The little Inn by the wayside

[Pager]

I currently walk slower than my Nan!! But it's getting better, and that's the way it oughta be.

But you could always think of it this way...most people are always in such a rush these days they don't have time to slow down and think about what really matters.
Glad to hear you were able to get out and about.

some weldings between the tar-plates and the window frame gave way, so water has been piling up in the roof for some time

That's not good Chroelle. If I lived closer I would give you a hand with that (not that I could do anything but it'd be worth a shot). Last fall when we took down the panelling in our basement, the window frame was completely rotten because when the guy before us installed the window he didn't bother putting silicone around the open gaps. Nothing as terrible as what you are going through...I think there is some sort of hidden clause when you have a house that hooks a hose to your wallet and sucks the money straight out...

[eMTe]

It's tomorrow!

I wonder if frozen pizza supplies in my bunker will let me survive, hell knows how long this end will last.

[jayenkai]

Free iOS game heads-up!
You Don't Know Jack, one of my all-time favourite PC games is now available FOR FREE on iOS.
I say FREE... It's actually more freemium. One 5 question game per day for free. If you want more than that, you need credits, and credits are ....cheap enough. But one game a day is perfectly fine!

Oh, and NeonPlat iOS is also free, too, by the way, Incase anyone wants to grab that one!
I had intended for it to be free for a week, but stupidly set the end date to 17th Dec 2013, instead of 2012.... Derp!! Can't be bothered fixing it.. Whatever!! It wasn't exactly raking in the cash, as it was, might as well get folk playing the thing!!

Health update : I had planned to head out with Mum to do "the big xmas shop" today, but that didn't happen. I had a crappy Migraine day, instead. But I've not been sick, which is a plus. I'm definitely on the right path

[Scythe]

Well, that's a good thing. I should listen to your mom more often.

Looks like you shouldn't. I think she was pretty wrong.

It's tomorrow!

Do you know what time the world ends?

Health update : I had planned to head out with Mum to do "the big xmas shop" today, but that didn't happen. I had a crappy Migraine day, instead. But I've not been sick, which is a plus. I'm definitely on the right path

Optimism can't hurt! Unless it gives you more crappy migraines of course.

[eMTe]

I believe Kiribati has been already taken over by the void. And come to think the government thought that it's global warming what will bring an end to this proud little country.

[Railwaymodeler]

It finally is happening: For many years, theres been the Scottish song "Pace Egging Song". Now, on this side of the Atlantic, the "Pace Egging Game" is starting to be created.

Maria and I got the software to make it today, and with it being in the news lately of a guy throwing a sock full of human feces on the CTA down in Chicago, the game may have two modes: Eggs can be thrown, or feces. One of the former drivers used to call it Pace s**t company, which adds to the funniness!

Coming soonish!

[Pager]

It's tomorrow!

Do you know what time the world ends?

I was hoping before work this morning, but that didn't fan out...and I didn't feel like using my last half sick day with the excuse that the end of the world was stressing me out.

[Scythe]

It's tomorrow!

Do you know what time the world ends?

I was hoping before work this morning, but that didn't fan out...and I didn't feel like using my last half sick day with the excuse that the end of the world was stressing me out.

Ah, so you're one of those people who woke up, sighed and went, "Aww, crap, the world didn't end..."

[jayenkai]

Aww, crap, the world didn't end...

Good thing it didn't, though, or .. Um. .. Ugh.. I still have to learn this new coding language, and build a new framework, and start writing games and things, all by New Year!!! ... I may not start at New Year! Especially not at this current rate of progress.

Crap. The world didn't end!!

In other news, I've now managed to stumble my way down into the village three whole times, the third time managing to carry a bag full of shopping home. \o/yeay\o/ I'm getting better

[Pager]

It's not that I was hoping the world would end...its that I was kind of hoping that everyone else would think it has...for at least a day or two...it would have put my zombie invasion contingency plan into some form of test phase.

[Railwaymodeler]

I've pointed out before, those people who thought the world would end yesterday, boy were THEY surprised when they woke up today, and moreso when they realized they have just three days to do their Christmas shopping!

