Love xkcd!

By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Sunday, December 31, 2023 - 06:44 pm: Edit

For those of you who may be making plans to celebrate the New Year, PLEASE remember that the term, "Premeditated" has a major impact in court cases.

By Alan Trevor (Thyrm) on Monday, January 08, 2024 - 02:59 am: Edit

Lindybeige predictions for 2024.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kjJ8vlnaKU

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Monday, January 08, 2024 - 07:46 am: Edit

Videos of underwater carpentry by suspiciously attractive Asian women...

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Sunday, February 04, 2024 - 11:30 pm: Edit

For Jean:

Fonts hanging out
Fonts hanging out part 2

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By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Monday, February 05, 2024 - 11:00 am: Edit

Those are fabulous, Garth!

A few notes about Aptos, the new MS default:

Aptos is, within a given font size, about halfway between Calibri and Arial in character height (and equal to the character height of Helvetica), and about halfway between Calibri and both Arial & Helvetica in character width.

Aptos' bold is, well, bolder than either Calibri or Arial, and about on par with Helvetica.

Aptos' italics is a touch more angled than the italics of Calibri, Arial, and Helvetica, and lacks the little "tail" on the italic "f" that appears in Calibri.

By Douglas Lampert (Dlampert) on Monday, February 05, 2024 - 02:33 pm: Edit

I'd always assumed that the Word Defaults (including the choice of Calibri for the font) were deliberately bad to force people to actually pay attention and set their own defaults/formats.

I mean, why else would it default to multiple (1.15) for line spaceing AND 10 points after each line WITHOUT don't add space between paragraphs of the same style checked?

That's just such an insane choice. Two different mechanisms being used to net out to putting the exact same (excessive) amount of whitespace between each line of text when either mechanism would have worked alone.

And then there's the whole no indentation for new paragraphs on the default, and when you change that in normal it also changes ALL the headings to indent. But the headings aren't the same font as normal, and you default to normal rather than body text, so if you change font it's not inherited (where you obviously would want inheritance since you usually want a consistent font) but you change to indent it IS inherited where you'd virtually never want it inherited as paragraphs are indented but headers should either be centered or left-justified (and note that centered doesn't actually center if you change that but leave it indented).

But the girl doing the font's videos (which I do like) seems to think that being their chosen font means they think it's one you should use, as if the default settings were intended to actually be used as is.

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Tuesday, February 06, 2024 - 09:21 am: Edit

Same chick, but Star Fleet!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d-AwQ_rba0g?feature=share

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Tuesday, February 06, 2024 - 12:22 pm: Edit

Technobabble


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By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 07:32 pm: Edit

A young woman goes on a date, and then she tells her mother about how the man has all these wooden boxes in his yard filled with bees. Her mother replies, "Oh, you need to marry him. He's obviously a keeper".

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By Kevin Howard (Jarawara) on Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 01:11 am: Edit

Hope you're all ready for the Ides of February! Not the Ides of March, that's only a worry if you're Caesar on your way to the Senate Floor. No, I'm talking the Ides of February, the 15th, the day you realize that yesterday was Valentines Day and you didn't get your partner anything nice.

Beware the Ides of February, for though this line may have come from a soothsayer, there ain't no "sooth-ing" this one over with the missus...

By Douglas Lampert (Dlampert) on Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 07:31 am: Edit

Sadly, the Ides was only on the 15th for months of 31 days. The Ides of shorter months were on the 13th.

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 01:10 pm: Edit

I incurred the wrath and vengence of a forgotten 14th of February once. Once was enough for me.

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 05:24 pm: Edit

Happy National Half-Price Candy & Flowers Day!!


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By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 06:22 pm: Edit

Perhaps the confluence between two of the Great Laws of the Universe has helped me out with regards to The Problem under discussion...

The laws...

ONE: There's Someone for Everyone.

TWO: EVERY Rule Has an Exception.

By Michael F Guntly (Ares) on Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 09:11 pm: Edit

Jeff......

Therefore: Rule TWO has an exception?

Which leads to...?

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 10:44 pm: Edit

Someone for everyone. Yeah, like my ex-sister-in-law .... and Satan.

And yes, my brother would totally agree.


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By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, March 07, 2024 - 10:44 am: Edit

“Sign on a Comfort Inn billboard: ‘Now pet friendly! Except for bears. We’re not making that mistake again’.”



“Insurance companies are warning campers that if your tent is stolen during the night, you won’t be covered.”



“The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine.” –Abraham Lincoln



“Two blondes were driving to Disneyland. The traffic sign said: ‘Disneyland Left…So they started crying and headed home.”

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, March 07, 2024 - 10:44 am: Edit

♦ My therapist said that my narcissism causes me to misread social situations. I’m pretty sure she was hitting on me.

♦ My 65 year kindergarten reunion is coming up soon, and I’m worried about the 175 pounds I’ve gained since then.

♦ The pharmacist asked me my birth date again today. I’m pretty sure she’s going to get me something.

♦ The location of your mailbox shows you how far away from your house you can be in a robe before you start looking like a mental patient.

♦ I think it's pretty cool how Chinese people made a language entirely out of tattoos.

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Thursday, March 07, 2024 - 06:30 pm: Edit

The US Army teaches its troops to estimate distances to a target by imagining a football field in front of them.

The US Air Force also has a way to eyeball distances, but they use three units of measurement: driver, 5-iron, and pitching wedge.

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By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, May 16, 2024 - 06:56 pm: Edit

My friend told me his password is MickeyMinnieGoofyDonaldPlutoHueyLouieDeweyDublin because he was told his password had to contain 8 characters and at least one Capital.

By Carl-Magnus Carlsson (Hardcore) on Thursday, May 23, 2024 - 05:58 am: Edit

Certainly! Here's the corrected version with improved sentence structure:

A friend of mine smokes a lot but constantly forgets where he laid his packet of cigarettes, which drives him to distraction. I have a healthier habit: coffee. However, now and then, I can't locate my favorite mug. I look here and there but can't see it anywhere! Then I realize I can't find it because it's in the microwave!

By MarkSHoyle (Bolo) on Friday, May 24, 2024 - 01:24 pm: Edit

Another meme with Rock from Witch Mountain...

"I wonder what the last thing that went through Iranian President Raisi's mind was before he died...."

"Probably the tail rotor"......

By Terry O'Carroll (Terryoc) on Saturday, July 13, 2024 - 03:39 pm: Edit

If the Vudar conquered Klinshai, would that be the Klingorn Empire?

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, July 21, 2024 - 12:48 am: Edit

“Today is the oldest you’ve been and the youngest you’ll ever be, so enjoy it while you can.”


“I’ve managed to complete the first item on my bucket list. I bought a bucket!”

“I know I’ve still got it. I just can’t remember where I put it.”



“When I die, I want my last words to be, ‘I left a million dollars under the …’.”



“Good morning, Everyone. The body is up. The mind will follow sometime later today.”



“If you eat well, get lots of sleep, exercise and drink plenty of water – you’ll die anyway.”