It's supposed to rain here until Wednesday. Bleh. Rain all day yesterday, rain all day today... Double bleh.
:D

Hot here, spent the first day of my weekend reading and sleeping, 2 of my favorite indoor activities.

The boys are now piecing together a r/c air plane in the middle of the living room. The controler for this thing looks rather intimidating.

It was 86 here today. Anything over 79 and I'm not happy. We spent most of the day cleaning out the office where the one window AC unit is. Productive, but dull. It's time to stop and watch a DVD.

Plus, I took the arms off my chair per my Chiro's orders and now it won't sit up straight. I've got an office lounge chair. I'm not sure that's what she had in mind.

Today was the first hot day in Phoenix for the summer months - 113. Don't know if that's official, but that's what the car thermometer said. The only time the heat really bugs me is getting in the car after it's been sitting in the sun, because it gets to about 150 inside.

113 isn't just hot, that is HELL!


+

On those days your feet actually leave imprints in asphalt parking lots. Seriously.

It was 94 here today, and beautiful...

We actually hit 99 in Brea/La Habra/Placentia - at last according to the car thermometer. It didn't feel like it though.

i am so happy that i am NOT sitting on the asphalt in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle, slow roasting while waiting for Remember, inhaling occassional vapors of horse urine. UGH!

That was such poetry, ML :)

I got a sunburn yesterday. Grrr.

Time to go buy new sunscreen.

I just fell down the steps outside my laboratory door...

Time to work on a ramp..

Heard an amusing quote today....at least I thought it was amusing.

There was a dinner in honor of George Bernard Shaw. The hostess for the event noticed he was looking rather bored, so she went to him and asked "Are you enjoying yourself?". He replied "Yes, but that's about all I'm enjoying.".

That's a great quote!

I'll have to remember it next time someone asks how I'm doing.

"Well, I'm enjoying myself."

It's too darn hot,
It's too darn hot.
I'd like to sup with my baby tonight,
Fulfill the cup with my baby tonight.
I'd like to sup with my baby tonight,
Fulfill the cup with my baby tonight,
But I ain't up to my baby tonight,
'Cause it's too darn hot.
It's too darn hot,
It's too darn hot.
I'd like to coo with my baby tonight,
And pitch the woo with my baby tonight.
I'd like to coo with my baby tonight,
And pitch the woo with my baby tonight.
But sister you'll fight my baby tonight
'Cause it's too darn hot.
It's too darn hot,

According to the latest Report
Ev'ry average girl you know
Much prefers her lovely doggie to court
When the temperature is low,
But when the thermometer goes 'way up
And the weather is sizzling hot,
Mister Adam
For his madam.
Is not,
'Cause it's too, too
Too darn hot,
It's too darn hot,
It's too darn hot.
BOYS:
It's too darn hot,
It's too darn hot.
It's too darn hot.
Hot, hot, hot, hot...

So basically, you are saying it is hot?

;)

I'm getting ready to do an outdoor gig. Yay! Roasted MBC.

It's raining. Again. Still.

Humidity is rising - Barometer's getting low
According to all sources, the street's the place to go
Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half-past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men.

Is it Raining Men? Hallelujah! - Is it Raining Men?
Ya gonna go out to run and let yourself get
Absolutely soaking wet?
Is it Raining Men? Hallelujah!
Is it Raining Men? Every Specimen?
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean



* Slightly altered lyrics

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothin' seems to fit
Those raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'

and

Its gettin hot in herrre
so hot
so take off all your clothes
I am gettin so hot,
I wanna take my clothes off (OH!)

I hate rain. One year in Vancouver WA was enough to make me hate it forever.

It stopped raining.

Speaking of taking off one's clothes - I've decided the best way to keep from collecting paint-splattered garb is to just paint naked. Clean up (of me) is so much easier that way.

This works best if one has blinds. That close.

It stopped raining here, too. No sun, but at least the rain halted.
:)

Same here!:)

Had a really big thunderstorm a while ago, but now it's all purty outside. For the moment.

WB thinks that's what my trip is going to look like. I will laugh so ridiculously hard when it is HERS that is rained upon mercilessly.

I'm from the PNW- we thrive in the rain.:cool:

And, since there is no Fantasmic while I'm there, I wouldn't be heartbroken if it did rain.:p

Still hot, but the wind is kicking up and it is ctually almost plesant. Of course, it's also after 8 pm.

...flooding on Main Street mostly gone...;)

Disneyland in the rain ROCKS!

Disneyland on the rocks can be even better ;)

Hey CM: that RUN AWAY smilie just kills me!

:snap:

I love awards shows. More specifically, I love giggling over stars who have the world of style at their disposal, yet insist on looking like they dressed in the dark. I can't wait to see what the gofugyourself girls have to say!

Pru, if you like Fugly, you'll love this:Veiled Conceit

So....just dropped he wife at the airport. She's going to Hawaii with her dad for 5 days. Here's hoping I maintain my sanity with my children at home while trying to work all week!

What part of Hawai'i is she visiting?

She'll be on Maui. She was born there and lived there until she was 10. Her dad lived there for most of his life until they moved to AZ, so he has many friends there he visits every summer. She last went with him 10 years ago now, so she was due for a trip with him.

I think her relationship wih her dad rocks. I hope my daughters are as good to me when I'm pushing 70.

Sounds like she's going to have a great time. Maui's fun.
:)

I'm in sort of a daze today. Went to sleep late but got up feeling fine. Then about an hour ago, I started feeling tired. Bleh. I feel half-awake at work today. Caffeine isn't helping all that much. It is sunny out, though. That's nice.
:)

You need to go outside in that sun.

I "ran errands" this morning during work to do just that. We think alike.
:)

I finally learned that that "getting some sun will make you feel better" thing really was true.

Unfortunately I got TOO much the other day. Silly pale skin--I'm doomed to be either happy and burnt or unhappy and pale.

I noticed that a lot in Monterey and here in Boston when there are multiple days of rain w/o sun. I notice myself getting kind of mopey (sp?) and low energy. I have a full spectrum lamp and that helps some, but not as much as being out in the warm sunshine.

You could always more to Florida. Worked for me!

june gloom is back today. finally some relief!

Thank the Maker!

I wonder.

As a US citizen with no outstanding legal issues...

If I went on a visit to Mexico and came back to the US on foot via one of the routes used by illegal immigrants, would I be guilty of a crime?

If so would they deport me back to the US?

You would be committing a crime because you didn't come back through a checkpoint. I think.

Last night, we were eating a snack while watching TV when suddenly hubby yelled "OMG!" -- at first I thought he'd dripped salsa on the couch, but realized that that probably wouldn't have made him actually yell. I noticed that he was looking at the floor, so I leaned over to see, and there was my Mexican Red-Knee Tarantula ambling innocently along across the living room carpet!

He was easily caught and returned to his enclosure. Hubby told me later that his first thought upon seeing him was actually "I sure hope that's one of ours." :D

I have to BEG of you, if you are asked to post photos please please please do it in spoiler tags with warnings. I am terrified of spiders. And yes, the spiders in the photos will come out and eat my face.

The more you know.

I am off to Target. Wish me luck.

I hear there are lots of spiders inside Target stores.

:evil:

And you can almost always find a spider or two right here on LoT.

Bot spiders are super-duper scary.

I don't fear spiders or snakes or creepy crawly things.....I fear dentists. Irrationally so.

Ditto.

I used to go to Mickey Mouse's dentist.

Sasha ate a spider last night. Of course, at first she played with it. And played with it. And played with it. And just when I decided she was never going to put it out of its misery and I finally got up to get a paper towel - then she eats the damn thing.

:p

So, how come the MSNBot Spider doesn't have any instant messenging capabilities?

Because it's not a MSN Messenger bot.

Bot, Spider, Crawler. We have one at work. I have yet to see it on LoT.

I am way to old to pull an all nighter. But that's what I'll be doing tonight :(

Scrooge McSam is a spider? I knew it. :D

(Ha ha, that's what I saw when I clicked Moonliner's link.)

Spiders creepy me out. Here's a picture of a scary, scary spider not for Marla's eyes. It's shown in a habitat that it can be found in regularly. Don't do it, BarTopDancer, don't do it!

Just think The Cure's Lullaby

"and i feel like i'm being eaten by a thousand million shivering furry holes" - Gotta by one of my favorite rock lyrics EVER!!

I think it was Leo that was asking about the Goat Trick.

