A Murderously Fun MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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No worries there. I’m used to that. That happens right here in the MMP. I mean. . .for og’s sake. . . you people don’t bag your bugs!

Aww, it’s all in good clean fun. Nobody gets bloodied. Well, not badly anyway. But OK, I’ll think about your suggestion. I have noticed also, though, that some of the Cool Kids are rarely in the Pit.

And I like your quote about the sad-eyed girl. It’s very true sometimes.

McUNE, not sure what you’re looking for, but have you looked at the Franklin Planners?
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Scribbles**, neat story about your bottomless vest pocket. I have to sheepishly say that I don’t do donuts and coffee either. I should have said what I do eat. That would have been easier. How about a nice hunk of tofu? I like that. I haven’t had a cup of coffee in my life. And I don’t drink soda. So after I stopped eating chocolate, there was no more caffeine for me. (Don’t shoot Mumpers! I’m not intentionally committing sacrilege. . . I couldn’t help it) And donuts have too much sugar in one dose for me.

No problem there either. I’ve been known to change my opinion mid-thread. Taking an opinion on one side too far can lead to really hilarious results.

Man, I miss QG! I used to laugh at some of her statements for days. Ah, good times!

:::thinking of ways to remedy this:::

:::shivers::: Yeah, really. The weirdest thing about those threads is that it squiked you out completely but you still kept reading. It was like watching snakes.

And before you make any one-eyed snake jokes, I got you covered. And no, not in that way either. :stuck_out_tongue:

Let me know when he’s driving and I’ll stay off the sidewalks too. :smiley:

Just kidding, I’m sure he’s a great driver.

gt, yeah, you and some of the other Mumpers are too sweet to be in the Pit. But I asked the question because I can foresee getting into it with Mork in the Pit. But when he comes back here complaining about me, don’t believe him. Really, bugs should be bagged. :wink:

FCM and Lili, I read three Harry Potter books years ago when I was reeeeaaaallly bored. I can wait for them to get to the library if I do read them at all.

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Happy Friday Mumpers!

I made samosas and tandoori chicken for dinner (well not really tandoori, I grilled it). Quite delicious, but I’m finding my spices to be serviceable at best. I think I need to spend more money at Penzeys. I just like making up excuses to spend money at Penzeys, but hey, it works.

And I’m off to B&N. Imma fend off spoilsports and overzealous fans with my garlic-ginger-curry-onion breath of dooooom!

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Well, just when you think you can see the light at the end of the tunnel…Mr.SCL’s patient was put back in the hospital last night. Mr. SCL thinks the nurse who was on duty overreacted but whatever, the patient is in ICU and is not at all happy about it. So any chance of me getting to a doctor just got put further off. Damn it. I am so tired of this. And to top it off I have friggin’ cramps.

I volunteered to ride with Librarian Friend to Atlanta tomorrow to pick her cousin up at the Amtrak station. Since neither one of us has lived in Atlanta in years, I’ll navigate with the directions and she’ll drive. I wish I had a dash-mounted rocket launcher; I always feel like I need one driving in Atlanta.

No Harry Potter for me, yet. I will eventually get it to go with the other 6, but I just can’t justify spending that kind of money right now.

Boo, yah, cheers, {{{hugs}}} as appropriate. Cult game is taking time away from the MMP.

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My copy is on the way from the UK (I love the web!) and is supposed to be here in a week. Given their previous track record, I expect to have it in less than that. I have yet to have a single item from either the US, Canada or UK Amazon to take more than five days to arrive, and it’s usually fewer than that. This gives me time to reread the last couple of them, because there’s a lot that I don’t remember about what happened in them. I’m not all that fanatical, but as a kid I sure would have been!

SCL, what problems I had driving in Atlanta were all about the navigation. I mean, yeah, they have a lot of scary people on the road, but it’s the most confusing place I’ve ever driven in.

Aww, poor Scruffy. She must have been abandoned at some point. It’s not like I neglected her!

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If every third street in Atlanta didn’t have “Peachtree” in the name, it would be a damn sight easier to find your way around. As it is, every time I’ve ever driven in Atlanta, I’ve gotten hopelessly and hideously lost. And to top it off, my favorite Japanese restaurant in the U.S., a yakitori place run by a guy who’d trained with a chef just a few miles from where we’d lived in Japan, closed a few years ago, so what’s the use of going there any more? :smiley:

I hate laying in a new knitting pattern. Especially with rows that are already a couple hundred stitches long, I’m using teensy needles, and the yarn is laceweight so it’s really, really thin. And then I find out three-quarters of the way down a row that I’ve screwed up somewhere in the row, so not only do I have to pick my way back to where I screwed up, I have to find the spot in the first place. Grrr…but at least now I know what I did wrong. I’ve always had good luck with cable patterns because you can see where the cables are going; I think I’m starting to learn to see where the lace patterns are going, too. They’re considerably trickier to see than cables, obviously.

And none of you really care about my travails with my knitting, do you? Except Jahdra. And speaking of Jahdra, where has she been this week? Doesn’t she love us any more? <sniffle sniffle>

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qucij dunken prost before bed. Lurve you all! :smiley:

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I am up again and still not sure if I’m going to Borders to wait in line. I hate when I’m all indecisive about about this stuff…
Having a cuppa and seeing if I wake up at all (doubtful, since it’s caffeine free).

The last remaining brownie is looking awfully good…

#1 son just made a plea for me to go get the book. He doesn’t ask for much, so I need to weight that as well.
I heard somewhere that chocolate helps you think…

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Mamatigs, I like your knitting talk. I just don’t always understand it all. My hand knitting knowledge isn’t too extensive. But I can kinda figure it out based on what I would do with the frame. And I especially like it when I get to see colorful yarns. I lurves colorful yarns.

Yeah, what happened to Jahdra? It looks like she hasn’t been on The Dope for two weeks. I hope she’s OK. Jahdra, if you’re reading. . . come back!

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Heading out to Borders now. Hope the raving crowds are all that raving and stuff.
I hope someone appreciates this someday (whom that might be escapes me at present).

Oh, and I took care of a 10 year old brat today! She kept insisting on getting IV pain meds–no, no, dear little girl…Dunno what you’ve learned where, but it’s Tylenol with codeine for you! Very strange (doubt it was drug seeking, more like Treat Me Like a Queen stuff). Yes, it’s late and my thoughts are disjointed. So?

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Morning all (well, it’s morning here - just before 9:00am)!!!

Noor is still runny, but perfectly upbeat as usual (touch wood). Stool sample culture from yesterday apparently showed a minor bacterial infection, and if there is no real improvement by this afternoon, we will go back to the doctor for some antibiotics!

For those of you who missed it, [post=8798688]here[/post] is the brownie recipe.

I also thought you might enjoy this article about the death of the matriarch chimpanzee at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. I think it’s amazing the way all of the other chimps were paying their last respects!

Good luck and happy reading to all the diehard HP fans. I keep meaning to read them but I never seem to find the time (I wonder why???).

MamaT, my sister went to Atlanta for a conference once. She said it was an awful place, where she couldn’t even figure out if people were speaking English half the time!

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Howdy Y’all! Just cruisin’ through before I go to sleep. As I said earlier today, ACBG was here when I got home. I showered and then…ummmm… well, I’ll just leave that to y’all’s imagination. :wink: Still, I’m not quite ready to sleep and he’s snorin’ away. I guess I wore him out! :smiley:

Moooooom I haven’t read any HP either. So there’s two of us [del]old farts[/del] normal people who don’t know what the fuss is about.

Work went well tonight. I thought I was gonna get tapped for a shift tomorrow (indications early on were I would be) but I didn’t cause one of the lines will be down for maintenance tomorrow. I have been told, however, to be prepared for two or three twelve hour shifts next week. Fine with me, cause they gotta pay me time and a half for anything over eight hours and double if it’s a weekend. Though I’d rather have a life than the money if given a choice, if it’s “forced” (we can be told we must work OT) I’ll take the money.

Yays, boos, congrats, awwws, etc. where appropriate.

Niters Y’all!

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tarra, gt, FCMom, Thank you for reading and being glad I’m ok.
I am glad I could stop him and have (mostly) put it behind me. I miss Joy (GF), but wallowing and what-iffing won’t bring her back, and she’s at peace.

Blessedly, I have Mrs. HSM, now. We went out for chinese food tonite. She drives and I pay. Marriage is great, aint it!
I no longer have a driver’s license due to diabetic retinopathy and a VERY lackadasical VA healthcare system - good thing I got my Vietnam-era GI Bill - yuk, yuk! :rolleyes:

Oh, I’ve not read any HP either. I saw the first movie though, but just not my cuppa tea. I was a prolific reader since age six, but for the last 4 years, I mostly listen to audio books. Between those and screen magnifiers, DVD’s and free long distance - I stay pretty busy.

This is one more fun place I’ve found to hang out and enjoy. Been reading TSD since the '70s, but just started checking out the SDMB a few weeks ago. Very interesting and the Cool Kids[sup]TM[/sup] are sooooo much fun!
Heff a Roo, tofu it is! There’s a large hunk wrapped and waiting for you.
Dotty, liked the article, thanks for the link.
Talk to y’all later.
HSM

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**Posit ** - I’m a Vietnam era vet myself, and I know what you mean about that GI Bill. I did get to use part of it while I was still on active duty, but most of it went away. By the time I traded in my green ID card for a pink one, I wasn’t inclined to go back to school. And once I started thinking about getting more educated, it had expired. Oh well, I’s smart enuff annywayz! :smiley:

I managed to sleep till after 6 this morning, mostly because we have been keeping our door closed as long as the kids are here, so we don’t get early critter visitors. It’s lovely and cool - mid-60s right now, so I have the house open and cooling. After I work my way thru the comics, I have some tidying and cooking to tend to, then the clan arrives around 1-ish. Everyone has been here at least once except for my brother and his SO. This month, we’re in the house 3 years, and he’s finally getting his butt down this way.

I’ve got 2 chickies to get in the rotisserie, some sloppy joes to get in the crock pot, and I’m not sure what else - gotta check my list. Ice for sure, but I can send someone to fetch that. I’m trying to decide whether to go with foam plates or real ones. Decisions, decisions.

Well, off to prepare. And I still haven’t written “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” yet. I was too tahred last night. Maybe after the crowd departs this afternoon…

Happy Saturday, all!!

:smiley:

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So, have you all finished reading you brand new HP7 by now? What? But you got the book over 8 hours ago! What’s the matter with you? You had to what? “Sleep”? Pshaw. a true HP doesn’t need sleep on the first day of issue.
I will be seeing (the movie) Hairspray this afternoon. Yay. I’m going because it’s a musical, but mostly I just have to see Travolta in drag.

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I’m up and caffeinating before work. I haven’t read any Harry Potter yet, I’m more of a Tolkein guy. I dreamed I owned a large house. That qualifies as a weird dream for me. :dubious:

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Yawn. Barely awake. We were packing books late, after hanging out at work and watching the crowds. Two of my co-workers dressed up- one as a very respectable Harry Potter, and the other one as Snape.

Time for tea, and preparing to face the Potter hordes at work.

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I’m up, caffeinated, fed, currently hydrating ( fancy word meaning drinking water) so I can go take a lengthy ride. That’s my favorite part of the self-torture - riding 12-15 miles AWAY from home, and realizing that the only way you’re getting back is to gulp some water and do the return trip.

Breakfast was scrumptious, I found remnants of old french bread, JUST crusty enough to make into some fabulous french toast, made some thick sliced bacon, and extra strong coffee.

urp.

When I get back from the ride, the nice UPS man should have been here with Potter. I’ve read several spoilers already (I’m that kind of guy - :: waves at Mika, I won’t tell… SSHHH ::, so there’s that, I know where it’s GOING, I just have to see how it gets there. I do that, I start a book, read the end, then go finish the thing. However it ends, it’s still going to be a good story.

Okey dokey, off to pedal til I drop.

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When you gus are done with the book, here’s a picture to soften the HP withdrawal.

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Good morning everyone.

Count me among the folks who have never read HP. My daughter enjoys it though.

Ugggh. I couldn’t fall asleep until three thirty this morning. I am barely functioning today.

The pulled pork I made yesterday turned out extremely yummy. We’ll be having more tonight.

I think I need to wake up some more before I attempt any more posting. I keep having to type stuff over again.

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Scribbles, ooohhh. . . audio books. What kinds do you listen to? I like Recorded Books and borrow their cassette tapes. Do you download any books? I use 4 different library systems to download Overdrive audio and Netlibrary books. I have at least 15 downloaded on most days. I just mostly sample those. Have you tried Audible.com (paid downloable audio books)? I’m thinking about it. . . their interface seems much more stable than it did a while ago.

Thanks for the tofu. I like mine with soy sauce as a snack and with curry and vegetables as a meal. Thanks for the munchies.

Hey all,
I got up a little earlier than usual this morning… . and I got a bit of inspiration and creativity. . . . McDonald’s for breakfast :smiley: Well, OK, if you can call it creativity. But at least it’s still there. . . it hasn’t been lost in the abyss. Yahoo! :stuck_out_tongue: