I'm impressed you can spell it, I can't!


No, this is not a back-handed compliment!

Ken's the official gross picker-upper in our home. He pretty much has no choice. ;)

When the rats die in our celieng, we recruit whatever person of the male species is nearby to take out.

well, male species over 30.

Oh, believe me, if Chris was home, he's be doing the rat-handling. I just couldn't bear to have him and his friends vacation in my backyard any longer.

Did I mention Stoat's back home tonight?

*tries not to think of Maggot-infested Rats...*

Well, I can understand the confusion...

Well, I think you need to reclaim that area of your garden, then maybe they won't come back?

And, I named a dead rat Ratatouillie!!! It was on this not often used sidewalk, I couldn't remove it, as all I had was me, no bags {no cracks please!}after a few days it was gone but the mark was left!! His shadow? From where his little body was? Really gross it was.

How about Stoat infested with maggots?

He was probably killed by a local outdoor cat. We have all sorts of "wildlife" in our neighborhood.......opossums, racoon, skunks, and, apparently, coyote and roof rats, although we have never had a roof rat problem at our house.

This is a reminder that trash goes out in the morning and I need to clean the Girl's cage.


We took Holly and Sweetness in on Friday. It was hard. Boy was bawling, which made me cry. Holly slept in my arms until I had to hand her off. Next time I am ready for more girls I will be calling the pet store to see if they have any Dumbo's ready to take home. Holly was my first experience with that breed, and hopefully she won't be my last.

I just scored the www.socaleventvideo.com domain! :D

I'm already setting it up to redirect to my wedding and events section.

I also just bought www.socalgaywedding.com. :D

Now, I just need to bust ass on finishing the events portion of the site and let the redirects begin!!! WOOOOOOOO!!!

Why does the parking for this site include two references to Star Jones and Al Reynolds?

• Star Jones Wedding
  Search multiple engines for star jones wedding
  www.webcrawler.com
• Star Jones Al Reynolds
  Star Jones & Al Reynolds Divorce! Full Story w/ the Celebrity Toolbar
  Celebrity.alottoolbars.com

Also, a reference to strippers :D

• Sizzling SoCal Strippers
  Beautiful & sweet, upscale only. For private events. 877-WE-TEAZE
  www.ExperteazeStrippers.com

YOU GO T!

Maybe I should revisit my earlier business plan.

The Mouse finally called me on something!

You know those people who man the kiosks to tell you about The Mouse's worst-kept secret? Yeah, it's for that :)

Pay's not great, but it may be enough, after incentives. Interview will be sometime later this week and I'll find out more.

Still keeping my fingers crossed for that other position I applied to last night, but given how slowly the Mouse moves, I doubt it would come to fruition in time to beat this one out. Bird in the hand, and all that...

For now, SoCalGayWedding will point to a special page on my site, offering a "courthouse wedding video" for $100 (up to 10 minutes, basic edit, 1 DVD mailed to them 2 weeks from event), with additional DVDs for $25 each. In addition, I'm going to offer a same-sex celebration discount by offering $200 off of any of my packages booked from now through Labor Day. :D

In a couple weeks, it will migrate to its own page, featuring links to gay-friendly vendors, and I will purchase Google Ad Words linking to it, and charge each vendor a monthly fee for their listing. (Friends get a discount, of course.) :D

It's gonna be a late night for me - gotta put up the special page, redirect the domain, and write up a Craigs List ad in the meantime.

Yay T!!!!! :D

And thus, an economic boom is born. (who says gays aren't breeders)

I'm very excited too. Granted, I'm wondering if I'll get any hate mail from self-righteous folks, but I say, "**** 'em!". :D

Now, I do need a photo of a same-sex couple for that page. Any volunteers? (Seriously - if you have a favorite romantic photo that you wouldn't mind me using, please let me know!)

The condo I was renting and got booted from in RSM finally sold back in Feburary, for quite a bit less then he was asking.

For those who don't remember, I was renting a condo from someone. After a little over 2 months or so the guy told me he was going to list it for sale. First he wanted me to stay, then a few days later decided he wanted me gone. It's been close to 2 years.

Reminds me of the "Mousetales" story of the rodent dead on it's back on the wharf in Storybook land and the attraction guides would say "And here's Mr Rat, sunning himself"

EEEEEeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ! :eek:

You Go, Girl !

You Even Go-er than you did before, Girlfriend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

I heart iStockphoto.com. :D

I used a new-member code to sign up and got 5 free royalty-free downloads, and grabbed some awesome same-sex pics! :D

So I assume that is good news? :p

Damn straight! (Or should, I say gay?? ;) )

The site's looking awesome. I'm trying to figure out what to call my special deals though. I was thinking "Love for Everyone" or something. But, that kinda sounds lame.

Is it only for same sex couples?

Equality Forever
Celebrate Forever
Spouses for Life Celebration

Hizzenhiz ?

For the ladies: Bitch Hitch. ;)

That would apply to many gay men too.

Thinking of slang to play with....

tying the knot
taking the plunge
jumping the broom
getting hitched

No more talk of creepy crawlies. The toad saga of last year continues...

Now, instead of the tiny baby toads covering my yard, I have many larger toads in my yard.

I was talking to my mom when I got home tonight. I was coming back from one of Boy's late baseball games. I noticed that the "leaves" on the front yard were moving. I counted at least 5. As I walked to the front door I screeched and my mom started laughing. She asked if that made 6. grrrr... Toady is the largest and he hangs out on the bricks by the front door. There are at least 3 in the backyard.

The Boy has decided it is time to re-educate me on Home Toad Removal Procedures.

But toads are cool!

I ended up calling the package discount deal, "Celebration Special".

And, I called the $100 civil service package, "Royal Court Package".

The domains are being forwarded right now. :D

And, the new changes are done to the events portion of the website. I've got everything done except the "About Us" page, because I'm too tired to write anything semi-professional right now, and I still need to upload more samples. But, it's up at least, and the domain forwarding is processing. I am tired!!!

So, we're living in the French part of Switzerland where truly not a lot of English is spoken. There's a wonderful swimming pool complex that includes a restaurant. We wanted to go swimming the other day, so I called the number on the back of the brochure and asked, in my imperfectly accented French, if they provided towels (serviettes) or if we'd have to bring our own.

The man on the other end sounded astounded and a bit indignant.
"Serviettes? Serviettes?"
I repeated my question.
Fortunately, he figured out what had happened and told me that I had called the restaurant, not the pool.

The punchline is that "serviettes" also means "napkins." So for at least a few seconds, I was the idiot American who called the restaurant to ask if they provided napkins or if we'd have to bring our own.

Reader's Digest, here I come.

TTFN!

Headliner and I are off today for WDW. You all be good while we are gone and I'll bring back some photos...

Bonjour, mon voisin! You're not that far from me then. I'm in Franche-Comté.

