Random thing you love right now that doesn't deserve its own thread

Conditional on its actual release (next week), I just discovered a new Motocross Madness game is coming out for XBLA.

Just last weekend I was at an EB Games, holding a $3 copy of Pure and thinking, "Man, I wish I could still play Motocross Madness 2." They can't mess this up, can they?

Wow, Nevin, I hope your son recovers quickly and completely.

My son's plastic surgeon.

Some of you might not be aware that my son was bitten in the face on Monday by a neighbor's dog. The dog ripped out a chunk of flesh from his eyebrow, about 1/2" across, about 1/8" deep. It wasn't really the dog's fault as the dog was penned up but my son leaned in to give the dog a hug. In fact it is likely my fault for not teaching my son that you don't do that.

As soon as I picked him up from the neighbor, I took him to a medical aid unit who referred me to a plastic surgeon. Watching this guy in action was a pleasure. Not the repair work he did (I didn't want to watch that) but watching an expert in his craft experience joy at seeing a problem and implementing the best solution. That and the fact that the guy was thrilled to be able to do something that wasn't simply cosmetic. He kept saying, "This is the best thing I've done today", implying helping my son was the most gratifying thing of his day. He and his staff stayed late to work on my kid, repairing his eyebrow so that he would have an eyebrow and that the scar, while noticable, would be minimal.

He saw my son yesterday and was happy with how it was healing. If the surgeon is happy, then I am happy.

I guess the random thing I love is this: There are these professionals out there who make tons of money as experts in their craft, yet the part of their job that is the most fulfilling for them is simply helping people who need it. In point of fact, my tax accountant is another of these types. It makes one feel that there is hope for humanity. Now I'll try to avoid reading news for the rest of the day to maintain this feeling.

That's great Nevin. Hope the healing continues smoothly.

Good to hear Nevin. I was burned as a kid, and the work the cosmetic surgeons did were nothing short of medical miracles. Half the left side of my face, all that jazz.

I think it went well.

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You can't see the left side of your face in that picture.

Oddly enough, apparently every photo that I have is slightly in favor of my right side.

HA found one

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It's just as awful as you said it wasn't going to be.

I just got the most legit email ever!!!

Subject: Your order N48658 for helicopter for the weekend

Your order for our air transportation services has been accepted and processed. The chopper will be at your disposal from 0.15 monday to 4.15 a.m. saturday. Once again, the rates are as follows:
1 hour in the air: 406$
Takeoff / Landing: 272$
1 hour standstill on the ground: 193$
Longest period in the air is 5 hours.
When flying for longer distances, a second pilot is needed, and the cost consequently grows by 93$ per hour.

Total to pay you will be find in the attachment.(Open with Internet Explorer Only)

With respect
Katrine Echols

> 1 attachment: Order_N5478064.zip

Ranger Rick wrote:

I just got the most legit email ever!!!

Subject: Your order N48658 for helicopter for the weekend

Your order for our air transportation services has been accepted and processed. The chopper will be at your disposal from 0.15 monday to 4.15 a.m. saturday. Once again, the rates are as follows:
1 hour in the air: 406$
Takeoff / Landing: 272$
1 hour standstill on the ground: 193$
Longest period in the air is 5 hours.
When flying for longer distances, a second pilot is needed, and the cost consequently grows by 93$ per hour.

Total to pay you will be find in the attachment.(Open with Internet Explorer Only)

With respect
Katrine Echols

> 1 attachment: Order_N5478064.zip

Man, why don't I ever get a goddamn helicopter ride?

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
Ranger Rick wrote:

I just got the most legit email ever!!!

Subject: Your order N48658 for helicopter for the weekend

Your order for our air transportation services has been accepted and processed. The chopper will be at your disposal from 0.15 monday to 4.15 a.m. saturday. Once again, the rates are as follows:
1 hour in the air: 406$
Takeoff / Landing: 272$
1 hour standstill on the ground: 193$
Longest period in the air is 5 hours.
When flying for longer distances, a second pilot is needed, and the cost consequently grows by 93$ per hour.

Total to pay you will be find in the attachment.(Open with Internet Explorer Only)

With respect
Katrine Echols

> 1 attachment: Order_N5478064.zip

Man, why don't I ever get a goddamn helicopter ride?

Did you check if the $272 covers both the takeoff and landing or if you have to pay $272 for the takeoff and ANOTHER $272 for the landing because I smell a scam there.

KingGorilla wrote:

Oddly enough, apparently every photo that I have is slightly in favor of my right side.

HA found one

IMAGE(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa237/dbrent19/dan.jpg)

Bad joke! I feel bad, move along!

This might actually deserve its own thread but thanks to RobZacny for pointing out this amazing writing by Jenn Frank:

http://www.unwinnable.com/2013/04/05...

Well done, Latrine. I see you have dealt with him appropriately!

That makes me laugh every. damn. time.

Sold our nonfunctioning riding mower.

Are you purchasing another or is the yard small enough for a self-propelled push mower?

