Sooooo.....

[Gemini Cricket]

There is a finance committee meeting going on in my office. My head hurts just listening to them talk about budgets and crap.

[Alex]

It's a comment that doesn't entirely make sense since current monies spent at Oriental Trading Company no longer benefit Harry Watanabe, the guy who turned it into a giant company.

After selling the company for a lot of money a decade ago he apparently got bored with early retirement and began gambling. A couple years ago he was losing so much that in one year his losses accounted for something like 5% of Harrah's Las Vegas revenues. Last year he sued Harrah's saying they should have stopped him.

[Moonliner]

It's a comment that doesn't entirely make sense since current monies spent at Oriental Trading Company no longer benefit Harry Watanabe, the guy who turned it into a giant company.

After selling the company for a lot of money a decade ago he apparently got bored with early retirement and began gambling. A couple years ago he was losing so much that in one year his losses accounted for something like 5% of Harrah's Las Vegas revenues. Last year he sued Harrah's saying they should have stopped him.


You suddenly reminded me of:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wood_chips.png

[Kevy Baby]

<tilts head like a confused dog>

Can you elaborate?He could, but he would have to kill you.

[Ghoulish Delight]

WTH Lakers. It's simple. If, in your half court offense, you dribble more than you pass, you lose. Reverse that, you win. Period. Why the hell do you seem to forget that?

Move without the ball, get open, make passes, and the Celtic's cannot beat you. It's not like you're trying and failing. Y'all just forget what works.

[Kevy Baby]

I cannot believe the Lakers pulled that off!

[Alex]

I really wish I could recapture the love of baskbetball I had back in late high school, early college. But as it is I watched the end of the game just to know who won and my primary thought was "good, hockey's done, basketball's done, get that soccer out of the way and the focus can be on baseball where it belongs."

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'm waiting for football to start. Once that gets going, it's not too long until hockey starts up.

Summer's a dead zone, but that's not such a bad thing.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Artest and Gasol won that game for them. Nice job.

[BarTopDancer]

I'm waiting for football to start. Once that gets going, it's not too long until hockey starts up.

Summer's a dead zone, but that's not such a bad thing.

Shhh,. I'm really trying to enjoy this 3 months of no hockey.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Enjoying the off season?? Really? That's possible?

Huh.

[BarTopDancer]

When you attend 44 games a year and watch another 30+ on TV and then watch the playoffs that you're not even in...

Yes. It is nice to enjoy the off season and not worry about it.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I guess I don't have that kind of attention span. We attend a game or two, watch as many as we can on tv, and call it good.

[Kevy Baby]

Enjoying the off season?? Really? That's possible?It's the only time she can be sure the Ducks won't be losing.





Runs, ducks, and hides...

[SzczerbiakManiac]

eats shoots and leaves

[Ghoulish Delight]

Man, I've only got until 3:00 today to accomplish nothing. I'd better get on it!

[Kevy Baby]

I've been hit with vertigo this week. Today is a bad day. It is making it really difficult to a accomplish anything.

[alphabassettgrrl]

K- I hope it goes away soon. My husband has had vertigo and it's a bad thing to suffer through.

[Kevy Baby]

I'm just glad it isn't diaganigo

[alphabassettgrrl]

Ha! Took me a second.

[BarTopDancer]

I guess I don't have that kind of attention span. We attend a game or two, watch as many as we can on tv, and call it good.


Do you know nothing of my attention... Oh someone left a bouncy ball that lights up on my desk! YAY! :p

It's the only time she can be sure the Ducks won't be losing.





Runs, ducks, and hides...

Good one!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Ha! Well, there's something I lack, because I can't spend that much energy on any single thing. :)

Enjoy your off season! :)

[Prudence]

So, they don't have a permanent position for me at work - but they're going to promote me anyway. Not for another three months (or more), but still....

[Morrigoon]

Promote you to another year? Well, promotion is good :)

[alphabassettgrrl]

I guess that's good, Pru, yes? Continued employment at least for now? Hopefully the promotion is to something good?

[Mousey Girl]

So... I went out with my neighbor. The Boy sat for her kid. He wasn't upset that they were out late, he was upset that mommy was having fun.

[Prudence]

I guess that's good, Pru, yes? Continued employment at least for now? Hopefully the promotion is to something good?

The promotion is just a grade change, with accompanying extremely slight salary boost. I will, when it is over, be a GS12, which is the top level of grunt workers. It's also where most people stop progressing because the lead and management positions are unofficially reserved for retired service members coming back as civilian employees.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Sounds like quite a game to play.

Hopefully somebody will hire you away and into someplace with reasonable progressions.

[blueerica]

The promotion is just a grade change, with accompanying extremely slight salary boost. I will, when it is over, be a GS12, which is the top level of grunt workers. It's also where most people stop progressing because the lead and management positions are unofficially reserved for retired service members coming back as civilian employees.

I know a GS12 that is a lead, but maybe that's just here at Hill?? And I don't know much more about her progression in her unit.

[Alex]

Golf is a sport where as a professional you're pretty good if you just win a few tournaments a year. I wish I were so good at that sport that when the headlines will be about how horribly I played that it means I just came in fourth.

I'm willing to sleep with Perkins Restaurant waitresses if that's what it takes.

[JWBear]

I just discovered that Anne Baxter was Frank Lloyd Wright's granddaughter!

[Not Afraid]

I just discovered that Anne Baxter was Frank Lloyd Wright's granddaughter!

Yes! And did you know one of his sons invented Lincoln Logs?

[JWBear]

Yes! And did you know one of his sons invented Lincoln Logs?

John Lloyd Wright. Yes, that I knew.

[Ghoulish Delight]

So far my first day of bus commuting has been great. The morning ride is a total breeze, I felt a thousand times better when I arrived at work than I normally do getting out of my car. That may just be the newness of it, and the evening ride home remains an unknown, but it's a great start.

[blueerica]

So far my first day of bus commuting has been great. The morning ride is a total breeze, I felt a thousand times better when I arrived at work than I normally do getting out of my car. That may just be the newness of it, and the evening ride home remains an unknown, but it's a great start.

What kind of passes do they offer for OCTA?

I'm lucky that I'm on a subsidized pass from my employer, so I just use it to break up my commuting as needed. I've found that rides home can go either way. But it's always great when I can zone out.

[Ghoulish Delight]

$55 for a 30 day pass. I don't believe my company does any sort of carpool/transit incentive program, so no help there. This week I'm buying day passes ($4/day) until I'm convinced I can commit to it.

