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CommanderApaul
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IAM Engineer / AD Architect. Powershell guru. Can turn you into a very small Powershell script.

Serious LEGO/Gunpla problem.

Webpage: http://www.commanderapaul.com
Going to have an senior when he gets home from school.

After last quarter's return to form (10 weeks of work in the 10 days), we set rules around usage of the car wrt academics.
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
GQuuuuuuQ kits continue to be ridiculous. The lance on Xavier's Gyan is crazy. Lots of gold panel lining going on in addition to the gold foil decals.

Working on waterslides for the Gyan, have decals for the Zaku, and have the GFreD with decals waiting to go next.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The inside is similarly decorated but he didn't clean like he was supposed to, so no pictures in there.

Got one to 18. 4 more years for #2.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Wife and daughter both love Starbuck's egg bites, so we're making some this morning.

Egg whites, gruyère, spinach, and bacon.
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thankfully Microsoft has a built-in tool that lets you do this both programmatically and quickly.

Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration

Feed that a CSV file of emailaddresses in a foreach() loop and let it run.

Which is *exactly* how they set these in the first place.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Obligatory Box Art Pose Photo
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love the length and breadth of experience and skill and love for the craft that I see when scrolling past a kit I took my time on look absolutely balls to the wall crazy detailed.

Actual compliment, not sarcastic dig. Waiting on waterslides for this guy still.
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"Fall Out Boy and Similar Artists"

Got caught singing not in my head in the grocery store.
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Going to end up with all the Witch from Mercury kits at this rate. They're all so good.

Painted the black and the purple-grey with metallic black, and applied g-rework water slides. Still need to finish decals on the black chest and waist parts.
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
When they say "it's the little things", these are the little things they're talking about.

🥰🥰
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
It has been 20 years since *I* had to take quarterly use of force training, but I'm pretty fucking sure arresting someone is either Soft or Hard Physical Control on the Use of Force Continuum.

ICE and CBP are wannabe thugs.
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It's been 20 years since *I* had to take quarterly use of force training, but I VIVDLY remember the Continuum.

Arresting someone is *absolutely* a use of force. Anytime you lay hands on someone you are using force. Anytime you are present at a scene you are using force.

ICE and CBP are thugs.
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Panel lined with silver acrylic, clipped, sanded, washed with 99% isopropyl alcohol, then a light coat of metallic black lacquer.
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It's Rad Tech Week so I have been volunteered to make stuff for the gift bags.

I'm stealing one of those Team Leader ones. Fitting for both Work and Home.
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I don't generally do High Grade kits. I love the linkages and compliant mechanisms in Real Grade and higher-end Master Grade kits.

That said, I've run out of both RG and MG kits that I want, display space is an issue, and there are kits that just don't exist outside of HG.

Z'Gok is fun.
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The annual "Get Rebecca's car in the garage so she doesn't have to scrape it when she's on call" cleanup was easier than usual this year. I've been better about keeping the hobby shop confined to "my" 1/4 of the garage.
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
My lap IRL right now. Jerry fell asleep right as we were finishing up our usual pre-bed cooking show, and now I can't get under the covers.
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Buttermilk and pickle juice brined pork milanese with smoked gouda mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli crowns.
November 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sacked out on my lap waiting for kids to come pet him.
October 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
How about waiting for kids to give head scratches?
October 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Having to deal with my wife's autoimmmune/allergy stuff the last 3 years, and having her come home from yet another catered lunch or sweet treats that had nothing she could eat, made me think about how much it must suck to be a kid with allergies on Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Finished snap building the new RG Wing Zero. It'll be a month or so until waterslides get released, but hot damn does it look out of the box with panel lines and some light detail paint.
October 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
He got his grades up to Bs and Cs, so his birthday present was a down payment and a co-signer.
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM