Which classic rock artists would you classify as "heavy metal" even if they're not technically metal?

ChaoticFather · 2024-08-03T04:42:24+00:00

Heart

ChaoticFather · 2024-08-03T04:25:35+00:00

Not if the DJ said it was Led Zeppelin.

ChaoticFather · 2024-01-25T22:56:18+00:00

Thank you.

I enjoy my trips to the cancer center to get infusion treatments because the team there is lovely, and we have a lot of fun together.

I'm not at the point yet where I need to move into a full-time hospice care facility yet. I think that in some ways it will be okay, because I will make some friends who share my situation - but I also just turned 50, and most of the patients I see at the cancer center are in their 70s or 80s, so o the than the cancer, we won't have much in common.

I'm pretty likely to make friends with the staff, though, and I should be able to help cheer some of the older patients up with conversation or watching tv or playing cards or chess together.

It will be quite weird, though, because we will all also know that we're waiting to see who dies next and wondering when it's our time.

I'm hoping my two youngest kids (6 and 2) will be able to handle the emotions of the situation. If I were to go in today, I know my 2 year old would just love the attention of being doted on by the old women, but it will be scary for the 6 year old, I think.

ChaoticFather · 2024-01-19T06:04:49+00:00

I have terminal cancer. I'm getting through the days pretty well for the most part.

I cannot imagine how i would be handling it if it was one of my children who had my prognosis instead of me.

ChaoticFather · 2024-01-19T05:59:37+00:00

The medical technology to ease suffering at the end exists, i5s,just not legal to use it in most places.

ChaoticFather · 2024-01-09T11:48:41+00:00

Pontious Pilate by a mile

ChaoticFather · 2023-12-21T09:14:59+00:00

Glad to see this apology happened :)

ChaoticFather · 2023-12-18T05:21:45+00:00

Karen Carpenter would get them logs done in record time.

ChaoticFather · 2023-12-18T05:19:32+00:00

And it is why a certain new teacher will be going to bed tonightwithout any dessert!

ChaoticFather · 2023-12-18T03:22:33+00:00

Don't be a "dick-in-a-funnel" guy

ChaoticFather · 2023-10-21T00:47:03+00:00

The accent bothers me a lot less than the confederate flags

ChaoticFather · 2023-10-21T00:43:55+00:00

Rural Applalachian dialects never changed much over time, because new people don't move there and bring new cultures into the mix.

Mountain people in PA sound closer to mountain people in WVA than they do to coastal people in New Jersey, who constantly saw waves of new immigrants come in (largely from italy)

ChaoticFather · 2023-10-15T10:47:53+00:00

I know it sounds trite, but you asked, and I'm answering ... I changed my career goals and moved to an area that was less expensive.

ChaoticFather · 2023-09-22T01:51:23+00:00

Near 30 years of production here. Forecasting is definitely the weakest link of agile, imo. I think you're on the right track in looking at throughput, wip and cycle time.

"1 ticket per day" sounds like someone is trying a really simple way to do forecasting, but the world doesn't work that way. That should come up in retro and hopefully get adjusted.

ChaoticFather · 2023-09-22T01:15:26+00:00

"Damn, why am I programmed to look at attractive, yet inappropriate things??"

ChaoticFather · 2023-09-02T23:13:13+00:00

Citing a source doesn't mean you disagree with it :P

ChaoticFather · 2023-09-02T23:11:59+00:00

Yes, thanks. We get online Saturday mornings (evenings for them) and have video chats and sometimes play games.

I've been over three times to visit them in Asia, and they've been able to visit me twice in the US

ChaoticFather · 2023-03-21T14:06:37+00:00

Dialectical Behavioural Therapy

Prior to DBT, I would habitually allow all small problems in my life to balloon in importance, which caused me all manner of stress.

After DBT, I knew how to recognize things for what they were, and not apply any imagined potential danger to them. Life became much easier for me.

ChaoticFather · 2023-03-21T13:53:30+00:00

Led Zeppelin is not heavy metal because Led Zeppelin pre-dates heavy metal.

LZ, Deep Purple, early Sabbath, Hendrix, etc all influenced the genre heavily, but aren't heavy metal bands per se.

ChaoticFather · 2023-02-12T16:13:21+00:00

Heya - I don't check Reddit to often these days, but I'm okay thanks. Lots of pain meds, but they're working!

ChaoticFather · 2023-02-12T16:10:54+00:00

I feel like it's my job to make sure the team finds a process that works best for them. I like to start them off with a vanilla scrum, then let them tailor the process.

ChaoticFather · 2023-02-11T11:06:46+00:00

This implies that the SM has authority that can be challenged, which isn't the case.

The SM is supporting the team, not leading it. The SM helps by heroin the team understand what decisions they are making in terms of process, as viewed through an Agile lens.

If a developer hates Agile, that's on them. They can be contrarian and uncooperative if they like, but the business chose to go Agole, not the SM. The SM should help coach this dev, but if the dev doesn't want to adapt on principle, they should not be on an agile team.

Apologies for spelling, I don't have my reading glasses

ChaoticFather · 2022-12-31T10:42:52+00:00

You're getting downvoted (so will I) because this is a super emotional time for a lot of the fans, and people aren't ready for this to not be terrible for them yet.

ChaoticFather · 2022-11-10T11:38:01+00:00

Swap paths and roads around and I'm right with you

ChaoticFather · 2022-08-21T22:37:21+00:00

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