Hey, at least you could communicate enough with him. I find phone conversations very difficult. I still haven't had the nerve to try to schedule a haircut.

Not when they are everywhere. Last year they were so thick on the lawn you couldn't mow the front yard. We had 3-4 make it into the house and more in the garage. Chicken was playing with one in the back yard when she sort of flung it up in the air...have you ever seen a toad fly???

Can you deliver a few toads to my house? I miss having toads in my yard.


SL, how long are you in Switzerland and what brings you to such a lovely place? And, BTW, I have a nice mental picture of you trying to cover yourself up with a napkin.:)

I'm off too the vet to have a consultation with the surgeon about Thurston. I'll find out soon if surgery is going to be a necessary thing for his luxating patella.

Not as embarrassing as my sister's story. While in London at McDonald's (I will not defend her choice of restaurant beyond saying she was backpacking and looking for cheap food), she asked where the napkins were. She was, of course, pointed to the ladies' loo.

What is a luxating patella anyway?

Hope the boy is okay, I feel like I've missed a conversation (with all the swank trip planning going on around here)

Dear Snowflake,

I could be wrong, but many small dog breeds (like poodles, terriers and pugs) suffer from a hereditary condition that causes their little kneecaps to go AWOL. It's quite common, and breeders, try as they might, haven't knailed the kneecap knundrum.

But I'm sure Thurston will be OK, as he is more than well looked after.

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

Thanks for enlightening me, your stoatness.

xo
snowflake

Sounds like an interesting name for a band.

Interestingly, I had no idea that "serviettes" also meant towels, I only knew it meant napkins, LOL.

And "napkin" means something entirely different in Great Britain....

Well, we've decided to just watch T's LP for now and not do surgery. The recovery time is 8 weeks an would be very difficult on both him and us. He's a grade 2 our of 4, so it's still in gray area. He won't grow out of his current condition but it may just stay the same and not get any worse. Let's hope that is the case.

As for band names, Dead Skin Cells is my current choice.

Yay! I just picked up a shift at the park for today. Moneymoneymoneymoney...

Apparently the place must be packed, because my position doesn't exist w/out crowds. Just sayin. (Thank you TSMM opening!)

Awesome, Goonie! :D

Hurrah for small successes!

Several months ago, I ordered the bridesmaid gown for my friend's wedding. All that was available from the requested company were somewhat form-fitting styles, and the bride had asked us to pick satin fabric. And the company had an upper limit of sizes, so I was stuck ordering the largest one though some of the measurements were too small. I was very concerned it wouldn't fit.

It arrived today. It fits. Well, actually, it doesn't quite fit - it's too big in the areas that would've fit before, just right in the areas that wouldn't have.

YAY H!!!!!!!!!!

:D

YEAH!!! Good job H!!!

I opened a file box in my office and fount a gi-normous cockroach. I'm going home.

Are you taking the cockroach with you?

They are tasty sautéed with a little garlic butter

I am no longer hungry!

Enjoyed a cockroach did ya?

Now we know why JWBear left work early. He had some cockroach to fry up!

Rats and maggots in gardens, cockroaches in file boxes, cats and dogs sleeping together... mass hysteria, I tell ya! ;)

Don't forget about the toads!

Ummm... That would be no.

Ummm... That would be no.

Well, a bright shinny moment in my pathetic little life today.

The "new" Chicago album is out today and I'm rockin' out to it. Technically it's not "new" as it was recorded in 1994 and shelved. I have a bootleg of it, naturally, but am very happy to have a "real" release with awesome sound quality, demo tracks, and liner notes. heheh

Well, apparently there are a few font issues with my website. AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGH!!! :mad:

Wooooow the Lakers suck.

Welcome to my world :(

We sometimes have a hard time explaining to customers that we need the actual fonts that you used to create your document. You Times New Roman may not be the same as my Times New Roman.

Also, the following programs are not programs to be used for print production: Word, PowerPoint, Publisher (well, anything from Microsoft). Also, do not use Photoshop for anything to do with type. Yes, I know that you can place type in Photoshop, but it handles it as raster data: not vector. Unless you make your document with a resolution of about 5000 x 5000 (which will make your file HUGE), the type will not look right.

Sorry: been a PITA day :(

That's what Illustrator is for. ;)

One of these days, I will have the full production suite of CS3... I love Illustrator.

You would be amazed at the crap we get.

(And Illustrator is for image creation/manipulation: InDesign [or Quark XPress] is for page layout.)

(And I have the full CS2 Suite - we have CS3 at work.)

(No more parenthetical references.)

(Doh!)

And custom fonts and logos that can then be animated with Motion. *drool*

I bow to your high worthiness! *drooooooool*

The Celtics deserved to win. They played better defense than the Lakers. Kobe was all alone working his butt of with no help. I wish I was in Boston tonight.
:)

Why do I find it strange reading basketball commentary by GC?

We have full CS3 at work too. And CS2. And CS.

Rondo stole the ball how many times? You'd think it had a string attached to his wrist.
131 to 92! Dang!
I mean, 3 pointer after 3 pointer. Amazing.
It was kind of neat that Doc put rookie Davis in but the guy was like the Fridge on a basketball court. He didn't move too well.

And, man, was it Free Beer Night for the Boston crowd? Damn, they were on their feet for most of the game.

OK GC is scaring me ;)

Oh no! GC has a bad case of the straights! Quick! Someone play a Julie Andrews movie for him!!

GC caught the straight???

I'm waiting for the Twilight Zone theme to play....

It's that Gay Marriage thing - a real slippery slope, once gay couple start getting married it'll get harder and harder to tell the difference from straights...

The scarier thing is that I watched all of the NBA Finals games.
:)

That is it, your Gay Card is being revoked!

I had a Luxurious Paella once, but I don't normally like seafood as a rule.

....especially if the men keep growing Bear-like facial hair.... :evil:

:eek:
...and he'll have to hand his Toaster Oven back too !

Werd. His team fell apart around him. They didn't even deserve to win the previous game. Lamar Odom couldn't hang on to a loose ball to save his life and Fisher shot like crap. That continued into this game, but Boston's D was executing perfectly. No chance in hell.

It seemed most of the playoff games were exciting as well. I really got into it after the Lakers played the Jazz. As for Kobe, there's no doubt he's an amazing athlete and genius with the ball. That said, I can't stand how self-absorbed he comes off as. I went to a playoff game here in SLC and while everyone else was saying hello, patting each other on the back, talking with their teammates and the other team, Kobe was in front of the camera, egging it on, as though to imply the entire thing was about him. As much as he seems to do the most work, it seemed he didn't really care about the team as much as he did himself, which may impact the situation over all.

I'm no basketball expert (barely even a fan), but I'm just guessing the above based on what I've seen of human nature.

hi all. we made it. we are in linefor dinosaur at ak. everest was cool. headliner caried the rope for the rope drop. photos later.

YAY Moonie & Head!

