Soooooo......
 

What are you doing right now?


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Going skiing?

JEALOUS!

eta: of Moonie (as I realize there were a couple more posts on the next page that made my jealousy target ambiguous)

You're gonna love it, Moonliner!

Wow, that's great!!
We were considering doing this, back in November. But the date kept moving around that it made a trip from California way too hard to plan. I'll live vicariously thorugh you! We expect a trip report with pictures you know!

But of course! I just hope I beat the odds and get to see a launch.

I'm flying down Wednesday night, I have a room booked next Universal, A tour that includes a bus trip out to the causeway (the best viewing spot for the public) and I'm back out Thursday night. I'm doing my best to allow for a 1 or 2 day delay but anything longer than that and I'm toast.

Very cool!

No, just a random weekend road trip. Underestimated the storm a bit and the planned timing for everything got shot to hell so it ended up just being a 1,142 two-day drive to nowhere and then back.

But Lani and I enjoy just driving so it was all ok. And the jinxedness of it all (a 2-hours-to-go-1-mile traffic accident near Cisco Gap, a call to AAA the next morning, getting everywhere interesting just after they closed, learning that Death Valley after dark isn't all that different than Kansas, etc.) just gets chalked up to adventuring.

Plus, now I can say I've slept at the Wills Fargo Motel in Baker (favorite room feature? The wall lamp about 18" above the right side pillow on the bed).

So I totally like, like this message. It's like too bad it's like a parody or something.

*sigh*

Here we go again.....

Weather forecast for the DC metropolitan region

Sunday: For Monday - Light Rain with a wintry mix

This Morning: Up to 2 inches of snow

Noon: Up to 5 inches of snow

Currently: Up to 8 inches of snow

I can't wait for the evening news.... :(

Well, if it helps, Gary Braun said last Thursday on Tony Kornheiser's radio show that up to a foot of snow was possible on Monday (he said that it probably would be rain but that it would be just right on the edge of cold enough that a little bit colder than modeled and it would be a lot of snow).

So, as usual, the sports radio show ends up being the reliable source of information.

While getting over to the eastern side of the Sierras proved to be something of a cluster****, the views once over there were well worth the trip. Ah, the magical power of snow, for it can even make Reno look pretty.

I'm going to guess Carson City or Gardnerville?

Somewhere between Lee Vining and Mammoth.

Ahh I was a little too far north. I think I made something like 20 trips up/down 395 in a two year time span, all kinds of weather. It's still a more preferable drive over the 5. Now I need to do it and take a little more time to enjoy the scenery.

So pretty, Alex! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Eastern Sierras. Just the way they jut out of the landscape is incredible. And, yes, there are only 2 sure ways to get over the Sierras in winter - 80 and 58. I think 80 is not even a sure thing at times.

BRRRRRRR!

(not related to the above conversation, I'm just cold. Supposed to get just a few degrees above freezing by 6am)

We have at most an inch of snow on the ground this morning. Now I don't know who to trust.

5 years
9 months
5 days

<<sigh>>

I'm on a VERY long journey.

Of course, it's pretty easy to get to the Eastern side of the Sierras from L.A. ;)

Is that your locker combination?

No. The key to my (eventual) freedom.

Bump

25!

I see they changed something in the Matrix again.

I've been in Utah for over 3 years. I grew up in the snow of Western Michigan. Why did 12 years in SoCal have to make me so soft?!?!

It's official. I will never like the cold. I have an incomprehensible ability to tolerate heat.

It's been colder here, even in the last couple of weeks, but the 38-degrees + wind right now has sent me over the edge. I am so. done. with. winter. It hasn't even been a bad year, so I feel like a violin should be playing above my shoulder.

In related funny, I just checked the local TV station's website for the weather, and this is what I saw:

Good timing on the new thread. My cheese approves.

Don't hold your breath, but cross your fingers.

My fingers are crossed for you.

That'll teach you for laughing at my choice of winter attire.

Amongst other reasons, I hope that LoT never goes away so that some day we will have a Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo......... ............................... thread

So, anyone free Monday from 7am to 5pm? I'm meeting the salvation army truck and may need some help schlepping a few pieces of furniture down stairs?

Poopooheads that know how to submit to quotes. ;)

Taxes filed. Once again, the government was collecting interest on far more of my money than I would have preferred. Freaking impossible to get withholding right in a year where our income dropped by 30% and of course get the child credit. Oh well, there are worse things than an early-year windfall.

Believe it or not, snow predicted here in SF tonight.

Yep, they say it may even fall at sea level (in Bay Area). And I'm hearing OC rumors of snow too. I guess we'll all find out Saturday!

I saw it snow once in Huntington Beach. It was 1966 or 7.

I don't know if it's the weather or what, but everyone is acting goofy today.

A friend of mine received this tweet today:

I thought it was supposed to be cold and rainy today.

It's cold enough, but this whole "bright and sunny" thing kind of eliminates that whole "snow" thing. Although the paper said that for 90 seconds yesterday some fell, but I wasn't in this town yesterday, I was an hour drive away. Where it did not snow.

I could hang out here another day and get to go with my nephew's scout troop up to the snow tomorrow EXCEPT, I'm scheduled for a conference call Monday at like 1pm, which precludes being able to drive south Monday until after that time, which might not go over so well with hubby. Prob. should stick to original plan of driving like a bat outta hell tomorrow and making it south by the Oscars.

With the way the weather has been, it's probably best to just take it slower. I'm sure Alex would rather have you alive.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Not Afraid (in another universe) But, I can still post here. You all are poopooheads.

...And who know how to spell.. Everyone knows it's spelled: Poo Poo Heds. :p

Which is why I won't be coming home Monday either, because he doesn't want me going over Grapevine after sunset in freezing temps. So now I'm driving home Tuesday. Which is fine too :)

Smart move! :snap:

There's a new family moving in next door - a young couple with two small children. It's too early to tell if they are going to be evil.

How can such a scrawny cat make such an awful stench?

Can someone recommend a skin moisturizer for men? I prefer something that doesn't leave a greasy feeling and especially don't want a heavy and/or girlie scent. Completely odorless would be ideal, but that's probably asking too much.

I would go with Lubiderm. No odor, no greasy feeling.

I can't wait to see what advice Kevy has for you.

Kevy, I said moisturizer not lube! ;)

I like the St. Ives line of products. There are some products that are "for men" these days that will probably meet your needs.

Cetaphil is unisex and recommended by my dermatologist years ago as being completely without scent and color and other crap. The soap is good too.

I will second the Lubriderm. Susan uses it for her tattoos (which BTW, with the two recent additions now goes up between her breasts and up to her left shoulder). I used to put it on her back and was not put off by what was left on my hands (I too hate lotion).

My response to SM is much different than if you had been asking.

That's not cool. If there is something better than Lubriderm you shouldn't hold it back from Szczer.

Aah, I get it... "Biak" is his middle name... ;)

For Gods Sake, don't let Bill see that link..... :evil:

We're safe. He wouldn't wear it.

I left my cellphone at home this morning. I feel incomplete.

Just booked our flights to Anaheim- we'll be there from 6/18 to 6/23. Happy girl here. :D It's Tori's 16th B-day week- can you believe it?

