tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67112843865156951102024-03-12T23:42:32.680-07:00The FFOTA place to vent your frustrations and, just maybe, feel a little better for having told them to FO. With Cheese.The Fifth Stringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286987020039323947noreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-45103828733512082152014-12-05T07:15:00.001-08:002014-12-05T07:15:33.762-08:00stupid policiesWell. I'd be finished after today, were it not for the mush-brained twatwaffle who thinks Kipling's <i>Kim</i>
described the Great Game of nations in unironic terms (assuming he
knows that's where the terms he's been gleefully throwing around come
from), and has embraced whole-heartedly applying the term "Great Game"
to things: we have the Great Game of Business, and the Great Game of
Education.<br />
<br />
Why on earth did the Board of Trustees decide to hire a community
college player on as a growing and developing full university president?<br />
<br />
Because of <i>this</i> idiot, every class must do something during
scheduled final exams time. Yep, every class. From Choir to Ceramics
to College Composition. Knowledge-based classes and skills-based
classes.<br />
<br />
I can see the point with the knowledge-based classes, all of which now
require a comprehensive final exam, but skills-based? It's fucking <i>stupid</i>. It's a waste of the students' time, the instructors' time, and of the resources of the university. <br />
<br />
I s'pose that just matches the fat-fuck waste of space sitting in the university president's office.
Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-59617108230214588092014-10-31T13:25:00.002-07:002014-10-31T13:25:52.644-07:00Fuck you, Blackboard. Fuck you so hard.I was grading last night, and suddenly...the gradebook quit working.
I tried four times to enter grades in one student's slot, and I got a
"not found" error message. And then got told to refresh. And then was
informed that there was a managed service interruption.<br />
<br />
What. The. <i>Actual</i>. FUCK.<br />
<br />
I
am just about to the point of hunting down the admin who are NOT
FUCKING DOING THEIR FUCKING JOB, and choking them unconscious.Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-46720758372943152062014-10-24T07:41:00.001-07:002014-10-24T07:41:45.159-07:00The "Affordable" Care ActI got a mailing from our health insurance provider last week. It was
with great trepidation that I opened it, since we have a catastrophe
plan, one that if it weren't "grandfathered in" (until the PTB decide
otherwise), because I've heard of some insurance companies cancelling
those plans and either leaving customers hanging or moving them
automatically into plans that comply, whether or not the individual can
afford it.<br />
<br />
All it was was a notification that I have benefits that cover reconstruction surgery should I ever have a mastectomy. <br />
<br />
But
the "Affordable" Care Act, and all those involved in both writing it,
and raping the country with it can fuck the fucking fuck off. Each of
those involved in raping the country with the ACA can sodomize
themselves with a printed copy of it, each page folded until it's all
corners, and inserted individually. Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-70422795925368703852014-10-17T06:10:00.001-07:002014-10-17T06:10:19.177-07:00This weekThis week can fuck off so hard. Monday, the alarm didn't go off.
No, Odysseus and I didn't have class, but the kids still had
school...and they were being good, and didn't wake us up until ten 'til
eight. They're late if they arrive after 8:05, and we managed to
somehow get them there by ten after. That can fuck off. <br />
<br />
Second,
I got sick that night with a mild gastric virus that made me run a
fever, and feel like I'd eaten glass...and caused bloating and pain from
that...Monday night. I'm only just now getting over it. <br />
<br />
Third, my CD player in the bedroom quit working. <br />
<br />
And last, but not least, I think I'm coming down with a cold. <br />
<br />
I am <i>so</i> ready for this week to be over...Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-2177498744684930112014-09-12T07:52:00.001-07:002014-09-12T07:52:18.584-07:00Flag lowered over PentagonI really didn't care for the symbolism, yesterday, of the flag coming
down over the Pentagon. Really, really, really didn't like that. I
have to wonder if the twatwaffle that thought of the whole lowering of
flags to "honor" the attacks have forgotten our national anthem:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand<br />
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!<br />
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land<br />
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.<br />
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,<br />
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."<br />
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave<br />
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!</span></blockquote>
The flag needs to never be lowered to "honor" victims of a war declaration. If anything, it should be raised <i>higher</i>.
