Soooooo......

[Kevy Baby]

Oh no, I never made a mistake. Typed every single character perfectly. Every time

[lashbear]

Cload.

And presenting....

Dungeons Of Daggorath !! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQKQHKdWTRs&feature=related)

[Alex]

...not to mention going over 8 pages of closely written code to see which character you'd typed in wrongly.... :(

At least for this part, these are still those days. Though better tools for finding the stupidest of typos exist.

[3894]

So, when you refurb a room in your basement as an exercise room, guess what! You now have no valid excuse not to exercise.

Who knew.

[Alex]

Exercise equipment in the house is like living next door to the Eiffel Tower. A perpetual state of "I don't need to do this now because I could do it any time." And then you die having never been to the Eiffel Tower.

[Ghoulish Delight]

At least for this part, these are still those days. Though better tools for finding the stupidest of typos exist.

Not true.



Code is much longer than 8 pages these days.

[JWBear]

If any woman could make me go straight, it would be Felicia Day. She is a Nerd Goddess!

[Kevy Baby]

If any woman could make me go straight, it would be Felicia Day. She is a Nerd Goddess!If you're gonna cross the street, cos play is a good start

Safe for work, but it is a sexier shot, so I played it safe
http://www.nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/feliciadragonage.jpg

[Alex]

I like Felicia Day as a place in the pop culture cosmos. But sadly I don't think she's a very good actor (though obviously a pretty good businessman) so I swing back and forth on following her endeavors because I want her to succeed but I feel bad not really caring for much she personally is in.

[€uroMeinke]

I like Felicia Day as a place in the pop culture cosmos. But sadly I don't think she's a very good actor (though obviously a pretty good businessman) so I swing back and forth on following her endeavors because I want her to succeed but I feel bad not really caring for much she personally is in.

I followed her a bit on Google+ when it suggested we should be friends, but I found she posted to much, and her fans posted too much more without any mitigating naked posts. I find Dita Von Tease a far better fake Internet friend.

[Kevy Baby]

On the Bonus Round on today's Wheel of Fortune, the puzzle was "Precious Cargo." The winner's name was Precious.

[bewitched]

OMG, have you seen the interview of Maurice Sendak by Stephen Colbert? Comedy gold! (I had no idea Sendak was gay....)

Both parts can be found here. (http://theclicker.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/26/10243290-stephen-colbert-gets-wild-with-author-maurice-sendak)

[Alex]

In email "Reply All" is the greatest peril. The second greatest peril is pre-defined distribution lists with similar names.

A coworker just sent an email to the wrong distribution list that is so embarrassing that I want to book a flight to Delaware and give her a hug. And I don't hug people.

Fortunately it wasn't personal but she kind of just shot apart months of delicate enterprise wide (and that's pretty darn wide around here) negotiations on how to complete a project.

There's the saying that in politics a gaffe is unintentionally speaking the truth. She made that kind of gaffe, hopefully she doesn't get in any real trouble beyond the embarrassment since she didn't say anything wrong (or call anybody names).

[Betty]

It's weird when a family member dies that you are friends with on Facebook. At the most random time, their Facebook photo shows up in other places not on facebook (such as suggesting Pinterest to friends) and suddenly you're sitting there crying without warning.

I'm not going to unfriend her. I'm not the person who would memorialize her account and I'm not sure if the person that would do that would want to anyway.

I see her friends and wonder if they know or if some of them are internet friends and have no idea. The old photos and old status updates make it seem so unreal.

[RStar]

It's weird when a family member dies that you are friends with on Facebook. At the most random time, their Facebook photo shows up in other places not on facebook (such as suggesting Pinterest to friends) and suddenly you're sitting there crying without warning.

I'm not going to unfriend her. I'm not the person who would memorialize her account and I'm not sure if the person that would do that would want to anyway.

I see her friends and wonder if they know or if some of them are internet friends and have no idea. The old photos and old status updates make it seem so unreal.

This is why I plan to write down all of my online info, so that my family can get into my accounts and let all of my online friends know of my passing, then close my accounts (that can be closed).

[Moonliner]

This is why I plan to write down all of my online info, so that my family can get into my accounts and let all of my online friends know of my passing, then close my accounts (that can be closed).

I died back in November. No one has noticed yet.

[€uroMeinke]

I've been managing the accounts of my deceased parents, using it as a way to share family photos and memories. I also periodically leave messages for people who have passed - which I suppose is the electronic equivalent of talking to people at their grave sites. The Internet just makes the exchange more convenient. I write dead people.

[Betty]

I write dead people.

I hadn't thought of that aspect of it. Kind of like it.

[Kevy Baby]

I died back in November. No one has noticed yet.I just assumed that was your usual smell.

[Kevy Baby]

Bad Website Names
All safe to enter

WhorePresents.com (http://www.whorepresents.com/)
(Who Represents)

PenisLand.net (http://www.Penisland.net/)
(Pen Island)

SpeedoFart.com (http://Speedofart.com/)
(Speed of Art)

HollandSh¡tFestival.nl (http://tinyurl.com/7t9pvzl)
(Holland's Hit Festival)

ChoosesPain.com (http://www.choosespain.com/)
(Choose Spain)

LesboCages.com (http://lesbocages.com/)
(Les Bocages - A French trees surgeon)

ILoveBiGals.com (http://ilovebigals.com/)
(Big Als - a bowling alley)

[Alex]

Well, we have that problem right here (check Urban Dictionary, I'm not going to explain it):

LoUngeOfTomorrow.com (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com)

[BarTopDancer]

Well, we have that problem right here (check Urban Dictionary, I'm not going to explain it):

LoUngeOfTomorrow.com (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com)

If it is what I think it is for all you know it could have been intentional.

[Alex]

I don't remember, who named this place? If it was Fej, I wouldn't be surprised if it was intentional as an Easter Egg. But I don't know if CP has a dirty enough mind if she came up with the name.

