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Time and a full belly has somewhat dulled the rage, but let me just say that goddamn noon, in 90F weather, in florida, in the summer, is not the time to go and move 150-200 pounds worth of waterlogged plywood.

Total injuries: One twisted ankle,* one pulled back muscle, 4-5 near-heatstrokes, loss of day's good cheer, something like 3-4 hours worth of sleep.**

On the bright side, I did get a chance to test the soaked towel burka method of emergency thermal regulation. It is very effective both as a hat and a ward against heat-induced vomiting/unconsciousness/death! Primary downside is it completely soaks your shirt and makes you look like you voluminously pissed yourself. So, uh. Bring a change of clothes.

*Admittedly tangentially related. Apparently some chucklefuck decided to dig out a buried tire that was just past the back porch's step and then not fill back in the goddamn hole.
**Yes, yes, don't tell people you're intending to drag them off to another city until 3-4 minutes before you leave. That is perfect way to make sure they get sufficient sleep. I will find the happiness of your soul and drown it in draino, as you have drowned my sleep-regulated coherency and cheer.

Lies and slander. Your avatar no more winks than Grak's wiggles.

Because opera has a very quick and easy method of disabling image animation :V

All is stillness. All is light.

Probably shouldn't be burning those, though, even for experimentation/measurement purposes. Old books should be preserved, et al. Just have a new sheepskin bible made and burn that. I can see the headline, even, "Modern holy prophylactic answers ancient question: What is the calorie content of the Bible? MORE ON PAGE 5"

... if by belly laughs you mean high likelihood of broken bones and/or death...

And it's headgear, yes. Sorta'. The lady in question is a ship.

Wry is actually a word with a meaning ;_; I think it's fairly close to insouciant, iirc. Please be more kind to it. It's a lovely but under-appreciated word.

Wryyyyyyyy is something else entirely. Za warudo, etc., etc.

Hashtag's as good a name as any.

There is nothing to be gained in making yourself happy.

Strongly proven to be untrue, that statement. Happy people pretty strongly tend to be more effective at what they do, whatever that is. More energy, more alertness, etc., so forth, so on. Happiness is good for the brain and body, more or less. Does not, of course, mean that not-happy people can't be energetic, alert, effective, etc. -- just that they'd almost certainly be doing even better if they were happy, as well. Happiness is objectively optimal for the achievement of goals... unfortunately.

That said, one's job is less to make yourself happy than it is to do what you want to do. Happiness may or may not be involved -- there's plenty of other causes to dedicate yourself to, wholly or in part, for which happiness is a secondary concern at best.