Are they serioius? If I didn't see Newsweek at the top of the page, I'd swear this was an Onion article.

I hope so too! She is a sweet girl and deserves the best :)

For a bit of counterpoint to Ms. Davis's rant, read this article.

Why don't we just lock ourselves inside our homes, duct tape our heads to our assholes, and declare victory in the War on Terror?

Because the duct tape hurts when I pull it off.

I would get to pull it off eventually, wouldn't I?

So I go to use my debit card at the ATM this morning and it says that it is an invalid card.

So I call customer service only to find out that they have canceled the card due to attempted fraudulent use on Wednesday. The girl on the phone couldn't tell me the reason (there were no details showing on her screen), but said that I would be receiving something in the mail. They have issued me a new debit card (which I live by).

While this is a temporary inconvenience, I do prefer having my money not stolen! Thank you BofA!

How scary! Glad they caught it!

I hope so, too.

I put my son in to an alternative school that goes from 7th-12th grade. I love it. It is smaller, great hours for a teens style.

But, it isn't what is people consider good for readying him for the real world. So, while I like that it is a much nicer environment for him {my older two went to the local middle schools/high school} he is being encouraged to attend a regular school. I don't like it. I am trying to discourage him.

The alternative to that is private school....I wonder what the new Catholic school runs? :eek:

Okay, he was not a happy camper when I told him that I was considering a religious school. He says they are only teaching myths. :rolleyes: Do parochial schools all go by a religious,ugh, plan? {can't think of the word}.

We pay millions of dollars for this pseudo-science, yet nothing to secure our ports. :rolleyes:

Okay, I keep seeing this at the top of the page and wondering what the heck you mean by it. Is it a reference to having to move somewhere cheap? Or is it not related to retirement at all?

(Ahhh! My above post just ended up at the top of the next page for me... so I now have yet another page worth of time to wonder what the heck that means!)

I wonder where I can get a "Behavior Detection Officers suck." T-Shirt for my next trip.

I'm not at work today! I'm not at work today!:p

Alas - I am

Well, that's it. My deal's dead. Bank won't budge on price and my client's too greedy to recognize a good deal when it's before them.

I get to start the whole process over again. Joy.

Think Green as in Acres and it'll come to you.

As I,too; but on the Lot, not working. :rolleyes:

Wow, do I get a D- for that statement?:D

I'm at work, but my boss is gone forever. For the next approximately two weeks I'm assistant to...NOBODY! :D *breaks out knitting*

Thought Crime!

Uh oh... that's not good! (Unless they have a replacement on their way, to come riding victoriously in, like the cavalry)

Yay! No new dental work needed! Survived another cleaning with nothing more brutal than that thing where they stab you repeatedly in the gums while rattling off numbers. I hate that part.

And the reference letter temp starts Monday. AND the firm I was asking about was just listed as one of the top 50 firms for working mothers, should I decide to be one some day. And my mom didn't let my dad talk her out of going back to school on Monday.

But my citrus trees have spider mites. :( Grrrr. And something smells funny in the kitchen. I think I'll let BT deal with those issues.

To answer your question, I present the line of posts that this from:

You really need to change your setting from 10 posts per page to something higher!

Chinese parents want to name their child "love him"... or, in writing, "@"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20301126/?gt1=10252

And they refuse to use lead laced pacifiers or baby toys. Rebels, I tells ya.

Anyone else feel compelled to click on the drunk flight attendant story in the side bar? Someone needs to slap the msnbc news reader, get her to cut out the running commentary and read the flippin' story.

"Hi, I'm Ampersand Lee."
:rolleyes: :D

Which side-bar do you speak of? Is there supposed to be on e attached to the LoT? If so, I don't get that.

ETA: Is this the same story?

It was in the side bar on the MSNBC story 'goon linked to. Yes, that story, but there was a link to video of an MSNBC news reader thinking she was clever and amusing by making snide remarks while delivering it.

Today is a good day.

Chipotle for lunch (sans margarita since I am working...)
Cookies brought in by a vendor
Sushi for dinner
Disneyland and DTD tonight.

Totally makes up for last weekend.

I have this horrible nagging feeling that I'm supposed to be up to something tonight, but damned if I can remember what.

mmmmmmmmmmmmm.....new purse smell!

24 minutes until the weekend. awesome Japanese food for lunch soundly quenching a craving Ive had for weeks. (Tempura Udon, Teka Maki and green tea) and nothing between me and home but my air conditioned truck.

yeah, could be a lot worse.

New Stove After 20 Years!
 

Yeah, it's silly to get excited over it. We moved into this apartment in 1987, stove was not new, was not horrid, but defintely not new.

20 years later, it was disgusting. The old one got removed today, underneath was not as bad as I'd imagined, only took a bit of scrubbing to get the floor clean.

Now I have a brand new, beautiful stove. Baking is in my future, brioche will be first up, I think.









Of course, tonight, I'm ordering thai food to be delivered. I'm craving and I can't bear to pop the cherry on the new stove tonight and get it filthy.

It's the little things, isn't it?

I was just thinking about how weird the word "stove" is.
Stove stove stove stove...
The more you type it, the more it seems like a weird word....
Stove stove stove....

I stumbled on some interesting airplane videos

Not what you want to see when driving down the highway!
Why I jump out of airplanes
EJECT! EJECT!
F-16 vs. Bird
How'ld ya like to be on THIS plane?
Or this one?
Or this one?
From bad to worse (read the description at the link)
This one is kind of shocking. I post it only because the person lives!
How NOT to land a helicopter

Who knows what baking lies in the future of Snowflake? The Shadow knows.......

I came home to an empty house and a check for $725. I called Him to question why so little:
"The court only said $725 on the first at fifteenth, no where have I seen that I owe you more."
Me, "The court papers haven't come out yet. In the meantime you didn't pay the July house payment and I can't afford it."
Him, "Don't worry about it, I already took care of it.'

Why couldn't he have told me that before I had a chance to get upset???

The way it works out now, he only owes me for daycare plus maybe another $200. As long as I get the $490 for daycare I will be ok. He said he should have that to me "soon."

Now I get to buy a receipt book...



Our sky is a sickly golden brown from all the smoke from the Zaca fire.

Rose's Bon Jovi action figures have arrived today - possibly McFarlane toys' worst ever...

Did you know that today (8/17) is:

• Meaning of "Is" Day
• Men's Grooming Day

I dunno, I think Marlon Brando would not be too happy with this one

Speaking of McFarlane toys, I bought a ton of Spawn toys at Costco about 9 or 10 years ago. They're still MIB - and they're going on sale tomorrow at our garage sale. How much should I ask for 'em? Two bucks each? Less?

KB, you might like this one of St. Maarten

not at all. I love new ovens/stoves. whenever I get to break one in I try to think of a meal that uses every possible feature. last one was easy, I got it just before thanksgiving. :)

have fun!

:snap:

This video always blows my mind - landing in crosswinds

Well that explains the shoe thread then!

I want a life-sized Dave Matthews action figure.
:D

Maybe you can call up the folks at RealDoll.com?

ok, I admit it...I went to the site. :blush:

I havent stopped laughing since I read this in the "Realdoll Features:"

omg thats so wrong

Grrr. Stupid spider mites. Grrr.

Nice stove, but I'm diggin' on the sun room in the background.

That's actually the dining room. Had to move one of the chairs so they could get the stove in and out.

but it is nice & sunny with a southern exposure, gets sun all day, and you are right, it is a sun room, for Tango, who has a bed just under the window

Among the variety of crap that happened yesterday was one particularly strange occurrence. I was visiting my sweet pitbull, Cassidy and there was an odd man hanging out in front of their house. I was suspicious and kept an eye on him. When Cassidy and I got back from our walk, he decided to leave the area, but left a small boom box on the sidewalk blasting out 70's rock. It was disturbing to see this beat up piece of electronic sitting all alone, straining to play at the volumes it was instructed to. I turned it off and moved it off to the side, but I do wonder if the strange guy ever went back to get it.

