And now, not so deep thoughts
 

You know that feeling?
The one after a long hard day spent on your feet
And you get into bed, lie flat on your back, take a deep breath...
And as you let it out slowly you can feel your spine start to decompress.
It hurts. If you exhale too quickly, it hurts a lot.
Damn do I love that feeling.

Me, too. Body in motion transitioning into sleep mode. Love that kind of pain.

If no one actually gave a sh!t about anything, there'd be no war.

There'd be no love, bro.

Hey, you were properly warned by the title of this thread. (though I still stand by my statement. I never said it's a good solution, but it's true).

If I had any abilty at painting, I would probably paint some really cool stuff.

That's about as "not so deep" as I can get.

I wonder how long it would take me to produce enough belly button lint to knit a sweater out of it.

Why is it that according to supermarket packaging, "one serving" is equal to the amount one would feed to a pygmy hamster, while according to restaurants, "one serving" is the amount you'd feed to an entire tribe of African pygmies?

I'm gellin' like a felon. My feet still hurt.
:(

I like to bang my head against the wall because it feels good when I stop.

I think it be cool to have the magical powers to transform yourself into a straight slightly taller Ryan Seacrest...

Three words: Pillow. Top. Mattress.
Better than Nyquil.
Oh yeah.

It's frickin' Friday. Woo-hoo

There's something zen and mean about drinking hot Sencha green tea while watching someone sip their grande coffee that has enough caffeine in it to make an eighty year old tortoise quick enough to stomp dragonflies.

Now I'm wondering if Zen is mean....aren't you just mocking everyone else's rat races with your tranquility?

Now I'm thinking that if I could look at Zen that way I'd be more likely to take it up :evil:

Now I'm realizing that nothing will ever make me truly tranquil, no matter how evil. Sigh.

Yesterday after dinner I sat with my six year old son and put green grapes up my nose, and then shot them out like an air gun. We had fun.

Be careful with that, dude. I once got a small jawbreaker stuck in one of my son's nose and a piece of corn stuck in my daughter's nose. Schtuff happens.

Besides, if you use green grapes how will you know if something other than a grape comes out?

They are big green grapes that don't fit up very far.

Plus, the fun is that they look like boogers. What fun would red grapes be?

Okay, I don't want to ruin the fun of the thread, but I just have to say this.

While it is fun to do this, it sends a message to the kids that it is okay to shove things up their nose. Next thing you know, you are in urgent care having a marble removed.

Now back to the regularly scheduled frivolity of the thread.

You guys are just a bunch of killjoys, aren't you.

I guess it's back to flinging things off the forks now. But you'll probably just tell me someone will lose an eye. :)

Bloody boogers?

There is that. What's more fun than a booger? A bloody booger!

Hehe, you know things are bad when Kevy is the resident watchdog :p

Why, after 10 some years of AA is the screaming mantra "SERENITY NOW!!!!!!!" from a Seinfeld episode the slogan I have on my phone?

Red Vines are the bombdiggity.

Is a company that doesn't give its employess MLK Day off run by racists?

What is said Company does not give MLK day off but gives Columbus Day off?

I'm hungry

I'm not hungry but if I dont' eat I'll starve at work

I just ate lunch.

I skipped lunch today. Compensation for the cheesecake I had last night. Probably should skip dinner as well but that's not likely to happen.

Does anybody skip any more?

Skip to my lou my darling.

Or maybe it is Skip to my LOO.

Maybe I've been doing it wrong all these years. I've never once skipped to my loo.

I prefer the potty dance to skipping.

what if the hokey pokey really IS what its all about?
(ripped off from some comedian I cant remember the name of)

I've reached a point in my life where I can't stuff my face with dessert anymore. I had 4 slices of cheesecake at my disposal and only managed to finish one. It was too rich for me. I had a big dinner, but still!

So my deep thought is - I wish I could stuff my face with cheesecake

Ryan Seacrest really needs some quality time with a dominatrix.

Why is it called 'whining' when you're hearing a complaint from an opposing group and it's 'constructive criticism' when it's from your own group?

At the Golden Globes, Salma Hayek could have housed several homeless pigeons in her hair. Why didn't she?

Am I the only one on the planet who doesn't give a corn loaded sh!t about 'American Idol'?

How did I possibly miss Salma Hayek at the Golden Globes?

Can't stand it myself. Last night we had the misfortune of being within earshot of someone watching it. Yikes. And the parrot in the room agreed, squawking in what I believe to have been pain at the "singing".

9 big companies own almost all of the media outlets in our country. So, basically 9 old, rich CEO's shape what is being said about everything in our country.

Lots of times, my mind can not wrap itself around my ambitious nature.

If a drinking straw is not strong enough to break out of the paper sleeve it is wrapped in, or can't break through the plastic lid of my drink... there is a manufacturing problem somewhere.

I don't like American Idol. I can't stand to watch Fear Factor {grosses me out}. Well, same effect as AI.

I do enjoy The Biggest Loser and the Discover Channels weight loss show. Don't know if it is a series or what.

Salma Hayek was at the Golden Globes? Missed that one. Mariah Carey is living la vida muy grande. It's all of that money. Who the heck is buying her cd and making it bigger than Elvis? I mean, in this day of ipods and file sharing, THAT I can't wrap my mind around.

Oh, and no offense to anyone who likes her. Don't send me poison PM's. I respect your opinion. :p

I like this thread. I fit right in. Not so deep thoughts. Right up my alley....:D

Gosh, how many words did I misspell in this post? :rolleyes:

LOL Ya know, I could go on and on in this not so deep thread. Can't post to the meaningful ones, though.....

Peace out!

Right up there with me Honey. I've no interest in watching, and do not think its changing my life any.

Now mind you, my whole office watches, and discusses in detail the next day.

Deep thoughts from work, courtesy of my boss:

You should never appear to be busy. People don't like to be around people who seem busy.

You should never appear to be focused on your own work. Such behaviour is selfish and contrary to the team spirit.

People should not have to ask you for help. You should always anticipate people's needs before they even know they have them.

You should never talk about your own life. It's a big morale problem for the faculty with condos in Hawaii to hear that you spent several days at Disneyland.

I occured to me the other day that much of the music I love sucks, and yet I still love it. That surprised me.

I read somewhere that the number of voters tallied for the last season of American Idol outnumbered the people who voted for either presidential candidate in 2004....
:eek:

Speaking of songs...

The other day I was listening to 'Heart and Soul' by T'Pau. And I thought to myself, I could very well be the only person on the planet listening to this song at this very moment. I may have been right.
:)

The Sabbath is nothing more than cosmic subsidies.

I find that I am trying to think of not so deep thoughts. If I have to think about not so deep thoughts, then don't they become too deep to post in this thread?

We'll give you the benefit of the doubt that they aren't all that deep.

Sounds about right. As a wise bumper sticker once told me, "Our ignorance is their power".

Salma Hayak and Penelope Cruz are the same person.

Television has much to be desired.

Charlie does not make for a good computer screen.

It's all about randomness for me today:

~ People in Boston think I'm a Red Sox fan. Little do they know that I only wearing my Red Sox cap because my real first name starts with a "B".

~ When taking the elevator at work from the 6th floor to the 1st (if there are no stops) it feels like a small pissant Tower of Terror.

