Soooooo......

[Alex]

Well, I still haven't discovered it. Just thought it was something lashbear says.

This, combined with a Best Buy ad that was just on, populated by a sequence of celebrities I didn't recognize (I only knew it must be celebrities because Lebron James was in the mix) means it is time for to self-euthanize.

[Moonliner]

Alas, today is still NOT (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?p=206561#post206561) the day.

Curry.

Nope, still not my day.

Chicken wing.

[Prudence]

I'd forgotten how much I like verbal sparring. It's been a very enjoyable day.

[lashbear]

Wait, you gargled with water from the Hot-tub?

[alphabassettgrrl]

As a friend says, I will be "out of pocket" for a couple of days. Going back to Minnesota for grandpa's funeral.

I'm a little bit homesick. Garrison Keillor and Prairie Home Companion on the radio don't help that a bit. Even though (dangit) it's going to be cold.

[JWBear]

I had to replace my hard drive today.

[RStar]

My Dr. tells me I will need to do that soon. It's hell getting old....

[Morrigoon]

My Dr. tells me I will need to do that soon. It's hell getting old....

It's fun reading this immediately after scrolling down from the stripper pole rental posts, heheh.

[Ghoulish Delight]

The music videos of Die Antwoord seriously warp my brain.

[Alex]

It's too bad the blackface has cultural baggage because the visual in that one is pretty stunning.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Exactly. And because I'm rather ignorant of the cultural context, I have no idea how to begin parsing those visuals. How much of that actually racist? How much of it inadvertently racist (because I'm pretty sure in South Africa, even a relatively progressive viewpoint can still be quite racist. See: minstrel)? Or is it all satirical/purposefully racially confrontational to make anti-racist statements? Are some parts just pure abstraction for weirdness' sake? Can any of those really be separated?

All I know for sure is that those two are incredibly skilled rap artists, whoever is doing their videos is incredibly skilled, and I can't look away.

[Alex]

There was an article at Slate about the video in the last couple of days (that's why I knew what you were talking about) that talked about the cultural context of blackface in South Africa (apparently they have there own minstrel shows).

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Die Antwoord is one of those things that I find incredible and mind-bending, but that I can't recommend to anyone, really.

[€uroMeinke]

Die Antwoord are performance artists who created these wonderfully mind-bending personas. That they suddenly became popular in the states just magnified the art in so many ways.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Die Antwoord are performance artists who created these wonderfully mind-bending personas. That they suddenly became popular in the states just magnified the art in so many ways.Yay, you dig it! All hail the Guru!! :cool:

[mousepod]

The personas of Die Antwoord are just the latest in a series of characters they've played through the years. Having said that - they absolutely nail it. See em live if you can. They do not disappoint.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Just read the official police report of our accident.

The driver of the 100% at fault - due to an "illegal turning motion."

Also, we have the CRV back. Looks great.

[BarTopDancer]

That's awesome news GD!

[Ghoulish Delight]

I feel bad for the family in the SUV at fault. On top of having gone through that hell, being responsible for the insurance side of things, and getting cited for the traffic violation - it was in a construction zone which means the fine is doubled. Everyone on scene was of course very relieved that we all walked away unscathed, but they are no doubt going to be reeling from this for a while. And they had a young child of their own.

[Alex]

True to my nature, after reading that Slate article about them I watched several of the Die Antwood videos, some of them more than once.

I still remember many of the visuals and couldn't tell you a think about the music.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Glad you got the CR-V back, GD. Yeah, I bet that really stinks for the driver at fault.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

These look like fun.
Trick-Or-Treat Cookies for Halloween (http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2012/10/18/trick-or-treat-cookies-for-halloween/)
spoilering because the image is a little big and it has a fake spider in the corner
http://www.notmartha.org/images/other/2012oct/trickortreatcookies/vertical.jpg
Click the link for the recipe and construction instructions.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

The little bugs are adorable!

[Moonliner]

So here we are nearing the end of October and we just had a planning meeting to review all our emergency procedures in case a Hurricane and/or Snowstorm hits us early next week.

[Snowflake]

So here we are nearing the end of October and we just had a planning meeting to review all our emergency procedures in case a Hurricane and/or Snowstorm hits us early next week.

Go to the market, buy 25 loaves of bread, 22 pizzas (various flavors), 13 gallons of milk and 4 cases of beer. Got it, you're all set, if you were at my Safeway in Warrenton.

My first snowstorm and I really did need a half gallon of milk, not knowing the drill, it was hilarious!

In any case, is the snowmageddon cam working?

More importantly, be safe Moonie and Co.!

[Snowflake]

These look like fun.
Trick-Or-Treat Cookies for Halloween (http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2012/10/18/trick-or-treat-cookies-for-halloween/)
spoilering because the image is a little big and it has a fake spider in the corner
http://www.notmartha.org/images/other/2012oct/trickortreatcookies/vertical.jpg
Click the link for the recipe and construction instructions.

OOh, I love these! Next year!

[Capt Jack]

Ive got to admit, the cookies are pretty durn cool.

the write up mentions something about not putting plastic spiders and the like in them. I suppose I can understand this.

...alum or peppercorns I think would work just fine
:evil:

[Moonliner]

In any case, is the snowmageddon cam working?

More importantly, be safe Moonie and Co.!

Short of the Michael Bay forecast (https://xkcd.com/748/), we are not expected to get any snow from this storm so "Snowmageddon" cam will stay on standby. However his tropical cousin "Frankenstorm (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-25/u-s-east-from-washington-to-nyc-at-risk-from-hurricane-sandy.html)" cam is standing by should conditions deteriorate.

Prior to coming to work today I filled the gas tanks on all the cars plus the 5 gallon can for the generator, stopped by the hardware store to pick up some spray sealant (for a leaky spot on the roof) and a box of Firelogs (http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3839927&cagpspn=pla) (they make great kindling). After work I'll clean out all the gutters and put away all the deck furniture.

[Alex]

Doesn't preparing for a storm take all the fun out of it?

[Moonliner]

Happiness is being at the grocery store and hearing the Grim Grinning Ghosts.

[Kevy Baby]

It's even better when you are standing in a Mansion and hearing it :D

[Moonliner]

It's even better when you are standing in a Mansion and hearing it :D

Bite me.

[Kevy Baby]

Well, it has been a while: we haven't been there since Tuesday.

[JWBear]

I got a new keyboard again. I was tired of not being able to type "S"s.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Work, five days at Disney this month (two of those on the most awesome backstage tour I've ever taken), more work, hanging out with hubby at the little racetrack with his r/c cars, work tomorrow, and then I get to breathe. I think.

Cancelled plans to attend Day of the Dead and that makes me sad.

[Betty]

However his tropical cousin "Frankenstorm (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-25/u-s-east-from-washington-to-nyc-at-risk-from-hurricane-sandy.html)" cam is standing by should conditions deteriorate.



Is it up and running? Linky?

[Kevy Baby]

Here's your link (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=11559)

[Betty]

Here's your link (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=11559)

thanks. I guess I missed it somehow. :blush:

[JWBear]

I just realized that I'm sitting here surfing news about Hurricane Sandy while eating pecan sandies. Quite unintentional.

[Morrigoon]

I just realized that I'm sitting here surfing news about Hurricane Sandy while eating pecan sandies. Quite unintentional.

While humming Grease tunes?

[JWBear]

No... But that would have been perfect.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Cat Shaming (http://cat-shaming.tumblr.com/)
some exampleshttp://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcj5ciDLqK1rezbgzo1_400.jpghttp://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcmp6jrfc51rezbgzo1_400.jpghttp://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcgg36Gyee1rezbgzo1_400.jpghttp://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mckeycKJpF1rezbgzo1_400.jpg

[Ghoulish Delight]

Bad news: parked the CRV after being out late on Saturday. CP shut the car down...then heard the entire contents of the radiator dump on our carport.

Good news: Just a busted hose. Shop that did the accident repair work is fixing it and returning the car today.

Ego stroking news: With a flashlight and a bit of deductive reasoning, I correctly diagnosed it down to a hose issue. Good to know I've retained some portion of my limited working auto mech knowledge.

[Strangler Lewis]

. . . With a flashlight and a bit of deductive reasoning, I correctly diagnosed it down to a hose issue. . . .


Tom Magliozzi voice: "With my flashlight, I deduced that the radiator was still in the kah and not half a block behind me in the street."

[Kevy Baby]

With a flashlight and a bit of deductive reasoning, I correctly diagnosed it down to a hose issue.I would seriously get that diagnosis checked out by your doctor.

[Kevy Baby]

The quote could have been much worse:...stroking news: With a flashlight and a bit of deductive reasoning, I correctly diagnosed it down to a hose issue.

[RStar]

What? Something about a flashlight, a hose or a ho? I couldn't quite make that out....

[SzczerbiakManiac]

for Portal fans who enjoy cookies (http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e82f/action/217fd1b/?cpg=48578569&msg_id=48578569&et_rid=901065250&linkid=48578569_image)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/action/large/217fd1b.jpg

[Alex]

Really, shouldn't that have been cupcakes?

[alphabassettgrrl]

Stinks that you had a car problem but at least it was a minor one!

[Ghoulish Delight]

How to park for free in Horton Plaza parking structure for 15 hours.

Step 1: Park in Horton Plaza parking structure on a school night far later than you should be parking anywhere.

Step 2: Lose rental car key*.

Step 3: Take a cab back to the hotel and deal with it tomorrow.

Step 4: Go to work the next day, getting a ride from your amazing, attractive coworker** who didn't lose any car keys

Step 5: Return to Horton Plaza and call AAA

Step 6: Discover that the tow truck can't fit into the parking structure

Step 7: Have the tow truck driver break into the car and release the shift/stearing lock

Step 8: Ask the next car to pull up to the entrance gate to take a ticket and back up after the arm is up so you can roll the car out the entrance.

Step 9: Be very thankful that your company springs for the rental car loss waiver (no charge for lost key), and that your intelligent and attractive coworker has AAA.



* Not me

** Me

[alphabassettgrrl]

Quite an adventure.

[RStar]

When is the movie release?

I heard Colin Farrell is playing your part.

:D

[Prudence]

Dating sucks. I'm about ready to join a convent.

[cirquelover]

Don't give up Pru!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Sorry, Pru. I've got a coworker in the same boat. All she finds are losers. But there are good guys out there- you've just got to sort through the muck to get them.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

26-Pound Edible Gummy Python (http://www.vat19.com/dvds/26-pound-edible-gummy-python-candy.cfm)
http://images1.vat19.com/party-python/gummy-python-8-feet-long.jpg

[RStar]

Hmmm, the guy on the right is thinking about the guy on the left while eating a large python.....


;)

[Promo-Man]

I got to tryout my new Santa suit this past Saturday at the Orange Farmers Market.
I like it, it is a lot cooler than my other suits and I did have a great time visiting with the children.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I got to tryout my new Santa suit this past Saturday at the Orange Farmers Market.
I like it, it is a lot cooler than my other suits and I did have a great time visiting with the children.That was you?? Theo and I were there! You called out to us when you overheard me saying his name. I'm so sorry I gave you the brush off...it gets tricky when you don't celebrate Christmas. :blush: You looked fantastic though!

[Promo-Man]

Yep that was me and no problem

[Promo-Man]

So last night I was the window display (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4977841287666&set=a.1254338882433.2039416.1348404701&type=1&theater)last night at Cielo Boutique Salon in Manhattan Beach, CA

[Kevy Baby]

How cool!

Was that last night?

[Strangler Lewis]

I'm so sorry I gave you the brush off...it gets tricky when you don't celebrate Christmas. :blush: You looked fantastic though!

A bearded man in a suit of flame who calls out to you when you say one of the names of God? You could have brushed off Elijah the Prophet!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Guy finds his ancient double at the museum (http://www.omgblog.com/2012/11/omg_doppelganger_temple_studen.php)
http://www.omgblog.com/media/2012/11/o-DOPPLEGANGER-570.jpg

[cirquelover]

I love a live Santa in the window, how cool!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

A bearded man in a suit of flame who calls out to you when you say one of the names of God? You could have brushed off Elijah the Prophet!I'm never quite looking for him unless I've had three cups of wine.

Guy finds his ancient double at the museum (http://www.omgblog.com/2012/11/omg_doppelganger_temple_studen.php)
http://www.omgblog.com/media/2012/11/o-DOPPLEGANGER-570.jpgThat guy needs that insane outfit.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Hey, that doppelganger is kind of cool!

In my world- Nutcracker season has started. My coworkers are cringing. With every note.

[Morrigoon]

Soooo.... LoT has a tencennial approaching. Wild, eh?