Now this sounds like a fun swanking for visiting non-angelenos (like me) a tad spendy, but how fun would it be to be sporting our own mouse ears as we tour?

I've done none of these sites, actually.

Freaky cool!

Good piloting, though it appears to be test flights, judging by the generic markings on the plane.

Holy cow... so it looks my deal is completely dead now, but on the bright side it's dead because the wife has her heart set on this other one we saw today, but they'll only have a shot at it if they offer list price, and do it today, because there's already a counter offer out on it right this moment.

But we decided to look at a couple more in the neighborhood of the one where the deal is falling apart. And one of the ones we walked into, we walked out almost instantly - it smelled and, I kid you not, I approached the kitchen and there was a ROACH ON THE COUNTER! Ew!

... and the husband wanted to know why his wife didn't want to look any further, LOL.

that is quite odd indeed
highly suspicious even

o,0

Mattress: gone; couch: gone; bedroom furniture: gone; half of our clothing: gone. Thanks to H's folks who took a bunch of the furniture and the local folks who came to our garage sale today and were surprised to see everything marked either $1 or "free", we're paring down for the move.

Now does anyone want a large laserdisc collection (around 1,000 pieces)?

Wow, you really are paring down for your move. Wow.

Sad but I am also curious as to what type of t-shirts you had....

Heat exhaustion does suck!!! It was so hot today!! And those hills!!! I hope you are okay!!!

I dumped many old t-shirts (I tend to accumulate them as the most typical souvenir). H tossed them into a "fill a bag for a buck" box. It was funny watching people reading some of the more... interesting... shirts.

1 year. That's how long it takes for CP and me to pick out a chair.

MOusepod - did you sell the figures?

That is freakin' hot!!!

I am hot here, I don't know the temp but I've been waiting to work out but if I wait too long I'll be asleep!!!

I've been dancing around, enjoying the fact that no one is here to tell me to turn it down, crazy lady!!!

Enjoying some Velvet Revolver, Queens of the Stone Age, and Dirty Sweet, a local San Diego band.

How the heck do you find song lyrics to songs by local bands???? I have googled myself silly and nothing.

Okay, I am going to work out. That's it. If you can ride a bike in that temp I can do my workout in the garage {with a fan and the doors open and ice water at the ready....}

Just got this in an e-mail:

TEN THINGS TO PONDER FOR 2007



> TEN THINGS TO PONDER FOR 2007

>

> #10 Life is sexually transmitted.

>

> #9 Good health is merely the slowest rate at which one can die.

>

> #8 Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without
> an

>erection, make him a sandwich.

>

> #7 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person
> to

>use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.

>

> #6 Some people are like a slinky... Not really good for anything,
> but

>you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.

>

> #5 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the
> hospital

>dying of nothing.

>

> #4 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no
> attention

>to criticism.

>

> #3 Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars, and
> a

>substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents???

>

> #2 In the 60's, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the
> world

>is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

>

> AND THE NUMBER ONE THOUGHT FOR 2007:

> We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among
> the

>millions and millions of cows in America , but we haven't a clue as to

>where thousands of Illegal immigrants and Terrorists are located.

> Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of

>immigration?

I would email them, or send a request to their MySpace

:blush: I hadn't thought of that.

But that is a good reason to!!! Thank you!! :snap:

Yeah... for about a buck a pop. I'm sure there are others stashed somewhere (like all the X-Files figures)... just waiting to be unearthed.

Doggie downer alert.

:( puppy

I'm so sorry to hear that. How old is she?

Seven.

Thanks for your kind words here and via PM. This beagle is one of my kids.

So sorry to hear about your doggie, 3894... :(

In other news, I'm devising an iced coffee drip system for my desk. I think it should help me in the coming months.

Noooooooooooooo! Dogs that cute can't be sick! :(

Best wishes for beagle.

I understand completely. Actually I moved pretty quickly this time, decided to look for a new mattress a few weeks ago, picked one out on Friday, it was delivered today.

Of course I kept the previous mattress about twice as long as recommended and it was a wreck. I've been trying to sleep around the sagging middle for a few years now.

But I have a new bed! Yay!

Awwwww! Baby! Have a strong heart, baby girl!

Build a man a fire and you keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life.

:( I'm sorry

Boy starts school today.

Classes begin at 8:10. They open the gates to the campus at 7:45. We live less than 5 mins from the school. He is trying to insist that he be there at 7. I told him no.

Oh, and Saturday I sort of disabled all the internet blocks that were placed on my computer. I have no intention of going online, I just thought it was funny.

Excited is he? I hope he feels the same a week from now.

This is funny, in a sick sort of way.

I'm sorry to hear about this Helen. You, your doggie, and your family are in my prayers. I hope you still have some good times together.

My mommy officially starts school today! I'm so proud of her for going forward. Even the giant disaster that was Verizon breaking a water main in their front yard hasn't stopped her. (Somehow, through some debris in the line or whatnot, caused their washing machine to start filling up with water, and because she leaves the machine door open (front loaded) to prevent any accidental machine start-age the water poured out into their home, causing massive water damage to their home as the water spilled into the family room and drained into the basement and replacing all the linoleum upstairs will require asbestos abatement, which means they're going to go ahead with their long-delayed kitchen remodel (since everything has to be torn up anyhow and part of it will be paid for by Verizon/insurance) which means major disruption.) She decided that neither school nor the remodel was negotiable, so if something has to give it will be work. And if they won't give her leave she'll just retire. And they'll give her leave because they're not jerks - and because being the only person in the office who has a clue is a family trait.

And speaking of - finally, more than a year after driving me away, I've heard through the grapevine that my old boss is starting to realize all the unofficial/informal stuff I did for her. My replacement apparently doesn't have quite the knack for soothing over contentious situations that I did, and they are all at each others throats over there. And as a former drill sergeant she doesn't quite have the touchy-feely people skills to handle things. tee-hee!

Go Pru! :-)

All right, Pru! May good things come of that, even if it is just the recognition you deserve!

Saturday a manicure and pedi, jungle red!

Broke in the stove with a woktackular thai red curry, delish.

Oven will be broken in this coming weekend, dinner of stuffed pork roast, roasted new potatoes and a lemon creme brulee tart.

I looked longingly at my brioche recipe, I need a weekend free and new baking supplies before I do that. Note to self: need flour, baking powder and yeast.

Snowflake, honey - you live right. :snap:

You know, I was just wondering when that was going to start for her. I'm proud, too... It's never too late for furthering your education! It's amazing that for a lot of people I know that have "gone back" to school, myself included, a lot of circumstances come up as you start going to school... the key is just sticking to it! I'll be keeping her in my thoughts!

Also, regarding your old boss, even though it's late, there is a sort of satisfaction in knowing someone is giving recognition.

I love The Onion

*le sigh*

The actual entry is disappointingly academic.

So vandalize edit it.

Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New 'Intelligent Falling' Theory :snap:

Sure glad Dorothy is not in Kansas anymore.:p

I practice "intelligent falling" on a regular basis.

much better than my not-elegant falling

Oh, I do that too.

Not Afriad {and Snowflake, too, since we are talking about falling down...}, I had to chuckle recently when you posted about not skiing {I am sure it was you} because of a lack of coordination.

I had told someone once how clumsy and klutzy I was and they told me to try skiing. I was like 'WHAT??' I know they meant well but how graceful would I be with two broken legs? Hmmm?

So. I stick with hiking and twist my ankle that way but at least {knock on wood} I won't see any bones sticking out all twisted.

I always wonder just how klutzy I would be if I wasn't in Ballet for 13 years? Oh the horror!

Oh my!! Well, I never did have any professional teaching in dancing. So, imagine. :blush:

I do love to dance, but I just do what I want. I enjoy Tae Bo but end up falling all over the place. So, that is why I do it at home. :D

And, laughing my a$$ off.