Today is beautiful, and yet, it's dragging ass...... Well, more like the week's dragging ass. I'm sure now that I'm at the good part, it'll fly by.

Le sigh.

I hope Otis decides to eat some more. It is so frustrating when they refuse to eat.

Tuskers (good!), rapids, whirl, everest, lion king, hair brade (not for me), thunder/rain. Time to head to fultons for dinner and then to cirque. busy busy busy.

I will have to post up some pictures for further back story - but during my trip to the opal mines this past weekend, there were a number of incidents where I was cited as being a big nerd. And well, I am, but I defended myself with the idea that certain things, such as Star Wars, are (pretty much) universally popular, and have an impact on our culture at large. More on Star Wars later...

So yeah, I'm defending my nerdiness and repeated circumstances point to my nerdy, magnetic north...

My response to a recent email from J? A continuation on the Zero Wing "All your base" bit. Entrapment, I say! You can't say "set you up the bomb" without "I get signal." You just can't.

OK, I'm a nerd.

I'm not a nerd in the slightest.

I'm a geek. Not a nerd.

I'm slightly geeky, does that make me a Sleek ?

It is funny how many threads there have been on the topic of geekiness/nerdiness/dorkiness:

White House History Geek heaven
Geek comic extrodinaire
You must be a total geek...
Nerd? Geek? or Dork?
Cool (free) geek toy
Total Geek Coolness
When two geek worlds collide
Disney geek confessions
Geek acceptance
Geek Pick Up Lines
The Ultimate Geek Weekend
Oh God what I geek I am, Goobye all..
Geek off!
Nerd Test
Yes, I Am the Biggest Nerd on the Planet. Thank You For Asking. I Am... Unashamed.
I am SUCH a dork!

I've embraced my inner nerd. I've let a few other people touch my inner nerd too, but y'all know about that already. :blush: ;)

I am the Prince of Dorkness.

Well, after two weeks of coughing, I decided to go to Urgent Care. Bronchitis. Bleh. Antibiotics. Stayed awake coughing last night... Bleh!
It be expensive to go to Urgent Care without insurance. Ugh!

Also try some (real) ginger tea. It helps.

I hear ya. Those imaginary teas stink. I mean, you never know when you're finished drinking one...

Just kidding.

I did, in fact, start drinking ginger tea. It's quite good.
:)

How wrong would it be to take, oh, four Motrin at once? I finally had that root canal the other day.

According to Tori, I am 'Dorkus Maximus Totalis'. I tell her it takes one to know one.

If you use "faux dead language speak," you're probably a nerd.

I take 4 advil sometimes. 800mg is prescription level.

Nah... Real nerds would use actual Latin. ;)

I'm not smart enough to be a nerd.
I know too much about pop culture to be a dork.
I'll settle for geek. ie. Disney Geek etc etc etc
:D

I even have a t-shirt that says "Prince of Dorkness"...

It should be fine, from my dental field experience, but don't do it often (according to the aforementioned dental experience and real life experience). Four 200mg ibuprofen dissolves much more quickly than one 800mg pill and can give you an upset stomach. (What it can do over the long haul is another story, for another day) If it were me, I'd take two 200s, then two more a couple of hours later, but that's because I have 'stomach issues'.

I mentioned my nerdiness earlier... Here's a small bit of backstory:

When I first saw this sign, I said, loudly, "Death Star Valley, FVCK YEAH!"










Yeah, I read what I want to see...

Then again, I'm sure some of you would have thought the same thing... from the same far-away distance I saw the sign at.

I would agree with you but then my geek would be showing.

Love when you "geek" shows!

Hell, I'm still not convinced it doesn't say that.

Tomorrow I get the results of my TB test - if it's positive maybe you can get a test too!

Did you study?

Yikes. Yes, do let me know...

Me? Dentist? Methinks a misquote... (not that I don't probably need a root canal, but it wasn't me that had one)

lol
 

GC: you just made my entire household rock with laughter!

How does this happen...run into you today at DL and I'm waiting for my TB results also...hummm???!!!!

TB or not TB... that is congestion ?

Mine was the from the unexpected result of off-shoring some of our IT work. Who knew you risked real viruses as well as computer viruses when you worked with foreign nationals?

Consumption be done about it?

Of cough.

But it will take a very lung time.

What a bunch of hacks!

I finally bought a camera. A nice little Olympus with some good features.

Lo and behold, the supporting software won't run on Windows 98! So until I get a new 'puter (hopefully by this fall) I have to take the memory card in and get pictures transferred to disc.

You guys may get tired of zoo and theatre pics.

I would, quite seriously, never tire of such pictures. Bring em on!!!!

day 2. MK. first in line , peter, teacups (yea, spin) snow, astro (up high!), buzz, stitch, pirates first day after rehab. still bites, dl soooo much better. two fp in pocket in line for splash. ta!

Whoops... who knows why I thought it was you! I'll go fix it!

"Of corpse"

Buy a USB card reader. They are fairly inexpensive (I picked one up on eBay for $5 a few years ago). Then you can access the disk like an external drive and move your photos over like you would move any other document.

I get one every two years like clockwork. required here at work. good news: even if you test positive/have been exposed to it, doesnt mean you have it. just that someone that was near you did.

hmm...which reminds me...Im probably due for another test.

Bad news: If you do test positive once it means chest x-rays for the rest of your life.

Last time I got a TB test I almost passed out.

Fun times!

well...yes. there is that

When I had my root canal the dentist told me if it hurt to start with three mortin.

not to bother starting with one or two.
So I wouldnt think four would be too bad.

Just watch your daily count.

I know that Susan will from time-to-time take the maximum dosage of Advil (ibuprofin) and then two hours later take the maximum dosage of Tylenol (acetaminophen), then alternating this pattern until things subside. This was recommended by a doctor.

I just wanted to say

I am very sorry that Susan, 3894, and others, feel so much pain!


{and it reminds me to get my a$$ to the dentist before I feel the need for that myself.....}

dah

For me, all the pain was before the root canal. After an abscessed tooth, the root canal itself doesn't seem so bad.

For Susan, it wasn't dental, but endometriosis. She had surgery last July for it, but the cramps are back. Right now they have her in a temporary drug-induced menopause.

doh...which is where I am today.....I have the insurance papers on front of me and I need to find out where the heck to go....before that happens....I know if I wait too long, and it becomes infected, the infection eats up the novacaine {whatever they use} and either they need to use a lot of shots or else the max still doesn't cut it...

last time he maxed me out and when he started he realized it wasn't enough and quickly gave me another.

I don't know how I got home that day....really, can't remember if I drove or what.

This is most certainly true. When you're actually happy to see the endodontist, you know that tooth hurts like h-e-double toothpicks.

This is exactly what I've been doing. The Advil/Motrin/Aleve is for the swelling and the Tylenol is to take the edge off the pain. Or something close to that.