Someone on MC posted a thread with pictures demonstrating it. Hysterical.
Click!

I've never asked about the goat trick.

Well, now you know about it. You must do the goat trick with the LoT collective when you go to the park. It's fun. :)

Well, who the heck was 'talking' about it the other day? Oh well, I'm too lazy to search for it.

Scaeagles was asking about the sheep trick.

No, no, no....I was asking about a "cheap trick". I need a new can opener.

Yeah, I can't help him with that... :D




Great news. Our landlady loves Frodo. She said she would be 100% alright with us getting a second Corgi. I'm so excited. I'm building my army of Corgis as we speak. Think of it: 20 Welsh Corgis all obeying my commands as I rid Boston Common of all yuppies.
:D

Just don't let your army attack the fish.

The fish are my fact finding and intelligence group. They learn a lot because they are in schools.

I'm almost 99.9% sure I just ran into Markie Post in front of a theatre today. I said, 'Hi, Ms. Post.' And she smiled.
:shurg:

That was baaaa-d

I wish David would fix my doorbell. He cut the line when he was demolishing the old furnace area to make my linen closet. hmmm... I also wish he would finish the closet that he started 2 months ago...

Why do you have to be such a name dropper? :rolleyes: :D

I've been watching Night Court re-runs on TVLand. Harry Anderson used to be yummy. He didn't age well :(

Neither did Dirk Bennedict for that matter :(

Don't get me started on the namedropping ;) :D

I'm 3 degrees from Kevin Bacon. :p

(Actually I bet you have some pretty cool stories!)

Iggy Pop.

That was enough to make me jealous.

NSFM! (Not safe for Marla!)

Uvas No!

I always wash my fruit thoroughly before eating. I would think this would flush out any hidden insects.

I think I'm evil.

It's raining here and there was this lady with an umbrella standing on a curb by a busy intersection. A car totally hit a puddle and sent a wave of water up and it hit the underside center of her umbrella. It looked like there was a downpour coming from inside her umbrella on top of her. The top of the umbrella was relatively dry in comparison.

I laughed.

See? Evil.
:D :evil:

Not always. I ate a fresh fig once. Washed it too. Didn't notice anything unusual until I took a big bite and noticed a burning in my mouth. It was filled with ants. Yum.

That's rather unpleasant sounding.

I'm sitting here cringing, and making an "ewwwww" face... that... ugh.. thats scary, nightmare stuff you speak of there.

I've never had a fresh fig since. I used to love them too.

Funny how one bad experience can ruin a food for you. I can't eat lasagna because of getting food poisoning from it once around 20 years ago.

Soooo...

Speaking of nightmares, does everyone remember Mousepod's audio clip of the absolutely horrid jungle cruise skipper?

Yes, of course you do.

I would swear that I had the same guy yesterday. If it wasn't him, it was an incredible simulation. I've never wanted to jump out of the boat before, until yesterday.

I don't.

I woke up with a huge carpenter ant in my mouth once. Now I see one ant I'm spraying raid everywhere! Bleh!

"Tastes like burning."

I have a friend who woke up in the middle of the night once and was hearing this horrible scratching noise. As she started looking around the house for the source of the moise, she realized her left ear was hurting badly and she was only hearing the noise in her left ear. So she went to the emergency room, and the doctors found a cockroach had crawled down her ear canal and was scratching on her eardrum.

Audio clip? I was there. *shudder*

Would you care to elaborate on that shudder?

I will not click I will not click I will not click

Is this worth an almost 13 minute download?

13....must be pretty bad...

The best part of that recording is that iTunes decided to play "Dream On" as soon as it ended.

It would have been funnier if it'd played "Dig My Grave." Oh well.

I always do it.

First, that Superstars Limo thing, now THAT!

AAARrrrgh

At least the SSL video is funny.

So, I scored an A+ in legal writing. I got the A+ on one of the assignments, but I wasn't sure how the overall grade would pan out.

Half my brain is celebrating and the other half is predicting doom and gloom for my copyright grade.

So, my company has been pestering us for our cell phone numbers, so they can reach us after hours. They aren't getting mine unless they are going to start paying the bill and paying me for being on-call. :rolleyes:

Great job Pru!

Congrats, Prudence! :)

That sort of thing irks the snot out of me. When I was still doing retail, I was an asst.manager at a plus size women's clothing store. The other asst. would call me almost every time she closed to talk her through one part of closing or the other. I finally told her that I was not the one she needed to be calling, that was why the store manager was on salary. She finally stopped after I reported her.

David's work tried to pull that on him, too. They would call his personal cell (that I pay for) when they needed to reach him out in the field. When he stopped answering it they decided it was time to get him a company cell.

First our receptionist sent out an email to the entire company asking for them by the request of HR. I ignored it. Now the new sub-department head sent one out asking for ours. I know that one is going to be followed up on. I'm trying to think of the most polite way to say "I'm sorry, first, I don't get paid to be on-call and last time I checked, the company does not pay for my cell phone. No, you cannot have it". So far replying with "Sorry, it's for personal use only" has been suggested.

And I don't mind being called if I'm out of the office and they need something. A few of my co-workers have my number for that reason. But I know that they only call me when I'm the only one who can answer the question, it's so rare when they do and I'm usually just out of the office for part of the day. Giving out my cell number like that will result in weekend and horrid hour phone calls.

I just got in from my last cig of the night... I am totally creeped out. First, when I flipped on the lights this huge assed bug flew up at one of the lights. At first I thought it was just a june bug. Nope, bigger than that, with funky wingish things on its anntena. While I was trying to figure out what it was I heard this horrid noise coming from one of David's "junk" piles. At first it sounded like the air compressor had a leak, but wrong part of the patio. So I went in for a closer look. It was the same type of bug...in a widow web. the noise was the bug under attack from a huge assed widow. I had just sprayed that area and already killed one over there, this one was much bigger than the first. Now both bug and widow are d.e.d. For good measure I killed the first bug too. It almost looked like a potato bug. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I am sososoooo sick of finding widows everywhere!! At work I am averaging 3 a day in the warehouse (today was 5, until I stuck my hand in a web and the number went up).

I am suffering sympathy gross-outs for you, MG.


I am also suffering serious owie-ness in my legs from an impromptu game of baseball yesterday. We (a friend and her family) were challenged to a game by another family, and I haven't played in a very long time. We won, but I learned some valuable lessons: Sports bras are a very good thing when running. Birkenstocks are not. And quitting smoking was a good thing, because for the first time I noticed I could actually run and experience muscle fatigue before hyperventilation.

It's raining (well. sprinkling) tonight. Are you here yet Leo?

Rained here in Phoenix, too. Hard.

Well, I hope it settled all of that dust and sand.

Lucky you had your trusty tinfoil hat! Of course, it could be problematic in a lightning storm......

Aw, man. I'm in rehearsal.

Post post-park pics please.

Hey, look at me, I just hit a thousand posts! :D

I wouldn't mind if it rained a bit on Sunday. It will be nice to get a break from the heat up here.

Heat....hahahahaha.

I was out in the storm yesterday. Car thermometer said 114 prior to it hitting. 20 minutes later it said 88.

Loser!;)

Still raining here. Bleh. There's a leak in our roof. Double Bleh. No sunshine to work on my aquarium. No sunshine to dry my face from tears. Oh woe is me. I'm kidding. It's a good day.
:)

Loser

BTD--Just tell them that IF you HAD a cell phone, you wouldn't want to give out that private number. But of course, you DON'T have a cell phone, so you couldn't possibly give them that number anyways. ;)

But it's Phoenix, it's a dry heat. :p

Well, as much as I consider myself tough when it comes to heat, I am a humidity wimp. We think it's bad when our humidity, during the monsoon months, gets above our normal 6%.

I love June Gloom.

Now, where's my Joy Division?

Heh, I'd love to, but since everyone there knows I have one I can't pull it off. I think I'm going to say that my cell phone is for personal use and I can be reached via my work email. If they say anything else I'll remind them that I did ask for a company phone and was told since I'm not being paid to be on-call that I don't need a company phone. That will take care of both aspects.

I'm feeling a bit out of sorts. I have almost COMPLETE new technology to learn. New Mac, new camera, new printer and, now, new phone. I'm very confused and it's making it difficult for me to work effectively.

NA and I will always disagree about weather. June Gloom makes me cranky as hell. Especially since I missed the first heat wave while I was in Alaska. :mad:

Gimme dat SoCal summer!

