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Here Be Dragons 

~surprise~! (well okay only one dragon) (unless others want to join the dragon party)

it's just a tool. any tool can become a weapon in sufficiently motivated hands. any tool can be dramatically (and sometimes hilariously) misused, sometimes to create interesting or amusing things. it's not inherently bad, or inherently good. it's *just a tool*.

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I have informed my boss that in order to remain protected from Meltdown and Spectre, going forward I will exclusively utilize my ultra-secure, personal computer.

I will use CWs for:

1. things that are triggery for me personally
2. things that are common triggers, insofar as they are known to me
3. things that people ask me to use CWs for
4. really long posts (especially when there's a bunch of posts on the subject)
5. me being socially difficult (snarky/sarcastic/etc)
6. if I damn well feel like it
7. some jokes

I always endeavor to make the point of the CW as plain as possible, because otherwise it's kinda pointless to have one.

my younger sister bought two mice and brought them home in this box and i feel like this box represents most of the people i know on this site

Morning, all. On a deadline here - I need the design specs and plans for the old Mars rover undercarriage - wheels, motors, suspension, etc. Somebody hook a bunny up?

What is the best website to learn the basics of drawings. Like how to draw a person, face, hands, etc. The courses we are looking at require you to know how to draw those things and we dont and we are kinda blithering about, so any help is appreciated. <3

aahahahah accurate. in both the negative and positive senses! wondermark.com/c1368/ (CW: intelligence/ability slur)

dream 

and evidently the scorn/derision/sarcasm in my rant was *so intense* that it actually *blew his circuits* and the crew was able to remove the hostage and jettison the Bad Guy, although everybody had some residual Shame Damage after that, like second-hand radiation burns. XD

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dream 

among the usual semi-coherent bits, I dreamed an extended sequence where I was aboard a big spaceship that had been attacked, and was having a hostage crisis; a robot/cyborg/bad guy was holding Someone Important hostage. the crew members around me were discussing a mission to extract the hostage, which I was part of, but then derailed somewhat by getting into a verbal confrontation with Bad Guy in which I detailed exactly my opinion of his "little adventure."

delivery food decisions 

hmm. PuffChang's (PF Chang's) or Razzi's (Italian)? both have proven good gluten-free selections, and are proven good at delivering.

these are the days of miracles and wonders
this is a long-distance call
the way the camera follows us in slow-mo
the way we look to a star
the way we look to a distant constellation in a far off corner of the sky
these are the days of miracles and wonders
don't cry, baby, don't cry

welp it's an hour to food time, time for the catbeasts to aggravate me so bad that I can't use the computer for the next hour

volunteeering report: feeder mice and bird handling 

aside from that, things were the usual winter dull... no really, I can't think of anything else to write about, just cleaning up assorted animal poops and getting mildly frustrated at co-volunteers not marking the tasks they're taking on the whiteboard like they're supposed to. XD

and now I am home and Nar wants ALL THE ATTENTION. <3

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volunteeering report: feeder mice and bird handling 

when you see them at that distance, rock pigeons and band-tailed pigeons look *distinctly* different, which was neat to see. also, since I was holding them wrapped up in pillowcases like bird burritos, I wasn't bitten, though the person doing the tube-feeding and medication-giving was pecked and nipped a couple of times. and one of the gulls made a spirited attempt to get at me anyway, which is as usual *good*.

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