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By Scrymarch (Mon Sep 25, 2023 at 07:21:53 AM EST) (all tags)

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By ObviousTroll (Fri Sep 22, 2023 at 04:01:08 PM EST) (all tags)
You expect racists to be wearing pointy hats, not be the nice guy who talked you into volunteering for the thing.. 

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By atreides (Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 12:43:59 PM EST) (all tags)
That infers that I'm bored or not busy. I only wish I had more time on my hands. But, let us be honest with ourselves: I'd only waste it again.

For those who follow me more closely, you will note that my recent exhortation to the Emperor also means that my birthday has just passed. Ladies and Gentlemen (or however you identify; I don't mean to be gender exclusive), your beloved Satrap is now fifty. I'm getting old, folks.


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By atreides (Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 11:10:50 AM EST) (all tags)
Ladies and gentlemen, please raise your glasses. To His Imperial Highness, Joshua Norton the First, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico!

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Print Story The moss wins again
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By Alan Crowe (Sun Aug 27, 2023 at 06:50:35 PM EST) gardening (all tags)
I try to maintain a patch of grass that never gets direct sunlight. More failure inside

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By Phage (Sat Aug 19, 2023 at 11:03:51 PM EST) (all tags)
For those that remember me, just to let you know that after 19 momths of treatment for Glioblastoma I'm still here !

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By Trent (Wed Jul 26, 2023 at 02:20:31 PM EST) (all tags)
Aye, Another Year?  Seems that way.

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Print Story lol robbers suck. also, ChiHusiMeet and ChiHusiStock?
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By gzt (Sat Jul 22, 2023 at 10:34:58 AM EST) gzt, friggin' intense, ChiHuSiMeet (all tags)
So I had the catalytic converter stolen out of my Prius last week. I had been thinking, "You know, I should get one of those protector things for it..." but I guess they beat me to it.

Also: we're getting the band back together at CHIHUSIMEET II? This summer???


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Print Story Well. That just happened.
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By ObviousTroll (Fri Jul 14, 2023 at 03:13:45 PM EST) (all tags)
It being Friday, after 3 pm, and the chaos which is the really-quite-small-but-it-keeps-me-employed compute cluster is quite quiet, I had my first adult beverage of the afternoon/evening and I was emo-ing about I don't even remember what when... 

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By yankeehack (Sun Jul 09, 2023 at 04:39:16 PM EST) (all tags)
A year ago this week, LO and I landed in Europe for vacation. After a few minutes in Schiphol, we looked at each other and I said, "When are we moving here?" It seems that LO took me at my word...

This and other happenings...


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