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What are you doing right now?


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YEAH!! Congrats!

Soooo.... Does a house come with those keys?

Soooo.... When's the housewarming party? :D


(Oh, and congrats!)

Gratz on the new digs!

Heer iz nother keez! *muah*


Congrats. Can't wait to see it!

We're going to George's tonight for their Friday Kleftico special... Yum! <happy cheese>

Thanks for the congratulations and well-wishes! It's been a crazy few months, and I am both excited and dreading the reality of home ownership. We don't move in until mid-January (we're letting the erstwhile owner stay for up to four weeks to get her 44-year accumulation of stuff together), and it'll be a few weeks after that before our first movie night.

For the time being:

The front


and the back

Inka, Bob and Jack are going to love their own backyard!
It looks great MP, I'm thrilled for you all!

MP, was this a single owner residence? 44 years of stuff, eek. This makes me want to really houseclean and purge myself of accumulated crud.

What - no 3/4 view or overhead shots?

Do you guys need the name of a good mover? I used one that Disneyphile recommended on my last two moves, they're great: Delancey Street Movers. They're inexpensive and do a really good job. (Oh, and you can write off the move costs because it's considered a charitable contribution)

This afternoon is d....r....a....g....g....i....n....g.....

Why isn't it 5:30 yet? :(

Seriously. Today has been suckage. I'm seeing Milk tonite with BJ, so that should cheer me up. ;)

I got out early. :D

From what I understand, it's not exactly a comedy.

No, it's not.

I cried.

I left at 4:20. :cough:

I left at 3:40.

Well, you knew better than to put your finger in the vise.

I'm still here.

I haven't even gone...

I worked from home today.

I thought you didn't want to go anyway.

But how long can the guy hold it? Eventually, he is just going to have to go to the bathroom.

You ever have random sh!t just pop into your head for no reason?
I have no idea where this came from, but during a quiet moment eating lunch today with friends I thought, "Rockin' Space Mountain fu cking sucked!"
And then without warning the thought went away.

Good News, GC: THIS trip, Stoat is getting to see the REAL Space Mountain...

Riding with the lights on = not as thrilling....

Until this point in time, your brain had fought to even consider thinking about that abomination.

I can't wait for Rockin' Matterhorn or even better...

Rick-Rollin'-Space-Mountain !!

:rolleyes:

I wish Space Mountain had the trains from Knott's Berry Farms Pony Express.

I only think about Rockin' Space when I bang my head against a concrete wall.

What Will You Celebrate?

Thought you might want to know that when you click on the "Disney Video Spoofs Celebration" link or "skip video", it goes to a page with your email on it. Don't know if you care....


eta: Cool! :D

Thanks for the heads up, BW!

You also get the same page if you watch the video all the way through

Thank you WB and BW!

I get the feeling I'm missing something here....

;)

You can create your own here.

This is what it is. (This is an email acct. I never use so I don't care about the link). Very fun.

**Beware that if you post your video online, everyone who sees it will have your email address.**


eta: Kevy beat me to it. I'll leave it for anyone wants to see it without actually doing it.

My mother had two antique cookie tins that she used to store Christmas cookies in since before I was born. I washed one of them in the dishwasher, this morning, just as I have dozens of times; and my mother a hundred times before. When I pulled it out, all the paint was gone - just bare metal. I'm devastated. One of my most treasured childhood memories is gone... ruined!

I know it's just a thing, but it feels like a part of me just died.

For some reason, drinking beer and then wine and the beer again gives me such a headache the next morning. I have to think about not doing that too often.

I could be wrong, GC- I'm certainly no medical expert, but I believe you may be suffering from something commonly known as a.......hangover. Next time just go for the tequila shots. You'll still be in pain the next day, but the buzz is much better.:D

Ya. But you don't drink tequila. You rent it.
:D
I'm definitely hanging this morning.

Aw, JW...that sucks. I'm so sorry.:(

It started around 7:00 this morning. Now Portland is covered in a lovely layer of snow. The city is hushed an glowing, people are cheerfullly chilled and out enjoying the ambiance, and all the things that go with the first snowfall.

Unfortunately, a couple of inches on the valley floor translates to significant snow at 700 feet where the zoo is. ZooLights is cancelled for the evening. Ordinarily, this wouldn't affect me on a Sunday, but I had a date.

Out where she is, there's a lot of wind that goes with this kind of weather. So she didn't even want to leave her house, or have me try to go over there. Tomorrow the high is supposed to be 26 degrees. She's just in town for less than a week. I haven't seen her and Tuesday she goes back to Mexico.

Well, we were wanting to keep this casual...

Well, I'm being nailed with a load of holiday hustle and bustle all in one day.

Tomorrow's gonna be busy as hell, but mostly fun.

Gotta get up early to grab the DL tickets for the needy family, then drop all the gifts off at the community center (or GusGus might handle that alone). Then, I'm going shopping with a couple fantastic ladies. Then, I have to prep some food and a graphical chart for a 2-hour long appointment in the late afternoon, followed by racing to LAX to pick up an old friend whom I haven't seen since '95, who, of course, is gonna want to hang out all evening, even though we'll be going to Disneyland the next day together.

CRAZY!!!

But... fun.

But, why does fun have to happen all at once?

How's it go? Liquor before beer, in the clear; beer before liquor, never sicker.

Or, drink a glass of water for every drink you consume (preferably during consumption, but at least before bed), that way you don't dehydrate.

or, don't drink ! :p

...now I have a Soda-Club (that's what y'all call it - over here it's a SodaStream) , I'm getting a taste for Fuzzy Water....

Good luck with that, and bring a poncho!

There's a silvery sheen of ice everywhere, the forecast high is 25, and then there's that chill wind out of the east. Things are improving - chains are no longer required on metro area highways - but the zoo is still closed. We'll stay closed until we can make the grounds safe for the public. And we can only do that after we clear keeper areas.

So it's a weird day. We're all there, but the public isn't.

Icy downtown:

It's an icy, frozen mess up here too, Ozron. Got below zero last night.

Man, it is wet out there! Thank goodness this wasn't the weather yesterday, our DL trip would have been very different.

I'm back. Vegas was awesome. Grades are back. All As and 1 B.

Yay BtD!

Poured earlier this mirning, now clearing up a bit. Snow around the bay area and maybe some closer to home if it rains on Wednesday, it's supposed to be pretty nippy (28 or so)

Congrats on the grades!

Sound advice that always works for me.

Super mega congratulations!

How'd it go?

Xmas shopping is done, xmas cards going out tomorrow, e-cards this weekend. A couple more batches of cookies to go and I can relax for the 4 day weekend.

My hangover advice: Be me, I'm apparently immune.

Even the one time I got so drunk I puked and blacked out I didn't have a hangover. The time I did five shots of five different alcohols in one minute (plus the two G&Ts I'd already had). The worst I've ever experienced is a dry disgustingly fuzzy feeling tongue.

I am a god among men. Worship me for I am beneficent.

Alex drunk. I think I might pay to see that. You'd argue with people for our entertainment - right?

You puked, that usually helps prevent hangovers, actually, so that's no surprise.

But the real question is, have you tested your theory since your 30s? I was similarly immune until the last year or so.

Please, don't question your gods, it reduces the beneficence level.

I used to be immune too.

Okay, when people refer to "the hair of the dog", they don't literally mean you should lick a dog.

No: we are looking for REALISTIC solutions.

Actually, what you are looking for is Club Soda.

______________________

Susan is also one of those people who don't get hangovers - even as she turned 40 (and 41 and soon-to-be 42). She might still be drunk the next day, but no hangovers (and no Technicolor Yawns).

Congratulations!

Yes, well done, BTD.

Soooo....

I've closed the original Sooo.... thread. Perhaps it will help the server load issue, perhaps not. We'll see. I've copied the last page's worth (based on my 100 post/page setting) of posts here to keep things going and to keep viewing of the original thread to a minimum since, if it is the Sooo.... thread that's responsible, it's viewing more than posting that's at issue.

Carry on.

Nooooooo!!!!!!

Whatever will we torture newbs with?

It's still there to be read if anyone wants/is forced. Just reducing the number of times it has to load.

Wow, that was weird seeing the post and view count so low of the Soooo.... thread.

And typing that reminds me that the minor error in the subject of having four periods as an ellipsis instead of three always bugs me.

Me as well, but I decided to preserve it as-is. For tradition's sake.

Burn it to a CD and sell it for $9.95 as a fund raiser. :D

I wonder how many pages it would be if I printed it? :eek:

Someone just threw a shoe at me... wtf?

Looks like I'm the answer to a trivia question.

I KNEW it, you're George W. Bush, aren't you?

I think Fej should come and drop by to rechristen this thread.

WTG, BTD!!

So apparently taking all of the pain meds I did after my surgery gave me an ulcer. Just call me barfy. :( Top that of with a raging (and painful) ear infection I acquired yesterday and 6* (w/-118 windchill)...I'm having a GREAT day.

In retrospect: it would have been an interesting social experiment to have done what you did without telling anyone - just see if people discovered the change had been made, or if we all would have just carried on like nothing happened.

Awwwwwww... My cheese is sad. :(

It's the end of an era.

I am many...

Was there a foot in it?

and Kevy: Club Soda is what it makes, but Soda-Club is the machine you can use at home to make Club Soda. Don't make me come over and Club you with a Soda Bottle. That would also be a Soda Club, but not as fun.

Liar

I suppose it depends on whose perspective.

Everything is going to be okay.
Everything is going to be okay.
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Everything is going to be okay.
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Everything is going to be okay.
Everything is going to be okay.
Everything is going to be okay.
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Everything is going to be okay.
(that's what I'm doing right now - chanting - and trying not to have an anxiety attack.)

I am getting ready to put my Santa suit on and go visit the Hi-Hopes www.hopeu.com always fun, lots of Smiles. This is one of the most fun visits for me.

I'm sure they love to have you visit too!! It sounds like a great way to spread the holiday cheer!

I'm getting ready to make about 400 spritz tree cookies! I've decided to skip the wreaths this year, to much of a pain to switch cookie plates. Plus the trees are easier to decorate, shake on the colored sugar and voila.....decorated cookies!

I misread that as "shake on the colored sugar and vodka..." which was going to make a very interesting cookie.

I cheated and bought store already made Xmas variety sugar cookies in a box. Lots cheaper than making them myself and i didn't feel like baking but wanted cookies. Cookies and hot cocoa nothing but a warm fireplace and the day would be perfect. Thursday i have to get the remaining 2 presents and roll rum balls with my mom and i'm pretty much set. Just sitting back and waiting for Xmas to come and be over with and get life back to normal.

You won't here this coming out of my mouth very often, but it is damned cold up here! Brrrrrrr..............

Heck... I turned on the heat down here (mostly because the dogs asked me to).

We turned on the heat here for the doggies since we went out for a few hours. Lucy just brought me her Mr. Quackers duckie that is bigger than she is and she carried him all the way to the couch and jumped up onto the couch with him in her mouth lol...think it's time to get her another one of those. :)

A new couch?

Jeepers H Crackers! NA killed So.... What a b!tch!
:D

No, it had to happen.

My new job takes a lot of my energy. I haven't reached the stage in my new job where I can surf the net without being noticed. So no LoT for awhile.

I should be getting briefed soon on my February trip for work. It should be exciting. 3 week long trip... or so I hear.
:)

:)

Gathering notes and mentally preparing for tomorrow.

Negotiating?

Preparing for a great day!

lemme guess...theyre sending you to LA

:p

... I'm doing lots of work. Lots. And lots. Of work.

Too much work.

I volunteered to help someone else as I was not busy, now my work came in and I am officially slammed.

On a happier note, the staff luncheon (with gift exchange) is happening at noon. I do hope someone wants the nice giftie I brought, it included home-made rum cookies (they're yummy if I do say so myself).

If they don't want 'em, you have my address... ;)

:-) Not anymore I don't.

They were stolen twice and I came home with a nice picture frame I can use on my desk.

We've got about 2 1/2 feet in the local mountains. Here's a picture from a few days ago:



Here's what it looks like now:



The picnic table is almost completely covered.

I really need to remember not to put things in a safe place. I can never find them after I do.

Maybe they're in the same safe place as my stuff. :confused:

I'm gathering more terrible sounds for my phone.

I have a few for you.

Driving back and forth from home to the office because I forgot the #$%@ing power brick for my Mac at work. :mad:

Work just surprised me with a Lemon Curd Tart for my Birthday celebration (I won't be at work tomorrow as I'm off to Forster - (they give you your birthday as a holiday here...love it...), and then my actual B'day's on Saturday)

Lemon Crud Tart! My favorite!

*swoon* gorgeous pics!

I got it! Evita goes up the end of July at the Broadway Rose Company. I will be playing Juan Peron.