[Kevy Baby]

It was Lisa - she's a total horn dog

[Kevy Baby]

Well, we have that problem right here (check Urban Dictionary, I'm not going to explain it):

LoUngeOfTomorrow.com (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com)I don't see what the big deal is (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lo-unge/28/6b7/4b2)

[Alex]

Heh, wonder if that's real or a joke profile.

[Ghoulish Delight]

?? I've searched urban dictionary and found nothing.

I came up with the name. I had no such thoughts in my head, but if it's something dirty I wouldn't put it past myself to have done it sub-consciously.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I don't know why I wrote this up but here it is.

GD also came up with "An Adventure Thru Inner Swank" and helped largely with the color scheme. He of course did and still does a lot of the tech heavy lifting.

I named the Open Mic forum. I cleaned all the little buttons and icons to look good in a darker background. I still see imperfections and wince. I made the custom icons (bongos, keyboard, and other ideas that never got implemented). I used my Cadaverous Pallor email address to invite everyone. Innerspaceman did a lot of the writing on that and I helped a bit. (It took me a while to get into the beat-speak we used so much then.)

The logo was blueerica and Flubber. Flubber also did a lot of beat-speak writing for the FAQs, rules, etc. We all helped with both the conceptualizing and the writing itself, though the big idea man there was €. Most of the forum names were €'s idea too.

FEJ and zapppop made the smileys. (FEJ and Stan4dSteph were not present for the LoT design party but were virtual helpers.)

Not Afraid helped with all aspects, especially keeping everyone on task, which was more important than anything.

All of these are as I remember it and I know I have some wrong and left lots of things uncredited.

[flippyshark]

If it is what I think it is for all you know it could have been intentional.

What do you think it is? (If there is to be no explanation from Alex, I'll need one from somebody.) This is a joke I've no hope of getting, but if it's dirty, I want to know.

[Strangler Lewis]

The only "unge" I saw was something about soaking up gravy with bread. No lewd second meaning about substances with similar consistency was suggested. So, I, too, remain in the dark. Perhaps blissfully.

[RStar]

Inquiring (dirty) minds want to know!

[lindyhop]

So, last night Rusty asked her magician friend if he had anything he could do on the spur of the moment. (One hundred plus dancers were waiting for performers to do a costume change before their next number and we needed distraction.) He casually pulled out his wallet and starting looking through it and then it suddenly burst into flames. Best thing ever.:snap:

[Alex]

Sorry guys, I was just being nonsensical. Then when BTD said "if it is what I think" I figured I'd just roll with it and see if anything good came to light.

[flippyshark]

I was afraid of that. But, at least I have the horrid possibilities suggested by Strangler Lewis' post to keep me squickily amused.

[Kevy Baby]

All of these are as I remember it and I know I have some wrong and left lots of things uncredited.You forgot to mention my complete lack of input http://home.mindspring.com/~kevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/cry.gif

[lashbear]

...And I was in charge of creating the sense of Internationalism.

[Not Afraid]

I don't remember doing virtually nothing, but I did make soup. knowing me, I probably just coordinated the whole thing and made people work. Oh, and I insisted on the cat.

[BarTopDancer]

Sorry guys, I was just being nonsensical. Then when BTD said "if it is what I think" I figured I'd just roll with it and see if anything good came to light.

I can't seem to replicate what I found but I did come up with a couple results that were sexual. Now I'm bummed I didn't link them.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I don't remember doing virtually nothing, but I did make soup. knowing me, I probably just coordinated the whole thing and made people work. Oh, and I insisted on the cat.I recall you writing a lot of copy, helping compose the welcome message and such.

You also nailed the orange accent color.

[JWBear]

Recently I finished building a castle floating 3500 meters over my property in Second Life. I put it that high up so that I couldn't see any crappy builds from it.

I discovered this evening that someone has built an ugly a$$ house at the same height and right on the border between our properties. I asked him politely if he would consider moving his house down a couple hundred meters. He responded in a very dickish manner. So, I surrounded the castle with an enormous sphere; textured on the inside to look like the sky. On the outside, I put the most horrifying image I could think of on a repeating pattern.

He now has gigantic 75 meter Justin Biebers looming over his house.

Yes, I have Teh Evil and I know how to use it!

[RStar]

Recently I finished building a castle floating 3500 meters over my property in Second Life. I put it that high up so that I couldn't see any crappy builds from it.

I discovered this evening that someone has built an ugly a$$ house at the same height and right on the border between our properties. I asked him politely if he would consider moving his house down a couple hundred meters. He responded in a very dickish manner. So, I surrounded the castle with an enormous sphere; textured on the inside to look like the sky. On the outside, I put the most horrifying image I could think of on a repeating pattern.

He now has gigantic 75 meter Justin Biebers looming over his house.

Yes, I have Teh Evil and I know how to use it!

:snap: :snap: :snap: :D :snap: :snap: :snap:

[Ghoulish Delight]

Recently I finished building a castle floating 3500 meters over my property in Second Life. I put it that high up so that I couldn't see any crappy builds from it.
You better hope there are no 3500 meter tall kids with sidewalk chalk lurking around.

[Betty]

So, last night Rusty asked her magician friend if he had anything he could do on the spur of the moment. (One hundred plus dancers were waiting for performers to do a costume change before their next number and we needed distraction.) He casually pulled out his wallet and starting looking through it and then it suddenly burst into flames. Best thing ever.:snap:

That IS cool. I love magic like that.

[RStar]

That IS cool. I love magic like that.

A good magician is always prepaired, which is cool. Until he sits down and his wallet explodes catching his pants on fire. :eek:

Oh, wait. That would still be cool! ;)

[Morrigoon]

There's a similar trick where you light your business card on fire, blow it out, and it's completely unburnt.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I don't remember doing virtually nothing...knowing me, I probably just coordinated the whole thing and made people work. That's what I said!