[€uroMeinke]

We still have another 2 years & change, I'd hold off on pressing your ball gowns for now. There are only a few Facebook holdouts left among us.

[Moonliner]

We still have another 2 years & change, I'd hold off on pressing your ball gowns for now. There are only a few Facebook holdouts left among us.

*sigh*

Ok fine. I'll give up on being a Facebook holdout. But it's still an evil site.

[cirquelover]

Don't do it Moonie, stand strong with me, Facebook is still evil!

[Kevy Baby]

Too late Cirque. All the cool kids AND Jim's Mom are doing it.

[€uroMeinke]

I should probably remind everyone that here in LoT we have no privacy settings, in fact we have no privacy policy - so uh, post at your own risk :cheers:

[Kevy Baby]

Sure there is a privacy policy: there is no privacy.

Do we have a piracy policy? :argghh:

[Morrigoon]

We still have another 2 years & change, I'd hold off on pressing your ball gowns for now. There are only a few Facebook holdouts left among us.

Oh, my bad. I saw something about a certain other site celebrating a decade, and made the assumption. But they may be going off a different origination date.

Mind: unblown.

[Moonliner]

I should probably remind everyone that here in LoT we have no privacy settings, in fact we have no privacy policy - so uh, post at your own risk :cheers:

Sure you do. It's called the Parking LoT. Members only. Also you are not data mining the sh!t out of everything we do and selling it to anyone and everyone or tracking us on non-LoT sites even if we try and opt out.

[cirquelover]

I couldn't have said it better!

[Alex]

I don't really care about Facebook datamining and selling me to the highest bidder.

It is just an incredibly awful format in which to try and hold anything resembling a conversation.

[BarTopDancer]

Sure you do. It's called the Parking LoT. Members only. Also you are not data mining the sh!t out of everything we do and selling it to anyone and everyone or tracking us on non-LoT sites even if we try and opt out.

LoT may not be datamining but GoogleBots sure are.



Unrelated but I got some entertaining spam at work today.

Literally cut and paste


Hi %First_Name%,

We are in the process of cleaning out our marketing prospects database and noticed we hadn't heard from you in quite some time.

We'd like to continue sending you content Help Desk professionals would be interested in, but before doing so wanted to ensure we were not intruding.

If you'd like to opt-out of future emails from us please respond to this email with the words "unsubscribe" in the email body or click here.

Respectfully,

-John

John - Marketing Team - Infrastructure Networking

Infrastructure Networking
[removed]
Vancouver, WA 98662

[Alex]

Hey, I'm from Vancouver, WA. I may have gone to high school with John. In fact I think there was a John in my class.

Though unlike most spam somebody actually did the work of looking up a correct ZIP code for Vancouver.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Oh, my bad. I saw something about a certain other site celebrating a decade, and made the assumption. But they may be going off a different origination date.

Mind: unblown."Age" is turning 10. "Chat" is the same age as us.

[Morrigoon]

Yeah, I realize that now. *smacks forehead*

[CoasterMatt]

How many Black Friday tramplings/beatings/stabbings will result in deaths this year?

[Alex]

So, Mannheim Steamroller is an expensive ticket to sleep through. But on the other hand it is tolerable when you only experience 10 minutes of the 90 minute show.

Think I wa out within 46 seconds of the show starting.

[RStar]

Music to sleep by....

[Moonliner]

So what do you think of Massively Multiplayer Online Shopping. Apparently it's a thing now. (http://www.wired.com/business/2012/11/ready-set-trade-little-black-bag-offers-a-new-way-to-shop/)


Every New Year’s, Japanese shoppers line up to snag so-called “lucky bags” stuffed with last year’s clothes, shoes and even tea bags. Deal-hungry buyers have no clue what’s inside, but they do know they’re getting their loot at a hefty discount. If they don’t like what they get, they can trade with other shoppers.

This tradition, known as fukubukuro, goes back at least 100 years. While poor shoppers like myself can’t afford a ticket to the land of the rising sun to experience the craze first-hand, Little Black Bag, a recently launched Los Angeles-based startup, is bringing the ritual to online shoppers in the United States.


I'm going to go with: No Thanks.

[Alex]

I wouldn't do it, but only because I wouldn't do any shopping that requires any additional effort beyond the 10 minutes I'm willing to spend in a store (or online retailer).

But the concept of grab bags doesn't strike me as particularly Japanese. Setting up a system to exchange seems like a reasonable next step. Heck, I seem to recall last year it wasn't uncommon to see a friend excitedly post about having bot a Woot Bag of Crap and then following up a few days later asking if anybody wanted whatever it was that they got.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me0324BDa11rgpcouo1_400.gif

[SzczerbiakManiac]

A Map of Your Grocery Store (http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2012/11/29/a-map-of-your-grocery-store/)http://www.pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Map-of-Your-Grocery-Store.png

[Moonliner]

The number of people I feel the need to notify when I forget my phone at home is surprising long.

[Kevy Baby]

Then don't leave your phone at home.

[Alex]

The number of people who feel I should feel the need to notify them when I forget my phone at home is surprisingly long.

She's generally disappointed on that front.

[Moonliner]

Then don't leave your phone at home.

You go on an entirely different list.

[Promo-Man]

Tonight is the night the episode of Castle that I am in is on
look for the Santa in green and the one with the cane panted like a candly cane

[cirquelover]

I missed the first few minutes but just saw you in the Santa circle with the candycane cane! I'll look and see if I missed your other part. I have never watched this show before.

[Kevy Baby]

Actually, Castle is a really good show. We have this episode on the TiVo and will watch soon.

[Moonliner]

Tonight is the night the episode of Castle that I am in is on
look for the Santa in green and the one with the cane panted like a candly cane

Your episode of Castle is the lead on HULU.com. Oh! and there you are at 9min 15sec. Just before the first commercial break.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Oh, I wish I'd seen this in time to TiVo it.

[Prudence]

Ok, costume-types. I need to come up on a pre-1600 take on Alice. Pronto. Any ideas?

[Morrigoon]

Alice herself, or could you do the hatter? Because I could totally see him in poofy pants.

[RStar]

I could see him in one of those Shakespear-type collars that look like an air filter around his neck. And tights. And a poofy shirt. Oh, and a wide brimed hat with a long feather......

[Morrigoon]

How early can you go? Possible surcote (http://www.patternsoftime.com/proddetail.asp?prod=WN102).

[Alex]

Any period pre-1600? Go blonde and put on a blue toga with white highlights.

