Morn! Caffeination is in progress, and the weather is cooperating with me for once. No rain when I left this morning – but I remembered my umbrella anyway, because I don’t think my luck will hold out in that regard. It is warmer though, I’m thankful for that. Winter ought not to be allowed to perform encores, I don’t care how late it got to the show.
I sense another busy day at w*rk today. Already had three calls at a time of the morning when it’s normally dead.
Heff - Well, more or less, yeah, but the severity of the TMI depends on what you thought I was going to do with the forceps.
Swampy - Listen, young man, if you think you’re going to spend the day just laying about you’ve got quite another thing coming. Up! Up! Let’s go! You’ve got things to do! The sooner you get them done, the sooner you can go and play.
[sub]I’m new to the whole motivational thing. Did I do it right?[/sub]
Nava - Sounds t’me like heat was making somethin’ in that laptop slightly short out the keyboard connection to it, and turning it off allowed it to cool and restore said connection. If it happens again (and you’re comfortable monkeying around the innards of computer equipment) I’d break out the alcohol (isopropyl, not the drinking kind – though if it gets frustrating you may need both as long as you mind which one you tip up to your lips), crack the 'puter open and clean the contacts.
It is warmer, but it’s really gray and rainy. I think this feels like a not-doing-anything-day. Maybe I’ll bake or something. Drat. I have to go to work. Actually, I should do that laundry and vacuum and mop. I got up late today, and Aerin was very concerned and annoying. "Are you alive, Mommy? Are you okay? Hello?.
I don’t want to do chores. I want to lie around eating chocolate, and maybe go out for lunch.
Well, the snow’s stopped now but we, too, will have tornado sirens today… it’s Severe Weather Day and they test the sirens or some such. So tornado sirens and snow on the same day. Yippee.
The mice on the wheel story reminded me that I didn’t post our hamsters on their wheel story yet. We have two that are supposed to be sociable, but one’s kinda a bully (beige guy) and the other is kinda wimpy (gray/white guy). Well, gray/white guy loves the wheel and was running on it the other night, and beige guy ran up to the wheel and put his paws on the outside of the wheel, making it stop so gray/white guy couldn’t run. What a meanie!
No, they don’t have names yet. And no, I haven’t uploaded pix yet either.
I talked to some friends last night while making dinner and mentioned that I was making hash (homemade, not the Hormel kind). My friend didn’t know what hash was. Is it really something that people don’t know? I can understand that maybe people don’t make it themselves, but I’d think people would at least know what the kind in a can is. Do you guys know what hash is? Am I really that weird for making it myself?
I’m totally unmotivated to do work right now. Oh well.
I’ve been working diligently, and just discovered that I screwed up my frickin’ model royally. Now I have to figure out if I did that today, or yesterday. If only today, that’s ok, I can start over from when I saved yesterday. If I messed it up earlier, I have to figure out which version is ok to start from. CRAP!!! Sometimes I’m too stupid to live. Ok, that’s too harsh. Sometimes I’m too stupid to work. I should go home, yeah, that’s the ticket!
I have the day off tomorrow, and me’n’Lucy are gonna go to the beach. She’s never been, and it should be a total trip. I’m looking forward to it, and the weather is supposed to be gorgeous! The water will still be too cool (for me anyway!) but a bit of sand and sun should be good for both of our souls.
Ok - back to the f’ed up model. Did I say crap? Well, CRAP!
The only hash I have any familiarity with is Who Hash, which sounds like hash made of Whos (you know, the ones down in Whoville). The other hash I’ve heard of, well, you don’t EAT that.
Today is yoga, hurray. I’m acutally getting toned up. I SHALL be ready for waterskiing this summer! Well, that’s the hope, anyway.
I’ve got a small cold, as do my husband, little Cherry, and my sister in law (who watches him during the day). My eyeballs feel dry and hurtie. Ever had that happen? I’ll probably get well just in time for the spring allergies to start. Now that’s something to look forward to.
