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"My" Sincerest of Condolences on the loss of "Your" friend . . .
AND - I really wish I could say more, however for "You" and "Yours" once again I am sending . . .
"GOOD VIBES" - HEALING THOUGHTS
BTW: Just as an FYI - I'm still trying to get "My" head around stuff and back into the grove - but alas not there yet . . .
Prayers and good vibes that you are top notch"My" Sincerest of Condolences on the loss of "Your" friend . . .
AND - I really wish I could say more, however for "You" and "Yours" once again I am sending . . .
"GOOD VIBES" - HEALING THOUGHTS
BTW: Just as an FYI - I'm still trying to get "My" head around stuff and back into the grove - but alas not there yet . . .Got Cardiac Surgeon, X-Ray. and Ultra sound appointments today to see where I stand . . .
a hug too 
I'm sending vibes for Uncle and Awsum.
I tutored today, and everything went well.
The big news is that I plan to take all the kids to see the movie, The Jungle Book. It all started when the first girl started reading the Mowgli stories. Then someone here alerted me to the new movie coming out. I saw the trailer on YouTube and told the girl about it, and she wanted to see the movie. Now, I think everyone's going except maybe the oldest boy. His and the new girl's mom will help me transport everyone to the theater. I have limited room in my Subaru, exacerbated by the fact that I can't have a rider in the front passenger seat since I got a letter months ago saying the airbag may be defective, and if I get in an accident it might spray shrapnel into the passenger. I wish they'd be able to fix it soon, but I haven't heard, though I phoned my local dealer to ask about it recently. So the new kids' mom will take some of the kids to and from the theater.
Meanwhile, the oldest boy has me working hard. The latest thing he asked to read about is a gaming company, Valve, which makes a system called Steam. I had never heard of this, not being an online gamer, but it looks like it's a big deal. I read about it and how it started and the games, and where it's going next. Anyone here interested in gaming who would like to add some perspective on the subject? I found an article that seemed comprehensive and used that. The article had lots of terms and abbreviations I wans't familiar with, so I had to look them all up. I found a useful site for that: http://www.internetslang.com/DRM-meaning-definition.asp
The new girl is afraid to write, lest she make mistakes, but how will she learn if she doesn't try? I'm trying to get her to loosen up a bit and not care about doing it wrong but just doing it. She can talk a mile a minute, but when I suggest she put those thoughts down on paper, she freezes up.
I tutored today, and everything went well.
The big news is that I plan to take all the kids to see the movie, The Jungle Book. It all started when the first girl started reading the Mowgli stories. Then someone here alerted me to the new movie coming out. I saw the trailer on YouTube and told the girl about it, and she wanted to see the movie. Now, I think everyone's going except maybe the oldest boy. His and the new girl's mom will help me transport everyone to the theater. I have limited room in my Subaru, exacerbated by the fact that I can't have a rider in the front passenger seat since I got a letter months ago saying the airbag may be defective, and if I get in an accident it might spray shrapnel into the passenger. I wish they'd be able to fix it soon, but I haven't heard, though I phoned my local dealer to ask about it recently. So the new kids' mom will take some of the kids to and from the theater.
Meanwhile, the oldest boy has me working hard. The latest thing he asked to read about is a gaming company, Valve, which makes a system called Steam. I had never heard of this, not being an online gamer, but it looks like it's a big deal. I read about it and how it started and the games, and where it's going next. Anyone here interested in gaming who would like to add some perspective on the subject? I found an article that seemed comprehensive and used that. The article had lots of terms and abbreviations I wans't familiar with, so I had to look them all up. I found a useful site for that: http://www.internetslang.com/DRM-meaning-definition.asp
The new girl is afraid to write, lest she make mistakes, but how will she learn if she doesn't try? I'm trying to get her to loosen up a bit and not care about doing it wrong but just doing it. She can talk a mile a minute, but when I suggest she put those thoughts down on paper, she freezes up.
Rave did great yesterday, walking and managing the pain until evening when her pain meds started wearing off. She took more before going to bed but they didn't work and she didn't get much sleep. She's resting now but feels like 
. She's hopeing she can get the Lanodine (sp) patch today.
. She's hopeing she can get the Lanodine (sp) patch today.
Terry, it's good to hear Rave had a good day, I'm hoping that pain will be under control today so she can have a lot more good days!
