So, here I am on campus during the day time. Mid-day, in fact. And boy is there a different vibe than in the evening. I'm only 31, but I feel so old right now I'm wondering where my walker is. Everything is all giggles and struts and these kids do not have a clue which end is up.

But I think my favorite part of the day so far was listening to two study group members discuss where they were going to meet to study tomorrow. Member A wanted to meet in the undergrad library so that other students wouldn't overhear them studying and thereby maybe do better than them on the exam. The exam based on the same material everyone read and/or heard in class. And not only that, Member A didn't even want to come out and say this, for fear THAT give away her secret plan to study in a cone of silence, but Member B didn't get what she was hinting at so she had to spill (while giving me a sideways glance.)

This sort of thing does not occur to evening students. At least it doesn't occur to me. I do not have time to worry about what the hell other people are doing. Furthermore, while I understand the mandatory curve, that doesn't mean I have to be an ass about it. I have enough faith in my own abilities that I don't mind sharing my outlines or whatever. If it's an essay exam, odds are I'm going to write the pants off you regardless.

It's just silly. I feel like I'm stuck at a junior high right now.

Chris is at O'Hare and it seems his flight may even leave on time. Miracle of miracles.

And, they're complete pigs. While we were at lunch, another group used this classroom - and left all their garbage everywhere. Because, of course, their mothers will be along shortly to pick up after them.

This just isn't right...

Thanks to a screw up with payroll, I'm not attending a Mutaytor show tonight with my buddy Bornieo... :mad:

Well, lucky you, your buddy managed to swing by your house, and take you to the show! What a guy!

Everyone missed out on an AMAZING show! I can't begin to tell you all how incredible this show was. Lucky they were filming a DVD. ;) Trip report sometime tomorrow and pictures eventually! :)

It's 5:30 AM, and I got home from the Mutaytor show about 2:40 AM, and I start work at 8:30 AM - WOOHOO!

Absolutely awesome show, people watching extraordinaire!

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU Bornieo!!!

What's Mutaytor? :confused:

And all this time, I assumed he was wearing his bathing suit:

I was wondering the same thing (from the title, I thought it might be some new metal band, but I didn't that was up their alley). Looked at the Mutaytor web site: actually looks kinda interesting. Check out the short promo video (there is a longer one on the site as well).

I think more people should use the word "chow" for "food".
I also think more people should use the word "crumbum" for "jerk".

One of the Mutaytor members is John Avila, former bassist of Oingo Boingo.

There's a thread around here somewhere on the subject.

Or maybe it's just stuck in the Misc. Movie Musings thread. ;)

I posted a brief review!

http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/...d.php?p=106390

3 member of Oingo Boingo were there. Just amazing stuff! I was blown away!

The Mutaytor owns my soul... I had the best time last night, and other than a tiny whiff of second hand pot smoke, it was just pure fun energy.

So, the house is relatively clean, dinner is made and now awaiting my dinner guests. Then, once dinner is over and we've enjoyed ourselve, I can't wait for the dinner to be over, I'm exhausted!

I'm home - for all of three hours. Then, it's back out to the puppy mill for me.

Also, my diabetic dog who's been "circling the drain" for a while took a turn for the worse yesterday. I'm beginning to think if the owner is crossing the line into inhumane action by keeping him alive.

Something in my fridge/freezer gave out last night and I woke up to a freezer full of melted food and a fridge full of barely cool veggies. Thankgoodness there's no meat in it.

Where are the donuts? Why has no one brought the donuts??!!?!

Donuts on Friday's only!

No, donuts Monday, bagels Friday.

But our donut guy is on vacation this week, and it seems the standard emergency donut backup plan has failed! I was forced to get a Pop Tart from the vending machine. This is not a good Monday.

So- we bought a water softener/filter for the house. Not a cheap purchase but we were sold on the demonstration. Filter was installed last Thursday- results since then?

-water tastes horrible- like it's been sitting out getting stale.
-the upstairs shower no longer works- no water pressure or worse.

The manual is un-clear- especially on the time schedule for maintenance we have to perform. The rep gave us gifts- "gifts" that have NO info on how to use them at all. Just flyers about the gifts.

Message has been left- so far message has not been returned. We are not happy- and Saturday at midnight was the deadline to cancel the transaction.

AUGH!

Just thinking of a pop tart gives me a headache!
I need an emergency donut back up plan!
Of course, my favored glazed old fashioned has far more sugar than any pop tart. :) Wish I had one right now

Oh now that is a bummer, I hope you get things worked out!

I so want a donut now! :(

P.S. There are no real bagels on the West Coast.

:D

You mean the goji berry, organic, green tea bagel is not authentic?

Not true; have you tried La Brea Bagels?

Or Western Bagels?

Yes and yes.
Gong.

Signed,
One who lived on the East Coast bagel snob
:D

Well, I lived on the east coast and let me tell you, no bagels in VA. They were springy and bread like and not chewy NY bagel goodness. But, I've had some very good bagels in SF. The Bagelry is very close, though

You ever notice how people who can't stand living on the East coast move to the West coast and complain about how everything isn't as good as on the East coast?

:p

I'm a CA native, I merely had a mid-life-crisis and ran away from home!

It's worse than that. I'm from Hawai'i and almost everything's better there.
:D

Um, you guys put BEANS in your sno-cones!

Yeah, poor East Coasters. I bet they just HATE that balmy 70 degree November weather they get. :evil:

well- so far so good. They are coming out tomorrow or Wednesday to check the plumbing problem and the taste problem- and no argument. The lady I spoke to seemed to be very understanding-so- let's hope!

Just got back from NYC at 3 a.m. -- and I didn't hate it! LOL, actually hubby was afraid that I would because I've complained bitterly about how so many of his transplanted NYC friends b!tch about L.A. all the time; I find that coastal rivalry tiresome and pointless. I hate that territorialism and have worked hard to not contribute to it. I've learned to just bite my tongue when people put L.A. (or any other area down). So I'm not going to argue, but I will say that the b!tching is annoying, no matter which coast you're on...

But so anyway, I really enjoyed the city, and hubby found that my outsider's perspective enriched his visit to a place he thought he knew well. And my refusal to engage in teh coastal warfare actually helped him realize how much he's come to love home too. Of course it helps that both of us agree that Barcelona is the bestest city in the world! :)

Mmmm azuki beans. Yum.
:)

I won't knock it till I try it, but..........

Why is it 94 3 days from Thanksgiving?

As someone who lived in NY for 15 years, the only thing I have ever complained about here is the lack of good east coast food. If I could find a good knish, Italian ice, or Sicilian pizza, you would never hear another complaint from my mouth.

It's the only thing I truly miss about living there. And no, there is no truly good pizza here. Nada.

I second the nada pizza comment.

See, while it's perfectly understandable that you miss good east coast food, I don't understand the complaining? This is the west coast! I call this complaining the "Amsterdam guacamole" syndrome: when I was 14 and we were living outside of Amsterdam I was really craving Mexican food so we went to this place called "Taco Tree." Needless to say, the food, particularly the guacamole, was nearly unrecognisable. I was initially upset, but then realized that I had an unrealistic expectation of getting authentic Mexican food in the Netherlands.

Since then I've tried the guacamole in Spain, France, Ireland and here in the States in New Hampshire, Georgia, North Carolina and I can't even remember where else...and OF COURSE it does not taste like that lovely green mushy stuff from the Southwest that I know and love. I've stopped expecting it to...like I've stopped ordering it! Now I enjoy exploring the local cuisine of whichever town I'm in. No more "Amsterdam guacamole" sadness!

Oh and pizza? It's a matter of taste of course, but I prefer Chicago-style. Hot dogs too. I was careful to not mention that in New York! :D Man, we had some great pub food though!

Well at least OJ isn't gonna get his TV time and Book released.
Jerk!

That's good news!

Well, the cable guy has two hours to get here and then we'll have HD and DVR! Wooooooo-hoooo! Okay, we haven't bought the HD TV yet, but we're on our way...;)

I miss the pallid tasteless tomatoes I grew up on in New York in the '60s and '70s.

I'm going to publicly mojo lizzie for her anti-coastism stance. Yes, NY has NY pizza. Yes, CA has CA churros. Why complain about what is missing? NY isn't LA, or vice-versa.

And, good god... If you think life in Los Angeles or NYC is missing some of your favorite things, thank your choice of deity that you didn't grow up in the midwest. Before the nineties, it had little ethnic food of ANY kind. (I grew up eating la choi "stir fry" and calling it asian food. Tacos consisted of hamburger with "taco seasoning," or pepper.) But living there isn't about the availability of ethnic food, it's about the lower expenses, and the shorter commutes, and the small-town feeling. If you don't like it where you live, leave it. But don't try to one-up where anybody else lives. :rolleyes:

Yes, but the midwest has the best beef on the planet.

I prefer to eat my way around the world, consuming whatever each area does best. Food is good.

The mid-what?

