They got wifi on mountain tops now?

Just when I think I'm getting used to sleeping for 2 hours at a time, I have a night like last night, where every time the baby alarm goes off, I feel like I haven't slept at all.

Yes, they have WiFi on mountain tops now. I had spectacular coverage from the top of Nevada Falls.

I bet Mt Wilson has excellent coverage...


Anyway... It doesn't need to be WiFi. DSL will do. ;)

I have finally started to tackle the biggest problem in the house... the spare bedroom. For the past few (like 5) years it has become the dumping place for the rest of the house. I have already removed 3 large bags of trash and added a few things to the growing yard sale pile. The Boy will be so pleased when he gets home. This is the crafts room, and he has to hunt for anything he needs, and climb over stuff to reach the desk.

I just found my original Game Boy, complete with 2 rechargable battery packs (Boy is looking for games).

I also found all of my customer service accomodations from SBC.

I do believe I found all of my missing lighters, one in every purse I opened.

It is amazing what that room has held for all of these years.

Ugh. That sounds so painful. Yikes.
Speedy recovery for your mom.

Ouch! That sounds painful. Does she have osteoporosis?


MG - good job! I always find a good purging to be cleansing.

We've had almost a foot of snow since yesterday and it's still falling. I got halfway to work and got the news that there is no power at work, so I'm back working at home today. Thankfully my power is still fine (knock wood).

Twisting perhaps? I pray she heals well.

Maybe if you keep digging, your find something rare you can sell on eBay. You never know....

I remember those days. I'm glad I got them out of the way in my 20s, I can't imagine trying to do that now....

Damn Winter Olympics, getting people all riled up and active-y.

(Get well soon wishes to your mom ;) )

Well wishes for you mom, ABG...

Best wishing for you Mom! That sounds like a painful break.

There's now a facebook group dedicated to my shorts. I have some interesting coworkers. :)

Link?

I hate the "Insert" key.

Hate it, hate it, hate it.

I know there are ways to disable it permanently for the computer (besides just removing the physical key) or to disable it in individual programs (like Word). But I have to ask: what is the function of the "overwrite" capability? Is this some remnant from the days of DOS or something?

It's mostly a holdover, yes.
Some programs, especially games with a lot of command options, utilize it for other purposes.

Overwrite is a necessity in the software my library uses (new as of 2004). It's lame that it's necessary, but it is.

It's the Caps Lock key that drives me nuts. I finally disable it altogether.

And yes, in the days of DOS, it was the best way to edit text.

God Damn Johnny Weir! He's got me singing a Lady Gaga song and it's stuck in my head.

Just planted some herbs on my patio. Now we just need to get some furniture out there.

Don't forget the rolling papers!

:D

So....how was my week? Well, from spending last Saturday night in the ER from pain through yesterday's root canal -- pretty crappy, actually. I've been mostly out of my head on pain pills all week to cope.

On the plus side, I apparently astounded the endodontist with the amount of pus that spewed forth from my tooth.

so, what have I missed?

OMG Prudence!!! That sounds horrible!! I've had tooth pain but I've never been to the ER for it! OMG

Are you properly medicated now?

Bought our airline tix for DL in June tonight- whoohoo for the tickets, and sad cheese for my bank account. (Bought six- my sis will pay me back for hers later). Can't wait!!!!!

So, I'm the only one at LoT at the moment. That's right: 1 member and 0 guests.

I'm hitting the vending machines in the LoT lobby. Picture it: That antique broad 3894. Mouth jammed full of a 3 Musketeers bar she jimmied from the candy machine. Making bucket after bucket of ice from the LoT ice dispenser to see how long it takes before it runs out.

Ah, the good life.

I'll be the first to admit my handwriting isn't the easiest to read. However, sometimes trying to interpret Bill's can be a surreal experience.

I went to the grocery store this afternoon. Bill had put some items on the list. While "dishmashing peter" wasn't difficult to decode, "prewar p-nub" and "baled palates" took some head scratching before I could figure them out.

I took Mrs. Moonies grocery list to the in store pharmacist once. He was actually able to read it.

Dishwashing liquid? Something peanutbutter? Paper plates or something potatoes?

Very close.

dishwashing Detergent
regular peanuts
baked potatoes

I am getting ready to go take the Census exam. Kern county only pays $15.50, but that is still really good for this area. It is also $15.50 more than I am making now.

I'm counting on you to do well!


It's a census joke.

"Counting"

The census counts things....

Ok, so it's a really bad joke.


Still best of luck to you.

And we would expect nothing more from you.

I thought there was once a thread about bad web design and there are a couple of sites that keep track of them (such as Web Pages That Suck), but I just had to point y'all to this one that I came across today:

Northranch Enterprises

That's painful to even glance at! :eek:

I got a 25, and finished well before the 30 minutes was up.

The guy who spent the 2+ hours trying to hit on me only got a 9.

Root canal phase one is finished and I don't need pain pills any more.

According to the news, there was a car crash in Mulholland Canyon where a car went over a cliff. Apparently, the fire department used wenches to get the men back up on the road.

We listened twice just to make sure

I heard that milkmaids were cost prohibitive.

Hey, they're both saving money on expensive equpiment AND creating jobs in this difficult economy for a very underemployed class of citizen. Good on them!

Wow, that's a bloody mess! :evil:

I'm surfing the web today from a free/open WiFi connection on a laptop that can't be traced to me. You know what that means. I can finally click on all those Kevy links and visit all those other fun site. Now, where was that leaked list of sites blocked/banned by the Australian firewall

I was at home- they didn't call me!


We're doing some remodeling- getting a new kitchen floor. (One of the laminate interlocking floors- it looks so cool!) I'll post before and afters later. :)

Chris' on-again, off-again business trip to Palm Springs is on again, so he's gone until Friday. I will probably revert to my vampire sleep patterns again while he gone.

Oh, thinking of work trips, Chicago is (temporarily, I'm sure) back on... again. I don't know how I feel about that. I'd rather not go if it's just going to be back and forth.

Don't toy with my emotions!!

Sooooooooo ... I've been away a while, and decided to come back in true Roger Rabbit style - i.e., only when it was funny.

(I couldn't resist telling a little story I'd nearly forgotten triggered by a post in the Misc. Movie thread).


So, there you have it. I'll endeavor to be a better netizen of the LoT than in certain times past. I've missed you all. Twenty Ten will be a banner year. I'm not sure for what, but banner for sure.


:iSm:

So, when is your Chicago trip? Chris is going in May and I will probably join him at the tail end of his trip.