The best workout I ever got from tennis was laughing and chasing the ball all over the court. :D

Thats easy. Just look at me.

(No wonder you move so well!!!)

And fall down gracefully. ;)

Imagine if you'd never danced? ;)

See, thats what I am saying...
All I ever did was tap, thats all about thumping around the room.
I dont fall gracefully at all!!!

*chuckle* I see what you mean. Sort of like clogging.

Well, people have told me I 'walk' heavy. WTF does that mean????

Did anyone see the clogging kid on the finale of So You Think You Can Dance?

Five bucks; same as in town.

Matterhorn Fan; No, I did not. Was it quite the sight or what? :)

Kevy Baby, WTF are you talking about? A service?

A few weeks ago I fell at Chuy's. I really hit hard, but luckily no damage. The worst part was we had just got there and I fell right after getting out of the car. I couldn't even blame it on alchohol!

That's his hourly rate.

Soooo....
 

As i was finishing up my iced tea from lunchtime from Jack In The Box. Jonny our 4 yr old orange tabby cat decided to help himself literally stuck his head inside the cup and drank iced tea...lmao now this cat eats will eat anything nearly anything and everything but i was like laughing at him drinking the tea...lmao

Oh, such a bargain! ;)

Or is it?

The kitty needed the tea to wash down the curly fries!!

Soooo....
 

lol Jonny eats watermelon. It's so funny none of the other animals would even give a second glance at the watermelon but Jonny will eat it and potato chips of any kind. He will put his nose in my food no matter what it is (unless i go out to eat or eat at work i can't get peace while i'm eating) he is right there checking out my food and drink...wonder if i can get him to drink any booze lmao...

;) :evil:

I just finished my 100th online application. I have about 75 left to go. Plus the 72 hardcopy apps already mailed, and about a dozen more that need reference letters, assuming I can get any. This is all I do any more. It's a full-time job.

175 applications????
Dang, will there be anyone left that HASN'T heard of you after you are finished???

Keep up the good work! I don't think I would have been as agressive as you, but then I'm lazy. So there you have it.....

LOL! Sounds like my house when we eat with the rats out. I did have one that would drink anything I had. She really liked alchoholic beverages. None of the others would touch it, but she would not only drink it with me, but get irritated when it was gone.

Well, my roomate is now in Mexico, she's loving it and will like as not stay until February. Wheeeeee!

I've got papers all over the living room, sorting research material, print outs from microfilm and am heading to Staples today for 2 new file crates.

This isn't the first time she's gone down there, is it? What does she do?

At times I ponder whether if I send enough out someone might hire me just so I'll stop sending applications.

I don't think that's an actual sentence, but my brain is too tired to fix it.

She's hopping to retire there, but in September is a 2 week Mariachi festival that she goes to in this ancient (and beautiful) theater. She's rented an apartment in Chapala (by the lake) and is really enjoying it there, she says it's paradise. I'll go down in October for a visit.

Essentially, she's not doing anything but enjoying herself.

I've heard nice things about the area around Lake Chapala. You'll have a good time down there.

I got a rather strange call from my attorney this morning. He said he had talked to David and advised him to talk to his own attorney to , "Learn about the facts of life."

He also asked me to fax him my copy of the original mediation agreement (not the one that he and Dawn had forged). He then had to go to take another call.

I have no idea what is going on, I am just amused with how irritated my attorney is with David.

They forged a mediation agreement?!

At what point does it become criminal fraud?

Someone's going to be hoisted on his own petard.

And the idiot of the week goes to.......

Wow, they forged mediation.

Wow.

I'm telling you, start writing it all down. It's sellable, and... it's real.

To get to the other side.

Mediation Agreements are confidential. So they can't be admitted into evidence. Not even evidence of their own fraudulentness.



(All true, except for that last part.)

I was supposedly served, um leaving it on my door knob where the kid is the one who finds it isn't being served. Not even in an envelope, with a coffee stain on it.

Moron claims that he has my signature which is impossible since I never signed anything. I could have made and issue out of it but it wouldn't have changed anything just delayed things. I didn't get "served" until less than a week before the actual court date.

People do completely idiodic things and think that no one will notice.

Hang in there MG - you're in the right.

We went to mediation and came to an agreement, which we both signed. A week later he left an "amended" version of the mediation agreement on my coffee table. The following day he left me a voice mail asking if I had signed it. Well, I didn't sign it, but I sure as heck faxed it to my attorney.

When comparing the official document with the "amended" document, they are totally the same in fonts, even the court case numbers at the top, and the squiggley line down the center. The only problem is that it was in no way an offical document. I know Dawn well enough to know she used the official form to recreate the amended one. I am a whole lot smarter than they are and knew where it came from immediatly.

This all happened in the middle of summer. Part of the amended thing was that Nickolas was to be here one week and there the next, shutteling him back and forth every other week. I knowe why she did this, so that David wouldn't have to pay 1/2 of his summer day care costs.
Now that school is back in session it is a dead issue.

This weekend Nickolas came home with a few gems. His dad told hi mthat we need to disconnect the internet and that I need to get rid of my nails.

LOL He thinks he has the right to dictate my life!!!!

In the meantime he wonders why I am so insistant on getting Nickolas in to see a counselor.

MG, make sure you paint those nails, JUNGLE RED!

He is too much, what an *(*@^#&^@#%&^@#

paint 'em 773H....


time to start sharpening them

How do you do that, with the attached images thingie?

So, she runs his life so he decides to run yours? Does he think that because he has to pay child support he gets to dictate the line items in your budget?

Go to make a post, then scroll down: there is a 'Manage attachments' tab that allows you to load images from your comp or url.

Big Hugs from the LashPair. :(

What a tool. Still trying to control you. Maybe they should disconnect their internet and cable and get rid of all their miscellaneous expenses.

MG, I should know this, but how old is your boy?
I've been slowly teaching mine that its not his job to ferry information. I wont ask him about Daddy, and if I have messages, I can call, or use email. Or heaven forbid, send a note.
I'm sure you have told yours the same, I just know that for me, thats been the hardest lesson.

I have been trying to tell him, his job is to be a kid, go to school, and work hard.
NOT be a go between.

And grew 'em nice and long

Well put. This is one of the hardest things I have to do as well. I don't ask her anything about what happens at Dads. She tells me sometimes this or that but I don't question her. Her Dad of course is another matter. He also thinks he can still tell me what to do in my own house. Whatever.

MG - Counseling is a great idea. We did some through the school which helped her a lot. Just a neutral party that she could work her feelings through with.

Am I really this bored?

So I've got this friend at work. He's generally an upbeat kind of guy, but the kind that really wishes he didn't have to do this crap for a living. So to keep himself sane, he likes to mess with people. Nothing horribly malicious, just little things.

One of his favorites is to shift the coffee maker around. We've got a fancy automatic coffee maker that you can just stick these little packets in and it spits out a cup of coffee. The packets are in a rack that sits right next to the machine. He goes into the break room, and just kinda slides the rack out a little bit, then he takes one of the coffee packets off the rack and puts it on top.

Like I said, nothing malicious, but it gives him no end of amusement when he hears people trying to figure it out. "Who keeps doing that? It's annoying!"

So today I figured he deserved a little messing with of his own. I did a clip art search, found a coffee maker image, and printed up a sign that says, "Please do not move coffee-making equipment" and taped it to the rack. That should throw him for a loop. :D

Yup, I'm that bored.

Yep; that's bored!

Hahahaha, he just came by to inform me of the sign. :D I almost lost it before he even said a word. His first reaction was, "Well, the packet rack isn't really 'coffee making equipment', so it doesn't apply." Now his plan is to gradually drip coffee on it until someone removes it, then go back to sliding the rack around.

Except you can easily print up a fresh one daily, thus further messing with his mind ;)

It's office games like that which (with the right frame of mind) can make the very mundane enjoyable. He'll probably like the "sparring." :D

My insides are shaking from too much caffeine.

