Soooooo......

[Gn2Dlnd]

To me, it's still people being treated like inferiors. Perhaps someday we'll hear about the struggle for twink rights.

Maybe it's an age thing on my part? Maybe it's because you're not gay? I'm not sure. But your perception of this is confusing to me. Twinks are not, in any way, struggling for rights. Nor are they treated as inferiors. People choose roles in relationships, sub and dom are agreed upon, not assumed. In fact, more often than not, the partner in control of a relationship would be described as the "bottom." It's not a power trip thing, although some people get off on that, it's just a persona that helps someone define their place in a relationship. What JWBear is describing sounds to me like the sort of situation I would find myself in when I was younger. Someone wants to help me out financially, or offer me some sort of domestic security, fine. I can be a cute date. I find myself on the other side of the equation now. No surprise. Who doesn't like the satisfaction of helping someone out? And, if they happen to be cute? All the better. I ain't the Red Cross. Granted, I'm not in this situation very often, but, when I am, neither party is laboring under any delusions.

With the broad spectrum of relationships we have here, I'm surprised that anyone on this board would be in any way offended by a good old lusty compliment. If Dave had hired a busty blonde to help around the house (everybody ought to have a maid...), and she was another in a string of lookers, and I happened to like busty blondes, why on earth would it be offensive for me to say so?

I'm all for rescuing puppies that want to be rescued. Problem is, I tend to complicate the situation by rescuing the straight ones. Yes, apparently, that's a thing too. They get some sort of security, I get a cute guy to hang out with, they know they're never going to put out, I know they're never going to dump me. Win-win, right? :rolleyes:

[lashbear]

Just bought another pair of [un]sexy long-johns (white, not red) for the November weather conditions in London.

[Morrigoon]

I think the key difference is that historically that kind of behavior has led to a difference in treatment and attitude towards all women.

But because this kind of behavior is man-on-man, there is no "other" to permanently feel differently toward. Plus men are complicit in the behavior, where such attitudes were often imposed upon unwilling women (not that there aren't whores and sluts out there, just saying that it affected how ALL women were treated, most of them unwilling to be looked at in that way).

So while I see where CP is getting at with her comparison, I don't feel the way she does on the topic.

[JWBear]

Ok. Let me clear up a couple of misconceptions...

1) Dave never has a sexual or romantic relationship his "lost puppies". They are usually damaged people that he finds through his church work and tries to help. They tend to be gay and male because that is who the outreach group he is a part of is targeted towards. Although some have not been gay. He had an elderly straight woman there at one point.

2) His current project is far from being an under-aged twink (how anyone read that from my post I can't fathom); he looks to be in his late 30s, and is rather scruffy.

3) All gay men do not find under-aged twinks attractive. We are not pedophiles.

4) I find the notion that, just because a gay man sees someone attractive, that he would stand "naked at the blinds pulling one off" to be demeaning and insulting.

[Alex]

That's good to know. I'll keep it mind should I ever think of saying such a thing.

[BarTopDancer]

so I just had a debate on FB (I know, I know, arguing on the internet. but they were RONG!!!!!!!!!!!!) with my friends very ignorant friend who insists that the LDS Church owns Coke because he saw the numerous Coke machines being installed in various stores in UT. I provided links with SEC filings and asked for them. Of course he didn't produce them.

I'd love to find some sort of count of how many coke machines are in the combined Disney parks. I think Disney owns more Coke under that count.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Someone wants to help me out financially, or offer me some sort of domestic security, fine. I can be a cute date. I find myself on the other side of the equation now. No surprise. Who doesn't like the satisfaction of helping someone out? And, if they happen to be cute? All the better. I ain't the Red Cross. Granted, I'm not in this situation very often, but, when I am, neither party is laboring under any delusions. I think this is the key to my confusion. The fact that you are able to come into the elder role later on perhaps mitigates the issues I have with it.

It's obviously not a new thing that people barter attractiveness and companionship for money. It's just something I personally don't like. If the people involved are both complicit then it's their business. I may not think it's healthy to make such transactions, but as Gn2 says, I'm not a gay man. Men are not threatened by this. I will say that IMHO, the longer you spend playing the helpless bimbo, the more you become a helpless bimbo. Perhaps this applies more to women? I dunno.

It's interesting that the fact that it's two men changes the game so much.

I do enjoy a good lusty comment, but this is something that's been building up in my mind for quite a while. My apologies to JW for my reaction which must have seemed out of left field. It was a cumulative thing. I tried to keep my post level because it isn't about pointing fingers but understanding a trend I've seen among many gay relationships and that I really don't get. I obviously do not know particulars about Dave and his lost puppies (more on that below) and the question wasn't really about Dave, it was about the whole sugar daddy thing.

If Dave had hired a busty blonde to help around the house (everybody ought to have a maid...), and she was another in a string of lookers, and I happened to like busty blondes, why on earth would it be offensive for me to say so?For me, it's the sex bartering that's the issue, not looking at attractive people. I ogle my share.

Ok. Let me clear up a couple of misconceptions...

1) Dave never has a sexual or romantic relationship his "lost puppies". They are usually damaged people that he finds through his church work and tries to help. They tend to be gay and male because that is who the outreach group he is a part of is targeted towards. Although some have not been gay. He had an elderly straight woman there at one point.

2) His current project is far from being an under-aged twink (how anyone read that from my post I can't fathom); he looks to be in his late 30s, and is rather scruffy.

3) All gay men do not find under-aged twinks attractive. We are not pedophiles.

4) I find the notion that, just because a gay man sees someone attractive, that he would stand "naked at the blinds pulling one off" to be demeaning and insulting.Ok, so I apparently completely misunderstood your post. To me, "lost puppies" is a demeaning term, soaked in condescension. "Aww, little lost puppies, can't take care of yourselves, here let daddy help." I can't see someone using the term to refer to themselves.

You said he "has a thing for lost puppies" which to me indicates a sexual relationship. You called him his "latest project", which again, sounds demeaning.

No one said that he was an underage twink (how anyone read that from my post I can't fathom). Are twinks always underage? I thought it was more about looking young and nubile. I never said anything about them being underage, though you may be referring to Alex's joke. In any case, I don't care if Dave's "project" is scruffy, or a bear, or whatever. My reference to twinks was mostly an end line joke, and I never said that all gay men are attracted to twinks, or underage people, or children. I don't know where you got that from.

In any case I feel like I know a little more about this stuff now, so at least that. Sorry if I offended but as I said, I find this a bit unsettling, and need it explained to me. Thanks.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Yeah, the word "twink" doesn't necessarily mean underaged. It's generally a physical type, and usually not applied to guys past their mid-twenties. keith - SuPeR K! being an exceptional exception to the rule. ;)

[lashbear]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Hellmans / Best Foods Real Mayonnaise. Me likee.

[Not Afraid]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Hellmans / Best Foods Real Mayonnaise. Me likee.

On twinks?

[Not Afraid]

Today was a wonderful day - other than the small fact we got rear-ended (in the Volvo you dirty minded bastards). We're both a bit sore and I'm sure that will get worse before it gets better. The Volvo now has wings! The bumper got pushed in and it is sticking out on the sides, but no damage I can see other than that. My poor car is falling apart at the seams.

[Strangler Lewis]

Also a good day.

A nice trip to the pool with the kids.

A few pleasant hours at a dirty carnival.

And I learned a new word.

[Ghoulish Delight]

"And I use that to fvck them in a very uncomfortable place."

"What, like the back of a Volkswagen?"

Ugh, get rest, take drugs, curse the bastard's name.

[BarTopDancer]

Today was a wonderful day - other than the small fact we got rear-ended (in the Volvo you dirty minded bastards).

