Join the club, Rizak. I have that same stupid situation. “I know I just did something 15 seconds ago, but I can’t 100% confirm I did it, so I better go back and check.” Haven’t run across a situation where I actually didn’t do it, so it turns out to be an annoying waste of time.
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Daniel Craig’s final James Bond movie will be released next year. There’s many discussions about which actor or actress will take over for him, with the actress in question in a spin-off role instead of being cast as Jane Bond or something.
What I really want to see in a Bond movie is he realizes that not one of Q’s gadgets are useful in any way during the mission. The car would be a partial exception since transportation between locations is useful, but not anything else like an ejector seat, oil slick, etc. Even better would be if during a point where he’s having to figure out what he can cobble together, a certain mullet-wearing individual happens to walk by and gives him a paper clip.
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OMG! If they cast RDA as the new Q, I would just die.
I think one or two of the Daniel Craig movies had ‘minimal’ gadgets. They kind of crept back in really, but I think in Casino Royale it was mostly ‘necessary tools’ and such, wasn’t it?
A twist that’s been done in fiction is “the gadgets are useful, but not quite int he way you’d expect.” Two examples:
- The symphonic finale for the show Metalocalypse had the band equipped for a mission with a bunch of ‘spy gadgets’ which were in most cases used in totally mundane ways. Like, one guy is given a poison gas pen, but it’s useful in that he writes a check to pay off a threat.
- I recently re-read Stross’ The Jennifer Morgue (No jokes this time, @Force10) which has a lot of Bond references. Some of the gadgets are used as expected, but several are… not. Some are there because “Gadgets = Bond” in the world group consensus. They’re also loading up an angry IT guy/wizard with some hacking tools, which comes in handy…
I’m in my third round antibiotics for this allergy/sinus infection cough I’ve been fighting since March.
I’m exhausted.
That sounds awful. I hope this round kicks the infection’s tail.
Richard Dean Anderson? That’s the only RDA that I can think of. I can’t imagine him a Q, but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be kewl.
I’d rather pay this than deal with State income Taxes. It’s a necessary evil.
But just looking at the thumbnail, it looks like the states with higher distilled spirits taxes are states that DO have state income tax. They’re getting you coming and going.
I had typed alcohol above, but that webpage had a link to another chart with wine taxes by state, which had a much different distribution.
Just because I choose not to drink doesn’t automatically make me no fun. That is a separate choice, which I’ve also made.
(Credit to Sarah J, no idea who she is, but I thought that was funny 
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Thank goodness for Google translate. I keep getting messages for my eggs in Spanish. I answer in English, but at least I have an idea of what they’re saying.
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Cleaning up the basement and I’m finding all kinds of stuff.
An old DYMO gun with 30 rolls of black and ted tape.
An old window cling I got and never used.
Just look at all that majesty!
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Howdy stranger. Welcome back. The Rat shows his face every few months or so. He hasn’t been seen in quite some time. We’re probably overdue for a sighting at this point. How’s things?
Canada Day 2020. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau volunteers with his family at an Ottawa farm to help pick broccoli for the Ottawa Food Bank. Some world leaders just do it better.
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I thought this was hilarious when they were trying to sell it for $100. I can’t believe they’re trying to get $150 for it now.
Dude. If I had that… If that was a decal, I would probably put that on the back window of my truck. Heck, my back window is only slightly tinted, so I might put it on the inside.
If you’ve got pet rabbits, there’s a disease hitting them that’s being called “bunny ebola” because it’s similar in effect to ebola in humans. The article says it’s going through southern states, but it’s hit in the past in New York and Washington.
While it’s spreading to wild rabbits, hares and pikas, it’s not jumping over to humans, though any hairs, blood, etc. that gets on human clothing can transmit it to other rabbits.
Good to know, though. I know people who raise rabbits.
So, 2020 continues its reign of terror. Lovely.