My greatest influence - an early MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I got no problem with you starting things next week, swampster. Whether you blather on in the OP or in random posts is all the same to me. :stuck_out_tongue:

I’s all excitical! Tonight, I go back to college! OK, it’s junior college and it’s for a ceramics class, but still, it starts tonight. Woo and hoo! I’m going to head out a little early because I don’t know which building it is or where to park, but I do know it’s a little campus, so how hard can it be? I’m just not looking forward to the walk between car and class - it be COOOOOOOLD here! Supposed to drop into the teens overnight. BRRRRRRRRRRR

In other news, there ain’t other news. Gotta feed the critters and pack my lunch since I won’t be getting home till almost 10, plus I need to decide what we’re having for dinner. That’s a toughie.

This could be a good night for bad Chinese… hmmmmmm

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Oh sure…I mean why not. What better way to start the week than with some words of bear-wisdom?

:rolleyes:

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Bad Chinese is always a good choice. Hmmm… sump’n bout that just does not sound right does it? :smiley: I yanked some beef stew outta the freezer and it’s warming up as I post. Have I ever told y’all I make a dang good beef stew?

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One bad Chinese, coming up.

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You funny, MBG!! :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyway, sweetie just got home - wonder how hard I’ll hafta twist his arm??

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! :stuck_out_tongue:

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All in favor of a beary good MMP?
AYE!!!
All opposed?
…

Dang, not even the crickets are opposed. I guess we have our MMP.

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I don’t know about Bad Chinese, but palebunny and I had Good Vietnamese for lunch today. Yummy! My taste buds and tummy are still very, very happy. And then after lunch we ran a couple of quick errands, then came home and collapsed, me in front of Ugly Betty and palebunny to take a nap or something.

We have determined that either the TV or the digital cable box in her room is possessed. Last night, as I headed off to bed at 4:15 or so, I heard her TV on. Turns out she woke up and the sound was on, some kind of news, but no picture. But when she actually turned the set on, it was on QVC or some such. Weird, huh? We have no idea what happened, but clearly this will take some serious investigation. Creepy! :eek: :eek:

The only other thing I’ve done today was take Isaac out in the yard to play. Most conveniently, a lovely snow flurry started as soon as we went out. It was just lovely, watching the snow swirling around. None of it stuck, which is probably good, but I don’t care, I just love watching it fall from the sky!

I vote for Swampy to do the MMP. Because we all know we don’t hear from him in this thread otherwise.

:smiley:

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mmmmmmmmmmmm Bad Chinese was pretty good. The stir fry green beans were cold (bummer) but the broccoli from the broccoli chicken was good, and the mushrooms were good and the shrimps were good. I have a happy tummy, and no dishes to do.

I need to find a little notebook for class - I think there’s one in my studio. I’m probably going to take my tools with me, too, even tho I don’t expect to need them. And a towel - claying is messy.

So I guess I better go get my stuff together. And bundle up and head up to LaPlata. Carry on without me. Try not to miss me. Don’t cry. Please don’t make a scene. I’ll be back tomorrow - I promise!!

:smiley:

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I can’t remember… is FCM supposed to go somewhere tonight? Nah… probably not… she’s such a fuddy duddy homebody I can’t imagine she’d do sump’n like take a community college course in pottery or some such. :stuck_out_tongue:

I take it I have a vote of confidence to start the MMP next week. I know how rare it is for me to like even post in here but every once in a while I feel like I need to just so y’all don’t think I don’t love y’all anymore. I’d just hate that. Really.

Dang! Now I gotta come up with sump’n worthwhile. Or not. Who knows… maybe I’ll just empty out all this stuff runnin’ around inside my head. It ain’t like anybody ever pays attention to the OP anyways. :smiley:

Oh, Snakes [del]fart blossoms[/del] brussels sprouts are the vilest of all veggies. So There! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, BAGPIPES, BAGPIPES, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, haggis, BAGPIPES, BAGPIPES, haggis, haggis, haggis, BAGPIPES, BAGPIPES,

with apologies to the Badger song

I’ll re-read everything later, and respond accordingly, but now I must off to rehearsal

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I’m not sure “confidence” is the exact word I’d pick, Boggy Ursine. I was thinking more along the lines of “resignation.”

:smiley: :smiley:

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KILT! A KILT! A KILT! :smiley:

By resignation you mean, of course, great elation and joy… :stuck_out_tongue:

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So many pages, so little time… :slight_smile:

I *saw *that carnitas remark, MBG! :dubious: I keep being too lazy to get to the Mexican grocery for real tortillas (and possibly carnitas; they, too, have hot food). And I really really want some quesadillas. Maybe Saturday.

Columbus Public Schools were closed today due to a bus and bus driver shortage. Turns out one of the companies they use hadn’t conducted background checks on its drivers since 2004. One of their drivers was arrested for cocaine possession yesterday while on his way to pick up kids. :eek: It appears that when they looked into his situation, they found some serious deficiencies. I’ll bet Columbus’ bus guy is not doing well today.

Hi Drae! Glad you’re doing OK. Now get out there and finish finding a job!!! (See, I can be bossy, just like my [del]aged[/del] big brother, swampy. ) Maybe you and Jahdra could have a resume-writing party.