Starting to sound a lot like Office Space, LOL.

He's loving it. I walked by him, and all he said was, "It still say it's not coffee making equipment. It's a fvcking packet holder."

I pointed out that the clip art "they" chose doesn't even look like our coffee machine, so clearly it doesn't apply.

Hmm, CP has access to a laminating machine at work. If he does start dripping coffee on it...

:evil:

You're a towel!

So, the rejections are starting to pour in. Personally, I'd rather they not send them. I like the "we received your application and we'll call you if we're interested" postcards, but who needs a stack of rejection letters? Or rejection email, as I'm now also getting.

And they all say something like: "With your impressive qualifications, I'm certain you will have no trouble securing a clerkship position elsewhere." What a load of crap. Sure, hypothetically it seems possible, but empirical evidence shows that no one is the slightest bit interested in moi. So stop telling me how "certain" you are. If you have to say something, say something useful. "Your school isn't even in the top 50 -- what were you thinking?!" Whatever. Or say nothing. I could do without the puffery.

I'm PMSing.
I'm over-emotional today for some reason.
I'm grouchy one minute and not the next.
No, you're not.
Yes, I am.



:D

You COULD do it that way, but it seems far funnier to let him drip coffee on it and have the coffee "disappear" daily as the sign gets replaced by an identical, equally coffee absorbent paper sign :evil:

I got an email today from the Orlando Sentinel. The subject line said "It's Our Business To Know Everyone Else's!"

Or The Office.

I think Greg wins the yogurt-lid top.
Flonkerton, anyone?

Ooooh! The Office.
John Krasinski! He's dreamy.
:)

Poo on them. All of them.

Does not help you, I know. I wish I had a magic wand for a clerkship for you.
Alas, I'm but a useless cog in the wheel of law, a paper pusher.

delightfully low-dose evil

no real harm, but hes liable to go bald from scratching his head wondering.
I like it.

one pirate point for joo
:argghh:

He's already going bald, but he's got that covered. A hair transplant surgeon married into the family and he's getting the family discount.

Along with an addendum:

"Please take care not to spill hot coffee"

That's one worry I don't have. I'm married, I've procreated. My hair has done it's job. At this point it can stay or go, it makes me no never-mind.

No, it sounds like you're pregnant.

Nickolas is 10. I am not pumping him for info, he just wants to tell me what they have said about me. I don't react to it (and call a friend out of his earshot).

They don't have internet and it is buggin the snot out of David that we still have ours. He also knows it is my main connection to the outside world. As for what he can give up, I already have a comeback, should he have the balls to say something to my face.

Since he moved in with her his drinking has been out of control. I know her drink of choice is JD in Pepsi. His is beer. His drinking alone, is more than $10/day. It is more than double the cost of my claws and internet access. Since I refuse to drink alone, and seldom go out, my alchohol costs are nil.

I am still waiting for my alleged drug use to come up again.

I knew it. And I hate kids!
:D



I'm kidding of course.
:evil:

Oh dont misunderstand me, I didnt mean to imply that you are/were pumping him for info.
I chose to have this talk with MY child after I found out his father was covertly pumping him for information about me.

I needed to know, for my own sake, that he understood that I felt that wasnt his job. That he knew he had the right to tell his father, "you can ask Mommy"

And yeah... if I hear that I should give up my nails... I'd be annoyed. I'm sorry you have HOW MANY online game accounts?

"I'm sorry that you chose to have an affair and destroy our family. But now we are divorced and you no longer have a say in my life. So please abide by the court agreement and refrain from thinking that you have any bit of control over what I do anymore. Oh and by the way. Apparently you think walking out on your son didn't do enough damage. So if you want to prolong the counseling sessions he will be attending, please keep pumping him for information about me. I find it amusing that you still care enough to know what I am doing with my life."

Patent Office webinar this morning. Rules changes in November. My head is going to explode now.

Job Security

Well, I hope so, but sheesh, this is going to be complicated. I thought they were streamlining the process, they are, for the PTO, not the applicants!

Just be sure to put a plastic bag over your head prior to the main event to minimise the mess. Thank you.

:D

I just found out that there is a Deaf Smith County in Texas. Amusing name.

I also deal with mailings going to older folks (age 65) in the South (particularly Arkansas, South Carolina and East Texas). I see some VERY interesting names. I wish I could post them.

Whoa! Go check out www.msn.com right now

(one of the featured items is this)

Edited cause I stupidly missed the original link, d'oh!

Fabulous! I'd like all of that back, please.

Awesome.
I agree with it all.
Wouldn't it be nice if some bigwig at the park read that and said, "Hmm. Why did we get rid of that? Let's bring it back."
:)

Yeah, I really like what he wrote. We should invite Mr. VanderKnyff to the LoT.

Update on Operation Decaf Decoy

So today I checked in and not only had he spilled coffee on the sign, he left a used coffee stirrer on it. A very nice touch. Interestingly, I guess the guy that maintains the cup and coffee packet supply doesn't care because he hasn't removed the sign.

Current plan of record: He goes home at 4. After he goes home, I will print a new sign and replace the dirty one. I will also print a second one out for CP to get laminated to be put in place Monday assuming he continues to try to do stuff to the unlaminated one to get it removed.

Visible mind-messing mojo, GD. :cheers:

I had to check out that website, if only to try and discover the origin of the name. In the news section, this is the only item listed:


Deaf Smith releases new website

December 1, 2005; Deaf Smith Webmaster
Deaf Smith releases a new and more user friendly website. The look-and-feel of the site has changed, but we feel that you as the user will find the site easier to navigate, as well as search for content on the site with the new Search feature.

No news at all for nearly two years? Yeah, I wanna go there.:rolleyes:

The Boy is going to force me to set passwords on the internet, to prevent him from being online. He is fighting me when I tell him that his time is up. I have had enough. To be honest, having it doen to me at work is what really prompted me to think about taking this route. I just hate having to do it.

Best. Client. Meeting. Ever.

*drool*

with everything out in cyber anymore...yeah, you gotta be the gatekeeper for it (IMHO)

it really is in his best interests all around

as far as work. yeah, my life has been all about passwords and access for years. a necessary evil

Soooo....

I posted a Bats Day TR over on MC.
http://www.micechat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75308

I've tried hard since being single to avoid stereotypical bachelor behaviors, but I had a moment the other day.

I bought new underwear.

Why did I buy new underwear?

I didn't feel like doing laundry that evening.

You have to be a bachelor to do that? Oops ;)

Under-wear?

I have friends who buy whole new outfits.

My roommate has to put his kitty down today. Poor kitty is really sick and isn't eating. I so sad :(

I'm sorry :(

I do that. I also have a lot of sheets and towels for the same reason.

I'm much better now that I have a washer/dryer of my own. When I had to schelp to the laundry room buying new was just easier.

:( :(
So sorry BTD. Poor kitty. :(

Sorry to hear that. That's always hard.

Under there

For some reason, I'm itching to watch "Fellowship of the Rings".
I think my copy's still in Boston...
:)

Netflix can scratch the itch, by the time it arrives, the itch will be gone, no doubt.

Did you know there's a disco version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"? I had the dubious pleasure of trying to dance to it last night. For some reason the music itself sounds like the soundtrack for a Mexican adventure movie. Zorro should appear at any moment.

I like Hustle a lot. But the music sucks big time.

J has done this. It's why he's got a bigger wardrobe than I have.

Now I have "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" AND "The Hustle" in my head.
It's a weird mash-up.
:D

Yup. I don't know if it's the same version, but I use to dance to it at discos in the San Gabriel Valley back in the late 70's. :eek:

I thought that had been outlawed by the Geneva Convention.

That's a guilty pleasure song for me! :)

Hey, you're making me feel guilty...