Because lowering it? Yeah, I can see that in honor of something like
Sandy Hook, or Columbine, where lone crazy attacks the completely
innocent. <br />
<br />
When it's brought to half-staff in "honor" of the victims of enemy action during time of war...that stinks of surrender.<br />
<br />
And that...that can fuck off. Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-17952487149466998862014-09-05T06:58:00.004-07:002014-09-05T06:58:42.529-07:00Another listA good friend of mine was hospitalized at the start of the week
because her insulin prescription ran out, and the pharmacy, which is not
in town, but is the only pharmacy covered, declared that they'd <i>tried</i> to reach her doctor (lies), but never got a refill order, so she could just bugger off to the hospital with <a href="http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/tc/diabetic-ketoacidosis-dka-topic-overview" target="_blank">DKA</a>.
Because an emergency 'scrip is far more than they can afford. So the
"Affordable" Care Act and the machinations it's forced insurance
companies into to be able to stay afloat can fuck the fuck off. And
King Putt can chansawdomize himself with a rusty, poorly lubricated
chansaw that jerks to stops and starts at random intervals.<br />
<br />
The lightning storm that <i>blew the fucking AC compressor off the fucking unit</i>
can FTFO. The kids have been whiny, the cats have been whiny, and I've
completely lacked patience with the cats underfoot and the kids' acting
out. Thank God that was under warranty--otherwise...yeah, it would
hurt family finances. A lot. As it is, it's still going to smart. And
that can fuck off, too.<br />
<br />
And, once again, nursemaid's
elbow can fuck the fucking fuck off. One of the pixie's preschool
classmates had her daddy cause a case. I don't know who was more
distressed, the little girl or her daddy. And yes, I did help. Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-36126288421401802282014-08-29T07:21:00.001-07:002014-08-29T07:21:45.138-07:00To US District Judge Clark Whaddoups--You, sir, are an unmitigated fool and an ass. You, sir, in your <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2736287/Final-ruling-issued-against-polygamy-ban.html" target="_blank">fucking retarded fucking ruling that polygamy is protected under an individual's first amendment rights to freedom of religion</a>, have sentenced us to challenges by goat-fuckers flooding the country through our open borders to the south. <br />
<br />
It isn't just the fundamentalist Mormons who practice polygamy in their religion, you mouth-breathing fuckwit.<br />
<br />
May
your daughter (should you have one) marry into the harem of a Muslim
man who believes in the gentle corrections dictated by Shari'a law,
without knowing what she's getting into. And may you realize, at that
moment, that it's your own fucking fault for the fucking stupid legal
decision you made that opened the door for it.Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-21262073286864695822014-08-22T06:58:00.001-07:002014-08-22T06:58:02.716-07:00getting sick...So, the pixie caught something from one of the little snot-gobblers
that she goes to preschool with last week. About Tuesday night, <i>I </i>caught it. I've spent two-thirds of the first week back to class sick. And <i>that </i>can fuck off.<br />
<br />
Here's hoping I don't lose my voice next week. Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-17061879854583184002014-08-15T09:04:00.002-07:002014-08-15T09:04:04.725-07:00forgetting things while you're out...So, this morning, I don't have much. The imp started kindergarten
yesterday, and the pixie started preschool this morning. We went to
Walmart for a couple of things, then decided we were going to go to
Sam's Club...then totally forgot to go to Sam's Club, and had to
backtrack after we'd gotten 90% of the way home.<br />
<br />
Took almost forty minutes off my planned cleaning-without-kids-underfoot time. <br />
<br />
Being forgetful can fuck off.Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-56829736024260287572014-08-08T08:15:00.002-07:002014-08-08T08:15:16.640-07:00I can't rant.My rage-o-meter has pegged out past red because of happenings in a
friend's life, recently. I just can't work up much of a head of steamed
to be able to write out profanity-laced rants over politicians "losing"
money, or wasting money, or about the "Affordable" Care Act, or about
anything else, really. I've been angry about the current situation
since late May, and I'm just...tired. Numbed. Exhausted by the level
of anger* I've maintained for months. <br />
<br />
Have at it. Tell the world what has made your week suck. I'm signing off, and gonna go write. <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*Anger which has been enhanced by constant dick moves made by the emotionally
abusive party in the situation. The party who fled the state and started the whole
fucking mess, and who has continued to attempt to manipulate, prod, and
abuse the party who didn't flee the state in an attempt to gain
justification of their lovingly-maintained one-sided narrative that their
victim is actually the abuser.</i></span>Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-14621849512568940762014-07-25T13:43:00.001-07:002014-07-25T13:43:06.182-07:00*cough, choke, cough*I'm better, but this lingering bit of chest congestion can fuck the fucking fuck off. With knobs. And cheese.Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-69814050905788477632014-07-18T06:12:00.001-07:002014-07-18T06:12:21.708-07:00ugh.This bloody chest cold can fuck the fucking fuck off. My ribs and abs are killing me from the constant hacking and coughing. Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-46506912606494761382014-07-11T08:57:00.001-07:002014-07-11T08:57:40.962-07:00Cancer.My cousin has breast cancer. Had a mastectomy. Her oncologist said they didn't get it all, and that she's at stage 1. That can fuck off with a rusty chainsaw.<br />
<br />
A good friend has stage 3 or 4 inflammatory breast cancer. Her doctors didn't catch it very quickly, because she was breastfeeding at the time, and they thought the initial symptoms were either mastitis, or blocked ducts. She's had four months of chemo, and they said she needs three more before they can attempt a mastectomy to try to get it under control.<br />
<br />
That kind of cancer has a 34% chance of <i>not</i> recurring within five years. <br />
<br />
And that kind of cancer can chainsawdomize itself with a rusty chainsaw.Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-55627196207110968812014-06-27T11:35:00.001-07:002014-06-27T11:35:55.276-07:00...I actually put writing this in my to-do list for this morning, and <i>still</i> forgot it. <br />
<br />
That can ftfo.
Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-58588075724985777362014-06-13T13:18:00.001-07:002014-06-13T13:18:24.663-07:00my right kneeMy right knee can so FTFO. I was sitting down, last night, and it went
popCRUNCH. And then it swelled up, got stiff, and got painful. And it
still is.Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-2672102131849370572014-06-06T06:20:00.002-07:002014-06-06T06:20:47.594-07:00mmmph?...ugh.Nights full of restless dreams that have you more tired when you wake up
than you were when you went to bed can fuck off sideways.Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-48912831816547723922014-05-30T06:31:00.001-07:002014-05-30T06:31:32.555-07:00not muchOther than <i>still</i> not knowing anything about whether or not the
imp has a place in the private school kindergarten, I don't have a whole
lot I can talk about this week. Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-12038778170836122612014-05-23T07:20:00.002-07:002014-05-23T07:20:41.085-07:00I got nothin'.Except for the imp blowing off his second kindergarten screening, I've not had a bad week. And I'll be publishing <i>Pendragon Resurgent</i> next week (and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Pendragon-Legends-ebook/dp/B00CMRBDQE/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_t_2_033Q" target="_blank"><i>The Last Pendragon</i></a> is free for download through Sunday). <br />
<br />
So I got nothin'. What's pissed you off this week?Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-86182582590421869892014-05-16T04:30:00.000-07:002014-05-17T06:05:26.242-07:00Oh, for fuck's sake!This dumb twunt deserves to be sent to lose any child she gives birth to for the rest of her life. Seriously. <a href="http://www.kpho.com/story/25089792/az-parents-starve-infant-in-order-to-pay-for-netflix" target="_blank">She claimed she didn't have the money to buy formula for her nine month old baby son, but pays a $300+ cable bill</a>?<br />
<br />
Okay. Let's say she had other priorities, other places that money <i>had</i> to go. If that's the case, then why the <i>fuck</i> didn't she just breastfeed the poor mite? It's not like she actually fucking had a fucking <i>job</i>, the fucking stupid fucking cum-burping gutter slut.<br />
<br />
Starving
a nine month old baby--a baby that should be fifteen pound or more, and
nearly walking--to seven pounds and barely responsive deserves a
specially reserved seat in the special hell Shepherd Book speaks of.<br />
<br />
And
she deserves to have any child she ever has or ever will give birth to
immediately removed from her custody, and her right to be a parent
permanently terminated. Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-49375370062650200182014-05-09T06:23:00.002-07:002014-05-09T06:23:56.755-07:00meI can fuck off for letting the imp get away with deciding he didn't want
me teaching him anything. By so doing, I have failed him badly.Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-54737669560416361242014-05-02T11:31:00.001-07:002014-05-02T11:31:26.322-07:00nursemaid's elbowSo, my daughter's been the one acting out this week. She put shampoo
in her hair Tuesday night, and then again on Wednesday night. Tuesday
night, I told her not to do it again; Wednesday night, I sent her to her
room for the night (banned her from watching television). She decided
to dangle off of her doorknob, and popped her elbow out of joint.