Granted, we only see a couple 110+ days here, but our humidity is a tad bit higher than yours plus our air quality is MUCH worse than yours.



I live in Bakersfield.

Ralphie's in Tehachapi this weekend.

"Haw haw!" ~ Nelson Muntz
:D

Tehachapi is usually 10 degrees cooler than down here.

You just reminded me I need to call my sister.

Like a blow-torch

I'm boooooooooooooooored! Why won't someone entertain me?!

You can come over and help me throw all of my technology out the window, pack my things and move to Amish counry. ;)

Amish, eh? I had you figured for a Shaker. I guess you never really know someone.....

I don't care. Where ever I go, I don't want there to be anything I have to plug in and operate. I will write letters.

Go figure out what the hell the penguins are up to. I figure they're building a new adventure area, but not having been around the last time they took over the Kingdom, I am unsure as to their motives.

Anything new since rollover?

Gah. I'm so blah right now.

Oooooh! Tomorrow night we'll be off celebrating at The Herbfarm! 9 course set menu with 5-6 wine pairings!

ooooh! The Herbfarm! I'm very jealous.

The Penguins are still being a bit threatening, and more constructin has occured. Should we be worried? It's that damned Global Warming, I tells ya!

:evil: Expect a Rank the Swank on The Herbfarm and Willows Lodge sometime Saturday evening or Sunday. Early anniversary treat. I hope it lives up to the hype (and the charge!)

This is such a 'Soooo' post:

My favorite bird is the red cardinal. I don't know why, it has always been so since I was a kid. Love how bright they are. Very pretty.

I stepped out onto my back porch to see one at eye level sitting on a fence. It sat chirping at me. I think that's good juju for me. So very pretty. I wished I had a camera. Bright red. His girlfriend was up a tree, all pretty and brown.

Just thought I'd share.
:)

Then a great big calico cat leapt over the fence, and with one great gnash with his fiercesome jaws, the birdie was no more... :evil:

:(

Was that you in the bushes?
:D

That must've been Matterhorn Fan's cat. She's mad bcause she invited her mommy o come visit and she said no.

I've never seen a Red Cardinal. Seems odd since I've seen all sorts of other wildlife.

My inlaws had a cabin in the high country of AZ and there were the most beautiful birds I had ever seen there. Blue Jays as bright as the afternoon sky, hummingbirds of all hues, and red headed woodpeckers that were simple stunning. I think birds are cool.

I saw a red bird of some kind smeared across the front of Superman: The Escape (at least, I think it was a red bird, it might have just ended up that way)

I have a fondness for the large-scale birds. Swans, Pelicans, Egrets, Herons, etc seem to end up be my favorites.

And often tasty

I think the two may be mutually exclusive, though. I don't really enjoy watching chickens or ducks, but I enjoy eating them. Hummingbirds....a bit small for even a light snack.

See what I'm sayin'?

Dip a hummingbird in a deep fat fryer, shove in a stick - instant the yumz :)

So, I guess the signature image size limiter isn't working.

Ya gonna pull out dem moderatin' powers? :p

Why does GD hate swans?
:D

What are you talking about? They're delicious.

Soooooo, what's with the religious conversion fervor I've been experiencing in my neighborhood lately. The Jehovah's Witnesses, the Baptists and the Mormons are having a showdown in Wrigley. They are on every street corner in their suits and sensible long skirts handing out pamphlets and other goodies on request. What's up? 666 is over.

Interesting. Maybe it's just that time of the year. I had a Morman duo stop over for a chat this morning, around 8:15am. I was polite when I declined but geez, 8:15 on a Saturday? They are lucky I didn't gig last night. I can't imagine they received many warm welcomes this morning. :)

The police are making their annual "give us money" telemarketing charity thingy. I used to be able to politely get them off the phone with a "I'm sorry, but that's just not in my budget this year," but I guess they're wise to that by now.

He tried to get $35, but that wasn't in my budget, so he "just wanted to get everyone involved at a level they were comfortable with," so told me I could donate just $10. He seemed sympathetic that my finances were tight, but then told me that school would be starting up again soon, and that they needed money in their scholarship fund because so many of these kids had lost their parents--some of them both parents!

I guess the "I'm not interested, thank you" followed by a quick hang-up is the best response to these calls. I like to be polite, but sheesh...

Ka-Chow!




Ka-Chow!





Ka-Chow! Ka-chow! Ka-chow!

I ran over a squirrel the other day. It was in the middle of the road, looking at me as I approached. We must have been having the same thought that if we move a bit to the side, I will miss the squirrel and the squirrel though it would dodge my tire. --- Oddly enough it put my tire and the squirrel in a direct path.

Ka-Chow! It's just fun to say. :) I read that the writers asked Owen Wilson to make up a signature line that sounds like a lightening bolt. In retrospect, "Ka-Chow" really is something Wilson would say.

Sooo....I made an appointment for a haircut this weekend but yesterday I had one of my best hair days ever. It's like my hair went "oh sht, better get my act together before she really gets bored and goes for the short cut!" I actually cancelled my appointment.

Does size matter?

Yay! Thanks to a sale, a discount, and some about to expire disney points from our credit card, we got the Wonderland bench. It is now in pieces on my floor. Yay! It is so cool!

:eek: That's beautiful!

Oh, and free shipping. Otherwise it weighs gobs. So the total we had to actually fork out was less than $40. I almost don't want to put it outside.

Chain it down if you're going to be putting it out front. A kid I knew in elementary school said her dad put a park bench on their front porch one day, and by the next morning, it was gone.

Do you have an entry hall where it would fit? That way you could keep it inside. (It's Alice in Wonderland--outside things go inside, and inside things go outside, up is down, down is up, etc.)

We were considering our front patio. But then again, it might just live in our garage until we move and have a real yard. We could bring it out if we have parties. We always need extra seating.

So, why can I go to and big box store and buy a fixture for 48" fluorescent lights for about ten bucks, but if I want a basic (read: cheap plastic) hood for my dragons that holds a single 36" bulb, it costs me $65?!?

If I had the Wonderland bench, I'd bolt it upside down from the ceiling in our spare room. :D

Heh. That would be fun! But it's hella heavy. And we're in earthquake country. And I don't want to have to hang red longjohns in my window. :eek:

(Okay, the real reason it's a no-go is that we're hoping to move in about 18 months and I don't want to have to fix more holes.)

Because it's a specialty item and they know they got you where they want you! Maybe you just need a bigger tank for the dragons;)

I'm guessing 48" is a standard size.

I like the bench. Coolness. And, hell-o Matt, those things are freakin' heavy. :D

Just because an item seems silly heavy doesn't mean you can't invert and mount it to a ceiling - you just have to be careful to design proper mounting (which is the real tough part, even harder than the initial move into place).
I used to have a full sized no parking sign (complete with old thick wood post) mounted to my ceiling, along with an upside down barcolounger mounted to a side wall... no such gravity defyance in the current home, yet.

Defy gravity, Coaster Matt! :)


Do you guys do this?

At the LOunge of TOmorrow, I replied to a COaster MAtt post.

I do it all the time. Me and the shift key. I drive myself nuts doing it. :D

Soo.. My son's magazine pointed out to me, that
Most all of the swans in England are owned by the queen.

Suddenly all I could think of was NA.

Costco:

You walk in to buy a $1.50 hot dog and a soda and you walk out with 3 plasma screen televisions. See, you have to buy 3 because you're buying in bulk. I picture a man walking with 3 TVs wrapped in plastic in a cardboard bottom.

So, i visited my oncologist today. My blood test were GREAT and I have been declared cancer-free for another year. YAY!

On another note, a man just walked down the street wheeling a giant drum BBQ.

Congratulations

Great news NA!

Awesome news NA....I'm very happy for you!

{{{{{NA}}}}

That's wonderful news. I'm so very very happy for you!!

Hooray for NA's healthy boob!

Mucho congrats, NA! :) :) :)

That's wonderful news, NA! :)

When I arrived at the Doctors' office, I stepped in the elevator with a family that had 2 young boys, The oldest wanted to "take charge" of the elevator and push the proper button. His Mom instructed him to push "2". I then asked him to push "3" please. He looked at me and said in a very assured voice "I alredy pushed 2". We all got a good laugh out of that.

Yayyyy, NA!:cool:

Very, very cool news.

Yay NA!