And like the dems, many people voted more than once.:)

Christmas is only 11 months away!

http://fleshlight.com (Not work safe)


Be sure to watch the instructional video (top right corner).

And like the GOP, many voted for an untalented amateur hack.
:)

You know, there are many similarities between AI and elections. The primaries always include people so bad and so odd and so untalented that it is tough to look away, and some of them become famous for being so bad.

We needed all the help we could get. Your side makes the voting machines. ;)

Ok, that's probably too deep for this thread...

To get things back on track, I'll just say that everytime I see an ad for the AARP, I can't help but think of of the tongueless woman yelling at Robin Williams in "The World According to Garp".

"Aarp, Aarp!"

Where is the "cake" part of cheesecake? I mean, I didn't try it for years because it so obviously wasn't actual cake, and it looked scarily flan-like. I missed out on years of tastiness over the misnomer.

Panda Express puts crack in their Orange Chicken. I'm convinced of that.
:D

Ellen Jamesian.

Now, what's the thing I ate for dinner last night?

Yeah, I couldn't think of her name though. According to IMDB, I'm either thinking of Pooh or Cushie. I get confused between which was the one he had sex with and which eventually became an Ellen Jamesian though.

I had that for dinner tonight. Perhaps I need an intervention.

Mariah Carey and her Golden Globes:



And I wonder of Eva Longoria would have sex with me?

Let the power of Rumsfeld compel you!

I wonder if my dog is laughing on the inside when she sees me picking up her doo doo.

Do you also wonder the same thing of Eva Longoria?

Perverted minds want to know.

I like tea.

Somone at work apparantly really appreciated the help I've given him recently, so he gave me a shirt. Which is awesome because it means I don't have to do laundry tonight.

Ally, dear, that would make you a "whorkey", and yes, it does and you love it, don't cha!;) You wouldn't be the back checking, blue liner, up in the goalie's crease chick that we all love and adore!:cool:

and with that, I now must wipe the coffee from my monitor.


that would be 'yes'

I declare the most wonderful breakfast on earth to be...a roasted garlic bagel with fresh avocado. And if you disagree, you're wrong.

You know.....when I alternated between bagles with avocado and salsl and English Muffins with Peanut Butter for daily breakfasst, I weighed 145 lbs.

Since I started on the low-carb diet a couple of months ago, with only a couple of exceptions, I have eaten a Low Carb Breakfast Bowl from Carl's Jr. for breakfast every weekday morning.

Surprisingly, I am not sick of them.

Why Celestial Seasonings tea bags do not come with a string attached I'll never know...

I know how bad it is for me, but I could never, ever give up pizza.

I can't help it. Everytime I see Jack Johnson in the 'Curious George' ads for his CD, I think 'He kinda looks like a monkey.' It's the hair and the barefeet.
:D

Am I the only one who finds the expression "do me a solid" uncomfortably scatalogical?

It isn't?

"Hey, could you take a sht for me?"

I can think of several things that are better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

Not getting poked in the eye with a sharp stick being first on the list.

I just did some research, and the aggregate record of all MLB baseball teams for the 2004 regular season was an EXACT .500. Weird, huh?

lol! :D

Q: Which Beatles tune is about fecalphilia?
A: 'Love Me Doo'

Gee, what an amazing coincidence. (smartass).

What I find interesting (or amusing) is when people get amazed at how close the all-time records of teams in a rivalry are. "Wow, can you believe that over 50 years and over 800 games, the Dodgers have won just 18 more games over the Giants than the Giants over the Dodgers?!" Gosh, what an astounding result! Are you telling me that over time, with a large enough sampling, it approaches statistical probability? Amazing!

Dinner or salad forks with only three tines bug me. It must be four.

However, the Yankees have won 1,060 games against the Red Sox while the Red Sox have beaten the Yankees only 879 times.

It must suck to know that not only is a team is better than you this year, that they are pretty much always better than you.

Gold silverware bugs me, too.

Why do the good girls always want the bad boys?

Bent tines bug the helloutta me. :mad:

I think if Dunkin' Donuts went bankrupt, there would be mass suicides across Massachusetts.

The amount of fur a dog sheds at any given time is directly dependent upon whether or not you are out of vacuum cleaner bags.

What in God's name can be so complex about preparing a roast beef melt that a waitress/chef would panic at the mere mention of it?

Was she a vegetarian? Could be some existential conflict happening there. That, or perhaps she didn't know how to spell it.

No, it was clearly a, "That's way too hard for me to make" reaction.

New thought:
I just finally figured out how the whoel T9word thing on my cell phone works. I've tried it once or twice before and was thoroughly confused (I was still trying to press the same button multiple times to get the letter I wanted). Now that I understand it, me likes.

(trying to remember if I clicked on 'intelligent' in GD's Johari Window.....)

;):p

This crazy age of technology is leaving me behind.

I like dark chocolate. I just had a piece.

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but one of the greatest phrases in the English language has to be "bacon-wrapped".

Lol! Actually, it should go without saying that I hadn't a clue what you were talking about to begin with, but you are our resident tech geek!!!!

I just quizzed my 6th grade daughter for a science test and learned what "nephrons" are. Those are the filters in the kidneys that clean blood.

My dog sheds like Charlie Brown's Xmas tree...

Someone comes up to me today, looks at my parka and says, 'You have a dog, huh?'
:D

I declare the addition of cat or dog hair to any outfit the epitome of style.

What about possum hair?
:D


Ralphie bought me a nice yarn cap made out of possum hair. He got it in New Zealand. It's very warm when you're in the snow.

Thank you. I have finally achieved the level of haute coutere- I may toss out my lint brushes.

I have opossom gloves from NZ care of Stan.Ford.Steph. They are incredible!

I have a headache.

--A backbone is better than a wishbone.

--Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth closed.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me
Than have to have a frontal lobotomy

I need to go to the gym...

"Bosses" is an anagram of "Obsess".

I just was in my car for an hour and a half to get from Rose to Manchester on Lincon (so I took a side street halfway down and it sucked just as bad)

So much for leaving 2 hours early on a friday for comming in early.

Splort

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.

There are side-streets in SoCal?

Jars are often difficult to open, but when a door is open it's called ajar.

Watching 'Cast Away' and remembering we watched it the night before my son left for his first plane trip........:eek: :blush:

I never quite realized that there was such a thing as levels in quality cotton candy. It's all the same, right? Nope. We had some damn good cotton candy tonight.

According to GusGus, a cotton candy aficionado, the (at least a DL) was the hand-spun cotton candy (when they had the machine to the left of the entrance to Sleeping Beauty Castle) was by far the best.

I think it's a mean thing to temp people with the concept of extra yummy cotton candy and give no details as to where said sweet treat can be acquired.

Speaking of sweet treats, does USH still have that wonderful gourmet carmel corn vendor I partook of on my last visit? I forget the name exactly but I think it had 'opolis" as part of it...

That would be Gladstone's, in Long Beach.
When it was espescially new, it looked like this...

After my seven year old made cute faces at the neighboring table, and when they left, they gave the remainders of the cotton candy to him....
Before dinner had been served, it looked like this...

THEN he shared with LoT adults.

(Not the most flattering pic of my kid, but there you go.)

Yup, the kid got quite the congratulations from our table for scoring all that sweetness, especially when we got a piece of it :D

Why does blood turn brown when it dries?
And why do the tears well up in your eyes?
And why didn't I learn to ride my bike
when it was warm and sunny outside?