[Alex]

Any transfers? If you have transfers then you won't know for sure how committed you are until you've experienced a breakdown in transferring.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, there are 2 transfers. But the buses run on 15 minute schedules, there are a fair number of alternate routes I can get to, and I'll have my bike with me which should make it easier to triage.

[Kevy Baby]

I just discovered that Anne Baxter was Frank Lloyd Wright's granddaughter!

Yes! And did you know one of his sons invented Lincoln Logs?

John Lloyd Wright. Yes, that I knew.Do you know what Bubba Lloyd Wright is famous for?

[JWBear]

Do you really expect anyone who knows you to take that bait?

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Designing mobile homes?

[blueerica]

Any transfers? If you have transfers then you won't know for sure how committed you are until you've experienced a breakdown in transferring.

Haha... so true. It's why I'm only semi-committed. My tolerance for delays/issues is different for each day.

ETA: I also have selected a route with no transfers (though it adds a short amount of time to my commute) to minimize this disturbance in the public transit force.

[Ghoulish Delight]

My ride home, which I'm guessing will be the most prone to problems, has only 1 transfer. Minimizing transfers in the morning would have added too much of a time penalty. 2 transfers isn't ideal, but they are well timed and involve fairly sleepy routes so I'm less concerned.

It should be noted that I'm not a public transit novice. I spent a year doing the public bus thing to and from high school (a 1 hour+ trek), so I'm no stranger to the joys and pitfalls. The key difference being the lack of a driver's license at the time. No danger of giving up and choosing to drive out of frustration/convenience, even if I wanted to.

[Alex]

I found this pin-up calendar (http://www.advertolog.com/eizo/print-outdoor/june-13691105/) interesting.

Caution: Whether those images are safe for work will require taking your HR person into gray areas that make them angry.

[€uroMeinke]

Well the October one is perfect for Halloween

[BarTopDancer]

I found this pin-up calendar (http://www.advertolog.com/eizo/print-outdoor/june-13691105/) interesting.

Caution: Whether those images are safe for work will require taking your HR person into gray areas that make them angry.

Considering I deleted a very explicit photo off the computer from someone in HR I'm not sure we have any gray areas.

[€uroMeinke]

Considering I deleted a very explicit photo off the computer from someone in HR I'm not sure we have any gray areas.

Perhaps it was evidence as part of an ongoing investigation

[Morrigoon]

I found this pin-up calendar (http://www.advertolog.com/eizo/print-outdoor/june-13691105/) interesting.

Caution: Whether those images are safe for work will require taking your HR person into gray areas that make them angry.

That is the grayest gray area I could ever imagine. Cool link! And what a great ad campaign

[Ghoulish Delight]

That was fun.

First bus of the morning was late, so I missed my first connection. Not a big deal, I'd end up being 10 minutes later than scheduled, and only 5 minutes late to work.

I have a habit that if I have more than a couple of minutes to wait for a bus I just start heading in the direction of the route, stopping at each stop to glance back and make sure the bus hasn't caught up yet. With a bike, I can cover a lot more ground. Enough, in fact, that I made it to the next stop before the next bus was scheduled to have even arrived at the transfer point, and got myself back on schedule.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

nice

[Kevy Baby]

I found this pin-up calendar (http://www.advertolog.com/eizo/print-outdoor/june-13691105/) interesting.

Caution: Whether those images are safe for work will require taking your HR person into gray areas that make them angry.The calendar is cool. The second sentence of your post (the "Caution") is reason alone to put up the calendar :evil:

[Snowflake]

I could use a few weeks at Cascade*

Life and work are just too effin busy.

















* Now Voyager

[alphabassettgrrl]

I found this pin-up calendar (http://www.advertolog.com/eizo/print-outdoor/june-13691105/) interesting.

I saw that on the Bad Astronomy blog. I think the poses could be done better for x-ray, but that's ok. As it is, the bones get lost in a mush of overlap on some of them.

On the whole, I think it's kind of cool.

[Kevy Baby]

That calendar can really give one a boner

[Moonliner]

I like my woman with a bit more meat on their bones.

[BarTopDancer]

Scott Neidermeyer announced his retirement today :(

[Disneyphile]

OMG. I'm applying at Pixar. OMFGWTFBBQ. :eek:

[Kevy Baby]

Oh, SCOTT Neidermeyer. My mind thought of Douglas Neidermeyer:

http://creativegreenius.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/doug.jpg?w=148&h=148


He got killed in Vietnam by his own troops.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I am thoroughly over the internet's obsession with stop motion animation. There's been some brilliant stuff, but damnit people it's gotten old. I don't care if this time you used post-its, or dominoes, or grandma's dentures, or toenail clippings, or whatever it is you think is uber-clever to use in stop motion animation. Simply making random objects that aren't obvious media for animation move around at 24 frames/sec. does not instantly make something interesting to watch.

[Alex]

Uh oh, someone has grown tired of Ok Go!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Heh, OK Go is about the only ones left that I enjoy. At least the stuff happening is interesting and I'm not expected to JUST be wowed that an object is being animated.

[Kevy Baby]

Susan reported this word-for-word quote from Phil Jackson (coach of the Lakers for those who don't know):
I've made up my mind. I'm leaning toward retirement and I haven't made up my mind about it yet.

Apparently he has taken a cue from Yogi Berra

[Ghoulish Delight]

While I wouldn't put it past Jackson, he does have a history of purposely enigmatic quotes, ESPN reports the quote as "I haven't made up my mind."

[BarTopDancer]

Sounds like he's taking a clue from Selanne and Neidermayer (until now /sob) too.

[Moonliner]

Another parenting milestone today...

Moonie Jr. and friend are driving to the Local Six Flags. His first park trip sans parents.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Ouch. Not exercising for a week and a half (shoulder injury) and then getting back to it = pain. My trainer even took it easy on me.

Hey, Moonie, I bet that's real exciting for Moonie JR!

[Kevy Baby]

Sooooo..... NA, how goes the abiding?

[Not Afraid]

The Dude abides.

[Moonliner]

Hey, Moonie, I bet that's real exciting for Moonie JR!

Heh. Lobster Boy had a great day of fun and sun followed by a very miserable night.

[Betty]

Heh. Lobster Boy had a great day of fun and sun followed by a very miserable night.

Awwww.... a lesson we all learn at some point. We are responsible for our own sunburn - or lack thereof. Ouch!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Poor guy. I hope he feels better soon! Aloe; lavender essential oil; and I think vinegar will help.

[Alex]

Give him a firm slap on the shoulders and say "how you feeling?" It shows the proper parental mix of concern and cluelessness.

[Kevy Baby]

This amused me:

http://mthruf.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129210277053579849.jpg

[blueerica]

Snowflake,

I love your avatar! ;)

He's my desktop @ work, to remind me that when I leave, it's Martini Time!

