The Drop in Centre

[Brayon]

9 minutes ago, Kitt said:

@BHopper2 do you get a holiday break like the students on campus, or does your next course roll in as soon as this one is done?

Yes, we get Winter Break off as well. Week 4 ends on Monday, December 24, 2018, as normal. Break for us starts on December 25, 2018, and going January 7, 2019. Week 5 starts back up on January 8, 2019, for a normal class week. During the break, we can work on our week 5 assignments if we wish to, but discussions and attendance won't count until after the break.

[Brayon]

Morning everyone.

Mom gets a visit later this morning, and perhaps some grocery shopping. Then Week 3 starts today.

56 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

This may be true ... but people here will support you and motivate you .. but we cannot wash your back!  So please remember to shower!!  LOL

 

That's good advice tim.

[mollyhousemouse]

1 minute ago, BHopper2 said:

Morning everyone.

Mom gets a visit later this morning, and perhaps some grocery shopping. Then Week 3 starts today.

pass along my hellos to your mom A!

[mollyhousemouse]

7 hours ago, MacGreg said:

Just hit "send" on my final paper. I am officially done with college. 

 

Good night, subs and DiCs. 

congratulations Sir!

 

[Brayon]

1 hour ago, mollyhousemouse said:

pass along my hellos to your mom A!

Plans changed. My uncle had to take off on an emergency. He dropped off my mom's stuff first.

I could have stayed in that warm bed for another hour.

 

Week 3 - light work this week. 1 chapter, 4 videos, and 3 reserved readings. One assessment on Socratic Questions. Whatever those are. I'll find out this week.

[mollyhousemouse]

@BHopper2

Socratic questions, the Socratic method is a way of teaching/learning that involves discussion & debate to develop critical thinking, thinking for yourself, rather than lectures where a teacher tells you what you should think/know

😀 hope that helps & i didn't muddy the waters any

[MacGreg]

4 hours ago, Kitt said:

Good morning all.

 

@MacGreg what are you going to do with the spare time now that the studying is finished? And should we plan a graduation party?

 

I'm throwing a party this weekend - graduation, birthday, Christmas, Hanukkah, and whatever else. Drop on in.  

[Reader1810]

Good morning DICers! This past weekend, the forecast called for sunny skies this week, but so far it’s been cloudy and gloomy. I think the sun went on vacation?

 

At any rate, have a good day...  

[Brayon]

2 hours ago, mollyhousemouse said:

@BHopper2

Socratic questions, the Socratic method is a way of teaching/learning that involves discussion & debate to develop critical thinking, thinking for yourself, rather than lectures where a teacher tells you what you should think/know

😀 hope that helps & i didn't muddy the waters any

Thanks, miss molly. That does help.

[Thorn Wilde]

Drink plans didn’t pan out. My buddy had forgotten that he was going to see his daughter’s school play, which obviously takes precedence. We’re doing it next week instead. Also, I’m making a new friend! Dude from my class who’s going on leave like I did last year. This is the guy I just randomly started telling about my gender identity and how transitioning works and stuff when we were in the studio. The fact that he still wants to be my friend after I basically TMI’d all over him the third time we talked to each other says something about what a chill bro he is. We’re going for coffee on Thursday. So, in spite of continued ill health, this is a good day.

[Mikiesboy]

5 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Drink plans didn’t pan out. My buddy had forgotten that he was going to see his daughter’s school play, which obviously takes precedence. We’re doing it next week instead. Also, I’m making a new friend! Dude from my class who’s going on leave like I did last year. This is the guy I just randomly started telling about my gender identity and how transitioning works and stuff when we were in the studio. The fact that he still wants to be my friend after I basically TMI’d all over him the third time we talked to each other says something about what a chill bro he is. We’re going for coffee on Thursday. So, in spite of continued ill health, this is a good day.

Yay!

[Mikiesboy]

Better late than never ....

 

immure    verb | ih-MYOOR

Definition

1 a : to enclose within or as if within walls     b : imprison   2 : to build into a wall; especially : to entomb in a wall

 

Like mural, immure comes from murus, a Latin noun that means "wall." Immurare, a Medieval Latin verb, was formed from murus and the prefix in- (meaning "in" or "within"). Immure, which first appeared in English in the late 16th century, literally means "to wall in" or "to enclose with a wall," but it has extended meanings as well. In addition to senses meaning "to imprison" and "to entomb," the word sometimes has broader applications, essentially meaning "to shut in" or "to confine." One might remark, for example, that a very studious acquaintance spends most of her time "immured in the library" or that a withdrawn teenager "immures himself in his bedroom every night."