And then you'll have to do the Close Encounters blog as you watch thing.
:)

Of course, we'll expect three different threads for the 3 different versions...

:D

I will be there for either all or part of May 20-26.

I'm thinking of dragging J with me if his schedule permits.

I'm heading to Pensacola and Panama City Beach FL next week for a conference. Anyone have experience in those areas that can recommend good restaurants/bars/hotels.

Crap. If E and C are in Chicago at the same time that means we're (SoCal) is going to have another earthquake.

NO! NO Quakes. DO NOT WANT!

We've already lost 1.26 milli-seconds. I can't afford to lose any more time!

After the last little flurry of mini quakes the cats were almost getting used to the notion.

Maybe if I go to Chicago too there won't be a quake. Actually, I'd rather be gone for a quake than home alone. That was NOT fun!

What? we just had drinks...

Actually the moved my conference up a week - think to avoid some of the conflicts (room availability) caused by E's conference - but if we linger to the weekend, we just might have drinks again with both Lisa and J in attendance - that would be pretty cool.

But I'm a bit nervous that my boss won't say in public who is going this year though she already told me I would be going.

I guess I know when I'm NOT going to SoCal.

Chile should be fine then

To shirtless European backpack man who was biking to work this morning:

Thanks for the view! You are uber hot!

Sincerely,

Me

Does he read this board? ;)

Hey GC, do you know which episode of LOST you are in?

If only.
:D
Episode 11. That's what I hear anyway...
:)

Maybe I should go to Chicago too.

If I see you on LOST I am going to freak out. :D

Hee hee. I'm expecting to be cut from the episode. You know, not get my hopes up and all that...
:)

Do we know when that will be? I've never seen Lost, but I will watch to catch a glimpse of GC.

If they don't skip a week, and he's correct about being episode 11, it will be April 6. But March Madness is coming up, don't know what ABC's primetime plans are.

Well, I'm going to trust the LoT Lost monitors to keep me clued in, I will pay attention to the Lost thread.

And twitter. And facebook.

Off to Santa Barbara for a weekend of Interscholastic Polo. Maddie's team plays tomorrow at 11. We'll see how it goes after that.

Have fun stormin' the castle!

Tomorrow is for Alice! Movie and merchandise perusal.

Cool! I'll have to try to keep up on when it airs. If I can't make it there to see your play, perhaps I can catch you wandering around in the back ground of LOST to tide me over! And then when the DVD comes out I can pause it to look for you. ;)

Which reminds me, I'm on the DVD of POTC II! In the extras, about the red carpet premiere at Disneyland. The shot of Gore and Orlando with their arms around each other, to their left (viewers right) is my mom in a loud blue shirt, and I'm right behind her holding a silver camera up for the shot. I'm in millions of homes!! That's my 3 seconds of fame!

Can I have your autograph?

Sure, just bring your DVD, and I'll sign it for you.

;)

Finally finished the new site design for the event video services side of my business. :)

The green is a placeholder for the video, and the scrolling text on the right will be uploaded dynamically.

I'm so proud of myself for finally getting this done!

Teresa, that LOOKS AWESOME

IMDB says April 13th.

Thanks!

I like the site design!

Helloooooo! It looks like I'm all alone here. Maybe all of you were up partying too late:p

Well, I guess I'll make myself comfy then

I'm up. Was up late, but wasn't partying, just watching SNL with Zach Galifianakis. It was not a good episode (even in the context of the bad episodes of late), and they under utilitized Galifianakis, but it was still worth waiting up for if only because his monologue was great, and the last sketch was nutty. On top of that, Zach actually shaved his beard for the last sketch, and then came out for the credits wearing a (very convincing) fake beard. Gotta admire that dedication to the craft.

What was the weather like for yesterday? I was worried about M's big day.

I watched the last half of that as well. I haven't watched SNL in ages and now I know why. It was quite dull for the most part. I had no idea who the host was and, even after an IMDB search, wasn't more enlightened. Vampire Weekend was equally dull.

I agree that the last sketch was amusing. The consultant who was a guest on the show amused me because one of my dog world friends is a well-known pageant consultant so it was fun to see a parody.

What are the odds that the one time you watch SNL it would have a pug in it?!?

Big day was today....and they skimmed by with no rain, but just.

Yeah, the weather held for our ceremony, and most of the reception, only raining later on. Indoor was still a good call, and the space worked great :)

There's a lovely but run-down and overgrown old craftsman bungelow a couple of blocks from us. We always referred to it as the "recluse house".

It burned down this morning, and the elderly couple (who we just found out really were recluses as well as hoarders) died.

The fire department said that the fire was very small when they got there, but because the house was packed to the rafters with stuff, it spread faster than they could fight it. So sad.

:(

How awful :(

That's so sad. :(

Had a chicken quesadilla just now. In the center, there was a huge gob of guacamole. I think I ate half of it without realizing it. The heartburn is kicking in. Oy frekin' vey! Me and avocados do not get along. Heartburn city. Ugh.

:D

Pass it to me. I love avocados and good guac.

Found this online today and thought it was kinda funny:

Here's an article about the house fire I mentioned.

This part really saddened me:

Some day I will learn NOT to go to a pet store when I am on an emotional rollercoaster.

Gee, I could help it. All I was doing was looking and 2 little girls jumped in my hair and refused to come back out. What was I supposed to do?

You were supposed to take them home and love them. Good job! :evil:

So I my sister gets some sort of letter from a Lawyer (local I know who it is) claiming that somoene has a claim on my Mom's Estate. I'm supposed to get one too but they sent to my old address. Never heard of the person making the claim - looks like it's the lawyers son.

So I'm thinking unclaimed love child, family scandal, estate battle. I checked with my Lawyers and it was just a clerical error. Bummer that's so dull.

I am amused by people who keep doing the same thing over and over again and are forever surprised that they keep getting the same results.

Isn't that the definition of insanity?

Yes.

I forget how very much this site amuses the crap out of me. (Awkward Family Photos)

corrected URL for Awkward Family Photos

Thanks, Kevy!

(I also forgot to delete the page designation...click on the header [of the website] to start at the beginning, otherwise you may miss this gem:

)

In other words, click here

Yay!!! Glad you skated by with only a skiffle of rain!

Sad. I think it's incentive to clean house, though.

Well sure, if you want to make it easy.

LMAO!!!

I'd totally hit this (minus the cat). He's kinda cute.

^ Is that a mullet?

Even better. I think it's a rat tail.

Save the parrots (by whatever means necessary):

I didn't notice the rat tail....





Nah.... I'd still do him.