Not Afraid helped with all aspects, especially keeping everyone on task, which was more important than anything.

[lindyhop]

A good magician is always prepaired, which is cool. Until he sits down and his wallet explodes catching his pants on fire. :eek:

Oh, wait. That would still be cool! ;)

Yes!

[flippyshark]

There's a similar trick where you light your business card on fire, blow it out, and it's completely unburnt.

Likewise, you can treat paper cash similarly. I tried to do so once back in High School, when I fancied myself a magician. I wound up burning real money, and scorching a section of the kitchen floor tile. My mom strongly encouraged me to find a new hobby.

[CoasterMatt]

A friend of mine pulls the 'burning wallet' trick every once in a while on unsuspecting noobs.

[Kevy Baby]

I don't remember doing virtually nothing...But do you remember doing virtually everything?Oh, and I insisted on the cat.What cat?

[Disneyphile]

So many posts, so little time anymore. Oy!

[Morrigoon]

Likewise, you can treat paper cash similarly. I tried to do so once back in High School, when I fancied myself a magician. I wound up burning real money, and scorching a section of the kitchen floor tile. My mom strongly encouraged me to find a new hobby.

I haven't even gotten past the second or third chapter of the first Tarbell book, so I know the pyro stuff is beyond me right now. Would LOVE to do the burning card trick though!

[Not Afraid]

:p
;)

[Alex]

So, that was just about the most boring close Super Bowl ever. I think I only ended up actively paying attention to about a quarter and a half and kept drifting away to do actual work.

[flippyshark]

I haven't even gotten past the second or third chapter of the first Tarbell book, so I know the pyro stuff is beyond me right now. Would LOVE to do the burning card trick though!

*sigh* A girl who knows Tarbell

[Kevy Baby]

This is an event that I could probably train for:

Krispy Kreme Challenge (http://www.krispykremechallenge.com/) - It is a 5 K run that you stop half way through and eat a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts.

Since it was today, I guess I have a whole year to get ready for the next one.

[Morrigoon]

a dozen? I can barely get through one!

[RStar]

It's thge "Run, Scarf, & Barf Triathalon"!

[Strangler Lewis]

So, that was just about the most boring close Super Bowl ever. I think I only ended up actively paying attention to about a quarter and a half and kept drifting away to do actual work.

It wasn't boring; that was Niners malaise hanging over the game.

They're going to have to stop calling Belichick a defensive genius. That's two Super Bowls in a row, plus the Ravens game where he couldn't get a stop when needed it to save a win.

[Not Afraid]

So far, 2012 is MUCH better than 2011.

[Morrigoon]

AGREED.

[CoasterMatt]

2011 kicked all kinds of ass, but yeah, 2012 is really cool so far.

[Kevy Baby]

Not for me

[RStar]

Not for me

Kevy's plumbing not withstanding.....

[lashbear]

Unless I get another 7 week vacation in Europe, 2011 is going to be better than 2012.

[Betty]

One of my kitties likes to knock things off shelves or other surfaces. I have a hope chest in the bedroom that he frequently knocks things off of. Not everything though - just whatever it is that he doesn't want up there. Spiral notebook. Perfume bottle. Charging cell phone. Socks. It's a good thing he's so darn cute when he does it.

[alphabassettgrrl]

So I tripped over the dog today. I know he gets underfoot, but for some reason he got me again today. I fell hard and nailed my knee. With lots of people watching, just to add insult to injury.

On the bright side, our usually bolting dog stayed put, even though I couldn't grab his leash as I tried to figure out what was going to work and what wasn't, when I tried to stand up.

[Betty]

So I tripped over the dog today. I know he gets underfoot, but for some reason he got me again today. I fell hard and nailed my knee. With lots of people watching, just to add insult to injury.

On the bright side, our usually bolting dog stayed put, even though I couldn't grab his leash as I tried to figure out what was going to work and what wasn't, when I tried to stand up.

Damn dog! Hope your knee feels better.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Thanks. It seems like it's just a bruise, so will hopefully be done pretty quickly.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Jack & Sally Wedding Cake (http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/151222499957330425_TOeOYOEq_f.jpg)
http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/151222499957330425_TOeOYOEq_f.jpg

[CoasterMatt]

Copy and paste the following into Google.

sqrt(cos(x))*cos(300x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5

Happy Valentine's Day!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

VCMM

[3894]

So, I just threw out a big box of my parents' old home movies, early 1950's to 1970's when video cameras came in. It has taken me almost 13 years to do this.

[Moonliner]

So, I just threw out a big box of my parents' old home movies, early 1950's to 1970's when video cameras came in. It has taken me almost 13 years to do this.

Movies/Photos? Wow. That's about the last thing I'd ever toss.

[Alex]

The Batman equation is more topical.

[3894]

Movies/Photos? Wow. That's about the last thing I'd ever toss.

Yeah, a little home movies and photos go a long, long way for me. When our kids were little, we took almost no video of them and we've never had regrets about that. Still photos are good but I need only a few.

[blueerica]

On the flip side, due to a bad family situation that caused all my sh*t to be thrown out when I was 17, I have very little from my childhood, except what scraps random family members might find. I always wish I had more from my own childhood, but take what I can get.

Incidentally, I really have to remind myself to do more photo and video because it doesn't really come naturally for me to snap everything up like that.

[Alex]

What's funny to me (I also have almost nothing, just two photos of me from before grad school and one of those is my PADI scuba diving ID) is that it almost never occurs to me to photograph the people around me. I can go to a party, take dozens of photos and when I get home four will have people in them.

[Morrigoon]

Jack & Sally Wedding Cake (http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/151222499957330425_TOeOYOEq_f.jpg)
http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/151222499957330425_TOeOYOEq_f.jpg

Love the second-to-bottom layer!

