Hope for the best! When you graduate and get your license, we can call you "Dr. Asteriktos." 
FAsteriktos said:I turned the paper in, but it was awful. I guess whatever points I get from it I'll happily live with.
I had so many papers the past two semesters for Evolutionary Biology and Abrahamic Religious Theology classes, I thought I was going to die. lolAsteriktos said:I turned the paper in, but it was awful. I guess whatever points I get from it I'll happily live with.
There is a blog I read called Global Guerrillas - the only reason I can spell that word without looking it up.IsmiLiora said:Even though I believe that I'm a fairly good speller, I misspell "guerrilla" and "missile" constantly and have to catch myself.
This is pretty embarrassing when you're writing about Latin America and/or the Cuban Missile Crisis.
I'll probably never know (which ain't such a bad thing). He hasn't updated the grades on blackboard since the 2nd week, and all I'll get at the end of the semester is the final grade. *shrugs* One more history test tomorrow and I'm free of studying and homework for 3 weeks... yes!Azurestone said:FAsteriktos said:I turned the paper in, but it was awful. I guess whatever points I get from it I'll happily live with.
Very well then. DO you do table top or online?IsmiLiora said:Wargaming? We need to be best friends, ASAP.
Love the missile vs. rocket. Love it!
I'm just starting to write an article that's due at 9 AM tomorrow....too bad I spent 10 hours on other work today. Argh! I'm so exhausted. Luckily, Big Love (I KNOW) is keeping me company for the duration. Long night ahead.
Using Deadwood as "company" while doing something else is sacrilege.vamrat said:Have you seen Deadwood?
True. May Al Swearengen forgive me.orthonorm said:Using Deadwood as "company" while doing something else is sacrilege.vamrat said:Have you seen Deadwood?
Swedjin!vamrat said:True. May Al Swearengen forgive me.orthonorm said:Using Deadwood as "company" while doing something else is sacrilege.vamrat said:Have you seen Deadwood?
Swearengen + Mr. Wu = Win. Tigerblood, even.
Ah, I've wanted to try it, but I don't think I ever have. Wait -- does Heroscape or Warhammer count? Those are the two that I've played (and Risk obviously -- but would you call that a war game, too?). I'm actually quite awful at strategy games. I don't know why. I think in the abstract on a deeper level. I'd be a horrible neorealist.vamrat said:Very well then. DO you do table top or online?IsmiLiora said:Wargaming? We need to be best friends, ASAP.
Love the missile vs. rocket. Love it!
I'm just starting to write an article that's due at 9 AM tomorrow....too bad I spent 10 hours on other work today. Argh! I'm so exhausted. Luckily, Big Love (I KNOW) is keeping me company for the duration. Long night ahead.
I really honestly don't miss the days of having to have things written by a certain time. Have you seen Deadwood?
#2 The common spoonPoppy said:Has anyone read the beginning of this thread?? like about 20 pages in lolOl
List of major threats to the growth of Orthodoxy
(1) tea totalism
Warhammer certainly counts (though historical purists might disagreeIsmiLiora said:Ah, I've wanted to try it, but I don't think I ever have. Wait -- does Heroscape or Warhammer count? Those are the two that I've played (and Risk obviously -- but would you call that a war game, too?). I'm actually quite awful at strategy games. I don't know why. I think in the abstract on a deeper level. I'd be a horrible neorealist.vamrat said:Very well then. DO you do table top or online?IsmiLiora said:Wargaming? We need to be best friends, ASAP.
Love the missile vs. rocket. Love it!
I'm just starting to write an article that's due at 9 AM tomorrow....too bad I spent 10 hours on other work today. Argh! I'm so exhausted. Luckily, Big Love (I KNOW) is keeping me company for the duration. Long night ahead.
I really honestly don't miss the days of having to have things written by a certain time. Have you seen Deadwood?
My husband and friend always give me a quick "lecture" after each game (telling me what I've done wrong and suggesting what I should have done -- at the worst time, since there's still steam coming out of my ears), but all I hear is "Whomp, whomp."
Plus, Warhammer is insanely confusing. My friend has to dumb it down for me when I play with him because I've never read the rulebook. I don't know how they memorize the rules, but he and his friends apparently can spend hours arguing over a technicality.
I do want to improve, but I think that you really have to have the right mindset for strategy. Alas, I think it's escaped me completely.
And LOL about Deadwood. I've heard a lot of good things about it. I really don't need another TV show addiction (unless it's on Netflix), but I'm thinking of checking it out soon since I'm starting to get more into Westerns. I already have 5 DVDs lined up that I'm planning to buy. Yikes!
I've played Warhammer 40,000, I believe. It's all modern weaponry -- tanks, guns, etc.vamrat said:Warhammer certainly counts (though historical purists might disagree). I don't know what Heroscape is. Do you play Warhammer or Warhammer 40,000? (Are they using spears and old fashioned stuff or guns?) Arguing over a technicality is called "rules lawyering". In my circle of friends that gets you pistol-whipped. Then again, we've been playing for a decade now so we have the majority of the rules down, but until you've played a couple dozen games it can be confusing.
