Except that as previously stated, you are the ONLY person I know at this moment, or ever, so far, who actually SAW the Donkeys.

e.t.a. Begging your collective pardons. Mules. Not donkeys, mules.

I remember riding the mules, my sister prolly has a photo somewhere (right next to the obligatory Tiajuana photo op)

yeah, those were...so very un-disney to me. weird, fly covered pudgey sucker tried for a half hour to scrape my 5 year old butt off on a rock.

As good of a time as any to post a picture of my Mom's little ass

Your mom has a nice ass.

You know, and I know this is petty and stupid, but sometimes I just want to buy things for myself, so that I can get exactly not what I want and not have someone else possibly waste money on stuff that's not wanted. Usually, I just grin and bear it, but today, I wanted to go out and get the rest of what I wanted for a salsa recipe. I asked my grandma not to go get it (she wants to go to some cheap-assed grocery store that's about 10+ minutes away so she can save what will probably amount to $1), but she left anyway.

GAH!

That, and I wanted to get out of the house to do more than go to the post office. You know, like... the grocery store is fun and stuff. :(

I think I'm just in a mood. Someone help me.

PFFFFT!

On second thought, it'll be fine. It'll be tasty, and I need to not be so pissy.

I officially hate the Soooo thread.


Best wishes to you and Barnum, Morrigoon.

Ah, fukit, take more painkillers than they recommend, MBC.


but, yeah, on two better notes:

Awesome score on the uberextended warranty, mousepod.

And, sorry, but I'm glad the boob-biting dog is dead. Ding, dong.

Well, How's this.

I'm going to a Harry Potter book party at DtD, after dinner at RainForest, and Ratatouille. Fun night!

actually I think they were indeed donkeys/burros....no?


mule = burro + horse. bigger, meaner, louder, faster, 10x attitude

burro. wee lil horse-like critters. (like zeedonks :p )


no? (it was a loooooong time ago)

They were mules.

Male donkey + female horse = mule
Male horse + female donkey = hinney

Mules & hinney's are almost always sterile.

"Burro" is just the "Donkey" in Spanish

hmm....ok.
learned something today. Im off the hook. :D

I am SOOOOOO freaking tired today.

Well, for some good news, I picked up Alex's and my wristbands for HP at Borders, and we're in the second group!

I have other bad news, but the thread's dreary enough. I'm gonna go play on LJ for a while.

I wanna know how Susan's holding up.

And why it's so cloudy out right now. Super gray. Must be in honor of the HP book... yeah.

Groggy and a bit sore. Limited voice as the anesthesia played havoc on her throat. But overall, doing fine.

I ran out of gas today. While waiting in line at the gas station. It was hot. I was there waiting... and waiting... and COME ON NOW HURRY UP! Finally the guy in front of me moved and sputter sputter. Out of gas. Luckily a few guys ran over and helped push the van the few feet up to the tank. Well - now I know just how low it will go don't I.

Can I ask a sensitive question? I think I can. We can all talk openly right? If I hurt anyone's feelings by asking, I'm truly sorry. Having said that - here goes. At what point does the health care of your pet become too expensive to pay for? That is - that you decide to let nature take it's course or put your beloved pet down due to a lack of money?

I don't have pets due to my husbands allergies and never really did growing up. But always loved cats and made friends with many in our neighborhood growing up or at relatives houses. I can see the attachment. It's a member of the family.

But it's not like health care for humans where - if you're seriously ill and in the emergency room - they'll give you medical care and ask you for payment after the fact. And as you were saying - they want a good chunk of the money upfront. Although I guess you could make payments and all that. And I've heard of animal health insurance -

so barring that from the equation - at what price is it too much money?

I think it is a fair question and easily discussed in the abstract, but previous experience on other boards suggests that it is a discussion that generally doesn't go well in the midst of someone actually dealing with the question.

Short answer: it varies quite a bit from person to person and possibly even from pet to pet with the same person.

I'll let you know when it happens. No idea.

I don't know that there's an absolute point... I think it's a balance of likelihood of success, quality of life afterward, and cost of care.

For Barnum, who has a strong likelihood of recovery, even if he won't be quite 100%, it's totally worth it.

*sigh*

It's going to be a long weekend, very quiet.

It's never been about price for me but about quality of life for my pet. "Owning" a pet requires a certain amount of responsibility to care for that pet. You need to realize that from the get go (not all people do). There are many surgeries or medications that allow a pet to live a healthy and quality life. If these can be applied, then my opinion is to do them. If a situation is not fixable, then you get to a point where you have to make a decision. i am always grateful that difficult decision CAN be made for a pet. We certainly don't have that luxury with our human loved ones.

I have some happy news. I got my problem at work fixed. WOOHOO! :D

For me it's quality of life. If medication or surgery will fix it then it should be done. My kitty Tiger had cancer. They removed the tumor and he had another few years of a great quality of life. The tumor grew back and when the vet said he was in pain we chose to send him to kitty heaven. When Springer was sick and the vet said that he had a very slim chance to be healthy and pain free we took him home (after saying our goodbyes and a $5,000 bill) to see what would happen. He's better than ever.

Just watched an old Ester Williams film with Kathryn Beaumont in it.

Does anyone with a pet have pet insurance? That would seem like prudent investment, but it's only an abstract concept to me, not being able to own any pets.

My wife and I both have a weak heart for needy pets, insuring we'll always have pets; but I don't think that's what you meant :)

In retrospect, woulda been a good investment for a long-backed pet.

Pet insurance only covers a few things. When Gus ate chocolate, his vet bill qualified for coverage by his insurance and, eventually, reimbursed after a tons of running around and lots of paperwork.

None of my cats have insurance. I doubt they would cover Charles. Also, they usually require cats to get vaccinations annually and I (and my vet) that that is too much and can actually be damaging.

It's a concept that really hasn't caught on yet.

I want you all to know that I have already started reading Deathly Hallows from the copy i picked up today.

That is all.

Neener.

Get off the internets before I hurt you Rob! :p

Imagine having a pet with a life span that is only 18 mnths - 2 years. We have 2 old ladies, that turned 2 on April 1st. Both have their own unique health issues that are popping up, so it is just a matter of time before I have to make a heartbreaking decision.


On the other side of things, Boy is on his first weekend visitation. It just so happens that I got the rebuttal to the divorce papers. Now I get to write a response and send it to my lawyer. my goodness the soon to be ex sure has a messed up view of the world, at least as it pertains to me.

Blowing his horn is he?

I went outside at 8:15 and butchered some roses and started ripping out one of David's bigger landscaping mistakes. Don't ever put down netting, thinking it will keep weeds from growing...all it does is make the weeds impossible to pull out.

He's a better man that I am.

If I ever, I mean EVER, say that I'm doing another moot court project, I want someone to locate me IMMEDIATELY and apply whatever force is necessary to prevent me from signing up.

In fact, if I mention that I'm volunteering for ANY project for which I am not being either paid or graded, I must be stopped at all cost.

We've talked about that. Our decision was easier, because my boy didn't really qualify for back surgery. He has a steroid that I give him sometimes, thyroid pills, and pain pills. He also has a wheelchair. He's been to the vet quite a bit this week; he spent all Wednesday there for a swelling on his face, likely a foxtail lodged somewhere causing trouble.

My tolerance for vet bills is apparently quite high; whatever will help him, I've been willing to do.

I'm glad Barnum has a good chance of recovery; having a gimp dog is not exactly a picnic. It's a risk, when having a long-backed pet, but still, if he could be fixed, it's good. Ottis can't be fixed.

Hopefully the vet can help him and at least give you some time to make your decisions and do some research.

I hope the little guy feelsl better soon.

Thank you for the good news of paying off a credit card and the good car news of being covered by a surprise warranty. I think we could all use the good news this week. I know I need it.

A burro is used to carry a load. "Burrito" is "Little Burro". In a burrito, a tortilla carries food. Just in case you wondered where burrito came from, this is my theory (no proof mind you. I'm not a nutritional anthripologist- I just play one on the internets).

The burrito gets you both coming and going, load wise. A versatile burro, if you will.

Noted.

I need some plexiglas, a plexi knife, and about 30" of AWG9 - NOW!

So go get it!

I'm feeling impish today.

As long as impish is okay with that...

So I'm engaged in an exercise in futility. I may have reason to be in Stockton this evening and so thought maybe we'd go out there this morning and find some way to spend the day.