Ya, that doesn't help much around these parts. :p

Hope you guys aren't too sore in the coming days and the vehicle repair is as painless as possible.

[Not Afraid]

Thanks. It isn't too bad, thankfully. I'm also very grateful the pugs weren't with us.

Although, ironically, we were on our way to lunch with 2 employees of our insurance carrier. I DID ask NM if he could take our claim over heroin chicken. ;)

[lindyhop]

Nice surprises and general goodness today (yesterday now, I should go to bed already):

Blood test at Kaiser took less than 15 minutes which can't be possible.
I thought I would have to wait for the UPS Store to open since the Kaiser thing didn't take as long as expected but I discovered they open at 8:30, not 9:00 so I didn't have to wait.
Friendly and helpful people at my favorite coffee house and Trader Joe's. This is normal but still worth celebrating.
I called my kid and he answered his phone for a change and I was able to arrange to see the whole family this evening (Sunday).

Dancing tonight was so-so but I had such a good time Friday night it was inevitable. Just can't seem to have two fabulous nights of dancing in a row. No matter, it was a good day.

[Disneyphile]

Greetings from Skagway. Alex is right, all jewlery stores but we had fun kayking just over the Canadian border.

You all need to go book now. Its just amazing. And ISM you will love it. We went to a martini tasting and the bonus drink was a sidecar. Missing you all.

Madz has been sucked in by the teen club and basically shows up to sleep. The verandah room was definately worth it.

Tomorrow is Juneau and our helicopter/glacier excursions. Now back to no cell coverage.Sounds amazing from what I've heard!

Ken and I are planning on going next summer. :)

[Stan4dSteph]

Today was a wonderful day - other than the small fact we got rear-ended (in the Volvo you dirty minded bastards). We're both a bit sore and I'm sure that will get worse before it gets better. The Volvo now has wings! The bumper got pushed in and it is sticking out on the sides, but no damage I can see other than that. My poor car is falling apart at the seams.Ouch! Glad it wasn't too serious.

[RStar]

I hope you guys don't start feeling more sore over the next couple of weeks, Lisa. Soft tissue damage can take a while to feel sometimes. Sounds like it wasn't such a strong hit that this would manafest later. When I got rear-ended on the 22 by some kid late for his 1st day at Long Beach State, he must have hit me doing about 35 of 40 mph. But I had inched forward enough to soften the blow (the hit, not the white powder). I didn't suffer any soreness at all.

I'm glad you guys are otherwise ok! :snap:

[flippyshark]

Also a good day.

A nice trip to the pool with the kids.

A few pleasant hours at a dirty carnival.

And I learned a new word.

I want to know more about this dirty carnival.

[Betty]

And what the new word was too!

Today is a day for making salsa. SALSA!

[Morrigoon]

Also a good day.

A nice trip to the pool with the kids.

A few pleasant hours at a dirty carnival.

And I learned a new word.

What, vajazzling?

[BarTopDancer]

I DID ask NM if he could take our claim over heroin chicken. ;)

And he said show me your boobs?

[Morrigoon]

Today's a gorgeous day, think I'll go beach it in Laguna. (okay, that's not totally spur of the moment, I have family in town, but you have to admit it's a perfect day)

[Strangler Lewis]

And what the new word was too!

SALSA!

The password is "twink."

[Ping.]

[Ghoulish Delight]

A golf-related headline on a local paper's website:

"Put-ting it together"

Put? Putt? Puting? Putting?

Someone really needed to stop that headline from happening, on so many levels.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Greek festival today.

Greek food is wonderful. That is all.

[Morrigoon]

After such a nice weekend, it's that much harder to cope with the onset of Monday.

[lashbear]

I love the two greek Drag-Queens...

Barbara Ganush and
Sue Vlaki

[blueerica]

100s, here we come!

This makes it a 30-40 degree change kind of week. YAY 4 SUMMER!

[Ghoulish Delight]

I've given myself a 90% chance of not crashing today, my first day ever riding with big-boy bike pedals/shoes (i.e., the kind where the shoe actually clips onto the pedal*)

So far so good. I did some practicing in the parking lot on Saturday when I got them installed. I almost fell only once, and was able to get my foot out in time on that occasion, so I'm feeling pretty confident. It's really not that difficult, it's just a mental thing. It feels weird knowing that I'm attached to the thing. The biggest risk I think is that for 6 miles I'm on a bike trail where I never have to stop pedaling. So when I exit the trail, I'm at risk of having zoned out and forgotten when I get to the first traffic light.

But I'm sure the muscle memory will kick in soon enough. Meanwhile, the increase in pedaling efficiency was definitely noticeable. I'll found out tomorrow which new let muscles I'm using.


* Paradoxically, they are called "clipless" due to the fact that before their invention, there were "toe clips" which aren't really clips so much as straps or rigid cage-like things on the front of the pedal that your toe slips into

[BarTopDancer]

100s, here we come!

This makes it a 30-40 degree change kind of week. YAY 4 SUMMER!

Yay summer! I guess I better go buy some shorts.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I've given myself a 90% chance of not crashing today, my first day ever riding with big-boy bike pedals/shoes (i.e., the kind where the shoe actually clips onto the pedal*)


A lot of the riders I know swear by them.

[Moonliner]

Me mum has a shiny new hip thanks to those things. Couldn't get her foot free quick enough fell over and crushed the old one.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I got a set that has clips on one side, platform on the other. When I'm in situations where I'm likely to have to stop or turn a lot, I can click out and use the platform side and not worry about it, then when I'm on the trail where there's very little chance I'll need to get off the pedals quickly, I clip in. It also means I can hop on the bike at lunch for a quick ride without having to change shoes. Best of both worlds. Meanwhile, the ability to really use the whole pedal stroke to power the wheel makes a big difference.

[Not Afraid]

I'm now saying "Toe Clips" as in "Toe Picks".

And, those are things I will NEVER have.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Wait, I want to go back to this Hellman's mayonnaise-on-twinks thing.



Hellboy mayonnaise?

[blueerica]

I am sooooo not into working today...

[Stan4dSteph]

I got a set that has clips on one side, platform on the other. When I'm in situations where I'm likely to have to stop or turn a lot, I can click out and use the platform side and not worry about it, then when I'm on the trail where there's very little chance I'll need to get off the pedals quickly, I clip in. It also means I can hop on the bike at lunch for a quick ride without having to change shoes. Best of both worlds. Meanwhile, the ability to really use the whole pedal stroke to power the wheel makes a big difference.Those are the kind of pedals I'm going to get. I've only used my shoes in spin class so far. Makes a big difference!

[Ghoulish Delight]

I also got a pair of shoes that are kinda hybrid road/mtb shoes. Not as bulky as mtb, but still with a rubber sole that works on the platform side of the pedal. A standard road shoe, with it's hard plastic sole, would have a tendency to slip off the platform.

[Kevy Baby]

Insomnia sucks. I'm bored

[Betty]

You need a great book to read for that Kevy. At least if you're up, you can enjoy the time.

[Kevy Baby]

For lack of a better place to put this (and not wanting to start a new thread for it):

Settling dispute over book will cost Zephyrhills more than $4,000

You can read the story (http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/settling-dispute-over-book-will-cost-zephyrhills-more-than-4000/1177772) yourself, but the gist of it is that a guy didn't want to pay $30 plus tax to buy the book for his Mom, so he hired a lawyer and paid the $400 in court filing fees to sue the city (a city in which he lived). The basis of the suit was that the citizens of the city shouldn't have to pay for the book. When he "won" the suit, the city had to lower the cost of the book to just the printing cost of $17.89 (apparently, the decade of the city employees' time to compile the information is not worth anything) plus they (the city) had to pay the $4,000+ in court/attorney fees for the suit.

