Warning: Some Violence and Much Strong Language.SHE WROTE: Degree of Masters
Don't you people have school supplies to buy or something? I haven't been reading the comments but you're at 309. You're going to break Blogger.
Bob and I are working. Here's e-mail proof (with key words Xed out as usual):
BOB:
Ok-- let me rewrite the Rocko scene and send it to you tomorrow.
I think what I'll do if I have any rewriting is just do scenes and send them to you since you have the masters of both acts.
This is starting to come together for me. I was too focused on the X as you noticed. Shane's TP is just before it with X.
Agnes's might be right after.
JENNY:
Do you want the masters back? Because I'm writing off them, not in them.
BOB:
Nope. All yours.
I'm moving forward.
I'll send you scenes if I do any rewriting.
JENNY:
So I am Master of Our Domain.
BOB:
The Act One and Two Domain.
I am Master of Domain Three and Four.
That's it. That and the sound of two keyboards clicking. There's nothing to see here so move it along. Go talk to your kids about not smoking. Buy hand sanitizer and tennis balls and book covers and kleenex. Tell them how hard you had it when you were in school and there weren't any pudding packs or iPods. Go on.
We're writin' a book here.
230 Comments:
So we are back to Seinfeld again. All is well in Bob and Jenny land.
Please don't mind us. Write away. We'll just keep ourselves amused over here out of the way.
Wow I did it! Virgin blog. Of course I've got nothing to say really, so I'll just preen privately on being the first.
"Master of our domain?" And he has one and two and you have three and four? Whoa, that's wild. Funny, that is the only episode of Senfield I've ever watched and it was under protest. DH thought it was hysterical. I told him it was a dramatization and not base on fact.
Geez, Jenny - were at my daughter's high school this afternoon? You just gave us the same lecture the principal did. That's kind of comsic.
Thanks for posting - go write your book, I think you've the not so nice children something to talk about and they can now leave me alone. Thanks.
Oops, I got it backwards - she has one and two, he has three and four. Sorry, had a little fruedian slip there.
Thanks for the new post! The 300+ responses were getting to be a bit much.
Really, we don't need deep thoughts, just a "hey, there" when you're on hold or a page is slow coming up or something. Though the tantalizing hints and reflections, both witty and serious, are always welcome, too.
If you buy nice cloth handkerchiefs (preferably organic cotton) instead of paper tissues (e.g. Kleenex®), there's no garbage, no destruction of virgin temperate rainforest and no nasty shreds in the wash. And it costs less in the long run.
jygpumh: Jenny yelled gleefully, "Pull up my hostas!".
Sorry, I have an unreasonable dislike of hostas. I know they're useful in shady areas, it's just a thing.
I still have to purchase school supplies. And I probably will get to do that every late summer/fall for the rest of my natural life seeing as I (and those around me) think I am never getting out of school.
Long live the professional student.
They're writing a book!!!! Yeah, I mean we knew that ... in theory. We'd seen the bits and pieces and ducked for cover when the keyboard went flying. But now they're like REALLY WRITING A BOOK.
This is so exciting. And no, I'm not being facetious ... I feel like a kid who knows their getting a pony for Christmas.
christina said...
I still have to purchase school supplies. And I probably will get to do that every late summer/fall for the rest of my natural life seeing as I (and those around me) think I am never getting out of school.
Long live the professional student.
Never fear, the end will eventually be in sight. I see it. Over there. That's it, really, it's got to be the end! It's got to!!! **sob** It's been 8 years!!!!
No really, only the first couple years of grad school were hell. :)
Hey, Theresa in PGH, I have been meaning to write this but kept forgetting. I studied for a semester in Edinburgh back in 2000. You are going to have a great time! Just beware of the horizontal rain. ;) I tended to walk everywhere and only took the bus when I was going to be late for class. And it's just a quick train ride to Glasgow for more shopping (they have a huge Borders there--the Brit bookstores don't tend to have separate genre shelving for romance so I rely on the American chains) and Stirling if you want to visit the castle ther and the Wallace Monument (with the atrocious statue of WW (actually Mel Gibson).
If you find yourself travelling down south or if I make my way up north, we should have a little CB get-together.
Just use the Moot signal. ;)
Tal - Oh god, went back to last post and read your interpertation of me, regis and my lack of femininity - that cracked me up!
I am women hear me roar!
Off to roar at the flipping boys who are beating the crap out of each other again. Geez, If I get those school supplies earlier will school start earlier? And I tried the whole, didn't have a cell phone when I was your age, not even a home computer and the school still used typewriters (youngest child actually asked what that was), anyway, my daughter just laughs and tells me I'm not that old.
Off to be master of my domain!
Anyone not know what that means in terms of Senfield?
School supplies. Yeah, that's what we'll call them. Thanks, Jenny.
See, MCB never emailed me about stocking up for our little trip -- she is not very good at following directions, as you know -- so I had to go forag-- um, shopping without her. You know, those guys down at the armory just do NOT have a sense of humour. But once I gave them the slip I found some really amazing stuff that we can take up to Scope Dope so she can track us and protect us from harm on our journey.
Of course, I have no idea what half this stuff is for, or even what it's called. And I thought about asking The GAM for advice but, well, you know how he is. Just gets this glazed over look and says "Huh?" Took one too many for the team, is what I figure. Either that or he's been eating the leaves off that tree.
So Scope Dope, here's the thing. I figure anything that says WWII is a step up from the stuff that said WWI, right? Don't worry, I got a little of both, just in case "I" meant like first class and "II" was inferior.
And I'm sure with a little Rustoleum and ArmourAll this stuff will shine up like new. It's pretty high tech, if you ask me.
But here's the next problem. Jen-T's hot rich MARRIED friend in St Louis never returned our frantic emails re the use of his plane. So change of plans. I got this really good deal on a bi-plane -- that's like two for the price of one, right?
I am sooo good at being thrifty, especially with someone else's money. Ooops. Sshhh, don't tell, but in Atlanta I also found this little scrap of paper that turned out to be a receipt and had credit card information on it and the name was J. Crusie. So I figured, WTH, she won't mind. Right? She loves us. But don't tell her, she's busy writing a book for us. Don't want to distract her.
Anyway, Scope Dope, we need information about where is the nearest landing field and do they have anti-aircraft guns or heat-seeking missles or a remote field office for Homeland Security. Or anything else we should know about. You know, just in case. Not that we're doing anything WRONG. Exactly.
We just like to be prepared. Not that you'd know it by MCB's behaviour. Good thing I'm over here doing all the heavy lifting. Sheesh.
bw
jen-t sez: I am women hear me roar!
Great, not only is she an alien, she is (are?) multiple aliens and possibly schizophrenic as well. Hive mind.
One of these days BCB is going to disappear off this blog. And we will wonder what happened all of a sudden. And then, much later, we will find out that she really was taken in for questioning because, well, those HS and police types really don't have senses of humo(u)r.
But it's ok, because we have shovels.
Jenny- I love the part about book covers and kleenex. You know a teacher by the assignment of Kleenex for school supplies. The "cover your books before you get detention" rule was nasty. Thank God for paper sacks.
Yes- just keep on keeping on. We will just be busy imaginging you and Bob, him and you, in furious creation mode.
Can't wait for the birth of this book!!~!!
So I still don't know how to use blogger....sigh...I was the anonymous one.
BCB--I think you meant to say that the receipt said J. Smith, not J. Crusie.
No?
Oh Christina, don't be so literary. It was her gold nom de plume card. All famous authors have one.
G-G: It's ok, MCB is making such good friends with law enforcement types all over the continental US, and I'm sure she'll put in a good word for me. Right, MCB? And Maui is on the "to do" list (not like that, geez). So I think we've got it covered.
And if not, well, Jen-T and I have this little deal where she wisks me off to live on some strange planet where there are only rich hot UNMARRIED guys. She promised and I believe her. I believe her... I believe her... I belie..zzzaap. What? I'm fine, thanks, and how are you today?
bw
Uphill both ways, and in the snow, too. ALL YEAR ROUND.
Righto. Carry on.
Tennis balls? I couldn't figure that one out until I went to read the JCF digests and saw that they were to put on the desk feet. We don't do that here. The kids would be taking them off and throwing them. Then they'd take one or two from each desk and hold them for ransome or something.
Yes Jenny, I may need to be buying supplies but first I have to see what DH has already bought. Hmmm, 100 reams of notebook paper. It's stacked all over the house. Must have been a good sale. We're in a very small house at the moment because the&**^%^%^&*()&^%#$%&^ contractor still hasn't started on the house repairs.
Add to list of things to do tomorrow: inventory school supplies Make list of what's needed. Buy it.
DS16 is driving gf to college in the mountains tomorrow. (Following her mother) I'm going to be a worried wreck until he gets back Sunday.
BCB enthused:
Jen-T and I have this little deal where she wisks me off to live on some strange planet where there are only rich hot UNMARRIED guys
Oh Bon Bon. Do I have to explain why there might be a reason that this planet is populated only with guys?
Sigh. Y'know, McB promised to sit you down and have That Talk.
M-O-M~ Jen-T broke BCB and it was my turn to play with her next. She did it on PURPOSE! I saw her.
What? Jen-T? We're NOT supposed to be harassing you anymore. Oops, guess I pulled an OH on that one.
(OH~ Yes I'm poking a little fun at you, but on the plus side, you're becoming your own neat catch phrase)
rnlaqexp: Run naughty lbooth, aquire quietly excellent x-ray picture.
You know, I asked her if the reason they were so hot was because of all the flames that seemed to be shooting up everywhere I looked, but she said.. um, gee, I can't quite seem to remember what she said. You think I need to be worried about that?
And the all guys thing, she explained that too. Something about how they wanted to only worship one goddess. Did she say "at a time?" It's all kind of fuzzy.
Jen? I've got a couple of questions. And you know, those little pills you gave me in Atlanta? Well, they're almost gone. The pharmacist just gave me a funny look and picked up the phone, telling me to stay right there while he made a call. Well, of course I didn't have time for THAT nonsense. Geez.
bw
Hi Christina, definitely if the opportunity presents itself, we should have a CB get together. I'll be in Scotland for at least three years, and it would seem that there would be some sort of opportunity in that time.
And thanks for the tip about the Borders. Definitely will come in handy that.
Will you hurt me if I ask what year of grad school you're in?
theresa asked: Will you hurt me if I ask what year of grad school you're in?
You need to hurry up and finish that dissertation, because this is where that emotion/opinion text deciphering device would come in handy. Are you saying you want her to hurt you if you ask? Or that you won't ask if she will hurt you?
I can see why this field is getting so much attention. Fascinating.
I think I might have gotten some of Jen-T's pills mixed up with DD's pain medication. Yep, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
bw
Ah, school supplies. I just finished up my DSS's shopping over the weekend. We only bought half of the required stuff (Dh's ex supposedly got the rest) and I thought I'd have a coronary at the register. He's not looking forward to school this year. Then again, neither is my sister, a recently minted elementary ed teacher. In her first full year with her own classroom, she not only had a problem class last year (nice thing to give the rookie when apparently everyone saw it coming a year away) but problem parents as well.
