Operator: "911 Emergency Services, what is the nature of your emergency ( Read more... )

The weather has moved into the realms of truly wretched. Sleet and freezing rain are the words of the day. And it's only going to get colder until it gets warmer tomorrow. It hasn't quite started freezing to everything in sight, but I think it's only a matter of time. And yes, kadath, the internet lied to you.

So, on the way home, I found Highland Street blocked off from Harvard Street until at least Lancaster, possibly all the way to Dean Street. Institute is blocked from Harvard to Dean, and Lancaster is blocked from Salisbury to Highland. Police at the least. And I think I could make out ambulances, firetrucks, or both. Judging by the water in the ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, something in my computer fried. Badly. Monitor and power supply, at the least. I just broke down and ordered pretty much a new machine, considering my last one was starting to approach the outdated phase of existence. It also made me have a hard time getting to sleep, what without having the subliminal hum of cooling fans in ( Read more... )

The first and worst day of the holiday season is finished. I survived, mostly. Commence decompression.

Fearsome triple-barreled Russian space pistol

Been watching a bunch of "older" TV shows, as well as some newer stuff (like Heroes). Something that occurred to me while watching this week's Heroes: I want to see what the child of Claire Bennet (the cheerleader) and Jack Bauer would be like. In the first season, Claire basically mutilates herself several times, mostly out of a morbid sense of ( Read more... )

I'm reminded of the children of Wachusett Street.

So I've been looking through some Iron Heroes stuff lately. For those that don't know, Iron Heroes is a D&D rules variant written by mearls in which magic is minimized, almost to the point of removal. It is replaced with a series of classes all of whom possess fairly impressive abilities built around the idea of token pools. Perform specific actions ( Read more... )

It appears to be a rule at UPS that if you interview with someone who is more than 2 or 3 levels over you, it's basically a throw-away affair. I was really expecting to get grilled. I think I left a good impression, though. The region manager I was with (for reference, a region manager would be my boss' boss' boss' boss' boss' in my current ( Read more... )