[Prudence]

Gotta do Alice - there's an unofficial effort for female types to show up at an event in March as period versions of Disney princesses, although that's been extended to heroines in general, as well as villains. I'm going for something that fewer people will be doing, and a friend might go as the Queen of Hearts, so there'd be sort of a team thing going on.

I'm trying to wander away from my usual style (which doesn't seem to appear in blue, ever, anyhow) and contemplate other options - like a ladder-laced Venetian with split skirt - white under and blue dress. Possibility for a Dinah cat-esque flea fur, if I could come up with it. I have to say though - a toga would definitely be unexpected, and more likely to be completed, given the number of steampunk ideas queued up in my brain. Maybe I could convince others to go as a purple Persian/Turkish caterpillar, striped, landsknecht Cheshire cat, and the above-suggested pumpkin-panted or venetians-sporting Mad Hatter. I think there are portraits of guys in the latter with tall hats.

[cirquelover]

So do any of you NorCal people know a good place to eat near Cyril & Magnin? The husband is down there all week and is a little overwhelmed by it all. I think he's getting room service tonight but I don't want him to eat that all week.

[Moonliner]

Gotta do Alice

Darn. I was going to suggest a full on Princess Leia. People tend to forget she is not just from far far way but "Long Long ago" as well.

[Strangler Lewis]

Cyril Magnin? Well, to me that suggests Lefty O'Doul's or David's deli, both on Geary or any number of old timey joints on Powell, the bar at the top of the Sir Francis Drake, etc.

If he wants to head north and east a bit, there's a Frenchy district: Cafe Claude on Sutter, a French place on Geary and Grant, I believe, and the various places on Belden Alley off of Pine.

Up Grant is Chinatown. Up Kearney and around Columbus is North Beach and Italian.

I believe Union Square now has a cafe in the middle of it and regular entertainment.

Etc.

[Kevy Baby]

There's a McDonalds right around the corner...

[BarTopDancer]

We got fvcked up at Lefty O'Doul's. Surprised we made it back to the hotel that was just across the street.

Anyway, I feel in love with the pastries from Bellini's, on Powell by Geary had a couple good sandwiches there. There is an Italian restaurant right around there too that was good but we had better in North Beach. The mall has a food court. Nothing exciting but its within walking distance.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'm one load-out away from being done with Nutcracker for this year. Whew. It sort of ate my life last week.

[Morrigoon]

Lefty's is fun, though I'm only ever there with my Dad and Stepmom

[Kevy Baby]

For Moonie and Matt, I found every audiophile article ever written (http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/audiophile.html?)

[Prudence]

Darn. I was going to suggest a full on Princess Leia. People tend to forget she is not just from far far way but "Long Long ago" as well.

First of all: ugh. Second: that character has been most vigorously forbidden.

[Snowflake]

So do any of you NorCal people know a good place to eat near Cyril & Magnin? The husband is down there all week and is a little overwhelmed by it all. I think he's getting room service tonight but I don't want him to eat that all week.

Let me take a look and I'll let you know

Colibri is good and lots of good tequila, too

[CoasterMatt]

We've been in the new office for just under a month, and we've been asked by three different companies about filming in our space.

[Moonliner]

We've been in the new office for just under a month, and we've been asked by three different companies about filming in our space.

I think you need a full time production liaison (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showpost.php?p=367024&postcount=649) for your building.

[RStar]

We've been in the new office for just under a month, and we've been asked by three different companies about filming in our space.

So, where's the pictures? Or is that forbidden?

[alphabassettgrrl]

So now we are into a new year. we've succeeded in getting rid of one CR-V size load of junk: old electronics, among other random things that we no longer need. And GoodWill takes e-waste! For free.

Feels pretty good to have a few square feet of space free of clutter. Now let's see how long we can keep it up! And how much more we can junk.

How's everybody else?

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Cookie Bra (http://www.instructables.com/id/Cookie-Bra/?ALLSTEPS)
Suddenly a granola bra doesn't seem so far-fetched.
http://cdn.foodbeast.com.s3.amazonaws.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cookiebra.jpg

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Van Gogh's Starry Night in "3D" (http://funnyjunk.com/funny_gifs/3512538/Van+Gogh+3D/)
http://static.fjcdn.com/gifs/Van+Gogh+3D_268abc_3512094.gif

[lindyhop]

The organizer who has been hosting dancing on Saturday nights at the ESPN stage in Downtown Disney (AKA Carnation Plaza in exile) announced that the dance would be in a Grand Californian ballroom one Saturday night in February. He created a Facebook event so they could get an estimate of how many people might attend and within about 48 hours something like 700 people said they would. They were planning for about 300 or so. Now they're having to backpedal and explain that RSVPing for the event is no guarantee you will get in because of limited capacity etc. Oops.

[wendybeth]

Yesterday, it was PNWSnowmaggedon. Tonight, everything is melting, and the wind is blowing. It feels like the Chinooks, but I know better- those don't hit until mid-February. It's like a false promise of impending Spring. Meanwhile, wild animals roam our halls, tweaked by the creaking of the house and the howling of the wind. Hyper little ****s.

[lashbear]

*sigh* ...and still you tease me, Wendybeth.

**Goes back to sitting in front of the fan**

[Moonliner]

:confused: *sigh* ...and still you tease me, Wendybeth.

**Goes back to sitting in front of the fan**

Hey I checked the weather there in Australia, It's not THAT bad. In fact it's about the same temp as here in DC. Overcoat and gloves weather.

Oh wait, you use Celsius don't you? Never mind.

[Kevy Baby]

I feel you pain everyone. It is a bone-chilling 64° F (18° C) here.

[lashbear]

18 C ?? That's WARM !! I was walking around Matsumoto in Japan in a singlet and shorts at 39 F temperatures.

[BarTopDancer]

Meanwhile, wild animals roam our halls, tweaked by the creaking of the house and the howling of the wind. Hyper little ****s.

If you quit giving Tori and her friends energy drinks they'd settle down. :p

[Moonliner]

I'm always amazed by how dirty my glasses get before I notice they need to be cleaned, and how crisp the world looks after I do.

[Strangler Lewis]

I'm always amazed by how dirty my glasses get before I notice they need to be cleaned, and how crisp the world looks after I do.

Yes, it's depressing to have one's bracing morning cocktail in a dirty glass.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm always amazed by how dirty my glasses get before I notice they need to be cleaned, and how crisp the world looks after I do.There's a great analogy there. *tucks away for future use*

[Morrigoon]

Anyone else watching Downton Abbey? Someone did a "if last weeks episode was entirely on Facebook (http://www.happyplace.com/20382/dowton-abbey-facebook-recap)" thing, and it totally nails it.

