In Which We Brag About Our Petty Accomplishments

[ChuckF]

Over the weekend, I renovated the terlet after liv talked me into it. I converted it to a dual-flush system and upgraded the seat. Then I used math and the miter saw and some cinder blocks to build a new stand for the rain barrel. This morning I bluffed my way through a phone call about some obscure regulations that I could barely even find on the internet, much less understand.

[Ymir's blood]

For some reason, I am now imagining a toilet/stapler hybrid.

[ShottleBop]

Originally Posted by Ymir's blood

For some reason, I am now imagining a toilet/stapler hybrid.

Better than a toilet/spindle hybrid!

[Adam]

I don't know if this counts as an accomplishment, but it's definitely petty. I managed to confuse somebody ten years younger than me by talking about my mens' over 30 soccer team, and it eventually became clear that the source of the confusion was that she didn't think I was old enough for that league.

[lisarea]

Yeah, I used to sternly card this one 80 year old man who would come in to buy cigarettes at the convenience store I worked at.

[ShottleBop]

Mrs. ShottleBop and I worked a concession stand at the 1998 Super Bowl in San Diego (fundraiser for our kids' high school). Mrs. S. carded Fred Savage. (To be fair, he was only 22 at the time--but Mrs. S. had no clue who he was.)

[Sock Puppet]

I facilitated my first staff meeting like a grownup today. I've done this kind of shit before, but not since I moved to Finance (I'm law, not beancounter) and had to converse with the creatures in their native tongue/made-up space language. Plus I took a colleague's turn at a couple days' notice, and still wound up with what da boss said was one of the most productive meetings ever. Which of course means everyone had a lot of shit assigned to do. The non-trivial part is that no one seems to hate me for it.


I also did this whole poast on the phone in the bar, like a youngun or a lisarea.

[livius drusus]

You're thinking of Demimonde. lisarea does whole poasts from her Chumby.

[Sock Puppet]

Well yeah, but Demi IS a youngun, so the lololdsburn wouldn't have worked.

[ChristinaM]

I'm officially an old fart now because yesterday I finally got to tell 3 kids and a dog to get off of my lawn. They must have been visiting someone on our road and decided that since we have 2 driveways it was the perfect place for bike racing around and around in laps. I wouldn't have minded if my dogs weren't going berserk the whole time and giving me a headache so I very nicely asked them if they could race on the road instead. I also gave them a bunch of cookies though because I felt bad for being such a grouch.

[BrotherMan]

Worst. Old Fart. Ever.

[ChristinaM]

Well it was a start. If I had thrown stuff at them I would have had to clean it all up again and listen to a bunch of whining kids and parents too. That wouldn't have made the headache go away.

I guess I could have sprayed them with a garden hose.

[BrotherMan]

water

[wildernesse]

I have been working with the froguar to use his words instead of roaring like a dragon when he is ready to leave some place. I reminded him again in the car today on the way to church that it was a place to be quiet and when he wanted to leave, he could say Go or All Done.

We went into church. We sat down. I put his shoes on (it was that kind of morning). He smiled, looked around, and said, "All Done."

So we left and he got to go play in the nursery.

[Cliche Guevara]

I think y'all been on the Hunter S.

[thedoc]

I trimmed my hair and beard this evening, I did it all by myself. I used a scissors and a mirror.

[thedoc]

Just finished a little weeding around the house. About 10 butterfly bushes, 3 small Sycamore trees, one sumac, and a few unidentified trees. My weed puller is a Ford F-150 and several lengths of chain.

[Dingfod]

I spent a week on a business trip eating at restaurants every meal and still lost 2 pounds. I credit the temporary crown on a molar for that more than watching what I ate.

[lisarea]

I decided that I wanted to work on my falafel technique despite Matlock not liking falafel. So last night, I managed to make falafels that didn't fall apart or get all weird, AND MATLOCK LIKED THEM and went back for more.

Which means that now I can start tweaking the recipe and make falafel whenever I want without feeling like I'm depriving poor old Matlock.

[ChuckF]

After weeks of talking about it I finally built a new compost bin today. It has more capacity and is not nearly as chicken-accessible, so maybe soon the compost won't just be flung into little piles on all sides of the bin.

[Dingfod]

The day is not quite over, but I have thus far managed to keep the gas inside of the pipes and not all up in your grill, unless it's a gas grill, then I'm making sure it is all up in your grill.

[ChuckF]

My last student loan payment cleared today.

[Adam]

[Dingfod]

I got up before dawn, fixed my grandson and myself breakfast and got him off to school before going to QuikTrip to fill up my truck with $3.399/10 regular gasohol blend before the price goes to $4 a gallon after the Syrian bombing begins. Then I went back to bed and slept until 11:00 AM. I am now thinking of what to eat for lunch. I think it's been a pretty good day so far.

[lisarea]

I cancelled my weekly dinner because I totally don't feel like cooking or talking to people today.

I'm feeling pretty accomplished right about now.