There's nothing more amusing than watching two groups trying to ask each other how they do things when neither group knows the answer.

I keep reading Ally's link as 'pornocopulis'.

In Spanish, nouns have gender (e.g., la mesa is "female", el barco is "male"). Nouns that refer to people switch genders depending on if the subject is male or female. For example, a male teacher is "un profesor", a female teacher is "una profesora".

Similarly, if you're talking about an animal, the gender switches with that of the animal. So a male dog is "un perro", a female dog is "una perra".

What ocurred to me this morning is that the same does not happen with the word for "person". As a matter of fact, the word for person remains "female" no matter the subject. Una persona es una persona.

Interesting.

My dog ate his own barf last night while I went to get something to clean it up. Dogs can be gross.
:D

why is it when you get new glasses, you have to factor in the total disgust you encounter with suddenly seeing how dirty your house is? and car, and dog, and.....

:(

By talking about rainy day activities at schools, I made it rain today. I did not bring in any games, even though I pulled a couple out of the closet last night.

Today is Read Across America Day, Dr. Seuss' birthday. We were supposed to do an outdoor readathon with the entire school reading, but instead they'll have to do it in the classrooms. I feel bad.

Actually, I don't care too much because the readathon is always after I've already left for the day. That always bugs me.

I doubly caused it to rain because I didn't bring a jacket. My hat and scarf will have to do. It's pouring. Now this is how I plan to get well :rolleyes:

When he's gone, I always miss my husband more than I think I will, until it's no longer an emptiness but a stabbing ache.

I guess having a crazy cold doesn't help either....plus it's that time of the month.....yeah, good week for me.

Did I mention it was raining?

Son of a....

Why do I lie on my drivers license about my weight? What happens if I am lost? What will they say? 'Oh man, that is a lie. She really weighs....' :blush:

I will tell the truth if it is life or death...really....:D

If a building is on fire, are we supposed to break every glass in that place? 'Cause the sign next to the fire hose says "In case of fire, break glass"

How does breaking glass help the firemen?

Why does...


Oh, never mind.

While at Disneyland, the following thought crossed my mind for the first (and God willing, last) time in my life: "Oh my god, what the hell happened to my underpants? I was wearing them when I got here!"

Yeah, that made my night last night (although I had nothing to do with the "disappearance").

Were you trying to run up your white flag?

remember when Hawkeye had the peppers for sale below deck on the Columbia? bwahahaha

Did you leave your undies in the freezer again?

I came into work on Saturday. Sometimes I wish work could always be like that: Almost no one around, dedicated to a single project, no flood of emails, no meetings, no one to stop you from taking as long a lunch as you want. I was a thousand times more productive than I am during the week.

Saturday in the payroll depatment.
Everyone that comes in wants to leave... you can work, the system isnt bogged down, and no employees call your phone.. and heavens, you can accomplish something.

I soooo agree.

This is why I have an isolated work at home office. That, and the commute to Sunnyvale CA would be a killer every day.

Except when my kids are home during the no school months of summer. Then I want to kill myself.

And the award for parent of the year goes to...

Today, I brought in a little present for one of my co-workers. Her light bill has been skyrocketing. I picked up 2 packs of compact flourescent bulbs as a little gift to see if maybe we could bring her light bill down a bit. I made the change well over a year ago and reduced my bill by about 15%.

Consequently, I have spent nearly all day extolling the virtues of compact flourescents to a bunch of people who had obviously never heard of them.

Why don't more people know about these things????

They are fantastic...unless you have a variable output lamp. Then, not so much.

Yes, they are... I don't save so much because I live alone, usually only burning one light at a time except for the office light which is always on. But this lady has a husband and 2 high school kids... the lights are on all the time. They should save big.

Yep, they're useless in 3 way lights.

Do the flourescent tubes provide the same savings? I am considering doing some remodelling in the kitchen, and my current plan is to rip out some flourescent lighting and replace it with track lighting. Not that the kitchen lights are on that much to make that big of a difference.

Same? Hmmm Hard to say. Flourescents are "generally" more energy efficient than incandescent. They are, however, more expensive to replace, but their expected service life is a lot longer.

When replacing lighting, keep in mind the quality of the light. You want you lighting to be warm and comfortable. Flourescents traditionally have a cold, clinical feel to them and not something I find condusive to making a warm, comfortable environment. But, I'm REALLY sensitive to lighting and illumination.

I really hate the overhead flourescent tubes commonly found in kitchens. Drive me nuts. But the compact flourescents that are designed to replace regular incandescents have a MUCH better quality of light than those tubes.

Yes, the newer flourescents are emit a much more palatable and comfortable light. Just be careful when planning and choose the newer bulbs with warmer light.

Why do I feel like I'm on HGTV?

:confused:

Why did I leave my bike out last winter for the back wheel to rust?

I need to go to the gym, but watching 24 when it's on is much more appealing.

I hear you. I was a little leery when I first heard of them, me of the popping tube in childhood kitchen experience. These don't seem as blue white as the old tubes.

Plus, every little bit I can wring out of my KW hours gets me just that much closer to going solar!

Another day...another 'to do list' left unfinished......

I could launch into a whole lame-assed boring discussion on color temperatures as measured in degrees Kelvin. But I won't.

Cuz it's really freakin' boring.

Did I mention I know what metamerism is? Actually took an entire (university) course on color.

Yawn

Why do I have a granite cube with an inspirational saying engraved on it, and why has it sat on my desk for years?

Does it need to be 'repurposed"?

(What's the saying?)

It might be too embarrasing for that - though I suppose I could mail it anonymously to someone in need of some inspiration...

Hmmmm now that I think about it - it could be used as some sort of note-delivery-system...

There used to be a gu who walked around the Renaissance Faire with a rock in his hand asking, "Did somebody lose a pager?"

That sounds like Andy... I miss him. :)

My mother watches American Idol. I have to go scrub my DNA.

If that were my only reason to wish away my parentage I'd be worry free. :(

I miss the good old days when one could determine, with a simple glance at a someone's t-shirt, whether or not they too were a Pepper.

The wheel on my mouse sounds like a duck softly quacking.

Quack

It's a hybrid mouse/duck...

Squack?

Ohhh pretty!

The travel docs came for the DLR part of my SoCal trip today. They included one of the 50th anniversary gold maps. Fun.

Empty the fvcking lint screen, you fvcks! I don't make you touch my pubes, why should I have to touch yours!

Why does asparagus cause stinky pee?

Ask and ye shall receive...

From WebMD:

Fascinating! I've always wondered.

Thanks MBC!

Benjamin Franklin is my hero
 

From a newsletter I get (about the printing industry):

Not too long after the founding of the American republic, a citizen complained to Franklin that he had not received the "happiness" promised in the Declaration of Independence. Franklin replied that "the Declaratoin's 'persuit of happiness' only gives you the right to pursue happiness -- you have to catch it yourself."

A Canadian once explained to my father that America is all about the "pursuit of happiness" while Canadians are just happy.

I hope that I can spend the rest of my life trying to always make it better.

On that same line of thinking...
I hope 'someday' comes soon.

You know, like someday I hope to be financially well off... etc....
:)

I am invisible.

Oh cool, can you teach me how to be invisible too?

Or, THEY say that leggings are coming back in style.