So, in an effort to save the citizens of the town who chose to purchase the book $14.16 each*, he instead cost the whole town $12,494.50**

What a guy!




* $32.05 ($29.95 + 7% Sales Tax) - $17.89 = $14.16 difference
** $4,052.50 in Attorney Fees + $8,442.00 in lost revenue ($29.95 - $17.89 = $12.06 per book difference * 700 books [assuming all books are sold]) = $12,494.50

[Gemini Cricket]

I guess it's been awhile. Ha ha. :)

[Not Afraid]

What, we all bored you to death when you visited?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Should the fact that this morning the locker room shower smelled like PotC concern me?

[€uroMeinke]

Should the fact that this morning the locker room shower smelled like PotC concern me?

Perhaps you've discovered Davey Jone's locker?

[JWBear]

From a license plate frame seen on the way to work this morning:

Fat people are harder to kidnap

[Gemini Cricket]

What, we all bored you to death when you visited?
Nope, I am a Facebook drone now. All is Facebook, all are welcome, all are welcome.
:D

[JWBear]

I just finished cutting up 3 1/2 pounds of lamb, and it's now in the fridge marinating away. Gonna have some speidies on the 4th!

[Moonliner]

Nope, I am a Facebook drone now. All is Facebook, all are welcome, all are welcome.
:D

Haven't you heard? Facebook is dead. (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=11165)

[katiesue]

all 800ish photos uploaded (https://picasaweb.google.com/Snoozinvil/20110629?authuser=0&feat=directlink). Hoping to do a trip report at some point.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Photos - cool! Gonna have to take a look at those! :) Thank you!

[JWBear]

I want one!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/5895743055_fc78393b9a_b.jpg

[Alex]

I want one!


Here you go (http://www.buyaduck.com/index.html)

[Moonliner]

Happy birthday America!

We are having a quiet night at home watching "A capital forth"

So far they are doing a good job hiding the giant mud pit more commonly known as the reflecting pool.

[scaeagles]

I love golf. I wish I was better at it, but I love it. Shot 92 today - not bad for me at all.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I always shoot in the mid 70s.



Any hotter and I stay inside.

[JWBear]

Here you go (http://www.buyaduck.com/index.html)

You misunderstand... I don't want something amphibious. I want that cool retro space-agey marvel in the picture. It's all about style, not substance.

[Ghoulish Delight]

We are having a quiet night at home watching "A capital forth"

Not that Little Richard was ever known as a master of elocution, but lordy was that unintelligible. At least he can still carry a tune.

[Moonliner]

Not that Little Richard was ever known as a master of elocution, but lordy was that unintelligible. At least he can still carry a tune.

For me Little Richard falls into the Uncanny Valley (https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Uncanny_valley).

[Kevy Baby]

I love golf. I wish I was better at it, but I love it. Shot 92 today - not bad for me at all.

I always shoot in the mid 70s.



Any hotter and I stay inside.I too shoot in the low-mid-70's.



About the same on the back nine.

[Ghoulish Delight]

According to weather.com, the high for today in my current zipcode is forecast to be 83. The forecast temperature at 11AM is 79.

But right now, at 10:20AM, it says the current temperature is 82 (a likely accurate number judging by standing outside). I'm going to guess 83 is an optimistic forecast.

[BarTopDancer]

61% humidity is gross.

[Moonliner]

61% humidity is gross.

I hate you.

[Strangler Lewis]

According to weather.com, the high for today in my current zipcode is forecast to be 83. The forecast temperature at 11AM is 79.

But right now, at 10:20AM, it says the current temperature is 82 (a likely accurate number judging by standing outside). I'm going to guess 83 is an optimistic forecast.

Having this studied this extensively, it is my experience that the forecasts routinely err on the low side by at least five degrees on hot days. I assume this is because the weather.com people have been bought off by our nation's Chambers of Commerce who assume, rightly in my case, that the higher the forecasted temperature, the more likely people are to say, "Fuch it, I ain't going anywhere."

[Morrigoon]

I am so over this heat. Is it October soon?

[Not Afraid]

Sweat

[CoasterMatt]

October is usually worse here than July. There's been decent cool breezes in the late afternoons. In October, it's horrible hot winds blowing through.

[Kevy Baby]

I've lost one of my balls

[Ghoulish Delight]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm287eWGgH1qzkwzho1_500.png

[lashbear]

Total Heatwave here - it got up to 63°F today. No, Really !! I had to remove my jacket on the train.

[Morrigoon]

Lash: Plan a trip here for Disneyland's birthday some year. I DARE YOU.

[lashbear]

only if I get to wear incontinence pads under my arms...

[alphabassettgrrl]

only if I get to wear incontinence pads under my arms...

Ok! You might need a few extras....

Come play with us.

[Alex]

So this is my schedule for 10:30-1pm today. Somehow I think I'm not going to be at all the meetings (and I should be):

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5156/5912843506_943da9397b_o.png

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, the Fwnlsvburere could really use your input.

[JWBear]

Lately, I've been eating everything in sight but still losing weight. Either I've some exotic disease or I'm completely stressed out.

[Betty]

Getting attitude from my teenager while she learns to drive is so irritating. Her PMS + 16 year oldness + almost 100 degrees =/= my good moodness.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Never have I feared for my life more than when I was in the back seat while my Mom taught my older sister how to drive.

[katiesue]

Maddies studying for her permit as we speak.

My sister is still the worst driver. My dad went out with her exactly once. He came home got out and yelled "I don't care what the hell they told you in Drivers Ed." She'd spent the whole trip saying "that's not what they told us in Drivers Ed" every 10 seconds.

[Moonliner]

Headliner is only a few months from getting her permit so we'll see how that goes but with Moonie Jr. it was all smooth sailing and two years later he still has a perfect record.

[Alex]

Yeah, the Fwnlsvburere could really use your input.

Actually, that was the coolest meeting on there but unfortunately the other stuff was mostly higher priority.

[Betty]

The funny thing about your daughter calling from a friends house on speaker phone when you don't know you're on speaker phone is when you tell her to come home and get clothes so she doesn't stink. lol. Her friend though that was hillarious and I'm sure will be joking about how much my daughter stinks all night.

[Ghoulish Delight]

It's amazing how draining a day in which I spent next to no time working on anything productive can be.

[Not Afraid]

I spent the day at UCLA. When Monday comes around, say good bye to Barbie Boobs.

[Kevy Baby]

I spent the day at UCLA. When Monday comes around, say good bye to Barbie Boobs.So what do we get in their place?

I'm still voting for heart shaped nipples!

[Capt Jack]

with as much as she hangs out with the pugs, she'll be lucky not to end up with 6 of 'em

but yeah, heart shaped could be cool...
or maybe a pair of hidden mickeys?

:cool:

[Betty]

What about that one barbie that went from nothing to barbie boobs when you turn her arm in a circle? That type of thing could come in handy - boobs are useful but can get in the way sometimes.

[katiesue]

Growing up Skipper - I had that one.

[lashbear]

I spent the day at UCLA. When Monday comes around, say good bye to Barbie Boobs.
So what do we get in their place?
I'm still voting for heart shaped nipples!
heart shaped could be cool...
or maybe a pair of hidden mickeys?

I think they should be two perfect circles of Ruby Swarovski Crystals !!

What about that one barbie that went from nothing to barbie boobs when you turn her arm in a circle? That type of thing could come in handy - boobs are useful but can get in the way sometimes.
Growing up Skipper - I had that one.
I am SO looking this one up on Youtube.

[3894]

NA, you awesome person, you're in my thoughts.



I am SO looking this one up on Youtube.

Next time you and Stoat hit Chicago, we're meeting for a bacon martini or something. I'll show you Polaroids of my Barbie collection.

[lashbear]

Actually, I lived with an avid Barbie collector once - have you seen Hotdog On A Stick Barbie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNtUSwuaBO4)??

[Morrigoon]

Apparently Google wants to assist me in avoiding the start of my work week by not letting me access my work email... I don't know whether to be frustrated or celebrate.

[Capt Jack]

if you stay frustrated, it'll last all day. if you attempt to celebrate, it would be repaired right around the time you actually start enjoying it.

your call

:p

[Morrigoon]

Yep. Problem solved. JUST before I officially gave up on work for the day. Damn.

[JWBear]

I just stumbled across another internet time waster site...

Kitschy Living (http://kitschyliving.tumblr.com/)

[alphabassettgrrl]

So something under the sidewalk in Camarillo blew up this morning. Power flickered in my hubby's building a couple times, but that was all they got. The rest of the block and the neighboring ones lost power entirely. Subway was using a calculator to ring people up.

Husband and I went for a walk after lunch, and found a fire engine blocking a lane. Sidewalk was taped off with caution tape, and the lane blocked with cones. The FD guy said the vault exploded and they're keeping everybody away in case of secondary explosions.

Not something that happens all the time. The sidewalk was visibly deformed and a few small chunks of debris lay in the street.

[Not Afraid]

Kimchi got super excited that her Daddy was going to take her for a walk. She was slam dancing with thurston, rolling over and showing her belly, making dinosaur noises...and then she rocketed into the air to give Chris a kiss on the nose.....except, she made his nose bleed.

[cirquelover]

I'm hoping Chris was bent over because my minds eye is seeing a flying Kimchi, and that makes me giggle!


Apparently it is free Slurpee day today. The boy is dying to go to 7/11.

[Not Afraid]

She was on the bed and he was standing up, so it was a bit of a flying Kimchi.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Flying Kimchi- I don't know if that's awesome or scary! I hope Chris is ok, though. For a minute that description sounded like Boomer, until you got to the part where she rockets into the air. :)

[Not Afraid]

A flying Boomer would be MUCH scarier than a flying Kimchi....And a much better band name.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Hahah! He's got some mass behind him! Kimchi's at least little....

[Alex]

So something under the sidewalk in Camarillo blew up this morning.

It is all fun and games until the manhole cover lands on someone (http://sfist.com/2010/09/10/timeline_of_pge_manhole_cover_explo.php).

[JWBear]

A flying Boomer would be MUCH scarier than a flying Kimchi....And a much better band name.

I don't know... "Flying Kimchi" has a certain ring to it...

[Morrigoon]

I was gonna hang on for one more round of discs before canceling my Netflix (there were some pregnancy things I wanted to see first), but I just discovered my next billing cycle started tomorrow, so... *snip!*

I know the new pricing wasn't going into effect till September, but it made sense to do now because I'm a bit short of cash, and since I knew I'd be canceling anyway, made sense to end it at the end of the cycle rather than hope I remembered next month.

[cirquelover]

I think we have until the 7th but at this point I am done with them. At least Redbox has the movies sooner and they have free codes quite often!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Why is it that (completely anecdotally within my own group of friends) the people I've seen complaining the most about the Netflix price change have by and large been the people who consider themselves conservatives and free-market proponents? I find that interesting.

We're likely to take the price hit and keep both our 1 disc and streaming. There's nothing else out there that offer the combination of convenience and selection that Netflix does for us. If we were to drop one, it would likely be streaming, but I doubt we'd do that. Gotten to used to having it. And we definitely can't drop the discs. Our tastes run too eclectic for RedBox, or Amazon, or Vudu, or Blockbuster, or any other service we've compared with. Too many titles currently on our Netflix queue that just would not be available to us anywhere else. And with our ability to go out and see movies nearly nil, it's important to us to have that convenience and selection.

Apparently Netflix is banking on lots of people like us who see no viable alternative on the market that offers what they offer. For us, it's certainly true.

[Alex]

I was paying $17/month for a 4-disc plus unlimited streaming plan. I've been on that plan since I first subscribed to Netflix shortly after they went into business. It's a plan that is grandfathered and the price has never changed that I recall.

I looked at my rental history. Six discs have been watched in the last 14 months. So for me, staying on the same plan would have meant paying $25/month (and has been stupid for a long time).

So for me this is is a massive price cut since it finally got me to move into a plan that actually matches how I use the service (all streaming, all the time, and a lot of it). I never used Netflix for new releases and the great thing about it was how it finally broke me of that, since when I was in video stores I rarely made it past the new releases shelves.

So I'm fine with it all.

Plus, Netflix doesn't want to be in the DVD mailing business anymore, so to the extent it drives away DVD users I'm sure they're actually happy.

[Alex]

Why is it that (completely anecdotally within my own group of friends) the people I've seen complaining the most about the Netflix price change have by and large been the people who consider themselves conservatives and free-market proponents? I find that interesting.

Assuming they aren't calling for government regulation to prevent a price change, what is interesting about it? "That's too much! I won't pay" isn't in conflict with free market principals.

[Ghoulish Delight]

The one thing I haven't seen is whether this is signaling coming improvements in streaming selection? While there is lots of great stuff on there, I still find that more often than not when I check to see if something I want to watch is available streaming, it's not.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Assuming they aren't calling for government regulation to prevent a price change, what is interesting about it? "That's too much! I won't pay" isn't in conflict with free market principals.
Except when they seem to imply that Netflix is doing something horrible and unfair by doing so.

ETA: eh, honestly I withdraw the observation. I shouldn't read social media in the morning before coffee. Looking back at the posts, they aren't as angry sounding as I thought on first read. Still mildly interesting that those are the people in my circle that have brought the subject up.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I know I really should be over the whole "OMG I can't believe how cheap storage is!" thing, but I just bought 8GB worth of high speed SD cards (2x4GB) for $6. I can't help but be in awe.

[BarTopDancer]

I know I really should be over the whole "OMG I can't believe how cheap storage is!" thing, but I just bought 8GB worth of high speed SD cards (2x4GB) for $6. I can't help but be in awe.

It just means you haven't forgotten where you've come from. I paid $119 for a portable 1.5TB hard drive. First of all, 1.5TERABYTE! :eek: :eek: :eek: and I can get a 1.5TERABYTE!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: drive for only $119? And it's portable?

Wow.

[Alex]

In related news, I bought a new wallet. And it has NINE slots for cards and ID!!

And it only cost me $45.

[€uroMeinke]

Oh and I bought eight 56 quart/33 liter storage containers yesterday at home depot - that's 448 quarts or 264 liters of storage for $45!

[Not Afraid]

But our storage until still costs us $110 a month (until we get rid of it).

[Moonliner]

In related news, I bought a new wallet. And it has NINE slots for cards and ID!!

And it only cost me $45.

For only $27 more you could fill it with 36GB worth of SD cards.

[Morrigoon]

Assuming they aren't calling for government regulation to prevent a price change, what is interesting about it? "That's too much! I won't pay" isn't in conflict with free market principals.

Exactly. I didn't say they didn't have the RIGHT to change their pricing structure, they certainly do. Just like I have the RIGHT to not like it and refuse to pay.

I'm just upset because a service I liked has raised its price beyond a point I believe matches up with the value it brings. I am not willing to spend $24/month for that service, therefore, according to the laws of the free market, I have ended the business relationship.

I do so loudly because, of course, a truly free market relies on the free flow of information - in order for Netflix to determine the true market value of their product, they need to understand what factors affect their customers' buying decisions, and be able to track the effect of those changes.

