Soooooo......

[alphabassettgrrl]

I grew tomatoes! (I know, not a phenomenal achievement for anybody but the Plant Killah)

Now I need to some up with something really tasty to do with them before they rot on the vine...

Tomatoes! Yummy yummy tomatoes.

Cut up in a bowl, maybe with an avocado, cut up; salt and pepper.

Caprese: tomato slices, cheese slices, and a little bit of olive oil and some basil.

Topping on anything Mexican or Mexican-inspired.

Guacamole.

[RStar]

My main veggie garden is tomatos and basil. Some days I'll just go out and pick a cherry tomato and a basil leaf, wrap the leaf around the tomato and pop it in my mouth. That's what summer tastes like! Yum!!

[RStar]

I have had a huge, killer headache in the same spot for most of the week. It takes at least 6 ibupofen to even budge it. I have no idea what is wrong. I've barely drunk any water this week, so it's possible that's it.

Pru, drink lots of water, and if it doesn't subside in a couple of days see a doctor, please. 6 Ibprofen is past the prescription amount and could be dangerous!

[Betty]

I grew tomatoes! (I know, not a phenomenal achievement for anybody but the Plant Killah)

Now I need to some up with something really tasty to do with them before they rot on the vine...

Throw them under the broiler with some jalepenos and onions until they have blackened spots, turning over once or twice.

Put in food processor with a bunch of cilantro, some lime juice and salt and whirl it up until it's salsa consistency.

Best salsa ever.

[Moonliner]

Clearly the best use (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Homemade-Ketchup-109037) of the tomato.

[flippyshark]

Whee! I'm in New York City! (at last!) All kinds of bad traffic and subway interruptions because of a broken water main, but, it's still an amazing place.

[innerSpaceman]

Are you gonna see "8" tonight?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Whee! I'm in New York City! (at last!) All kinds of bad traffic and subway interruptions because of a broken water main, but, it's still an amazing place.
This (http://www.themidnightarchive.com/) sounds like an intriguing walking tour.

[Kevy Baby]

We went to the SD Zoo Safari Park (FKA Wild Animal Park). Our main goal was to see the Cheetah Run. It was a frickin' awesome experience!!! Susan posted a crappy video I shot on her Facebook page.

[Moonliner]

So.....

Headliner is a big Amazing Race fan. In the first leg of the new season the teams fly to Taipei Taiwan.

Headliner visited Taipei this summer so she was literally squealing at all the places she had been that the racers visited.

Headliner was there in late June so I started thinking, I know they film well in advance of the airing, how close was she to seeing them? I did a little detective work and it turns out she missed possibly seeing the race in progress by one day.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Missed it by one day???? Wow.

[katiesue]

Little homesickness - my cousins on facebook asking if anyone knows about a brush fire, perhaps on the scanner. Ah the good ole scanner. The way you know what's going on. And are occasionally thankful your parents have no idea what the codes mean.

[Kevy Baby]

http://www.sacredwaste.com/c/ive_got_your_back_mouspad_mousepad-p144115660927151305z7br1_400.jpg

[JWBear]

A weird thing just happened...

My cellphone rang - it was a friend, so I answered it.

Me: "Hello!"
Her: "Hi."
Me: "what's up?"
Her: "Um... I don't know. You called me."
Me: "No, you called me!"

It turns out both our phones rang at the same time. My caller ID showed her name, and her caller ID showed my name. Neither of us was trying to call out. :confused:

[katiesue]

My phone has a little indicator to show in the log if the call was incoming or outgoing - perhaps you can both look and see who originated it?

[JWBear]

My phone shows it as an incoming call. I don't know about hers.

[Kevy Baby]

Well now I need to know

[RStar]

Cool! Dueling butt calls! :snap:

[Morrigoon]

Really, what would I do without a husband to remind me to take my vitamins, and a brownie to wash them down with?

[RStar]

I'd leave him if he didn't offer me a glass of milk to wash down the brownie...

:D

[Moonliner]

I'd leave him if he didn't offer me a glass of milk to wash down the brownie...

:D

Brownie? So that's what the kids are calling it these days?

[flippyshark]

Speaking of brownies, Cheech and Chong have reunited at last for
Magic Brownie Adventure (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK7hZ9CxCfU&feature=youtu.be).

If this were a real movie, I'd probably go to see it. Okay, maybe I'd sneak into it after another movie.

[Kevy Baby]

I Tweeted about it, but am posting here without the 140 character limitation.

Our cat, Female (pronounced feh-molly; like it was a Spanish word) passed away last night. She was a 20 year old cat and because of the way she has looked for the past year or so, we have been referring to her as the Cat Who Refuses To Die (dark humor - please don't be offended). She stopped eating a couple of days ago, so we knew the end was finally near.

It was about as good of an experience as we could have made it. Susan had been sitting with her all day. I hurried home from work as early as I could and we sat watching TV with her in my lap for about three hours. She couldn't really move at that point, but I knew she appreciated the attention and I was very careful to make her as comfortable as possible.

Since I wasn't sure how long she was going to last and I needed to go to bed, I moved her over to Susan's lap (Susan was going to stay up with her until she passed). Within a few moments, she started having minor intermittent spasms and we knew it was time. Susan and I sat just petting her until she had her last breath and then stayed with her a little longer after her passing.

While we were both saddened by her passing and she will be missed, we know that we gave her the best possible life and it certainly was a long one (20 years is exceptional for a cat). We hope she is happier now wherever she is and wish her the best.

[katiesue]

So sorry for your loss.

[Moonliner]

I just freaked out our cat by giving him a BIG hug.

[€uroMeinke]

So great that you could spend her last hours with her giving her comfort.

[Capt Jack]

sorry to hear it bro. my condolences to you and Susan. I hate losing my critters but you guys did good by her.

[CoasterMatt]

Sorry to hear about your loss. You gave that kitty a great home, and a great life.

[innerSpaceman]

RIP Female. So sad for your loss, K&S. So glad for your always wonderful, loving care of our fellow creatures.

[BarTopDancer]

Kitty :(

[Kevy Baby]

I just remembered that Mickey Lumbo came over and spent an afternoon visiting with Susan a couple of weeks ago. Female took an instant liking to him and sat in his lap (which is rare - she usually stayed away from people she didn't know).

