Watched The Martian
Blog Posted by kitt at 22:31 on 15 January 2016We watched The Martian tonight. Having recently read the book, I was, surprisingly, eager to watch the movie. Yes, yes, the book was better, but I find interpretations of books as movies to be interesting, sometimes fascinating. The director has a story to tell visually in a short amount of time (making, of course, mini-series a better, but less profitable, choice for telling longer stories), and has to choose what to include and what to discard, what is important to telling the story and what is inconsequential. The interpretations are, of course, open for debate, and always loudly criticized by purists and readers.
I enjoyed the movie. It wasn't completely true to the book, but was close enough to be fun. The ending was made MORE DRAMATIC, which was unnecessary given how exciting the book was, but, hey, Ridley Scott. The movie was also a rushed version of the book: you lose both the sense of urgency the book conveys (the man is starving to death, isolated, and in mortal peril for a long time), and the sense of humour of the book.
Still, lots of fun.
The Daily Chase
Daily Photo Written with a loving hand by kitt some time around 07:20 on 13 January 2016
So, I've been walking Chase a number of times in the last few weeks. He manages to get into these odd contorted positions when he pees. His poopin' pose is pretty standard, though.
Superman vs Batman
Daily Photo Instead of being asleep at 01:11 on 11 January 2016, kitt created this:
Some People You Can't Reach
Blog kitt decided around 21:15 on 10 January 2016 to publish this:
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May I rant for a moment? Pretty please?
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Tenant signs a lease that says no dogs. They move in. 6 months later, “Can we get a dog?” I answer, “No.” Six month later, “Can we get a dog?” I answer, “No.” 8 months later, they get a dog, but don’t tell me or the property manager WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR TO THEM.
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They had been taking the dog out the opposite side of the house from the property manager. Because, right, SHE WOULD NEVER FIND OUT, RIGHT?
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So, a month in, my parents, WHO LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TENANT, notice the dog, mention to the property manager, who goes over and confronts her. Tenant asks if she can keep the dog, it's only temporarily, it’s her dad’s dog. Her dad's sister committed suicide.
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I wait until after Christmas, because I’m a nice person, then give her a 10 days notice to cure (get rid of the dog) or vacate. I also send over a lease addendum where they can pay increased rent and increased deposit and keep the dog.
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She freaks.
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Due date is today. She hasn’t told anyone (me or the property manager) what they chose.
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So, I text, “You need to tell us what you decide. No choice is a continuation of the lease, and you are financially responsible for the remaining months."
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BOOM.
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“This is your fault. You made us move."
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“You forced this on us! You made a family move in the middle of winter!"
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To which I respond, “Oh, you’re moving out. Thank you for letting us know your choice."
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“This wasn’t our choice. You told us to move out."
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“I gave you 3 choices. 1. Get rid of the dog. 2. Move out. 3. Pay increased rent. You are saying you are choosing to move out. Thank you for letting us know your choice."
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“We didn’t choose this. You forced us."
Which is to say, there are some people you can't reach. For some people, they are never at fault, it is always someone else's fault. They are incapable of taking personal responsibility for their own actions. The tenant CHOSE to violate the lease, chose to move out rather than fix the violation, then claims it is the landlord's fault because the landlord asked her to fix the situation or pay for the change in the situation.
This kind of people I will never fully understand.
I feel sorry for her kids.
I feel sorry for the society around her.
I feel sorry for the people she calls friends.
I feel sorry for everyone who has to deal with this woman.
Deleted: 114953 messages
Blog Posted by kitt at 13:53 on 10 January 2016Apparently, this is what happens when spammers use your domain for sending out spam, and receiving domains don't, at a minimum, check the SPF records (looking at you, aol.com).
root@mail:/var/mail# postsuper -d ALL deferred postsuper: Deleted: 114953 messages root@mail:/var/mail#
Of course, what I have learned with this, and the 7G of mail log files, is that I need better monitoring of my mail servers. That these 114953 emails had 4 days of delivery attempts and I didn't notice is, well, really not a good thing.
Sigh.
# qshape
T 5 10 20 40 80 160 320 640 1280 1280+
TOTAL 20000 0 0 0 171 75 60 413 771 1423 17087
nonf.at 19998 0 0 0 171 75 60 413 771 1423 17085
free.fr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
uwclub.net 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Of note, http://mxtoolbox.com/ seems good at starting the SPF diagnosis.