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Saturday Afternoon Chess/Open Thread 05-20-2017

My Apologies For This Abbreviated Thread

The latter half of this week arrived with a perfect storm of stuff for me: Mrs. Muse arriving back after being gone for a week, above-the-norm commitments for Saturday, and I seem to have come down with a lovely case of prostatitis. For which the doctors have me on a 2-week course of Cipro. I just don't feel up to much right now. Fortunately, the book thread was mostly done before I started feeling like crap, so there's that.

Hopefully, I'll be back to normal next week.

And not to worry, all you 'ettes, there's some dress pr0n below the fold.


Problem 1 - White To Play (482)

Hint: White can win material


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Problem 2 - White To Play (BWTC 172)

Hint: White can mate in at most 4 moves


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r1b1qrk1/2pp1ppp/pb1n1Bn1/1p6/3PPQN1/1BP5/PP3PPP/RN3RK1 w - - 0 1


And Now, Dress Pr0n!

Here are some "mother of the bride" type dresses:


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20170520 dress pr0n 09.jpg

By the way, I hope all you 'ettes appreciate the tremendous sacrifices I make on your behalf: thanks to my scouring the internetz for dress pr0n for the last couple of weeks, my Microsoft Edge browser is now filled with all sorts of dress and ladies' fashion ads. You'd think that I was a bit light in the loafers, IYKWIMAITYD.


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Solutions Update

Problem 1 - White To Play


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8/p7/1pkprrp1/2pR1p1p/2P2P2/1P1Qq3/P2R2PP/5K2 w - - 0 1

1. Rxd6+! Kb7

Not 1...Rxd6? 2.Qxe3 wins bigly.

2.Qxe3 Rxe3
3.Rxf6 and White is up a whole rook, should go on to win.


Problem 2 - White To Play


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r1b1qrk1/2pp1ppp/pb1n1Bn1/1p6/3PPQN1/1BP5/PP3PPP/RN3RK1 w - - 0 1

1. Qh6 Nf5

(1...gxh6 2.Nxh6#)
(1...gxf6 2.Nxf6+ Kh8 3.Qxh7#)

2.exf5 gxf6
3.Nxf6+ Kh8
4.Qxh7# 1-0

Hope to see you all next week!

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Note: that cryptic line of letters and numbers you see underneath each board diagram is a representation of the position in what is known as "Forsyth-Edwards Notation", or F.E.N. It's actually readable by humans. Most computer applications nowadays can read FEN, so those of you who may want to study the position, you can copy the line of FEN and paste into your chess app and it should automatically recreate the position on its display board. Or, Windows users can just "triple click" on it and the entire line will be highlighted so you can copy and past it into your chess app.

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So that about wraps it up for this week. Chess thread tips, suggestions, bribes, rumors, threats, and insults may be sent to my yahoo address: OregonMuse little-a-in-a-circle yahoo dott com.

Posted by: OregonMuse at 05:10 PM




Comments

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1 Ah, the gaming thread...

Posted by: HH at May 20, 2017 05:02 PM (DrCtv)

2 #1 rook takes pawn. Black either trades rook for queen or is walked down to mate

Posted by: Troll so hard at May 20, 2017 05:04 PM (iZFYA)

3 Thanks for the chess thread each week OM.

Relax, smoke a cigar, play some chess and have a nice drink.

Herman's Hermits are on the radio.

Life is grand!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 20, 2017 05:04 PM (5VlCp)

4 #2 Q to h6! Mate on next move regardless of reply

Posted by: Troll so hard at May 20, 2017 05:06 PM (iZFYA)

5 Hope you get better OM.

Posted by: HH at May 20, 2017 05:06 PM (DrCtv)

6 ....and i just realized no one else has commented yet. And i didn't reset my name.

Posted by: Bensdad00 at May 20, 2017 05:07 PM (iZFYA)

7 I hope you feel better soon, OM.

On the bright side, dresses are probably much more comfy than pants when one has prostatitis.

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at May 20, 2017 05:07 PM (hMwEB)

8 #2 to clarify it's D pawn captured not C pawn

Posted by: Bensdad00 at May 20, 2017 05:08 PM (iZFYA)

9 Injustice 2

Posted by: Max Power at May 20, 2017 05:08 PM (q177U)

10 White or Blue Queen?

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 05:09 PM (Ot7+c)

11 Thank you for your sacrifice, OM!

Think you could include some samples of "Friend of Mother of the Bride Who's Recruiting Pool Boys" dresses?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 20, 2017 05:09 PM (NT3RT)

12 So the Chess Thread is also going to be the Fashion Thread?

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 05:09 PM (GsAUU)

13 Sorry for your prostate troubles, Oregon Muse. You do find the most elegant dresses and models. I would say you have a "flair".

Posted by: washrivergal at May 20, 2017 05:12 PM (+eKyB)

14 So, OM, you gotta pee every half hour?

If so, well, after I finish the laundry I'm going to be imbibing tasty beverages, so you'll have company.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 05:17 PM (GsAUU)

15 *drools*

ok. Prob 1: Rxd6. Black must either move the king back or capture the rook. Then white captures QxQe3

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, at May 20, 2017 05:17 PM (0mRoj)

16 Hope you feel better OM, the dresses are lovely! I especially like the blue/green one.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 05:18 PM (ie8tB)

17 Dresses!! Thank you, OM...sorry to hear of your health issues....can't be fun.

Posted by: IC at May 20, 2017 05:20 PM (gcme+)

18
On the bright side, dresses are probably much more comfy than pants when one has prostatitis.


How about a RompHim?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 20, 2017 05:20 PM (oVJmc)

19 The first dress shown is simply stunning. Thank you, OM, for your thoughtful addition to the chess thread!

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 20, 2017 05:20 PM (TdMsT)

20 Shit, just saw an ad for Wing Stop.

Wasn't planning on having any wings, but the craving has been planted.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 05:21 PM (GsAUU)

21 OM, Here's hoping you get better quickly. Haven't had prostatitis but had to take Cipro once (anthrax scare in DC years ago) and it knocked me out a bit.

Posted by: JTB at May 20, 2017 05:22 PM (V+03K)

22 4 #2 Q to h6! Mate on next move regardless of reply

Posted by: Troll so hard at May 20, 2017 05:06 PM (iZFYA)

++++

Nf5 will slow you down.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 20, 2017 05:24 PM (R+30W)

23 OM, The doctor probably told you this but we had to stay out of sunlight when taking Cipro: hats and long sleeves.

Posted by: JTB at May 20, 2017 05:24 PM (V+03K)

24 On the bright side, dresses are probably much more comfy than pants when one has prostatitis.

How about a RompHim?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 20, 2017 05:20 PM (oVJmc)


Shut up, you.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 05:28 PM (HP6gF)

25 OM, I found out the hard way that caffeine and Cipro don't mix. I had to travel mugs of coffee a day while taking Cipro and had very bad insomnia from it. Didn't know about that little factoid until after I was done with the course.

Posted by: GOULD at May 20, 2017 05:30 PM (wM+lU)

26 As usual I'm not seeing #1

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 05:32 PM (Ot7+c)

27 A terrible crash at Indy qualifying. Had to be going over 220 when he hit the wall head on.

Sebastian Bordais taken in ambulance.

The worst head on I've ever seen. On ABC now.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 05:33 PM (PLq8b)

28 OM, The doctor probably told you this but we had to stay out of sunlight when taking Cipro: hats and long sleeves.

Posted by: JTB at May 20, 2017 05:24 PM (V+03K)


Huh. The pharmacist did not tell me this. Perhaps because this is Oregon, he didn't think sunlight would be a problem!

He did tell me to watch out for a sore ankle as that could be the start of a ruptured Achilles tendon. What a weird side effect, eh?

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 05:33 PM (HP6gF)

29 I see #2 though

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 05:34 PM (Ot7+c)

30 I am really hoping Alonso wins Indy

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 05:35 PM (Ot7+c)

31 >>A terrible crash at Indy qualifying. Had to be going over 220 when he hit the wall head on.



Sebastian Bordais taken in ambulance.



The worst head on I've ever seen. On ABC now.

Posted by: weirdflunky
He had a great run going until the back end let go.

