Soooo....

[lindyhop]

We're still getting used to the new venue ever since PBDA had to move the Saturday night dances to the Baptist Church but it's getting a little better each week. People still gripe about the dance floor (too sticky for some people) and the sound from the stage tends to get muddled at the back of the room. I like the free parking in the garage next door and getting a glimpse of the spectacular Pasadena City Hall just down the street. We're on the edges of Old Pasadena near a Gold Line station and across the street from a bar so there are more people in the area. Some of them hear the music and come by to peek in the door.

[alphabassettgrrl]

One Nutcracker down, one or two to go. :)

[Morrigoon]

So, on Facebook, if you had someone on your friends list, but then suddenly they aren't, and "add as friend" is an option when you look them up... is that Facebook's programming suckage or does that mean they dropped you?

[wendybeth]

I just drove by a station today that had gas for $1.79. Never thought I'd see that again in my lifetime.

[Snowflake]

I just drove by a station today that had gas for $1.79. Never thought I'd see that again in my lifetime.

:eek:

[Disneyphile]

So, on Facebook, if you had someone on your friends list, but then suddenly they aren't, and "add as friend" is an option when you look them up... is that Facebook's programming suckage or does that mean they dropped you?I think they either dropped you, or ignored your friend request. I think you can still send them a message though. Might be something you just want to ask straight forward.

[Snowflake]

So, on Facebook, if you had someone on your friends list, but then suddenly they aren't, and "add as friend" is an option when you look them up... is that Facebook's programming suckage or does that mean they dropped you?

I do not know, I stink at Facebook!

[innerSpaceman]

That's how a friend of mine found out about the Prop8 Fallout end of a friendship.


Have you had any Prop8 fallout problems among the friend(s) that appear to have dropped you? I know you were a staunch supporter. I know many a friendship that has ended over this, and - yeah - the one where the Facebook drop was the telltale sign.

[Capt Jack]

a 'friend' who would drop you over such a debate, youre better off without

(strictly IMHO)

[BarTopDancer]

That's how a friend of mine found out about the Prop8 Fallout end of a friendship.

That's how I found out about the end of a friendship over Prop 8 too. I was against, she was for. I'm sure she thinks I'm going to hell for supporting "teh gays". Oh well, at least I'll be with all my friends.

[CoasterMatt]

Damn... Fatburger is closed on Thanksgiving :(

[Ghoulish Delight]

Oh, my life is so difficult. I have 2 people providing free lunch for me tomorrow. However shall I choose.

[Capt Jack]

choose? cant you wrangle two lunches in one day?

[Ghoulish Delight]

choose? cant you wrangle two lunches in one day?
Considering that one of them is at Claim Jumpers and the other is pizza, my stomach would rather not.

[Morrigoon]

I think they either dropped you, or ignored your friend request. I think you can still send them a message though. Might be something you just want to ask straight forward.

Well, it's weird, because it's someone who would have no particular reason to drop me if they've accepted my request in the first place. I haven't seen this person since 1994, and they live in Leeds, England. Unless they decided there was simply no point?

[€uroMeinke]

I nearly unfriended some people during the political season just because I got tired of reading political tweets & stati. I imagine if you lived in another country that might be even more off-putting.

But at the end of the day, if you don't have the kind of relationship with this person where you could ask him/her directly, then they probably don't belong in your friends list.

[Snowflake]

Oh Boy! The red laptop is almost to my door! It's on the Fedex truck! Been a long, involved process just getting the thing between Dell screwup of the original order and a few changes in the delivery date. New shiny toy! Yay!

[Morrigoon]

I'd like to get out and about today, but the guys installing our new heater are still here working on it. Not that I'm complaining... I'm grateful that the home warranty company finally fulfilled its obligation to replace it (yeah!), but I have a lot I need to do.

Gotta get the rest of Thanksgiving dinner groceries (resolving the issue of a chewed-up gift card along the way, thank you Gidget), and find a birthday gift for the bro. Oh, and I need a decent roasting pan so we have no repeats of last year's foil-pan spill disaster. (Of course, if I can't get a good price, guess who's going back to Big Lots for cheap foil pans)

[Snowflake]

:D Squee! The BigRedLaptop is here! :D

Why does the clock only say 1:44 and not 4:30? :mad:

[Kevy Baby]

:D Squee! The BigRedLaptop is here! :D

Why does the clock only say 1:44 and not 4:30? :mad:Because it was only say 1:44 and not 4:30.

Now it is 3:13.

[Snowflake]

Because it was only say 1:44 and not 4:30.

Now it is 3:13.

3:28 by my clock.
:p

[Morrigoon]

I think I shall have a cup of cocoa before I head out :)

[JWBear]

Soooo.... Where is everyone?

I'm loving the sound of the rain outside!

[alphabassettgrrl]

The only bad thing about the rain is I can't really use my bike. Well, I could, but it's not terribly comfortable. I know people do it. But it's a good night to be home, snug, and listening to it rain. :)

[Andrew]

Not raining here, wish it was.

[katiesue]

How can one be allergic to rain? Cause when it rains my allergies go completely wonky.

[Morrigoon]

I have a theory about that... I think the moisture makes plants release something I'm allergic to.

[Kevy Baby]

I can't enjoy this rain as much as I usually do because of the recent fires. I am worried about the fire victims (or more specifically, the survivors).

[RStar]

Figures.

I finally get around to changing my avatar, and I'm without a picture of Brad.:rolleyes:

So, it's raining outside at 9:25, and DL is shooting off fireworks. What's up with that? Are they trying to drown people? They seemed short, though so they may have cut the show in about half.

[Betty]

Our teenage daugther stole my husband's camera... he thought he'd lost it. Eventually bought a new one. Then the new one goes missing. I notice a camera in daughter's room and it turned out it was the first one. She'd had them both.

Over 100 photos of her up to no good with her friends.

If she ever whines "but why don't you trust me?" again I'm going to go in-effing-sane.