Go figure, part of the reason I move back to CA is because Mom is getting up there in age and I wanted to be closer. This proved wise enough earlier when she had her surgery and her (as she calls them) little incidents. So much for sentiment, Mom is leaving me in the dust and moving to Hawaii with my sister!
Her originally planned trip was postponed, she got clearance to travel and is going to be staying there very soon. Go Mom! :) :(

Now you have a very good reason to go to Hawaii!

...or move to LA.

I had an itch to watch "Fellowship of the Ring" last week, and I did.

The itch was over long before the movie, so I don't think Netflix would have been an option.

I get those movie cravings too. Last one was the original Matrix.

There are disco versions of a lot of songs that should not have been "disco-ized". At the radio station I worked at in college, we had disco versions of both Stairway to Heaven and Whole Lotta Love. True disco. It was painful.

OMG!!! That is too funny! I came home early tonight to start Triolgy weekend!!

Awesome!
I was even thinking of going to Target and buying yet another version of the trilogy. I think it's the version with the extended versions of the movie on two discs and little to no extras. I may just do that.
:)

Funny, but when I watch Fellowship (which is really the only one I'm likely to ever watch), I watch the Theatrical Version.

IMO, the extended versions of the other two are far superior to what was put out in theaters, but not so for Fellowship. Oh, there are one or two nifty added scenes ... but the editing and shot selections of three important sections is really much better in the original cut.

Was there a cemetary screening tonight or something? This board's been awfully quiet...

I got to dump the spouse off to have Man Time (chaperoned by a three year old girl) while I did dinner and a movie with my library school bud. I never go out on Friday nights, so that's actually rather odd.

Aside from the flaming roll of paper towel thrown into the crowd the Marylin Manson concert was amazing. Got to see myMatt, who would make a great Jack Skellington for Halloween.

The opening act of Slayer on the other hand... well I'm just glad we stayed outside the entire time. Some scary people showed up for Slayer (and then left).

The word "DUH" came to mind....

I had Margarita Night at my house, and was up until 1:30am, which is quite a feet for this old man getting close to 50 years old! :rolleyes: My Margaritas are getting quite famous, so they draw a crowd.:D Not to mention the Tiki Hut decorated with pink falmingo lights in the back yard next to the pond and water fall.

I need an old man icon ;) ......

I prefer the extended version of all 3, especially the first one. I love the scenes in the Shire and of the Elves.

Right now I am contemplating locking up PoohDog ion the side of the house. The people behind us are having a wedding the their back yard. He keeps barking. I don't think I would feel as bad if they hadn't rented everything from my company and I didn't know how much it was costing them.

^ Wow! I went Thursday night, what an amazing show. Not a single performer on stage was marking, everyone was excellent, Eden is phenomenally gifted, the costumes, sets, effects, orchestra - just stunning. I cried throughout most of the first act!

My only caveat, if you go for the lottery and don't win, and if you opt for the $45.00 tickets, you're likely to be sitting amongst the gummos of the world. Absolutely no idea of how to behave in a theatre. You gets what you pays for.

I am planning to go again.

One of the best things about Wicked at the Pantages is that the theater is just as resplendently beautiful as the show.

We had our first vocal recital today.

I survived.

That's about all I can say about it.

crapcrapcrapcrapcrap

They recorded me. Damn sneaky voice teacher and voice teacher's husband.

Link, please?

Not on your life!

Well, apparently tonight they (gummos) were at the Hollywood Bowl - I swear I wanted to throw my grapes at this one drunk guy who was actually talking LOUDER so he could be heard over the music!

*yawn*

Not much sleep last night. I received the court papers in the mail yesterday. Now, hopefully Asshat will see how much money he owes me. I thought I would get the summer daycare funds on Friday. Instead there was a letter from the bank about the still open joint account saying that it was overdrawn. No explanation of why it was overdrawn. So now I get to spend Wednesday morning at the bank sorting it out (he has the statement going to his address). I have 1 credit company who is still making automatic payments, even htough I have been requesting that they stop. I am going to have the bank stop it and then see if I can get my name off the account.

The condo I was renting in RSM is up for rent again. Guess he couldn't sell it for what he was asking. I found out he had rented it out again for the same price he was charging me and now I found it on Craigslist for $175 more. I wonder what happened to the people who moved in in June.

They moved out.

I just kicked Nick out of the house. I told him to go ride his bike twice around the block.

"Mom, I need a new helmet."

"Why, too small?"

"No there's a spider web in it."

Man, the kid's a wus!


:D

Sounds like something I would do.

When I did that with my son he was not allowed to come back, and he had to take all of his stuff with him.



Of course he was 18 and selling drugs.........

zapppop and I sang the entire score for Remember in the esplanade at Disneyland last night during the fireworks. We felt that the cheap-as s people watching fireworks in the Esplanade needed to hear the full experience. It was fun.

:D

Hey!!! I take offense to that cheap a-ss people comment!!!

Seriously, sometimes when we're in town and are there for dinner or something, it is a treat to stand around and watch the fireworks. :p

ARGH! I can't wait for our trip up. Focusing on school/work/house but I have my eye on the prize...:snap:

Tomorrow is the first day of my LAST SEMESTER of school. Classes this go 'round: health law, medical fraud, and UCC/secured transactions. The countdown is now under four months.


And I still don't have a post-graduation job. :(

Neither do I and I graduated in 1990 :eek:

No better way to start my morning than by spilling a bunch of tea all over my desk. Especially since for the first time in several weeks I felt like putting sugar in it, so things will be nice and extra sticky. Hooray!

could be worse. could be in your lap

Woke up at 5am for no reason. Got back to sleep at 6:30. Just in time for the alarm to go off.

Yippie!

I got a client call at 4:30am. Couldn't fall asleep again for 1 whole hour. Bleh.

I so fricking pissed at Sprint right now...

So... my contract is up today, so I can cancel. Well the F-ers have my billing cycle set to end on the 26th, and since today is the 27th (the first day I could cancel), I have to start a new month. Apparently, they don't prorate the last month, and I wanna call BS on that - except that I'm feeling sick as a dog today. Why would they not prorate?


Ugh, ugh ugh!!! kjflda;ndjfkad;lf!!

That's good info. When our time is up, I'll be sure to call before my contract is up and say, "Cancel at the end of the contract month."

Ah ha... you'd think that would be the answer, right?

When I double checked for my date a couple of months ago, I asked if I could do that and set it up so it ends then - they said "no."

Also, I realize that my billing began the day before I could end my contract, so the sneaky bastards have me caught for another month, even if they could have done it for me automatically. I would check into your contract end date and your billing cycle date to see if they have you in the same corner.

I don't know why they wouldn't prorate me. Verizon prorated my grandma's cell phone.... BJDkf shfdkahj!!!

I hate Sprint.

Time to call the BBB. You had a contract for 24 months, not 25. That's a load of crap.

It's amazing how much adrenalin can build up in your system between the time you receive the email saying one of your grades has posted and the time your jittery fingers can log into the student info system and pull up your transcript.

To my complete shock, I received an A in Professional Responsibility.

Now I can go back to computing the "worst cases scenario" GPA for my international law grade.

I'm not shocked! Yay Pru!:snap:

I'm going to Virginia in November. A seminar (ick) and visiting old friends (yay).

Wonder if I will do any of the touristy things I did not do when I lived there?

Now I need to buy some clothes! Ack!

Except that it turns into a month to month contract once the 24 months are up.

Visible mojo for your "A"!
:)

You also have the argument that the 26th was not a business day.

I think that you are the only one who is shocked - none of the rest of us are!!! Congrats!

Pru, congrats on the A! :cheers:

What a funky day today is.
Not much going on, slow...
Kinda in a funky mood as well. Must be the full moon?
Low energy. Feel sleepy. But I haven't done much today.
:shrug:

Is that why you've been on the LoT a lot?


Perhaps it the impending eclipse that's sapping your mojo.

Technically speaking, the full moon is not until 3:55 tomorrow morning, but as far as I am concerned, that should be considered "close enough"

Could be.
I hear the days before a full moon are supposed to be draining. I'm not sure what an eclipse would do to a guy.
:)

Have you been measuring your semen output??




