Nnngh. *pinches bridge of muzzle, beneath rapidly and poorly repaired glasses* I propose an OpenGlasses. The specs spec, if you will. Skeleton frame and arms, substantial adjustability and customizability across three standard deviations of humanoid head sizes via captive hex nuts/tapped holes and M1 hex-head bolts. Cheap to manufacture as backup frames for any lens. Flexible lens mounting strap? Screw mounts? Friction fit?
Mmnph.
Revisit when eyes not trying to unscrew selves from head. >.<
"Give me a three-song reading for the morning, Nightmare."
"[ Fire, Fire. ]"
"Yes."
"[ This Ends Now. ]"
"Of course."
"[ I'm Not The Breakman. ]"
"... I'm going to see this place turned to cinders, aren't I."
"[ Some day! Doesn't *have* to be today. Pace yourself. n.n ]"
(sigh)
*deep, centering breath*
*goes to work*
Re: last boost
Well, not "deer" so much as "jackalope", and we need to have a discussion about the whole "infectious sexuality" component of 40-point antlers as a renewable resource of chaos and the limitless misunderstanding potentials of the phrase "he'd like to sport an enormous rack," but basically, yep.
I used to advocate for gentle weirdness on April 1st, 'pranks' that restored wonder and mystery to a world gone grey and cold.
But.
I know how the anxiety builds when you don't know if the next pet on the head will be with an open hand or a closed fist.
So, a promise. No pranks, no jokes, no tricks. Not from me, not tomorrow. Hopefully, not ever, in a meanspirited way - there's enough spite in the world. But definitely not tomorrow.
mh (-)
Ruminating. Constantly. Struggling to keep my mind empty. At least it's all about work, not friends. That chapter is over.
Sitting in a dark car in a parking lot, finishing a cheap tasteless dinner with enough calories to keep me out of ketosis overnight, watching the world fall further apart from arms length.
Catching myself talking to myself. Not about good things.
Lost 15lbs this month. Minor multiple medication incompatibilities, I think I've fixed the dosing. We'll see.
It is a new day.
I keep forgetting this is just a game I'm playing for the next fourty years or so, to pass the time with friends (in my defence, it is a Very Realistic Game).
My job is not The Work. Our Work is Never Over.
My apologies for venting all that spleen: thank you for your compassion and tolerance and support.
Back to whimsy, technology, and furry smut. n.n
"You are not beholden to anyone’s vision of the future, including your own. Past You may have genuinely desired a specific future, but Past You is a memory and Future You is a stranger, and you do not have to listen to memories if you don’t want to. (Corollary: you are allowed to /stop wanting something/.)"
Hey, Toronto retrocomputing environment! I'm looking for a working amber-phospher VT220 or similar: happy to take one off somebody's hands if they have too many, willing to buy if they'd like filthy earth monies.
I'll need one shortly for meditation exercises. Specifically, for Crimes Against Reality. (Honestly, this one isn't even very convincing any more...) Drop me a DM if you've got a lead or suggestion, yeah? New Old Stock preferred, but I'm not picky.
Crosspost from birdsite: comes with power Overton windows.
Nazi Jeep.
"Harsh. Just because it has a Rommel paintjob-"
Nazi. Jeep.
"...ok, so it has a Panzerwolf designation, that doesn't m-"
NAZI. JEEP.
"It's not like it has 88 in big red letters on the side doOH FOR ODIN'S SAKE ITS A FUCKING NAZI JEEP"
3d printer babbling
A new steel-plated nozzle and a little feedpath messing-around later, et voila: The Folly is now tooled up for production with abrasive filaments, like carbon fiber PLA, on a regular basis. Between support pieces for the experimental model of printer to follow ( "Fates" ) and skeletal pieces to hang Tin Dog's infrastructure off of, I suspect it'll be generating carbon-fibre PLA for some time to come. Plus, I really like the look and feel of the stuff - a pleasing texture.
Work (+)
The laser (1800W suborbital doom-beam) at work, has another laser (dinky little 5V LED chip laser with a diffraction grate cross lens) bolted to it, to show what the doom beam emitter is pointed at. See, the 'bore through you faster than you can blink' laser isn't visible-light spectrum, so it comes with a keychain laser to show what's gonna get lased.
And *that* laser is frotzed.
It needs a seeing-eye laser so we can lase with the laser you can't see.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
An Addendum.
i was so alarmed with the texture of the grated carrots in my salmon salad sandwich
and the burning fnords in my carbonated beverage
that
i may have left a chocolate cruller completely uneaten, sitting on the passenger seat
and i have no particular urge to go get it, despite being on break and all.
o.o
Middle-aged scatterbrain working in 'the healthcare field'. Teaching a computer to sculpt in my spare time. Torontoish. Pronouns: he/hare