Posted by: Aviator at May 20, 2017 05:35 PM (/Nite)

32 OM, I found out the hard way that caffeine and Cipro don't mix. I had to travel mugs of coffee a day while taking Cipro and had very bad insomnia from it. Didn't know about that little factoid until after I was done with the course.

Posted by: GOULD at May 20, 2017 05:30 PM (wM+lU)


Perhaps this is why I woke up at 4AM this morning and could not get back to sleep. I only drink one cup a day (in the morning), but maybe even that is too much.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 05:36 PM (HP6gF)

33 He had a great run going until the back end let go.
Posted by: Aviator at May 20, 2017 05:35 PM (/Nite)

I literally shouted "Oh no! Oh no!"

Boss lady came running from the kitchen thinking some thing was wrong with me.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 05:37 PM (PLq8b)

34 The second dress is very similar to the one I wore at my son's wedding last month. Even the color is exactly the same. Only differences were mine was a tea length, and the lace was much less fussy and had some sparkly stuff thrown in.

Thinking maybe we should rename the site Ace of Spadettes.

Or maybe Acettes of Spades.

Or even Acettes of Spadettes. Nah. Overkill.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 20, 2017 05:37 PM (HiDrR)

35 34, the Spadettes has a nice, jaunty ring to it.

Posted by: IC at May 20, 2017 05:39 PM (gcme+)

36 31: just saw that. the last time i saw one that bad, it was fatal. gordon smiley i think his name was.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 05:39 PM (KP5rU)

37 The replay in slow motion doesn't tell the story.

That crash shown at real speed is shocking.

He was hauling ass when he hit that wall.

No joke. It's unbelievable.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 05:42 PM (PLq8b)

38 Jeez...went to read some comments at CNN on PDT arriving in Riyadh - Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia with soft porn star not wearing head scarf...seriously fucked up idiots post at CNN.

Posted by: IC at May 20, 2017 05:43 PM (gcme+)

39 I mentioned last week that I wanted to re-learn (from my long ago youth) card games like cribbage, gin rummy, etc. I discovered my ability to shuffle a deck of cards is terrible. I could shuffle cards as a kid. It doesn't help that my hands are like catcher mitts. But I also learned that the actual cards make a difference. Regular decks like Bicycle and Bee give me the most trouble. Better, more expensive, plastic decks like Copag, KEM, or Da Vinci are easier.

I know there are mechanical shufflers but part of my interest is to get more dexterity in my hands.

On a side note, while reading about different decks I was surprised how strident regular card players are about their preferred brands. Not professionals, which I might expect, but dedicated amateurs. It reminded me of longbow/crossbow or Chevy vs. Ford. Made for amused reading.

Posted by: JTB at May 20, 2017 05:44 PM (V+03K)

40 Oh my goodness, what a horrible crash.

Posted by: Infidel the Jaunty Spadette at May 20, 2017 05:44 PM (ie8tB)

41 Daily Mail did a nice spread on their arrival. I'm sure they were biting 10d nails, they don't like Commander Brexit.

Posted by: gNewt at May 20, 2017 05:46 PM (uHFrd)

42 Is there replays of this crash on YouTube yet? What do I search for to look for it?

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 05:47 PM (HP6gF)

43 I put it on immediately when I saw a comment but have yet to see the crash replay.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 05:47 PM (Ot7+c)

44 OM, I'm sorry for breaking up your Black Panther party err chess thread with crash info.

My bad.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 05:48 PM (PLq8b)

45 >>the Spadettes has a nice, jaunty ring to it.

Sounds like a pack of sterilized dogs.

Posted by: Aviator at May 20, 2017 05:48 PM (/Nite)

46 Wish I knew somebody who liked to play cribbage or backgammon. I miss playing.

Posted by: Infidel the Jaunty Spadette at May 20, 2017 05:49 PM (ie8tB)

47 Well, those dresses are no RompHims.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 20, 2017 05:49 PM (Nwg0u)

48 So, I saw the video of the Trump's deplaning in Saudi Arabia...Melania had a gold boob belt on...she makes it look good. Even completely covered up she still manages to look elegant and sexy.

Posted by: lindameh now flinging poo at May 20, 2017 05:49 PM (kufk0)

49 That was real speed replay.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 05:49 PM (PLq8b)

50 >>Is there replays of this crash on YouTube yet? What do I search for to look for it?


Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004

http://tinyurl.com/n459os2

Posted by: Aviator at May 20, 2017 05:50 PM (/Nite)

51 Indy Crash

https://youtu.be/sDdt9a8kFgw

You can find more by searching at youtube for "indy crash", and then applying the filter "uploaded in the last hour".

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 20, 2017 05:51 PM (R+30W)

52 There has to be apps for backgammon and have not a clue about cribbage. I played backgammon in the USAF but forgot everything about it.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 05:52 PM (Ot7+c)

53 Yes, she's very elegant. It was mentioned the other night she was a model. She's not the first model to become FLOTUS. Gerald Ford's wife was also a model.

Posted by: gNewt at May 20, 2017 05:52 PM (uHFrd)

54 Jeez...went to read some comments at CNN on PDT arriving in Riyadh - Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia with soft porn star not wearing head scarf

Funny how they select which religions MUST be obeyed and which ones are OMG THE PATRIARCHY!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 20, 2017 05:52 PM (oVJmc)

55 Its carried on ESPN news now

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 05:53 PM (Ot7+c)

56 They were reporting he was awake and complaining of hip and leg pain. Taken directly to the trauma center.

Posted by: Aviator at May 20, 2017 05:53 PM (/Nite)

57 35 34, the Spadettes has a nice, jaunty ring to it.
Posted by: IC at May 20, 2017 05:39 PM (gcme+)

Im already picking out a cheer.

Give me an S...

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 20, 2017 05:56 PM (Ri/rl)

58 Damn ABC went to an infomercial for a cooker.

Posted by: Aviator at May 20, 2017 05:56 PM (/Nite)

59 44 OM, I'm sorry for breaking up your Black Panther party err chess thread with crash info.

My bad.
Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 05:48 PM (PLq8b)


No problem. This is an open thread as well as a chess thread.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 05:56 PM (HP6gF)

60 53 Yes, she's very elegant. It was mentioned the other night she was a model. She's not the first model to become FLOTUS. Gerald Ford's wife was also a model.
Posted by: gNewt at May 20, 2017 05:52 PM (uHFrd)

Wasn't Ford a model too? I mean President Ford.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 20, 2017 05:57 PM (Ri/rl)

61 No problem. This is an open thread as well as a chess/dress thread.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 05:56 PM

FIFY

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 05:57 PM (Ot7+c)

62 Just got back with Wing Stop grub. Beer on the side.

Tombstone is on the tube, with Preakness and Preds-Ducks to come later.

Life is good.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 05:58 PM (GsAUU)

63 Wasn't Ford a model too? I mean President Ford.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 20, 2017 05:57 PM (Ri/rl)
I thought he was a college cheer leader. I could be hallucinating though. Seems familiar.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 05:59 PM (ie8tB)

64 Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004

http://tinyurl.com/n459os2

Posted by: Aviator at May 20, 2017 05:50 PM (/Nite)


Wow, that looked absolutely horrendous

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 05:59 PM (HP6gF)

65 That first dress! I would love to wear something like that to a wedding. So classy. When my son was married, the wedding was very informal. Where is a Navy ball when you need one?

Posted by: Quirky bookworm at May 20, 2017 05:59 PM (gppsv)

66 Andretti going 238 mph entering turn three and not lifting off the accelerator. Crazy as a mfer.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 05:59 PM (PLq8b)

67 46 ... "Wish I knew somebody who liked to play cribbage or backgammon. I miss playing."

Hi Infidel, Mrs. JTB and I are going to (re) learn together some old fashion card and board games. We don't know (so far) others who are interested but that may happen eventually. I know there are computer, online versions of these games but I'm trying to get away from too much dependence on computers and maybe add a social aspect to our lives.

Posted by: JTB at May 20, 2017 05:59 PM (V+03K)

68 63 Wasn't Ford a model too? I mean President Ford.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 20, 2017 05:57 PM (Ri/rl)
I thought he was a college cheer leader. I could be hallucinating though. Seems familiar.
Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 05:59 PM (ie8tB)


Ford played football in college, GWB was a "Yell Leader".