I know I did this same sort of stupid sh!t growing up but WTF! :rolleyes: :(

[Snowflake]

I had a little 8-legged visitor in bed last night. Yup, I am sure it was an itsy-bitsy spider. How do I know this, it was cold outside and the little bugger bit me, twice, my eyes are swollen and I look like something out of a Twilight Zone episode.

[Capt Jack]

I knew those Yahoo! Slurp Spiders I see in the who's online link were up to no good

[Kevy Baby]

I had a little 8-legged visitor in bed last night. Yup, I am sure it was an itsy-bitsy spider. How do I know this, it was cold outside and the little bugger bit me, twice, my eyes are swollen and I look like something out of a Twilight Zone episode.Are you sure it wasn't four of the Dwarfs visiting?

[RStar]

Our teenage daugther stole my husband's camera... he thought he'd lost it. Eventually bought a new one. Then the new one goes missing. I notice a camera in daughter's room and it turned out it was the first one. She'd had them both.

Over 100 photos of her up to no good with her friends.

If she ever whines "but why don't you trust me?" again I'm going to go in-effing-sane.

I know I did this same sort of stupid sh!t growing up but WTF! :rolleyes: :(

You should post the pictures online. That'll teach her! :evil:

[Betty]

You should post the pictures online. That'll teach her! :evil:

Yeah - I'm thinking of printing them up and posting them all over the house. Online though - other people might see them and although that would be a good deterrent, I don't want them perving on my 14 year old.

Ding dang darn kids.

Combine that with car trouble and it's been such a fun day already.

[BarTopDancer]

Yeah - I'm thinking of printing them up and posting them all over the house. Online though - other people might see them and although that would be a good deterrent, I don't want them perving on my 14 year old.

Ding dang darn kids.

Combine that with car trouble and it's been such a fun day already.

On that same note, you might want to scour MySpace and Facebook to make sure she doesn't have an account you don't know about created with an email address that you don't know about where these pictures may be posted.

[Prudence]

Ate dinner with a friend from back home last night. Yay for visiting friends! And yay for Hank's Bistro, serving Italian/Persian cuisine. I can't speak for the Italian side of the menu, but the Persian side was DELICIOUS! It's close to work, so I imagine I'll be paying it another visit soon. SE corner of Rosecrans and Hawthorne, if anyone wants to check it out.

[JWBear]

We had a client with Hepatitis C in the office this morning. The employee she was assigned to panicked and made her leave... sigh. I had to conference the employee on blood-born pathogens, and make her set up an appointment with the client to finish the interview. Then I had to fill out a Special Incident Report. And today is traditionally the busiest, craziest day of the year for Food Stamp applications…


Can I go back to bed?

[Betty]

On that same note, you might want to scour MySpace and Facebook to make sure she doesn't have an account you don't know about created with an email address that you don't know about where these pictures may be posted.

Good point. Now how to find something like that... I guess I'll have to start with her names and those of her friends... I hadn't thought about this though - thanks for bringing it up.

[Betty]

Well - turns out that I'm a pretty decent searcher and found her myspace page. I'm half glad and half sorry that I did.

She's in for a world of hurt times 10.

[Lance]

Well - turns out that I'm a pretty decent searcher and found her myspace page. I'm half glad and half sorry that I did.

She's in for a world of hurt times 10.

Some troubling things on her page eh?

[Betty]

Well- the fact that she has a page for one. She was expressly forbidden and she's had it since at least june of this year from the comments. And yeah - things that are inappropriate. sheesh

this sux.

As a parent, I wonder if I contact myspace if I can get the page removed. Although we'll be demanding the username and password and that should take care of it.

It's an interesting view into her life. One I certainly wouldn't have gotten if she hadn't taken the camera (the photos from the camera are posted on her page.)

and she wasn't smart enough to make the page private so it's been a real learning experience.

[BarTopDancer]

The problem with MySpace and Facebook is that she can just create a new one using email addresses that she creates on a whim at friends houses and even school. Even if you let her keep it with the explicit rules that you have full access she can create a new one. The best defense is a good offense. Unfortunately there isn't really one of those for these sites.

[Betty]

Well blocking access to the computer at home is a good start. She has time in the morning alone that she's been using for this.

And yeah - I know she can just redo it. Doesn't stop me from letting her know how disappointed in her I am and taking away privledges / doing chores as a consequence.

I'm sad. Frustrated. And frankly concerned about what else is going on I don't know about with Miss Double-Life.

[Capt Jack]

or you could start by posting a comment to her myspace page

"this is your mom. you are SOO freakin' busted! I know all, hear all and see all"

[katiesue]

Maddie's dad let her set up a myspace over the weekend. Moron.

I agree with letting them know that you are looking and on the lookout for stuff like this. Not that you can stop them but at least making them aware you're looking.

I monitor Maddie's phone and text messages. I also have her phone set to upload her address book daily so I can see who's she's got in there. She's 12 and hasn't quite started to rebell yet but I want to lay the groundwork now so she knows I'm looking. She is also under the mistaken impression, which I may not have bothered to correct, that I can actually go online and read her text messages.

Also we have laptops which makes it easier to restrict access. Just unplug them and take them with me. She does have internet on her phone but that can easily be cut if I find an issue.

[madmonkeygirl]

Grrr so my mom calls and says that they're feeding my nephew lunch at the mall and then heading to the condo then she'll come down to get me. It's like noontime already and it's like traffic is already a mess out there. I'd much rather just go to lunch here and the mall and then head up there in traffic screw this. I stayed home and waited for what....grrrr this is why i don't like holidays when i could have been up there already....

[Moonliner]

Huh. So I guess I'm alone in helping my daughter setup a facebook page, showing her how to atomize surfing so as not to leave a trail and how to enable the security features on her phone so only she has access to it?

[Kevy Baby]

BETTY:

I am not in your shoes, but I am wondering: should you let your daughter know that you know? While she has broken rules, are they bad enough to out her at this time? Could you use the new knowledge that you have acquired to keep watch on her?