She probably felt that her life was complete having met such a sweet, wonderful man :)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

So instead of the cat predicting when people will die, ML predicts when cats will die? *shudder*

Ah, dark humor. Kevy, you guys went above and beyond for Female's passing, and I'm sure she appreciated it.

[Morrigoon]

She must've been very happy to live that long :)

[Snowflake]

hugs :( rip kitteh

[cirquelover]

I am sorry for your loss. Sounds like she had amazing parents and a very long life.

[Not Afraid]

I'm sorry for your loss. Female and Charles were kindrid spirits. They bpth held on much longer than anyone thought they would. I'm glad you got to stay with Female and give her love as she passed. I hope her and Charles meet in that place where cats go when they leave us. (I want to go there.)

[JWBear]

My condolences.

[Prudence]

It's always sad to hear of loved ones leaving. Thank you for giving her a good life and a good death.

[Kevy Baby]

Two days after the fact and I am feeling okay. I made my peace with it.

Time to get back to our (my) usual frivolity.

[JWBear]

Time to get back to our (my) unusual frivolity.

Fixed it for 'ya!

[Kevy Baby]

Fixed it for 'ya!LOL

[alphabassettgrrl]

Peace is good. Everybody handles things their own way.

I usually like a week or two, then I'm good. Husband? Not so much. The last time we lost a dog, he waited two years before he was ready for another.

[Kevy Baby]

So why can't Luna Lovegood look this good in the movie? (Mildly NSFW but no nudity)http://i2.listal.com/image/1076736/600full-evanna-lynch.jpg

[Alex]

Uck.

Sorry, but looking 14 just doesn't do it for me.

[Capt Jack]

very cute....doesnt look 14 to me

[Alex]

We start a vacation in the morning so I am writing my out of office message at work. Mine are never particularly serious.

I'm posting this here to get it out of my system since it where my brain keeps going but I can't really use it at work as it goes just a step too far.


When we originally planned this vacation it was a trip to Japan, an lo did god send a mighty torrent. So we changed it to Vermont and New Hampshire to see the colors, and lo did god send a mighty torrent.

Third time being the charm, we changed it to a location where nobody would notice when god sent a mighty torrent: Niagara Falls.

I'll be out of the office October 4 through October 18, returning on October 19. I will have my laptop and may check email periodically but it will not be so that I can respond to you but simply to win arguments about what activities to do by threatening to just work for a couple hours unless I get my way.

So, to the extent that your emails provide that ammunition it is much appreciated but it probably won't get you what you need. For questions/issues regarding XXXX, contact XXXX. For all other topics, reach out to XXXX and he'll get you set on a more fruitful path.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Nice "away" message! :)

[Kevy Baby]

Apparently, there is a road in Missouri called No More Victims Road (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.545547,-92.071609&spn=0.012822,0.01929&sll=38.545547,-92.07161&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&gl=us&vpsrc=6&t=m&z=16).

So far, I have not been able find out why it is named this.

[RStar]

Apparently, there is a road in Missouri called No More Victims Road (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.545547,-92.071609&spn=0.012822,0.01929&sll=38.545547,-92.07161&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&gl=us&vpsrc=6&t=m&z=16).

So far, I have not been able find out why it is named this.

From what I hear, you're a victim as soon as you move there. I don't know about that road, though....

[katiesue]

And there seems to be a correctional center on No More Victims Road. Interesting.

[Alex]

No More Victims is a non-profit advocacy group for children and other dependents of prison inmates.

Since the only thing on the road is prison related, and the prison is only a few years old, I would imagine there was some sort of involvement between the group and the prison.

Semi amusing is that if you search No More Victims Road at Google Maps it will offer as a possible option North More Victims Road, which gives it a different tone.

[Moonliner]

Soooooo......

I needed to know when we purchased Mrs. Moonies car. Sure I could go digging in the home office files, or go out to the car and check the title but it was faster to just ask LoT (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?p=244638&highlight=KevyIsAPooh#post244638).

[Morrigoon]

So... I have an interview at noon for a holiday retail job.

[Prudence]

So, we just spent a large chunk of time raking leaves in the front yard. HUGE pile of leaves now in the back yard. And yet, it looks as if we did nothing, as the yard is still full of leaves. WTF?

[Morrigoon]

Apparently it's something East Coasters call "seasons".

[RStar]

So, we just spent a large chunk of time raking leaves in the front yard. HUGE pile of leaves now in the back yard. And yet, it looks as if we did nothing, as the yard is still full of leaves. WTF?
WTF? I think it's called "Fall" for a reason! ;)
Soooooo......

I needed to know when we purchased Mrs. Moonies car. Sure I could go digging in the home office files, or go out to the car and check the title but it was faster to just ask LoT (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?p=244638&highlight=KevyIsAPooh#post244638).

Aren't we just full of life's answers?! :D

[RStar]

So... I have an interview at noon for a holiday retail job.

Good luck!

I'll keep my fingers crossed :snap:

(Well, they look crossed at one point)

[Kevy Baby]

Totally want

SFWBNFBTD*

http://208.106.220.78/imanager/g1/images/Amandil%20-%205.JPG




*Safe for work but not Bar Top Dancer

[alphabassettgrrl]

I seem to have succeeded in wearing Boomer out. Unfortunately, it took over two hours of nonstop walking to do it.....

[Alex]

That's why you wait until all the leaves are down.

Bonus is that this kills the grass so you don't have to mow it come spring.

[Morrigoon]

8 openings to fill... 36 people interviewing today. Well, we'll see... but when you're the obviously pregnant lady up against a bunch of bright-eyed 20-somethings... yeah.

[Betty]

Totally want

SFWBNFBTD*

http://208.106.220.78/imanager/g1/images/Amandil%20-%205.JPG




*Safe for work but not Bar Top Dancer

Pretty!

[3894]

Morrigoon, when are you due?

[Morrigoon]

Day after Christmas

[3894]

Day after Christmas

And it's a girl, right? Can I throw the name Holly into the hat?

[Kevy Baby]

For Lisa

[Morrigoon]

And it's a girl, right? Can I throw the name Holly into the hat?

Uh, sure, but the name's (probably) already chosen. :P

[JWBear]

My brain isn't working today. Can I go home and go back to bed?

[Moonliner]

My brain isn't working today. Can I go home and go back to bed?

No, you have to run for political office.

[Snowflake]

No, you have to run for political office.

