No Talking About Introversion

Sentynel: Phan: There is a minor typo in your new blog. Point 1 says "If you're talking about introversion/extroversion with someone, start with the assumption that they know the basics of what it's all about. If they don't, you can't tell them."
Sentynel: Which makes knowledge about introversion sound like Fight Club.
Sentynel: If they know already, you can talk to them. But if they don't know, you're not allowed to tell them.
ThePhan: Sent: LOL, thanks.
ThePhan: DON'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT INTROVERSION
ThePhan: It violates the very spirit of the thing.
Goosey: LOL
Dave: The first rule of introversion is we don't talk.

3000 Miles Too Far

Sentynel: Dave: Dude, there's an American guy who started at work recently who looks just like you. Did you accidentally move to old England rather than New England?
Goosey: LOL
Dave: Sentynel: Oh crap, I THOUGHT the Indian food was far better than I remembered. Also that everybody talked kind of funny.
Dave: I went 3000 miles too far!
Dave: My car is awesome like that.
Dave: I hope nobody minds I forgot to get a work Visa.
Goosey: 3,000 too far, and over an ocean! Best car ever!
Goosey: Just sell Chitty Chitty Bang Bang there and retire.

Princes

(About Disney princesses.)

Dave: Also, why are they all called princesses anyway? How many of them were ACTUALLY a princess in their own stories?
ThePhan: All except Mulan.
ThePhan: Either by birth or by marriage.
ThePhan: Calling Mulan a Disney princess has always bugged me. Heh.
Kalimeris: Yeah! She doesn't marry a prince, she just marries that guy.
Dave: Really? I haven't even seen most of those movies. I didn't know the entire point of every one of them was "girl marries prince"
Dave: That's disturbing all by itself.
Dave: They can't come up with a better plot for their ladies?
ThePhan: Dave: Sometimes it's "princes marries prince."
ThePhan: PRINCESS
Dave: Whoa
LaZorra: LOL LOL
Dave: Disney is more progressive than I thought.

RinkWorks on TVTropes

Ticia: check out the quote at the top of this page http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AerithAndBob
iwpg: Nice.
Dave: SEEN IT
Dave: UR LATE TICIA
Dave: HA HA BURN
Dave: No seriously, that's awesome.
Ticia: lol
Ticia: I'm slowly ready through that reddit thread you posted early, Dave.
Dave: Let me guess, you found that on the reddit thread about things you hate in fantasy books?
Dave: Because that's where I found it. :-)
Dave: AND IT RULED
Dave: I was like "HEY TVTROPES I'M FAMOUS"
Ticia: lol!
Ticia: Yea
Sam: How come everybody's posting that link now? Oh, it's on reddit?
Sam: Because that's been there for years.
Sam: And rules.
Dave: THANKS FOR NOT TELLING ME FOR YEARS
Sam: Dave: It's been talked about a lot in RinkChat. What are the odds if I go back in the logs I'll find me telling you about it?
Sam: I don't know for a fact that I did, but you have to admit, it's a very distinct possibility.
Dave: Sam: ZERO ODDS U NEVAR TOLD ME
Dave: And if you say you did, you lie.
Dave: I have no proof you didn't just insert that into the logs somewhere then claim to find it just now.
Dave: I ADMIT NOTHING
Ticia: lol
Goosey: LOL
Sam: Hang on, I'm typ--finding it now.
Goosey: LOL
Sam: Sam: Hey Dave, I see the Fantasy Novelist's Exam is quoted on tvtropes. // Dave: Why yes, I see that the Fantasy Novelist's Exam is quoted on tvtropes. // Sam: I bet in approximately three years you will forget I told you this, ha ha. // Dave Yes, I also bet I will forget about this too, ha ha.
Ticia: LOL
Goosey: LOL
Sentynel: Looks legit to me.
Dave: WHOA
Dave: That is so incredibly specific, it couldn't POSSIBLY be a fabrication!
ThePhan: LOL
iwpg: LOL

Get Down Tonight

Sam: What, I come back from a walk, and nobody's said anything?
Sam: You people need to entertain me better.
Goosey: sorry
Sam: I should hope so.
Sam: Now make amends.
Sam: Do a little dance.
Dave: Make a little love.
Sam: Get down tonight.
Goosey: Get down tonight.
* Goosey does a little dance.
Sam: Is that my cue to make a little love?
Counterpoint: -;-
Counterpoint: -;'
Counterpoint: ';-
Counterpoint: ';'
Counterpoint: -;'
Counterpoint: ';-
Counterpoint: -;-
Counterpoint: A little dance.
Sam: LOL
Sam: Nicely done.
Goosey: LOL
Nyperold: Presumably, Goosey already has down. ;-)
Goosey: LOL
Goosey: Yes, and I'm not sharing. Get your own.