Yeah: bust her for the camera and the pictures, but maybe keep the MySpace thing to yourself for now, just to see where it might go.

My not-a-parent-but-occasionally-has-insight opinion

[Stan4dSteph]

First thing -- make the MySpace "friends only." Next, remove all inappropriate images. That kind of stuff can come back to haunt you.

[Snowflake]

No good advice, not being a parental type. Just hugs for you Betty. This is when being a parent can suck, I'll wager, good cop and bad cop. Someday, she'll thank you for all your rules, consideration and care, maybe not today.

[innerSpaceman]

Here's my parental advice (and yes, I'm a parent). Don't hold back information for strategic purposes of nailing your kid with it later.

Your child may be stupidly duplicitious because they are a kid. Don't stoop to that level. You be the adult and let them know you're on to them.


My too scents.

[JWBear]

...My too scents.

Patchouli & Lavender?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Alright, who made the clocks slow down?

[JWBear]

Alright, who made the clocks slow down?

Seriously! This is turning out to be one of the longest afternoons I can remember.

[Snowflake]

Alright, who made the clocks slow down?

No kidding, this is two days in a row for me is extreme time slowdown days. The next four days wil rocket by, no doubt and I will wonder where the time went. Dammit.

[Kevy Baby]

I guess it is all about perspective. I have a gazillion things that all need to be done at the same time and the time seems to be zipping by.

So naturally, I am posting on LoT :rolleyes: :blush:



ETA: And as I am on hold waiting for a client to pick up, I am listening to Christian choral music.

[Sohrshah]

Hey Kevy, why don't you give us the stuff you need to do which will make you less busy and us more busy, thereby altering time-space so that we all feel time pass at a normal rate?

Or, we can all just post some more. Whichever. :P

[BarTopDancer]

tic toc
6 minutes.

[Snowflake]

tic toc
6 minutes.

tic toc 36 minutes...................

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm home. Yay.

[katiesue]

I got off at noon - neener, neener!

[Snowflake]

I got off at noon - neener, neener!

Pphhhhhhhhhhhbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbppppppp ppttttttt!

;)

[Andrew]

My plan to leave after the 3:00 meeting has been completely derailed. I'll be here for another hour.

[JWBear]

I'm here until friggin 5:30. :mad:

[Betty]

I confronted her about it all. Got her myspace login and had quite the learning experience. Quite.

This sucks. I almost wish I didn't know - but now I do and we're dealing with it. You think you know what's going on with your kids - but you don't. At least I didn't.

Or maybe I didn't want to.

I did a lot of stuff from the age of 15-16 or so and on. What was I thinking? When I look back at it from an experience point of view, I had the best time, with the best of friends. We were boy crazy and into sex, drugs and rock and roll.

When I look back at it from a parental point of view, I'm just sick to my stomach.

F.

I'm not quite ready to deal with this entirely - or don't quite know how to do it right perhaps? Brian (my dh) will be home soon and then we can address it further in some fashion.

Ick.

[Kevy Baby]

I'm home. Yay.Bite me - I'm still at work at 6:30 with still a bit to do.

I got off at noon - neener, neener!Bite me - see above

I'm here until friggin 5:30. :mad:Bite me - see above
Ick.Bite me... er, never mind

[Disneyphile]

I came home to a FedEx package on my doorstep this evening.

It's my Adobe CS4!!!!

It's a very Happy Thanksgiving already!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE! :D

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'm one test closer to the end of the semester. My paper is first-drafted; always the hardest part for me is to actually *write* the darn thing.

Countdown: ASL: one final test.
Sociology and Stratification: one test, one paper.
ESRM: one test.
Research class: nothing.

Home is a good place to be tonight. I have a cat in my lap and a cup of hot tea which will soon be refilled with something alcoholic, I wager. Husband was thinking maybe tonight we'd open the bottle of good wine that we bought in Solvang.

[lizziebith]

I did a lot of stuff from the age of 15-16 or so and on. What was I thinking? When I look back at it from an experience point of view, I had the best time, with the best of friends. We were boy crazy and into sex, drugs and rock and roll.

When I look back at it from a parental point of view, I'm just sick to my stomach.

Ick.

I'm with you...it's 2:30 am Thanksgiving Eve and I'm struggling with my young-teen son to get off the Xbox Live and Go To Bed NOW. My young self is cringing...but my mom self is...well: tired. Still I know he needs sleep, and I do too. The real problem is I don't exactly model good behavior here as I often stay up late on my favorite internet/online diversions... Drat!

[Mousey Girl]

I sort of tricked The Boy into spending last night with The Others. He thought he would be able to come back here after they got the deep pit going. The main issue with that was running him back & forth all day today would have been a royal pain. As it stands now, I will pick him up at 3 this afternoon. He goes back tomorrow for his scheduled weekend.

[alphabassettgrrl]

So I think we're buying a TV. Husband wants a Wii to go with it.

Today was a good day.

[Disneyphile]

Today was a good day. Yes, it was! :)

*hugs*

[Gemini Cricket]

In this clip (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4633174n) Anderson Cooper (in swimming trunks) races Michael Phelps.
You know, for anyone who may be interested. I think AC is cute.
:)

[Gn2Dlnd]

The only reason I watched that was because I thought they were going to make out at the end. Feh.

[bewitched]

Betty, I'm so sorry. That completely sucks. It sounds like you are handling it as well as can be expected. I agree with being upfront about what you know.

O is 8...I am so not looking forward to the teen years. :(

[Prudence]

I was just at my first "real" socal farmer's market today.

I have decided that I'm never leaving.

[katiesue]

Madzers been cleaning her room for two days now. So far she's knitted a three foot long scarf. :rolleyes:

She did finally actually start cleaning around 9 PM last night, she started at 11 AM, cause I pointed out for the about 9000th time that she was not going to play Polo if it wasn't done. I guess it took 9000 for it to sink in because the 8999 times didn't actually work.

She has about another half hour in there, if she stops knitting. So hopefully she gets it done before Polo at 11.