If I wasn't afraid of falling in the wrong category, I'd be in favor of requiring parents to be approved before procreating.
hwzlglg: "Hey, wha zup?" giggled Lola's granny.
Okay - just got back from the pool at the club because it was movie night. Anyway, I'm sitting here, reading these posts, listening to John Cougar Melencamp and laughing so hard I peed my pants, again!
GG - I like being known as a multiple personality schizophrenic alien. That sounds much more appealing than Ding Bat number two.
BCB - Glad the zap got to you. Hush your mouth child. And it's not Godess Worshop - It's princess worshop, get your facts straight. And about those pills, well, I don't know what you are talking about. And that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
And oh, god before I forget. I'm going to buy this doll for Bob. Yeah, A doll. It's a GI Joe type doll, except its a John Wayne as a Green Beret. it's a 12 inch figure, fully articulated 'big boy' male body with over 30 points of articulation (what the hell is that?) It also comes with a M-16 sling and magazine some other little neat things. I almost fell over when I saw it. It's wild. Yep, going to get and bring to NJ. Maybe I could find a Princess Barbie with a pink T-shirt for Jenny, or maybe I should switch them around and they can be masters of their doll domain!
Lori - I broke BCB? Trust me honey, she was broken when I found her. Actually, I fixed her and made her sort of human again. You see, we had to do a few experiments on her when she failed to be controlled easily, but I think all is well now.
My own catch phrase? Oh god, again, crossing my legs as I laugh out loud.
About those tennis balls - they are really great in elemtary school and middle schools where the boys don't know the meaning of sitting still for more than 2 seconds. Although, in 5th grade my middle boy had his chair taken away all together. He kept standing, sitting, standing, sitting. it drove his teacher nuts. So middle child thought he'd ba smart ass and suggested the teacher take the chair away, he did.
Haven't done the supply thing yet. Only have one kids list. Need other two so I can go and get bulk crap.
BCB I'll have to get back to late tomorrow with Scope Dope's answer on the equipment. I will deep undercover on a recon mission. There's a plane down the road in a field, and several helicoptors that fly low over the Falls, presumably beneath the radar, that might serve us quite well. There's a rumour in RL about Navy Island which sits in the middle of the Niagara River betweeen our two fair nations. Supoosedly, you all have loaded it for bear and aimed directly at us , in case we should suddenly drop our nice facade.
Sorry I can't make it to DC on the 23rd. I'd like to listen to Starsky and Hutch while searching for photographers to shoot.
Bryan only said not to tell JenT. There was nothing in that about the rest of us...
Thanks to Jenny, I suddenly have the urge to go buy several boxes of #2 pencils. If they're the most popular why aren't they #1?
School supplies? Yep, that's one thing that I do NOT miss at all. We buy ours as needed throughout the year, and I stock up when there is a sale. It works.
Glad to hear that they are writing. Can't wait to read Agnes. It will be rather weird to read about Shane when he's right beside me (my DH). It still makes me laugh to think about meeting the GAM and Cherry in May. I got BOL for MY Shane, and had Bob autograph it, AFTER Jenny introduced me as "dee, she's a CherryBomb, Bob!" As he's writing "To Shane" he suddenly looks up and says "Shane? Really? Do you know we have a character in our new book named Shane?" I started laughing, and could barely get out "You don't say?" All the while, Jenny is just sighing and trying hard not to roll her eyes.
That GAM, our egg, he makes me smile.
CMS wrote: Supoosedly, you all have loaded it for bear and aimed directly at us , in case we should suddenly drop our nice facade.
Are you sure it isn't aimed at Minnesota? Nah, we're so nice no one even knows we're doing it. Tell Scope Dope we're standing by, awaiting instructions.
And please also give her extra love and hugs? Ditto for you.
And the pencil thing, geez, don't get me started. You would NOT believe... believe...
bw
STOP POSTING ON THE LAST POST! Geez, you guys are confusing me. Not good to do to an alien. Besides, it might piss me off. Worse than pissing off a women with PMS, although that can be arrenged.
Bryan - Oh please, like that little poke in the arm hurt. You're a big boy, you can take it. And as BCB so nicely (not) reminded, I'm pickable. Whatever that means.
I am not Regis! Geez, that is just weird.
Sheryl - so you read SDCB the blog for like two hours? Yeah, I guess we got a little carried away. But what else is there to do. I mean, I have no life. I sit around and wait for my kids to call, so I can go pick them up, then drive them somewhere else.
Okay. I'm off to bed. I was up at 6:15 this morning to take kid to hockey practice and I've got to get up at 6:15 to take kid to golf. Then we are off to the lake. Yes, the lake conversation gets started all over again. However, it's supposed to rain, and remember, I only have internet out in the front yard, so if you dont hear from me on Saturday or Sunday, well, don't worry, Jaws didn't get me, or at least I hope not. But i'll be around tomorrow.
Good night all
Get Jenny the doll I got for my birthday:
http://www.signals.com/signals/Item_Jane-Austen-Action-Figure_HC2062_ps_srm.html
jhhwl -- Jenny has her wolverine lover...
Don't you people have school supplies to buy or something?
No, thankyougod. Now ,I have a motorcycle to ride.
Jen-T wrote: it's supposed to rain, and remember, I only have internet out in the front yard, so if you dont hear from me
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Truth is, she melts if she gets wet.
BTW, dear, "articulate" has to do with expressing oneself clearly and coherently. Eloquently, even. Maybe even spelling so others can understand WTH you're talking about. Not something you need to worry your poor little head about.
Or did you mean this: transitive and intransitive verb: to form the kind of joint that allows movement
It's ok, guys, I've come to think of her as a little sister and, believe me, we can get away with this sh*t for the rest of our lives.
Tal: The doll is simply adorable. The resemblance is striking. [snort] Yeah, and Jenny would be the older sister. You can get away with it only until she catches you.
Sweet dreams...
bw
Holy cr*p. My computer bites the dust for three days - or four at most - and look what happens!
More blog than you can poke a stick at :P
...... so wish me luck. I'm going to my cousins' wedding. Two sisters marrying two best friends. Drunk relatives. Yucky wedding cake. Hours of sitting with eyes glazed over, nodding and making non-commital noises at appropriate intervals as a parade of aunts, uncles, cousins, second-cousins talk at me - not to me, at me.
*sigh*
At least I get to stay in a spiffy hotel :D
Plus... you can't go wrong with free alcohol... can you? :| :D
i finished my book (which i loved) and decided to catch up on the blog world. my mom is on a very important (aka need to be silent and will you shut Peaches-our dog- up?) call and i am typing very slooowly so not to make much noise.
and then you guys make me laugh my ass off, so i'm trying to be quiet and i'm shaking because i love you all. you guys are the best.
as g-g said, waiting for the HS guys to take you away. but they'd never get it right the first ten times, so we're just slowly going to be knocked off until they finally reach you two...and then you'll probably run over them in a car, spotting the hot highway patrolman guy running for dear life.
lori said "OH~ Yes I'm poking a little fun at you, but on the plus side, you're becoming your own neat catch phrase"
oh good. i'd hate to be a common catch phrase. :)
christina said "Long live the professional student."
hey, my cousin took seven, eight, nine years to get his degree. and i mean his bachelor's.
brooke: no, no, more emotion. "i woke up at three in the morning so i could do my chores in the freezing wind, being bitten by who knows what, trekked five miles uphill both ways in the snow, did my other chores until dawn broke out the next morning, and then started all over again. and that was during summer break in the city!"
BCB's line "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Truth is, she melts if she gets wet."
LMAO. but quietly.
erica: when you're near relatives free alcohol is NEVER bad.
hi CMS!
I was the first graduate student with tenure...
qtina -- What you'd get if you made ear swabs out of Christina
Mare Island (not free associating, just moved from the other post) - my cousin got married at the chapel on Mare Island because my uncle was in the Navy. It was a closed base. My date was an A-rab (went to Uni together) I'd been dating, and we had to carry the invite or they wouldn't let us on the base.
He had a little VW bug. We were lost and driving aimlessly, looking for someone to ask for directions, when he noticed these railroad tracks set into the road. He decided it would be a good idea to follow them and maybe we'd finally find a live human. When we started out, the tracks were emebedded in the asphalt. Then the asphalt got lower, making the tracks stick up. Then, the tracks veered away from the road and off into some warehouses.
Unfortunately, they were just the perfect width to fit between the bug's wheels, so we had no choice but to veer off into the warehouses, too. He kept going faster and faster (like that was going to help), frantic and embarassed (Middle Eastern male), and I was laughing so hard I nearly wet myself. Finally some MP (SP?) managed to intercept us. We showed him the invitation, I had to show ID to prove it was mine and answser a few questions about my relationship to "the Old Man," and he led us to the reception. Yes, we'd missed the whole darn wedding. It still makes me laugh.
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okay, Kewpie after a few too many Cosmos
rnjqisdr (blue)
Rene nudged Jennie. "Quick, it's safe. Don't run!"
glamour-geek said...
jen-t sez: I am women hear me roar!
Great, not only is she an alien, she is (are?) multiple aliens and possibly schizophrenic as well. Hive mind.
I TOLD you she was spawning!
sidodt -- what you do if nobody asks you to dance
mdmmin --how you'd address the heroine of BET ME if she ran a whorehouse
Jen-T sez "And it's not Godess Worshop - It's princess worshop, get your facts straight." Now *taking her aside, whispering* what you mean is war-shop. Where you can buy those guns and things and John-Wayne-GI Joes. Just thought I'd point that out to you, poor women.
Hear you roar. All of you.
qesorcmx - a quesadilla cherry mix (wonder what that tastes like)
Oh my! I really shouldn't read this blog while drinking anything. I now have hot chocolate on my computer screen because I was laughing so hard. And, because I have fluid in my body, well, you know what happens. But is time to move on to the Diet coke. Need the caffine.
I melt when I get wet? BCB, You watch too many movies about Aliens and witches. Neither of which melt when you pour water on them. There is a certian Alien form that has issues with water, but they have issues with Doorknobs too. That is not my kind. But sharks do have a certian taste for my kind, but they can only eat us after dark, otherwise I have just enough time to react and zap them ten times worse than the zap I've given you. Take your pill, you are starting to fall apart again. And i warned you what could happen if you stopped taking them all together. That wouldn't be a pretty sight. Really, trust me.
TAL - I'm spawning? Oh, god, please no. The three I've already produced are diving me nuts.
BCB - ARTICULATE this! Giving you a gesture, you know the one, read between the lines. And just remember, you will always be older than me! Yeah, I'll rub it in. And you can take your transitive verb and shove it.
And you all should hear our phone conversations. I swear, we are like sisters. Ha, BCB - that makes you an Alien by osmosis! you and your big words. Use little ones, I'm tired of having to get out the damn dictionary everytime I talk to you.