[alphabassettgrrl]

What's funny to me (I also have almost nothing, just two photos of me from before grad school and one of those is my PADI scuba diving ID) is that it almost never occurs to me to photograph the people around me. I can go to a party, take dozens of photos and when I get home four will have people in them.

I do that, too. I'm definitely trying to be better about including my friends in my pictures. But yeah, it doesn't come easily.

[RStar]

Copy and paste the following into Google.

sqrt(cos(x))*cos(300x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wow!

No results containing all your search terms were found.

Your search - sqrt(cos(x))*cos(300x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5 - did not match any documents.

Cool!;)

[lashbear]

Wow!

Cool!;)

Rob, you're not supposed to hit Enter.....

[3894]

So, you've read The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal? Let's sigh together in deep happiness for the joy of uncovering, layer by layer, the story of his family and their collection of netsuke.

I have no idea what to read next.

[Alex]

I demand that the universe deliver me one of these. It will make me patient while waiting for my pygmy giraffe.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2101040/Discovered-The-mini-meleon-smallest-reptiles-planet.html?ITO=1490

[Kevy Baby]

Cool - they look like just like our Chameleons when they were babies

[Ghoulish Delight]

FTFY

http://i.imgur.com/6El4A.jpg

[Alex]

I'm always surprised by people who find that title confusing. Is it because many people have no sense of how long a league is? If he'd called it 69,024 Miles Under the Sea would it be less confusing?

[Ghoulish Delight]

I think it's a combination of an unfamiliar unit of measure and the choice of phrasing. In general when someone says, "X units of distance under the seas", people's first thought is depth. That title probably the ONLY instance I've ever heard of using "under the sea" to mean "lateral distance traveled while under the sea."

If it were "70,000 Miles Under the Sea" I still think there'd be confusion. It would be as persistent but it would be of the form, "Huh? That doesn't make sense the sea isn't that deep...oh, wait, does he mean 70,000 Miles WHILE under the Sea?"

[3894]

I'm always surprised by people who find that title confusing. Is it because many people have no sense of how long a league is? If he'd called it 69,024 Miles Under the Sea would it be less confusing?

Which reminds me of this blog. (http://betterbooktitles.com/) My favorite is Mo' Bunnies Mo' Problems (a.k.a. Peter Rabbit.

Alex is a fan of Crime and Punishment. Me, not so much. Get a job! http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lebeqcdDTN1qczxc6o1_400.jpg

[Kevy Baby]

We are listening to our cat snore. It's cute.

[RStar]

I think it's a combination of an unfamiliar unit of measure and the choice of phrasing. In general when someone says, "X units of distance under the seas", people's first thought is depth. That title probably the ONLY instance I've ever heard of using "under the sea" to mean "lateral distance traveled while under the sea."

If it were "70,000 Miles Under the Sea" I still think there'd be confusion. It would be as persistent but it would be of the form, "Huh? That doesn't make sense the sea isn't that deep...oh, wait, does he mean 70,000 Miles WHILE under the Sea?"

Now see, I always thought it was the distance under the sea myself. Thank you for letting me know!

[keith - SuPeR K!]

Now see, I always thought it was the distance under the sea myself. Thank you for letting me know!

Me, too!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I wish video of this was available. (http://snltranscripts.jt.org/93/93qleagues.phtml)

[JWBear]

Was it just me, or did Jean Dujardin drop the f-bomb when he accepted his award?

[cirquelover]

The first time it sounded like he said Formidable but then it sounded like he said F##k when he stepped back towards the mic.

[CoasterMatt]

I wish video of this was available. (http://snltranscripts.jt.org/93/93qleagues.phtml)
They have that episode on Hulu Plus.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

They have that episode on Hulu Plus.Ah. One day we'll quit cable and get that.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

VW's newest transport (http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/423938_10150568611172135_21443617134_8984002_10531 00119_n.jpg)
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/423938_10150568611172135_21443617134_8984002_10531 00119_n.jpg

[Moonliner]

I'm at the hospital ER. Headliner was injured at school today and they are checking her out for a concussion.

[Betty]

Oh no! I hope all turns out well Moonie.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Eep! Hope it's just precautionary...

[mousepod]

Crap. Hope she's OK. What happened?

[Moonliner]

Crap. Hope she's OK. What happened?

She is on stage crew, they had a teardown today. Some one dropped a table on the back of her head.

[mousepod]

Ouch. Here's hoping she gets sent home with a couple of Tylenols.

[katiesue]

Hope she's ok Moonie.

[Snowflake]

We are listening to our cat snore. It's cute.

Oh, I love kitty snoring. Tango snores quite loudly sometimes.

[Snowflake]

Heh, not called headliner for nothing, I guess.

I hope everything works out, no concussion and instead lots of ice cream as a reward.

[Kevy Baby]

I'm at the hospital ER. Headliner was injured at school today and they are checking her out for a concussion.Eh, she'll be fine. I've had a couple of concussions and look how I turned out.

Hmm... that may not set Moonie at ease.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Oh, no! I hope she's ok.

[CoasterMatt]

Oh no! Sorry to hear about headliner's accident. Head injuries aren't any fun.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Oh no! Hoping Headliner is ok.

[BarTopDancer]

Yikes. Hope she is OK!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Head injuries aren't any fun.Unless the tests come back negative, in which case it's all kinds of fun to slip nonsense words and things into sentences, just to screw with her.

[Strangler Lewis]

My daughter got a concussion at school a couple of weeks ago. Diagnosis was based on symptoms, which suggested a mild one and no need for scanning. We just had to wait for the symptoms to go away, which they seem to have.

[Strangler Lewis]

Info aside, hope all goes well with her.

[Moonliner]

Thanks for all the kind words.