So I'm tryign to find something to do there with zero luck. One Web site lists "their 10 favorite things" in Stockton and the UPS Store is on the list (I suspect it is an automatically generated list but that still seems indicatove).

Pixie Woods looks disturbing.

I drove back from Palm Springs yesterday and back to real life. Sigh. I made sure that I had internet access while I was there and then ended up using the laptop as a big paperweight. All I really needed was some shade, a bunch of yarn, and some books.

I had a lovely dinner at my absolute favorite restaurant, Zin American Bistro. I had salmon and mashed potatoes and asparagus and some wonderful sauce that made me want to lick the plate clean but I settled for ordering dessert instead.

Matchbox is another good restaurant (vintage pizza bistro, whatever that means) but this time the service was incredibly slow and it felt like days before my pizza arrived. But the food is good and the leftover thin-crust sausage and onion pizza was great reheated the next day for lunch.

Now if someone can just explain why I have to go back to work on Monday...

I considered Pixie Woods for a bit just for some kitsch value to the day but in the end my ongoing amusement/them park hiatus won out.

We're going to go hiking at Black Diamond instead and then get to Stockton in the evening.

I've BEEN to Pixie Woods!

I can't wait for the day I get to not work from my home.

It seems that no matter when it is that I decide to start working, or studying, or whatever requires focus, phone conversations commence outside the computer room door, jackhammers start up for the neighbor's pool repair project, BBQs and family reunions commence and just then when things get quiet, the neighbor behind us lights up his doobie, the scent of which wafts up to my window.

Not that any of it is particularly bad (with the exception of the jackhammer, I can't wait until they're finished!), it's just distracting. It's why I have my headphones on, cranked up. Right now, I'm listening to Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

Heading to the Park today, anyone else? Looking to have a nice dinner later.

It's rare that I get to the Park when it's still light out.

Just in case anyone didn't pre-order the new Potter book, they have them at Target for $17.99. Might be just for today...

Sooo, you're not feeling youself, then?

...or is that Bill's job?

I have always liked the park better at night. :snap:

Usually....

Dear Ally,

I saw this in this month's issue of Out Magazine, and for some reason I thought of you.

I saw that while I was at Target yesterday and then went to Borders to pick up our pre-ordered copy for $20.99. :confused:

I couldn't believe it, either. Especially after I had kicked myself over not pre-ordering it for my son at Barnes & Noble.

I swear I rang up sooooo many copies. They had 60 boxes in the morning and when I left at 4, they only had 6 left. {I think maybe 3 were aside for preorders}.

What is killing me now is that I can't seem to find all of the other books. We bought all hardcovers to keep forever {LOL} and now where the hell are they? I also just realized I put a bunch of cds' in a box after I uploaded them and now the same fate!!! I bet you they are together, somewhere....

Boy is home from his weekend. Right now my recliner is doing some serious snoring.

Yes, but how is the boy doing?

He was/is very happy to be home. Man, do I ever feel empty when he isn't around. For the first weekend I think it went ok. He called me 3 times Friday night, only once on Saturday night (to tell me good night). We had some serious snuggle time when he finally woke up.

Part of me just wanted to pump him for information, while the mother in me knew that was the wrong thing to do. He did say that he doesn't really like it over there, that the kids are treated better than he is (he is 10, everything is unfair).

FWIW, I have been avoiding all of the HP threads, but my reason is that I do NOT want to read anything about the book or movie before I experience them (no, I have not seen the 5th movie yet - although Susan and I watched 3 & 4 again last night).

There are 4 whole threads devoted to the new Harry Potter book. They seem to be the only threads with traffic, and I’m not reading them. I feel left out. :(

Barnum update:

He had the surgery Friday night. As of yesterday morning he was already able to walk on his own (if a bit wobbly) and control his bladder. She thinks he can come home tomorrow!

MG~ that is sooo hard not to ask any questions! Especially good not to add to the feeling of things not being fair for him {to him} but to make sure that it isn't true!! Dumb woman, she'd better be treating him really well.

Ally~ LOL that does sound like a pretty good story....almost makes me want to hit my head and come out someone else....;)

Kevy, how is Susan?

I did find my HP books. On the bookshelf where you might find a book. :rolleyes: Behind a picture. Seems we don't have one although I could have sworn we had them all.

Still haven't found the cds, though. :(

I'm off today. Fighting the urge to eat a piece of cake. Mmmm. Why did I make a cake? Because I wanted to!!!

{my butt may not like it nor this muffin top that is growing quite comfortable but it was chocolate and thick chocolate frosting...damnit, I think it is calling me.....}

I've learned that my dad has taken it upon himself to record as many family stories in book form as he can. No doubt spurred by his brush with death last year.

Fortunately, he has an invaluable resource to assist him, his 102 year old aunt. Other than being frustrated at her mounting physical limitations, she's still doing great. Sharp as a tack at 102. She's the youngest, and last surviving, of 5 sisters. The others made it into their 90s, save for my grandmother, the smoker, who died of emphyzema, I believe in her 80s. So my dad spent hours visiting her in Seattle this weekend (on the way to and from a trip through the Canadian rockies) and got some details on some 100 year old stories.

I can't wait to read them.

That was a great book. What about the one where Enid was paralyzed?

Did you see that episode of Hunter where McCall was in serious danger and Hunter had to come rescue her? That was a great episode.

Just heard from the vet: Barnum can come home today!!!! :)

Yeah!

Yay Barnum!!!

YAY BARNUM the WonderDog!

AND my boss has given the okay to take him back here to the office, so I don't have to dump him at home.

Great news Morrigoon!!

great news!

That's awesome, Morri! Give Barnum a big ol' kiss from us, but it would probably be wise to save the hug until after he heals up.

Soooo....
 

yay Cindy. Great news for Barnum. Give him a nice kiss from me and my girls tehehehehe. Glad to hear you can bring him with you to work. :) May he have a speedy recovery and back to his old self. :)

Yay, Barnum!

Oh gosh, you know I would so become one of the characters!! I pick up accents {gets me into so much trouble, I get so busted by people whom I've imitated!!} like that!:snap:

My friends have a Sweet Valley High board game they bring out at parties. It's lots of fun seeing drunk men playing it and arguing over who has the best boyfriend!!

Yup. She was a hooker! Did you see the one where she was a stripper and had to be rescued from the crazy pimp? :p

Quote:

I forgot about Enid being paralyzed! Which book was that?

Sometimes the internets scare me. Wikipedia has an entry

see, you two scare me. One of you is saying "watched" and the other is says "read" but you still know what you are talking about.

Sweet Valley High was also a TV series - both are intertwined in this convo.

And Hunter is a whole other derail.

Didn't they have a Sweet Valley TV show, or series, or movie? I vaguely remember, but wasn't super into the genre. I did read a book here and there and someone once gave me a Sweet Valley board game, which got me to read a few, just so I could figure out who the characters in the game were. I think I always liked Enid, but thought it was a strange name at the time.

Sounds like a normal night at several gay bars I know....

I'm so farking sleepy. Just. So. Sleepy. I don't really know why. I didn't just eat. I think I'm just bored, and it's dark in here, and (YAWN)... Can it be nap time now?

In previous classes, my teacher has talked about how she's trying to be more healthy, etc. Then in the process of talking about brand loyalty today, she mentioned that she will only drink Coca-Cola, followed up with, "When I wake up in the morning, I put two in the freezer to drink before I go to the gym. Then, when I come back, I put two more in while I take a shower and drink them before I start off with my day."

No offense to anyone here, but she's not light. She's talked about a desire to be healthier. And yet... isn't addressing the problem with slamming down 4 in the morning, every morning - not to mention any others she might drink throughout the day.

At least cutting back could help.

Plus, what all that cola does to teeth. Yikes! I've seen it!

She'd be cutting - what - 800 calories out of her day without the Coca-cola? At the end of the week, thats 5,600 calories... She'd be a lot healthier.

Not that I have a problem with drinking cola here and there, and I'm certainly no angel, but... yikes.

My friend must love to tortue me.

Here is a transcript of a call about a half hour ago:

"hey"
"hey. I was just calling to tell you I found a new mall"
"you're mean"
"but it's a super huge mall. I found it while waiting for my training."

Usually it's picture messages of his work set up on his patio table.

Meanie.

I don't drink 4 cokes (or any sodas) in a month!