If enough people quit Netflix, perhaps Netflix will determine that their pricing has exceeded their product's value. Or, perhaps they've already projected those numbers and determined that the increased profit from the lemmings who stay more than makes up for the lost customers, in which case, they have made a wise choice. And that choice doesn't include me buying their service.

Then again, if the expected profit increase dramatically improves their streaming catalog, I may in future reconsider, and pick up a "streaming only" account. But, for the time being and my family's budget, we're not paying for that transition.

[Alex]

the increased profit from the lemmings who stay

With you right until you called people who make a different free market decision than you names.

[Morrigoon]

Fair enough. I couldn't resist ;)

[Alex]

Lani and I are new the iPhones. So we're finally getting to experience AutoCorrect for ourselves.

Lani just let me know that she just won a Twitter haiku context getting us tickets to the A's game this weekend. And it includes the pee game competition. (though that is close it enough I suppose it might have just been a good old fashioned typo.)

[innerSpaceman]

Welcome to the iVerse, Alex and Lani! Gabba Gabba, and all that.


Heheh, I'm happy with the new Netflix pricing. I get a $3 deduction in my DVD-only plan. I'm such a tech retard that I don't have a wireless network at home, with no way to "stream" content to my big display unit. Watching movies on my computer screen is not nearly as much fun, and I'm rarely in such a hurry to see something that I can't wait a few days for it to arrive in the mail.

Ah, the rare advantage of being an old man! I still watch DVDs!


On the other hand, I'm considering cancelling Netflix because they now distribute "rental" discs with no extras, and not the identical discs you can buy in stores. If I happen to like a movie, I really want to watch the filmmakers' commentary. With that option gone, I'm not keen to rent nearly as many titles. I know this isn't Netflix's decision; it's being forced on them by the studios. But the price change is no different; the studios have increased their prices, and Netflix is passing them on. But I conduct business with Netflix, not the studios. If I find I'm barely renting things anymore (and I'm very close to that now), I'll just quit being a customer.

[alphabassettgrrl]

There's nothing else out there that offer the combination of convenience and selection that Netflix does for us.
...snip...
Apparently Netflix is banking on lots of people like us who see no viable alternative on the market that offers what they offer. For us, it's certainly true.

Yeah. That's about where we are. I don't want to watch streaming movies on my laptop, and I don't want to buy another box. Makes me sad and we haven't decided what we'll do yet.

[Betty]

There's something to be said about watching movies on the laptop with headphones. The headphones block out distractions and the laptop being so much closer then the tv does the same. Comfy chair with a rolling desk for it and ta-da - my own personal theater.

Or on the go... when I was employed I used to watch movies or tv this way on my lunch break. It was a great way take my mind totally off work and nice when I didn't have a good book I was reading.

[Not Afraid]

I am going back to work today. Boo hoo!

[Kevy Baby]

I am going back to work today. Boo hoo!It's about time slacker

[lindyhop]

The new Netflix pricing allowed me to change to the service I really wanted and for two dollars less. I never wanted streaming because the fact that I could watch something any time because it's available to stream means I would never watch anything. (I don't have to watch this now because I can watch it later and do something besides sitting down in front of the TV.) Having that red envelope in my house means I will make time to watch it so I can send it back and find something new in my mailbox.

I realize that they don't want to send me or anyone else DVDs through the mail any more but until they eliminate the option entirely it works best for me.

[RStar]

I am going back to work today. Boo hoo!

They are making you work on Disneyland's Birthday?

The farging ice holes! ;)

My day may end up being shorter than I origannaly planned. Yesterday I ripped the entire toenail from a toe, and the toe is bruised a pretty color of purple. :eek:

We will see how much walking I can do. A short visit to DL, DCA, & Harry Potter at DtD are the plans.

[Kevy Baby]

They are making you work on Disneyland's Birthday?Umm, she posted that on Friday morning.

[Prudence]

Soooo.....it's been awhile. I've spent it productively: working hard on finding me and learning to be that person, not someone else. There's been a lot of (expensive) therapy, a lot of introspection, a return to some useful medications, rediscovery of sleep, and a lot of major life changes.

After all that, I feel introductions are in order.

Hi, I'm Prudence. I'm awesome. I'm pretty happy being me. You can like me or not; it's your own loss if you don't, as I'm into some awesome stuff. It might not be the stuff other people think is awesome, but that's okay because it's my awesome stuff. In a week I'll be a resident of Rockville, MD, and a federal judicial clerk. I'm living my dreams.

[BarTopDancer]

Congratulations Pru!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Pru, that's awesome. Welcome back to posting! I'll miss you but MD will be better for it.

Here- finishing up dance recital season. The highlight of my week was the dance studio owner asking if we could do anything about the screechiness of the music, but it was *bagpipes*. Yeah, not a lot we can do about it. I was very amused. Maybe it means I have a rotten sense of humor. It's been suggested. :)

And taking pictures. Got a great one posted to Flickr: http://flic.kr/p/a4jeTH

[Moonliner]

Soooo.....it's been awhile. I've spent it productively: working hard on finding me and learning to be that person, not someone else. There's been a lot of (expensive) therapy, a lot of introspection, a return to some useful medications, rediscovery of sleep, and a lot of major life changes.

After all that, I feel introductions are in order.

Hi, I'm Prudence. I'm awesome. I'm pretty happy being me. You can like me or not; it's your own loss if you don't, as I'm into some awesome stuff. It might not be the stuff other people think is awesome, but that's okay because it's my awesome stuff. In a week I'll be a resident of Rockville, MD, and a federal judicial clerk. I'm living my dreams.

Score one for the bitter east coast! Welcome!

[Strangler Lewis]

Do justice!

[Moonliner]

Hey I've got the place all to myself.

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv243/stevesphotobook/1.png

I think I'll get naked and run through the Parking Lot.

[cirquelover]

Thanks Moonie, now I have that old song running through my head. Something about " Oh yes, they call him the streak" but are you the fastest thing on two feet!?

Congrats Pru! I hope this job is everything you hope it to be. Good luck on the other coast!

[Betty]

What's up the new member listed there? That's not a name I've seen around.

[Kevy Baby]

What's up the new member listed there? That's not a name I've seen around.Well... that's interesting

[JWBear]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eMIV4mt2kS0/TijCi3V7lQI/AAAAAAAAbhM/L2y8vc2wwIc/s1600/2.JPG

Hee!

[BarTopDancer]

I had to look twice, I thought for sure Matt posted that.

[CoasterMatt]

I had that shirt.

[Moonliner]

I'm thinking about doing a cookout tonight. The good news is I won't have to mess around with any charcoal. I'll just drop the meat on the grill and it should cook just fine. (http://www.nbcwashington.com/weather/stories/Heat-Indexes-Climb-to-120-in-Region-126021993.html?dr)

[JWBear]

It's currently a lovely 77 degrees here in Long Beach.

[Not Afraid]

I just got in from working in the garden. Things are coming along nicely!

[Kevy Baby]

A coworker pointed out that there is a sandwich shop in Santa Ana called the Pumper Pickle (http://www.yelp.com/biz/pumper-pickle-the-santa-ana). The name amuses me.

It is very close to my office: I may need to pay them a visit.

[JWBear]

"Pickle Pumper", however, would be something entirely different.

[Not Afraid]

I think I used to eat at the Pumper Pickle.

[3894]

My eldest just back from Paris. She brought back the graphic novel, Kiki de Montparnasse. It's fabulous.

[Betty]

My daughter's best friend (who we no longer live near) gave birth this morning. She's 17. She is giving the baby up for adoption to a lovely couple who can't have children.

She posted a photo of him and it made me cry. I can't imagine giving my baby away to someone. Adoption is the best solution in this situation and is one that my daugther encouraged her towards. (as well as getting rid of the scummy fauther but we can't win them all.) I'm so glad it's not my daughter in this situation.

What an incredible thing for this childless couple. They've been through this once before and had the baby for 3 months and somehow the mother was able to change her mind and take the baby back. I can't even imagine.

[Kevy Baby]

Susan's cousin adopted a baby in a similar situation (though I don't know the birth mother's full story). Cousin and her husband have kept the birth mother involved in the child's life, inviting her to birthday parties and such.

I really should ask Susan how long they are going to keep this up and how involved the mother is.

[Alex]

So, it's been more about 7 hours since the last post.

I assume you're all off having Huddle Orgies or whatever the new thing is?

[Prudence]

I've been packing. It's all I do any more. Pack pack pack pack pack. This is making future employment with the military look very attractive - you get to travel the world and they do all the heavy lifting.

[Alex]

Yes, if there is one thing the military does well, it is haircuts. If there's two, it is hair cuts and moving.

[Moonliner]

From time to time we get emails from out homeowners association. Critical updates about mahjong club meetings and broken street lights. Today's email missive was:


Please be aware that there have been Brown Bear sightings for two consecutive nights


Huh. Perhaps I should not add them to my spam bucket after all.

I may have to reactive the snowmegeddon cam and leave the top off all our trash cans.

[Moonliner]

Update:

The bear warning has been downgraded to a black bear sighting. Which they tell me is better overall.

[Alex]

Yeah, a brown bear sighting in your neck of the woods would have zookeepers ordering triplechecks of their cages.

[JWBear]

"Bears? Bears? Bears are sweet..."

[BarTopDancer]

Yes, if there is one thing the military does well, it is haircuts. If there's two, it is hair cuts and moving.

you forgot making people hurry up and wait.

[Morrigoon]

"Bears? Bears? Bears are sweet..."

Besides, you ever see a bear with 40-foot feet?

[Prudence]

It's Monday evening. The 3-day window for the movers was THIS Thursday-Saturday. They still haven't given us a day. I'm about to lose my mind. Do I have a day left to pack? Three? How insane do I need to be right now?

Plus Yuripants has chewed a back claw down to the nub, the car needed something something CV joint boots replaced, and the Rat's insurance is having fits, which means interfacing with my insurance as secondary insurance is having fits. And if Congress doesn't get its **** in one sock I might not have a job when I get to the East Coast.


But other than that, the play was great.

[BarTopDancer]

Plan for Thursday. You're either done on time and have no time to relax or done early with a couple days to relax.

[Prudence]

That's what we're going with. Cognitively I can keep the positive in mind: Yuri's foot looks better today; at least we fixed the car now (with a mechanic we trust), and didn't lose a day while we were on the road; at least we HAVE insurance to bitch about; as least I have an awesome job to worry about being furloughed from. I've had a lot of help over the past few month retraining the thinking part of my brain to respond appropriately to situations, but I'm still having the involuntary panic attack symptoms -- episodes of rapid pulse and breathing, flushes of adrenalin, inattention, etc. It's quite annoying and I wish that part would stop.

[BarTopDancer]

Insurance is annoying. The BS in Washington is annoying. You're making a huge move, it's ok to stress over sh*t like not knowing when the frakking movers are going to show up.

Hope they contact you tomorrow.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Pru, it sounds like you've made a huge amount of progress in dealing with stress and all. Hang in there.

[Prudence]

Meanwhile, I channeled my angst into dealing VERY FIRMLY with Comcast. We ordered a self-install kit last week to arrive here by Thursday. Confirmation email says ship to here. Where did it go? Rockville. Where it was returned to the service center for me to make an appointment and stand in line to get it there. NO I WILL NOT! I used my very firm words, told them what I expected them to do, and presto chango they're overnighting it to us here gratis.

[3894]

I used my very firm words, told them what I expected them to do, and presto chango they're overnighting it to us here gratis.

Well played, Prudence.

We did the same with a faulty picnic table from LL Bean two days ago. Bean wanted us to pack it up and send it back. That's a packaging job for the pros, plus it would mean spending another 20 min. unscrewing legs. Yeah, not happening.

The upshot: We don't send the faulty table back. We dispose of it here, which is no problem. Bean overnights us another picnic table.

Sometimes, you just gotta explain yourself to Customer Service. Thank you LL Bean for understanding our point of view.

[Moonliner]

Meanwhile, I channeled my angst into dealing VERY FIRMLY with Comcast. We ordered a self-install kit last week to arrive here by Thursday. Confirmation email says ship to here. Where did it go? Rockville. Where it was returned to the service center for me to make an appointment and stand in line to get it there. NO I WILL NOT! I used my very firm words, told them what I expected them to do, and presto chango they're overnighting it to us here gratis.

Comcast!!! Noooooo!! Don't do it!!!!! We have FIOS in most areas around here. Did you check? Please check! You NEED to check! Not Comcast, pleaseeee!!!

[Prudence]

Comcast!!! Noooooo!! Don't do it!!!!! We have FIOS in most areas around here. Did you check? Please check! You NEED to check! Not Comcast, pleaseeee!!!

Oh, we actually plan to do FIOS, we just needed to start with Comcast because we could have that up and running the day we arrive, versus having to make an appointment and wait. Now, as soon as we get there the Rat can start working and we can examine the budget to see whether we can afford TV too, or just internets, and make a FIOS appointment at our leisure. It's all part of the cunning plan!

Meanwhile, my hot streak continues. I needed to move the Uhaul pickup date forward as yes, movers are scheduled to pick-up Thursday. So, I go on line and....change will cost $500. Um, what? It's already the most expensive game in town by a lot (but has a much higher load weight maximum, hence our selectiong). It's now nearly $1K more expensive. So, I call. And the guy says yes, that's really how much it would cost. I say: your competitors are much cheaper. He says he doubts it, but if I get quotes for the same days/miles/size truck, they price match. I quickly get quotes $400+ off the *original* quote, for pick-up tomorrow, even. Call back. Woman asks if I would consider keeping our reservation with uhaul if they match it. I say: sure! And presto-chango, saved not only the $500 they tried for but an additional $426 off the original reservation. Because I am on FIRE!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Awesome discounting, Pru!

[Betty]

Yay Pru!

[Morrigoon]

rawk

[Kevy Baby]

...it would mean spending another 20 min. unscrewing legs.As opposed to a pregnant woman: can't unscrew that.

[3894]

Join me in a handful of Jelly Bellys? I have an entire bowl full.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I bought a Costco bucket of 'em the other day. I've already had my morning share else I'd join you now :)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I bought a Costco bucket of 'em the other day. I've already had my morning share else I'd join you now :)WANT!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Come write my next hundred lines of code for me and you can have some.

[Capt Jack]

write? pfft. dont you have some code somewhere you can steal?

[Morrigoon]

Dude, I wish I could code. But even the mysteries of Basic elude me, so pretty much anything more complicated than simple HTML flies over my head. (Which pisses me off to no end because, seriously, I wish I could write code...)

[BarTopDancer]

I'll trade you your coding for my technical documentation.

Oh wait, I can't code.

[cirquelover]

I just want the bucket of jelly bellies!

[BarTopDancer]

You have to have something to trade him!

[alphabassettgrrl]

OOohh, Jelly Bellies! Need to pick me up some of those. Somebody asked me the other day (while I had on my Jelly Belly bike jersey) if I had any.... and I didn't... I was very sad.

[Not Afraid]

I was at the Pharmacy today picking up prescriptions. Another man was also there and was upset, demanding to talk to the manager, arguing with the pharmacy manager, calling for the store manager, demanding names (first and last, tyvm) getting more and more irate. His friend go involved and they were both yelling. I, of course, was waiting for my refills and listening in. It seems his Doctor forgot to write the dosage instructions on the prescription and the pharmacy wouldn't fill it without them. It apparently was the same prescription he had had filled before, so he thought that was enough evidence for the pharmacy to go on for this prescription. The pharmacist explained that they could lose their license if they fill an incomplete prescription. The time was about 3:30.