VMLM :D

[JWBear]

No, you have to run for political office.

$174,000 a year for sitting around doing nothing? Don't tempt me.

[Morrigoon]

What does State Assembly pay? I think I could be happy with State Assembly...

[CoasterMatt]

I have to deal with the State Assembly more and more often, you don't want that job...

[JWBear]

What does State Assembly pay?

$95,291

[katiesue]

This is an awesome story - Homecoming Princess turns tables on bullies. (http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/poway/article_a806dca5-2cdc-5ae9-ab39-ee26e69b8a5b.html) It's the "rival" high school in our area. Maddie told me about this a few weeks ago.

[Alex]

Didn't read the article but is this the one where she burns down the town telepathically?

[katiesue]

Didn't read the article but is this the one where she burns down the town telepathically?

Yes that's the one.

No really apparently a group of kids got together and nominated an autistic girl for Homecoming Princess. As a prank. Another Mom heard about it and put the word out on facebook and she won in a landslide.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

That's a great story, and in my own town, no less. Thanks for sharing!

[Alex]

What I've learned from driving around Maine for the last 5 days.

1) The locals apparently subsist on lobster and Dunkin' Donuts.
2) Sadly, the Maine accent is not so prevalent as would be hoped.

[Alex]

Oh, and you can't drive 60 feet without passing another collection of dead people. Maine is very proud of its dead people.

[JWBear]

Zachary Quinto has come out. (http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/10/actor-zachary-quinto-comes-out.html)

[BarTopDancer]

What I've learned from driving around Maine for the last 5 days.

1) The locals apparently subsist on lobster and Dunkin' Donuts.
Nova Scotia lobster puts Maine lobster to shame. :

No idea why, but I thought Zachary Quinto had been out for years.

[wendybeth]

Lol, Marla- Tori and I both were like "wasn't he already out?"

[CoasterMatt]

Last night, Rose and I went to an AMAZING haunted house - "Chambers of the Mausoleum" at Coffin Creek. The monsters really destroyed Rose, she was in TEARS only a couple of rooms in. I almost jumped through a sidewall. I love Halloween.

[Alex]

Nova Scotia lobster puts Maine lobster to shame. :

No idea why, but I thought Zachary Quinto had been out for years.

Don't see how that could be since they are the exact same animal. However it is moot since I'm of the opinion that lobster isn't in the top 20 of delicious things you can eat from the ocean. It is fine, just not great (nor worth the price) and the slavering confuses me. But I have had some very good crab cakes.

[Kevy Baby]

I prefer King Crab Legs over Lobster

[RStar]

Last night, Rose and I went to an AMAZING haunted house - "Chambers of the Mausoleum" at Coffin Creek. The monsters really destroyed Rose, she was in TEARS only a couple of rooms in. I almost jumped through a sidewall. I love Halloween.

I hope Rose wasn't too upset at me at Knott's when I grabbed her shoulder and yelled "Boo!" I felt a little bad that I was such a baaaad boy!

[Moonliner]

I hope Rose wasn't too upset at me at Knott's when I grabbed her shoulder and yelled "Boo!" I felt a little bad that I was such a baaaad boy!

Yeah, and I'm sorry for all the threatening 2am phone calls and the dead cat I mailed to her last week. My bad.

[RStar]

Yeah, and I'm sorry for all the threatening 2am phone calls and the dead cat I mailed to her last week. My bad.

The monsters really destroyed Rose, she was in TEARS only a couple of rooms in.

Oh, so that's why she was so nervous! I see.....

;) :D

[Capt Jack]

I prefer King Crab Legs over Lobster

whole heartedly agree here.
:snap: :snap:

[CoasterMatt]

I can't eat shellfish :( I like the visceral act of smashing the shell and ripping out the guts, too.

[Prudence]

Count me in as well for crab over lobster. Not that I'd turn down lobster, mind you, but I'm much more excited about crab. I'm pretty happy about the silly little crab picture on my new Maryland driver's license.

[Kevy Baby]

And when I order AKC nowadays, I have it shelled: when enjoying a civilized meal, I prefer that someone else effectuates my barbarianism.

And every time I have AKC, I invariably think of the Deadliest Catch guys. I had AKC at a restaurant in Des Moines and apparently before Deadliest Catch became popular, they got all of their AKC from the Time Bandit (http://www.timebandit.tv/).

[Moonliner]

And when I order AKC nowadays, I have it shelled: when enjoying a civilized meal, I prefer that someone else effectuates my barbarianism.

And every time I have AKC, I invariably think of the Deadliest Catch guys. I had AKC at a restaurant in Des Moines and apparently before Deadliest Catch became popular, they got all of their AKC from the Time Bandit (http://www.timebandit.tv/).

Interesting they would know that, from what I saw of the show all the ships unload to the same (or one of few) processing plants.

[Kevy Baby]

Interesting they would know that, from what I saw of the show all the ships unload to the same (or one of few) processing plants.It could have been complete bullsh¡t, but I rolled with it.

[Morrigoon]

I'd take shrimp first, but in a purely crab vs lobster arrangement, I'd dive into the lobster.

Of course, the fact that crab (tasty as it is) makes me vomit might have something to do with that...

[Alex]

Shrimp first (if it's peeled), crab second (if it's shelled), lobster distant third (and it better be out if the shell, for those prices I expect someone else to do the work). Bivalves not even a consideration. Crayfish disgusting.

But if you gave me the choice between a good tuna melt and whole Maine lobster, even money I'd take the tuna.

[RStar]

Shrimp first (if it's peeled), crab second (if it's shelled), lobster distant third (and it better be out if the shell, for those prices I expect someone else to do the work). Bivalves not even a consideration. Crayfish disgusting.

But if you gave me the choice between a good tuna melt and whole Maine lobster, even money I'd take the tuna.

I so agree with you on the shelled part. When I sit down to a shrimp scampy or Alfreado at a resturaunt, and I have to stick my fingers in the sauce to pull the shells off of the tails, I expect a discount for doing some of the cook's work for them. I understand that the shell has some of the flavor, and keeps the meat moist, but one shouldn't have to stick their hands in sauce at a sit down dinner. It's just wrong. A lobster tail isn't part of the sauce and the shell is much more important to the flavor and texture, and very easy to get out if prepared properly, so that one's ok for me.

Oh, and where the lobster lives (including water temperature) and what it eats dictates the flavor. Which is why different verieties taste slightly different even though they are the same animal.