But the question still remains - who is master of their own domain?
Well I don't have any kids to buy school supplies for, so I'll just sit back and try to keep up with the madness I've stepped into here and wait anxiously for Agnes and Shane. I'll try to be quiet.
pgjiqkgr: people grab Jenny's insight; quiet kids, GAM's rewriting.
OH said: "i woke up at three in the morning so i could do my chores in the freezing wind, being bitten by who knows what, trekked five miles uphill both ways in the snow, did my other chores until dawn broke out the next morning, and then started all over again. and that was during summer break in the city!"
That reminds me of the one and only time I was babysitting my nephew.
Nephew: "I don't like potatoes."
Me, pointing at potatoes with sharp knife: "You're going to eat your potatoes. You're going to eat your potatoes and like 'em. You know, when I was a boy, we didn't even have potatoes. We had to eat dirt. We had to eat dirt and we liked it. Meat and dirt. And if we didn't have any meat, we ate dirt soup. And we liked it. We didn't have any fire either. It was cold soup, raw meet, and dirt. Eat your potatoes."
They never let me babysit again.
jen-t said: "And, because I have fluid in my body, well, you know what happens."
As often as this happens to jen-t, I don't think she melts when she gets wet.
Jen, when we finally do meet, you know, after I've met all the other CBs and work up the courage to meet you, we'll go shopping for fresh underwear.
ME- shame, shame, double shame, everybody knows your name-- do NOT try to be quiet. Once we get you to break the lurker veil we want you to stay on the dark side with us, yakking, talking, and genrally making a mess of the world. Trust me it's a lot more fun here than there.
Clarification from the previous post-- I am the one who has a hole in my wall, previous discussion was what I should stuff in said hole, it was suggested that Orangehands would fit- that was the stuffing OH in a wall reference. And if all those folks are going to come to her support with their shovels I don't want her in my wall. But I'm putting together a treasure map. I have buried a treasure without compare in the backyard. Feel free to bring those shovels and look for said treasure. I promise it will be worth your time.
bryan: You don't need courage, just a hazmat suit and a SWAT team. You can borrow mine. Well, once MCB is done with the SWAT team you can have what's left of them. And you might need a roll of duct tape, or two, to patch up those scorch marks. Do NOT turn your back on her.
She's kidding about the dictionary. I mean, c'mon, those things are useless if you can't spell.
Ok Jen, go ahead and tell us before you explode. Obviously you and The Cherry and The GAM are the only ones who have seen that episode. I have no idea about the Master of the Domain. That isn't short for Domainatrix is it? No? Ok, we're waiting. Explain. [this should be good] But hurry up, I've got to go to work.
bw
bcb,
You haven't seen the "Master of Your Domain" episode? What planet have you been on? Oh, wait... nevermind.
Nope, don't watch it. I guess I'm one of those poor fools who never fell in love with that show. Though I hear I might be in good company in that regard.
And, geez, I really have been hanging out with Jen too long. Lost my ability to articulate: Those scorch marks are on the hazmat suit, not the SWAT team. We had to take MCB's matches away after that unfortunate incident with combustible material in the back seat.
bw
Bryan -You will never, ever get me to wear a corset again, so, nope we will not go shopping for new undergarmets. Geez.
BCB - crap - that's waht you do to me. I laugh so hard i loose all control of my bodily functions. Memories of me screaming at my mother to just tell me how to spell something because I couldn't find it in the dictionary. When she would look at the page I was on she chuckle then say "Honey, that's because you're the word you're looking starts with an S, not a C." I'd say. "Then just tell me how to spell, I obviously can't sound it out." She'd snort, then open up to the page the word was on and say "It's on this page, go find it." i burst into tears and cry and tell her she's scared me for life, she'd say, "You'll get over it."
I guess I've never gotten over it, huh?
Bryan - loved the potatoto story. I say crap like that all the time to my own children. When you have three, you can never please all of them. Then throw in a husband, geez, I can't win. So when they say they don't like something I just slap more of it on their plate and say "I don't care and if you don't eat it, you will eat it for breakfast." Yep, they usually eat it.
And for the record, the average kid eats about 2 pounds of dirt by the time they are 4. Not to mention that the average person eats 3 spiders in their sleep a year. And nope, I will not go see the snake on the airplane movie. Although, I'm sure when it comes out on DVD, dear husband will rent it, the bed will vibrate and I will have even more issues with snakes, planes and everyting inbetween.
Seinfeld Master of your Domain episode
Just so you know I was not asleep on the job ... well I was but that was a different job ... I gave the list of supplies to those two nice looking guys in dark glasses that follow me everywhere (its embarrassing but that's the price of fame) and asked if pretty please they could get these for me, being such big strong men, and send them to your address, BCB. They said it might take some time to pull together everything we want, but I think you should be expecting a courier ... any time now.
And the matches incident ... I was trying to destroy evidence. BCB is bad about leaving the stuff laying all over the place.
I have seen only a few episodes of Seinfield, and they were under protest. The master of your domain eposide had my husband in stitches when he first saw it. I could hear him laughing hysterically and he almost fell off the couch because he was laughing so hard. Now, my husband and I are complete opposites in many ways (all though we are both gemini's which is very interesting, but I won't go there).
Sorry, rambling again.
Anyway, DH is Mr. Serious, never cracks a smile and most of the time I have no idea if he's joking or not. So laughing, well, he leaves that for me since I laugh at everything, especially myself. So, I enter the family room to find out what is so funny and of course, he's taped the stupid show so he rewinds the DVR and tells me I've got to watch this.
So this eposide is about a bet the cast of characters makes with each other. Who can remain master of their domain longest. I guess, none of them are getting any YEX, so the bet is who can go the longest with taking care of themselves, by themselves. (Yeah, I explained it without saying the word). What got my husband laughing so hard was that the first person who lost the bet, was Elaine, the only female involved. To this day, my DH says I'd lose that bet everytime. He's even offered to make the bet. One of these days I should take the bet and just make the man suffer for being such an Ass!
Now you all know about Master of the Domains.
New posts on Well Behaved :)
jen-t,
not all underwear is in the category of "corset". I was just thinking I'd help you shop for something in the category of "dry".
bcb,
It's a good thing you don't take on the job of parsing all of Jen-t's posts... that would be like a full time job.
Okay, to keep up with ya'll I am actually writing these comments in openoffice as I read your blog comments; then I will paste. Jaysus people, I am gone for ONE day at 309 comments? I've read 'em but no way can I respond to them all.
So Jen-T. I have figured out your secret. There are really two of you! (as befits the sign of the twins) One is Jenni, who is perfect. The other is Sue. Who is not and looks like Regis Philbin on Tuesdays and Bank Holidays. That is the only explanation how you are raising three active kids, lolling around a lake, playing golf, cooking, cleaning and writing a book and blogging like a madwoman. I got GDF just form typing a list of all the stuff you do! I am both bitter and very jealous :0)
Dee. I actually got my masters in Med. Anthropology studying women who selected midwives & doulas & natural birth versus hospital birth. I am a big doula fan. Ask me about Tweety's waterbirth sometime!
Bryan, is Fazoli's at 7:30 still good for you? Will you be the one in a cabana boy outfit?
Christina and Theresa: I was in school a total of 12 years to get two BS and one MA degree. I am a freak. I feel your pain.
BCB: I was LMAO at the very concept of you in a biplane bought with Jenny's nom de plume card!! In fact I spend most of my lime ROFL when i read this post. But at least I don't pee myself. Of course, I am not an alien. Like some people.
I have so much fun here. But Jenny and Bob need to post every time we reach 200. 309 is simply more than I can assimilate. I have one brain cell that still functions and its full.
iisawer: I insist someone admire weary exhausting replies
kyra,
7:30 at Fazoli's is good. I'll be there. No uniform though... black slacks, grey t-shirt, starting to grow my goatee back.
I'm looking for a redhead with a DH and a daughter, right?
And the gag order is lifted. You can share with jen-t if you want because I will be offline for two weeks and probably not going back to read all the comments I missed anyway.
And this might have something to do with why the comment count is skyrocketing lately... I've been using Jenny and Bob's blog to schedule dinners and vacations.
Jen-T: Gemini's are versatile by nature. Plus, different moon/rising signs and planet make big changes. The sun sign is like saying someone is Italian, or American or English. It's a broad brush that gives you a likelihood of their outlook on life.
I have this thing I came up with I call Muppet Astrology. Each of the main muppets represent a sunsign. Gemini is the band. The whole band. Janice, Dr. Teeth, the whole gang. Because there are many many people in each one Gemini. Except Animal. Animal is a Sagittarius. Anyone else wanna know their muppet/sign?
Bryan. Yep, it'll be a redhead, her Sweet Babou and a wee cute 16 mth old Tweety Bird. Where is the Fazolis in Columbus anyway? In relation to 46/I65?
conscripted cherry:
I'm usually very NOT quiet, but in here, I feel so...out of the loop maybe? There is so much I have to learn. But I'm trying, I'm trying!
Kyra: OOH What's a Muppet Aquarius? I love the Muppets.
Bryan - Goatee? I've lost all respect for you man. And i'm not commenting on BCB possible full time job with my posts. Geez.
Kyra - um, there are more than two of us sharing my brain, which should explain all of my issues. As far as blogging like a mad women, well, I've got nothing better to do, although, I'm logging off now because I've got to go get kid from the rink and he's got to mow the lawn, then off to the lake. yep, lake, lake, lake, to fisit the ducks, ducks, ducks and do nothing, nothing, nothing - but write and ignore my children. I've already apologized to them a million times, they should be well adjusted adults like all of us on this blog.
Me: I just jumped right in. Of course, I have shoe prints on my ass where Jent-T, BCB and MCB went right over me, but it is a small price to pay. Sometimes they mock me, and I feel loved. Because I'm just a sucker with no self esteem. (Anyone else remember that song?)
great song, Kyra. But now I can't get it out of my HEAD!
Gonzo is the Aquarius. Because Aquarius has a very different way of thinking, a very different sense of humor, and would be willing to get shot out of cannons. Furthermore, most Aquari are very attractive to members of the opposite sex. Remember Gonzo and his flock of groupis. Flock of Groupies .. good name for a rock band.
Jen-T: LMAO but NPIMP (not peeing in my pants)
me: that was my evil intent
School supplies x2 - $45.00
Backpacks x 2 - $30.00
prepaid lunch tickets x 2 - $60.00
New School T-Shirts x 2 - $20.00
Bus #/stop assigned - 35 min line
Car Rider # assigned - 20 min line
(It's a "Schoolyard" security deal)
1st Day of school outfit x 2 -
$35.00
Classroom snacks x 2 - $5.00
First day of school - PRICELESS
DDs started school yesterday. My oldest is in 3rd grade and can walk to class all by herself - as I was told NUMEROUS times. My youngest started 1st grade (sniff). She started out nervous, but was fine in minutes after seeing her "very best friend" from kindergarten.