I'm at work, and Rose looks SO darned cute in her work costume... I'm so happy she's MY lil slave girl :evil:

[quote=Not Afraid]So, i visited my oncologist today. My blood test were GREAT and I have been declared cancer-free for another year. YAY!
QUOTE]

Healthy and soft! way to go boobs!

That's great news NA! Here's to no more cancer:cheers: , pretend it's fuzzy water!

Excelent NA! Great to hear some great news!! YAY!

the Oysters cured you!!

damn, that was so HOT watching them slide down your throat.

Why did no one tell me Alan Cumming was performing during the Tony Award ceremony?!!? Why was I not alerted?!!?

AAAARRRRGGG!!!

I cooked pork chops for the first time ever today. Turned out pretty good, if I may brag a bit.

Congrats on making dinner. So how did you prepare them?

My son and I have been having fun cooking/making everything Dad won't eat this week because he's not home! We're skipping the balanced meals idea for the week but we're having lots of fun! We're still eating lots of fruit but haven't touched a vegetable! ;-)

I just processed a donation from a donor whose first name is Solicitacion.
I found that funny.
:D

So, I'm doing a lot of gift processing today. It seems like 06/06/06 was a good day for people to write checks for charities. Guilt, perhaps? Get that donation in before the end of the world? :D (Or most likely it's because it's almost the end of our fiscal year...)

I sauteed up some carmelized shallots. Then I started sauteeing the chops in a bit of olive oil. After I flipped them, I topped them with the shallots, a can of pinapple chunks, and a bit of teriyaki sauce (one part soy, one part honey, a bit of mustard). Cooked it until the chops were done, flipping a couple more times in the process. Then topped it off with more teriyaki.

No one alerted me either!!! (What did he perform?)

So, I was awakened (awoken?) by some very loud thunder this morning, and the EBS warning has been going off. Seems we're in the midst of a very severe thunderstorm, and they're waring people to stay indoors and away from their windows, etc. (Large hail and high winds). We have torrential rains and big lightening strikes, but no hail or winds yet.

Adrenaline is better than caffeine! (Of course, the first thing I did was make coffee in case the power went out).

Probably should get offline as well....:rolleyes:

He performed with Cyndi Lauper - something from Threepenny Opera.

See - now that's what you get for taunting westerners about their lack of sun for cucumbers! :evil:

So... What's up with no Karl Rove post in the Daily Grind? I'm gonna go make a double take on that one, or is the consensus so general on that topic we don't even need to discuss it?

Ann Coulter is gonna be on the Tonight Show - the same day as George Carlin!!

Oh thats right.... I saw a print interview with him about Three Penny. D'oh

It sounds delicious to me! I love teriyaki, especially when it's made with honey or pineapple juice. Our favorite meal is teriyaki chicken chunks, fresh pineapple and rice. Yumm.
Be careful though, if you cook that good all the time CP will have you make dinner more often;)

I already do most of the cooking. This is just the first time I've done pork chops.

I'm impressed! My husband will bbq once in a while but that is the closest he gets to cooking. I guess I just forget that guys can cook and some even enjoy it. Even most of the famous chefs are men. My brothers idea of cooking is finding a box of something. I taught him to make casseroles because they are easy and pretty foolproof. Plus he could change up the ingredients to suit his mood. I guess I come from a family of noncooking men. Sorry for my assumption:)

I'm sick of Ann Coulter and Karl Rove and every political shmuck out there.
And did you know that Zarqawi is still dead?
Bleh. Double bleh. And triple dog bleh.

I'm with you, GC. Yet still surprised that there's no thread here... Or are we collectively on the same page?

I think we're all on the same page. Being an asshole is just boring, and those are some of the most boring people around.


Zarqarwi is still dead, GC- and still an asshole.

Well, all of us but perhaps scaeagles, who I believe is sunning himself in beautiful San Diego right now. I suspect he is on a very different page. :)

If I don't cook, I don't eat...

Besides, how could I make this beautiful lady come home and slave away in the kitchen?

Awwwwww, she looks so cute!

I have an all day meeting today. Totally sucks. Anyway one of the speakers really bugs. He treats all the males in the room like adults and then when a female asks a question he keeps saying stuff like, "Wow, that's a really good question. Very good." or "I like the way your mind works. Excellent question. Really." Like he's their patronizing father or something. It's subtle but it really bugs. He doesn't preface and of his responses with "us guys" it's more direct and to the point like the way a coach would answer one of his football players' questions.
Bleh. :rolleyes:

So after passing up fun times on Saturday night so I'd be sure to be rested up in order to write a decent paper that was due on Tuesday, I find out the teacher is accepting late work and not marking off for it.

And...

I have to pick between being a responsible adult and going to my school meeting or going to watch the hockey game tonight.

Did I ever mention that I'm the luckiest woman alive?

I work an hour later than he does so he usually shops and cooks. I'm trying to keep up my end by cleaning.

Every now and then I cook, if only to throw in my favorites ;)

We have a similar situation. Matthew generally works until 10 so I take care of the dinner. Now, if I could just get him to clean. :) j/k

I think you may very well be the luckiest woman alive!

My husband hasn't set foot in a grocery store in at least a decade. When I had to go to my Grandpas funeral and was gone for a week, he mostly ate what I'd frozen for him or went out to eat. But when the cats ran out of food he actually called my girlfriend to go get cat food for them:rolleyes:

I think Cirque's husband and mine must have been separated at birth. Why is it some guys can be so good at domestic things, and others not? Because they're mommy's did it all for them? My sis has a husband who is an awesome cook- but you cannot trust him with any recipes that you want to remain simple- he'll try to dude them up with basalmic vinegar or pressed garlic. The worst time was when he was asssigned the green beans for a get-together. The recipe is green beans mixed with sauteed bacon and onion- very simple, right? Well, he decided to dump some horrible cooking sherry in the sautee, and the beans tasted like they'd been laced with dirty sock juice.

My wife doesn't like me in the grocery store, cuz I always make obnoxious noises with the cart, and tend to talk with the produce...

Well, sure- who doesn't? Although I avoid conversing with the kumquats- they're really weird.:rolleyes:

Wendy, I'm so sorry to hear you have a husband like mine, it's truly painful some days isn't it!
He's even called me from Boston this week to ask where he should go to eat! I gave him the list from GC before he left but apparently he either can't read any more or has lost it in his small hotel room:rolleyes:

My son and I made strawberry jam today. He had to talk to every strawberry before he handed it to me to be cleaned and cut. It took forever to make four batches of jam!!

I fear for our animals while we are gone- he's pretty good at taking care of the dog, mainly because she hurls her very heavy dish at your toes when she wants something- but the fish and birds may be toast. The cats will be all right, as I've got feeders for them, but I know we'll have to call every day to remind him to check on ALL the animals.

fish and birds go well on toast, but they don't cook well in the toaster...
:evil:

I just went outside for my last "walkaround" of the night...I was attacked by 3 june bugs, one was the huge variety and landed on my skirt. ewwwwwww needless to say, it is dead now.

My hubby does virtually all the coking now, although when I'm on vacation sometimes I do a bit. Desserts, though, are all mine.

WB, I wish I lived closer. You could hire me!

Although, I'm so busy right now, I don't know if I'd have time. Who knew!

Wow... that's quite a thing to admit to on the board :eek:

stupid o key!

^ LOL

just saw this:

Yahoo! Slurp Spider Viewing Thread
What is a "spider"?

When I was just a wee little lad, full of health and joy..

One thanksgiving morning my grandfather took me to the grocery store to pickup some forgotten cranberries. "Moonie" he said "The secret of going to the grocery store is to always bring back the wrong thing. If she asks for canned peas bring back canned pears. That way she'll eventually stop asking you to go".
"But grandfather, then why are we at the grocery store?" I replied. Upon reflection, I think that was the moment my Grandfather realized I was a lost cause to his way of life.


So GD, ya wanna swap recipes?

phvc jury duty!:mad:

That was Eric's trick. He worked at a grocery store for nearly twelve years and I did all the shopping because if I asked him to, it was a guarantee that he'd bring home all the wrong stuff. He's better about it now, but I seldom ask him to stop at the store anymore.

watch out for this

I love snopes.com...
:)

I just had a Dole Whip. :)

So.

I'm annoyed I'm not getting my own special farewell party from the teachers. They made today a "special treat day" for everyone that's leaving (a few teachers are getting transferred). We do damn treat days all the time...I'm not here early enough for the social aspect...the others that are leaving have been here only a year and I've been here 5.5 ...the treats weren't even that good!....wah wah whine I want my own party or something. It's especially annoying because it's tearing me apart to think I won't be back here in the fall.

