I'm now suspicious that Ladybug is a witch trying to fatten me up for the oven.
That Sherlock Holmes edition is pretty great. I remember that my Dad had like bands 2 and 4 of a Sherlock collection and I read them as a kid. There were some very scary stories in there, now I can see if that holds up. I guess Hound of Baskervilles is the first that usually comes to mind, but for me the scariest was "The Speckled Band".
Anyway, this edition has nice pictures every couple of pages and I randomly opened it to one that describes my current situation perfectly:
Thanks again, -Ladybug2332 those are all great gifts!
Although, in the spirit of the figure skating I saw yesterday you get a technical deduction for giving me candy that now sits in my office, mocking and tempting me. I just arrived! It's 8:30! I can't start eating candy now!
...he says while already opening the bag
Satan, I'm updating my wish list to be this post!
Then you're going to love your third bonus gift...
I'm now suspicious that Ladybug is a witch trying to fatten me up for the oven.
That Sherlock Holmes edition is pretty great. I remember that my Dad had like bands 2 and 4 of a Sherlock collection and I read them as a kid. There were some very scary stories in there, now I can see if that holds up. I guess Hound of Baskervilles is the first that usually comes to mind, but for me the scariest was "The Speckled Band".
Anyway, this edition has nice pictures every couple of pages and I randomly opened it to one that describes my current situation perfectly:
Thanks again, -Ladybug2332 those are all great gifts!
Although, in the spirit of the figure skating I saw yesterday you get a technical deduction for giving me candy that now sits in my office, mocking and tempting me. I just arrived! It's 8:30! I can't start eating candy now!
StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
As I mentioned, I had a package show up on Wednesday.
Bunch o' pictures:
Upon receipt, I pulled out my pocket knife and began to open it, like you do...
when suddenly it began to open itself, ripping and rearranging its own cardboard self as it unfolded. I leaped back in shock, dropping my knife on the counter...
as it fully revealed itself to be not a package, but something far worse. The momentary shock abated, and I lunged forward...
scrambling to reclaim my knife. It lurched forward, but I was faster, or so I thought, until it propelled itself into the air...
and latched on to my other arm, its terrible mandibles clicking mere inches away from my face. In my haste to get away from the thing...
I fell, and it scrabbled its terrible way on to my chest. Its sharp, corrugated claws sank into my flesh as it climbed closer to my head, clearly aiming for the kill...
a kill I just managed to beat it to, flinging it down onto the ground and running it through with my blade. As it spent its last few moment struggling on the linoleum...
I returned myself to its contents. A book, and a message...
"Knowledge"
What could it mean? I certainly feel as if I know more now than I did before this terrible night, but I worry that this incident has not yet come to a close.
[cross post from other thread because I wasn't sure]
So I'm not entirely sure which Secret Gifting Enterprise this package is the result of because no note!
But I got this package:
It was squishy and intriguing.
And then I opened it, and it was awesome!
Yeah 4th Doctor socks!
So, whoever has sent the awesome socks, thank you![end cross post from other thread]
Also I just got a lot of argyle socks in an array of colors?
Are there currently issues with fedex in the US that I should be aware of? One of my packages is now showing mid-January as the estimated delivery date when earlier it was showing this week.
Are there currently issues with fedex in the US that I should be aware of? One of my packages is now showing mid-January as the estimated delivery date when earlier it was showing this week.
I don't know about FedEx specifically, but I've got 2 packages shipping from opposite sides of the country and both should have been delivered two days ago. Now it pretty much says they'll deliver them when they get around to it. There are shipping alerts because of the CA wildfires, but that shouldn't have affected either of mine. So yeah, I think there are some wide ranging shipping issues across the services.
Cover your shipping labels. ALL of them, and every part of them. Unless you don't care about your home address being out in the wild.
Good point, I went ahead and fixed that.
Also another package arrived today, sandwiched between the screen door and my actual door. What was within it?
More books! They also came with some jumbled tags but I think I got them matched up to their appropriate titles so here's what Satan had to say about them:
Goblin Emperor
Political fantasy! This book pairs well with another in my gift, as each looks at the justice (or lack thereof) in massive empires, from very opposite perspectives.
