# Life On The Other Side Of The Burlap - A Renaissance MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 2, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938 "2006-10-02T05:40:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**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:** [October 6, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/301 "2006-10-06T11:20:38Z")
Yay, we got two weeks lined up! **Mika** next week and **Va** the week after. I like it when this happens. Today is all about mopheads. And FedEx. Woo and Hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/302 "2006-10-06T12:15:55Z")
Good morning, all. Waiting for the big nasty nor]‘easter to start. That’s all the weather dweebs have been talking about this week. So far though, nuttin’. I once dated a woman who made really good gnocchi. In fact, it was so good, the Italian restaurant she worked in stopped using the recipe they had for decades and started using hers. And that restaurant really knows their Italian food. But of course, it’s back home and not down here, so I can’t get good gnocchi execpt once or twice a year when I head north for a few days. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/303 "2006-10-06T13:03:27Z")
I think it’s interesting that every culture, well, European anyway, has a specialized dumpling. Of course they’re all tres yummy. I have to make an amendment to my day. It is now all about mopheads, accessibility issues, Fed Ex and teaching somebody else about billing (YAY!). On the upside, I get ice cream this afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/304 "2006-10-06T13:07:44Z")
Happy happy Friday, Cool Kids! I can’t believe I actually made it to work every day this week. It’s a miracle! I slept like the proverbial rock last night. The night before I couldn’t sleep until well after 1:00 am, and woke up several times in the night. Last night I didn’t even watch Survivor or Grey’s Anatomy - thank Og for DVR. Asleep in my chair immediately after dinner, and off to bed at 8:30. I feel good today! We don’t get Monday off, though. Boo. I laughed at the nun joke, too. I think I was going to hell way before that snicker, though. I’m already thinking about cooking dinner. We’re having sketti and meatballs, and warm crusty bread. Mmm. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/305 "2006-10-06T13:17:54Z")
A potential new family member for the VunderLair. We are currently hosting an 11 month old male white Boxer, who is looking for a new home because of landlord and family issues. If he gets along well enough with Maddy and the cats this weekend, that is… We’re shopping for a name. Presently, he’s King, but that’s blase. My original suggestion was Floyd, and I’d’ve put a pink collar on him. That didn’t fly. VWife wants to call him Jake, after the mythical son some mass mailer decided we ha(ve)(d). I want something stereotypically southern (if this was a girl, she’d be Dixie), but Bubba and the like are already off the list. Second choice for me is something Scandinavian or mythological. Gunnar sounds good to me… Ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/306 "2006-10-06T13:17:59Z")
Morning. Today is my birthday. I am now older. Mr. Lissar left my presents out, and I am flabbergasted. I got a _beautiful_ Japanese teapot and cups set, 24 more dance classes, a paid-for Arabesque t-shirt, and a little Chinese journal. Wow. On the bad side Mr. Lissar went to RCIA last night, and the priest who was running it is a moron and a jerk, and not very interesting, and told him that I certainly can’t be received into the church if I can’t attend all the classes, and Mr. Lissar shouldn’t either. So we had family drama last night, neither of us slept long or well, and I’m going to phone our priest today and book an appointment to talk about the situation with him. In an hour I leave for my first-ever physio appointment. After it I think I’m going out for lunch with my parents. Yeesh, I’m tired. Last year Attacks Husband made me a real Vimes badge for my birthday, out of real copper. This year Mr. Lissar probably wins Coolest Present. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/307 "2006-10-06T13:19:07Z")
Oh, Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! We’re doing turkey with my parents tomorrow. Hrothgar. Hrothgar is a great name. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/308 "2006-10-06T13:22:08Z")
[QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] Hrothgar. Hrothgar is a great name. [/QUOTE] He’s white, and big… Frost Giants… How does Fafnir sound? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/309 "2006-10-06T13:29:18Z")
Happy Birthday Li-Li!!! ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/310 "2006-10-06T13:34:28Z")
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LiLi!! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/311 "2006-10-06T13:35:59Z")
Happy Birthday, LiLi! We’re getting ready to head up to Maine for the weekend, for a wedding I regrettably can’t drink at, or dance at, or even wear one of my prettier dresses because they all require heels. ☹ I’ll survive. And if you’ll excuse me, the drugs are kicking in, and I’m going to go lay back down for a few hours. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/312 "2006-10-06T13:43:37Z")
Thor. Short, sweet and fierce. Make it so! Many happy returns of the day, **Lisslar**. What’s this about a priest? I have to do alot of stuff today-and then work the weekend, work the lib on Monday, then work Tuesday. think of me…ciao. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/313 "2006-10-06T13:59:11Z")
Happy Birthday, LILI! So…dance practice again last night. Fun! And someone was giving away free stuff. Twinks, was it you who likes masks, or Draelin, or Drae, was it your roomate? Because I scored a stunningly beautiful peacock feather mask for free! I love it. I’ll post a picture on Monday, too. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/314 "2006-10-06T14:09:51Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Twinks, was it you who likes masks, or Draelin, or Drae, was it your roomate? Because I scored a stunningly beautiful peacock feather mask for free! I love it. I’ll post a picture on Monday, too. [/QUOTE] Mandi was the one who bought the mask (which came last week, and is _stunning_ by the way), but I would have gotten one, had I any money left at the time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/315 "2006-10-06T14:12:54Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] Mandi was the one who bought the mask (which came last week, and is _stunning_ by the way), but I would have gotten one, had I any money left at the time. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Right! I’ll take a picture and post it next week, I think she’ll like it. I loved it. And generally masks are a bit creepy to me, all those eyeless slits (although they are _beautiful_, it’s just the lack of eyes that gets to me) but I couldn’t resist this one. It’s peacock feathers, which is the sign of Krishna, which was always my favorite dancing role. After I get the picture taken - and I want one of me in it - then I’ll hang it on my wall. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/316 "2006-10-06T14:22:59Z")
Good morning and HAPPY FRIDAY ALL! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LI-LI!!! It’s raining here. Not a real hard rain, mostly that annoying drizzle stuff. I have nothing exciting to report. I managed to do one load of laundry last night. Eh, it was enough. The kids had clean clothes and so did **Mr. Taters** and I. **Bobbio,** I suggest the following names: Balder (means Prince) Loki Odin Thor I guess I better get to working. More spreadsheets and databases. At least it isn’t billing or mopheads! 😉 ---
**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:** [October 6, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/317 "2006-10-06T14:57:24Z")
\ CLEARING THROAT \ \*\* HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY DEEEAAARRR LLLIIILLLIII!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/318 "2006-10-06T15:03:14Z")
\*\*Happy Birthday, LiLi! \*\* Somehow, I managed to sleep with the oxymeter taped onto my finger. Now I need to get it back to Kaiser before 9 and drop off some paperwork after 9. Then, off to Fry’s to buy Sims 2 and see if this computer will run it. If not, I guess it will be going back to Costco and I’ll be getting a Dell. I can’t believe that a computer just out of the box can’t run a game that came out 2 years ago, but if it doesn’t, I guess that’s what I get for buying a computer at Costco. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/319 "2006-10-06T15:19:06Z")
Happy Birthday, LiLi!!! I’m very bored. We are having issues with the software I run, and I can’t do any work. Maybe I should go home! Yeah, that’s the ticket! ---
**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:** [October 6, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/320 "2006-10-06T15:40:53Z")
\*\*HAPPY BIRFDAY LI-LI!! AND MANY MOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRREEEE!!! \*\* **bobbio** , for some reason Blanco runs keeps running through my mind as a cool name for a white boxer. But if you want somethin Southron, how about Billy Bob? 😃 I’m sitting here waiting for the components I need to have 150 press kits assembled. the covers just arrived but not the stationery. I’m thinking it’ll be Monday. See, down south for some reason we don’t get to celebrate Columbus Day. I don’t know why that is. So I’ll be working. 😛 Tupug [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938.md?page=17)