I am going to the year-end party so maybe I'll eat my words when they present me with some huge going-away gift. That's why I'm posting - I really hope I have to eat these words.

I changed my avatar. I got bored.

All that fuss and worry - copyright was an A-. It wasn't the A I wanted, but it's way better than the last time I was waiting on one last grade and it turned out to be a C. And this spring was by far my best semester grade-wise. So that's something.

YAY! An A- is fantastic! You rock!

I own the copyright on the phrase "You rock!". I'm going to need some legal representation...but they'd better have at least an A-.

Well, I own the copyrights to STFU! So there. ;)

Yeah?

Well I own the copyright on: "Err, umm, what????"

Does the fact that for several seconds I was prepared to post something about y'alls need to register before commencing legal action make me a sad, pathetic soul?

Yes, I thought so. :D

At least I'm continuing to do well in the intellectual property track. I'm hoping to actually complete the whole focal area. I'm not sure what happens to people who complete one of the optional focal areas. Maybe we get a gold star or something.

I can't resist. Would that make "STFU n00b!" a derivative work?

I likey!

I told you so I told you so I told you so I told you so I told you so I told you so......etc.

How those cukes coming?;):D

Yeah, you and everyone else on my LJ.

And for your information, the cukes are starting to take off, finally.

I'm sure my worry wart of the month badge will be arriving any day.

Actually, I think we're all pretty proud of you.

Growing cukes is hard.;)


(Just kidding! Big congrats on the great year, and I look forward to hiring you to sue someone someday. Seriously. I've got a list a mile long......)

We are totally envious of the trellis systems for cukes and melons and squash and so forth as seen in the Land pavillion at Epcot. Someday maybe we can have a cucumber trellis! And a tomato tree!

Wendybeth certainly speaks for me. Give em hell, Pru!!

Some dinglecheese pulled the fire alarm again in our building. This is a weekly happening. False alarm. Fun...
:rolleyes:

what the heck is a - oh forget it, i don't wanna know do i?

A dinglecheese is someone who is dumber than a dingleberry.
:D

When GC drops a stack of papers he says, "Oh fiddlesticks!" ;)


My word for "dinglecheese" is "f.ucking moron"

I actually say something that combines these two. Often when I am driving and am following someone really clueless I call him/her a 'f.uckstick'.

There you go, two new words for a naughty LoTters Lexicon:
Dinglecheese
&
F.uckstick
:D

My favorite measurement is a fu<kton.

I didn't feel like going back through all of Al's posts. Has it ever been announced that Blue Bayou is finally getting its own full kitchen? Seems they used to do all the cooking downstairs and then do final assembly in the "sorta kitchen like area" next to BB.

In the trial runs, the wait (for CMs only) has been atrocious: 45 minutes to get a salad, two hours for full meal.

I hope they get the kinks worked outta da system

Ever sit at someone else's computer and try to surf the 'net? Yuck! The screen's all wrong, the bookmarks are not mine, the keyboard is different, the resolution is off, the browser is not the right one...

Attention Japanese Candy Fans
 

Lychee is in the grocery store. They kindof look like a cross between raspberries and strawberries, and they look unripe, though that may be normal. I've never seen them except in gummy form.

Lychee pie, anyone?

And how dare they have a different configuration! Right? ;) Computers are so personal. Aside from the content. You have the settings, the programs, the shortcuts, the bookmarks. You know where your stuff is and their stuff is not in the same place as your stuff. My work computer was just re-done and I spent a day trying to get it back to how it was. It's getting there but still needs a lot of work.

MF, thanks! Lychees are yummy! I normally buy them canned. I wonder how they are fresh.

I just spent my lunch watching a slideshow of my friend's vacation photos of Japan. Love it. So very zen. I want to go there.
:)

After Sunday, I told David I would like a "Dawn Free Weekend." He is still spending waaay too much time over at her house, with her and the kids. Sunday James (the 8 yr old boy) flew into a litteral rage against Nickolas (because Nick didn't want to watch NasCar) and tried to bite him. All I heard was a very primal yell and then Nickolas crying. Nick has a very high pain tollerance, so when he cried I know it is bad. He managed to keep James from biting his hand and his face, but the kid managed to latch on on Nick's chest. He now has a black and blue mark in the shape of a mouth.

The reasoning later used to defend his behaviour: He flies into rages just like his dad, he sees red and there is no dealing with him *giggle*. After Jimmy's death she was going to get James some counseling, it has never happened. I am goign to try to take a stand that until he gets some serious help she will not see us around.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder if we have any in the stores up here? We have a bunch of specialty markets and such. I just found out Sunday that I can get my favorite lychee gummy candy at the Walgreen's 1/2 block away from my place. They have lychee and melon flavors here, but no kiwi. Alas.

I saw these at Publix; they were with the other berries, in a smallish plastic container like the kind raspberries and blueberries come in. Surely if Publix has them, so does Whole Foods.

Alas, I don't think ripe fruit would ship well.

I should do a bit of web research and figure out how to tell when lychees are ripe/good. Maybe I will make a pie. Hmmm...

Splort

I don't think Rose'll ever use my computer again...

I've got a geek keyboard - no labels whatsoever on the keys :)

Bless you.

Or, maybe it is excuse you.

But I understand the keys are very sticky.

Aaaargh! TV just showed me old lady diapers! On old ladies!! Why???!!!

Lisa had one of those she made herself, by wearing off the letters on her keyboard through its constant use. I think this explains the odd spelling in many of her computer-based writings

Really to market them effectively they need to be seen as sexy - we need super-models in depends

Catheters on the Catwalk...
Walkers are the hip new accessory

I'm wondering what the difference is between "Gol" and "Golazo."

Laughing Guy was on the subway again this morning. He laughed when this lady stumbled over someone's foot. It made me smile.
:)

In fact, Laughing Guy and Beefy Goodness were both on the train this morning. Good times!

There, I fixed it.

So now it can't reproduce.

Beefy Goodness heard me call Ralphie "Hon" today on the subway. Now he knows I'm not on the market. Oh well...
:( :D

I am bored... no new orders to process. I am teaching someone else how to invoice the orders...no orders makes this really difficult. I am not allowed to be in the warehouse because I need to be in here to answer the phone (it isn't ringing). It is going to be uber hot here today, and the warehouse is like a sauna, so not being able to be out there isn't a bad thing right now.

Nickolas had visitors last night at 9, wanting him to spend the night, but he was being a pill and I said no. I fee guilty abbout saying no. I feel worse that when he asked who was at the door I lied and said no one. He is gonna be a pissy puppy today when he finds out.

This morning I used the rats to wake him up. I opened his door and took them out. 2 of them made their way into his room. Fluffernutter ended up on his bed and kissed him awake, so at least he was in a good mood this morning.

Trying to get into the bathroom to get ready for work is hard when you have 3 rodents tyring to get in there with you. They kept standing on my feet. I had to drop them on the couch and run for it.

Last night was a scene right out of a B horror movie. There were June bugs everywhere outside. If you turned on a light and went out there you were attacked. This morning there were carcasses all over the place.

Sunday it is expected to be 110. I don't plan on leavnig my house all weekend.

did I mention I was bored?

So I was reading a flyer in our break area asking for book donations to be sent to school children in Kenya. The flyer said, "Did you know that over 80% of Kenyans are literate?" And I thought, damn they're kicking our ass!

Then I thought that maybe they meant illiterate.

I was kissed awake by a big Welsh Corgi sized rat this morning. :D

So... earlier this week they blocked MSN at work. Not a huge surprise, it was blocked by division.
Now it appears they have blocked gTalk. It wont even work when I log into my gMail.

I'm sad. But I suppose I mgiht get more work done. So long as they dont block LoT.

... I'm at work. With nothing to do, so I surf. I wish I was at home so I could be productive.

Me too.

I came in early so I could leave early. But I finished all my stuff, so now I have nothing to do...

I came in early so I could take an hour lunch. But I got flaked on so now I can't leave early but I don't have lunch plans, or lunch from home.

Tell me more about this foreign concept.

WOOHOO! I have something to do. And chocolate. Today is going to be a great day.

I have been running a line by line comparison of a newer version of a billing report (to the older, currently production version) that contains around 2000 contracts with 27 elements of cost each that must be verfied and any variances reported for further investigation.

This means that I have approximately 54000 numbers on two reports to compare.

