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[Ghostrider]

Speaking of movies...

... This is me finding out the next Bond movie will be titled "Spectre".

The squeeing alone had the hamster worried Hamzilla was coming to town.

 

[kamaz]

I want to hear Gregorian with Tarja Turunen as the female singer.

That would be awesome.

Cover of Rammstein's Engel with Amelia Brightman:

 

[Evil_Onyx]

Cops Show Holiday Spirit By Letting Drivers 'Pay' Traffic Fines With Toy Donations

This traffic stop actually puts a smile on offenders' faces.

For the last three years, the Pantego Police Department in Texas has allowed drivers to get out of traffic citations during the holiday season by urging them to give back to the community instead. In lieu of a ticket, drivers get a warning along with the chance to drop off an unwrapped toy at the police department for a toy drive. The toys are then donated to Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.

 

[ex-orbinaut]

I also am smart and use overcomplicated words that I don't quite understand. That makes me photosynthesis. :lol:

LOL, however not as asinine, in a sense, as you cogitate it to be... Vitamin D

 

[Mojave]

And she's coloured in. Definitely quite the learning experience.

 

[SolarLiner]

And another achievement !

That isn't true anymore now that I notified the world about it ...

 

[kamaz]

Patch for today's NROL-35 launch:

NRO happens to have very... interesting mission patches in general: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NRO_Launches

 

[Izack]

Wow, that is a goldmine of cool mission patches. I never knew they were that they were that crazy.

"NOTHING IS BEYOND OUR REACH" :lol:

 

[Athena]

Steam Christmas Sale...well, having a girlfriend and all...this is won't go well for my wallet. :lol:

 

[jedidia]

Poking my nose into web-development to increase my chances of finding a job for the next half year. Currently looking at ASP.NET MVC.

I'm not afraid of hights, but I think I can now relate to the feeling. Standing on top of this ivory tower of abstraction layers and looking down to spot the back-end makes me feel wheezy, lost, and in a slight state of panic that any move I make up here could lead to a catastrophe, because in the end I have no idea what's really going on under the hood.

It makes me want to crawl into a cave and do some assembler, just for the comforting feeling of knowing exactly what you're doing and what you're doing it to.

 

[Urwumpe]

Poking my nose into web-development to increase my chances of finding a job for the next half year. Currently looking at ASP.NET MVC.

I'm not afraid of hights, but I think I can now relate to the feeling. Standing on top of this ivory tower of abstraction layers and looking down to spot the back-end makes me feel wheezy, lost, and in a slight state of panic that any move I make up here could lead to a catastrophe, because in the end I have no idea what's really going on under the hood.

It makes me want to crawl into a cave and do some assembler, just for the comforting feeling of knowing exactly what you're doing and what you're doing it to.

I know that feeling. I have just subscribed to the next level of abstraction abstraction there. Even MVVC was simple compared to what awaits me in the next years to master.

On the other hand... if you know C# and ASP.NET and need employment, you can call my boss, we can never have too many ASP.NET developers right now.

 

[jedidia]

On the other hand... if you know C# and ASP.NET and need employment, you can call my boss

The commute would be a bit too long for my tastes... :lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

The commute would be a bit too long for my tastes... :lol:

That's a fixable problem here... :lol:

 

[PhantomCruiser]

I think I may have caused myself a problem.

Every year my civic group gets together a gift basket for the widows of our members (those that haven't remarried, moved or passed away on their own). My father-in-law took it on himself years ago to make candy to go along with the various sundry items that we put together.

Well, he passed away himself here this past summer, and my wife has not had any success replicating his fudge recipe. So I figured I'd give it a try myself...

My first attempt was (mostly) good with a butter pecan. Another try using the correct amount of ingredients was much better. The first batch is still most excellent, but the second batch is excellent-er.

So I tried another recipe. This time white chocolate cranberry-nut fudge. OMG!!!! Never been a big fan of cranberries. But this fudge is off the hook.

Next attempt was chocolate-peanut butter swirl, looks great but didn't firm up the way I thought it should. My wife said "Oh, darn... I guess we can't give that out." I may be able to repair it by remelting and adding cocoa powder. My mother says it can be done, but the swirly marble look will be gone. Maybe, have to think on it.

Now here is my dilemma. I just made up a batch of fudge from a Paula Dean recipe. As I was prepping it I said to myself "Yes, that indeed is 2 pounds of powdered sugar". After cooking the main ingredients and adding the extras, all I want to do is lock the doors and not share this with ANYONE.

I've still got stuff to make. And tomorrow I've got to give it all away. If I don't I'm going to eat myself into a coma.

 

[Artlav]

Be advised that one CAN overdose on sugar. :uhh:

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Oh I know, but the temptation is there. And I don't have much willpower when it comes to stuff that tastes this good. I'm really happy that we're making our deliveries tomorrow. I can get it out of the house and not have to walk past it every few minutes, or worse, know that it's waiting for me in the next room.

 

[Artlav]

Time for a distraction then.

Yesterday i've put together a little radio-controlled time lapse camera, and wanted to see how long the batteries will last.
So, it was staring out of the window from 2:50 to 20:30 taking about 1 frame each 30 seconds.

The result happened to illustrate the mood of a winter day in Moscow.

The camera:

 

[Star Voyager]

My Christmas shopping:

1) Go to ATM.

2) Withdraw $60.

3) Give $20 to my sister, mom, and dad.

Done.

 

[MattBaker]

Be advised that one CAN overdose on sugar. :uhh:

And you can underdose on it. Hail Paracelsus.

 

[Loru]