Pasaquan was wonderful; the weather was just overcast enough not to be broiling hot but bright enough that I took about 100 pictures. It will take a while to upload all of them, but here is the album. If you are interested in seeing the outdoor shots, bookmark it and check it later. Remember, this guy did all of this work in plaster, concrete and straight out of the can Sherwin Williams paint. The outside is badly in need of restoration, and there is some water damage in the house. We were fortunate to be on a private tour because we got to see some parts that are usually closed to the public. The very last pictures up right now are in the closed part; there is water damage to the floor and they don’t let anyone in there. The have constructed a kind of viewing porch, that’s where I got the pics.
I tried to lie down for a bit. It didn’t work. Soon enough, I’ll be kicked off the 'puter because Mr. Taters has purchased the expansion pack or newest version or something of Civ 4.
I tried opening the album SCL, but it won’t let me. I get taken to the sorry, but no page.
Is it Friday yet?
ETA: Never mind, now I can open the album.
Omflgmumphgrup.
Baklava.
I just stuffed down four pieces. Okay, they were small pieces, but baklava is intense. I bought a pound. Should I have a little contest with myself and see if I can eat the whole box? Another fourteen pieces.
If you slip a few peices through the cd drive to me, you won’t have so much temptation to resist.
eyes cd drive hopefully
I’m mad at my computer. I was trying to burn the pictures I took today to disk, but the computer keeps telling me there isn’t a disk in there. Yes, there is. I even flipped it over a couple of times. Grrrr.
I’ve only read up to post 140 - but I thought I’d say hi before tomorrow…
I CAN’T KEEP UP AND WORK, TOO! WAH!
I love you all!
:: flings kisses and hugs and chocolate everywhere::
Our swampy wouldn’t do a thing like that, would he?
With me, on the other hand, all bets are off.
That’s exactly it. I don’t listen to ANY music on a portable device. So our tastes are different.
That’s OK. The 18"DHIBJD didn’t appeal to me either. Jelly? :eek:
I think I like naan, but I’m not sure we’re talking about the same thing. The stuff I was told was naan was just like pita bread, but that’s it. No buttery taste, no fluffy and no crispy. So I’m not sure we’re talking about the same stuff.
MBG, wow, you’re famous! Can I touch you?
::: pointing and laughing::: bwahahahahaha. Men like to think that, don’t they? They’re so cute sometimes.
Are you sure you’re married? Your wife would beat you silly or at least be on the floor laughing if she heard you say that, I bet. Or are your customs that different from ours?
I be doin’ fine
Did it sound something like, ‘turn that damn thing off. . . I don’t want to hear about this later’?
I hope your [TMI] thing is better soon. Or I might have to start guessing.
OK, exercise done. Now cite for proof please?
I KNEW IT! 
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Mamatigs**, I’m not sure if I should feel more sorry about your foot or your knitting, so I’ll send good thoughts for both. I hope things improve soon.
I looked up both Robert Heinlein and Dashiel Hammett on one of my Overdrive audio libraries. Nothing. If you get a chance, could you copy the link to the place where you download your books. These are audio, right? Or are they e-books? Those Boo books sound really fun from what I saw on Amazon.com.
SCL, the link worked for me. Very nice!
Lili, you ate 4 pieces of baklava and feel fine?! Wow, pregnancy must do weird things.
Hey Rebo! ~waving~ hi!
The kitchen smells like strawberries. Mmmmm. I bought some strawberries, peaches, plums, pluots, nectarines and grapes at the farmer’s market. And I made a Trader Joe run. Trader Joe’s has blue potato chips. I think they’re new. They’re my favorite (I used to get another brand). I hope these are as good. No shortage of snacks here at the moment.
Off to do more errands.
Incidentally, Fearless, if this is your first visit to our frolicksome thread, welcome. If you’ve been here before, well, obviously you neglected to send me the requisite chocolate love offerings because I surely wouldn’t forget that! 
'lo all. I am up from another 2 hour nap. I think I needed them–what the hell, I’ll milk the pneumonia thing until the summer ends…
I still need to do my last project. I did do some rudimentary work whilst (I love whilst) I got my hair done–and I am now gorgeous, darlings, but not enough.
Class again soon, and then I slog through with this project.
Yeas, nays, OMGs, and sympathies as needed.
MBG–is that the same evil bitch you had to come down to my neck of the woods about when we met?
Sounds like your drive is gunked up with honey from the baklava.
I’ve been a magnet for odd CD-burning problems. My work PC one day suddenly decided it no longer had a CD-RW drive, which makes it difficult to burn archive copies of system logs. The nutty solution from our tech support was to install Roxio. That did work, but did nothing to explain *why * the native CD burning function in Windows XP disappeared.
At home, I made a big pile of coasters trying to figure out why the Mac couldn’t “validate” what it had just burned. Evidently, part of validating is vital to making the CD usable. The goofy solution to that was change brands of CDs. For some reason, Imation (a very reputable brand from 3M) will not work at all, but Office Depot’s far cheaper house brand works perfectly. 
At least there’s a semi-sensible resolution - after some searching, it turns out I’m not the only one that can’t get Imation blanks to work in a Mac. The key factor apears to be the particular manufacturer of the drive, and Apple sourced them from two or three makers.
Are the lights back on? We’ve been having erratic power failures in San Francisco for the past hour or so, and they’ve been raising hob with the networks. A lot of national services such as Netflix, Yelp and craigslist are also affected by this.
The very same, yep. I should clarify, nowhere in the court’s opinion, nor in this article does my name appear, but the name of the company and the Evil Bitch’s name does.
meeks , I’m intrigued. E-mail me with details. Or is Millit’s e-mail in the profile?
I’ll look, but e-mail me anyhow.
Know what’s an almost icky feeling? Come in from a bike ride, all sweated up, and have a cat sit on you and shed, so the cat fur sticks to the sweaty bits.
Eww.
Off to make dinner, who wants burgers, raise your hands.
LiLi, yours is going to cost you a slice of baklava - not for me, I’m a good diabetic, but I’ll pass it to DearWife. She loves that stuff.
smooch You’re the best! (Don’t get behind schedule on my account though :eek:!)
LiLi, mmm baklava. I lurrrrve baklava, with a nice hot strong cup of coffee. Yum.
**MBG **- congratulations on getting the front page, sounds like that woman was a wacko. I love it when courts smack idiots down though, heh.
Haze - good luck with your apartment. Roommates can be so frustrating.
waves to everyone I gotta go deal with the recyclables before the husband gets home. I think I must have thirty bucks of aluminum in the bin. Then put together enchiladas for a billion people.
I’m here to brag.
The rescue squad chief called me a little bit ago. “Is this Black Belt Bob, the new EMT?”
He called the secret squirrel hotline and used his decoder ring. Everyone from the class who rode the van to the test passed; I don’t know about the other 6 who went by themselves.
I went to the season ticket select-a-seat event tonight at the RBC Center. I moved from the top of the top to the bottom of the top. I am about the only returning person in that section. :dubious: The apartment is cleaned, and I’m packed except for the tolietries, and a load of sheets I will do tomorrow.
I’ve never eaten naan.
Mork, um…I’ll pass. swampy might like a look, though.
Congrats on the fame, MBG. If Cuervo is lonely, I can mail him a psycho girlfriend.
[color=red]Elle**n, I’m working on getting back in the habit. I try to go 2-3 times a week, if I have the energy to get out of bed.
Scribbles, I like Heinlein and Hammett, Raymond Chandler too. I have a thing for misanthropic good guys, I guess.
Hi Rebo!!
rigs, sounds like a plan.
**Neat pictures, SCL!
Congratulations, BBBobbio!!
DB, I went down today and paid for my season tickets. The schedule is out and there is not a game on my birthday again. What do I have to do to get a game on my birthday? What is the point of having a December birthday if you don’t get a hockey game?
I want to see this happen. Not for any erotic purposes, mind you, but for the sheer logistics of the act.
I just finished HP 7.
It’s 2 f***ing 30 AM.
I am so off to sleep!!!
See you all in the morning… ::yawn:::
Well, it’s Lebanese baklava. The pieces are about an inch square. It’s not like eating four pieces of Greek baklava. I’d be sick.
I hope Cloud Maiden hasn’t screwed up about the apartment.
:Passes MBG the lint roller:
Congrats, BBBobbio!! <flinging confetti with wild and reckless abandon>
Ow! My eye! Who’s throwing all that confetti?
Bobbio!!
You da man.