No, I can't believe that anyone would spend their Sweet 16 with us.

I hope I have boobs by then.

You mean New and Improved Bionic Wonder Boobs?

I can always flash DCA for the both of us ;)

At this rate, I won't any have boobs by then. Stupid boob-centric weight loss!

But, no, Wendy, no I refuse to believe our Tori is already 16. Tell her to please stop growing up so fast!!

Soooooo...... I am really tired.

So, Thurston got us up at 3AM this morning. He barked for a half hour straight and nothing we could do would settle him. Lisa suspects it may be my mom, which makes me wonder about what form ghosts get to take. I mean, my mom got her leg amputated before she started her decline, so when she was cremated, she was missing her foot. I imagine her spirit hobbling around the living room trying to find her lost foot. No wonder Thurston was upset.

On the other hand, knowing my mom, she was probably just worried about her rent being paid, and that we notified the appropriate public agencies of her death. So I brought her into the office, poured a glass of her Velvet Chablis, and showed her a quick accounting of her remaining estate I had put into Quicken.

Perhaps tonight, I'll read her some Goethe, and slip a benedryl in her box.

Ghosts. Why did it have to be Ghosts?

Posting from the freeway is fun !

Reminds me of when my sister Georgie died. It was Christmastime, and my parents had the stockings my mother made with our names on them hung on the fireplace. As usual, the toes on all five stocking were pointed the same way so that you could read the names. When we all got back to my parent's house after the funeral Georgie's stocking had been turned around...

We had a friend whose grandmother, who had been living with friend and had some VERY negative energy while still alive, passed away. When went to help friend clean up and without knowing her patterns and such commented on how uncomfortable a particular couch was. Found out that was the couch she lived on. When helped him cleanse the energy in his place and we couldn't keep the Sweetgrass lit in her bedroom (everywhere else was no problem). Weird experience!

Are pre-teen girls capable of doing anything that is not annoying?

!

In a word... no.

Is this in reply to me or Kevy?

That was to you

True. I vividly remember being a teenage girl and feeling well within my rights to be obnoxious. It seemed to me that things needed shaking up. (I was a bit of a late bloomer.)

I can't say I always enjoy teen shenanigans but quite often I find myself grinning at seeing kids work on societal boundaries, ie, making asses of themselves.

I was talking about pre-teens. A whole different ballpark.

CP: I remember thinking that people gave a crap about the things we did, such as spirit chants, etc. We thought we were so cool, haha.

Eh... it's all girls, regardless of age

Heh, exactly! We'd sing at the top of our lungs in very public places.

Valid point. Some early talker girls begin excelling at drawing attention to themselves at age 2. Sure, it can be cute, but after a while...

So it's only a 16x16 "house" and the balloons are weather balloons not standard party balloons, but I don't care. This exists (thanks to NatGeo) and that is awesome.



Story

Eh, making a house float wasn't the incredible part. I want to see them tie it to someone's waist and then have that person drag it around wherever they go for a couple of days.

At the risk of pissing people off...
 

Religion is like a pen¡s
It's fine to have one.
It's fine to be proud of it.
But please don't whip it out in public and start waving it around.
And please don't try to shove it down my throat.

Dang, turns out I'm a radical feminist on the issue of religion metaphors.

I just saw an unpleasant looking woman on a bicycle fly past the window....

Wow, that wind is taking its time going south then. People in the Valley have been talking about it for a couple hours now. I still have no sign of it down here.

No wind here yet either.

Happy Fat Tuesday everyone!

Now who want's :cakes: ?

With real maple syrup?

But of course! :)

My dark blue acoustic guitar arrived today. She's gorgeous! :D

Sooooo......

What do I do with an iPhone with a broken screen? Already bought Susan a replacement (iPhone 4), just not sure what to do with the old one.

Wipe it and throw it on ebay clearly stated as broken. Or take it to the Apple store and use it for 10% off another ipod.

You can replace the screen yourself (which voids warranty) but then you can use it as an iPod.

If it had a warranty, wouldn't he get it fixed?

One of the interesting things on the switch is that her 3GS was an 8 GB unit whereas the 4 is a 16 GB unit. However, when we set for the new unit to just be the new phone (with all of her apps and settings from her old phone), it said that it could not transfer all of her photos onto the new phone as there was not enough room. I didn't get a chance to look at it as she was too busy playing with her new phone (I suspect that it was trying to import more than the previous phone), but it was an oddity.

Out of warranty. To replace the screen would have been $100 (I wouldn't have the patience to do it myself) and I couldn't see spending half the price of a new phone on an almost two-year-old unit.

Rubber cement in large amounts, in an office makes for trippy afternoon.

You aren't supposed to snort it.


At least not in those amounts!

Kevy: ah, well then no harm opening it up and making an iPod out of it, eh?

So...Greg has the Facebook approval of my mother as a "funny guy."

Ghoulish Delight: Birther Approved.

Yeah, but you were so devastated by my wit that you had to delete the post in shame.

Wow. Bobby Knight is an older, more bloated Bob Odenkirk. Weird.

so.... I am now hooked on the new Battlestar Galactica. I wish I watched it during its first run. After I finish this I'll watch the original.

Trust me, there is no reason at all to watch the original.

Considering our thoughts differ on most movies and TV shows I'll take a chance. Besides, I still have a fangirl crush on a young Dirk Benedict and I want to see the original characters vs how they were interpreted. From what I've read, Katee Sackhoff's interpretation of Starbuck is pretty dead on.

I love the new Battlestar Gallactica. The original was awful TV and other than character names and the initial set up they're really not much the same thing.

But there's only one season of it so you won't lose too much time to it.

Maybe I should listen to your suggestion. I think it was your recommendation that got me to buy the Farscape boxed set and Peacekeeper Wars without knowing anything about it.

Original BSG only has 25 episodes. I'll probably get to it around summer. I still need to re-watch Farscape. My friend and I watched it marathon style when we were both unemployed. I lost a lot of the detail because it was a bit too heavy to watch it that way, especially coming off Stargate SG-1 marathon style.

I've never seen Farscape so I don't think it was me.

Humm. Maybe Andrew. Or FEJ.

Andrew, Fej and Alex are all the same person. :D

But how do you explain all of them in the same place at Mouse Adventure all those years ago?

Next you'll tell me that GD is a woman and CP is a man.

I am exhausted.

Could have been me.

That's why my dad watched the original when it was on: the Lorne Greene angle.

Lorne Greene in my psyche:

First: Alpo
Second: Battlestar
Third: Lorne Greene's New Wilderness (it was part of the animal/nature show daily trifecta at my grandparent's house that included Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and Marty Stouffer's Wild America)
Fourth: Bonanza (which I knew more from my grandmothers Ponderosa Ranch tourist memorabilia than ever actually watching the show)

For a mostly forgotten guy, he sure was around a lot in my childhood.

Lorne Greene was the second best father in history. Or maybe that was TV history. Or Ben Cartwright. What the hell, it's all the same.

Could have been you. My love for Ben Browder in minimal clothing isn't really a secret :evil: .