It's a leading indicator of moon-effected malaise.

And a leading indicator of draining.

Does that suggestion come with directions?






;)

Congrats! Keep up the good work!

International law? Yikes! :eek: Good luck there!!

One of the things I learned about when we talking with the doctor about in-vitro fertilization was one of the methods for securing a sperm sample. Apparently, there is an occasional need to manually capture the sample from the source. But this is done without making an incision. They actually put a tube up the urethra that travels all the way to the testis to collect the sample.

And now, as every male reads this, he is more than likely bending over in sympathy pain. It made me cringe when I heard about it and I wasn't even a candidate for this procedure.

Wow! Prostate I can see. Past that? *cringe*

Why hasn't the teacher who promised me an add code today sent it to me? Today is the first day of school and I need that frelling code so I can get started!

Thank you Kevy, for a sustained outburst of laughter and screaming...

(which happened while I was on a phonecall learning of an old schoolmate's demise)

Yay! I had forgotten that my UCC professor edits the cases he wants us to read down into easily digested chunks of relevant material. I knew there was a reason I liked him. And my health law text was written by the prof who taught my section of constitutional law - and he is a damn fine author, I must say. I would honestly read that text just to learn more about the subject - even if it wasn't assigned. Maybe this last term won't be deadly dull after all!

Kevy, if that isn't cringe worthy enough, try reading this

http://www.nbc5i.com/sports/13968715...etter_headline

there isnt enough curiosity on the planet to make me click that :p

Snowflake, you absolutely rock.

I wasn't just being a paranoid ninny about my grade - the prof made a big deal about participation being 25% of the grade, and then only called on me once (but called on other people over and over.) So I figured if I did really well on the exam I'd get a B+. Thus, the A is quite a nice surprise.

Meanwhile, I have "I'm Henry VIII, I am" stuck in my head - as performed by Banana Erectors.

Man, I'm watching my Looney Tunes box set (vol 2). Holy Mackerel! Bugs Bunny is damn funny.
They don't make 'em like that any more.
:)

I love Bugs and Daffy, but not the early ones. Too much like Itchy and Scratchy. Bugs and Daffy were my favorite cartoons growing up.:)

Totally. There's no beating Transylvania 6-5000 and Robin Hood Daffy. And we can't forget What's Opera Doc?
:)

Bugs Bunny's my hero.

To this day, 'Pismo Beach' cracks me up.

I had a rather odd discussion with The Boy tonight.
"Why does C have 2 mothers? Why is S considered his guardian and K his mom?"

C is a friend of his at school, in his class for the 3rd time since first grade. I work with one of his moms.

So I kept it simple, just saying that he had 2 moms like some kids have a mom & a dad and some kids can have 2 dads.

His response was, "Cool."

I'm housesitting in Yucaipa and its like 112 outside right now.

Yucaipa sounds like a place where it would be 112 this time of night.

Yucaipa sounds like an indecent proposal

Anything going IN past 1/1000 of a millimeter into my hangy-down bit is too far.

I'm afraid to ask which caused which

I saw the headline pop up and instantly closed the window. :eek:

Now THAT, my friends, is football.

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!

bwahahahahahahahahhahahah!!!

The dude's a church deacon (The Ripper), too!
:D

Now that's a church I'd wear a steel jock strap too.

Oh, you gotta watch the video that accompanies that story - http://video.nbc5i.com/player/?id=147659

O M G! I'm dying laughing.

It's a tossup for my favorite new image of the day yesterday between the one above and this one:



Story (kinda interesting story. I dig what these parents are getting at, but...well just look at that photo)

Soooo....
 

On a much nicer scale i will have Sundays off permanently but it will take awhile before the switch happens according to my boss. So finally i'll be free to go to Disneyland on Sundays again. It's been months since i've had a Sunday free seriously and i was beginning to get frustrated working every single weekend while my coworkers were getting a Saturday here a Sunday here off but things will change and if i don't work full time i really don't care i am so burned out at this point my sanity is worth the cut in hours.

They're trying to make Amy go to rehab, but she says "No! No! No!".

Who is Amy Winehouse?

To which I reply - where the hell have you been, BTD? ;)

Rehab? :p

Amy Winehouse

Around. Doin stuff.

youtube is blocked at work. Does she sing anything I would know?

The now very ironic Rehab (the hook lyrics being the bit Sac posted before the article quote.

I'll have to listen when I get home.

Did anyone see those pics of French and Saunders dressed as Amy Winehouse and Britney Spears??? OMG.... they're coming out with a new special, I gotta find that pic. I think perezhilton.com posted it.

Losing coworkers to layoffs = bad
Gaining their ergonomic chair and natural keyboard = good :)

(and it was a mutually beneficial trade, because the other people who occasionally have to work on that person's computer would prefer a normal keyboard and chair, so everybody's happy yaaaaay!)

Ya, still no idea who Amy Winehouse is.

Shes the one that sings that catchy "tried to make me go to rehab, I said no, no no" song. And she's a fvcking freak. For real. Just beyond disgustingly trashy.

Still doesn't ring any bells, not that I want it to.

That is the link that GD sent me to. Still no idea.

Oh well. Doesn't sound like it's any big loss.

You obviously have not been keeping up with TMZ.com - they are CONSTANTLY reporting on AW.

You DO realise that's the whole reason that Greg & I drove from San Diego to SFO via Pismo... I'm not kidding either.

...and yes, we DID have all the clams [chowder] we could eat !!

:D

Am I the only one who thinks she looks like a tranny?

Obviously.

No wonder Perez loves AW so much- she sounds just like a dude. If that song is any indication of her singing skills, I think I'll honor her Dad-In-Law's wishes and refrain from purchasing any of her stuff. Not that I would have, anyway.

yuck, isn't even gonna leave a good looking corpse...

OMG!!! When David was finally out of the house I went on a search. I was looking for some incriminating pictures. The kind that we took when we were first married, polaroid pictures, the kind you don't want anyone to ever see. I sort of panicked when I couldn't find them.

Right now I am cycling through a manic phase, can't sleep, restless, the whole bit. I cleaned out a bunch of stuff in his bathroom and sprayed some more mold killer stuff.

I found myself in front of one of the bedroom closets. I am getting ready to start moving out all of his ammo boxes (the guns are at his folks). There they were, a nice little stack, where he had hidden them, under one of the heavier boxes.

I just got done burning them all. I feel so freakin' liberated right now!!!!

You go MG! Liberation now!

Be sure to have a peek inside the ammo boxes. They are a great place to put more than just ammo.

who told?!?!?!?! :eek:

erm.....nevermind

Damn B in international law. Stupid multiple choice test with lame-ass questions. Oh well, it's not like I was actually going to get a clerkship anyway.

YAY MG!!!!

Excellent idea, thank you!!

And if you go to San Fran-cisco / Be sure to wash / The semen from your hair

I don't know why that is stuck in my head. Jesus!

Prudence: what's wrong with a B? I'd think in law school that'd be pretty good

Last night when I was cleaning out the bathroom I found something...It is making me wonder just how many women he has cheated on me with over the years. I have it figured at at least 2, otherwise he wouldn't have kept a "momento" from 7 years ago.

Why would you, as a married man, keep a picture a girl had give you (picture a school-type picture with the back signed) that says on the back, "To my one true love, someday we will be together the way we are meant to be."

I had found that picture years ago, and the chick was psycho anyways, and she was tryng to cause all sorts of problems. I was pissed, but wrote it off. He had told me he tossed the picture (after I had found it in his sock drawer). I found it last night under a bunch of stuff in his bathroom.

What else am I going to find?

That you are so much better off without him, my dear.:cheers:

Alas, it is not. Not for the kind of jobs I want. Of course, if I had known I wanted those jobs I would have picked a different school entirely.