I will never finish.

The LoT keeps me sane when all the numbers start running together.

This automated, right?

Isn't there a global somethingorother you could do?

We have to remember that scaeagles is billing by the hour.

Sadly, no. I can automate various processes such as this within the production system to compare the same data from one report to another and report mysterious variances.

However, the users don't like this (and actually the government auditors don't either) when changing from one production version of a program to a newer version with enhanced capabilities. It is actually their job to perform the final verification, but over the years they have brow beaten me and their own IT department with their laziness and lack of willingness to do the job of final approval on enhancements they request, and that has led to piles and piles of projects that are never signed off on, making me and IT look bad regardless of how much documentation we produce that it is actually the users who are not doing their jobs.

And alas, these are not Excel spreadsheets or finding any variances would be simple. They are reports run on a mainframe that produce .pdf files. So it is eyeballing line by line.

And yes, while it sucks, I do bill by the hour.

Dude, when you get to the point of making this statement, I'm sorry to say it's too late.

Sad, but most likely true.

Showers are nice.

Lounging around afterward is nicer.

Knowing you'll be at work in 45 minutes isn't.

One other thing about those stupid reports....I'm no going to tell the users, but I am only verifying totals. Each of the contracts can have anywhere from 1 to 15 years of data for those 27 elements of cost, averaging probably 6 years each. If the totals don't match, then I will investigate the years. I am not going to multiply my verification of 54000 numbers by the average of 6 and have to verify 324000 numbers on two reports.

Do you want to retire on this job or not?

You just made my eyes glaze over.

That's why he gets paid the big bucks.

Well, maybe if you had a decent pair of glasses that wouldn't happen.

I hate when posts starting using all this tech talk. It goes right over my head.

Me too! :D


Okay, I've been on YouTube since GD posted that awful, awful video. :D And I just watched a Daily Show interview with Anderson Cooper. Can I get kicked off the board for saying that I would totally bang Anderson Cooper?
:)

well...not bored anymore, just got laid off.... wierd thing is I don't feel all that bad about it.

Sorry :(

I am so happy... my wife comes home from work and all she wants to talk is coaster tech! :D

This is the best job she's ever had :)

Thank you. I have already added it to my resume, and will start sending it out again this weekend. I may even kidnap Nickolas on Monday and head to DLR.

The good thing is that I found that job with ease, so I am not worried about finding another one. At least now the 8 month gap doesn't look quite as bad.

Not if I get first crack at em. :p

Coop is totally hot. I want to make little Vanderbilt babies with him.

Oh sorry, I misread that as "Alice Cooper" :D

We're supposed to have a heat wave this weekend. It might get up to 85 degrees!

We're supposed to get rain.

I wanted to get up early enough to go shopping tomorrow. That may not happen.

It's never a good thing when your morning commute makes the lead on the national news. :(

You do know you can convert a PDF into an excel file right? Especially a nice neat computer generated one.

Sympathies! We're getting mucho rain here, although it didn't significantly affect my commute.

Hmmm....that looks handy. I figured there were conversion utilities available, but hadn't looked for any.

I'm working at my desk with a migraine. It's not fun. I need to get a deposit in asap and then I'm going to leave. Ugh. :(

I'm sorry your desk is not feeling well. :(

Perhaps you should get it some Aspin tablets.

No, asprin so not strong enough for the average desk. I know, mine needs more tlc than that.
I should find out what color my desk is this week. I havent seen it in a while.

My bad.... you dont want aspirin for your desk... I get it now.
Poor desk. I hope it feels better.

Jokes are so lost on me.

I saw this the other night... tried to email it to NA, no idea if it worked... but someone buy this for her!!!

Life Lessons #22 Figure

LV and I were saying that we knew about them, but we didnt know you could buy them!

I swear that when I discover the individuals responsible for this piece of crap budget module I will shoot them dead. And then I will personally bring them back to life so that I can kill them in ever more inventive ways. Don't tell me the damn thing's logical. There is no logic about a system that sometimes will distribute salary changes automatically across the biennium and sometimes requires manual distribution, and the only way to tell the difference is to try it one way and see if it works.

For the record - if you're trying to eliminate one position and move all of its salary into another position you must distribute the amounts manually. If you attempt to auto distribute, it will claim you're fine and that you zero out on the final edit, but when you go to submit the changes it will have fits about the permanent service period being greater or less than zero, even though adding 12.0- to the existing 12.0 would logically produce the desired result, and DOES produce the desired result if you do the manual distribution. Which *looks* just the same when you're done as the auto distribute.

Stupid piece of crap.

I LOVE it! If only she was a redhead.

And, the email did work, AM. The change was too funny. THanks!

Laugh all you want. But if my head had exploded from my migraine, you would have all felt bad. :D



I just came from another board. 500 threads about the POTC refurb! My head's swimming! :D

500???? What the hell could the topics be?

"Since the refurb, the water temperature is precisely .76 degrees colder. This simply ruins the entire experience!"

I'm exaggerating, Leo the Literal. There are many, many threads. :D

And the topics are like that...

LOL! I hope it doesn't get THAT inane. But, I don't read as much any more so I don't end up seeing this kind of stuff. It may just exist.

I half expect ISM to post something like my hypothetical.:evil:

What do you think Pirates will look like on the 200th anniversary of the Park? What about Tomorrowland? Will you be there?

Remember Hymie the Robot on Get Smart? That's me.

Jack Sparrow's hands are in inappropriate places on those female mannequins!

Barbossa looks like father Christmas!

Where is the Orlando Bloom AA?

I dropped my Dole Whip in the flume. Will that get me banned from Disneyland?

Where does that other tunnel lead?

The AA for the last Jack Sparrow is the old AA of the pirate that used to balance on the powder keg...

^ Oh, wait. That last one was my comment. :D

What does tornado weather look like?

I'm too young to remember 'Get Smart'! :evil:

I posted my resume last night...I have already recieved a call about it. I also spoke to the director of operations yesterday about how long he thinks I may be off of work. He said that he talked to the owner and she is thinking 2 weeks. I loved working there, the hours were ideal, but at the same time I don't want to have my job stability depending on someone who is paranoid and bi-polar.

All of a sudden it is incredibly windy outside. What's with this odd weather? Is it Monsoon season?

Nope - another cheerleader convention at DL.

It's a hazy grey and super windy outside. Been that way for about an hour now. Looks like a mega storm is rolling in.

Weather says slight chance of showers and a thunderstorm tonight (for south county)

Yep, monsoonal weather coming up from the south.

We've had thunderstorms here in San Diego all morning.

One year, long ago, we were in San Diego at the Con. Chris and I had just started dating and we were exploring the shipping docks that are near the convention center. We had climbed up on a big crane and the wind picked up. It was hot hot hot, humid and incredibly windy. Then the lightening started. It was spectacular, but I don't think we were in the safest environment for a lightening storm.

There was a hurricane (or Typhoon in the Pacific - right?) brewing off of Mexico that was causing it. This weather is very similar to that experience. Stay off of tall, exposed structures.

They still call them hurricanes in Mexico (we are considered the Eastern Pacific)

I have an interview with a temp agency tomorrow morning. I did call SY and spoke to the girl who trained me and asked if I could use her as a reference. I don't know if she has the spine to tell the owner that I have an interview or not... I just can't believe that the owner truly expected me to stick around and wait for 2 weeks for the phone to ring to tell me I can go back to work.

One of the best make-out spots ever

Better than church?

I never got past the church parking lot so I can't comment on that, though the parking lot was quite good - but that was when I was dating a Catholic.

Confessionals are the best spots within the church.

Nope... not going to touch that one ;)

Convenient one-stop shopping. Sin and repent without ever having to leave your knees.

So, do priests give out toasters too?

I think the term is "indulgences"

This is just too easy.:evil:

You should know - you're the pope! (someone dig up that picture).

So today when I cam home, our neighbors were hosing down their sofa and other livingroom furniture - it seemed an odd way to clean these pieces, and made me wonder what had happended that they needed to be put out on the fornt lawn and hosed down.

I'm glad certain posters here seem to be spending less time on other boards (or at least that's my perception--maybe you're all just spending more time on the internet). Maybe I'm the only one who's noticed, but this has meant more DL threads lately, and since I rarely read other boards now, this means that I actually have some inkling about what is happenin' in Anaheim.

Not sure - I'm too old for them.

So, now that I'm home my hair is behaving much better. I'll be sure to schedule my next trip during a 'miasma' -less month. (Either that or give it up and let it go curly).

