# Reaching Climax: More Than Just a Feeling MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [June 21, 2010, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967 "2010-06-21T08:42:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [June 25, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/241 "2010-06-25T20:39:10Z")
Home!! We’re going to try out the Leonardtown Grille tonight - it opened a few weeks ago and I don’t feel like cooking, sooooo… 😃 I was chatting with an associate at work, telling him about the frozen freezer in the fridge in the new office where I’ll be moving next week. It’s an old-timey freezer inside the fridge itself, and it’s currently wrapped in about 3" of ice. I was thinking about how to defrost it without soaking the carpet in the office, when Dave said something that got me thinking outside the [del]box[/del] office. We just need to take the fridge outside and open the door. In a couple of hours, it’ll be all thawed, and probably dry, too! Then I can wipe it out and we can wheel it back in. Fortunately, all that’s in it is a bottle of Pepsi and a bottle of pancake syrup. Anyway, it was inspiration! That’s all I’ve got. TGIF! Lots of laundry to be done. But life is good. And this time next week, I’ll be in New Bedford! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/242 "2010-06-25T21:25:12Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Peñíscola, it’s one of those cases where the little hat makes a big difference (although it’s not as big in Spanish itself). Derived from “peña” (rock), it means Little Rock. And no, you can’t move it to Arkansas! Pena, on the other hand, would mean pity, misery, sadness. \ ! Thanks, **Nava**. That reminds me of the time that I climbed the Peñon de Ifach in Calpé, north of Benidorm, Spain, in the middle of August. I had taken the vaporetta train (Toonerville trolley) up the coast from Alicante, while my ship was making a port visit there. I didn’t make it to the top before the heat got to me. This week’s weather reminds me of that. I see it’s now Spain’s smallest national park. And I see that the coastal train is gone. Several year later (and ago) I noticed that a transit vehicle flooring company was using the photo of the Peñon in their ads, touting its durability, falsely IMHO, á la The Rock of Gibraltar (which I have also climbed several times). That’s my (late) MMP. See the Peñon here: > **[Penon de lfach - Calpe Spain](https://www.alicante-spain.com/penon-de-lfach.html)** > > The Penon de lfach in Spain is a beautiful sightseeing attraction for Calpe visitors. From a Costa Blanca citizen. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/243 "2010-06-25T22:37:48Z")
Home. It’s lovely out, warm, but not humid. Gonna go for a walk then possibly get something done in the garden. Back later with more bla-bla-bla. 😃 Hugs. GT ---
**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:** [June 25, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/244 "2010-06-25T22:52:26Z")
I grilled burgers and made fries but didn’t eat any cause tummy is kinda upset like. I’m sippin’ on some ginger ale hopin’ that’ll calm it down. Hopefully it will calm down soon. Ick! ---
**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:** [June 25, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/245 "2010-06-25T23:15:38Z")
Well, we had a very good and \*VERY \*expensive dinner. But we’re stuffded, so there’s that. The rest of the night will be spent in the chill mode. Tomorrow, I will be very busy. Such is my life… Feel better, **swampster**! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/246 "2010-06-26T00:36:13Z")
Feel better **swampy**! Well, I’ve been out for my walk and am now overheated a bit… OK, just a bit [del]sweaty[/del] glowy, but still. Where is the dinner fairy??? It’s a packed weekend in my neighborhood and in Columbus, so I need to figure out how to get a stuff done (I’ve got both house and garden things to do) AND do some fun things. (We have bike races and a street party and a church festival and a community festival and I want to make it back to the art museum and to a farmer’s market.) We’ll see what I actually get to. Off to find food. GT ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/247 "2010-06-26T05:25:22Z")
Didn’t do hardly anything today. Got a little bit of cross-stitch done, found some scripts to use on my portfolio website, wrote the blurbage for my about me page for said website. Looks like I’m going to get together with **Rick** this weekend, which will be nice. Since I’m here, I might as well get feedback on the about me schtuff. > [@](#): > > I was raised on cartoons and science fiction, I try to integrate that idealization and morality into my storytelling. Much of my art is nostalgia-driven, using a variety of styles. Most of my personal projects involve kimono, comic books, cartoons, and superheroes. > > While comic storytelling has become based on realism – mostly involving bigger disasters and more personal weaknesses – the best heroes are still beacons of morality