[wolfy999]

You're lucky it only took 8999 times......;)

[lindyhop]

Hey, I've got this place to myself. Except for those spiders...

[lashbear]

Sooo, I've found out I really like garden salad with Baked Beans as dressing.

[Alex]

I'm going to go on with my day under the assumption that post was simply an extensive typo.

[Stan4dSteph]

I keep getting a "server is busy" error while trying to look around at posts.

[Prudence]

I was getting that error message the other day.

[Alex]

I get that error for about half an hour almost every weekday around 2pm.

[Prudence]

Santa Claus just visited our neighborhood. It was the weirdest thing. A Santa float is driving around, escorted by police cars. It's stopping every block or so for kids to get a quick photo, tell Santa their Christmas wishes, and get a candy cane. It's so random and bizarre I just don't even know what to think.

[bewitched]

Santa Claus just visited our neighborhood. It was the weirdest thing. A Santa float is driving around, escorted by police cars. It's stopping every block or so for kids to get a quick photo, tell Santa their Christmas wishes, and get a candy cane. It's so random and bizarre I just don't even know what to think.


Well heck, run out and tell him what you want!

[madmonkeygirl]

Ya i would. I almost did at Knott's since we were there for opening and no one was with Santa. :)

[wendybeth]

We put up our Christmas tree tonight- Samwise is in Mighty Forest Cat mode now. He loves to lurk under the tree and jump out at everyone. Today is also the 6th anniversary of Sam joining the Anderson clan.:)

[Morrigoon]

I just solved my big schedule issue - yay!

BTW: Sunday would be a great day for a DL swanking (hint hint)

[innerSpaceman]

I went over to El Mio to help clean yesterday, and instead was put to lighting and decorating their 12-foot Christmas Tree. WIN.


(Tours today went exceedingly well.)

[alphabassettgrrl]

Glad the tours went well! It makes me sad to live all the way out here and so far away from everything.

[figment1986]

Anyone else entering Finals Season in college? I'm getting tired of studying for Ethics, Intro to Mass Communication, and working on a project for radio class as well as a project for television class.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I keep getting a "server is busy" error while trying to look around at posts.

I was getting that error message the other day.

I get that error for about half an hour almost every weekday around 2pm.Interesting. I've never seen that error myself, but we are apparently having some CPU usage issues on the host. I'm working to fix that to avoid being forced into paying for dedicated hosting (at more than 10x the cost).

[Alex]

Since nobody else ever mentioned outages I just assumed it was on my end. Our internal proxies go wonky all the time causing various access errors..

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm trying to get the host to give me more detail on the supposed CPU over-usage. They haven't said if it was a one-time occurrence or if it's happened repeatedly or regularly. I do know that the average usage is at about 9%, so it's not like the board is continuously eating cycles. What's particularly odd is that I haven't touched the software in well over a year and I haven't noticed an appreciable change in board usage in at least that long, so I don't really get why this is suddenly an issue.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Not liking the cold. Too cold to bike. Yuck.

I didn't do any homework over the weekend and should have. Oh well. I'll get it done. Test Wednesday, test Thursday. Next week two tests on Wednesday and a paper due.

No problem.

I just spent the whole weekend wallowing in lazy. So today, now that it's Monday, time to get my butt in gear. I have a lot of things to do and once I finish finals and work, I want to be able to go play.

[BarTopDancer]

Not liking the cold. Too cold to bike. Yuck.

It could be worse. My co-worker in IL said it's a high of 34 and snowing.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Snow is the biggest reason I don't live in the Midwest. Other than that winter business, the midwest is a nice place, the people are good, all the good stuff. It's just too cold in the winter.

I'm a wimp and I don't care.

[Kevy Baby]

Snow is a great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Not liking the cold. Too cold to bike. Yuck. I biked to work in a misty moisty morning today. Vision was down to a half a block. I put on my rain jacket, turned my lights on, and went for it. It was fun! Of course I'm only going a mile and half so it wasn't bad at all. As long as I give myself enough time to go slow, it remains enjoyable for me.

[Disneyphile]

Woohoo!! I'm going to the Disneyland CM holiday party next Monday night! :D

[alphabassettgrrl]

CP- good for you for biking! My trip is 4 and a half miles, with the return trip late this evening so today I'm being a wuss. I've done it a lot, but not when it's cold or raining. My secondary choice is the bus.

DP- awesome! Yay for you!

[Kevy Baby]

Woohoo!! I'm going to the Disneyland CM holiday party next Monday night! :DCoasterMatt is throwing a Disneyland party? I wasn't invited and feel snubbed. :(

[JWBear]

CoasterMatt is throwing a Disneyland party? I wasn't invited and feel snubbed. :(

Yeah! Me too! Let's boycott everyone's Christmas Parties! That'll show 'em!

[Kevy Baby]

Yeah! Me too! Let's boycott everyone's Christmas Parties! That'll show 'em!I personally plan on boycotting every Christmas party that I am not invited to. That'll show 'em!

[figment1986]

I'm trying to get the host to give me more detail on the supposed CPU over-usage. They haven't said if it was a one-time occurrence or if it's happened repeatedly or regularly. I do know that the average usage is at about 9%, so it's not like the board is continuously eating cycles. What's particularly odd is that I haven't touched the software in well over a year and I haven't noticed an appreciable change in board usage in at least that long, so I don't really get why this is suddenly an issue.

Does this board get visited by search engine spiders? those can sometimes hit at once and cause some issues... I've seen it happen on my friends forums...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Does this board get visited by search engine spiders? those can sometimes hit at once and cause some issues... I've seen it happen on my friends forums...
It does, but I rarely see more than a handful on at a time. If they give me enough info to correlate that I may stick a robots.txt file to block them. Which would be a shame, we've gotten pretty highly ranked on Google searches.

[Gn2Dlnd]

CoasterMatt is throwing a Disneyland party? I wasn't invited and feel snubbed. :(

Huh.

[innerSpaceman]

Oh, am I being mocked?:D


I think I am, and it's funny. Per the Roger Rabbit Rule, then, it's ok.