[€uroMeinke]

So I think I had someone else's dream last night. I was an African American living in a downtown studio apartment. I had a fight with my girlfriend the night before, and my buddy was asking about her and I didn't want to let on that I thought she had left me and my place might be empty when I got home.

Nothing about the people, place, or situation had any sense of familiarity to me, it was like I was watching things unfold inside the brain of somebody else.

[Morrigoon]

I don't suppose you also have a lightning-shaped scar over your left eye?

[€uroMeinke]

No, but I have been taking Benedryl

[BarTopDancer]

That'll do it.

I had the most vivid and bizarre dreams with Benedryl and NyQuil. I had to stop taking it after I started sleep walking to the point where I tried to leave the house.

[Kevy Baby]

I was previewing a possible trip I may be taking later this week to Minneapolis and noticed that there is an area called "Dinkytown" right by one of the places we would be going (near U of Minn). It amused me.

Dinkytown (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Dinkytown,+Minneapolis,+MN&sll=44.983059,-93.235731&sspn=0.01196,0.018067&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Dinkytown,+Minneapolis,+Minnesota&z=15)

[alphabassettgrrl]

It's a cute little neighborhood, though it's been a lot of years since I've been there. There's a Frogtown, too, I think.

Just watch out if you're in Hennepin park after dark. :)

Enjoy your [possible] trip!

[JWBear]

If you go to Nicollet Mall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicollet_Mall), make sure and toss your hat in the air!

[Alex]

Also, Minneapolis is a fairly good strip club town. Just enough prominence and not too horribly seedy.

[Mousey Girl]

I just finished babysitting for my neighbor. I had her 7 yrd old daughter since 6am. We had a delightful, laid back kind of day.

[3894]

I'm the only one logged in at LoT, yessssssssss! Now where did I put that can of spray paint? http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e192/Helen_3894/graffitijpgphppl13894l2.jpg

[Disneyphile]

I'm sitting here, transferring a lot of the crap from my PC to my portable drive, so I can do a clean install of Windows 7, since I get it for free (thanks to being a student). I'm also now reminded why I love my Mac SO much more than this thing.

Although, cleaning up the ol' PC will still be good for playing games and such. :)

[Moonliner]

I was digging up some old posts for another post (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showpost.php?p=327725&postcount=2) when I ran across this Gem from Feb of 2004:

Christening the new "Moonliner" (http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showthread.php?t=25228)

It's truly touching to think how many of the people in that 2004 tread will probably read this message as well. You are all one great bunch of friends!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I was digging up some old posts for another post (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showpost.php?p=327725&postcount=2) when I ran across this Gem from Feb of 2004:

Christening the new "Moonliner" (http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showthread.php?t=25228)

It's truly touching to think how many of the people in that 2004 tread will probably read this message as well. You are all one great bunch of friends!Kevy Baby, we need a DJ over here!

I'm passing out free candy and glowsticks, as well as hugs to everyone....

Hey, the party's called "Moonliner 2004", right? Sounds like we need some spacey trance. Bwahaha!

[Morrigoon]

I only see one name that didn't make it over here (unless someone else changed a name too). Funny how the boards change, but the friendships live on :)

[Not Afraid]

I have been sleeping in shifts - 4 hours between 2:30 and 6:30 and a nap after I get home from my early morning rounds. I'm usually pretty tired when I get back home at 10:30 or so. Today I walked in the door and went to the kitchen to turn off our house alarm only I tried to do it with the buttons on the coffee pot.

And, I was just driving a car???

[3894]

Sleep well, NA.

So, one of my daughters is doing an internship at a locally-owned newspaper. Today she had to cover a "Free Hugs" event sponsored by a New Age group. It was scheduled for the band shell area of a park.

My daughter gets there on time. No one has arrived yet. A few moments later, a young woman comes along, looking as if she's looking for someone. Thomasina goes up to her and says, "Are you here for the Free Hugs?"

The woman does a slow burn, then turns and runs away.

[Alex]

Probably be better if you charge for the hugs. Everybody knows you get what you pay for.

[3894]

Probably be better if you charge for the hugs. Everybody knows you get what you pay for.

The concept of a Free Hugs event cracks me up. #1, who charges for a hug, anyway? and #2, ew.

So, a pain-in-the-tailfeathers neighbor just died. The guy was kind of a firebug plus he hit his golfballs into other people's yards and into the street, never retrieved them. It was sort of difficult to know what to say about him dying. You can say "Yesssssss!" in your own home, if you like but you can't say it to other neighbors when they bring up the subject.

Finally found the right words: we're so very, very sorry for his family's loss. And we are. His family is nice.

Go, me!

[Alex]

Road Trip in T-Minue 4 minutes. With out of town traffic I expect the first 40 miles to take half the weekend and then do 800 miles in the other half.

Haven't decided yet where we're going but Idaho may be in my future.

[Kevy Baby]

So, a pain-in-the-tailfeathers neighbor just died. The guy was kind of a firebug plus he hit his golfballs into other people's yards and into the street, never retrieved them. It was sort of difficult to know what to say about him dying. You can say "Yesssssss!" in your own home, if you like but you can't say it to other neighbors when they bring up the subject.

Finally found the right words: we're so very, very sorry for his family's loss. And we are. His family is nice.

Go, me!That's a good response. We had "creepy neighbor guy" pass away a month or two ago. This guy was REALLY odd and creepy (he had a permanent lecherous smile on his face). We felt bad for his female companion (wife? girlfriend? ???) and used the "we're really sorry to hear about [him]" line.

But in the safety of our own home, it was a different story.

[Prudence]

So, I had an interview today. First one since September, so it was nice to have the experience. But, it was weird. It was uphill the whole way. First, they didn't think I'd be able to handle the small town, being a girl from the big city and all. Then, they didn't think I'd be able to handle being essentially a ghost writer, while the trial attorneys got all the public credit. Then, they didn't think I'd be able to help defend scumbags.

Basically I was defending myself the whole time, but I tried to be as pleasant as I could. I don't know whether there was actually incredulity that I would apply for the position (in which case, why interview me?), or whether this was a calculated approach to see how I handled myself, or whether they've been on the receiving end of this so often in court from the judge or cross-examined so many witnesses, that it was just an automatic sort of response.

Anyway, we'll see what happens. It would be right away, I think, and in Del Rio, Texas. I'm not sure how I feel about the location, but the job itself would be excellent experience and a solid step on the path of my 10-year goal. But, I'm not going to hold my breath.

I am, however, going to keep using that cover letter template.

[3894]

First, they didn't think I'd be able to handle the small town, being a girl from the big city and all.