"Take a pinch of keyhole
And fold yourself up
You cut along the dotted line
You think inside out
And you’re invisible"

...it's from the new Kate Bush album.

Perfect. I will let you know as soon as I find the song, and as soon as I try those directions.

How is it that I hate Tagalongs (and other peanut butter cookies), but adore Reese's peanut butter cups and Reese's Pieces?

Those are made with Heroin

The cookie part is too dry.

Because there is NO comparison. NONE.. zip, zot, zero

Psst. Just bang the lint screen on the trash can and the lint comes off without you touching it.

Or use a paper towel (if the laundry room has been stocked, that is).

Instructions on how to fly:

Throw yourself to the ground, but miss

they're not already:confused:

now you tell me:rolleyes:

No matter what, a dog will never learn to untangle itself when it is on-leash and circles a tree several times. Frodo just doesn't get it. I don't think any dog I've had did. :D
What Frodo's puppy trainer said was that the predicament is hard for a dog to understand.
:)

Agreed. I am just finishing a heathful heroin filled mid morning snack of a Reese's peanut butter easter egg and feel the high immediately.

And I bet in 2 hours you'll be craving more more more!

I stumbled across a cartoon featuring The Three Stooges as superheros on Boomerang earlier this evening. At least I think I did.

There's gonna be an interactive Reese's dark ride at HersheyPark this year - The Reese's Xtreme Cup Challenge!

Alcohol makes me chatty.

Are you feeling chatty?

:D

Et tu, Pru?:D

Even worse, my tendency to wander amongst random tangents is greatly increased.

On the other hand, it made the alumni dinner much more entertaining! Hanging out with the other 2Ls (which we never have time to do) was a silly hoot!

Be sure to take the lampshade off before beddy-bye, okay?

:D

Tonight, live from Washington State....


It's the Prudence and Wendybeth show!

And I left the lampshade in the hotel banquet room. I never take them home with me! Don't be silly!

And then I came home to find a new wheeled laptop backpack waiting for me at the front door and it's pretty cool and ....

Boris is showing me his belly! He's so cute when he flops his little paws over like that and...

I wonder if we'll be allowed to cite to pdfs of journal articles this year or if they'll still demand paper cites because they're slaves to the Bluebook and those damn ivy league editors who...

Oooh! Jellybeans!

No! Back away from the jellybeans, Prudence........

You shouldn't mix intoxicants. You eat those beans, and in ten minutes your brain will be struggling with trying to balance the sugar buzz will the booze buzz, and will attempt to convince you that only breakfast at Denny's will do the trick. Trust me on this one.

My Boris is washing his derriere right now- trying, anyway. He's too girth challenged to actually be effective. Really clean tummy, though.

Which reminds me, it's been far too long since I did a nice 3am breakfast at Denny's. That used to be a normal ritual after gigs on Friday and Saturday night. Ah, the good ol' days. :)

Can I have one of those Russell Stover coconut nest thingies? I love those. I don't know why. They're totally crappy chocolate. And I guess they do have jelly beans -- but they're really small jelly beans!

And the Denny's parking lot is right at the freeway onramp so it's too hard to get to. Besides, IHOP is my post drinking breakfast of choice!

Great. Now I'm totally craving IHOP. ARG!

Well, if you go would you order me the Swedish International Passport breakfast?

:cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes: :cakes:

It's always breakfast at Denny's!

Things I have learned:

1) I'm too old to pull all-nighters.
2) Word's "Table of Authorities" function sucks.

Planful?

This is the song that never ends...
It's a Small World after all...
Seperated at birth?

Redness and irritation may take up to two days to dissipate.

This may be the last rain of the season I hope.
It's hard to cold call in the rain.
But you do get cold & wet.

A coat closet makes for a really good place to hang coats.

Three hour time difference, and a long flight and I slept in till 9:00 - no jet lag here, just back to the same ol' habits...

Sleep? what is this.. sleep, you speak of?

Sleep is good.

This may take up to 5 years to figure out.

or

There is always room for improvement in one's life, and it always feels good.

I wish we had a coat closet.

I'd put luggage in there. ;)

Passover makes for a great excuse to eat Gypsy Den waldorf chicken salads (hold the crutons) every day.

I have never heard of Gypsy Den waldorf chicken salads until today.
:)

I need to go to the bathroom and I'm stuck on a conference call! Help!

Just go and when you come back say that your mute botton stopped working properly.

The first manufacturer that decided that zip releasable packaging was a good idea is a genius.

That strawberry salad I had for lunch didn't have very many strawberries...

Today is a good day to have a vagina.

Nope, still not convinced. ;)

Any day is a good day to have some vagina

Thinking of vaginas...

Deep.

I'm cancelling today due to lack of interest (not just in vaginas... everything!).

Everybody have a wonderful Saturday!!!!

Hmmm....

I have one of those around here....somewhere....

*sigh* curses again I've been hoodwinked by the Hubster. I told him he couldn't get a dirt bike {he did} because he didn't have a truck and no where to ride the damn thing.

*sigh* looking out at my back yard I wonder if he had it in mind all along to use it for a track?

damn....

damn...

*sigh* it turned out it is working great. :mad:

{wondering why it was such a good day for Stan4dSteph to have a vagina? I mean, enough for her to say so? I never really think much about it...I can see why guys...oh, nevermind...}

What, you don't know where your vagina is?

Sometimes I feel as if I am, how shall I say, just a person. Neither a he or she? I think giving of myself too much sometimes takes away my complete identity.

I am working on that....:evil:

Thanks for asking. :D

It turns out, it's not a schooner after all.

So......

Like a pre-op transexual?

Schooner or later, love is gonna get ya
Schooner or later, girl you got to give in
Schooner or later, love is gonna let ya
Schooner or later, love is gonna win

Oh, if there was ever a post worthy of bad mojo. I DID NOT need this song stuck in my head all day. I think I need a drink. :)

I don't understand why I couldn't get my ass out of bed today...

Oh well, I guess I better go take my shower and hurry up!

If I get a good night's sleep, I can't sleep the following night.

So tired, yet I couldn't even sleep...

Gee....one more day like this, my brain is gonna turn into mush.....oh wait, it already did...........

I wouldn't have put it quite that way.....LOL


How about someone who doesn't have time to think about anything about what everyone else wants/needs? :(

I need a vacation...

Wait, I will be at Disneyland in May...:snap:

Well, that sucked.

Peeps are good you

Sooo...

My day started like this. I went down to my office to do some work and within 20 minutes or so had locked myself out of my office. My keys, a fresh cup of Peet's coffee, and my phone are all still sitting there waiting for my return. Unfortunately, my landlord in nowhere to be found and now, being that there seem to be no other tenents in the building, the front door to the office suites are locked as well. This means if I call a locksmith, he will actually have to break in to two doors, which he probably would not be too keen on doing, being that, while I can prove the office is mine, he still might not feel that he has the proper permission to get into the front door of the building.

Also, it is very unusual that my landlord hasn't been home all day, unless he is out of town, which would really suck. My customers have been understanding today. Tomorrow, probably not so much.

Friggin' Mondays! :mad:

In the keeping of the proper balanbce of Peets Consuption in the universe, I must relay this parallel Monday morning tale to MBCs.