[Gn2Dlnd]

CoasterMatt is throwing a Disneyland party? I wasn't invited and feel snubbed. :(

Huh.

Amended to, "D'oh!"

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

I didn't wanna go anyway...

[Gn2Dlnd]

^ Bastard!

[Morrigoon]

Oh, am I being mocked?:D


I think I am, and it's funny. Per the Roger Rabbit Rule, then, it's ok.

Pffft... you think you were the first LoTer to snub someone? ;) 'Tis tradition!

Snubbing is... is... well, it's like bacon. Social bacon.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

The Original Bacon was born of snubbery.

[Morrigoon]

Hence my post. And the bringing up of bacon ;)

[BarTopDancer]

A Few Good Men!!!!!




no, that was not cheating ;) :p

[Kevy Baby]

The Original Bacon was born of snubbery.Tis true. Little did we know we were launching a legacy that fateful morning.

[JWBear]

The Original Bacon was born of snubbery.

I thought it was born of pancakes... (Mmmmm pancakes and bacon....)

[Morrigoon]

No, pancakery far preceeded bacon. And is unrelated to snubbing.

[Ghoulish Delight]

No, pancakery far preceeded bacon. And is unrelated to snubbing.
It's entirely related to snubbing.

[innerSpaceman]

But snubbing's not related to me (well, not exclusively). Boycott mockery is my exclusive province, however. :p







(Boycott Mockery would usually be known as b0yc0ckery if it didn't have other implications also endemic to yours truly.)

[ozron]

Okay, that's it. I'm not coming to any of you guys' Christmas parties.

[Morrigoon]

Okay, that's it. I'm not coming to any of you guys' Christmas parties.
Fine, I just won't invite you then :P;)

[Disneyphile]

Fine, I just won't invite you then :P;)Nice way to pass the sausage there. ;)

[Morrigoon]

Pretty! (http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/towercam.htm#imagetop) (especially tonight when it's foggy)

[BarTopDancer]

1 down, 3 to go.

[Morrigoon]

Are those your last papers, BTD?

[BarTopDancer]

Classes. 1 more final, one speech and that fvcking paper. Final and speech will most likely be done tomorrow and/or Wednesday. Hopefully the paper is done by Sunday.

[€uroMeinke]

It's entirely related to snubbing.

And Brad...

[Disneyphile]

I love that picture of Brad in your sig. He looks so happy.

He made fire! :D

[JWBear]

I just got a call from my mother. My brother-in-law collapsed last night and was rushed to the hospital. He's been diagnosed with advanced acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He may not make it to Christmas.

He was looking ill at Thanksgiving. Now we know why.

[Not Afraid]

OMG! That's terrible news! HUGS to you and your family.

[katiesue]

Oh JW I'm so sorry.

[Strangler Lewis]

I'm sorry to hear about that. The human body is a cruel thing sometimes.

[Ghoulish Delight]

JW, my heart sunk reading that. I'm terribly sorry for you and your family.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I'm sorry.

[JWBear]

I just talked to one of neices. My mother got a one important point very wrong. My brother-in-law is expected to recover, but he is not not expected to get out of the hospital before Christmas. Big difference.

They started him on chemo, and they want to do a bone marrow transplant.

[katiesue]

Whew JW. It's not good but not as bad as you thought. Let us know if any blood or platlette donations are needed, a coworker has been batteling Lukemia at City of Hope and some of us have done platette donations on his behalf.

[Morrigoon]

Yeah, I'd call that a pretty key piece of information there.

[Kevy Baby]

I just talked to one of nieces. My mother got a one important point very wrong. My brother-in-law is expected to recover, but he is not not expected to get out of the hospital before Christmas. Big difference.Just a wee bit of a difference there. While the prognosis still sucks, it doesn't suck as bad as originally thought.

I hope they are able to find a match quickly JWB!

[Snowflake]

I just talked to one of neices. My mother got a one important point very wrong. My brother-in-law is expected to recover, but he is not not expected to get out of the hospital before Christmas. Big difference.

They started him on chemo, and they want to do a bone marrow transplant.

Okay, this is much better news.

HUGS nonetheless!

While this kind of thing is never fun for any members of the family at any time of the year, during the holidays, it's terrible.

[bewitched]

Whew!

Still really awful news. Hugs to you and your family and here's hoping for a speedy/successful recovery.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I just talked to one of neices. My mother got a one important point very wrong. Ugh, reminds me of my cousins spreading wrong details that my dad was about to die. Misscommunications are understandable during a stressful time, but would it kill people to fact check before declaring someone at death's door?!

Glad for the less grimm prognosis.

[BarTopDancer]

Ugh JW. At least it wasn't the other way around.

Here's to a full recovery.

[Stan4dSteph]

Sorry to hear about your brother in law JWBear. You might want to check out the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for more info on ALL. http://lls.org/hm_lls

[Cadaverous Pallor]

:( Hoping for the best, JW.

[Andrew]

I'd rather hear the "sick but will get better" than "sick and won't recover" but either way it still sucks -- hope everything turns out okay.

[lashbear]

Woohoo!! I'm going to the Disneyland CM holiday party next Monday night! :D
I hear they let you ride the teacups for free !! :coffee:

[alphabassettgrrl]

I hope the docs are giving you a worst-case scenario and he actually gets to come home sooner. May the chemo do its work!

[Sir Dillon]

I just got a call from my mother. My brother-in-law collapsed last night and was rushed to the hospital. He's been diagnosed with advanced acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He may not make it to Christmas.

He was looking ill at Thanksgiving. Now we know why.

I know I am new and all and do not know anyone here, nevertheless I empathize and understand what you and your family will go through.

As WendyBeth knows, I recently lost my father this past March to Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. It was just my mother and I taking care of him at home on Hospice care; and we were both present when he transcended our terrestrial existence.

Anyhow, I wish your brother-in-law all the best and hopes he moves into remission so he can get any bonemarrow treatments or transplants.