Sounds like you need to do a major cleaning over a weekend or two, get it all done and out of the way. Pack up anything left to give to him in boxes. This way you won't be wondering what else you will find later, and your home will be safe from this type of intrusion. Purge MG, purge!

Just my two cents.

Yes yes yes yes yes.
:)

What she said!

MG: a bit of advice... if you find any more pics of you and X together... you might want to save at least one for your kid.

But for the rest of them... muahahahah!

These were not the type that he would ever need to see.

There is no way I would ever destroy the family pictures. They will all go into a box for Nickolas.

Oh jeebus! "Not the type"? Hahah, wow. Yeah, burning those would be fun.

Great documentaries on KOCE tonight. In other news... they're going to show Vicar of Dibley! I don't know if they've been doing it, but they are now.

Last night I had a dream that Babette and I were starring in a play and it was opening night. Unlike a lot of my theatre dreams, the play was over and there was nothing nightmarish about the experience. I think the play was Fiddler, but I'm not sure.
Other members of the cast were people I have not thought of in years! A couple of people I worked with in a bank 10 years ago and a person from grade school.
Anyway, Babette and I were in the green room talking about how tomorrow's performance was going to go.
I woke up with post opening night happiness. It was quite surreal.
:D

just goes to show


all the world's a stage

...And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

Applause applause!

Love that piece.
(I was in that show, btw. I was Orlando...)
:)

You must be a great actor. It's been a while, but I always thought Rosalind was a god-awful windbag.

I think she had the most lines. Then Touchstone... but I could be wrong.

Our Rosalind ran off with the director after the play closed.
:D

How embarrassing, to be caught editing your own history in wikipedia.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20514388...5829?GT1=10349

A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.

The next time we try to give you access for something don't be so insistent that you will never ever EVER need it.

Thank you

I'll second that to be sure

Not that there was much question of it, these days, but seriously, it seems that school officials are more concerned with students' obedience than the development of their minds.
http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/7172210?MSNHPHMA

Now, c'mon, that's a pretty advanced prank for a high school student. Sure they have to be punished, but it should have been like a single day suspension and an essay on sportsmanship, not banning them from extracurriculars for a whole semester and 3 days suspension. Too much.

Besides, you ban productive kids from productive activties, you leave them time to produce more trouble :) (but ya gotta admire the spunk!)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20515491/

They never say what the babydaddy's name is, but I have a theory that his name is Count Rugen.

I haven't charged my cell phone battery since Tuesday morning and it isn't dead yet. This is amazing because normally it has to be charged every night. I found a website for my phone that had some tips about battery life, changed a couple of settings, and the battery seems to be lasting about four times as long. Apparently it was trying to communicate with the entire universe 24/7 before.

Me get um heap big news at work.
Me no speak um what it is until this afternoon before sun settum.
Could be heap big career move.
Me heap glad.
Ugh

:)

YAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY GC whathever it is. And you have insurance too, woot!

So, our office is a tomb, and we just got our lotto tickets. So keep your fingers crossed we win something this tiem, sheesh I'm going broke investing in the office lotto pool!

Did you get signed by the Cleveland Indians?

Why is it at every company I've ever worked at, when I'm actually going somewhere on a holiday, some made up emergency happens and I get stuck?

Dumb luck. Happens to me too.

Murphy's Law - Anything that can go wrong, will.

This happened to me on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving when I was in college. I was a receptionist and my hours were 12-6 (I spilt it with another gal who worked 6-12). So by the time I start at noon 3/4 of the builiding has left. By about one when my supervisior leaves there are four people left, the CEO and CFO being two of them. My supervisior tells me just stay until the CEO leaves then shut off the switchboard and head out.

So I wait and I wait and I wait. By 3 it's just the CFO and the CEO. And the phone has not rung for at least an hour. Wait some more. The lobby area was seperate from the rest of the office so I'm out there totally by myself bored out of my mind. Wait some more. Finally at 5:50 the CEO and CFO emmerge. And the CEO says "Oh you should have left hours ago" :rolleyes:

It seems this sort of thing happens to me just about every darned time. Ugh.

KS - that happened to us in my old company in our old building. Our manager forgot we were upstairs (2 of us in another suite separate from the rest of the dept). He came upstairs and said WTF are you doing here still?

New company - can't leave till 5. We're a service based company and heaven help our clients (who are probably gone for the day) if they can't reach someone at 4:55 on a Friday before a 3 day weekend. Me? I can sneak out around 4:30 if I want. But I'm going to see Toby Keith with a co-worker and she can't leave till 5.

I'm here reading LoT waiting for 5:00.

Going to DCA to see DELP (it's been years!). Last night saw the fireworks (from the prime spot in front of the castle) last night (hadn't since the 50th ended).

I can't even get the brain going to do any work........

What is this DELP you speak of? ;)

Formerly known as MSEP ;)

But I will, as many of you will, always refer to it as MSEP! :D

Asshat Asshat Asshat.

Oh, and Asshat.



*sigh*

I don't want to call said Asshat, though, because if I do, anything I say will be taken out on the Boy this weekend.

*sigh*

I may be getting promoted. I got interviewed today for a higher up position that will be vacated in a week. It's a small bump in pay. (The details are being worked out.)
I will find out on Tuesday if I get it or not. My boss thinks I'm going to get it.
:)

Exciting.

Yaay, GC! Now you'll get to test out that theory that expenses rise with income......;)

Keep us updated!:cheers:

I'm worried that they'll pull the "you'll get the raise after a trial period thing". But I worry, that's what I do.
:D

ARG! I can't find my lucky cover letter-signing pen! Catastrophe!

Way to go, GC!

Hurray GC - way to go!!

Once again I am here in the wee hours with no one around to entertain me. What good are you people, anyhow?

Yay GC!

(singing) 3 day weeeeeeekend! ya! 3 day weeeeekend! YA!

I get my 3 day weekend next weekend :)

Work was not too bad today. I then went to Walmart on orders to go there to buy some Capris that fit. I am going to Brew's in the Village next weekend and I was told that my pants are too big and I need to be showing off how much weight I have lost.

Walmart is HELL! I knew there was a reason I avoided it. They had nothing for me. The store was dirty, overcrowded and the aisles are way too narrow to have more than one cart at a time.

I did see my sister in law, and that was nice. We had a nice little visit. I do like my sister in laws. They have been very supportive.

I also got a call from Nickolas. His face is sunburned and he wants to come home. I know it is not as bad as he was saying, and he was just using it as an excuse not to be there.

So here I sit. My treat for today is Jamba Juice. It is too dang hot to do much. My car was showing 112, so that means it is 109.

I am also going to have to put Thudder down next week. Her belly is very distended. She is still active, loving, eating and drinking, but I can start to see that she is not comfortable. I found a vet nearby that will do it for $10. She is one rat that I will truly miss.

Congratulations on your weight loss! Not sure what sizes you are in but don't underestimate the marvels of shopping online. OldNavy.com is your friend.

Sorry to hear about Thudder :(

Well, today I am nursing a broken toe. Was I playing soccer (not bloody likely), running to catch a MUNI bus and tripped on the curb (more likely), no, I was coming in from getting the mail, Tango shot out the front door wanting to claw the carpet in the hallway and I'm not sure what I did. I either slammed it into the doorframe and/or got caught up with Tango under my foot, I thought I had stepped on her but she did not yelp. Heck, maybe I stepped on my own toe, now that would make much more sense. :blush: Anyway, bruised now and yucky, but I can walk, just not down one of the steep hills for a few days I suspect.

So far, I've been free from injury in my life, major one's anyway (knock wood) but this is now my 3rd broken toe in the last few years. I suppose I do need steel toed boots after all.

Just sitting here minding my own buisness, when evrything started to shake. A mild earthquake of 4.7, 9 miles from Lake Elsinore. Temps are in the 90's here.

Time to

SHAKE & BAKE!!!