and wish fulfillment, and the best villains are still a guilty pleasure of style, sexiness, and magnificent scheming. I try to use superhero aesthetics and themes to illustrate fun, sexiness, and a fantasy of a more exciting world. > > I was also raised loving Japanese art and culture (with anime and manga a separate interest) and started collecting and wearing kimono for its elegance and beauty. I look to kimono for the Japanese concept of iki. Iki is the expression of elegance, simplicity, sophistication, and originality. Iki is not sugary pink cuteness, nor commercialized sexiness. Iki is defined by hidden beauty, understatement, and a sense of nostalgia. > > I strive to live up to the standards set by my inspirations. > > My mother is a fine artist and crafter who makes custom cut-and-pierce paper lampshades (if you should need one, her website is [Becca’s Custom Shades](http://www.beccascustomshades.com), and yes I made the website).\* > > I graduated from Moorpark College in 2004 with an AS in Graphic Design and CSU Channel Islands in 2010 with a BA in art. I’m trying to build up my portfolio of logo and character design. I have about seven years of graphic design experience, including five as a graphic design manager (well, as the entire graphic design department) at a small promotional products company. > > Besides the websites, logos, and packages I’ve designed, I write, draw, make comics, and create languages. You can see all that on my personal site at [Curiously Lydean.](http://www.curiouslylydean.net) I also have an ever-growing collection of hats. > > I may not have a huge amount of experience yet, but give me a chance and I’ll prove myself to you. - I’m going to be completely revamping Mom’s website after I get my portfolio updated. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/248 "2010-06-26T09:35:47Z")
In case you’re wondering, it is possible to be blurfy on a Saturday. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2010, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/249 "2010-06-26T09:59:24Z")
Naturally, I’m up ridiculously early on my day off - stoopit Scruffy. It got cool enough last night that I was able to open the windows and turn off the air. It won’t last long, but sleeping was nice. And the cats like looking out an open window better than the closed ones. It will be a laundry-ful day, with some hanging on the clothesline. It’s also change-the-sheets-day and possibly run-to-WalMart for doggy and kitty kibbles. And either today or tomorrow, we have to do an aquarium water change so daughter doesn’t have to deal with it while we’re gone. Yep, another freekin’ day in paradise! And just for giggles, let’s harken back to the OP with a few more names - these are food-ish related: [ul] [li]Sandwich, Massachusetts[/li][li]Cookietown, Oklahoma[/li][li]Candy Town, Ohio[/li][li]Hershey, Pennsylvania[/li][li]Bacon, Delaware[/li][li]Cheddar, South Carolina[/li][li]Cheesetown, Pennsylvania[/li][li]Cheeseville, Wisconsin[/li][li]Cheeseville, California[/li][li]Cranberry Marsh, Wisconsin[/li][li]Ding Dong, Texas[/li][li]Rabbit Hash, Kentucky[/li][li]Bread Loaf, Vermont[/li][li]Whitebead, Oklahoma[/li][li]Beans, New Hampshire[/li][li]Oatmeal, Texas[/li][li]Two Egg, Florida[/li][li]Goose Egg, Wyoming[/li][li]Toast, North Carolina[/li][li]Chocolate Bayou, Texas[/li][li]Lick Skillet, Virginia[/li][li]Milk Springs, Alabama[/li][li]Milkwater, Arizona[/li][li]Buttermilk, Arkansas[/li][li]Buttermilk, Kansas[/li][li]Coke, Virginia[/li][li]Tea, South Dakota[/li][li]Coffee City, Texas[/li][li]Coffee Creek, Montana[/li][li]Hot Coffee, Mississippi[/li][li]Pie, West Virginia[/li][li]Twin Peaks, California[/li][li]Yum Yum, Tennessee[/li][/ul] Happy Saturday! 😃 ---
**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:** [June 26, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/250 "2010-06-26T11:03:58Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and feelin’ a little better. Still don’t wanna eat which could be a good thing, I guess. It ain’t like I’m svelte! 😃 I have been to Hot Coffee, MS. It was on purpose. See, I was travelin’ through Mississippi and I saw the sign pointin’ to Hot Coffee only ten miles away! Well, now, how could I not go! It was fate! It was excitin’ as it sounds. Friends are comin’ over later this mornin’. Plans are to grill chicken later. Hopefully by then I’ll feel like eatin’ again. Pool time may get cut short as rain and tboomers are supposed to start mid afternoonish. We shall see. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2010, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/251 "2010-06-26T11:16:07Z")
I wish we could count on some rain, with or without the t-boomers. After a nice wet winter and spring, things are getting really dry here. Some of the cornfields are looking sad… \*\*FCD \*\*is up, so I guess I need to start the laundry. I’m pretty sure the Laundry Fairy is going to avoid me again… that bitch… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/252 "2010-06-26T12:44:51Z")