What I got out of observing this whole deal is that people are more intent on "getting what they think they are supposed to have" and will go to any length to try and get it EXCEPT the obvious route to a solution which, in this case, would be to call the doctor's office and ask for a complete prescription to be faxed over.

When I left the store 15 minutes later, the man was still standing outside, this time on the phone to someone "higher up on the pharmacy food chain" still demanding he get his way.

The wasted time, energy, effort and general bad behavior just amazes me when a solution seems so obvious. It seems most people would rather stay in the problem than be a part of the solution. It's nuts!.

[alphabassettgrrl]

That is nuts! That sounds like someone who can't see the solution that is so obvious to us. It's easy to see solutions when you're not in the middle of things, but still. Yelling at the guy who can't help you does no good- look for the one who can.

[3894]

Why didn't the pharmacist just call over to the doctor's office?

Been there with the incomplete Rx but it was 6 p.m. and the doctor's office was closed. Yeah, anger doesn't cut it in that situation. He needed to try seduction. Why didn't the guy bite his lower lip in dismay, all animation leaving his face, lonely, silent defeat taking its place? Lower your head, dude, take deep breaths - heave those pecs. Let a hot tear trickle down your cheek. Now, swallow hard, fix the pharmacist with a gaze, and let your deep and silent anguish pierce the distance between you and the pharmacist.

My .02.

[RStar]

Why didn't the pharmacist just call over to the doctor's office?

Been there with the incomplete Rx but it was 6 p.m. and the doctor's office was closed. Yeah, anger doesn't cut it in that situation. He needed to try seduction. Why didn't the guy bite his lower lip in dismay, all animation leaving his face, lonely, silent defeat taking its place? Lower your head, dude, take deep breaths - heave those pecs. Let a hot tear trickle down your cheek. Now, swallow hard, fix the pharmacist with a gaze, and let your deep and silent anguish pierce the distance between you and the pharmacist.

My .02.

You mean like:

I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder.

[Kevy Baby]

I think Helen's description is much more eloquent

[Capt Jack]

maybe his 'scrip was for a chill pill. he very obviously needed a couple.

what Ive found in those cases is that if you talk to them, 99.9% of the time, since you have a history of having the med anyway, they'll give you a few to get through until they can contact the Dr for clarification, then fill it afterward, but you kinda have start off not being a general douchebag about it

[blueerica]

I hate it when people get irate like that... I get their pain. It happens so much to Jason and I. However, yeah, he should have called his doc.

More odd, to me, is that the pharmacy didn't offer to call the doctor's office right off the bat. Of the couple dozen times that we've come in with an incomplete prescription at any of the pharmacies we've had they have always called before even telling us that there was a problem, or let us know that they were about to. We've called at the same time ourselves, just to stress the urgency of the prescription correction.

The whole situation just seems like a C.F.

[blueerica]

Ooh, ditto on Capt. Jack's note. After hours, they've given him enough to get through the night/next day if it's something he's been on before.

Makes me wonder if this person is a regular troublemaker for them not to help him out.

[Not Afraid]

Yeah, I felt BOTH parties were being douchebags and preferring to argue over looking for a solution. It's this unfortunate cultural phenomena I've been noticing recently. I also find that very public displays of anger sort of frighten me.

[3894]

I think Helen's description is much more eloquent

There is a pale blue lightning of gratitude between my dark lashes, Kevy.



I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder.

My new .sig line!


So, I finally saw "The King's Speech" last night. That Barbossa is one multi-faceted guy. It's been a long time since a movie completely took me into its world. Wonderful!

[katiesue]

Maddie is very amused that the rug she likes at Ikea (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90141717) is the same as her middle name. She thinks it must be a sign.

[Morrigoon]

You know, sometimes people use anger/hissyfits to try and cover for/get away with something. Which is why it would be dangerous for the pharmacy to give in.

[cirquelover]

Maddie is very amused that the rug she likes at Ikea (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90141717) is the same as her middle name. She thinks it must be a sign.

She may be right! I would certainly think that way too!

[Moonliner]

She may be right! I would certainly think that way too!

Wow, how weird is that! I have an avocado waring blender from the '70s that's called "Cirquelover". I'm willing to part with it, I'll overnight it to you for only $735.92.

[cirquelover]

Sorry Moonie, it's not my middle name :p

[3894]

After years of studying their catalogs, I finally got to eat something from that temple of deliciousness, Zingerman's (http://www.zingermans.com/). Even better, it was a gift!

So, now I have a Zingerman's almond pound cake sitting in my fridge.

[Prudence]

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ABOUT THE GIANT INSECTS WITH A MILLION LONG LEGS THAT ARE TOO BIG TO GO DOWN THE DRAIN??!!?????

[Kevy Baby]

Pru

Be careful; there are giant insects with a million long legs that are too big to go down the drain.

[Capt Jack]

a well swung shoe can cure a multitude of crawling ills

[BarTopDancer]

If they warn people no one would move there!

[lashbear]

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ABOUT THE GIANT INSECTS WITH A MILLION LONG LEGS THAT ARE TOO BIG TO GO DOWN THE DRAIN??!!?????

You mean these ?? :evil:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gBROwix_sM8/TZzyhT4BJcI/AAAAAAAAAUU/Iev9ZtvvcJ8/s1600/house-centipede.jpg

[Morrigoon]

Strangely beautiful. Somehow I could see a chrome sculpture of that being absolutely fascinating.

[Gn2Dlnd]

You mean these ?? :evil:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gBROwix_sM8/TZzyhT4BJcI/AAAAAAAAAUU/Iev9ZtvvcJ8/s1600/house-centipede.jpg

I squished one of those, or something very like it, in my bathroom a couple weeks ago. WTF? I've never seen one of those before.

[BarTopDancer]

I am going to make the general assumption that whatever is spoilerized is NSFBTD

[Morrigoon]

That would be a safe assumption, BtD

[Prudence]

It was a terrifying enough insect that the Rat wouldn't even dare squish it. The interwebs say they are beneficial and eat cockroaches, but it truly looks like the sort of thing that would eat your face while you sleep.

[lashbear]

Sooooo..... how did you dispose of it?

[Betty]

Why did I click on that photo? Why? And why was the photo so damn big? Larger than life. It WAS larger than life - right? Please don't tell me that's lifesize. When you mean too big to go down the drain - maybe it is.

shivers.

[RStar]

I once had a run-in with a spider (my only phobia) that was bigger around than my foot, so I didn't want to step on it for fear that it would latch onto my foot. It was in the back of our factory in Huntington Beach, and I saw it from a distance of about 100 feet, and thought it was a small black cat. But as I got closer, my blood ran cold as my jaw dropped open. WTF!!!????? THAT'S a spider!!!??????

It wasn't a hairy spider, just some strange radio active mutant that crawled over from Chernobyl after surfing across the ocean on the back of whatever was at Pru's house.

So I ran to get something large like a broken down cardboard box to toss on it, so I could jump on it to kill it. All the while fearing the gut wrinching crunching sound it would make, or even worse, that it mutated vocal chords and would scream! :eek:

But when I returned moments later, it was gone! There were rows of pallets with 55 gallon drums back there and it could have crawled under them (after lowering it's head and watching it's step). I got a flashlight to check under each pallet, as it wouldn't be easily missed, but to no avail. It was gone. Everytime I went back there, I first would scan the walkways, and walk slowly watching for anything that might jump out, leap 6 feet into the air and attach it's self to my head and eat my face. Can you emagine the worker's comp claim? Try filing that report!

But I didn't worry too much, I heard those spiders could jump 30 feet, and the ailes were only 5 feet wide. So I knew it would jump right over me(Thanks skipper Dan!). And we moved 6 month later. We never did find the monster!

I also found crabs back there. We were 2 miles from the beach, but the business next door repaired docks, so that was easily explained.

[Betty]

When I was a kid, we lived next door to my Mom's good friend and her husband. It was a duplex or apartment complex or something - but our small back yards were seperated by a wooden fence that wasn't that big.

I distinctly remember the day that his tarantula got out and made it's way into our house through the back door and into the living room where we were folding laundry on the floor. My Mom ran out of the house screaming then ran back in and got me and ran back out again.

In my head, the spider was as large as a salad plate. I have no idea how accurate that is.

[Morrigoon]

Wow, I'm gonna sleep well tonight..... not.

[JWBear]

The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout...

[BarTopDancer]

LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA I'M NOT LISTENINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[Prudence]

We don't know where the large insect is, but the dryer doesn't work. Coincidence?

[Betty]

We don't know where the large insect is, but the dryer doesn't work. Coincidence?

I think not!

[alphabassettgrrl]

So we've been watching old 80s stuff: Airwolf, Blue Thunder, and now Riptide. Forgot how strange this was. But the robot on Riptide is fun. And the helicopter on Airwolf is awesome.

[Morrigoon]

Good thing I cut off my Netflix... or I could waste a LOT of time catching up on old Dr. Who episodes! Seriously, BBC America shows a few hours of it a day - and I watch!

[Betty]

Airwolf was one of my Mom's favorite shows. When I got my first cell phone, the theme song was one of the ring tone options and I picked it. It made answering the phone seem very urgent!

[Kevy Baby]

I just learned that Alexander Skarsgård (Eric Northman on True Blood) played Meekus, one of Derek Zoolander's roommates in Zoolander (one of the guys who died in the gas station fight while out for orange mocha frappuccinos).

http://media.onsugar.com/files/2010/06/23/5/192/1922283/0eec961666e7c935_alexander-skarsgard-zoolander.jpg

[Alex]

I just learned that I don't know who Alexander Skarsgård is.

[Betty]

Not his sexiest photo.

[Betty]

Alex - True Blood! Sexay vampires that aren't glittery (and some are downright mean!). This show is soooo up your alley.

[Alex]

I don't get Showtime. Though I have read the first eight books or so (despite thinking them pretty awful), but don't plan to read any more.

If it's ever streaming I'll give it a chance, but it is hard for me to picture Anna Paquin as Sookie (though apparently she does fine).

[RStar]

True Blood is on HBO. I never read the books so I didn't have a pre concieved image of what Sookie would look like. I think she does her well, as a tough scrappy opinianated short girl with a slight southern accent. And Alexander Skarsgård is a great Viking Vamp IMHO. There is a large amount of blood, sex (both herterosexual and gay), nudity, gore, and throw in Vampires, warewolves, fairies, shape shifters, and who knows what else will pop up, and you have True Blood!

[Kevy Baby]

The series hits the characters pretty well overall, but they have certainly drifted further and further away from the story lines. The first season was somewhat close to the first book, but it drifts further way with each new season.

[MickeyLumbo]

you know, i really do miss you guys. i'd give a personal shout out to you, but, i know i would inadvertantly leave a name or two out and that's just not cool. I hope you all are doing well.

with love,

MickeyLumbo

[BarTopDancer]

The series hits the characters pretty well overall, but they have certainly drifted further and further away from the story lines. The first season was somewhat close to the first book, but it drifts further way with each new season.

As long as Eric continues to misplace his shirt it's all good. :evil:

[Kevy Baby]

you know, i really do miss you guys. i'd give a personal shout out to you, but, i know i would inadvertantly leave a name or two out and that's just not cool. I hope you all are doing well.

with love,

MickeyLumboLickey Mumbo!!!

Oh how I miss thee.

[Kevy Baby]

As long as Eric continues to misplace his shirt it's all good. :evil:I still prefer him with long hair (Season 1).

[MickeyLumbo]

Lickey Mumbo!!!

Oh how I miss thee.

sending you a virtual bear hug. is this a good time to give you a call?

[lashbear]

you know, i really do miss you guys. i'd give a personal shout out to you, but, i know i would inadvertantly leave a name or two out and that's just not cool. I hope you all are doing well.

with love,

MickeyLumbo

Big Bear Hugs from the Lashpair as well !!!! So good to hear from you !!!! :snap:

[alphabassettgrrl]

Hi, Lickey!!! Glad to hear from you! :)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hey. I know that guy!

[Gn2Dlnd]

you know, i really do miss you guys. i'd give a personal shout out to you, but, i know i would inadvertantly leave a name or two out and that's just not cool. I hope you all are doing well.

with love,

MickeyLumbo

Hey! Good to see you're among the living! :D

[MickeyLumbo]

lol, yeah, still living. work/bed/work/bed/work/bed, etc.

some have asked about the work part, yup, still working (harder than ever) for the big cheese.

....
a month or so back, I created my first facebook account, for the purpose of reaching out to one special person. well, i didn't know exactly how facebook worked, but suddenly my email account was overwhelmed with spam. is that normal, does facebook harvest emails? In any case, within a few days it was wpparent the person i was trying to reach was not gonna play the game and I neede to close the account. for those of you that requested a "friend" from facebook.. it was not saying no to you, i was bailing out of facebook completely. does that make any sense? anyhow, I may check in from time to time, though my duties at work are only more and more... never less. and no vacation for 4 years... and zero points. never late or absent... gotta lead by example i guess.

and i will always feel the need to use extreme caution about posting/commenting on work .. even the good stuff. they do watch. but i will share this personal thought: florida sucks!

thanks to everone that sent messages yesterday. it was very good timing.

peace

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

MICKEYLUMBO!!!

We don't need to hear about the big Cheese! We want to hear about YOU!

:cheers:

[RStar]

Yes, Mr. Lumbo, I know there is little time between work & bed, but do stop in to say hi once in a while!

And, no, it's not normal to get a bunch of spam from Facebook. Somehow you must have accidently signed up for something somewhere. Unless you were getting spam from people ON facebook, like lot's of requests to join Farmville and crap.

[blueerica]

ACK! I missed the (possibly slight) LickeyMumbo return!

*big hugs*

Miss you!

[Snowflake]

you know, i really do miss you guys. i'd give a personal shout out to you, but, i know i would inadvertantly leave a name or two out and that's just not cool. I hope you all are doing well.

with love,

MickeyLumbo

Virtual HUGS!

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm starting to theorize that there's a secret ground beef pipeline supplying Costa Mesa with surplus ground beef.

[RStar]

I'm starting to theorize that there's a secret ground beef pipeline supplying Costa Mesa with surplus ground beef.

That thought is actually rather gross. ;)

[innerSpaceman]

Catching Up on Soooooo!

Hi, Lickey Lumbo! Wow, what a blast from ze past! Hope you are well.

I love me a good burger, but I think I'll stay away from the Costa Mesa Burger Vortex for the rest of my life.

Eric Northman had rad long Viking hair in season 1, but this season's hairstyle is the Best Haircut EVAR!

[Morrigoon]

I'm afraid to ask the source of the ground beef comments... I hope it's Fair related?

In other news: Lickey Mogumbo! *waves*

[innerSpaceman]

Apparently, there are 27 hamburger joints within a four-block radius, somewhere in Costa Mesa. :D

[JWBear]

I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Found out today that the 2nd Tuesday of the month is free at LACMA. Who knew? :) Didn't see Tim Burton, but we saw just about everything else. :)