I used to drink a lot of regular Coke (and like Erica’s teacher, it was only Coca Cola). I tried quitting for a long time. I can’t stand aspartame (makes everything taste like aspirin), so Diet Coke wasn’t an option. I tried going cold turkey, and just drink lots of water; but it never satisfied me. I craved Coke horribly. Then I started drinking flavored Arrowhead sparkling water. That did the trick! I discovered that it was the carbonation I craved! I drink 2-3 big bottles of it every day. Now, when I’m at work, I’ll buy a can of Coke from the vending machine in the morning and only take a couple of sips. The rest stays on my desk, untouched, for the rest of the day. I’ll also sometimes order a Coke to drink when out at a restaurant. That’s it, I never drink Coke at home.

You just made me spit flour tortilla chips on my monitor:p

I used to live on Mt. Dew in high school. Probably a 6pk a day. Good thing I was a swimmer.

Look Ma! No cavities :p

In the last couple of years, I have just lost my appetite for Coke. Even taking a sip is "bleh". I drink gallons of iced tea, especially at lunch (a couple of my regular places used to automatically bring me my own pitcher - they were initially surprised that I would drink the whole thing solo).

If I do have a carbonated beverage, it is usually root beer. Some things are just better with root beer (pizza for example, MUST come with root beer).

My work here is done.

That anything like rot-gut?

How dare you misquote me like that!

Just to validate you, and truly put this into perspective, being a largish person, with a fancy for cherry coke...

Regular Coca-cola is 97 calories per 8 oz
A can is 12 oz.
(for cherry the way it works is 104 for 8oz, and a can is 150 calories.)


So lets assume that regular is 140 a can...
Thats 582 calories in that four cans.

your 800 calories a day is actually low.
:coffee: Black coffee is actually better.

And in my opinion, also Mexican food if I am unable to have a margatia, or safe water.

I think what bothered me the most was this self-professed desire to get healthy, and all this talk of working out, eating right, vitamins, and what's good for you when you get older, yada yada that she has been talking about this last week and a half. She talks about it every day. Then blam-O... four unrepentant Cokes to start the day with. I can see one... maybe two... but four!

I'm no innocent, but I don't go around telling people how interested I am in my health and being healthy while doing something as silly as pounding four Cokes - which I've found out are 155 calories. She'd (theoretically) lose close to a pound a week by just cutting out three of those cans.

Thinking about this has made me re-aware of my own dietary habits. I need to get back to thinking about portion control again. Being so stressed with school, work and finances, married with the fact that for my schoolwork and actual work I'm sitting so much more than I used to, hasn't done my figure well. Lucky for me I'm a fan of the gym...

Are you sure she meant regular Coke and not one of the other diet versions? I don't ever drink regular Coke but generally Coke Zero or Diet if that is all that is there but I still just say "Coke"

BE~ My son cut out Coke which led to cutting back on chips/Coke, fast food {as I am eating popcorn...closing bag now...} and he lost about 80lbs. So, yes, you are right about the losing weight. It took less than a year, but close to it maybe.

He just walked in for me to ask...he was eating cookies and cream ice cream out of the container. :rolleyes:

I need to get back to eating well to be a good example, eh?

What's wrong with eating ice cream out of the container?!?! :p

I need to get back on track before hockey season starts. At work I'm usually pretty good and only go out to eat once a week. The last 2 weeks were bad.

The late night week nights and 3am Norm's trips have really slowed down and that has helped a bit. But it's so hard to motivate myself during the week when I know I am going to eat so poorly on the weekends. And these upcomming weekends consist of the Fair, Disney, late nights and Vegas. I should eat better during the week to make up for the weekends.

LOL Nothing really. He walked up and showed me the almost empty container and said 'We need more'. Need more? LOL No, you need more milk, more gas, etc. What have I done to him?

But, maybe he does 'need' more.

Ooo! You've been going to the fair? Were you there last night? Was QOTSA there? I wanted to see them. I think Chris Cornell is going to be there but I am probably wrong. LOL flip flop goes the brain....

I drink lots of diet sodas. It just depends on my mood.

Root Beer with a spicy Mexican dinner (not the swill from some chain, but authentic Mexican food) is the only way to go!!! Great, now I am back to craving La Colonia...bad neighborhood, great food.

He's already doing better than me! :eek:

I used to drink Turbo Jolt for breakfast (32 oz. bottle of Jolt Cola with a double shot of espresso)

Tell her you have a friend whose stomach is being destroyed by Coca-Cola (my preciousssss) and that that friend had to stop drinking Coke entirely for a couple months after the stomach problem landed her in the ER, and in that time, lost like 10 or 15 pounds.

(You can leave out the part about being terrified to eat and avoiding anything greasy. Coke is delicious but bad bad stuff on the ol' tum tum.)

Not a positive thing in a discussion about food and eating.

Yikes! A former co-worker (who we nicknamed "911" - as in who you call in an emergency, not the date) used to drink a venti latte with SEVEN shots every morning! I wonder why he was always so wound up?

Alex - she specifically said she can't stand Diet Coke.

Morri - Drinking that much Coke (or pretty much that much of anything so sugary) is almost always evident in the mouth after years of doing it, to which she professed. She mentions going to a doctor and her doctor is the one getting her to change a number of other things... so I'll assume the Coke thing was addressed there. Even if it wasn't, a lot of people are reluctant to even heed the advice of a doctor - I doubt I'd have any affect without becoming somewhat offensive.

Brings me back to our earlier conversation about people not wanting to hear advice.

I feel the need to reiterate that I'm not advocating cola-abstinence, nor am I any sort of saint. Because I'm not. I'm evil... to the core. :evil:

I'm a Coke whore.

The anti-Alex post
 

I just wanted to test out a couple of smilies that I found

Apparently it might not particularly matter much.

Diet sodas correlate to similar health issues as sugary couterparts.

Obnoxious achieved, test successful.

I'm going to have to turn off smilies soon. Next is signatures. Next, I give up the internet.

Turning off smilies won't do anything about the ones Kevy posted. You'd have to turn off images.

Ok, what fried goodness should I eat at the fair?

I did not like the "deep fried" snickers. It was more like a snickers bar dipped in sweet corn dog batter and fried. I was expecting a snickers bar dipped in a light coating and fried - more tempura style.

The deep fried avocados were tempura style, but they weren't spectacular. We had some amazing onion rings if you want that crispiness. The PB & banana, as well as the oreos, were corn dog batter style (though I believe it's not corn based, you're right, it's a thick batter).

Yucky.

But did you read what the study says? It was an observational study, not a causative one. It is more likely that people who drink diet soda are already inclined to be overweight etc.

The deep fried Twinkies made me want to take a shower!

Sigh...
 

Lindsay Lohan Arrested Again

The whole story

Now I am hearing that she was "chasing" the mother of her personal assistant who had just quite a few hours earlier (the personal assistant quit - not the mother). The "controlled substance" is allegedly cocaine.

Funny, it's like "rehab" doesn't mean "rehabilitation" any more.

Yeah, thus my use of "correlate".

The above amuses me. Posted about 2 hours apart. Haha.

Thank you! I may try the avocado and split some onion rings with my friend. Or eat them myself. I know I want a funnel cake too. Problem is, I can't eat all of it and the boys don't want to share. The Oreo may be good since the batter is cake like.

YUMMY!

Nope, wasn't there last night. Went opening night and will be there Saturday for most of the day (and the Martina McBride concert) and hopefully once more before it leaves.

pfft. amateurs. ;)


:coffee:

BTD - Avocado doesn't sound bad, but I've tried the snickers one, and it was... I dunno, too much. But you know me, I'm on the fence when it comes to most "sweets" (with the exception of straight up awesomeness in the form of usually pure chocolate and the occasional Sees, a.k.a. not Snickers and not messed-with. ;) ). That and fried makes me feel bleh. Except bloomin' onions. Yeah.

Thinking of caaaaandy, I still have two Sky Bars sitting in my bedroom, with your name on them.

The snickers bar - it wasn't super sweet - the batter was pretty flavorless and the snickers bar tasted like.. a snickers bar. It just wasn't what I was expecting.

mmm Skybar. I'll have to arrange a time to swing by - probably Sunday since I'll be at the 'rents cleaning out the garage (you can help [keep my sanity in line] if you want ;) ). Unless you want to drive to Stepford and meet me for lunch. :evil:

I loved the Snickers. I too expected more of a mozzarella or zucchini style batter, but I quickly got over that expectation. Delicious, melty, mmmmmm.