Well darn. Both cars have sensed the receipt of our tax refund and decided they needed to be towed to the mechanic a week apart. F word.

But on the bright side, at least the money was there.

So, here I am at home. What to do. I made empanadas for dinner last night.

Today I'm thinking of trying this bread that's made with a yeast batter instead of a dough (and the honeyed brown butter as well) or homemade pasta to have with chicken for dinner.

Or I could go outside and pull weeds or fix the lawn mower cord - but those things just don't sound like fun.

Or laundry.

By the way, don't ever leave the house with your washer running. Yesterday I heard a terrible rushing water noise and discovered the washer drain hose had come out of the pipe it sticks into. (the washer has become off kilter a few days ago and rocks a bit and I suspect it may be related.) Beware!

So I'm in line checking out at Ralphs and there is this weird cooked food smell that I can't really pinpoint. But they have a huge deli/hot food section so I figure that's what it is. I look down and the lady behind me has some sort of grilled fish - like a half a fish - in tin foil and she standing there eating it with her hands while she waits to check out. wtf? Then she asks the cashier if he has paper towels because some of the grease got on her cell phone.

I think I must be the only person who's parents told them you can't eat it till you buy it. But seriously fish with your hands in the check out line?

When I worked at Alpha Beta eons ago a lady came up with a banana peel. She'd eaten the banana while shopping and we couldn't make her understand that it was sold by weight so we can't just weigh the peel.

I often have a chocolate milk while shopping, it has never seemed to bother the cashier, they just ask if I would like them to recycle the container . . . but a banana? fish? That is like ordering something smelly to eat on a plane.

7AM tomorrow, the surgeon will storm the beaches of my throat... it's D-Day for my tonsils.

I hope all went well this morning! Eat lots of ice cream! I guess we won't be HEARING from you for a while......

Today at work I got a call on my cell that I didn't recognise. A guy came on and asked me if I worked in bathroom number 2. WTF? Do people really call people who work in numbered bathrooms??? I told him I think he had the wrong number, and he said sorry and goodby, so I don't think it was a crank call.....

Hope you have a quick recovery blueerica!

Rstar - maybe they were calling a building plumber asking about a job they recently did?

So - today I should be getting the car back. Last week the other car was in for repairs to the tune of $1300 (they did some maintanance and fixed a spark plug issue) and then just days later the Cherokee overheats. After they put in a new thermostat we discover coolent all over the passenger floor board. yay new heater core.

So - another $1000 roughly with that because they have to go in through the dash or some such nonsense.

Tax refund went to the vehicles this year. Guess I should be happy that it worked out that way instead of not having the money.

Will be nice to have the car back through and be mobile again. You never want to leave the house so much as when you can't.

Surgery went well from what I can tell... just residual nastiness from it all. From all the pictorial logs I've seen on adult recovery from tonsillectomy, I seem to be moving pretty quickly into scabbing. I'll take that as a good sign. I have the time to take off, but I put myself on the schedule for a Tuesday return. I guess I'll just have to see.

Ice Cream time!

Betty, good point. Perhaps it was some sort of a plumbing department for a large building. But he did ask if I work in, not did I work on the bathroom. My first thought was actually a batroom attendant in a hotel.

Blureerica, I'm also glad it went well. I'm also glad I had them out when I was four so now I don't have to worry about that one!

I love backstage access...

Matt, duck!!!

Found this on the 'net and was amused



Truths For Mature People

1. I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
   
2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.
   
3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.
   
4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.
   
5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
   
6. Was learning cursive really necessary?
   
7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
   
8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
   
9. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.
   
10. Bad decisions make good stories.
    
11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
    
12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection…again.
    
13. I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.
    
14. “Do not machine wash or tumble dry” means I will never wash this – ever.
    
15. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voice mail. What did you do after I didn’t answer? Drop the phone and run away?
    
16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
    
17. I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
    
18. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
    
19. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.
    
20. I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option.
    
21. Sometimes, I’ll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.
    
22. I would rather try to carry 10 over-loaded plastic bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
    
23. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.
    
24. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
    
25. How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said?
    
26. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!
    
27. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
    
28. Is it just me or do high school kids get dumber & dumber every year?
    
29. There’s no worse feeling than that millisecond you’re sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
    
30. As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate bicyclists.
    
31. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
    
32. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!
    
33. The first testicular guard. the "Cup," was used in hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means that it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.

So... I'll bet this hurt

I enjoyed this more than I should have. VM

That was my reaction

After spending a wonderful day at the park in the rain (Screamin' in a downpour is an interesting experience that should only have been done once), we stopped and picked up some soup and that really hit the spot.

We phoned ahead to Taps for two bowls of Clam Chowda. When we arrived, we were informed that they screwed up the soup that day and forgot to put the clams in it. So, we got two bowls of Clamless Chowda for free.

Susan and I volunteered as finish line workers for many years. While it was exciting to see the elite runners come in, it was always the everyday people that we always moved us the most.

What dumbass suggested you go on Screamin' a second time?

Some people seemed like they woke up that morning, and in trying to decide what they were going to do that day, and decided, "I think I'll run a marathon today."

The bloody nipples were the part that always made me cringe.

That's the worst part of marathoning rollercoasters on a really cold day, too.

You're not supposed to do that?

Damn.

Great name for a band.

I'd be worried about a resturant that could make Clam Chowder and forget to put in the clams. What else could they "forget"? To wash the dishes? Keep the meat cold?

The bloody nipples come from not protecting them and have your shirt chafe them for 26.2 miles until they bleed.

Putting a large bandage over them BEFORE the race is the best thing to prevent I believe.

I'd think having them surgically removed would be more of a guarantee.

Baconless BLT.

At least once a week, I get someone asking me if I have any ThinKrisps without cheese in them.

I used to order a BLT without the tomato. But it would confuse them so I resorted to just taking it off later.

And don't get me started on my Dad ordering Egg McMuffins without the Egg at the drive thru window. Mass confusion.

No bull...

I was at a Wendy's when the guy in front of me ordered "A double with cheese and no meat".

To his credit, the guy running the register did not bat an eye. He just charged the guy for a double and had the cook leave off the meat.

I hate it when I order a plain bacon cheeseburger and get meat and a bun with no bacon and no cheese.

I think on the plus side, this means that they make it themselves, which is more than one could say for a LOT of restaurants these days.

Also I'm going to give credit to pain meds for me thinking this entire thread of discussion from post #139 down for seeming like deja vu.

Yeah, but it also means their chowder is heavy on the potato and light on the clams (you know, when they remember to add them in at all!)

Several years ago, Denny's won the Pismo Beach Clam Festival Clam Chowder Cook Off. Pissed and embarrassed a lot of the local restaurants.

Actually, not a lot of potato in it - just a lot of creamy soup.

Whereas Souplantation's clam chowder is more like potato strips with a white watery cream sauce.

mmm clam chowder. I wanna go to Nova Scotia and eats seafood.

Shape-shifting bra made of NASA space foam is the latest thing in 'biocosmeceuticals'

Here ya go

Holy shtsauce. William Shatner is 80. Leonard Nimoy turns 80 in a few days.