Flex
Urban fantasy! The main character is a "bureaucromancer" who works magic through forms and contracts and if that isn't the most urban of urban fantasy I don't know what is except maybe that other urban fantasy book I sent.
Wake of Vultures
This one isn't paired with another thematically, it's just a rad weird west fantasy about a mixed-race, bisexual, non-binary monster hunter.
Out of all of them I'd say that Flex is what's really catching my attention right now with the concept of magic as a drug to snort and what sounds like screwing with causality, but with the drawback of existence itself trying to counter-balance it to maybe-lethal effect. Combine that with the bureaucromancer concept and I'm on board before I even turned the first page. The cover design certainly helps in that regard as well.
Ok seriously @Ladybug2332 this is getting ridiculous
I'm gonna have my Christmas body on St. Nicholas day.
(but for real: many many thanks!)
As a fellow chocolate and peanut butter lover I couldn’t resist getting all the things chocolate and peanut butter 😎. Now to snack and read on your commute!
ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
I am now officially in PA. On the plane ride here I was chatting with the guy next to me, mostly about our kids and living in Vegas and I was like "well this is a pleasant trip."
Then he segued into conversation about his alcoholic ex-wife, who became "one of them Hebrews," and her not celebrating Christmas anymore was robbing them of their childhood. I said "well, I'm Jewish," and waited for the inevitable backpedal when he realized he had been talking about it with someone who is Jewish.
Which never came. Instead he said "yeah, one of them." He said he has nothing against Judaism (Ju-DAH-ism) or the Hebrews, but Christmas isn't even about all that, it's just about family and making good memories together, and without it his kids don't even believe in God anymore, and they aren't allowed to have an imagination anymore.
Instead of taking all that on, I became very interested in how much my baby needed me, thanked my lucky starts that my son with his kippah on was in a different row, and thought to myself when is this plane going to take off.
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
This... was not the correct thread. I guess instead of cross posting it I will stick to Hanukkah pictures there, since Straightzi's post made me not care anymore anyway.
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
+5
StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
On Thursday I received a second package.
This time I was suspicious.
This time I was prepared.
But nothing happened.
I opened the box without incident, and there were more books inside!
I immediately dug in, and began reading.
While I read, the cardboard monstrosity must have reassembled itself!
It got the drop on me, but I was bigger and stronger than it.
I had knocked it to the ground, I had disarmed it, but I had to act fast to make sure it stayed down. I grabbed an improvised weapon, my reading material of but a few minutes prior.
I raised it above my head.
And cleanly separated the cardboard bastard's head from its body.
Posts
I was expecting packages from Amazon today but was confused as to why the ink I ordered was in such a big box ....
Turns out it's not because Amazon is size confused, but because @Noggin is awesome!
!!!!
I immediately went down to my shop to hang the rasp saw next to my fret saw. It will be used extensively in the coming weeks!
THANK YOU NOGGIN!
Then you're going to love your third bonus gift...
Bunch o' pictures:
Upon receipt, I pulled out my pocket knife and began to open it, like you do...
when suddenly it began to open itself, ripping and rearranging its own cardboard self as it unfolded. I leaped back in shock, dropping my knife on the counter...
as it fully revealed itself to be not a package, but something far worse. The momentary shock abated, and I lunged forward...
scrambling to reclaim my knife. It lurched forward, but I was faster, or so I thought, until it propelled itself into the air...
and latched on to my other arm, its terrible mandibles clicking mere inches away from my face. In my haste to get away from the thing...
I fell, and it scrabbled its terrible way on to my chest. Its sharp, corrugated claws sank into my flesh as it climbed closer to my head, clearly aiming for the kill...
a kill I just managed to beat it to, flinging it down onto the ground and running it through with my blade. As it spent its last few moment struggling on the linoleum...
I returned myself to its contents. A book, and a message...
"Knowledge"
What could it mean? I certainly feel as if I know more now than I did before this terrible night, but I worry that this incident has not yet come to a close.
To be continued...
Or the most horrifying life
It can be both!
