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Joe
Durham, NC
I'm a geek.
Interests: science fiction, woodworking
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... aaand Boris "BJ" Johnson just lost his majority: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49570682
Commented Sep 3, 2019 on Brexit at Fallout Shelter
Brexit
Brexit. Sigh. The U.K. is shooting itself in the head. The Tories called for an ill-advised and non-binding popular 2016 vote about Brexit under Cameron, who left office over the result, & wasn't in favor of Brexit anyway. Tories and Brexiteers delayed for years about it under May, who d...
Brexit
Brexit. Sigh. The U.K. is shooting itself in the head. The Tories called for an ill-advised and non-binding popular 2016 vote about Brexit under Cameron, who left office over the result, & wasn't in favor of Brexit anyway. Tories and... Continue reading
Posted Sep 3, 2019 at Fallout Shelter
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Yep, it died after 2008. Sorry.
Commented Jan 10, 2017 on Trinoc*coN 8 starts today at Fallout Shelter
Trinoc*coN 8 starts today
For my spec-fic oriented friends: Trinoc*coN 8 starts today and runs through the weekend. Trinoc*coN is the Triangle's own SF convention; it's in Raleigh this year at the North Raleigh Hilton. And, for all you Song of Ice and Fire freaks, the Con GoH is George R. R. Martin. There's gaming al...
Chris, I imagine it's dead, but I can ask someone.
Commented Dec 30, 2016 on Trinoc*coN 8 starts today at Fallout Shelter
Trinoc*coN 8 starts today
For my spec-fic oriented friends: Trinoc*coN 8 starts today and runs through the weekend. Trinoc*coN is the Triangle's own SF convention; it's in Raleigh this year at the North Raleigh Hilton. And, for all you Song of Ice and Fire freaks, the Con GoH is George R. R. Martin. There's gaming al...
Great
Great: someone DDOSed Typepad. So no one will see this until it comes back up. Continue reading
Posted Apr 21, 2014 at Fallout Shelter
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It was good. Thanks, Beth & Bryan! :)
Commented Apr 9, 2013 on Texas at Fallout Shelter
Texas
Going to Amarillo next week. Really looking forward to it.
Texas
Going to Amarillo next week. Really looking forward to it. Continue reading
Posted Mar 21, 2013 at Fallout Shelter
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Link updated; thank you.
Commented Mar 21, 2013 on 15 Books in 15 Minutes at Fallout Shelter
15 Books in 15 Minutes
Damn FB taggers. I can't even type this up in 15 minutes. So I'm cheating. :) I tried to put this roughly in time order. And it has either more or less than 15 books on it, depending on how you count. Life Science Library and Life Nature Library -- I didn't know until I went to look the...
Sarah's sister Ruth just sent me this obituary: http://andersonbethany.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1470498&fh_id=13307
Commented May 3, 2012 on Sarah Louise Trombly-Stillson: A Small Attempt at an Obituary at Fallout Shelter
Sarah Louise Trombly-Stillson: A Small Attempt at an Obituary
[Part of this was previously posted to the ghost-planet mailing list, with later additions.] Some of you might remember Sarah Trombly-Stillson, a.k.a "Suzz," from the original ghost-planet mailing list at Duke. She was the woman who had a small Zorak tattoo... somewhere... on her body. :) She...
I remember the shithead's name now: Pete, which was what my mom used to call me when I was a kid. Fucking asshole ripped off both Sarah and her mom. Also stole water from the city where Sarah used to live, and got Sarah in trouble with the law for it. Glad there's a thousand miles of continent between me and that loser.
Commented Apr 26, 2012 on Sarah Louise Trombly-Stillson: A Small Attempt at an Obituary at Fallout Shelter
Sarah Louise Trombly-Stillson: A Small Attempt at an Obituary
[Part of this was previously posted to the ghost-planet mailing list, with later additions.] Some of you might remember Sarah Trombly-Stillson, a.k.a "Suzz," from the original ghost-planet mailing list at Duke. She was the woman who had a small Zorak tattoo... somewhere... on her body. :) She...
To be a little less nice, I'd like to find that fucking grifter Sarah fell in with and moved to AZ with when she was still probably brain damaged. I'd like to figure out if there were a way to get his ass in jail.
