# Random Musings (and associated non sequiturs) v. 3.0

**URL:** https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478
**Category:** general
**Created:** [October 10, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478 "2013-10-10T00:21:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![dakboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/dakboy/32/68_2.png) [@dakboy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/dakboy)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2015, 1:01pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1087 "2015-08-19T13:01:29Z")

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Yeah, that’s pretty much the only way we’ll be able to get dakdaughter into Girl Scouts. Dakwife knows the leader of the one group in town and wants to stay far, far away from that scene.

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### Author: ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1088 "2015-08-21T12:54:27Z")

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I’ve been put in charge of my team’s fundraising efforts, and I had to go all Sally Struthers on them today. For less than the cost of a cup of coffee a week, they could save a child’s life.

We donate to the local children’s hospital, and they are awesome.

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### Author: ![PadrinoFive7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@PadrinoFive7](https://cog.discourse.group/u/PadrinoFive7)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1089 "2015-08-24T14:43:11Z")

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New font for the site? I’m generally a sans serif kind of guy.

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### Author: ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1090 "2015-08-24T16:09:41Z")

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For some reason we seem to use Lucida Sans Unicode for a lot, Arial Narrow for everything else. And Email is set to Calibri, is that Outlook standard?

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### Author: ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1091 "2015-08-24T16:26:45Z")

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> [@Woodman](#):
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> Email is set to Calibri, is that Outlook standard?

Yes, I believe so

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### Author: ![dakboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/dakboy/32/68_2.png) [@dakboy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/dakboy)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1092 "2015-08-24T17:34:04Z")

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> [@Woodman](#):
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> And Email is set to Calibri, is that Outlook standard?

That’s been MS Office’s default for a while now.

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### Author: ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1093 "2015-08-24T23:50:47Z")

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Is it bad that when I am asked to answer question on Quora, if the question is worded so badly as to not be easily translatable, I deliberately answer the least likely alternative (but still possible under the wording)?

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### Author: ![GITM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/gitm/32/540_2.png) [@GITM](https://cog.discourse.group/u/GITM)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1094 "2015-08-24T23:52:01Z")

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No. Next question.

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### Author: ![PadrinoFive7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@PadrinoFive7](https://cog.discourse.group/u/PadrinoFive7)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1095 "2015-08-25T14:44:24Z")

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Either that, or my Chrome settings reverted to Times New Roman somehow 😵. Back to Segoe UI cause Calibri looked strange for some reason.

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### Author: ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1096 "2015-08-25T17:33:55Z")

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No, it’s a different font. The heading at the top used to Courier, or a more “typewriter” style font, as well.

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### Author: ![PadrinoFive7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@PadrinoFive7](https://cog.discourse.group/u/PadrinoFive7)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1097 "2015-08-25T17:38:07Z")

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I just realized something about myself. Albeit a small change, it really bothers me on a subliminal level. It just looks “wrong” to me, but I know there’s really nothing wrong.

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### Author: ![Force10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/force10/32/1550_2.png) [@Force10](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Force10)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1098 "2015-08-25T19:15:42Z")

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First world problems. 😛

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### Author: ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1099 "2015-08-25T19:51:36Z")

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Wait, I thought this was the fourth world.

> **[Fifth World (Native American mythology)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_World_(Native_American_mythology))**
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> The Fifth World in the context of creation myths describes the present world as interpreted by several groups of Native Americans in the United States and Central America. The central theme of the myth holds that there were four other cycles of creation and destruction that preceded the Fifth World. The creation story is taken largely from the mythological, cosmological, and eschatological beliefs and traditions of earlier Mesoamerican cultures. According to Aztec mythology the present world is...

Nope, I was wrong, we are in the **_Fifth World_**.

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### Author: ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1100 "2015-08-25T20:09:35Z")

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That’s what Shadowrun taught me.

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### Author: ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1101 "2015-08-25T20:27:14Z")

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I used to have a bit about “Everything I Ever Needed to Know I learned From Role-Playing Games” but I must not have saved it.

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### Author: ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1102 "2015-08-25T21:22:18Z")

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Apparently, the network that Social Security uses to check payments going out from the Department of Treasury is down.

Oh, joy unbounded.

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### Author: ![Force10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/force10/32/1550_2.png) [@Force10](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Force10)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1103 "2015-08-25T22:20:07Z")

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> [@Woodman](#):
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> That’s what Shadowrun taught me.

Actually according to Shadowrun we should be in the Sixth World now. That’s what the whole Mayan apocalypse in 2012 was supposed to signify.

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### Author: ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1104 "2015-08-26T12:51:04Z")

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Just shows you I don’t learn for shit.

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### Author: ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1105 "2015-08-26T15:06:49Z")

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Happy National Dog Day

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### Author: ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/random-musings-and-associated-non-sequiturs-v-3-0/478/1106 "2015-08-27T05:34:40Z")

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Burger King is using bags emblazoned with “Bag of Flavor”, and it’s a total rip-off. They taste just like normal brown paper bags.

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