Looks like everything will be fine. She had the CT scan and it came back negative so the docs are sending us home. Looks like the worst will be a bad headache for the next day or two.

[Ghoulish Delight]

had the CT scan and it came back negative so the docs are sending us home. So a scan of brain activity came back negative? Uhoh.






See, FUN!


ETA: Yes, i know a CT-scan doesn't measure brain activity...but you gotta work with what you're given


Also, HOORAY for negative!

[Betty]

So glad to hear it! :)

[alphabassettgrrl]

Glad her scan was good! Sorry she will have a headache, but that will pass.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Thank The Mouse! Poor kid, hope she's better soon.

[cirquelover]

I'm so sorry to hear that but glad it's not serious. I hope this doesn't impact your trip.

[€uroMeinke]

So, did anyone have pancakes today?

[Kevy Baby]

So, did anyone have pancakes today?Okay, I give. Why would we have pancakes today?

[alphabassettgrrl]

Because you need to use the bacon syrup you just bought?

[€uroMeinke]

Okay, I give. Why would we have pancakes today?

National pancake day
http://www.ihoppancakeday.com/

[Ghoulish Delight]

Had some green onion pancakes at a chinese restaurant. Does that count?

[€uroMeinke]

Did you like them?

[Ghoulish Delight]

I did.

[RStar]

Green Onion pancakes with bacon syrup? :eek:

Only if you add blue cheese crumbles on top.....

[Gn2Dlnd]

:cakes: Did not have them. Now would like some.

Maybe I'll just fry up some bacon to go with the sweet potato I'm about to eat. Yam? Who can tell?

[BarTopDancer]

We're doing a fundraiser at work. Pay $5 a week and get to wear jeans every Wednesday. It starts next week. Guess who is wearing jeans today. Oops.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

It was almost certainly a sweet potato. Yams are much bigger then sweet potatoes.
click for more than you care to know (http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/sweetpotato.html)

[mousepod]

It was almost certainly a sweet potato. Yams are much bigger then sweet potatoes.
click for more than you care to know (http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/sweetpotato.html)

Why did I think that the link would bring me to a page about Karen Finley?

[€uroMeinke]

Why did I think that the link would bring me to a page about Karen Finley?

:-)

[Gn2Dlnd]

It was almost certainly a sweet potato. Yams are much bigger then sweet potatoes.
click for more than you care to know (http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/sweetpotato.html)

Huh. The more you know.

Why did I think that the link would bring me to a page about Karen Finley?

AND, the more you know!

[cirquelover]

You learn something new everyday. I don't really eat them but now I know the truth.....my Mom's candied yams were really sweet potatoes in disguise!

[3894]

Did I tell you this one before? I forget. ;)

So, I went to Target and asked at the electronics section for a tape recorder.

*Blank stare from young clerk.* Then a medium-length discussion with me about why I wanted a tape recorder.

"I just want a voice recorder," I said. "It does not have to have tape. I don't care if it has tape. It's like saying record when I mean cd, okay?"

By this time, the clerk was convinced I needed big buttons and big letterson the voice recorder screen because, of course, I am an old person using old-person words like tape recorder.

[Stan4dSteph]

Did he also direct you to the Metamucil section?

[3894]

Did he also direct you to the Metamucil section?

http://www.mchenrycountyturningpoint.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/endora1.jpg

[Alex]

Yeah, that's a reference that helps on this issue.

[Snowflake]

VALEXM and V3894M

Snort!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

tee hee hee (http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/427615_10150593644878495_569198494_9185449_2082114 527_n.jpg)
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/427615_10150593644878495_569198494_9185449_2082114 527_n.jpg

[Kevy Baby]

Please meet my next wife, Elena Nev (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztXmzMvSXZ0&sns=em). Amazing that she can move the way she does, but does it while keeping Hula Hoops going!

(BTW, it is safe for work; it is a Cirque du Soleil performance.)

[lashbear]

Please meet my next wife, Elena Nev (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztXmzMvSXZ0&sns=em). Amazing that she can move the way she does, but does it while keeping Hula Hoops going!

(BTW, it is safe for work; it is a Cirque du Soleil performance.)

Hey Kevy - how about this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEYpGibVJQ&sns=em)? She looks like she could keep you amused.... (also safe for work)

[cirquelover]

Just an fyi Kevy, ever since she's your next, her name is Elena Lev. She is an amazing performer.

[JWBear]

Just went out to take a look at Mars.

[flippyshark]

Today, Pat Schroeder asked me to run for office. (Because no democrat wants to these days.)

Today, I got to tell PZ Myers about my visit to Holy Land theme park with Ken Russell.

Today, I got to talk to Daniel Dennett about playing Santa Claus.

All true. I spent the day at a secular humanist conference put on by the Center For Inquiry. Peak day, I gotta say.

[Alex]

Next time you're there can you ask them to stop mailing me stuff?

[lashbear]

Today, Pat Schroeder asked me to run for office. .

If you do, I'll vote for you !

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Re: center for inquiry.... Me too, Alex. Why do I get so much? I don't even remember signing up. (Not that I don't find SH interesting.)

[Alex]

I know why I get it, because I have, at various times, subscribed to Skeptical Inquirer. I just wish they'd send me the magazine and not all the other solicitations and stuff.

[€uroMeinke]

Re: center for inquiry.... Me too, Alex. Why do I get so much? I don't even remember signing up. (Not that I don't find SH interesting.)

I got it from the Steve Allen Theater - I guess there's a connection between the two now - but I unsubscribed using the link in the email and it seems that actually worked

[Alex]

I don't get any email from them. I get lots of catalogs and stuff in the actual mail.

[flippyshark]

I guess I better prepare myself for the deluge, then.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I guess I better prepare myself for the deluge, then.Maybe you should pray for it not to come.

[JWBear]

Sooooo.....