Up and out to the garden we go… \*\* STG\*\*, I’ll have some comments for you after a while. Need to get outside before it gets too hot to work outside. Happy Sattiday all! GT ---
**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:** [June 26, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/253 "2010-06-26T13:21:09Z")
I just grilled a bunch of chicken for dindin and some hot dawgs and brats (the sausage kind cause the other kind is too expensive this time of year 😃 ) for lunch. Everything is in a slow cooker on warm. I decided it’d look all organized if’n I grilled while it was not so hot. Ok, plus, if’n I do decide I need beerverages I won’t mix alchohol with propane gas which is probably not a good idea. Well, it hasn’t stopped me before but today I got smart about it. Go Me! Oh and it is hawt out already! ---
**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:** [June 26, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/254 "2010-06-26T13:28:07Z")
Good morning my lovelies. I’m up, I have coffee in hand, and soon I shall commence Operation House Tidying. We have friends coming over later this afternoon and we’re going to grill. I also need to to hit the store. My Cappy’s remains are in and I have to go back to his vet to pick them up. I had him cremated. I don’t know what I’m going to do with them, but well, there you have it. I also need to return a call to the vet we took Polar to. They’re following up on his kennel cough and want to get him scheduled for his rabies shot. Which reminds me, I need to give him his pills. Other than that, I haven’t got much else going on. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/255 "2010-06-26T13:38:45Z")
I have no appointments or “meet-ups” today - so I can be productive the whole dazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/256 "2010-06-26T13:39:15Z")
Morning! We take the boy to camp tomorrow and then he’s off to Costa Rica! Much to do today! ---
**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:** [June 26, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/257 "2010-06-26T14:11:34Z")
**Soapy** does this camp randomly ship kids off to foreign countries? Do they get to come back? I find this idea intriguing! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/258 "2010-06-26T14:21:51Z")
World’s Best Tenant’s daughter is taking accounting classes at Hofstra University; she’s just finishing her junior year IN HIGH SCHOOL ---
**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:** [June 26, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/259 "2010-06-26T14:44:04Z")
Whew! I’s all sweaty! Load #4 is in the washer, 2 loads are out on the clothesline, pretty much filling it, so the rest will be tossed in the dryer, the gross section of family room carpet has been cleaned and with the ceiling fan on Med, it should dry quickly. Daughter and \*\*FCD \*\*are at Lowe’s ordering the laminate for her lab table tops - the paint we did last year just didn’t work out well. I’ve got at least 3 more loads to wash - maybe 4. Both beds need to be remade, and I need clean towels in my bathroom. And it’s barely 10:30!! It’s amazing how much you can get done when you don’t go out for breakfast… 😃 I’ve got a little sewing to do today, then I’m putting my machine away. I need to run the vacuum in the living room and dining room, plus I need to remember to write a check for my cleaning girls for Monday. I also had to get in touch with the folks who did our windows. When I opened one this morning, the little handle part that I was pulling up popped out of the track, and I’m worried about how much I need to bend it to get it back in. Since it’s only been a few months, I emailed the contractor and I heard back almost immediatedly. They’re going to come out and fix it - quick response and great service! Daughter is off school and will be around for 2 weeks, so having her here to meet the contractor will be easy. Yay! I need to write them a nice note… ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967/260 "2010-06-26T18:05:30Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] I have been to Hot Coffee, MS. It was on purpose. See, I was travelin’ through Mississippi and I saw the sign pointin’ to Hot Coffee only ten miles away! Well, now, how could I not go! It was fate! It was excitin’ as it sounds. [/QUOTE] Guessing it was as exciting as my visit to South Park, Colorado about ten years ago. Ugh, this project is driving me bannannannanas. It takes about 3 minutes for the system to digest each new ID and I have over 300 to create. 900 minutes divided by 60 minutes per hour.. Fifteen hours? ACK! At least I’m staying inside and cool. Hmm… Just looked out the window and something dawned on me. There’s an odd sunken part of the front yard at the sidewalk. A few inches into the sidewalk and roughly centered along the depression is what I’m guessing is a plastic cap concealing a sewer cleanout. :dubious: and Ewww… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaching-climax-more-than-just-a-feeling-mmp/543967.md?page=14)