Good morning. Its a balmy 68 right now, with a tornado watch until 11am. I am off today, so I am not doing much beyond surfing. Or I may take Maggie to the dog park. Oh yeah, I need a beer run, too.
An admirable attempt there Brainpasture. A couple of points though. First the phrase is “you’ve got quite another think coming.” A person does not lay about, a person lies about. Lastly, you left out a “Don’t give me that look! Do you want your face to freeze like that!” or “Don’t stomp your foot at me!” or an “I saw that!” See, those let the little reprobate know you’re on to his or her game. Still, quite admirable. I give it a six.
taxi I do indeed know what hash is. I know it in a can and I know it homemade. The homemade kind is better. I also remember being in Seattle and seein’ how much salmon hash I could eat in a week’s time. Ok, actually, I just had it for breakfast every day. Nummy stuff! I wouldn’t attempt it at home though cause of the lack of really fresh salmon which seems to be called for to make it right. Corned beef hash is also teh yum!
OK, off to be productive for a bit. I owe that to Mindude for his efforts to motivate me.
Good morning all. I’m glad my lamb story was enjoyed. No, the uncle wasn’t a barber, but I did make the following observation to my friend: “It’s like going to get your hair cut and all of a sudden you feel excruciating pain while the barber says ‘oops, now what was THAT doing there?’” :eek:
Off to my sonnet class. Have a lovely Thursday everyone!
Hi there, Cool Kids! Sorry about the late entrance this week. Research papers and Logic studying can do that to ya.
I’ve been spending my days trudging through blizzardy slushy madness. On average, I spend between 45-60 minutes walking around outside each day, and when the ground is covered with melting slush puddles and my snowboots happen to not be waterproof, that’s not a fun time.
Rosie, that site is too addicting… It’s like a constant streaming of kitten goodness… I also discovered that a smaller random puppy generator exists as well, and despite all the weird pictures of bulldog and chihuahua pups (who decided that those were cute, anyway?), I can’t keep myself away from it. (Though I hear tell that the MPSIMS is more of a kitty-centric locale, so the puppy goodness may not be as much appreciated. sighs Oh well.)
Morning, all. I’ve been up and caffeinating and actually working for a while, strange though that sounds. I’m definitely at the hitting-the-wall point between work and getting the taxes done, though, if I still plan to get on that airplane tomorrow midday. Not to mention doing laundry, packing, taking the dogs to the kennel, etc. So I just took a break to catch up here whilst eating a bowl of cereal, and now it’s back to the salt mines.
At least the weather today isn’t distracting me from working – it’s cool and rainy, a good day to stay home and not do anything at all except what I need to do to head to sunnier climes tomorrow.
But it’s not fair that you guys just made me hungry for hash. Even the Who variety would be good!
Even though mindi beat me to it, here’s what Wiki says. Seems almost like I remember something from back in the seventies…
I like me some hash, specially with a nice cooked aig on top. I think it’s kinda an old timey meal, though.
Cow-orker is out sick today which is a good thing as yesterday she was getting on my nerves. She has a victim mentality and sometimes it’s worse than at others. Yesterday was a worse day.
It’s supposed to be sunny and in the high 80s today. I wanna go out and play.
HAMSTER POWERED PAPER SHREDDER. It’s a huge hit among my fellow physics grad students. Brilliant!
It’s snowing. Or hailing. I’m not sure. It was snowing. It may or may not continue to be snow, or it might have become hail. It’s precipitating in the color white, is all I know.
Just a few minutes ago I filled out a survey from the National Research Council about my experience with the Dartmouth grad school program, in reward for which I will be mailed the sum total of $15. This is what passes for benefits when your job is to take classes and do homework. What’s worse, I’m excited to be getting that money.
I forgot to mention that last night’s Jericho Morse code was: “WHO RAN RED BALL.” (Red Ball was the name of Hawkins’ covert op.)
I’ve actually been fairly productive here today. Which is good since I still have mountains to do. But that hamster-powered paper shredder? Brilliant, just absolutely brilliant!!
Even the Who variety would be good!