Been there, been there, been there. Sincerest sympathies, Prudence.

[I Heart Disneyland!]

So........what I'm doing. (Aside from trying to read all of this per Wolfy, to get to know you all.) I just returned from Pike Place Market, which isn't far from where I live.

[Moonliner]

So........what I'm doing. (Aside from trying to read all of this per Wolfy, to get to know you all.) I just returned from Pike Place Market, which isn't far from where I live.

Ohh! I heart Pike Place Market! They have great bacon! (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showpost.php?p=233299&postcount=1223)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/Moonliner/P8160026.jpg

[Morrigoon]

I'm sitting around the house in my underwear. It's been awesome.

[CoasterMatt]

I am staring down an AWESOME steak that the monkeygirl made for me.

The potatoes were delicious, too.

What a wonderful day.

[Prudence]

Scamper, kittens, scamper!

[Kevy Baby]

I'm sitting around the house in my underwear. It's been awesome.Nekkid is better - I am now.

[lashbear]

Prove it ! We want pics !!

[Kevy Baby]

Prove it ! We want pics !!Alright. But, remember; you asked for it:
http://www.werbles.co.uk/images/hannah-nekkid-at-eas-180103182512.jpeg

[lashbear]

your link appears to be broken. :rolleyes:

[Moonliner]

your link appears to be broken. :rolleyes:

That might be the best news I've ever heard.

[Gemini Cricket]

your link appears to be broken. :rolleyes:
It happens to the best of us.

[CoasterMatt]

I am craving Weinerschnitzel. One more hour till foods...

[Kevy Baby]

your link appears to be broken. :rolleyes:I am not sure if you actually cannot see the image, or if you are making a reference to the image you actually CAN see.

I posted the pic at home and can see it okay at work, so I would think it should be visible for all to enjoy.

[Moonliner]

I would think it should be visible for all to enjoy.

Not for all the tea in China.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Moonie, just look. :)

[Not Afraid]

I broke my temp crown and have to go back to the dentist today at 3:30. Grrrrrrrrrrr.

[Alex]

So, I just noticed that after nearly a year Warehouse 13 is finally back for Season 2.

Glad to have, for once, learned this before missing the first episode of a season.

[JWBear]

Today sucks.

[BarTopDancer]

So, I just noticed that after nearly a year Warehouse 13 is finally back for Season 2.

Glad to have, for once, learned this before missing the first episode of a season.

Good show?

[CoasterMatt]

While walking back to the office from lunch, I saw a guy wearing Mickey Mouse ears. It was just so random and weird.

[Alex]

Good show?

No, but I like it anyway.

[MouseWife]

Aw. I know where Not Afraid is right now.

[Prudence]

Sleeping kitten on my arm. He's been purring non-stop for close to 30 minutes.

[JWBear]

Stick a fork in me and put me in a bun. I'm done!

[Strangler Lewis]

For a second there, I assumed the last post was a response to the second to last post.

[Kevy Baby]

We are are going to Minneapolis and Des Moines on business this week (wee!). Since the boss is going, we are staying at the W Minneapolis - The Foshay (http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3019). Not bad...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Foshay, foshizzle!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Hope you get a chance to have some fun. Minneapolis is a great city. The Foshay used to be the tallest building in the city until they built the IDS but the Foshay is much prettier.

[Kevy Baby]

While searching for pics for another thread, I ran across this image. I would like to get this blown up and framed to hang on my wall:

http://imgs2.obviousmag.org/archives/uploads/2008/08062204_blog.uncovering.org_fotografia.jpg

[SzczerbiakManiac]

we are staying at the W Minneapolis - The Foshay (http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3019). Not bad...Meh! Nothing can beat The Gobbler (http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel/intro.html)!

[Capt Jack]

Sleeping kitten on my arm. He's been purring non-stop for close to 30 minutes.

I do believe that after 10 min, its considered snoring

:cool:

[alphabassettgrrl]

Cat/dog acclimatization project appears to be a success. Kitten has come in from outside, voluntarily, for the second day in a row. Before, she would never come in on her own, even for canned food.

[JWBear]

"Johnny Reb's for dinner tonight. Johnny Reb's for dinner tonight. Johnny Reb's for dinner tonight."

This is the mantra that is getting me through the day.

"Johnny Reb's for dinner tonight. Johnny Reb's for dinner tonight. Johnny Reb's for dinner tonight."

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I love their hushpuppies!

[Betty]

While searching for pics for another thread, I ran across this image. I would like to get this blown up and framed to hang on my wall:

http://imgs2.obviousmag.org/archives/uploads/2008/08062204_blog.uncovering.org_fotografia.jpg

I love this. It's like the mommy shirt and daddy shirt got together and made a baby.

[CoasterMatt]

I'm here from 1030a-8p today. Bored silly.

[Alex]

I love this. It's like the mommy shirt and daddy shirt got together and made a baby.

Not sure if you know, but that was the intent of the photographer. I don't know if it was a posed shot but it is by René Maltête, who was famous for his witty photographic compositions. You can see more of hi stuff (not sure if that one is there) here (http://rene.maltete.com/main.php).

I'm fond of:

http://rene.maltete.com/main.php?g2_itemId=70

http://rene.maltete.com/main.php?g2_itemId=79

http://rene.maltete.com/main.php?g2_itemId=85

http://rene.maltete.com/main.php?g2_itemId=148

You'll be fond of

http://rene.maltete.com/main.php?g2_itemId=89


ETA: The "you'll be fond of" link was because for some reason I thought I was responding to Kevy Baby.

[blueerica]

I love Johnny Reb's. So delicious.

I could go for some BBQ.

[Kevy Baby]

ETA: The "you'll be fond of" link was because for some reason I thought I was responding to Kevy Baby.An understandable mistake: people confuse Betty and I all the time. I think it is the boobs.

[CoasterMatt]

People confuse Kevy Baby and I all the time. I think it is the boobs.

[Disneyphile]

Moobs. Man boobs are called Moobs.

[Kevy Baby]

First there was scratch and sniff, now there is the Peel 'n Taste strip (http://printing.it-enquirer.com/2010/06/22/fipp-magazine-world-showcases-peel-n-taste-strip/).

Since Hustler did a scratch and sniff centerfold a couple of times, I wonder if Larry Flint will try this one?

[Prudence]

If you're going to be in Des Moines, you should drive up to Ames and visit Hickory Park. (http://www.hickoryparkames.com/)

[Kevy Baby]

If you're going to be in Des Moines, you should drive up to Ames and visit Hickory Park. (http://www.hickoryparkames.com/)It's possible that I may have a two week visit to Des Moines in September - I will have to remember this (as I am sure I will be dying for things to do!).

