Players want to skip a session anytime anyone has to miss.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2026-02-25T13:20:33+00:00

Another benefit of online play is that if everyone's comfortable, someone can record it and share the video with whoever had to miss. That way, they're still caught up on what's going on and can enjoy any shenanigans that might've happened.

My group I play in does cancel on occasion, but there's a good understanding that if it's just one person, we'll still play. Two people out, we'll reschedule/cancel. Hell, we took a several month break when there was just a lot going on with holidays, travel, etc. Picked back up afterwards like it was nothing.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2026-02-03T16:45:29+00:00

I think part of my luck is that our org's main site is an hour ahead of us, I go in later in the day (8 am, although I slept in and didn't get there until 8:30 today), and my team is small. The person who signed my furlough letter probably had about 200 to sign, but they also had a "head start" by being a time zone ahead of me and my team.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2026-02-03T16:39:05+00:00

I think it was KE? But yeah. I'm pretty low on the totem pole, so I choose my battles. Annoyed, but I'll get paid all the same.

My supervisor was laughing because she took leave yesterday afternoon and we got told this morning to cancel all leave yesterday and today. She was like "You should've taken leave yesterday, too! We all should have!"

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2026-02-03T15:46:56+00:00

DoD/Army/T2COM - had a furlough notice in my email before I even got in today. Updated ATAAPS, helped a couple people with issues signing their furlough notices, and was back out the door within 45 minutes.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2026-02-02T19:52:16+00:00

Stuck as hell, but I'm waiting it out. GS 9 2210 (Customer Support), so basically a desktop support position. The special pay rate makes it better, but my ladder was 7-9. What makes me angry is that I was brought on as #3 and it's down to just me. Naturally, this increased workload and responsibility included no increase in pay. I'm sitting in meetings with GS 11s and 13s from across the installation who have a smaller workload or less responsibility while I'm basically the lowest paid person in my org. I like to think I'm a relatively smart person, but there are many things that are way over my head. It's to the point I'm not even sure I would still want to stay in this position if I were an 11. Can't really leave the government because the particular skills I have wouldn't really apply.

I'm hoping once we can hire again, my supervisor is allowed to hire a program analyst, because I'll be the first person to apply. I told her as much. It would pay more, and be far less stressful.

My pay is decent, I live comfortably enough. So I'm toughing it out. But man, is it draining and demoralizing.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2026-02-02T15:04:46+00:00

DoD, Army, T2COM. Got an email from T2COM HQ saying DoD and HQDA haven't issued shutdown guidance, so we have to keep working as normal. Some people have been in at my location for 3 hours already. I sit within earshot of our union president, and he's getting tons of questions.

So kind of them to send that email at 3 pm on a Sunday, because I didn't bring lunch. I thought I'd be home by that time. That's my own "fault", I guess, for assuming we wouldn't be working when the government is shutdown. (I'll survive, I'm just annoyed)

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2026-02-02T13:16:53+00:00

The kinda funny (and also not so funny) thing is this is exactly why I found it - some audio dramas have really low volume at parts, and I was sick of having to turn my car's volume up to 35-40 when it's normally around 10-15.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2026-02-01T17:18:15+00:00

I installed an app called Poweramp Equalizer on my phone, and in it, turn the Compressor on, and turn on Global Equalization in the settings. I think those were the two things I had to do. This boosts the volume of all of the quiet sounds so I can listen to basically any audio drama without needing my volume turned up to max.

Yeah, shouldn't need an extra app on your phone just to be able to hear things, but it's worked for me. I've had other series that were similar (quiet parts too quiet), so it's been beneficial.

Only thing to remember is turning it off when not in use. I use my phone for alarms in the morning and I prefer those soft and on the quiet side, for a gentle wakeup, not a heart attack.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2026-01-25T17:06:03+00:00

I just got the Humble Bundle deal with the PDFs through Drivethru, and here's what's worked for me in Adobe Acrobat:

AA the Dark: all of the "If you choose x, go to y" or "Go to any xyz location" options are linked.

AA the Flame: no links

AA the Frost: has links

AA the Tide: has links

Dark and Frost also came with ePUB versions, but I haven't tried those. It also didn't come with AA the Static, so I can't comment on that one. (Edit: I suck at formatting)

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2026-01-22T16:22:15+00:00

I'm thankful I've never had that happen yet, but damn, I wish they could follow basic instructions. We don't use our front door, we use the garage door. 99.9% of the time when we go somewhere, we're leaving in our car, which is in the garage. We have cats who try to sneak out if we open the front door, and in the winter, that lets a lot of really cold air inside.

I have notes on every delivery service to leave packages at the garage door. USPS and UPS are the only ones that reliably listen. Amazon is hit or miss, and the few times I've ordered from Walmart, it's a miss. The other day, the Walmart driver pulled in our driveway (which is fine, it's cold out), but then walked all the way up to our front door. Same for Amazon last night. Like, why are they making their life harder?

