# Summer's here and I'm hot and muggy: a topical MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 3, 2010, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133 "2010-05-03T10:58:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/121 "2010-05-05T12:06:49Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to irk. {{ **Sticky** }} ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/122 "2010-05-05T13:28:54Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Up, caffeinated, off to irk. > > {{ **Sticky** }} You beat me to it… My son came over after his night shift and put in my kitchen AC. What a swell young man. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/123 "2010-05-05T13:30:43Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Blurf. > > A high school buddy won the Republican primary for county sheriff where I grew up. Good job, Brad! > > I got nuthin. As usual. Brad cheer! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/124 "2010-05-05T13:37:10Z")
THE PLUMBER IS HERE!!! I haven’t had a kitchen sink or dishwasher in almost three weeks! Yay!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/125 "2010-05-05T13:42:12Z")
Hooray for plumbers and wonderful AC installing sons! 😃 I had coffee this morning. Mind you, I gave up coffee several months ago: the amount of sugar I put into it wasn’t worth the calorie expenditure. But it was an absolute requirement today. Now I have to do some research. Oh, JOY. And hubby won the blood sugar war this morning, by 8 points. Both readings were good, but daughter is still perturbed. She’s so CUTE! ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/126 "2010-05-05T13:46:27Z")
> [@Juliana](#): > > I just witnessed another game of blood sugar wars. MIL, hubby and daughter all test their blood sugar at the same time to see who has the best. MIL won by one point. > > My family is SO weird. Sounds like something my family would play, too, if it were relevant. So maybe you’re not quite as weird as you think you are 🙂 Either that, or I’m a lot weirder than I think I am. And let me tell you, I think I’m plenty weird already! :eek: 😃 > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > THE PLUMBER IS HERE!!! > > I haven’t had a kitchen sink or dishwasher in almost three weeks! > > Yay!!! Yay!! for seeing the end of the kitchen reconstruction! 😃 ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/127 "2010-05-05T13:48:12Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > Sounds like something my family would play, too, if it were relevant. > So maybe you’re not quite as weird as you think you are 🙂 > Either that, or I’m a lot weirder than I think I am. And let me tell you, I think I’m plenty weird already! :eek: 😃 > > Yay!! for seeing the end of the kitchen reconstruction! 😃 We’re all weird. Next week Wednesday the last things get installed and we’re done! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/128 "2010-05-05T14:50:35Z")
The new Penguins arena will serve --------- RC COLA!!! WOOHOO!!! I may actually start going to hockey games!!! And if they add Moon Pies I may have to get a season ticket package! ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/129 "2010-05-05T14:55:55Z")
Thanks for the background, **sticky** and **gt**. I think telling the pastor was the right thing to do. I had an inappropriate dream about a coworker last night. :eek: I feel a little weird today carrying on a normal conversation about work stuff with him. Like he’s somehow going to know that my subconscious was thinking those things. :rolleyes: I think I’ll just hide at my desk to be safe though. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/130 "2010-05-05T14:56:15Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] I shall finish defilthyfyin’ da cave this mornin’. [/QUOTE] If I even thought about cleaning my house as often as you apparently clean yours, it would be clean enough for surgery. Hmm… That new paint in the laundry is kind of OR-green… What’s that line about when one door closes, another door opens? The ongoing “Get a job for DH” saga continues. He had a temp assignment with the Boy Scouts, of all things, that lasted one week. He “wasn’t a good fit” for them. Seems that the placement agency has yet to find a good fit for these people in the past two months, so it sounds like _they’re_ the problem. At any rate, the place he was with about a month ago called to see if he was available. They’re evidently still trying to find a way to bring him in full-time. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/131 "2010-05-05T15:03:55Z")
> [@Animastryfe](#): > > Shanklin 107 was cool this morning. Try again. Attempt at ID: FAIL! Bwahahahahahaha! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/132 "2010-05-05T15:06:32Z")