Posted by: Vrag Naroda at May 20, 2017 06:00 PM (17QyB)

69 27 A terrible crash at Indy qualifying. Had to be going over 220 when he hit the wall head on.

Sebastian Bordais taken in ambulance.

The worst head on I've ever seen. On ABC now.
Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 05:33 PM (PLq8b)

--Thanks for warning me.

I'm from the camp of Do NOT Want to See.

Prayers for the injured driver.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:01 PM (GsAUU)

70 61 No problem. This is an open thread as well as a chess/dress thread.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 05:56 PM

FIFY

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 05:57 PM (Ot7+c)


And most appropriately, too.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 06:01 PM (HP6gF)

71 Ray Blanchard believes that transsexuality is a result of ETLE (Erotic Target Location Error). In other words, Bruce Jenner would see those dresses, and instead of thinking, "wow, those women look beautiful" he thinks, "wow, I would look hot in that dress".

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 20, 2017 06:01 PM (vRcUp)

72 63: president ford played football in college. a lineman. g.w. bush was the cheerleader. make of that what you will. you know how i feel about the bush family.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 06:02 PM (KP5rU)

73 okay. You people suck.

I restarted playing chess after 40 years, and am now getting my ass kicked by 7 year olds on chess.com.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at May 20, 2017 06:02 PM (uBKPR)

74 Mario Andretti?

Posted by: gNewt at May 20, 2017 06:03 PM (uHFrd)

75 So it's true Melania did not cover up for the Islamozoid Kingdom visit?

Good for her, if so.

Same with Le Pen's gesture (I don't care if it was staged) in Lebanon.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:03 PM (GsAUU)

76 Game thread!!!

In The Know youtube this week, they have a history on how E3 became the big gaming Hajj it's become.

Also, new Assassin's Creed and Far Cry games are in development, because new IP is scary and frightens established studios. Hitman had publisher problems, but seems to be saved as well. (Mass Effect is still dead though, and good riddance.)

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 06:05 PM (D2CCA)

77 I
know there are computer, online versions of these games but I'm trying
to get away from too much dependence on computers and maybe add a social
aspect to our lives.

Posted by: JTB at May 20, 2017 05:59 PM (V+03K)

Agreed. Mom and Dad used to play cribbage, my cousin and I used to play 2 out of 3 to see who had to do the dishes. He taught me to play. He talked me thru one game, then it was cut throat. I learned quick. And did dishes for awhile.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:06 PM (ie8tB)

78 What up, bth!

Have you been angling to host a History Thread, or was that just buzzed speculation?

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:06 PM (GsAUU)

79 Wish I knew somebody who liked to play cribbage or backgammon. I miss playing.

Posted by: Infidel the Jaunty Spadette at May 20, 2017 05:49 PM (ie8tB)

Try asking at any Retirement or Nursing Homes. Most have some type of activity coordinator you can talk to about setting something up if nothing exists already.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at May 20, 2017 06:07 PM (d76uN)

80 I have to say I have watched F-1 religiously now for 20 years but never understood why qualifying for Indy needs to be so complicated.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 06:07 PM (Ot7+c)

81 Mario Andretti?
Posted by: gNewt at May 20, 2017 06:03 PM (uHFrd)

Marco.

Grandson of Mario

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 06:07 PM (PLq8b)

82 Also, new Assassin's Creed and Far Cry games are in development, because new IP is scary and frightens established studios. Hitman had publisher problems, but seems to be saved as well. (Mass Effect is still dead though, and good riddance.)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 06:05 PM (D2CCA)

I like both Assassins Creed (except Unity, which sucked donkey taint) and Far Cry (especially 4) so I'm eager to see what Ubisoft has in store for us.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, at May 20, 2017 06:08 PM (0mRoj)

83 O'Muse, before you take Cipro, please google "fluoroquinolone-induced tendinopathy." Read and take careful notes. The main symptom to look out for is pain in the Achilles tendons (followed by spontaneous rupture). If this happens, stop taking the medication, and call your attorney.

Posted by: GolfBoy at May 20, 2017 06:08 PM (8k5Qk)

84 Damn, that crash is scary. It looks like his tires simply lost traction, like hydroplaning, and he went into the wall. I was amazed the car and driver weren't completely smashed.

This is why I rarely drive over 200 MPH anymore.

Posted by: JTB at May 20, 2017 06:09 PM (V+03K)

85 Thanks for the correction to my bad trivia memory.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:09 PM (ie8tB)

86 Insomniac, a colleague at work said that since I'm a History Geek I'd like Assassin's Creed.

It sounds interesting, but I would not even try it unless there's a PC version since I don't have enough time to invest in a console (and I don't want the littl'un to be exposed to one at his tender age either).

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:10 PM (GsAUU)

87 Try
asking at any Retirement or Nursing Homes. Most have some type of
activity coordinator you can talk to about setting something up if
nothing exists already.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at May 20, 2017 06:07 PM (d76uN)

What a great idea!! Thank you. Think I will start at the local VA Hospital.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:11 PM (ie8tB)

88 A strategy related question for the Chess Morons:

As Insomniac so succinctly said the other day, I am shocked to find myself in the middle of a gay catfight. FYI, heterosexual female here.

Back story: Two work friends, J and T. They are in a long term gay relationship. J is my department supervisor, T is a coworker.

I had a falling out with T around the time it was announced the business was going to close in the fall. T has gone full psycho, and although I tried to salvage the relationship, T went full on Histrionic Liberal Victim and I haven't spoken to him in 7 months. Since that time, J and I have done several things together. J knows T does not want me to spend time with him (T is super possessive and controlling) and J will not lie to T about what he does and with whom.

Tried to be civil to T the other day, and it went incredibly badly, and ended up with T telling me in a threating manner that I was not to spend time with J outside of work. "Or else" was unspoken. It was a threat.

Well... I find myself in a conundrum. T has gone off the deep end, has my phone number, knows where I live and what car I drive. I do feel that he would not hesitate to key my car, slash my tires or even "accidentally" hurt me at work. If I talk to HR, I will put myself in the position to be a victim on this nut job. If I talk to anyone in management, same thing. If I talk to J, same thing.

No matter what I do, I put myself in a position of retaliation by someone who I now consider mentally unbalanced who is now dictating what I can and cannot do, which I don't think is right.

Are there options I have not considered?

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:11 PM (BPeNq)

89 okay. You people suck.
I restarted playing chess after 40 years, and am now getting my ass kicked by 7 year olds on chess.com.
Posted by: BumperStickerist at May 20, 2017 06:02 PM (uBKPR)


Tell me about it. Some years back, one of the other guys in my church brought his 8-year-old over for a game. The little shit cleaned my clock. I was amazed how such a young boy was able to coordinate his pieces in a strong mating attack. This is stuff that ordinarily takes years to learn.

Told his parents they should probably take him down to a local chess club to see if his talent can be evaluated, but they never did.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 06:12 PM (HP6gF)

90 84; same here. never over 190.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 06:13 PM (KP5rU)

91 http://tinyurl.com/n459os2

Posted by: Aviator at May 20, 2017 05:50 PM (/Nite)
That's a terrible accident

A friend of mine died racing a top fuel dragster. Those crashes are terrifying.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 20, 2017 06:13 PM (Ri/rl)

92 Are there options I have not considered?

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:11 PM (BPeNq)

Concealed carry.

Not joking.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 06:14 PM (PLq8b)

93 logprof, just speculation, if even that, since this is first I heard of it. . .

I think what happened is that we were mocking a troll who was complaining about the topic, so I yelled out "I DEMAND A THREAD ON THE SASANIAN EMPIRE". Because niche topic even for historians.

And then a bunch of Morons said "hey good idea", which made me feel like a douche.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 06:14 PM (D2CCA)

94 Now I'm wishing that I'd gone to the Preakness when I lived in Maryland. Looks like a fun party.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:14 PM (GsAUU)

95 What a great idea!! Thank you. Think I will start at the local VA Hospital.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:11 PM (ie8tB)

I'll predict a busy future.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at May 20, 2017 06:14 PM (d76uN)

96 O'Muse, before you take Cipro, please google "fluoroquinolone-induced tendinopathy." Read and take careful notes. The main symptom to look out for is pain in the Achilles tendons (followed by spontaneous rupture). If this happens, stop taking the medication, and call your attorney.
Posted by: GolfBoy at May 20, 2017 06:08 PM (8k5Qk)


Thanks, the pharmacy specifically warned me of this, as did the nurse practitioner who prescribed it. When I had my first bout with prostatitis 3-4 years ago, I suffered no ill effects from the cipro.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 06:15 PM (HP6gF)

97 Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:11 PM (BPeNq)

+++

Having read your posts, I would say you a remarkable, savvy, and very intelligent woman. And very marketable.
I think you should get your resume polished and get the hell out of there. There doesn't seem to be any other option from what you've spelled out.