Last night I was at the Park, standing back watching the dancers at Carnation Plaza, figuring out who was there and who I could dance with, when something hit me. No, not an idea. I had bird crap in my hair.

The evening went downhill from there.

Seriously!

:(

That is the worst feeling in the world.

ZOMG!!!!

We won the moot court brief competition! First place!

Of course, now I have to do a whole bunch more work in anticipation of the regional competition. AND re-do all my online cover letters - over 240 - by the end of the day tomorrow. Why couldn't these results have come in before I mailed those packets Saturday?

But I won something! I won! Me!

YAY!!!!!

Congratulations!!!

WOOHOO!!! Rock on Prudence!!

Too cool, Pru!:snap:

:snap: :snap: :snap:

Pru, Congratulations!

YEAH!!!! WTG!!!

Thanks, y'all! It means so much more work for me, but I'm so unbelievably happy to have finally won something during my schooling. Now I have to gear up for the regional competition. It's the weekend after MA. So anyone going to MA should get to hear me muttering under my breath. "May it please the court...."

I just got done cleaning out the closet I keep towels in. I seperated the ones that I felt suitable for use with the ones I deem as rags. I have a whole lot more rag towels than good ones. I hate white towels, and that is what the majority are. Now, if I can just get The Boy to grab from the bottom row and not the top I can keep my good towels in good condition!

Booooyaaaahhhh!!! You rock, perhaps we need to start calling you Smarty McSmartSmart :) hehehe take some time to celebrate, yah?

Congratulations Pru!

Here she is at Coachella:

Ok, so Ken and I are back from our big ocean voyage.

The main thing I learned - take time out each day for myself, instead of the silly 18-hour daily mess that I was pushing prior to the trip. Zen is available anywhere, not just on the seas. ;)

Anyway, I seriously took about 2,500 photos, and I'm on number 365 for reviewing. I'll have a super huge trip report coming after I'm through sorting the pics.

And, I must say that we're going to have a serious blast for 15 nights next May. :D Disney really kept us entertained, well fed, and gave us all kinds of perks like a hardcover book about crossing the Atlantic, a limited edition litho which we got to have signed by Don "Ducky" Williams (he'll be on our cruise next May too, and he does various workshops like on how to draw Mickey, etc.), certificates commemorating the crossing, chocolate €uros, and so much more. :D

Anyway, glad to be back! Now, it'll just take a bit to catch up on what's been going on around here.

I am back from Utah, and I am tired. So. Very. Tired.

It's been a weird day.

My Boy is home. He just came up with a gem that I am trying to ignore.

It seems his dad took it upon himself to tell Nick that he and Dawn don't use any birth control measures. Now I have a 10 year old boy asking me what that means.

The good news: We are going to see Lewis Black.

The bad news: I told my daughter to get tickets for the show that's 30 miles from here on a Friday night. She goofed and got tickets for the show that's 75 miles from here on a Thursday night.

"Ask your father* to explain to you what that means"


*because it takes more than sperm to be a dad

Today is a big day, got one monkey off my back, the final issue of the Valentino Newsletter went out today, after a long delay (Winter 2006 issue). Whew!

Thanks ML, I'll remind myself about Safety First, self-klutziness is another matter ;)

Back from Vegas. It was cooler there. I wish I was kidding.

We have no power!

My roommate plugged in his modem and router into his battery back-up. Apparently we're the only ones in the complex with high speed internet access.

Oy vey!! Such posts!! 'Fathers' saying the most stupid things {is he so happy for himself that he is having relations with this ho?}, daughters not realizing the distance/day of the week dealio {probably they told her there were better seats for the Th?}, broken toes {ouch!!!} vacations and work deadlines {yay!!} and hotter here than in Vegas???

Well, that last one, my daughter went to a wedding there and I am happy for her then that she isn't dying in this heat as we are. I worked this morning and when I left it was unbelievably hot!! A couple of intersection lights were not working, makes me worry about the Son who hasn't had his license very long, I hope he pays attention.

The Hubster and the Boy went to Borders for an iced coffee and lounging. I fell asleep. Woke up too early and enjoyed a nap.

I'd love to see your pictures, you returning cruisers, when you get something put together. :0)

Yay the power is back!

Just as my battery was about to die.

I lied. Bye bye power!

Sugar free Jello instant pudding is quite tasty.

Okay, Anthony Bourdain has made me want to go to Java. I can find all sorts of info online about his shows/destinations, but naturally, nothing about where he stayed in Java. But his hotel had individual cabins along the river and breakfast was delivered by boat... looked awesome.

It got up[ to 100.2°F at my house in Garden Grove today. Felt like about 104°F at DtD. It was definatly Death Valley hot!!!

It was 68 degrees at work, all day - until I stepped outside, which wasn't for long.

It was only around 103 here today. Luckily it is going to be in the low 90s next weekend.

Unbelievable, these temps. And, we have to conserve power {do you guys up to my north, RStar?, MG?} so I am doing housework right now in the a.m. when I would rather not. So, I wake up, start working {start getting hot right away}, including the dryer in the garage {hot!!} and I will go on being hot all day 'cause when I'm done, it will be hot outside, period. No chance to enjoy any coolness.

I want your job, CoasterMatt. Well, no, I want your temps, indoors. My thermostat already reads 80 inside.

I think the entire state is under a power warning.

We lost power several times yesterday - but there was nothing on the SCE site, and sirens blaring so perhaps there was an accident that took out a pole.

Our office doesn't feel as freezing. Maybe they got a clue and turned it up a bit to save energy.

yesterday was fun. 103 effin degrees INSIDE my house, so I set myself on fire to cool off.

it helped but only briefly

Eat your hearts out!
 

Yesterday was in the low 80s as I walked around the art show in the park blocks. After a nice cleansing overnight shower, it is clear and 64 right now, with a few high, puffy clouds and a projected high of 74.

We might get a thunderstorm this afternoon, and then it should be sunny and in the 70s to low 80s the rest of the week.

I have the week off from zoo and show. I think I'll be wandering the streets of Portland, randomly enjoying the approach of Indian Summer.


You may now throw things at me.

ron

Today seems so much nicer already. Warm, but not like yesterday. When I got on the plane at what would have been 5AM PST yesterday, the pilot said it was a nice 80 degrees in LB. This morning, it was a nice 75 at 7:30.

That's promising.

We spent much of Sunday in West Hills where it was a lovely 106 at 3PM. Yesterday's ~90 in Orange was a cool, refreshing change.

I am so freaking glad I replaced our thermostat last week.

Ugg, back to work today.:(

And to top it off, it's the first day of our fiscal year and we have to do a complete physical inventory. We stock thousands of components, and we are starting a new inventory system and programing. It will make things easier in the long run, but for now it is a big huge

PITA!!!!!

At least we have air conditioning.........

MSN.com is predicting 93 for the high in Aliso Viejo today... can that possibly be true?

What a lousy weekend to go camping. It was 111 yesterday and about the same all weekend.

iGoogle says it is currently 82 in RSM, Irvine and HB.

The high in RSM is supposed to be 97. In Irvine it is supposed to be 94 and in HB it is supposed to be 77.

I think I am rethinking my city choices again.

Today Tori started her first day back in public school, albeit a homeschool co-op. She'll go one full day a week, and the rest we do at home like usual. She was sooo nervous- she could hardly sleep last night, poor kid. She loves school, but her last classroom experience was not a good one so she is a bit apprehensive. (Me, too). Still, it's not like we can't just pull her out and continue on privately homeschooling, and this way she gets a bit more socialization.

Going to be a long day......

Good Luck! I'm sure she will do great.

/hugs WB. Might I suggest a margarita to pass the time? ;)



On a different note, where is the FedEx truck? My tickets are on it and I am so excited I may burst.

It's over there: see it?

Hopefully you had a river or body of water to jump into?

Leave it to the mousepods to move during the hottest darn week of the year. I hope they've survived and surface soon.

Hey GC, did you survive your friend's move?

They're HERE!

YAY!