That is a horrible pain, really, when pain takes over your thinking, when you need to take that many pills, it is overwhelming and depressing. At least to me.

Meanwhile, new billboards in San Francisco prove the existence of God:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxG5svTEfHQ

That should cure any pain. Well, maybe all except the itchy one.

We just got our first veggie delivery from Spud.com. OMG, everything is just gorgeous and fresh. I already used one of the red onions in some chicken pasta salad. We also now have broccoli, spinach, green beans, the biggest green onions I've ever seen, tomatoes, and other yummies. :D

If anyone's interested in trying them out, I've got a discount code that offers $25 off, distributed between the first four orders. :)

So... I don't have TB

But do you have TP?

CALIFORNIA--JUNE 19, 2008-- Air New Zealand just released
a sale that lets you fly from California to Australia and
New Zealand on the same itinerary for $1098 roundtrip.
Airfare to 1 of these destinations usually costs over $1200.

You can depart Nov. 2 through Dec. 8 for travel on Monday,
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday only. Book by June 27.

Here's how you can get the $1098 fare:
- Fly nonstop from Los Angeles or San Francisco
- Optional stopover in New Zealand
(Auckland, Christchurch or Wellington)
- Continue your trip by flying to Australia
(Sydney, Cairns, Brisbane, Melbourne or Gold Coast)
- Return to Los Angeles or San Francisco

Stopovers in Cook Islands, Samoa or Tonga are also available
for an additional cost when traveling via Los Angeles. The
sale fares include all fuel surcharges. Additional taxes are
$150-$170, depending on your itinerary.

To book directly through Air New Zealand and for full
details, click here:
http://www.travelzoo.com/Newsflash.asp?425607

ACK!!!!!!!!! Must. Think. About. It.

if I could do all that over the course of a year or two, I'd be all over it

Quote:

Originally Posted by Not Afraid (Post 219274) CALIFORNIA--JUNE 19, 2008-- Air New Zealand just released

So, Who can I expect to see in November ?? :D

:D

How far are you from Melbourne?

Flying, walking, Train or driving ?

If Train (very scenic): $90.00 and 11 hours.

Or 1 hour by Plane - use Jetstar for cheaper fares

I was just told by the big boss that V Australia has really cheap fares from the USA to Sydney round-trip..

Had I the fundage... totally.

If anyone needs NZ travel advice, let me know. :coffee:

I PAID OFF MY CAR!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats, BTD!! One less expense!!!

In other news, the brownie bites my co-worker brought in (Trish the Dish, for those keeping tabs) were amazing. I actually got goosebumps after taking a bite. They were that good.

Now, only if someone brought in bacon!

what about bacon brownies?

WOW! 79 posts and not a one in a LashPair travel thread. You all are slacking!

Worse yet, it has been a long time since a new LashPair travel thread has been created!!!

OMG! Aren't they going to Disneyland or something? Don't we have meets to plan? And what about a cocktail party? We need to get on this STAT!

Isn't it time to start planning Swank Camp 2010?

We haven't even p;anned Swank Camp 2009 yet, so.....yeah, it's about time. ;)

I am spending a very unSwank weekend in Ventura. I will be with not only The Old People, but also a bunch of random old people. Oh well, it does get me out of the house. I was so NOT looking forward to the 105+ temps being predicted here this weekend.



The guys chased off the kitties at work. The kitties had been behind/under some equipment in the back of our building. I just saw one of them going up inside the engine compartment of one of the shop trucks. I am so ticked off at the guys right now. They had no real reason for chasing off the kittens, other than they could. Now, as soon as one of them turns on the truck all of the kitties are in jeopardy. If I tell the guys they will do it on purpose. What a bunch of Asshats!!!

Good news, Bad news...

The bad: In my old age I seem to have developed motion sickness. The teacups and mission space are very unpleasant.

The good: I rode a segway today. Cool beans! I gotta get me one of them.

In searching for some info to support/dispute a recent rumor I heard that they are experiencing reliability issues with the Segway, I discovered that one can purchase a Ferrari version of the Segway for about $11,000:



Although it appears that the only thing that makes it a "Ferrari Edition" is that they painted it Ferrari Red and put the Ferrari logo on it.

I would love to learn more about Camp Swank 2009.

I'm still trying to figure out where my vacation time will go, now that I will have real vacation time allotted.

Congrats!!!!

I'm doing absolutely nothing productive at work today. It feels marvelous!

(Only one of my bosses is here, and she's been holed-up in her office all day. I'm silently protesting by doing nothing!)

/drool

http://www.cookingwiththejamisons.co...dventures.html

http://www.lacombe-perigord.com/

/le sigh

I see your le sigh, and raise you uno sospiro:

http://www.savoryadventures.com/amalfi-coast.html

drool, indeed!

wow. you could change this to my name and its pretty much dead on.

*high five* on the silent friday protest

:snap:

I hate you :p . I am having one of the busiest days I've had in a very long time.

I'm sure if I have to ask, I probably can't afford it.

/uno sospiro

I am currently ditching yet another inane "all hands" meeting of our engineering division where we get to sleep through graphs and marketing blather.

I have to confess... I broke down. I'm working on case reviews (between reading LoT).

I'm glad there weren't any meetings today. I've been prone to snoozing ALL WEEK LONG, and it's actually not like me. I can usually at least feign interest.

The Amalfi tour is $4500 per drooling person.

More than I can afford at this juncture in my financial life :(

I've made 12 strawberry cream cheese pies in the last two days and that doesn't even count the tarts! My finger nails have all turned red and I'm sure my kitchen is covered in little red spots. Ooh but won't it taste wonderful at dessert tonight!

OMG! I just launched my Arbonne business! I'm incredibly happy and a bit scared. But, I cn't be doing pet sitting my whole life long now, can I?

Did ya get the dates set?

Illuminations is having a HUGE sale. And if you use Google you can find 20% off codes to add on.

Yup. I sent out many invitations today via email!!!!! I'm so EXCITED!


IF you didn't get one and I vaguely know you AND you would like to come to fun spa day at my house, send me a PM with your email addy.

You vaguely know me, but since I've already been there and done that, I'll pass this time.

Good luck NA, you if anyone can make a success of anything you put your mind to!!!!!

Okay, OMG...

Guy makes his own roller coaster in his backyard!

And just for Alex, I present; The Emoticon Mask

Okay, I am on geek overload. Now there is Lunch Meat with Faces!

Skywalker Last Supper Painting Made With 69,550 Star Wars Frames

Somebody stop me...

Animal Hairdos



(There are many more pictures at the link - I will you discover them.)

Shoes For The Gaming Hooker With No Purse

Flame-Throwing Wheelchair

So I spent all day working on a presentation for my Boss to give Monday morning. After she left and while we were wrapping up the last slide, her assistant came in to tell us the meeting was canceled - and not to be rescheduled.

I am the bureaucrat Sisyphus.