Facebook is creeping me out. They say they don't keep your email address or access to your address book if you "add via email" but someone who I just started emailing with just showed up as a friend suggestion. We have no mutual friends and I haven't done an "add via email" search in months. So they have to somehow still have access to your address book.

-----

I just found this

So I can't tell if that means they will keep accessing your data even though they aren't saving your password or if they just suggest based upon addresses already searched upon as they join.

Do you know that disco song "Shake Your Booty" by KC and the Sunshine Band? Ya know, "Shake shake shake, shake your booty"

Well somehow that got stuck in my head, but now it's a prison fight song called "Shank Your Booty" and I can't get it out of my head. :eek:

FRANK!

So, the Disneyland Twitter feed is getting desperate to find things to Tweet about. It was a deja vu flashback to inane Disney freak postings:

with a link to this site (which I haven't visited - I just don't need to go there).

One of the buyers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium told me that if she installed one of those coin presses in the aquarium, it would make about $16,000 a year for the MBA. I can see why DL has so many of them...
:)

I remember the song but as soon as I read the first sentence my brain switched it to " Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing baby" Thanks!

I had a coworker in the hall near my office saying "shake it shake it" and sang out that line... I then realized that my boss (the owner) was in and with his door open. I was so embarrased. He didn't say anything but I wonder if he's going to say something to my direct boss about it. Hope not.

We have a little fun now and again at work. Sometimes turning up the music in the morning a little too loud and sing loudly to it. Not for long but enough to put a smile on your face.

I woke up this morning and noticed a bruise the size of my palm on my inner left leg, just above the knee. I don't remember hitting or injuring myself in any way. Am I abusing myself while I sleep? If so, why is a blow hard enough to make a bruise this big not waking me up?

WTF...?

Sounds like an alien abduction to me.

On a more alarmist front, they can be a sign of blood clots or onset of diabetes.

Maybe you got up in the middle of the night and ran into something?!

For those who didn't see ti on Twitter (the picture she posted on Twitter is better), Susan's new Spring look:

Excellent hair, Susan.
:)

The Shining cuckoo clock

Hells yes!

I want the Shining Cuckoo Clock!!

Awesome hair, Susan!!!! :)

That's a fun site - founds lots of interesting things there

Like: When Stare Is Worth A Thousand Words

Possible, but improbable. I have never sleepwalked before and since it's on the inside of my leg, even if I was sleepwalking, I can't imagine how it could hit me there.

I'm just gonna chalk it up to my invisible boyfriend accidentally whacking me with his arm during a dream. ;)

The hair is rockin!

Very hot.

With hair like that I'm guessing she's looking to upgrade soon.

She certainly couldn't downgrade; because you're already taken

It's quiet here today. Where is everyone?

in the livingroom

We're watching Polyester on teevee,

But do you have the scratch & sniff card to go with it?

No. But the Al-Anon ads that are running are all too appropriate.

No, that was last weekend.

I was in Los Olivos looking for dino-sharks.

Did you find any?

We're having gorgeous weather and looks like it will be with us through the weekend. Spring is springing and I'm hoping to get out to Land's End if it is lovely. Yay!

!!!!!!? We need to get you to post in the Hey Brad !! How's The Show? thread. I would have loved to come see The Drowsy Chaperone, I'm sure I could've twisted Joe's arm to come along, too.

No. They haven't made it there yet.

I did find some amazing bacon though.

Hopefully everybody remembered to Spring their clocks forward this weekend

Sounds like a successful trip then!

Ah. That was this weekend? That certainly explains a lot about my day so far.

I am sooooo..... freaking tired today and I don't know why.

In other news, my iPhone has decided that it only wants to display a white screen today. Hope this isn't bad news. It is still under warranty, but I want it to be a simple fix.

Have you tried popping the battery out and putting it back in... :p

Daylight Saving Time?

On a totally unrelated note, I just coined a new term. It's for when you've been having an exceptionally crappy day and need a little extra TLC from a loved one:
Medical Grade Hug

Some suggestions, sans-snark. http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroub...screen-fix.htm

I could use one of those right now.

Kevine, power if off or reset the phone. That should do the trick.

I did a reset (press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time) and it brought it back to life. Crisis averted.

Courtesy of Apple's web site

#2 from your link is the what I did

Was that this weekend?

Geez, I try to help and all you can do is sh*t all over it.

LOL

I should have added a "thank you". I was just letting you know what the solution was as I know you were dying to know.

And on the topic, thank you to Lisa. Even if she did come up with a unique new spelling of my name.

The parrots are in the tree just outside our office window, screeching up a storm. Damn, they're loud!

A flock buzzed my car and squawked directly above my sunroof the other day. Scared the snot outta me!

That's one of the downsides to these traveling shows: they're only here for a week. I meant to go see it, so I could understand Cricket when he talks about the shows, but it didn't happen. Would have loved to see it with you guys, though!

Ooooh, yeah, I like that!

Kevy + Divine = Kevine

Now who can photoshop Kevy's face onto this body?

Stop it - I can't laugh out loud at work (otherwise, I would have to explain what I was laughing about).

VSMM

I was going to volunteer to do the photoshopping, but I see someone's beaten me to it and edited into your post.

No kayaking but you can rent an inter-tube and float down the Merced.

That would be fun in March or April!

I was just kidding about the tubing the Merced in April/May. I think the water temp is about 4,000 degrees below zero that time of year (give or take a few degrees).

That warm?!

I'll have to call Susan so we can start working on the Halloween costume. Brilliant idea! Thank you! ;)

Ummm I think that is Kevy.

Root canals aren't the worst part of the process. No, that's the crown build-up appointment. Which was this afternoon. But I'm going to make myself soup. Garlic soup. Which should fix everything.

I am so screwed

On the rented rafts? Technically no. That said, beer has been present each time I've done it.

I recently joined a Chameleon Forum. I amused by the fact that there general chat forum is called Lizard Lounge (if you aren't sure why, check what forum the Soooo.... thread is in).

Damn, I wish I'd thought of making that joke.

Recorded "Minute to Win it" and we're watching it now. I LOVE this show.

4.4 at 4 am. JUST when I was about to fall asleep. I was the only one disturbed by it. The dogs didn't even wake up.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...ci14601172.php


Just the Whittier Narrows menace letting off some steam.

We have caller ID here at work. I am highly amused when I look over and the display says something like "Florida" and I think, "what, is the entire STATE calling?!?"

So did we. I need to check out the website because I'm guessing they tell you about the games. In the intro to the guy, they showed him stacking apples at home with his kid.

I can see many fun filled hours at our house trying to duplicate these!