[Scythe]

They might not celebrate Christmas though.

[eMTe]

It is possible that some other world, far far away, ended. Who said Mayan calendar works for Earth, huh?

Btw, when's next End? Maybe guys from Flying Spaghetti Monster have some cards in their sleeves?

[Scythe]

It's even more absurd to say that a calendar based on heavenly configurations that can only be seen from Earth should say anything about a place far, far away. In my opinion anyway.

In any case, the Mayan calendar didn't even end, it just went into the next sub-cycle (the 13th one out of 20) of the Long Count, and while the Mayans considered the world an unstable place, if the proper sacrifices were observed, nothing bad should happen. We can conclude that somebody did the necessary sacrifice.

The big one, where the Mayan calendar finishes the 20th count of these sub-cycles is in... 4772. I doubt we'll get to be there. And even that isn't the end. It just starts over with another 20 cycles of 20 cycles of 20 cycles, and so on. It's actually kind of fascinating. Except they stopped using it long ago and left it to be exploited by doomsday cultists of course.

[Zyx]

Btw, when's next End? Maybe guys from Flying Spaghetti Monster have some cards in their sleeves?

Nah, the next one is in May and is, surprise surprise, Jesus Christ -related.

Anyway, at least the Mayans devised a calendar system that outlived themselves. We, on the other hand, have been able to come up with two ways to count time in 20th century that would fail in less than a century, and both of them are/were used in many important things. First one was the glorious idea to store years with only two digits, which caused the Y2K problem. The second was to count time as seconds from 1.1.1970 on systems with limited memory, and we'll hit the limit on 32-bit systems & software in January 2038 (64-bit counting postpones that until 15:30:08 on Sunday, 4 December 292,277,026,596, or by about 4633 Alautuns in the Mayan calendar system).

So, uh, happy new B'ak'tun!

[Scythe]

Nah, the next one is in May and is, surprise surprise, Jesus Christ -related.

It's also one of the coolest ones, as in "Damn it! I've been wrong twice before, but third time's the charm!"

So, uh, happy new B'ak'tun!

Did you have to look that up? Are you celebrating having made it to the end of a B'ak'tun?

[Zyx]

So, uh, happy new B'ak'tun!

Did you have to look that up?

Naturally, but it has to be one of the coolest names for things in 2012.

Are you celebrating having made it to the end of a B'ak'tun?

Nah, I was too late and couldn't find a suitable virgin to sacrifice anymore. And you know how the gods just hate those hearts from WoW players, all weak from sitting around the computer and fatty from the microwaved food...

[Railwaymodeler]

Christmas Eve today. Maria and I will be busy delivering toys to friends who asked me to build them something for their kids. Plus, I've printed up a bunch of "Pace Lottery" tickets as a gag gift for our friends at Pace. Two new lawsuits against the company have come up, so we figure the Illinois Lottery can now longer claim their holiday drawings are "Best chance at a million dollars"; That title goes to the Pace lottery!

Looks like 2013 will be a very good year, especially when it is found that 90% of the money in this town will be controlled by those Pace has jacked around.

[eMTe]

I am invited to the Christmas Eve supper today and also to the late breakfast and dinner (two different places) on 26th December (don't know how it works over there, but here Christmas last for two days, or in fact three, because Christmas Eve is actually the most important day of them, at least in terms of eating/celebrating activity). 25th is free for me, so I'll immerse into gaming and watching. As the Christmas Eve will be with kids and as I'm not the craftsman who builds toys I bought some books (of course!). Anyway, kids have everything nowadays, so actually to please them one should buy ATV - gifts like consoles, not to mention oldschool LEGO, don't work anymore.

I have almost the whole week free, so I plan to spend the second half on the trip or two; what worries me is the weather. After freeze days we now experience thaw with temperatures as high as 6 and 8 and also rains are predicted for next days. Snow layer keeps strong in the mountains, but cloudy sky - this I hate.

Please don't forget to vote in the first round of avatar contest!

[Scythe]

Just finished my Christmas dinner and opened my meager presents. Family stuff is on the 26th. Tonight is gaming.