Kaymyth

Aww, man. Poor V. The use of zir heartbreak as a punchline almost makes you forget that fact that zie caused it all in the first place.

No. Admin will shut down and merge any new threads. They have been quite clear about us not starting new Random threads while the old one is still open. I don't see that changing anytime soon. Hey, now! I have a really good friend who lives in DC. I would prefer it if you not drop asteroids on his head, thx.

'Cause no staffers have closed this one. With the new forum design, they might not; I know the original pattern was to keep the database from slowing down/getting overloaded. It's possible that the new site doesn't experience those problems, and closing threads is no longer necessary. ...or @Chaos just hasn't gotten around to it yet.

Eh, it's the team the Gym nearest my home was owned by when I hit level 5. And a good thing, too, 'cause all my coworkers are on that team. If I'd chosen otherwise, I might've been in trouble. Heh. I'm hoarding Pidgeys right now, waiting until I get somewhere around 50 Pokemon ready to evolve. Then I will crack open my first lucky egg and go on an XP rampage.

Well, what type of Pokemon spawn depend entirely on the levels of the players hanging around the spawn point at the time. Higher level players will spawn rarer, more powerful Pokemon, but some of the other players may be able to see the same critter, albeit maybe a bit less powerful. I still don't have one. Not. A. Single. Pikachu. I has a sad. ONE OF UUSSSSS! Now remember, when you hit level 5, you join Team Yellow.

Well, yes, *I* can see it. But nobody else on the Shard can see the proof of your adorableness.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Don't even get me started about the armchair slacktivists all over the place. "If all the people who said that third parties can't win voted for them, they would!" This is trying to turn anecdotes into data. You want a third party to be viable? By all means, put in the work. Pour your time and energy into the party of your choice year-round, get some people into local office. Because the plain and simple truth is that there will be no third party winning the presidency until there is enough support for them to have city council members, state representatives, and congressfolk - and there are enough of them to be more than a statistical outlier. You cannot build a political party from the top down. EW

A Babs/Bruce romance? REALLY? Ick. Eh. You know, I considered that...I live in such a red state that my blue vote is unlikely to make a huge impact. But then I looked at the third parties. Libertarian: A huge stinking pile of NOPE. (Hey, let's roll back everything! Kill all those government regulations. You know, like the EPA. Oh, and let's privatize education. WHAT NO GO AWAY.) Green: Jill Stein has spent a bit too much energy pandering to some of the anti-science crazies out there. Come on, lady. You're a doctor. Waffling around and playing word games about vaccinations is exactly the sort of thing a responsible physician should not do. Plus the "ban GMOs and ban nuclear" stuff is just pie-in-the-sky rainbows and unicorns fluff thinking. I think you hit the nail on the head. Trump represents a change from the status quo that has been aggravating people for years. The problem is that he's worse than the status quo, but a lot of people don't see it.

Eesh. Back in my day, most of the baritone/euphonium players grabbed something else for marching, like a mellophone.

Yes. I just hit level 11 today. That Polywrath is the highest CP Pokemon I've gotten to date. Heh. I am saving my lucky eggs for later. Working on building up 50-ish Pokemon ready to evolve. Once I've hit that, pop the egg and start evolving. 50k XP in a half hour. My level will SOAR.

Better solution: politely point out that he is stealing your chair and you would like it back, please.

Heh. Yeah, he's not the first, and I'm sure he won't be the last.

I caught a full-grown Polywrath last night. It took three razzberry-enhanced catch attempts before he stayed put in the Pokeball. Now he is MINE.

It is AMAZEBALLS

Re: smashed burgers - what Twi said. They mash the beef down into a patty on the grill, making them good and flat, so there's still plenty of room to pile tasty stuff like mushrooms on top and still get your mouth around it. And yes, I introduced the brain weasels to the Shard, though I cannot claim them as an original invention.

Yes, if you turn off AR, it eases up on the CPU load considerably. It also makes the little boogers easier to catch.

Cos then you fit more stuff into it.

Your mom's blog keeps popping across my Facebook feed. That woman scares me.

Go check out "Take Flight" on YouTube. There's a bit in there that makes me think, "This must be what Steeljumping looks like."

Yeah, I mean....there's still the outside possibility that she has a very overenthusiastic kitten at home. Just be a friend. If she has problems, she's not going to open up to someone she doesn't trust.

My first Lindsey Stirling exposure was the "Roundtable Rival" music video. First reaction: "What on Earth did I just watch?" Second reaction: "I need to watch that AGAIN!" My husband and I have tickets to her tour stop here in KC in October. I am excite.

Around here? Ratatta, Pidgey, and Weedles are common in my neighborhood. Eevees slightly less so.

You are not turning into a mushroom person. This is perfectly normal. Light interferes with the body's production of sleep hormones. (Except red light - if you have a particularly bright clock, you can cover it with red clingfilm and shift the light wavelength. Also, fun fact: using a red light at night helps preserve your night vision.)

Standard deflection technique. The alternative for your coworker is that they aren't taking the job seriously enough, and people are not good at acknowledging that they are lazy/inattentive. Eugh. It sounds like there's some definite passive-aggression going on there. I'm right there with you - you want me to do something? ASK me! (Of course, my mom would, but she'd phrase it as, "Do you want to <do thing for me>?" And "no" was not an acceptable answer. I say call your sister's bluff. Switch chores with her. See how she handles it.