S.D.

[JWBear]

Thank you all for your kind thoughts.

[bewitched]

What famous celebs would look like if they had mustaches. (http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/gallery/0,22056,5036029-5010141,00.html#)

Madonna's made me LMAO :D

[Capt Jack]

hmm...suddenly envisioning Brit doing ZZ Top covers

[JWBear]

I don't know who this is, but he's HAWT with that fauxstache!

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6369865,00.jpg

This look works! He should totally go for it.

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6369847,00.jpg

[Kevy Baby]

Miley was actually kinda cute with a 'stache
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6369846,00.jpg

Um... no
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6369839,00.jpg

I don't know who this is, but he's HAWT with that fauxstache!I didn't know who about half of the people were.

[Lance]

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6369847,00.jpg

Who’s the president that makes the Republicans hesitant?
Obama!
Damn right...
Who is the man that would risk his neck for his country man?
Obama!
Can you dig it?
Who’s the cat that won’t cop out when bringing change about?
Obama.
Right on.
They say this cat is a bad mother…
Shut your mouth!
I’m talking about Obama.
Then we can dig it.

[Snowflake]

Dammit Lance, you beat me to it! ;)

[Lance]

Dammit Lance, you beat me to it! ;)

Mwahaha :p

[alphabassettgrrl]

265 new posts today- and I was on last night! You folks have been busy.

[bewitched]

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6369847,00.jpg

Who’s the president that makes the Republicans hesitant?
Obama!
Damn right...
Who is the man that would risk his neck for his country man?
Obama!
Can you dig it?
Who’s the cat that won’t cop out when bringing change about?
Obama.
Right on.
They say this cat is a bad mother…
Shut your mouth!
I’m talking about Obama.
Then we can dig it.


OMG! :D

[Gemini Cricket]

The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later.
That's the first time I saw that.

[Stan4dSteph]

Attention lovers of boobies:

Victoria's Secret fashion show is on CBS tonight at 10 PM

[alphabassettgrrl]

I got the "too busy" error yesterday but when I reloaded the page, it was fine.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Well, they haven't said one way or the other whether anything's better, and though neither have they moved us back to our old server (they moved us temporarily to a different server since we were taking up CPU resources). At this point I'm not going to ask until they say something.

[JWBear]

I sat through two hours of a mind-numbing exercise in group idiocy called a "meeting" this morning. There is another one scheduled for three hours this afternoon. I decided, for the sake of my sanity, to tell my boss I wasn't feeling well and come home.

[Mousey Girl]

Ok, I give up. I turned on my heater for the first this year. The temp is 41 deg (outside) and foggy. I think I may even get The Boy to finally wear a jacket to school this morning.

[CoasterMatt]

It's Friday - woohoo!!

[Betty]

It's Friday - woohoo!!

Yes indeed. I second your woohoo! :cool:

[bewitched]

Ok, I give up. I turned on my heater for the first this year. The temp is 41 deg (outside) and foggy. I think I may even get The Boy to finally wear a jacket to school this morning.

It's 16* here right now, wind chill of 9*.

[Prudence]

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm ever going to use a heater here at all. It's December, and we don't have heat on. With someone home all day and us being upstairs and the place being well insulated we don't have a lot of heat loss. We haven't even put the blanket on the bed yet.

[Capt Jack]

It's Friday - woohoo!!

I second your woohoo! :cool:

I'll see your woohoo's and raise you a 'why the 773H isnt today over with yet?'

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm ever going to use a heater here at all. It's December, and we don't have heat on. With someone home all day and us being upstairs and the place being well insulated we don't have a lot of heat loss. We haven't even put the blanket on the bed yet.
It may still never reach cold enough for you to warrant a heater, but for the record, January/February tend to be the colder months down here rather than December.

[JWBear]

I'll see your woohoo's and raise you a 'why the 773H isnt today over with yet?'

Today is my Friday off... Don't hate me. :evil:

I'm going to do my Christmas decorating today.

[Betty]

Today is my Friday off... Don't hate me. :evil:

I'm going to do my Christmas decorating today.

I'm trying very hard not to hate you but your avatar is very distracting! :evil: :p :cheers:

[Alex]

I've gone years without turning on a heater and we're in a cooler part of California than you.

Of course, I went most Seattle winters without closing all of the windows so maybe I'm not a good yardstick.

[Kevy Baby]

Ok, I give up. I turned on my heater for the first this year. The temp is 41 deg (outside) and foggy. I think I may even get The Boy to finally wear a jacket to school this morning.Our heater went on when the temperature dropped below 60 :rolleyes:

[BarTopDancer]

I'm running out of ways to procrastinate on paper writing.

[Betty]

I'm running out of ways to procrastinate on paper writing.

Oh come on now - you can do better! There's tons of other things to do. :D

[BarTopDancer]

Just paid bills.

I took the day off work to write the paper, so I probably should do it.

[Not Afraid]

I'm not a good yardstick.

I must be in a silly mood today. Giggle.

[alphabassettgrrl]

My heat's been on for a while now, at least long enough to get up in the morning. The rest of the day it's set pretty low, but I need my house to be warm when I get up. Electric blankets are wonderful, too.

We are not well insulated but that's ok. One of these days we'll do some fixing up and it will be better.

[Kevy Baby]

Electric blankets are wonderful, too.We always have an electric blanket on the bed during the cold months. Both controls go on Susan's side of the bed (queen bed with dual controls). That way, when her side of the blanket inevitably fails, she can simply just flop the blanket over so that the working side is now on her side. The power is NEVER turned on on my side.

[JWBear]

It's a very nice balmy day in LB today. I opened all the windows just after lunch to let the house air-out.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Heat is the fat guys natural enemy...

[Disneyphile]

I'm loving the cooler temps. After the longest time, I'm back to working in pajamas, instead of just my underwear. ;)

[Morrigoon]

Our dog is terrified of the new heater. She runs for cover every time it turns on.

