Bluebell Ice Cream Is Evil And A Big Cow Statue... The MMP

[Exgineer]

The hard drive on my piece of crap work computer died an ugly death yesterday afternoon, so now I’m sitting here changing the settings on my new-to-me piece of crap the way I like them (as much as I’m allowed to because of stupid admin restictions). Sometime within the next six months or so we’re all getting brand new pieces of crap (dual processors!) with MicroSoft’s spanky new operating system with all kinds of nice features that our IT people are going to disable so we don’t need to bother, really, but IT people have to eat too. I guess. At this point I’d starve a couple if I thought I could get away with it.

Those jerkwads have the admin controls on these things screwed down so tight that I can’t even change the (now totally unnecessary) screensaver. I can’t even change the screensaver delay time. Also, my network login and email login used to be synchronized, but not any more. Assholes. I hate this stupid computer, I hate the entire IT department, and I hate the guy in the sissy-looking yellow rain slicker who decided to stand in the middle of the street this morning during rush hour and extensively examine his navel, or whatever the hell it was that he was doing.

Which leads me to:

Exgineer’s Life Lesson #465 - The principal problem with being a misanthrope is that you don’t get along with other people very well.

[Spatial_Rift_47]

I hate mornings.

Pun of the Day:

When I ran into the room I immediately noticed several things. One, Julie looking resplendent in her black jeweled gas mask, a sardonic look in her eye. Two, Marty in a plaid leisure suit on all fours, coughing something awful as Julie just laughed. Three, the roiling, broiling cloud of sulfurous gas.
“What the hell happened!?” I yelled from a safe distance.
“Oh, a pipe burst,” replied Julie.
“Well don’t you think you should get out!?”
“Nah, I’m good.”
“What about Marty?? Are you just going to stand there and watch him sulfur!?”

I also cannot see the studio.

[Draelin]

@Least Original User Name Ever

Which one are you, Jersey-ite?

Harold or Kumar?

I think most people you ask would say I’m Harold. But I still can’t understand why the two of them just didn’t go to the White Castle on Route 17 in Carlstadt. Way closer than New Brunswick or Cherry Hill.

I’m very tired this morning. Why, you ask? Superman. Luckily, somebody at WB is taking pity on old people who like Superman too, and released the movie at 10:00 last night. I was home by 1, but didn’t fall asleep till 3:30, because I was still so excited. I’m going to crash in approximately 2.83 hours. It won’t be pretty when I do.

[Tupug_Anachi]

fcm, you are getting so good with your work! I think that red bowl is stunning, too. Too bad I don’t smoke anymore. The ashtray is tres chic! I, too, was unable to see the studio pics.

Hey, does ordering something from a restaurant eight hundred miles away and having it Fed Exed count in the “how far” contest? For my 50th (cough, hack) birfday, my family ordered sauce and meatballs from our favorite Eye-talian place in the town where I grew up. Dry ice is a wonderful thing.

I am SICK! I knew it was coming on but it settled in good around midnight last night. How do I know this? That is when I woke coughing and my thrope hurted. All achy and chilled this AM.

I may go home after the staff meeting at noon.

Tupug

[Twinkie]

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday, everyone!

I couldn’t see the studio pics either, FCM, but your pottery is great! I think the little blue demitasse looks like a perfect ice cream dish (when one is having a polite serving, of course. Not the “empty the cabinets into the ice cream” type serving).

I’ve only been to Ohio once, and I saw an interesting roadside sculpture when I was there. Corn. Lots and lots of corn. It was row after row of 8 foot ears of corn. It was many years ago, and I don’t remember where in Ohio I was, or why this existing. But sure enough, there it was.

Dot, I’m sorry to hear about your friend. And, as others have said, don’t stick with that job if you don’t have to.

Drae - so, was Superman worth it? How fast should I get myself to the theater? And I think H & K just forgot about the one on 17 - or, they knew they could never figure out where to make the u-turn, so going all the way to Cherry Hill might have been faster!