Word is he's going forward with a series of less controversial speculative denials: "If I Farted," "If I Took the Last Shrimp," and so on.

let me know when he gets to "if I just admitted it, would I still be guilty?"

edit: not that he IS of course. :rolleyes:

And here in Seattle - it's still raining.

This reminds me of the time my family moved to suburban New York in 1971. (We were California exiles for only 2 years.) My mother was horrified that she couldn’t find the ingredients for tacos in the local stores. My sister (who was going to CSUF at the time) had to smuggle some in to us when she came to visit that first Christmas.

Really? How very odd...;)


(It's actually raining here as well, which works for me- I am not ready for snow yet).

Sooooo.... We put up our tree last night, and today Tori and I went downtown to Color Me Mine and made some stuff for her dad and grandma for Christmas. I figured if Costco can start Christmas early, so can we.

We're trying to get the carpet cleaners in before we do the tree :(

Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on tonight!

this brings back memories...

my roomie returns from MX tonight around midnight. I made some chili (she asked me to) and I'm about to head to Whole Foods for some of their cookies (which I cannot resist) in case she wants tea when she gets home and other than that, there is nothing sweet in the house. I'll get some scones for breakfast, too.

I hope I can stay awake, I'm beat! :-)

And here in OC I'm an idiot :(

Why BTD?

total blond moment.

Well we got the HD DVR installed and OMG even on my CRT it's already a step up! Is that possible? Can't wait for the new TV...Discovery HD will play 24/7!! Wooooo! Okay, that's probably an exaggeration, but but but ooooh, the pretty!:D

I need to get me a DVR.

I'm tired of the TV schedual dictating my day......

TBM BTD???

I don't think so....

Brain fart maybe. I'm blond so I know what it's like!!

We'll go with biggest mistake ever. Not life altering or bad in the grand scheme of things. Just a really bad decision.

I probably shouldn't have posted the original comment.

Never use too much tabasco in a bloody mary. *oww*

Those are my favorate! Its good to know my ****ty loser life is rubbing off on some people! :cheers:

Line up! :evil:

I just had a great guest interaction -
"My kid is really actin' up, is there any place I can spank him without any hassle?"

I guess my "complaint" isn't so much that I can't get the food here. That part is understandable, saddening as it might be. I lived in NY for many years and the only way we could even make mexican food is when my dad would take a business trip to LA and load his suitcase full of tortillas, chilis, etc. So, I understand that you can't always get what you want and I'm cool with that.

My complaint rather is that I'm constantly taunted with signs that say "NY PIZZA!", when they are nothing of the sort. I can't begin to tell you how many establishments I've dined at simply because they boast that they make "authentic NY pizza". I can't begin to tell you how many crap pizzas I've purchased, in the hopes that it might be somewhat close. And in that regard, I've finally given up and become resigned to the fact that, no, I'm not going to get what I consider a good pizza here, any more than someone on Long Island is going to get a Chile Relleno of the same quality I expect here.

And while I have never had the pleasure of having an authentic Chicago Hot Dog, I do also enjoy their pizza. I just consider it an entirely different beast altogether and it isn't the first thing that comes to mind when I think "pizza". Likewise, I happen to like California Pizza Kitchen, especially their Thai Chicken Pizza. I just don't consider it "pizza" in the strictest sense.

Surprisingly, I have been able to get my NY hot dog fix here. Between Nathan's and Boar's Head hot dogs, that area is covered. :)

Anyone here go to a Mexican restaurant in NYC? If you have, I rest any and all cases. I don't worry about needing something specific anywhere. For the most part, if you want it so bad, you can find the seasonings to make it yourself, or seek out specialty venues. Hell, I've ordered cheesecake from NYC and it was GREAT. Expensive, but great.

My opinion: enjoy what your area is known for, and pity the people in the Midwest. Unless you're in a major metropolitan area, and even if you are - you're screwed for both coastal cuisines.

Try getting good Mexican food in Alaska...

For many many years I disliked seafood in CA. Growing up going to Nova Scotia every summer I became very partial to Nova Scotia seafood. It's completely different than seafood from Maine and a whole other world from Pacific seafood.

It's only in the last few years where I have began to appriciate the seafood from its location. Shellfish still must be from the atlantic ocean or Alaska. Pacific lobster is just bleh.

But you think it's hard to find Mexican food in NY? Try Nova Scotia. They think Taco Bell is authentic.

wheeee- fire at a local transformer station. Power is down in a large area- traffic is at a standstill and there is billowing black smoke not too far from my office building.

They are talking about shutting down early- with no light we can't see to work.....*lol* what a mess.

Two of the best meals I've ever had were at Italian places...one in Sevilla, one in Paris.

The food at either was absolutely nothing like Italian food here, nothing like Italian food in New York, and definitely nothing like Italian food in Italy. One was, shockingly, like Italian food in Spain and the other like Italian food in Paris. ALL of those are the same type of cuisine in name only. The key is to get past the preconceptions that come with the name and judge based on whether it tastes good or not, not whether it fits some ideal model.

That's why I usually avoid anything claiming to be "authentic X-style", cause what you're getting is an imitation, not unique cuisine.

Great point GD.

Pad Thai is served on carts in Thailand much like hot dogs are in NY. But here a restaurant's reputation can be built around it.

mmm Pad Thai

The best pizza I've ever had was in Paris. And it was nothing like any pizza I've ever eaten in this country.

That's an interesting subject all of it's own. How pizza came to be (as we 'mericans know it). :snap:

Thank God for regional differences in cuisine. It's hard enough with the homoginization brought about by the ever growing number of chain restaurants.

I miss the croissants of Paris, but I'd hate to have them lost forever to the doughy masses. Besides, that gives me reason to go back to Paris.

Still, I'd rather have a 'Bleh' with drawn butter for dinner than a McSandwich !! :p

You mean a McLobster sandwich?

I think I had one, once. When I was about 7 and didn't know better.

Taco Bell is authentic Taco Bell :)

I thought Taco Bell was made of chihuahuas ?

I've been sick of Fast Food for so long.
Going to restraunts by myself sucks
Cooking at home is good, but left-overs become new species in the fridge.

Not to mention the many other delicious reasons to return to Paris. For chocolate, one of my favorites (and maddeningly not available online) Jeff de Bruges chocolates (many shops in Paris and I've never forgotten or gotten over the gift of chocolate I received after a business trip)

Baguette and pastry in general, in Paris, I would imagine is nothing like baguette here (even in bread mecca of the Bay Area)

So....

We have a new employee who I shall refer to as P. P is not very computer savvy. Ok, no big deal. Except when she tries to blame a fried mother board on me. By ratting me out to my co-worker (not boss) because she is mad that we will not give her administrative rights to her machine (no one has them) so she can download software that we already told her we will not allow.

Luckily my boss thinks this is the funniest thing to happen in awhile.

A full hour of soccer and I can still breathe!

What a difference a week, some interim jogging, and a little thing called "pacing yourself" make.

I did, however, manage to give myself a minor, um, "upper inner thigh" injury. Stupid "no slide tackling" rule.

Not for me, they become tomorrow's lunch!:snap:

I'm just about in tears...

The Cheeseburger 9000 may not be back from it's latest experiments :(

Kansas City Barbecue

Chicago Pizza

Iowa Corn (I think)

Nebraska... uh, I got nuthin

The best Italian food I've ever had was in Germany. Granted, I've never been to Italy.

But the good news is that you get to build the next generation machine.

"We can make him better, stronger, faster."

Cheeseburger 3000, now with bacon!

Bacon!

Atomic Cookie Blast Furnace was my computer with bacon - I think the next machine just might be vegetarian...

And pork. Lots and lots of pork.

USU??? Someone with an actual degree created that?! :rolleyes: I could barely make it through the first paragraph’s stilted grammar. And I love the 50’s era photographs mixed in with the 80’s line drawings. Nice touch.

I especially liked it. There are many very good people who would agree. :p

Kevin?

What's he got to do with it??


Oh yeah? And dogs eat their own vomit and feces, that doesn't mean I agree that it's "very good"....

I just got home from Mom's. I picked up Nick's Christmas presents that I shipped there via Amazon. Of course I had to open the boxes to make sure everything was there... I can't wait to play some more with his Cube World cubes!!! I want them NOW, I don't want to wait!!!

I think I found a name for my next computer project, but I won't know for sure until I get the parts...

I'm gonna be taking a side job doing computer setups for people to raise funds for my new beast :)

Let me guess, "Duel Chip Dorito Spicy Nacho 1000"? (Hold the bacon) :D

So our DSL went down, it may be the line, it may be our modem, but considering the holiday weekend it may be awhile till Lisa and I can get regular access. Thankfully, my cell phone can be used as a modem. Unfortunately it's only slightly better than dial-up speeds. So it goes...

