What made me unhappy today ?

[Set2Stun]

Does it work when plugged in though?

Yeah, it does, but it is simply no longer charging. I'm pretty confident it's not the battery as for the past few months it has kept switching from battery mode to charging mode on it's own, and the solution to that has been to tuck the cord between the base and the monitor to keep the cord from moving. But that's no longer working.

It's worth the $60 to see if it's just the adapter as the cord has been twisted and bent a lot over the past couple years. I am in true fear that it's the port, though. This is a gaming PC that still works great and was not cheap when I bought it. Going to pray to the computer gods for mercy when I try out the replacement adapter tomorrow.

 

[Rath Darkblade]

From The Guardian, an opinion piece on a nasty gossip site:

The Guardian is a nasty gossip site.

Surely you mean The Grauniad, right? Or is it only I who remembers the frequent and sometimes hilarious spelling errors in that rag?

Follow-up: no, apparently I don't have to "remember" them. Horrifyingly, they still occur enough that this rag has to compile a list of them. Corrections and clarifications | The Guardian

In this age of almost automated spell-checks, it is inexcusable to have so many speeling mistooks. =P

So since Lusitania was an ocean liner, not a cruise ship, I'm not sure what we're supposed to infer. Other than that the professional writer doesn't know that words have meanings and the editor got canned in the last round of layoffs.

Wait, wait, wait ... you expect journalists to pay attention to meanings of words??? (Even more, you expect journalists to pay attention?)

 

[Rad Scribbler]

We had a whole week of glorious sunshine, now it’s overcast and threatening to rain.

I know we need the rain however, I should have been born a lizard. I’d park on a rock and sit in the sun all day

 

[Felicity]

People always taking me for granted wherever I go. I really need to learn to say NO.

 

[big soft moose]

People always taking me for granted wherever I go. I really need to learn to say NO.

and remember that 'no' is a complete sentence not requiring justification

 

[Felicity]

and remember that 'no' is a complete sentence not requiring justification

Thank you. It's good advice.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

"Hell, no" is also a full sentence.

 

[Kiraann]

"Hell, no" is also a full sentence.

Emphatically so.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Emphatically so.

Hell, yeah.

 

[Rath Darkblade]

"Hell, no" is also a full sentence.

Emphatically so.

Hell, yeah.

And this seems to be the best place for this clip:

The Simpsons have a clip for everything.

 

[Trish]

Going outside is like walking into an oven. It was still 82°F (27°C) at 10 pm last night. The humidity is disgusting and it's not even 8 am. The extreme heat warnings continue. Looking at heat index of 110°F (43°C) today. I need a cavern to live in this week.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Much sympathy, Trish. There are reasons I moved north to the mountains. I start to melt when it gets over 80 degrees and reach the verge of collapse when it soars over 90. Serious heat wimp here.

 

[Trish]

Much sympathy, Trish. There are reasons I moved north to the mountains. I start to melt when it gets over 80 degrees and reach the verge of collapse when it soars over 90. Serious heat wimp here.

I am north and in the mountains For the same reasons.

 

[Amontillado]

I heard something this morning that left me disconsolate. Crestfallen. Woebegone in the sense of really wishing I could trade my bleak outlook for anything else. Poison ivy on the inside of my eyelids, anything.

Book By Anyone advertises on Sirius XM with gushy spokespeople that their web site will generate the most amazingly enjoyable books ever.

Why this isn't met with revulsion is beyond me.

It's apparently something like forty bucks for a paperback, presumably more if you want hardbound. Eww.

 

[Trish]

I heard something this morning that left me disconsolate. Crestfallen. Woebegone in the sense of really wishing I could trade my bleak outlook for anything else. Poison ivy on the inside of my eyelids, anything.

Book By Anyone advertises on Sirius XM with gushy spokespeople that their web site will generate the most amazingly enjoyable books ever.

Why this isn't met with revulsion is beyond me.

It's apparently something like forty bucks for a paperback, presumably more if you want hardbound. Eww.

I looked it up - which I will surely regret because now I'll get advertisements thanks to algorithms - but thankfully the site explicitly says they are intended as one off gag gifts ONLY and not for commercial purposes AT ALL. They are intended to be ridiculous.

 

[Homer Potvin]

intended to be ridiculous.

You can etch that on my tombstone.

 

[Amontillado]

I looked it up - which I will surely regret because now I'll get advertisements thanks to algorithms - but thankfully the site explicitly says they are intended as one off gag gifts ONLY and not for commercial purposes AT ALL. They are intended to be ridiculous.

I am relieved and inspired. I can write unreadable rediculousity (see what I mean?) and I can undercut their AI pricing. I'll overwhelm them with volume! Take that, soulless GPU!

 

[CatrionaGrace]

I am north and in the mountains For the same reasons.

May I ask where, in a very general sort of way? I'm on the eastern edge of the Rockies.

 

[Homer Potvin]

Not to beat a dead horse on the heat, but job performance is crashing around my head today. I've never seen so many mistakes, poor decisions, and general tomfoolery clustered like this before. I can't even get mad because it's happening to me too. I must have misentered a dozen invoices today and placed two orders for the wrong store.