The Queue

Just another day waiting to play video games, am I right?

Well, while we’re all waiting here together, let’s chat.

My daughter is working on her Silver award for Girl Scouts. The gist of it is that she has to find a way to make her community a better place, then take action to do it. So, she’s working on a project to bring bird houses to (among others) retirement homes and libraries, as a way to make it more pleasant for both humans and strengthening the ecosystem as a whole, not just the birds. As such, I am helping her research which birds live in the area, which bird predators live in the area, and how to make a bird house safe and relatively predator-proof. You could call me a real bird brain right now.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions, and — wait, I didn’t mean it like that.

It’s my favorite person’s birthday! Everyone, make sure you wish them a super happy birthday!

They’re pretty special and deserve it.

While I finish wrapping a gift that I was definitely told not to get them, it’s time for — The Queue!

Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) is probably the most notable of the 19th century German Romantic artists (even if you’re not into art you’ve likely seen the header image in other media) and one of my personal favorites. As a result I’ve had a trip to Hamburg to see Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog and other examples of Romantic Art as a bucket list item for decades now. Fortunately for my wallet we got the first comprehensive exhibition of Friedrich’s art in the United States happening right now in New York City so I went to see it two weekends ago and it was definitely worth the trip. I may still try to go to Hamburg one day — not every work of art housed there that I want to see was in the exhibition — but it’s less of a goal now than it was a fortnight ago.

The trip to the museum wasn’t all positive though; my favorite gallery was closed for renovations. On the other hand there’s some new Cycladic Art that wasn’t there for my last visit and while not as satisfying that should tide me over until the Ancient Near East Gallery reopens and I make it back to NYC.

While I plan my next museum trip — Philadelphia — let’s answer some questions!

I spent yesterday watching a ton of paleontology content, including several that speculated about recent studies about encephalization quotient and therapod dinosaurs. Some of the videos are a bit optimistic, in my opinion, like the one arguing that Tyrannosaurs rex was more intelligent that a chimpanzee. I’m not arguing that T.rex wasn’t smart, there are a lot of studies that are coming to that general conclusion.

With the right look, I’m always ready to tackle any challenge. The sunglasses, of course, tie the whole thing together, as is only right and proper.

So now that I have my sunglasses on, let’s get to some questions. This is the Queue.

Hey, we’re all here, doing things completely chill and normal. No freakouts about anything. You can tell because I’m not even using exclamation points. I might even stop capitalizing stuff, make it totally relaxed and inconspicuous.

this is the queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and there’s nothing else on our minds so of course we have an answer.

Happy Easter Noblegarden, everyone! I hope that you can go out and get all of your new fun transmogs and another year down on the checks notes 6!? year duck transmog journey. Ok, that has to be a typo; nobody would make something that took six years to fully complete in Warcraft.

Three different orphans for Children’s week is fine, but six different duck disguises?! Absurd! Who even knew there were that many flavors of duck?

While I go brush up on my duck watching skills, it’s time for — The Queue!

A normal work week starts on Mitsuru Monday and ends on Fuuka Friday. It is known.

Today is Fuuka Friday, a truly blessed day. A day where smiles come easy, where work feels light, where everyone comes together to breathe a sigh of relief for a long, hard week is at last over.

A day where even lemons taste sweet.

So run along, friends, and let’s do this Friday Queue thing — which is a thing we do now!

Draygonia.

I mean, come on, Draygonia. ONE? You expected me to pick one?

It is a sign of my love for you all that this entire Queue isn’t just me listing several dozen prehistoric animals that should be better known to laypeople. Heck, the fact that there isn’t a dedicated Glyptodon section is pure self-restraint.

Pick one? One? How?