Audio Dramatic

1. I put in an Annual Leave request form almost 3 weeks ago and my boss has not approved it yet

2. I went into my office today and replaced every single writing utensil with crayons in preparation for April Fools Day on Monday

3. Whilst searching for pens to remove, I found my unsigned Annual Leave form in my boss’s drawer

4. I placed my unsigned Annual Leave form in a photo frame and put it on his desk

5. The frame I used was from a photo of his kids that I deemed less important than my Leave form

6. My boss sometimes goes into the office on Saturdays to work

7.

Be me, sleep deprived DM, half an hour ago.

Get startled by my phone ringing.

It’s one of my players.

Me: “Dude it’s midnight you good?”

Friend: “Yeah yeah, sorry if I woke you. Can I ask you for a favor?”

Oh God he killed someone .gif.

Me: “Uh, sure? Shoot.”

Friend: “My daughter can’t sleep, could you tell a quick story over speakerphone? She loves listening to the recordings of our sessions before bed, but I left my laptop at the office so I can’t play them.”

Nani the fuck .mp3

Me: “She listens to us to fall asleep?”

Friend: “Yeah, but she really likes your plot and NPC acting bits. She calls you ‘dumb dumb mister’! Guess dungeon master is a bit hard for a preschooler.”

Me: “Wow… well, if it will help her sleep, then sure.”

Friend: “Thank you! Okay, give me a sec to head back to her room.” (Pause) “Okay, you’re on speaker.”

Me: “Hey, [daughter’s name], it’s Uncle Anon.”

Daughter: (happy gasp) “Dumb dumb mister!”

I’ve never been happier to be called a dumb dumb .jpg

Me: “You ready for a story about… (DM improv skills engage) …the time your daddy and his friends went deep into a cursed temple to save a frost dragon egg?”

Daughter: (incomprehensible happy squealing noises)

I then proceed to spend nearly 20 min spitballing a story over the phone for the most fascinated little girl until she eventually fell asleep. Friend thanks me for my help and says he’ll see me on game night.

Lay down in bed, actually feel content and comfortable for once. I should have thanked him.

I am the Dumb Dumb Mister.

I'D LOVE TO ELABORATE because this is one of my favorite astronomy stories.

Okay. So in the field of Radio Astronomy, there's this phenomenon called a "fast radio burst", a very short, strong radio pulse picked up by a radio telescope. They're still poorly understood, and are considered very exciting to radio astronomers because of how rare they are.

In the 2010's, astronomers working at Australia's Parkes Radio Observatory identified a number of radio signals picked up by the telescope that appeared to resemble fast radio bursts, which they called Perytons.

However, they quickly realized that the signals had to be terrestrial in origin due to the strength of the signal.... as well as the fact that they always occurred during weekdays, around the same time.

The signals tended to be clustered around midday... hmm...

Further evidence that the signals were man-made... this trend also followed daylight savings!!!

(Unless aliens also follow Australian daylight savings conventions, which is highly unlikely...)

It took the astronomers several years, but they eventually tracked down the source to a microwave oven in the facility's break room.

They were unable to recreate the signal, until they tried opening the microwave door before it beeped. Turns out the microwave was letting out a tiny amount of radio emissions when the door opened, which the nearby telescope was sensitive enough to detect.

The Peryton signals had been popping up in the data for over a decade, presumably because astronomers taking their lunch breaks had been opening the break room microwave prematurely for the same reason cited by OP.

I imagine they must have a big sign reading "LET THE MICROWAVE FINISH BEFORE OPENING" hanging in the break room now.

TLDR: If you work in radio astronomy, let the microwave beep before opening it and removing your lunch.

Lightning Bait

HERMES: DA FUNNY ONE

ZEUS: DA LIGHTNING (NOTE: THOUGHT HE WAS NORDIC, FATHER OF THOR)

POSEIDON: DA SEA ONE

HEPHAESTUS: DA FIRE/FORGING/STEEL ONE

APHRODITE: DA HOT ONE

KRATOS: GOD OF WAR

HADES: DA HELL ONE. ROGUE LIKE

"The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska will soon get back about 1,600 acres (647 hectares) of land the federal government took more than 50 years ago and never developed.

A new law will require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to return the roughly 2.5-square-mile (6.5-square-kilometer) tract of land along the Missouri River in Iowa it took in 1970 through eminent domain for a recreation project that was never built.

The tribe has been trying for decades to reclaim the land.

We're getting ever closer to helping @siraj2024 meet his goal! If you haven't checked out his page yet, I highly encourage it. Siraj is a dedicated journalist and updates frequently. #219 on the spreadsheet here, thank you to el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

His ultimate goal is to rebuild his house. He is determined to have a proper home for his family, who are currently living in a tent. Or, rather, two tents. Siraj is currently hosting quite a few extended family members, and he is trying to provide for all of them. Over twenty people are currently relying on this campaign in order to buy food, water, medicine, soap, all the basic necessities to survive.

The rules are the same as always, let's keep this rolling! I'm hoping for a stronger showing this week!

- My default contribution will be $10

- If you are able to donate, send me the screenshot and I will add $5 to my contribution

- If you can't donate, and are in the US, I will do so on your behalf! Send emails to your congressmen (both senators and your representative), and send me the "Thank you for contacting my office" screenshots. For all 3, I will add $5 to my contribution. If you're only able to do one or two, send those screenshots and I will add $1 or $2 respectively

- If you're able to both donate and send some emails, go for it! Send me all those screenshots and I will add $10 to my contribution

- Reblogging is encouraged!

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If I am unable to continue adding onto my final contribution, I will update below. Let's get this family fed!

[ X ] Keep it Coming!

You are really only proving that zionists were right when they said that people would eventually forget and stop caring. It is going to be 11 months of GENOCIDE- how does it not galvanize us to speaking up MORE? I don't know how you all are not realizing that should a time come when we truly stop talking about Palestine, we would stand complicit in normalizing these crimes against humanity!

So please don't stop talking!! Don't let Palestine fall out of relevance, the second western media stops talking about it in the mainstream. And please, please boost and donate to the fundraisers. 

My friend, Siraj ( @siraj2024 ) is struggling to get steady donations for the past 2 months. Recently with his extended family getting displaced due to the violence of the IOF, his fundraiser is now having to support FIVE FAMILIES belonging to his married siblings and parents instead of just the one. I cannot overstate how urgently he needs these funds right now.

He needs to get to 65k by Monday, but is currently only at $61,524 CAD

He managed to get only $248 CAD in 12 hours and this is terrifying to him!! 

This is a reminder that we have to reach 65k by tomorrow and we still have 1.2k left to go. Food prices have been skyrocketing for months and now with the suspension of UN food programs after the occupation's recent attacks on the workers, things will get much more difficult. So please donate and participate in the raffle while you still can. And if you can't, then boost and check out @ladycelebrianofimladris's pinned post.

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