I got on the wrong bus this morning on my way to work. I stayed on thinking at some point it must cross the path of some other familiar line that could take me back to the proper path, but it didn't. Instead I drove through Alhambra, San Morino, and ultimately Pasadena, where I spotted a Peets on the corner of Lake and California.

Needless to say, I got off the bus and had myself a capaccino - afterwhich I got on the same bus on it's return trip. Got to work about 90 minutes late, but oddly satisfied.

There's a disturbance in the universe today, a disturbance that doesn't want me to work, but rather enjoy a cup of coffee. So I yield to these forces greater than myself.

In other words, I think you should just get yourself another cup.

Not a bad idea, especially considering that I thought I posted that last post in the "Sooo" thread and couldn't figure out where it went. Apparently, I didn't get enough caffeine today to think clearly. I think it's time to head to Peet's. :)

I think you may be correct about the disturbance in the universe today. It is very odd that I locked myself out of the office. For one thing, the door should have been unlocked. I never lock it from the inside. Secondly, I don't remember closing it behind me. I went to take out the trash and usually don't close my door when I am only going to be gone a minute. Very strange.

Perhaps this is all getting too deep for this particular thread however. Therefore, I will end my post with this not so deep thought.

I wonder how many people are trying to call me right now.

I cannot focus.

And I spent 5.5 hours at Peet's today... of course, I got paid to do so, but...

By what magic am I able to sleep in for an extra 30 minutes, but only be 15 minutes late for work even though traffic is worse? And more importantly, how can I harness that to allow me to sleep in for a full extra hour while being on time for work?

I just had to explain to an admin assitant why she shouldn't use the phrase 'they got all up in my grill' for an office memo.
:D

Grill?

I need a frickin dictionary.

Dental jewelry?????

Hi, welcome to 2005. :D (though in this case she meant the first listed definition, "One's personal business")

Yeah, like in 'Dang, Lisa. Why you gotta be all up in my grill about that cat Frodo ate?'
:D

I thought your sig said 'fondling member'..... :eek:

There are some days of the month that are survived by administering twice as much as the usual caffeine dosage and sheer teeth-gritting willpower.

Hot chocolate made with Nestle Toll House baking cocoa + a "Sydney's Cinnamon" Plush Puff = twitchy goodness.

oh my God oh my God oh my God OH MY GOD

"the description of this experience edges on one of obscenity"

In the essence of full disclosure, I am not an impartial party on the subject of Plush Puffs. But that being said...you have no idea how good a marshmallow can be if you've never had one. They are unbelievably good.

holy crap those are expensive! Now I have to develop marshmallow making as a hobby.

I'm pretty impartial and they are indeed the best marshmallows I've ever had. Your hot chocolate concoction sounds positively sinful. Here's to twitching...

If you trip over your new safe should it now be called a "dangerous?"

Oy! :rolleyes: :D lol!

Favorite epitaph...

Rodney Dangerfield's - "There Goes The Neighborhood"

Thought for today: On Star Trek everything they have is created via replicators...which means that they must use garbage to provide the matter...which means that the toilets probably don't flush. Nah, I bet it's just a bowl with a matter transmografier attached. Do your business, close the lid, and voila, all refuse vanishes. The bowl is never dirty because every speck is used.

The future is awesome.

No shiit!

Set the phasers on stun.

I have no life. I have become what I do and lost most of me. I suspect I will feel significantly less self-pitying in a few days. Yup, that's sufficiently shallow for this thread.

Shallow.

Not so deep.

Why am I not in bed?

i hope you are feeling better soon.

I need a hobby.

You have bacon and baseball. What more could one need?:)

For now, I've decided that re-addicting myself to video games works. But I don't like that as a long term solution.

If I were rich, had a huge garage, a huge house, and huge amounts of time, I'd do carpentry. 0 out of 4 ain't bad, right?

Carpentry. Carpentry. Get your carpentry projects right here!

You can practice on other peoples stuff. What could be better?

You could start small. There's room on the porch for small projects. I wouldn't mind investing in some equipment. What did you want to build?

Should I get you a book from the library for ideas? :)

i need a new wooden paddle... and i need it by the first week of july. can you hook me up:confused:

I had one specially made for you with your name in rhinestones on it. But I ran out of rhinestones so it just says 'MickeyLu' on it.
:D



"Disco Stu doesn't advertise..."
:D

Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four.

Decisions are hard. Even after they're made, they're still hard. If it weren't for the conventions of "my mind is made up" I'd never decide anything at all.

Who knew that the aquisition of a quality writing implement would be the catalyst for me to become organized at work?

Ah, but is said writing implement swanky? If you need to add swankage to your pens or mechanical pencils, €uroMeinke and NA can help with that.
:)

Have I mentioned how much I love my beautiful Boston-aquired pen?

If I was rich, I'd totally buy you that expensive orange one you liked. But I ain't. Can I interest you in a black Pilot G-2 O7 gel pen?
:D

The €uroMeinkester has a cool silver retro Tomorrowland looking pen. Love it.

I have discovered my FAVORITE cheap pen.

Bic Ultra Round Stic Grip. Thick, dark lines, just like I like 'em. The shade of blue is perfect.

I'd like a nice pricey heavy pen but my current job scenario would mean me losing it quickly. Perhaps after I'm settled at the new library.

It is pretty swanky. The swank factor is diminished a tad by the company logo on it, but it least it's a tastefully done logo.

And, if you've got a quality pen, might I recommend www.freerefill.com. 5 quality ink refills for shipping only ($5). Damn good deal if you've got a pen that's worth keeping around for a while.

I DREAM about that pen, but there is not way in HELL I can justify it. At least, not at the moment. But, man, is it a thing if beauty.

Chris is loving his new pens. I bought him a pen box a few years back to keep all of his cool pens. I think it is almost filled. If we end up back in Boston, I'm going to be visiting my pen again.

It's funny the things we end up collecting. I bought another watch yesterday too.

Pens
Watches
CDs
Books
1960's and 70's Disneyland stuff
Cats ;)

I have a couple of those. My favorite is the G2 07 gel pen, black. Love those. I'm hoarding a whole boxful of them in my desk. :D

My favorite pen one that has a koa wood body that Ralphie bought me in Hawai'i. I don't use it, of course, because it's special.
:D

I've been pretty partial to the Zebra F-301's for about 10 years. It's about as swanky a pen as I'm willing to take responsibility for and it gets high marks for dependability.

I wouldn't mind having an ultra-swanky pen but, like sunglasses, I'm just too absent-minded for the expensive stuff. I know my limitations. :)

I can't believe that I actually own three different Mont Blanc Pens. Two ball points and one roller ball variety. My next one needs to be a fountain pen.

Might I suggest checking out the Adult Ed classes at a local Community College. I have been taking woodworking classes at Mt. SAC for close to ten years. They're great for me as they are on the weekends.

I am not sure what is near you (I hear Fullerton College has some decent classes), but it is worth checking out. I have actually made a couple of pieces of furniture in our house and for freinds as well.

I consider myself an accomplished sawdust maker.

Silica gel packs must taste freaking delicious.

My gardeners are LOUD!

That's what happens when you take on all of them at once :evil:

That's my favorite pen too! No other gel pen comes close. The writing is so smooth. The ink is so dark.

Yeah, I'm filming my own version of Desperate Housewives over here.