Sorry to hear that, Chris. I hope it gets resolved quickly and easily, although it already is a pain in the butt!

it's been way too long
 

wow. it's only been a short time since "the wedding"...but, feels more like an entire year has just sped by since i have been around these parts.

i miss you all a LoT.

i have completed my first of many "major" projects, and must have done well because it was announced last week that i will lead the next as well, to the dismay of some colleagues with much tenure.

i begin again, with an even larger project (but same amount of time to complete it) on monday. rain or shine!

i have 7 unopened paychecks and stacks of unread mail.

dozens of messages on the machine and unanswered emails.

virtually nothing in the fridge.

house is clean (hardly been here to mess it up).

brought my dog home for the holiday weekend to visit with her for the first time in several weeks.

it will be a busy week ahead and an even busier month.

but, for now, it's the LoT, leftovers, sweatpants, sofa, football and my dog.

am i in Heaven?

Jessica (One of the finalists on Australian Idol) just sung "When you believe" from Prince Of Egypt for the final show and I'm all verklempt !!!

I hope she wins. :D

It's snowing outside. A lot. I was supposed to go shopping today, but I think I'll leave driving for the amateurs today. First major snowfall always weeds out the weak.

It snowed here, too. I hope it's gone by tomorrow or driving into work with all the morons will be awful.

Do they still have that camera up on Snoqualmie? Might have to get some popcorn and watch the show.:D

HEY! Florida got snow BEFORE Washington this year? Incredible!

It's not snowing or raining here, although it is a chilly 65

:p

There has been snow in the mountains for a while now- it's the lower elevations that are getting hit now for the first time.

Here's the latest weather alert:

Watches, warnings, and advisories forSpokane, WA

• Local forecast
• Hourly
• Ten-day
• Maps

National Weather Service - Sunday, November 26, 2006 9:50 AM Local Time

Urgent -- Winter Weather Message

COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...
GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE 950 AM PST SUN NOV 26 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.

STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE REGION SHORTLY BEFORE NOON.

SNOW WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. EXPECT WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AREA.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

the weather outside is frightful!

getting caught unprepared in the snow is dangerous.

i certainly hope you plan to stay safe at home and enjoy your 4 to 6 inches...and perhaps up to 8 if your lucky.

:coffee:

We had a brief break in the weather, but now it's pouring snow again. With accumulation. Ish.

I'm sitting with my Air-Conditioner running on full. :p

This year, I am thankful for living in a state where AC was necessary in November.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

So... what's the temperature going to be like in March ?!?!?!?

The weather here is....perfect. :cool: Perhaps that's why my condo cost as much as a mansion would elsewhere.

Susan takes care of the monthly bills. (It is part of our plan to share the money responsibilities 50/50: I make it and she spends it.)

I just found out that our monthly electric bill is $150. There are only the two of us in a small condo. Bottom floor (I don't think the AC has run in a while). Our appliances (where applicable) are gas.

So what causes such an outrageously high electric bill? 12 bearded dragons in six separate terrariums, each with a flousecent UV bulb and an incandescent haet lamp - the latter being 100 watt in all but one terrarium (which has a 60 watt). These run 14 hours per day (although I am overdue to back the time down to 12 hours).

Ouch.

Refridgerators are the usual suspect in high electricity bill, heat lamps, and other appliances can contribute as well but keeping the old fridge/freezer in the garage usually doubles the bill

We don't have to (directly) pay for any electricity used in the (separated) garage - that is paid by the HOA.

The sole cause of the high bill are the dragons.

For those who did not get enough of Lindsay Lohan's parts-that-usually-aren't-shown-in-public (this time, it is further north), clique here.

Lindsay Lohan. :rolleyes: And her sister has a Christmas CD out? :eek:

My electric/gas is between $170-$200. I do have an extra freezer as well as six people always having some sort of entertainment on {and you've heard how much appliances cost to run off, right? The cable box just sitting there, the phone, etc. chargers? Ack!}

lashbear~that is right! You are in the midst of your summer right about now. My cronie out there {nearbouts Sydney} has told me about how they are just getting to enjoy theirs. Does this mean when you are on your trip that you will be missing your winter?

Today was perfect in my book. Warm in the sun but not hot. I did yard work and stayed in the shade and it was pleasant.

Britney just pulled a Lindsay too.

Don't ask me why I know these things.

We have about 4 inches of snow right now. We live by two schools, so they'll likely plow before morning so we should be okay. Unless it snows a lot in Seattle proper, in which case I want to stay far away from the insane drivers.

I couldn't be more irritated than I am at the moment. Well, ok, I could be more irritated, but I would hate to have more crap to deal with.

I work out of my home with my cell. I use email A LOT. I haven't had email since Friday and I'm screwed. I'm using Chris' phone as a modem on his laptop, so at least I can see some email (but it took 2 hours to download months of past email to get the current stuff). I'm not sure how I'm going to manage this inconvenience if it goes on for much longer.

Oh, and I just had the BUSIEST work week ever.

Chris just heard a creature under his desk and all of the cats are present and accounted for. Perhaps said creature is playin with our dSL wires?

It only took 7 hours to drive back from Vegas today.

All is well, I made the hockey game in time, and we won.

Now I must sleep.

How do you know these things?




I'm not good at following instructions

I survived all 3 days of reunion stuff. It was amazing how many people I did not know. I became the class fag hag on Saturday night, until one of my guys broke his leg. He was dancing and either he fell on someone or someone fell on him...never did get that straight. The person he got tangled with kept partying while her husband and I waited for the ambulance to show up so we could guide it into where he was waiting. Luckily one of our alumni is an RN and she made sure he didn't move (the drunk fool wanted to keep going).

All said and done, it was an ok weekend, but I did spend a lot of it being very uncomfortable. I did do a lot of people watching and observed that the overall group dynamics didn't change at all since high school.

oh dear. i hope wendybeth remembered to pay the snowplow dude.

Hot tub at 5PM, Main Street at 6:15PM, firworks at 9:25PM, home at 10:08PM. Oh yeah, life is good.

That is, until one's car doesn't start in the morning. :mad:

I highly recommend downloading the song High School Never Ends by Bowling for Soup.

Your car is jealous. Is it pulling the battery stunt to get attention?

At my 10 year reunion, a girl who was...um..."less than popular" in high school showed up. This was a girl who I actually slapped twice for reasons that I'm sure I felt were very justified at the time (I've never done that to anyone before or since. Just something about her...), and yet I learned in my senior year that she was planning on asking me to prom.

Well, at the reunion, she spent much of the time talking about all the wrong we did to her. She apparantly remembered every single comment ever made to her and even blamed one of my friends for her recent nose job. Well, I just learned that shortly after the reunion, she called that same friend and tried to ask him out.

Yeah, some things never change.

Was it on The Soup? :D

I changed my doctor to someone local and I'm trying to get an appointment. I'm not picky on doctors so I let Aetna pick the closest one.

Warning sign #1: Huge medical center that I'll probably have to park farther away than I live

Warning sign #2: On hold for the doctor's office forever, then get someone who asks again why I'm calling and they put me on hold again forever

Warning sign #3: No appointments on Mondays or Fridays for the next 4 weeks

Time to find some dinky practice with plenty mini-mall parking and a creepy doctor that no one wants to see.

I am finally home after what was the most terrifying car ride of my life. We were supposed to get maybe 1-3 inches of snow at the higher elevations before morning. What *actually* happened is that right at 4:45 or so the skies opened and dumped white, frosty hail, followed by gobs and gobs of snow. Right as rush hour is getting into gear, and the Seahawks have a home game on Monday night football. See if you can imagine what followed.

It took us 3 hours to travel the 25 miles home, most of that time in the first 10 -15 miles. First, we couldn't even get off campus because the buses had all just stopped. In the middle of the road, thereby blocking both lanes. We finally get out of campus by driving the wrong way through the entrance.

Meanwhile, because the crosswalk lines are completely hidden, the brain dead ave rats took that as permission to wander aimlessly about in the streets. Every block is an incline of some sort, cars are slipping and sliding, and pedestrians are wandering - leisurely - into traffic. And the ever present kamikaze bicyclists are still whizzing in between and cutting off skidding cars.

We finally got to the freeway. It was miserable but tolerable (barely) until Northgate. We had been slowly inching along fairly steadily. Then we were stopped. And stopped. Move a car length, stopped. All lanes. But when we were stopped, the wet roads would freeze over and we'd slip and slide until we got moving again. And that just kept going.

Meanwhile, of course because things are slow, people in pick-ups and SUVs are flying down the shoulder because they're extremely potent with shockingly large genitalia and therefore get to do that sort of thing.

It could have been worse - I5 southbound was completely blocked around Shoreline by an articulated bus parked diagonally across all lanes. I wondered as we passed it how many people in that back up had tickets for the game that was already half over.

I now require an adult beverage.

Here in Southern California we call that "The Express Lane"

How very true GD!

I maintain that snow is a great place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there!

Those big dicks you speak of, Prudence, were scattered all over the roads around here today and yesterday. Like I said, amatuer hour. People, take note: SUV's only slide faster and farther on ice.