Sandy, my youngest son is into gaming and active on Steam so I asked him about it. I'm not sure if your student got an account or is just interested in the idea of it, do you have any particular questions I could ask him for you? My son tells me stories about game playing, funny things that players do, competitions, etc. Like anything else on the internet, it may have aspects that are inappropriate for elementary age kids, so your student would have to be aware of that. My son said, in his quick explanation because he is at work:
"Valve is a company, they used to just be a straight-up game development company. After a couple of their games became extremely popular, they came up with the idea of Steam to manage/sell games. Now, Steam is so ridiculously popular that they only rarely make games; every transaction that happens on Steam, Valve gets a cut of, so they are absolutely rolling in dough from it.
When you hear about DRM (digital rights management), it just means how you can access content. Like how you buy Netflix, and then you can watch movies through Netflix, but you don't actually have those movies. Steam is the same way; you buy games through Steam, and then you can play them through Steam, but they aren't truly 'yours'. If Steam went away for some reason, so would your games there.
Steam is a gigantic platform where you
-buy games
-leave reviews on games
-discuss games in forums
-create/join groups
-instant message people
-voice chat, Skype-style
I dunno, if they are already allowed to go online with an Xbox or something, it's basically the same experience, just on a larger scale. Though, if you're 10 years old in a competitive game and reveal this fact, you will probably get owned."
His last comments were in answer to my question if it was ok for a young boy. I have no personal experience, so I thought I'd ask about that. Like I said, let me know if you have particular questions and I will ask him.
Sandy, my youngest son is into gaming and active on Steam so I asked him about it. I'm not sure if your student got an account or is just interested in the idea of it, do you have any particular questions I could ask him for you? My son tells me stories about game playing, funny things that players do, competitions, etc. Like anything else on the internet, it may have aspects that are inappropriate for elementary age kids, so your student would have to be aware of that. My son said, in his quick explanation because he is at work:
"Valve is a company, they used to just be a straight-up game development company. After a couple of their games became extremely popular, they came up with the idea of Steam to manage/sell games. Now, Steam is so ridiculously popular that they only rarely make games; every transaction that happens on Steam, Valve gets a cut of, so they are absolutely rolling in dough from it.
When you hear about DRM (digital rights management), it just means how you can access content. Like how you buy Netflix, and then you can watch movies through Netflix, but you don't actually have those movies. Steam is the same way; you buy games through Steam, and then you can play them through Steam, but they aren't truly 'yours'. If Steam went away for some reason, so would your games there.
Steam is a gigantic platform where you
-buy games
-leave reviews on games
-discuss games in forums
-create/join groups
-instant message people
-voice chat, Skype-style
I dunno, if they are already allowed to go online with an Xbox or something, it's basically the same experience, just on a larger scale. Though, if you're 10 years old in a competitive game and reveal this fact, you will probably get owned."
His last comments were in answer to my question if it was ok for a young boy. I have no personal experience, so I thought I'd ask about that. Like I said, let me know if you have particular questions and I will ask him.
Rave did great yesterday, walking and managing the pain until evening when her pain meds started wearing off. She took more before going to bed but they didn't work and she didn't get much sleep. She's resting now but feels like
I so hope they can help Raven with her pain and soon!!!!!
Good morning, Voltpeeps.
SandySu- let me know what you think of the movie.
Michael is trying a drug for his psoriasis. It is time since he has quite a bit of psoriasis.
On the other hand, I feel like crying. He didn't finish my clutch job on the truck yesterday before going to the doctor in the afternoon and I can see that he won't want to do anything all day. Since the tranny is out, I can't drive it to the shop. A tow truck will cost money that I don't want to spend. If I don't have my truck fixed on the 30 of April, I can't go to the mini horse drive. I have my heart set on that. So frustrating.
Not having my big truck available is so old. I can't get hay without asking for help. I can't get wood for the front porch without asking for help..... whether from my neighbor or getting Hubby to drive me on his weekend. I like being independent.
'moanin, Voltathusiasts.
I glad to hear Rave is home and had a good day but sorry to hear the pain came back. I hope something can be found that will work and not hurt her otherwise.
I'm not into gaming at all, but it sounds like the guys at Steam have stumbled onto gold mine. Funny how the digital age works.
Lizzie, I feel for you with the truck. I was without a vehicle for a couple of months a while back and it was frustrating and depressing. In the areas we live in transportation is a basic requirement, like food.