But there is not any free time this visit.

[Prudence]

It's possible that I may have a two week visit to Des Moines in September - I will have to remember this (as I am sure I will be dying for things to do!).

I can definitely recommend some things to do. If you go to Hickory Park, you have to have the Saucy Southerner. Sadly, you'll miss the Iowa State Fair.

[Morrigoon]

Wow, I LOVE that photography! Although the original beach image is still my fave (but ya gotta love the fencing artist)

[JWBear]

Johnny Reb's therapy complete.

[JWBear]

Saw a church in Bellflower called The Journey Worship Center, and thought "they were a good band, but not that good..."

[Alex]

Reposted from LJ so some may see this twice.

I'm trying to make good on my intent to get out and about more often, followed up last weeks road trip with a day-trip. So we pointed at a random spot on the map we haven't been to before and so went down to Pinnacles National Monument.

Of course, it was a bad idea to decide to make a first trip in July, but we're stupid rebels.

The drive itself (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=112241825057303848967.00048aa4da333ba9588ab&ll=36.897194,-121.201172&spn=1.642943,3.56781&t=h&z=9) was fun, CA-25 is a pleasant drive through rolling valleys and then cutting over from Pinnacles to Monterey offers some good winding travel.

At Pinnacles, since it was over 100 degrees and most trails are completely exposed we just did the short Bear Gulch Reservoir trail, which is about a mile out and then another back with only a few hundred feet of elevation change. Anyway, some pictures from that.


Getting up to Bear Gulch required not only climbing along the rocks

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4783169616_868f2f7337_b.jpg

but also through the rocks

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4783171818_edde16b5ed_b.jpg

and even under the rocks.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4782539777_7e47a7a378_b.jpg

But once at the top, after all the heat and dry, the reservoir itself is a welcome sight.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4782543053_a02171e2b4_b.jpg

However, it may not be a good place if you have a couple specific phobias. The edge of the reservoir was home to literally thousands of dragonflies,

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4782542075_de67c84866_b.jpg

though we learned that the smaller ones were actually damselflies (the main difference being kind of like butterflies versus moths, in whether they hold their wings open or closed when at rest).

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4782540355_c5ecdb41fc_b.jpg

The marshy edge of the reservoir was also pretty active with snakes.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4783177792_6b00a3bcb1_b.jpg

They were all common garter snakes but I don't suppose that matters to someone who doesn't like snakes. Even if, at the first sign of trouble they headed into the water.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4783174718_5cb5ed4ec6_b.jpg

[alphabassettgrrl]

Wow- I'm amazed you were able to catch pictures of the snakes. Nice shots of the rocks and reservoir, too!

[BarTopDancer]

Gah! Snakes? :(

[Kevy Baby]

Great shots Alex - thanks for sharing

[Kevy Baby]

I'm not sure if this is going to survive being reduced down to avatar size, so I will post the full size image:

[Kevy Baby]

LOL

[Alex]

Gah! Snakes? :(

If it helps, don't think of them as snakes, think of them as more attractive squirrels.

[Not Afraid]

Great pics, Alex. i love to see snakes swimming. It somehow doesn't seem possible.

[JWBear]

I'm not sure if this is going to survive being reduced down to avatar size, so I will post the full size image:

There is no way those aren't men in drag!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm not sure if this is going to survive being reduced down to avatar size, so I will post the full size image:Jesus, use me, because no one else will :evil:

[Tref]

Jesus, use me, because no one else will :evil:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z1/Tref_foto/fozie.jpg

[BarTopDancer]

If it helps, don't think of them as snakes, think of them as more attractive squirrels.

Not really. At least it wasn't a clown holding a snake.

[alphabassettgrrl]

New-hound had his first dog-training session tonight.

I think the dog trainer wanted to throttle him. He's impossible. Stubborn. Not gonna play the game.

Stinker.

I feel a little better that it's not just us. He actually is a difficult dog. We'll get there. I *will* win.

[Ghoulish Delight]

When I heard that M.I.A has a new album coming out, my first thought was apathy, feeling kinda burned out on her.

Then I heard "Born Free".

I need the album.

You can hear it, as well as track from other upcoming summer albums, here (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128337559) (Junip, and the new Of Montreal album have my interest).

[SzczerbiakManiac]

http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/attachment.php?attachmentid=1481&stc=1&d=1278867700I'm not going to say who, but I think the one on the left looks a LoT like someone on this board. (not the hair, of course, the face)

[Alex]

The one on the right is a young Stephen Frye in '50s drag.

[Moonliner]

*sigh*

Company is coming. Time to vacuum the guest room, change the sheets perhaps put out some fresh flowers..... Or at least that's how I expect things work in "normal" world.

Here in my world, it's time to paint, install carpet, find and assemble all the parts of the beds, buy some new sheets and guest towels, install a new shower-head, towel rack, put the doors back on and clear out about 10 years of crap that's accumulated in the basement.

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv243/stevesphotobook/android/img_20100710_142755-1.jpg

But not to worry, they don't arrive until noon tomorrow.

[Snowflake]

Moonie, I'll buy your tickets to the WDFM if you wanna come help me paint my living room, dining room (LR 20x25 and 12 foot ceilings, DR 10x2)
:p
I'll throw in the 50 cent tour of San Francisco, too.

[Alex]

This is why I suspect I'll always live in a 1-bedroom apartment no matter how much I can afford much more.

If I had enough space that any part of it was usable as guest space then I suspect at some point I'd be stupid enough to invite someone to use it.

So my personal motto: Just get the space you personally need, it helps in the task of keeping friends and family at arms' length.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

So my personal motto: Just get the space you personally need, it helps in the task of keeping friends and family at arms' length.From the other side of the spectrum: Seems my pining for more entertaining space gets more acute as the years pass, especially as our underwater status leaves us no choice in the housing market at this time. Now, there's no place to entertain more than two of Theo's future friends, and without a yard that option will be extremely limited as they get older. I do dearly love our condo, but....

[mousepod]

I have to say that having extra space is really wonderful. The place we live in now is the first house either one of us has owned, and we made sure that there was ample room to entertain and even have friends/family stay over. There were more than 30 people over on the 4th, and it never felt crowded (to me, at least). We'll be paying off our mortgage for decades, but I have no regrets.

[Alex]

Social anxiety is something I've mostly shed over the years, but when it rears its head is when it involves people coming into my home.

What I said above was mostly intended as a joke. I'd never reject more space simply because it makes it impractical to play host, but it is a nice side benefit of not having any (the reason we generally reject it is that we can't really justify taking more space than we need; as long as I'm good about keeping it clean our extra-large dorm room is more than enough for my needs).

[Kevy Baby]

For those who don't follow me on Twitter, or missed these the first time around, I wanted to present some of the highlights of a trip I made to the Mid West last week (I flew into Minneapolis on Thursday, drove down to Des Moines on Friday, flew home Saturday morning).

First, we visited a Go-Pher Stop

http://home.mindspring.com/%7Edirectprintkevin/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/go-pher.jpg.w560h297.jpg

In addition to gasoline and the standard convenience store fare, one could also get a Midwest taquito (our term), which is basically a hot dog wrapped in a corn tortilla:

http://home.mindspring.com/%7Edirectprintkevin/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/taquitos.jpg.w560h409.jpg

In addition to the above, apparently this location was also an "Official Big Game Registration Station."

And the fishing is pretty good too as evidenced by the big fish out front:

http://home.mindspring.com/%7Edirectprintkevin/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/fish.jpg.w300h400.jpg

Later on down the highway, I woke from a nap as we were pulling into a place that at first I feared was some sort of kinky sex place, but turned out to be another gas/convenience store (the name may be NSFW for some):

http://home.mindspring.com/%7Edirectprintkevin/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/kum-n-go.jpg.w560h247.jpg

And finally, our final gas stop was at:

http://home.mindspring.com/%7Edirectprintkevin/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/git-n-go.jpg.w300h268.jpg

[Chernabog]

This is the best quote on the iPad ever:

Hayao Miyazaki on the iPad: "It's disgusting. On trains, the number of those people doing that strange masturbation-like gesture is multiplying."

[€uroMeinke]

Creepy yet compelling - Picture from a Love Doll factory (http://caneparidoesitbetter.com/2010/07/08/love-machine/)

http://caneparidoesitbetter.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/realdolls01.jpg?w=700&h=700

[Moonliner]

*whew!*

Made it by the hair of my chinny chin chin.

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv243/stevesphotobook/android/img_20100713_130704.jpg


Before
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv243/stevesphotobook/android/img_20100710_142755-1.jpg

[mousepod]

Good going, Moonie!

[flippyshark]

Does Miyazaki feel the same way about all touchscreen devices?

And does it really look like that's what I'm doing?:blush:

[CoasterMatt]

Looks great, Moonliner- wanna come help with our middle room?

[Moonliner]

Good going, Moonie!

Thanks. I'm probably the only one who'll ever notice the room is painted Lot-Teal. :D

[Kevy Baby]

This is the best quote on the iPad ever:

Hayao Miyazaki on the iPad: "It's disgusting. On trains, the number of those people doing that strange masturbation-like gesture is multiplying."

Does Miyazaki feel the same way about all touchscreen devices?

And does it really look like that's what I'm doing?:blush:I have to admit I am not sure of what gesture is being referred to: does it have something to do with the "pose" one often strikes with your head down and your hands in your lap?

I am so clueless. Me and Alicia Silverstone are likethis

[Alex]

Maybe he assumes everybody is lacking in size. I can only think of that pose where they're sitting with it in their lap, fingers constantly flexing as they do the pinching gesture to expand and shrink what's on the screen.

Or maybe it is just leaving it in your lap and causing it to vibrate.

[Not Afraid]

I was at Home Depot buying lumber for my raised bed. I left and was in the parking lot when someone set off a M80. Scared the bejesus out of me and hurt my ears. The asshole was nowhere to be found.

The funny thing is that NO ONE from HD even stopped to investigate. The guy retrieving carts from the lot was in a different world. He walked righ past me and my just-emptied basket. Do people regularly go around this clueless?

[Moonliner]

Does Miyazaki feel the same way about all touchscreen devices?

And does it really look like that's what I'm doing?:blush:

And he says it like that's a bad thing....

[alphabassettgrrl]

Nice job, Moonie!

NA- yes, I think people are that clueless. Kind of sad, really, but they don't seem to want to engage with the world.

[Chernabog]

This is the best quote on the iPad ever:

Hayao Miyazaki on the iPad: "It's disgusting. On trains, the number of those people doing that strange masturbation-like gesture is multiplying."

I have to admit I am not sure of what gesture is being referred to: does it have something to do with the "pose" one often strikes with your head down and your hands in your lap?

I am so clueless. Me and Alicia Silverstone are likethis

Pretty sure he's referring to the scrolling action on the iPad, where you stroke your finger up and down gently over the screen. It looks a lot like you're turning Japanese.

[Alex]

Dang, I didn't know I was only supposed to use one outstretched finger. Been doing it wrong all these years.

[Kevy Baby]

And he says it like that's a bad thing....Yeah: we could all just be trying to beat cancer (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=5126)!

Pretty sure he's referring to the scrolling action on the iPad, where you stroke your finger up and down gently over the screen. It looks a lot like you're turning Japanese.Ah

Dang, I didn't know I was only supposed to use one outstretched finger. Been doing it wrong all these years.But I'll bet you're cancer free!

[Alex]

I'll take that bet! What odds you offering?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah: we could all just be trying to beat cancer (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=5126)!
If you're holding a cellular device in your lap, you're probably balancing out any benefit.

[Chernabog]

Dang, I didn't know I was only supposed to use one outstretched finger. Been doing it wrong all these years.

It's not the finger part, it's what the rest of the hand looks like it's doing. Well, I guess it could be the finger part, if you have a lady part. But I wouldn't know a thing about that.

[lashbear]

Hehehehehehehe. Cherny said "Lady Part"

[JWBear]

I've been digging through my family history on Ancestry.com.

I discovered that I'm descended from French royalty through one of the sons of Charles the Mad. Cool.

(Don't worry. I won't make you all bow or curtsy in my presence.)

[Gemini Cricket]

Ancestry.com
I try to steer clear of that site. They're closely affiliated with the LDS church. I'd never give them money.



Oh, I though that GD closed this thread instead of the other So.... thread. At first, I was all like 'who did what now?'
:D

[Ghoulish Delight]

Crap, did I post in the wrong one again?!! Stupid firefox smart bar....time to go move a post.

[Ghoulish Delight]

"I want the idea that questions can be feared because of the answers they might produce to baffle my kids. I want them to find hilariously silly the idea that certain lines of thought cannot even be pursued lest they be caught."

-Dale McGowan.

[Ghoulish Delight]

This may be the greatest news in the history of man. Should this (http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dpt-0714-innout-20100713,0,3665226.story) come to fruition, I will be working exactly half way between an In-n-Out and a Sonic, with about .5 miles to each.

A simple 2 mile round trip journey will be all that is required to assemble perfection (Double Double animal style, Tots, Strawberry Creamslush). It's almost too wonderful to imagine.