We're getting hit by an Arctic blast this week- supposed to get really, really cold. Merde. I really hate winter.

This is totally unusual weather for us. It hasn't stormed like this in at over a decade, that I can recall. I5 is STILL horribly backed up around northgate. All lanes closed northbound, as of 15 minutes ago. I am thinking that I might be missing work tomorrow. And school. It's the last day of one of my classes and I actually wanted to go, but at the moment it's supposed to get worse, not better, and I don't want to be driving home in the ick at 10pm. (Buses don't run up here that late.)

People are such idiots. I'd gladly take them out, except I risk injury myself, and somehow idiots always get a free pass and it's the sane person's fault.

Maybe it'll be better in the morning - but Seattle schools are already closed for Tuesday so I doubt it.

Here's the latest on the East Side of Wa:
Spokane, WA

• Local forecast
• Hourly
• Ten-day
• Maps

National Weather Service - Monday, November 27, 2006 9:15 PM Local Time

Urgent -- Winter Weather Message

SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...
COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...
COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...
NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WATERVILLE...
MANSFIELD 915 PM PST MON NOV 27 2006 ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A BITTER COLD AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT UNDER CLEARING SKIES. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP AS LOW AS THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. UNDER A NORTHERLY WIND...WIND CHILLS COULD POSSIBLY DROP TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

I'm staying in tomorrow- watching my baby niece and snuggling with the Girl. I think it might be a jammy day. I may even cook a turkey!

I had cold turkey salad for dinner. :D With chilled champagne.

so, looks like vBulletin upgrades will hijack any hopes of a birthday thread for me this year. does this make it sort of like a "leap year"? though i'll be at the Resort and enjoying dinner and candlelight procession, i was looking forward to comming home to see a birthday thread. ehh.

You will not be missed ML (no one gets left behind). The downtime for the upgrade shouldn't take that long.

So, I'm bummed. I've got a good friend in Glendale who is slowly suffering and dying from bone cancer. I had hoped to make the trek to see her next weekend. Unfortunately, she asked me not to come, and I totally respect her wishes. I cancelled my plans for the December visit to LA.

I'm so grateful she's had the last 6 weeks of really wonderful boon comfort, health and good spirits. In those last six weeks we've had some awesome phone conversations, she's so wise and funny and dammit, I'm so going to miss her. But now is the downward slide, she's tired and the pain is increasing and she is asking for peace. So now along with everyone in our group of friends, we're praying that she receives the boon of a peaceful passing. :(

First and foremost, glad to hear you made it home safely and were able to enjoy an adult beverage.

Next, I hope you get to enjoy seeing some of those SUVs and trucks veered off on the shoulder after having passed at high speed now waiting for a tow :evil:

For the record, any unforseen problems that occur are now officially Kevy's fault.

For some reason my freezer decides to stop working randomly. This is the second morning I have woken up to nearly defrosted food. Last time it was working again by the time the service people came out.

I made sure the doors were closed. The temp is cold. Is there anything else I can check?

Well that's good. I much prefer when my freezer stops working randomly and starts working deterministicly.

Loose plug?

Look for the temperature control knob inside the freezer/refrigerator. Spin it back and forth a couple times, and set it back to the original value. Maybe the thermostat is stuck. Is there much lint/junk on the coils?

I'll check all of those things. Thanks guys.

The fridge is still cycling on and off. The air just stops being cold. I'm hoping it's not the compressor but I have a feeling it is.

Don't forget I'm a day ahead of you all :snap: I can start one :D

YAY !!!! I Made it into the "Kevy's Sig Quotees" hall of fame ! :blush:

I got my 5 year watch and pin from work today...

It was left on the counter with a coworker while I attended to some business away from my work area.

Along with the instructions for managers on properly recognizing employees - so I got a lovely blank congratulations card :(

It's good to feel appreciated...

ok thats pretty sh!tty.

conga rats for 5 years of faithful service on behalf of your non-co-workers.
:snap:


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So our DSL modem went dark yesterday, no longer even registering power. And while we suspiciously chatted with out neighbor, who's same modem died earlier this week on a Verizon conspiracy to take out it's competitors, I had to aknowledge that the modem was no more.

On the plus side, along with our replpacement modem will come upgraded technology that will double our bandwidth, making us even faster than before.

Alas, there is also a downside - we'll be without broadband for 2-3 weeks as the upgrade takes place. We've been given dial-up access for the interim, so I'll appologize in advance for NA and I taking a pass at any of your multi-media links, vacation pics, and such for the time being - it's back to text basics for us, at least in the near future.

I feel your pain.

I guess I will refrain from emailing an mp3 of my latest podcast :evil:

How long would 70mb take to download?

I feel your pain! I'm on dial up at home. Takes allooooong time to look at stuff. <<Sigh>> Oh well.

The fridge fixer people can't come out until tomorrow. The last time this happened the fridge started working again on its own. I hope it decides to start working tonight.

Problems that go away by themselves, come back by themselves.

:(

Yup. So even if it works tonight I am still having the people come out tomorrow.

So...my day got off to a verrrry amusing start. I stayed amused all day.

Nickolas had spent the entire weekend teaching himself how to make balloon animals. He had one pumpkin orange "dog" he named pumpkin. He wanted to see how long it lasted. It didn't survive past 7:15am.

I was getting dressed in the bathroom because he had the girls out. I heard him screaming, "NO!!! FLUFFER, STOP!!!" I also head some odd noises. I come out to see a fat, dingy, white rat attacking a balloon animal for all she's worth. She popped it segment by segment. With every pop she would jump back from the noise, only to attack again. Poor Thudder was trying to see what her sister was doing, but every time she got close another pop wou,d go off and scare her away. It was the funniest thing I had every seen. The moment was forever etched into my memory when I looked at Nick, on the verge of tears, "She killed my Pumpkin."

After all the segments were gone, I told Fluffer that the dog was dead. She just looked up at me, climbed into my hand and was ready to go back to her cage. Thudder didn't fare as well. It took several minutes of coaxing before she was ready to show her furry face.

That and world hunger... all my fault.

The balance on your credit card to see if you can afford a new one.

That's actually been there for a few days!

<<shudder>>
oh good grief:rolleyes:

did you ever have one of those moments of clarity when you realize that you shouldn't have said something...

that it "sounded funny" when you thought it?

geeesh. what was i thinking? that sounds pathetic!

ugg.

I might need to check peoples sigs more closely in future ! :cool:

And it's cold again. But I'm keeping my appotiment since this isn't user error.

It's near new, still under warrenty and came with the place.

I have about one hour a day when I go to daycamp and have internet access. My Mac doesn't have a phone corn, do I have no dial-up capacity.


If you want to talk to me, call me - but expect a VERY grumpy girl on the phone.

Oh, and the plumbing needs to be snaked, I have a client meeting and an uncooperative staff person, I need an xray and a blood test but have no time to get it, I got a week of overnights added to my schedule and I'm generally pissed off.

:evil: Dang, where's Kevy when you need 'em!?!:eek:

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Serously, I send good vibes your way! :cheers:

Phone corn. :D

I was attacked by a ninja windchime while walking to the bus stop this morning (it was REALLY windy out).

Only a flesh wound, but more a fright than anything to start the day.

Work has been wonderful so far, very slow, but the guests are really nice and I can help them make the most of their days.

So, now I'm waiting to see what the weather's going to do. We're supposed to have more snow, followed by freezing rain. But when?

If I go to class tonight, I risk not being able to get home. And I can't just sleep in the library because they close the building at midnight. But if I don't go to class, I risk having my grade reduced a full letter for being absent.

Grrr.

Comes with its own ear.

So, what is Michael Richards thinking right now? Is it:

A) "Damnit Mel, shut up I don't need you on my side"

B) "Where's a rehab clinic phone number when I need it"

C) "Shut up you heeb-hating, ummm, uh, damnit why aren't there any good Catholic slurs!"

How about

D. A ride on It's A Small World and a hug... :cool:

I saw today that the poor hecklers have hired a pit-bull attorney and are looking to meet face-to-face with Kramer for an apology and to "discuss damages".

vBulletin Message

:snap:

OK, that is enough, Lindsay and Britney.

I don't think I've unintentionally flashed my hoo-ha at any point in my life.

How is it possible that one star has flashed hers twice and another has flashed it three times in the last month? There's no way it's unintentional. Somebody get these girls some professional psychological help. And some panties.

And, perezhilton, stop showing it to me. One of them was very graphic. And it's like a car accident. I CANNOT look away from that. Damn you!

OH I saw the latest Britney one. Eh, nothing really to see. The pack of cigaretts on the floorboard had more exposure. :rolleyes:

And I'll bet you dollars to donuts these "ladies" think their tushies are too pwecious to sit on toilet seats and that they hover and spray lest they catch cooties - and then go plop their bare bottoms on taxi seats and other much more cootie-likely surfaces.

