# MMP - The Fire Within **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 6, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222 "2006-02-06T12:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/341 "2006-02-10T20:55:32Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I think it was more fun the other way. šŸ˜ƒ Oh god! I just read that again! Bwahahaha, that does sound um, rather naughty but sad at the same time, doesnā€™t it? That wouldnā€™t make him a very happy camper now, would it? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/342 "2006-02-10T21:01:32Z")
First batch of danish pastry is done. I should knead the bread. Itā€™s cherry danish this time. Iā€™ve made lentil soup, sesame beef noodley stuff, and two batches of danish pastry so far, and now Iā€™m working on a couple loaves of bread. Today is all productive. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/343 "2006-02-10T21:05:47Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Why ā€˜ironicā€™? Itā€™s produced in Atlanta GA Because many consider LI to be the heart of NYā€“you know, Manhattan and all thatā€¦ > [@](#): > > Some kind of egg scramble with a meat and a cheese and a veggie - like a denver omelet only not as neat This may be a go, because I have some leftover sausage. What is this ā€œveggieā€ of which you speak? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/344 "2006-02-10T21:14:09Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Guess **Winny** lost interest, eh? Oh,well-heā€™s welcome any time. Nope. Busy day is all. My desktop guy was trying to transfer my phone and email services over to my new blackberry, and he crashed my laptop. He fiddled with it for half an hour or so, and I finally got tired of watching him, so I kicked him out of my office and fixed it myself. But my new blackberry _still_ wasnā€™t set up, so he had to come back to finish up. But the new blackberry wasnā€™t activating properly, and my contacts didnā€™t populate to the new phone. So I kicked him out of my office again, and tried to fix it myself. By that time, I was pretty agitated, as I had spent way too much time messing around with what should not have cost me any time at all. Plus I couldnā€™t seem to fix it. I built and implemented the Blackberry Server, but I donā€™t know much about actually setting up the phones themselves. So, I asked him to finish the job, and he did so, at his own desk, and it worked out fine in the end. My question (I have not asked him this - probably wonā€™t) is: Why didnā€™t he take the goddamn phone in the first place, instead of wasting three hours of my time?!? Long story short, my free cycles, which I could have spent posting to the SDMB, or otherwise indulging myself, were spent dealing with my desktop guy and his endless string of time-wasters. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/345 "2006-02-10T21:16:46Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Heya **Rue**! Howā€™s the disgusting world of vet assistinā€™ going these days? Iā€™ve recently found out that crazy people _really_ like me! The OCD lady asks for me by name when she shows up! Thatā€™s a thrill, listening to her ramble through the same story over and over again. But sheā€™s fairly benign as long as I catch her early and de-rail her onto a useful train of thought. (Shut up! What do you _want_!?!) Yesterday a was verballyā€¦ well, not ā€œattackedā€, more ā€œrelentlessly browbeatenā€ by thisā€¦ _woman_ who didnā€™t want to shell out all the bucks she owed for services rendered. That was exciting. Then thereā€™s the Rat Lady. She has these rats, see. Now sheā€™s trying to sell us some ā€œrat hammocksā€ or some such that we can, in turn, sell to other people. People with rats I expect. I had to tell her ā€œnoā€. I was fairly polite about it. Then thereā€™s the Yellow Book guy. He wants us to buy Yellow Book (not ā€œYellow Pagesā€- they are Other People) ads. (Because he works on commission.) I had to tell him ā€œnoā€ too. But since heā€™s not a client, I didnā€™t have to be so much the polite. (But I was anyway because Iā€™m nice that way.) Not a crazy person, but there was a nut-job Pug we had to trim the nails of. No one died, no one was even bitten, and I didnā€™t have to actually choke the dog into unconsciousness to get the job done. (He did auto-express his anal glands (fun!) and pooped all over the exam table.) Itā€™s like working in the Lollipop Forrest with magical dancing pixies! (Or some danged thing.) Actually itā€™s a pretty good gig on average. There are a lot of really nice (or at least benign) people that come through the place. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/346 "2006-02-10T21:17:19Z")
Harvard University got back to me about an hour ago - Iā€™ve been invited in for a Round 2 Interview! Happy DAY! The hiring manager told me money might be an issue (Iā€™m at the very top of the pay scale they have to work in). Iā€™ll be really heartbroken if they offer me a couple thousand less than I make now and I have to turn them down. Wish me luck! I couldnā€™t make the interview time they proposed, so Iā€™m not sure what day Iā€™m going back. Probably Wednesday morning. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/347 "2006-02-10T21:21:02Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Dang - someone listened to me?? :eek: **smitty** , welcome to the thread full of Cool Kids! > TGIF!! _Whereā€™s my **lamp**?_ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/348 "2006-02-10T21:24:00Z")