Oh, I got my sis talked into a trip next April- it will be Spring Break, but that's better than nothing. Tori really wants her cousin to go, and it would be fun for her to have a kiddo her age to play with (and fight with) while there. She was really bummed when we were unable to meet up with Katiesue and her girl. (As was I).:(

Maybe next time we can get The Boy and The Girl together. I know he would like to have another kid around for a change.

Mine too.. he'd like another kid at a meet.

Beefy Goodness was not on the subway today. :(
Laughing Guy was, though. :)

Today had better be a better day then yesterday. I will do my best to try to manipulate it to be so. Otherwise, I'm goiong to hae to go back to bed and start my day over again. ;)

More soccer makes me happier, but it also gives me more bruises.

Hear hear!

So we got a new hire last week, I found out today she's a former cast member. She heard me regailing some other coworkers with your PotC line stories.
She preceedes me though... she left before 1990.

(and I bought a car. I'm totally ashamed and embarrased about it, but by posting it, even in little bitty letters, I can now say that I have told someone)

Why are you ashamed and embarassed about a new car? Did you buy a clown car?

You gotta watch out driving those clown cars. A couple of years ago, on the I-5, a clown car hit the center median and exploded. 99 clowns died in that accident. Mr. Bumpers, the driver, was the only one who survived. :(







:D

99 clowns? Seriously?

(it's a joke based on my GC imposed title of Mr. Literal)

Gotta agree with NA - why embarrassed? Be proud! I have a new car, too. Bad news is I bought it literally 5 days before I found out about the probable job upheaval I am facing.

I'll even tell about it. It's a brand spanking new Chevy Avalanche. Very cool. Can run on 85% ethanol, but sadly, there is not one ethanol refueling station anywhere in the Phoenix metro area. Go figure. Also has a huge old V-8 that's smart enough to run on 4 until power is needed, then the others kick in.

Of course, due to the unfortunate timing issue, my family and I might end up living in it, but that's another story.:)

Can't Sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't Sleep...Clowns will eat me...
Can't Sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't Sleep...Clowns will eat me...
Can't Sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't Sleep...Clowns will eat me...
Can't Sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't Sleep...Clowns will eat me...
Can't Sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't Sleep...Clowns will eat me...
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The Avalanche is prrruddy. But it looks like it belongs on the Autopia. :p

I don't know. There could have been a mime or two in there. It was so long ago. :(










:D

????? Don't be dissin' my truck!

Pictures please.

I am always wanting a new car. The top 2 at the moment are a Volvo V50 and that new Toyota mini SUV that looks like a vintage land cruiser. I saw one is a silver-blue with chrome and i WUVED it. I know next to night about it though.

Well if you bought this I wouldn't be :p



That truck makes me hot. /sigh

Mine looks exactly like the second pic from BTD - color and all - with the exception of the funky bumpy thing on the lower door panels.

I think Lisa wanted photos so she could get your license plate number...

If I had to picture a truck that Leo was driving, it would look like Mater.
:D

So...and y'all better write this one down...now that I've actually had a good night's sleep for 3 nights in a row, I'm not completely exhausted to the point that drinking 4 cups of coffee doesn't even keep me awake. Who'd have figured?

I was thinking Hummer ;)

Anyway, I went completely in the other direction this time, sizewise. I traded in my Maxima for a Sentra and I love it. Currently, I'm getting 31.4 going back and forth to work, but I expect that to go up in cooler weather when I can cut back on the AC. The best highway mileage I've gotten so far is 39.9 on my recent trip to New Orleans. Love the 300W Rockford Fosgate 9 speaker thump factory and love the 6 disk CD changer. I couldn't be happier.

I bought on April 15th, when traditionally no one is shopping for cars. Hungry salesman = Salesman willing to deal.

Crying.

Got my mail. Big ugly IRS envelope.

They documented an error in the 2004 filing. I pulled up my 2004 taxes on the computer and pulled the file from the cabinet, and damn it they're right.

Turns out I made a mistake on declaring business paid child care expenses. I owe them money. $1300. Ouch.

Does it matter that I wanted to quit the day after I bought mine?

Why... because I'm a huge martyr type who takes things waaay too personally, and takes guilt on when it isnt mine to take. (Okay, if you know me, you're sitting there thinking omg, she admitted it!)
I think that some other people in my life should have gotten a new/er car before me, that I dont deserve it, blah blah. I wont bore you with those details. I've never had a new car, never had car payments, and never expected to have either.

Never mind that I was driving a 1987 two door Manual Nissan Sentra that wasnt passing smog, and the blue book value was under what it would cost to repair it. That my mechanic told me six months ago not to take outside the city if I wanted to arrive at my destination.

I bought a 2006 Toyota Corolla. Automatic, power windows, a/c, and cloth seats.
Do i love it? No, I love my a/c'less Nissan. But its a guilt thing as I said. my son loves the new car. He has a door, and its not as hot as the old car. And we wont have to borrow a car to go to Disneyland.

It's driving my family nuts that they talk to someone and mention my car, only to discover I havent told the people they think are my closest friends.


(the stock image, not MY car, but I made sure it was the right color and all that rot)


What I was driving. Someone elses car, but looks just like my baby, only mine is white.

Guilt is a useless emotion.

Ha!!
Yeah, its a well practiced emotion with me.

Me, too. I was raised Catholic in a Sicilian/Portugese family. I know guilt. Sadly. :D

You deserve your new car. Enjoy it. Why not? People who don't deserve sh!t get new stuff all the time. You're worth it. You need to remind yourself of that. You should be your biggest fan. If not, no one else will be. Pat yourself on the back.
:)

word for word the first thought in my head when I read it.

I know you pretty well my friend. You so very much DO deserve it.
now hush up and enjoy having A/C at least as an option on days like these.


truth. stone cold truth

avoiding it is, however, at times easier said than done.

I used to drive that exact same Nissan Sentra. At least externally. Mine was a standard, not automatic, and the a/c worked like crap.

Oh no, dont misunderstand. The nissan is a standard/manual, and has no a/c. Vinyl seats, cracked dash, no room for anyone over ten in the back seat...

I'm trying to sell it back to the state through the emissions program.

Here, I'll help you out, Ponine. I'll let you give your car to me. :D No car, no guilt. :D

Sounds like a fair deal.
And see... we're trying to get new chairs in our deptartment... We've done half, we still need like five more. HR said NO. So they brought the guy's chair who said no over... it looks like poo.
So what was my first instict? I emailed him and offered him my new chair.
No thought behind it, just emailed. Now I feel guilty that his chair looks so bad, and I got a new one.

Maybe in the grand scheme of life, maybe he deserves a crappy chair? Maybe having a crappy chair will get him to invent a chair that is a perfect fit for anyone who sits in it? Who are you to deny the world of this discovery? :D

I know I'm being silly, but giving away your nice chair is silly too. :D

Ah, Ponine, we could be related. I was notified in the morning that I got two awards for performance last semester - and then, after Ryan offered to buy me a fruity beverage in celebration, spent the afternoon feeling like I haven't accomplished enough and don't deserve the $4 starbucks slushy thing.

Shall we beat our heads on the wall in stereo?

(On the other hand, I totally deserved my new Corolla when we got it a few years ago. Also traded up from a sentra with multiple issues. You'll love the Corolla!)

The Yahoo Slurp Spider is viewing the Digital Rectal Examination Simulator thread.

I love the new Corollas. It was next on my list if I couldn't get the price I needed on my 3. They are cute, fun, powerful and reliable little cars. Don't worry, you'll be driving that thing until it has 200,000 miles.

Haha, my parents got suckered by a car dealer.

Okay, actually, they walked away with a good deal...but still got more car than they were looking for.

They wanted the Toyota Avalon, either the touring package or the XL. So they called around and found a dealer said they had 3 (1 touring, 2 XLs). They show up, the guy walks around the lot...and can't find the cars with those packages. "Ooooh, they must be in our over flow lot. Lemme drive you over there." So they head over to Van Nuys...where they once again can't find any XLs our touring. "Well, we've got some Limiteds on the lot..." The Limited package being the highest end, of course. So my parents are hemming and hawing, when they spot a manager (if you knew my mom, you'd know that this is when the story gets good). She pulls him into the conversation and says something to the effect of, "So, we call and this guy says you've got XLs and tourings. We get here and he's trying to sell us the Limited. Ever hear of the term 'bait and switch'?"