Just look at your avatar, remember days like today all work towards swanky days like that.

And, that you have some wonderful beings waiting for you at home. :D

Damn bosses. :mad:

Kevy, I don't think those be ho' shoes. I think those might be for haruku girls? What are those girls hangin' with Gwen Stephani these days?

I stole the text for the link from the site. I was on too much geek overload to be creative.

Geek overload? No way. Not Kevy Baby...;)

Hey Kevy, while you're on a picture posting geek fest... There are some pictures I'm dying for you to post!!

I know, I know.

Here ya go:

One of my favourite numbers, and I love the way she throws stuff at the camera. I would have given anything to have seen this in the original 3D Print.

Does anyone still screen the old 3D classics ?

Or this version.

This whole album is wonderful!

OMG... Forbidden Broadway was SPOT ON in their imitation of Liza Minelli. I'd almost say they underplayed her. It's impossible to overplay Liza. Impossible, I say!

And when it's 10pm and still 90 degrees out, BB King is just the thing, especially when Della Reese introduces him. Duuuuude.

Now if only people wouldn't bring babies to concerts and let them cry when famous flautists are soloing.

(Guess where Cherny and I were tonight?)

So how come no one is awake at 6:30 in the morning?

Why am I awake at at 6:30 in the morning?

I'm awake. I really miss the phase of my life when it was possible to sleep in.

Dear Kevy,

You are not really awake at all...you are sleep-typing (as usual) <grin>

Love and hugs,

The Stoat. oXo

Me too ! I'm awake (but I'm going to bed in 15 minutes time (at Midnight...)
:D

Because I went to bed at 2am? But I'm awake now. No idea why either. Bleh.

I hope to see BB King someday. Was it a great show? His winery appearance up here sold out in a matter of minutes, I was bummed.

Amazingly, last night at the Bowl was not a sell-out.

Then again, each performer had only a portion of the show. But yeah, he was good. Doesn't seem to be in the greatest of health though.

We're going to the Bowl tomorrow night. It should be fun!

Ooh! I bet it will be!

Why the hell does it have to be a gazillion degrees outside when I have to go shoot an outdoor wedding today, wearing my standard "dress blacks"?!?!?! :(

CineGear nearly killed me yesterday - had to leave by 2pm, because it was so wretched, so I only got to see maybe a 5th of the exhibits. Bah.

Sorry, this heat is making me cranky.

I'm sorry T! It is very hot.

6:30pm at Disneyland it was still 103.

Bleg... it's hot here and I'm cranky too. My friend just called to see if I wanted to go swimming after work. Frankly... I'm just too crabby to do that. I just want to stay home and nap the icky feeling off.

Where is everyone? LoT is dead today!

Well, by the sounds of it, they ain't wiping frost of their windshields like we are...

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

The a/c doesn't quite reach my bedroom, where the computer is. So, I'll be back in the living room, computerless and LoTfree, where it's not so warm.

We were out gallery hopping

I was out working the parade route. Hell of a week to finally receive the longer shifts both days, but I need the money (shrug)

I have to show up to ten rentals tomorrow in the 909,, and somehow be done in time for work. Again, long shift, in the sun.

Today was a fantastic day of good food, great companions and wonderful art. We bought few really great pieces that I can't wait to pic up. We also came home to find in the mail a wonderful charcoal drawing of Thurston gifted to me by someone on my pug board. I feel very satisfied, but exhausted from the heat.

Dear Morrigoon,

So let me get this straight:

You are renting yourself out to 10 clients in a 909-model R.V., and have to be done in time for work.

What sort of quality time is that for the punters? I hope you're not expecting repeat business, 'cos with that turnaround, they won't even be able to utter the words "Hey cutie, how's about..."

I suggest you invest in an inflatable love-doll, as she could service the dumber ones and halve your work effort by 50%.

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

I love art.

But I don't think I should buy any more for a little while! Reasonably-priced galleries. So tempting.

What a splendid day yesterday was! Great company... yummy food... affordable art... sweltering heat...

Did you guys get anything at that last gallery? (I was glad to collapse in the air conditioning, dreaming of my romantic vampire...)

(And speaking of which, can you send me your cell-phone-pic of it?)

Yeah MP - can you just post a link to your pics of the day, since I never took my camera out to even take a pic of that fine neon sign.

Oh and yeah, more art was purchased - love affordable art...

Of course, last night the bedroom ceiling fan died which means an unplanned trip to Home Depot and a possible Art diet in our future.

Oh, my. In The Heights is exactly what I've been waiting for in this ten-year glut of musicals only adapted from films or existing music. It's beautiful! It won the Tony last Sunday.

Also it's created by another member of the Wesleyan Mafia (which also includes the creators of How I Met Your Mother, our very own Significant Chicken Productions and regrettably Michael Bay.)

Heh yesterday I was outside for a graduation at Pepperdine (90+ degrees at the beach, no air, yay!) and then went to a wedding at Disneyland -- the reception was inside so that was nice but the wedding, while totally gorgeous (never saw the horse-drawn carriage before, soooo f'n cool) was in no shade in the heat. In a suit. Ouch. :D

Well, it will be a lovely mid 70s starting tomorrow and through the next week. Not bad! :D

Stoat, you crack me up!!!!

We got this:

We also bought an original piece (as well as 3 signed printe) from Pixar artist and all around cool guy, Nate Wragg.

I need to win the lottery so I can buy a house with central air and a pool!




... And somewhere other than Southern California!




At least, in the summer.




I'm melting.....

...I'm glad we're coming in April ! :p

I'm so glad we've got central air and a pool :)

I love the beach.

I love my AC.

The standard line when you move into any place in Dana Point is "Well, there isn't any AC but you won't need it with the wonderful ocean breezes around here."

Yeah, unless you are in a second-story apartment with vaulted ceilings. Then those wonderful ocean breezes are few and far between on a day like this.

We continue to melt as well.

I especially love having an a/c vent UNDER my feet when I'm at my computer :)

Same with any place in Huntington. I think there are maybe 3 complexes that have it. Probably the same in almost every beach community. My parents house doesn't have air, neither does my friends. Both are less than 2 miles from the ocean. They are all melting. We didn't need it when I was younger. The hotter days are more and the ocean breeze is less.

I am fighting off the flu. Temperature of 101.4 earlier. Bleh

OK, so now we've brought you up to Room Temperature.....

We've had 9 days over 110 here in AZ. The news is reporting that we're getting a "break" tomorrow....the forecast is for 109. :D

But on the bright side...it is a DRY heat, we have killer a/c everywhere we need to go, AND we have a lovely pool outside. :p

You all think we're nuts for living here, but at least we're prepared for it!

swanie

This is a DRY heat. So :p

Well, it was cooler here in Orange today than in North Hollywood yesterday. But that was not a whole lot of consolation as I'm pretty certain there were parts of the sun that fit that generous criteria.