I went shopping last night, to the place my household calls the M-A-double hockey sticks (so called because it’s HUGE, has a mean and terrible parking lot, and is usually smelly on the outside and loud & crowded on the inside). I won’t go on the weekends, for the reasons just given, but a weeknight is generally safe. Sadly, I had no ice cream while I was there, even though they have frozen custard kiosks. Instead, I bought a new handbag and a really cute pair of capris.

I tried to get my daughter to come with me, but she’s got that summer vacation lazy thing going on that you mention with your son, rigs. Can’t seem to get off the couch. Although she doesn’t go for the Nintendo or other games. She sat on the couch all day yesterday and made 5 or 6 sock monkeys. Actually, they’re from a book called Stupid Sock Creatures and they are very cute.

Tupug - take care of yourself, and I hope you’re feeling better soon.

[Draelin]

@Twinkie

Drae - so, was Superman worth it? How fast should I get myself to the theater?

Well, it depends on how big a Superman fan you are. I am inches away from having Kryptonian symbols tattooed on my ass, so I’m a “rush right out” kinda girl. I thought it was awesome. My roommate the Batman fan was also impressed. Of the other two friends we went with, both were firmly in the thumbs-up camp, although one of them had a minor fit about a plot point she thought shouldn’t have been used (I’m not going to spoil it, natch), but I fully expected. All in all–see it. Definitely. Did I mention a bullet bounces off his eyeball??? Oh, and Brandon Routh definitely falls into the category of dreamy.

And I think H & K just forgot about the one on 17 - or, they knew they could never figure out where to make the u-turn, so going all the way to Cherry Hill might have been faster!

You may be right. And Friday night traffic near the Plaza is nothing to sneer at.

@Tupug Anachi

Hey, does ordering something from a restaurant eight hundred miles away and having it Fed Exed count in the “how far” contest? For my 50th (cough, hack) birfday, my family ordered sauce and meatballs from our favorite Eye-talian place in the town where I grew up. Dry ice is a wonderful thing.

That’s fantastic. We have to freeze an entire pork roll (taylor ham, to those in the know) and find a way to fed ex it to Texas sometime in the next couple weeks, so I’m all for the dry ice idea. Hope you feel better!

[dogbutler]

Good Morning All! I think the Apocalypse is on, there is a giant burning disk in the sky this morning. :eek: It’s my day off today so I get to do laundry.
FCM I can’t see your studio.
puggy hope your thrope feels better. Rest and drink plenty of liquids. I recommend vodka and OJ.
dot go to your friend’s funeral, and then get another job.
dogbutler, ice creamless morning person

[anyrose]

what burning disk? all we have here is a constant flow of wet stuff surrounded by pea-soup air. and wind. lots of wind. the shrubs on the side of my house are destroying my window screens.

[swampbear]

@Ex

Exgineer’s Life Lesson #465 - The principal problem with being a misanthrope is that you don’t get along with other people very well.

I want this embroidered on a sampler or throw pillow. Also, Ex if you don’t have a sig line, this is the one for you.

@Puggy

Hey, does ordering something from a restaurant eight hundred miles away and having it Fed Exed count in the “how far” contest? For my 50th (cough, hack) birfday, my family ordered sauce and meatballs from our favorite Eye-talian place in the town where I grew up. Dry ice is a wonderful thing.

This is one of the jakiest things I’ve ever heard (ok, read) about doing somethin’ special for somebody! Tell your family I think they are the jakiest. Also, hope you feel better soon Puggy

Twink it’s called The Maul for a reason.

Speaking of corn, one of the most fun things I ever did was go through a corn maze in Iowa. It was a crisp fall night. They had this huuuuuuuuuge dinner, the maze, with people to help if you got lost, and copious amounts of beer. Who woulda thunk runnin’ around a cornfield on a cool autumn evening could be fun?

[Tupug_Anachi]

@Draelin

That’s fantastic. We have to freeze an entire pork roll (taylor ham, to those in the know) and find a way to fed ex it to Texas sometime in the next couple weeks, so I’m all for the dry ice idea. Hope you feel better!