[Alex]

I've never even at Sonic. On a solo road trip last year I came upon one. There were no cars in the parking lot and I couldn't figure out how to make food come out so I left. So I didn't even get close enough to find out if they actually have anything I'd want to eat (their commercials never show anything).

[Ghoulish Delight]

I've eaten there twice now. Their burgers are so-so, I prefer In-n-out's (I know that doesn't tell you much, Alex, since you don't like In-n-out's). I've heard the hot dogs are better.

But I just love the very idea of being served tater tots in my car, and the creamslushies are divine.

[Alex]

(I know that doesn't tell you much, Alex, since you don't like In-n-out's).

I have no opinion on In-n-Out's hamburgers and am fine with the idea that they're good. I've not eaten beef in almost 20 years so I've never had an In-n-Out hamburger.

It is their french fries (essentially the only thing I can eat there) that I don't like. They may be the best of class for that style of french fry, I just don't care for that style. Good french fries are necessarily a heavily process food item.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Weird, I had you filed in my mind as having said you don't like 'em. Wonder who I have you confused with (and duh, I knew you don't eat beef).

Agreed re: fries. Which is why the option to pair the superior burger with the much preferable tots is so alluring.

[BarTopDancer]

I had In n Out for lunch. It was amazing.

[Gemini Cricket]

Alex is on the outs with In-N-Out.

[Kevy Baby]

Alex is on the outs with In-N-Out.What gave you the INsight to that?

[Gemini Cricket]

Female INtuition.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Alex is on the outs with In-N-Out.Shouldn't it be the other way around? Or is my notion of being "on the outs with" backwards?

That is, unless In-N-Out has something against Alex...perhaps the bible references under the cups don't like his atheist stance.

[Gemini Cricket]

Shouldn't it be the other way around? Or is my notion of being "on the outs with" backwards?

That is, unless In-N-Out has something against Alex...perhaps the bible references under the cups don't like his atheist stance.
No idea. I think it. I type it. 50% of the time it makes sense.
:D

And don't get me started on god's ad placements on their cups. Sheesh.
;) :D

[JWBear]

I try to steer clear of that site. They're closely affiliated with the LDS church. I'd never give them money.



Oh, I though that GD closed this thread instead of the other So.... thread. At first, I was all like 'who did what now?'
:D

14 day free trial! :D

[Gemini Cricket]

14 day free trial! :D
Smart bear.
:)

[innerSpaceman]

Wow, note to self: Read the Soooo thread more often; catching up is dizzying.

[JWBear]

I remember when they gave out free "In-n-Out Burgers" bumper stickers, and people would cut out the "B" and "rs"....

I think that's why they don't give them out anymore...

[JWBear]

Smart bear.
:)

And, as an act of subversiveness, I added Bill as my spouse.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Hmm, I think I'm still against using ancestry.com at all, even if it's for free. They can still claim you as one of their users to show how much traffic they get.

[Gemini Cricket]

Hmm, I think I'm still against using ancestry.com at all, even if it's for free. They can still claim you as one of their users to show how much traffic they get.
Yeppers.
:)

That would be like that one religion that baptizes people posthumously. Oh wait...

[alphabassettgrrl]

Where are some other (non-LDS) sites that have the same level of geneology info? It's the only site I've found that admits my family exists.

[Alex]

They have biblical references on the bottom of their cups? I had no idea, and I have been there a few times when Lani wanted them enough to eat when I couldn't.

[Alex]

Where are some other (non-LDS) sites that have the same level of geneology info? It's the only site I've found that admits my family exists.

None. If you want extensive genealogy information at some point you're going to end up working with sources that ultimately trace to them. They have a greater incentive for thoroughness than anybody else.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Meh. Thought I'd ask. I've found lots of geneology sites, but nothing that I've found to be useful.

[Prudence]

My family already did a bunch of genealogy research for me. I think there's one line going back to 790. In what is now Switzerland, which is the origin of my last name. Because I was genetically designed to be climbing the Swiss Alps with a cow over my shoulders.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch: KITTENS! They are full of purr. They appear to like us. Sasha has begun to tolerate them.

[BarTopDancer]

Most of our records were lost in the war. I have some semblance of a family tree from my mom's side but nothing on my dad's.

It bothers me that the LDS are arrogant enough to baptize posthumously but I don't believe it's doing anyone any good. Isn't a big part of being "saved" accepting Jesus as your savior? If you're dead how can you?

When the time comes, if ancestrydotcom is my only decent option it's what it will have to be. My desire to know more overrules my disdain for their practices.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Yeah, I think the posthumous baptism is stupid at best, and possibly insulting. But yeah, I want to know. We know the family that was in the US but I want to know where we came from in Finland/Sweden.

[BarTopDancer]

I just finished the last episode of Farscape (still have the movie, will watch that tomorrow). Holy frell.

[JWBear]

Say what you will about their LDS connections, but Ancestry.com is the bomb! I've found far more information about my family in just a couple of evenings than I had in the couple of years I was previously pursuing it.

Just tonight, I found an image of the passenger list from the ship that brought my Mother's family over from Wales in 1886.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm surprised at you, JW. Ancestry.com is a major tool of the Mormon church. And aren't you just a little bit creeped out that the Mormon church has done so much research about YOUR family, before you or anyone you are related to even visited the site?

[Alex]

Why would that be creepy? There are a lot people related to people on that boat other than just JW.

But even if the research was done so that they could invoke their name in a meaningless ceremony, that doesn't strike me as any more creepy than who alive now would be the king of Montenegro if that monarchy still existed.

And having used Ancestry.com in the past, it isn't generally the case that you type in your own name and say "ok, what is my family tree back 19 generations." It is more that it provides access to the data records that allows you to make the connections.

So, for example, it has scans of the microfiches that lets me see my mom's original birth certificate where her dad's full name is listed with date of birth. And then I am able to use that to find another scan with his birth certificate and parents names. And a search finds that his mom's name is in an Ellis Island record listing X as her country of origin, and then...

Yes, you can find family trees already made, but that assumes someone who took the time to draw all the connections and therefore probably had some personal interest.

My mom, who is apparently now Mormon spent time last summer just validating the OCR transcription of the 1910 census data for Merced County. No connection at all but also not drawing any explicit genealogical connections. Simply making sure the data was effectively searchable.

[katiesue]

My dad's family has already been pretty extensively researched. My Mom's not as much but we do have paperwork so we can join the DAR should we choose to do so.

For Dad's I can just go to the county cemetery and go back at least 4-5 generations. I think I'm 6th generation to be born in Lassen County.

