# Sharing: A Cool-Things-on-the-Internet MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 15, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030 "2010-02-15T03:14:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/161 "2010-02-18T23:13:30Z")
**{{{{{{{{{KT & fam}}}}}}}}}}** ---
**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:** [February 19, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/162 "2010-02-19T00:13:00Z")
Sounds like the instructor is new, **rigs**. Probably has potential, but is way insecure. Also, that software sounds like it was designed without user input. So sorry. Sorry about \*\*KT’\*\*s grandmother, **taxi**. Hugs and prayers headed their way. > [@eleanorigby](#): > > …What I don’t understand is why it decided to disappear on its own… I think gremlins come pre-installed. My iBook periodically has its sound muted for no apparent reason and the only way to fix it is to go into System Preferences. It’s a wonderful machine otherwise, but the sound…very odd. Added the minestrone to the blog. Yum. I like what you’ve done with your blog, **Muppet** ; and your minestrone sounds yum as well. Yep, Lent is something like 40+ days of Yom Kippur or Ramadan Lite. The Catholics I run with are much more from the “do something special” school of thought. For some reason, Lent has become my favorite season, I think because it’s a good excuse to focus on mental/spiritual clean-up for a pre-defined period of time. So for me, “Happy Lent” is quite appropriate. And with that, I’ll shut up about Lent because I seem to be over-geeking on it. Just had a yummy pita with refried beans, cheese, bacon, avocado, spinach and salsa. My favorite Mexican in East Lansing used to have something like this on its menu. It was one of my favorites. At least it’s very easy to duplicate. Off to declutter something. Hugs. GT ---
**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:** [February 19, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/163 "2010-02-19T01:58:56Z")
Water aerobics was fun! I’ve enjoyed getting back into the swing of things this week. {{ **KT** and **taxi** }} ---
**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:** [February 19, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/164 "2010-02-19T03:21:00Z")
Looking for egg roll wrapper recipe ideas… Here’s my [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552802). Thanks! Actually what I’m really looking for is new and non-boring ideas for Lent that are fairly simple. All thoughts appreciated. ---
**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 19, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/165 "2010-02-19T04:16:24Z")
taxi, I’m so sorry about **KT’s** grandmother. Hugs to the family. **rigs,** that instructor sounds like an insecure git. I tend to question things too, because I want to learn dammit, not because I’m trying to give someone a hard time. Besides, I’m an analyst, that’s what we _do_, we question, research, and analyze. I’m going to have hit the sack pretty soon. Before I do that, I need to shower with one of antiseptic sponges I was sent home with. Then, I have take another shower tomorrow morning with remaining sponge. Lucky me; I have to rise at 3:30 or 3:45 so we can be at the ambulatory surgery center at 6:00 am. There isn’t much else going on. I think I’m just too tired to think properly. Hugs and smooches to all. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/166 "2010-02-19T04:21:57Z")
Glad you like the blog, **gt**. 🙂 **rigs** , I’m always amazed at what kinds of flaws some software designers expect their users to live with. Of course, part of it probably has to do with the fact that I work in software development lifecycle, which means I’m usually the one yelling at the designer that no, it really _is_ a big freakin’ deal. :rolleyes: Sorry to hear about KT’s grandmother, **taxi**. It’s tough to say goodbye, no matter how much it was expected. I’ll be keeping them in my thoughts. I have a clean bill of health from the dentist, accompanied by a stern lecture about my flossing habits. Glad that’s over and done with… for the next four months, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/167 "2010-02-19T04:40:52Z")