Posted by: washrivergal at May 20, 2017 06:16 PM (+eKyB)

98 I'm still waiting for motivation to do something today.

Nope, hasn't struck yet.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 06:16 PM (sdi6R)

99 Time to fire up the Wolf flat top and turn my kitchen into dads diner. Cheeseburgers and patty melts if anyone is interested. Don't show up without booze.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 20, 2017 06:16 PM (kTF2Z)

100 Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:11 PM (BPeNq)

Sort of scary. Maybe think about speaking with an attorney or making a sworn affidavit. Then after that, do what you think is necessary at work. I do not envy you. Prayers going up.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:16 PM (ie8tB)

101 Are there options I have not considered?

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:11 PM (BPeNq)


Like sands in the hourglass...

Posted by: gNewt at May 20, 2017 06:17 PM (uHFrd)

102 93 logprof, just speculation, if even that, since this is first I heard of it. . .

I think what happened is that we were mocking a troll who was complaining about the topic, so I yelled out "I DEMAND A THREAD ON THE SASANIAN EMPIRE". Because niche topic even for historians.

And then a bunch of Morons said "hey good idea", which made me feel like a douche.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 06:14 PM (D2CCA)

--Heh. Seriously, I would not mind one. It could maybe follow the Book Thread, since there's a lot of overlap. I would even be up for tag-teaming it with you.

--and I only just started drinking!

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:17 PM (GsAUU)

103 Soon...

Soon the horses shall run.


Baltimore's day to shine.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 06:18 PM (J+eG2)

104 shibumi, the key phrase I detect is 'around the time it was announced the business was going to close in the fall'. So the advice I'd give is, find a job in a company that's, like, not dying.

I suppose it would be bad manners to tell the bad guy in this mess 'but first you will blow me'

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 06:18 PM (D2CCA)

105 also, this afternoon, a new nhra funny car speed record was set. 338 mph and change. in 1000 feet. goodyear does not feel the tires are safe over 330. i expect some rule adjustments soon.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 06:18 PM (KP5rU)

106
Concealed carry.


Not joking.
Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 06:14 PM--Gun free work zone where we must go through metal detectors.
From a physical standpoint, I am about 4" taller than psycho guy. So far, he has not been not outright aggressive. He's more the covert "key your car" type.I need the money but I'm really fed up with this job and this is kind of the last straw.

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:18 PM (BPeNq)

107 Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:11 PM (BPeNq)

I've got nothing. It is a conundrum.

I would definitely write notes of what happened with date etc., just in case you need them.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 20, 2017 06:18 PM (Ri/rl)

108 I always wondered at the usefulness of mailing out 100 post card with the threatener's phone number and a message "please call this man and tell him to stop physically abusing [name here]"

I mean, it is meatspace social media pressure.

You asked for options, I don't have good ones for you.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 06:18 PM (mkDpn)

109 Jesus Christ Shibumi.. that's scary. Are J and T still dating? I re-read the post but could not determine. I agree with weirdflunky. Carry.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at May 20, 2017 06:19 PM (CNHr1)

110 Shibumi. Get your concealed carry permit if you don't already have one and take every self defense shooting class you can. Is the stuff you are doing with J of any importance? And if the company is gone in the fall is there an option for you to move on early?

Posted by: PaleRider at May 20, 2017 06:19 PM (8qFZP)

111 Heh. Seriously, I would not mind one. It could maybe follow the Book

Thread, since there's a lot of overlap. I would even be up for tag-teaming it with you.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:17 PM (GsAUU)


A weekly thread on the Sasanian Empire? Eh, we'll get back to you on that.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 06:20 PM (HP6gF)

112 Ok.. you can't carry. Look for another job. I know it's easier said than done but good Lord who need that kind of stress?

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at May 20, 2017 06:21 PM (CNHr1)

113 I concur with weirdflunky.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 06:21 PM (Ot7+c)

114 Does anyone know if Presdent Obama went with Trump to Sandia Arabia? They love him their and Trump needs him so he does not say anything stooped or insult the King ...

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at May 20, 2017 06:21 PM (WmgTn)

115 91: caligirl, top fuel dragsters are really unforgiving beasts when something goes wrong. sorry to hear about your friend.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 06:21 PM (KP5rU)

116 yeah, OM, that'd be like a weekly thread on the San Antonio Spurs

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 06:22 PM (D2CCA)

117 So the advice I'd give is, find a job in a company that's, like, not dying.


I suppose it would be bad manners to tell the bad guy in this mess 'but first you will blow me'
--

This job is what uber calls a side hustle. But.. it helps with the bills.

As for "first you will blow me," well, pretty sure he's sucked more d*ck than Barry O, so really, that's not anything I want near my nether regions.

I also have a to add... bad guy has a reputation for going to HR for EVERY imaginary slight, and has had complaints against him in the past from other departments. He has sexually harassed several men in our department, but since they like his husband, they won't go to HR.

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:22 PM (BPeNq)

118 Who's horse wins? Mine or yours? That's not funny you guys. Clop clop.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 20, 2017 06:22 PM (6Ll1u)

119 Time
to fire up the Wolf flat top and turn my kitchen into dads diner.
Cheeseburgers and patty melts if anyone is interested. Don't show up
without booze.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 20, 2017 06:16 PM (kTF2Z)

Sounds much better than my planned grilled ham and swiss on rye.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:23 PM (ie8tB)

120 86 Insomniac, a colleague at work said that since I'm a History Geek I'd like Assassin's Creed.

It sounds interesting, but I would not even try it unless there's a PC version since I don't have enough time to invest in a console (and I don't want the littl'un to be exposed to one at his tender age either).
Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:10 PM (GsAUU)

I think they have a PC version. As a history geek, it might not have the desired effect. Sure, you see some names and places from history, but they take some yuuuuge liberties, and they pack some politically correct bullshit in there as well (Syndicate was the worst offender IMHO).

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, at May 20, 2017 06:23 PM (0mRoj)

121 Whoa, those dresses are gorgeous! Especially the first one. I would love to look like one of those ladies when I'm the mother of the bride - or groom - some day.

First, though, I'll have to lose a few years. And pounds.

OMuse, thank you for the beautiful dress pron. You're a giver for sure. I'm sorry you're sick - it sounds dreadful. I hope you are feeling better much soon.

Oh, and did any of you ladies see Pippa's wedding dress? It's lovely. I didn't care for Kate's peach dress, however - I think it looks too matronly. And those folds on her chestal area look weird. Usually I really like her clothes. Maybe this is Pippa's revenge for her sister being a bona fide princess.

Posted by: bluebell at May 20, 2017 06:24 PM (sBOL1)

122 It may be the fastest two minutes in sports but the walk to the gate takes like #twoweeks.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 20, 2017 06:24 PM (Tyii7)

123 Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:18 PM (BPeNq)

And you don't have a big (boy)friend to umm convince Capt. Douche to f-off?

Get out and don't look back. Stay away from both of them if you can.

Sounds like Capt. Douche is jealous and sees you as a possible sexual threat. Gay or not, don't dismiss the idea.

Straight men can be dangerously jealous. No reason to think butt pirates can't be the same.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 06:24 PM (PLq8b)

124 Speaking of history, in my reading this week I read of the tragic story of Ignaz Semmelweis, the Hungarian physician who pioneered antiseptic practices for medical operations.

Despite his results (mandating that surgeons wash hands in chlorinated water before entering the OR), he was bucking the "consensus" of the day, and eventually was driven out of practice and even when teaching obstetrics was only allowed to use leather dummies for instruction, not live patients. His textbook was shunned in favor of titles teaching the prevailing practices.

Eventually he was driven to insanity by his frustration. Once he was beaten badly by the asylum staff, and in a cruel irony died of infections from the wounds he incurred from it.