It was hot enough today that attempting to simply dilute plant food that had been warmed in our hardly-insulated garage with piping hot hose water seemed to instead produce a pretty vigorous exothermic reaction.

It was spontaneous-chemistry-experiment hot today. I wonder what fumes I inhaled coming out of there.

I was welcoming guests to the "Surface of the Sun" at work on Friday.

Morrigoon and I have rightfully concluded that the only things that make a SoCal summer worth living through are Hollywood Bowl concerts.

Otherwise, fu<k this sh!t.

This amount of heat? Yes.

I like super warm. I am always cold (my AC is set between 77 and 79 and I'm cold when it gets to 77). This hot is to much.

I just went outside. It's feeling humid.

I like freezing cold weather. It makes me happy and awake. This just drains me. I should move to Alaska or somewhere where I can wear winter fashions year-round.

W00T !!

Maybe you need to move to where that there Be-Yurk person comes from ?

GOD I would love to move to Reykjavik... have you ever been?

It was "cooler" today... only 100

I was out earlier today and I saw a jogger running down the hill on fire.

I went to the Taco Bell drive thru and when they passed me my bag of food it burst into flames...

...

When I left Stockton early this morning it was already hot before 8:00. I got to Seattle about, hmm, 11:15 or so.

I have been freezing ever since.

I love it.

I dread going back to that hell.

Soooo, does anyone remember a couple of months ago when I was trying to get that job? And when HR called me I thought it was my friend and answered the phone like this -- "Dude, what's up?" -- or something equally embarrassing.

Well, I got the job. I am in WA for the rest of the week, training.

Been ?? I can't even SPELL it....

reekyajiv ?
rivajikiv ?
kivverrick ?

Yeah: like a blow torch!

Smells like burning here in Stepford (RSM) :(

Congrats!
Seriously good news! :snap:

Except for this weekend, San Francisco is a good place for cool weather lovers Cherney!

The heat here was awful, not as bad as LA, but for SF, 90+ in town (and 100 in my apartment) was hideous.

It was a blissful 50 degrees on the cable car this morning. How do I spell relief? A good dose of the marine layer rolling in.

We've actually had somewhat normal weather for once, none of this 50-degree jump and drop nonsense. Staying at a nice 95 during the day.

Not too shabby.

But seriously, nothing better to talk about than the weather, guys? ;)

Just teasing of course... I have it good. I get to think about other stuff. :D

Heh, well, too hot to do much of anything. So hot, I could not really enjoy the first visit to Frida Kahlo at MOMA. So, going again on Thursday and will report later this week.

Let's see, it was even too hot to read comfortably (oops, back to weather again).

I just ordered two new bookcases for the apartment, then I get to move the old lower cases into my room, and finally I can start hanging up some art. Once I've rearranged the furniture and my desk. The Fantasia art will finally go up on the wall, yay!

On my way to work this morning I saw someone walking down the sidewalk wearing a parka! WTF???

Maybe they were a flasher?

Well, we could plan some more for the Lashie visit...

There hasn't been a new thread in 12 hours!

Or we could start planning for Erica's next visit. Even if it is for work. I'm sure her work will understand....

A sultry night at the Bowl listening to Brazillian and world-inspired electronica was a GREAT way to spend a Sunday. However, the guy sitting behind us should've had a sock stuffed in his mouth.

Oh, I hate when there are people who don't understand the concept of a natural amphitheater! Were they talking or singing along?

On Friday someone had brought a baby... :rolleyes:

The guy behind us was trying to impress the girls he was with by spewing inane "facts" all night long. Some of the subjects he touched on while listening to music were:

• Sweet Dreams was done by U2
• Rubik's Cube
• Guitar Hero includes a Sitar
• Cheese production, segueing into
• Different types of sheep
• The Wineries of Napa and why the harvests of the past 3 years haven't been so good
• All about Brazilian Music (of which he knew NOTHING)
• and my favorite quote: "Bebel Gilberto is the Buddah of Brazil".

I told him during Bebel that I could hear every word he was saying. He said he would "TRY and be more considerate". He didn't try hard enough. I yelled at him again and told him to shut up. He told me to relax. I told him I would as soon s he stopped talking.

Chris decided that they guy hadn't figured out yet that he wasn't going to get laid.

He didn't stop talking so I decided to stand up and dance. I couldn't hear him standing up nd he had to deal with my Brazilian-inspired ass in his face. :evil:

I would have so turned to this loser's date and said, "Honey, you can do much better than this!"

I would have found an usher.

I would've stabbed him in the throat..

I would have said "Please sir, could you give me information on how I might subscribe to your newsletter since I'm finding your rambling so fascinating and well worth the $XX I paid to hear them."

Then I would have peed on his date.


That's not true. It would have been overkill. I'd have only done one of those things.

Which one is the question?!

None of them... they're all statements.

I spent a week there one day...

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

I soooo love a/c at work :D

Me too me too!

We went Wragg-less this weekend, but we did wind up buying three pieces. One from Jennifer Lewis:


and two from our local favorite Walt Hall:



NA & €uro also have some of Walt's art.

Where the hell is my crystal light sunrise classic orange drink powder mix? Not in any stores near me, I can tell you that.

Hmph.

I dare ya ...
 

Go on. Wish a friend a happy period.

:evil:

You mean the flavor that tastes much like Tang? Not in N Cal stores either, when I was still drinking the stuff, I bought it from here, Cheeseman.

Congrats to €, NA, MP & HP, LSPE & Tom on the new art acquisitions. Very cool.

Also, Boss Radio on the way cool Disneyland USA one sheet! ;)

I tried to buy Art this weekend, but he threatened to report me to the police.

...are you hanging around those Carneys again ?

I can't. It says that the site is blocked by our firewall due to "sex education".

According to the Crystal Light web site, there are 11 Ralphs or Albertsons near you that SHOULD carry it. If they do not have it in stock, chances are that they can and will order it for you.

Also, you can go to Buy The Case.net and stock up (on, well... a case!). There are also many other retailers that can be found by doing a Google search for 'crystal light sunrise classic orange.' But you probably already knew that.

It's really fun looking at your art purchases. You will enjoy those for many years.

Did you know that there is a town in New Jersey called Ho Ho Kus?

Oh yeah, haha, so the interview I had today wasn't with the Commonwealth Forestry Association, after all, but with a Product Safety Testing company. I got the grand circle tour and will be having a second interview, so I guess you could say it went well :)

But what a funny gaffe!

It's right next door to Po Po Kus

That anywhere near Hocus-Pocus?

I accidentaly left my cellphone at home today. I feel so naked! :(

JW: Oooh, I HATE that! I feel blind when that happens!