At the Knott's pre-scare dinner buffett they served finger shrimp with a cocktail dipping sauce. But they served the shrimp raw. I hate that.

[Strangler Lewis]

As a kid, I was wild about lobster, including the liver and/or the ovaries or whatever the gross part is. In recent years, most of the lobsters I've encountered have been on the bland, rubbery side.

I'm good with pretty much all shellfish. A good oyster is a fine thing, and during college, a bag of mussels was a cheap dinner at home from which I only occasionally got food poisoning.

However, I would never eat American Kennel Club. In fact, Kevy, I think that's illegal.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who's a little ambivalent on lobster. :) And I'm with the group that prefers my shellfish out of the shell.

[Moonliner]

I think it's important to remember that much of what we eat was once alive. Lobster is one of the few foods were the direct link to the living animal is still clearly visible. When's the last time you were served a hamburger with the eyes still attached?

So because of that and the fact it's so darn tasty I'll go with lobster, as long as it's broiled and not steamed. Steamed lobster is like eating wet rubber bands.

[BarTopDancer]

Well, I was raised on Nova Scotia lobster which is better than anything from Maine because the water is colder which makes them sweeter and more tender.

But I won't cook them (Erica and I tried that once, was that an adventure!) and I've started getting skeeved out by the whole ones. I don't mind the work, I'm just not fond of my meal looking at me.

Interesting fact: lobsters don't "scream" when you cook them. The noise is the air leaving their bodies. Which is pretty fvcking cruel and the reason if you do boil them you are supposed to put them in the boiling water, head first. Kills them instantly.

I was watching some show on Food Network and they were pulling tails off and opening them up while they were still alive. That was horrid to watch.

[Kevy Baby]

However, I would never eat American Kennel Club. In fact, Kevy, I think that's illegal.Only if you get caught.

[Alex]

I doubt there is a human alive who can differentiated a freshly caught Maine lobster from a freshly caught Nova Scotia lobster (they are often caught in the same water and it is only an arbitrary fictional line that differentiates Nova Scotia from Maine, and the lobster are free to cross at their whim without even Lou Dobbs getting upset). Lobster have been caught more than 100 miles from where they were tagged.

Though regardless of where you live a lobster that was in the ocean a few hours earlier will always be better than a lobster that has spent several days (or, several months) living in a tank either without being fed or fed "farm food." So I think it is correct to say "lobster from X is better than any other lobster you might eat when in X."

[BarTopDancer]

Though regardless of where you live a lobster that was in the ocean a few hours earlier will always be better than a lobster that has spent several days (or, several months) living in a tank either without being fed or fed "farm food." So I think it is correct to say "lobster from X is better than any other lobster you might eat when in X."

I suppose you are right (as usual). Any time I have had Nova Scotia lobster it has been fresh off the boat and any time I have had Maine lobster it's been in a tank for who knows how long.

[Not Afraid]

Crab Sandwich.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-4TVJc-Dfl-w/TovfxC1eHII/AAAAAAAAO6M/Xj-cbAxXTvU/s640/P1180128.JPG

[Morrigoon]

Alex: gotta disagree with you on crawfish.

But I can understand how easy it would be to develop a dislike of them, as most places can't do it right. In fact, the BEST crawfish I've ever had was on my brother's back patio. Don't know why there isn't a restaurant out there that can beat my brother's basic crawfish boil, but I have yet to find one. So, short of being treated to a backyard crawfish boil using fresh crawfish just flown in live from Louisiana (he travels for work... sometimes to Louisiana), and all you've been exposed to is a couple scant bits of crawfish tossed into some overspiced dish, then I could see how you'd place it on your dislike list.

[RStar]

The freshness of the crawfish is extremely important, and thus can easily lead to a bad experience of them when not done right. I have only tried them once and it was pretty bad. I'd try some good ones if given the chance, though.

Oh, and I have jury duty today. I'm not a happy camper.

[Alex]

Oh, I've had what everybody agrees are very good crayfish. They're simply not good (to me, obviously a lot of people disagree).

I'm reminded of one of those Strange Foods shows on Food Network or TLC or something. The host was in one of the Scandinavian countries and went to a crayfish farm where the owners put on a boil for him. But none of them ever ate crayfish, weren't sure they'd like crayfish and so while they boiled them for him they had made other dishes for themselves.

Part of it could be psychological connections as a popular past times (for kids, adults had no use for them) was crawdad (as we called them in the Pacific Northwest) fishing in local streams. Essentially we'd just tie some kind of bait to a string and then try to slowly pull them up once they pinched into the bait. We'd then throw them back as eating such things never occurred to anybody.

The contest was generally to see who could use the most disgusting bait.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Never felt compelled to try crayfish.

[Gemini Cricket]

They only time I eat crawfish is when I eat étouffée. I liked it ok, never tried it just by itself, tho.

[CoasterMatt]

Going to see Paul Simon in concert tonight. Should be a buncha fun. :D

[Betty]

Going to see Paul Simon in concert tonight. Should be a buncha fun. :D

Fun! :snap:

[Kevy Baby]

Going to see Paul Simon in concert tonight. Should be a buncha fun. :DCool! I'm sure you're in for a good show.

[BarTopDancer]

Those poor animals in OH. :(

It appears the owner of the preserve set them all free and then killed himself. WTF is wrong with people. Did he think they were just going to find their way back to the wild?

[Kevy Baby]

Those poor animals in OH. :(

It appears the owner of the preserve set them all free and then killed himself. WTF is wrong with people. Did he think they were just going to find their way back to the wild?When you reach the point of no hope, you aren't thinking rationally

[RStar]

I'm a juror in a drug trafficing case. Lovely.....

[Prudence]

I'm a juror in a drug trafficing case. Lovely.....

I'm so jealous! I never get called for jury duty. :(

[RStar]

It's weird how it works. I've been called about 8 times, only one other time in the jury box selection but cut loose, and this time I was the last one picked and 20 or so other people were excused after me. Had they picked just one more number I would have not served.

And I've been called once a year for 2 or 3 years in a row, then nothing for 5 years.

It's an interesting process, and I've always wanted to actually get on the jury, but now is such a bad time for me. Had it been this time last year or 6 months ago I would have been fine with it.