Ding, she said the magic words. Next thing you know, they're being offered the Limited at invoice. They ended up paying below the Touring sticker for the Limited. Like I said, a good deal...but they probably would have paid less than that if they had actually found an XL or touring. Suckers.

Of course, I'll be jealous of their Nav and auto-sensing door locks.

I'm jealous of anyone with A/C. I've been dying the last few days in traffic.

So....My wife takes the kids to Peter Piper Pizza at lunch today. With her ticket winning from games, my sweet little 4 year old girl got a whoopie cushion.

She is stalking my office. Every time I get up from my chair, she runs in and places it. I then must pretend that I do not know she has and sit on it, and act surprised and playfully upset. She is quite amused by this game.

Sure, blame the gas on your 4 year old. Nice.

Trust me - it doesn't smell bad enough to be mine.

Oh, mine plays that game on Grandpa. Only after about ten times, grandpa sits down hard enough that it pops.

You're telling me to break my kids new toy? Mean thing.:p

Try it. My guess is that the sphincter pops before the whoopie cushion. :)

Nickolas and I just got home from a tour of http://www.indianpointranch.com/index.html . It was the same one that was used in an episode of Fear Factor.

I have decided that I must not speed, I must set the cruise control to stop myself from speeding, both to and from Tehachapi. I am tired of panicking every time I pass a CHP sitting on the side of the road and watching him pull in behind me. On the way up, it wasn't too bad. I saw him and was able to adjust my speed. He was in the center divider. On the way home he was sitting on the side, with an overpass embankment hiding him. I pulled off the freeway (I think I was doing 85ish when I passed him) and he pulled off the freeway too. Luckily, when I turned onto a frontage type road, he kept going. *whew*

I know that the cops near and in Tehachapi are pretty harsh. I see them pulling people over all the time. We've been followed a couple of times only to have the cop pull off after five minutes or so.

Lychee at Pike Place Market! I don't know why I didn't think of that earlier! Also got rainier cherries, corn, apple compote, and lamb sausage.

Did not get the Fluevog's I had been eyeing as the salesdude said there's a closed-toe version coming in fall and I'd wear that more often. Also told me there's a new heel coming out! "Teapot" heel. Should be out any moment!

I had the absolute worst day of my entire career on Wednesday - and today, not only was I cleared of any wrongdoing, I was rewarded for taking the right course of action in ugly times.

I saw lychee at Trader Joe's. I have no frame of reference to determine whether they were ripe or not.

Why does this not surprise me? Yay Matt.

Listening to Jay Leno as I make one list LoT visit before bedtime.

I guess there was a story about a senator (or somebody) who had an accident in his SUV. Seems he was drunk AND masturbating.

Jay was wondering if that is considered a car-jacking?

(Well, it made us laugh)

Can I just say that I could give a rat's patootie about Star Jones and her 'View' problems?!


:D

It was a Minnesota Timberwolves basketball player, and not only was he drunk- he was masturbating while watching porn on his dashboard mounted dvd player :eek:

article here

While watching the news last night I found out why they were so thick in that area-between Bakersfield and where you start climbing the hill. A drunk driver in an SUV crossed the center divider and killed a 4 yr old boy yesterday morning.

Ugh!

I'm not sure who that is, but for some reason I always think it's the same person as Divine Brown who gave Hugh Grant a PR problem

I don't think that anything in the world tastes better than a strawberry fresh from the garden, all warmed by the sun.

Especially if you picked it while walking through Tomorrowland ;)

I guess being layed off is bothering me more than I thought. I was just woken up by a dream about no longer working there.

Feeling a little blue tonight. There's only so long you can watch a sick mother in pain in person before you have the horribly chicken urge to run back to the other side of the country. Which I will be doing tomorrow morning, on my scheduled flight. My father--her nurse of sorts-- must be, like, a half-step from reaching complete enlightenment. No dung-beetle reincarnation for him.

I can relate all too well, LSPE. I'm sorry you are going though this. It is very trying indeed to watch someone you love sick and in pain. I wish you peace and strength.

Have a safe flight home. ::hugs::

Something to cheer up LSPE...

I saw this ad on the Photobucket site:

What the heck is up with his hair?

(I thought the ad morphed from an adult to a kid but it doesn't do anything...)
:D lol!

I'm sorry, I can't read that. I'm blinded by hair!

Home safe and going to collapse. Back soon.

I seem to have an extra kid for the night. There were 2 extras, but 1 got bored (after being here for less than 20 mins) and went home. I think the one that left saw this as a chance to get away from his younger brother for a night.

I'm at work today... by myself. :D

Sing it for me, Celine Dion!
"All by myseeeelf!"

Obsessing, thanks for asking.

Wednesday or Thursday of last week, I started noticing some pain in my right foot, second toe, first joint inside the body of the foot. How did I injure it? No clue. Not bad, I thought, at first. By Friday, people were beginning to ask why I was limping. No big thing, sez I. I just needed to get off it and the four day weekend coming would be just the ticket.

Saturday, some swelling, not much. So I tried not to walk around much. Roller Coaster Tycoon got more play from me that day than it has in some time.

Sunday, huge swelling. My foot was at least half again bigger than it's normal size. No pain, oddly, but the swelling also included my ankle and part of the way up my calf. So I spend most of the day flat of my back with my feet up, not a particularly unpleasant position if that's what I want to be doing, but when forced not so enjoyable.

Today, the swelling has gone down in the calf and ankle, but the foot is still swollen and the tenderness in the toe joint is back. I called my GP, but it seems his office is enjoying a four day weekend too. I left a message with their service.

What do I do if my doc tells me to get off that foot and stay off it?

"But, Doc... Buddy... You don't understand. I'm going to Disneyland next weekend and this foot's going with me!":D

Do you think the swelling has anything to do with an insect bite or something? Like an allergic reaction to something that bit you? My ankle was swollen the other day and I found out that I was bit by a spider or something when I was walking Frodo in the park. It all went away...



Ha ha. If you have to stay off of your foot then you need a wheelchair at Disneyland! Yeehaw! GD and Lisa can take turns pushing you. :D

Could be, I suppose. But there are no marks and the original pain was inside the body of the foot. No pain anywhere on the skin, which is what I'd expect from a bite.

*shudder* That's not how I've been picturing next weekend. If a wheelchair is required, I want one of those motorized speed buggies. KaChow! :evil:

:shrug: Hmmm. Oh well. That was just a thought about the swelling. I'm no doctor. :D

Someone should start a SMcS Disneyland visit thread. I want pictures and stories and reporting of all LoT shenaniganery.

Oh, Scrooge, NOOO!! You must feel better by the weekend.

I will push you around in a wheelchair if need be.....

Hope you're okay:)

We'll all take turns pushing!

That's right... :D

Could it be some sort of tendonitis? You can easily pull or lightly tear something in a foot without really feeling it until later. Does ice and/or elevation help?

My recommendation - Take ibuprofen (it's primarily an anti-inflammatory). About 20 minutes after you take it, apply low grade heat to your foot for about half an hour. Heat draws the ibuprofen to the spot of injury.

Then get ice and elevate your foot so it is above the level of your heart. Go 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off with the ice for about two to three hours.

Should the swelling return, do the same thing the next day.

Possibly, or I was thinking maybe some kind of stress fracture.

I haven't tried ice, but elevation definitely helps.

Just got off the phone with the nurse and I'm scheduled at 2PM for an x-ray. She said keep it elevated and take some ibuprofen. ;) We'll see.

Trust me - add the low grade heat for 30 minutes, 20 minutes after you take it. Makes a tremendous difference.

I'm on it!

Thanks, buddy

One thing, though - the low grade heat will cause a slight addition to the swelling until you take it off, but that's OK. Don't freak out about it.

Low grade heat causes severe swelling, but that's just me.


Get well (and soon!), Scrooge McGimp.

That's why you don't want to keep it on long. Just long enough to draw the ibuprofen.

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What about all the time spent playing doctor with MBC?

He prefers playing corndog.

MBC playing corndog

Just got back from doc's office. No stress fracture...either tendonitis or gout

hope you feel better for your visit!

Ooooh, gout- the King's disease. You didn't happen to read the "We're all Royalty' thread, did you? ;)

Seriously though, I know that's painful. Eric gets it on occasion and it's no fun. Tc of you, mister!!!!

Oooh, no more organ meat for you, should it turn out to be the gout. So much for your sweet bread and liver breakfasts.