**gotti** appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed for DH. Ok, sump’n gotta give for somebody cause I’m runnin’ out of appendages to cross. 😃 Da cave is defilthyfied. I really only clean it about every two weeks. I mean, sheets get changed weekly and I may vacuum or dust some in between but real cleanin’ only happens every two weeks. Really. Ok, I need a shower and then I should go run a few errands and such. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/133 "2010-05-05T15:11:11Z")
> [@Animastryfe](#): > > **IvoryTowerDenizen** is not a professor of any of my classes. I think. I don’t know who she is except that she teaches biology. Shanklin is the name of the building. Nope! Cackles! Rigs: What did you think all my bitching about students was about- random complaints? And I mold young minds quite nicely… for evilllll! ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/134 "2010-05-05T15:51:14Z")
[QUOTE= Juliana] I just witnessed another game of blood sugar wars. MIL, hubby and daughter all test their blood sugar at the same time to see who has the best. MIL won by one point. [/QUOTE] Got to teach that to Nat when he’s older. Right. Got up, got everyone dressed, and went to the playground for two hours. I feel like a Real Mom. Of course, Gnat’s watching _Alice in Wonderland_ for the forty-third time while I type this. I should be making lunch… Or some of those chocolate coconut things. I baked a lime yogurt cake (anyone else read Smitten Kitchen?) on the weekend because we were out of cake. Mr. Lissar thinks “Out of cake” isn’t a valid concern. I think he’s wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/135 "2010-05-05T16:02:09Z")
> [@Lissla\_Lissar](#): > > Got to teach that to Nat when he’s older. It’s fun to watch. It keeps her motivated to take care of herself and keep her blood glucose down. It’s even more fun when all three people with diabetes in our family participate! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/136 "2010-05-05T16:57:47Z")
Errands done. Da yahd needs a good mowin’ but it’s still wet after all the rain even though it has not rained to day. Guess I get to do that later today. Woo and Hoo. Right now, however, I declare it to be nappy poo time! ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/137 "2010-05-05T17:41:00Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > A happy new week to all !!! > > Back from the haunters convention where I introduced the concept of Zomish. For explanation see > > [http://cybercoins.net/images/armstrong/zomish.jpg](http://cybercoins.net/images/armstrong/zomish.jpg) > > and it is safe for work. (Ralf makes a mental note to visit **Kopek’s** neighborhood next Halloween) ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/138 "2010-05-05T17:43:12Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > And I mold young minds quite nicely… for evilllll! I used to mold young minds when I was a scrub scout leader. I made an ash tray out of one once…;)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/139 "2010-05-05T19:03:16Z")
Haven’t made the peanut chocolate things yet. That may be because I’ve got a Costco box of Wunderbars in the basement. Attacks Things Randomly Husband (our housemate, for those of you who are newish) says he ate cake for breakfast and pie for lunch, and that somehow this is all my fault. The pie is not my fault. I didn’t buy it. We’re going to start getting an organic vegetables box, which might change the bread/cake/pie slant of our current (last few months) diet. And thanks, **Juliana**. We’re just going bonkers. Gnat’s got his quarterly assessment in a couple of weeks, and we’re going to submit his numbers and feel bloody guilty, but he can be anywhere between 3 and 28 in his glucose range. He’s supposed to be between 6 and 12, and 5 is about where an adult feels shaky and tired from lack of blood sugar. His consumption doesn’t change that much, and sometimes he crashes overnight because he’s still honeymooning, even though the honeymoon means it’s his _own_ insulin that’s making him crash. Sigh. Bang head on wall. Repeat. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133/140 "2010-05-05T19:32:11Z")
There was a Cinco de Mayo lunch today at work, but I felt unsociable so I skipped out. When I got back and asked how it was, they said it was just the normal cafeteria taco salad, a cake, and a mariachi band. And everyone just brought food back and ate at their desks. Now I’m really glad I skipped out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summers-here-and-im-hot-and-muggy-a-topical-mmp/538133.md?page=8)