It's the second Britney one that's more disturbing. WAAAY more disturbing.

Cool. I'll have to find that.

Kevy? :rolleyes:

And has since been replaced. Sometimes, it is just too easy.

This is the second (that I found):

(The Official "Duh" notice: Not Safe For Work)


Not nearly as bad as the First One <-- Again, not safe for work, but I think you can guess that by the subject matter (or at least I hope you can).

But neither of these shots is all that bad (especially the second one [strangely listed first]). Since when did a woman's vagina (not counting the diseased ones) become "icky"? I don't get that. Granted, it would seem from the second one that she hasn't shaved in few days (if you're gonna go bald, don't shave: wax). But heck people - it's just the human body.

Am I the ONLY person who knows how to find pictures of naked women on the internet? It ain't that hard to do!

WHY AM I WASTING MY LIMITED BANDWIDTH TRYING TO VIEW PICTURES OF FAMOUS HOO-HA'S?

So, my mom used to have this best friend - until yesterday. Best friends since college. Maybe even earlier. Forever and ever. As long as I've known her, she's been a little nutty. Religious nutty. She seems perfectly normal and then will suddenly try to convert you to her brand of religion, which is not any kind of usual flavor, but some kind of extra strict fundy variety. I think she once tried to convert my brother, who is already pretty conservative (although he is decidedly NOT pushy.)

So, my mom took the week off work and thought it would be a good time to call her (former) best friend because they could talk for a nice long time. and the conversation was mostly fine, although the conversion attempt surfaced at the end again. At some point, my mom mentioned the weather we've been having, and that we were expecting more snow that night. The weather that was actually televised live to a national audience via Monday night football.

So, later in the day, she calls back and asks, accusingly: "So, where's the snow?" And basically lays into my mother, who's extremely honest, accusing her of lying about the weather, because (former) best friend looked it up on the internet and it didn't say anything about us having bad weather. And goes on and on about what kind of person my mom is if she'll lie about the weather. And my mom is just in shock and not really believing the conversation is happening and tries to placate the psycho somehow, at which point the woman starts screaming at her: "Are you talking to me like a child?!" and goes on about how my mom has always done that to her. And so forth. Just a complete psycho.

I mean, who lies about the weather? And if they do, who cares? And, more importantly, who gets on the internet to check up on whether their best friend's weather report is accurate? And then call them back to yell at them for fibbing?

So, I asked her if I could tell this story to everyone I know, because it greatly amuses me, although it's sad that my mom no longer wants any contact with her long-time best friend.

So, anybody else looking for a new tinfoil hat?

That sucks. Hopefully they can get in contact again and her friend has an explanation (it almost sounds like a medication interaction) and an apology.

Did she say it was okay, or did you just say "screw it" and posted anyways?

Not likely. My mom wants nothing to do with her, and was telling me because my dad will forget. So if she's sick or dead or whatever, she doesn't want former friend informed. This was the abbreviated version. And it takes a lot to upset my mom.
No, she said it was okay.

So sucky Pru. I hope there is a good reason for that even if your mom doesn't ever want to talk to her again.


so...

I came into a Gap friends and family coupon and spent most of the evening shopping, instead of doing homework. Oops

i soooo should be in bed asleep...

zzzzzzz

Your link was the second one. And it has a close-up. I don't imagine you don't know this is NSFW.

Keep in mind that the gossip columnist is a gay man. And to him, female genitalia is icky. But any "ick" factor discussed by the women of LoT is probably related to the fact that vaginas are living, breathing, moist creatures, and rubbing them up against any number of foreign surfaces isn't a good idea. Snail-trail, for one. Eww.

I'd like to announce myself officially done with the discussion of famous :p

Perez Hilton's site does creep me out, specifically because of his characterization of females as icky. I tend to get my celebrity gossip from TMZ now.

The close-up shots of Britney's privates make me think of JG Ballard. I won't bother to explain why.

I hate to say this, but the behavior you are describing sounds a lot like late stage Alzheimer's. It's possible your mom's friend might need her now more than ever.

I'm ok with vulvas and all, just as I'm ok with penises. Doesn't mean I want random people flashing them at me. It's just classless. Even more classless is, "There's Britney Spears vagina! Quick take a pic!"

I quite agree. I don't like Perez very much. Complete d'weed.

Is he the superficial guy? I saw in my genitalia search that he calls Lindsey Lohan a horse. Not that I don't think she isn't acting like a complete idiot, but I still think she's pretty. Bit heavy on the makeup.

Hear hear!!

From what I've read, at least for the second one, it was more "Hold on, her bits are showing...aaand they're still showing. Umm, she's not doing anything abuot it. Wow, still hangin' out there. Oh well, better take a picture."

That could be my problem. So far it hasn't registered as important enough for me to read about.

I'm waiting for the link to the picture showing Britney's minge. I have yet to see it. I've seen Lohan's. It's my wallpaper on my laptop. :D

Yeah, that's him. What's interesting is that he's not such a looker himself. Not that he's bad-looking; he's fine. You just imagine that if someone was calling these pretty girls horses, he'd be obsessed about maintaining himself. As I've heard it, he failed in acting school and now does what he can to gain publicity. i.e. talk smack about succesful people. I'm done reading him; I don't even like celebrity gossip that much. I guess I've been bored. (But work picked up recently and I don't feel like wasting my time in that particular way.)

OMG. I have passed 1000 posts. I have not done that before on a single incarnation of our discussion boards.

I'm going to start using LSPE's word: dweed.
I like it.
Perez Hilton is a dweed.
:) :D

Loser!

Me either. Feels kinda strange, doesn't it?

Completely!

I doubt it. She's been getting increasingly wacky for years - 15+. My mom always made excuses for her because they'd been friends for so long, but her own family cut her off years ago. It all started when she joined the nutty religious group.

Phew. I counted backwards, and you're 1000th had nothing to do with any celebreties nethers. That would have been unfortunate.

It was about green bean casserole.

The debate could be had about whether a flash (in general) is intentional or accidental. For me, if I am out with my spouse on a date and she is wearing a dress or skirt, if she leans over and wispers in my ear that she isn't wearing any panties, that is freakin' sexy as heck.

However, there is no doubt in my mind about intention with the Britney photos.

http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stor...n2221852.shtml

Nice little Lohan story (No crotch shots on the link btw, work safe).

P.S. I'm with Kevy ,(Not that a loser like me would be in the presence of a pantyless female) But, that's pretty hot. As far as the pic, I'm sure there are hundreds of pictures out there of stars getting in and out of cars and once in a while someone gets a "good" shot. Plus with the internet, its all over it within seconds.

I've linked both of them previously in this thread, but here is #1 (click on the picture to get more). The second one has been removed and I don't want to search for it again at work.

I'm not sure about the crotch shots, but "Nipple Slips" and dresses that become see-through when photographed with a flash are plentiful.

A snippet from a Suicide Girls invterview with Jhonen Vasquez, regarding his time working for Nickelodeon on Invader Zim.

I swear, I don't know how that dweeb remains so damned funny.

And that's fortunate?;)

At least it wasn't a post covered in vomit...

So, today while I was on campus I ran into my legal writing professor and he stopped for a chat. He introduced me to the person he was with as one of the best students he'd ever had. So, I'm pretty much walking on air now.

Why, did you get stuck with a code V today?:rolleyes:

I saw a lovely one while heading towards lunch...

So, I'm off to go do one, count 'em, one, performance as Mr. Fezziwig in "A Christmas Carol." Yo ho!

One offs are so thrilling. Break a leg !

I love 'A Christmas Carol', and old Fezziwig really knew how to party.:cool:

So, I was driving down to walk a dog when I saw a firetruck, lights flashing but no sirens going, driving up Magnolia. With the harsh wind, I feared there was a fire. Imagine my relief and amusement I noticed that Santa was sitting on top of the snorkle truck waving at everyone.

Santa baby!

ooh, i wish i had a chimney.

The winds were awful last night. Driving home last night on the 241 I was being pushed all over the road.

Looking out the window they don't look much better.

The winds are so bad here that our living room is shaking from time to time.
Our autographed Aerosmith guitar display came crashing down this morning (no damage, but Rose let out one hell of a scream)

I miss DSL

Yesterday, my T-Mobile internet access went down. This mornin it's up but every application I own seems to want to contact the mothership and my bandwidth has been hijacked at the moment for "important updates." I'm thinking it may be time to cruise local hotel lobbies for free wireless.

The cookbook shelf in our kitchen fell down yesterday. Must be an epidemic.

Give me your MAC address and come cruise by Cypress.

So, in addition to a great Saturday, Sunday am, got a call, my friend Sally decided December 3rd was her day to go. Damn if she did not command me to change my plans, not come to LA and she went on her own terms. Bless her, I will miss her, but I carry many happy memories and much inspiration from this feisty, smart, funny and very wise woman.

Of course, Sally is now laughing, her daughter has asked her memorial service be held on the 9th, the day I was originally going to be at her house for our farewell date, and I cancelled my flight as requested, of course. So today I book a flight that will cost me much more Sally! I'll be flying down for the day, be on Sally's patio as originally planned, along with a whole mess of other people to say farewell as she is scattered on the beautiful hillside on their property.

A great friend to many and I was surprised to see her name in back of the Silly Symphonies book. I guess it's true, she knew everybody. Or so it would seem.

I'm sorry for your loss Snowflake. She sounds like a great friend.

I'm very sorry to hear about Sally! I know you knew this was inevitable, but that doesn't make the loss any easier.

Very sorry for your loss Snowflake.

So, my coworker/closer flaked out today - so I get's some OT! YIPPY!

There's a hotel convention visiting too - I got asked if I'd ever been a concierge, and have received a couple business cards...

We have the swankiest holiday music here, too.

Louis Prima, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman - over and over, all day long :)

Ho Ho Ho!!!

Yesterday I had to go to a neighbor's house a few doors down, and remind them that we were under a red flag fire warning, and that with the Santa Ana winds, shooting off bottle rockets into the dry palm trees might not be a good idea. The grown man and his wife shooing them off from their front steps agreed that maybe it wasn't the best idea.

What ever happened to common since? :rolleyes:

I guess common sense just isn't so common...
Were the people cleaning clothes with gasoline next to a campfire, too?

My cousin's apartment building suffered a major fire recently when roofers ran their gasoline powered generator next to the bucket of hot tar while under power lines.

I head on the news today, the Apt. building I used to live in burned down yesterday. No big deal (for me) its been years since I've even driven by there but it does get your attention.

Excuse me while I go check the batteries in my smoke detectors...



Edited to add: OK, that's extra freaky, GD posted the above while I was crafting this message...

I prefer bacon to fire safety, and often disable smoke detectors during the frying of bacon, only to forget to put the batteries back in until much much later. The bacon though, is very good.

Sounds like quite the predicament. You know vodka burns with a clean flame.

I hate people who spill beer on the floor... especially when it now smells like I've been drinking.

i'll spill a drop or two for you when i'm there. ;)

So...I danced with Bill Nye the Science Guy on Saturday night. He didn't introduce himself that way but his name was Bill and I finally realized why he looked so familiar. (It helped that I saw him on an episode of "Numb3rs" recently.) Oh, and he's a great dancer.:)

How is he in the sack?

He spoke at Susan's cousin's graduation (from Harvey Mudd) a few years ago. Quite an interesting and bright guy!

I'm trying not to panic about my final that I'm not prepared for that is happening tuesday at 6pm. Stupid final.

Ooooh, test deadlines. I loved waiting until the last second to cram for tests. Nearly as much as I loved withholding copy from my editor until just before press day.:D

€uro, are you considering becoming a Wi-Fi ho?


Just when is your DSL supposed to get fixed?

My DSL went down for the first time in maybe 3 years tonight. I felt helpless, as I was in the middle of negotiating a behind-the-scenes eBay deal for a Wii with a guy in S. Pasadena. I had to use my old creaky laptop and the Apartment Complex LAN. Yeah, I know: real rough. Not everyone has internet floating around their building. Still, I was annoyed for few hours. :D That laptop has a mushy keyboard.

We're down for 2-3 weeks, and due to the proximity of the Holidays, I suspect 3 weeks will be the closer target. On the plus side, we're one week down...

only twoooooo loooong draaagging weeeeekkkkkss to goooooooooooo. :p


Bwah hah hah hah. :evil:


Sings: "Oh....... Aah....... Wi-Fi ho's a person in your neighbourhood,
in your neighbourhood,
in your neighbourhood,Oh a Wi-Fi Ho's a person in your neighbourhood,
They're the people that you meet each day!"

Dreaming of a better life, going through a stage of "am I going to be a good father?" when my baby comes. December 21st is the due date.

Pshaw !! Like you have to ask ! :p

If you are worrying about it, you will be a good father.

I agree with that.

So... I'm sick with finances right now. Ugh. Tuition. Blows.

Since you'll be asking that question in one context or another until you die, don't let it keep you up nights. You'll be up nights soon enough. The whole labor and delivery thing is especially exhausting for a man.

Yeah, so much the Hubster kept thinking of other things he could be doing....Ooo, where is the cafeteria? Where's the remote, what's on t.v.? {shaking a leg} I am going to go for a walk. This chair isn't very comfortable but it will do....ZZZZZZZ.

Yeah, I will chime in with everyone else and I agree. The comments shows responsibility and concern, which goes along way with being a father.

So... I got punched in the arm on the bus this morning by a ladies out of control kid.

Guess what she did next?


:eek:

All I can say is Good for her!

WOW! I thought for sure she was going to say

Normally, I don't like seeing kids get spanked, but sometimes it's the only thing that gets through to them. Making him apologise and then giving you his gift card was good follow-through.

Strangler, I'd like to find that lady and give her your address.;):p

I recently told a lady at Subway that she need to smack her asshole teenaged son and I was the one who got the dirty look.

Why? What did my kids do?

The diabetic dog I've been carying for had to be put down last night. I's sad but almost a relief. He was getting progressivly worse each day.

it's hard to find a good woman

you know how i feel.

i am glad that he had you in his life!

Nothing, it's for the quote below and you know it, mister!

so.... do you believe in Fortune Cookies?

i snacked on three fortune cookies today.

the fortunes went like this:

• you have a potential urge and the ability for accomplishment

• soon, a visitor shall delight you

and from a different cookie company:

• A treasured friend, not often seen, soon will visit you

oh, i love imagination.:evil:

:( But he had the best care possible at the end if you were in charge!

Actually if you play the in bed game:

you have a potential urge and the ability for accomplishment IN BED

soon, a visitor shall delight you IN BED

and

A treasured friend, not often seen, soon will visit you IN BED

oh my goodness:eek:

i must get busy.

<<HUGS>>

So, I brought the dogs mommy a bouquet of flowers from our company. She gave me my xmas gift early - a beautiful, and genuine, string of pearls she had picked up in China. WOW!

I've forgotten if I mentioned that I got the stomach flu on Sunday. You remember the kind you used to get when you were 10 years old? Yeah, that one. It is possible that it was an alergic reaction to a medication and slightly possible it was food poisioning but I believe it was probably the flu. I always joke that my immune system is pretty good because I go do DL so often and get exposed to a lot of icky diseases. However, I haven't been going to the park regularly at all. I went to DL on Friday.

Forget an apple a day. A visit to DL every week is more like it. I guess I must resume my health regeme.

Did anyone else in our little party get sick or was I the only lucky one? I hope so, because It's been 3 days now since I have had a substantial meal. I'm 10 pounds down on the world's most unhealthy diet.

Did I mention I made an illegal left turn to get to the hospital with our first? Illegal!

And that I drove 40 miles from Petaluma to San Francisco for our second? At 1:00 a.m!

And that I killed two med students? (Well, I should have.)

I'm the hero here.

Well, you didn't eat at my house, so it must be the bug and not food poisoning! :rolleyes:

I would apologize for tripple posting, but I get so little time on line, I'm not sorry.

So. I decided to see if I could get our ISP to expidite our new DSL service today. Chris has handled the transition up to this point and been more than willing to work with their limitations and timeline, however I run my business out of my home using the internet to recieve all orders and to get paid for the work I've done. It's been a HUGE impact on me. I decided to give them a poke to see if I could light a fire.

I got the same info that Chris got even after I explained the situation to them. The conversation went something like this:

So, no internet for a month? It will take 2-3 weeks. From the day it went down? No, from the day we put in the order. So, that was a week after we lost connection, therefore a month.

Is there any sort of band aid we can put on the situation since I run my business out of my home using the internet? I can give you free dial-up. That's nice of you. Will you also be giving me the $40 device so that my MAC can actually access dialup? Ah, no.

{after about 10 minutes of asking questions.....} Ok then, is there any way to expedite the order to get things in place sooner? Well, I can send a request to my supervisor. OK. How long will that take? A few days. A few days to send a request? Well, I'm typing it up now. OK. What's your supervisor's name? blahblahbla. And your name again is.......? blahblahblah.

So, will you call me when you get a resolution on this? I can send you an email. !WHAT DIDN'T YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE FACT I DON'T HAVE INTERNET ACESS AT MY OFFICE?! Ummm, no. You can call my cell, please.

Lastly, if I were to cancel this lengthy upgrade process and find a providor that could actually get me connected sooner, when would be the last day I could do that without incurring charges? Well, you've agreed to a one year contract. Correct, but that becomes effective upon the service being provided and, according to you, the service won't be provided for another 2 weeks. (My lawyer boss who used to work for Earthlink got a good laugh at this bit.)

I got the supervisor's name and will be following up tomorrow.

What a bunch of dorks.

Is this the time I mention the ducklings? :evil:

Heh, that sounds pretty close to the stupidity we went through when we first signed up for DSL 9 years ago.