Deny Your Faith or Die

ThePhan: Uh, FB friend posts, "There will come a day when I will be asked to deny my faith or die. Will I be prepared to die? Will I know why I'm standing up for my faith and what I believe?"
ThePhan: There WILL come a day?
ThePhan: Is this just something that happens to everyone at one point or another?
ThePhan: She lives in Georgia.
Goosey: lol
ThePhan: I don't think that day is coming any time soon.
Goosey: You don't know. She might have it penciled in for next month
Dave: That's happening next Tuesday, right?
Dave: It's marked as a holiday on my calendar. "Deny Your Faith or DIE" day is what it's called, apparently.
Dave: Of course we don't get it off.
ThePhan: Well, that's what I get for not going to church for awhile. I missed the memo.
Dave: So I'll be at work with all the other heathens denying faith.
Goosey: LOL
ThePhan: Also, that last sentence... if you don't know why you're standing up for your faith and what you believe, WHY ARE YOU DOING IT?
ThePhan: "OK, deny your faith or die." "I choose death." "Why?" "Hadonno."
Dave: "Seems like the thing to do."
ThePhan: "A Facebook status told me to."
Sentynel: Phan: When that day came for me, it led to several years of legal battles to determine whether I could, in fact, deny my faith when I don't have one.
Sentynel: The good news is, apparently I can, so I'm still here.
ThePhan: Sent: Well, I'm glad you're still here.
Maryam: That all reminds me of CAKE OR DEATH.
Goosey: LOL
Dave: Yeah, I'm hoping they give you more than a few seconds to answer the question. I mean, if it's just like "DENY YOUR FAITH OR DIE!" and I say "What faith?" I hope they don't just go "BANG" At least give me a chance to logic this conundrum out.
Goosey: LOL
Dave: That's like asking someone if he's stopped beating his wife.
Dave: I mean, first we have to establish if we're talking about African or European swallows.
Sentynel: Dave: It's Ninevah.
Dave: Uh, what is Ninevah?
Dave: You lost me.
Sentynel: The capital of Assyria.
Sentynel: I was answering one of the bridge-keeper's other questions. It's funny, see?
Goosey: LOL
Dave: You are far too advanced for me, sir.

PINK

ThePhan: One of my friends shared a photo the other day that was one of those "Pass this on and your true love will find you" things, but it started off by saying "90% of all couples marry their junior high/high school sweetheart!"
Goosey: LOL
ThePhan: I responded and said, "That may be the most wildly incorrect statistic I have read all week."
Goosey: Hahahaha
ThePhan: Her response: "Oh hahaha I just like it because it's pink!"
ThePhan: PEOPLE ARE WEIRD
Goosey: WHAT
Dave: PINK
Dave: STATS R UNIMPORTANT
Dave: PINK SI IMPORTANT
Sam: Wait, the whole couple marries their junior high/high school sweetheart?
Sam: That's kinky.
Sam: Regardless, it sounds like only 10% need to pass on that note, as the other 90% have already met their true loves.
Dave: PINK
Sam: PINK
Dave: PINK WAS THE IMPRTANT TAKEAWEY
Sam: tak-ee-ah-way
Dave: FOOD
iwpg: PINK
Sam: PINK

Goosey Can't Keep Her Eyes

Goosey: Okay, it's literally hard to keep my eyes, so night!
Goosey has left.
Randy: LOL
ThePhan: ...Goosey can't keep her eyes?
ThePhan: Literally?
ThePhan: This sounds like a problem.
Dave: TP: I was just thinking the same thing. That's scary.
Randy: LOL LOL

(The next morning. The previous conversation was still on the buffer.)

Goosey has entered.
Goosey: Ticia memoed that to me, Sam memoed that to me, Phan posted it on my facebook . . .
Goosey: I'm happy to report that I still have my eyes . . .
Sam: LOL!!
Sam: And then you come in before it's scrolled off the buffer anyway.
Goosey: Ayup.

Wearing a Ton of Makeup

Dave: Decline II is like my favorite rockumentary ever.
Randy: Its the best when the guys are all "I live for rock and roll, if I don't make it I'll die!"
Goosey: Okay, I'm putting myself to bed.
Randy: while wearing a ton of makeup.
Goosey: Goodnight everybody!
Randy: night Goosey!
* Goosey HUGS everybody!
* Randy HUGS Goosey!
Ticia: I was all 'How does Randy know if Goosey is wearing a ton of makeup to bed?"
Goosey: LOL
Ticia: :-D
Randy: LOL
Randy: Don't all women do that?
Ticia: Oh sure. We love to wash our pillowcases every day.
Goosey: and if the house catches on fire overnight, we want to be ready when the firemans show up
Ticia: Well, yeah.
Randy: I KNEW IT
Goosey: IT IS LOGICAL

