liefeld. Someone like Warchild - with hundreds of belts, pouches and pockets.

,earbuds and audiobooks.

[Isgrimnur]

I've decided that from now on, I'm going to mentally imagine Kasey Chang as a 1990s superhero character as drawn by Rob Liefeld. Someone like Warchild - with hundreds of belts, pouches and pockets.

He’s taking applications to be his sidekick, Satchel.



CBR

[Smoove_B]

Wow. I have no idea how I missed that this last summer, but I feel like I need to find a signed copy somewhere because that's awesome.

[Isgrimnur]

Always glad to be an enabler.

[Isgrimnur]

Wow. I have no idea how I missed that this last summer, but I feel like I need to find a signed copy somewhere because that's awesome.

And by that, I mean here you go

[KKBlue]

Hey guys, please know I still loves ya. So very sorry for not being around often enough. Check in now and then, peek here and there. telcta and I are sipping JWBlack while parked in the garage, catching up on OO while listening to music, Tesla style.

[Smoove_B]

As I said a few months ago to Eel, you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. Stay sane!

[gbasden]

Hey guys, please know I still loves ya. So very sorry for not being around often enough. Check in now and then, peek here and there. telcta and I are sipping JWBlack while parked in the garage, catching up on OO while listening to music, Tesla style.

I was wondering if you'd left us for good!

[KKBlue]

Boys, don't ever want to leave nor would I. Life and the full time job has gotten the better of me. Still figuring out a balance of how to spend the free hours. -- Actually called out of work today because of a skin reaction which has my face all sorts of puffy red.

[dbt1949]

So did I!

[Daehawk]

Ive had a little blower type heater I love sitting in my floor wit ha broken switch for over 2 years. So I took it apart and removed the switch. It fell apart. Seems to be a 4 way switch with 4 wires into it. Ive got one on the way for $4. I hope I can figure out which wire goes where by then.

[morlac]

Higher voltages can actually be less lethal because the current can vaporize flesh at the contact point and the steam explosion (body is mostly water) can separate you from the contact point.

Happened to one of our Electrical foreman 6 months ago when he got impatient and worked a fusebox without a flash suit on. The meter he grabbed was set wrong and boom! He was sent flying across the room. He very luckily lived due to the above but is still recovering and getting skin grafts.

I've been tickled by Low volt a few times when I used to be a field tech. Got popped once by highvolt changing out a ceiling fan when i was 15....it did not tickle.....thanks Dad!

[morlac]

The pertinent definition of myth, per the OED, is "a widely held but false belief or idea" which makes "Myth Busted!" perfectly cromulent for the purpose of stating that the myth has been disproved. #pedantic

Sure. My understanding of myth has always been the first definition, but I concede the second definition exists, despite being nearly the exact opposite of the first.

After all, what I think of as myth is something that another culture in another time thought of as truth. There are just centuries between the two views of the same material. Still though, 500 years from now I don't think there will be a class on the Urban Myths of 20th century America.


Anywho, pet peeve averted.

Nah, they are busting the Myth either by proving it as fact or proving it as fiction. Either way, it is a myth no longer....poor myth.

[stessier]

The pertinent definition of myth, per the OED, is "a widely held but false belief or idea" which makes "Myth Busted!" perfectly cromulent for the purpose of stating that the myth has been disproved. #pedantic

Sure. My understanding of myth has always been the first definition, but I concede the second definition exists, despite being nearly the exact opposite of the first.

After all, what I think of as myth is something that another culture in another time thought of as truth. There are just centuries between the two views of the same material. Still though, 500 years from now I don't think there will be a class on the Urban Myths of 20th century America.


Anywho, pet peeve averted.

Nah, they are busting the Myth either by proving it as fact or proving it as fiction. Either way, it is a myth no longer....poor myth.

That makes no sense under any of the definitions. Well done!

[Skinypupy]

Kinda interesting for Spotify users. Go to Spotify Wrapped, and it'll give you a summary of what you listened to this year.

- I spent 3,892 minutes on Spotify (lower than I would have expected)
- Top 5 artists were Tribulation, Septicflesh, Obituary, Skeletonwitch, and Ohgr (none of which are surprising)
- Oldest song I listened to was "I Turned Into a Martian" by The Misfits, recorded in 1982. (not entirely sure that's right though, as I could swear I listened to some old Bowie, Sabbath, and Tull this year. Maybe that was on iTunes or Youtube...)

[pr0ner]

Kinda interesting for Spotify users. Go to Spotify Wrapped, and it'll give you a summary of what you listened to this year.

I listen to a lot of Spotify at work. I'm at 29,014 minutes so far this year. Classical/film composer Max Richter got the most play, with 42 hours, and I listen to non-mainstream artists 113% more than the average Spotify listener.

I'll have to remember to check back after one more month to see what the final total was.