Commented Apr 26, 2012 on Sarah Louise Trombly-Stillson: A Small Attempt at an Obituary at Fallout Shelter
Sarah Louise Trombly-Stillson: A Small Attempt at an Obituary
[Part of this was previously posted to the ghost-planet mailing list, with later additions.] Some of you might remember Sarah Trombly-Stillson, a.k.a "Suzz," from the original ghost-planet mailing list at Duke. She was the woman who had a small Zorak tattoo... somewhere... on her body. :) She...
Thanks folks. I posted again above.
Commented Apr 26, 2012 on Sarah Trombly-Stillson, RIP at Fallout Shelter
Sarah Trombly-Stillson, RIP
For Sarah Louise Trombly-Stillson: The song that started going through my mind today when I heard Sarah had died was the "Butterflies are free to fly" part of Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight." I don't know why. The song wasn't already running through my head. The lyrics aren't ap...
Sarah Louise Trombly-Stillson: A Small Attempt at an Obituary
[Part of this was previously posted to the ghost-planet mailing list, with later additions.] Some of you might remember Sarah Trombly-Stillson, a.k.a "Suzz," from the original ghost-planet mailing list at Duke. She was the woman who had a small Zorak... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2012 at Fallout Shelter
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Sarah Trombly-Stillson, RIP
For Sarah Louise Trombly-Stillson: The song that started going through my mind today when I heard Sarah had died was the "Butterflies are free to fly" part of Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight." I don't know why. The... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2012 at Fallout Shelter
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Modern Problems
"Kindle is like crack!" Girlfriend stays up late reading "'Goodnight, moon'" she says. Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2012 at Fallout Shelter
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Thank you!
Commented Nov 17, 2011 on Peters Design Works? at Fallout Shelter
Peters Design Works?
Anyone know where Peters Design Works has moved to? The store on 619 Foster has closed, right? Maybe I should just call them, but it is the 4th of July and a Sunday. Happy 4th of July, folks.
Exactly what I was thinking. :)
Commented Aug 23, 2011 on No one expects... at Fallout Shelter
No one expects...
... the Spanish Inquisition Central Virginia Seismic Zone! Least of all a seismograph in Blacksburg. :)
No one expects...
... the Spanish Inquisition Central Virginia Seismic Zone! Least of all a seismograph in Blacksburg. :) Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2011 at Fallout Shelter
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Google Plus
If you're dying for a Google+ invitation, don't have one, & know me, lemme know. But given how little time I have for stuff online lately, don't be expecting any content. :/ Continue reading
Posted Jul 16, 2011 at Fallout Shelter
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Stuff
Working. Shacking. Tired. No time. I suck. Hope that helps, Joe Continue reading
Posted May 19, 2011 at Fallout Shelter
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Joe is now following Traveling Jones
Jan 11, 2011
Done Booked
I've been really slack about updating my reading list in the sidebar here at Fallout Shelter. I'm going to renew my effort there. But this blogging thing is tough when I again find myself without a computer and have to... Continue reading
Posted Jan 6, 2011 at Fallout Shelter
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Gerry Rafferty, RIP
Why do so many artists have to drink themselves to death? Maybe Mr. Rafferty would have been better off to have continued being a busker on the London Tube for the rest of his life, but then we never would... Continue reading
Posted Jan 6, 2011 at Fallout Shelter
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A Radiopaque Fourth Amendment
Via Peach: get your 4th Amendment protest on, literally. I imagine these aren't suitable for a microwave or MRI :) I do await a Gadsden flag "Don't Touch My Junk!" variant. Continue reading
Posted Nov 27, 2010 at Fallout Shelter
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Richard -- nice. :) I suggest adding a random component to the number of hours open and/or the starting time. So, for instance, take consecutive digits in pi, and be open that many hours. You could even add in a few extra rules, like any occurrence of 9 in replaced by 0. :)
Commented Nov 25, 2010 on Turkey Day kind of a Turkey for some Retail Workers at Fallout Shelter
Turkey Day kind of a Turkey for some Retail Workers
While lots of workers in emergency, utility, law enforcement, and the like have always had to work on holidays, it appears to be spreading into retail: Samantha said she and her colleagues don't know whether to blame their employer or the shoppers who show up on the holiday. Poor folks. Give th...
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