[Mikiesboy]

i do not know why .. but i feel really good..   happy .. i'd love to kiss you all .. on the cheek of course  🤩

[Brayon]

2 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

i do not know why .. but i feel really good..   happy .. i'd love to kiss you all .. on the cheek of course  🤩

[Mikiesboy]

i think i've heard that word before.. i rather like it:  immure..   

[Thorn Wilde]

10 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

i do not know why .. but i feel really good..   happy .. i'd love to kiss you all .. on the cheek of course  🤩

 

 I love that you're happy, tim!  

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, Thorn Wilde said:

 

 I love that you're happy, tim!  

thank you .. makes a change..LOL      it actually does, from how i was a few months so.. i blame the natural calm.. and actually sleeping. 

[Thorn Wilde]

3 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

i think i've heard that word before.. i rather like it:  immure..   

 

In Norwegian, 'mure' (pronounced moo-reh) is a verb that means to lay bricks or masonry. 'Mur' is a noun that means a wall made of stone, brick, masonry or concrete. 'Murstein' means brick (transliterated 'wall stone'). 

[Thorn Wilde]

4 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

thank you .. makes a change..LOL      it actually does, from how i was a few months so.. i blame the natural calm.. and actually sleeping. 

 

Sleep makes all the difference, it really does. Keep doing that sleeping thing.

[Brayon]

2 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

thank you .. makes a change..LOL      it actually does, from how i was a few months so.. i blame the natural calm.. and actually sleeping. 

Natural Calm is a great supplement. It helps me a lot.

Spoiler

Though I could do without the vivid wet dreams. Stopped having them with I was 21... now it's almost every night. LOL. As side effects go for interaction with psych meds, this is pretty enjoyable.

 

 

[Mikiesboy]

I will try ...

2 minutes ago, BHopper2 said:

Natural Calm is a great supplement. It helps me a lot.

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Though I could do without the vivid wet dreams. Stopped having them with I was 21... now it's almost every night. LOL. As side effects go for interaction with psych meds, this is pretty enjoyable.

 

 

That does NOT happen to me ...🤠

Edited December 11, 2018 by Mikiesboy

[Thorn Wilde]

So, my ex whom I broke up with ten years ago has been hitting me up on messenger a lot lately. Turns out his wife left him. Starting to wonder if I should be concerned... I mean, he's a nice guy and all (he was always a better friend than he was a boyfriend), but still, feels a little bit weird when the first thing your ex does after breaking up with his wife (whom he started seeing like two weeks after we broke up, btw) is to start texting you almost every day.

Edited December 11, 2018 by Thorn Wilde

[Brayon]

6 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

So, my ex whom I broke up with ten years ago has been hitting me up on messenger a lot lately. Turns out his wife left him. Starting to wonder if I should be concerned... I mean, he's a nice guy and all (he was always a better friend than he was a boyfriend), but still, feels a little bit weird when the first thing your ex does after breaking up with his wife (whom he started seeing like two weeks after we broke up, btw) is to start texting you almost every day. 

I would say that is a flag on the play. Be civil but cautious.

[Thorn Wilde]

2 minutes ago, BHopper2 said:

I would say that is a flag on the play. Be civil but cautious.

 

He lives in a completely different part of the country, thankfully, and since they have two kids together it seems unlikely that he'd move up here again, so I don't think I'm in any real danger (if that's the word; even if he does express an interest it's not like I'd return it). But yeah, trying to be cautious.

[Backwoods Boy]

7 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

So, my ex whom I broke up with ten years ago has been hitting me up on messenger a lot lately. Turns out his wife left him. Starting to wonder if I should be concerned... I mean, he's a nice guy and all (he was always a better friend than he was a boyfriend), but still, feels a little bit weird when the first thing your ex does after breaking up with his wife (whom he started seeing like two weeks after we broke up, btw) is to start texting you almost every day.

I bet it feels weird.  Were it I, my self-preservation warning system would be screaming, "Run! Run! Run!".  However, as the least likely person here to start an "Ann Landers" column (how outdated is that?), I would only observe that your parenthetical comment is likely your own advice to yourself.