Me: "I agreed to a 1 year contract in April, but you didn't have my service up and running until June. I want my 1 year contract to end in April."

Any one of 3 companies I was dealing with (phone company, company that maintained the DSL equpiment, company that actually provided the DSL service: "Not our problem, call [insert one of the other two companies here]."

Tards.

The horror!

I think I will ask the question "So, I will be able to cancel my contract as on November 28th 2007?"

DSLExtreme.com - 'nuff said

Did you have something from Jamba Juice last week?

30 minutes until my first exam of the semester starts. This one is open note. I have a giant binder. Not that I plan to really use it - I have half-a-dozen or so summary sheets - the binder is for backup in case my mind goes blank. And having it here guarantees that won't happen.

I hate the damn flip-flop feeling in my stomach beforehand. I could deal with everything else fine if I didn't feel like this.

Might this be of interest to anyone here?

Earthlink.com is now offering city wide Wi-Fi internet access in Anaheim, CA at speeds up to 1Mbps. For $21.95/month.

No, no Jamba Juice in my past, not other strawberry indulgences. But, Jeez, you can't eat anywhere anymore!

PS. The Bok Choy is staying until I get rid of dial-up.

One exam down, one more and a paper to go.

Just when I am starting to feel good about how I look these days, I go and watch the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Damn.

todays fortunes:

• you have a good head for matters of money

• financial fortune will soon be yours

• soon you will gain great popularity

:eek:

In bed? So, apparently you're becoming a hooker.

I don't even like to walk past the VS store...

No kidding. I am not twentysomething and I am sure they'd put up their noses.

Now in Fredricks....;)

I know what you mean. I hate to walk past the store too!














I always go in...

Many years ago, my step-mom took me in there and purchased some edible panties.

I've never been quite the same since and I don't think I could ever go in that store again...

So, I ALMOST remembered to bring everything for soccer today. It's quite a list, and in the 4 weeks I've been playing, I have yet to get it right:

Cleats
Shin guards
pants/shorts
extra socks/skivies
hair gel
deoderant
towel
inhaler
lunch
water bottle

This was my best week. The only thing I forgot was to pack a lunch. Actually, check that, I DID pack a lunch, I just left it sitting on the table. Damnit.

I HATE IT when I do stuff like that! I swear I'm ADD some times. I live by notes. I have yellow sticky notes everywhere, and I make a pile of everything I need to take with me for the day in one particular place and I still manage to forget something! AUGGG!

Good luck next time!!

So I just got an email from iTunes and I realize the person in GC's current ever changing avatar is Gwen Stafani and not some famous trany like I presumed

GD, you carry more stuff than any female I know.

My Manbag weighs 4-5 lb on a good day....

You must truly have brass ones.

So whats up in your neighbourhood today? Apparently is just the same old humdrumm kind of stuff around here...

Sure you may have nice weather and Curious George, but I have HH60 choppers and medial surge shelters....

Each incarnation is more lame than the last. Sorry GC, but I can't stand Gwen anymore. She thinks she's Madonna but she's just a sucky poseur. It only makes me so mad because I was a fan of hers. </rant>

So, I took my car to the shop yesterday for an oil change. The change oil light has been on for a week and I was still under the 3k miles for the change. So, this morning, I get in the car, fire it up and the check engine light is on, and stays on the entire drive to work.

I'm going out with an office buddy to look at it at lunch, I hope it's nothing and just a button that did not get reset. Dammit.

So, I was sick last night, thought I was ok this morning, but had little appetite. After a small breakfast I thought I'd be ok at work but quickly lost energy. My whole body is achy and I'm moving like an old lady. I'm back home now, with juice and fruit and cereal to get my appetite back up. It's not often I take a sick day.

Did they check or clean the fuel injection system? That sets off the check engine light until it's reset.

Also, make sure your gas cap is on tightly. If it isn't, tighten it and the light might go away after a few more engine startups.

I hate the check engine light, it's the most uniformative indicator ever invented.

What kind of car? You can take it to the nearest autozone, and they will scan the error codes for free.

Are the temperature and oil pressure ok?

GD is right, a loose fuel cap will trip the light. On newer cars, for emissions, they will pressurize the fuel tank to detect a leak. A loose fuel cap will look like a leak.

I don't know. I will have to ask them. They're a new mechanic to me and at this moment, I miss my car dealership in VA.

As someone who doesn't know much about car repair, I always panic when I see the damn check engine light. It's my auto-response of abject panic that it will be a $1000 bill.

It's a 1998 Buick Le Sabre (yes, a lil ol lady car, what about it?)

Temp and oil pressure fine, I was watching the whole drive into work. I gassed the car when I got to the office, so the gas cap is tight.

Autozone, great tip, thanks! I will see if there is one nearby.

Don't worry, it rarely is. Usually, the mechanic just did something that depressurized the fuel system somewhere, tripping the sensor. If it doesn't got away within a couple days, bring it in. Checking the error code is a quick and easy process.

Well, thanks for the reassurance. I just called the shop and they told me to bring it in and they'd check it. You'd think this would have shown up yesterday when I was driving home? Not sitting on the street overnight.

Gotta say, I give you major :snap: for getting out there any playing. Good for you!

The measurements that trigger the check engine light (well, one of the measurements, there's a whole litany of conditions that trigger it) are averages of readings taken each time you start your car. So it takes a start-up or two for the light to trigger if, say, your gas cap is loose, and it takes a start-up or two for it to go away once you fix the problem (unless someone goes in and manually resets it).

Okay, this makes total sense. Just further illustrates how little I really know about car maintenance. But, that's what I pay the mechanic for. All I can handle is making sure I change the oil every 3k miles and check the tires. Leave them to check the fluids, belts and everything else.

We had a check engine light come on during our drive home from Disneyland last month. It started blinking and we noticed the enging misfiring (in Weed of all places) but the owner's manual said to just keep driving and have it looked at when we got somewhere that we could. It also said it has a triple something that resets the light after it has been started and not detected the problem 3 times. It could be that you just haven't hit your magic number. We figured the problem was probably bad gas though it didn't start acting funny until we were at a half a tank.

For those that don't know, there's NOTHING in Weed ;)

Bingo, engine misfire. I'm dropping it off tomorrow morning, just in case. Been a good while since I had a tune up and, who knows, might just be a spark plug that needs replacing. In any case, I'm relieved, I have a short commute home, a new cell phone in case I do get into trouble and a ride back to the office tomorrow morning.

Is there a gas station in Weed? I remember driving south and passing a sign that said Bradley and there was nothing in sight for miles and I always wondered where, exactly, Bradley was. I think that was it.

My mother-in-law got me a coffee mug from the Weed Centennial. It made me laugh, but didn't make me want to go there...

You put your weed in there?

There's plenty of excitement in Weed. I've spent hours of endless fun there.

Your car broke down there too? ;)

We drove it all the way back home fine, it stopped misfiring after I got it up to freeway speeds (tentatively though, I hate car trouble and hate it even more when we're still 3 states from home) and then stopped entirely after the next tank of gas. The light went off after we stopped in The Dalles, OR, which was approximately 3 restarts since the original problem.

No I actually have been there on purpose :D

Although after I flipped a full shopping card over in the middle of Ray's supermarket I'm not sure I'm so exicted to go back.

I hope you don't have what I had. I was only able to eat my first real meal last night - first since Saturday. It's NOT a fun flu (as opposed to those other e-tickets).

I've been eating a little bit here and there today. Still weak, of course. No other symptoms so I think I'll be fine once I've eaten a real dinner.

It ocurred to me today that I had not yet ordered new business cards since my promotion, nor since my company updated its logo. So I began searching our internal website for a form to fill out to order business cards to no avail.

Imagine my surprise when, not 30 minutes later, our office admin walked by and plopped a box of brand new business cards on my desk!! Geez, I better be careful how I weild this newfound power to shape the universe with thought alone.

Oh, and these new cards give me the title of one position higher than I was just promoted to. I'm thinking real hard about whether I should ask for a new set or not...

Too bad you don't work for Disneyland.....

I want business cards but my new boss doesn't think I need them :(

In the interest of saving the company money, I suggest you take one for the team, and live with the higher title.

Here's the annoying thing...in our company structure, my current title SOUNDS like a higher title than the one on the card. So maybe I should ask for new cards.

so- Brit is going to be investigated by Child Services and Linds is getting help from Al Gore to take on the gossips?

WTH????

Link

These chicks have lost it.

tis the season :rolleyes:

but Im not so sure they ever "had" it to begin with

Lindsay Lohan seems to be a definite nog girl on the Xmas survey

I thought she was Brazillian! :evil:

I ate way to much. bleh

So...I'm burning the candle from both ends and the middle. My new company has a software release next Friday, I have 4 basketball games to coach this week as well as 3 practices, I am still working 8-10 hours/week for my old client. By the time I get my stuff done at home I need to do, it's 11:30, and I get up at 4:45. Getting to old for this.

