wjrii

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[–] wjrii@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Girl on the right probably killed a Spanish swordsmith back in the day.

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

There’s also the very nerdy Shakespeare version of the same sentiment: “when troubles come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.”

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

But that's not a good joke, IMHO. It strains credulity even in the context of a comic strip and is so counterintuitive and unrelatable that no one here was in the cartoonist's head space.

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are we allowed to politely disagree and move on??!! I am happy to go into my thoughts as to why ROTS can't overcome its shortcomings, but a lot of comes down to what hit me as a kid watching the OT and how the PT was such a drastic departure. Certain of those choices were rolled back in the ST, so I'm fonder of it than most, though I've been holding a torch for TLJ so long...

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

My very first "design" was cord wrangler that fit the exact number of things I needed to charge and was the exact thickness for my no-name pressboard nightstand with a gap that matched an opening in the back. It was exactly what I needed.

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Kate and Notepad++

Why yes, I was an English major...

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

TLJ is flawed but great and would be higher if TROS weren’t such a cowardly backtracking shitshow of a movie.

ROTS is very nearly as hard to watch as AOTC, though it has some higher highs. I will personally never forgive it for forcing the most brain-twisting mental gymnastics ever to retcon ROTJ’s Luke-Leia “real mother” scene in the Ewok village.

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Everything that’s annoying about AOTC is there in spades in ROTS.

ROTS just had few better parts.

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

(postlogue?)

epilogue

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (9 children)

5, 4, 6, 8, 7, R1, Solo, 1, 3, 9, 2

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

So it's expensive, wears quickly, has QA issues, and they slow play warranty claims? Glad you ended up with a chair you like, but this is not inspiring confidence. :-)

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have a leap v1 I got about 5 or 6 years ago that was reupholstered by a local used office furniture place. I keep using cheap cylinders, so I've changed that out a couple of times, and I changed out the original armests about two years ago (bought from Crandall for that). All in, including the original purchase, I'm at maybe $350 over the entire time I've owned it, and the structural parts and new upholstery are holding up perfectly. The tag on the bottom says it is 22 years old.

The other side of my home office has a HM Mirra v1 I got for free when they shut down my employer's local office, and my wife uses a Steelcase Gesture in the "study," which is to say the nice home office that doesn't have two 3D printers, a soldering station, half a dozen keyboards, a dog crate, and an elderly cockatiel. My 10yo uses a godawful "gaming chair," but it's pink and she's ten, so ergonomics are barely a blip on her radar. She has a standing offer to take the Mirra.

 

After releasing a video that features a gay love story, the Appalachian musician watched many fans question whether he truly represents the region. But Tyler Childers’ new album, Rustin’ in the Rain, only underscores his rural roots — and his commitment to contributing to the “good fight.”

 

RB Trevor Etienne and LT Austin Barber. who sat out against Vanderbilt, are set to return for UF football's next game at South Carolina

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE IF IT WILL MATTER. Seriously you guys, this Florida team is very confusing.

 

Insert "This is Fine" meme.

 

Tucker's attorneys aim to outline contradictions in Brenda Tracy's allegations

So Tucker's lawyers came up with this quote from Brenda Tracy: "Money is my only recourse to make him feel like there is a punishment." Am I crazy, or is this saying a lot more about her opinion of Tucker and the judicial system than it is anything about her own motives?

 

For Gators fans, this one stung, but IMHO the standard remains the same. Bowl eligible, show some life against UGA and FSU, and hold the class together.

I'd say the seat is warming a bit because of the confusing way things are going makes me less confident in predicting anything, much less improvement. Still, between buyouts, not wanting a booster-crazed, quick-trigger program culture, and the fact that the Rashada thing didn't (seem to) completely tank our long-term recruiting, I think Billy at least gets to sink his teeth into season 3. If Florida isn't passing a "this is an 8-4 or 9-3 type of team" eye test after the WLOCP next year, I won't stick up for him anymore.

 

A loaded Week 4 saw the total number of unbeaten teams drop by 12 and a few teams land statement wins. But not all spotless records are created equally.

Get out your kazoo and play a tune for the Great Gazoo! It's Wazzu over Mizzou!

 

If any change is to come to the 6+6 model, it will likely be after the conclusion of the 2024 season.

Apparently, changes have to be unanimous until the contract is done. Aresco and PAC-2 going to extract some concessions if anything is gonna happen.

 

ProKick Academy has sent dozens of punters to the United States, where they thrive for many of the nation’s biggest college football programs.

Aussies have reinvigorated punting. This has to be a bit like when Garo Yepremian and the other soccer-style kickers started invaded the NFL in the 60s.

https://archive.ph/TJuzg

 

The biggest week of the 2023 season -- to this point -- can change teams' fortunes and futures on a dime

Some pretty good teams here. I bet a group like this could attract B12 levels of investment from TV partners looking to fill programming slots.

 

Duke’s opening-week rout of then-No. 9 Clemson served notice that the Atlantic Coast Conference wouldn’t necessarily fall in line behind the perennial powerhouse Tigers.

But this week? Orange team good! (please!)

 

Quentin Lebastard of Bastard Keyboards, designer of the Charybdis and Dilemma, talks about himself and his designs on the occasion of the upcoming release of the Dilemma Max.

No connection. I neither own nor have any particular interest in owning a Bastard keyboard, though I can admire them, but I thought the interview and behind the scenes peeks into a hobby-turned-business were interesting.

 

What if the Pac-12 and Mountain West changed the way college conferences operate by borrowing an idea from European soccer leagues?

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