What happened today that you liked?

SuperDave · Dec 16, 2021

8144 days ago, I was someone who was casually reading some Internet forum whose content appealed to who I was and what I was doing at the time. I'd been there a few times by then, and was reading the front page. I saw a thread. It was titled, What do you like?. The purity of the question prompted me to register and offer my first post on the Forum. Ars Technica became my browser Home Page that day, and that hasn't changed since. 22 years later, here we are.

TTPMO is worthy and something we all can identify with, especially talking amongst friends. I think it time for the counterpoint, as well, with respect to FR*'s originating art.

What happened today that you liked?

EtherealGoddess · Dec 16, 2021

I got to have lunch with my husband at work and nothing has broken today!

ecotone · Dec 16, 2021

Woke up to a freezing cold house and to discover that the howling overnight winds had blown open the chimney flue and blown out the pilot light on the hot water heater. I liked that I was able to get it re-lit without any trouble and still get out the door in time to catch the train.

thekaj · Dec 16, 2021

I set up the appointment to make it so I'm not freezing in my basement WFH space in the winter and broiling in our bedroom in the summer. We'll just have to survive a night without heat in the middle of January... :scared:

bluloo · Dec 16, 2021

I liked that it was the 2nd day in a row I had a good night's sleep.

Vastamious · Dec 16, 2021

Went to my booster appointment and had less than zero issues. Then since it was a CVS in the early morning was able to grab some stocking stuffers to (hopefully) finish out the Christmas shopping. All before 10:30am.

Oh, and the icing on the cake would be while we got yet another 8 confirmed/90 close contacts notification my daughter was not among them.

Thorvard · Dec 16, 2021

Today? Nothing. :/

Kilkenny · Dec 16, 2021

I'm having a very nice martini right now.

fitten · Dec 16, 2021

I'm feeling a lot better than I was last night (coming off a strong booster shot response).

Wheels Of Confusion · Dec 16, 2021

Thanks for the thread. I remember a "Life's Little Pleasures" ongoing positive-events thread in the old Sinfest forums, basically the opposite of our TTPMO thread, and was just thinking we could use something like it here.
Today:
I made toast from home-made bread, with butter and copious amounts of fontina cheese melted on top. It was good.
I finished up Campaign 3 Episode 6 of Critical Role and almost finished with episode 1469 of Mormon Stories while walking and cleaning up the lawn.
My walk took me through a route I hadn't really tread since high school. Now that someone has cut the field for the winter, it's a good walking route. Safer than my usual one, since I'm off the shoulder/out of the ditch and away from the road most of the time.

Hound of Cullen · Dec 16, 2021

1) I'm glad you're still here on the forums, SuperDave. I'm glad we've met face-to-face.

2) I got a nice, flirty egoboost from someone this morning. That's always a pleasure.

zAmboni · Dec 16, 2021

Today I liked that I will make my first post in this thread tomorrow!

DOH!

Yagisama · Dec 16, 2021

Well, it was going pretty well until this thread reminded me that nothing good happened today.

Cow Towner · Dec 16, 2021

Let’s see… my new Apple MBP finally was allowed to leave China and is headed this way.

Our son’s MBP arrived a day early.

Grandkids came over and thrilled their grandma.

I start my end-of-year vacation. There is a “but….” in there but that cannot be mentioned here.

At my age, if I see the sun in the morning, even if it is behind clouds as it frequently is, it is automatically a day to like. Lot of clouds around to dampen that buzz though.

andgarden · Dec 16, 2021

The weather was so nice here in Philadelphia (63F mid-day) that I was able to open my window. I'm sort of really focused on fresh air these days, for obvious reasons.

Jables · Dec 16, 2021

My daughter turned 16.

blahpony · Dec 16, 2021

I drank screwdrivers and listened to punk rock.

Thorvard · Dec 16, 2021

blahpony said:
I drank screwdrivers and listened to punk rock.

Isn't that everyday?

Reminds me I'm out of vodka..

blahpony · Dec 16, 2021

Thorvard said:
blahpony said:

I drank screwdrivers and listened to punk rock.

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Isn't that everyday?

Reminds me I'm out of vodka..

Naw. Usually it's beer. I just haven't picked up beer for the weekend.

And, new Misfits, if it matters.

Though, debatable about punk rock.

thekaj · Dec 16, 2021

Extra one. I’m on our company’s foundation board. We had our year-end meeting today. The generosity of our player-base and the cool things we do with their money is pretty heartening.

Thorvard · Dec 16, 2021

blahpony said:
Thorvard said:

blahpony said:

I drank screwdrivers and listened to punk rock.

Click to expand...

Isn't that everyday?

Reminds me I'm out of vodka..

Click to expand...

Naw. Usually it's beer. I just haven't picked up beer for the weekend.

And, new Misfits, if it matters.

Though, debatable about punk rock.

I need to get a new Misfits shirt, I had a legacy of brutality one that I wore into the ground.

Diabolical · Dec 16, 2021

I merged three ornaments together to make a cool-ish 3d effect, and am now turning it into a fridge/locker magnet. I’m really happy how it turned out, from holding the three items in my hand to formulating the plan to execution.

All three ornaments were etched emblems of the organization I work for. Two acrylic, one wood. The wood one is good, but the acrylic ones are a bit disappointing. But! Acrylic->acrylic->wood looks really good. A bit of super glue, some chip-clips from a recently cleaned out kitchen cabinet, and we’re ready to turn it into a magnet.

Jonathon · Dec 16, 2021

I'm to the "burn off vacation time that I can't carry over" part of the year-- today was my first day off, and no more work until January 3. So that's nice.

MadMac_5 · Dec 17, 2021

It's been a crazy week, but tonight I finally got time to finish off the opening bit of Halo Infinite. The way that the game draws you into the open world is 100% pure fan service in the best way possible, and gave me warm fuzzy feelings like it was 2004 all over again and I was playing the Halo: Combat Evolved demo on the PC (which had "The Silent Cartographer, arguably the best level in the game") for the first time. I am really looking forward to spending some time with this game over the next couple of weeks!

Onsone · Dec 17, 2021

I made a fish stew for dinner off the cuff and it turned out fantastic. My 9mo slept through the night last night. I don't need more.

Xenocrates · Dec 17, 2021

One of my coworkers bought steak for dinner (we trade who does that around), and one of the employee's brought us maintenance techs cookies. I really enjoy going the extra mile for the production level employees, and the appreciation we get from some of them is why.

tiosteven · Dec 17, 2021

I found out today (technically yesterday) I will not be on-call for next week or the one after. I get to take some vacation after all!

Danger Mouse · Dec 17, 2021

I watched the trailer to a movie that feels like a reboot of Romancing the Stone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfKO9rYDmE8

It's like Magic Mike meets Romancing The Stone, with a side order of Tomb Raider.

mitty84 · Dec 17, 2021

It's Friday. I quite like that. Yesterday it was getting to see the new Spiderman movie.

BitPoet · Dec 17, 2021

Yesterday, I read about Jean and Jorts and nearly fell out of my chair laughing. I needed that.

Hound of Cullen · Dec 17, 2021

BitPoet said:
Yesterday, I read about Jean and Jorts and nearly fell out of my chair laughing. I needed that.

DON'T BUTTER JORTS!!!

Edit: Here's the reddit AITA thread about Jean and Jorts

JimJimmery · Dec 17, 2021

My sons are home from college for winter break! I get over three weeks to hang out, play games, and cook their favorite meals. Even the puppies are giddy their whole pack is together.

yd · Dec 17, 2021

Today has been a great day.

We had our new adjoining wall neighbors over for dinner. Did an Indian food delivery with a truckload of food and a truckload of wine. The best news of the whole evening - they are not interested in getting a dog! Finally, no fucking barking mutts next door, wonderful! Other than a winning lottery ticket, I'd be hard pressed to think of better news - our previous neighbors, simply awful dog owners - we popped champagne when their dog rescue non stop barker finally died. Sorry....not sorry.

Scifigod · Dec 17, 2021

Saw the note that my sekrit Santa gift finally made it's way to the intended target. Big weight of my shoulders after previous delivery attempts went...elsewhere.

Wildbill · Dec 17, 2021

I made the kitchen smell nice - baking bread

nquinnell · Dec 17, 2021

There were doughnuts in the break room

Ardax · Dec 17, 2021

Now that my van is running again, driving my daughter an hour and fifteen minutes to soccer practice will be a much more comfortable endeavor.

Diabolical · Dec 17, 2021

Friday (my Saturday) afternoon. No pressing concerns. Coffee. Book. Some tunes. And after the rain this week, the sun felt nice. Rocking camp chair for the win!

EtherealGoddess · Dec 17, 2021

I learned that perpetuating ethnic stereotypes can be hilarious and revisited the video for Turn Down for What because of Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Jeff J · Dec 17, 2021

In Sept 2001, I bought a house and the real estate agent gave me a candle. It's the only candle I've ever owned.

In June 2021, I burned the last of the candle. I always liked how the lid of the candle jar gave a satisfying pop when it opens, so I decided I'd clean it out and have a jar.

Today, I got around to scrubbing the soot and wax out of the jar.

I like the jar.

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