Professor

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  1. Professor

    The Music Thread

    Been on bit of a Prince kick as of late, mainly the Purple Rain soundtrack.
  2. I am glad they want out of a fun note. I was expecting an emotional speech to end the show, but Conan rocking out was a really fun way to end things.
  3. What is wrong with ROH? I haven't followed for years now so I really have no idea. And all I remember of CHIKARA & PWG are that they were light-hearted fun. But again, I haven't followed in years.
  4. Alt. Ending I think it cleared up an big issue I had with the ending.
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    Randomness

    The scrolling function on my laptop mouse pad just stopped working. I googled "The scrolling function on my laptop mouse pad just stopped working" and it starting working again. This has worked four times now. I really want to know how that works.
  6. I am on vacation this week, not by choice. But whatever. As such, I have some free time so I thought I would go reactivate my gym membership. I suspended it back in November as I just didn't have time due to the holiday crunch at work. Turns out, I have to wait until Feb. to go back. Suspensions are a min. of three months. Yet, based on the amount of people in there, I am kinda glad that I will miss a lot of the resolution people.
  7. Managed to piss off my roommate by not buggering off for the night. He brought a date home and asked if I would clear out, to which I was fine with. But after hanging out with the 1 friend I found that was not busy and grabbing some food, I had nothing left to do so I came home. At which point I say hello and promptly retire to my room. A room with no tv, no books and a computer that has one massively fucked up screen. I have even had my headphones in as to not play music too loud. And yet I get a text from my roommate saying that ruined everything. Yeah. He told me to bugger off til 8ish. I told him to turn the porch light on if really needed to stay gone. I came home at 7:45 and the porch light was off. And as I typed the above, I was supposed to go to a movie according to his last text. I just looked and the only thing I could have watched was New Moon unless I sat outside the movie theatre until 10. And the reason I am not mad? He did the same thing to me a while back. Kinda annoying being trapped in a small room, but payback is great. Side mental note: Grab a book or two and keep them in my room.
  8. Professor

    Randomness

    Here is my main problem with the game. You try and play with a group of people and it takes forever to get started. The rules are so bastardized that everyone comes in with a different set of standard rules. As such, you either argue before hand and people refuse to play as their rules are not being listened to or you argue while playing after someone hands cards for not doing something that is not a standard rule for them. Mao is a game that can be fun if you have the right amount of people, but like I said the more people, the more arguing and the less fun had by all.
  9. Professor

    Randomness

    Mao is an utterly stupid card game that should never be played. If people need to argue for an hour over rules to play a card game, then the game does not need to be played. In addition, the next person that tells me that euchre has too many rule gets punched right in the face.
  10. I totally agree. This is the last episode that I watched.
  11. Professor

    Randomness

    I just blew a college students' mind by showing them how to multiply by nine using your fingers. Been over ten minutes and they are still amazed.
  12. Professor

    The Music Thread

    The last few days I have been listening to nothing but blues on vinyl. The remastered CDs I got a few months ago just aren't the same. I grew up listening to these classics with the static, pops and crackels that you have with vinyl. Finally hooked up my record player after living here for a year. Borrowed a nice selection of my dads collection. Lightnin' Hopkins & Mississippi John Hurt are just masters of the guitar. Looking it over and I have ten different versions of Lightnin' playing Mojo Hand and not once does it get old or seem like overkill. Pure awesome.
  13. As my roommate was leaving for work just now: Me: Have a good night. Him: You do the same Dr. Who. And then he went out the door. Just all kinds of randomness there.
  14. My dad got me two long boxes stuffed beyond full. And to add to the surprise, they are full of long runs of 70s-80s Iron Man, Avengers & Fantastic Four. From his story, he saw an ad for comics while in a truck stop in the middle of Texas. What makes this a real shock? My dad has never supported my comic collecting. So for him to get me such a gift really is nifty.
  15. Professor