Home from work, laundry going, Gordie is trying to gnaw Nelly’s leg off. {{{{{ **taxi** and **KT** }}}} > [@kopek](#): > > So _that’s_ why I always come out of that worship looking like Al Jolson! Whoda figured? :smack: Father just dumps the bucket on me and shouts, “UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!” **rigs** , your instructor is a moron. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/168 "2010-02-19T08:06:49Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Um, so the instructor today said (when I asked a question in front of the group), “You are competing with me and you need to stop.” 😕 I don’t see how, since I have no knowledge base and was not trying to teach, but to learn(?). My questions were content based, “if I input x, does another drop down menu appear to allow for stats?”–stuff like that. Must be related to those teachers and bosses of mine who reckoned I “questioned their authority.” No, you moron, I’m asking questions, but you just managed to make me lose any respect I had for you. The program defects (database defects actually) come from having had the design made from a theoretical standpoint, that is, with no input from actual nurses and without grabbing a pile of old charts This Big and seeing what data does actually get recorded. I don’t know if they use that specific program any more, but my local SS doctors used to have this “medical history” program where it took 11 steps to record any illness. And if you were recording, for example, “arthritis on left knee” and “arthritis on hands,” you had to do 22 steps, isn’t that grand? {{{{{{{{KTMom}}}}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/169 "2010-02-19T09:26:18Z")
I have read but not really retained. I had a bad dream last night which was quite disturbing in a very unpleasant way. I don’t so much remember the finer details now but it has just left an uneasy feeling. Yesterday we had snow…again…who did that? I wish it would stop, it is really annoying me now. We are forecast more snow today and over the weekend in bits and pieces so no real idea what to expect. I predict a quick run of grocery shopping tonight so that it is out of the way in case the blizzard descends. **(((((rigs)))))**, just 'cos. **(((((KT and family)))))** **(((((Kai)))))**, am thinking quick dissolution thoughts for you too. **(((((LiLi)))))** - hope the blood pressure sees sense and returns to normal soon. rosie’s sig to the rest of you! ---
**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:** [February 19, 2010, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/170 "2010-02-19T09:30:27Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ **{{{KeithT&Family}}}** I’ll be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. **{{{Taters}}}** prayers, hugs and good thoughts for the proceedure today. Time to feed rumbly tummy then purtify for work. Happy Firday Y’all! ---
**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:** [February 19, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/171 "2010-02-19T12:20:28Z")
Hope everything goes well, **Taters**. It’s Firday!!! Hugs to all. GT ---
**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 19, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/172 "2010-02-19T12:39:20Z")
Thanks for the good wishes guys. I’ll be leaving in about 40 minutes. I couldn’t sleep for shit last night. I think I got about two hours of sleep. I guess I’ll sleep in surgery.😉 ---
**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:** [February 19, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/173 "2010-02-19T12:39:33Z")
**Blurf!!!** ---
**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:** [February 19, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/174 "2010-02-19T15:27:14Z")
I guess I killed the MMP! GilaMonster just made 3 cakes using oil that had gone rancid. Total loss. But terribly funny to see her taste the cake and then nearly hurl afterwards. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/175 "2010-02-19T15:35:37Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Not really… Lent is a time of repentance and reflection, a time to examine your life and to do something to try to be a better person. Traditionally, that means giving up something (not eating meat, not drinking, no caffeine, no chocolate, something tangible) to remind yourself of Christ’s sacrifice. In non-traditional churches like mine, we’re encouraged to do something more spiritual or more directly related to being a better person, e.g. doing devotions daily, praying more, not gossiping (for a whole 40 days!), serving at a soup kitchen, etc. I believe \*\*LiLi \*\*said she’s going to do the Rosary daily. Something like that. So it’s not really something to be “happy” about per se, although everything we do should be with a joyful spirit, so… that’s where my theological explanation is going to end. 