I dunno, I tried the Snickers last year, just didn't dig it.

I may have to try it again - now that I know what I am expecting. Or convince someone else to buy it so I can have some. Then the calories don't count ;)

never got into the 'deep fried oddball foods' thing. even at fairs and such. I just always find something 'else' Id rather have. the roasted ears of corn always end up calling my name.

still havent tried the deep fried twinky...and thats sooo last century now.

As for non-fried Fair choices, I'd highly recommend the pork butt sandwich found on the north walkway near that Ralph's-sponsored family zone or whatever it's called. Yummmmmm.

So I am sitting here at my desk, I was out yesterday (to beautiful Yuba City) and should be working, but since my boss is not in yet, I'm reading Harry Potter, desperate to finish so I can post and read the Deathly hallows thread. I should have been done by now.....:(

Okay, Lohan~ How did she get away with drinking while wearing the monitor? I had read that if you try and put something between it and your skin that makes it go off?

So...most likely, those photos of her going in to the club earlier, she probably was drinking then, too?

what a stupid b*tch. enjoy jail. I have a feeling youre to be the next 'example' made for the young and untouchable set.


at least I hope so.

I thought she was wearing the monitor voluntarily so I'd guess she could take it off if she wanted to. Her publicist said she was wearing it so the press could "see" she wasn't drinking when she went out with her pals.

She's got another DUI now plus cocaine posession. Sad really.

Oh, I didn't realize it was voluntary. So, they did show it to make people think she was not drinking.

It is sad. I mean, she is a person. We all have people we know and love and this sort of destructive behaviour isn't good, no matter how much money they have. It just isn't good. It isn't a good place, mentally, either, you know? She can not be, really, well. Unless this is the thinking like they are above it all? I guess I am thinking like a normal person?

I don't know. All I know is when I go out with friends and we drink, we make sure first how everyone is getting home or else we enjoy the drink{s} first off and then spend the rest of the time doing things to let the buzz wear off.

I'd also think, and this is just me personally, if I had just gotten out of a stint in re-hab I'd stay away from temptation. Clubs, parties and such I'd hold off on for a while. But then I'm not 21 and invincible anymore either.

Hooray for the Swifty Swine!!!!

We discussed this a bit in the Addiction thread. The disease of alcoholism/addiction is a double edged sword. You THINK you can do it on willpower alone, but thinking you can stay sober on willpower is one of the most cunning aspects of the disease. That's why admitting you are powerless over alcohol or drugs is one of the most important aspects of recovery. Lohan won't admit that she is powerless. But, she obviously is. She keeps doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.

I'll pass that on - not a big pork sandwich person. I'm really looking forward to the roasted corn. And sno cones.

Isn't that the "definition of insanity" ?

Exactly!

And see, I don't think she's powerless at all. If believing in the power outside yourself is the trick that does it, it's still YOUR doing - i.e., your power that did the requisite belief system.

There may be other tricks or methods ... but they are still all your doing as the addict or alcoholic. Until that magic drug comes along to directly affect the dopamine system and the cognitive malady, the doing is all yours. Even when the pill comes along, it's up to your personal willpower to take the pill.





Oh, were we talking about Lohan? If she's got a soul, she can help herself. And if it's God that's going to help her, there's no artificial "invitation" needed.

Apparently Brittany is on the verge of another breakdown too.

And this surprises... who?

Today is kind of sucky, in that sucktastic sort of way.

But I'm going to look on the bright side and cross my fingers.

So, I really need to read the latest HP book and see the latest HP movie so that I can read the most heavily trafficed threads on the LoT.

I feel like life is passing me by.

I just found an awesome site. It tells you how many miles you walk using google maps.

For the sake of having more options, I prefer the interface at this site for similar functionality.

How do I map the distance from my couch to my refrigerator?

Damnit, the carpet is incompatible with my desk chair, so I actually have to walk to the fridge...

My sympathies

Thank you! I saw that one too. I'll check that out as well.

Wow, thanks you two for the links.

I just had fun realizing that my daughter and I walk further than we thought.

Not so much fun realizing the walk I thought was way further isn't.

Fun nonetheless!!

Thanks!

Mt Dew... is that in CA ? :confused:

I just pictured you eating that Jalapeno in Tijuana... :D :D :D

Me too.... and I started it !!! :blush:

Bill bought something called "Krab Louie" for dinner tonight. I took one look and sniff of it and almost lost my lunch. God, it's vile! He's out there eating the crap, and I'm in here hiding from it. I don't know what I'm going to do for dinner now. :(

Honestly, it shouldn't smell so bad you'd lose your lunch. I'd worry.

Does it just smell like stuff you don't like, or does it smell bad?????

Mountain Dew. Rumored to have more caffeine then Pepsi or Coke but not as much as Jolt.

Ever hate a job so much it makes you physically ill to go to work in the morning?

So apparently I'm from Prision Town USA :rolleyes:

It's not on here until Sunday but from the quotes on their site I'm already a little annoyed. If anyone else catches this I'd love to hear a neutral party opinon.

Not rotten bad, just..... unpleasant. It was imitation "crab" meat, and looked like it.

Yes. (Not my current job or my previous one but all the ones before that...)
:)

Hang in there.

When did my body start catching up with my age? :(

It's actually a pretty good dish, done right. My mom use to make it for dinner for us once in a while, back before there was imitation crab.

Why is there a

Oh thank God, another Harry Potter thread. I was just thinking, "There aren't enough Harry Potter threads."

Ummmm. It's no secret that Harris died and was replaced by Gambon. There is a debate as to who is better. If that ruined things for you then I am sorry. But it's not a secret nor is it a spoiler.

And just so everyone knows - I started that thread because a few people were getting irritated that the books were being discussed in the movie thread. And that things that are not spoilers but may have referenced book 6 were being posted. New thread is to discuss anything without fear of tainting someone who has managed to avoid all major spoilers of 2 year old books.

I'm not finished either. I presumed that was a reference to the change of actors in the movie series due to the death of Richard Harris.

Imitation krab is disgusting.

Real crab is amazing.

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

Deep fried fair food for you!

Moderation activity please? Thanks...:)

How's that for a thread title?

The thread was started as a response to a few complaints in the OoTP film thread about others discussing what happened in the HBP. Some people are not reading the books and want to keep in the dark about what happens next, but others want to discuss certain aspects that necessitate such discussions. It's the ultimate HP free-for -all, so anyone who goes in does so knowing that it's spoilerific.

Sorry for the double-post, but I can't be second-guessing thread titles...and I'm with a lot of folk racing against being spoiled right now. I'm just saying that threads could be better-described...Sorry for flying off the handle.

Np- trying to be all things for all people often winds up kicking one in the ass.:D

Thanks...I'm relieved. Small as that is...250-some pages to go...:)

Toilets are heavy.

It would have been nice if you had given me a bit more credit then to assume that I was posting a spoiler in a thread title.

This board was the only board I felt safe going on during the race to finish. I'm sorry that it seems you are concerned about the potential immaturity of someone purposely ruining book 7 for you on this board.

Well if it means anything...I didn't think it was intentional. I don't know where you are all in reading the book.

They're replacing my haunted toilet as we 'speak'.
They seemed to be having a hard time carrying my old toilet away.
Oddly enough I didn't help.

I don't think I'm giving anything away by saying the thread title comes from an argument as to who is the better Dumbledore- Harris or Gambon? Not anything huge, but some of the evidence being offered was bordering on spoiler material.

I finished the book on Sunday. But what I say still stands. I think we all have more common sense to post a potential spoiler in a title regardless of where we are in the books.

Fine.

Don't anyone except wenchybeth care about my haunted commode?




:D

Exactly. I love crab...real crab.

The Haunted Toilet is infinitely more interesting than who played Parry Hotters aunt's cousin's personal assistant with more panache...

No one really gives a shlt.

The other night, I was sleeping soundly and my alarm went off. I went to hit it and my nightstand was replaced by my toilet. I have no idea how it got there.
I called the plumber and when I returned to my bedroom, the nightstand had returned. When I went to the bathroom, the bowl part of my toilet was smiling.

Lilo's In Another Stitch! - best headline of the day

I want what you're smoking!

Oh... And if anyone cares... I made myself some waffles for dinner.

HEY ALLYOOPS

In a recent search, I came across an emoticon that you and BTD can fight over:

wrong thread

GC got drunk and passed out in the bathroom again.

