July 09, 2018

Let Me Explain...

I'm tired.  I've been on a month of mandatory 50-hour weeks and it's been wearing on me.  Okay, I guess I didn't work 50 hours last week, but since I DID have to work on a national holiday, that makes up for it.  So I'm getting home from work late, I've been sleeping poorly, and quite honestly the atmosphere at work is... dark.


Of course, I've also got computer problems of late, but the thought of going to BigBlueBox to buy a new one is... exhausting.  It's always very loud there and it makes me sad to see what's happened to this company that I used to work for.

And to be blunt, I'm not enjoying Formula 1 very much.  Oh, this race at Silverstone was actually pretty decent, but even that felt more like a chore than an experience.  

You guys have any requests?  I'm willing if its something that'll kick-start my brain.  Gimme an idea!

Posted by: Wonderduck at 10:37 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 Any reason you can't mail-order that machine, other than the obvious "it'll take several days to arrive"?

Posted by: Rick C at July 10, 2018 08:08 AM (Q/JG2)

2 More tales from the rubber duck collection?

Cartoon ducks: among them all, and there are many, only Launchpad wears pants. Weird coincidence OR subliminal message about necessary adjuncts to crash landings? 

Times when weather swayed the outcome of a battle.

Alternate history: the Spanish Armada is *not* defeated in 1588. What happens? 

Finally, F1 related but possibly humorous anyway

Posted by: Mrs. Will (Kathryn) at July 10, 2018 09:17 AM (2taOw)

3 To begin with, no need to explain to us.  You write at your leisure, and we read you at ours.  You owe us nothing.  All good.

An idea for something...pretty much any little side story about the Battle of Midway that you may have considered writing about but never got around to.  I've learned more from your writing on that subject than just about anywhere, and it's always fun.

Posted by: Thomas at July 10, 2018 10:08 AM (mSIXR)

4 Rick, because "it'll take several days to arrive."  Besides, I've been informed that it's a pretty good system and one of my contacts says that he couldn't build it himself for less.  And it's not like I need liquid cooling and SLI'd Titan X's.  
Though that'd be pretty sweet.

Posted by: Wonderduck at July 10, 2018 08:50 PM (POEh5)

5 So I visited the House on the Rock last weekend (OMG, WTF, etc...) but I couldn't help thinking about ol' Wonderduck while perusing the massive collection of ship models. 
My favorite ship models went thusly:
Display 1) Large model of USS Wisconsin, labeled as such, random memorabilia. Wisconsin is missing aft turret (wth? Where'd it go?)
Display 2) Large model of the Yamato, unlabeled, in display case. (? I think, seemed right but my ID skills are weak). OK, passes muster, etc.
Display 3) Large model of Fictional Nazi Megabattleship, also unlabeled, with no less than SIX (!) TRIPLE (!) TURRETS. (Found it! Found the missing turret!)
I laughed... 

Posted by: Andy at July 11, 2018 08:56 AM (XtPhE)

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