Remember Michael Keaton in Mr. Mom? The school crossing guard advising him "Your doing it wrong!" scene so describes how I felt yesterday. My kids go to a newly constructed for 500 kids school. Enrollment on meet the teacher day was at 864. (Imagine 1/2 the playground taken over by pre-fab buildings, barely enough parking for the teachers, and 95% of the kids being dropped off either by parents or a bus!)
The hallways were filled with mutant stay at home/PTA/voluteer MOMS. They had matching shirts and whistles. They scared me to death. (Yes, on this, you can bless my little heart!) I kept getting the "oh, you're one of THOSE working moms" looks from them.
I'm so thankful to be at work finally. At least I can read the blog and vicariously travel the country and learn some alien tricks of my own.
TGIF!
Wtaryggy - fuhgeddaboutit!
Okay... easiest way...
Take 46 into downtown.
Turn left on Washington.
Turn right on 25th.
Turn left on Central.
Turn right on 31/National.
Fazoli's in on the left.
25th Street is 46 as you head out of town to the east.
And the gag order is back in force... time to be mean to jen-t again. Doesn't like my goatee. Jeez. She hasn't even seen pictures of me yet. That might be my best feature.
Gonzo...so fitting. Actually, I call my car Gonzo, so it works. Don't know if I want chickens following me around though.
And the song is Offspring, I think? I'll be singing it all day...and no one wants to hear me sing.
bon cheri bomb said...
You need to hurry up and finish that dissertation, because this is where that emotion/opinion text deciphering device would come in handy. Are you saying you want her to hurt you if you ask? Or that you won't ask if she will hurt you?
Ah, yes, ambiguity in text. Good for keeping me in a job until we get that AI thing solved.
And to answer your question, in spite of evidence to the contrary torturing myself with years of grad school, I am quite averse to pain. So, no if Christina is going to hurt me if I ask her what year she's in in grad school, then hmmumum. Not asking.
yjoybx - The latest new video game machine! Coming soon to stores near you.
Maricia: sounds like a fun time was had by all. Did you let DD 3rd grader go to class by herself, or will she be telling her therapist about it 20 years from now?
Bryan: that's the easiest way?? :0) See you there at 7:30. I'll blog just before we leave the house ot reconfirm our eta.
Kyra,
I'm offline at 6pm as I have a few things to take care of this evening before I meet you.
call me at 812.371.0467 if there is a change in plans.
Me: well, being aquarius you wouldn't notice the chickens :0) Yeah, Offspring. I also get "pretty fly for a white guy" stuck in my head too. Worse, I get Weird Al Yankovic's "pretty fly for a rabbi" stuck in there.
Bryan, are you allowed to put phone numbers on here? Doesn't that break secret confidentality agreements? :0)
Bryan, are you allowed to put phone numbers on here? Doesn't that break secret confidentality agreements? :0)
Theresa in Pgh wrote: Will you hurt me if I ask what year of grad school you're in?
No, I won't hurt you. Promise.
I am doing my second masters so when I return next month to school I will be beginning my fifth year of grad school. Then I am applying to the doctorate program--if I stay in the UK I can finish it in 2 (but more likely 3) years, but if I return to the states it will be another 5. I hope to stay in the UK. ;)
Talpianna wrote: qtina -- What you'd get if you made ear swabs out of Christina
Very fitting considering all the cotton between my ears. At least it sounds like a brand name. :)
CC wrote: I have buried a treasure without compare in the backyard. Feel free to bring those shovels and look for said treasure.
I'm so there! I am having excavation withdrawal and yardwork just isn't cutting it for me. I'll even bring a wheelbarrow and my trowel.
Talpianna wrote: I was the first graduate student with tenure...
Tal, what exactly is your field--medieval lit? I'm curious.
gecuusq (green)-- a fancy gecko-based soup
Kyra,
It's okay... it's one of those secret untracable cell phones anyway.
But that's why I put dots instead of dashes. It confuses the bots and they don't realize it's a phone number.
Bryan: (snort) hee hee hee Would one of the bots be Tom Servo? Or are you too young to remeber MST3000?
Christina: It would take me forever to go back for my PhD too, but I'm gonna someday.
I'm off now peeps. Have fun without me (if possible).
Kyra . . . it was a covert operation. DD walked herself to class. Mom casually walked by a few minutes later and glanced to make sure she was in the right class. She was! And, I was so proud of her.
She has had some trouble with reading in school, and is sometimes very quiet and reserved. She'd picked a desk on the front row near the board and the teacher!
I also avoided the Mom Patrol and snuck out the side door. Phew!
School days ... what I didn't know until many many years later, I wasn't really walking to school completely alone. Mom had figured out that the school was just visible from an attic window. So she'd watch me out the door, then move to the front porch and watch me as far down the street as she could. Then run upstairs and wait anxiously at the window until I appeared in view.
I'm in my 40s and I'm not at all convinced she doesn't still do something similar every time I leave the house. Moms. Gotta love 'em.
medpm. The new brand of sleeping pills. (that was waaaaay to easy)
The Muppets, Offspring, and now MST3000. Kyra the Red is sending me on a trip down memory lane...
So what are Libras on the Muppet Zodiac?
Thanks, Kyra, now I know that being an Aquarius I'm not only pickled but resilient, but also different. So it seems. Could also be due to the fact that I'm German that I feel so strange and out of place at the moment. No school supply problems (we only have 6 weeks of summer vacation and that obviously changes everything), no chance to make appointments with Bryan or any other goatee models, and very far away from extraterrestrian spells. Too bad I lost my flock of groupies, though.
I wonder if you're all too busy over there or can you answer one of my weird questions again: are there exact definitions on what is a mass market paperback resp. a category and all that, or are these terms just a basic attempt to subdivide paperbacks... Because up to now I was naive enough to think that there was just hardcover and paperback, period. And I buy the latter because otherwise my shelves will fill up as quickly as my money runs out.
Bryan - post the damn picture and I'll get off your back, or maybe not. And it wouldn't matter if you were the sexiest man alive and a GAM, I don't like beards, or mustaches or goatees. I'm weird that way.
Why is that you guys always manage to hit my totally freaked out button. Geez. When I was a kid, I had this reaccuring dream involving the muppets. To this day I can't watch the muppets, never let my children watch that show. The dream was that millions of evil kermit the frogs came racing down the stairs and attacked me, biting at my legs, arms and trying to kill me. I swear I had that dream like ten times in a week.
You can all stop gasping, or laughing or whatever you are doing. You all know I'm squirrel food, shark food, whatever.
Jen-t,
If I'm dating someone I am usually clean shaven. I think I only had one girlfriend who liked facial hair and I think it was more to spite her ex- who had a peachfuzz face.
I'll post a picture... it's just got to wait until after I get back. Meanwhile, see what you can get from kyra, mcb, and dee. If you're lucky, they won't use it as an opportunity to tease you. Not that I'm suggesting they would... just, well... I'm just sayin'.
Kermit wouldn't hurt a fly!
Oh. wait....
colognegrrl: A mass market paperback is a small and relatively cheap version of a book, usually coming out after the hardback ... but not always. Nora Roberts usually puts out her trilogies in paperback form.
'Category' usually refers to the smaller paperbacks that a publisher might become known for, such as Harlequins or Silhouettes.
Then you've got the recent trend, which I deplore, of putting out "trade" paperbacks which at 198 mm × 129 mm (8" × 5¼") are taller than the standard paperback size and, IMO, more awkward to hold. These are usually reissues of hardbacks but again not always.
me wrote: Kermit wouldn't hurt a fly! Oh. wait....
he he
Me: lol on that one!
You lull us into thinking you're this sweet innocent wallflower then... ZING! you strick hard and fast.
Good one.
Okay everyone. Your assignment prior to meeting up in NJ this October is to learn the words to "Its Not Easy Being Green"
njrsg: (blogger is being way too nice to me today) New Jersey Romance signing ... good!
Oh now I never said I was sweet and innocent.
Bryan said "If i'm dating someone I'm usually clean shaven." Um, Bryan, maybe you need to be clean shaven to get that someone so you can date them. Just a thought. And so glad to hear it. Every male should be clean shave. Well, except maybe Grizzle Adams, and yes, in a weird kind of way, I find him attractive.
Bryan - how long does it take to post a picture? Geez. You said you'd be on line until about 6pm. Come on. We've decided not to head to the lake until tomorrow because my lovely husband decided he didn't want to have two cars down there and he's playing golf in the morning. And well, gas prices here are capping out at 3.23 a gallon for premium so sigh, I do more laundry.
MCB - Ha! It's not easy being me! As far as it's not easy being green, I'll bring the song because I have it. And it's Kermit singing. I us it in dance class. Yes, it wiggs me out, yes it's therapy and yes, i really did have that reaccuring dream.
Okay, fold one load of laundry, vacume the upstairs and then write a chatper. Be back later.
Me said: "Oh now I never said I was sweet and innocent."
No, but you did say earlier "I'm usually very NOT quiet, but in here, I feel so...out of the loop maybe? There is so much I have to learn. But I'm trying, I'm trying!"
I had images of you standing at the edges of the party, shifting your balance from foot to foot, maybe even shuffling a bit... the hostess comes by to check on you... "No, I'm fine," you say. "Just getting my bearings". Conversations continue. Jen-t mentions this crazy phobia about a cuddly little frog who has somehow mutated into a school of pirahnas... and with one small comment you have everyone rolling on the floor. You're stealthy. Not to be underestimated.
Jen-t... it's not the posting time... it's the processing time for the film... and the fact that I didn't use the entire roll so it's still in the camera.
Hi All,
I am home from work today because I need to take my 8 yr old DD to the doctor. Poor thing was at the pool yesterday and one foot slipped into the water as she was walking on the side. She centered herself on the edge of the pool. Yeah. Like that. She spent the entire evening with a bag of frozen peas between her legs. Today she is walking like she just got off a horse. I think she is just very bruised and sore, but need to be sure. I'll catch up with you all when we get back.
Bryan, that's actually a pretty darn good description of me...and how I lure the unsuspecting ones in.
And now you've all been warned...
And BTW I like goatees and beards.
nbeid: never believe everything I do
I find it funny that Bryan has told us repeatedly that he can't post the photo because he has yet to use up the roll of film, but Jen-T, persistant woman that she is, seems to be deaf.
I love this place.
Kyra: Gonzo? Rock on!
As for the checklist:
Different way of thinking and different sense of humor
Yep, but most people just look at me and say, "you're weird."
Willing to be shot out of cannons
Sounds like fun.
Attractive to members of the opposite sex
I find that rather fun and interesting, but I think I might fall out of the group there. I'm only appealing to males under 11 and over 60 and not in that way. Plus I haven’t the foggiest notion what I'd do with a Flock of Groupies.
Did Tal just sing our song, or did she say she was an aquarius as well? I could totally see her as a Gonzo. (I know, Tal, you’re a mole, but isn’t that just case in point?)
