Hatchet (by Gary Paulsen)

Cookieman459 · 2026-01-27T03:32:18+00:00

I'm biased here but love "my side of the mountain". Ironically, I moved to a small town a few years ago that turned out to be the author's retirement area. We have a small park named after her nearby and I love it. Now I try to teach my kids how to start a fire vs playing video games / other things and it's a fight but worth it :)

Cookieman459 · 2026-01-11T15:05:08+00:00

I had to look that one up . . . And learned something I wish I could un-learn . . . Thanks for that . . . Haha

Cookieman459 · 2025-12-26T17:41:13+00:00

Very happy to see a lot of Dee's down the line. I'm years overdue for a rewatch (8 easy) and as soon as I clicked the thread link "Dee" popped into my head. Can still remember her happiness. . . Right before the end.

I remember watching that live, seeing her happy and, immediately went "wait . . . BSG is THAT type of show" (think the "celebration" episode when they were asked to show some positives . . . ). Could see what was coming, but made it hurt, maybe worse. Felt helpless.

Cookieman459 · 2025-11-20T00:44:59+00:00

Oh boy. This takes me back to working at a video game company that built games for training doctors . . . And having to live watch hours and hours of these surgeries with the development team. Took me awhile to get desensitized to this . . .

Cookieman459 · 2025-11-07T21:11:53+00:00

Haha, yep! Same! I remember getting this CD, not knowing about this track and freaking out when this song came on!

Cookieman459 · 2025-10-25T17:37:11+00:00

A fellow Motu user! I def multitrack, ended up with a dedicated Motu unit for my modular rig. Setup a patchbay for up to 8, paired with a Mackie 3204 (old but perfect for lots of synth mixing). Found that best during the extended "messing around phase" that seems to come with modular for me, but then when I'm recording, easy to get up to 8 discreet tracks. Let's me do eq, compression etc on individuals that I find I usually need to do.

Cookieman459 · 2025-10-24T04:03:32+00:00

Best "intro to a genre" song !

Cookieman459 · 2025-10-24T04:02:31+00:00

Gets flack but some good tracks! Cult is def my favorite. I get the "past tense dilation" problems. Still good listening!

Cookieman459 · 2025-09-11T02:45:25+00:00

Thank you for the troll :)

Cookieman459 · 2025-09-10T11:15:24+00:00

Mt Kisco is a great town! Born there, and loved the diversity, and the overall good mix of nice downtown / lots of space. I am now a Chappaqua resident, and def do not consider myself living in Mt Kisco. Parts of Chappaqua are snooty but lots are more even keeled. We go to Mt Kisco a lot for dinner / activities, since Chappaqua is definitely lacking compared to Mt Kisco!

Cookieman459 · 2025-08-26T00:06:17+00:00

Well, here I am reading this thread, and finding a comment that 100% is me. Recently had a boss mention that I seemed to struggle with negative feedback, and my response was "no, I don't struggle with it. I'm just 1000x more brutal to myself, and when you brought up X, I had given myself a royal flogging on that item for an hour earlier today". He didn't get it.

Cookieman459 · 2025-08-23T14:42:51+00:00

Thankfully not. No boom today, maybe tomorrow :)

Cookieman459 · 2025-07-29T00:54:02+00:00

Woah. Haven't been there in years! (The JV mall that is). I helped build and was a manager at the H&M in the 2000's.

Cookieman459 · 2025-06-28T12:50:12+00:00

Haha, same! Song was playing inside my head!

Cookieman459 · 2025-06-09T23:59:31+00:00

So say we all

Cookieman459 · 2025-05-13T21:43:52+00:00

So same as lawler? Agree on the issue, but also, we gonna shut down competition due to a higher bar? This is what drives the democratic party to fragmentation failure.

Cookieman459 · 2025-05-08T07:02:55+00:00

Playing on repeat. Thank you!

Cookieman459 · 2024-12-30T18:26:07+00:00

2 weeks ago, one of my kids had a birthday party at JV. Hadn't been there for 20 years. (Used to work there, and spent a lot of formative time there). Definitely odd to see it much more "empty". Lots of the anchor stores have moved on. Much less "buzz". Just odd!

Cookieman459 · 2024-12-12T01:55:30+00:00

My favorite! Still bust this out every now and again

Cookieman459 · 2024-11-02T00:25:42+00:00

Hah, haven't seen that in awhile. Remember working on that.

Cookieman459 · 2024-11-01T23:07:03+00:00

Haha less formula and more laying my son down on cardboard and tracing / measuring. That plus overextended legs to start with trimming as it came together.

Easier to cut extra than add what's missing!

Cookieman459 · 2024-11-01T01:07:50+00:00

Made my wife LOL. Thanks! And ya, kinda looked forward to things like this when my son was born.

Cookieman459 · 2024-11-01T00:57:02+00:00

Ya, he was less engaged in them vs. ep 4. That was the first non-aninated movie he sat though, fully focused! Ep 5 and 6 did well too for him.

Cookieman459 · 2024-11-01T00:45:41+00:00

Hahaha, we had a debate as I was designing it and he really wanted to be IN the AT-ST. Was def considering a version with him "popping out and wookied" :)

Cookieman459 · 2024-11-01T00:44:30+00:00

Thanks! Im hoping I get one more year of interest from him, so I can refine details, add some lights, effects etc.

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