Exsqueeze me?

That's not right. You must be a lying liar who lies. Why else would you say such things?

Obviously this is a time traveling Kirk/Shatner from the future or some alternate universe. Check and see if he has a goatee. That's always a dead giveaway something is wrong.

Should I be worried that I don't think 80 is that old?

My bf is 60 ... so bring on 80, 'cause he shows no signs of slowing down. And if this is how a 60-year-old f.... um, oh, nevermind.

Good thing you stopped yourself there, you'd sully your reputation for discretion and decorum.

Running the Gauntlet
 

You'll only get this if you played arcade games back in the 80s.

Elf is about to die.

I played a lot of arcade games in the '80s and I don't get it. Though I'm sure I would have in the '80s.

˄˄ What Alex said ˄˄

I didn't say you would get it...

Star Trek's 50th anniversary is coming up in 5 years.

Your 60 year old boyfriend is the guy that's late to everything? I have a feeling that's not going to change. You know, "old dog, new tricks?"





'Course, he sounds like he's pretty good with old tricks.

Holy carp! I finally read through all of my unread posts!

Sorry I missed LSPE's Descanso Gardens b-day. Looked like fun!

Your mom knew about it, because she's on facebook.

simply for lack of a better place to put them, and not really being worth their own thread....

spoilered for image size


aint history fun?

A little squicky on the last one since "got with" includes a lot of rape.

Plus it's wrong, there's not a 0.5% chance that I'm related to him, there's a 0.5% chance that a person randomly selected from the global population and asked to read that is related to him. My odds are significantly lower.

But that's being picky. I like the concept of these, just not that one.

personally, I want to know more about the parrot

Without digging too far, I found this. I am sure there is more out there.

Gauntlet Mojo !!! ("quick, shove in another coin" !!) :snap:

:p

A family friend who owned a pizza parlor in the 80s, used to joke that the Gauntlet video game financed his vacation home.

We're getting caught up on Big Bang Theory (we just started Season 2) and was amused by this vanity card that was actually cencorsed:

Have McDonald's shamrock shakes always been this bad? I certainly remember them being better in my youth.

I've never had one, but McDonald's milk shakes have always been the grossest "milkshake type product" I've ever had so I wouldn't be surprised.

Ah ha!

I can't feel too guilty about being late to work when my boss was even later.

The boy had to have one on St Patricks day, it didn't taste like they used to but the boy didn't notice. Then again I have never been a fan of McD's shakes. I'll take a Burgerville shake though!

I've always thought that McD's shakes were like cold mashed potatos.

Maybe if they put cilantro in the shamrock shake, Alex would give it a try! ;)

There is an episode of "Strange Sex" coming up on TLC called "Secret Pain":

Good grief, who would name a holiday after that!?!

And somehow putting all that on tv is supposed to help her?

Internet weirdness...

My niece the photographer is always looking for interesting people to photograph. She posted on facebook about wanting to go to the beach this week and I suggested she go to Newport and check out the dory boats.

I have a family history there. My father was a dory fisherman and my mom sold fish when I was little - about 4 or 5. Without going into too much detail, my parents divorced and my dad was no longer a fisherman there... but my mom still had friends there. Frank and Leslie were a couple I remember visiting as a kid a few times. I know my Mom has kept in touch a few times in the last 35 years or so.

Anyway - after suggesting she go to Newport, I looked up dory fisherman newport online and went to google image search to see if there were any good artsy photos of the area and one of the first photos is of Frank and Leslie. Frank died about 1 month ago.

I just called my Mom to let her know.

Strange to stumble across something like that... The photo is of them renewing their vows late last year after he was diagnosed with 4th stage lung cancer.

LoT just names things. We don't research them first.

If/when Google gets it's face search feature online you can except to see a lot more of this kind of thing.

I couldn't decide if this should go in the Disneyland forum or the Hep Cats forum... So I'm posting it here.

Disneyland fashion shoot 1961

Way cool, JW! :snap:

Wow that is fabulous. You need to post it in it's own thread, JW, to make sure everyone sees it!

I switched over to Crome today. I had enough of Firefox telling me I was still logged on even though I wasn't.
I like Chrome.
:)







So far.

Ahhhhhh! Scary Mickey at the end! HUGE head!
:D

Had a little fun with Photoshop tonight:

Those are fun Morri!

FYI, it sounds like there was a corrupt cookie on Firefox. If you delete cookies and try again, you shouldn't have the login issue. And Chrome is not immune from similar issues.

Corrupt Cookie! Sounds like a band name.
Thanks for the info. I clear all cookies every time I close Firefox. Or should I go somewhere else and clear other cookies?

Hmm, no, that should do it.

Chrome is rad. Stick with it, GC!


Those Stretch Room portraits are BEYOND rad, Morrigoon - but I remain sad - and ashamed - that I never noticed how crappy the "new" ones in the Mansion are compare to the originals (and just sad that even the originals were crappy compared to the real artwork).

They do make it really easy to switch over from Firefox to Chrome, I must say. I like how narrow Chrome's top toolbar thingy is. I feel like I have a bigger monitor now.

Twice this week, I've dreamt of winning the lottery.

The first dream, I bought $4 million dollars of mashed potatoes, and had it delivered by tanker trucks.

The second dream, I filled a swimming pool with black licorice.

Are you on a diet? ;)

I really, really want Matt to win the lottery. Not just because he is a great guy, but because of all the weird stuff he'll do!:snap:

If anyone from LoT wins massive bucks from the lottery they need to get a huge, dark room and buy 80billion MAGICAL GLOWY NEBULA BALLOONS and have a party.

Oh, I have plans- BTD- if ever I win, you all will be for for a very fun time. Of course, I should probably buy a ticket every now and again- I think purchase is a part of the process.

Something tells me we're not going to make it to Mouse Adventure. That something is the clock. And a sleepless infant.

Tuesday night, I dreamt that I was going to be telling my opponent that we needed a room for the ratification meeting - I got to do just that Wednesday!

I also dreamt about a kickboxing class that went horribly wrong.

As long as it went wrong on the other guy......

Maple bacon s'mores and 9 mile bike rides DO NOT MIX WELL folks. This has been a public service announcement.

Sounds like the gift that keeps on giving.

Another good lesson learned yesterday: Don't go trying out unfamiliar bike paths along railroad tracks at night in Santa Ana.

I've have told you that after just three words.

Is that maple bacon? Or a combination of maple syrup, bacon and stuff?

Yosemite photos finally uploaded on FB, if anyone's interested.

Unfortunate typo at work yesterday. Sadly the U is right next to the I on the keyboard. Prior to a conference call, I was IMing a female coworker who works in San Diego and meant to type "I have to get my stuff out", but typed "I have to get my stiff out". Sigh.

Oh that is unfortunate.

Unfortunate, but of course it's all hanging out there now. You'll just have to keep a stiff upper lip, carry on like nothing happened and hope she doesn't ask for photos.

So who's going to be out in Grand Teton National Park this summer? You can hear Tom and me talk about the new book at both the Visitors' Center in Moose and the Colter Bay Visitor Center and Indian Arts Museum. I'll post the exact dates when I have them.