My cheese is very happy!

WOOHOO!!

YAY RON!!!!

Sounds like a LoT swanking in July/August next year!

Whatever you are looking for, it will always be in the last place you look.






Unless for some odd reason you keep looking for something after you find it. That would be weird.

I usually keep looking wherever said originally-lost thing was found, because chances are extra-super-good that more long-lost things will be found in the vicinity. :p

Did you tell them that you'd be surprisingly good for them?

I feel high-flying and adored!

Went to a cool Holiday party with the Punisher (Tom Jane) and the Rocketeer (Billy Campbell) present. Free beer and hung with EH. Saw some industry pals and many I didn't know. Always fun.

And I thought, "What kind of Australian abomination would a Lemon Turd Cart be?"

Then again, we could be foolish not to quit while we're ahead.

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

A friend of mine posted a link to this a cappella group last night. If you haven't seen "Straight No Chaser" before, they are worth your time...

Twelve Days of Christmas

Not only are they funny and talented, but their story is pretty cool too.

:D

Do you agree with this:

http://shopping.aol.com/articles/200...734x1201019139

My brain first read that as "Lemon Turd Cart". :eek:


Then I read this:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one!

Tom Jane? <swoon>

Eh gads...NO! What a terrible list!

Sooo.....I'm snowed in. Got two feet of snow last night and it's still snowing. I tried to get the SUV (in 4 wheel drive) out today and got high-centered just past the driveway. I'm getting back into my jammies.:D

Geebus. Save for Titanic, I like or love every single one of the movies on that list...and I still think it's an awful "must see" list.

We're getting a storm tomorrow. I'm likely going to work from home and not risk getting stuck trying to fight my way home in the middle of it. Stay warm!

The mayor has declared the roads closed to the public, and we're supposed to be getting possibly another foot of snow today. The entire city is effectively shut down. Needless to say, we broke our 24 record by a good 6", which is saying a lot because we get loads of snow up here. Stay home and stay warm too, Steph!

(I'll take some pics here in a bit and post them).

With four of them. Can you guess which four?

And, yay Ron!

I'd say it is a horrible list in that not one of the 10 films should be anywhere near getting named as the sole choice for "Must See" in the category listed (Star Wars probably comes closest; Naked Gun furthest).

I don't think I've ever seen (or noticed) The Sixth Sense being classified as horror before. Is that a genre assignment anybody would agree with?

My mom got stranded last night since the 14 freeway was closed in both directions. My dad said they had around 9 inches and he was shoveling the driveway this morning. My mom stayed at my sister's condo in Santa Clarita and is going to try to take the train back home this afternoon since the freeway was still closed as of 11am. I miss the old days of being snowed in or it snowing even. One of these days i'm going to go stay overnight when we have a storm like this and be stranded so i can't get back home or even better to work.

I'd say "thriller" at most.

See, for me, Godfather IS really on a shortlist; it's maybe my favorite film since the 40s, after Harold and Maude (which I don't really count as a "great film" because I'm too sentimental about it to consider it logically.) But, no Kane? No Casablanca? No City Lights? Poppycock.

Making, or trying to make, rice krispie treats with vegan marshmallows. They didn't quite come together with the butter in the microwave, so I used the hand mixer and then mixed the cereal with my hands. It looks right in the pan, so I guess we'll see.

I was worried until I got to Amelie: it is the only movie on the list that I haven't seen.

I was worried that if I had seen all of the movies on the list it meant I was going to die.

I took this pic with my phone this morning- it's off our side deck:

Cool. I was wondering what I should get you for Christmas.

nice! Snow makes interesting shapes and patterns as it accumulates.

I don't think Titanic deserves to be on that list... the script sucks.

Try fast-forwarding through all the Jack and Rose scenes. It's a much better movie that way.

*almost* all.

The year of a million deaths continues: :( So sad...

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0632213/

:(

I'm on holidays at last and packing to go to Forster for an 11 day Christmas Vacation ! YAAAAAAAY!!!

Well, Don't Cry for Me! Break a Leg instead! Awesome! :snap:

No, not really. I gotta be the party pooper on this one. I adored Amelie, however. Godfather, yes, absolutely, followed by Godfather II (and please burn the master negative and all prints and DVDs of Godfather III)

Film lists are so subjective of the lister and the era in which they're listing.

Purty! Did you take the pic in your jammies? (color me jealous of both the snow and being able to home in jammies)

I'd call it suspense.

Yeah, but he believes in the art of the possible.

Absolutely, the Godfather is a must see film. You can't be an educated movie watcher or student of American pop culture without having seen it. But in the category of Drama it is not the must see film. Though I would entertain the argument. Unlike with Naked Gun, if you consider that the must see comedy film then you're broken.

Total jammie mode here. Surprisingly, they actually plowed our street- we're not a main arterial, not even close, but they must have gotten enough complaints that we were moved up the list. So, unless we get socked again, it's work tomorrow......sigh.

Awww man at least they did that. My parents house is on a busy street well they live on the corner and there were no snow plows. Same with the freeway. Years ago they used to blow the freeway and their street not now. My dad was outside shoveling snow off their driveway this morning.

On a happier note my mom is should be home by now. She made the train even though the first train pulled into the station and turned around and went the same way it came. She had to wait out in the cold for 2 hours but at least she'll be home tonight.

I love jammie days. I had a relaxed day off today going nowhere in particular just staying put. Considering i'm sick the best thing i could do.

Yay! I have tomorrow off! But our pre-existing plan to drive up to Vasquez Rocks isn't happening, what with the closed freeway and all. I'm not sure now what we're going to do to fill the time.


Besides sex, I mean.

I've heard of the Vasquez Rocks, that's where the banditos used to hide out, right? How do you get there?

You've SEEN the Vasquez Rocks in tons of movies and tv shows, too.

Just head north on the 5 to the 14, get off at Agua Dulce Canyon Road.

Another sign of the recession - we got our Wired and Vogue today - together they are barely as thick as a normal magazine.

Well, Vogue has always been barely as "think" as a normal magazine.

Hopefully the 14 freeway will be reopen by tomorrow. It was still closed today and my mom had to take the train from Santa Clarita to home (Palmdale). Their main road by their house wasn't even plowed and she "SLID" into the driveway barely making it home...lol Man now i wish i was up there to enjoy the white stuff.

But Santa came early. I got out of the shower to find my cell phone has a new Bon Jovi skin on it thanks to someone :) Best persent ever next to my license plate. :) It's a week before Xmas too. :) This Xmas rocks. :)

Right now I'm drinking what I consider a fantastic beer. It's Chili Beer from the Black Mountain Brewing company in Tecate Mexico. There is a green Serrano chili pepper in the bottom of each bottle. It is spicy, and tastes surprizingly good! I got it from Bevmo!

Their website is cool!

One of our favorite hiking spots -- :snap: :snap: :snap:

I'm holding my breath in anticipation.

Did you get your picture taken in your jammies?

More importantly, did you get your picture taken OUT of your jammies? :evil:

Amelie is a wonderful film. It's the only one of the films on that list that I actually love.

I was commenting more on the likelihood of Moonie actually sending me a gift. He's such a tightwad.

Ohh I'd send you a gift, or at least I would have except for all those stupid rules the post office has about shipping flammable items....

Sooo why in the frack does Malibu and Vegas get snow while here on the bitter east coast we get zippy. No white Christmas, no snow days....

All we get is rain. Do you know how annoying rain is at 35 degrees?

Dear snow Goddess: In your face bitch! Bring us some snow now or I'm gonna have to go medieval on your hiney....

Just finished getting some viruses off a stupid old Dell PC. I'm so glad my personal computing is still all Mac-based.

Just had a very nice surprise, I got an Xmas bonus! :-)

can someone decide what I want for lunch?

a gypsy rice salad and adobe stew.

I'm at home while the snow keeps falling and falling. I'm also watching the Smart Watermelon Show. :D

Indian food. Heavy on the curry.

Fish and Chips!

You're all wrong.

That's awesome! Congratulations!

awww......I luv me some tongue. been ages since I had it.
mmmmmmmmm

I don't eat food that can taste me back.

I used to eat tongue... until I realized what it was.

I so dont get that.

always reminds me of the line from "All in the Family"

:p

Mine was just a joke. I've tried it. It was okay, but not good enough for me to choose it over the countless other meat choices available to me.

This reminds me of the deli of my youth - which I have written about, and with which some of you are thusly familiar. They had a sandwich called Frank's French Kiss.

you wanted nachos with carne asada didn't you?

Brie and roasted red pepper sandwich.

No, I'm sorry. You were incorrect.

You may have thought that was what you wanted but only because you are a weak mind and easily swayed.

I am NOT easily swayed.

Well, I think it depends on how much you've had to drink.

I think I need to turn the heat on in the house. I'm sitting on the couch and, to the left of me are a PILE of beasties: Thurston, Trixie and Rupert (and a few plush toys for insulation). Very cute! Too dark for pictures though.

So I almost got hit leaving work when a driver distracted by his cell phone ran a red light. Thank goodness I was too busy texting to proceed into the intersection and be hit.

Reposted from my LJ.


So I made a purchase at Amazon and it arrived at the apartment today. I wasn't concerned about this because the management office takes packages. Well, apparently today the UPS delivery guy didn't feel like giving it to them and instead left it at our door.

We're not really a high risk area so I'm not too mad. However, the box it shipped in was the original manufacturer's box and so it was completely obvious what was inside so that would concern me a bit. Anyway, showing foresight, the UPS guy decided to hide the package...under our doormat.

At this point you may be jumping to a conclusion as to how the story ended. You might assume I, or Lani, stepped on said doormat, breaking the item.

You'd be wrong, but it was a close thing:

VAM!

I've been enjoying the heck out of Netflix streaming. Watching an old British drama series called "The Duchess of Duke Street".

Of course that's been distracting me from the actual mailed DVDs in my posession, which is another (similar) series called "Upstairs, Downstairs" (much more well-known, and also excellent)

Oh yeah... Completely hidden. No one will ever find that! :rolleyes:

I'm hoping the UPS guy did it with a sense of humor not seriously.

Well, it does make it clear that the box is left specifically and intentionally for THAT door, so there is no mistaking it for lost, left, basura, etc.

I'm wondering who is going to make a Facebook app for updates in the Soooo thread.

Does anyone else find the length of the title jarring? (eg:"What are you doing right now?" which used to be in the OP)

It's cookie baking time at Chez Prudence! First up are the M&M cookies. Get 'em while they're hot!

I LOVE M&M cookies!!

I'm baking chicken and taters.

You know - some of us know where you live...

I have a corned beef in the crock pot

I love Resse's Pieces cookies, but I'm not fond of the taste of melted and resolidified M&Ms. So if you'd be a dear and make a separate batch for me, it would be much appreciated.

Hey - we *like* company!

Once I finish this batch, it's peanut blossom time (the one's with the hershey's kisses.)

I'm going to make rum balls tonight (they need to steep for several days before you eat them). Tomorrow, I start my Christmas cookies...

Worst. Delivery Guy. Ever!

:D

Best batch of M&M cookies I have ever made.

Playing Guitar Hero: World Tour on the Wii

fun stuff.

I just ended up on a web site for a place I used to work. Twelve years later, they're STILL using the same copy, the same brochure design and some of the same graphic elements I created for the place. Either they are REALLY dull and stagnant or I'm REALLY good. :)

Strange. None of my former companies survive in any recognizable form. I wouldn't say that has anything to do with me, but it is interesting...

That's why I made them over a week ago:D Actually this year I made 151 rum balls, Capt Morgan balls and Crown Royal ones and now I was looking at the Rumplemintz and thinking that would be divine, Gary laughed at me. I was also thinking the Kahlua might be tasty. I figure I can spend the winter toasty from the inside out! I don't think I've ever made this many kinds but friends brought me 151 to make them some and I had a little bottle of Crown sitting around so....

Pru- I'm making peanut blossoms tonight too! I love them when they are still warm and melty!

Had breakfast with a great friend and former theatre director of mine. She wants me to audition for plays here in Hawai'i. That makes me happy. I think I will.
:)

Am I a freak because I don't really like rum balls?

If so, then we're equally freaky.

Heh, seems that's company policy. From failblog a few days ago.

Today just keeps getting better. So, we're just about to go to bed, but I have sucessfully managed to hook the charger up to the 110v Transformer we use to power our Christmas Tree & Garland (her name's Judy), and have charged up the old Virgin Phone that we used in 2007, and I'm able to access all the contacts from then.

I know NA has a new number, but all the rest, you need to PM me so I can add/check your cellphone numbers in my contacts !! (addresses if desired) - I love that the $20 cheapie phone still works after being unused and flat for almost 2 years !!

That show was the reason I wanted to become a Chef !! I have both DVD sets - the whole two seasons worth - and I love to go back & watch it. I'd love to run the Bentinck.

I'll put in an order for the iPhone app as well, please.

Rather disturbed that they keep enthusiastically feeding the dog chocolate. I've seen it in at least two separate episodes so far (still on series 1, nearly done though). Did they not realize it's bad in the 70's?

I don't even know what a rum ball is so I have no idea if I would like them. Though I don't like rum as a drink.

As for dogs and chocolate, when I was a kid we let our dogs have some every once in a while; while I don't think it was hyped as much back then it was something vaguely known. Chocolate in large doses (or small dogs) is toxic but it isn't like the first bite kills them. A toxic quantity of standard milk chocolate in a 20 pound dog is about 10 ounces.

Rumballs are especially yummy when eaten while riding Pirates of the Caribbean.

I'm putting together something special for Rose's mom.

The sucky thing is, I won't be there to see her get her gift :(

Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas......
;)
Think of a chocolate truffle spiked with a hint of alcohol. It's pretty good.

No.



You're a freak for entirely different reasons. :evil:



Another Saturday morning means another trip to our Farmer's Market. We have quickly become "regulars" at a booth. Oh, not a produce booth, mind you. No, we're regulars at the croissant booth. Of course. It's not bad enough that he recognizes us, or even that he says "oh, I have something you'll really like!" It's that he's RIGHT.

I assume that, because it's a costume drama, they were giving the dog "doggie chocs" or some other non-toxic substitute, all the while saying it was chocolate. They don't use real bullets in the guns during duels, either. ;)

...Stoat says that despite all that, he suspects they were giving Gemma Jones real champagne (he noticed she tends to mouth other peoples lines while they're saying them - but only when she's drinking champagne in the scene)

Snow day in Portland
 

It started early this morning. Small, persistant flakes drifting down in a steady snowfall. I had breakfast, I did some work around the apartment, I took care of some email. It still fell. I watched a sappy movie. It still fell. I finally had to face facts.

Last minute shopping does not wait. It's do or die time, and tomorrow promises turn from picturesque to truly nasty. So I headed out. I took my camera with me.

My apartment building as I left:


Fortunately, I live within walking distance to downtown. And, this being Portland, transit is easy. My chosen vehicle, the streetcar.

Please note the 2-3 inches on the ground. This is about 1:00.

Some Portland landmarks...

Pioneer Courthouse:



Powell's Books:



Notice that the snow hasn't slowed down other shoppers, either.

The pendulum sculpture across from Powells. It's interactive - with a good shove you can set it swinging ponderously. This piece is lovingly nicknamed "Satan's Testicle".



One of my favorite little parks in the Pearl, Jameson Square:



Yeah, the snow's piling up now. This is about 3:30.

Got shopping done and got home by 4:00. This is the view out my window:



I'm hunkered down for an evening of mochas, frozen pizza, movies, reading and wrapping presents.

If I forget to say it later, Merry Christmas from the frozen north to all my friends on the LoT!

ron

Also Macadamia Nuts, onions, raisins (worse than grapes), and large amounts of avocado are also toxic. Some people food in large quantity can cause pancreatitis which can be fatal.

Wrapping prezzies and stringing lights on our three mini-trees.

Wizard of Oz and Dark Side of the Moon.

Oh, and BTW: watching the Chamber Of Secrets today with Mum, we realised that Madame Pomfrey is The Duchess Of Duke St !!

Still snowing... there's a good 8" outside now. I wasn't at work today, but the zoo closed around noon and they've been busily battening down for the predicted freezing rain...

A hint? You've never had my rum balls then!

I'm not a fan of chocolate truffles (too densely chocolate for my likes) so that's probably why I've not run into them.

Now, real truffles, that's another thing entirely!

Talk about a tease... just finished the last episode of Series 1 of Duchess of Duke Street... and Netflix for some insane reason has Series 1 on instant streaming, but NOT series 2! Augh!

No problems ! Come over to my place and I'll let you watch !

I'll just pop 'round, shall I?

And this morning....



Eight inches with an icy crust. Zoo closed, but still have shopping to do.

That's amazing, Ron. It's so beautiful!

I love that perfect little house across the street from you. I'd totally live there.

Thanks to Ozron for the snowy pics. I constantly forget that people (people I know, even!) live in those conditions. ;)

I'm spending the day at home again because we're getting another snowstorm. It's falling steadily outside and I don't feel like dealing with the sloppy roads.

ETA: If you want to peek out my window, I'm streaming a webcam. SnowTV!

That so cool!

I found something really yummy I must share. A chocolate bar: White chocolate with cinnamon and blood orange.

Interesting and delish. Got it from target for 1.99.

Nice view, Steph. Thanks!

Though I think I'd rather visit it than live in it....

We're in the living room with the door open, so the kitties can look outside.

It's about 60 - feels nice.

A very brief, very incomplete cell phone photo and video summary of my day:

[Rated NSFW for hot mannequin on mannequin action]

I am sitting here, waiting for The Boy to return home. I keep looking out my window and having momentary panic flashes when I don't see my car in the driveway. Fro the first time ever, I get to park in the garage!!

It's snowing.

again.

Time to roll the rumballs (the mix has settled for a few days)

Same here. Over 2 and 1/2 feet now. I'm sick of snow, and it's just begun.

We have absolutely no snow and the boys are mad! We're stuck in this strange warm pocket, so while it's snowing all around us there is no snow love for us. Stay warm and safe and enjoy it for us!

Whee! Little India is fun! My bank card might be wincing, though.

No snow here but it is a balmy 6*.

Just finished decorating our little pseudotree

I'm done baking!!!

Candy Bar Cookies? - check
Snowballs? - check
Cut-out Cookies? - check
Pinwheel Cookies? - check
Gingerbread Men? - check

Aching back, food coloring stained fingers, and a messy kitchen? - check, check, check

The feeling that I never want to see another baked good the rest of my life? - CHECK!

But they taste so good, it makes them worth it!

Cool Cats Christmas Card
 

Two buddies of mine just sent us this "green" ecard for Christmas. I'm coercing them to join LOT.

Men are funny.

Especially when they don't usually drink anything but beer and then decide they really should check out that bottle of Cognac that's been sitting there for a few years. Have a glass full (a small drinking glass but still) and then have anohter - even after their wife (me) warns them, rolls her eyes and goes on to say "you're really going to be sorry". When the husband replies that "it's the season" it still doesn't prevent late night barfing (in the sink! ew!) and hangover in the morning.