Why, drae, dear, this is the Twenty-First Century. You can do it all online.

That’s what my Jakiest family did from the Eye-talian restauant back home

[Draelin]

@Tupug Anachi

Why, drae, dear, this is the Twenty-First Century. You can do it all online.

You just became a hero to every former Jersey resident I know.

[eleanorigby]

@Twinkie

I’ve only been to Ohio once, and I saw an interesting roadside sculpture when I was there. Corn. Lots and lots of corn. It was row after row of 8 foot ears of corn. It was many years ago, and I don’t remember where in Ohio I was, or why this existing. But sure enough, there it was.

Know what? That corn is STILL there!

I don’t have to go to Ohio to see corn–I have local displays of corn–AND soy beans.
I am taking the bull by the horns today and involving #2 son in household stuff. I also bought colored mini-marshmallows to make stained-glass cookies with. (excuse me, that should be “with which to make stained-glass cookies”). And he can help cut shrub in the back.

I AM SO BORED WITH STAYING HOME AND WAITING FOR STUFF!!

Had a dream that I had sex with Governor Rod Blagoy-however you spell it. Isn’t that weird as hell? He is sooo not my type. I do remember thinking (in the dream) that while everything else was good, he was a lousy kisser! WTH?

[Tupug_Anachi]

@Draelin

You just became a hero to every former Jersey resident I know.

Don’t thank me, ma’am! Thank the folks at Google.

[eleanorigby]

AAGGHH!!!

Washer is here-yay!

Washer pedestal is bent and cannot be installed–%^#*&^@#%(*)&%$#!!!

someone cut me a break here, please?

[Taters]

@eleanorigby

AAGGHH!!!

Washer is here-yay!

Washer pedestal is bent and cannot be installed–%^#*&^@#%(*)&%$#!!!

someone cut me a break here, please?

The delivery of the washer is good news anyway. You know, we decided to not get the pedestals. It’s working out fine and it saved us a few $$$$$. Also, we were told that the washers and pedestals have a tendency to “walk” in second floor laundry rooms. My laundry room is on the second floor.

Nice pottery FCM.

Pugs, I hope you get to feeling better.

Well, I need some “go” juice. I didn’t have time to stop this morning, and now I’m in desperate need of my quad shot.

[Lissla_Lissar]

Have some chocolate. Really. It helps. And then kick the washer guys really hard.
I just woke up from the most messed up dreams I’ve had in a long time. I am glad to be awake and drinking tea, even if it means I have to do stuff. It means I’m not flying around Gotham trying not to be caught by a Nazgul. I think I will bake today, even if I have to turn on the air conditioner.

A week and a half until Best Friend and her husband get here, yay!

[FairyChatMom]

Well, dang, I can’t see my studio pics either, and when I decided to delete the album and start again, I got an error message saying there weren’t nuttin’ there!

Methinks I’ll put the studio pics in the same place as the pottery pics. Hang in there - I’ll have it set up right quick…

[Man_With_a_Cat]

Hi everyone!

::waving::

People are busy aroud here today, eh?

dot, count me in the 'quit" camp. That’s just unreasonable to work for people like that.

There’s a place by us that does a corn maze every Halloween, but there’s no beer or fancy dinner.

I think I’ve become immune to coffee, I am SOOOO sleepy here.

Someone call Alice my haircut lady and tell her to get off the phone so I can schedule to see her today please? Huh?..oh, yeah.

rigs, that’s an A-1 disturbing dream.

My dream du jour was odd, but didn’t involve executive branch sex. I was back in the hi-rise management biz, and met my new boss, who was a highly energetic lady. She wanted me to show her around the property, and was literally running up fire stairs to get to the roof, and all i could think was how sleepy I was. How’s that for sleepy? Even in my dreams, I’m sleepy.

[FairyChatMom]

OK, Studio pics take two. Hope this works… I’m off to search for sharks’ teeth!

[Tupug_Anachi]

@FairyChatMom

OK, Studio pics take two. Hope this works… I’m off to search for sharks’ teeth!

Much better. And now for some action photos???