entombed in the shrine of zeroes and ones

<dem> idaho is being bitchy hot. grr. weather.
<todd> Outlaw weather by executive order.
<todd> It'd be totally cool, but those damned activist judges....
<todd> And how.
<rone> i have a hot activist judge in my pants
<lb> rone, did you finally rename your manpart from Judge Judy?
<rone> i think it still bears the name i gave it in high school
<lb> so, Judge Wopner, then?
<rone> Fapner
<lb> Nice.
<rone> time to go pound the gavel
<lb> honorable mention: "I'm holding you in contempt".

<nyar> when did 4ed come out?
<palecur> around the same time OBAMA was (s)elected. COINCIDENCE??
<palecur> distributing character power EQUALLY to ALL CLASSES in some sort of CLASS WARFARE
<palecur> you see where I'm going with this

<ronebofh> more exciting moving goodness today for us.
<davewsmith_blog> what stage is your move in?
<rone> dws: it's either in the 'anger' or 'despair' stage.

My stepkids' father died in late March.  Since then, things have been a bit of a blur.  I changed jobs, which didn't help (although it certainly helped other problems).  But after months of insane and almost conspiratorial setbacks (bad contractor, credit gone wrong, car difficulties, health problems, insanity at work), we've finally closed the deal on a loan for the house, which frees the estate (my stepkids) from any further fiduciary responsibility.  Escrow closed today, and once probate closes (in another couple of months, we hope), the kids will have full access to the money.  That's good!

Now we have to move to the new house.  That's bad.

We get to throw away all kinds of junk.  That's good!

There is a lot of junk.  Still.  After several garage sales and uncounted dump runs.  That's bad.

We're going to rent our current house; in addition, we're renting the cottage in the back of the new house.  That's good!

We have to clear out the current house and finish doing work to it before we can rent it, and we need to do it fast so we aren't paying two mortgages for too long.

That's bad.  But it needs doing, and it's, overall, the best course of action for everyone involved.  So off to bed with me, so we can tackle the situation with a full head of steam tomorrow.

<davewsmith_blog> so, the bizarro 'this can't be happening' bug today is eventually explained as documented ms sql server behavior.
<dws> when provided with a datetime in milliseconds, it rounds to the nearest 1/300th of a second, which may be in the future.

* palecur is tempted to post that tattoo of the Pillsbury Doughboy raping Little Debbie.
<arian1> what?
<palecur> Brings a whole new angle to how they get the cream filling in the cupcake
<Arian> now you hve to share
<ronebofh> how do you know it's rape?
<roneYSI> it's a tattoo!
<palecur> she has some pretty srs red marks on her ass and thighs
<palecur> but maybe it's consensual rough play
<roneYSI> "nothin' says lovin' like a dick up the ass!  hee-hee!"
<palecur> I hate you, milkman rone

<venividi> some nutter is "tired of hearing about kosher salt" so he's introducing "Christian salt" -- blessed by an episcopal priest
<ronebofh> i guess you want blessed salt to fend off vampire slug attacks.

<todd`> I am now wondering why there weren't calls to privatize FEMA after the Katrina debacle. Isn't that de rigueur for those people?
<todd`> I like the idea of for-profit Hurricane relief. That is something Bush really needed to do. It would have made his presidency just a little more special.
<ronebofh> if it had been any more special he would've turned into forrest gump.
<todd`> It'd be fun to have an anonymous pipeline into conservative radio. I'd suggest it!
<rone> you make it sound so dirty.
<muzzy> I wish todd was on conservative talk radio.
<rone> he should audition for Conservative Talk Radio Idol.
<rone> wow, i hate myself for thinking of that.

<arian1> (CNN) — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says his party is going to launch an "off the hook" public relations campaign that will update the GOP's image by translating it to "urban-suburban hip-hop settings."
<nyar> he is so white
<nyar> it's almost precious

* venividi settles in to watch the original King Kong
<davewsmith_blog> at msft? i woulda thought they'd show the remake with balmer.
<venividi> next week.
<venividi> we're doing A/B studies
<davewsmith_blog> balmer, atop the empire state building, shouting 'developer, developers, developers' and throwing chairs.

<martyV> vErtYFGHJK
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<venividi> hmm.. i do believe my cat just logged my laptop at home off