Sorry you’re feeling sick, LiLi. Hope the soup and tea help.

So, will QD be stopping by again? (Not that we’re impatient or anything; we’ve only been waiting months and months and months.)

Haggis and Mr. Collins and Lady Catherine…all ick. Although Mr. Collins and Lady Catherine have entertaining aspects. Not sure about the haggis.

I’m sure I’ve missed someone or something that I wanted to comment on, but I’m tired and will be going to bed ultra-early. So maybe I’ll stop by in the a.m. with whatever I’m forgetting.

It’s almost…Friday!!! Yay!!!

GT

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I had stuffed peppers for dinner.

Spats, the crickets didn’t object, because Lucretia ate them 2 or three MMPs ago. :smiley:

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I hooked up the printer today, it’s a photo printer/scanner/copier thingy. It’s, how shall I put this, an interesting set up? I really need a computer desk or something. Anyway, it’s set up, and I printed out resumes for me to chop up.

I took the Christmas tree down and put all the decorations away, which resulted in more cleaning. I’ve become alarmingly domestic. The dust bunnies are running for their lives! :eek:

I have lunch tomorrow with someone that wants to pick my brain about my certifications, so I’ll have to wear something besides sweats. At least I did the laundry on Monday.

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I lied before. I’m too tired to re-read everything. So let’s just pretend I did, and that I said all the appropriate things in response
(thanks, swampy, for the “kilts” - I was in too much of a hurry to think out that part)

oh, before I crash for the night, thank you, everyone, for the good thoughts. I’ll especially need them on Tuesday 2/6/07 when I go in for my first dose. (I will remind you)

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We had poke chops and some kind of chicken flavored saucy pasta stuff. It okay; no great shakes, but it was quick and easy.

I’m glad it’s almost Friday. This has been an alarmingly long week. Tomorrow is mine and Mr. Taters’ 21st wedding anniversary. I reminded him today because he never gets the date right. He’s either a week early with flowers or he realizes too late.

We don’t have any exciting plans, just hanging out. We’re going out to dinner with some friends on Saturday night, so we’ll consider that our anniversary outing.

I read the haggis recipe too, and was right squicked out by it. Yeee-uck!

I think tomorrow night we’ll have some baked chicken for dinner.

Had an interesting discussion with my boss today when we went over my objectives for the year on my support form. He allowed as how my job is different in that I have very few “set” goals or objectives. Everything else is a moving target and really, most of my job is tasker driven. Basically, my job is to come up with any information or data he may ask for in relation patient referrals, patient population, enrollment, geographical placement of our enrollees, and any other thing he can come up. I am expected to work independently (and I do), and not rely on much guidance. I am expected to explore new options and new avenues when it comes to data mining (and I do).

I fear he feels that I’m not fully employed. I assured him that I am more than employed. He’s leaving this summer and told me that one of our branch chiefs will be the acting head until a replacement comes in for him. He then asked if that particular individual, who has had to act as the chief a couple of times now, had kept me busy. I assured the boss that I was kept very busy, and if things were slack, I busied myself with coming up with new ways to report the data, or reported on different aspects of it, just to keep everyone’s point of view fresh.

At any rate, I’m not sure if my boss even really likes me or appreciates what I contribute to the division. He’s nice to me and has never said a bad word to me, but I sense a real sort of almost aloofness in his manner towards me. I dunno, I keep hoping it’ll change, but I don’t think it will. I’m always polite and positive with him, and will continue to be so. I don’t think I’m expressing it very well, but he seem’s much more at ease with the other staff. I don’t know what I could have done to make him act that way. Oh well. I’m adult enough to realize that not everyone will like me. It’s too bad, I like and respect him.

Well, off to play WoW now.

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Well, my cough is almost gone, as is the cold. I can safely put away the Buckley’s and the pharmaceuticals and rejoin the human race. I still have the occasional brief fit, but by and large I’m feeling almost normal. The Sick has been defeated! Just under a week, too.

Even MindWife is doing better. The antibiotics are helping and she hasn’t had to hit the narcotics lately.

Brussels sprouts are gross. They’re like mushy cabbage hearts left out in the sun too long. They might be palatable if they were drowned in a savory cream sauce or something, but I wouldn’t eat them willingly. It’s one of the few veggies I won’t touch. Yellow and orange squash is another. Parsnips and turnip, too. (I don’t mind raw turnip, just not cooked) I’d rather eat all of them than touch a haggis, though. I couldn’t stomach (heh) anything that’s packed in something that should be doing its own digesting.

Bad Chinese is good though – within reason. I’ve had some bad Chinese that was truly abominable. Never eat Chinese food cooked up at the food court of a two-bit indoor flea market. Actually, that’s probably good advice for any food at a two-bit indoor flea market.

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Mr. SCL offered to take me to dinner for our anniversary, but I told him I’d rather have a new memory chip for the camera since the cats lost the one I had. He went out and got the chip, only to find the old one. :slight_smile: So he’s going to return the new one, and I got nummy homemade fried shrimps for dinner. He also got a bottle of champagne! I have a sweet hubby.

Taters, your post made me laugh because this is the first year (in 18) that I’ve gotten our anniversary correct. For some reason I keep wanting to think it is on the 29th instead of the 25th.

Only two days until hockey. It has been entirely too long to suit me.