As to facial hair: I like it. It has to be well groomed, but once it gets past the prickly stage, it’s wonderfully soft. And it tickles.
christina,
you have to cut jen-t some slack. Between kermit, the sharks, and trips back to the home planet... well, she's got some things on her mind right now.
Bite me!
Oh and Bryan - one word - DIGITAL! Welcome to the land of technology. Geez.
Oh, and your like a photographer, don't you like take pictures for a living. Geez, my DH once took 15 rolls of film in two days. (Oh, God, BCB - get your damn mind out of the flipping gutter, would ya!)
JenT - For me it was nightmares of ScoobyDoo. You know how usually, they would escape certain death and dismemberment at the last minute. Except in my dreams they didn't.
I also dreamed one of aliens taking over the world. Were you in on that?
Must say to all my Gonzos ... he never noticed the chickens liked him either. They were all just his friends. Female Aquari are clueless until somebody gets naked. Male Aquari are quicker on the uptake.
It's funny that Kermit became a Plethora of Pirahnas (also a good name for a band) becuase he is the Pisces. So, any crazy Pisces you fear?? Besides me? It ain't easy being green ... or flakey but sexy ... but i manage.
Libras are Ralph the Dog. They are witty and charming and smooth and funny. And shallow but brillant of course :0)
Tweety says hi. I'll post later. hugs from Kermit
Oh yeah. THE CHERRY is both Dr. Bunsen Honeydew & Beaker. The two together = one Virgo.
jen-t said: a whole bunch of stuff that well, basically criticized my chosen artistic medium. Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about! Did you see her repressing me? You saw her, Didn't you?
bryan: the potato story was funny.
kyra: what's the Aries muppet? (though next your going to probably have to tell me what muppet that is because never got into the muppets and can maybe name three- Kermit, Miss Piggy, and...ok, two. and they're on commercials all the time so they shouldn't even count. i do seem to recall a boy bear in yellow though.)
marcia in ok: glad your kids are back in school, but must ask where you got backpacks for so cheap. (and in comparison to prices i normally see, yes, that is cheap)
KI: Poor Baby. sympathy pain for poor DD.
MCB said "Then you've got the recent trend, which I deplore, of putting out "trade" paperbacks which at 198 mm × 129 mm (8" × 5¼") are taller than the standard paperback size"
is this like the new Anyone but You that Jenny has out now?
love this site. learn so much.
JJ: they tease you because they love you. or at least that's how me and my friend explain it to each other after we do are usual ritual of who-can-make-the-other-crack-first.
my friend and i. sorry. geez.
Ok, I just read this news story and had to share it. The title is: U.S. Man Survives Chocolate Ordeal. No, I'm not kidding.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5264566.stm?ls
gg: The best line of that article was "the incident involved dark chocolate."
Would it have been not as harrowing with white chocolate?
And isn't that profiling?
Profiling. Hee Hee.
I'm a Ron White fan too.
Okay. I'll ask. How do you know the muppets horoscopes? Was it on dateline and I missed it?
lbooth
kyra: I honestly thought I was the only one who watched MST3000. I cannot watch a B movie without making sarcastic comments the entire time.
I definitely need to know the Muppet astrological sign for Pisces. I don't suppose Cancer or Scorpio are one of the old guys in the balcony? That would be too perfect to harass my sisters with. Heck, you might as well post the entire thing.
And I think NPIMP is my new favorite acronym.
hqwtdml: How quiet was the dog making lunch?
kyra the green...
Does this mean that you are changing color?
Are you alien as is jen-t?
Or is that for the meeting with Bryn?
Inquiring minds want to know.
jen-t said
"Bite me"
Where?
Inquiring minds want to know.
lxpsom blue
leave (e)Xperienced persons some of mine
OH asked ... MCB said "Then you've got the recent trend, which I deplore, of putting out "trade" paperbacks which at 198 mm × 129 mm (8" × 5¼") are taller than the standard paperback size"
is this like the new Anyone but You that Jenny has out now?
No, that was Jenny being special by having a former category reissued as a hardback.
The trades are paperbacks that are taller than usual and often slightly narrower too. One theory I've heard is that its supposed to be cheaper to publish. But readers aren't too crazy about them. They're supposed to be cheaper to buy too but from what I've heard that's debatable. I don't like them because I find the size awkward to hold and I've found that very often the print runs closer to the inside margin so you end up cracking the spine to read. And they don't fit on the shelves with other paperbacks either.
nqryiop: nqry is often professional
Jen: Now we have to get together! I know I have an ancient "Rainbow Connection" on 45rpm somewhere. And yes I know that dates me.
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Sorry to interrupt your regularly schedule program but . . .
I need some positive thoughts coming my way PLEASE.
I just got off the phone with a reporter from our local Fox News station, and they want me to come down to the studio this eveing - as in TODAY - and interview on camera with comments about a recent community event.
I said yes, but now I'm freaking out. I've done these types of inteviews before, but usually, I have more notice, and I'm able to prepare - and dress better.
Today, fortunately is a good hair day, but I have a huge zit on my chin, and I'm wearing casual clothes (black sleeveless top, and cargo pants) because, well, it is casual Friday.
If I keep this up for the next three hours, goodness only knows WHAT I'll look like on TV, then there is the whole - WHAT I'll say concern!
I guess I'm earning my second "Bless your heart" today.
Now back to your regularly scheduled program.
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OH - JC Penneys on those backpacks, but they aren't college student, long-haul quality. What I paid, still didn't seem cheap though.
Freaking out in Oklahoma
Marcia - powder your nose, don't worry about the zit (covering only makes them more noticeable) borrow a jacket from someone, and just tell them the facts, ma'am.
Marcia,
the key to not freaking is that you take things a step at a time.
1. The zit - - the station should have someone in makeup to help with that. Just ask. Normally it's for their reporters... but you're doing them the favor by coming in. Ask.
2. The clothes - - Ask to be shot only above the waist. That way you don't have to worry about the cargo pants. The black top should be fine on it's own but if not see if you can borrow a blazer from a co-worker.
3. What to say - - since you no longer have to worry about 1 & 2, sit and calmly think about 3. Don't panic about what are you going to say. Think about what you want to say.
4. Bless your heart.
Or do what mcb said.
dee & mcb,
e-mail me cell numbers so I can get hold of you when I'm in DC. My e-mail is on the contact me page of my blog.
Or just call my cell (which I've posted all over the frickin place here).
My last e-mail check will most likely be sometime tomorrow afternoon... then I'm going dark.
Bryan - Repressing you? Please. But I guess I'll just have to wait patiently for that picture. Sigh, my head hurts to much to argue with you.
Marcia - you will be fine! Bryan and mcb had lots of good stuff to say and take their advice. Relax. All is good.
But that reminds me of the time I drove my child to early morning (6am) hockey practice and found out there was a parent meeting. I had planned on dropping off at the door because i was in my pajamas. yes, went to that meeting in those pj's and my fuzzy frog slippers. Weird, I wear frog slippers considering my issues. Maybe that's why I still have issues.
Do you realize we are over a 100 posts in less than 24 hours. No wonder we give Bob and Jenny headaches.
Ok, Back from the doc. Plenty of bruising and soreness. Nothing permanent however, so I feel much better. Baby will be soaking in the tub a lot for a while.
Marcia. Sending good thoughts and you'll be great.
lbooth
marcia in ok: you are going to be excellent because you are a CB and that means you are always excellent, even when your hearts being blessed. you will be fine, because you are calmly going to think about what your going to say. and then your going to say it, and raise awareness (want to detail this event a little more?) and your going to kick ass. Kick. Ass. and when it's over your going to post and be all "wow, that was so easy, and i got compliments on my shirt, and the make-up totally covered my face (or nobody noticed it), and it went really well"
positive thinking. my mom swears on it.
but i'm sure there's a nice bar you can find to help you. :)
g-g: that article is hilarious. what a way to almost die.
me: LMAO.
bryan said "Or just call my cell (which I've posted all over the frickin place here)."
all those prank calls your going to get, they aren't me. i swear. i haven't donew a prank call since two summers ago with one of my HS deans. (what can i say, i live on the edge).
ok, five hours behind my day, bye.
KI: good. soak her till she gets pruny.
jen-t,
Truthfully, the only reason I did the self portrait the other night was because you wanted to see a picture.
Of course now that I know how much fun it is to tease you... well, we'll just have to see how long I can string this along.
Hello Sports Fans. I'M BACK!!!
Can't see very well or type very well, as you could see if I couldn't erase all these typ[os. Having a VERRY BAD day. Next week GP is putting me on the Morphine patcha s well as the Gabapentine. I should be really stoned but he says pain will be under control. It is not the tooth. It is the other s**t that is causing my problems.
bcb I give you implicit instructions and you can't get it right? It is the WWII stuff that will be best since I think that is what I worked on. If I was more computer lieterate that would work but we have to rely on the radar.
BTW why two sets? Is one to replace the radar you have at home? The one your DS wanted you to check to see if the rain storm was passing him? BUSTED!
I guess you will have to find a back up for me since I seem to only be able to go in and out.
Interesting fact about this blog and how often I am on it and the internet. I got notified by my server that I only have two hours left (now probably one) of the block that I purchased. That would be 300 hours 2 1/2 months ago. Going to unlimited use now then Standard DSL when we move. I am currently on dial-up.
jen-t no more taking one for the team. I love you.
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Prettymuch all Cherrybombs have manuscripts, Xavier.
Marcia in OK - Sounds like MCB and Bryan have good suggestions, and as you've done this before, over the next few hours you will think of what you want to say. Then practice saying what you want to say to your friends and coworkers. If they leave before you have a chance to tie them to a chair to make them listen to you, well, there is always Bryan. I've hear is cell phone has been posted all over the frickin' place. You could give him a call and make him listen while you practice. :)
And like OH said. You are a CB. At one point, you were poised to take over the world.
And I always find that taking deeb belly breaths helps me when I'm freaking out.
Bryan - Awe shucks, you did that for me? Really? Aren't you just sweet. I'm speechless. Or is that another way of torturing me? Well, yeah! I mean I have to wait two weeks, or more. This better be the best damn picture you have ever taken from either end of the camera!
Bryan - really, have a good time on your vacation. Say hi to all the CB's you meet. Take lots of pictures and we'll talk when you get back.
Marcia in OK---I'd suggest wearing a pastel top if you can (I've been told that dark or bright colors don't do as well on camera). Do some deep breathing (make sure you use your diaphragm) for nerves, think happy, energetic thoughts, and KNOW YOU ARE FABULOUS.
SDCB - I love you too! Glad today is better than yesterday. You can't go that long without checking in with me, okay? I am a mother and I do worry, just can't help it.
Okay, I have to take the little guy to Target. He has a gift card and the damn thing is burning a hole in his pocket. Talk later.
Hey, ScopeDope! Welcome back. I'm just sorry you're still having so much pain. Big Hugs!
Conscripted Cherry said...
I have buried a treasure without compare in the backyard. Feel free to bring those shovels and look for said treasure. I promise it will be worth your time.