[CoasterMatt]

So, I met some of the Kings players last night, and the one I ended up getting to chat a little bit with (Kevin Westgarth) was traded to Carolina Hurricanes this morning.

[alphabassettgrrl]

You got to meet some Kings players? I saw the tweet but wasn't sure what it was about. That's really cool.

Sorry the guy got traded.

[RStar]

So, I met some of the Kings players last night, and the one I ended up getting to chat a little bit with (Kevin Westgarth) was traded to Carolina Hurricanes this morning.

It's your fault!

;)

[CoasterMatt]

Photos from the Meet The Players event - here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coastermatt/sets/72157632510395744/)

[Snowflake]

Crossed the threshold of my gym yesterday for the first time in over a year. Hopped on a bike and rode 10 miles to start. I guess I overdid a little. Feeling it today. Going back for more punishment today, too.

Went to the doc last week for the annual and all numbers we're good. Fasting BS was under 100, HC1 was good and all he did was ream me about my weight, I gained 4 lbs in 6 months. He's right, but damn, give me a little credit buddy!

[Gn2Dlnd]

Dammit, I'm SICK of being sick! Day 12 of the creeping crud...

[wendybeth]

We were sick pretty much all of December, and into January. What kind of sick cooties you got, Jim? We had the sinus faucet that couldn't be shut off- Tori resorted to just stuffing tissues up her nose to stop the deluge. So wrong- at her age, those tissues need to be stuffed somewhere else! ;)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I just concluded a call that took a while to complete. It was a very simple procedure, but there was about 15 minutes of us just waiting for the process to complete. At the end of the call, this conversation happened.
Caller: Thank you very much for doing that, I know it was hard.
Me: You're welcome, but was just long, it wasn't hard [realizing what just came out of my mouth] That came out weird...
Caller: wooOOOO!
Then she laughed heartily. Which was a relief!

[alphabassettgrrl]

With this wind, I think we're in Kansas.

[Moonliner]

I just concluded a call that took a while to complete. It was a very simple procedure, but there was about 15 minutes of us just waiting for the process to complete. At the end of the call, this conversation happened.
Caller: Thank you very much for doing that, I know it was hard.
Me: You're welcome, but was just long, it wasn't hard [realizing what just came out of my mouth] That came out weird...
Caller: wooOOOO!
Then she laughed heartily. Which was a relief!

Adding "realizing what just came out of my mouth" does not really help your case here.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

too true :evil:

[lashbear]

VMM !! :snap:

[Strangler Lewis]

"What I meant to say is that it was you. You're a nice lady. That's why it wasn't hard."

[Ghoulish Delight]

Saw a nameplate on a cube today.

Paul Sack.

The end.

[Moonliner]

Cool beans.

My USGS Earthquake app notified me of the Nuclear Test in North Korea this morning. I feel just like Q.

[RStar]

With this wind, I think we're in Kansas.

Perhaps if it keeps up, you'll no longer be in Kansas anymore.

[€uroMeinke]

Cool beans.

My USGS Earthquake app notified me of the Nuclear Test in North Korea this morning. I feel just like Q.

We're the North Koreans using one of your designs?

[Moonliner]

We're the North Koreans using one of your designs?

Are you kidding? A crappy 7-KT device? Hell no. That's high school science project size.

Let's say you detonated it over the center of the esplanade, the main fireball would just barely reach the main gates of DL and CA. IASW would have a 50/50 chance of not being flattened, although it would probably be on fire.

A real one would crater DLR and flatten or set fire to everything closer than the 405.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

That is oddly comforting and discomforting information.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Where does your facial hair fall (http://cheezburger.com/6153514240)?
https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/6153514240/hF9F010A0/

[cirquelover]

I can't sleep but I'd really like to. I can't even think of anything productive to do that wouldn't wake the teen. Ho hum

[RStar]

So, my wife thought it would be fun to break her leg for Valentines day. I dissagree....

But a left disital fubular fracture with mild displacement is what she got. If it's not one thing.....you get the picture.

[cirquelover]

Oh my, I am so sorry to hear that. I hope she can recover quickly.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Ouch!!! Hope it heals up quick.

[katiesue]

Oh no. I hope she feels better soon!

[RStar]

Thanks guys. We go to the specialist Monday to see what the outcome may be. But right now she is unable to do anything by herself. After 4 back surgeries she is not ambilitory enough to use crutches, and needs to be pushed in the wheelchair to leave the bed at all. This requires 24 hr help, which is not easy.

[Alex]

So.....

I know most people don't understand it or think it must be the most boring vacation ever, but I'm enjoying myself.

Lani is off for a week on a Disney cruise. I didn't want to go but rather than have two weeks this year of vacation without the other, I decided to take one at the same time.

So I flew into Orlando with her last Friday and have been driving around the Southeast ever since. Not really site seeing (very brief stops in Savannah, Charleston, and Myrtle Beach), just driving. Almost 1200 miles (currently in Chattanooga, was on the South Carolina coast when I woke up) since lunch time on Saturday.

Staying off the interstates and just enjoying seeing places I've never seen before. Just in my own head all day. Very relaxing.

So. 5 Random Minutes of North Carolina (http://youtu.be/0zFqwZU1M8g). Boring perhaps but good for me.

Also, I'm simultaneously pleased and appalled that this exists (http://youtu.be/DF_1204fVa8) ("South of the Border" is a play on words since it is just on the South Carolina side of the border with North Carolina).

[alphabassettgrrl]

I could see solo-exploring being interesting. I'm glad you're enjoying your vacation!

[Strangler Lewis]

So.....

I know most people don't understand it or think it must be the most boring vacation ever, but I'm enjoying myself.

Lani is off for a week on a Disney cruise. I didn't want to go but rather than have two weeks this year of vacation without the other, I decided to take one at the same time.

So I flew into Orlando with her last Friday and have been driving around the Southeast ever since. Not really site seeing (very brief stops in Savannah, Charleston, and Myrtle Beach), just driving. Almost 1200 miles (currently in Chattanooga, was on the South Carolina coast when I woke up) since lunch time on Saturday.

Staying off the interstates and just enjoying seeing places I've never seen before. Just in my own head all day. Very relaxing.