Again. <br />
<br />
This makes the sixth time.<br />
<br />
And the fourth time I've put it back myself. <br />
<br />
Nursmaid's
elbow can fuck the fucking fuck off, especially after the kids are big
enough to beg you not to hurt them while you're putting their elbow back
into place.Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-80909418734288860322014-04-25T08:38:00.002-07:002014-04-25T08:38:53.374-07:00Whatever it is......that has turned my marginally good children into unreasonable and terribly behaved little beasts can fuck the fuck off. I'm pretty sure it's allergies, but I don't know what's causing it. Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-1120220469571774812014-04-11T06:50:00.002-07:002014-04-11T06:50:37.815-07:00the dumbing down<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">On Wednesday, I wrote about the <a href="http://theantisoma.blogspot.com/2014/04/aw-fuck.html" target="_blank">dumbing-down of an economics course</a>.
Yesterday, as a faculty member, I got an email from the same twit in
the econ department announcing a dumbing-down of the entire fucking
degree. They've just announced that they have a "<span><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;">new Bachelor of Science in Economics
degree that we are beginning in
the fall semester. This is a 30 hour degree that does not require
students to complete the Business core, but does require a second major
or a minor." </span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;">And yes, that <i>is</i> a direct quote from the email. </span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;">In other words, a student can decide that that business degree is just <i>too hard</i>, but they've always <i>wanted</i> to go into finance, and <i>by golly, </i>it looks like <i>now</i> they <i>can</i>!!! </span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;">I am so unbelievably <i>angry</i>
about this that I can't even find the right words. I don't comprehend
why this is happening in the first place--aren't we, as a university,
supposed to <i>challenge</i> the students to do as much as they possibly
can do? Aren't we supposed to refuse to cater to the little darlings
that need to do more work than they're willing to do?</span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span lang="en-US"><span style="color: black;"><i>Why the fuck are we repudiating what we're supposed to be</i>????</span></span></span></span></span>Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-85407643504096137052014-04-04T12:45:00.002-07:002014-04-04T12:45:14.474-07:00I have a list.<div class="post-header">
</div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4368799563751093228" itemprop="description articleBody">
<ul>
<li>Whatever caused me to have a restless night full of weird dreams,
and only drop into good, solid sleep at seven this morning can ftfo. </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20121108/NEWS/211080330" target="_blank">This guy</a>. This guy can fuck off with the nuclear fission pile of the submarine he <a href="http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140328/NEWS/303280014/Navy-bids-farewell-fire-damaged-sub-Miami" target="_blank">destroyed</a>
because he was "feeling anxious," "wanted to go home early," and set a
fire in a box of oily rags set on a bunk. Aw, poor widdle fing couldn't
handle the pressure of painting! I'd rather the little fucker spent
the next fifteen to twenty years in prison than on welfare.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Last, but not least, this: how can anyone come in and justify <a href="http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2014/04/02/fbi-seizing-artifacts-rural-indiana-home/7210675/" target="_blank">stealing a collection</a>
that a 91 year old man spent 80 years amassing? The guy's gonna live
maybe ten years longer--leave him alone, and then go in and confiscate
it. Leave him his least years to enjoy it. Because I'd bet everything
he has was legal to acquire when he acquired it. </li>
</ul>
Lots irritating me this week, little energy to tell it to fuck off. <br />
<br />
Oh, and one more thing: thinking I had enough coffee for this morning,
and finding out I didn't can go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut.
</div>
Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711284386515695110.post-69314222352956911182014-03-28T07:45:00.001-07:002014-03-28T07:45:11.152-07:00lethargyI can't really get worked up about anything. I've tried.<br />
<br />
Leland Yee? Nope. I may not have known the name, but he was a politician, and <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fbi-california-state-sen-leland-yee-arrested" target="_blank">the behavior is what I've come to expect</a>.<br />
<br />
The fact that I'm not surprised (disgusted, yes, but not surprised) by
corruption and hypocrisy on this level in anyone can fuck the fuck off.
Heroditus Huxleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.com0