Thanks Kevy and Snowlake! I will use those online options. I called Kraft yesterday to find out what was going on, they gave me all the stores in my neighborhood that I'd been to already. They suggested requesting it from the store managers. Which I will do. But, last night at an Albertson's near my kitchen in Culver City, I found some. So I bought 8 packages. Just in case they stop carrying it, too. And, just for experimental purposes, some sugar-free Tang (product of Mexico!) which I had never seen before, and a package of Crystal Light Mandarin Orange Red Tea something something. Neither substitute was as good as the original. But, I'm once again fully stocked with refreshing orange-flavored beverages. Hooray!

Is it Albertson's or Stater Bros. that will do special orders? I remember one of the markets advertising that fact a while back.

You could always order online, I think Vons has a delivery service.

Imagine yourself as a cowboy, and it will all be better.

Soooo.......

Today I finally got my palate expander out! I can talk with freedom!!

Hooray.

However, we have a rule here. Before you can post in the Soooo.... thread you have to read the whole thing. So you better get started. ;)

Awesome, TB!

(starts twitching)


Ughhhh, maybe I'll just go over to the Twilight thread or something.

I now officially work for the mouse!

Congratulations!!

Dear Wolfy999,

Gee...folks change jobs a lot around here !

Wasn't it just last week you were worried about volunteering at the school where you work?

Has Disney purchased the School??? I guess that's one way to trade out of budgetary problems...

What's the deal?

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

I still work for the school, but have the summer off. When the school year begins, I'll just work weekends for the Mouse.

Hooray!!

Yay !! Hardware-mouth makes it hard to eat all the good stuff :D I remember the horror I want through with Braces and retainers and stuff. *shudder*

Good ! Now, as a soon-to-be AP holder, I'll have to bug you about stuff ! ;)

Bwaha, visible mojo.

Just keeping up with this thread makes me twitch. I ignore it for days at a time.

I know how you feel. On my other site I'm on always has at least two hundred posts on a guild. And thats only on one form, believe me, thats a lot. lol.

Pallet Expander? Do you work in a warehouse? ;) (I know, I read it wrong.)

And, Congrats Wolfy!

I hate cold so much I avoid AC any time I can.

I hate that!

Congrats!

Tomorrow at 3:15 I will have only one dog. ::sigh:: Ottis will be on his way to doggie heaven.

Hooray!!

Hooray!!


Hooray!!

:D

Ahh... another minion... Welcome to Mauschwitz, m'dear :)

(j/k... congratulations, and welcome to the family :))

ABG, I'm so sorry to hear about Otis. I know you've tried your damndest to keep him happy in his senior years. Give him lots of love and hugs and please know he loves you back.

I don't get it.

:( I'm sorry

I'm so sorry to hear about Otis; I know you gave him all the love and care his could have ever hoped for in his life.

*hugs*

Any of the majors will special order.

I am so sorry to hear about this :( It sucks losing one of your children.

I'm home. I called in useless today.

Hugs ABG - I'm so sorry this is happening.

Very sorry to hear about your dog, ABG.

I'm so sorry about your dog, ABG. It hurts when you lose someone you loved very much.

{{{HUGS}}}
Ottis will thank you. It does not lessen the hurt at all. Hug him, tells him you love him and he'll know there will be no fear.
:(

ABG...the Wolfpack sends hugs!

Sorry to hear the news, ABG.... we've been through this and it never gets easier.

puppy :(

Can I go home and goof off now?

I get to go home in an hour...but it is to take Boy to Urgent Care...again.

That doesn't sound like goofing off... :(

Timing is everything. While I am not making light of ABG's plight, I was amused by these two posts being in sequence:

Big Hugs to you and Otis :(

Hugs, ABG!

My little Ms. M lost her first 2 teeth today! Her bottom two front teeth weren't going to budge so her dentist had to pull them. She is so unbelievably excited! She decided that she wants to keep her teeth since they were the first teeth she ever got and the first that she's lost, so she wrote a letter to the Tooth Fairy....


The kid kills me :D

swanie

Okay, I had to share this.
This ad was on my MySpace page:



lol! :D

Yo, dawg! Look pimp yo page wit Denchy, baby!

A kid after my own heart!

Just got home from UC. This was the 3rd trip The Boy has made there in less than a month, all for ear pain. The first 2 trips the Drs looked in his ear, yep, ear infection. And gave me a prescription for Zythromax (he is allergic to almost everything else). The Dr today looked in his ear, asked me some questions, looked againand said, "Didn't the other 2 Drs look at his ear???" The infection is not in his inner ear, but in the canal. That was way the oral antibiotics weren't working.

Good Greif!!!!

Poor guy. Hope he gets better fast!

Want to see the ugliest coinpurse in the entire world?

What a horrible thing to do to a Cane Toad!

It is not his fault that he is an imported species in Australia.

But, but, but...I just ordered one!;)

Oh, wow! With or without legs. Decisions, decisions...
:D

Well can you eat the legs if you get hungry? That might influence my decision.

Can I order them separately to have for dinner?

For the teachers
 

While searching for the above cartoon, I ran across a site with several S Gross cartoons (and other similar ones). I ran across this one and thought I would post it for our school marms:

I'm sorry for your loss.

So what have you got against shoving money up a frog's butt??? <grin>

...and wait 'til you see the matching shoes and handbag !!!

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

PS/ How do you put spoiler tags around attached images???

Okay- the note was almost as cute as your girl! How adorable!

Tori told me about Otis- she was so sad to read about him, and I haven't been on much so I didn't know! Tc ,and the biggest hugs we northern animal nuts can muster to you.

So I guess all of the sleep I got yesterday fighting off the flu (successfully - yeah) has finally caught up with me. Foe now I can't sleep.

I hate taking my sleeping pills because 1) I hate sitting around waiting for them to take effect, 2) by the time I realize I need to take one, it is always way too late to get a full eight hours sleep, and 3) when I do wake up, I feel like I have a hangover, regardless of how much sleep I got.

Very cute!

What is the tooth fairy paying these days? (my oldest has his first loose tooth and I need to determine the market rates)

A viritual bouquet for you, alphabassettgrrl. I'm so sorry for your loss.

It's a good thing I don't own those because then I would supremely rule the universe.

Oh, well.

:(

It's a quarter in the Bay Area. Of course, with the decline in property values, we may have to rethink that.

We do the dollar coins. (Stock up on them though cause you never know when you'll need them - going store to store late at night to try and find one isn't fun)

Just find a post office with a 24hr stamp vending machine.

dollar coins it is.

Thanks!

I'll be honest - I recycle them. Someone hasn't seemed to notice yet.

The tooth fairy used to leave me $2 bills. Then one day the tooth fairy left me a $20. That was fun.

I like the $2 bills as well - and the new gold colored dollar coins are very nice too of course.

Our tooth fairy though - sometimes I wonder about her - once she left a big handful of assorted change. Oddly, that was welcomely received and counted over and over again down the last penny.

So I guess our tooth fairy likes to mix it up a bit.

Am I supposed to be leaving people money?

Yes, lots of it please.

