# Homage to Our Founder, Rue DeDay - MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 21, 2008, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360 "2008-01-21T11:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/281 "2008-01-25T12:57:27Z")
Afternoon all. Grocery shopping done - OUCH! It was an expensive one this week (about $220), but the fridge, freezer and pantry are now full to overflowing! Oops, time to make late lunch - later y’all! ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/282 "2008-01-25T13:37:19Z")
Today started off well. I got complimented twice on the big project I did yesterday as soon as I walked in the door. I need to get my stuff in order for my online class and prepare to delve into the depths of A.R. Ammons’ papers again. I got invited to a Halo 3 session either tonight or tomorrow night as well. 🙂 What’s this? A beginning of a social life? How can it be? ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/283 "2008-01-25T13:44:35Z")
Drive by. It is almost 4 PM, on Friday (which is supposed to be the weekend), and I haven’t even had a cup of coffee yet! I think I’m going to take a nap instead… Later all! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/284 "2008-01-25T13:54:32Z")
Morning. The van is supposed to come out of the body shop today. Maybe that will get VWife off my ass. :rolleyes: Fire School #1 this weekend, and nothing else on the list. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Most\_Creative\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Most\_Creative\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Most_Creative_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/285 "2008-01-25T14:07:44Z")
_Ears perk up_ Did someone mention Halo3? **Spaz** do you have xbox live? If so I would love to play some Halo3 with you! I’m not that good (as \*\*LOUNE \*\* can testify) but it’s fun anyway! Oh and if you ever play with **LOUNE** he’s hilarous. 🙂 Let me know if you want my gamertag. Today we are heading out of town. I’m going to go do shopping. Yay! I so need new clothes. Oh and help yourself to the rest of the cake, if **beebs** didn’t eat it all. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/286 "2008-01-25T14:46:37Z")
[QUOTE=Most Creative User Name Ever] _Ears perk up_ Did someone mention Halo3? **Spaz** do you have xbox live? If so I would love to play some Halo3 with you! I’m not that good (as \*\*LOUNE \*\* can testify) but it’s fun anyway! Oh and if you ever play with **LOUNE** he’s hilarous. 🙂 Let me know if you want my gamertag. [/QUOTE] I’m a lightweight gamer. I still play MECC Oregon Trail, Nintendo 64 (emulated!) and Mario Kart Double Dash and Simpsons Hit-and-Run on Gamecube. The only system I have is a Gamecube. This’ll be my first foray into Halo territory. We’ll see how it goes. I predict death in no more than fifteen minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/287 "2008-01-25T14:56:38Z")
Good mawnin and happy Firday!!! I am not amused today. It’s cold (for Flawduh) here this morning and the first thing when I got to work I had to turn around a go out for the local paper, _The Orlando Slantinel_ because our genius creative director is quoted in an article. :rolleyes: Like he hasn’t probably already got a bazillion copies. Then I find out that I have to burn and deliver ten CD press kits to another client by 2:00 this afternoon. I am soooooooo gonna expense the gas on this one. No big plans for the weekend. Just the usual errands and housework and appearance at the Sundance Film Festival. Ha, ha. Just kidding about that last one. Tupug ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/288 "2008-01-25T15:02:14Z")
[QUOTE=tarragon918] I’ve got to share this–I was watching the local morning news today and someone in graphics had Firday (as in Happy Firday) up in the feed that runs across the bottom of the screen. I got a big kick out of that! (It was channel 4 in DC, btw, just before 6 AM.) [/QUOTE] It has BEGUN! MWHAHAHA! Thank whatever Deities there may be that it’s Firday. I am determined to do some housecleaning and laundry today. But first, some food. And coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/289 "2008-01-25T16:04:01Z")
Evening all. Noor is asleep and hubby is out - I have the house to myself!! Too bad it’s too cold to make the most of it by wandering around nekkid! 😃 So (and that sentence starter is just for **FCM** ), my big news is … I handed in my notice, refused to accept the piddly counter-offer my boss made and was settling into the prospect of serving out my notice and changing jobs, when my boss comes back to me late Thursday (yesterday) and says, “We can’t afford to lose you. Tell me how much we need to pay you to make you stay!” HOLY … WTF??? 😕 So now I am really confused! I can’t figure out whether to ask for the money or stick with my original plan to leave. I could (in theory) get my current boss to pay me about $10-15K more than the new place is offering, but I just don’t know … :whine: Anyone have any ideas??? On a completely different tack, I was watching “The Mom Show” on satellite (I think it’s a Canadian show) and saw a woman who looked like a pregnant **LiLi**! Anyhoo, off to cook some dinners for HRH and sort my menu plan out for the week. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/290 "2008-01-25T16:09:50Z")