It's a rainy day here and I almost need to have lights on inside. It's not raining all that hard, just very grey and dreary but it's supposed to clear off after noon time and get sunny with nice weather for the next five days for a change. I'm puttering around with another mod since I'm stuck inside and will probably install a new network switch (big deal, mount a shelf, plug it into power and plug in the network cables). I've had the switch I'm using at the moment, which I got for free, for almost fifteen years, a Netgear 10/100, 24 port and it's been running 24/7 since I got it. I replaced the fans once already and they're going again. The new one is a gigabit switch although I only have one machine that is gigabit capable, the desktop machine. Everything else is WiFi and will only do 100 megabits at best.
I glad to hear Rave is home and had a good day but sorry to hear the pain came back. I hope something can be found that will work and not hurt her otherwise.
I'm not into gaming at all, but it sounds like the guys at Steam have stumbled onto gold mine. Funny how the digital age works.
Lizzie, I feel for you with the truck. I was without a vehicle for a couple of months a while back and it was frustrating and depressing. In the areas we live in transportation is a basic requirement, like food.
It's a rainy day here and I almost need to have lights on inside. It's not raining all that hard, just very grey and dreary but it's supposed to clear off after noon time and get sunny with nice weather for the next five days for a change. I'm puttering around with another mod since I'm stuck inside and will probably install a new network switch (big deal, mount a shelf, plug it into power and plug in the network cables). I've had the switch I'm using at the moment, which I got for free, for almost fifteen years, a Netgear 10/100, 24 port and it's been running 24/7 since I got it. I replaced the fans once already and they're going again. The new one is a gigabit switch although I only have one machine that is gigabit capable, the desktop machine. Everything else is WiFi and will only do 100 megabits at best.
@awsum140 I have my Toyota 4 runner but it isn't functional for some things. We actually have 4 vehicles because we live so far out here that we MUST each have a running vehicle at all times. The thing is, I don't drive his short bed 4 wheel drive Chevy. I want my truck and it has been broken since fall.
A good friend was in an auto accident a few years ago, had some spinal fusion. Is on meds for pain, and has had problems with people finding out and wanting/stealing them. He has been having problems lately, went in for an MRI yesterday, but figures it wasn't much use, since they strongly discourage second surgeries because of scar tissue.Rave did great yesterday, walking and managing the pain until evening when her pain meds started wearing off. She took more before going to bed but they didn't work and she didn't get much sleep. She's resting now but feels like
I am about his best friend because I can work around his quirkiness because he also had a head injury.
May be I was being a pessimist. Hubby is up and getting something done although he isn't working on my truck. He claims he will work on it later. At least I have hope.
Thanks for the info. What does he mean by "Though, if you're 10 years old in a competitive game and reveal this fact, you will probably get owned." That sounds very weird.
All the other info I knew from my research. I'm not sure if this 12-year-old boy uses Steam or not, though I do know he's into video games. I just don't know which ones.
Last lesson with his little sister, one of her vocab words was "mob" and she told me that was used in Minecraft, and not the way I've always known, as an unruly crowd. I did learn the gaming usage, though, in my Steam travels. In fact, I learned a lot about gaming, though I can't imagine what use my new knowledge will be to me.
Hello!
I have steam too i'm using it for a very old call of duty version.
Competitive games are many ones like call of duty or older counter strike and many others, there are millions probably playing these games and they are so advanced no matter how good you are you will always suck badly.
Check this out Urban Dictionary: Owned
Since 10 year olds do not have the experience and reflexes like hard core or good players they will probably get killed 1-2 seconds after they spawn on the game. And that happens continuously again and again until you get frustrated.
I have steam too i'm using it for a very old call of duty version.
Competitive games are many ones like call of duty or older counter strike and many others, there are millions probably playing these games and they are so advanced no matter how good you are you will always suck badly.
Check this out Urban Dictionary: Owned
Since 10 year olds do not have the experience and reflexes like hard core or good players they will probably get killed 1-2 seconds after they spawn on the game. And that happens continuously again and again until you get frustrated.
Thanks for the definition link, Trit. Well, if he can't play with the big boys, then he'll have to settle for other games. That's not so bad, is it? I'll have to ask him if he uses Steam and how he fares in group games, if he does participate in them.
I'm definitely of the solitaire card game ilk.
I'm definitely of the solitaire card game ilk.
I got the new network switch installed and am very happy with it. Internet speed on my desktop is noticeably faster. The silence is great, too. The old switch had two small fans in it. This one is a sealed case, and I do wonder about heating inside, but without the fans whining away all the time it's great. There's still some low fan noise from the desktop tower but those are all 120mm fans and run fairly slow unless it gets too warm in the office.
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