Of course you all realize this is Conscripted Cherry's plan to get her backyard cultivated without having to do any actual work herself. Just wait. When you see all those seed packets and shrubs ready to go into the ground, you'll believe me, then.
colognegrrl said...
are there exact definitions on what is a mass market paperback resp. a category and all that, or are these terms just a basic attempt to subdivide paperbacks..
You've kind of mixed terminologies, there. Mass market and trade paper are the two main sizes of paperback books. These sizes are based on the measurements of the book, as someone up above listed them. Trade paper is considered a step up from mass market in the publishing pecking order, hardback being at the top. Although, some lines, like Downtown Press and one HQN line come out only in trade paper.
If you come out in hardback, then you go to mass market. Coming out in trade paper size usually means only that one size is printed, although it's not totally unheard of to follow that with a mass market, just rare. I'd guess the vast majority of authors come out in mass market alone and/or don't move up to hardback until they've built a proven readership. Not so true in litfic, though, I'd guess.
You mention category. Single title is the alternative to that. From the writer's pov, the difference between single title and category is length in terms of word count. Category is usually around 50-60k - shorter, less complicated stories, fewer characters. For single title you pretty much have to hit at least 80k, but 100-110k is probably more usual - secondary plots pretty much required, more and stronger secondary characters, more invovled plotline all round.
mcb said...
The trades are paperbacks that are taller than usual and often slightly narrower too...They're supposed to be cheaper to buy too but from what I've heard that's debatable. I don't like them because I find the size awkward to hold and I've found that very often the print runs closer to the inside margin so you end up cracking the spine to read. And they don't fit on the shelves with other paperbacks either.
I think you're thinking about that new size that looks like a tall mass market. The idea behind that, from what I've read, was that it meant the same book could be printed in larger type because the book was taller, so the pages had more room on them. Supposed to be a nod to the aging reading audience. Mostly, they just cost more, usually (from what I've seen in the store) about midway between regular mass market and trade paper. Trade paper is bigger overall, taller, wider when laid flat, and the print is never scrunched into the bindings. Just a "classier" way to print.
kyra the green said...
Female Aquari are clueless until somebody gets naked.
In spite of the fact I'm a Sag, that's a pretty good description of me. And I don't have Aquarius anywhere in my chart.
qrsblyom (green)
Quite raunchy satyrs babbled lewd yex over mammaries.
skbtaf (red)
Some koala bears talk and fly. (or not)
Theresa in Pgh---Do I remember correctly that you take bellydance classes? I don't suppose you're going to the Ruby Jazayre workshop in IN the last weekend in September, are you?
Theresa in Pgh--sorry, wrong date...the workshop's Sept 23.
Thanks guys. I just needed to dump that anxiety somewhere safe.
MCB and Bryan - I'm stressing less about the clothes. The zit - well I'm thinking a bit brighter on the lipstick, and the focus will be there instead of my zit.
I'm working on my deep breathing now. And I'm not freaking out anymore.
I'm active in my community on children's issues and the prevention of child abuse and neglect. I'm being asked to speak about the long-term effects of child abuse on the survivors.
This week, there was a discovery of extremely serious child abuse - two small kids hurt by their mom. :(
Anyway, I'm nervous, but wouldn't consider NOT speaking on camera, because the issue is so important, and people are too often ready to forget that child abuse happens so frequently.
Thanks for letting me practice that little part of my speech - I can feel myself gearing up. Hopefully, I'll be in the zone by the time I get to the station.
Thanks again for the advice and the thoughts.
Marcia: you're a hero!
zaza sez: kyra the green said...
Female Aquari are clueless until somebody gets naked.
In spite of the fact I'm a Sag, that's a pretty good description of me. And I don't have Aquarius anywhere in my chart.
Me too. Just found out recently that a friend was interested years ago (he's now married and also 3000 miles away, so never mind), but I had no idea. Had I but known...
Makes me wonder how many others I've been clueless about. I know there have been several. Silly moi.
Scope Dope - So glad to hear from you, but sorry to hear you are still feeling so crummy.
I had to grin to myself when you talked about getting pain meds. I had a visual of you in your little old lady disguise (from Rene)with the cane, and the eyepatch, in a pain-relieved stupor.
You are a CB legend in your own time!
We love you. Feel better. And glad to hear about the DSL.
yazyswbx - what's up with that?
amc - I do take bellydance classes, although I've had much of the summer off because my dance teacher got mono, and, well, didn't want to burst her spleen by teaching class. Sigh. Haven't heard about that workshop in IN, but probably given the dissertation situation, the move situation (I have no idea where I'm going to be living in September), lack of money, and the new job starting at some point this fall, it won't be feasible for me to go.
Do you have any more info? A web link? It's doubtful I'll be able to go, but you never know. And Bob knows that I'll probably be ready for a break by then.
Way to go, Marcia! That's great what you're doing.
Scope Dope - So sorry that you're having yet another VBD, but so glad you posted! When you get DSL, I will be envious.
Bryan - Have a wonderful vacation!
Theresa in Pgh--sorry about your teacher. Ugh. Hope she gets better soon. Dalia Carella's teaching. Here's the url for Ruby's events page on her website;
www.rubyjazayre.com/events/EventsPage.htm
I'm going, and I'm performing at the show with my troupe. If you end up being able to come, let me know.
zaza sez: kyra the green said...
Female Aquari are clueless until somebody gets naked.
In spite of the fact I'm a Sag, that's a pretty good description of me. And I don't have Aquarius anywhere in my chart.
And GG concurred.
I, a Sag, also had this issue. One of my very good friends in high school took me to the movies to celebrate my return from a summer trip and I found out when he dropped me off at my house that night that it had been a date...at least to him.
Very sweet but very disconcerting at the time since I only ever thought of him as a friend.
Okay people. I missed the web site. I am unique I guess since I have not seen one other Taurus on this blog. What is the t-shirt for Taurus and what is the Muppet designation? BTW two of you have the same birthday as DH who was born on the seventh hour of the seventh day of the seventh month.
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All my life Bob fought under unusual directions.
Hey guys! Last post for the weekend. I demand people miss me!!
The Sags didn't really notice because they don't do subtle. At all. Aquarius is clueless, ya'll are oblivious. Different :0) Plus, Animal is the Sag, so that's the level of subtle you should be thinking of.
Pisces is Kermit
OH: Scooter is Aries. You should look him up :0)
The muppets don't have offical signs, they just act like archtypes of certain signs. See?
Cancer is Fozzy Bear. Scorpio is the Hecklers (old guys in balcony)
I'll make the list out for everyone some day. It's strange but its my thing. Besides, THE CHERRY likes it too :0)
KL: mega ouchy for your DD. Poor Baby. Hope her bits are better soon.
Dearest CBs,
thank you for clearing up that paperback question for me so I dare to step up to my next problem which is, hm, something completely different, as Monty Python would say. But as we have already discussed the penis in every grammatical form, I think that you are up to it.
Because already mentioned exchange girl (a.k.a the twit) told me that they were raising steers at her home and I innocently asked whether they were used for breeding. Upon which she looks at me with that kind of compassionate look that I hate and says, no, a steer is already castrated, so no breeding possible any more.
Huh, I go, I thought those were called ox or what?
No, says she, ox is different, has to do with working and such.
So I was rather confused and let the subject drop. But since I plan to go to Spain in September (fly to Santiago de Compostela although not planning a pilgrimage, gave up on that after reading Canterbury Tales), I realized that the German word for bull fight is actually "Stierkampf" and no way will they fix those before the fight in order to make them more friendly and agreeable, right?
So ist it possible that the English meaning of "steer" differs from the German "Stier" (we also have the word "Bulle", too) in that detail?
Okay, my life will not depend on your answers but I think it's great to have a forum where I can ask meaningful things like this and you cannot even grin at me behind my back because you don't know what I look like (sort of like Bryan only I don't have a goatee and hopefully never will).
What is this, the blogger olympics? Geez.
Scope Dope: So good to hear your voice! Morphine patches, huh? I can't wait to read those coments. [grin] I'm waiting for the shipment MCB supposedly arranged to be sent to me. She uses unusual delivery systems, so we'll see.
Forgot to tell you, I also managed to get them to throw in a rocket launcher. In case Jen needs to be sent back in a hurry. They made me sign a waiver promising not to use it while the biplane is in the air. Some nonsense about feedback? Something-back. Geez. How am I supposed to give them feedback unless we use it? Although they did say to not try to contact them ever again. That they'd call me.
Don't worry about the high tech computer stuff. I'll make sure I get instructions and your GAM and your DPD can help you figure it out. Even The GAM (the original one) claims he can use a high speed excel spreadheet, so how hard can it be?
MCB, we need to plan another road trip to Canada. No, you may not drive. And there wouldn't be any evidence to get rid of if you'd just stop grabbing the steering wheel every time-- never mind. Maybe we can get one of your nice new friends to, um, donate, yeah that's the word, one of those cars with the metal grate between the front and back seats? You can sit in the back. No, you may not have your matches back.
bw
...in case you take it personally, Bryan, let me clear this up: I basically like goatees. On men, that is. Unless their face is too round, in which case I think they are better off with a full beard.
Okay, now I am waiting for your picture too to find out about that. But I guess we all are and just let Jen-T do the bugging.
bqfvjlpv - bryan quickly foregoes vivacious jennifer's ludicrous photo vote (uh, sorry)
CG: I'm sure someone else is about to offer a more coherent explanation. Maybe Jen-T. But the best I can figure out is: steers are castrated males that are bred for food. Oxen are likely a whole nother animal, though related, and are bred for work. Bulls are bred to do all that breeding.
I will tell you this: If you end up in a field (by mistake of course, claims your nasty cousin, whom you have not yet forgiven) where the bull IS lurking and NOT in the barn, especially if it is one of the Larson bulls who are known for their bad temperament, you had better forget about watching out where you step and run like hell for the nearest fence line. And throw yourself over it. I am not kidding.
bw
Scope Dope - According to the T-shirt site we were consulting earlier for our astrological signs, Taruses are stubborn, but sensuous.
As for your astrological muppet character, I think we'll need Kyra.
CG - Cattle. Most bulls are castrated at an early age because as steers they gain weight better, the meat stays more tender, and they do not fight each other like bulls do. Yes, they are raised for food. The most promising (good looking) young males are left intact to breed future generations.
Ox - a larger, sturdier, and much stronger type of bovine.
fighting bulls in Spain and Portugal - no, they are not castrated - if they were, they probably wouldn't fight (although some steers have more of a temper than others).
Hello CBs - I survived the interview. No visible shakes or twitches. They agreed to do only shoulders and up shots (didn't want to be just a talking head!), and I was sitting in a red chair, so the black shirt was OK - I think.
To be safe, I powdered my nose, my chin, and my forehead. And, went with the brighter red lipstick. Didn't obviously clash with the chair I hope.
Anyway, more importantly, the reported asked mostly intelligent questions, and gave me an opportunity to add anything else I thought important for folks to know about the issue.
So, Phew!
My only other comment - I'm a Pisces, and I guess that leaves me with Kermit. Sorry Jen-T. But really, I 'm not any scarier than your fuzzy slippers. I lost the t-shirt sight, so I have no idea what it would say about me.
I'm off now to eat ice cream!
egbgjx - easy going busy girls just X.
Cattle? Bulls? Castration? Geez, I go to target, then go play nine holes of golf with my son and this is what I come back too. And BCB - um, no explination for that.
Can't resist this verification:
jenenaut (blue) - what astronauts are called on the planet JenT's from
Very funny Theresa - You know, we go to Pittsburg for hockey this season. Don't have the schedule yet, but at least one boy will have two games there. Hopefully one the same day, that drive is a pain in the butt! I have lots of family in Philly and Deleware.
marcia in ok: Congrats! Not that we had any doubt. And way to go, being seen in the black and red of CB colors on TV. Cool.
LOUIS: OMG! We knew you were a GAM, but are you now trying to tell us you're a cowboy as well? A cattle rancher? I know you live on a ranch, but geez. This is like pulling teeth. I know, I know, it's the whole GAM thing, you can't help it.
Please tell me I'm not wrong. Is it a working ranch? Do you have just cattle or other livestock? Horses? And, um-- it just seems wrong to ask how big is your spread. How much land do you have? And last but not least, are those sons of yours cowboys too?
I want stories. Please?
bw
xcticqfr: (e)xtracting cowboy talk is certainly quite frustrating, really
BCB- You're killing me.
lbooth
BCB - you dont want stories - you want those single cowboys!
lbooth - No thanks to BCB i'm down five lives now. And it's not even her driving thats the issue.
yeumfhrw - what I sound like when I'm laughing because BCB made a funny.
Just vicariously, dear. I wouldn't know what to do with a real cowboy. I could handle a GAM, but geez. These are real men doing real men things with other real men.
Kind of like manly men, only better.
bw
Do the cowboys have...buckles?
Good I'll buy it.
lbooth
Well just hell. Now I'm going to have to wait to hear about it. DD wants to use the computer.
Since it's her "last night" at home, I guess I have to let her. I am not ready for this.
Louis, please tell me some cowboy stories. You can even embellish. (Jen, where did you put that dictionary?)
bw
BCB - well I know sure has hell know what to do with a real manly man. And, FYI, GAM's are manly men, they have to be. Otherwise, what is the point of being a GAM, come on BCB, get with the program.
SDCB - when BCB arrives, since I think they are going there first. i'll just teleport myself there because, well I've been there and I'm not in the mood to stop and give those idiots directions. Anyway, when she gets there, smack her for me and force her to take her pill. Remind her of The Stepford wives, because that is what will happen if she stops with the pills.
JenT - Yep, driving on the NY thruway kinda sucks. My older sister lives in the Utica area, and I kept trying finding alternative ways to get there, before giving up and resigning myself to toll booths.
Utica? Laugh, giggle, snort. Murder number 8 in my book takes place in Utica. I take you come up through Erie, past buffalo? If so, you basically drive right by my house, sort of.
I do the drive to Albany/Saratoga Springs/lake George area all the time. It's a crappy ride.
Jen-T/Regis wrote:And you all should hear our phone conversations. I swear, we are like sisters. Ha, BCB - that makes you an Alien by osmosis!
Does that mean that one of these days you are going to pop out of her midsection, like in the ALIEN movies?
Christina: I started out in medieval lit, but wound up in Renaissance. My proposed-but-never-finished dissertation (I only got the ABD) was on "The Renaissance Historical Epic in the Romantic-Allegorical Context." In other words, I was writing about THE FAERIE QUEENE.
Marcia in OK wrote: She has had some trouble with reading in school, and is sometimes very quiet and reserved. She'd picked a desk on the front row near the board and the teacher!
I was the same. Have her eyes checked soonest--my problem was that I needed glasses.
And as for the zit--tell them it's a cheese burn....
CologneGrrl: Category romances are discussed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_writing
From dictionary.com:
steer n.: A young ox, especially one castrated before sexual maturity and raised for beef.
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[Middle English, from Old English stor. See st- in Indo-European Roots.]
ox n. pl. ox·en (ksn)
An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos, especially B. taurus, used chiefly as a draft animal.
A bovine mammal.
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[Middle English, from Old English oxa. See uks-en- in Indo-European Roots.]
bull n.
An adult male bovine mammal.
The uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle.
The male of certain other large animals, such as the alligator, elephant, or moose
[Middle English bule, from Old English bula, probably from Old Norse boli. See bhel-2 in Indo-European Roots.]
Astrologically, I'm a Capricorn on the cusp of Aquarius. My sign is Okra.
WHAT'S YOUR SOUTHERN SIGN?
OKRA (Dec 22 - Jan 20) Are tough on the outside but tender on the
inside. Okras have tremendous influence. An older Okra can look back
over his life and see the seeds of his influence everywhere. You can do
something good each day if you try.
CHITLIN (Jan 21 - Feb 19) Chitlins come from humble backgrounds. A
Chitlin, however, will make something of himself if he is motivated and
has lots of seasoning. In dealing with Chitlins, be careful they may
surprise you. They can erupt like Vesuvius. Chitlins are best with
Catfish and Okra.
BOLL WEEVIL (Feb 20 - March 20) You have an overwhelming curiosity.
You're unsatisfied with the surface of things, and you feel the need to
bore deep into the interior of everything. Needless to say, you are very
intense and driven as if you had some inner hunger. You love to stay
busy and tend to work too much. Nobody in their right mind is going to
marry you, so don't worry about it.
MOON PIE (March 21 - April 20) You're the type that spends a lot of
time on the front porch. A cinch to recognize the physical appearance of
Moon Pies. Big and round are the key words here. You should marry
anybody who you can get remotely interested in the idea. It's not going
to be easy. You always have a big smile and are happy. This might be the
year to think about aerobics. Maybe not.
POSSUM (April 21 - May 21) When confronted with life's difficulties,
possums have a marked tendency to withdraw and develop a
don't-bother-me-about-it attitude. Sometimes you become so withdrawn,
people actually think you're dead. This strategy is probably not
psychologically healthy but seems to work for you. You are a rare breed.
Most folks love to watch you work and play. You are a night person and
mind your own business.
CRAWFISH (May 22 - June 21) Crawfish is a water sign. If you work in
an office, you're hanging around the water cooler. Crawfish prefer the
beach to the mountains, the pool to the golf course, and the bathtub to
the living room. You tend not to be particularly attractive physically,
but you have very, very good heads.
COLLARDS (June 22 - July 23) Collards have a genius for communication.
They love to get in the melting pot of life and share their essence with
the essence of those around them. Collards make good social workers,
psychologists, and baseball managers. As far as your personal life goes,
if you are Collards, stay away from Crawfish. It just won't work. Save
yourself a lot of heartache.
CATFISH (July 24 - Aug 23) Catfish are traditionalists in matters of=20
the heart, although one's whiskers may cause problems for loved ones.
You Catfish are never easy people to understand. You run fast. You work
and play hard. Even though you prefer the muddy bottoms to the clear
surface of life, you are liked by most. Above all else, Catfish should
stay away from Moon Pies.
GRITS (Aug 24 - Sept 23) Your highest aim is to be with others like
yourself. You like to huddle together with a big crowd of other Grits.
You love to travel though, so maybe you should think about joining a
club. Where do you like to go? Anywhere they have cheese, gravy, bacon,
butter, or eggs and a good time. If you can go somewhere where they have
all these things, that serves you well. You are pure in heart.
BOILED PEANUTS (Sept 24 - Oct 23) You have a passionate desire to help
your fellow man. Unfortunately, those who know you best, your friends
and loved ones, may find that your personality is much too salty, and
their criticism will affect you deeply because you are really much
softer than you appear. You should go right ahead and marry anybody you
want to because in a certain way, yours is a charmed life. On the road
of life, you can be sure that people will always pull over and stop for
you.
BUTTER BEAN (Oct 24 - Nov 22) Always invite a Butter Bean to a party
because Butter Beans get along well with everybody. You, as a Butter
Bean, should be proud. You've grown on the vine of life, and you feel at
home no matter what the setting. You can sit next to anybody. However,
you, too, shouldn't have anything to do with Moon Pies.
ARMADILLO (Nov 23 - Dec 21) You have a tendency to develop a tough
exterior, but you are actually quite gentle and kind inside. A good
evening for you? Old friends, a fire, some roots, fruit, worms, and
insects. You are a throwback. You're not concerned with today's fashions
and trends. You're not concerned with anything about today. You're
almost prehistoric in your interests and behavior patterns. You probably
want to marry another Armadillo, but a Possum is another somewhat kinky
mating possibility
xpzaiehx -- what resulted when I tried to make spanakopita
BTW bcb and mcb there is an airport in Niagara Falls, New York but I would avoid that one because it would be heavily armed. It is USAF base I think.
Try the small airport in Virgil, Ontario. They probably would not have a fit if they saw a biplane come in. After all they do air shows from there every year. I am sure they have seen biplanes. That is the best way to look innocent. I know that is a stretch for the two of you. (grin) Innocence that is.
Hurry up and get here girls. This is the second time we have extended an invitation and you have declined or so we thought. cherry magic sheryl could really use a vacation. If you really wanted to be nice you could fly CMS to cologne girl's town and then take both of them to the places we lived in Germany. Lahr in the Swarzwald is gorgeous. That is the Black Forest for you anglophones. /,)
That way Colgone Girl could take part. She could show you some of Europe and then you could fly her over here for a little tour and then fly her home. Then if you could find more fuel you could fly to downundergal and pick up rg at her family's place and come home. By then it should be time to kayak to Hawaii. /,0 Just a thought. I could track you on that ra...device you borrowed for me.
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Usually Zaza demands money. Unfortunately (she) yex never.
BTW teresa in pgh you are right. I am stubbornly sensuous. /,D
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Happily Bob found his manuscript, Jenny. Xavier grinned.
Ha! I'm a Crawfish! Prefer pool to golf course? I think not, although bath tub to family room, damn right and if you people don't stop making me laught so flipping hard I will be the water cooler. Although, I take offense to the attractive part. I'm not that bad looking for an alien.
cbvzu - CB's virtual zach underwear
jen-t: Yep, drive up past Erie and then through Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse. Ok. The vineyards are nice to look at, but the first couple hours of thruway in NY. Bleck.
Murder #8? Nice body count. The GAM will be proud. Or maybe envious. So how many people to you typically knock off in a book?
Talpiana: You are so totally an Okra! :)
And I am Collards. (June 22 - July 23)
Collards have a genius for communication.
Well, if it says so, it must be true.
They love to get in the melting pot of life and share their essence with
the essence of those around them.
Share their essence? Is it me or does that just sound like a euphemism for YEX?