And lo and behold, human nature hasn't changed in 150 years.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:25 PM (GsAUU)

125 BTH, I'm starting some preliminary reading on the English Civil War, (third hand glosses I suppose) and it sounds interesting.

Flint did a series on Belisarius that had the Sasinids and the Axumites in it.

Flint got lazy about book three, IIRC. It had more literary conventions to fill things out than Cantar de Mio Cid.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 06:25 PM (mkDpn)

126 120 86 Insomniac, a colleague at work said that since I'm a History Geek I'd like Assassin's Creed.

It sounds interesting, but I would not even try it unless there's a PC version since I don't have enough time to invest in a console (and I don't want the littl'un to be exposed to one at his tender age either).
Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:10 PM (GsAUU)

I think they have a PC version. As a history geek, it might not have the desired effect. Sure, you see some names and places from history, but they take some yuuuuge liberties, and they pack some politically correct bullshit in there as well (Syndicate was the worst offender IMHO).
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, at May 20, 2017 06:23 PM (0mRoj)

It was interesting to see things like Acre represented, but let me save you some money:

Crusaders=Evil. Christianity=Bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 20, 2017 06:26 PM (ycWCI)

127 yeah, the political correctness in Assassin's Creed is what has kept me from getting into any of it. Except for Shadows Of Mordor.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 06:26 PM (D2CCA)

128 Shibumi, you need to get it all on record, both with work and with the police. Talk to your boss. Also, go in person to talk to someone in the PD. You need to document it all and get everything on record. Sadly, I had to do this with my own son. Never underestimate what unstable people are capable of doing.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 20, 2017 06:26 PM (kTF2Z)

129 Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:22 PM (BPeNq)

I didn't read all of your first post before snarking. I apologize. If you don't want to shoot the guy your
best alternative is to leave. Do what you need to do to assure a good reference and leave.

Posted by: gNewt at May 20, 2017 06:27 PM (uHFrd)

130

--Thanks for warning me.

I'm from the camp of Do NOT Want to See.

Prayers for the injured driver.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:01 PM (GsAUU)



Exactly why I quit watching horse racing years ago. At least the drivers know the risks...

Posted by: Spun and Murky at May 20, 2017 06:27 PM (4DCSq)

131 127 yeah, the political correctness in Assassin's Creed is what has kept me from getting into any of it. Except for Shadows Of Mordor.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 06:26 PM (D2CCA)

Shadows of Mordor was fun. Without any of that pesky Tolkien to get in the way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 20, 2017 06:28 PM (ycWCI)

132 I think they have a PC version. As a history geek, it might not have the desired effect. Sure, you see some names and places from history, but they take some yuuuuge liberties, and they pack some politically correct bullshit in there as well (Syndicate was the worst offender IMHO).
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, at May 20, 2017 06:23 PM (0mRoj)

--A friend of mine who is a devout Catholic said one of the missions in a game involved taking out a pope. That kind of soured him on that franchise.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:28 PM (GsAUU)

133 Jesus Christ Shibumi.. that's scary. Are J and T still dating? I re-read the post but could not determine. I agree with weirdflunky. Carry.
---
T is living in a house J bought for him. J is retiring in the fall, T may or may not have a job-- there is a possibility for summer work in some connected businesses. T wants J to simply give him an allowance so he doesn't have to work anymore. T is only 55.

My straight male coworkers know this guy is bad news; I am late to the party and just effing stupid. That all being said, I have excellent relationships with the guys, and I do feel they will watch out for me.

I also might talk to some people in another department-- I plan on doing the "I have a friend" thing and see what they say.

Kind of stressed because I'm dealing with both J and T at work tonight.

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:28 PM (BPeNq)

134 Little known fact: The Spadettes were an all-female squadron of fighter pilots in WWI.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 06:29 PM (sdi6R)

135 Keep looking at #1, still not seeing it.

Preakness is on

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 06:30 PM (Ot7+c)

136 Hah, they're playing 'Suedehead' here. It's like they're reading shibumi's posts

Why do you come here
Why do you hang around

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 06:30 PM (D2CCA)

137 Eventually he was driven to insanity by his frustration. Once he was beaten badly by the asylum staff, and in a cruel irony died of infections from the wounds he incurred from it.

And lo and behold, human nature hasn't changed in 150 years.
Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:25 PM (GsAUU)


Good heavens, what a tragic story.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 06:30 PM (HP6gF)

138 bluebell- I liked the wedding dress. I read that Kate declined to be a bridesmaid so as not to take away the spotlight from Pippa on her wedding day. Maybe that is why she chose a matronly dress. Looked like she was having fun with the kids, tho.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:32 PM (ie8tB)

139 125 BTH, I'm starting some preliminary reading on the English Civil War, (third hand glosses I suppose) and it sounds interesting.

Flint did a series on Belisarius that had the Sasinids and the Axumites in it.

Flint got lazy about book three, IIRC. It had more literary conventions to fill things out than Cantar de Mio Cid.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 06:25 PM (mkDpn)

--Just finished the section on the English Civil War(s) in The English and Their History.

Fascinating stuff.

I now consider Cromwell a bigger asshole and the Puritans even bigger hypocrites.

Meanwhile, my impression of Charles II is more favorable.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:33 PM (GsAUU)

140 Is Battle of Midway in the Preakness?

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:33 PM (GsAUU)

141 Shibumi, I agree with getting a new job ASAP. Is your car parked in an area with surveillance cameras? Do you have or have the ability to install surveillance cameras at home?

Also...concealed carry and watch your six.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, at May 20, 2017 06:34 PM (0mRoj)

142 Are there options I have not considered?

-
Never underestimate the value of a good retreat. You have nothing to win and a lot to lose.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 20, 2017 06:34 PM (Nwg0u)

143 Ah, thanks, Infidel - that makes sense.

Those kids were just adorable.

Posted by: bluebell at May 20, 2017 06:34 PM (sBOL1)

144 Wow he hit that wall hard. Shows how well engineered those cars are.

Posted by: freaked at May 20, 2017 06:35 PM (BO/km)

145 Are there options I have not considered?

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:11 PM (BPeNq)

++++

If you believe you were threatened with physical violence, then you can start with a formal complaint to HR. If you want to go further, you can attempt to get a TRO. Just the fact that you are making formal complaints might back him off. Or it might enrage him further. Fight or flee.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 20, 2017 06:35 PM (R+30W)

146 I would love to help out with a history thread. I call dibs on 1861-1865.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 20, 2017 06:35 PM (kTF2Z)

147 I still have Polo shirts, Jeans, Carhartts, and t shirts from volloge that make up 90% of my wardrobe and suits and ties from highschool, college, and post grad. Bought maybe 200 bucks in clothes in 15 years.

Or the price of a dress.

Posted by: Who Was Phone? at May 20, 2017 06:35 PM (AuISE)

148 Is Battle of Midway in the Preakness?
Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:33 PM (GsAUU)

No it was in the Pacific, that big blue thing off of CA

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 20, 2017 06:36 PM (SjImc)

149 logprof: Cromwell was an asshole (I am, among other horrible things, part Irish) but, to give the warty devil his due, he had the same problem Luther had: revolting peasants who saw his success, envied it, and were proclaiming themselves even holier.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 06:36 PM (D2CCA)

150 Racing car crashes have a good safety rating, I have seen many you think no one could survive yet walk away from.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 06:37 PM (Ot7+c)

151 Good heavens, what a tragic story.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 06:30 PM (HP6gF)

--No kidding. I'm not a big biography reader, but I want to find a good one of his to read.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:37 PM (GsAUU)

152 Oh, and FU Bob Costass and your pink eye.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:37 PM (GsAUU)

153 Ah, thanks, Infidel - that makes sense.



Those kids were just adorable.



They were adorable.


Posted by: bluebell at May 20, 2017 06:34 PM (sBOL1)

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:37 PM (ie8tB)

154 How on earth did I screw that up?

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:38 PM (ie8tB)

155 This just in!!!!

Little Bobby Costas is still a douche.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 06:38 PM (PLq8b)

156 'Racing car crashes have a good safety rating, I have seen many you think no one could survive yet walk away from.'

That's true but bouncing off the wall at 230 has gotta hurt no matter how good your crush zone is.

