I’m with you. There’s one of me out there somewhere, and my stinking girl scout troop found it. (They’re teenagers. Ugh…teenagers.) It was taken at a RenFaire before they were born, and they sure do think it’s funny. Brats. My sister found it, too, so there is no end to the teasing.
Heed the warning. Exercise caution. 
Oh, ex, you just want us to beg. 
dogster – I figured out who you remind me of!! It has been bugging me since yesterday. This guy! Bill Geist of CBS Sunday Morning! Which is a good thing because he’s smart and funny. He did a story last week (or maybe the week before?) on Irish Road Bowling in West Virginia. You can’t make up something that good.
When I wasn’t musing about who doggio looks like, I was seething in frustration at the summer camp place my older two children attend. Here are the complaints:
Earlier in the summer, he left his shorts at the center when they went to the pool and when I picked him up, they were gone. Gone, as in stolen. Also my daughter had two CDs stolen (which she took to the center surrepticiously, but still).
What am I paying these people for, if they can’t take care of my kids??? Today they’re at the fair (a special morning for summer camps and daycares) and it’s the first year I haven’t gone as a chaperone. They’re lathered up with sunscreen but still I am gnawing my fingernails with worry. OK maybe I’m just a worrywart, but still. I am full of Grr.
I wouldn’t want you to think we didn’t notice this, so:
**YAY PUGSIE!! **
Did you ever smoke after sex?
Whaddaya mean, you never looked? 
Well, Maddy the VunderDog has rabbit-like ears, a little nub of a tail, and she jumps a lot… :eek:
Very helpful. Um… thanks, I think. 
Somewhere someone asked what the Target entry fee is these days. I meant to say that around here it’s usually about $60. Post-move I’ve been spending a lot of time there and can’t seem to get out for less than that. So at least here in Target’s homeland, that’s what they’re charging.
Good luck at college, rigs!! And have fun!
Well, maybe that’s asking too much. Just don’t stress out too much. Trust me, overstressing is not a good thing.
TMI alert: I am all grumpy and PMS-y today. I’ve been crabby to KeithT, which isn’t very nice and I feel bad. I mean really, it’s better to be feeling yucky and grumpy and PMSing than the alternative! :eek: But I still don’t like feeling like this. 
Rabbits and smoking and puns, oh my! What’s that, you say no one has mentioned puns?
I have now!
Yesterday I went to a craft store. They have a lot of ceramic, a lot of fabric, but mostly a lot of fake old stuff. I was bored after about 10 minutes. Oh! And I added a neat little Hangman thinger to my Personalized Google Homepage[sup]TM[/sup]. It’s a great time waster.
Oh yeah, rigs is at her boot camp now. I know she’ll knock their socks off. GO RIGS! 
taxi, while you’re here … when’s your wedding? I was listening to The Four Seasons and thought the Largo from Winter would make a nice entrance, particularly if your wedding is in the winter. I don’t go to weddings all that often, so it’s not like I’m sick to death of Canon in D. It would be fine with me! It’s a lovely piece. Have someone sing Ave Maria, too.
kaiwik, I’ve been meaning to say I’m glad you joined our group. I remember your thread about your sister in law, was it? and thought you wrote about the problems with insight and compassion. I think you’d be such a nice person to know. Plus I like hearing about Alaska.
Hoedown music, square dancing, that sort of thing. I used to go to weddings back home, and when there were bands, there were always polkas. It wasn’t a wedding reception without a coupla-three polkas.
MBG that lust thing is the story of my life.
Hiya Scout!
rosie My friend got that a couple of months ago to review (he’s a free-lancer who does entertainment stuff for some websites). He tried convincing me that it was a good movie. I’m of the opinion, along with his wife, that it only needed to be seen once. Especially that scene where Jesus is singing in the nightclub. YM Actually V, apparently.
Well, it was an abatoir in its previous life, so I’m not really surprised. Looks like it’s time to get some new cement in there.
I happen to think that’s a great song - The gal doing Joan of Arc was a little tough to understand (talk about bad French accents) but I was humming the song this morning as I was getting dressed
I think all that heat went to your brain. Hey, they had the string theory Nova on last night but I think they’ve upgraded it. Ever see it?
Thanks, rosie
I feel your pain, ellen. I remember the days of summer camp well. 
bobbio, didn’t need to look…the fire department arrived.
<snerk> IN BED! <snerk>
Oh wait… that ain’t a fortune cookie… ummm…
YAAAAAAY PUGGY!!!
I have decided not to hate today. I will tolerate today. I will not lock people out of my house Friday afternoon either. I will be nice. Ex prolly just took my curmudgeon license away.
We have a receptionist who has been here 25 years as of July 1. We are planning a reception in her honor on July 31st. It’s been fun going through lists of staff and board members for the past 25 years. I’ve only been here 15 years but I seem to know a lot of these folks. Some are still with us. Some have gone on to their reward. Some are just plain nuts and we don’t want 'em around here. I figure anybody (and there have been several) who has been escorted out of the building by the local constabulary is probably somebody not to invite. I’ve been nice though. I’ve seen the names of some people who I cannot stand but did not let that get in the way of saying we should extend an invitation. That would not be a good reason, cause after all it ain’t my reception. I offered to help with the invites but not with the reception or gift picking out. There’s just so much I can stand to do after all. This is going to be a surprise and I believe she will be thrilled.
Oh and I had a Baskin-Robbins cappachino blast this morning. That made me happy.
I was successful at clothes shopping last night. Yay me! I need grown-up clothes for temping, you know, stuff not bought at Torrid?
I couldn’t find any pictures from childhood, but here are a couple of pictures from yearbooks: Sophomore and Senior years. The hairstyles in my yearbooks were really scary. Attack of the Killer Bangs! I remember how disappointed I was that I couldn’t get my hair to do that then.
Here’s a picture taken this morning wearing one of my new outfits.
Man, I frickin’ love Torrid. Of course, the closest one takes over an hour to get to … grr.
One of our WalkAmerica teamms has named themselves the “Olsen Triplets”. I find that utterly repulsive, especially since their last name is not Olsen. :rolleyes:
I am working away on the thank-you letters. I doubt you guys remember but sometime ago I asked a bigwig on the proper way to do these. This bigwig has always been uber-nice. Well, maybe he forgot his medication because he suddenly became uber-snippy to me when I asked. Ok, whatever - except the letters all merge incorrectly, ya doof. And if you were a nice IT man I’d call you up and tell you about the obvious bug in the system but since you’re not, screw you.
is it just me, or does anyone else think **Jahdra ** and **Draelin ** could be sisters?
Or are they the same person. I mean, has anyone ever actually seen them together? Mighty suspicious if ya ask me! :dubious:
If I can ever get on the computer at home, I’ll scan and post some oldies of me. Mr Rebo just bought a new flat screen monitor and wireless keyboard and mouse…he’s fascinated! Now we need to get a laptop and wireless network the whole thing, so we can BOTH be on at the same time.
Oh, Happy Hump Day, kewl kids!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Ex who? :dubious:
Exgineer. He’s been posting in here. Pay attention. Tsk tsk.
Ooookay, storytime. You all remember how I switched jobs? I thought that was the end of it. About a week after I did that, I ran into my old mentor - HT - in the mess hall. He asked me where I was working and what I was doing, etc. Then one day he showed up at my cubicle, took me over for a meeting with another researcher we had been working with, and foisted some of his work back on me. I figured okay, whatever. I’ll do a little and mostly not pay attention to it. But then my new supervisor - QW - found out, and he was annoyed. He helped me give HT the brushoff. I thought it was over.
But it wasn’t over. HT apparently went to talk to the guy who’s running the intern program - EL - who never found out that I was working under QW full time, because I cleared that separately with HT. (Which makes it doubly weird that he approached me again with the work). Wanting this to just get settled, I agreed to go back to splitting the time, figuring I’d just ignore HT’s work. Then I told QW this, and he’s spitting mad again. So he’s going to give EL what for. And this *will * be the end of it. I’ve been flexible to this point, but if either of them try anything again I am putting my foot down. They can’t make me do work I don’t want to do, and none of them is paying my stipend anyway. So nyah. :mad:
geeeeeez. y’all move FAST.
I’ll chime in with a big yay pugs!
spats, I love today’s pun. made me go like this: 
anyway… because we’re showing pictures…
here is the end result of a project one of my dance friends did. I got to be the model
and another here that she made as a get-well gifty thing. she’s so sweet