So. 5 Random Minutes of North Carolina (http://youtu.be/0zFqwZU1M8g). Boring perhaps but good for me.

Also, I'm simultaneously pleased and appalled that this exists (http://youtu.be/DF_1204fVa8) ("South of the Border" is a play on words since it is just on the South Carolina side of the border with North Carolina).

Questions abound, among them: 1) Did we catch you in a secret pop music wallow? 2) Did you stop at Porky's to get your ass kicked?

Actually, those are all my questions.

[Alex]

1) No, I had it on a random news station and didn't want anybody to read anything meaningful into whatever was being said (driving 10 hours a day I'll do time on pretty much all of them). So right before I started I hit one of the preset buttons.

2) I considered it. But decided to wait for Porky's II later on.

[CoasterMatt]

Rose got a bitchin' new tattoo yesterday...
http://i.imgur.com/SJHUOmE.jpg

[alphabassettgrrl]

One of these days I will learn to go to public gardens during the growing season. :) Huntington Gardens were still beautiful, especially the Japanese one, but a lot of things were still sleeping.

[RStar]

Great tat, Rose!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

As of last Wednesday evening, I have a nephew.

[CoasterMatt]

http://i.imgur.com/yTlUx0v.gif

[innerSpaceman]

I'm glad facebook still doesn't support Gifs.

[RStar]

As of last Wednesday evening, I have a nephew.

Congrats!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Predictable pedant is predictable.


"Here is an analogy. It is not a perfect analogy. It is, in fact, a very over the top melodramatic analogy meant purely to illustrate that your absolutist statement is, in fact, not an absolute. I know that it's not an exact parallel to the situation, but that's not why I'm making the analogy."


"That analogy doesn't fit the situation!!!"

[alphabassettgrrl]

Free dinner always tastes better.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Deliveries to Marina Del Rey, Santa Fe Springs, and Olde Towne Tustinne. Maybe look at a kitchen space or two along the way. I fully expect to find myself at the DLR for dinner. :)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Is the new pope anti-gay and anti-birth control, you ask?





Is the Pope Catholic?

[3894]

So, last night Tom is flipping through Scientific American. He stops at a shoe ad. These shoes have little springs in the heel. They're new. They're okay looking. You can try them risk-free for 30 days!

He notices the logo. Could it really be ...yes, actually it really is (SFW but biological) (http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-04-14/sports/30035720_1_logo-shoes-new-life).

No sale.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

So, last night Tom is flipping through Scientific American. He stops at a shoe ad. These shoes have little springs in the heel. They're new. They're okay looking. You can try them risk-free for 30 days!

He notices the logo. Could it really be ...yes, actually it really is (SFW but biological) (http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-04-14/sports/30035720_1_logo-shoes-new-life).

No sale.It's a perfect match for an Ed Hardy shirt.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Wouldn't the shirt cancel out the shoes? Douche vs. sperm?

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Of course, those shoes don't come in my size (story of my life)

[alphabassettgrrl]

EEEeeewwwww!!!!

[Moonliner]

Rocking six flags over Texas using the CoasterMatt plan. Being nauseus was never so much fun.

[€uroMeinke]

So it seems "Good Friday" is a thing

[alphabassettgrrl]

Glad you're having a good time, Moonie!

I've been both very productive and very lazy today. Did get a plant put into the ground, got my plants watered, got some things picked up and some laundry done, and we finished off the leftovers from the last couple days. Hound got a walk, and hubby fixed the run-on toilet.

But somehow I feel like I should have done more. Didn't even get to the beach for wave pictures like we'd sort of planned. Oh, well, there will be other days.

Going down tomorrow to take the Dining with the Spirits tour on the Queen Mary. And spend the night. Should be fun.

[Kevy Baby]

So it seems "Good Friday" is a thing

It was good for traffic this morning

[alphabassettgrrl]

I highly recommend the haunted tours of the Queen Mary. There are slight differences between them, but they all go to the same locations. Pool, room B340, boiler room, engine room, and a lot of the otherwise not-available corridor spaces. We had a very entertaining guide, and a fantastic dinner at the restaurant. Saw part of the maze area that they use during Dark Harbor.

And the rooms are very much like they were in her sailing days; just a few upgrades for modern life. Like everybody gets their own bathroom now. Very comfortable.

[cirquelover]

So they let you sleep on the ship? That sounds like a lot of fun!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Sure did- the ship's a hotel! Three decks of staterooms. It was fantastic.

[Stan4dSteph]

So, last night Tom is flipping through Scientific American. He stops at a shoe ad. These shoes have little springs in the heel. They're new. They're okay looking. You can try them risk-free for 30 days!

He notices the logo. Could it really be ...yes, actually it really is (SFW but biological) (http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-04-14/sports/30035720_1_logo-shoes-new-life).

No sale.I remember seeing those in the Sky Mall catalog a while ago and thinking the same thing.

[Moonliner]

Today marks one of the great rights of spring.

I changed the setting on the house thermostats from "Heat" to "Cool"

Heady stuff to be sure.

[blueerica]

Talking about rites of spring... Sneezing.

With some crazy April winds, our office is full of sneezing fits.

[alphabassettgrrl]

So I got to see the Indiana Jones exhibit at the Santa Ana Discovery center. Good stuff! Slow picture day, only took 149, but will get them edited down and posted on Flickr.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

taken from David Mixner's 5 Questions for Oscar-winning Producer Bruce Cohen (http://www.davidmixner.com/2013/04/five-questions-foroscar-winning-producer-bruce-cohen.html)
What is the funniest or most embarrassing thing ever to happen to you while making a movie?

Well, for better or worse, there have been many funny and embarrassing moments on sets over the years. If I had to pick one that was both, I guess I'll go with one Friday night on ALWAYS, a Speilberg movie. I was the second assistant director on, when Steven asked me to get him his formal yarmulke. This request threw me into a bit of a panic, since, even though it was shabbat, I had never known Steven to be that religious and I certainly didn't know he had a formal yarmulke--or even what that was--or where I would find it. Thankfully, I finally realized he was actually asking for the all-terrain vehicle he used to get around the set in Montana--his four-wheel yamaha.

[alphabassettgrrl]

It's an interesting start to an evening when a friend calls in a blind panic, screaming that she needs help. And won't say where she is. And the cell service is sort of spotty so both parties cut in and out.

Did get it sorted. Cops arrived. Kid throwing rocks at cars was arrested.