My factory is in the monumental process of moving. My wife is having pretty bad health issues, and my brother is having surgery this morning. It's never very convenient to take time to serve, but I can't remember a time when I have had so many things going on at once. If I would have tried to postpone, they would have given me the Christmas break, and I don't want that even more than doing it now.

At least for now I'm only an alternate. If no one else drops out I may only need to sit in the trial today, and I won't need to deliberate. Unfortunately, listening to the whole trial and not being able to deliberate is the worst! Endure the pain, and not get the fun!

[BarTopDancer]

When you reach the point of no hope, you aren't thinking rationally

I know. Just. Still. Those poor animals. And the stoopid news for showing them just dead. That's not a lion watching over a sleeping zebra. That's a beautiful lion, and tiger, and bear (oh my) not sleeping :(

I know that they were trying to tranquilize as many as they could and shooting to kill was the most humane option they had for most. It just upsets me so much that this happened to begin with.

I hope that this spawns a crack down on exotic animals as pets and questionable animal "preserves".

[alphabassettgrrl]

I have jury duty next week but I probably won't get onto a jury panel. I'm not entirely sure I can be impartial anymore. There are some things I don't want to hear defense arguments for.

At least it's sandwiched between a lot of days of work. That always makes me feel better.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Weird. I just dug a few hanging file folders out of the supplies room. I grabbed ones that already had labels on them, since I couldn't find any labels. Whoever used these folders before has handwriting that looks a LOT like my own. I've never used hanging files here and the labels have technical terms on them that I know I've never written before, so I know it wasn't me. And after examining them closer I started spotting little things that do not match my writing. But it was an odd feeling to turn those folders over and see "my" handwriting where it had no reason to be.

[Alex]

I don't think I write enough any more to recognize my own handwriting.

[RStar]

I don't think I write enough any more to recognize my own handwriting.

That's like the starting of things to come. Like in Wall-E we will all be pudgy creatures unable to walk....

[alphabassettgrrl]

I recognize all versions of my handwriting and I hope I never give up writing by hand. It calms me.

[Alex]

Well, I don't recognize myself in photographs either. So it may just be a flaw on my part.

[Not Afraid]

I STILL think about Andris when crawfish is discussed.

[Kevy Baby]

Well, I don't recognize myself in photographs either. So it may just be a flaw on my part.I thought you didn't show up in photographs?

[Alex]

No, I'm there. It is my sense of humor that doesn't photograph. That's why I can't recognize me.

[JWBear]

Nope, nope... Too easy.

[Alex]

Come on....wow me.

[Kevy Baby]

Wow

[JWBear]

Come on....wow me.

Nah... I don't want to risk underwhelming you and then having to wade through the resulting six paragraph disertation on the subject at hand.

[Alex]

Trust me, the dissertation isn't for you. It's for me and my adoring audience. Which consists of me. Would you really deprive me of that joy?

[JWBear]

Yes. (I'm evil like that.)

[Alex]

Actually, you're not evil. You just think you are during those quiet moments of self doubt and missed meals.

These moments creep up on you and may be hard to identify but trust me, if you pause for some self examination you'll find that inner core that still likes yourself.

Take that core and stroke it. It'll grow and grow until it explodes all over you in a sheen of self respect and acceptance. Wear that with pride and don't let anybody else, or even yourself, set your own perception at anything less than "awesome."

ETA: Hey everybody, JWBear isn't reading this so if you have anything you want to say without him knowing, quote this post and put it in the middle...back to the original post.

For it is only through moving forward entirely confident of one's own awesomeness that you find the courage to truly not give a damn and enjoy life. A life worth living and expounding on to an awkward extent with no other than to get to the sixth paragraph.

For in the sixth paragraph is where wisdom lies like a jewel covered in hog**** just waiting for a dung beetle to come and roll it up into a nice edible ball.

Yes, this is the one that contains the wisdom. Admire it.

[JWBear]

Since I now know you write these things as a form of intellectual self-pleasuring, I didn't read it.

You're welcome.

[Alex]

Oh well. At least I got something useful out of it.

But at the risk of correcting you again, it is juvenile (slightly less creepy than infantile) self-pleasuring. Intellect is rarely needed.

[JWBear]

I hope you washed your hands afterwards.

[RStar]

I'm going to wash my hands after reading it....

[Morrigoon]

Why is it that most people fighting is annoying to read, but you two are endlessly entertaining?

[Alex]

Wait. We're arguing? ****, if I'd known that I'd used a different tone. And had a point.

[JWBear]

Not to be pedantic or anything... But she said "fighting".

[BarTopDancer]

Get a room and get it over with.

[RStar]

Wait. We're arguing? ****, if I'd known that I'd used a different tone. And had a point.

A point? Interesting.....

[Moonliner]

Heads up Socal!

The Rosat satellite is going to make a pass overhead SHORTLY. You might get to see it burning up. It's 5:35 your time now, expect it in the next 20min or so moving from the north to south (more or less)

If the track is correct, it will be more or less directly over Las Vegas, so look in that direction.

Live Tracking map. (http://t.co/HiDg2zBd)

[JWBear]

Apropos of nothing, but I was just thinking... Jon Hamm and John Cleese should form a comedy team and call themselves "Hamm & Cleese".



Ok... I'm going back to bed now.

[Prudence]

So, my brother came over for dinner. Surprise!

[RStar]

I'm done with jury duty. He's guilty on all charges. Not an easy case because the police didn't do some of the things they should have to solidify the case. At least one drug dealer isn't getting off due to a technicality.

[alphabassettgrrl]

At least one drug dealer isn't getting off due to a technicality.

Excellent! I report for jury duty Wednesday. I'm a little nervous they might pick me for a panel again. I didn't particularly enjoy the last one I was on.

[CoasterMatt]

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/5596/gotknifed.png

[Stan4dSteph]

I STILL think about Andris when crawfish is discussed.He killed Sebastian!

[Moonliner]

So Saturday is going to be rainy and cold. Ok. Got it. No biggie, it's that time of year. Oh and it's possible there could be a few flakes of snow mixed in. OK, again no biggie.

So do you really need THIS (http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2608283) as your lead story? Hardly.

[RStar]

I hear ya! Here in the OC if there is a chance of drizzle, the weather report on the news is called "Storm Watch, 2011" (insert current year). The media will always "Puff up Fluff" to make a headline.....

[Prudence]

Snowmageddon!!!!

[Moonliner]

Snowmageddon!!!!

Heh. You westies slay me.

[RStar]

We always say that if it snowed in LA, they'd all run outside with thier straws to snort it up!

That, and we don't trust air that we can't see. We like ours chunky style....

[JWBear]

I have "Battle Hymn of the Republic" going through my head... Madeline Kahn's Young Frankenstein version.

[Morrigoon]

So I added two new long-lost relatives this week.

I'd been doing genealogy research for months on the specific issue of my dad's half-brother and sister. (Been doing the genealogy thing in general for a couple years, but the major project was trying to find his siblings, if still alive, because they're 20 years older than him and therefore time would be of the essence, if not too late already). Well, a few months ago I found out that his half-sister passed away a few decades ago. His brother was much harder to find, because the info I could find turned up a rather strange name, that matched their mom's surname, so I wasn't sure it was correct.
Turns out it was. But I was still having trouble finding info on the guy beyond a 1930 census result.

Something came up this week, when a random stranger responded to a post I'd placed on a genealogy forum, with some extremely helpful information, including the brother changing his name, the fact that he was alive in 2009, and where he was living (Hana, Maui, of all places!)

Tonight, my dad called information, got the number and spoke for an hour to the brother he'd been searching for for DECADES. Still alive, though 90 years old. And the crazy thing is, we've BEEN to Hana... hard to believe we could have walked right past him and never known! (Apparently he hangs out at the Hasegawa Gen. Store, so it's entirely possible we would have!)

In other news, my oldest brother finally got in touch with his 25 year old daughter. Long story, but basically she reached out to him like 10 years ago, but to our knowledge, he hadn't responded. And suddenly this week of all weeks, he reached back.

So... I have a new uncle and niece! How 'bout that?

[BarTopDancer]

That's pretty awesome!

I need to pick up where my dad left off. A cousin did some in-depth [for the time] research years ago. Most of our records were destroyed during WWII but this cousin worked for the government and had friends in very, very high places in both domestic and foreign governments and was able to find some more stuff and it's all compiled into a family tree printed out on a dot-matrix printer.

Problem is, my dad doesn't seem to think that we'll ever find more than what the cousin discovered in the late 80s-early 90s because of this government connection turning up all he could. Um, that's where networking and technology will come in to play. You never know who has what information from their parents, grand parents, great-great grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc...and how it will all fit together. Our "very small" family could be much larger.

Cindy, what forums do you use? I am inherently against Ancestry because of their LDS connection but it seems that most people use it and it may be the path of least resistance to finding more information. I don't really care if they baptize posthumously. It's ceremony I don't believe will change anything over a name on a piece of paper. I just don't want to give money to them if I can avoid it.

[RStar]

My son was on the 11:00 news on channel 4 last night. He witnessed HB police shoot and kill two people in Westminster right in front of his house. So they interviewed him. What is with kids these days? "I seen..." was in a few interviews last night....

[Morrigoon]

BTD: I did a lot of research on a site called familysearch.org. You can access images of a lot of records there. Sometimes you can't get to the images because it's something available through one of the paid sites, BUT it lists some of the info off them at least. I haven't paid for a membership either, but I did a lot of stuff on that site because it's free. It's very effective.

But what also helped was posting on a surname forum at http://genforum.genealogy.com/ - just type the surname into the forum finder and it'll pull up any forums relating to the name. I had originally found that when searching my grandfather's name, because my uncle had posted something there years and years ago, searching for my dad's siblings, that gave me a lead to go off of. I found a few things, and recently posted a thread of my own looking specifically for his brother (the sister passed away a long time ago), and some random person provided me with info including an article written in some prep school alumni magazine that led us to the man himself, still alive at 90!

[Moonliner]

Oooh! Now I know what to get Matt for Christmas!

This! (http://gizmodo.com/5855900/a-leopard-print-garden-hose-cover-for-your-summer-home-at-the-jersey-shore)

Surprisingly that link is SFW and even SFBTD.

[Moonliner]

Speaking of shopping....

Isn't their a website out there that let's you setup your own group purchase?

Woot and Groupon off good deals on stuff, but I'm looking for a site where I can post "I want to buy 'X'" and get people to go in on a large group purchase for it. I'm sure I've seen such a beast but I can't remember the name.

[lashbear]

We went to Blackpool today. Neener Neener. Oh, KAOS is the BEST Gay Bar in Blackpool. Totally. LOVED it, and they use a Spotify playlist for the music, and ALL the songs were ones that Stoat & I loved.

[RStar]

Oooh! Now I know what to get Matt for Christmas!

This! (http://gizmodo.com/5855900/a-leopard-print-garden-hose-cover-for-your-summer-home-at-the-jersey-shore)

Surprisingly that link is SFW and even SFBTD.

Cool! It'll match his jacket! Now, if they only garden glove to match!

[JWBear]

Cool! It'll match his jacket! Now, if they only garden glove to match!

Ask, and ye shall receive!

http://ebid.s3.amazonaws.com/upload_big/3/5/9/1285515481-21685-0.jpg

[Ghoulish Delight]

I swear, sometimes it feels like the less sleep I get, the more productive I am.

Maybe it's knowing that if I stop actively working, I'll fall asleep.

Or perhaps the sleep deprivation leads to better free-associative thought that helps me get things done.

Or maybesesaaeszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[RStar]

Speaking of shopping....

Isn't their a website out there that let's you setup your own group purchase?

Woot and Groupon off good deals on stuff, but I'm looking for a site where I can post "I want to buy 'X'" and get people to go in on a large group purchase for it. I'm sure I've seen such a beast but I can't remember the name.

My parents use to belong to a co-op where everyone put in there order for food items, then one person would place a large order and pick it up. Then the group would go pick their items up from this person's house. This was back in the early 1970's, before computers and online buying. But it seems that the word you are looking for is some sort of online co-op (short for co-operative buying). But it could go by some other, more interesting name.

Which reminds me, on my way home from work, I spotted a green "+" sign on Brookhurst near Chapman. Looks like a new Medical Marajuana Co-Op shop has opened near my house.

[JWBear]

Happy Clock Changing Day!

[lashbear]

I just watched the last episode of Season 2 of Downton Abbey.

...Season 2 hasn't even started in Australia yet. :evil:

[JWBear]

Where is everyone? No post since 9:00 last night!