Is not! :p

Ah.... Explains a lot.....

I've got a pink bunny for you, Ally!

It happened SOMEWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE...

The plumbers were largely un-cute.
Sad, really.

I have a new toilet.
:)

Y'all should come over and flush it sometime.

Here, Ally:

I had a loaded baked potato and steak in red wine sauce for dinner, I would love to inaugurate the new facilities, but I don't want to haunt them :D

I got that when I hit 1000... Didn't you you get that? I'd complain to the management.

Oh, and congratulations Ally! You're a loser now!!! :snap:

Oh, Ally, you've always been a loser to me.

:p

GC~ I also wonder what you are smoking or if you have been having some insanely high fevers....

If none of the above, what a fascinating story!! Where the heck are you living now? There are a lot of old haunted places around, ya know. :eek:

Ally~ Aw, I feel so badly for you being sick! A girl at work was sick, like you, {are you on antibiotics, by the way???} and when the kids would scream {as they will} or the babies cry {as they do} I felt her pain. I hope you have a nice, calm and quiet place.

Oh, did you ever find something hard to suck on? Just make sure it's sugar free. ;)

<raises coffee mug>

Here's to a better day!
:coffee:


*clunk*

I always thought you were pretty loose Ally.

And full of protein

I've awakened from my post Potter stupor. Sometimes the real world is no fun, but then neither were part of Potterland.

Anyway, back to the grind and it's mid-week, yay.

Do spammers really only think I'm interested in penises, girthwise and viagra wise? It's kind of funny, that's all that ends up in my spam folder. I guess anything else gets filtered? I dunno, maybe sbcglobal thinks I might be interested.

Sweetie,

If you want to imitate McCall being a hooker you can't buy Louis Vuitton boots on a cops salary. Especially a cops salary in the 80s. ;) :p

I did see those shoes...very cool looking but not the way she wore them. I am assuming she had a dress on over her bathing suit that matched? I did go to that site {omg?} and read some of the comments. One was pretty dead on; the reason the cops were called was because she had just fired someone. That person felt no obligation to her. I think celebrities have people around them who keep mum about what they are doing out of loyalty to their bosses {and a desire to keep that life and a paycheck}.

raises glass *clink* Yes, may today be a better day.....

I would wonder if they word those spams just under the radar sort of thing? First few words, that sort of thing? I don't get those. I get tons of school ones since my son signed up for Devry {not the school, the website}.

Protein, yes, everyone needs protein. :snap:

Why do lawyers go on vacation? This should not be allowed.

*sigh*

Not looking forward to Monday...

I've had signatures off for...a long while now. Maybe since the beginning. I hate signatures on posts.

Avatars may go soon. Or maybe my ignore list will grow. Or maybe something else.

Is it Friday yet?

consider it done. :D

and Im of the mind we need more smilies, not less.

about 2 dozen like THIS and I'll be set

And that looks surprisingly like you - well at least how you looked the last time I saw you.

And here I thought it was GD before the shaving accident....:D

Yeah, I'm still waiting for the bacon smiley to be added ;)

Soooo, I went to the ATM today to deposit a check for the first time in a long time. There’s a new way of doing it that’s pretty cool, and I don’t know how long it’s been around (but it seems brand new to me).

You simply shove a check in a slot, and the ATM scans it ... then tells you how much the check is for ... and gives you a receipt with an image of the check printed on it.

That’s pretty slick.





If I deposited checks, that is.

Yeah - I found a BofA machine near DL (on Katella just West of State College) that does that - I was tripping over that. It got the amount correct on two out of three checks (there were two hand-written checks and the handwriting on one was just outside the OCR's capability).

Since I have to deposit a check EVERY WEEK, I wish the machines that I regularly use were like that. I've even thought about stopping by the Katella one on the way to use that ATM, but it is just a wee bit to far out of my way.

I think it will again. this is too weird

I think it will again. this is too weird

the ATM thing is cool. I'll have to check that out (no pun intended)

It is spreading quickly through the industry but it is about 5-6 years old now (I beta tested some of the first ones Wells had back then). But don't think it is primarily about customer ease. The big selling point is that it drastically cuts down on certain types of fraud.

I would think it would also cut down on data entry errors (on the part of the user) which would help reduce costs for the bank.

Not really, the checks were always processed with an automated system (98% or so of all checks are processed without ever being seen by human eyes), the information on the deposit slip was only of limited significance.

It is, of course, an issue but just not a very big one. Empty envelope fraud and Check 21 are the primary drivers.

Empty envelope fraud - People would take advantage of the cash back feature of ATM deposits by depositing empty envelopes taking back the $100 and doing this for the 1-3 days before it is caught and the account closed (fraudulently opened accounts, of course). One successful instance of this ($100) is the same cost as about 1,300 data entry errors that fail out to the manual process (about $0.075 each).

Check 21 - Allows check images to be processed as if they were the source paper. If the ATM images the check it can be put into the processing pipeline immediately cutting down by a couple days the processing time to almost immediate (floating checks hoping to deposit before it clears is an increasingly bad idea). This saves banks a lot of money because such ATMs need only be maintained for money and mechanical issues rather than daily to retrieve deposits for processing. The expense here (hiring the armored trucks to do it is very expensive) again far outweighs the costs of user error.

I had a horrendously busy day at work today; 4 scheduled meetings and 2 unscheduled meetings. I got absolutely no regular work done (and of course, it kept piling up all day).

On top of it all, I slipped and fell on the linoleum floor in the Lunchroom. There was a puddle of water I didn't see. My manager and I had to fill out a heap of paperwork (even though I wasn't injured, we still had to do all the workers comp stuff).

You would think, in this day of advanced computing technology, that a phone company as big and well-capitalized as AT&T could forward a ****ing business phone line without taking 5 days to do it.

I believe I actually heard the word "typist" mentioned in the explanation of why it would take so long.

A story to make you feel better:

This past weekend my brother fell out of a hotel van while on a business trip in Knoxville. Got tangled in the seatbelts or somesuch. Hit his head, shoulder, and hip on the way down, and nearly broke his finger. Got to visit the Knoxville ER and now has to see a hand specialist due to potential ligament damage in his ring finger.

Not only does he have paperwork to fill out, but all his coworkers heard about it before he got back, and he's received quite the razzing.

Cool info Alex - thank you for sharing. I always enjoy learning new things!



This message is the closest I can get to mojo'ing Alex

I get to have lunch with the general manager tomorrow :D

No problem, I've been messing in this area recently. I have a new product idea that has a lot of heat behind it (yay me) but has been running into a big wall because of some idiosyncrasies with how checks are processed. Over the last three weeks I've learned way more than I would ever want to know.

Is this considered an honor or congratulatory effort of some sort?

Is it you and 400 other employees enjoying an "intimate" meeting with the boss or is it just a couple of youse?

Well, we appreciate you sharing your hard-earned knowledge with us humble pirates.

I am about to eat a yummy chocolate cupcake with white buttercream icing from Cinnamon Productions.

I'm up to the bit where Voldemort gets GWB to set off the Nukelar war and every character dies.

:p

We went to Joe's Crab Shack in SFO and I had me a big ole messy Dungemess (typo intentional) Crab with butter on our last day there.

MMMMMMM mm. I still have the Crab Cracker (they let you keep it)

I hate you.

Do they have Outback Steakhouses in Australia?

Isn't that their version of McDonald's?

Yum.

:mad:

The conference room only holds about 15 people, and I think it's a bit of an honor. It's pretty neat knowing that the GM started with the company sweeping up animal poop.

My fingers smell like onions.

Thought you'd like to know.

Do your onions smell like fingers?

Mine smell like soap.

I'll have to check, CM.

Stainless steel removes the smell of onion and garlic from the skin.

I used to rub my hands in my old sink.

I bought the HP book at the grocery story today. However, I'm reading another book at the moment, so it will have to wait.

Pretty cupcake. Image didn't load last time and I'm out of mojo for BTD.

Your onions smell like soap?

:p

At least she doesn't smell of elderberries

Or hamsters.

I learned in important lesson tonight: if you are going to compose a long post, make sure that you checked the "keep me logged in" button when you log in.

sunofabitch

I've come to be in the habit when making a long post (not that I ever do, I'm shy) hitting control-a, control-c before hitting the post button. 15 years of losing posts to some cause has made it a good habit to have.

Ask Erica to sing you Prisoner of Society.

Cuz I'm a cat...

