So, Canadians, should be some fun times tonight, huh? God damn, I wish we had the no-con in the US.

Remember the Marshmallow Shooter I linked to a few months back?

Well...

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One Shot, One Marshmallow

Most offices have many levels, both in social structure and in geometric space. This can present difficulties when planning office raids and attack strategies. For many missions a rapid fire, sugar-spewing shooter is what is needed (see the Marshmallow Shooter below). But sometimes that's just not enough. For the times when you need heavy fire, you need the Marshmallow Blaster.

Firing one regular sized marshmallow (not included) at a time, the Marshmallow Blaster has the power to hit targets up to 40 feet away. Easy to load and reload. Just pump the handle to build up air pressure, then lock and load a marshmallow. The handle of the pump conveniently doubles as a stock for added stabilization. This is the Sultan of Sugary Shoot-outs, the Colossus of Confectionary Combat, the Bazooka of Bite-Sized Bonbons - you get the idea. Add a Marshmallow Blaster to your arsenal and office domination is almost guaranteed. And, dare we say, victory will indeed be sweet.

The Marshmallow Blaster can fire any brand of regular sized marshmallows, sold separately. Try our Gourmet Marshmallows - they're Ammo-licious!

I think I'll do a lot of reading, take some walks, hang out with friends... all the stuff I haven't been able to do all semester.

I think that's an excellent plan. I have books waiting for me for over a year nw (including a couple I got as presents in the USA) that I didn't dare open yet, so I know exactly what you mean. I hope (and trust) you'll have a great time.

You use metric, right?

Yup. I was surprised that you did, when describing the puzzle.

It was a Van Gogh painting of a garden and stuff. Pretty.

I'm yet to see a Van Gogh which doesn't turn into a beautiful puzzle.

I was surprised that you did, when describing the puzzle.

Well, I was going to say it was 18 by 24 inches, but then thought that might not be so helpful for you.

then thought that might not be so helpful for you.

Thanks!

I have a link bookmarked for all sorts of conversions, and I'm at a point where I can pretty easily estimate stuff in inches (multiply by 10 and divide by 4 for around 2.5 cm for an inch). I still don't have a good enough intuition for temperatures converting, though.

I still don't have a good enough intuition for temperatures converting, though.

When I lived in France, I got fluent enough at thinking in metric that I was able to handle all the length, weight, and volume stuff without having to consciously convert back and forth. I never got temperature conversion to feel similarly natural beyond having a few good reference points from which to approximate (i.e., the weather is more than room temp but less than body temp...). I think it's the lack of a common zero point.

So, Canadians, should be some fun times tonight, huh? God damn, I wish we had the no-con in the US.

gha! it's only been 17 months since the last federal election, and this stupid non-confidence motion has negated 6 months of negotiations for an agreement between my province and the Feds. GHA!

(it's interested though!) t /wonk

I never got temperature conversion to feel similarly natural

Then I'm in good company.

I think it's the lack of a common zero point.

I think that makes a lot of sense. It keeps throwing me off, because I'm so used to lean on the zero point and what it means in Celsius (water freeze).

I'm wearing makeup! I'm cute again!

Also, coughing and sneezing. So not as cute as if I weren't coughing and sneezing.

I'm cute again!

I've seen you without makeup and you were cute then. I think you meant to say "I'm cuter now!". Which is also true. Also, how was the vacation, and why was it makeup-less?

Oh, and feel better. I'm with Jesse with the decree that everybody should be healthy.