Hmmm…my thoughts never transfer over correctly. It's pretty bad, that's not sarcasm. But thanks to holly wood i thought volcano ash clouds would have more umph to them. Like the first picture of the eruption.
And the rain cloud thing is that "it's not even beautiful" I was thinking something more along these lines: —–
Hyena, you're doing a lot of work, if you post a page, you'll do more work than i've done in the last 3 years here. I'll be uber jealous of your motivation. then i'll pull ADD and forget about it. ——–
[They're wearing windbreakers. It's not to shield themselves from the cold. They're protecting themselves from the ash. Trust me, you don't want that stuff in your underwear and hair.
You don't want it on your bare skin either. It burns. The wife just had to go to Volcano National Park in Hawai'i. Little pin prick burns all over my arms. She wanted to track down the most recent lava flow too and drive along all the craters. And I said no crater side drives there was already enough ash on the car. Fortunately it rains somewhere on the island every day so it washed the ash off the rental car.
Volcanos in a tropical paradise. Go from rain forest to surface of the moon in twenty miles.
Heh… I hope the volcano north of me doesn't erupt. And if it does, I hope the wind doesn't head south. Then again anything's possible… especially that one time when a super typhoon passed and hit us, then doubled back and HIT US AGAIN!!!
Whoa… this forum is messed up a bit.. my entry window extends all the way to the end of the screen and beyond. I've had to type this whole thing in and it didn't even hit the second line (hence why it looks like it's been formatted).
After watching the old Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine" I'd like to know if there's a rule in the Navy where an officer of another ship who takes over a captain's ship can be overrulled by that captain if he's not on the ship. I mean when Kirk says "Mister Spock! I order you to assume command on my personal authority as Captain of the Enteprise" when the Commodore attempts to use his ship to engage the giant planet eating…
"turd"…
However, I'm pretty sure an officer's command is also based on how the crewmen feel about him. So if he tried to pull rank on the first mate he'd end up with a mutiny…
However, I'm pretty sure an officer's command is also based on how the crewmen feel about him. So if he tried to pull rank on the first mate he'd end up with a mutiny…
I don't think that's really the case- how the men feel is no more a matter on ships than it is in any service. All the crew have it drilled into them to automatically follow the command structure. On many merchant ships I think the first mate IS the first officer… the captain is called the Ship's Master, then there might be the Bosun, Bosun's mate etc. depending on the country and the traditions.
Navies are a bit different because you have officers and non-commissioned officers. I think operationally commissioned officers would always outrank non-coms and always assume command ahead of them… unless it was something strange like a doctor or chaplin who were commissioned officers but not trained duty officers? I dunno. :( Anyway, I don't think they really have a "first mate" in the navy, just a bunch of non-comm ranks all bellow full officers. The Navy equivalent to the "first mate" must be the "first officer" or "executive officer".
You don't want it on your bare skin either. It burns.
Why do you think I said that you didn't want it in your underwear? And getting it in your hair is gonna give you the worst case of itchy head, ever!
Hell, I hate it when there's just a tiny bit of it in the air. You don't initially realize that you need any protection, when you go outside and end up with red eyes and a case of sore throat.
So what is "it" that causes those reactions? Sulphur compounds that form strong acids when exposed to moisture in the air? Phosphates doing the same sort of thing?
Navies are a bit different because you have officers and non-commissioned officers. I think operationally commissioned officers would always outrank non-coms and always assume command ahead of them… unless it was something strange like a doctor or chaplin who were commissioned officers but not trained duty officers? I dunno. :( Anyway, I don't think they really have a "first mate" in the navy, just a bunch of non-comm ranks all bellow full officers. The Navy equivalent to the "first mate" must be the "first officer" or "executive officer".
All military branches have commissioned and non-commissioned officers. NCO's are normally enlisted. An easy way to tell the difference is a commissioned officer is someone who is "smart enough" to lead. They went to college, they took special classes, they "know" what they're doing. NCO's have been there, and done that. They have shown that they can lead. They do twice the amount of work, have half the pay, and twice the respect among the men. NCO's will never lead anything bigger than a squad (4-5 guys) while officers will climb the chain all the way to leading the entire military. Chaplains and Doctors are commissioned.
The american navy calls their NCO's "petty officers". I haven't memorized you other peoples ranks yet. Just that you keep it simple, and don't have steps.
so I can't go back and read the 73 pages, but I just wanted to say "meep" and "hello!"
I haven't done a con since Long Beach Comic Con in October. I work for an apparel line "Nature's Mistake" (naturesmistake.net) so I get stuck spending my time at apparel shows for work so no more time for conventions. It's all still fun and I may get some Creepy Carly shirts outta the deal.
I haven't been to any cons since I moved to Texas 6-7 years ago. San Antonio just doesn't have any which is shocking because there are comic shops all over the city. I know that there are some in nearby cities such as Austin and Corpus Christi, but I was never able to get to them. Back when I lived in the Tampa Bay area they had them all the time both big and small there, and I even got to go to Mega Con in Orlando once which was really cool. Now that I'll be moving back to Florida in a couple of weeks perhaps I'll get to go to the Mega Con again someday.
I… have some experience with cons. What do you guys need help with exactly? I've done AA before, attend at least one con a year and am preparing for AB 2011 lol.
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Just graduated with my associates degree! : D Going on for my bachelors in the fall so I guess it's not a huge deal, but whatever~
I'm really glad we got the chickies…I've bonded more with my dad in the past two months then I have in 20 years of my life.
Edit: okay that came off really depressing. I can't wait for my comic to get here, I have this insane plan to translate it via google translate. I'll see how disastrously that goes.