[CoasterMatt]

I rode my bike to work today. I feel great.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Yay, Matt! Glad you're liking the bike! :)

I love that it's gorgeous today. Sunshine, and it's warm enough that I don't want additional layers. And Monday Night Football tonight!

[RStar]

I rode my bike to work today. I feel great.

Now you can have that big piece of chocolate cake! ;)

[Not Afraid]

I like how surgery has become just another day in my life. It's very odd.

[RStar]

I don't like it. So stop it, will you? Please?

Sending {{{{hugs}}}} and :D your way!

[Moonliner]

*whew*

I think I got the last of the clocks reset today.

[RStar]

I got a speeding ticket on the way to work today. 50 in a 45. Unsafe driving on Brookhurst. Because the drivers in the area prefer to drive 30 in the 45. Are you kidding me?? :mad:

[alphabassettgrrl]

Crazy cat-lady car: http://fails.failblog.org/2011/11/15/epic-fail-pet-ownership-fail-crazy-cat-cars-lady/

Ok, maybe I'm easily amused.

Had a surprise houseguest the last couple of days. Good to see him. He brought another guy who we used to be friends with today; I would have rather not had this guy see the house (houses accumulate a *lot* of stuff and I'd rather have him impressed than think we're hoarders) but it wasn't politic to say so, so I figured it was better to be polite and have him gone as soon as possible.

Yesterday was a good day with my friend, though. Went to Ventura, puttered around the pier, did some walking on the beach, he brought some sand back for his wife in Jersey; took some pictures; had some sushi. And visited a bookstore. He got a spiffy new camera but has no idea what makes a good picture- so I found a good book for him on photography.

Reserved a B&N Nook Tablet and it should be in in just a couple of days. I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait! :)

So now I get to come back here and check what you have all been up to. :)

[JWBear]

[COLOR="Purple"]Crazy cat-lady car: http://fails.failblog.org/2011/11/15/epic-fail-pet-ownership-fail-crazy-cat-cars-lady/


When did Lisa get a maroon car?

[Kevy Baby]

When did Lisa get a maroon car?Can't be Lisa's car: not enough cats

[Moonliner]

Ohh oh. Now BTD can never go to Hungary.

They have power towers in the shape of a word that starts with 'C'.
(http://gizmodo.com/5859839/these-are-the-most-horrible-clowns-ive-seen++and-they-give-cancer-too)

[Alex]

Darn. Not the c word I was hoping for.

[CoasterMatt]

Rode my bike to and from work today.

[Not Afraid]

I don't have 15 cats.

[Kevy Baby]

I don't have 15 cats.YetI don't have 15 cats.That Chris knows about

[RStar]

I don't have 15 cats.

Yeah, couldn't be more than 14, Kevy. Don't exaggerate you silly man.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Ohh oh. Now BTD can never go to Hungary.

They have power towers in the shape of a word that starts with 'C'.
(http://gizmodo.com/5859839/these-are-the-most-horrible-clowns-ive-seen++and-they-give-cancer-too)Dooooood.

[BarTopDancer]

Ohh oh. Now BTD can never go to Hungary.

They have power towers in the shape of a word that starts with 'C'.
(http://gizmodo.com/5859839/these-are-the-most-horrible-clowns-ive-seen++and-they-give-cancer-too)

That's not bad. That looks more like a jack in the box than an evil C. Maybe in person they are terrifying because they are the size of power towers. I bet they come to life at night too. Aww man! Now I can never go to Hungary. Because that was on my list of places to go. :p

[blueerica]

I don't think I actually understand the "why" behind those power towers...

[BarTopDancer]

I don't think I actually understand the "why" behind those power towers...

To keep me and other clownphobic people out of Hungary. Duh. :p

[Kevy Baby]

...clownphobic people...Did you know that there is a term for that: Coulrophobia (or in this case "...coulrophobic people...")

[lashbear]

Yes, but she also has a fear of being corrected....

:p

[Kevy Baby]

I wasn't correcting: I was educating

[lashbear]

Now I have a fear of being corrected. :p


...but there's more than a few things you could educate me in, big boy.... :evil:

[Not Afraid]

Modern Family had a great episode this week where Cam experiences "Sleep Clowning" after taking taking Ambien.

[JWBear]

Great piece! (http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/196/849/Cpdaq.jpg?1320709667)

[katiesue]

Modern Family had a great episode this week where Cam experiences "Sleep Clowning" after taking taking Ambien.

Is there a crack in the universe? NA has referenced a TV comedy episode the actual week it was originally aired.

[€uroMeinke]

Is there a crack in the universe? NA has referenced a TV comedy episode the actual week it was originally aired.

And we don't even have cable any more

[Not Afraid]

There's a crack in my brain.

[lashbear]

There's a crack in my brain.

No !! I can't be THAT rude....

OK - but it's REALLY Rude....

NSFW !! Lock up your kiddies....

...I thought it was in your knickers...

[RStar]

This is my brain on crack......

:evil:

[Morrigoon]

Wow, I just got an out of the blue apology from someone for being a bitch to me 7 years ago. It was the one dark spot in my time with the band, so that really meant a lot to have her come back all this time later and recognize it. :)

[alphabassettgrrl]

Got a Nook Tablet. Loving it, but I have no idea how to do half of what it can do. Going to come in handy on the plane trip to Vegas. :)

I got coffee twice today. :) And Boomer got a bit of a walk. Final arrangements made for care of critters while we're gone.

Excited about going to Vegas for T-day! :) :) :) Gonna get some cheap food and time in one of my favorite cities.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Great piece! (http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/196/849/Cpdaq.jpg?1320709667)This has a lot more power than it first appears. This is what you call "wisdom".

[BarTopDancer]

Great piece! (http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/196/849/Cpdaq.jpg?1320709667)

This has a lot more power than it first appears. This is what you call "wisdom".

That's fvcking awesome.

[Alex]

It's a nice thing but it is setting off about 80% of my BS detectors.

[lashbear]

I agree - it seems like the kind of thing that's forwarded by people who forward "Maxine" cartoons.

...I get a lot of this stuff sent through.