Crazy flight attendant lady with the red bag raced to get in front of an airport cop on the escalator. Mind you, this airport cop is about 6'6 and looks like somebody carved him out of rock. He laughed, and just stood on the step immediately behind her and stared at her for the entire escalator ride. Mind you, even standing on the lower step he was still looking down at her. Flight attendant lady started to look a little uncomfortable about halfway up.

Maybe not a thing I love, but it was certainly amusing. The one bright spot in what has so far been a sh*t morning.

If it were any other person I might not approve, but woman who races to block the escalator seemingly on purpose every time she comes through... eh. Funny.

cartoonin99 wrote:

Are you purchasing another or is the yard small enough for a self-propelled push mower?

I have a push mower already. I had it before inheriting the riding mower and used it last year when I couldn't get the riding mower started.

Thin_J wrote:

Crazy flight attendant lady with the red bag raced to get in front of an airport cop on the escalator. Mind you, this airport cop is about 6'6 and looks like somebody carved him out of rock. He laughed, and just stood on the step immediately behind her and stared at her for the entire escalator ride. Mind you, even standing on the lower step he was still looking down at her. Flight attendant lady started to look a little uncomfortable about halfway up.

Maybe not a thing I love, but it was certainly amusing. The one bright spot in what has so far been a sh*t morning.

If it were any other person I might not approve, but woman who races to block the escalator seemingly on purpose every time she comes through... eh. Funny.

Wait, she ran to beat someone onto the escalator—and then just stood on it? I can immediately think of two ways that's profoundly moronic.

Quintin_Stone wrote:
cartoonin99 wrote:

Are you purchasing another or is the yard small enough for a self-propelled push mower?

I have a push mower already. I had it before inheriting the riding mower and used it last year when I couldn't get the riding mower started.

Did you try turning it off and on again?

Gravey wrote:

Wait, she ran to beat someone onto the escalator—and then just stood on it? I can immediately think of two ways that's profoundly moronic.

Oh this is a regular thing. I see this same woman come through fairly often and she will come just so close to actually running to beat people to the escalator, and then she stands next to her bag instead of putting it behind or in front of her to let the people she just ran in front of pass. And it's a wider escalator, so there's plenty of room for that. But yes, this woman always does this. She's cut me off a time or two. Hence my amusement at the cop making her feel about three inches tall.

A while back, and I told this story here, she did her usual schtick, cutting off a guy that seemed like he was in a bit of a hurry to get out of the airport and he had no baggage, so he's walking pretty fast. Lady rushes in front of him, blocks the escalator like she always does. When she gets to the top she trips and falls over right there in front of it. The guy she cut off stops, asks her if she's ok and when she says yes he says good or ok then or something, and then just steps over her legs and continues on his way without offering to help her up. It was amazing and that guy is still my hero.

Tentative CBA has been announced for my workplace, after 18 months with no contract.

That cha-ching sound you just heard is me calculating my back pay and other payouts as a result of this contract. A major dent will be made in my credit card debt, as well as a new bathroom and a new computer.

I don't think I'm going to smoke anymore. It's keeping me from doing things that I like.

Seeing Jurassic Park in the theater again sure was swell. I don't think I'd watched the film in whole for ... a good dozen years, at least. It really holds up. Actually it's better in some ways than I remember, now that I watched it with a more developed critical eye.

Watching this with the kids for the first time.

...

NO, I MEAN THE WHOLE THING.

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NO, NOT THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO. I MEAN THE WHOLE MOVIE.

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NO, I MEAN THE MOVIE THAT THE CLIPS SHOWN IN THIS VIDEO ARE FROM.

Thin_J wrote:
Gravey wrote:

Wait, she ran to beat someone onto the escalator—and then just stood on it? I can immediately think of two ways that's profoundly moronic.

Oh this is a regular thing. I see this same woman come through fairly often and she will come just so close to actually running to beat people to the escalator, and then she stands next to her bag instead of putting it behind or in front of her to let the people she just ran in front of pass. And it's a wider escalator, so there's plenty of room for that. But yes, this woman always does this. She's cut me off a time or two. Hence my amusement at the cop making her feel about three inches tall.

A while back, and I told this story here, she did her usual schtick, cutting off a guy that seemed like he was in a bit of a hurry to get out of the airport and he had no baggage, so he's walking pretty fast. Lady rushes in front of him, blocks the escalator like she always does. When she gets to the top she trips and falls over right there in front of it. The guy she cut off stops, asks her if she's ok and when she says yes he says good or ok then or something, and then just steps over her legs and continues on his way without offering to help her up. It was amazing and that guy is still my hero.

I remember that story!

Google Fiber is coming to Austin. Announced the day after I sign a contract to move outside the service area. It's clear that I was what was holding them back.

tuffalobuffalo wrote:

I remember that story!

Now I do too! Good god, I can only imagine the way she drives. I'd hate to see her coming up in the merge lane.

Headed to Eugene today to see Jeff Mangum for the second time.