:eek: Harvard? :eek: Guess Iā€™ll start calling you **Mr Winny** , I mean, **Smitty**! And I donā€™t like our phone guy eitherā€“well, I donā€™t like our phones. He canā€™t get them to work the way we want them to and he bitches the whole time heā€™s on the unit. Sorry about your blackberry. Next time, get a blueberry. \ ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/349 "2006-02-10T21:33:07Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > _Whereā€™s my **lamp**?_ [Leg oā€™ Lamp](http://www.leglamps.com/8084.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/350 "2006-02-10T21:35:02Z")
> [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > [Leg oā€™ Lamp](http://www.leglamps.com/8084.jpg) So, howā€™s this work? Do I just tell them to charge it to the SDMB MMP, or do I get reimbursed? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/351 "2006-02-10T21:39:23Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > :eek: > > Harvard? > > :eek: > > Guess Iā€™ll start calling you **Mr Winny** , I mean, **Smitty**! > > And I donā€™t like our phone guy eitherā€“well, I donā€™t like our phones. He canā€™t get them to work the way we want them to and he bitches the whole time heā€™s on the unit. > > Sorry about your blackberry. Next time, get a blueberry. > > \ Yes. I _hate_ the blackberry. I _had_ the 7100, which I disliked less than any of the others Iā€™ve had, but now Iā€™ve got the 8700, which is the wide one (the form factor I donā€™t like). Oh well. Look at me - complaining about a free blackberry. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/352 "2006-02-10T21:40:32Z")
is officially scheduled for ednesday afternoon! W00t! ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/353 "2006-02-10T21:44:58Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > _Whereā€™s my **lamp**?_ hmmmm, what do you think of [this](http://www.lampsplus.com/Products/Table-Lamps/Manufacturer_Schonbek/43362) little number?? Itā€™s colorful and sparkly and everything!! Or maybe a [chandelier](http://www.lampsplus.com/Products/s_clearance%20Chandeliers/page_1/58927)? Not as classy as mine was, but still, a stunnerā€¦ No, I know [this](http://www.redriderleglamps.com/products.shtml) is what you really want, isnā€™t it? Well, from me, the best youā€™ll do is that handful of tea lights. But I promise if I hit the lottery, Iā€™ll buy you whatever lamp you want. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/354 "2006-02-10T21:47:42Z")
Dang, I got beat to itā€¦ stoopid multiple codes. Congrats on the _Hahvahd_ interview! Donā€™t expect me to call you _sir_ or anything. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/355 "2006-02-10T22:15:30Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > This may be a go, because I have some leftover sausage. What is this ā€œveggieā€ of which you speak? šŸ™‚ Chopped spinach works well, diced onion and diced red and green peppers are traditional - chopped tomato is nice too ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/356 "2006-02-10T22:32:53Z")
Now I should clean up from the fun cooking hijinks, because a friend (not Quasi-Daughter) is coming over this evening. If it were Quasi-Daughter, Iā€™d just leave everything, and rest secure in the knowledge that she will clean up my mess for me. I donā€™t feel motivated. Maybe after a cup of tea. The danish (should it be plural when I just make a long strudel-like roll?) is delicious, and better than last time. I took some to work half an hour ago and was smothered with gratitude. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/357 "2006-02-10T22:58:15Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Chopped spinach works well, diced onion and diced red and green peppers are traditional - chopped tomato is nice too Oh, noā€“I couldnā€™t possibly. And we are too getting your snow! Well, maybe not YOUR snow, but snow nonethelessā€“weā€™re having snow showers here. Just put together a paper castle with my second graderā€“we had found the partially done kit when we cleaned out the basement, so we finished. He is busy jousting in the other room. I love kids. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/358 "2006-02-10T23:20:26Z")
Goodness. A guy goes to class and misses all the fun. Well. Yeah, there really arenā€™t girls around. That early morning gym thing is worth a shot though. Iā€™ll keep it in mind, thanks. Yeah, Russell Sage College is down the hill, but the religious organizations are the only thing that link the two schools, and I am supremely irreligious. Iā€™m hoping for a ton of snow this weekend. Thereā€™s been a depressing lack of winter this winter. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/359 "2006-02-11T00:02:01Z")
Not snowing here yet, but weā€™re being threatened with 4-8". Weā€™re kinda close to the rain line, so we might just get sleet/freezing rain. Thereā€™s a happy thoughtā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222/360 "2006-02-11T01:19:56Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Not snowing here yet, but weā€™re being threatened with 4-8". Weā€™re kinda close to the rain line, so we might just get sleet/freezing rain. Thereā€™s a happy thoughtā€¦ See? This is why I know I am a mutantā€“I love sleet and freezing rainā€“admittedly I love them from the warm and dry embrace of my easy chair with a fire, book and hot tea, but still. I also like to go for walks in sleet. There is nothing like coming in from raw weather to a nice, cozy hearthā€“gemutlichtkeit. (sorry, I have no umlaut ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-fire-within/343222.md?page=19)