Posted by: freaked at May 20, 2017 06:39 PM (BO/km)

157 I would have wanted Battle of Midway had he run so guess its Always Dreaming

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 06:39 PM (Ot7+c)

158 >>Wow he hit that wall hard. Shows how well engineered those cars are.

Posted by: freaked
The wall itself is well engineered. The SAFER barrier wall was developed at Indy. It absorbs a great deal of kinetic energy when a car hits it. Between the design of the car and the barrier a lot of drivers have walked away from spectacular accidents.

Posted by: Aviator at May 20, 2017 06:39 PM (/Nite)

159 I bet the house payment on Term of Art.

45 to 1.


Cash money coming my way baby!

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 06:40 PM (PLq8b)

160 146 I would love to help out with a history thread. I call dibs on 1861-1865.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 20, 2017 06:35 PM (kTF2Z)

--That's playing with fire at the HQ.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:41 PM (GsAUU)

161 115 91: caligirl, top fuel dragsters are really unforgiving beasts when something goes wrong. sorry to hear about your friend.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 06:21 PM (KP5rU)

He was really good too. It was shocking. It happened in the 90s. I don't know much about racing.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 20, 2017 06:41 PM (Ri/rl)

162 What color are the silks on Always Dreaming? I can't listen to Pinkeye Costass.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:41 PM (ie8tB)

163 I can virtually guarantee I will not be injured in a wreck at the brickyard. No sir.

Posted by: Eromero at May 20, 2017 06:41 PM (zLDYs)

164 Little known fact: The Spadettes were an all-female squadron of fighter pilots in WWI.

-
When von Richthofen saw them he got all excited and they started teasing him calling him the Red Boner.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 20, 2017 06:42 PM (Nwg0u)

165 Yellow

Posted by: freaked at May 20, 2017 06:42 PM (BO/km)

166 161: blaine johnson?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 06:43 PM (KP5rU)

167 Nose and nose

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 06:43 PM (Ot7+c)

168 Little known fact: The Spadettes were an all-female squadron of fighter pilots in WWI.



-

When von Richthofen saw them he got all excited and they started teasing him calling him the Red Boner.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at

lol. Thanks freaked.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:43 PM (ie8tB)

169 Maybe next year a triple crown winner

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 06:44 PM (Ot7+c)

170 Clown Computing!

Posted by: freaked at May 20, 2017 06:44 PM (BO/km)

171 No triple crown

cloud computing for the upset

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 20, 2017 06:44 PM (SjImc)

172 Woo hoo!

What a great race!

Cloud Computing FTW!!

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:44 PM (GsAUU)

173 Did a jockey shit himself???

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:44 PM (GsAUU)

174 he had the same problem Luther had: revolting peasants who saw his success, envied it, and were proclaiming themselves even holier.

-
Like the Sandersnistas.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 20, 2017 06:45 PM (Nwg0u)

175 Shibumi

Never underestimate what unstable people are capable of doing.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 20, 2017 06:26 PM (kTF2Z)

I second what Duke wrote.

An inexpensive camera is the ring doorbell. They have cameras that work with it too.

My mother just got one from Costco and my brother installed it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 20, 2017 06:46 PM (Ri/rl)

176 WTF? Cloud Computing? Have they run out of horse names?

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 06:46 PM (sdi6R)

177 Cloud Computing went off at about 13-1

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 20, 2017 06:46 PM (SjImc)

178 Since Always Dreaming won't win the Triple Crown, I can't take credit for him.

Cloud Computing is Trump's fault.

Posted by: King Baraka at May 20, 2017 06:47 PM (GsAUU)

179 Did a jockey shit himself???

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:44 PM (GsAUU)

Sure looked like it.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:48 PM (ie8tB)

180 Cloud Computing is Trump's fault.
Posted by: King Baraka at May 20, 2017 06:47 PM (GsAUU)

The Russians are prolly using the cloud so...

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 06:48 PM (PLq8b)

181 176 WTF? Cloud Computing? Have they run out of horse names?
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 06:46 PM (sdi6R)

--Conquest Mo Money is a fucking awesome name.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:48 PM (GsAUU)

182 I'm gonna get so many handjobs from that cute Veterinarian, now!

Posted by: Cloud Computing at May 20, 2017 06:48 PM (tNhOB)

183 Did a jockey shit himself???

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:44 PM (GsAUU)

Sure looked like it.
Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:48 PM (ie8tB)


???

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 20, 2017 06:48 PM (SjImc)

184 Hey OM ... sent you something. Check your email.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 20, 2017 06:49 PM (fiGNd)

185 The Sandernistas' problem was that half of them thought they were supporting Alan Arkin.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 06:50 PM (mkDpn)

186 Blubell,

I liked the wedding dress also. I thought Kate's dress looked like a Mother of the bride type dress.

I agree with Infidel, Kate didn't want to upstage the bride.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 20, 2017 06:51 PM (Ri/rl)

187 Note to self. No more Chipotle for the pre-race meal.

Posted by: The Jockey at May 20, 2017 06:51 PM (kTF2Z)

188 183 Did a jockey shit himself???

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:44 PM (GsAUU)

Sure looked like it.
Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:48 PM (ie8tB)


???
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 20, 2017 06:48 PM (SjImc)

--In the moments after the race, there was a rear-view shot of some of the horses and one of the jockeys had a brown splotch "down there". Maybe a lot of dirt gets kicked up during the race, but it sure looked like Hershey squirts to me.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:52 PM (GsAUU)

189 Did a jockey shit himself???



Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:44 PM (GsAUU)



Sure looked like it.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:48 PM (ie8tB)





???

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 20, 2017 06:48 PM (SjImc)

Just as the race finished and the front runners raised from their saddles, the camera was behind the riders. The one on the left looked, ah, soiled, in contrast to the stark white on the jockey next to him.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:52 PM (ie8tB)

190 My!

What sharp clavicles you have.

Posted by: Big Bad Wolf at May 20, 2017 06:53 PM (tNhOB)

191 Helluva race on FS1 trying to get in the NASCAR All Star race tonight. under caution.

Shootout to win.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 06:54 PM (PLq8b)

192 Posted by: gNewt at May 20, 2017 06:27 PM

No apologies necessary gNewt.

A big thank you to the Horde for your input, I do appreciate it.

I have done the retreat thing since last fall, but that will be harder since we'll be working in closer quarters this summer. And yes, I am job hunting. This pays quite well for the amount of time I have to be there, which is why I haven't quit yet.

There are some other options as well. Our department brings in contract labor, some of which are scary [hetero] black guys who like me. I'm thinking about talking to one or two of them. When I first explained to someone in my department what was going on, they thought it was one of the contract guys bothering me.

And yes, there is parking lot security and so on. The only benefit I have is that I'm almost 2 hours away from his place, and he hates to drive, so it would take an effort to come to my place. He may or may not have my address.

As for the rest, I will miss J's friendship, but he's enabling the psycho case, and, to be honest, I assumed we'd lose touch in the fall. So maybe I just should just blow this all off and continue Doing What I'm Told by the Psycho.

Also... awesome race! Go Cloud Computing!

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:55 PM (BPeNq)

193 Heh, John Wayne and Angie Dickenson in Rio Bravo in an hour. Time for dinner.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 06:55 PM (ie8tB)

194 OK, for Problem 1 I get:

1. Rxd6+ Rxd6
2. Qxe3 Rxd2
3. Qe8+ Kc7 or b7
4. Qe7+ picks off the R on e6

1. Rxd6+ Kc7
2. Rd7+ Kc8
3. Rd8+ Kc7
4. Qd7#

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 06:55 PM (sdi6R)

195 Speaking of history, in my reading this week I read of the tragic story of Ignaz Semmelweis, the Hungarian physician who pioneered antiseptic practices for medical operations.
----
There was a British series on these pioneers back in the 70's and their uphill battles. I cringed at the doctors going straight from a sick ward to the maternity ward without washing their hands.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 20, 2017 06:55 PM (NT3RT)

196 Also... doorbell camera is a good idea. Will look into that.

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 06:57 PM (BPeNq)

197 R on f6, I meant.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 06:57 PM (sdi6R)

198 Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda has been hospitalized for an undisclosed illness, the Orange County Register reported on Saturday.

Per the Register:

Details of Lasordas illness are being kept private, but a number of Lasordas former players have been among those in contact with Lasorda, who has been in the intensive care unit at Centinela Hospital in Los Angeles. Lasorda, 89, has a history of heart problems and was hospitalized following a heart attack as recently as 2012.