I had a dream last night. Chris and Lisa and I were guiding a group of Russian tourists around downtown LA. Somehow, I got separated from the group. I had no way of getting home, so I went to call Bill to come pick me up. I then discovered that I had accidently switched cell phones with one of the Russians. Russian cell phones (at least in the dream) are powered with raw eggs. Having no eggs, I tried to find a payphone. Just then, a boat pulled up to the curb. It was being driven by a former friend who I have not spoken with in 8 years. He offered to take me home, so I climbed aboard. As we headed down the street I realized that all the roads had turned into canals. He took me to my old apartment in Fullerton. I told him I don’t live there anymore, and that I live in Long Beach now. He told me that I was still living in Fullerton last time we talked, and therefore, it was still my home. I thanked him and got out of the boat. When I turned back towards the apartment, it had turned into my current home. The end.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Sounds like the makings of an Oscar-winning short film!

[3894]

So, I am currently at one with the Cadbury's milk chocolate mini-eggs, the ones with the crispy shell.

[Alex]

I'm sorry, I'm sure treatment is available.

[Not Afraid]

I read "I'm IN one of the Cadbury......." and pictured a scene from James and the Giant Peach staring 3894 and a Cadbury Egg.

[3894]

pictured a scene from James and the Giant Peach staring 3894 and a Cadbury Egg.

Eating my way out of a chocolate egg. I like it, Not Afraid.

So, a high of 46 degrees today, no precip. Big snow melt, flooded streets.

[lindyhop]

The current discussion in a dance blog I follow is the ABG - Accidental Boob Grab.

Thought you'd all like to know.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Is there a thread for the Deliberate Boob Grab?

[Alex]

Soooooo.....being really rich has its benefits (http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/03/big_deep.php).

[Morrigoon]

Soooooo.....being really rich has its benefits (http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/03/big_deep.php).

O rly?

;)

[CoasterMatt]

I saw this from my front porch tonight.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6820106560_506213e235_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coastermatt/6820106560/)

[RStar]

Nice rock off your front porch. Did Rose get you that for your birthday?

[alphabassettgrrl]

Nice shot!

[Gn2Dlnd]

Hope you saw it before you bumped your head on it!

[lindyhop]

Is there a thread for the Deliberate Boob Grab?

Practitioners of the DBG are shunned.

[Kevy Baby]

Practitioners of the DBG are shunned.Yeah; sorry about that. Can I come back yet?

[lindyhop]

Yeah; sorry about that. Can I come back yet?

:cool:

[Morrigoon]

Cow bells are alien to the German spirit (http://boingboing.net/2012/03/10/nazi-rules-for-jazz-performers.html)

[Kevy Baby]

Cow bells are alien to the German spirit (http://boingboing.net/2012/03/10/nazi-rules-for-jazz-performers.html)Ya kinda left out an important word: NAZI Germany

[JWBear]

Wow.

[Alex]

I recently read in teh Garden of Beasts, which is about the American ambassadors stint in Germany during the early years of Hitler's leadership.

One of the tidbits was about how government officials were officially told to stop using some name when spelling out words (you know, when saying "A as in apple, T as in Thomas, etc.). I can't remember the name you weren't supposed to use any more, but it was determined to be too semitic.

[CoasterMatt]

http://i.imgur.com/IMtEY.jpg

[SzczerbiakManiac]

VCMM!

[Morrigoon]

Kevy: quite an eye-opener, isn't it?

[Gn2Dlnd]

I can't remember the name you weren't supposed to use any more, but it was determined to be too semitic.

C is for Katz?

[Strangler Lewis]

J is for juice?

[Kevy Baby]

H is for Hitlersmamawearsarmyboots

[Alex]

Ok, I went and looked it up (full text search wins the day).

It was "D as in David" and "S as in Samuel."

It was a rule from the Ministry of Posts.

[Strangler Lewis]

My grandfather's name was Samuel. If that was supposed to make the Nazis forget about him, it didn't work.

[Not Afraid]

Ok, I went and looked it up (full text search wins the day).

It was "D as in David" and "S as in Samuel."

It was a rule from the Ministry of Posts.

Thank you. Because I was about to do a search for this in the book. I knew it was a name. I is for Isaac or A os for Abraham came to mind.

Interesting book, BTW.

[lindyhop]

I just finished a day and a half of jury duty. This (http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2010/06/update-on-echo-park-nightclub-shooting/) is the case I was not chosen for (obviously).

I was pretty sure I wasn't going to be kept on the panel because of the last time I was on jury duty. That time I was the first juror called and after asking me the usual information I was ignored while they spent a couple of days talking to everyone else. I figured I was on that panel but then late in the process I was dismissed and I realized the defense attorney was keeping me "in reserve" while he worked to get to the jurors he wanted. The defendant was Hispanic and they probably thought this middle-aged white woman would be scared of him or something while to me he looked like someone from my neighborhood.

The same thing happened today. I wasn't really ignored, the defense attorney asked me a few questions which probably just proved I was intent on following the instructions from the judge. But it felt like he was really talking to the other jurors instead of to me. And when it got down to the final choices I was dismissed as I expected.

Of course the important case was taking place a few blocks away. There were vans from every local news channel along with CNN parked in front of the court across from the Music Center. I think they were there for the Nicolette Sheridan "Desperate Housewives" case which had just gone to the jury. Glad the media have their priorities straight.

[Morrigoon]

Amusing in light of the recent conversation on Nazis and jazz music... I was researching the address of the house Walt bought for Flora and Elias (where Flora died), and look what I found (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2008/11/poison-gas-kill.html)

[JWBear]

The house looks like it's been heavily McMansionized. Pity.