Graham cracker, maple bacon, melted hershey's and (I believe) vanilla bean Plush Puff. I don't believe they use the limited edition Maple Bacon flavored Plush Puffs as the Munchie Machine has been offering the s'more since well before that flavor existed.

Having previously alerted everyone to Bastet aka Bastard Tetris, I now present Heaven Tetris, inspired by Wednesday's xkcd

Goddamn xkcd is blocked at work. I'll have to see if my boss will unblock it.

That is weird; this link took me to the LoT sign-in page (even though I am already signed in). I found the post and it appears that the "www" missing was what made the difference:
Original: http://loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?p=341377#post341377
Worked: http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?p=341377#post341377

Yes, there's a weird bug somewhere that causes a few links to be generated without the www, which confuses your browser's cookies (this was the same issue that was causing people to get logged out when they clicked the new "clear unread" button). I've spent some time trying to track it down, but can't figure out where right variable lives.

The first listing may not work for Lisa (courtesy of XKCD):

So I've been working a lot, yes I have. Whee!

I've had ham 2 days in a row. It's something I almost NEVER eat, but find it delicious when I do. However, it's now been about 6 hours since my last slice of ham and I'm feel definite ham withdraws.

I hope you've had some cabbage...

I'm back at work today after 3 weeks. 349 emails to go through...

Spent a wonderful day with my father today.

I bet Chris has already seen this funny and interactive DEVO video, but I enjoyed it. The interview with Devo's Gerald Casale on this page is also enlightening.

Apparently there is a bit of spring fever at Headliners school. Today we were sent this directive worthy of Dolores Umbridge.

If you were an evil minded desk graffiti'er how would you react to this policy?

I feel bad for the teachers who now have to patrol their classroom looking for graffiti instead of actually teaching.

I'm sure my brother would have randomly dooddled everywhere after hearing that announcement.Especially places where there were no tachers, just to prove his point!

Biked to work today after a long time off. I think I've biked twice in the last 2+ weeks, mostly because I wasn't going in to work (spent a short stint working from home, then went out of town). Took a few voluntary days off to recover from the craziness, but today definitely felt like a tipping point. There were a lot of factors that would have made it easy to leave the bike at home, and but I really felt as if inertia would then set in, so I forced myself to get on the bike today. I was immediately glad I did, good to be back.

Ride (right) on GD!

I woke up with a headache after a poor nights sleep. The second in a row.

Distance wise I could in theory bike to work but I'd show up smelling like, well like I'd biked to work. Do you have a way to deal with that issue?

There's a gym with shower here.

I've been biking pretty regularly for the last three years, but my cheap-ass Target-purchased Schwinn has given out on me, and I can't afford to repair or replace. Bicycling has been the only kind of exercise from which I derive actual pleasure. Now that I've been walking, I hate it all the more for not being biking. *sigh*

Define "given out"

The wheel frames are badly bent, so the whole thing is wobbly. The gear assembly has fallen off (for the second time). Technically both are fixable, but I haven't the means presently. (Nor the know-how to do it myself - something I ought to learn to do.) My first year with this bike was fine, since then, it's been a battle with built-in crappiness. If I have a good summer work-wise, I will surely be upgrading.

I'm toying with the idea of an eBike. Scoot in on power in the morning and get my exercise on the way home. Based on the price of parking around here I'd be looking at around an 18-month ROI.

What's your distance?

Between 6 and 7 miles with a few relatively gentle hills. I don't have the option for a shower at work unless I use the sink in the kitchen.

Definitely bikeable. With a leisurely pace in the Spring you can probably get away with a change of clothes and good deodorant. All bets are off once the humidity arrives.

KatieSue, I ran into your doppelganger at Starbucks today. I was sitting only 4 feet away from her and still there was an uncanny resemblance!

My bf's Android phone is creeping me out. While out at dinner, people at the table next to us start singing Happy Birthday ... and the phone comes to life of its own accord with links to the history of the Happy Birthday song, and birthday traditions around the world.

Then it somehow, of its own volition, goes on the interweb and comes up with an avatar for ME, that shows up when I call Mark - and it's an avatar that I used on the LoT, and only on the LoT, a year or so ago. W.T.F.???


So creepy!

Interesting - I don't frequent Starbucks much. hmmmm

Funny thing is, I told her, and she said that there was another woman there who was a dead ringer for someone SHE knew!

<cue Twilight Zone theme music>

Did the two of you go talk to the other woman?

There's an app that listens to songs and tells you what song it is along with other info. Maybe it was still running in the background.

As for the avatar, are you sure you didn't use it on facebook at some point in time? If you use facebook on android, it will pull contact info and photos from facebook to it.

So I sent Headliner to soccer practice during a tornado warning. Seesch the way some of the parents are reacting you'd think I was a bad parent or something.

Damn, now that's a cool app. It constantly listens via the built in mic and watches via the front and back cameras Googling and creating links to anything it picks up. Fun!


Wait I'm in the bedroom and it just linked to Animal Farm. Damn, that's just not right.....

She did. Not me.

So, as we begin Season Three, I have to ask: why didn't someone tell me about Big Bang Theory? This is such a great show!

It's a terrific show, though I've only managed to see a handful of episodes for the current season. (I have all the rest on DVD) It actually makes me want to be nerdier.

Please Don't Eat Me! by CoasterMatt, on Flickr

Well - did you get eaten?

So how long after the wedding tomorrow will the official royal baby watch begin?

Not long, isn't Lindsay Lohan on Leno tonight?

Tonight is my audition for 1776.

eep!

Break a Leg!:cheers:

Sit down, John!

I Burn!

If Gn2Dlnd doesn't get in 1776, I'll start a riot in the streets. ATTICA! ATTICA!

If the audition was in 1776, then I think you're a little late.

I am sitting!

Break yourself, sir. I've got three Rutledge's and a John Adams under my belt with that show. I'd do it again given the chance.

I got a call-back today for the 2011-12 repertory season with Orlando Shakespeare Theater. (I just did the 10-11 season, and had a fantastic time.)

Lord help me, I've just applied for grad school.

WOOHOO!

It's an entirely online program through CSUF that lasts 2 years. It seems like a relatively doable pace, their estimates are 12-15 hours of effort each week, I can certainly handle a couple hours a day.

ooooh, I so wanna see the Cheeseman in 1776. Please, please, please, please.



As for the Android phone, um, no my tech-deficient boyfriend doesn't have a song recognition app, and he's never been on facebook. Doesn't run it from his phone or anywhere. It's really odd. Plus, just checked, that photo is not on my facebook. Really odd stuff.

I'm scared.

Well, I gave the best audition I could, but they didn't ask me to sing. I heard other people singing, so...

If they don't cast me, it will be interesting to see the show just to know who they think is better. And they're idiots.

Down 9.5 pounds, btw.

Yes, that would mean they are idiots. :(

Awesome! Congrats! :snap:

I really enjoyed my online experience and felt it meshed really well with being able to work and take care of other things. The only challenge was group projects. Between different work schedules, personal commitments and time zones (since I was usually working with people on east coast time) it was hard to schedule but we worked it out.

Good luck!

