OT: CBJ Lounge XXI (All Non-Sports, Non-Political Talk Here)

[Viqsi]

COVID positive!

Ironic on this sort-of anniversary date.

Hope you get to feeling better quickly.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I've had to create such monstrosities before when working for not-for-profits to deal with hideously insane requirements. I still have on my wall (next to me as I type this) a letter of commendation from my synagogue's co-presidents at the time that basically amounts to "on behalf of the Board, thank you thank you thank you so much for FINALLY making our VP Finance shut up!"

 

[spintheblackcircle]

COVID positive!

Ironic on this sort-of anniversary date.

Oh crap, sorry to hear that. I've somehow avoided it all these years. heh. "all these years"

 

[End of Line]

Oh crap, sorry to hear that. I've somehow avoided it all these years. heh. "all these years"

Couple ppl I used to work with at Honda got hit incredibly hard. I think Indian Lake HS is currently set up as a shelter as well.

 

[squashmaple]

I have a cousin who's a professional storm chaser (as in he makes quite a good income from driving around taking storm footage and selling it to news and weather outlets). It's not his only job, but it's quite lucrative for storm season. He studied meteorology at OSU. Being able to look at the models and predict where supercells will occur and be there in time takes a lot of technical skill and knowledge. All that to say: he was in Indiana yesterday chasing the same storm and got some amazing shots of funnel clouds he shared to our family groupchat. He only cares about clouds themselves, so he's not interested in selling photos of destruction porn like some chasers.

 

[Viqsi]

Today's Funny Observation: I have sometimes found it legitimately refreshing and healthier to spend Outrage Points less on real-world doomscrolling and instead on tearing into folks with crappy Armchair GMs on CapFriendly.

Maybe that's the real reason why I hang out around TR&FA here as well.

 

[End of Line]

With April 8th fast approaching, I am not looking forward to the mass influx of people coming into the State all at once.

 

[squashmaple]

With April 8th fast approaching, I am not looking forward to the mass influx of people coming into the State all at once.

At least they won't be in Columbus.

 

[Viqsi]

Today's Funny Observation: I have sometimes found it legitimately refreshing and healthier to spend Outrage Points less on real-world doomscrolling and instead on tearing into folks with crappy Armchair GMs on CapFriendly.

Maybe that's the real reason why I hang out around TR&FA here as well.

Related to the above: you know you've really gotten to somebody when they go to the trouble of Googling your nickname, thereby finding your actual name, and then start addressing you by same in their angry replies.

It's not really a big deal for me personally - I've always assumed from the start that folks know who and where I am for umpteen billion different reasons (what with being one of three people with my surname and being present on the Internet in 1992 as a preteen being talked about by her parents, for starters) but just because I'm 'meh' about it doesn't make it any more reasonable of an action.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Stay safe today whoever is an Ohio resident. Could be a rough day with the weather

 

[Viqsi]

Stay safe today whoever is an Ohio resident. Could be a rough day with the weather

So far seems okay. I was kind of worrying a little bit since the weatherpocalypse was supposed to show up right as I was getting drugged, but, hey, still here.

(Still not dying of cancer, btw. )

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Stay safe today whoever is an Ohio resident. Could be a rough day with the weather

For the Columbus area, a bunch of nothing.

But I got sent home early from work because of it. So score.

 

[ThirdPeriodTurtle]

Yeah attending the Crew game and it was indeed nothing - no rain, no thunder, no floods. Whoever did the weather forecast for the Crew/organization did a great job by moving that start time 90/20 minutes, that 8.30/9.00 PM start time was perfect and lots of people must've started their journey right after the rain ended and still made it to the game in time (like me).

Hope everyone in the other areas is safe and unaffected as much as possible though!

 

[End of Line]

So much for the storm of the century

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

After it was past us with no issues around 7:45 I started checking the TV just to see if it was anywhere else. Looked like there were some worries far east of Columbus. Did anything happen?

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

As someone who teaches music to high school level kids in my free time...

OK so I'm interested in this and moved this quote from the host thread here since it's OT. If you don't mind, I'd love to hear more about this.

In my first professional life, I was a band director, and have taught lessons privately off and on over the years. What your (free time) gig?

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

OK so I'm interested in this and moved this quote from the host thread here since it's OT. If you don't mind, I'd love to hear more about this.

In my first professional life, I was a band director, and have taught lessons privately off and on over the years. What your (free time) gig?

I do some freelance percussion arranging and I teach percussion for a local competitive HS marching band during the summer and fall. Makes it hard to attend games until around mid November buts something I deal with.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I do some freelance percussion arranging and I teach percussion for a local competitive HS marching band during the summer and fall. Makes it hard to attend games until around mid November buts something I deal with.

That's cool. I've always wished there was a way I could have stayed in it to some degree.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

That's cool. I've always wished there was a way I could have stayed in it to some degree.

My degree was in business but I still was heavily involved in the music program in college and drum corps so I just kept teaching on the side once I got out of school and moved back to Columbus.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

My degree was in business but I still was heavily involved in the music program in college and drum corps so I just kept teaching on the side once I got out of school and moved back to Columbus.

That's awesome. Good for you. What a great community to be a part of.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Wow

Amazon to invest $7.8 billion in more central Ohio data centers through 2030

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Amazon Web Services (AWS) will substantially build out its data center presence in central Ohio through an estimated multi-billion dollar investment by the end of the …

www.nbc4i.com

Amazon buys 234 acres of Pickaway County land for potential data center expansion

Amazon has spent $49.1 million to buy 234 acres of Pickaway County land that could be used as part of its data center expansion plans in central Ohio.

www.dispatch.com

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

How to Sync Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side' With the Solar Eclipse

Instructions for syncing the climax of Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' up with the 2024 solar eclipse.

ultimateclassicrock.com

Not gonna lie, I'm going to do this. it's one of my favorite albums of all time.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

We live in western Delaware County, on a small country road. We've had probably 150 cars drive by in the last half-hour. That might be three days' worth typically. We do have a park down the road from us where they're planning a thing but there' no way all of these cars are going to our tiny little park with almost no parking.

 

[Monstershockey]

This was the coolest thing I ever saw. People in our neiborhood started cheering and blowing off fireworks. Can't wait for 2444.

 

[koteka]

It was cool.