If you are ever in Omaha let me know and we'll play Force on Force or Flames of War. FoF is more confusing than WH but much more realistic and it's scenario based so no technicalities are going to determine the game. (Most of the guys on the FoF forum are combat veterans and one was a contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan, so you can tell it's pretty realism-centered). Flames of War is pretty much Warhammer in World War II with the men on bases of 3-5 men instead of individual guys.
Basically, the key to strategy is to think a few moves ahead and then be able to conceptualize it in game terms. But really, you would probably enjoy playing against me...I have got the loosing part down. (I actually got the "Dunkirk Award" at a FoW tournament once - that is the crappiest player out of twenty+)
Where typing skills are such that you don't even think about where the fingers are going. "-ing" at the end of a word is typed almost like a single character, whereas "-ine" takes a bit more thought. If you're thinking about typing the word like "divine", you will almost certainly get it right - but if you're just letting your fingers glide along with little attention to what they're actually doing, "-ing" seems to be the default.Asteriktos said:What do you mean by "fingers do the typing"?
Man, you boys are old.Asteriktos said:Ahh, ok, I get ya nowI used to type stuff on my mom's type writer when I was a kid, just for fun, but by the time I needed to learn how to really type they had those new fangled computers in the schools
what is fangled??Asteriktos said:Ahh, ok, I get ya nowI used to type stuff on my mom's type writer when I was a kid, just for fun, but by the time I needed to learn how to really type they had those new fangled computers in the schools
Here it be...Poppy said:what is fangled??Asteriktos said:Ahh, ok, I get ya nowI used to type stuff on my mom's type writer when I was a kid, just for fun, but by the time I needed to learn how to really type they had those new fangled computers in the schools
This is made very clear once you begin typing in a new language even if you are fluent in it.genesisone said:Where typing skills are such that you don't even think about where the fingers are going. "-ing" at the end of a word is typed almost like a single character, whereas "-ine" takes a bit more thought. If you're thinking about typing the word like "divine", you will almost certainly get it right - but if you're just letting your fingers glide along with little attention to what they're actually doing, "-ing" seems to be the default.Asteriktos said:What do you mean by "fingers do the typing"?
I'm not that old and I still used a typewriter for a couple of years during my childhood!celticfan1888 said:Man, you boys are old.Asteriktos said:Ahh, ok, I get ya nowI used to type stuff on my mom's type writer when I was a kid, just for fun, but by the time I needed to learn how to really type they had those new fangled computers in the schools
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If computers are "new fangled", then I guess this is "old fangled" ;D. Don't think nuthin' kin be jus' plain "fangled".Poppy said:what is fangled??Asteriktos said:Ahh, ok, I get ya nowI used to type stuff on my mom's type writer when I was a kid, just for fun, but by the time I needed to learn how to really type they had those new fangled computers in the schools
Stop your self-pity.IsmiLiora said:Sometimes I read the posts on this board and I think, "Ha ha, weirdos, you have no lives!"
But I am actually very jealous of the knowledge that many seem to possess on this board. I know that I've only been a catechumen for about 6 months now, but as always, I have unrealistic expectations of myself. I have a lot of admiration for the way that you all know so much about the faith. Even the inquirers put me to utter shame.
Plus, I've also just realized that I am no good at memorizing facts, and will probably never be that person anyway. Oh, well. God gives different gifts to different people! We can't all be walking encyclopedias.![]()
Poppy,Poppy said:what is fangled??Asteriktos said:Ahh, ok, I get ya nowI used to type stuff on my mom's type writer when I was a kid, just for fun, but by the time I needed to learn how to really type they had those new fangled computers in the schools
OK, it's fixed now - oops, there it goes again!!!theistgal said:Argh! I got home to find our ceiling-mounted fire alarm is beeping, probably because the battery's dead.
And I can't unattach it because my sciatica's acting up and I can't climb the ladder. So I have to wait till my husband gets home (at least an hour more)!
Meanwhile, our indoor kitty cat is freaking out - and I may join her!!!
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Aaagh!!
Well, I like to think they got this one wrong, but for what its lacks in accuracy (I hope) it makes up for in precision:orthonorm said:Things Netflix know about me that you probably wouldn't guess . . .
I love their mouthful confabulation of genres they believe you would be interested in.
Ones that I might not care to share, but nonetheless Netflix knows my heart in ways the no person does. After rating over 16k films and TV shows, it sure better.
You might like films from:
Heartfelt Independent Tearjerkers
Teen TV Shows Featuring a Strong Female Lead
Understated Opposites Attract Comedies
Exciting High School TV Shows
Witty TV Shows Featuring a Strong Female Lead
And I had to include one obviously:
Dark Dysfunctional-Family Documentaries
Hah. I share an account with my sister, so our combined tastes can get some odd results:orthonorm said:Things Netflix know about me that you probably wouldn't guess . . .
I love their mouthful confabulation of genres they believe you would be interested in.
Ones that I might not care to share, but nonetheless Netflix knows my heart in ways the no person does. After rating over 16k films and TV shows, it sure better.
You might like films from:
Heartfelt Independent Tearjerkers
Teen TV Shows Featuring a Strong Female Lead
Understated Opposites Attract Comedies
Exciting High School TV Shows
Witty TV Shows Featuring a Strong Female Lead
And I had to include one obviously:
Dark Dysfunctional-Family Documentaries