**dotty** , in my experience at my company the folks who opted to stay because the company counter-offered were either miserable or got shafted by the company somehow. You weren’t happy at your present company so you looked elsewhere. IMO, your current employer will harbor at least some resentment about the situation if you decide to stay. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/291 "2008-01-25T16:12:01Z")
Went grocery shopping today and yesterday, after cleaning out my freezer wednesday, and I now have enough food to get me through the next month or so. Of course, that won’t stop me from continuing to shop. I’ve developed that habit of bargain-hunting, and whenever stuff is on sale I can’t resist stocking up. Although at least now I’ve stopped stocking up on chocolate bars. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/292 "2008-01-25T17:46:42Z")
Is it just me or has the MMP been rather slow this week? Both cats are sitting on me and making it impossible for me to get up and be productive. It’s their fault! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/293 "2008-01-25T18:18:12Z")
I copped a 'tude and left work at noon. I didn’t feel like being there, I had nothing of substance to do, and I _just didn’t feel like being there_. So I left. Not that I’ll do anything now that I’m home, but at least I don’t have to listen to Brian and his BS all afternoon, so there’s that. Very cold here - I don’t think it’s hit freezing yet. I should start a fire, or bake, or do something to warm this house up a bit more. I do want to throw together a batch of sketty sauce since I have some fresh portobellos to toss in. I just paused to pull out some ground beef to thaw, so there will be some sketty-sauce makin’ soon. I’m also going to mix up a batch of the fajita marinade I made for \*\*FCD \*\* earlier in the week - he really liked it, so I’ll have some prepped and on hand. I watch channel 7 so I missed the channel 4 Firday crawl - oh well, my loss. \*\*Lurkster \*\* - I’m assuming you’re not stocking up on chocolate because you have enough for now. Although the concept of “enough chocolate” is somewhat foreign to me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/294 "2008-01-25T18:31:57Z")
[QUOTE=Haze] Is it just me or has the MMP been rather slow this week? [/QUOTE] Yes. The MMP has been slow this week _because_ of you. 😛 You posted your hair pictures in another thread so all the drooling men didn’t post here. And you’ve been busy working this week, so you haven’t regaled us with enough of your stories. More\*\* Haze\*\* stories!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/295 "2008-01-25T18:41:28Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] \*\*Lurkster \*\* - I’m assuming you’re not stocking up on chocolate because you have enough for now. Although the concept of “enough chocolate” is somewhat foreign to me. 😃 [/QUOTE] I’m not stocking up on chocolate because I’m trying to lose weight, and having a pile of 5-oz chocolate bars and bags of assorted “funsize” candy is just too tempting. I’m trying to ration out what I have on hand, but that’s not working out too well. Like last night when I scarfed down an entire 5-oz bar of Hershey’s Special Dark instead of breaking it into three or four chunks and saving some for another night. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/296 "2008-01-25T19:41:43Z")
I am doing better, but last night at rehearsal, I strained my throat a bit. Guess I wasn’t singing correctly (see, when you sing correctly according to the Sweet Adelines standards, you don’t use your throat at all) Yes, gt, I saw the thread. I was just debating whether or not to sign up. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/297 "2008-01-25T19:46:16Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] Well, most of the regulars should start making the rounds. Good morning kids. In honor of my cake stealing and frosting licking ways, here are a couple cat pics to start your day: [One](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/05/02/nom-nom-nom/) [Two](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/06/21/wtf-itz-my-birfday/) [Three](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/06/09/is-mah-birfday/) [Four](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/02/04/iz-mah-birfday) PS: What’s the MMP reservation list look like. My oddly obsessive self has thought of a new project which will surely take up way too much of my time again. [/QUOTE] lolcats r funnee 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/298 "2008-01-25T19:50:01Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] And you’ve been busy working this week, so you haven’t regaled us with enough of your stories. More\*\* Haze\*\* stories!! 😃 [/QUOTE] In my defense, I haven’t had many silly stories to tell. Life these past couple weeks have just been filled with work, home, and two lazy cats. I’ll try to have something ridiculous happen to me over the weekend. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/299 "2008-01-25T20:06:51Z")
Your correspondent Rip Van Winkle reporting in. I fell asleep right after I posted last night and slept til almost 11AM. heh. I was talking to a pal, one of the Unholy Four who has been working this boundary thing with me. Told her I just COULD NOT get up and out of bed this morning. She said “it’s called exhaustion stupid”. Oh. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360/300 "2008-01-25T20:46:36Z")
Dang, \*\*Rip \*\* - the kitties let you sleep that long??? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homage-to-our-founder-rue-deday-mmp/434360.md?page=16)