IMVO

Dave: I almost answered the door in my undies yesterday.
Dave: I forgot I wasn't wearing pants.
Maryam: LOL
Dave: That's the sign of a good day imvo.
Maryam: v?
Dave: The pizza guy shows up with dinner and you're still in your robe and undies.
Maryam: imVo? What's the V?
Dave: Yes, sorry. It means "In my Veronique opinion"
Dave: Why that is so is... weird.
Maryam: Hrm. I am actually no closer to an answer there.
Dave: LOL
Dave: It actually doesn't make much sense. I'll try to explain.
Maryam: Heh.
Goosey: LOL
Dave: My main character when I played WoW was named Hamirack. Stephen's was Veronique.
Dave: Somehow (and I'm really unclear how) everybody in our guild decided "IMHO" actually stood for "In my Hamirack opinion"
Maryam: Heh.
Dave: Somehow that morphed into imvo, but we wouldn't tell Stephen whatit meant for the longest time.
Dave: He was like "Come on guys, just tell me."
Dave: We kept him in the dark for long enough that it was kind of anti-climactic when we finally told him what it meant. He was just like "Why?"
Dave: And we were like "...don't knwo."
Maryam: LOL
Goosey: LOL
Dave: So, yeah. Then that became a running joke, we always said "imvo" instead of "imho"
Dave: And I still do it.
Goosey: Because you are Dave.
Dave: And that's the story, and you're probably still just as confused!

Eating a Video Game

Dave: Hahaha!
Dave: This just made Reddit front page: "Reddit, I have never eaten a video game. What are some tips..." blah blah blah.
Dave: Of course the person meant "BEATEN"
Sentynel: LOL
ThePhan: LOL
ThePhan: That's awesome.
Dave: But that one omitted letter got him over a thousand comments, all telling him the best way to break down a plastic cartridge/CD for ingestion, giving recipes for how to cook your DS games, and awesome stuff like that.
iwpg: LOL LOL LOL

The Most Comfortable Way to Write

Sentynel: https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/482379_10152634343220484_2050995136_n.jpg
Goosey: I think I shall buy them one at a time.
Sam: Wait, why would you want more than one anyway?
Goosey: I DO NOT KNOW lol
Dave: I want to write more than one novel.
Dave: Duh.
Sam: Surely they make software reusable.
Dave: Sam: Clearly this is not. You need a new copy for every novel you intend to write.
Dave: Also, make sure you write your novel laying on the couch on your stomach, with your face precariously perched on your fist while typing one handed.
Sam: I do.
Goosey: While somebody else is making tea in the backgroun
Goosey: d
Dave: I find that's the most comfortable way to write.
Dave: On the couch, in an uncomfortable position, while someone else is banging around in the kitchen.
Goosey: LOL

! Visitors

Sam: I don't understand how people can process web statistics usefully.
Sam: Every time I think they tell me something, I later decide it was just statistical noise.
Sam: I'm fairly certain, after studying yesterday's traffic stats carefully, that there were some numbers.
Sam: The number of ads I served was a number, as were the counts of page loads and unique visitors.
Sam: Not that past performance is indicative of future returns, but the way things are going I am reasonably confident that the page impression count for today will also turn out to be a number.
Dave: Sam: Don't be hasty. It could be a letter. Or even a symbol.
Dave: You might get } visitors today.
wintermute: Nah, it won't be more than :.
Dave: Imagine if you got ! visitors!
Sam: Rule!
wintermute: !
Sentynel: You could get i visitors.
Sam: Someday I might even get 1111111!!! visitors.
Sam: Or !!!!!!!!!!!11

Drinking Hot Chocolate

Dave: http://visual.ly/how-walk-ice
Goosey: Nice. A video would be helpful though
Goosey: But that's kind of how I do it -- toes first, leaning forward a bit. Seems to do the job.
Kalimeris: I do the toe thing! I also have ice cleats, which work pretty okay.
Dave: I don't go outside when it's icy.
Dave: Problem SOLVED.
Kalimeris: If you don't go outside you can drink hot chocolate.
Kalimeris: I think that is also a winning scenario.
Kalimeris: I guess you can drink it outside too. But. Meh.
Sam: DRINK IT OUTSIDE
Kalimeris: I WILL NOT.
Kalimeris: I WILL DRINK IT INSIDE AND WATCH CARTOONS THANK YOU.
Goosey: LOL
Kalimeris: :-)
Kalimeris: I suppose one could stand outside by a window and watch cartoons from outside while drinking the hot cocoa.
Kalimeris: Hrm. So many options.
Kalimeris: hehehe
ThePhan: I like to stand outside other people's homes drinking hot chocolate and watching their TV through the window.
ThePhan: That is how I make friends.

The Maids

Dave: Things I have started saying to myself: "Oops, I dripped some fat on the counter getting my steak out of the grill. Oh, that's ok. THE MAIDS come soon."
Maryam: LOL
Goosey: LOL
Randy: lol
Sam: Dave: LOL
Sam: Question: Have you hired maid service? Your answer will determine exactly how funny that is.
Dave: Yes, I have.
Dave: Molly Maids comes twice a month.
Sam: I kind of wish you'd said no. Because then it would have been even funnier. In that sort of Garfield-Minus-Garfield would-be-creepy-except-that-it's-wholly-unthreatening way.
Goosey: LOL
Sam: Jon: "Oops, I dripped some fat on the counter getting my steak out of the grill. Oh, that's ok. THE MAIDS come soon." // Second panel: (blank) // Third panel: (blank) // By Jim Davis

The Monster at the End of the Book

Randy: They made another Monster at the End of the Book...with Elmo.
Maryam: I know, and it makes me sad.
Dave: WHAT
Dave: THAT IS BAD
Dave: THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THE BOOK IS LOVABLE FURRY OLD GROVER
ThePhan: I hope Elmo gets to the end of the book and Grover is there.
ThePhan: That would be awesome.
Ticia: I hope Elmo gets to the end and gets chopped up and dismembered by Grover.
Randy: WHO IS THE MONSTER NOW ELMO
Ticia: Mwa ha ha

Jimmy John's Delivery

Ticia: I wonder if I could talk Jimmy Johns into delivering to my house, so I wouldn't have to go wait at the 7-11 across the street for them. Because that's just stupid.
Dave: Why will they deliver to a 7-11 but not your house?
Ticia: Because the 7-11 across the street is in their delivery area.
Ticia: But my house is not.
Dave: But it's ACROSS THE STREET
Dave: Just be like "See me waving? WALK OVER HERE WITH MY SAMMICH"
Ticia: Yeah, they told us we could go wait for them to deliver it there.
Dave: n00b
Dave: z
Dave: Well, it's like my dad used to say. "STOP IT WITH THAT NOISE"
Dave: I don't think that's really applicable to the situation, but my Dad definitely used to say that.
Ticia: LOL

Parking Spaces

LaZorra: A big selling point of the condo I'm trying to buy is that it comes with an indoor parking spot.
LaZorra: It would be about $20k on its own.
Dave: Wowza
Goosey: oooh
LaZorra: The realtor was like, "Hey, you can rent that since you don't have a car! That will make you like $150 a month!"
LaZorra: and I was like I AM SORRY WHAT
LaZorra: "Where I come from, we park on the dirt. For free."
Goosey: LOL LOL
ThePhan: LOL
LaZorra: Actually, my first thought was, "MAYBE I CAN DRYDOCK MY SAILBOAT IN MY PARKING SPOT"
Dave: You have a sailboat but no car?
Dave: Where do you live, Venice?
Goosey: lol
Dave: Now I want to buy parking spaces.
LaZorra: Well, I have a sailboat in California, heh.
LaZorra: Where I also have a truck.
LaZorra: I WISH I LIVED IN VENICE
Dave: You should sail it to Chicago.
LaZorra: Maybe I can finally find the Northwest Passage.
Dave: No silly, you sail it around the Horn.
Dave: Then, like, I think you can sail up the St Lawrence river all the way to the Great Lakes.
Dave: If not, then go up the MIssissippi and I guess portage it over. That'd work.
Sentynel: Just fill it with helium and sail overland.
* Sam sets up parking spaces in RinkChat.
Sam: So, any takers?
Sam: Just think of how much more convenient it'll be to come into RinkChat.
Sam: You don't have to walk. You can just show up here and stick around.

Borplem

(About some housing issues)

Goosey: I'd look for something else.
LaZorra: Goosey: The borplem is that a lot of properties in IL have this exact problem.
Dave: BORPLEM
Goosey: BORPLEM
LaZorra: er
LaZorra: scuse me
Randy: That's awesome
LaZorra: 8-.
Goosey: How did you completely reverse those letterS?
Dave: That's an awesome typo.
LaZorra: I do not knoooooooow

Banana Brad

Dave: I have the stuff to make banana bread I think.
Dave: That's yummy.
Goosey: nom nom
ThePhan: YUM BANANA BRAD
ThePhan: Erm. *bread
Randy: BANANA BRAD!
Maryam: WHO IS BANANA BRAD AND SHOULD I TELL JACOB
ThePhan: LOL
ThePhan: Banana Brad is one of LaZorra's study guys.
Maryam: Sounds like a guy who works at a bar at a tropical resort.
Goosey: LOL LOL