My Mom got all into family history (only it was my Dad's family and not his biological/real family which is puzzling) the last 10 years or so. I've got a bunch of different files on it.

It's all kind of interesting. I think Daniel Boone is our most famous ancestor. Otherwise not a hugely famous bunch.

[Alex]

My mom sends me an email every once in a while with some genealogical discovery.

I haven't been able to properly convey how little I care about who my ancestors were, unless I've met them in person in which case I don't need research. Not that I'm trying hard since I fear that an a serious attempt would lead us into a god conversation and I don't think that would go as well now as it did when we last had one 21 years ago.

[JWBear]

I'm surprised at you, JW. Ancestry.com is a major tool of the Mormon church. And aren't you just a little bit creeped out that the Mormon church has done so much research about YOUR family, before you or anyone you are related to even visited the site?

As Alex said, it's not the LDS church that's doing the research, it's individual members of the site. So no, I'm not creeped out. I'm finding a ton of information about my family; and I'm trying to gather as much as I can before the free 14 day trial runs out.

I traced my maternal grandmother's line (Hill) back to a John Hill who arrived in Plymouth Colony sometime in the 1620's. He wasn't on the Mayflower, but must have come on one of the subsequent ships. He was married in Plymouth Mass in 1629.

Bill's family arrived in Virginia in 1648. There is a book about the eary families of Virginia. His family has their own chapter.

[Prudence]

So. Sick. of sending out job applications. Hire me already!

[Morrigoon]

What 14 day free trial?

[BarTopDancer]

What 14 day free trial?

The one that is on the front page of their site...

Included is:
All the tools you need to build, grow and share your family tree online
The ability to upload photos, documents and stories to your tree
Shared access to your tree for family members

ADC seems to be more data aggregation then a bunch of people in the LDS church spending hours researching the population.

Paying for the membership is similar to paying a convenience fee for a service so you don't have to do leg work that will take years.

If the time ever comes when I use the service I'll donate an equal, if not more amount to a cause that the LDS is against.

[€uroMeinke]

For Flippy & BTD

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5i93j9DQy1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg

[flippyshark]

Where is this? I want one.

[Moonliner]

Where is this? I want one.

Down the street from me at Discovery channel HQ.

[BarTopDancer]

I can't see it at work :(

[Strangler Lewis]

Too soon.

[RStar]

That's one bigass shark!

[lashbear]

Sooooo..... Where IS everyone?? Here it is, Sunday afternoon 3pm on the 18th of July, and None of you are posting???

There's nothing special that I can think of about the 18th of July, so what gives ????


And YES, I'm jealous, so THERE. :p

[wendybeth]

Me too, Lashbear!:( Still, I'm pretty happy for my friends, and I think the nom de plume I came up with for Steve on the 50th still holds: Social Imagineer! :D Major kudos- looks like a wonderful time, and what a fabulous suite! Makes me sad they are going to get rid of it.

[Morrigoon]

Yeah, uhh... I don't know what to say without pouring salt on the wound.

I'm sure people are still there now.

[MouseWife]

While I wish I were there, I am so happy for everyone who was. AND how nice of them to take the time to share the photos and the stories!! I love it!!

I can dream.........

[Disneyphile]

It is such an awesome day!!!! WHEEEEEEEEE! :D

[MouseWife]

Teresa, I have to comment on your squirrel photo. I crack up every time I see it.

When I was up in WA visiting my sis in law, out on the lawn by her curb was a dead squirrel. It looked like it had been standing up and just keeled over. I had to keep fighting the urge to prop it up as a lawn ornament. For two or three days that squirrel was there. Every time I went to the car I almost instinctively propped it up.

I like your squirrel much better. :0)

[Disneyphile]

Hee-hee! Thanks. :)

This squirrel is a resident of the Walt Disney Studios. My friend took it.

The squirrels who live there eat SO much and have no fear of humans, so they literally just lie around everywhere.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Every time I went to the car I almost instinctively propped it up.
Did you ever think to somehow dispose of it? I find this bizarre on a few levels.

[alphabassettgrrl]

DP- I saw a squirrel in WDW do that when I was down there. So bizarre.

[MouseWife]

Teresa, that does look like one fat, contented cat.

Jenny, no, not really. This is up in WA where things are a bit different than here. My sis in law said that someone would come and pick it up. It was not to go in her compost, nor could it be recycled.

It was really difficult for us, how much they recycled. After 3 months, she said she took 3 grocery sized bags to the trash place {??}. Paper trash was burned in a pit at night {while we enjoyed a wonderful fire}, they used mostly fresh foods, not processed, not a lot of packaging.

It really made us think of how much trash we generate. That is off of the topic, though, but the animals routinely would be picked up, from what she told me. A lot of critters in her hood. She had a bunch of chickens herself. A bunch of fat, juicy chickens. :0) Every morning, our little 4 year old cousin would get a little basket and go outside and hunt for the eggs.

[Prudence]

It smells strongly of wood smoke at the moment. Very bizarre.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Cool, I understand about the recycling etc, but to have a dead animal rotting for days...I would have called animal control or something.

[MouseWife]

I think it wasn't too badly decomposing. He just looked like he was sleeping. It was freezing up there!! As well as raining. I'd imagine someone in the household called. We left so I don't know how long it took for them to remove it. I am curious, though, myself.

We'd like to maybe go live up there eventually. Removal of dead animals in a timely manner would be tops on my list.

[CoasterMatt]

Now this thread has me singing "Dead Puppies" in the office...

[Alex]

It would never occur to me to call anybody about a dead animal in or near the road unless it was a hazard (like something deer sized) or a domestic animal.

Definitely not over a dead squirrel. If it's presence bothered me I might throw it into a bush.

But then I've watched many rabbits, owls, pigeons, and squirrels go through the complete consumption/decomposition process on my walks to the train station every morning. Squirrel tails and the rabbits' feet last the longest.

[Cynthia]

Alex you should grab those tails and make yourself a bitchen hat! :D

[Alex]

I had enough of squirrel tails when I was a kid. One our cats was a master squirrel hunter (and also a brilliant butterfly-in-flight sniper) and that's the part she'd bring home and deposit on the living room floor to showcase her brilliance.

[MouseWife]

Oh gosh. So glad my sis in law didn't have a cat to drag this in!! I think a neighbors cat may have killed the squirrel.

Since you put it that way, I wonder if that is what she was intending, to let it decompose and 'recycle' itself into the ground?

And, I wonder what us neighborhood type people do. A mouse, sure, toss it in the trash. But a cat or squirrel? Do those go into the trash?

[CoasterMatt]

No silly, they go in the NEIGHBORS trash :evil: