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You know spring is here when they turn on the fountain at the local park.
I personally found the book of The Princess Bride bizarre. The overweight kid and the psychologist mom. What was that about?
My dilemma.
I made cookies.
I created dirty dishes.
Because of my hand, I can’t wash said dishes.
Now I feel guilty because hubby is going to have to do dishes when he comes home from work.
Should I feel guilty? Is cookies a fair trade for having to do dishes? Especially considering I bake cookies every Friday so is not really a “treat”.
Zune received from \/\/007, Charged up and ready to use. Lunch begins: Testing Commences.
I’m woefully behind on my email – and today’s comments. To all who are due responses:
Yes, OK, cool!, right, yeah, you should, sorry about that, zebras in scuba gear, Yes, I hope so, and his full name was Meriadoc.
TEB: I’d happily wash your dishes and yes, I think cookies, treat or not, are a totally fair exchange.
I predict that Mr. Bunny will crack a joke about being forced to wash dishes, but will gladly do the chore.
+1 Cj’s thoughts on whoring oneself out for cookies. :-)
I think I still feel a little guilty. I haven’t been able to do any of my normal housework this week so hubby has been taking up the slack. Really what I did was create more work for him.
A couple of my friends just got engaged last night. I suspect fear of commitment.
It’s the only explanation, really. They’ve been together for a little over four years, been living together most of the time. Have a cute three-year-old kid.
Fear of commitment, pure and simple.
Oh, and I found out about the engagement through Twitter.
Can’t even commit to coming out and telling their close friends… Fear…it kills…
I’ve known people to get married for legal reasons.
Mainly to do with sharing out assets to the kids on something nasty happening to the parents.
TEB: I can only speak for myself. I’m honored to be with my woman and I understand that one of us may slack off here and there. We’re human and schedules and stresses change. We do our best to cover for each other. But it’s a great partner that realizes what’s going on and appreciates what the other is doing. So GO YOU!
Lejon: I’m overtired, so maybe that’ it. What are they afraid of?
Predator is playing on the TV, one of the better Arnie movies in my view.
The Mad magazine piss take on that film was good for a laugh as well.
TEB: RE: The Princess Bride book, my understanding of that part was a sort of autobiography as to the origin of the story, and could very easily be skipped over. In fact it should probably be skipped over on principle unless you’re fascinated by any behind the scenes facts.
Evening!
Garden – accomplished! Lots of weeds went down today too. We didn’t weather-proof because it’s supposed to rain. There’s always tomorrow!
Off to grill!
Ow, I ache.
Heavy yard work – done.
Trees trimmed – done
Vehicles cleaned inside and out and waxed – done
Laundry – done
Housecleaning to prepare for guests this weekend – done
And I didn’t even get through everything on my list. But, the old body has declared that I am done for today, so I guess I should listen.
I wouldn’t object to Princess Bride as a Palooza choice.
CD: Playing Joust that is emulated on the SNES, which itself is being emulated on the Wii.
/waves to TEB
I’d forgotten how crap I was at Joust.
If you like MonkeyBall:
http://neverball.org/index.php
Find out how crap or good you are at Joust:
http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/media/joust/joust.shtml
Drive-by:
Yesterday (or the day before) I was listening to Buzz Out Loud and that Three Wolves Moon T-Shirt came up. Seems that it a best selling clothing article. Apparently it got a load of amusing reviews out of the blue and people are buying the shirt like crazy now.
The company that makes the shirt put out a statement that essentially said, “But, but, we don’t think it’s funny!?”
Creative tasks completed tonight:
Color artwork for “Commit Yourself to the Brink” art challengeWrite patient profile to go with said artwork
Upload both of the above
Write blog post about today
I feel accomplished. :-)
Finally decided to call it a night. Good night, Pan.
Morning Pan, I have to say I would have be tempted:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8060681.stm
+en
Family-friendly version of “Fuck tha Police”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMc9q29IB_4
Ah, the weekend.
Nomad, I also heard that report about the shirt sale on Amazon. While the reviews were certainly humorous, I don’t understand what causes that to turn into a sales run……unless people believe the shirt has powers?
weird.
Those FARKers are at it again…
http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4392424&cpp=1
Ah, the weekend, indeed! On my list today: more weeds in need of pulling; weatherize that darn patio cover – forecast be damned; and scrub the innards of the bbq grill.
Morning Pan! It’s 7:30 am, on a Saturday. Do you know where your bed is?
It’s only a bit after 9:30 am here and I already worked out, ran, and relaxed for half an hour. Dunno if I’m going to be able to get any yardwork done. It’s supposed to rain all weekend. Perhaps Monday.
Ah yes, can’t go without the old tradition of rain on long weekends :)
It’s POURING here in South Florida, complete with thunder and lightning. We’ve had two brownouts here this morning, the last one of which interrupted my wireless router. I just went downstairs, unplugged its power cable and plugged it in again, and now it seems to be working again.
the poledancing snow White is a bit disturbing.
Off to see the Princess Bride..
Hmm, weather is predicting 60% chance for our area today. But, as big an area as Houston-Galvetson covers, we can easily get 6″ of rain an hour north of us, and nothing where we are.
Glad I got the yardwork done yesterday!
Finally saw Star Trek yesterday. Fun movie, agree with those who say that, aside from marketing purposes, it didn’t really need to be called “Star Trek.”
Today is the celebration of my birthday with my parents.
Still raining, but rain has slackened. I think I will go out for shopping, coffee, and maybe audio editing or other stuff after I finish doing finances.
My mom and I are moving my Gram into a new more private home this weekend. I’m just waiting for mom to get into town right now. I’m thankful for the cool, rainy, weather. Moving in the summer sun is never fun.
I’m also debating that 3rd cup of coffee. Do I want it or don’t I? Although, I was home early last night, I stayed up entirely too late reading, so I’m more tired than I wanted to be today.
At work:
Currently Watching: Superman
(the preceding statements are both true and completely accurate)
Pool has been cleaned. Compulsory “Pool Boy Dance” video attached to mark the occasion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSamR_8rqL4
Laundry half finished, but house is still a mess. Looks like lots of cleaning until the evening. Then I might have a cold one.
CP: Saturday in the Park – Chicago
[tweet] At Panera, editing audio for my second episode of The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast and waiting for txt from friend saying she’s ready for guests to come over for board games and movies. [/tweet]
CD: Summit Bohemian Style Pilsener
Well it was nice to see ‘The Princess Bride’ all the way through..but the print used at the cinema could have down with some restoration.
Mmmm, Panera.
Our patio cover is like-new; our weeds are all pulled, and the bbq grill is clean.
There. That’s all I can do on Questors #6 with the lines I have and without re-recording. Very productive day. :-)
Things accomplished today:
Worked 4 hours of overtime.
Watched Superman (while working 4 hours of overtime)
Had violin bow repaired free of charge.
Had lunch and a meeting with the Guise Knights
Purchased Powerball tickets (because I apparently believe in a tax on people who can’t do math)
Practiced violin
Received Shirt.Woot shirt displaying Delorean crashed into a Blue Police Box
Arranged to get a new kitten.
Oh, and performed a run-by Panning…
mmmm been driiinking homemade Heffweisen since 2pm.
mmmmmm. frack 2006!
Coveteth J0e’s Hefeweisen.
Night in the Museum 2
Mindless fun for a Sunday Morning.
In today’s spam, I was called Mr Ballbinder.
Not quite as catchy as Goldfinger..
Morning, Pan. Just caught up on tweets from last night’s Podiobooks party at Balticon. Looking forward to the pictures.
Morning, everyone!
I have the smoker our, and the ribs rubbed. I predict a good day.
-r, +t
cough
7:02 AM happens.
7.03 is the real bitch though.
One of the merits of home brewed beer is that you can drink as much of it as I did yesterday and not feel like crap today.
Big day for auto racing.
Indy 500 around noon-ish and then the Coca Cola 600 at 4pm.
Check your local listings.
Adventure…..excitement…..hmmph!
Well, actually, I’m not a Jedi, so bring ‘em on!
Packing for an overnight trip. In case I don’t get online while I’m gone, have a great weekend.
Have fun, Amy.
Off to work.
Work? Why, that’s an outrage….
CP: The new Green Day album. Dig it.
A quiet day, the tumbleweeds seem to be contented.
Hmmmm:
http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/
I really really really really really want to go see “Star Trek” tonight.
-that is all-
I am still being a good gelfling. . . sneaked off for a moment.
Quiet day around here indeed. I hope everyone is enjoying the US Holiday wknd.
I have a HUGE grin on my face right now. I won’t tell you why. It’ll mean more if you go and find out for yourselves. Go check out Nathan Lowell’s Twitter feed, especially the pictures he posted, and you’ll understand. :-D
^It’s http://twitter.com/nlowell , by the way.