If you're trying to cut down on cholesterol, don't think of 'em as eggs -
Think of 'em as liquid chickens :)

My wife is a pen conosseuir. Perhaps I shall make note of that particular pen and surprise her. She has been searching for the perfect pen as long as I have known her.

Note to self: Ensure that certain water filled pieces of paraphenalia are not in the frame before emailing photos to parents. (Fortunately, it wasn't in the shot, but I did have a heart attack when I noticed one of the bunny photos contained the usual resting spot for said item)

You could have just said it was for the bunny's glaucoma. :D

Or responded by saying, "Oh, is that what that is? We found it in the cage when we got the bunny and thought it was some kind of automatic watering device"

Yes, that was my immediate next thought...it does look conveniently like a piece of habitrail.

Panic attacks suck.

You could always say it's part of the computer cooling system :cool:

My children can talk for 14 hours straight without taking breaths and say absolutely nothing that is coherent.

Xanax reduces said suckage to a manageable level.

Sounds like they're just playing Fox News Live: The Home Game ;)

And they stay crunchy, even in milk :D

Noted

Manageable level is good. I like manageable level. Manageable level beats Klonopin's "you better be ready to drop in 30 minutes" effect.

Lol- you're on today, Matt!

I'm at work today, and I've got a sinus headache that feels like a bunch of new age freaks are hosting a drum circle in my forehead.

The guests have been nice at least, the one mean one I had was more comic relief than anything else.

Ugh, feel better, Matt. My allergies are outta control this season, so sinus headaches are a daily event.:(

We were watching the Simpsons the other day and it featured God. He was visualized as a giant man, maybe 20 feet tall (couldn't see his face). It suddenly struck me that this common representation of God was really stupid. A giant? Wtf?

Did you notice he had five fingers on each hand? :)

I thought this post was going to be about Scaeagles.:)

'The Look of Love' and 'Son of a Preacher Man' are great songs to make out to. Ms. Springfield, you're missed.
:)

I borrowed a cd from the library of hits from 1977, the year I was born.

Musically...it was a pretty lame year.

So... I thought I should check in on the other thread I don't visit too often...


Humm: Allergies, Simpsons, CD's, Songs, God.

Whew! Looks like things are doing just fine over here. :)

CP, I would respectfully disagree :) , but maybe that's because that music reminds us of things going on in our lives when the songs were popular. Music always dates you.. some of them bring back memories:

Some good:
1. Tonight's The Night, Rod Stewart
14. Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet
19. Hotel California, Eagles
28. Fly Like An Eagle, Steve Miller Band
52. Don't Stop, Fleetwood Mac
53. Barracuda, Heart
62. Jet Airliner, Steve Miller Band
68. Cold As Ice, Foreigner
90. Walk This Way, Aerosmith
94. Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac
99. Star Wars (Main Title), London Symphony Orchestra

Some not so good:
9. Undercover Angel, Alan O'Day
11. I'm Your Boogie Man, K.C. and The Sunshine Band
12. Dancing Queen, Abba
21. Theme From "Rocky" (Gonna Fly Now), Bill Conti
36. Blinded By The Light, Manfred Mann's Earth Band
37. Looks Like We Made It, Barry Manilow
45. Da Doo Ron Ron, Shaun Cassidy

borrowed from: http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1977.htm

No way! 1977 was a BANNER year for music. You just can't look at the hits (does anyone do that now and not be disgusted?)

Talking Heads '77
Sex Pistols - Never Mnd the Bollocks
The Clash - The Clash
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned
Wire - Pink Flag
Ramones - Rocket to Russia
Television - Marquee Moon
Devo - Be Stiff
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours

And that's just a start.

Trip down memory lane....I looked at the list and it was fun.

And what's wrong with "I'm Your Boogie Man"????? It's gonna go through my head all day now.

It sticks in your head all day :) It triggers a tape recorder in your head the just won't stop

I had that album

I still do!

Oops, I meant "the hits were pretty lame".

At least the hits on this compilation. There are a few I enjoyed. I also borrowed one for 1972 and that was pretty rad.

DP Roberts - I like some from each of those two lists :)

[quote=Cadaverous Pallor]Oops, I meant "the hits were pretty lame".

At least the hits on this compilation. QUOTE]

Agreed, if this was my musical snapshot of 1977, I could consider it a lame year too. These "hits" must have been the ones they could put together on an album with a minimum of royalty payments. Most of them would be on my "not so good" list.

Here are the hits from my birth year 197*ahem*1:

1. Joy To The World, Three Dog Night
2. Maggie May / (Find A) Reason To Believe, Rod Stewart
3. It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move, Carole King
4. One Bad Apple, Osmonds
5. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Bee Gees
6. Indian Reservation, Raiders
7. Go Away Little Girl, Donny Osmond
8. Take Me Home, Country Roads, John Denver
9. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me), Temptations
10. Knock Three Times, Pawn
11. Me And Bobby Mcgee, Janis Joplin
12. Tired Of Being Alone, Al Green
13. Want Ads, Honey Cone
14. Smiling Faces Sometimes, Undisputed Truth
15. Treat Her Like A Lady, Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
16. You've Got A Friend, James Taylor
17. Mr. Big Stuff, Jean Knight
18. Brown Sugar, Rolling Stones
19. Do You Know What I Mean, Lee Michaels
20. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Joan Baez

Wow, what a horrible representation of 1977. I can see why you disliked it so much!

Mmmmm 1977 - Going over to Frank's to Listen to the Sex Pistols and throw things into the neighbors back yard - I miss those punk rock days...

In order to get some real perspective on that collection I looked up Entertainment Weekly's Greatest Hits from 1992.

Since I wasn't that much of a music rebel at the time, it seems pretty accurate to me...

Why is it that the cute girl in the halter who has been laying out outfits on her bed for hours never gets naked, while the less attractive woman in the oversized tee in the floor above has been rubbing her crotch for just as long. Why am I wondering what the person in the floor above mine is doing right now.

Perhaps we would be better able to comment on this important situation if you were to setup a webcam. ;)

Please don't get arrensted, Mr. Perv.

He's not perverted, just €uropean.

If he's that €uropean, I should be able to have a man on the side. ;)

Not so deep thought: America is a prude country that just needs to get laid

Ain't that the truth. :snap:

This has come up recently. Is it odd that I am only interested in going to strip clubs when in the company of someone I hope to have sex with? I don't understand going to such places alone or in the company of platonic friends. This confuses (some of) my platonic friends.

Well, I have yet to go to a strip club with someone I hope to have sex with, but the one time I went with someone not in that category...eh. Seemed pretty lame to me.

Perhaps it's because they don't get to come.

ba dum bum.

Haven't you?
:p

I'm with you on this. I think the whole strip club crap is another symptom of a frigid culture. Tease, tease, tease.

I have never been to a strip club of either sex. I don't see the appeal of getting all hot and bothered without being able to touch anything. At least porno doesn't have any pretense about it.

I've been to a strip club once in my life. The place I went to, I was told that you could get a hand job if you went early enough (the was a constant police presence after a certain hour - imagine working that beat).

The amusing side was a stripper with a Hello Kitty lunch box filled with an assortment of dildos and vibrators. The sad side was I felt more like the woman's gynocologist than anything else - ho hum.

That said, I'd love to see one of Dita Von Tease's Burlesque acts - or some sort of campy burlesque revue.

I think there is something to be said about the proper tease as well as often the anticipation is sometimes far more erotic than the actual consumation.

