My daugther is GI-joeing all over the floor now. I haven’t had to vaccuum in days.
I have not been free from headaches since July 24th. However, the migraine stuff hasn’t returned. I can predict the weather by my head now. Just call me Doppler.
We are leaving on a road trip to Pennsylvania tomorrow and I haven’t packed a thing. I’ll do it tonight.
The handicap lift was taken out of our van last night by my husband who had too much energy.
The insurance company has approved of a check for $2,250 for the damage to our van because of the tire place dropping it. Personally, I see none of the damage, but what do I know?
Bought a half gallon of chocolate soy milk yesterday and am now experiencing the most interesting smelling emissions from my back side .
I brought back this old thread because I didn’t feel that what I want to say warrants a new thread.
I just saw the most amazing cooking system advertised on TV. Now, I don’t usually buy anything based on infomercials, but this cooking system blew my mind. It is called “the infusion system,” and it cooks pretty much anything in minutes. I could throw a frozen cornish hen in the pot, will all the other trimmings, and have a whole meal in about 10 minutes. In just ONE POT! I want this thing so bad! But it’s 400 bucks! someone stop me from calling the 800 number!
PUT THE PHONE DOWN! STEP AWAY FROM THE PHONE! DO NOT APPROACH THE PHONE!
Seriously, Michi, just think about how many cornish hens you can buy 'n fry (or bake) for 400 bucks.
I’m bored. Bored bored bored. Bored and feeling squirrelly, as my mom would say. I wish there was someone around to bug – y’know, shoot rubber bands at, poke in the shoulder til they lose their temper, just generally be obnoxious to. But nooooooo . . . all my coworkers are actually working (the lamers).
Michi, you put that phone down, girlfriend, or I’ll have to go over there and put it down for you . . .
Wait, you’d like me to do that, wouldn’t you?
I’m busily writing (or pretending to write) questions for an academic tournament (again, yes). And of course I get to write them for my worst subject (history). So here’s my plea:
GIMME NAMES! Non-US and non-current. IOW, giving me a big list of Greek Rulers or Chinese dynasties or something would be lovely.
I"m wearing a dress. I don’t feel pretty in this dress. I think the waist is too high and the hem is too high. I also think that my panty girdle is to tight. My sandals are slippery on the onside. I feel like I’m going to fall. My hair is limp today and my makeup has come off. My breasts are burgeoning out the top of my dress. That akes me feel uncomfortable. Can anyone see down my dress? What about up? My girdle makes a roll of fat arounf my waist. You can see it in the reflection of the the building I’m in when you walk past. Everyone says this dress looks pretty. I think they are lying. I applied for three positions in my company today. I don’t think I’ll get them. My last review wasn’t good, bu the new one hasn’t been released yet. The new one is really, really good. They don’t get to see that. I need a new job. One that pays better. So I can buy dresses that look right to me. My husband is no help in picking out dresses. It is because he is a boy. I hate boys! All women unite! we hate boys! we hate boys!
It’s raining! It’s been raining all day! No sign of sunlight at all!
I’m so happy!
If you had told me, two years ago when I lived in Vancouver, that I’d ever be happy to see rain, I’d’ve told you…well, something nasty. But here it is, I’m happy about a few drops of rain. The really funny thing will be when all the sprinklers come on at 4 pm, in the middle of the rain.
I was in a winter mood last night, and now we finally get a proper fall day.
Today is my third caffeine free day in a row. I did not start out attempting to kick my Diet Coke / Diet Dr. Pepper habit but I was busy Tuesday and did not have my normal three cans. Other than a nagging headache that lasted from 4:00 Tuesday night until Wednesday morning I have suffered no ill effects. To this point I have saved $4.95 from the soda machine.
I had my first algebra class last night and my first chemistry class is tonight. The thing I love about continuing education is that I don’t have to sit in a class with a bunch of 18 & 19 yr. olds.
I wrote my first letter of complaint a couple of days ago to a restaurant with terrible service. They called me and were very nice and soon I will receive a gift certificate in the mail. This is a wonderful thing since I go there every Sunday for brunch, being unable to resist their extra spicy bloody mary’s.
Last night I bleached my teeth for the first time. I can already see a difference. I smoked for 10 years so I have some staining, but since I don’t drink coffee or smoke anymore I think I’ll get fabulous results.
I’ve been bored out of my mind all week at work. I don’t have anything to do. It’s pitiful. Everyone thinks I’m so busy because I’m always staring at the computer and typing. What they don’t realize is that I’m reading and posting to this board!! I’m not really complaining about it though because I’m getting paid really well to sit here and play on the internet all day. I have papers and notebooks spread out on my desk and occasionally I’ll move them around a little so it looks like I’m getting something done. Only 2 hours and 6 minutes to go and I can go home. Yea!