[GreenGoo]

That makes no sense under any of the definitions. Well done!

[Skinypupy]

I listen to non-mainstream artists 113% more than the average Spotify listener.

That wasn't a metric that my report showed. I'm guessing because literally nothing I listen to on Spotify could be considered "mainstream" in any sense.

[Pyperkub]

I listen to non-mainstream artists 113% more than the average Spotify listener.

That wasn't a metric that my report showed. I'm guessing because literally nothing I listen to on Spotify could be considered "mainstream" in any sense.

What is mainstream anymore?

[Skinypupy]

iTunes "shuffle" feature is maddening. I have a 3,200 song death metal playlist on my phone. On my 30 minute commute this morning, it "shuffled" to five separate songs from a single Blood Red Throne album, and to another 5 songs from a single artist (Amon Amarth). It seems to do something similar every time I use it. On the way home yesterday, it was one particular Death album, and multiple Opeth songs.

Every single time I hit shuffle on a playlist, it always seems to fixate on either a specific album or a specific artist (or both) and play them multiple times. That's not shuffling...that's jumping back and forth between a couple things in a huge list.

[The Meal]

I love making playlists with Beatunes (~$30 desktop software) for dinosaurs like us who still listen from a collection.

[hentzau]

I have a Boy Scout lock in tonight. I already feel tired...

[Isgrimnur]

Shit like this is why I started working 7-3 so I can be home by 4.

A tractor-trailer hauling bananas has caught fire Friday afternoon on Interstate 35E near Lewisville Lake, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported.

The fire was reported around 4:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 at Garden Ridge Boulevard, shutting down all but one northbound lane.

[Isgrimnur]

Dallas News

A Jeep on the westbound ramp from I-635 to northbound I-35E lost control and collided with the 18-wheeler, causing it to overturn, police said. Both drivers were injured.

The tractor-trailer was reportedly carrying 36,000 pounds of bananas.

[Z-Corn]

Straight up vaudeville in your 'hood.

[hitbyambulance]

last.fm will give me my listening report next year

[Freyland]

Dallas News

A Jeep on the westbound ramp from I-635 to northbound I-35E lost control and collided with the 18-wheeler, causing it to overturn, police said. Both drivers were injured.

The tractor-trailer was reportedly carrying 36,000 pounds of bananas.

Typically banana peels are the cause of the accident, not the consequence.

[Unagi]

Dallas News

A Jeep on the westbound ramp from I-635 to northbound I-35E lost control and collided with the 18-wheeler, causing it to overturn, police said. Both drivers were injured.

The tractor-trailer was reportedly carrying 36,000 pounds of bananas.

That Jeep must have been peeling!

[Isgrimnur]

The cops have a picture of the vehicle that caused the accident.

Spoiler:

[Unagi]

I love it when my kid falls in the other room, or drops some plate or something and yells, "I'm OK!"

I think they say it comically.

[Kraken]

Dallas News

A Jeep on the westbound ramp from I-635 to northbound I-35E lost control and collided with the 18-wheeler, causing it to overturn, police said. Both drivers were injured.

The tractor-trailer was reportedly carrying 36,000 pounds of bananas.

Well, somebody had to do it.

[GreenGoo]

Tyler Perry pays off nearly half a million dollars in layaways at Georgia Walmart

I really disliked Perry because Madea is not my cup of tea, but this is an amazing thing to do at Christmas time. The middle/lower middle class are expected to give all the time because they are better off than the poor, but charity at Christmas can give anyone the Christmas spirit. Removing some financial pressures can turn a stressful time of year into a true celebration.

[Kasey Chang]

Visit to dentist sucks.

I hadn't been to a dentist in probably 5 to 10 years, and now that I have dental insurance again I am making up for lost time, and it's fillings, extractions, root canal... It's PITM (pain in the mouth) left and right. Now half of my face is numb (reaches my cheek and edge of my left eye). Trying to eat results in biting my upper lip. Argh.

[Daehawk]

Soup.

[Freyland]

I'll try not to stew on it.

[Skinypupy]

Do yourself a favor and check out the hashtag #lettersfromthewaronxmas

I can guarantee you won’t be disappointed.

[Kraken]

Being a footsoldier in the War on Christmas is often a lonely pursuit. I take comfort in knowing that there's an army out there somewhere, even if our cause is hopeless.

[Holman]

The Senior Demographer at the Pew Research Center posted a thread of his most popular tweets this year.

He's a good follow, and these are all pretty cool posts.

(Some political content, so avoid if you somehow don't care about the polis.)

[Holman]

Good God, Kirk Douglas turned 101 yesterday!

Good for him. Love the guy.

Kirk Douglas turned 102 today!

He was born during WW1.

Fun fact: Douglas (whose parents emigrated from Russia due to antisemitic pogroms) was born "Issur Danielovitch."

[hepcat]

Holy callbacks, Batman!