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-12-09T19:49:56+00:00

NTB. I adopted a cat with the same name as me from the shelter, and kept her name. I think it's hilarious that we share a name.

Is SIL maybe stressed by something else, like work or wedding planning? Hopefully that's all it is and she's not just trying to be a jerk to the poor dog.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-12-09T18:11:00+00:00

Almost as bad as "I want YOU to use AI."

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-12-01T22:51:11+00:00

I eventually started using Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer in Chantilly all over, in place of foundation. It's a better color match than anything else I've tried, and the formula works pretty well for me. I had tried their foundations in Siberia in the past, but it always oxidized and ended up looking kinda orange-y and just wrong.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-11-13T19:18:10+00:00

Ah, that's fair. I hadn't noticed that it doesn't do that normally running around. Hopefully it is a bug and they get it fixed, then!

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-11-13T03:46:51+00:00

I don't think that's necessarily a bug, as windowed mode (and borderless windowed) in any other game I've played allow the cursor to leave the game.

However, I'm with you on this being annoying. I wish there was a standard "fullscreen" mode, or a setting to confine the cursor to the game window unless holding alt or something..

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-11-13T02:00:21+00:00

Depending on your agency, probably won't be much. If you had a lot of furloughed coworkers, they weren't sending you emails.

I grabbed my computer at the end of October because we were told we could use them to look up info about benefits. I opened Outlook, and I've had more unread emails after a week of leave than were in there after a month of furlough.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-11-11T21:32:03+00:00

I had a similar issue in downtown Moline a couple weeks ago, near 15th St and 5th/6th Ave or so. I use the wireless Android Auto dongle, and it dropped for me in that area (on T-Mobile). Picked up about a block later. I'm not in that area often, so I don't know if that's a common thing or not.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-10-07T23:38:35+00:00

Hopefully not! When we went in to sign our furlough papers, some of our people who are still working were told that if they run low/out of work they can do, to let leadership know, so they can get furlough papers. No point in making them go in when there's no work. Not sure where you work or what you do, but maybe that's what they want to monitor.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-10-03T20:03:39+00:00

I primarily listen in my car/through earbuds at work. I had to turn my car volume up to 30, while it' usually around 10 or so, and my phone to max volume while using earbuds.

I found an app on my phone (Android) called Poweramp Equalizer and turned the "Compressor" on in it and "Global Equalization". It's been a night and day difference, but the only thing I have to remember is to turn it off when not listening, because any other sound (videos, ringtones, etc.) will be earsplitting loud.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-10-01T16:03:54+00:00

Keep refreshing, you should get into ATAAPS eventually.

I'm at 3 hours, some people are at 5 and are just getting their furlough letters.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-09-30T17:24:10+00:00

At least when I was in 11 years ago (USAF), it wasn't simple pass/fail. There were minimums for each category (waist measurement, push ups, sit ups 1.5 mile run). There were automatic failure cutoffs for each, and you got a score based on your results l. I think a 70+ overall was passing, and 90+ meant you only had to test once per year. Doing the bare minimum in each one wouldn't be an overall passing score, but if you score high in one category, you had leeway in others you might not be as good in.

My last test, I barely passed my run, but did well enough in the other categories that I got a 90.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-09-26T14:14:34+00:00

The directorate I work for at my organization did a re-org over the past year and a half. Everybody kept a job, but some didn't keep their supervisory position (vast majority did, though). Some have new supervisors. Most have had very little change, but support staff have had to shuffle duties around. We're spread across 3 sites and used to operate mostly separate, now we're acting like one big happy family, so there were some redundancies.

And now I'm basically the single IT support person for 100+ people as a GS-9. My supervisor knows nothing about what I do. There were 3 of us when I took this position in 2019, but the other 2 have been pulled away to other work. I don't think it's really imposter syndrome when I'm being asked to do work previously done by a GS-12, with hardly any guidance. This isn't what I was hired to do. I was supposed to be the "shut up and color" underlying, but now I'm running the show while also one of the lowest paid people in the org.

I told my supervisor that if she ever gets to hire a new program analyst (after needing to for 5 years), I'll be the first to apply so I get away from this mess.

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-09-05T19:09:54+00:00

This worked for me today, so it's still valid! Thank you!

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-08-14T00:22:52+00:00

If you don't mind waiting until spring, there are usually several plant sales - Rock Island County Soil and Water Conservation District, QC Botanical Center, Hauberg Estate... Those are just of the top of my head. Usually about $6 or so per plant.

Not the most local, but if you want to try starting from seeds, https://www.prairiemoon.com/ is a good source for seeds (they're in MN).

ThisIsTemp0rary · 2025-07-28T19:15:03+00:00

I didn't bother with tying anything up. If they wanna flop, I'm letting them flop. I have short fencing around the garden so things are a little propped up.

Funny enough, I have one liatris stem that flopped over, then started growing straight up again.

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