[Stan4dSteph]

Otters who look like Benedict Cumberbatch (http://redscharlach.tumblr.com/post/19565284869/otters-who-look-like-benedict-cumberbatch-a)

[mousepod]

Otters who look like Benedict Cumberbatch (http://redscharlach.tumblr.com/post/19565284869/otters-who-look-like-benedict-cumberbatch-a)

Good Monday morning laugh! Thanks.

[lashbear]

Otters who look like Benedict Cumberbatch (http://redscharlach.tumblr.com/post/19565284869/otters-who-look-like-benedict-cumberbatch-a)

How on earth do you find this stuff ? :D

[Kevy Baby]

How on earth do you find this stuff ? :DIt's called the Internet.

[Kevy Baby]

BTW Lashie; how is Tuesday looking? Anything I should prepare for?

[lashbear]

bit of rain, but nothing too drastic, Oh, and today is an auspicious day for travel, love, money, friendships, creativity, and Pugs. Your licky colour is Chartreuse and your lucky song is "little things mean a lot"

[Kevy Baby]

bit of rain, but nothing too drastic, Oh, and today is an auspicious day for travel, love, money, friendships, creativity, and Pugs. Your licky colour is Chartreuse and your lucky song is "little things mean a lot"I usually think my licky color is pink.

[RStar]

I usually think my licky color is pink.

Better than brown, I suppose.

[Morrigoon]

So the other night I came up with a concept for a rather fun drawing project: Edwardian Disney Princesses. Tonight I started drawing. Turning out pretty interesting so far.

In other news, I either need to start drawing in pencil, or get better at matching the size of faces to heads and heads to bodies, because good lord... I draw a cool dress and then can't show it to anyone because the heads look like Trader Sam got to them.

[Moonliner]

So the other night I came up with a concept for a rather fun drawing project: Edwardian Disney Princesses. Tonight I started drawing. Turning out pretty interesting so far.


Awesome, next can do them in Victorian style so we can compare and contrast the two styles?

[lashbear]

I usually think my licky color is pink.
OK, so I had a touch of the NA's about me. In support of all those who manage to make unintentional funnies even WITHOUT the help of autocorrect, I shall leave the original as is. (and mine's pink too...)
Better than brown, I suppose.
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW...................... .............

I HATE Vegemite Icecream. :p


So the other night I came up with a concept for a rather fun drawing project: Edwardian Disney Princesses. Tonight I started drawing. Turning out pretty interesting so far..

Show! Show! Two shrunken dresses for one of yours !

[€uroMeinke]

VMM!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Morrigoon got me googling and I came across this (http://flavorwire.com/195401/reinterpreting-disney-princess-costumes-through-a-historical-lens).

Also - Jazz equals a flaunting of authority. Swing Kids was a pretty good movie.

[Ghoulish Delight]

In other news, I either need to start drawing in pencil, or get better at matching the size of faces to heads and heads to bodies, because good lord... I draw a cool dress and then can't show it to anyone because the heads look like Trader Sam got to them.

Height of the head should be between 1/7 and 1/8 the height of the body. A little larger proportion on children.

[Snowflake]

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo not motivated at the office today.

[Promo-Man]

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo not motivated at the office today.

I totally understand as I am soooooooooo trying to get going this morning too.

[flippyshark]

Snowflake and Promo-Man,
I recommend you both read the Soooooo.... thread in its entirety to help motivate you.

Meanwhile, I should be studying my lines for a play that opens Thursday. But I'm Soooooo having fun on the netz.

[Morrigoon]

Awesome, next can do them in Victorian style so we can compare and contrast the two styles?

All kidding aside... yes.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Victardian.

[Not Afraid]

I want to see an Immodium Princess.

[RStar]

I want to see an Immodium Princess.

Take a whole box, stand in front of a mirror, and soon you'll see one! ;)

[Gn2Dlnd]

I want to see an Immodium Princess.

It's the One More Disney Day that keeps on giving! :D

[Morrigoon]

That would be one crazy coronation...

[Snowflake]

Hopefully a more productive day at the office today. I think I'm suffering from a classic case of spring fever. I'd also rather spend time working on research.

Ah well, must earn dough to be able to research

[Prudence]

so....I suspect I have a completely inaccurate view of typical DC seasonal weather patterns. So far, however, spring is awesome! We're terracing a small hill in the backyard and getting ready to plant veggies and things.

[cirquelover]

I woke up to 6 inches of snow this morning and it just keeps coming.

I thought it was Spring?!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Sorry, you lost me after "I woke up to 6 inches" because my mind took the offramp into Horny Town.

[cirquelover]

Well then how about 10 inches now :D

[Disneyphile]

:D

[Moonliner]

Well then how about 10 inches now :D

I'd guess it's hard to take that much snow all at once.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, it seems like that would be real stretch. And possibly run up against the back wall of the resources.





Penis.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Come now, people!

[JWBear]

This discussion is getting awfully hard to take.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Speak for yourself honey, it's only 10 inches.

[katiesue]

I was nagging Madz about homework and she was getting pissy but its done. Cause it's due Friday and I though today was Thursday. Oops.

She's going to YTF Global concert. Apparently some youtubers who perform in person or something. No idea but she's been crazy happy about going. Then, OMG, one of them tweeted something and she replied and he replied back, twice. You'd think Leif Garret phoned or something.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I don't know what it is (well, probably that I was listening to them in my impressionable adolescent years) about B52s songs where the vocals are mostly or all Kate and Cindy, but they are some of the sexiest songs ever. There's something just so laid back and sultry about them. I always picture them on a porch in Atlanta, on a southern day that's just too hot to move, cold drink in hand...

Dirty Back Road (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmdyfEQ4-D4&feature=player_embedded#!)

[flippyshark]

I don't know what it is (well, probably that I was listening to them in my impressionable adolescent years) about B52s songs where the vocals are mostly or all Kate and Cindy, but they are some of the sexiest songs ever. There's something just so laid back and sultry about them. I always picture them on a porch in Atlanta, on a southern day that's just too hot to move, cold drink in hand...

