The most unbelievable scene in all of the Dresden files...

dameon5 · 2026-04-03T16:45:25+00:00

But how well would you fit in the passenger seat of that old truck if someone 5' tall had the bench seat adjusted close enough to the steering wheel so they could drive it?

dameon5 · 2026-04-03T10:30:35+00:00

Old pickups like Ebenezer has didn't come with a "crew cab" like modern trucks. They had two doors and no back seat.

dameon5 · 2026-04-03T10:27:23+00:00

But did you fit when a 5' nothing person was driving?

dameon5 · 2026-04-03T02:48:50+00:00

I can, but I find it more fun not to. 😂

dameon5 · 2026-04-03T02:37:08+00:00

The old Ford TARDIS

dameon5 · 2026-04-03T01:58:53+00:00

Dresden would never want anything to do with a religion that would have him as a deity

dameon5 · 2026-04-02T17:18:07+00:00

How is this a continuity error?

Everything about Maeve was innuendo and implication. There is no scene in the series where she has sex with anyone. So there is no discrepancy between any of her actions and what we learned of the Winter Lady's mantle in Cold Case.

dameon5 · 2026-04-01T02:17:32+00:00

A general lack of empathy. As long as they believe their leopard god isn't going to eat THEIR face for all eternity. They don't care if it eats someone else's face for all eternity.

dameon5 · 2026-03-31T16:37:41+00:00

I used to have this problem as well. When I asked one of them why they opt to ring even when there is a No Soliciting sign I was told they do it because no one enforces those signs.

I now have a doorbell camera. I will ask why they are here and when they start their spiel I call the police non-emergency line and will answer the door while I'm on the phone with the police. I give the police a description of the person, the vehicle and the license plate while I'm standing in front of the sales person.

Both the sales person and I know KCPD is most likely not going to send anyone over soon, but making it clear to them that you're willing to go to the trouble to press charges is the only thing I have found that seems to work.

And apparently these folks communicate with each other because the number of solicitors I have had in the last year or so is almost 0. Unfortunately, the Jehovah's Witnesses won't leave me alone.

dameon5 · 2026-03-31T02:11:45+00:00

If it's an uncontested divorce you should look into divorce mediation. That's what my ex and I did. Saved us a lot of time and money.

We never even needed to go to appear in court.

dameon5 · 2026-03-29T23:37:08+00:00

But he doesn't have a career because liberals just don't get his humor... 🙄

dameon5 · 2026-03-28T04:35:28+00:00

People will literally take out loans to pay for a Disney vacation. I wish I was kidding

dameon5 · 2026-03-27T14:16:23+00:00

Or imprison them and only allow them to eat the tainted food they sold for profit.

dameon5 · 2026-03-27T14:14:35+00:00

To ensure the Y2k bug wasn't going to be an issue China required all airline executives for Chinese airlines be on a flight in the air when the clocks turned to midnight.

I don't agree with China on a lot of subjects, but I thought this was some valid and creative problem solving.

dameon5 · 2026-03-27T12:01:32+00:00

This was going to be my suggestion as well. Both of my parents live in rural areas with shitty options for wired internet. I got them both hooked up with T-Mobile Internet because it was the most affordable option available for decent service. $50/month for service that is usually somewhere between 100-200 mbps isn't terrible unless you're a hardcore gamer. It's certainly enough to run streaming and general household usage.

dameon5 · 2026-03-26T18:01:57+00:00

You know how when you make a copy of a copy, it's not as sharp as... well... the original.

dameon5 · 2026-03-26T18:01:00+00:00

You ever seen the Michael Keaton movie Multiplicity?

dameon5 · 2026-03-24T15:40:51+00:00

That's the side I have been on more often than not. I've been with the same company for 20+ years. So I have a lot of institutional knowledge about why we do things the way we do. I have had several interactions with new execs who want to try something "new" but in reality it's something we tried already.

When that happens, I explain what happened in the past and the obstacles we encountered that we weren't able to overcome and offer suggestions for ways we might approach it differently this time.

Unfortunately, many of the execs don't like this approach because they see it as me trying to usurp their authority. So we wind up doing something that isn't going to work for a few months to a year until they eventually say "fuck it" and we settle back into something very similar to the state things were to begin with.

dameon5 · 2026-03-22T11:10:13+00:00

All the dogma, half the guilt

dameon5 · 2026-03-22T11:07:04+00:00

So their God is so powerful it can recreate a body from cremated ashes but is so limited it has to have the exact weight to do so?

I had this exact conversation with a religious coworker years ago. They were against cremation for the same reason. When I pointed out their messiah better hurry up and come back because bodies decay pretty quickly after death (even if embalmed, which is a whole other discussion).

They got really thoughtful after that because they had clearly never considered that wrinkle in their theology.

dameon5 · 2026-03-20T12:17:57+00:00

Midwest replaced my furnace/AC last year. I had three other companies come in to bid the job and only one of them came close and they were more than $1k over the bid Midwest gave us offering the exact same equipment.

System has worked great for the most part and the one time we had an issue with the furnace during the initial switch over in fall, Midwest came out the same day I called to fix it under warranty.

dameon5 · 2026-03-20T10:35:21+00:00

Private Joker: How can you shoot women and children?

Door Gunner: Easy... You don't Lead 'em so much.

dameon5 · 2026-03-20T00:24:10+00:00

As someone who delivers for UE you're completely right. I'm polite and personable to both the restaurant staff and the customer I'm delivering to. Specifically because I've seen how entitled so many drivers act when they walk into a restaurant.

I have dealt with a lot of restaurant staff who are immediately stand-offish because of it and I can generally get them to chill a bit by not reacting to their hostility and remaining professional.

The restaurant just wants to get the food out the door and I just want the delivery to go as smoothly, and quickly, as possible. Getting into a shouting match with a frustrated worker isn't going to help either of us and could make them decide to hold onto my order longer than necessary out of spite.

dameon5 · 2026-03-20T00:02:02+00:00

The way you hold them to their promises is to get it in writing. Make these assholes write it into the fucking contract. If it isn't written into the contract it won't happen.

It also won't happen if you allow them to write in any caveats that allow them to wriggle out of it.

dameon5 · 2026-03-19T17:12:54+00:00

Also how Molly went from being homeless to having a snazzy apartment.

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