Hubby appeared in a Dita video...:eek: :D This is a thing most of his fans don't know. He also was in some sixties art films about which I should just shut up right now! :evil:

Mojo to your hubby ;)

I'm way too excited about the fact that the one "celebrity" from my graduating class has RSVP'd yes to our 10 year reunion.

Oh gah. Our "celebrity" was an ass. Damn Modest Mouse. I wouldn't line up to see him.

I'm pathetically waiting until I have some impressive lawyer gig to hit the reunion circuit. Photos from the last one looked like some Sex in the City casting call. Bah.

Oh, you say the venting thread is elsewhere?

ugh....no mas reunions for me.

10 years....same folks just with a few more lbs and a little less hair...and alot more kids. ended up very hammered. mui boracho e loco. at least I found out why the girl punked me for ditch day. guess finding out she was pregnant the day before sorta took the fun out of it for her. go figure

20....yikes! bad face lifts and dye jobs, sagging wrinkly folks trying to act 18 again. alot of obviously rented cars for folks wanting to look more successful than they were. except for Ron...who didnt look to have aged 30 seconds...probably the incredibly high THC content in his system.
more boracho, not quite so loco. hangover like I'd been hit by a bus

25.....skipped it. hated thinking I look as bad as the rest of those folk did at 20. (along with other reasons for not attending)

30? heh...not even at gunpoint.

only celebrity we knew of from our class was a convicted cop killer now serving multiple life sentences. too bad, always seemed like a nice guy.

It's only because she's really hot, isn't it?

Hot, famous, and a geek.

OK, spill

And, because of this, just being able to talk to her makes you the envy of geeks everywhere.

You went to school with Ann Coulter?!?! I am so jealous!!!!!!!!!!!

What kind of name dropper do you think I am?

Hopefully the kind that can't keep a secret.

I'll give you a useless hint...she's been on the cover of Maxim.

OMG HER!!!!

You are ****ting me! You really know her???

You gotta introduce me.

Nice try.




Wait, and why do you care? :p

*snicker*

Oh I know I know!


Not.

can I guess?

If it's Maggie Gyllenhaal, I'll cry. Love her.
:)

Clue number 1 - she's a famous GEEK

Clue number 2 - only real tech geeks know her

Kim Possible?

How about the geek in 'Firefly'? Kaylee?

Hmmm... I'm thinking actress.
At first, I was going to guess Mila Jovovich, but now I'm leaning toward Jolene Blalock. Are any of us close?

If they are attending his high school reunion, they should have been born in 1978, both Mila and Jolene were born in 1975.

Nope. As a reminder, this is a 10 year high school reunion, so that narrows down the birth dates. (errr, what DPR said)

GD, can we assume you and the famous geekette were born the same year, or was one of you held back or advanced a grade?

Assume away.

Not an actress. But she is on TV.

Morgan freakin' Webb?

That's my guess...Especially if GD graduated from North Hollywood High

*innocent whistle*

I graduated with one of these guys.

Did I mention that this is a pool party?

The ROTC band outside is playing a festive march and all I can think about is Monty Python.

I'd post a picture of her but I'm at work and if you put that name in a search engine...

According to the Classmates.com site I graduated with Buzz Lightyear and Johnny Depp.

I don't remember them, though. Big class.

We were offered a chance to enter a drawing here at work for free tickets to several events at the Arrowhead Pond. One of the options is the variety concert, "Freestyle Explosion" with such headliners as Afrika Bambaataa and THE Soul Sonic Force, Lisa Lisa, and Debbie Deb.

And I thought, "Lisa Lisa without the Cult Jam? Forget it!"

Lisa Lisa and Debbie Deb...:rolleyes: Dumb. Names.

Manoman.... I saw Lisa Lisa (and the Cult Jam) open for David Bowie on the Glass Spider tour (the stadium leg). Nice to see she's still at it...

...though I don't remember a single moment of their set.

Afrika Bambaataa! Damn, he must be at least fifty.

Zulu Nation....what!

Sammy Sam?

:rolleyes:

Samwise Samuel Sam Sambo-Sammykins, the sammiest

;) much better

... or else, "the other white meat"

I can't decide.

Sammy Sam in the mother****ing house!

For a few moments

Headline: Job from hell consumes life of area man

Did I post this before?

All humor is found in facing truth. All sadness is found in facing truth.
When you avoid truth all you have is anxiety and guilt.

profound, truly.

any idea who said it?

I did. I'm sure someone else may have said something similar but this was out of my head. :) Thanks for the ultimate compliment!

Normally when I'm this late it's with a book, not the telly. Which is why I've probably never noticed that Carson whatshisbutt has a late night show. And he's spectacularly awful. Not so bad it's good awful, but so bad I quickly polished off the glass of wine so I can shut down the pooter and head to bed.

Sweet Fancy Moses the commercial's over! Where the hell is that remote?!

Carson Daly is SO bad, they BEG people coming out of the Tonight Show taping to go be in his audience...

What if Carson Palmer hosted instead?

Wasn't he on MTV? I thought he was supposed to be some hottie or something. On his late show he has all the charisma of cold, congealed oatmeal. Does he have no shame? Does he have no friends who can tell him how much he totally sucks?

Danger is: Trying to make a pass on a 2 lane highway in a Chevy Cobalt. I think I'd have done better with a riding lawnmower.

I'm reading this as you attempting to hit on someone, and somehow being in a riding lawnmower would have improved your chances?:D

mmmm......breakfast of (ex) champions :p

Ever notice that, counter-intuitively, it seems easier to get used to driving a rental car than it is to get re-used to driving your own car after driving a rental car? I suppose it's because when in a rental car, you're expecting things to not feel right, but when you get back in your own car, it's jarring when your muscle memory is incorrect.

An odd realization stemming from a strange late night convorsation between CP and myself:

I've been to several historical recreated villages from the colonial era on the east coast. These are places where buildings from the time are preserved, and people dress in period costumes, demonstrating what life was like during the time. There'd be women tending gardens, a baker baking bread, and invariably a blacksmith making stuff. Sometimes they'd even give some small bit of metal work to the visitors (I've still got a square nail lying around somewhere). It ocurred to me last night that while you are guaranteed to see a butter churn at these recreated villages, and maybe even someone pretending to churn butter, not once do I remember getting to taste any hand-churned butter on the spot. Which made me realize that at that point in history, it was easier to smith metal than to make butter.

Fire, Clang!, Red hot metal, screeech of the metal in water, beefy blacksmith.

or

Wooden churn. Wooden pole. Up and down. Up and down.

If you made your living selling tickets, which one would you rather be selling them for?

And in all likelyhood, that hand churned butter would be so vastly different from what people were used to that they would not like it.

(I've had it, its very different)

And it is far better to have people walk away with that piece from the smith, than walk away saying, "Hey man, it's cool and all, but stay AWAY from the butter churning area"

You know you work for a beauracracy when you are OVERJOYED to find that they finally painted a door for you.

Is it painted green?

Totally agree. After weeks and weeks, I got my office to unblock advocate.com yesterday. They said they thought it was 'porn' but never actually visited the site itself. I was overjoyed, but then was thinking 'Doy, shouldn't someone look at the site before they block it?' I mean, there are quite a few GLBT guests downstairs who use our free internet access. Yeah, most want porn, but hey there may be a few looking to get knowledged. :D

Ha! Forwent is a word.

