Posts made by Ganymede

@Ominous

@Ominous

I'm not gonna try to one up you, dude.

I told you: California sucks.

@SuperiorHuron

@GreenFlashlight

Yeah, that and S1:E11.

I shared this on Arx today. Enjoy! (Spoilers.)

My cousin passed away this morning.

His side of the family enjoyed considerable success. He grew up with my wildly successful aunt, who quite literally cut a bloody path of heads in the Chinese financial world until she made her way to a place near the top of a major multinational bank. He was a successful amateur tennis player and competitive swimmer in his youth, and went to and graduated from Upper Canada College. He later attended school in the UK, and ended up getting a pretty good job in Hong Kong in the financial world.

We were never close, but his mother and I were pretty friendly. We were both the sort of cool-under-the-collar kinds of people with ambitions and odd sensibilities, He got married a couple of years ago into Swedish nobility, but I didn't get to attend his marriage in Tuscany because my kids were just coming of age. I wasn't there when his son was born. The last time I saw him was at an event two years ago, where he came in like a tornado on a red-eye. The term "jet-set playboy" fit him to a T.

This weekend is the Moon Festival. He was vacationing at a resort in Hong Kong -- you can't really leave -- with his wife and child to celebrate it. Early yesterday morning, he was walking with his wife and child-in-stroller when he slipped, lost his balance, and fell off a precipice. He suffered a brain injury and severe internal injuries. The doctors tried to staunch the bleeding, but he succumbed a couple of hours ago.

Success is never a guarantee of immortality, or even a long life. My cousin had a lot of things going for him and his life was heading in a trajectory that many of us admired. But for COVID, I'd be getting a plane ticket and flying out to see my aunt and her family. The most I can do at this time is send an e-mail. My cousin is my father's god-son, and to hear my father brokenly crying on the phone -- he told me he had never felt so weak and helpless in his 80+ years -- was incredibly trying.

Hug your loved ones tight tonight, please.

This is a really good game with a rich history, and I enjoyed my time there as Ashley. Sometimes, I think about coming back. But Arx hits all the right notes for me, for whatever reason, and I've only the time to devote to one PC.

I've talked at length about not liking private scenes or asynchronous scenes. When I left, this seemed to be the norm, and while I've no problem with that, I'd rather play on a game with more public or synchronous scenes.

@hedgehog

That's Centerville.

@Derp

@silverfox said in The Work Thread:

I've never hated myself more.

Let's see if I can give you inspiration from my current obsession.

You can't give up.

You have never given up on anything in your life.

So, don't you dare start now.

You're worth more than what you've done.

You're worth more than what you can give to other people.

We'll get through this together.

@hedgehog

Dorothy Lane Market is in Kettering.

And no, the township.

I was in the city and part of their government.

This is a wealthy suburb. With purportedly educated people. Who just want to ask irrelevant question after irrelevant question about a very basic principle of property ownership.

JFC, these motherfuckers are too damn stupid to live.

I mean, here. Live here.

Honest.

Honestly, suburban politicians on kangaroo commissions are the damned stupidest people I have ever had to work with.

@GreenFlashlight said in MUSH conflict... sad face?:

While standing far away from any rocks because my house is glassier than Willy Wonka's elevator, I would point out that this hobby is not known for attracting or retaining people who are skilled at social interaction.

@Macha said in RL things I love:

Yeah. Thanks to @Wizz for reminding me this awesomeness of people exists. Hail Satan.

One does not miss this intro.

@Derp said in The Work Thread:

Like... what do they even teach you in law schools?

Based on how often people fail to abide by Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(2), not a whole fuck of a lot.

Kids these days are weak, and I'm defaulting the fuck out of people left and right.

@Coin

Exactly.

When I get 6 hours to cook.

German red cabbage sauerkraut. Sausage soup w/ mirepoix base. Arborio risotto cooked with leftover broth from the soup. And later, gluten-free apple muffins.

Yes, my family probably doesn't deserve this, but I like to feed people.

@tek said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

For many people, there is NO safe level of cat exposure.

Yes, but this is by design.

@Sunny said in Is this hobby on it's last legs?:

Like clockwork. It's September, of course we're having this conversation again. It literally happens every single September on this board and all previous mush tabloids.