Yep!! And lots of it!:D

Wait, so I cheered for him at that game like he was retiring for nothing? Asshole.

What did I tell you!?













Seriously, what did I tell you. I can't remember. :p



Selanne will most likely be back. Decision by July 1st.

Tonight, going to SF MOMA for another (more coherent) look at the Frida Kahlo exhibit. Have camera (in case we are allowed to take non-flash pics) and am looking forward to a balmy evening South of Market!

I finally got to sleep sometime around 4:00 a.m.

Well, thats good. Wow, 4:00am? You must be still pretty sleepy now, right?

So Gidget (the Jack Russell) decided to eat through my laptop's power cord yesterday. And I'm already at 50% battery :/ Gonna be a long day...

Surprisingly, no. Feels like a regular day (although I can still sense some lingering effects of the flu).

Well, again thats good. Ugh, you had the flu?

Our Tooth Fairy does dollar coins too (wonder where she got that idea from? :p ). For our oldest, she was left the gold coins. Ms. M got the old Susan B. Anthony coins and she couldn't be happier. We have a bag of them hidden away and are going to pack a few for our cruise in another week...she has another loose one on top!

swanie

You all were LUCKY. Don't mess with the Tooth Fairy.

....One night I fell asleep with my head under the pillow, and when I awoke, I had no teeth left, and my mouth was full of change.

Hmmm, how much change was in your mouth, LashBear? lol.

Dear Kevy,

I can totally relate to this problem...if a butterfly flaps its wings in the Congo, I wake up (that is assuming I got to sleep in the first place, which in most cases I didn't).

And you also have the problem of realising you should have taken a tablet earlier and now it's too late...happens to me too.

The tablet "Stilnox" is about the only one that usally (but not always) works for me, but the Australian Press did a huge beat-up on it after some fvckwit took one, didn't go to bed, and walked off a multi-storey balcony. The fall didn't kill him...the ground did. Stupid Heath Ledger also managed to make everyone go retentive about sleeping pills, so now the rest of us have to suffer.

My doctor won't prescribe them to me. He wanted me to listen to CDs of some soporiphic dude telling me I should sleep, and count down from 50. It doesn't work, as I find myself doing intensive mathematical equations on the numbers. I get so bored with the drone that I imagine Brass Marching Bands in my head.

Then there's the other CD - a background of pouring rain, with someone striking lead crystal vases of water. Sounds great for 25 minutes, and then the rain makes you get up to have a pee !!! I then spend the next hour calculating how many hours, minutes and seconds I would have to sleep if I nodded off right now...and then I recaculate every 10 minutes or so.

Of late, I have been reading an incredibly good book (I've read about 3 in my entire life, because I never get a quiet moment) by Bill Bryson called "A Short History of Nearly Everything". OMG it's good - I can't put it down, and I read a chapter per night and I do sleep. Even if it doesn't help you, I would urge you and anyone else with an active mind to read the book.

Anyway, I hope you are feeling better, and I look forward to seeing you and Gus-Gus next year.

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

Honey...that wasn't the Tooth Fairy. Big party that night huh???

:evil:

My favorite thing to think about when I can't sleep is every problem I currently have to deal with, might have to deal with soon, might have to deal with in the distant future, is someone else's problem but I feel the need to make mine, or is not a problem but I figure out a way to make a problem.

And they all have to be solved RIGHT NOW! Simultaeously.

The other thing I can't figure out is how I can barely keep my eyes open in the living room watching TV and have to muster every ounce of energy just to walk to the bedroom, but as soon as I crawl under the covers I am suddenly WIDE AWAKE. I sometimes think, "I've got this licked: I'll just sleep on the couch." Nope: the problems suddenly appear on the couch.

grumble grumble grumble

I have this problem. If I am into a t.v. show...asleep. If I am trying to sleep, it doesn't happen.

Yes, normally I do fall asleep on the couch. Even in the middle of the day, when I shouldn't be sleepy at all, I can't keep my eyes open if I am sitting on the couch. My body starts to slouch over towards the pillows, my feet end up curled up under me. Sometimes a blanket will end up on me....

Well the answer is obvious, and Gus-Gus will definitely agree with me: if the old couch is causing problems, buy a new one!!!

Oh crap - that won't work - you'll worry about how to pay for it...

Seriously though, why don't you try reading this book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Short...rly_Everything one chapter per night. If you don't like the book, I'll buy it from you when I get over there (providing the currents of the Pacific Ocean don't keep dragging Bear and I all over the place).

Take care mate,

Love and hugs,

The Stoat.

I'm going next door to go to bed now.

Small print puts me to sleep. I'm trying to read The Historian in paperback - it's kind of tiny print, and a brick of a book. I keep nodding and then the book thuds against my chest and I wake up. I hope I get over this, because it seems like a swell book.

I take it that "Next door" means "The Next Door" meaning down the hall to the Bedroom ??

...either that or the neighbour just got lucky.

or the neighbor's dogs got lucky

I have a feeling € is not getting lucky tonight....

He would probably say it is not luck, it is skill :evil:

At first, I was almost flattered to receive an invite to Chicago's Joffrey Ballet's "Couture and Cocktails" fundraiser. "Dress camera-ready", it said. Wow!

But then I decided that an e-mail invite to such a formal affair is never swanky. The party will just have to go on without me.

Know anyone from Flippin, Arkansas?

I've been doing mapping for my company and I've been coming across some strange names, but this one cracked me up.

So, where are you from?

Flippin, Arkansas, man...

And their big claim to fame (according to the web site)?

Sooooo, I've been taking some much needed time away from the computer after being on it for nearly 16 hours a day all of last week.

It's weird, because I'm slowly coming back to being on it, but the desire isn't coming back much at all. Talk about burn out!

Welcome back...we missed you!

Aww, c'mon! Joffrey Ballet! And they're saving a tree by not sending the paper. And the postage - with the money they didn't spend on stamps, they probably could afford their gentlemen's dance belts. Look at it that way!

Attention: GD
 

I'm going to a basedball game tonight.
The Dodgers baseball team is playing the Angels baseball team at a stadium.
I'm going with my friends who are rabid Angels fans.
It should be fun.
:)

I continue to cultivate my straightness.

:D

Here's what I know about baseball:
Eat a hot dog (the food)
Drink beer

They hit a ball (it's white) with a bat. Then they run around and try and touch the bases (the things in the ground). If the person in the field catches the ball before it hits the ground it's an out. If the ball goes out of the stadium it's a home run (guaranteed point(s)) Oh and points are called runs.

I think.

I dunno, I watch hockey!

I'm a big fan of baseball and basketball. Though, I don't know what teams I like. I really don't understand Football. Even if my friend, Logan (Who's a huge fan of it) tries to tell me how it is. It's like Greek to me.

I don't know, I think I could learn Greek.

There you go. Do that. The Greeks were all gay so you'll counteract your path to straightness.