    Randomness

    We're on a bridge! We're on a bridge Batman! Yeeaahhhh!
  16. This was my day. Get to work @ 11AM and deal with customers. These people are nice enough and I am in a good mood. Dumbass coworker blatantly disobeys policy and just hands people TVs, cell phones, games systems without making them pay for them 1st. I inform loss prevention and am told that nothing can happen today. Like having her fired for having the IQ between a cabbage and a ball point pen. As such, I have to take my lunch 2 hrs. into my shift so that she is not left alone in the department. And for another reason I will get to in a minute. Get back from lunch and have a chat with my new boss about how I failed to make announcements on a sale TV. I explain that I didn't because we are sold out. Apparently, this was not a good enough reason. Whatever, shake my head and leave. 4 o'clock rolls around and the next person scheduled does not show up. Wonderful. This is the other reason I went to lunch early. I thought she would call off. Turns out, she called in to quit. Fan-fucking-tastic. So, I have been running in circles for 3 hours by myself and now I get to do it some more. Woo Hoo! 6 rolls around and I finally get a chance to take a break. I walk outside to my car so I can call my grandmother and wish her a merry christmas and say that I am sorry that I had to miss the family get together for work. At this point, and this is 100% shit free, I get hit by a car. Again, I get hit by a car. It was going >5 mph, but still. A moving car hits me in the god damn parking lot. Rear bumper hits me in the knee, tail pipe into calf. Knee is sore, but pants are ripped and I cut my leg. Passenger saw that I got hit, told the driver who reacted by speeding away. And when I get back in the store, I get yelled at by my new boss for wearing pants with a tear in the leg. I calmly informed him that I was not in the greatest of moods, as I just got HIT BY A FUCKING CAR and to not worry about the pants. When he didn't believe me, I showed him the blood all over my hand and leg. That kind of shut his smug ass up. Hey, now I get to go back to work as I do not fill the requirements to go home due to injury. Lucky me. So, now I am limping around in circles helping people that have turned into giant douches over the day. "How dare you not have this item that is extremely popular in stock. It is Christmas Eve and 9 PM. You should have ten left in stock." Gah. Fuck You Running. Now? I am laying on my couch. I poured myself a rather large Jack & Coke. That is now gone. I now have a nice glass of Capt. & Coke. I plan on sitting here and doing nothing more exerting than lifting a remote/glass for the rest of the evening. Fuck Christmas & Fuck Baby Jesus.
  17. So, I didn't change the channel after NCIS ended and RAW started. I lasted 5 minutes. Johnny Damon as guest host? Fine, I guess. DX & a midget in a courtroom skit? Bad. It will either last all night long or be a good 20-25 minute chunk at some point, but I still do not change the channel. Someone in a tiger costume being chased around by a lady with a golf club? Yeah, channel is changed.
  18. Not to argue, but could you explain this to me as I always get confused. This is how it works out in my head. Decade means ten years. So for instance, we have the decade of the 80s. So that would be 1980-1989. So the 90s would be 1990-1999. Then wouldn't the 00s be 2000-2009? Because the implication that the 00s should be 2001-2010 means that the 90s are in fact 1991-2000. So, 1990 is considered in the 80s. I know the argument of no Year 0 so you have to go 1-10. But it seems like if you go 1-9, everything works better, I guess? I am serious when I say my head hurts now.
  19. So, I had a customer today file a complaint with my manager. The customer was upset that I would not sell them a Sony. That is all she said. I asked what she was looking for: a TV, a camera, a memory card, blank CDs, stereo system, ect. She got all mad at me when I wouldn't just sell her a Sony that she left my department and filed a complaint. To which this lady followed my boss back and which we had the following conversation. Boss: Why did you not help this customer? She said you were very rude and that you refused to help her? Me: I asked if she needed help and she asked for a Sony. When I asked "a Sony what?" she kept asking for a Sony? Boss: Oh. Ma'am, what exactly where you trying to buy? Customer: A Sony. I want to buy a Sony. Boss: A Sony what? Customer: A SONY! Me: Ma'am, we sell a wide range of products made by Sony. Customer: I just want a god damn Sony. Boss: Ma'am, we need more to go on than just a brand name. Are you looking for a TV or a camera? Customer: I just want a Sony. I want a number for corporate so I can report both of you. Fast Forward two hours and I get called into the office, where I have to explain all this to my regional manager. I have my boss back me up on this. Nothing happens as a result, but still. Waste an hour of my time when I am seriously busy because you are stupid. I hate Christmas.
  20. New rule. If: - You own a small second hand store - You do not personally work at said store - You have only two employees - Your store has been open for two years Make sure that the prices are known. After trying to get a Christmas present from this store all day, I end up empty handed because they don't know the price. Bush league way to run a business.
  21. Professor

    NFL

    I would like to give Brandon Marshall a big FUCK YOU for your game today. Ended my fantasy season by scoring 43 pts. for my opponent. Other than that, I think the Colts are really stupid if they do not play their starters. Yeah, I understand the wanting to get healthy and not wanting to get someone (Mr. Manning) seriously hurt. Colts clinched home field so they don't have a thing to play for. However, there are 3 weeks left. Add in the 1st round bye and that is a month without playing a full game. My opinion? Play the next two games as normal. If you want to rest some people, do so week 17. Taking a month off is just asking for a hot wild card team, that had to fight to make the playoffs come into Local Oil and beat down the Colts. Saints? They have to play at least the next two weeks. Plus, they already said they are going for it so I have no problems with that. My team? Blew a huge chance last week to make this weeks game very important. Still have a chance, but no chance really. Still, I get to watch them on MNF so that is always good. I am really tired of having to watch Bengals/Browns every week.
  22. So I got fired from one of my jobs today. Boss lady's useless boyfriend needed a job so I get the ol' pink slip. Was only working two days a week there, but I still need the extra cash. I didn't like to job that much due to the people I had to deal with, but I got to make my own schedule, did very little, and was paid in cash. Doubt I can find another job like that right now. I was having a good day before I got this news.