Are you going to have the garlic soup before or after the dental appointment? Cause if before, it'd kind of be revenge on your mouth doctor. :evil:

Or he/she could be less cautious because he/she wants to either 1) get out of there as soon as possible, or 2) get revenge

Spring Fever, I haz it.

Hay fever, I haz it.

<hack>

I had a horrible hay fever attack yesterday afternoon. I took a antihistamine/decongestant, which made me feel better, but also gave me insomnia. I was reading a Spider-Man comic when the earthquake hit.

My new desktop background

Awwwww! How cuuute!
:)

awwwwwww

I think I've seen Greg make that face before.

Awww baby!


------

Re: allergies. Zyrtec (non-D) is my friend.

While sneezing?

Looks like our 19 year old cat, Henry is not going to make it through the night. Wolfette is heartbroken, but it's Henry's time to make peace and cross the rainbow bridge. He can meet up with my little Wolfy there.

Kitty :(

Sad news, D. Our thoughts are with you and yours as you say goodbye to Henry.

Always sad to say goodbye. I'm sorry Wolfy.

I'm so sorry wolfy.

Awww, sweet Henry. I'm so sad for you and your family.

As predicted Henry died about 5am this morning in my arms.....goodbye dear sweet Henry, may you rest in peace.

So sorry Wolfy. Of all the ways he could have passed, I'll bet that was the one he would have chosen - in your arms knowing how much he was loved.

Sorry for your loss Wolfy. You gave him much love and he knew it.

Cute baby picture and sad kitty story, great way to start my day off crying.

Jen & Greg, Theo's adorable and I can absolutely see a family resemblance.

Wolfy & Wolfette, so sad, and such a long time he'd been part of your family!

I'm so out of touch...

So sorry Wolfy. I know your pain.

Wolfy, peace be with you. Henry was family.

Sorry to hear about Henry. It sounds like he had a good life with a loving family.

So it looks like we'll be looking for an assisted living situation for my mom

That's got to be a hard thing to do. Good luck, I wish you the best for you, your mom, and family. Is she willing?

Good thoughts for you and your family, Chris.

My thoughts are with you and your family...

The big boss of my department build/drives one of these (soft top):



I knew he was cool when I first met him.

I'm listening to MGMT's upcoming album, Congratulations (available to stream here, either the full album or one track at a time). Any album with an ode to Brian Eno on it has my attention.

I just made up a euphemism for "old":

Chronologically Flatulent

I must admit that my first thought when seeing the picture was "There has to be a mullet nearby."

OMG! That was my first thought too!

I just had a conversation with someone and the response to my question, 'How was your weekend?' sounded something like this:

So like this weekend okay I went to a concert at the waterfront and like it was pretty fun. This guy was all 'Hi' and all that and was like blah blah blah and was all totally nice and like asked me what my name was. I told him and he was like all ya la la and we hung out and watched the lead singer from UB40 sing and stuff. So, I was like all oh my god because he wanted to take me to the VIP section and so we like went over there and you know and so I didn't have a wrist band and so the big bodyguard was all blah blah blah. So, then we like got in, but we all totally didn't like feel like we fit in. So we like left and didn't come back. So, he just texted me and we're going to like go out or something tonight but his sister was like all he doesn't know how to you know drive.

I love that! I totally understood what she was talking about. But it did make me super aware of using "like" and "all" and "yadda yadda" etc. I found it fascinating.

Awww. His is pretty and he built it. No mullet.

Yeah, I was thinking, "That car is way too pretty for any self-disrespecting mullet to have anything to do with."

So "Gemini Cricket" is actually a sock puppet for a 14-year-old girl?

Hmmm, where to put this...

Well that made me laugh! I can't figure out what the sign that says blank will eat your babies says. I don't know what could possibly fit in the blank. One sign has a cheeseburger on it! They seem very confused on what they are protesting, none of the signs match any theme I can think of!?!

It looks like one of them says God hates Jews. I suppose they should re-read their Bible. Unless God ordered Jesus to be crucified because he was Jewish.

In another picture it says, "You will eat your babies" which really makes no sense but adds quite a bit to the crazy.


(HAHA...I missed the cheeseburger!)

Yes, from the San Fernando Valley.

Like, gag me with a spoon!

:D

That's, like, totally 25 years ago!

1 week on LoT or 15 minutes on MC

I was curious, so I went over to MC. Apparently, I had not logged in since May, 2008.

Unfortunately, it doesn't show how many new posts since my last visit. It would have been amusing.

If you hit "backspace" it will pull up your original new posts query.

I always right click on the "first new post in thread" to open in a new window (or new tab if your browser supports it and that's what you want), closing that window once I've read that thread. That way, I don't lose the original search and it is easier to find.

Crapola! Everytime I turn around, I show my age! :rolleyes:

I'm a tab-a-holic, too Kevy. It's the only way to browse... especially on the LoT ;)

I SO need this for the next camping trip. Or if I accept my friend's invitation to go to War this year.

We just finished a late dinner cooked using the electric oven, gas stove and microwave. Cleaned up, loaded and currently running both dishwashers, sat down to watch a couple of minuets of TV on the Big Screen HD Goodness which went to commercial so I left it on while I came to the home office turned on both monitors for a quick Internet check only to find out there are 4min left in "Earth Hour".


Oops. My Bad. Sorry Mommy Earth.

As my penitence I need all of you SoCal'ers to power down when your time comes. Please?

I'm watching 4 big dogs tonight and the largest if afraid of the dark. Such a conundrum!

I don't do Earth Hour because I think it's stupid so if I were vital to your hopes for penitence, Moonliner, my apologies.

But my office building announced that they'd be observing it so there's that. Of course, they'll be turning off the lights when 95% of them would have been off anyway but it's the thought that counts and we'll ignore the server rooms that are always on even when no person is within three floors of a computer connected to them. And let's not mention the AdverTVs in the elevators that personal experience shows are also always on even when the motion sensitive elevator lights have turned off. Or the fact that we've turned every toilet, urinal, faucet, and soap dispenser in the building into a continuous electricity sucking device.

I promise not to threadpoop in the actual Earth Hour thread.

In terms of power saved during the hour, It's pretty much meaningless but as a way to raise awareness of the larger issue of conservation, it's kinda catchy.

...And the pictures of all the famous monuments in the dark is kinda cool...

Or does it make a lot of people feel like they did something and therefore reduce the pressure to actually do something?

Pffft... no hill for a climber. Are you, or are you not, in possession of camping equipment?

(I say this, in spite of having no intention of participating myself. Simply because I enjoy applying the peer pressure, LOL) ;)

I think I'll fire up my extra 1250 watt computer power supplies to pitch in.

