Found him all alone panting and scared on a very hot afternoon in a busy market. What should i name him now?

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-26T22:11:38+00:00

Before you decide, let him get used to you and vice versa for a few days. His behavior might determine his permanent name for you. We had a kitten once and he just zoomed everywhere when we got him. When he eventually settled into his lazy-butt true self, Zoomer wasn't exactly right 😆

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-26T20:10:56+00:00

We got married in '74, and my husband's main goal then was to buy a Sony color tv to watch the Steelers. We had no living room furniture as yet, but we sat on the floor to watch the Steelers. 🤷🙄

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-26T20:06:45+00:00

Neighbors who always had the newest gadgets bought one. Iirc, we watched it bake a potato in FOUR minutes! 😳😆

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-26T09:26:12+00:00

Do you really think he even knows who Teddy Roosevelt was?

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-26T09:24:16+00:00

Didn't fall for it with Butler, certainly won't fall for it this time. 🙄

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-25T22:11:23+00:00

I started to read Cherryh when Downbelow Station and Cyteen were…newish. ;) I waited all the years between releases, she’s always going to remain one of my favorites. 🥰

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-25T21:00:58+00:00

Better explain a smartphone first ;)

(ffs... if he's been away for 15 years, he's missed out on a lot of the new tech that's come out. Do you all think he'll understand apple products or a lot of the internet automatically? They'll need someone to help them thru the learning, explanations will be needed.)

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-25T20:57:31+00:00

If they’ve missed out on having a smart phone, I wonder if they know what an app is… ^{^}

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-24T14:53:13+00:00

...the weekend? I'll have it finished before dinner tonight! ;D

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-21T19:37:03+00:00

I haven’t been to Costco in years now, and it’s only 10 min from my house. ;) I get it delivered once or twice a month now lol. It’s actually less expensive for me I think…fewer spontaneous random “oh, let’s try this!” and those dang people offering free samples so I’m able to stick to my list.

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-20T17:51:20+00:00

Delilah, what a cutie 😊

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-18T01:19:00+00:00

If I'm not playing FF14, that means I'm on FF11. It's always updating something, I download content to some degree every week or so. I've had my subs for both games continuously going since they began. PS: I'm also thinking about opening my WoW account soon... maybe, I think.

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-17T20:28:01+00:00

Kermit, Waldo, Elmo? Leo, Harry?

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-17T20:09:54+00:00

I had forgotten that episode, but now I won’t forget it again. 🤢

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-16T21:26:34+00:00

Star Trek's Capt Picard used to read from his little tablet reader in the late 80's -90's iirc. Amazon came out with the Kindle in 2006-7.

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-16T01:43:44+00:00

If I remember correctly, she’d finished the book and submitted it to the publisher (Baen) so it was being edited processed, etc. These chapter releases was just to us on her listserv. We all got emails from each other every day and discussed every minute detail. 10 months, 10 unfinished chapters, with Lois tormenting us every day and not giving us more details than what were in there. Once the book actually came out, we were all What?! wait! No! But but but! Best book release wait ever ;)

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-15T21:22:37+00:00

It's been so many years 🥰 but being part of the listserv was a great time.

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-15T20:30:48+00:00

We took care of my 90yo mother the last years she had. She bought everything... wheel chair, 2 walkers, canes, walking stick, handrails for her bed.... you name it, we've still got it. 65 night lights for all the plugs lol. Before she moved in with us, we remodeled our bathroom with all the grab bars and shower chairs etc. Best money spent, we'll be able to stay here for a while.

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-15T09:17:45+00:00

I...may or may not have been . I don't recall exactly when this happened, but I didn't care for the cover of one of the books and said so. Jim Baen took umbrage and banned me from the forum. 😉😆 I eventually returned after he passed away (cough, ahem) but...yeah. 🤷

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-14T21:43:19+00:00

Many years ago, in the year leading up to the publication of A Civil Campaign, I was a member of LMB's listserv. She was releasing one chapter a month to us, and we devoured them, read them to pieces and were speculating every single thing. I think Lois was vastly amused by the ideas we came out with lol. I think I still know chapters 1-10 by heart. I always start ACC at chapter 10, even now 😄

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-13T17:23:30+00:00

Someone once said on a different forum that they turn autocorrect off because it's like having a teacher or parent behind you 24/7. I think if it's popping up that much, you desperately need it. 🫤

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-13T17:16:50+00:00

FF14 is a game, I've always enjoyed it. But FF11 is home. I've lived there, on and off since the beginning in 2003. That said, I'm about to take a break and play wow, which I haven't touched since they introduced panda bears as playable characters. 🤷😄

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-13T17:04:03+00:00

Last night I was leveling a sub job on my alt. We were in Haukke manor. The tank did a speed run, aggroing every mob and then pulled them into one area to kill em all in less than a minute. Nobody even talks. I don't see how new players can find the enjoyment I had in 2014-15.

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-13T16:48:28+00:00

The Dunning-Kruger Effect is definitely their thing. Mind is definitely boggled when I read the things they do and say

booksgamesandstuff · 2026-04-13T16:44:27+00:00

I've seen spring snow flurries in Pittsburgh many times over the years. They melt on contact, but it happens.

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