I… have some experience with cons. What do you guys need help with exactly? I've done AA before, attend at least one con a year and am preparing for AB 2011 lol.
I dunno what AA and AB are! Cons I'm guessing. :]
Well I think I mentioned a couple things, but we'd want someone who has actually set up with a table and done sales or something at least. (Oz and I have both been to cons just as attendees.) MrRiot is meant to also be a guest, and we know from his other quackcast that he's set up tables and mostly does a lot of sketches and stuff at cons, and tries to sell some of his books/prints/etc. So someone with a similar-but-different experience? I suspect we'll be talking about stuff like choosing a con, how to prepare, what kind of costs there are, how to attract attention, how to get people to buy your stuff, etc. :] So if you think you can comment on that type of thing, then let me know!
Ideally I was hoping to get someone who could fill in the "how to be one of the presenters/panelists" type of things, but it seems like there is no one here who would have that sort of advice, who has been active on DD lately anyway. :I (Advice from experience I mean. I was a panelist once at a local con, but it was by virtue of my being one of the only actual webcomic artists in attendance. Hm, Hawk was there too… though I dunno how involved he ever got.) It's not important though, it just seemed like an interesting 'raising your profile' activity.
I think Juliet is sick. I have a vet appointment for her this evening, but I'm so worried about her. : (
What happened to her? I hope things turn out okay… :(
She hasn't been eating or using her litterbox for the past day. And she's acting strange…chewing everything(even more than usual) and hiding under the bookshelf. Things she usually does when she's pissed off.
I finally got her to eat a little bit of lettuce and some veggie puffs. And she's drinking, so at least that gives me more time to get her all fixed up. If bunnies stop drinking that's really bad.
Well I think I mentioned a couple things, but we'd want someone who has actually set up with a table and done sales or something at least. (Oz and I have both been to cons just as attendees.) MrRiot is meant to also be a guest, and we know from his other quackcast that he's set up tables and mostly does a lot of sketches and stuff at cons, and tries to sell some of his books/prints/etc. So someone with a similar-but-different experience? I suspect we'll be talking about stuff like choosing a con, how to prepare, what kind of costs there are, how to attract attention, how to get people to buy your stuff, etc. :] So if you think you can comment on that type of thing, then let me know!
Ideally I was hoping to get someone who could fill in the "how to be one of the presenters/panelists" type of things, but it seems like there is no one here who would have that sort of advice, who has been active on DD lately anyway. :I (Advice from experience I mean. I was a panelist once at a local con, but it was by virtue of my being one of the only actual webcomic artists in attendance. Hm, Hawk was there too… though I dunno how involved he ever got.) It's not important though, it just seemed like an interesting 'raising your profile' activity.
AA = Artist Alley XD Sorry. AB in Anime Boston.
I've had a few tables before but not one in the last few years. I'm doing Anime Boston 2012 (I think I wrote 2011… I had to get up at 5 am for graduation. @_@)
I don't know if I'd be a good fit, I… pretty much sell deco boxes and crafty things. Next year will be my first time selling a printed comic. Sorry ) :
I've had a few tables before but not one in the last few years. I'm doing Anime Boston 2012 (I think I wrote 2011… I had to get up at 5 am for graduation. @_@)
I don't know if I'd be a good fit, I… pretty much sell deco boxes and crafty things. Next year will be my first time selling a printed comic. Sorry ) :
Hm… well that might be interesting in a 'what other stuff you can sell at a con' way… but hm, yeah, I mean it is a webcomics podcast so maybe we should stick to that? :S I probably should have started looking for people sooner, haw. Or maybe we can just have another one in the fall after people have just done a bunch of cons, and we can try to hit some of the stuff we'll surely miss out the first time?
Got woken up by a text message at 7 in the morning, it was from my dad saying: "GUESS WHAT I'M EATING!" He'd sent me a picture of himself eating this wierd cooked thing with a spikey foot. My answer was: "A small furry animal lulled into a false sense of security and then grilled, perchance?"
His repsonse: "It's an echidna, it tasts like shit."
Not only am I wondering WHY he's eating a cooked echidna, I'm wondering how he knows what shit tastes like, and why he interuptted my terribly important sleep pattern to tell me this. Mind you, I'm no better than him, because I responded saying: "I didn't know they were edible."
So what is "it" that causes those reactions? Sulphur compounds that form strong acids when exposed to moisture in the air? Phosphates doing the same sort of thing?
This is what volcanic ash looks like, close up:
Compared to that, some normal sand that has been exposed to the natural polishing effect of the elements:
This tiny difference makes all the difference. It's like someone smashing a piece of glass and grinding it to fine powder. While it looks like fine powder, it's actually just a mass of fine splinters. Fine grain dust can be irritating, when you get it in your eyes but this stuff actively cuts your cornea. The abrasion effect it has on your skin is hastened by its ease to penetrate it.
@Product: I'm always impressed on how you can find such great support material. I think we should call you Professor instead of Product.
I had wondered if it was the shape of the particle instead of an actual chemical burn. I think that unless you live near volcanoes, most of us associate ash with wood ash, which would be a much softer particle. But seein (Xtreme close ups) is believin.
— (pacing wildebeests)
so my sister's due date (or rather, her baby's) was four days ago. AAAAHHHHH — the friggin ANTIXIPATION!!!!!
I think we should call you Professor instead of Product.
Well, It's a good thing I've got just the avatar for that.
The good news is that while the eruption started very strong (10 times stronger then the last one), it's been dwindling in strength ever since. Still… that darn cloud is gonna be bothering us until it starts to rain.
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I've been looking at the photos posted on the news site and I have to say that I like this one.
It's sheephearders looking for sheep to heard into barns, so that they don't suffocate in the ash.
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