I just booked a flight on United for flying out of John Wayne into Des Moines on May 8 (returning on the 10th). Since I will need to make the same trip two weeks later, I looked ahead at that one (exact same flights) and the fare jumps from $396 to $703. WTF?!?

That is through the United site. There are plenty of seats available. I looked on Expedia and Cheap Tickets and the flights don't even show up there.

There are other flight options where I can bring the cost down, but it is weird that the exact same itinerary goes up by 78%

Kevy, perhaps it is because of Memorial day?

Don't know if it has an impact, but two weeks later your getting into the shadow of Memorial Day travel, schools (university) are ending for summer, etc.

Plus United just announced a price hike due to rising fuels costs (though don't know what that's impacting).

It is the weekend before Memorial Day; I thought that wouldn't impact it, but I may be wrong.

You might be SOL but try Kayak.com as well.

I don't know if there are different times but Bing's travel search is showing $331 for SNA to DSM on the 22nd and return the 24th on United (through O'Hare outbound and Denver coming back). And the result it is returning for that is through CheapTickets.

It's a very strange feeling to be perusing my college transcript a decade after graduating.

I wish I could shove it deep into my brain in such away that it automatically appears in my mind's eye any time that damned dream starts. You know the one. "Oh fvck, it's the last day of school and I completely flaked on that one class! I don't even know where the room is so I can go beg the teacher to give me a D instead of an F so I can graduate! Fvck fvck fvck, I do this every time!"

If I leave at 8 in the morning, I can get cheaper flights. But this is a company paid trip. While I don't like to waste money, I am going to fly at a reasonable hour since I am already giving up my Sunday.

By flying out through Chicago (which I normally try to avoid), departing around 2:00 and returning through Denver, departing around 4:00 gets me down to $461 + tax

I would be more than happy to go off on her.

. . . but I am focused, so no one will notice I am naked.

Or

will

they?

So, tonight's attempt to de-possum a friend's fridge was unsuccessful. I suspect she'll be calling an appliance repairman soon, since we couldn't get the back panel off to retrieve it.

Note to pet owners - lock your doggy doors at night. ;)

No, it isn't the best way to deal with the situation, but it is usually what I want to do first when I hear about back yard breeders. Because I am so involved in rescue of both pugs and cats and I see how many pure breed and "designer breed" dogs are unceremoniously dumped at shelters, abandoned on the street and killed daily via cars, predators or euthanasia, I tend to get a bit hot headed.

The world doesn't need more puppies when there are so many healthy animals who need homes.

Happy May Day!

Hooray, hooray,
The 1st of May,
Outdoor sex,
Begins today!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-77ElyvRxI (NSFW)

May your poles stand erect and your armaments gleam. Happy May Day!

I just learned that if you click the search button on the phone twice it does a voice search by default. I'll bet that was it.

I've had that same dream! lol. I've also changed it up by being in class doing something only to realize I'm not wearing a shirt and/or pants. I have a similar dream about being late to work, so late in fact that day is almost done and I haven't even called in.

I just realized something.


You guys are strange......



At last I feel like I belong!!

:D

I am so with you.


Huzzah!

Glad to have you with us in the crazy! :)

So, we rescued the fridge possum from my friend's house today. She's a juvenile, and so adorable. She's sequestered in a well nested cage and already drank a ton of water, and finally sleeping soundly. Named her Zuul, since she was the "demon" from the fridge. ;)

And, no, she's not a pet - she goes to the wildlife rehab for release in the next day or two. :)

Good work and I love the name.

I'm mult-tasking at the the moment, trying to go through my to-do list while catching up on the internet. I was leaving a phone message while posting on a birthday thread. Instead of typing Happy Birthday I typed Call me when you get a chance.

Maybe I should concentrate on one thing at a time.

Oh, please don't!

I'm planning on making spiedies on Memorial Day, but I want them NOW, damnit!

Hotel bar... lots of people, none of whom are my co-workers. Just goes to show grouop dynamics when the regional sales manager is Mormon.

So I was flipping through the channels last night and saw that Idris Elba was coming up on George Lopez's show so I stopped there. I remember Idris from a movie called Daddy's Little Girls that I really enjoyed.

So he walks out and opens his mouth and I about fell out of bed. I had no idea he was British!! He has no accent that I could tell in the movies I have seen him in but Wow that was not the voice I was expecting him to have. He has obviously mastered many accents.

It was funny hearing him talking about going out with his mates to celebrate the upcoming royal wedding and then sleepiing through the whole thing.

Good morning all.... May the Fourth be with you :)

Same thing with Hugh Laurie (of House and Stuart Little)

This morning, I woke up to this:

A truly clear blue sky. No clouds, no contrails, just blue sky as far as the eye can see.

Why do people celebrate submerging mayonaise today?

You sure that's not your computer screen?

doh!

I woke up to fog and mist.

OK, I get it.

Sure it took me three hours to figure it out, but I get it.

Got a new iPhone 4 yesterday. It's awesome- I usually hate new phones until I get used to them, and I loved this one right away. Super fast, I like the keyboard, and not much of a learning curve. Smart phone for dummies like me.:)

Congrats on the new toy!

We went to see two friends in a drag show last night, which also featured burlesque dancers. Our favorite did a gold-mining number, which began with the recorded spiel for Big Thunder Mountain, which ends "...wildest ride in the wilderness." Not only was her dancing terrific, I was so tickled by the fact that she was doing a Disneyland-ish striptease that I thought I might be hallucinating.

Which leads me to the realization that a full Disneyland-themed burlesque show would be FANTASTIC.

That sounds lke a really cool idea!

Did she do an interpretive version of Goat Trick®?

Pincher bugs. aka Earwigs. Ew. We are having an invasion nightly. They seem to like the catbox for some annoying reason.

The good news is that I noticed the birds I've been feeding were feasting on the pincher bugs this morning. Between them and the toad, I hope they get it under control.

You have no idea how gross they are until you've seen them covering a wall outside at dusk.

Ewwww, I hate pincher bugs! I think it's gross when there are 10 of them under a planter. I don't want to think of what you wrote :eek:

This happens every March. Maybe next year?

Hahaha, it turns out that the gorgeous girl who did the Big Thunder routine actually originated it at Burlesqueland. (I figured that out thanks to your list.)

OC Weekly has photos of her tease.

I take this back. You have no idea how gross they are until you've seen them all over the living room carpet and front door at 2:30 am when you get up to pee.

I vaccuumed them up and then went on a hunt and found some more under the table. Nothing like the 100-200 around the front door though. I need to get a new seal for around the front door... and stop typing about this as it's giving me the creeps and chills - literally had a that chill go up the spine thing. blech. ew ew ew.

Ew ew ew!

I've read that they don't transmit disease and they don't crawl in your ear and lay eggs (as my husband was sure they did!) but that doesn't help.

The birds, which seem to love to eat them, aren't out at night when they are. I'm afraid to spray chemicals with 2 chihuahua's and a kitty.

I think I'll walk around with some caulk and see if I can't seal up any cracks they may be hiding in. But yes. ew ew ew.

Get some Diamatecous Earth. That will kill them and it isn't toxic to humans and pets - just exoskeletons!

Excellent! I will do just that.
Thanks!

OMG!! This is what Lisa looks like naked !!

Not anymore!

Oh, yeah... Disney really needs to update that AA.

Google has a cool logo today in honor of Martha Graham's 117th birthday.

I had no idea that the Redhead had gold lame granny panties!!!

Damn kitchen sink is clogged up. Bah!

Spinning on my desk chair.

I read that to the tune of "If I were a rich man"

I'm hearing more "I am the walrus"

I was thinking Aqualung.

I hate that song.

So I got email from Disney Studios publicity showing of the the Montsers Inc 2 logo (coming soon to a theater near you in 2013!).

I can't believe it has been a decade since Monsters, Inc. came out. I'm old. And almost everybody I know is older than me.

Along those lines.....

Yeah, that came to mind as I was posting. That, and next year will be the 25th anniversary of Dirty Dancing.

Hmmmmm....

I believe that the colors in the step sisters image is altered.

And seeing as royal wedding attire for men is based on military tradition, it's not particularly surprising that his clothes would match a depiction of royal wedding attire.

Plus, what bride and groom is that anyway? It's not any of the classic Disney princesses as far as I can tell.

ETA: CP informs me that it's Cinderalla and Prince Charming, very much photoshopped.

yeah, that cinderella and prince charming image is entirely fabricated:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unx5x-XT3jw

Agreed; compare to this unaltered screen shot from the movie:

You just had to take the funny out of it, didn't you?

Snopes has the original Cinderella images.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/cinderella.asp

While the originator was editing the images, s/he should have removed about half of Prince Charming's hair.

Except even the image of the Prince on Snopes doesn't match the movie at all. I have no idea where that image comes from.

So, I just go back from a 30 mile bike ride.

Felt good.

Don't know where it comes from but here's a blog post from 2009 using the same original image and attributing it to Cinderella.

http://aznsong50.blogspot.com/2009/1...ng-bigger.html

Maybe from one of the sequels?

No, I checked those too (I know this isn't worth the amount of effort I've put in, but I'd finally seen it pop up in enough different places that it annoyed me into research). So far that blog post is the only other place I've seen that image.

My daughter recently discovered high school theater. Yay! Unfortunately, she didn't move quick enough to be involved in it more than painting sets and being an usher/ticket taker. But she had a blast. (She was encouraged to try out, albeit late, by her friends but never did for some reason... and then regretted it.)

She has vowed to try out for every one next year! I'm excited for her and glad she's particpating more in school activities. I regretted later that I was "too cool" or not "cool enough" (?) for such things.

By the way, they did Phantom of the Opera - supposedly the first high school to do it. With a grand chandelier that swung down and everything along with some special mirror effects.

The wizard needs coffee badly.

We got up way early for a class field trip which was involved a lot of outdoor activities- of course, it was canceled an hour before we were to leave. (High winds, rain, etc). I'm on my 5th cup of coffee and still not awake....

On another note, it looks like we will be coming back down again this year (we'll be there in late June) for a return trip to the DVC condo at the Grand.(Looking at early November). This time the niece stays home- Bobbi wants to actually be able to do stuff this time around. So, we'll be sure to have a cocktail party or two while we are there. :D Might have to convert our passes to AP's ourselves this year.

Dear kittens:

Bras are not toys.

Sincerely,

Foster Mom.

PS: Anyone want to adopt a kitten? ;)

Yes. Unfortunately though, "want" and "can" are two different things. :(

Is it just me or is it weird that the crew who is currently setting up to replace the floor tiles in our huge computer lab are busy dragging ladders around? They know where the floor is, right?

When our kittens were more little, Mabel frequently would curl up in a cup of one of LSPE's bras and go to sleep (when it was not being worn). She's a little too big to do that now, but she still adores LSPE's bras.

I found this little guy outside my front door today. Anyone know what type of snake this is?

Spoilered just in case anyone has a snake phobia.

That would be me. Snakes, spiders and clowns.

Why does this sound like a photoshop challenge? (Don't worry, BTD, I meant in general)

I've got an online friend who is a big snake fan - I'll bet he'll know. Stand by for ID. :D

My extremely amateur attempt at identification would be northern brown snake.

He says: It's a Coast Gartersnake, one of the most (if not THE most) variably colored snakes in the world. This one is really unique. Don't see many with the all-over red retaining such clear black spots along the yellow garter line, but without much but a hint of the lateral spots. Cool

Huh. So would it have collector value or can I go ahead with my original plan (now that I'm sure it's non-poisonous) and let Jack "play" with it?

Depends. How long is it?

Much smaller than the photo makes it look, stretched out it's less than my wrist to elbow.

*sigh*

"You must negative rep someone else before you can bitch slap Kevy again"

My work here is done

One of the "public" people I follow on Twitter is John Moe (@johnmoe) who works in Public Radio out of St. Paul, MN. (He's funny, creative, follow him.) He just retweeted a message about a tornado in the St. Paul area that was from my childhood best friend's son. I don't know the son but I confirmed it was him because I find the same profile photo among the friends on her Facebook page. I'm taking this as a very direct reminder that I owe her a note.

That's cool!

I guess this must be the same storm that grounded then canceled Chris' flight before it could take off from LAX to Chicago. Interestingly, Kevin left JWA 2 hours earlier for Chicago, made it, had an hour layover and got out of O'Hare for Des Moines just in time (apparently amidst a lightening storm - but he needs to tell that story).

Eh... not much of a story to tell. We pushed out of the gate on schedule, but then they made us (and every other plane due to take off) sit on the tarmac for about 45 minutes while we watched a very prolific lightening storm and heavy rain.

Yeah, ramp crew are not allowed on the ramp (eg: outside) when lightning is within a certain distance of the airport.

We were already on the plane and ready to go: according to the pilot, they were rerouting all of the outgoing flights around the storm

We heard gunfire a few minutes ago. I called 911. They had already gotten several calls.

So - I'm doing a little side job and it's the first job I've done freelance in many years. I've forgotten just how much people wreck the documents they give you to work with.

Things appear to be centered - nope - it's all spaces. Inconsistant spacing between words and sentences. Spacing to the next line instead of hitting return. Spaces instead of tabs. How many fonts did you use in this one document? Random creative spellings and gramatical weirdness. Oh - and they "pre-designed" it in word - it's a brochure - or at at least it wants to be.

I'm happy to have the work to do.

Oliver kitty does NOT want to wear a collar. His previous collar had a little stretch band on it - I assume to help him get out of the collar should it get hooked on something? He would fight with it and bite at it until he got it hooked in his jaw and flop around like a fish out of water. :( Getting it off him was tramatic and painful. So he didn't wear a collar - and didn't go outside.

Lately though he's been running for the door when the dogs go out and who can blame him - it's a beautiful day and we have a large yard with a flower garden veggie garden, trees and lot's of sunshine (at least today.)

When I came upon another collar my Mom had picked up for one of our dogs, that didn't fit them, but was the right size for Oliver and without the stretchy, I decided to put it on him. It's got a name tag with contact info and a bell. It's driving him CRAZY!

He's scratched at it, meowed a bunch, tried to bite it, shook his head, jumped about, rolled around, and ran back and forth through the house like a trapped wild animal. Poor guy. It's for your own good, damnit!

We have one cat that shall forever go collarless. The couple of times we have tried putting one on her, she will do anything to get it off. Elastic ones are ripped right off and I watched her actually hurt herself to remove the one we tried that was a non-stretch type that fit fairly snugly on her. Thankfully she is a fully indoors cat.

Someone brought in a giant Costco bucket of pistachios.

Someone better hide them from me.

People that hold grudges after minor accidents (and I don't mean car) really try my patience. Also, I should really learn not to add salt to the wound later in my frustration with said grudge. It's rather counter-productive. Sigh.

While it is a funny story, how in the world did the sheriff go along with that? I'm pretty sure that just because you have a judgment against someone you don't get to use the police to seize whatever assets you decide you want from them.

But maybe I'm wrong.

I don't care if it is right or wrong; I love the story!

Since there was a lawyer involved, I assume they left a few steps out of the store, i.e., liens, attachments, etc.

Although it is funnier to imagine as an episode of The Andy Griffith Show: "Now, Barn, you can't go foreclose on the bank just because Otis says he's got a judgment. And put that gun away."

I was given some turnips and spaghetti squash. Not wanting them to go to waste, I looked up a few recipes and made them with dinner.

Yeah... I'm going to pass on those next time around. Didn't care for either of them.

What did you make?

An ice cream Sunday.

YUM!

I made carmelized turnips and cooked the spaghetti squash in the oven with a little water covered in foil then gave it a quick toss in a pan with some butter and italian herbs.

I may try roasting the turnips in the oven and give them one more try. But I'm just not a squash person.

My Mom used to mix brown sugar and butter with her spaghetti squash but I don't eat squash.

I will never forget my Mom exploding one in the microwave. OMG, it sounded like a bomb went off, even blew the door open, and there was strings of squash everywhere. I laughed so hard I thought I would die :evil:

I thought the trick with spaghetti squash was to shred it into strings with a fork and then dress it like you would actual spaghetti? I don't know, we only had it once (random plant that popped up in our backyard on its own), and I don't really remember how it tasted, but I don't think we prepped it right, because someone told us the spaghetti thing later.

My cousin online was telling me how I should give turnips another try. After going on about how great they were he realized he was actually talking about parsnips. ha!

Butter and brown sugar is how I'd eat an acorn squash, never thought to try it with a spaghetti squash (which we really do only eat as a spaghetti replacement).

nutmeg!

I guess I'll be buying an Xbox 360 Kinect this year. Announced today: Adventures In Disneyland. Very family oriented, but a rather complete virtual Disneyland to hang out in and cyber-hug your favorite characters. Oh, and one other thing.

LasCool, Oh Sharky One! :snap:



It just occurred to me tonight that I only have 11 days until I get to see you guys again! Omg! It's been the longest year- not a hard slog like some have had, but not the easiest either. I am sooooooooo looking forward to seeing everyone! I want: to see Lisa and envy her her perkys, to see the pugsleys and kittehs, to talk coasters with Matt and drink some of Chris's killer cocktails, to hopefully see the Utah contingent (it's been a long time!), to have a pool party with whoever wants to invade the Shanaheim, and to talk cars, PNW grunge music and smells with Audreric! I just miss you all so much, and you should know- the Girl had a Powerpoint SLC presentation today with her principal, and she included in the 'Family' section a picture of the LoT Yosemite group, as well as an explanation as to how a 'family' can extend beyond genetic borders. :)


Last, but not least- Tori has some hugs she wants to give a few people. You know who you are. :-)

WhatEVER you do, do NOT let CoasterMatt show you DVDs.

Trust us.

That reminds me, I was at the in-laws on Sunday, and they've been growing veggies in one of those community gardens in Long Beach (forcibly organic, not that they're super into that, but them's the rules...)

Anyway, I don't think I'd ever had beets NOT out of a can before. It was delicious! Much milder sweetness than you usually expect but I actually think that made it tastier. Never cooked beets myself. M-i-l says tiny bit of water and a whole lot of butter.

On the parsnip topic: LOVE parsnips! Peel them, slice in half, bake in the oven and put some kosher or sea salt on them. Ba-da-BING.

I get along so well with one sis-in-law even though our relgious and political views are different.

My other sis-in-law and family though is frikkin nuts. He hated his brother growing up because he's an asshole. I was pretty sure that this was leftover from childhood and he wasn't really. Come to find out the whole family is wacked. While we may share similar religious views (we aren't), we sure don't agree on other things. But we can still have a good discussion on things right? Apparently not. Debates on mandatory drug testing/birth control for those on public assistance has brought out the ?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!11duh - you must be uptight and can't pass a drug test if you don't agree with me.

Why can't we have a discussion on something topical and disagree without someone resorting to name calling? Why must they type in all caps and use 40 or 50 exclamation points per post?

All it did was confirm that my husband is right. (derp - I HAD MY BALLS CUT OPEN, SO CAN THEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!)

Ah... the teabagger cry: "Keep the dang government out of peoples lives... unless it's people we don't like!!!"

Saw this and liked it:

Lol! I love that, Kevy! :snap:

Yeah, go ahead and make me squall at work... I've been wanting to go back so bad it hurts.

Post pictures.... lots and lots and lots of pictures.

And Sharky... THAT IS COOL! I love my kinect.

Will do, Scrooge- and we will miss you this time out! I'll be sure to flash my DVC card just so I can hear CM's say 'welcome home'. ;)

Like world bank meetings and visiting dignitaries don't screw up traffic enough as it is now we get a quarter of a million people in town to watch guys hit a little white ball with a stick.

I've got the entire office to myself for the whole day.

So what you're saying is, It's Naked Day!

So, here's a sign of how I connect with my family that I think may be up there with the time I made an unexpected visit to my childhood home town and ended up being unable to say hi to my mom because I didn't know she'd moved and none of the phone numbers I had for her were working.

My half-sister posted a picture of herself and her girlfriend to Facebook. I had no idea which one was her and which one was the girlfriend (and no, they don't look alike).

I went to a family reunion last year. We had to wear name tags but you clearly have me beat with the mom thing.

And the thing is that I have good easy going relationships with these people. I just don't need to see them all that often (and when my dad died there was no reason for me to see that side at all).

You sure put the "borderline" in "borderline Aspergers."

For all of you that are worried that you don't see a smiley, the above was a joke.

I saw a smiley. Should I be concerned?

Yes. I spiked the board.




;)

I consider it a small miracle if I arrive to work on Monday with everything that's supposed to be in my bike bag. Especially since one of Theo's favorite games is "Pull everything out of daddy's bag".

Today was no miracle.

Awww. Did he graduate from hide mommy's keys?

aka: flush mommy's keys

Does aspergergers reside on a continuum? Can you move up and down the slide? Could I have an "Aspergers moment".

Aspergers seems to be a trending topic for me.

Based on CPs diagnosis I was able to get a prescription for heroin this morning.

I fixed it for you.

Aspergers

Asperger's syndrome symptoms include:

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