"Stockholm Syndrome makes for extremely loyal, productive employees. That's how Apple does it!"

Thank you for that little gem, Questionable Content

So I'm trying to put together a decent steampunk outfit for Halloween and the London MCM Expo (which fall on almost the same day). So far I've managed to spend a little over £200 on clothes and a NERF gun. Unfortunately I couldn't afford that rather dashing Regency coat but I may order that next month after I've been paid. As for the NERF gun, I'm going to give it a makeover with Games Workshop paints and perhaps make a few slight modifications to get it looking right. More news pics and updates will be posted as progress is made.

evilerik: okay pop survey: Given the choice would you slaughter a) Marketing b) Project Management or c) Sales
slackthumbz: oh joy, 1 hour before payday drinks and nibbles and our network is having some kind of fucking aneurysm
slackthumbz: evilerik: why not all three?
evilerik: because if we get into slaughtering everyone I didn't like, the world population would be on the brink of fucking extinction
slackthumbz: I fail to see the problem with this potential eventuality.
evilerik: http://www.vhemt.org/

evilerik: "Their lower jaw is articulated to the upper by means of a transverse condyle firmly locked into a long cavity of the cranium, so that dislocation of the jaw is all but impossible. This enables the badger to maintain its hold with the utmost tenacity, but limits its jaw movement to hinging open and shut, or sliding from side to side without the twisting movement possible for the jaws of most mammals."
evilerik: so now you fucking know
slackthumbz: Badgers are pretty hardcore.
evilerik: The totally unrelated Honey Badger is the most hardcore fucking thing on earth
slackthumbz: word.
evilerik: anything related to and more hardcore than a wolverine is to be feared
slackthumbz: We should genetically engineer some kind of mammalian demon chimera using traits from all the most badass creatures we can find.
evilerik: heel spine from a platypus, jaw strength of a lion, arm strength of a chimp... this is going to end badly
slackthumbz: If by badly you mean "we shall create a terror like no other and the world shall cower at its feet"....
slackthumbz: then yes
slackthumbz: yes we will.
evilerik: to do that it would have to have brain of a human
evilerik: actually half human half cat brain
evilerik: that would seriously be fucked up
evilerik: tbh just flying cats with opposable thumbs would be bad enough to bring down society
slackthumbz: adorable demonic furry death machines from the bowels of the pit itself
slackthumbz: I find this concept strangely alluring.

evilerik: man, these wasabi chicken noodles are making me cum into my socks with delight
slackthumbz: That's going on thumbnail.org.uk as qotd.

rjsalts: yo
slackthumbz: sup
rjsalts: time to get pissed
slackthumbz: it's still 11:32am here
rjsalts: it's 8:33 pm here
rjsalts: and a friend handed in their phd today
evilerik: slackthumbz: how does it being 11:32am preclude getting pissed?
slackthumbz: I'm in the office and we don't get free drinks and snacks till 4pm
rjsalts: don't you have a hip flask you can use in the meantime?
slackthumbz: I'd rather not try and work whilst pissed
evilerik: that's the spirit
slackthumbz: i c wut u did thar

evilerik: HI!
slackthumbz: go fuck yourself
evilerik: <3
slackthumbz: by which I mean "hi"
evilerik: it's a reasonable greeting as far as I'm concerned

evilerik: hmm, is it actually legal for us to be keeping an emo in the basement at work?
slackthumbz: dare I ask why?
evilerik: some kid doing temp work before going to college
evilerik: we've got like 3 ceiling-high paper shredders in our dungeon
slackthumbz: I presume you're going to crush his soul and annhialate the very fibre of his being.
slackthumbz: good prep for real life office work and all that
evilerik: I think he's going to do fine arts
slackthumbz: o rly
evilerik: that should crush him pretty well when he gets out of school
slackthumbz: I suppose the fast food industry needs to recruit from *somewhere*
evilerik: I say it would be a step up to discuss Goya while your servent makes you burgers
evilerik: "don't you just love the lighting in Saturn Devouring His Son...oh...hold the pickles"
slackthumbz: I hate pickles...
evilerik: they are pretty fucking evil
evilerik: back when I was young and used to eat maccas I found endless joy in removing the pickles and throwing them agains the windows so they stuck
slackthumbz: indeed
evilerik: I think it should be an olympic sport
slackthumbz: in the local mcd's where I grew up there was a mural of ronald mcdonald on one of the walls. We used to stick our pickles to his crotch so it looked like he had some crazy mad herpes going on...
evilerik: I'm pretty sure ronald gets it on with hamburgler
slackthumbz: I'd rather not speculate
slackthumbz: clowns freak me out enough as it is
evilerik: I can feel some slashfic coming on
evilerik: okay, I just grossed myself out
slackthumbz: you're a sick, sick man
evilerik: This has been noted several times. I'm not entirely sure of the justification.

alterego: Well, I need to shave money for cali
alterego: So I'm not spending too much moolah
slackthumbz: That's one of the weirdest mental images I've had all day
evilerik: "re-factored the cache for SOAP service objects, from caching the XML results to caching the already processed objects to cut down a processing overhead. We have also seeded the cache expiry times with a random factor so they don't all expire at the same time (500 sec + 1-500 sec)."
evilerik: Is killing our Java developers illegal?
slackthumbz: yes
evilerik: but ethical?
slackthumbz: unfortunately java developers are legally human
evilerik: really?
evilerik: fuck
slackthumbz: 'fraid so.
evilerik: *hypersadface*
slackthumbz: Though they do stretch definition a fair bit...
slackthumbz: you might get off on a plea of self-preservation or possibly temporary insanity.

So I've posted nothing in ages, that's not because I've shifted off this mortal plane but simply that there's been a lot going on in my life lately that has left me feeling less than enthused about writing a pointless blog that no-one reads. I'm playing with the idea of starting a web-comic based around a number of people I know. The only problem being that I can't draw to save my life. I've also got my other leg tattoo done. I haven't got any pictures at the moment but I'll put some up soonish, possibly later today if I get round to it. That's all for now, possible web-comicness might start over the weekend depending on wether or not I can drag my nerdy self away from the xbox (don't forget Deus Ex: Human Revolution comes out this weekend).