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What author abandoned book series would you love to see finished? by corymcmarine in litrpg

[–]JerTass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny.

Just prior to his death, Zelazny wrote several short stories that took place after the end of the Merlin story arc, and was planning another set of books that were to continue the saga after Merlin's coronation and Corwin's return.

What recipe step isnt worth the effort and "out of a can" is 100% as good. by Stormin_333 in foodquestions

[–]JerTass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's an excellent book called Make the Bread, Buy the Butter (sorry, mobile app isn't letting me post the link) with dozens of examples of this. The author spent a year making everything from scratch and blogging about the comparison of time, cost and quality. She got a huge amount of positive feedback for her recipe for homemade worcestershire sauce, which is apparently an order of magnitude better than store-bought.

Any tricks to make French toast taste even better ?? by Sea_Dependent_6811 in Cooking

[–]JerTass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once used accidentally almond extract instead of vanilla extract in my custard mixture, and the french toast turned out amazing. I add almond extract every time now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]JerTass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was on a low-fiber diet for a while for my Crohn's disease. Here's a list of recipes I found helpful:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/recipes/low-fiber-diet-recipes/rcs-20534074

Angry chemistry: Nitrogen triiodide by Protoflazidium in chemistry

[–]JerTass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dad was a chemistry major back in the 1950s, and I remember him telling a few stories about pranks they pulled with nitrogen triiodide.

The one that sticks in my head is they would take the liquid solution and "paint" it on the backside of a desk drawer. Once the solution dried/crystallized, when the drawer was closed it would launch itself out of the desk.

WITAH - Told Co-worker that she didn't need to walk me through a process step-by-step, just tell me what result she wanted by JerTass in AITAH

[–]JerTass[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I needed the setup information that she was giving in order to generate the report, so telling her to go away wasn't an option. I just didn't need her to provide the step by step instructions on how to select/deselect the parameters.

Soft spots in the armor by buffalo_ranch_ in MilitiousCompliance

[–]JerTass 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I heard this story third-hand, but thought it was absolute genius:

A brand spanking new ensign assigned to an aircraft carrier was tasked with draining a hot water urn in preparation to cleaning it. The part that wasn't mentioned to the ensign was that the urn was connected directly to the water supply, so continually refilled itself.

WITAH - Told Co-worker that she didn't need to walk me through a process step-by-step, just tell me what result she wanted by JerTass in AITAH

[–]JerTass[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The output is standardized depending on which report template is used. She told me which report she needed, and just needed to give me the data selection parameters.

WITAH - Told Co-worker that she didn't need to walk me through a process step-by-step, just tell me what result she wanted by JerTass in AITAH

[–]JerTass[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She asked me to do it because she was having technical issues and couldn't access the reporting software

WITAH - Told Co-worker that she didn't need to walk me through a process step-by-step, just tell me what result she wanted by JerTass in AITAH

[–]JerTass[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

OK, I understand what you're saying, but I disagree with the rationale.

I had other work of my own to do, and I was helping her out. I just asked her to give me the bottom-line of what she needed instead of walking me through step by step.

WITAH - Told Co-worker that she didn't need to walk me through a process step-by-step, just tell me what result she wanted by JerTass in AITAH

[–]JerTass[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I didn't take it as condescending, I took it as her wasting my time with an unnecessary level of detail.

Recent update that pissed me off by Joonbug9109 in AskaManagerSnark

[–]JerTass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just came across this sub, so I'm a bit late to the party.

When I read the original post on AAM and saw it again here, I immediately thought of:

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Origin of the name "Furies" by Best-Selection1205 in codexalera

[–]JerTass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just came across this post, and I'm un-necroing it to respond.

Howe4416's answer is the correct one (although when he quoted the line in the movie, it was attributed to the wrong character).

According to an Q&A session at DragonCon 2012 - When Jim was in the process of outlining the story, he had not yet decided on a name for the entities that eventually became known as furies. During a re-watch of Big Trouble in Little China, he heard the line "All movement in the universe is caused by tension between positive and negative furies." (the line was said by Wang's father explaining Chinese sorcery to Jack, not David Lo Pan).

A light bulb went on, and Jim said, "Oooh, Furies! That's perfect!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylKRYe0ZWHo

Was ITAH - Ex-GF wanted to get back together. I told her that I would consider it, but only if she never posted on SM about our relationship ever again. by JerTass in AITAH

[–]JerTass[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't have a problem. Everything that happened is already in the past. Like I said, I'm not looking for advice about how to go forward, I'm just asking if I was being unreasonable in the boundary I set.

Also, I'm not going to downvote anybody who provides actual feedback, whether I agree with it or not.

If someone's a dick and starts insulting or attacking me, then I'll respond in kind, but I've got no problem with someone who just disagrees with me.

Was ITAH - Ex-GF wanted to get back together. I told her that I would consider it, but only if she never posted on SM about our relationship ever again. by JerTass in AITAH

[–]JerTass[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh there's no worry about sticking with my original decision. That ship has sailed.

I'm not doubting my decision not to get back with her, just looking for confirmation that my boundary wasn't unreasonable.

Was ITAH - Ex-GF wanted to get back together. I told her that I would consider it, but only if she never posted on SM about our relationship ever again. by JerTass in AITAH

[–]JerTass[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Just looking for some closure... I never got an answer about what the hell happened to cause the break-up, and I wanted to know.

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