I think everyone is too old for such a schedule.

I hate to break it to Ms Lohan, but in addition to JOINING AA you have to stop drinking.

Holy :eek:

Link

but I don't think Gore is so inclined-

Link

Good lord-:rolleyes:

If you are so inclined, the gals behind the Fugly website have kindly graded Ms. Lohan's essay.

so... my wireless connection has decided that it is no longer going to work. Perhaps it's Shiny's way of telling me to do something productive. Too bad for it I have my desktop and am now intent on fixing said connection (or lack-there-of).

Modem works, router works. Something is up on Shiny's end.

Who knows if that email is even real though. As a matter of fact, who cares?

That was chuckle-worthy

So for the most part I'm very lucky that my company is, in general, very un-Dilbertlike in nature. It's got it's elements, but as corporate environments go, it's quite sane and pleasant.

However, Dogbert, evil human resources director, strikes home.

Latest example. As I've mentioned before, every Friday, our department provides bagels. Of course, we need to cut these bagels. Up until last week, there was always a nice big sharp knife or two to accomplish that feat. But last week it was missing, and it's still missing this week. While mutilating today's bagel with a standard table knife, I mentioned that it was still missing. A coworker explained that our HR head has decided that it's too much of a liability and has forbidden there to be such a sharp knife provided.

:rolleyes:

And yes, she's given that much micro-management power at this company because she's been here forever. Everyone complains about her, that she's difficult to get along with and that she has too much control, but she remains in charge.

And here's the real kicker. These bagels are paid for out of the engineering department's budget and are supposed to be for the engineers. There are always more than enough to go around, so it's not a big deal if a couple people from outside the department have one. But in recent weeks, I've been noticing that every time I go out there, I see more people from HR, finance, etc. than engineers there. Seems word has spread. And I BET that's why the HR director has suddenly (after, oh, 5 years of having a knife without an issue) taken an interest in "our safety". Bah.

find out who supplies the bagels and get the company to buy pre-sliced ones instead. :D

I've got my own knife that I keep at my desk.

Someone needs to make an addition to GD's hanukkah list

I hate those things. Either the bagel's too thick to fit, the guillotine just squishes the bagel, or in the case of the garlic bagels which I tend to eat it just knocks all the garlic off. Feh, just gimme a knife.

But, but but.... They're safe! That's what's important! You never heard of a psycho killer hacking up their grandmother with a begel guillotine. It's for your own good you never know what your co-workers might be thinking... especially the twitchy ones in HR.

So... I am trying to finish the book I was reading when David came in to play on the computer. He said it was acting all wierd. He got pissy and shut it off, instead of giving me a chance to fix it. Now my anti-virus syas that there is a problem... I am hoping his shutting it down didn't create more trouble.

Oh, so you got one of those, too? 'Sept mine is named Kevin......;)

So....anyone have a way to help me move a fridge from HB to RSM? The fridge in my place died again. My food went bad. Again. The company can't come out till late next week to fix it (and this time it's their fault it broke, they came out to fix it). I have a perfectly good fridge sitting in my parents garage. I don't trust this one anymore. Grrrr.

HEY... I've NEVER shut off your computer!

:D LOL!

Though we have called him Kevy, I don't think the baby part was usually applied....

Now that he is 19, he doesn't want us calling him Kevy any longer. He prefers Bob or Dude. :rolleyes:

Great quote to take out of context!

So, today we start in on the Garage. I've convinced myself it will be a bit like Christmas, because I have little idea what actually lives in that space. I know about the campin equipment, the records. the Xmas stuff, the stove.....but I'm sure there are some surprises as well. Hopefully, they won't be in the form of vermin and spiders.

Maybe you should send Aleister in first? He looks hungry.

So...

We purchased a little Xmas gift for ourselves over the weekend: the complete first season of Saturday Night Live. All 24 episodes in their original 90 minute format (The shows were later edited down to 60 minutes in syndication, which really annoyed me when I would try to videotape them).

Matthew is digging seeing them for the first time while I am joyfully dancing down memory lane. :) Really great stuff, this is.

Oh, and we also FINALLY renewed our AP's, choosing to get the deluxe ones this go around. Went to the park last Thursday to do this, and it was pretty empty until evening rolled around. The parade was ok, the fireworks were wonderful and the park looked beautiful. We hadn't been since October and it seemed like forever. Whew...

Not an izmel, I hope... :p

But wait there's more!


Well I guess it's my week for "I never thought I'd..."

Here is another one. I just purchased a Ronco Product! :eek:

The ever classic Pocket Fisherman for my son who likes to fish in the stream out behind our house. Given the pocket fishermans portability and ease of use it seemed like a good idea. Plus I got two for one! Woo hoo!

Ever had one of those days where you just want to sit in a dark corner, bury your head and just dissapear?

today's motivational moment brought to you by bornieo... :cheers:

I call those "Monday".

I call that "3 day suspension"... :(

Mondays at work are much better when you're on cold medicine.

Yeah, time to stop by "Booze Barn" and get racked... :eek:

Booze Barn? That's not strong enough for this...

I am very much hoping that is a hypothetical example however I'm concerned it might be truthiness.

In which case, damn. :(

If you need anything ya know, broken, accidental like, ya just let me know. Things happen.

I'm not sure that solves your porn dilemma.

http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary...ntent_ID=64722

Ok, what'd ya do???...:rolleyes:

The wonders never cease.

For all the malpractice, Vioxx-like disasters, and wildly speculative/inaccurate information disseminated by main stream media, modern medicine's been getting a bad rap recently. But every once in a while, you're reminded of just how far things have come and continue to come.

If my dad had gone through what he's been through over the past 8 months even 5 years ago, he would almost certainly be blind (at best) by now. Untreated diabetes (leading to macular degeneration), near-fatal cellulitis, and a stroke in the vision region of his brain left the future blurry, so to speak. This for a man whose greatest passions are reading, writing, and photography. Doctors were giving him pretty long odds to even stop further deterioration.

But, back from his latest checkup, he's actually seen improvement in both eyes thanks not only to laser treatment, but experimental injections for the macular degeneration. And now that it's been over 6 months since the stroke, he's been cleared to begin further treatments with another injection that has shown even more promising results in correcting degeneration than the one he's already been getting (stroke risk is one of its side effects, so they didn't want to increase that risk until they were sure things were stable).

He's not exactly going to be taking up a career writing names on grains of rice any time soon, or even driving. But this improvement, and opportunity for further improvement, has been far more than any of us could have hoped for and will allow him to do far more of what he had planned with his retirement (namely, continue to write and edit text books, and travel as much as he can).

As you can tell, I'm much relieved to hear this latest news.

Good news! Good New! :snap:

What great news GD!

Wonderful news!!!!!


So, today we started in on the garage. We pulled out about half of the stuff and separated it into piles. I made $44 off the thrift store pile with out any effort. People will buy ANYTHING if it's sitting on a lawn.

I lost my Grandmother that way ! She was siting on the front lawn next to my Bike, and someone offered me $50.00 for the Bike and accessories.

I said OK, and when I turned back round, she was gone with the schwinn.



:p

<<<groooaaannn>>>

Bravo! Someone buy that man a drink! (both of them)

Ooo, we've found mice in our garage. We've put as much as we can in Rubbermaid containers but we still have a long way to go. So many things just can't be organized together.

Sadly, I've had to toss a lot because they've chosen to live in my schtuff. :(

But, since Kitty, we haven't had a problem. I even caught her trying to catch a spider!! And, she catches flies, too! Wahoo!!!

Have fun finding things....

That kitty is a keeper, MW! Ours are total wusses. They run from mice and stuff. Cowards.

Thanks for the support. I already have a sleep disorder. So I can't say I will be too much different. :blush:

This is awesome news! I'm so happy for you and for your Dad, this will make for a more joyous holiday season for you all. I'll light a candle for him too! :cheers:

My first take - storing mice in Rubbermaid containers...man, that's a cruel way to kill 'em. ;)

{I need to sign in and read up on posts, missed this one...}

Oh yes, she is tough! You should see the look in her eyes. She also likes lizards, too, but we don't let her out to catch them.

LOL That would be a heck of a lot of mice, CP!!!

Now, if they were rats {thank God they aren't} we have a nice Rat Condo. The mice would probably just get out....

GD, great news about your Dad. :snap:

writing my Xmas cards, I should be working, but, I have my priorities straight for a change.

Soooo....

That whole "3 day suspension" thing...

Somebody screwed up, and put me through A LOT of unnecessary stress.

Yippy. I'm not in trouble, but I didn't sleep well last night.

Yay! No suspension!

So, my entire management team, up to the VP, is holding an "off-site" meeting (which is actually being held on-site :rolleyes: ) all day. So I'm not particularly motivated to get much work done right now.

It's great to hear positive news, now and then. Congratulations!

Well, now's your chance to eat all the bagles. :)