But wow. And now there's an 8 inch dent in my friend's (first-ever) brand new car. That she was so proud of. And the cop ranted about how it's terrible that those crazy Californians passed some law and now it's not illegal to be on drugs and insurance companies are nothing but legalized extortion.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Types of Coffee (http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2013/04/15/types-of-coffee-4-pics/)
http://www.pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/types-of-coffee-1.pnghttp://www.pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/types-of-coffee2.pnghttp://www.pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/types-of-coffee3.pnghttp://www.pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/types-of-coffee4.png

[alphabassettgrrl]

Cute!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Turn your fridge into a TARDIS (http://glasssculpture.org/artglass/holiday/police-box.html)
http://glasssculpture.org/artglass/holiday/police-box/tardis-fridge640.jpg

[Moonliner]

Turn your fridge into a TARDIS (http://glasssculpture.org/artglass/holiday/police-box.html)
http://glasssculpture.org/artglass/holiday/police-box/tardis-fridge640.jpg

How would you ever know if the food in it has expired or not?

[katiesue]

Maddie would love that!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

How would you ever know if the food in it has expired or not?But even if the food has expired, you could just go back in time to a point where it wasn't expired.

[katiesue]

And the bonus is it's bigger on the inside.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I never realized it before, but that must be what Vincent used at Cafe Diem!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Awesome Dad Has Illustrated His Kids' Sandwich Bags Every Day Since 2008 (http://foodbeast.com/content/2013/04/24/best-dad-ever-illustrates-his-kids-lunch-bags-every-day-since-2008/#.UXlOOU2v8cs)
With a Sharpie in hand, he illustrates a different drawing for each sandwich, takes a photo, then posts it to his flickr account. His children wait until lunchtime to see the drawings, making their meals even more awesome.http://cdn.foodbeast.com.s3.amazonaws.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sandwich-art-.jpg

video featuring the dad (http://drlaferriere.com/2013/04/im-the-dad-that-draws-on-sandwich-bags/)
Flickr archive of all the bags (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlaferriere/sets/72157605053629580)

[Alex]

More importantly, down at the bottom is a link to the most vagina shaped foods.

As for the sandwich art, cool. But I hope he knows when to stop (and I must admit I find something a little narcissistic about putting each one out to the world to show how awesome he is instead of it just being a cool thing between him and his kids).

[katiesue]

I used to put smilies and such on Maddie's lunch stuff. But mostly it was just to embarrass her when she pulled it out of the bag.

[Strangler Lewis]

I'm no artist, but over the years I've written many a note on lunch box napkins. I even signed them "Love, The Napkin." My kids appreciated them, well, not at all. I should have saved them, though.

Or maybe I should just die. Then, they'll appreciate the napkin notes, by heaven.

I think.

[katiesue]

My dad used to leave me notes. Not in my lunch but other places. I have one framed in my room that reads "Dear Ms. Hog, Clean your room or Santa won't come to your house. Signed, A Friend" with a drawing of a pig.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

VKSDM

[SzczerbiakManiac]

just chillin'
http://davidmixner.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c90b153ef017d431bc043970c-pi

[Moonliner]

So this is a thing now...

Glowing plants. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit?ref=email) I have mine on order. I'll let you know how it goes.

[RStar]

So this is a thing now...

Glowing plants. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit?ref=email) I have mine on order. I'll let you know how it goes.

Wow, that's cool!

[€uroMeinke]

So this is a thing now...

Glowing plants. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit?ref=email) I have mine on order. I'll let you know how it goes.

This seems perfect for one of those unintended consequences where things go horribly wrong. Awesome!

[Kevy Baby]

So this is a thing now...

Glowing plants. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit?ref=email) I have mine on order. I'll let you know how it goes.Shipped directly to you from our facility on Three Mile Island, PA








.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

We are off Puerto Rico with cell phone service!

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0q3T2dcKJSRn1moiI5uG6qEUJ8GfHvl ai

[alphabassettgrrl]

That's exciting! I love hearing about your adventures!

[Moonliner]

Sooo this is a thing...

I'm sitting at lunch today and I get a text from Moonie Jr. (currently away at college)

"We are on our way to go skydiving. FYI I made a will for my stuff and saved it on my PC just in case"

I miss college.

[Snowflake]

So this is a thing now...

Glowing plants. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit?ref=email) I have mine on order. I'll let you know how it goes.

When these first came out, I had one of the squirt guns, it was cool. but they've been sold out forever. I see they have a few other items now!

Millenium Blaster (http://www.biotoy.com/blaster.htm)


Coming Soon & videos (http://www.biotoy.com/comingsoon.htm)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

The CBS logo from another angle (http://twitpic.com/cnokwf)
http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/765372111.jpg?1367531904

[alphabassettgrrl]

Hey, that's awesome!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

another hidden pacman logo (http://www.andrewkeir.com/lg-logo-pacman-logo/)
http://akroot313.andrewkeir313.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/lg-pacman-logo.gif

[alphabassettgrrl]

Wwwwhhhheeeee- here we go again. We're close to the Springs Fire in Camarillo, and it just picked up again. They're announcing new evacuations and it's flaring big. Watching from afar, as my friend's house is in the middle of the hell zone and she's out of town.

Fire season in May- weird.

[Moonliner]

So look who I just saw on National TV:

CoasterMatt and Mutt! (http://imgur.com/zUW41Ko)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

So look who I just saw on National TV:

CoasterMatt and Mutt! (http://imgur.com/zUW41Ko)Awesome, though that's not your twitter handle, right?

[katiesue]

Dear IT Department,

Sending out an email to say that the email system isn't working doesn't really do me much good. Nor do the 3 status updates you sent on the progress while it was out.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I guess it's a good thing that it's taken 3 years for my cat to find a situation she needed help to get out of . She jumped up to the top of a cupboard this morning and the ledge she jumped from has stuff on it... so she couldn't just jump down onto it. Luckily I had a little ladder that let me get high enough to reach her.

She's complained at me from the house roof, but she has a few routes down from that. This one was new. I think she was looking for a bird she brought inside yesterday, which escaped.

I recognize that it's normal for cats to overstep their reach but this is the first time for this cat. So I guess I'm fortunate. :)

[Moonliner]

Dear IT Department,

Sending out an email to say that the email system isn't working doesn't really do me much good. Nor do the 3 status updates you sent on the progress while it was out.

I setup an in house IM app just for this type of thing, oh and as a side effect dropped traffic on the mail servers about 20% as people started using it for quickies.


(And yes that is a fat one right over the plate for you Kevy)

[Kevy Baby]

(And yes that is a fat one right over the plate for you Kevy)Thank you: I'm a big fan of the in-house IM app.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Bro-sie The Riveter (http://thehawkeyeinitiative.com/post/50432219744/special-guest-edition-the-hawkeye-initiative-irl)
An awesome tale of how a gender equality in the workplace prank turned out.

[3894]

So, the Carousel of Progress dad's current head is not proportional to his body. It's too big. Not only that but in the second scene (1920's), his head is a bit askew, giving him a zombie vibe. It's the one and only time I had the distinct feeling an anamatronic was about to come after the audience.

[alphabassettgrrl]

That made me laugh.

[RStar]

Wow, how could they get the size of the head wrong? Wierd...

[Stan4dSteph]

So, the Carousel of Progress dad's current head is not proportional to his body. It's too big. Not only that but in the second scene (1920's), his head is a bit askew, giving him a zombie vibe. It's the one and only time I had the distinct feeling an anamatronic was about to come after the audience.Enjoy your trip!

[Morrigoon]

Interesting, but not for the faint of heart. You've probably heard about how, when climbers die on Mt. Everest, they are unable to recover the bodies, so they are left where they died. Well this link (http://imgur.com/gallery/rkRAk) is a photo essay of them.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I've spent the last three days enjoying the Sesame Street Live dancing sheep. Nothing like watching a dancing sheep doing what looks for all the world like the Chicken dance. Or part of it.

[3894]

Interesting, but not for the faint of heart. You've probably heard about how, when climbers die on Mt. Everest, they are unable to recover the bodies, so they are left where they died. Well this link (http://imgur.com/gallery/rkRAk) is a photo essay of them.

Interesting.

My SIL works for a major travel insurer's medical assistance division. He's one of the people who arranges medevacs off Everest and, literally, all over the world.

It's an interesting job.

[Alex]

I'm more interested in your sister-in-law being a he.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'm glad to have the work, but wow. It's exhausting sometimes.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Wil Wheaton spoke at the Denver Comic Con this past weekend. During the Q&A a young girl asked him this question, "When you were a kid were you called a nerd and, if so, how did you deal with it?"
This was his response:
When I was a boy I was called a nerd all the time--because I didn't like sports, I loved to read, I liked math and science, I thought school was really cool--and it hurt a lot. Because it's never ok when a person makes fun of you for something you didn't choose. You know, we don't choose to be nerds. We can't help it that we like these things--and we shouldn't apologize for liking these things.

I wish that I could tell you that there is really easy way to just not care, but the truth is it hurts. But here's the thing that you might be able to understand--as a matter of fact I'm confident you will be able to understand this because you asked this question.

When a person makes fun of you, when a person is cruel to you, it has nothing to do with you. It's not about what you said. It's not about what you did. It's not about what you love. It's about them feeling bad about themselves. They feel sad.

They don't get positive attention from their parents. They don't feel as smart as you. They don't understand the things that you understand. Maybe one of their parents is pushing them to be a cheerleader or a baseball player or an engineer or something they just don't want to do. So they take that out on you because they can't go and be mean to the person who's actually hurting them.

So, when a person is cruel to you like that, I know that this is hard, but honestly the kind and best reaction is to pity them. And don't let them make you feel bad because you love a thing.

Maybe find out what they love and talk about how they love it. I bet you find out that a person who loves tetherball, loves tetherball in exactly the same way that you love Doctor Who, but you just love different things.

And I will tell you this--it absolutely gets better as you get older.

I know it's really hard in school when you're surrounded by the same 400 people a day that pick on you and make you feel bad about yourself. But there's 50,000 people here this weekend who went through the exact same thing--and we're all doing really well.

So don't you ever let a person make you feel bad because you love something they decided is only for nerds. You're loving a thing that's for you.
For a video of the event, click here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToeTTJXa3p0). (audio is not great)

[alphabassettgrrl]

I knew he was fabulous!

[RStar]

I even loved him on Eureka, even though he played a bit of a di<k character....

[3894]

I'm more interested in your sister-in-law being a he.

I hate to disappoint you but, in this case, SIL = son-in-law

So, I saw a clown eating in the hospital cafeteria. Costume, wig, full makeup. The interesting part: the clown kept his/her red nose on the whole time.

That's commitment to a role.

[lashbear]

Did he say "This tastes Funny"?

[RStar]

Did he say "This tastes Funny"?

HA! You crack me up!!

[Kevy Baby]

I decided it was a bit too racy for FB. Mildy NSFW.

1798

[lashbear]

How many suburbs have you pamphleted so far?

[Kevy Baby]

I found I get a better response with hand distribution

[Morrigoon]

Hand distribution's fine and all, but most people think word of mouth gets a more positive response.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

this amused me (http://twitpic.com/ayuyij)
http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/663213115.png?1348766018

[alphabassettgrrl]

Nice. :)

[wendybeth]

Lol, Szbm!

Soooooo...... another school year is winding down. It has been absolutely the busiest year of my life- I've barely had time to breathe, and need a vacation more than I ever have before. Tori has been attending Riverpoint Academy, located at the WSU campus in downtown Spokane. Every day we spend two hours commuting from the 'burbs, and I've worked my salon schedule around that commute. Taking two hours out of every day necessitated my working an additional day in order to fit in my clients, so it's six days a week, every week, and my day starts at 7 AM, and ends at 8 or 9. I more often than not do my friends and family's hair on the one day I have off, which whittled my days off to about one a month. Yeah, kinda tired. The good thing is the Girl has a 4.00, and is on track to graduate with honors next year. I'm very proud of her, especially since she has refused any accommodation for her hearing loss- she's just like any other student. Looking forward to reconnecting here and gaining some semblance of normalcy (no worries- I know better than to seek that from you lot! ;)) in my private life.

Also, Nick, Bobbi's son, graduated from his HS yesterday, and received a certificate that placed him in the top 10% of WA state honor students. Very proud of him! He also has a gorgeous, smart and wickedly funny girlfriend- he better not **** it up! ;)

[katiesue]

Congratulations on the smart kiddos! I hope you get a little break soon.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Holy cow, WB! That's a busy schedule indeed but yay for Tori's 4.0!! I hope you get a chance to have some fun and relaxation over the summer. :)

[Morrigoon]

Well, it's a lot of sacrifice, WB, but it sure sounds like the kids have made it worth it! You must be doing something right. :cool: