danwritesbooks

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Totally forgot about static ice.

[โ€“] danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I had carpets removed and floorboards put in and it left a little gap behind the fireplace. A tiny mouse came in while I was watching TV and then went back (so I found the hole). I plugged it up with steel wool and expansion foam. Then I also finally set up my sub woofer. My house shakes anytime something with bass goes on. I'm hoping it scares them off as well.

[โ€“] danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Looking to get another HDD for my NAS. Same as the last one I got (16tb iron wolf). My god, the price jump. It's almost double in price from when I bought the first one.

For real. I expected him to be ok with it, but the whole dont worry about AL thing was just completely out of left field. Relieves a lot of stress.

[โ€“] danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I told my boss about my studying (complete career change) and how I would be leaving at some point. Told him about my last lot of annual leave was for my placements and I'd have enough leave for my next placement but after that I'd probably have to leave.

His response was: Don't worry about taking leave for it. We'll work something out.

I was umming and uhhing for months on whether I should tell him or not and decided yesterday to do it because it would then force me to decide how to approach studying/working instead of worrying about it. That went a whole lot better than I expected.

[โ€“] danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

I know I should get over it, but do you think it's 'ok' to be miffed about donating something to someone and not even getting a thank you in return?

It's been a month. I am mostly over it, but from time to time it comes to mind and it bugs me as someone who lives in a world thinking they've never mattered.

The dream somehow turns into action movie about guitarist saving a country from some kind of chemical warfare.

Desperado in Australia. I'm down for this.

[โ€“] danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 11 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

How is it I started work at 9, I've been here 18 hours, yet it's not even 1:30? (Today is going soooo slooooow)

Mainly just work and uni and placement and writing and just trying to have a non-tech life at times. Too many irons in the fire.

[โ€“] danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 20 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Howdy all.

I have not been here for a long long time. Life has certainly got in the way of everything.

Hope you are all doing well and life has been good.

I got into westerns a few years back as well. I even wrote some western short stories set in Tasmania and have a couple more planned.

The 2010 remake of True Grit is fantastic. Hailey Steinfeld was amazing in it. High Noon is a movie you have to add to your list. It's my favourite western (and top 3 overall movie for me. Funnily enough, Out of Sight is top 3 for me too and that's a Elmore Leonard novel - add that to your Leonard novel reading list).

Anything Clint Eastwood western is going to be good. Justified TV show for a neo-western (also based on Elmore Leonard). They adapted Get Shorty into a TV series too which was pretty good.

Jackie Brown is based off Rum Punch.

The Tall T, 3:10 to Yuma are westerns based off a Leonard short stories too.

Honestly, you are spoiled for choice with Elmore Leonard and westerns/adaptions.

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