# MMP - Bright & Early, Front & Center **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 16, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207 "2006-01-16T09:56:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/241 "2006-01-19T19:56:26Z")
any excuse to go to Vegas is valid ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/242 "2006-01-19T20:00:46Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > I just got an invite in the mail to the 2006 National Hardware Show (and Lawn and Garden World) in Las Vegas in May. I **So** want to go. It’s a guy thing. Are you going? … Can I come? ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/243 "2006-01-19T20:05:24Z")
We went to the Homebuilder Association convention in Las Vegas a couple of years ago. It was great. The convention wasn’t bad, either. Don’t forget to take a helicopter trip to the Grand Canyon. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/244 "2006-01-19T20:06:41Z")
I am not putting together the computer desk. It lies in the living room, mocking me. I did go work out, though. I have absolutely nothing to add to this thread. But does that stop my posting? Au contraire… ---
**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 19, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/245 "2006-01-19T20:44:19Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > **Puggy** forget about the calorie count at Macaroni Grill. The rolls they bring to everybody’s table prolly have more calories than that, and you must try them. They are tres yum! BTW, do not keep knives in a drawer. It’s very bad for them to bang against one another. Actually they have about four lunch items that are “healthy.” I had a grilled boneless chicken breast on a bed of baby spinach, cucumber, tomatos, and fat-free feta with vinagrette dressing. It wasn’t half bad. I did NOT eat the rolls. Them things is carb bombs!! Oh, yeah, and the knives in the drawer are cheap serrated knives. When they get dull, maybe I’ll break down and use the new ones. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/246 "2006-01-19T21:05:44Z")
Actually, that sounds like a good lunch, there **Puggy**. I’m glad you found something suitable. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/247 "2006-01-19T21:06:30Z")
you know who has really good rolls? Damon’s Grill. They’re baked with Garlic Butter. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/248 "2006-01-19T21:16:38Z")
Your Friendly Online Knife Maven™ also cautions you to never put your good knives in the dishwasher. It’ll chew the sharp edges to bits! And don’t put your Calphalon in there, neither. I am being begged by some online buddies to meet for a wild girls’ weekend in Las Vegas sometime in '06. I would rather chew raw bacon than go to Las Vegas. Does that make me, like, _un-American_ or something? Everyone seems to think it’s the be-all and end-all of destinations. Same with Disney [insert shuddering smiley] Of course, the progeny see that last a bit differently. They claim they’re the only ones _in the whole school_ who haven’t been to Disney World. Piffle. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/249 "2006-01-19T21:30:29Z")
Gotta say I’m with you **Ellen.** I have no big desire to go to Vegas and have never been there. My attitude right now about the aforementioned STOOPIT report is REALLY, REALLY bad. I’m dropping F-bombs. If I’m dropping F-bombs at work, I’m really, really, really, pissed. I want to just say eff it, the G-D thing can be late and I’m not doing it. But, I can’t DAMMIT. My conscience and sense of ethics won’t let me. The people I need to talk to in order to get this thing complete are not friggin’ here again. They have a really bad habit of being gone whenever this damn thing is due. I had salad for lunch. I checked in on the daughter and she’s doing slightly better. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/250 "2006-01-19T21:42:51Z")
I don’t like Vegas either. Sensory overload! Too expensive! I don’t gamble! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/251 "2006-01-19T21:49:37Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > A friend of a friend used to sell Cutco knives and I bought some from him. EXPENSIVE, but they cut everything properly and easily. I’ve had them for about 4 years now and don’t ever plan to buy another set. The handles fit my hands nicely and they’re actually sharp, which is a good thing. Also, they stay sharp a long time. I’ve had my Cutco knives since 1975 - dang - 30 years! I love them. I’ve had 2 break, and they replaced them, no questions asked. The only bad thing is I’ve lost 3 of the table knives. So I’ll probably have to break down and but some. In non-knife news, our new kitty was puking today. Swell… ☹ When I cleaned it up, I could tell she hadn’t been eating any plants, so that’s good. I kinda suspect she might have been eating dog food, but I’m not sure. If she pukes any more, she’s going to the vet - no taking chances this time. Stoopit cat. I’ve got a chicken rotissing for dinner. We’ve gotten back to eating right after the holiday pig-out. We both were feeling ugh and not sleeping well, so we agree eating right is the smart thing to do. I’m almost over my cravings for chocolate… almost… **FCD** is doing the same as he has been of late. The doc said Saturday should be the magic day. We shall see. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/252 "2006-01-19T21:50:23Z")
Just made cinnamon buns, and I’m off to work to bribe my co-workers. Ta! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/253 "2006-01-19T21:52:39Z")
I’ve never been to Vegas–I’ve never had the desire to go. I don’t often drink and I don’t gamble, and if I want to see a Broadway show, I’d like to see all of the show. Just read in _Newsweek_ that the producers of musicals shorten them for the Vegas audience…WTH? 😕 Have to go back to Lenscrafters today–#2 son’s lens keeps popping out, again. Time for new glasses. Yippee. I don’t want to alarm anyone, but it is 53 degrees, Fahrenheit here today. I think January has been misplaced. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/254 "2006-01-19T22:37:48Z")
I agree, it’s too warm. And ever since it rained all the snow is gone. Desired frozen precipitation outcome definitely _not_ achieved. And that makes me a sad panda. ☹ Regarding Las Vegas, I WILL get there someday. The Las Vegas Hilton has the Star Trek Experience, which is top on my list of Things To See Before I Die. Regarding the RPI campus, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Going to class is an exercise in the conservation of gravitational potential energy. [/dork] And thanks everyone for the sentiments about getting published. 🙂 And now it’s time for the Make Everyone Insanely Jealous News Of The Day. Show of hands, how many of y’all have seen _Remember the Titans_? Good. The real honest-to-Og Herman Boone is giving a talk at RPI tonight. And I get to interview him for the school paper. 😃😃😃 :: is excited :: Are you jealous yet? You should be … just a little more … whoa, bring it down a notch. There, that’s just right. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/255 "2006-01-19T23:14:52Z")
Hey, **Spat** , I gave you a good old-person lecture on page 5. You must not have seen it. 😛 It’s not just that the snow is gone, but everything looks so _drab_. No snow, but plenty of brown grass, brown trees, and brown world. Yuck. At least I have my pictures from the weekend! ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/256 "2006-01-19T23:28:09Z")
**FCM** , what is it with the goofy beasts? Mine won’t touch anything but their food, fur from their brush (eeew(?)), moist kitty snacks, and the birdseed out on the balcony. The birdseed which _always_ makes them barf. You can have my allotment of trips to Vegas, **spats**. It manages to pack more of what I find irritating into the smallest area than any other place on earth. You smarty pantalets, **Sean**! There’s no way I could be involved in any software change-over that wasn’t infinitely more destructive than a double-post program. I was menaced by a rabid Windows as a child and haven’t ever really recovered. It is 67 degrees here. So quit lookin’ at me-- I didn’t steal your january. Check those canadians’ pockets. They pick up stray bits of winter all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/257 "2006-01-19T23:32:43Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Are you going? > … > > Can I come? I’ll show the invite to Wifey, but considering the current state of our finances, it is to laugh. I don’t think she’d let me take you either. :rolleyes: We went to Vegas a couple of years ago. To look at the buildings. Really. I like that kinda stuff. I don’t gamble. Wifey is insanely lucky when she gambles, unless I’m with her. I’m just the opposite. If I bet that I could hit the floor with my hat I’d probably miss. Sometimes I think cats musta been invented by a mad scientist. Those things couldn’t possibly survive on their own could they? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/258 "2006-01-19T23:44:45Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > It is 67 degrees here. So quit lookin’ at me-- I didn’t steal your january. Check those canadians’ pockets. They pick up stray bits of winter all the time. Ah. Oh Kythereia? **Bumby** , that’s too bad. We could have a grand old time! ---
**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:** [January 20, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/259 "2006-01-20T00:19:46Z")
**Puggy** , Mr. Anachi is color coordinating the kitchen? Can a straight man do that? 😃 I want to go to Vegas once, just cause it’s so tacky. I need to see it. Kinda like how I went to Graceland just once. I had to so I could see all the tacky. I was not disappointed. I just made two batches of cheese straws. That’s 12 dozen of the dang things. See, a friend is giving a baby shower for the daughter of a friend of hers on Sattiday. I made the cheese straws for her. I’m nice like that. She actually only got 10 dozen because I kept two dozen so _somebody_ wouldn’t pout about not getting any cheese straws. _Somebody_ is gettin’ too spoiled and big for his own britches I think. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207/260 "2006-01-20T00:43:46Z")
No wonder he’s gettin’ too big for his own britches. He’s eatin’ too many danged cheese straws! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-bright-early-front-center/340207.md?page=14)