Actually, it is.
It may be a word but it still sounds dumb :p

I'm going to live forever on a diet of nothing but coffee and booze. The booze will destroy my liver and heal my heart. The coffee will heal my liver and destroy my heat. It will form a perfect symbiotic relationship, keeping my organs in an immortal stasis.

I'm going to live on a diet of McDonald's Big Mac's and Cheeseburgers.

After all, every time you hear a report about food that's bad for you they always say something like "It's the equivalent of 8 Big Mac's". So I figure the McFood must actually be pretty good for you.

Damn, where is that "snicker" emoticon when I need it...

And STILL no love for "highlit"... as in "highlighted"

Beats the hell out of rice cakes.

Why does my head hurt?

Not enough coffee and booze, perhaps?

Hmmmm.... Maybe that's how I've been losing weight? Makes more sense than what I've come up with so far...

Add to that equation water, though... Or you'll be dehydrated like... umm... something really dry.

You'll turn into a pile of sand. :)

Just different ways to kill the pain the same......

I wish I could remember who sang that song. I used to hear it all the time on Dr. Demento way back when I lived in Monterey. That song and "Pencil Neck Geek" by Classie Freddie Blassie are my all-time Demento faves.

Cow hat. Why?
My dog's bigger than you.
:confused:

Tom "T-Bone" Stankus.

God, I'm SO glad I married a geek!!!

Existential Blues - I'll put it back on my server after work tonight...

If you walked outside and noticed that the sky was gone, would you care?

Not so much

I suppose that depends on where it went.

De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you

the rest, i suppose, will arrive in a spicy text message while i'm in a meeting;)

Turn the phone off and give your employer 110%
Is all I want to say to you

At Angels Stadium last night, there was an ad on one of the screens for a while about Gilette's support of a Prostate Cancer research foundation. And all I could think was, "The best a man can get."

some days I think this should read..

"if you walked outside and the sky was gone, would you notice?"

The worry and alternate anticipation of the Pirates redo is really bugging me. What if it's horrible? What if it's wonderful? What if it ruins the classic? What if it's applause-worthy spectacular?

I'm miserable.

I'm worried, too. I guess we can only wait and see. I'm hoping it's something that can be changed back easily if they really eff it up. I saw some artist renderings of the changed on MC and although they looked great, I'm thinking the actual changes themselves will be less than great. It's the Disney way...
The soonest I can get to the park is in Sept. That's a long time to wait...
:(

I know I've mentioned this before, but it's worth repeating. Angels fans suck. Not because they like the Angels, but because they aprantly don't like baseball. They cheer their team on reluctantly, and only when the big screen tells them to. The instant "Make Some Noise!" disappears from the screen...they stop making noise!

"Two outs in the bottom of the 9th, tie game, runner in scoring position, 2 strikes...hmmm....does the big screen tell me to cheer? No? Okay then, I will sit here and politely read the hair restoration advertisement on the screen until told otherwise."

And yet...they find time at work to give me sh!t for wearing a Dodgers shirt. Like I give a crap about some non-existent Angels/Dodgers rivalry that the apathetic Angels fans seem to want to invent to feel important. Bah.

heh. try bein' a padres fan sometime.
"make some noise" usually results in a group yawn
:p

I'd rather not.

Why oh why do they still put that scene in books and movies where the married/engaged/unavailable man is caught at home by his wife/future mother-in-law while a girl wearing his bathrobe walks out of his bedroom...yet of course he never slept with her and he's a victim of ridiculous circumstance? For God's sake, we've seen it. It was funny the first 3,722 times. Now it is cliche and no longer even partially interesting.

"Oh look, he actually didn't sleep with her, but it looks like he did....how will he ever explain this to his wife/mother-in-law????"

I was attempting to enjoy Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman when I came to this scene. Then I had to prevent myself from throwing the book in order to get away from it.

The same scene is in Exact same scene, and of course the "discoverer" doesn't stop to see if she could possibly be wrong it.

I believe it's one of the 32 possible plots - so you should expect to encounter this in 3 1/8 of the stories you hear.

Hmm, now I wonder how manyy of the 32 plots I've kicked out of my life. I can't think of any more off the top of my head that have crossed the line into "instant story veto" the way this one has.

I wasn't enjoying the book much anyway. Gaiman already wrote about a guy who's nervous and embarrassed all the time and is sucked into magical happenings. I don't need to read it again.

Another not so deep thought - I had my first migraine ever last night. I can't imagine getting them all the time, as some people do. I felt like my pain was stopping time, taking me out of my body and deconstructing my mind by the molecule.

The packaging for Zig-Zag rolling papers is some of the most useful packaging ever. Not only does it conveniently dispense the papers, the flap can be used as source material for a mouth piece for your hand rolled...tobacco. And, should you need to clean up the...tabacco on the table, it acts as a handy scraper to collect loose bits of...tobacco.

Stoners come up with some pretty damned brilliant ideas...as long as it has to do with more efficient ways to smoke...tobacco.

God, I'm old.

You just figure that one out there, GD? I think you're smoking too much...tobacco.;):p

Rolled ain't my preferred deliverance. I've only rolled one or two...if you can call the disasters I produced "rolled".

I'm totally lost. What are you guys talking about ???



;)

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Listen

Am I the only one that prefers Pop Tarts "raw"?

Nope - that's my favorite way to eat them. In fact I'm not sure I've ever eaten one toasted.

Chocolate Pop Tarts washed down with Jolt Cola - that's a good breakfast

And while on the subject of Pop Tarts:

I seem to recall some Toaster Streudel commercials in which a kid, given pop tarts before going to school, quickly ditches them when out of Mom's sight in favor of a Toaster Streudel which he has smuggled, or procures from a friend or something. My question is...how the hell does that kid plan on toasting the thing? Unlike Pop Tarts, a raw toaster streudel is not a tasty treat.

Actually they are quite tasty frozen.

I'm in love with Evan Farmer and Jason Cameron from "While You Were Out".

I've said it before, but it deserves repeating.

No! Y(ummmm!)

Both are yummy, yes (and there is no way Evan is straight!), but I'd rather have Eric Stromer from Clean Sweep or Sparky or Justin from In a Fix. Hot!

Which of the following seems more rude? Contacting an old friend you haven't talked to in a long time and immediately asking them for advice in their field of expertise, or contacting them, shooting the breeze for a while, and then pulling the "Oh, by the way, I have a question in your area of expertise."

I'd probably go with option 'C' - Immediately ask them for advice and then shoot the breeze.

I agree: "Hey, listen, I know I've been out of touch for a while, but such and such happened, and I immediately thought of you."

Frosted Pop Tarts are eaten untoasted by preference. Unfrosted Pop Tarts simply remain uneaten.

"Hey Strangler Lewis, you know how I feel about that free speech issue? Well, it seems in my attempt to demostrate the range of my decission options, I suddenly wound up on death row - and well, heck, I immeadiately thought of you. Do you suppose I could leverage my German heritage to wrangle a pardon out of the Governor? - Eh whatever, we've got so much to catch up on, and well - I seem to have plenty of free time at the moment..."

You called George Bush a "Pheasant Head" didn't you?

Oops, sorry. That was interrupting a thread with a passionate political statement. My bad.

Well, duh.