Best wishes to Lasorda, even if he is a Dodger...He is/was always a very patriotic American

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 20, 2017 06:57 PM (SjImc)

199 Sorry to hear about all that crap, shibumi.

Maybe get a tiger to pair with your cat?

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:57 PM (GsAUU)

200 --A friend of mine who is a devout Catholic said one of the missions in a game involved taking out a pope. That kind of soured him on that franchise.
Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:28 PM (GsAUU)

I'm pretty sure it was a Borgia, if that helps.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, at May 20, 2017 06:59 PM (0mRoj)

201 Best wishes to Lasorda, even if he is a Dodger...He is/was always a very patriotic American
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 20, 2017 06:57 PM (SjImc)

--Amen. Lasorda is one of us.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:59 PM (GsAUU)

202 Charles I was embarking on a number of interesting things, taxation without consent of Parliment, raising illegal taxes, quartering troops without consent or payment, bills of attainder . . .

That these were hot button issues in the American Revolutionary War is not surprising since a good number of the American colonies were set up by or in conjunction with the Puritans and the members of Parliment and the House of Lords that initiated the proceedings against Charles I, and George III was nothing if not a traditionalist in the way that Charles I was.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 06:59 PM (mkDpn)

203 I feel bad for the Moron who bet the farm on Term of Art.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:59 PM (GsAUU)

204 Well, been playing some WoW, but the moron guild on Rexxar has been gone for the last month or so. Playing some of The Division, but it isn't much fun solo.

Back to playing Kerbal Space Program and that's always fun.

There just seems to be a dought of good co-op and multiplayer games out there. Anyone heard of anything good coming out that's not a Kickstarter pre-pre-alpha early access not-going-to-come-out-for-probably-five-years game?

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at May 20, 2017 07:00 PM (c1VpD)

205 Problem 2:

1. Qh6 Nf5
2. exf5 gxh6
3. Nxh6#

If 2. ...gxf6
3. Nxf6+ Kh8
4. Qxh7#

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 07:00 PM (sdi6R)

206 Wow, a Belinda Stronach sighting.

Such a lovely lady, but such a horrawful politician.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 07:00 PM (GsAUU)

207 Thanks ricki, should have seen it but didn't

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 07:01 PM (Ot7+c)

208 I feel bad for the Moron who bet the farm on Term of Art.
Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:59 PM (GsAUU)

I was robbed. Clearly the race was fixed.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 07:02 PM (PLq8b)

209 It doesn't help, that Pope being a Borgia. I like the Borgias. They were a sight better than their rivals, starting with those damned Froggies.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 07:02 PM (D2CCA)

210 I cringed at the doctors going straight from a sick ward to the maternity ward without washing their hands.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 20, 2017 06:55 PM (NT3RT)


I understood the doctors were going directly from the dissection rooms to the maternity ward.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 07:02 PM (mkDpn)

211 Prayers for Lasorda and his family. A baseball great and gentleman.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 07:02 PM (ie8tB)

212 Tommy Lasorda is from my county alway liked him.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 07:02 PM (Ot7+c)

213 204 Well, been playing some WoW, but the moron guild on Rexxar has been gone for the last month or so. Playing some of The Division, but it isn't much fun solo.

Back to playing Kerbal Space Program and that's always fun.

There just seems to be a dought of good co-op and multiplayer games out there. Anyone heard of anything good coming out that's not a Kickstarter pre-pre-alpha early access not-going-to-come-out-for-probably-five-years game?
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at May 20, 2017 07:00 PM (c1VpD)

That's a tough one. I have been looking for a good game period personally and have not come across much.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 20, 2017 07:03 PM (ycWCI)

214 Charles enacted a number of tyrannical measures, but he did it because he suspected that the Parliament was about to do the exact same things if it won the day. Which Cromwell, in fact, did.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 07:04 PM (D2CCA)

215 Cloud Computing is Trump's fault.

Posted by: King Baraka


My company is looking to use AWS as a platform for their software. I ain't gonna protest. What can I do? I'd love to join the Amish, but I don't speak German and I'm an atheist.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 20, 2017 07:04 PM (vRcUp)

216 Gerald Ford per Wikileaks played linebacker, center and long snapper for the University of Michigan and was on 2 national title teams.

It also says that Ford often had the band that played Hail To the Chief play the U of M fight song Hail To the Victors instead.

Posted by: Country Boy at May 20, 2017 07:04 PM (D2vc1)

217 I guess my standpoint here (both with the Borgias and with Charles I) is that sometimes the monarch is not lucky in one's choice of enemies.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 07:05 PM (D2CCA)

218 I'd like to read an alternate history where Cesare Borgia succeeded in uniting the "Papal States"

Posted by: votermom pimping great books at May 20, 2017 07:05 PM (hMwEB)

219 200 --A friend of mine who is a devout Catholic said one of the missions in a game involved taking out a pope. That kind of soured him on that franchise.
Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:28 PM (GsAUU)

I'm pretty sure it was a Borgia, if that helps.
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, at May 20, 2017 06:59 PM (0mRoj)

--Yeah, my guess was Alexander VI.

Honestly, though, while he was a Spaniard mafioso as pope, he at least cared enough about his power to protect the integrity of the papacy, unlike the current occupant of St. Peter's Chair.

What was it Milton Friedman said about not having good men as leaders vs. bad men as leaders doing the right thing?

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 07:06 PM (GsAUU)

220 Also... I love it when the long shot wins something like the Preakness. It's a big "screw you" to the pundits and so called experts.

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 07:06 PM (BPeNq)

221 There just seems to be a dought of good co-op and multiplayer games out there. Anyone heard of anything good coming out that's not a Kickstarter pre-pre-alpha early access not-going-to-come-out-for-probably-five-years game?

-
Here's a RTS WWII game coming out in a few days.

https://tinyurl.com/mxe539a

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 20, 2017 07:07 PM (Nwg0u)

222 I was robbed. Clearly the race was fixed.
Posted by: weirdflunky at May 20, 2017 07:02 PM (PLq8b)

Da.

Posted by: Valdimir Putin at May 20, 2017 07:07 PM (GsAUU)

223
I understood the doctors were going directly from the dissection rooms to the maternity ward.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 07:02 PM (mkDpn)
---
That was it! I remember him screaming "Your hands stink of the death house!" to one of his interns.

I need to use that phrase when the right opportunity comes up.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 20, 2017 07:08 PM (NT3RT)

224 217 I guess my standpoint here (both with the Borgias and with Charles I) is that sometimes the monarch is not lucky in one's choice of enemies.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 07:05 PM (D2CCA)

--Oh no, I was referring to Charles II above. I haven't checked to see if I had a typo. . . .

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 07:08 PM (GsAUU)

225 It's easy to hack cloud computing.

Posted by: Sgt. Hacker at May 20, 2017 07:08 PM (IqV8l)

226 First problem: RxP@K6

Second problem: Q-R6.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 20, 2017 07:08 PM (aWEY3)

227 I have liverwurst and eggs. Is there any reason to think that a liverwurst omelet wound taste good? I've never seen any offered in any diners.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 20, 2017 07:09 PM (vRcUp)

228 Carrie Underwood's hubby is out for this game.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 07:09 PM (GsAUU)

229 lol, it's amazing what you find when you Bing Pope Frankie the Idiot.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 07:09 PM (ie8tB)

230 221

Thanks, AN! I'll check it out.
My usual preferred timewasters are mmorpgs and shooters, but I loved Total Annihilation back in the '90s. So I'll probably like RTS' especially ones in WWII.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at May 20, 2017 07:10 PM (c1VpD)

231 CQ 2001 on Comet

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 07:10 PM (Ot7+c)

232 Seriously? Four views all day and they are all from China? I seriously wonder if I'm wasting my time with that shop.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at May 20, 2017 07:10 PM (CNHr1)

233 wound = would

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 20, 2017 07:10 PM (vRcUp)

234 solutions up

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 07:11 PM (HP6gF)

235 He did tell me to watch out for a sore ankle as that could be the start of a ruptured Achilles tendon. What a weird side effect, eh?
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 05:33 PM (HP6gF)

I srsly thought the muscles in my legs were going to cramp right off my body.
so really do watch out.