Song lyrics are too hard to remember, making up your own is always better

And I know everything and I meow back...

Now that damn song is stuck in my head. I blame Ally!

The Archive of Misheard Lyrics - http://www.kissthisguy.com/

Fun stuff :)

The rest is too silly to go outside the confines of either of our vehicles... This ends now.

:D

I do this. One time as I was singing away I realized I'd never better do it in front of my music friends. All I could hear was 'Poseur!!' {is that the word/spelling?}

Glad to see you posting, last time I was around NA said you were in bed sick and she was plotting...

Oh, wait, I mean, Glad to see you posting. :D

{I'm kidding, I forgot what the topic was but you were asleep and sick.}

Being a Poseur has become a side-aspiration for me.

Yes, I'm healthy again - and at least for the moment - not at work.

Long Live the Internet

LOL Well, good luck with that goal! ;)

Hey, you'd better not be at work, it is late! {at least I hadn't realized some of your work kept you this late? I'd think you'd try and get in bed quick before it is taken over by cats....}

Oh yes, while the internet may be the way some find ways to steal others, I love how it can keep us all connected and informed.

Glad you aren't sick anymore. :)

When the movie ClockWatchers came out (kids movie, a few years ago), the song that always played in the commercials was Smashmouth's Holiday. The line is, "Holiday in my head." For some reason I always heard, "Holiday in my pants."

"Don't go out tonight,
It's bound to take your life,
There's a bathroom on the right."

:D

Another Susan update
 

She had her follow-up visit yesterday with the doc. In addition to find and removing the endometriosis (this is a good thing – had there not been any would have been bad), they also found a fibroid tumor. They were able to remove most of the tumor, but not all of it (the tumor was benign). It is possible/probable that the tumor was also contributing to the cramps. It is possible that if the tumor grows back that she will have to have a hysterectomy down the road. There is also conversation of six months of hormone therapy (putting Susan into a temporary/artificial menopause), but that will be determined after a visit to a fertility specialist. Right now we are waiting for the approval to visit the fertility specialist.

I have the munchies.

I hope everything turns out ok.

Glad things were beneign and I'll keep a candle lit that things remain okay and the fertility issues are a go as well. Thanks for the update.

Not to make light of your situtation, I'm not, but I think an offering should be made at the Tiki Room to the various gods, it can't possibly hurt! I'll be happy to lead the charge in September.

Snowflake, can we get more details about your avatar (and comment)?

I like your version, but here's another interpretation

Sadly, it was not me who sold the poster. Heritage Auctions in Texas (www.ha.com) had the poster in their most recent sale, with buyers premium it hammered at just over 38k. The estimate was a conservative 6-8k.

Poster prices have been going higher and higher and while I have 3 Valentino related posters, I can't imagine any of the 3 I own would come even remotely close to what The Eagle sold for. If they were to garner close to that, heck, I might be able to buy a condo with a good down payment! ;)

I'll change my comment, though, it's was not me who sold. I was not even in the run for the bidding. A friend of mine in Baltimore (who collects Douglas Fairbanks and has many beautiful posters) placed a bid of 6k on it. Needless to say, she didn't come close to getting it.

oh bummer! I was hoping you sold it!

I'm sure you will hold on to them, and you never know how much they will be worth someday. They aren't making them anymore.

I am a strong believer that laughter is the best medicine. We have both approached this situation with pure openness - whatever happens, happens. We'll deal with it as it comes. Susan actually told me the news with glee that she was even having the surgery - she was very much looking forward to not having the bad cramps each month.

And we actually did a (Wiccan) ritual blessing for her the night before the surgery.

OKay, laughed out loud at these...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/zi...?date=20070723

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/zi...?date=20070724

Thanks for posting those. I meant to when I saw them.

I'm sure they'd have been funnier if I'd ever bothered to read it...

It's an account of Henry David Thoreau's time spent living in a cabin at Walden Pond (property owned by Ralph Wald Emerson) and his love for nature and his critique of technology.

It's been such an odd day. There was a drug-deal-gone-bad shooting in a neighborhood I was going to visit, it's hotter than HELL (my car said 94, Yahoo said 86- I believe my car), my face has started twitching again, I learned a friend is getting a divorce, I narrowly missed gettingin a car accident, and I have a general bad feeling about the day in general - like waiting for the other shoe to drop. I think I'm going to stay home for the rest of the day and pretend I am in a cocoon.

The other shoe? That already sounds like plenty of shoes to me, just how many feet do you have?

Go pile yourself with some cats and wake up tomorrow.

The past few days have been generally weird, but things are starting to straighten themselves out.

Befuddling Birth: The Case of the Mule's Foal


I guess a mule foaled in Colorado.

It's not the number of feet I have, but the number of shoes in my closet.

Your closet scares me.

It has been a very weird week. Last week was bizarre too. Almost like there has been a full moon for the last 2 weeks.

Something is up with the Cosmos.

We'll probably have an earthquake to top things off.

Oh crap.

Just said something related to that when we were putting up a new server.

I have a slight history with that word. Not good. At all.

I just wanted to say that 'The Promise' by When in Rome is a wonderful song.
:)

Yes... Cat therapy.

You're doing a great job of selling the place. Thanks. ;)

Oh, mousepod, Los Feliz has a House of Pies! Mmmmm.... pies.

While rare, it is possible for mules (and hinnies) to propagate. As I said in my original post:
I agree! Lots of pussy cats makes me feel better.

We don't like to call them earthquakes. We like to call them, "Corrective forces in the real estate market."

Made a really great fresh checca sauce tonight. Then I realized that maybe Mark wanted to have some meat and mentioned it to my grandma that there wasn't any meat in the sauce, but we had some leftover sausage he could have. Point blank, she asked "There's no flavor in the sauce?"

Huh?

Anyhow, dinner was good and the sauce had flavor.

Don't worry...earthquakes are fun! Really!

Can we start a new one of these? This one is taking way too long to load.

loads fine here.

Lunch with the GM was AWESOME! Just 10 of us from our department in a conference room that overlooks the entire park- they designed it so that they could take sales clients there and give them an overview.

He made a comment that rings so true - People don't necessarily quit companies that they hate, they quit because of BOSSES that they hate.

So last night J called me talking about Jeopardy. They're doing the Teen Tournament, and we always get a kick out of it, since we know most of the answers. He took a stab at the final question before it was asked, just off the topic, which was "Animals." He said "Panda." Sure enough, the answer was panda, which we got a good laugh out of.

Tonight, I'm kicking back, watching a little Jeopardy and final Jeopardy came around. Topic: "American Authors." I figured - hell, if it worked for J, I should try it, too. I say, to myself, Hemingway.. It's gotta be Hemingway. Sure enough, after the commercial break, on the board was mention of crossing the Italy-Austria border in 1918 and being there on D-Day... Hemingway.

I know I can't tell him without him me about making it up - why do these things happen in private?

(Of course, I was using the logic of, who is someone high schoolers would possibly have read, with an interesting enough life story to not give it all away with the clues?)

Sine when is "not give it all away with the clues" a requirement for Jeopardy questions?

I love to play psychic jeopardy

"I Lost On Jeopardy" by Weird Al played on my mp3 player today :)

We're out of water so I'm drinking "Champagne"

Did you know Andre now comes with a resealable screw-top?

Yeah - I am the Poseur of Swank right now

Screw tops are becoming big. There is starting to be a shortage of cork trees - and screw tops also prevent the whole cork in the bottle ruining the bottle thing.

I have a friend who works in bottle design for a Napa winery. Apparently screwtops are considered far superior to cork but consumer perception and tradition keeps them from spreading the way many would prefer.

By what I said, I meant - who is on the obvious side, yet is complex enough to have facts that aren't the title of his books?

Yeah, and I'm one of those luddites I'm afraid - I'm sentimental about the cork - Method Champenoise all the way!

Perhaps if the put in rebus puzzles like Lucky Lager they might convince me

During a quick stint working for a wine distributor in SoCal about 7 years ago, I learned a bit about cork vs. screw top. There's a lot of good to be said about the screw top and often - due to public misperception about the quality of a wine with a screw top - there are fantastic deals to be had on great wines.

That said, I do like corks, since there's the process of removing it. I have pleasant associations of social gatherings where I'm removing a cork, so I'm a bit sentimental.

I like pulltabs and boxes of wine

Velveeta wine - the other white wine.

