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astroNikon · Oct 28, 2014

Gary A. said:
Roasted chicken, potato salad, beans, et al for dinner.

When I retire I'm going to visit for all my meals.

astroNikon · Oct 28, 2014

wow, we blew past 12,000 while I was sleeping.

astroNikon · Oct 28, 2014

While I was at Starbucks I noticed they had a new flavor

Vanilla Caramel French Roast Ebola flavored

guaranteed to make you sweat.

astroNikon · Oct 28, 2014

sm4him · Oct 28, 2014

astroNikon said:
While I was at Starbucks I noticed they had a new flavor

Vanilla Caramel French Roast Ebola flavored

guaranteed to make you sweat.

It's good, though. Tastes like chicken.

sm4him · Oct 28, 2014

astroNikon said:
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I wonder if I can make it to 2500 before the end of the month.

Then again, I wonder if I want to.

sm4him · Oct 28, 2014

I wish there was an easy way to tell how many posts we have in just this thread.

Or maybe I don't wish that at all.

astroNikon · Oct 28, 2014

sm4him said:
astroNikon said:

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I wonder if I can make it to 2500 before the end of the month.

Then again, I wonder if I want to.

go for it
I'll watch

sm4him · Oct 28, 2014

But I DO wish I had something for lunch besides the chili I brought. Because it turns out, I'm really not in the mood for chili.

sm4him · Oct 28, 2014

astroNikon said:
sm4him said:

astroNikon said:

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I wonder if I can make it to 2500 before the end of the month.

Then again, I wonder if I want to.

Click to expand...

go for it
I'll watch

Well, I cared enough to calculate how many posts I'd have to make per day--about 61. Actually more than that, since I included today as a full day, but it's already half over.

But, I doubt seriously I care enough to actually try to make 61 posts a day.

sm4him · Oct 28, 2014

Earlier this year, back in the spring, I applied for acceptance into a very well-known craft guild here. The only reason I cared about getting in was that they have great name recognition, and so it could boost your standing as a local artist to say you are in that organization.
After applying, I found out some things that made me not really want to be in it after all (one of the primary things being that the guy who is currently heading it is a b*tthead and it's all very political). I didn't get in--not because my work wasn't good enough, but basically because I don't do my own printing. They tried to pretty that up, but that was the upshot. Well, I thanked them and silently thanked God for NOT letting me get in their organization.

Yesterday, I got a letter from them--it included two free tickets to their craft show in November and one tremendous insult.
It said they were offering these tickets so that those who didn't make it in this year might still come and meet the members and "be inspired to take your work to the next level."

I am horribly tempted to write them a snarky reply and return the tickets.
"Thank you so much for the tickets. Oh, and also: Scr*w off. My work is already AT the next level. Perhaps your selection committee should attend a plumber's convention, where they might be inspired to get their heads out of their posteriors and decide to select work on the basis of its quality rather than on the basis of whether the artist has the right "connections."

limr · Oct 28, 2014

Good afternoon! Spent the morning doing laundry and scrubbing littler boxes, punctuated by brief petting of or playing with the kitties

limr · Oct 28, 2014

sm4him said:
Earlier this year, back in the spring, I applied for acceptance into a very well-known craft guild here. The only reason I cared about getting in was that they have great name recognition, and so it could boost your standing as a local artist to say you are in that organization.
After applying, I found out some things that made me not really want to be in it after all (one of the primary things being that the guy who is currently heading it is a b*tthead and it's all very political). I didn't get in--not because my work wasn't good enough, but basically because I don't do my own printing. They tried to pretty that up, but that was the upshot. Well, I thanked them and silently thanked God for NOT letting me get in their organization.

Yesterday, I got a letter from them--it included two free tickets to their craft show in November and one tremendous insult.
It said they were offering these tickets so that those who didn't make it in this year might still come and meet the members and "be inspired to take your work to the next level."

I am horribly tempted to write them a snarky reply and return the tickets.
"Thank you so much for the tickets. Oh, and also: Scr*w off. My work is already AT the next level. Perhaps your selection committee should attend a plumber's convention, where they might be inspired to get their heads out of their posteriors and decide to select work on the basis of its quality rather than on the basis of whether the artist has the right "connections."

I think you should send a photographic response. Take six pictures of the following words, framed as a series: Are...You...Jamming...Kidding...Me...?

astroNikon · Oct 28, 2014

sm4him said:
Earlier this year, back in the spring, I applied for acceptance into a very well-known craft guild here. The only reason I cared about getting in was that they have great name recognition, and so it could boost your standing as a local artist to say you are in that organization.
After applying, I found out some things that made me not really want to be in it after all (one of the primary things being that the guy who is currently heading it is a b*tthead and it's all very political). I didn't get in--not because my work wasn't good enough, but basically because I don't do my own printing. They tried to pretty that up, but that was the upshot. Well, I thanked them and silently thanked God for NOT letting me get in their organization.

Yesterday, I got a letter from them--it included two free tickets to their craft show in November and one tremendous insult.
It said they were offering these tickets so that those who didn't make it in this year might still come and meet the members and "be inspired to take your work to the next level."

I am horribly tempted to write them a snarky reply and return the tickets.
"Thank you so much for the tickets. Oh, and also: Scr*w off. My work is already AT the next level. Perhaps your selection committee should attend a plumber's convention, where they might be inspired to get their heads out of their posteriors and decide to select work on the basis of its quality rather than on the basis of whether the artist has the right "connections."

start your own guild .....