Posted by: willow at May 20, 2017 07:11 PM (0Ryp5)

236 I have liverwurst and eggs. Is there any reason to think that a liverwurst omelet wound taste good? I've never seen any offered in any diners.
--

I'm feeling... no.

Most things you put in an omelet have a firm texture. Liverwurst is a bit softer and might be a bit too mushy for an omelet.

How about a liverwurst and fried egg sandwich? That might be more viable.

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 07:11 PM (BPeNq)

237 220 Also... I love it when the long shot wins something like the Preakness. It's a big "screw you" to the pundits and so called experts.

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 07:06 PM (BPeNq)

--Heh, last year I would have disagreed, but now that the Triple Crown drought is over, I concur.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 07:11 PM (GsAUU)

238 230 221

Thanks, AN! I'll check it out.
My usual preferred timewasters are mmorpgs and shooters, but I loved Total Annihilation back in the '90s. So I'll probably like RTS' especially ones in WWII.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at May 20, 2017 07:10 PM (c1VpD)

If you like more grand strategy in WWI, try Hearts of Iron III.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 20, 2017 07:11 PM (ycWCI)

239 SHUT UP


HOCKEY'S ON

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 07:11 PM (GsAUU)

240 Make that WWII.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 20, 2017 07:12 PM (ycWCI)

241 219 200 --A friend of mine who is a devout Catholic said one of the missions in a game involved taking out a pope. That kind of soured him on that franchise.
Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 06:28 PM (GsAUU)

I'm pretty sure it was a Borgia, if that helps.
Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, at May 20, 2017 06:59 PM (0mRoj)

--Yeah, my guess was Alexander VI.

Honestly, though, while he was a Spaniard mafioso as pope, he at least cared enough about his power to protect the integrity of the papacy, unlike the current occupant of St. Peter's Chair.

-
My high school history teacher, Chicken Legs Ingraham, said he would have been a very good pope if he had just been a little bit religious.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 20, 2017 07:12 PM (Nwg0u)

242 hockey shmokie

Posted by: willow at May 20, 2017 07:12 PM (0Ryp5)

243 I bought Diablo III and have been playing that. It's a handy timewaster, but I wouldn't say it's "fun". I feel like one of those old women you see at the casino slot machines: oxygen tank at her feet, one hand on the lever, the other hand holding a cigarette and a Jack-and-Coke...

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at May 20, 2017 07:13 PM (Tnhbr)

244 I miss the winter. Now the light begins too early, and it lasts far too long. I wish it were dark now, so I could emerge and hunt souls.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 20, 2017 07:13 PM (vRcUp)

245 Hah, we got a lad from Bristol (UK) here.

I'll be pissed to the gills here tonight

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 07:13 PM (D2CCA)

246 "What was it Milton Friedman said about not having good men as leaders vs. bad men as leaders doing the right thing?"

He said "The idea is not to get the right people in to office, it's to get the wrong people in office to do the right thing."

Posted by: navybrat at May 20, 2017 07:13 PM (w7KSn)

247 nood

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at May 20, 2017 07:13 PM (HP6gF)

248 229 lol, it's amazing what you find when you Bing Pope Frankie the Idiot.
Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 07:09 PM (ie8tB)

--A lot of the faithful think that libtards in the College deposed Benedict/Ratzinger because he was too old school. Conspiracy theories abound, and I would not be shocked if one of them were true.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 07:14 PM (GsAUU)

249 243 I bought Diablo III and have been playing that. It's a handy timewaster, but I wouldn't say it's "fun". I feel like one of those old women you see at the casino slot machines: oxygen tank at her feet, one hand on the lever, the other hand holding a cigarette and a Jack-and-Coke...
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at May 20, 2017 07:13 PM (Tnhbr)

That is pretty much D3- it is a grind-fest el supreme. I tried playing The Division after using D3 to get through a game drought and was like "Hmmm, this seems familiar somehow."

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 20, 2017 07:14 PM (ycWCI)

250 CQ 2001 on Comet

I'm watching classic Pertwee Dr. Who on RetroTV.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 20, 2017 07:15 PM (oVJmc)

251 242 hockey shmokie
Posted by: willow at May 20, 2017 07:12 PM (0Ryp5)

--Blasphemer!

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 07:16 PM (GsAUU)

252 Are there options I have not considered?

Posted by: shibumi
----
Yes, when you approach HR - and you must - you have to out-victim them. The real story is you are a transitioning female (to male) and have been threatened by T as a result. You feel you have been placed in a hostile work environment and must have protection from T.

As an aside - I have an HR file a foot thick. I'm the guy that will not remove an american flag from his cube. I refuse to participate in any diversity events (loudly) that are required within my firm. I always go in to HR as the victim - I'm the straightest looking 'gay' man ever. The last poor kid in HR that interviewed me told me I 'couldn't be gay, I had 6 kids.' Oh, please repeat that to your supervisor - she did. Game, set and match sugartits. She was out on her ass, I remained.

No shit - in these fights, you have to fight dirty.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 20, 2017 07:19 PM (tr2D7)

253 I noticed something interesting about Problem 1:

1. Rxd6+ Rxd6
2. Qxe3 Rxd2
3. Qe8+ Rd7

I'm not sure where to go with this.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 07:20 PM (sdi6R)

254 --A
lot of the faithful think that libtards in the College deposed
Benedict/Ratzinger because he was too old school. Conspiracy theories
abound, and I would not be shocked if one of them were true.

Posted by: logprof at May 20, 2017 07:14 PM (GsAUU)

Would not surprise me one bit.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2017 07:23 PM (ie8tB)

255 Oops, never mind. 3. Qxd2. D'oh.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 07:28 PM (sdi6R)

256 I would eat a liverwurst omlet. But it would have to have okra and onions too. And Tiger sauce.

Posted by: Eromero at May 20, 2017 07:28 PM (zLDYs)

257 That is pretty much D3- it is a grind-fest el supreme. I tried playing The Division after using D3 to get through a game drought and was like "Hmmm, this seems familiar somehow."


LOL. My three basic criticisms of the game are:

1) They've simplified it to the point of silliness. The original Diablo had three character classes, but a lot more flexibility in how to build your character than later games. I want more potions, spell scrolls, etc., back. And class-specific skill trees need to go away.

2) It's cartoonish. I rolled my eyes when the Skeleton King (How many times does this fucker need to be killed?) floated in the air, shouted, "You can never defeat me!", and laughed. It was stupid. Compare that to The Butcher from D1, where you walk into a room covered in blood and gore, and hear a voice whisper "fresh meat..."

3) It's too damn easy. I died twice on Normal difficulty, both times because I was lazy and didn't respond to something. The rest of the time, I basically sat there blasting away everything, including Diablo and Malthael with overpowered spells.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at May 20, 2017 07:37 PM (Tnhbr)

258 shibumi - haven't read all the suggestions yet, so might be a repeat.

I think T J are both drama queens. If T is yelling at you, I would suspect that he has had fights with his boyfriend J about this also. J *won't lie* about spending time with you outside of work. Well he knows T doesn't like it, knows what kind of a person T is and yet doesn't mind putting you in harms way to get a rise out his lover. NOT a friend. These people are making you an supporting player in their strange little story.

Your job is over there soon. Stay away from them both, get to looking for a new side gig - maybe the venue that will be taking over for most of the events that used to be held at your current place will be needing more employees. Beat the rush of all the folks that aren't gonna start looking until the week the p(a)lace closes.


Posted by: cfo mom at May 20, 2017 07:46 PM (RfzVr)

259 Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at May 20, 2017 07:37 PM (Tnhbr)

My problem with it was not so much the difficulty (It is a pinball machine.) Rather there is nothing to the game but the grind.

I liked the game much better as Borderlands 2. Loot fest with some humor and actual characters you could like.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 20, 2017 07:46 PM (ycWCI)

260 I always get Braunschweiger, you know how that is.?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 20, 2017 09:48 PM (6Ll1u)

261 Screw the Cipro. Lots of side effects, temporary solution. Start eating a small handful of pumpkin seeds every morning. The zinc in the seeds is readily absorbed by your body and will reduce the swelling in your prostate. Eat them for the rest of your life. You're welcome.

Posted by: BuffaloSteve at May 21, 2017 11:02 AM (CBqsF)

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