Michi, I’ve seen the infomercial you’re referring too. I was also tempted to buy one but didn’t want to spend $400! How often would I use it anyway… not very often probably. I’m such a sucker for infomercials though. I’ve ordered make-up, two different kinds of waxing products, some kind of food processor/food grinder and I bought a Food Saver… all from infomercials. The only one that is worth anything is the Food Saver. I love it and I use it all the time.
I’m at the point of my cold when minutes seem like hours and hours seem like days. It’s kind of neat, my head feels like it’s full of cotton candy, I know if I reach in one ear I can pull out a piece and eat it. I’m also at the point where I don’t care about my typing, I have to stop every two or three words and force myself to make corrections. I even typed my name wrong at the end of this
I just got off the phone with my boyfriend, and he’s acting suspiciously friendly and nice this afternoon. We got into a fight last weekend (too ugly and dysfunctional to go into details) but over the last few days I have been seriously contemplating breaking things off. Not that I don’t love him, I do, that’s not the question. The question is his loyalty to a woman who he says is his good friend. She totally manipulates him and he’s blind to her obvious love for him. But he is her hero, and he likes that. Anyway, he doesn’t know that I’ve been thinking this way, and I don’t really want to break things off, but we need to have a talk about his actions recently, or really, his non-actions. Anyway, we play volleyball every Wednesday night and last night, after the game, he crashed at my house. He didn’t have to go in to work until late this morning, so I left before him. In my house, unprotected, is my journal. And all of my deep dark secrets are written in those precious pages. Why was he so nice to me today? Did he snoop around and read my journal and he’s realizing what a shit he’s been and he’s trying to make up for it? I’ll investigate when I get home later, and in the mean time I’ll just chalk it up to, he was nice because he liked hearing from his girlfriend in the middle of his hectic workday. I don’t know. I just don’t know. In the meantime, I’m going to make Apple Walnut cake tonight, try out my new oven!
Rachelle, isn’t that thing fantastic? Thing for me is, I WOULD use it all the time. It would be very useful for me on nights when I have to work. I don’t have a lot of time between shifts (just enough to sleep for 6 hours and shower), and if I had this thing, I could cook a whole meal in the time it takes me to shower. In the long run, it would be much more economical for me to do this than to order out every night, which is what I have to do. (either that or bring 2 frozen dinners with me, and you know how expensive THOSE things are?!?) I am seriously tempted to buy the darn thing.
It would be nice to have but $400. Argh! Maybe if it was $150-200 I would consider it. It would still be a healthy way to eat though and it would save lots of time in the evenings… hmmm. No, no, no. I will not even think of buying one. I won’t, I swear. Even though I wouldn’t have to spend 30 minutes to an hour every night making dinner and I heat up the house because I’m using the oven and all the burners and I have all those pots and pans to wash every night. No! I’m still not going to buy it. I have to be strong. I’m going to go get something to drink and try not to think about it anymore.
There’s this really big chunk of glass that came off the big window on the front of the house the other day. Musta been a rock or a BB gun or something like that. Looks like a bullet hole. I just noticed it the other day, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t like that a week ago. Now we have to get the whole darn window replaced.
I got my first official door scrape lasty week. A liuttle bit of paiunt was chipped off in two spots one night.I’m pretty sure I know who it is, but I’m not certain, and I can’t prove it. Lousy fucker…
Listening to the song Lucky by Brittany Spears (Oh, shut up. My SO’s daughter is ten), I suddenly had new lyrics pop into my head for the chorus:
She’s so ugly
She scares my dog
So he barks, barks barks in the middle of the night
Thinking:
“If she’d only cover up her head,
Then I wouldn’t have to play dead.”
I put this bit of creative inspirationb in the same catagory as my drunken revelation the The Macerena is actually Ten Little Indians in Spanish.
This is not a complete list. Among other omissions, there are many co-rulers not listed. For reference, here is a map of the Roman Empire (Long’s Classical Atlas, New York, 1867. Plate 4.). It shows the empire in 119 AD, when it was at its greatest extent.
Ruled over the whole empire (more or less).
Augustus 27 BC - 14 AD
Tiberius 14 - 37
Caligula 37 - 41
Claudius 41 - 54
Nero 54 - 68
Galba 68 - 69
Otho 69
Vitellius 69
Vespasian 69 - 79
Titus 79 - 81
Domitian 81 - 96
Nerva 96 - 98
Trajan 98 - 117
Hadrian 117 - 138
Antoninus Pius 138 - 161
Marcus Aurelius 161 - 180
Lucius Verus 161 - 169
Commodus 177/180 - 192
Pertinax 193
Didius Julianus 193
Septimius Severus 193 - 211
Caracalla 198/212 - 217
Macrinus 217-218
Elagabulus 218 - 222
Severus Alexander 222 - 235
Maximinus 235 - 238
Gordian I and II 238
Balbinus and Pupienus 238
Gordian III 238 - 244
Philip the Arab 244 - 249
Decius 249 - 251
Gallus 251 - 253
Valerian 253 - 260
Gallienus 254 - 268
Claudius Gothicus 268 - 270
Aurelian 270 - 275
Tacitus 275 - 276
Probus 276 - 282
Carus, Carinus, Numerian 282 - 285
From Diocletian to Constantine the Imperial office was shared. Not all Tetrarchs are listed.
Diocletian 284 - 305
Maximian 286 - 305
Constantius Chlorus 305 - 306
Galerius 305 - 311
Licinius 311 - 324
Constantine 307 - 337
Constans I 323 - 350
Constantine II
Constantius II 324/337 - 361
Julian 361 - 363
Jovian 363 - 364
Valens 364 - 378
Theodosius 379 - 395
Ruled over the western half of the empire.
Honorius 395 - 425
Valentinian III 425 - 455
Majorian 457 - 461
Romulus Augustulus 475 - 476
Julian Nepos 476 - 480
Ruled over the eastern half of the empire.
Arcadius 395 - 408
Theodosius II 408 - 450
Marcian 450 - 457
Leo I 457 - 474
Leo II 474
Zeno 474 - 491
Anastasius 491 - 518
Justin 518 - 527
Justinian 527 - 565
Justin II 565 - 578
Tiberius II 578 - 582
Maurice 582 - 602
Phocas 602 - 610
Constantine III 641
Heraclius 610 - 641
Heracleonas 641
Constans II 641 - 648
Constantine IV 668 - 685
Justinian II 685 - 695
Leontius 695 - 698
Tiberius III 698 - 705
Justinian II 705 - 711
Bardanes 711 - 713
Anastasius II 713 - 716
Theodosius III 716 - 717
Leo III 717 - 741
Constantine V 741 - 775
Leo IV 775 - 780
Constantine VI 780 - 797
Irene 797 - 802
Nicephorus 802 - 811
Stauracus 811
Michael I 811 - 813
Leo V 813 - 820
Michael II 842 - 867
Theophilus 829 - 842
Michael III 842 - 867
Basil I 867 - 886
Leo VI 886 - 912
Alexander 886 - 913
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus 912 - 959
Romanus I 919 - 944
Romanus II 959 - 963
Basil II 963 - 1025
Constantine VIII 963 - 1028
Nicephorus II 963 - 969
John I Tzimisces 969 - 976
Romanus III 1028 - 1034
Michael IV 1034 - 1041
Michael V 1041 - 1042
Zoe, Theodora 1042
Constanine IX Monomachus 1042 - 1055
Theodora 1055 - 1056
Michael Stratioticus 1056 - 1057
Isaac I Comnenus 1057 - 1059
Constantine X Ducas 1059 - 1067
Romanus IV Diogenes 1067 - 1071
Michael VII Ducas 1071 - 1078
Nicephorus III Botaniates 1078 - 1081
Alexius I Comnenus 1081 - 1118
John II 1118 - 1143
Manuel 1143 - 1180
Alexius II 1143 - 1180
Andronicus 1183 - 1185
Isaac II 1185 - 1195
Alexius III 1195 - 1203
Isaac II 1203 - 1204
Alexius IV 1203 - 1204
Alexius V Ducas Murtzuphius 1204
Theodore I Lascaris 1204 - 1222
John III Ducas Vatatzes 1222 - 1254
Theodore II Lascaris 1254 - 1258
John IV Lascaris 1258 - 1261
Michael VIII Palaeologus 1259 - 1282
Andronicus 1282 - 1328
Michael IX 1293 - 1320
Andronicus III 1328 - 1341
John V 1341 - 1376
John VI 1341 - 1354
Andronicus IV 1376 - 1379
John V 1379 - 1391 (Restored)
John VII 1390
Manuel II 1391 - 1425
John VIII 1425 - 1448
Constantine XI Dragases 1449 - 1453
Depending on your perspective, Constantinople either falls to or is liberted by the Turks.
