# It's Time For A New MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 2, 2012, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562 "2012-04-02T10:15:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/181 "2012-04-07T13:44:47Z")
**חג פסח שמח** _ **אַ זיססען פסח** _ ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/182 "2012-04-07T14:58:52Z")
Good morning. Caffeination is nearly complete and since today is supposed to be fairly decent, I will do some yard work. Such exciting plans; I know you’re all jealous. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/183 "2012-04-07T15:11:04Z")
The pot of coffee doesn’t go as far with 4 people in the house as it does as 2. Roughly half as far in fact. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/184 "2012-04-07T15:12:24Z")
Hah! I solved that problem by being the first one up, even with two people in the house. That way I get more coffee! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/185 "2012-04-07T15:13:33Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > Good morning. Caffeination is nearly complete and since today is supposed to be fairly decent, I will do some yard work. I will be mowing grass in short order. Planted horseradish yesterday… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/186 "2012-04-07T16:23:48Z")
Yahd irk is done and da bear is all showered and clean. Next up the defilthyfyin’ of da cave which isn’t too bad. A good dustin’ and vacuumin’ will suffice. Then, I must begin the preparation of vittles for tomorrow’s Easter feast. There will be eight of us. Fortunately I don’t have to make everything. Onward I go! ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/187 "2012-04-07T18:08:07Z")
It’s a beautiful, sunny day here in Northeastern Ohio. Just the perfect kind of day for sitting inside and researching the Ohio K-12 Science Standards. 😃 Oh well, I’ve been making steady progress with this homework and I only have 4 more projects and then I’ll be done for the semester… My contribution for Easter dinner is a lovely (I hope it’s lovely and not slightly overdone) Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup cheesecake. Otherwise, I’m off the hook. Mother’s Day will be my next big family production. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/188 "2012-04-07T18:46:42Z")
**Moooom’s away** When i was of a certain age & Mom went away, that meant one thing… who’s procuring the keg? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/189 "2012-04-07T18:59:47Z")
Been and had my hair cut and coloured this morning. **mr ems** worked this morning and now he is napping and watching the golf on TV. I am going to Skype with the parental units then take a nap myself. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/190 "2012-04-07T19:15:27Z")
Yahd is mowed. Tomorrow morning, while everyone else goes to sunrise deheathenization, I will be spreading Turf Builder. Tonight is my favorite bad movie of all time: Cecil B. DeMille’s _The Ten Commandments_. The horrible overacting, especially by Jon Derek, the awful costuming, and the cheezy special effects make this flick a once a year must see. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/191 "2012-04-07T20:08:37Z")
Break time. Da cave is spiffed. Rah. Candied (sorta) sweet **N.O.T.** are in the oven. Green beans have been snapped and are steamin’ away. **N.O.T.** for **N.O.T.** sallit are coolin’. Yes, two kinds of **N.O.T.** They both got requested with a sad puppy dog eye look. Squish casserole is ready to be baked. I need to peal, chop and cook rutabagas, which is still strange to me case until about a year ago I would not touch 'em. They were the second nastiest veggie on Earth, behind [del]fart blossoms[/del] brussels sprouts. Ham needs to be prepped too. OH, and gotta make deviled aigs. Tonight a around 8:15 begins the Vigil of Easter with three, count 'em, three, baptisms. I may or may not make it there. We shall see. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/192 "2012-04-07T23:59:49Z")
I killded the MMP again! :eek: Obviously we are not goin’ to the Vigil of Easter. I’m too tahrd and OYKW really does not want to sit through a service that includes three, count 'em, three baptisms. Can’t realy blame him. I’m about to drop over so he said he’d keep an eye on the ham which should be done around nineish should I fall asleep. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/193 "2012-04-08T00:03:30Z")
no, not killed, merely stunned. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/194 "2012-04-08T00:21:02Z")
I have discovered proof that [I’m the Cute One](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150717080809803&set=a.36907004802.43660.694399802&type=1&theater), lest there be any conjecture. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/195 "2012-04-08T00:36:40Z")
My head is about to explode. I’ve been working on this project the whole time since I last posted. I really wanted to finish it tonight but I just don’t know. The screen has started to look too bright and I’m taking that as a sign of impending doom of some sort or another. (Or maybe just a sign that I should give up for now.) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/196 "2012-04-08T00:49:40Z")
Take a break. Attack it with a fresh cup of coffee in the morning before you go off to dinner ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/197 "2012-04-08T00:51:14Z")
I got my whole front yard weeded and the garden edged again. My wrist is just killing me, but I feel good about what I got accomplished. It was pretty rough going because the soil was basically mud, so breaking up the weed clumps and knocking the dirt out took a bit of doing. But, it’s done for the time being. Now I can concentrate on the backyard. Unfortunately, bad weather is set to move in, so I won’t be getting to that this week. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/198 "2012-04-08T01:44:11Z")
So, I’m still alive. The last few days have been spent inhaling two Connie Willis novels I’ve never gotten to before - \Blackout\ and \All Clear\. As usual, I completely fell in love with her characters and the themes she explores and the time travel and the period of time she chose (the Blitz). As usual, I wasn’t ready for the book to end. And now I’m glad/sad/mad that the books are over, and I never get to read them for the first time again. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/199 "2012-04-08T03:37:59Z")
Glad you’ve been able to do something fun, **Kanga**. Have been for a walk, made spiced pickled beets and lima bean puree (two separate items), and am watching a mindless movie. Walk was really cool because it was right around sunset. All kinds of interesting lighting and clouds and stars coming out during the walk. Felt kind of ick earlier, but took a nap and everything seems OK now. Off to sleepie bye soon. Hugs, all. GT ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562/200 "2012-04-08T03:41:48Z")
Books; our best friends in the worst of times. {{{{{{Phouka}}}}}}} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562.md?page=11)