I just spent the last 3 hours trying to get the wife's laptop running again. Somehow she managed to corrupt her user account. It's Windows Vista and it would come up with this error message when she tried to log onto the computer:

"The User Profile Service service failed the logon. User Profile cannot be loaded"

The problem is, that was the ONLY profile set up, so you couldn't do anything at all on it. And it was the Administrator! :eek: I didn't know that with Vista you should always set up more than one profile, and not use admin for daily working. I don't use Vista anywhere, and don't use that laptop. Cripes! :mad:

Luckily I was able to get in on safe mode and do a system restore, back to two days ago. I then went in and made two more profile accounts.

Does everyone know about having more than one account in Vista, and I've living under a rock?

And yes, it was during Earth Hour and I had the lights on.

That's how I feel about it.

If it were an hour each week, I'd be on board. Coming from a background of not using power for a full day each week, it wouldn't be that hard to do.

Maybe Obama could help with the meme that he's a closet Muslim but initiating a government program encouraging conversion to orthodox Judaism as an environmental program.



Shortly after we moved to the Bay Area there was a story on the news that so convinced me of the truth of the stereotype of "Berkeley Liberal Idiocy" that it still lingers 12 years later.

It was a hunger strike some group was doing. But the twist was that it was a "relay" (my word, probably not the one they used) hunger strike. They were broken into teams of four and each person on the team would be on hunger strike for 6 hours and then pass the strike to the next person. By their definition, I'm on a hunger strike every time I go to sleep which is why as I get into bed each night I loudly proclaim "Down with <significant societal form of oppression>" in hopes that by shedding light on the issue with my sacrifice I will slowly reform society. So far it isn't working much, the cat still wears fur, flagrantly flouting my PETA-activism.

Now, I don't doubt the sincerity of those who participate in Earth Hour, any more than I doubted the sincerity of those hunger strikers. And Earth Hour isn't as silly as that hunger strike since at least some small amount of the unused power is actually saved rather than just shifted slightly. But I can't help putting them in roughly the same bucket.

If they had Earth Hour during hours it was light outside I'd be more inclined to participate.

Instead the reusable coffee mug, reusable 'work cutlery' and reusable water cup I use resulting in about 400 less things I am throwing away each month at work will have to make up for it.

So the last dream I had before waking this morning, was me (on a motorcycle) following Lashbear (in a Ford truck) on a 2 lane freeway heading to Long Beach. Then I lost him as we ended up on some weird freeway in the middle of construction. This must have been recycled from my looking at those roads Disneyphile posted about. Even if it was just a dream, great to see you Lashbear. I woke up before we made it to Long Beach. :(

Boris has been stable for a long time, but it looks like he's decompensated a bit. We're hoping he had a kidney infection (even though it didn't show up in the urine) and that he'll improve. He's lost weight, which is alarming. He's not underweight yet, but he's close. He's been a little more active since he's been on the antibiotics, so maybe it is an infection making him worse and he'll get better. It's not like he's on death's door, but I'm reminded that he's a sick kitty, has been for a long time, and won't last forever. He's been such a good friend and I can't stand thinking about life without him.

Poor Boris...he is in our thoughts.

Kitty hugs for Boris & his mama.

Kitty :(

This goes out to all you tribesmen out there.

A Jewish man was going to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth. According to tradition, when being knighted, the knightee says a set piece in Latin. The knightee had never studied Latin, but memorized the phrase. During the ceremony, his mind went blank. Knowing he was expected to say something in a foreign language he said: "Ma nishtana haleila hazeh mikole halailot." The Queen, upon hearing this, said: "Why is this knight different than all other knights."

VSLM

Damn: Babelfish doesn't translate from Jew to Engrish

Hey, look! It's a cigarette!
 

Sooo....American Girl opened a store in Denver at the Park Meadows mall. They were giving a goodie bag to the first 100 girls and Rose wanted to be one of them-so we spent the night on the sidewalk outside the store. In the wind snow and drizzle-we were not alone-there were hundreds of people in line hours before they opened.

Rose was #17 in the store. The #1 girl got a free doll-oh well.....she is thrilled with the experience. It was fun, but not something I would run out to do again.

What was in the goodie bag?

A t-shirt for the dolls- it's red with stars on it and says "American Girl - Denver"

The book about the doll of the year "Lanie", an activity book and one of the magazines.

I did not get out without getting her something-she picked a robe for herself (the same one the Rebecca doll wears), some earrings for her girls and we got a snowpant suit with a sweater and snow boots (that even has little snowflakes in the tread)-we also got her Julie dolls ears pierced and got more earrings with that purchase.

If you're still using Babelfish for translation, I strongly recommend Google Translate. I find it does much better.

And it does translate Jew but you have to go full Jew first. So try this:

מה נשתנה, הלילה הזה מכל הלילות

Stuff

I would love to attend a Seder run by Jerry Stiller.

Ugh, I have the internet back in my life.
THANK GOD!

Hi Everyone!!

Thank god you're back, someone is wrong on the internet and needs your immediate attention

70% cocoa dark chocolate eases away all the days troubles.

Sooooo......We got a new kitty! His name is Haku and he's three years old.




We thought of Lisa when we got this.

And yet, just a percentage more could kill you ...

huh?

if you were a dog

Vegas! Tomorrow! First time! Wheeeee!

Haha... you gotta check Google today.

Kitteh! Sweet lil cutie pie kitty-witty. :)

New ap i want!

Translate for Animals.

Google Verticals.

They do something every year on 4/1

Thanks, Mr. Spoiler Alert.

Remember when Kevy got banned?

Good times.

Yeah, I'm gone for a few seconds and Ricky Martin turns gay. What next??

I shall now welcome you back by doing the traditional wiggle, hop & shout dance!

..... .... ..... .... !!! .... oooo!!! ?? ..... ...... Eee....

You know, LoT really needs a video post feature.

Or upon reflection, perhaps not.

I just ordered $524.00 worth of candy

4,250 pieces of Sunkist Fruit Gems

(I actually didn't pay that price: Smart and Final has the best price I could find on this candy. When you are buying this much, you research.)

I love that stuff. Especially the clear ones. Never knew they were made by Jelly Belly.

Pneumonia, I haz it. :(

It's Matt's Medical Mayhem 2010! Pull up a chair and see what affliction gets him next!

Are you going to share?

Yes; with 167 people we are mailing to as part of a promotion. Each person gets approximately 25 pieces.

If direct markers sent me decent candy I'd be more inclined to not throw their stuff away.