Dirty Back Road (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmdyfEQ4-D4&feature=player_embedded#!)

My favorite Kate and Cindy tune:
Cake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXinOeqoIyg)

It's from Mesopotamia, my favorite B52s album. Not so laid back, but fun - and the spoken section in the middle still make me giddy.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

If the Characters in Downton Abbey Were Portrayed by Dogs (http://www.dogster.com/the-scoop/if-the-characters-in-downton-abbey-were-portrayed-by-canine-actors-what-breeds-would-they-be)
Here are a couple samples:
http://www.dogster.com/files/EDITLadyGrantham.jpg
http://www.dogster.com/files/EDITbates_0.jpg

[Capt Jack]

I always picture them on a porch in Atlanta, on a southern day that's just too hot to move, cold drink in hand...


huh, I always just picture them naked

/shrug

[Not Afraid]

The Downton/Dogs thing didn't work for be until I got to Edith. :)

[Morrigoon]

You're right. Only Edith and Bates really work for me. Dowager Countess should've been a Dachshund. Although the Bedlington terrier wasn't bad either.

[3894]

Downton Abbey Season I was all about the wrongness of the Upstairs clothes, IMO. Take your money and your corseted English rumps to Deauville! Get Chanel to make you something actually chic. On your way home, stop off in Paris and see a man named Paul Poiret about some dresses.

This became so distracting to me that I stopped caring about the characters.

[Moonliner]

Downton Abbey Season I was all about the wrongness of the Upstairs clothes, IMO. Take your money and your corseted English rumps to Deauville! Get Chanel to make you something actually chic. On your way home, stop off in Paris and see a man named Paul Poiret about some dresses.


I know these words are English, but put together in this order they make no sense to me.

Oh, and you spelled "Downtown (https://xkcd.com/1009/)" wrong.

[Prudence]

First level of the backyard terrace is mostly done! Berry twigs (that we hope will grow into bushes) have been planted! Next Sunday we tackle the second level of the terrace. Our neighbors apparently approve greatly and are really excited that, for the first time, someone is taking an interest in the landcaping of this property.

[alphabassettgrrl]

So after a weekend in San Diego, we are home again. We didn't get back last night in time to retrieve the hound from his kennel, so he had to wait until this morning to come home. Weird being home without a dog. Really strange waking up this morning and didn't have to feed him.

And they gave him a bath! I didn't expect that, he was only there for the weekend. But it is nice.

In San Diego, we had dinner at a taco place called Lucha Libre. Masks on the walls, lots of pictures on wrestlers, and the tv plays Luchadore movies. Or clips of them, anyway. Kind of like the A-Team, with masks. Or the 50s Batman. All kinds of awesome, and the food was great, too.

Didn't get to Balboa Park like I'd planned, but that's ok.

[Strangler Lewis]

Back ourselves from a week in Philadelphia (first prize) with a day's side trip to New York. I learned that that sumbitch Morimoto sure can cook. And stuff about history.

In New York, I also learned that a gigantic construction site is not a contemplative place. We did get to see the water flowing in one of the memorial footprints as we were being diverted by security half way through Brooklyn and back. If the purpose of the rebuilding is to get New Yorkers to hate what happened on 9/11, it is surely doing the trick.

[JWBear]

I need a cocktail...

[Kevy Baby]

As in a drink or a story?

[JWBear]

Drink.

[cirquelover]

Step on up and I'll make us both one or two!

[Strangler Lewis]

Drink.

If you lived in my time zone, you could already be drinking.

[Betty]

http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/the-stand-your-ground-before-he-stands-his-ground-defense.jpg

[SzczerbiakManiac]

The Jenny McCarthy Body Count (www.jennymccarthybodycount.com/)

[cirquelover]

She is annoyong and I never understood why she is " famous"!

[Alex]

Apparently you weren't a teenaged boy in the last years before readily available internet porn.

[katiesue]

There's a lot of discussion among T1 parents about vaccines acting as the trigger for the onset of T1. There's absolutely no proof of this but some parents are sure it's real. I think they just want a reason.

The only vaccine I'm not so keen on is the chicken pox one. It doesn't last forever so at some point you're going to have a lot of adults coming down with it which is supposedly a worse time in your life to get it. Luckily Maddie actually got chicken pox the week before she was supposed to get the shot. Her Pediatrician at the time told me that medically chicken pox don't really pose a problem. But it's the millions of man hours lost by parents who have to stay home with sick kids is what caused the push for a vaccine.

[CoasterMatt]

All the ducks were asleep at the lake today.

I got some good pics of the cormorants and coots, though.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Mega Millions jackpot is up to half a billion dollars (http://www.calottery.com/play/draw-games/mega-millions)

Yes I know the odds of winning are less then being struck by lightning, this is merely a comment of the size of the jackpot.

[Moonliner]

Mega Millions jackpot is up to half a billion dollars (http://www.calottery.com/play/draw-games/mega-millions)

Yes I know the odds of winning are less then being struck by lightning, this is merely a comment of the size of the jackpot.

And if one of you lucky ass SoCal'ers wins it all you would get ~$33,000,000 more than I would. Damn state tax on lottery winnings.

[€uroMeinke]

Mega Millions jackpot is up to half a billion dollars (http://www.calottery.com/play/draw-games/mega-millions)

Yes I know the odds of winning are less then being struck by lightning, this is merely a comment of the size of the jackpot.

You could run for office with that kind of money.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Two words.

LoT Commune*

















*Not a binding contract

[Morrigoon]

And if one of you lucky ass SoCal'ers wins it all you would get ~$33,000,000 more than I would. Damn state tax on lottery winnings.

That's called, "You have several months to redeem your ticket so move to Nevada or Texas* first"

(no state income tax, they nail you on property tax instead)