Well, it's still hot, but my overnight for Friday and Saturday got canceled, I made more progress on the office and I feel generally more accomplished if just as sweaty.

I drank Hershey's chocolate syrup from the jar tonight, and gargled moo juice.

You're such a rebel, Matt.;)

I was goofin' around on the interwebs, and I found out that 10 years later, I'm still on Six Flags Magic Mountain's website :D

I'm holding out for canned wine.

Memo to my fellow students:

1) Showing up to class drunk is not "cute". It's immature and unprofessional and your constant stream-of-consciousness interruptions punctuated with giggles and exclamatory non-sequiturs makes me want to beat you senseless.

2) If you have 6 pages of "last minute" questions to ask and you're pretty much the only one talking, and the rest of us can't get the exam and leave until you shut the hell up, then you need to go talk to the professor individually and stop wasting our time.

3) If number 2 applies and those questions are bizarre hypotheticals that weren't covered in the book, and if the professor has already told the class that the book is the known universe for the purpose of this exam, then you definitely need to shut it, pronto.

4) If numbers 2 and 3 apply and each question you ask requires 5 minutes of preamble, then please hold still while I personally decapitate you with this spork.

And I finally got home - just in time for a cable outage. So no relaxing with bad late night teevee, even. Thanks a lot, drunken twatwaffles and suck-up git.

Well, I see collage hasn't changed much since I attended in the late 70's. :rolleyes:

I feel for you, Pru. Hang in there, it will be worth it some day!

Please Prudence, remember that all decapitations by spork MUST BE VIDEOTAPED!

Just think, put up a PayPal link to pay for the legal defense :D

I'm thinking of going with justifiable homicide.

I was hoping to head down south tomorrow, just for the day. *sigh*

Instead I will focus my stress on house cleaning and yard work. It needs to be done and I am the only one to do it.

On the plus side, I will have some good support in the court room Monday morning. I just wish I knew what to expect.

Bummer K - time to find some fresh meat.

My online radio just played Night on Bald Mountain, damn, I want to go home and watch Fantasia now. Chernabog rocks!

Why is it that people like this even get so far? And here I thought when I start my Master's that they'd be gone, somehow. I just don't get it.

I should somehow find a way to link an email sent to me by a classmate that I'm positive is crazy. At least Pru would get a chuckle...

/hugs MG. You will do fine. You are strong. And more importantly, you did nothing wrong in this entire situation.

It's finally Friday!

Now it just needs to be 5pm.

Sushi for dinner. YUM!

So does anyone actually believe that Barry Bonds never took performance enhancing stuff? I'm not a big baseball watcher anymore (I used to be back in the days when I'd go to games with Dad). Nonetheless, I think it stinks this his record will stand along with all the others who used these drugs. Poo-heds, one and all. Bah.

Of course, since he's not passed Aaron's record yet, I'm secretly hoping he has some injury that prevents him from ever playing ball again, just shy of the record.

I really have no idea how to feel about it. There's the whole, "everyone was doing it" argument that I instinctively roll my eyes at, but then I see the parasite reporters hounding Bonds in the locker room after a game because he didn't hit a homerun and it occurs to me that I have no concept of what it's like to live under that kind of microscope and pressure. Not that it excuses it, but it certainly contextualizes it.

Then there's the the fact that, while pure strength is certainly an aid, Bonds has put the bat on the ball 753 times. No amount of steroids can give you that skill and there will always be something to be said about the fact that he could flat out hit (I say "could" only because he no longer even tries for base hits, he's just swinging for the record now).

Yes, there are.

I'm not too bothered by the use of steroids, in general I see no reason why they should be against the rules in the first place.

Odds are the steroids had little to do directly with his home run hitting. More muscle doesn't make you any better at hitting the ball perfectly. If anything it helped him play longer and more regularly than he might otherwise have done. Yet thousands of products that do that are allowed. All of the hallowed baseball records are tainted in some way or another (during Hank Aaron's era the use of amphetamines by ball players was pervasive and I'd be surprised if he didn't use them as well. Babe Ruth had the advantage of never having to play against some of the best ballplayers around.

The big reason I didn't/don't want him to break the record is because other people care and I don't want to have to listen to this debate for the next 10-12 years (at least) while we wait for Alex Rodriguez to break the record.

Though I am hoping that Griffey will experience a drug-free Bonds like late-stage burst. Three more seasons like he is having this year and he'll be 41 with more than 700 homers.

Thanks GD and Alex. I appreciate your responses. Somehow I thought that there was not any question about earlier records. Just shows my lack of knowledge on the subject. I'll leave it at that.

Just to clarify, since they are illegal steroids should obviously be against the rules. I meant I don't see any baseball specific reason they should be against the rules.

The last time I tried to log on to MSN to check my hotmail account, it asked me if I wanted to upgrade. I said no, later. Well, I haven't been able to access the account since. Error this, whatever.

Is anyone else having trouble? I heard that YouTube was going to be overloaded with people sending things from Comic Con. {I guess everyone else is techy savy 'cause I don't get it....}.

About the baseball~ I get that the steroids didn't give him the skill {and I know Jack about what you are talking about but I do have an opinion based on what little I do know...} but it did give him the endurance to continue to perform at his level at bat. You know, like when they need to take out a pitcher after he has spent his energy?

Compare this to old records~ they achieved these levels without them{steroids}.

Did that make sense?

**hugs**

My co-worker can't get into Hotmail either.

Thanks, BtD. At least it isn't just me.

Do you know if she was given the prompt to upgrade? I wonder if that is the problem or the overload?

{okay, must have been overload because I just got through....you can let your co-worker know, maybe today it will be hit or miss?}

I have to resend him an email. I'll see if it goes through

Ya know, I really wish I knew what you were responding to...

When Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's 60 Home Run Single Season record that had stood for 34 years, he was lambasted and hated for daring to break the record of the Great Bambino.

Yes, there are people who honestly believe Barry Bonds never took steroids.

Ah, okay. The form of your answer doesn't match the form of the rhetorical question. "Does anyone....? Yes there are." I was also confused.

Yeah, writing my answer I misremembered the form of the question.

Oh please oh please? I swear that particular class was the biggest collection of self-important weirdos I've ever seen. There were a number of us who were silent all quarter and blended into the scenery, but there was a much larger proportion than usual of people who were very vocal and very odd. Including the chickee whose desk set-up included no fewer than 4 cans of diet coke, the one half of the drunken twosome who always talked and gestured like she was performing on a sitcom, the one guy who was leading a 1L study section and thus felt he was on the same level as the professor, the guy who kept asking for extra credit and for people to donate their grade points to him because of his burning need to get a B+... It was just craziness. With the exception of my good buddy Chelan, I hope to never see any of them again.

Oh my, oh my, Pru!

Who are these people you're taking class with?!

The more I think of it, regarding the email, you guys would see that she's crazy, but you wouldn't get the scope unless I had a video of her, or a lengthy detail on things she's done in class - which are hard to put into words.

Welcome, AllyOops!.
69 New Posts since your last visit.

Heeheeheehee! "69"! :D

I'm trying to think of something interesting to say... and not coming up with anything.

I'm boring.

Me too, which is why I don't post much :)

I used to be that way. I'm still pretty quiet at first meeting, but am usually fine after that. I'm just afraid I'll come out sounding like a total idiot :) which I usually do just fine...

That doesn't seem to stop the rest of us!
You need to post more often - you have such a cool avatar!!!

19 minutes till 5!

I can barely speak when meeting people during one of my rare park visits. You'd never guess that my friends and family can't get me to shut up.

Dubya Tee Eff?
Why is this day going by soooo sloooow?
I have an hour and ten minutes left.
Everyone in Hollywood has gone home.
Why am I still here?
Oh yeah, cause I work 'til 6pm.
If I had started work one hour early, I would be on my way home in ten minutes.
What was I thinking?
Sheesh!







:D

I was forced into figuring out Microsoft Office Publisher today at work. I feel very proud of myself right about now. Now I get to print out, cut and organize everything I did. Oh well, it does mean I have an excuse to shop online.

I got to molest the WaterWorld seaplane this morning...

Hopefully this is not something you plan to send to a printer. MSP is the bane of every printer's existence.

How in the....

Never mind. I don't wanna know.......

;)

Damnit body: it's Saturday. Why do you need to be away at 6:00?!?

I was up early this morning, too. Doesn't bode well for me. :(

Story of my life.

could be worse

you could be boring and not realize it.