Now, how to I unsubscribe from the crap stuck in my door and on my car.

Welcome to the club. :(

Ah, ok. For a moment there I was going to ask why you were attending a Bar Mitzvah.

Tonight CP and I confirmed that yes, we do have a 10 year plan for the photo cube.

What does the photo cube think about this?

It knows we have its best interests at heart.

Didn't really want to make a new thread for this, but one of my photos has been picked for the Schmap Los Angeles guide-

If you're on an iPhone or iPod Touch - http://www.schmap.com/losangeles/top...=111065_20.jpg

Or to see what the pic looks like on a desktop - http://www.schmap.com/?m=iphone#uid=...65&i=111065_20

Night sweats and a dog falling off the bed make for a very early morning.

WTG Matt!

Nice Matt!

Congratulations Matt!

That was one long earthquake.

Hmm - unsalted roasted cashews are a bit fruity in taste.

Nice.

Helloooooooo.......?

Hi.

Howdy!

Close, but the thread is called "Sooooo....."

Whooooooooo R U?

Come on in; the door is open!

What? I'm busy.

Mmmmm.... chicken apple sausage, on a sesame seed roll, topped with lemon olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and bruschetta.

What? Oh, this isn't the "What's for Lunch?" thread... oh well, suffer!

OMGYUMMYUMMYUMMY

Is it too late to go back to bed?

It is never too late to go back to bed!

Especially if the right people are there!

Oh my FU<K, I'm busy as hell again.

And there's enough room for everyone. ;)

It's snowing :(

Why do you think we bought a king-sized bed? ;)

Twitter was attacked by a neighbor's pitbull last night. The pit was being dog sitted by a teenage girl. She took him out for a walk, just as Hubby was leaving with Twitter on his nightly jaunt. The pit broke his leash and got hold of Twitter and flung him in the air. The teen couldn't get ahold of the pit and he attempted to enter our house to get Twitter again. We finally got him to run and she caught him and re-leashed him. We rushed Twitter to Emergency Pet care where he went under the knife for the puncture wounds he had gotten from the pit to save his lungs. $1500.00 later, along with a report to Animal Control, we now have Twitter home recovering. We have notified the dog sitter and the owner (who lives a couple streets over) about the cost. Of course we are going to have problems collecting. Does anyone know if we should contact a lawyer? Or should we just proceed through small claims court?

Oh Wolfy I have no advice on the legal aspect but I'm so sorry to hear about Twitter. Here's wishing him a speedy recovery.

Oh my goodness, Wolfy! Speedy recovery to Twitter *hugs*

Sadly, I have no legal advice to dispense...

When all is said and done it will still be under $5000.00, so if we can't get the money from the sitter or owner we'll be off to Small Claims court. Ugh! This might take a long time, but we won't give up!

Ugh. Sorry to hear that, wolfy.
:(

If the pitbull actually broke the leash, I'd say the owner is more liable than the sitter.

Sorry to hear about Twitter (although at first I was trying to figure out how a pit bull could cause problems for a social networking service).

I have no legal advice, but I would start by taking the high road. Don't start the issue by yelling and screaming and demanding the money. But make sure it is clear that you expect payment to cover the emergency vet expenses.

I'm so sorry to hear Wolfy.

I hate to say but I'm not sure the teenage sitter should be held financially responsible. Yes, she was walking when the dog broke loose from his leash (versus her letting go of it setting him loose) but the owners never should have hired someone who couldn't control their dog to watch it.

Well, there are lawyers who specialize in dog bite cases. Such a lawyer might be able to advise you if the dog owner's homeowner's insurance covers what happened. Such a lawyer might also suggest causes of action that might be pleaded by your husband. So, it might be worth a phone call or, perhaps some internet research into such a lawyer in your area who might advertise and have a general discussion about what you might expect on his web site.

Not according to animal control. It would be the parents of the sitter that is liable.

I am not sure that I would rely on an underpaid county employee for legal advice* - get a second opinion (Strangler Lewis has some good info that can be trusted). Whoever pays should be covered for these types of incidents by their homeowners insurance (assuming that it covers something that happens off of their property).

Also, I would think that filing a police report would be a good idea (if they will take it - I am not sure).






* This is not meant as a dig on county/government employees - just that this person, while he/she has exposure to this kind of situation that the average Joe doesn't, probably is not aware of all of the legal possibilities/ramifications.

I'd question why the parents of a minor who was watching a dog would be responsible for the owner provided leash breaking resulting in the attack.

You must be angry and it's so easy to direct your anger at the teenage girl who was walking the dog, but if the leash broke and the dog got away it's really not her fault.

Animal Contol also mentioned that Homeowner's Insurance has to be notified ahead of time of a Pit or Rot on property to be covered. We'll have to wait and see on that of course.

No police report since no law was actually broken, the Pit did start out on a leash, obviously one not strong enough to hold the dog, but still within the law.

Screw it - I say we go for some good old-fashioned vigilante justice!

You may also want to contact your own homeowner's insurance company. If any of the other parties does have insurance, your insurance company may be able to step in and do the legal legwork for you (subrogation). At least that's how it works in the auto insurance world, not 100% certain the same applies for homeowners but it's worth a call.

I'll keep that in mind Kevy!

On that point he's likely correct. It may also be possible that even if they did properly inform their insurance company...the result of that information was that the insurance policy excludes the pitbull. So you may still be going after the homeowner directly even if they are insured.

Calling right now. Thanks GD for the advice. Can't hurt.

Best wishes for Twitter's recovery, as well as the recovery of your wallet!

Called insurance company and it's different than auto. The owners should be able to get it paid for through theirs, but ours has nothing to do with it.

Autos are insured two different ways - Individual and Vehicle. Whole different scenario.

If the dog had done damage to our home it would be something they could step in on. But damage to our dog....nope.

Wolfy, I'm very sorry to hear this. I hope and wish Twitter a speedy recovery! Poor doggie.

Sorry to hear about Twitter, best wishes for recovery.

Yeah, it occurred to me after I posted that the only reason they'd do it is if they had a financial interest should the responsible party not be able to pay. Since it's not like you could make a claim against your own insurance, they've got no reason to care one way the other.

Hope T gets back to health ASAP.

Yikes Wolfy - how horrible! Hope Twitter gets well soon

First of all, thank GOD Twitter wasn't hurt worse than he was. The bite of a pit is not an enjoyable one.

Now, about the pet sitter....

Is she under 18 or is she a professional dog walker that would have the appropriate insurance coverage? Was she being paid to do this job by the owners. If she is a professional or works for a professional company, you should be fully covered. However, if the owners of the dog hired a teenager to walk their dog, then they are liable for anything that happens.

