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[Eddie Teach]

And probably redecorated my old office.

To be fair, your taste is rather... unconventional.

[Capetan Mihali]

And probably redecorated my old office.

To be fair, your taste is rather... unconventional.

No need to use euphemisms, Eddie.  It's 2013. 

[Ideologue]

Was in a management meeting this morning and one newly-anointed supervisor said "documentate".  She said it more than once.  Bugged the shit out of me for the rest of the meeting, and it was one of those wonderful non-productive two-hour ones.

Sometimes I think I should stop framing everything as the end of Western civilization, but it's really hard not to feel that there is something wrong when a mouth-breathing retard like this probably makes $80,000 a year.

Or does she have hard skills of some type?  If so, please disregard.

I used to make 6 figures by doing absolutely nothing in meetings. Except play Galcon on an iPod.

Also, I can't sleep.

Coincidence?

[derspiess]

Was in a management meeting this morning and one newly-anointed supervisor said "documentate".  She said it more than once.  Bugged the shit out of me for the rest of the meeting, and it was one of those wonderful non-productive two-hour ones.

Sometimes I think I should stop framing everything as the end of Western civilization, but it's really hard not to feel that there is something wrong when a mouth-breathing retard like this probably makes $80,000 a year.

Or does she have hard skills of some type?  If so, please disregard.

No apparent skills.

Just got copied on an email from her telling us that someone on her team is out sick.  Email ended with this gem:

"Please let me know if you need any assistance that I can assist you with in her absence. "

I really need to get out of here.

[garbon]

Rejoice?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/london-underground-to-stay-open-all-night-at-weekends

Unfortunately it means the Tube will be full of the psychopaths that are usually confined to the night buses.

They introduced it in Vienna a few years ago (which is REALLY nice if you live close to a subway station), because the night buses are usually horrible. Taxis aren't outrageously expensive, though - I pay 12-15 EUR for a trip through half the town at 2 am).

Still, on weekend nights the subway has a much increased police presence.

What's wrong with Europe? Our system is always 24 hours without total chaos.

[Ed Anger]

WTF, Paradox:

http://www.paradoxplaza.com/books

[CountDeMoney]

WTF, Paradox:

http://www.paradoxplaza.com/books

W.T.F.

The Communist Campaign in Karelia: A Hearts of Iron III Strategy Guide
by Jason Pitruzzello

So, why write a strategy guide for Hearts of Iron 3? It's certainly not because it doesn't have one. Hearts of Iron 3 had a guide released with it back in 2009. Written by Ed Hanks, it was a good document that helped get new players set up with what is a fairly complicated game. As any player who's been playing since the beginning knows, Hearts of Iron 3 has been through some real changes over the years. Yet, while Semper Fi and For the Motherland expanded game mechanics substantially, the fundamentals of land combat remained relatively the same. With the release of Their Finest Hour, even basic assumptions about how to play the game have changed enough to justify another strategy guide. Combined with differences in unit statistics, modifications to aircraft stacking penalties, and a complete reworking of the combined arms mechanic, it seemed like it was about time to write a new one.

Jason Pitruzzello is an award-winning teacher pursuing his doctorate in Early Modern Literature at the University of Houston. He also reviews video games and conquers the world in his spare time. He is also known to haunt the Paradox forums providing unsolicited bad advice to new and experienced players of Hearts of Iron 3.

Who is this "Jason Pitruzzello"?  What's his screen name?  Is he here so we may beat him upon the head and shoulders?

[Malthus]

A distinguished young woman on a flight from Ireland asked the Priest beside her, "Father, may I ask a favor?"

"Of course child. What may I do for you?"

"Well, I bought an expensive woman's electronic hair dryer for my Mother's birthday that is unopened and well over the Customs limits, and I'm afraid they'll confiscate it. Is there any way you could carry it through customs for me? Under your robes perhaps?"

"I would love to help you, dear, but I must warn you: I will not lie."

"With your honest face, Father, no one will question you."

When they got to Customs, she let the priest go ahead of her.

The official asked, "Father, do you have anything to declare?"

"From the top of my head down to my waist, I have nothing to declare."

The official thought this answer strange, so asked, "And what do you have to declare from your waist to the floor?"

"I have a marvelous instrument designed to be used on a woman, but which is, to date, unused."

Roaring with laughter, the official said, "Go ahead, Father. Next!"

[Admiral Yi]

Jesuit sophistry

[lustindarkness]

he did not lie.

[crazy canuck]

 

[Josephus]

I'd develop an app that causes pain in my enemies. In the testicles.

I actually woke up this morning with a pain in my testes. 

I had that in early september. I had ultrasound done & it turned out I had this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epididymitis

I'm dying

[Josephus]

It's not the place that's dim.

Is that how you sum it up?

He's too dim to do sums

[Barrister]

I'd develop an app that causes pain in my enemies. In the testicles.

I actually woke up this morning with a pain in my testes. 

I had that in early september. I had ultrasound done & it turned out I had this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epididymitis

I'm dying

Joking, right?  Or in the sense that we're all dying eventually?

[Josephus]

I'd develop an app that causes pain in my enemies. In the testicles.

I actually woke up this morning with a pain in my testes. 

I had that in early september. I had ultrasound done & it turned out I had this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epididymitis

I'm dying

Joking, right?  Or in the sense that we're all dying eventually?

Yup...just one of those "I'm a man and have pain, ergo I'm dying.  "