[Kevy Baby]

Our dog is terrified of the new heater. She runs for cover every time it turns on.Maybe a giant untended gas fire was not the best choice on that new heater

[Morrigoon]

Yeah, but 55-gallon drums are a holiday tradition around here ;)

Actually the new heater is ostensibly safer as it has no pilot light... electric starter instead, I guess.

[Morrigoon]

Just saw something kind of cool... topographical map recreated in cardboard (eg: made 3-d) I kind of dig it. You could easily (well as easily as cutting that many individual pieces of cardboard can be) do it yourself, equipped with an interesting topographical map, an X-acto knife and a whole bunch of cardboard.

[alphabassettgrrl]

So it's a model made smaller. Huh. Interesting. You could project the topographic map onto the cardboard to trace the outlines.

Today is my day that I need to be productive and I'm very much failing at that. Oh, well, maybe I can make it up to myself by cooking a nice dinner. I bought stuff to make quiche.

I hate this weather- it's too cold to be comfy in just a shirt, but it's too warm to wear a sweatshirt over the top. And I saw people walking around in shorts still.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Well, after almost a year, I've finally got 1 job interview next week. I am stoaked about who it's with and it would be awesome. I hope I don't screw it up.

So, please - anyone, slay a lamb, light a candle, flush a toilet, whatever you can do to send the vibe for me. :)

[alphabassettgrrl]

OOohh, good for you B! May you be gainfully employed very soon!

[Morrigoon]

*crossing fingers for you*

[ozron]

For the first time in my life, I'm in the position of hiring someone. I've met with three people, two of whom I have called friends for almost twenty years. I thought it would be a little easier if I knew going in I'd have to say no to at least one friend.

Not so much.

[katiesue]

Good luck Borneio!!

[Not Afraid]

Well, after almost a year, I've finally got 1 job interview next week. I am stoaked about who it's with and it would be awesome. I hope I don't screw it up.

So, please - anyone, slay a lamb, light a candle, flush a toilet, whatever you can do to send the vibe for me. :)


Ummmmmm Lamb. Dinner anyone?

Oh, yes, Bornieo. Good luck!!!!

[JWBear]

We had lamb for lunch yesterday... Ambrosia Cafe.

[Not Afraid]

I had lamb last night - Georges. Still.......MORE LAMB! It's for Borneio!

[Disneyphile]

So, please - anyone, slay a lamb, light a candle, flush a toilet, whatever you can do to send the vibe for me. :)Hmmm. Hell with candles. This sounds like a good night to throw a log in the fireplace. :)

[Gemini Cricket]

Break a leg, Bornieo.
:)

[Morrigoon]

I had lamb last night - Georges. Still.......MORE LAMB! It's for Borneio!

*hides*

[Not Afraid]

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[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Lamb? Logs? I think that's legal only in the south.

Thanks everyone!

[lindyhop]

Weird. I got a call today from my personal trainer and because she doesn't have 20 clients she's been "restricted" from the gym. So they're supposed to get me another trainer for the last three sessions I paid for. I'm tempted to just let it go and consider the experience over but I paid for the sessions so I'm going to use them. I'm sort of curious to see if they'll call me about it since they owe me. If not I'll talk to someone when I go there Monday evening.

But it's just weird.

[bewitched]

First day since surgery (2 Mondays ago) that I am attempting to go narcotic-free...only a fairly high dose of Aleve so far (and so good). Of course, I'm still laying in bed so we'll see how it goes once I'm up and crutching around.

[Not Afraid]

UGH! Good luck with the lack of pain meds. However, I personally don't think you took enough. I saw no evidence of loopy posting.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I was thinking the same thing. And NA's an expert, she loopy-posts without pain meds!

[CoasterMatt]

Here's a loopy post

[bewitched]

UGH! Good luck with the lack of pain meds. However, I personally don't think you took enough. I saw no evidence of loopy posting.

Most of my uber medicated time was spent sleeping...having weird loopy dreams. In fact several dreams included members of the LoT, even though I have only met a couple of you in person.

Somehow though, it seems fitting that many of you invaded my drug addled dreams. ;)

[bewitched]

Here's a loopy post


Ooooo, me wants to ride! :D

[bewitched]

O told me the other day that she wanted to go to WDW "soon"-- while I was still on my crutches so I could get a pass so we wouldn't have to stand in line.

(She knows about these magic "passes" because we have been to DL with someone who had a handicapped pass)

[Moonliner]

SNOW!



Not much, just enough to look purty and not enough that I have to shovel. Yea!

[Gemini Cricket]

Sunny von Bulow just died. I had no idea she was still alive (and in a coma).

[Alex]

I knew she was alive since I watched Reversal of Fortune earlier this year (and finally got the Claus von Bulow joke that I heard on Denis Leary's No Cure for Cancer CD back in 1994) and I looked her up.

In other "you thought they were dead" news. Apparently Betty Page is in a coma.

[mousepod]

We're rounding the final turn on our quest to buy a home! Signed the loan papers this morning... escrow closes on Thursday. Here's a photo I took this morning from the deck of the new place:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3088292776_eae8df5a2c.jpg

[Betty]

We're rounding the final turn on our quest to buy a home! Signed the loan papers this morning... escrow closes on Thursday. Here's a photo I took this morning from the deck of the new place:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3088292776_eae8df5a2c.jpg

DA-AMN! That's a mighty fine view. :snap: :snap: Congrats.

[wendybeth]

Awesome view, MP- I love it!

[wendybeth]

SNOW!



Not much, just enough to look purty and not enough that I have to shovel. Yea!

Sicko.

[BarTopDancer]

WOW, that's what I call a view.

Congratulations!!!!!!

[Moonliner]

We're rounding the final turn on our quest to buy a home! Signed the loan papers this morning... escrow closes on Thursday. Here's a photo I took this morning from the deck of the new place:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3088292776_eae8df5a2c.jpg

Can you see the spider pool from there?

[~MS~]

That is amazing! Congrats!

[JWBear]

Wow! Great view! Congrats!