(trust me, you folks are anything but boring)

So today I will once again feel obligated to eat some garlic ice cream and once again proclaim it is not really be any good.

Hrmm... Garlic ice cream? Not sure that sounds so great.

I've had beer sorbet, and that was actually pretty good. But garlic ice cream... umm...

Going to Gilroy, Alex?

I was up online until 2:00 this morning. I just woke up, and I feel like a zombie. There had better be orange juice in the kitchen!

Enjoying my first cup of coffee of the day - wondering if I should make some ice coffee

Yeah, it has been about 8 years since the last time which feels like an appropriate spacing.

Maybe they've changed the preparation of the ice cream since. I'm not opposed to the idea of garlic ice cream but raw garlic in ice cream just isn't good. If they caramelized it a bit or something before putting it in it could be very nice.

Iced coffee is good. Iced Kenya..... magical.

Yesterday, after I was finished, I was told that I will be the one printing it.

Garlic ice cream is awesome. Garlic + vanilla = Mmmmmm.

Me, too! Got home late and wasn't sleepy, so checked LoT before bed and got sucked in. Now the mowers are going on outside and making me crabby!

I was going to go running this morning, but I was too tired so I hit snooze. I watched the Tour de France, and then when to the farmer's market. I was late and short of cash though, so I couldn't get much. I got some ground lamb and fresh corn. Now it's hot and I don't want to run in this heat.

Im sitting at disney... :-) w00 disney.. I probably should be doing something productive. :-P

Last night I decided I had to get another fan because it's so hot at home. So I'm driving to Target and I see flashing lights of police cars at the gas station up ahead. When I drive past I have to take a look to see what going on, was there an accident, was someone arrested? What I see are several police cars pulled into this gas station and at least half a dozen cops are leaning over the roofs of the cars and pointing guns at someone, something I can't see because, well, all I can focus on are all these guns.

:eek:

I'm hungry... I think we're going to catch some lunch and then the Simpsons movie.

By printer, I mean commercial lithographic print shop. People often think that Publisher is the same as a quality desktop publishing program such as InDesign or Quark Xpress.

I think Publisher is okay working on your own computer and ink-jet or laser printer.

The police were finally doing something about the high gas prices.

I had made labels for our glassware and china. I am in the process of printing all of the labels out. The new tags for our linens are going to the printer.

Nick and I just got finished in the front yard. We now have 2/3s of the netting up in the flowerbeds and the yard is mowed. My sis-in-law came over with some new clothes for Boy for school. She is still planning on getting him some new shoes. We had a real nice visit. She even offered herself as a babysitter if I ever need a break. As I was thanking her and telling her that is something I won't be needing for a while we look over to see the lawn mower rolling down the driveway. Talk about perfect timing.

I got to work today - 6th day in a row, so it's a gravy day (time and a half)

Thanks. I should have known something was up.

That thing is so cool! I would love to see it close up. I also need a picture of it coming over the wall. I always forget to take that shot, I'm too busy watching it go!

I'll eat your share! I love garlic ice cream.

Last dance recital of the summer- DONE! Grand total- 9. My brain is officially mush now. At least they were organized and they finished ON TIME. Thank the gods.

Gilroy? Wow, that place sure smells like garlic. {I know, the garlic capital...} It was overwhelming. I have a very keen sense of smell and I just about died. {the only time I love my sense of smell is when I am out walking and pass rose bushes.}

I had a prank phone call at work today. A perverted prank phone call. You know, where I work I have to be 'Fast, fun and friendly'. This guys calls, asking for advice about buying his mom a birthday present. My opinion on what typs of 'panties women prefer...{yeah, well, I get asked those questions so while it was a bit odd I brushed it off....}. Then he says 'should I ask her?' and I'm like, well, duh. Well, that is where it really went off the board...Apparently she showed him what kind and they were sheer and transparent...he asks if that is wrong and I say 'Hey, it's between you and your mother, whatever'....then it levels out to a regular phone call about stuff. Until he tells me exactly what he can see and how it is making him feel...

Geezus. It pissed me off because I really didn't realize where that was going until it went there.

Mmmm...I was going to go to a show tonight, 'The Silent Comedy' {or just Silent Comedy} but I am just too tired.

Okay, funny bit...when I my boss told my relief co-worker what happened to me, she said 'Hey, I never get any calls!!!' I told her, 'Don't worry honey, I'll call you.' :p

And, it jaded me to other guests. These two young men came up to me and asked me where the underwear were at. I stopped what I was doing and looked them square in the eye 'Mens? Or womens???' and they spit out 'Mens!'. LOL

That is so great! I wish I could have been there!! :snap:

So, today I learned that a relative has traced our family back to 870. Direct descendants. Son of, Daughter of, etc.... This is rather cool. I also got some electronic copies of some family photos - including some I'd not seen before. Looking at my Great Aunt Marie - it's pretty clear which side of the family I take after:



For fun - one of my other great aunts - Vrona



And my grandfather, two shots:




And my great grandparents:



I love old photos. Wish I had more!

I'm watching reruns of that "To Catch A Predator" deal they did on Dateline a while back. Seems like at least half these guys sent the decoy a photograph of their wang.

So guys, I'm asking you, because I don't get it... what IS it with men and photographs of their units? Do men actually believe women are just dying to see your dingle?

Prudence: I thought it appropriate to mention this in a second post rather than editing my prior one... Love the old-fashioned photos!

(not related to my previous photography-related comments)

Here's a gallery of some photos I've taken of WaterWorld - I should have a new batch very soon.

Cool pics, Matt!:snap:

Sooo...

I just realized that what is normally a less than 2 hour flight from Long Beach to Salt Lake City takes almost 4 hours on my itinerary, yet there's no mention of a stop or layover anywhere... WTF?

I think I'm going to call tomorrow.

I've heard the space/time continuum has been having issues of late - that may be involved.

Whaaa...? No close up pictures of the cute cute Mariner that I saw when I was there last? What's up with that Matt?
:D

[singsong voice]Goin to see the Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup. Goin to see the Stanley Cup. I'm soooo happy![/singsong voice]

Is there a time change involved?

Yes, there is. I realized my "issue."

I looked at it again and realized that I was changing in the wrong direction, and that it just looked like a bigger difference because the flight I normally take to SLC is on the half, whereas this flight leaves at 8:10 and arrives at 10:55. So, picture me adding the hour difference, and rounding out the departure and arrival times. Anyway - it was just my brain tricking me... again. Ugh.

I hate when that happends. It's usually at work and makes me look like a complete feel. :eek: That's the trouble with working in a lab.....

You look like a complete feel? Freudian slip or typo? :D

So - I'm not sure if it's just that I have to pay massive cosmic penance for the really awesome group I had earlier in the summer, but my group this time around sucks. I really wouldn't have pegged them to be like this. They're the kind of people that show up to class, nice, responsible looking girls, had great ideas when we were first brainstorming... Now, I haven't heard from them since class on Wednesday, and we have a huge presentation next Wednesday, need to prepare slides and practice together a little bit.

This is troublesome.

Years ago when I worked in a lingerie department there was a man looking for a bra for his wife. We asked him what size. He held up both hands and cupped them to demonstrate. Yeah, that was helpful.

But that was slightly more tasteful than the women who would just pull up their blouses to show us what they were wearing and did we have that style?

Haha, yeah, that sounds really helpful. LOL

And ew about the women doing that. I tell ya, I am really going to be careful when asking women about their choices...geesh!!

I have had men come in and ask for help. One guy just kept saying how tiny his wife was, she was Asian you know, Asian women are so tiny. :rolleyes: Like I just couldn't understand what it was like, being American and so big {I guess}. When he told me his wifes' size I told him it was also mine and that she would love that style. Probably confused the heck outta him. Or he thought I was lying. Whatever. Chonies do stretch, ya know. :D

Nickolas is driving me nutso today. I know most of it is that I have no patience, I can't stop worrying about tomorrow. He wants to make cookies, and can't wait for the dough to defrost. All I want to do is sleep (my defence mechanism).

He did clean off and scrub the kitchen counter. It looks great!!

Doncha just hate when kids do that?

LOL Taken out of context....

The last batch of cookies is in the oven. These were that fundraiser frozen cookie dough, the ones that look like playdough. Even the rats are getting tiny rat shaped treats.

It was amazing touched the Cup 3 times and had Sean O'Donnell sign my hat.

Not nearly as crowded as I expected.