I told you so.

He says - every few years you have to drink to excess just to remind yourself why it's such a bad idea.

Yep. Men. Funny.

I'm at work, trying to get over the grumps because I'm at work after too little sleep.

Aha, some details.

I feel your pain, me and Sohrshah have been baking cookies for the last two days for friends, co-workers, and family. The kitchen table is covered in a multitude of colors from all the different types of cookies.

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

I had these "family health" days that had to be used up, see, or I'd lose them, so I'm taking the last two weeks of the year off. So today, tomorrow and Wednesday I'm home alone (alone with four cats, that is) doing as little as possible.

Reminds me of the Tuba Fest which used to be held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion years ago (when I still played tuba/sousaphone).

Hoping it will stop raining before I have to go to work. Looking good right now! Haven't had a rainy work day at DL yet.

And this morning, 7:00 a.m.:



Home for the day... non-essential personnel, you know.

Morigoon, the house across the street has space for lease, if you're looking for an office in Northwest Portland! The Neighborhood goes back a hundred years, and is full of hundreds of these little craftsman-style homes, though. Here's a neighborhood shot I took on my wanderings yesterday.



I do love this town!

I hate to say, but other than some extra snow, it doesn't look a whole lot different than yesterday:But then again, I don't have to live in it :D

Ozron, that looks so nice. I'd love one of those Craftsman places.....and I do not think I'd mind the snow so much (except shoveling it)

The news said very little rain today. It's pouring.

The news said very little rain today. It's pouring.

You don't say.

Your point?



Love these shots, ozron. You live in a beautiful neighborhood.

So, I just "met" my new boss. He's in Wilmington. We've never actually met in person.

I think that makes me Bosley (or Kate Jackson).

My boss is in Dallas. When I had one, my direct supervisor (vs. manager) was in Chicago.

Still snowing:

Here's one of the deck off our family room:




There are huge ice stalagmites (or is it stalactites?) hanging down everywhere, but they've hooked up with our Christmas lights and we can't break them off without ripping out the lights.

We just call them icicles.

That's weird. My icicles are lights.

Sinus headaches have a way of messing up the day. The title of this thread should be "Soooo, what SHOULD you be doing right now?".

Icicle just sounds so puny when describing these monsters.:D

Great pics WB and nice looking tree, too!

There was light rain here, not nearly as pretty or fun. I think it's cleared, I've not been out or in view of a window, everyone has their doors shut.

Pics of the monsters? Or too cold to go out in your jammies and bunny slippers?

I just took two Aleve.

Serious miscalculation in the amount of food for the office holiday party. In the too little category. :( I knew I should have brought a "just in case" lunch.

Trying to figure out what exactly Boxee is supposed to be. It's a media player with social networking? Why? Who cares?

From our front porch:



I had already knocked down the ones that almost reached the ground- we're hoping for a UPS delivery today so I didn't want to give them any reason not to leave the package.

Because I have nothing better to do than answer mostly rhetorical questions, they are stalactites.

stalaCtites hang from the Ceiling while stalaGmites grow from the Ground.


Or,

stalacTites point at the ground like a capital T while stalagMites point in the air like a capital M.

Wow, those are awesome!

Why, it gives you a true entertainment experience to enjoy your movies, TV shows, music and photos, as well as streaming content from websites like Hulu, Netflix, CBS, Comedy Central, Last.fm, and flickr.

Is there such a thing as a stalacloose?

No, but there are stalacloos (without the e) which is whey they form around a hole in the ground you pee into.

I always remember that stactites hold tight to the ceiling. The other ones are on the floor.

StalagMITEs are trying to reach the ceiling and the MIGHT just get there. The others don't do much but hang around.

Or if you know your ancient Greek, stalactite is derived from the Greek word stalaktos, which means to drip. While stalagmite is derived from the Greek noun stalagma, which means the droplet.

So stalactites mean the thing dripping and stalagmites means the things having dripped.

See I learn some new important facts every day on this board.

Promised myself that the one I got today would be the last gift I buy for my honey this Christmas (he's got like 11 or 12 now).

$32 to send a 3-lb box overnight to Texas, in case anyone cares.

So you could call them stalagmaybes?

And I'll be damned if Moonie didn't send me Amelie - it arrived via Amazon today.

Thank you. I shall now refrain from calling you a tightwad for at least three weeks.

Awww, love during the holidays just warms the cockles of my heart. ;)

But, are you going to watch it?

I have been to Ala Moana Shopping Center here in HI several times in the past week or so. It is usually packed beyond belief at this time of year. But this year? Not so much. The mall was absolutely empty today. Weird.

I finished my Christmas shopping and cards and everything.

I haven't been online very much at all. Work is keeping me busy and I try not to be home a whole lot. Trying hard not to overdose on parental shenanigans. The latest was my dad telling me that Bush Jr. was one of the best presidents ever. Oy vey.

:D

As long as it's sweet innocent love and not filthy, filthy sexual love.

Apparently your father has not been invited to participate in any opinion polls, eh? Might help bump poor George up a notch.

I have the Outrigger Waikiki's webcam bookmarked, and love looking out at the beach and surf when it gets really cold here. Been doing it a lot lately. That really was a great hotel- I think we'll just stay there the whole time next Hawaii trip.

Okay, you will ADORE this movie!

I really hate it when my morning commute makes the front page of cnn.com

Fortunitly I'm a lazy arse who does not go in too early so by the time I hit the road I was able to route around it. On the plus side, most of the county is without water so I'll go home from work early....

Actually, I was asking Kevy if he was going to watch Amelie. But it works either way! ;)

Yikes! Glad you missed it.

Nooooo.....! You caved in!!

Now that they've shown they can make you dance you'll never get to stop.


<counting the o's and periods, yes, that's correct>

Ooh, I thought about you as I watched River Road underwater! Also a another friend of mine (one I've met more than once) who lives in Bethesda.
Sheesh what a mess, and the fact the water turned to slush afterwards, brrrrrrr and icky!

Just be careful to not shut the balcony sliding glass door all the way, or to firmly. Trust me. :rolleyes:

That flooding is just practice. When Obama arrives next month one of his first feats will be parting the waters on his way to DC.

We came home to the best message ever on our answering machine.

This past Saturday was my niece's 1st birthday. Being the most awesome aunt and uncle in the world, we bought her a Winnie the Pooh ride on car thing. It's awesome, it's got buttons with different shapes, Pooh says the name of the shape and the name of the character that pops up. It's got a light spinner on the front. I want it.

Yesterday, our answering machine was flashing. It took a second to decipher what we were hearing, but finally we realized it was the following:

[Pooh] Circle Circle Circle Circle Circle [squeal of baby delight] Circle Circle Circle Circle Circle Circle Circle Circle Circle....Circle. I wonder who's hiding under the circle. [/pooh]

:evil: My sister hates me, but my niece loves me.

VAM~!

:D

We were the ones who gave all of our nieces and nephews noisy toys, but when we had Tori karma came back to bite us in the ass. Many times I would tiptoe through the living room late at night, only to trip on a toy and set off an audio/visual assault that would awaken the whole house.

The funny thing was, we picked the Pooh one because it seemed the least annoying. My sister loves Winnie the Pooh, and as repetitive cartoon voices go, Pooh's is about the least grating I can think of.

Leave it to genius baby to figure out that repeatedly pushing the same button makes it extra annoying :)


ETA: Haha, my brother in law, who left the message just emailed. "You're just lucky I didn't have another hour to kill."

Hey, the best part of being an uncle is the opportunity to torment your siblings with annoying toys!

Absolutely. Legos and other toys with lot's of pieces. And one of my favorites - finger paint! :evil:

ZooLights!
 

The zoo has been closed due to the weather since Saturday noon. I've been stuck at home - well not at home exactly, but not at work. With time on my hands I thought I'd share a few more pictures I got since the snow fell:







I'm actually missing going to work!

Nice Pictures!

Great looking zoo, too!

I'm DONE with all of the hard gift work. There are 2 more left to purchase, but they're already selected I just need to get to the stores after work. And there's one that needs to be assembled. Otherwise, just wrapping left to do.

Phew!

I did all of my holiday shopping yesterday morning between 8:30 am and 9:30 pm.

Had to buy a train ticket, rent a car, and book a hotel room.

It was an exhausting holiday shopping season.

10 minutes until freedom.

I think this puts the icicle debate to rest...



:)

I just have to wrap a few things. Shopping is done. I can't leave until 4 though. I really want Chipotle for dinner, but it's at the Spectrum and I don't think I'm going to tempt fate (the post office was dead) by going there. Maybe tomorrow.

We shall.

At work. Until 8pm. Lame.

Then work again tomorrow at 8am (early, for me) but then off at noon. Yay.

We're supposed to meet friends tonight. Good thing I don't work in the morning. Oh wait, yes I do, and early, for me.

Crap, I totally forgot you're working tomorrow when I made those plans.

I was going to wrap all the rocks I got for everyone but I figued it would cost too much...

LOL Mark. Matt and i gave my mom her Xmas present on Sunday since Matt won't be there on Xmas day. She loved it. My coworker loved her present as well. All the gifts i'm taking to my parents are wrapped and under the tree. I love our little tree. :) I have one more short shift tomorrow thankfully not too early and i get out of there at 2:45pm thank goodness. :) For once i don't have to close.

Indeed. Also lame? Working for a company that is small enough to need you to work through your requested vacation days. So much for helping Mom and Dad. Even the times I've been waiting for client approval, etc, I've been too stressed to be good company for them. Suck.

Totally lame. So sorry H! Hope you can enjoy your family time soon!

Kitchen scrubbed to a sparkle. - check
Living room decluttered, dusted, and vacuumed. - check
Presents all wrapped and under the tree. - check
Giftwrap and misc Christmas boxes put in garage. - check
Guestroom spruced-up. - check
Good dishes brought in from the garage. - check
Groceries all bought. - check
Dinner is cooking. - check

John and Bill collapsed in a weary heap. - check!

Wake me when Christmas is over.....

According to Disney, that'll be some time in January.

We have more little baby catfish! One of them is about the size of the last one, but the other is about this big: ---

He is so tiny, I fished him out (with a LOT of difficulty) so he wouldn't get eaten.

I would take a picture but he's so little, the camera can't focus on him.

The bigger of the 2 is about the size of the one below. The little one is about half that size:

Whoops. Double post.

January 4th, to be specific.

When you feel someone sticking a bindi to your forehead, it'll be time to wake up. :cool: :)

Why would somebody be putting this on my forehead?

Okay, that was just too scary for me this early in the morning.

Okay, so I had this really weird dream this morning. Part of which I was entering what I thought was my apartment, and the lobby was really different. Instead of this:

Attachment 905

It was more like a William Randolph Heart fantasy, a white marble lobby, huge with a gigantic staircase leading up to the second level, the lower lobby was a large pond/fountain and each of the stair steps was ornately carved. I was heading to my apartment, but there was nobody I knew. Just strange, whiteness. It can't be me ascending to heaven, I know better! :evil:

You're finding your Inner Swank.

I don't know. There was nobody you know there, so that doesn't rule heaven out.

I'm watching AC/DC: No Bull - at close to concert volume, alone in my living room.

Just got home from an unexpected dinner with my sister. (She drove down on a whim this afternoon.)

She gave me a gorgeous light blue Coach purse and wallet. :)

I've never had a name brand purse before. It's purdy! :snap:

We found the magic that keeps a 3 year old quiet and relatively motionless for an hour and a half... Polar Express in surround sound.

Or ball gag and duct tape.

I have just returned from a dinner with a fine company of good friends of perfectly done prime rib, cheesy potatoes (with bacon), an excellent red wine and a generous slice of apple pie that I neither had to prepare nor pay for.

sometimes, truly...life is good

We just got back from dinner with Venezia's family. Yummy food (so much I didn't even try everything!) and a game of Munchkin. And leftovers thrust upon us to take home - homemade baklava and something that looks like spanakopita but is called something else in Armenian.

Just watched "It's a Wonderful Life". One of the lessons Capra taught us in the film is that without George, Mary's life if depressing, empty and unfulfilled. How do we know this? In the shorthand of storytelling, it's all made clear by telling us she's a LIBRARIAN!

I couldn't help thinking of CP.

We had a lovely prime rib dinner last night, now we're getting ready to head back over for coffee cake breakfast and a ham dinner (sorry scaeagles)

:) Yup, my life would be depressing, empty and unfulfilled without my George, er, GD.

We had ham last night, and are having prime rib today. I'm not a big prime rib fan, but everyone else loves it.

WTF is with prime rib?!?

Rose and her family had it for dinner last night, and that was what the free lunch at work today was.

I hate prime rib.

Good! More for me!


(A good prime rib is a religious experience.)

MMm... fun Christmas. Got to talk to just about everyone in my family. Ate some ham. Made my best scalloped potatoes in high altitude yet (somehow, I've screwed up some facet every time I've tried up here). Tried to go up to the slopes, but found ourselves in some nasty weather, so we turned around and headed home in the hopes to find some movie times. Then we went to watch Valkyrie.

All in all, a good day. Now I need to think about how safe it might be to go into work tomorrow. I'm not really into the idea of driving in the snow, but there's so much to do. :(

You have to worktomorrw? Quelle suckage!

How was Valkyrie?

Send me some scalloped potatos!

I'll trade some paella!

Memo to self - 18 lb turkey is 1. too much for one person and 2. does not really fit into my roasting rack causing a virtual grease fest in my oven.

Prime rib is --- The Cow dies, is sliced up and served with a brown sauce.

So say'eth me...

Ham, scalloped potatoes, peas, and presents.

All in all, a good Christmas.

Yes... though I think I'm going to try and figure out what I can do from home to avoid too early a drive into work. Bleh. This is looking dangerous... I might just call in "dangerous". Oooh, that sounds like more fun than bad weather is...

And paella... yummm!

Scalloped potatoes... Hmmm, I am thinking I'm starting a new tradition for myself.

Mmm...

Vacation starts NOW.

We have the biggest stalactites in all the land:



Keep in mind that Eric is 6'4 and the 'icicle' on his left reaches the ground. We've cleared them off periodically, but they keep coming back.

Put me down for some of that Prime Rib! We had the traditional Turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes, etc... A slab 'o beef would have been most welcome.

Now it's time to start planning that most holy of holy days/observances....


The new years day poker tournament.

It's dead at work today. Out of the 42 employees in our section, only 12 are here. I'm the only supervisor out of the 6 in our section. No clients in the lobby. I need caffeine.

Dude, they reissued some of the 80's Cabbage Patch Kids!

Cupcake Pajamas

or Nightshirt!

This is a very cool lamp. They're calling it "mission", I'd almost say Arts & Crafts. Looks like it would fit in at the Grand Cal.

Mission Style is Arts and Crafts.

shows what I know`;)

My interest in Arts & Crafts (Mission as I have now learned ;) ) has grown quite a bit since they built the Grand Cal. I have redecorated my living room using that look, but with a more modern minimalist sleek look. I love it.

Our look is cluttered eclectic. And I have to say that we have accomplished that goal quite thoroughly.

I'm homeless, so I don't have a living room.

The you could really go for some authentic Mission styling

Sorry, did you say strippers?

sooo, I just checked my old yahoo address. I haven't used it for years, mainly because the spam got out of control. I still check it occasionally to see if anyone has tried to contact me.

The first email I see has the subject line - "Be Like Ron Jeremy!"

You know, all things considered, I think I'll take a raincheck on that. I've never had to shave my back before and I see no need to start now. Thanks for thinking of me though.

Fake mustache + baby = :D

Ok that's just too cute.

I'm trying to pry my wife away from Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades for the DS

OMG that needed an insulin warning it's so sweet and adorable!

Cute baby, GD!!!!:)


A special shout-out to GC for his holiday gift to us us the PNW- we got a breather between storms (so far, we've beat the December records for snowfall and are on track for a yearly record) and a mini 'Pineapple Express' is melting some of the 4 plus feet of snow we have. I can actually see my driveway! It's nearly 40 degrees, and even though I know it won't last it's a nice respite from the North Pole situation we have going.

Nothin' wrong with that.....

Sounds like you visited our yard durring the transition! ;)

GD, where ever did you get that cute...

mustach.

;)

I'm watching the continued collapse of the Dallas Cowboys.

My camera (Canon PowerShot S2 IS) decided to commit suicide this morning at Disneyland. Turn it on: black screen. View saved images: no problem. Switch back to live: black screen. Nothing I can do will make the live image come back, and a cursory search of the internets suggest this is a problem that tends to show up on PowerShots six to eight months after the warranty expires -- though apparently with enough bitching it's possible to get Canon to fix it anyway.

So why is this here instead of the vent thread? Because since we're on vacation and I need a camera, we went down to the Costco in Garden Grove and I picked up a new Nikon D60 with two lenses. It's the first DSLR I have owned and I look forward to figuring out how to use it.

(This bears eerie similarities to my MacBook Pro purchase last July...)

Congratulations, and make sure you check out Nikon's Digitutor - an excellent series of videos that are a great starting point for learning your camera.

I know you did, but I am dying to ask if you took the lens cap off.

It's not a stupid question because I'm sure I would have done it if the design of the camera didn't make it pretty much impossible -- when you turn it on in camera mode, the lens extends and basically pops the lens cover off all by itself (so it's a good idea to use the lens cover tie).

Thanks, I will do that. The kit also came with two DVDs purporting to show me how to use it. I spent the afternoon back at the park just shooting in "auto" mode and boy, is this a nice camera.

It sounds like we have the same taste. Mine is eclectic hand-me-downs from the Old People and some newer things. I have a marble coffee table that is older than I am, I grew up with it. I was finally able to get rid of the 9' sofa when The Old People gave me their old couch. The sofa was neat, though. There are pictures of me as a baby in my grandfather's arms. I have pictures of The Boy as a baby in my dad's arms. Both were taken on that sofa.

I introduced my family to the Wii. Now my parents have taken it over. They discovered bowling on Wii Sports and they can't stop. They used to be avid bowlers in the 60's. Now all I hear is them yelling bowling terms in the air. "Turkey!" and "Brooklyn!" and "Back up ball!"
I have to buy more controllers now.
:D

From Time.com:




Hmmmm...hot and holy, huh? Is it just me or do those two temple domes look like ginormous breasts?

Hot and holy indeed. :p

Lol! Don't get WiiFitness- Tori's grandma loves ski jumping.:D

They look a lot like a nuclear power plant :D

Snowbeast.

Awww! I'd love to see some pics/video of him romping in the snow. Too cute.

Thanks, Cp- she is pretty cute. That's her "am I so cute I warrant a Scooby snack?" look. She's loving this latest snowfall- it's fluffy stuff that scatters when she bounces it. I'll try to get video going on my new phone, but I'm still on the learning curve. (Great camera, though- 5 MegaP's.)

Sweetheart!
Great pic WB!

The most fun I have seen my parents have in awhile was bowling on the Wii. They both used to bowl before they met.