Don't tempt me.
Do you even know what I could do if I had another actor to work with?
Someone make this happen next year! Not necessarily with me, just someone!
I'd go flat rate and please put sufficient amounts of bottled water and tacos in my crate
You're in luck because I am home and have now finished the opening and photographing and the uploading!
Package (appropriately obliterated!)
Note (all clever and stuff)
And inside....
Yesssssss! I'm super excited! I lost all my music a couple years ago and haven't had the chance to replace much, so this is SO GREAT!
Thank you so much! *procrastinates on actual work to go play piano*
wish list
Steam wishlist
Etsy wishlist
And yes there will be more coming! Happy Helladays!
[cross post from other thread because I wasn't sure]
So I'm not entirely sure which Secret Gifting Enterprise this package is the result of because no note!
But I got this package:
It was squishy and intriguing.
And then I opened it, and it was awesome!
Yeah 4th Doctor socks!
So, whoever has sent the awesome socks, thank you![end cross post from other thread]
Also I just got a lot of argyle socks in an array of colors?
wish list
Steam wishlist
Etsy wishlist
So many socks!
Thank you! They're all great!
wish list
Steam wishlist
Etsy wishlist
... don’t...
...
Sock it to me.
(Dammit)
"Brilliant! Oh wait, if we were meant to fly, we would have been born with little bags of nuts."
Steam ID - VeldrinD | SS Post | Wishlist
Good luck, everyone!
I don't know about FedEx specifically, but I've got 2 packages shipping from opposite sides of the country and both should have been delivered two days ago. Now it pretty much says they'll deliver them when they get around to it. There are shipping alerts because of the CA wildfires, but that shouldn't have affected either of mine. So yeah, I think there are some wide ranging shipping issues across the services.
Satans..... hints.....
Yesssss thiss pleasesss me.
WoW
Dear Satan.....
Good point, I went ahead and fixed that.
Also another package arrived today, sandwiched between the screen door and my actual door. What was within it?
More books! They also came with some jumbled tags but I think I got them matched up to their appropriate titles so here's what Satan had to say about them:
Out of all of them I'd say that Flex is what's really catching my attention right now with the concept of magic as a drug to snort and what sounds like screwing with causality, but with the drawback of existence itself trying to counter-balance it to maybe-lethal effect. Combine that with the bureaucromancer concept and I'm on board before I even turned the first page. The cover design certainly helps in that regard as well.
Thanks again @Fearghaill !
I'm gonna have my Christmas body on St. Nicholas day.
(but for real: many many thanks!)
As a fellow chocolate and peanut butter lover I couldn’t resist getting all the things chocolate and peanut butter 😎. Now to snack and read on your commute!
Very Good
Love you all!
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OH JEEZ
Wait this isn't saints!
Then he segued into conversation about his alcoholic ex-wife, who became "one of them Hebrews," and her not celebrating Christmas anymore was robbing them of their childhood. I said "well, I'm Jewish," and waited for the inevitable backpedal when he realized he had been talking about it with someone who is Jewish.
Which never came. Instead he said "yeah, one of them." He said he has nothing against Judaism (Ju-DAH-ism) or the Hebrews, but Christmas isn't even about all that, it's just about family and making good memories together, and without it his kids don't even believe in God anymore, and they aren't allowed to have an imagination anymore.
Instead of taking all that on, I became very interested in how much my baby needed me, thanked my lucky starts that my son with his kippah on was in a different row, and thought to myself when is this plane going to take off.
Steam ID - VeldrinD | SS Post | Wishlist
This time I was prepared.
But nothing happened.
I opened the box without incident, and there were more books inside!
I immediately dug in, and began reading.
While I read, the cardboard monstrosity must have reassembled itself!
It got the drop on me, but I was bigger and stronger than it.
I had knocked it to the ground, I had disarmed it, but I had to act fast to make sure it stayed down. I grabbed an improvised weapon, my reading material of but a few minutes prior.
I raised it above my head.
And cleanly separated the cardboard bastard's head from its body.
Just sat there and watched.
I wouldn't trust it, if I were in your place.