[bewitched]

Awesome view MP! I'm terribly jealous.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

That is quite a view! Congratulations!

[katiesue]

WOW congratulations!

[€uroMeinke]

We're rounding the final turn on our quest to buy a home! Signed the loan papers this morning... escrow closes on Thursday. Here's a photo I took this morning from the deck of the new place:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3088292776_eae8df5a2c.jpg

So how close are you to Hollywood?

[Gemini Cricket]

Congrats to the mousepods.
:)

[Gn2Dlnd]

Wow!

[wolfy999]

WTG! Have to plan on a movie night at your new pad!

[mousepod]

So how close are you to Hollywood?

It's still Silver Lake... just southwest of the reservoir - and a couple of blocks up from Sunset Junction. The back of the house faces WNW, and since it's on a hill, there are also views of Hollywood and Century City. I took a picture of the CNN building (easily seen)... and when put it in iPhoto a blew it up and realized I could see the top of the Cinerama Dome. I'm very excited.

Assuming everything works out, we'll move in mid-January and have the first movie party a month later.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

It's still Silver Lake... just southwest of the reservoir - and a couple of blocks up from Sunset Junction. The back of the house faces WNW, and since it's on a hill, there are also views of Hollywood and Century City. I took a picture of the CNN building (easily seen)... and when put it in iPhoto a blew it up and realized I could see the top of the Cinerama Dome. I'm very excited.

Assuming everything works out, we'll move in mid-January and have the first movie party a month later.

Visible mousepod mojo for using WNW (not just W or N).

[Strangler Lewis]

Well, for southern California . . . I guess that's an okay view.

Congratulations and good luck.

[RStar]

Well, for southern California . . . I guess that's an okay view.

Congratulations and good luck.

You mean for the days that you have no smog blocking the view? :D

Yes, congrats!

If I didn't love The OC so much, I'd be jelous cause I love Hollywood also!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Good luck staying off the narcotics, B! That can be difficult but if the non-prescription stuff will do it now...

So what kind of dreams did we invade? :)

MP- that's a fantastic view! I'm terribly jealous. That's amazing. So now you just wait for the closing! May everything go smoothly.

[Prudence]

We can spy on the mousepods from the observatory!

Congrats on the new place! :cheers:

[Moonliner]

We can spy on the mousepods from the observatory!

Congrats on the new place! :cheers:

Actually I'm thinking we should all chip in an get an HD webcam for Mousepod to point off his new deck... :D

[Disneyphile]

MP - I am SO envious of your new pad! That would be my perfect idea of a view. I can't wait to see it in person! :snap:

Today's been busy. Ken got up bright and early and scored our Wii this morning ($241 after tax with our Target discount. Woohoo!), we made a big grocery run (needed stuff to go with our endless supply of frozen meats), I pulled everything out of the fridge, scrubbed it all down, and reorganized it (shiny!!!!), we re-upholstered the bottom of our box spring (damn cat from hell shredded the old dust covering) and now we'll be connecting the Wii (but still not playing it until Christmas), so I can finally finish setting out the Yule decor. It's been a very productive day in our home. :)

[Prudence]

Sushi Gone Wild has extremely tasty sushi.

[bewitched]

Good luck staying off the narcotics, B! That can be difficult but if the non-prescription stuff will do it now...

So what kind of dreams did we invade? :)



Lots of you were there but the only things I specifically remember is that Morrigoon REALLY liked soup and EuroMeinke was a butcher...and he was out of ground beef (really, why would a butcher run out of ground beef?).

[Chernabog]

Sooooooooooooo...... I miss Brad :(

[Snowflake]

Warmest and heartiest congrats to the Mousepod family on the new swanky view (and I presume digs). :cheers:

Hope to see it (and you) in person in 2009!

[Betty]

MP - I am SO envious of your new pad! That would be my perfect idea of a view. I can't wait to see it in person! :snap:

Today's been busy. Ken got up bright and early and scored our Wii this morning ($241 after tax with our Target discount. Woohoo!), we made a big grocery run (needed stuff to go with our endless supply of frozen meats), I pulled everything out of the fridge, scrubbed it all down, and reorganized it (shiny!!!!), we re-upholstered the bottom of our box spring (damn cat from hell shredded the old dust covering) and now we'll be connecting the Wii (but still not playing it until Christmas), so I can finally finish setting out the Yule decor. It's been a very productive day in our home. :)

You're going to plug it in but not play until Christmas?! Torture! (you must be into it! ;) )

[Disneyphile]

You're going to plug it in but not play until Christmas?! Torture! (you must be into it! ;) )Yep! It's all connected. We didn't play, but we did go through set-up, created Mii's and get acquainted with the channels and stuff. We won't be buying any games for it until closer to Christmas anyway. :)

[Morrigoon]

Lots of you were there but the only things I specifically remember is that Morrigoon REALLY liked soup and EuroMeinke was a butcher...and he was out of ground beef (really, why would a butcher run out of ground beef?).

I am very amused.... what did I do in the past that led you to dream about me really liking soup? Hehe...

[JWBear]

My brain won't work this morning....

[Betty]

My brain won't work this morning....

Maybe it's your distracting avatar? Is it you or just some guy? If it's you - we must hear about how you came to be dressed in nothing but lights! :evil: :eek:

[Kevy Baby]

Lots of you were there but the only things I specifically remember is that Morrigoon REALLY liked soup and EuroMeinke was a butcher...and he was out of ground beef (really, why would a butcher run out of ground beef?).You didn't perchance watch Delicatessen (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/) recently?

[Gn2Dlnd]

Maybe it's your distracting avatar? Is it you or just some guy? If it's you - we must hear about how you came to be dressed in nothing but lights! :evil: :eek:

That dainty thing? No, that's just JWbear and 2ndCC's angel bottom of their Christmas tree.

[Morrigoon]

Hey this is pretty cool: http://disneyshopping.go.com/disney/store/Product_10003_10052_1223268_-1_14421__Kitchen-MovieNite-Classics-Fondue-Server