We have had insurance claims in the past but we are fully insured as a pet sitting company.

And, folks, this is why you hire a professional and not a teenager to take care of your pets!

ZOO CONCERTS for the summer!

Jewel
Jimmy Cliff
Jamie Cullum
Levon Helm
B52s
Chris Isaak
Pink Martini (2 nights)
A Prairie Home Companion

There is the possibility of one or two more that are still in negotiations. The scary part is that all but the first couple of these are in August. It's going to be a long month!

I'm so sorry Wolfy! I hope Twitter has a speedy recovery.

Poor Twitter. Get better soon!

I was just outside. I think I heard someone shouting "Auntie Em, Auntie Em" in the distance...

There, I fixed it.

There's a big difference between hiring a teen to clean a litter box and hiring a teen to walk your beast.

That said, what can an owner do differently when the leash breaks and the dog is hellbent on disemboweling another dog?

Dealing with jerks is actually pretty easy. So I'd like to thank the person who just met for a new project for being pretty clearly a jerk. He may think he's getting to me but he's not and his jerkiness does nothing to make my life more difficult since, as I said, dealing with jerks is easy.

The hard ones are the jerks who are good at acting like non-jerks. Those're the ones who'll trip me up.

As clearly testified by a person who just posted in a chat room to vent about it......

:D

burning... out...

I hear ya.

So Madzie is on her DC/Philly/NY trip this week. I was a little worried with this being her first trip with Diabetes and the time changes and all that. So far so good. We don't actually hear from her but she updates her facebook. I love what she finds interesting. So far the snipers at the White House, the Holocaust Museum was disturbing, so many monuments it's depressing, George Washington's bathroom is 200ft from his house and some kid passed out on the dinner cruise so they had to go back early.

I read that it moves almost a foot closer each year.

I agree that a cat is not likely to hurt another animal while you leave it under the care of a pet sitter, however the likely hood of the cat getting out, hurt, or getting attacked by a dog or raccoon is more likely with a less attentive person.

If this dog actually broke the leash (which I think is very unlikely) it would have either been a) damaged before hand, b) not appropriately sized for a dag that large or c) not installed properly. A professional dog walker would know that the dog was aggressive to other dogs before hand and would have been VERY attentive while walking this dog and would have not walked with a damaged or inappropriate leash. There are so MANY thing wrong with this situation that could have easily been avoided with someone who knew what they were doing.

Now, mistakes do happen - even with professionals. I have had some pretty scary situations in the past 5 years that have taught me more about what COULD go wrong with a dog, a cat, or even a rabbit or turtle.

I just ran across this bit of ASCII art:

‹'› ‹(•¿•)› ‹'›

Love it!

I'm not venting, there's another thread for that. Just commenting with some level of amusement at the games people think they're playing sometimes.

Vegas:

Everyone smokes.
Spent an amount I shan't own up to on dinner at Fleur de Lys during which I got full on drunk for the first time in my life.
Visited Caesar's Palace, the Venetian, the Bellagio, Paris, and just inside the door of Planet Hollywood.
Obtained slightly alcoholic beverage in large bong-shaped plastic cup.
Obtained a stack of naked lady cards.
Won 65.75 in video poker in Paris.
Saw Bellagio fountain show.
Went up the faux Eiffel Tower.
Bought glass beads at the Venetian.
Drove home.

Then, Sunday, went to say goodbye to the Jewel of Orleans, where the Rat bought me diamond earrings.

If you want to know if she paid attention to anything other than the bathroom, ask her where the back porch is.

But did you drive from Vegas directly to Disneyland?

It's Hubert Keller's restaurant at Mandalay Bay. French!

No, we had to fit in some sleep first.

Wuss.

Vegas > hockey game > Disneyland > home > sleep for a week.

Plus, the jewelry store was closed by the time we made it to the greater Disneyland area.

Details, details, details!!

There is litte so gratifying as creating a system of organization that pays off by making light work of a task that, lacking the system, would have been monumental.

If only it were gratifying enough to motivate me to do it for everything.

Here's my account of our meal at the San Francisco location of the same restaurant. Keller is an amazing chef.

I'm on the shortlist for another Schmap guide, this time for Tampa- I'll let ya know if they use my photo for this one in about a month.

Gotta watch out for those killer turtles.

Next up on Nightline: When Tortoises Attack

Some of you may have seen Susan's Tweet that her car got broken into last night (they only took her Garmin and some loose change - more of a PITA than anything).

In dealing with the insurance company on it, we discovered that somehow, we have been living without Renter Insurance (yikes!). Needless to say, that situation was rectified immediately. By adding this insurance, it gave is a 10% discount on our auto insurance. The 10% savings nearly offset the incremental cost of the Renters Insurance: it only added about $10 per month to our bill.

Have you ever had a turtle chase you around the house so he could latch on to your big toe? They have these pointy beaks and they clamp on HARD. And this one LOVED my toes.

If you are unable to outrun a turtle, we need to set you up on a fitness program stat!

Okay, you asked for it....

We did the 6 course tasting menu.

Started off with the amuse bouche: a tiny ball of delicious, not at all fishy crab covered with impossibly thinly sliced avocado, resting on a pool of watermelon something or other. Served with a sparkling rose.

First course: tuna tartare on a fennel slaw with a soy dressing of some kind and microgreens. I can't recall the wine, but it was very light.

Second course: the most amazing soup I've ever had in my life and the standout course of the evening. The bowl was presented with a little rolled-up something and a spoonful of red goo. The rolled-up thingy was a duck ragu ravioli and the red goo was something red wine-ish. Then the server poured in this most amazing sweet onion veloute. I wanted to bathe in it. It was perfection. Wine was a chardonnay.

Third course: foie gras three ways. Left to right, a pate, a frisee salad with walnuts and apple vinaigrette, grilled foie gras with a red wine jelly, and a foie gras cappuccino, which we deemed the meat milkshake. Wine was a sauternes.

Fourth course: sea bass wrapped in a thin layer of chorizo on top of a barley "risotto" with grilled peppers and onions on the side and a tomato sauce poured over. It was amazing how the flavor of spice was there, but it wasn't "hot". Wine was a rioja.

Fifth course: venison with huckleberries, cabbage (I think), and pureed potatoes. At this point I was drunk. It was delicious, and the Rat was even able to eat the venison without activating his "weird meat" sensor. Wine was a red zinfandel.