[Morrigoon]

Wow, that was really enjoyable

[lindyhop]

A week ago I had a couple of hours to kill in between work and dancing so I ended up at a Starbucks on Harbor Blvd in Costa Mesa. It was a location I hadn't been to before but it had more inside tables than the Starbucks closer to work. Since I had so much time I sat there with my laptop hitting all my social networking sites including LoT. When I finally shut down my laptop to leave this guy who had been sitting behind me came over and said he noticed I had been on LoT and that he used to use it himself. He asked if I knew Lisa and Chris. We chatted for a bit and he said his name was Matthew. He didn't tell me his screen name and I didn't think to ask until later.

But what are the odds? I was in a Starbucks I'd never been in before, reading a website I don't look at very regularly, and someone who's familiar with LoT is sitting right behind me?

I just scanned the member list (that was a walk down memory lane) and my guess is I was talking to TheatreTech.

[Not Afraid]

Tall, thin Goth?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Oh hey, is Theater Tech back in town?

Yes, he works on and off at that Starbucks. I think I spooked him the first time I showed up.

[Morrigoon]

Love him... where's he been lately?

[Kevy Baby]

At Starbucks, apparently

[Gn2Dlnd]

Great piece! (http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/196/849/Cpdaq.jpg?1320709667)

This has a lot more power than it first appears. This is what you call "wisdom".

That's fvcking awesome.

Wow, that was really enjoyable

it seems like the kind of thing that's forwarded by people who forward "Maxine" cartoons.



http://totallylookslike.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/this-old-lady-eating-mexican-food-totally-looks-like-that-old-lady-maxine-cartoons.jpg

Well, now you know who to forward those "Maxine" cartoons to...

[lindyhop]

Oh hey, is Theater Tech back in town?

Yes, he works on and off at that Starbucks. I think I spooked him the first time I showed up.

Yes, he said he worked there sometimes. No goth though which threw me off a bit.

[JWBear]

Overheard at Togo's at lunch today:

Her: You shouldn't eat so much.

Him: I'm a growing boy!

Her: Not where it counts, babe.

[Kevy Baby]

Well, why didn't you come over to say hi to us?

[BarTopDancer]

I just scanned the member list (that was a walk down memory lane) and my guess is I was talking to TheatreTech.

Sounds like MattMatt/TallMatt/TheaterTech to me.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Wow- you folks have been busy! I've only been gone a couple of days.

Went to Vegas. Time with family. Saw a show. Tiny bit of shopping on Black Friday. Played with my new Nook. Ate way too much. Explored a casino we hadn't been in before (and why can't I seem to spell casino?). Took a lot of pictures.

Had a fabulous time.

[lashbear]

ABG: Viva !!!

[cirquelover]

I am posting from my new Acer tablet, I finally have a computer again! I have figured out LoT, email, a few crossword games and the school website (to check up on the teen), what more could I want!

This is my first experience typing on it and so far it is pretty cool stuff! I have a lot to figure out but I am one happy Mommy. The guys are jealous too, which makes it hilarious for me.

[CoasterMatt]

Just saw a 20K light explode - scary, expensive mess downstairs.

[Moonliner]

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

Curry.

[Ghoulish Delight]

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

Curry.
Hope you haven't finalized your Chirstmas wish list (http://www.likecool.com/The_Original_Shirt_Plate--Gadget--Gear.html).

[Kevy Baby]

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

Curry.

Hope you haven't finalized your Chirstmas wish list (http://www.likecool.com/The_Original_Shirt_Plate--Gadget--Gear.html).There are always stocking stuffers (http://www.smithiinnovations.com/).

[Kevy Baby]

A friend turned us on this book; it is a must read for anyone with children (and even those without):

Go the F**k to Sleep (http://www.amazon.com/Go-F-Sleep-Adam-Mansbach/dp/1617750255/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322788864&sr=8-1)

[Strangler Lewis]

A friend turned us on this book; it is a must read for anyone with children (and even those without):

Go the F**k to Sleep (http://www.amazon.com/Go-F-Sleep-Adam-Mansbach/dp/1617750255/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322788864&sr=8-1)

Sounds about right. When my kids were screaming babies, I would soothe them with a lullaby I made up called "No One's Thrown The Baby in the Dumpster."

[RStar]

Just saw a 20K light explode - scary, expensive mess downstairs.

So, where's the pictures?

:D ;)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Have you heard the Samuel L. Jackson audio book version?

[alphabassettgrrl]

posting from starbucks on my nook! It's exciting. :)

[Moonliner]

posting from starbucks on my nook! It's exciting. :)

What happens between you and your nook is none of our business.

[RStar]

posting from starbucks on my nook! It's exciting. :)

Be carefull not to get arrested doing that in public!! ;)

[lashbear]

Soooooo...... Exactly how much can you fit in your Nook? :evil:

[alphabassettgrrl]

Soooooo...... Exactly how much can you fit in your Nook? :evil:

Well, it does have an expansion slot....

:)

[Kevy Baby]

Well, it does have an expansion slot....

:) Whore

[Not Afraid]

I do deserve to be sick, but it's not terribly fun to get what you deserve.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Unless it's pie!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Nutcracker #2 has begun. Often a hassle over trying to figure out what goes where (since their drops are too small or too large for our theater, and one was actually cut into pieces that need to now fit back together), today wasn't bad.

I hope this is a good omen.

[RStar]

I do deserve to be sick, but it's not terribly fun to get what you deserve.

I beg to differ. You're too nice to deserve to be sick!

[lindyhop]

No new updates to the Soooooo.... thread? Did you all ditch me, again?

;)

[Gn2Dlnd]

They're all on facebook. With my mother.

[RStar]

Quite often when I post in a thread, it dies. Not sure why that is.....

[Betty]

I'll save you RStar! I'll post and break the spell! :D

So - got the oil changed this morning. The car thanked me. Went to the grocery and got some stuff for dinner. And now - here I am. Oh and I got the kitties some new mouse toys. Butters stole Oliver's though and now has them both stashed.

[Gn2Dlnd]

No Slimmons today, I'm (wait for it) going to Disneyland!

[Prudence]

Got one of those cat laser robots with my thinkgeek points. The cats are mesmerized.

[katiesue]

I'm putting lights up like mad. Patio, office, tree, living room, Maddie's room, dining room. I think I've finally run out of lights.

[Kevy Baby]

I think I've finally run out of lights.Sounds like you need to go get more lights.

[JWBear]

I'm putting lights up like mad. Patio, office, tree, living room, Maddie's room, dining room. I think I've finally run out of lights.

So, your last name is Griswold?