🙂 Actually like 47 days although that brings in the fine points and theologians. Sundays and Feast Days don’t count as they always belong to the Lord. The debate comes - do you need to fast (whatever you chose to give up) on Sundays and the like during Lent or are those like “free spaces” where you can grab a cup of High Test and a Snickers bar? You are right on Lent traditionally being “not happy” but ----------- like a lot of things I am sort of odd man out there. Christmas to me is gloomy and Easter happy. Think of it this way ------ we were so screwed up as creations go that God had to be born and live as a man just to give us a chance at Heaven. How sad is that? That He saw something in us during His time on earth, some glimmer of hope - that He so loved us all that He suffered the cross and died for us all, that is frikkin amazing. Now that is something to celebrate with great joy! Of course that puts the onus on us to deserve all that ------ but I think that may have been His intent anyway. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/176 "2010-02-19T16:40:52Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to work. Good luck, **Taters**! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/177 "2010-02-19T16:45:01Z")
zoom - no time to read, just had to share: > [@](#): > > POWEROUTAGE > \> > \> > \>At my recent assault trial, Ioffered a plea of “Guilty > \>with an explanation.” The judge asked me what my > \> explanation was, so Itoldmy story. > \> > \> > \> > \>“YourHonor,” I said, "I had a mammogram appointment, > \>which I actually kept. I wasmet with: ‘Hi! I’m Belinda!’ This perky > \>clipboard carrier smiled from ear to ear, tilted her > \> head to one side andcrooned, ‘All I need you to do is step into this > \> room right here, strip tothe waist, then slip on thisgown. Everything > \> clear?’ > > I’m thinking,‘Belinda, try decaf. This ain’t rocket science.’ Belinda skipped away toprepare the chamber of horrors. > \> > \> > \> With the rightsidefinished, Belinda flipped me(literally) to the left and said, ‘Hmmmm. Can youstand on your tippy toesand lean in a tad so we can geteverything?’ ‘Fine’, I answered. I wasfreezing, bruised, and outof air, so why not usethe remainingcirculation in my legs and neck and finish me off? Mybody was in a holdingpattern that defied gravity (with my other breastwedged between those two4 inch pieces of square glass) when we heard, then felta zap! > \> > \> > \> > \> Complete darkness and the power went off! ‘Oh,maintenance is working. Betthey hit a snag.’ Belinda said, and headed for the > \> door. ‘Excuse me! You’renot leaving me in this vise alone are you?’ I > \> shouted. Belinda kept goingand said, ‘Oh, you fussy puppy…the door’s > \> wide open so you’ll have theemergency hall lights. I’ll be right back.’ > \> > \> > \> Before I could shout ‘NOOOO!’ she disappeared. And that’s > \> exactly how Bubba and Earl, maintenance menExtraordinaire, found me …Half-naked with part of me dangling from the Jaws of Life, and the otherpart smashed betweenglass! After exchanging apolite ‘Hi, how’s it > \> going’ type greeting, Bubba (or possiblyEarl) asked, to my utter > \> disbelief, if I knew the power was off. Trying todisguise my hysteria, I > \> replied with as much calmness as possible ‘Uh, yes, yes I did thanks.’ ‘Youbet, takecare’ Bubba replied and waved > \> good-bye as though I’d beenstanding in the line at the grocery store. > \> > \> > \> > \> Two hours later, Belinda breezes inwearing asheepish grin. Making noattempt to suppress her amusement, she said, ‘Oh Iam sooo sorry!’ The > \> power came back on and I totally forgot about you! And silly me, I went tolunch. Are we upset?’ > \> > \> > \> > \> And that, Your Honor, is exactly how her head ended up > \> between theclamps…" > \> > \> > \> > \> The judge could hardly contain her laughter as she said > \> ‘Case Dismissed!!’ > \> > \> Enjoy ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/178 "2010-02-19T16:51:37Z")
Thanks everybody. Fortunately the funeral got moved to Sunday instead of Monday so I won’t miss some Important Stuff on Monday at work. Not that they I_couldn’t_ do it without me, but it’s stuff that I like to be involved in so I didn’t really want to miss Monday. Which is probably not the stuff I should be thinking about when there’s a funeral about to take place, but that’s what the MMP is for, right? ---
**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:** [February 19, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/179 "2010-02-19T17:48:58Z")
And so then I decided to try to burn the house down with a propane torch… It’s been a great morning. :rolleyes:😛 ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-cool-things-on-the-internet-mmp/529030/180 "2010-02-19T20:44:31Z")
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