Sixth course: amazing chocolate souffle which I couldn't finish because I was so stuffed and a mocha ice cream I didn't eat because it was coffee flavored. The souffle was so light and fluffy-yet-creamy. Can't remember the wine exactly, but I think it was sparkling. Again: drunk. Trouble keeping balance on way to bathroom.

The check came with six baby madeleines and chocolate sauce for dipping. I was so stuffed, but they were mostly air and lemon scented and I think I ate 5 of them.

The meal came with a "Burger Bar" cookbook for each of us.

Oh my god, that sounds wonderful.

They may be slow, but they're stubborn and single minded. And very quiet...

I am doing a yard sale Saturday. The Boy has been going through my parent's attic/crawl space for stuff. They pulled down 2 car loads woth of misc crap & antiques.

Some of the antiques I do not want, but also do not want to sell. My dad is now pissed that I offered them to my sister.

*sigh*

Good lord am I happy that Tiger is playing well at the Masters. Not so much because I wish him well and want him to be successful...but because as long as he plays well, Sports Center will spend more time talking about golf instead of soap operas.

Of course it's also just more fun to watch when he's playing well. Because you get to see ridiculous shots like this one. Ridiculous.

That was insane!!! Thanks for posting that

I do wish I remembered names better because I'd like to mock the two golf analysts I heard last week agreeing that it was pretty much inconceivable that Tiger could concentrate well enough to make the cut.

You neglected to provide the link. Funny, you originally posted this because Prudence asked for details. :D

Pru, sounds like an amazing time. BTW, have you seen Hubert Keller's Secrets of the Chef? It's the only old-school cooking show we watch.

I volunteered to scan the thousands of slides my dad took (about 40 years worth). Bill and I bought a slide scanner, as he has a bunch that he took in Europe in the 70's that he wants to scan also.

The scanner came this afternoon, so I decided that no time better than the present to start. I set it up, got it working, opened the first box of slides, and discovered that they were all in random order. I opened another box. Same thing. And then another, and another, and another... Slides from the 50's, 60's, 70's & 80's all mixed together in no order whatsoever!

Now, before I can scan anything, I need to sort through and put thousands of slides in order! How in hell did they get completely randomized?! WTF?!

Or you could just scan them and then sort the images

Yeah, that does seem to be the more manageable option.

I assume there is date info printed on the frame of the slides you want to capture?

If that's the case you will have to enter that for each slide manually anyways, so yeah, scan then sort.

*sigh*

It's a beautiful spring day. Flowers blooming warm breeze breezing, and I'm here for a long day at the office.

But at least with everyone else out of the office I can bring in all my rowdy friends to keep me company. Roger, Roger & Pete, Jeff, Elton, KT, Natalie, and Eddi Let's get this party started.

Well begun is half done.

This gives the OCD in me the screaming fits... And the slides would still be in disarray.

I've already started the sorting. It's not taking as long as I thought.

Oh great, Now the OCD in me is running through all the various sort algorithms you could use to pick the fastest..

Single pass select, shell, bubble, heap, quick....

Assuming the data is at least somewhat clustered, date order.....

The approach I'd have taken is to scan and sort. Scan them in the order you find them but as they come off the scanner put them in order. That way you still only interact with each slide once but end up with both collections (physical and digital) organized.

We bought a scanner that can be used without connecting it to the computer (it saves the data on a SD card). We did this so that we can scan while watching TV/movies in the living room. Scanning and sorting at the same time would require it be connected to the computer, which would defeat the purpose. Good suggestion though.

It's not as bad as i though at first. Most of the slides from a particular date are grouped together. The weird thing is that you'll have, say, 18 slides from May 1966 all together in one box; 12 more all together in a second box; and the remaining 6 scattered randomly in a third.

:confused:

He meant sort the physical slide after scanning it.

Then the images on the card would still be out of order. The physical sorting isn't taking that long.

From a conversation about fundamentalist Christians heard in passing:

"It's too bad they make a religion out of the book itself instead of what the book is trying to teach us."

I took an afternoon nap and had the most incredible steam punk inspired dreams. It would have made a fantastic film.

Oh, and there was tap dancing involved.

Slides all sorted! Let the scanning begin!

That is so awesome. :snap:

Good. I just found a HUGE cockroach in my kitchen and can use all the help I can get! :eek:

Crap! I realized I needed gas this morning, remembered when I woke up, got distracted and drove all over the place without filling up. I'm damn lucky I got home and I'll be even luckier when I get to the gas station. Let's just hope I remember.

Vatican makes peace with the Beatles.


Well that didn't last long......

Ringo Starr: 'Vatican has more to talk about than the Beatles'

Go Ringo!

LOL - woohoo Ringo!

In other news, I'm just having difficulty getting into a rhythm today. :(

GAH! Blocked!!

Okay, try this

Its completely different than GD's link, but should help you find your rhythm

I'm addicted to distraction.

I considered joining a support group, so I started to Google it. But the Discovery channel show that I was watching while surfing the internet mentioned a sky scraper project and I was curious it was finished so I looked it up. The architecture kinda reminded me of the building in the Hudsucker proxy, so I went to IMDB to find out where it was shot. While there I saw an ad for a new comedy staring some guy I heard of once. I viewed the trailer, where some more ads led me to a porn site where a girl was doing some things no nice girl should have to do for money. I watched some of that. Then I remembered that I hadn't downloaded new podcasts on my phone to listen to this week. I did that, then spent a few minutes on the phone looking for new apps. I got bored of that so instead I played some facebook games. Then it was time to feed the bunnies.

Wait, what was I talking about?

What's the link for that site with the nice girl?

I was going to bookmark it, but I got distracted.

I think it was this one

So Hubby just took a third job again. Let's see that's 40 hours for the Villa Company, our own Company and now back to work for the Government Census Bureau for 20 hours a week.

Are we getting longer days?.....maybe 30 instead of 24, don't see how he's going to manage this one, but I know he'll give it a darn good try!

A day in the life of a stormtrooper (as in Star Wars)

That was cute!

I've seen some of these before, but some are so inspired they're worth looking at again.

While searching for new promotional products to offer our clients, we ran across this: Bubble wrap keychain. It amused me. Susan would play with it incessantly.

The there is the Guerrilla Diaper Swing

WTF?!?

So would I.

Hmm, sounds like my ADD.

"The main selling point of Pampers Cruisers is the fact that they let babies play easily and effortlessly without being slowed down by a bulky diaper."

So you advertise them with GIANT diapers with the brand name on it? Does not compute.

I'm watching Ghost Hunters and reading Cracked.com...I believe I have crossed the lame barrier.



Oh, and I'm playing Zoo World. :lame-o: