Program director for Monday night anime. Like any deejay he hears your suggestions, and will not acknowledge them.
Listens to vidya gaem music and Homestuck music and Bandcamp albums
Plays vidya gaems, even older games.
Has a fursona: Mole-zai. (he is a mole but he is not the mole)
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Going to church doesn't make you a good Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a good automobile.
Nobody's "won" an argument over the internet. Before you start, ask yourself what you will get of this other than the attempt to change their mind, because you will not change their mind.
"A.I. is merely high-speed bureaucracy." - Mozai
"Religion is the abdication of conscience." - Anna MacNeil
"A.I. is the abdication of judgment." - Mozai
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Mom's Sodabread
3c(750mL) all-purpose flour, 4tbl(30mL) brown sugar, 0.5tsp(2mL) baking soda, 0.5tsp(2mL) baking powder, 2tbl(15mL) chilled butter, 0.25c melted butter, 4tbl mole-asses, 0.3c rolled oats, 1.5c buttermilk
Preheat oven to 375°F(190°C). Dry stuff in one bowl, wet stuff in another, add the wet stuff to the dry stuff to form soft dough. Turn on lightly-floured board. Knead 10 times. Roll into a ball, put on greased, lightly, dusted w/ flour pie plate. Cut a deep cross on the top (?). Bake 40-50 minutes.
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Something that I first applied to working with children, and have applied in a limited form to working with adults: you don't need to tell someone they read your instructions wrong. Sometimes it's enough to point out what they did right and then whatever they didn't do you ask them to do it in more precise words, and you make it sound like it's a new request. Remarkable how fast things get done this way.
This is also a habit from emergency response training. If I say "I need you to bring me a first aid kit and an accident report" and you bring me just a first aid kit, it's so much more efficient to say "thanks now can you bring me an accident report" than "I asked you to bring an accident report why didn't you bring me one". Once you've internalized "a person bleeding out is one of the worst times to start an argument" you start to wonder what other tasks could get accomplished without arguing.
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Wendell Berry's 9 Rules for New Technology:
1. The new tool should be cheaper than the one it replaces.
2. It should be at least as small in scale as the one it replaces.
3. It should do work that is clearly and demonstrably better than the one it replaces.
4. It should use less energy than the one it replaces.
5. If possible, it should use some form of solar energy, such as that of the body.
6. It should be repairable by a person of ordinary intelligence, provided that he or she has the necessary tools.
7. It should be purchasable and repairable as near to home as possible.
8. It should come from a small, privately owned shop or store that will take it back for maintenance and repair.
9. It should not replace or disrupt anything good that already exists, and this includes family and community relationships.
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