Morning Pan, last day of my long weekend, off to wander round that reopened museum. Wallowing in nostalgia among a collection of stuffed animals.
Now for an obscure comic reference:
I won’t be doing a quirkafleeg.
An actual weekend is so very nice. I finally got out to see Wolvie. Even with lowered expectations, I was disappointed.
Following Balticon on Twitter was more interesting.
Thanks for linking to the Krakenthief pictures, Amy.
At last, Tee’s saga comes to an end. . .
Balticon is a good time, if you can ever find your way there.
Nomad, I found the Wolverine movie to be fun. I won’t defend it. Just summer blockbuster-level fun.
Morning Pan!
There ought to be a law against 5:30 in the morning
I’m wary of opening the pool. Another time-destroyer. But worth it in the end, I suppose.
And check this chick out, I’m so impressed:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/24/kid-keeping-a-lendin.html
I thought that Lowell dude was the interior decorating guy that had the show thing. Clearly I was wrong.
What I can’t understand is why some of those books were banned. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court?
Morning, Deadpan!
We had a wonderful bbq yesterday, despite the rain, with Sly B’s brother, his wife, and their great girls (4 and 7). My ribs turned out great, and I grilled corn as well.
Today we plan to finish disc 2 of Dr. Who, Season 1. I don’t love the show, but have always liked Billie Piper. I also have the entire season so far of Rescue Me on the DVR — we might move to that as we do laundry.
Sorry you had to work, Jack!
jOe, did you see Trek?
Have a great day, y’all.
Have a good day at work, EssBee
Something seriously wrong with a system that bans Mort for goodness sake…anthromorphication of DEATH is nothing to be frightened of.
No work today for me, TEB, hooray!
Banned Books – I’ll never understand why people want to discourage kids from reading. OK, I’ll probably put The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty up on a high shelf until my daughter is at least 18, but I read Hitchhiker’s Guide for the first time when I was 12-years-old (after seeing an interview with Douglas Adams on Letterman) and I don’t think it warped me. At least not as much as me watching Letterman at that age. I’m also fairly certain that Animal Farm was assigned reading for me in High School right next to another one of my favorite books of all time, 1984.
I suppose if the idea behind banning the books is to get the kids to read, then it’s worth it. Maybe it’s some warped reverse psychology.
And the world may have just come crashing down around me today.
My mom joined Facebook.
I.Am.Scared.
CW: Ashes to Ashes S2E5
Jack: You’re welcome! I’ve wanted to go to Balticon for the last two years, but I lack the resources.
Cj: My mom and I are actually keeping in touch more now that she’s on Facebook. I think it’s a good thing.
Happy Memorial, Yanks! Happy Monday, everyone else.
At work here, posting from the office.
Amy: Don’t get me wrong, I think my mom is very tech savvy and we keep in touch through Skype and we talk plenty. I just like to tease about it because she’s in serious dating mode and she joined Facebook for a “boy” and that just cracks me up! My mom is 64 :) going on 16.
Jack: Get back to work. I hear them cracking whips at you in the background.
Cj: That is pretty funny. :-)
CP: Jump In The Line – Harry Belafonte
No Star Trek for me :(
funny … some of those banned books were REQUIRED reading in my high schools advanced literature classes. Many kids totally dreaded having to read them.
strange world
is there an upper range limit for Cougars?
Cough
Van: I am still trying to determine the exact meaning of the word “Cougar’ because I’ve been told that in about 17 days I’ll be crossing over the line of “MILF” to become a “Cougar” but I thought a woman had to be on the prowl in order to cross that line.
I need a ruling here. Can I just stay a MILF forever instead?
And in response to your request – I don’t think there is an upper limit… I just think the age range of the young men widens. An 80-year-old is still a Cougar if she’s hitting on a 50-year-old man.
And good for her! Hm. Maybe I WILL be a Cougar in my old-age!
Darnit. What did I say that sent me into moderation? Maybe Jack’s mad at me for telling him to work and he put me in a time-out.
And when my comment is freed – Van, you’ll have a nice long response to your Cougar query.
heeeere kitty kitty kitty.
If she’s excessively old, then I think she becomes a sabre-toothed tiger.
Greetings, Pan. It’s been a really good weekend. One of my good friends from college (and my daughter’s Godfather…he’s Italian, go figure :) ) came to visit for the weekend. He’s been through a lot over the last several months, including cancer. But, he seems to be in really good shape now and it was nice to have him around.
Ed, The Godfather’s second visit will be just as great, possibly even better. The third visit will not be as bad as everyone says, but still disappointing, compared to the first 2.
(Applause to your friend for staying in shape vs. cancer)
Morning Pan, back to work today, yeah I would be more enthusiastic about walking across hot coals.
I’ve been involved with a ‘Cougar’ (she was 15 years old than me)…not plain sailing by any stretch of the imagination..
+er
Cj can be a MILF until she’s a GILF, but the real question is…
What is a boy “Cougar” (besides a pig?)
Er? Did I just get modded?
MILF – the magick modding word.
Did you find yourself sporting a new set of spinnner hubcaps and a rear spoiler?
And, is that better or worse than finding yourself in a bath tub full of ice missing a kidney?
I’ve got OLED headlights!
“a new set of spinnner hubcaps and a rear spoiler”
Ed FT Euphemism W
Nomad gets a solid, second place with his “I’ve got OLED headlights” entry.
(BTW – those euphemisms are much more entertaining if you apply them to Van’s comment instead of Nomad’s “modded” comment.)
My sister is on FB and I’d rather we not friend each other. There are things I don’t want to know about her and there are things that I may post that may not be the best to broadcast to her. I hate having to water stuff down.
Cj, you are correct. A MILF is a MILF until she’s no longer someone that one would LF. A Cougar is an older woman, very often a MILF, on the prowl for fleshly delights. So there is some cross-over there.
Now wait a minute. What happened to my post? crap.
Looks like I’ll have to re-type it.
Cj: You are correct. A MILF is a MILF until she no longer qualifies as a desirable F. A Cougar is on the prowl for fleshly delights. So there’s some cross-over there.
I’m at a loss. Both of my posts regarding MILFs have evaporated.
This is crappy.
Good morning, Deadpan!
Here’s to a less-crappy day for i, and a great day for all!
Back to Evil, Inc. for me, but I’m well-rested after a loooong weekend.
Oh, and GOOOO Nuggets!
Chicken Nuggets???
Two of my posts got eaten.
Do you suppose they tasted like chicken.
The board has been taking some of the posts and chewing on them before spitting them out.
Good morning!
My daughter starts summer camp today which means I get to be up EVERY morning super early to have both children ready to be out the door by 7:45.
Wheee!
EssBee, thanks for the well-wishes
justa J0e: Verily. But cyber-chicken.
Yesterday I tried installing a couple BSDs (Forget those things!). I re-installed Ubuntu Studio and that’s not quite working correctly yet. No idea what’s wrong there. The bathroom fan is not working and I have to fix the garage door yet again.
Deeeeep breath….
Hey everyone. I hope you had fun weekends.
imag1narynumber: I know what you mean about FB. It can be annoying sometimes.
Justa Joe – You are correct. I laughed myself silly when I followed your suggestion and read the mod comments as replies to Van’s. I’m still coughing.
I had to remove a neice from my FB friends list as she was showing off photos of me.
Err that was me in family photographs.
You know, it’s kinda difficult to use a mouse wrist rest when you’ve burnt your wrist. Grrrr.
Ditto – Medical day? Or switch to keyboard shortcuts?
Is it Ditto or is it ditto?
It’s not a bad burn. It’s about 5 pea-sized spots of 2nd degree from splattered oil. Too much to do at work, so I can’t take more time off.
I tend to go by ditto. :)
Keyboard shortcuts for today and pickup a trackman for tomorrow? That way you can at least switch hands easily.
CP: Fuel — Ani DiFranco
Watching Being Human. It reminds me of something else, something excellent, but more in my emotional response than just the subject matter. I wish I could remember what it was.
Damn that amnesia.
drive by panning.
Congrats to ditto on his and Mrs. ditto’s anniversary.
A TEB hit and run.
Congrats, ditto and mrs. ditto!
Thx!
CP: Handlebars — Flobots
nice
http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/
Sort of a ZeroPunctuation meets flickr.
- may raise eyebrows at work
I enjoyed Being Human, was an interesting take on the vampire, werewolf and ghost.
Now thanks to the wonders of get_iplayer, I can grab BBC TV programs in a format that playable on the phone.
Some cool programmers out there.
If you don’t mind reading your short fiction on screen:
http://futurismic.com/category/fiction/
I haven’t always been as keen on being human, Van.
J0e, that site is teh hilarious.
The language here isn’t exactly worksafe….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F89ivU6dfWc
Vista SP2 installed fine and didn’t screw my desktop up.
Jaw hitting the floor.
SP2? How did I miss that?