Theresa - I live next to a vineyard -they get boring. And everyone and their brother want to come and rent a limo and do the vineyard thing. It's almost as bad as taking the world to Niagara Falls. Been there done that like a million times.
BCB...
Not exactly a cowboy...I'M a cancer and have to sit in the balcony...
However we do have five acres with 15 corrals and 13 arabian horses on the place...DS #4 is a horse trainer. DSs 2 and 4 are into the old west attire, period about 1880...both were extras in the first 2 or 3 episodes of "Deadwood".
DS #3 is a gunsmith and works on old guns.
DW and DD are the riders...I'm good with a an "apple picker".
Have a 60' round ring and a 150' by 100' riding ring.
It's a fairly good horse ranch, plus we have a few trees of various kinds.
Driveway is two tenths of a mile from road.
iowfgt red
what I said when horse stepped on foot.
tal opined: Old friends, a fire, some roots, fruit, worms, and insects. You are a throwback. You're not concerned with today's fashions and trends. You're not concerned with anything about today.
*SNORT* Yeah, that first part is why I like road trips with MCB. She digs the most interesting grav-- um, fire pits. And that whole last part? Anyone remember me clothes shopping for the Atlanta Debacle? [shudder]
Scope Dope: I think I figured out the rocket launcher. Not feedback. Kickback. Yeah, I remember now. Took me a while to climb back up on the deck. Zaza, hook one of these up to that office chair and you'll need to do more than cut down a couple of trees to retrieve it.
And I DID ask about the trackability of a biplane. Not that anyone would be looking for us. Necessarily. Just to be on the safe side. They said something like if anyone saw us they would never believe it. Good enough for me.
And are we really INVITED? Like you wouldn't mind if we showed up? Geez, I thought maybe you hadn't quite forgiven us for the last time. Guess you found a way to use up all that ice cream. Or was it frozen yogurt?
I love the idea of traveling to the Black Forest. Spooky. Mysterious. I could probably write some really good conspiracy theories after that. In German. Watch out CG, you're about to get some competition.
Ooops, DD is back. She is feeling so much better. Poor baby is pretty puffy though. I try not to laugh. That wouldn't be nice.
bw
Louis:
Sounds like cowboys to me.
Sigh.
Sigh.
Deep sigh.
It's a fairly good horse ranch, plus we have a few trees of various kinds.
LMAO.
Um, can I come out and set on the porch a spell and chat about various and sundry things? Maybe during the dinner hour when everyone is gathered around the camp fire? I'll bring desert. I'll even help you pick apples. [grin]
I heard rumours at the RWA conference that contemporary cowboy paranormals are the next hot thing. I am not kidding. Unfortunately. So I figure that if I interview you, Talpianna and Jen-T, well, I'll have a story about a cowboy and a pair of a-normals. It'll be a big hit.
And it will be so much fun. But you're going to have to tell me if it's a left or a right turn off that road into your driveway.
And, um, what kind of pie do your DS's like? Any kind they don't have to scrape off their boots?
bw
I just had to share this with all you Moot and Cerise fans:
http://heartathomecards.com/catalog/images/LGV-TunnelofLove-oscw.jpg
The best thing about the Black Forest:
http://www.crumpetsa.com/images/cake_black_forest.jpg
BCB wrote: I'll bring desert.
I should do that. Arizona has plenty to spare. If you mean dessert, see pic immediately above.
I heard rumours at the RWA conference that contemporary cowboy paranormals are the next hot thing. I am not kidding. Unfortunately. So I figure that if I interview you, Talpianna and Jen-T, well, I'll have a story about a cowboy and a pair of a-normals. It'll be a big hit.
I can see it now. The Mole gets the cowboy, they make passionate love in a burrow, and then Jen-T eats both of them.
If you include recipes, you could have a bestselling contemporary cowboy paranormal COOKBOOK!
dtrdvr -- Diverting Tal, Robert Doherty virtuously (w)rites.
llqsxx -- I don't know what it is, but it sounds both pornographic and messy.
What's the muppet for Moon Child? I'm curious now. Please tell me it's not the Pig... ;>)
And Bry and MCB, we're totally on for next week. Shane was happy about me riding in with him on the bike. We may just ride all the way up to the city, who knows. That would be fun. I'll have to take the train back though, since he is leaving early that day to make it back for Youth Group. I'm skipping it that night, so I can hang out with you people.
Anyone else want to join the three of us for dinner in DC next Wednesday?
MCB - anyplace you pick is FINE. Just remember that I prefer rocks-lotsa-salt, and we are A-O-K.
GG- that article was funny. And kinda scary. Dark chocolate? I'm with "me" on that one, I think that might be a very un-pc thing to say, don't you?tou
BCB...
No apple trees...do have citrus trees.
Do have a nice deck that overlooks most of the property.
It's a left turn coming in. There's a ranch sign by the driveway.
The DLD "Ta-Da" cover is catching on...about half way thru Sandra Brown's "Ricochet".... the cover can be a "Ta-Da" to a dead body.
wcrkow green
what Crusie reads kicks out waves
Louis: Hmm. Thought you meant horse apples. Sometimes I am so relieved to be wrong. I'll be there as soon as we resolve this whole other travel thing we've got going on. Provided I survive.
I picked up three Crusie books at the library yesterday (they only had three), as I thought DD might need some comic relief after her tooth extraction. I mean really, with a choice between a Crusie and a swift demise, one might even condescend to read a romance. One might think so. And one might be mistaken.
She looked at the book covers, said "I look like that dog."
I said: "His name is Fred."
She said: "Yep. I'm Fred."
So last night when I went to turn off her light I pulled a book out from under her face. It wasn't Fred's book; that was on the floor, half under her bed. It was a book of Spanish literature. In Spanish. I've created a monster.
Coincidentally, her first semester books also came via cute-shorts-wearing-UPS-guy yesterday. Following orders as usual, I was reading the packing slip to make sure they all got shipped and noticed one was called "The Rock." And I thought: Wow. Really?
I was so impressed. Then I looked at the book itself. Subtitled "A Tale of Seventh Century Jerusalem." So. Not the same book.
Still, I might have to read it someday. Once you've paid for a book, it's hard to ignore it.
Poor Fred. Though I will re-read his story before I take it back. It's the least I can do. Hey, I bought it the first time around and then donated it. My budget can only take so much.
And I was skimming WTT earlier and got to the part where it says: Nothing but good times ahead. LMAO.
bw
colognegirl said...
So ist it possible that the English meaning of "steer" differs from the German "Stier" (we also have the word "Bulle", too) in that detail?
When buying some Porterhouse steaks the other day, I commented on how small they were and said they must have come from petite cows. "Beef," I was informed. Cows are for milk. Beef are for eating. Yikes. That is totally creepy, you know? Being just bread to be killed and devoured. Damn amazing I'm not a vegetarian.
miitanh (blue)
Moe brought Italian tomatoes and Netherlands hams.
dee sez: GG- that article was funny. And kinda scary. Dark chocolate? I'm with "me" on that one, I think that might be a very un-pc thing to say, don't you?
Well, that white chocolate isn't really chocolate at all and milk chocolate isn't as rich. If I'm going to drown, I want it to be in good, rich, dark, gooey, quality chocolate. :)
But I was kind of wondering why the journalist and its editor felt the need for that sentence. I guess an extra sentence online is free, unlike printing media.
Tal: you can add me to the list of the ABD contingent. I'm in good company with you and Jenny.
i was really expecting it to reach 200 by the time i got home. i'm slightly disappointed in you all...
scoop dope: YOU'RE BACK!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!
zaza: thanks for the explanation (the mass market, single title, whole shebang)
marcia in ok: glad the interview went well. and just on the off, off chance you may be part of this too, is the child abuse network YesICAN? (International Child Abuse Network, which has facilitated chat rooms for peole who have or are suffering abuse, esp as a child but not specifically, in an effort to bring awareness and help. run by Sue Meier)
for those interested, the site is:
http://www.yesican.org/
i helped them for, geez, six years now? and my mom a few years longer than that. (i sold tickets to events, which i am very good at, participated and volunteered for events, etc. great organization).
i am a Moon Pie. and apparently most of you should stay away from my round self.
dee: Aries is Scooter, who i looked up:
info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooter_(Muppet)
picture:
http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/muppets3big5.shtml
louis: the things you learn about people. horses and land and trees, oh my.
amc: have fun with the troupe
it is interesting they clarified the chocolate, but we may be reading too much into it. that's the problem with subtle racism (i mean, besides the fact that it's racism). not sure if it's an innocent remark or a veiled derogatory term.
night all.
BTW: Jenny added a third note to her Argh Ink post tonight. well, yesterday.
in a few hours some of you will be waking up. how weird.
Wow Lots of posts
Marcia glad the interview went well
KI hope your DD's feeling better
BCB glad your DD's feeling better, hope taking her to college is going well
SDCB glad it's not a worst day and hope the morphine helps. So wonderful to hear from you
I'm a peanut according to Southern astrology . Interesting concept
Bryan, Dee, MCB have fun in DC
blue dhjqm depressed housewife jumped quarter moon
I'm going to eat The Mole and The Cowboy? You people need to get a life. Yeah, I know, I'm the pathetic one, I get it.
And you people are really messing with my dreams. I one of those people who very bizzare dreams. I think It's because my husband walks and talks in his sleeps, along with two of my children, so it's kind of creepy at my house at night. You add that to all my issues from childhood and then according to my husband, my choice in music effects my thought process. I have a mix of country, disco and heavy metal on my ipod that I listen to when I'm writing and so I could be listening to a song from Aerosmith, then jump to Alan Jackson then to Disco Inferno. I tell him it goes with my Gemini personality. He's a gemini too, but we're not sure what he did with his twin. Okay, totally rambling now, so where was I. Oh, yeah my dream.
Last night I dreamt I was in the balcony with the old guys from the muppet show because there were sharks eating the audience it was the only place I'd be safe. I'm not lying. I woke up, blinking my eyes and thought, "Holy shit, I've lost it." I guess I said it out loud because my husband, already up for golf, said, "You lost it years ago, honey."
if you guys ever get a chance stop over at killerpassion.blogspot.com and say hello to me and my friends. Not sure when it's my turn to post again, probably monday or tuesday, but there are eight of us and we get lonley. Just check it out. Just a bunch of crazy writers.
Jen T. I don't see what's wrong with your music choices. Just add in some Elivis and Sinatra and WE could be twins.
Checking out your blogspot.
lbooth
lbooth - Ha! I do have Elvis! No Sinatra - sorry, he just doesn't do it for me.
NJ News - just found out that after the bookfair there will be a party til you drop thing with music, dancing and dare i say it, keroke! Okay, I'll do the dancing, but singing, god forbid.
Ahh Come On... Sing. Just change your intent.
Most people sing to please. Not me. It's my chosen method of torture on all my family birthdays. And sometimes just for kicks.
lbooth
Another scaring moment in my life. In the 4th grade I joined the childrens church choir - the woman who ran actaully told me to mouth the words. I never sang again, and I never will. Now, dancing, that I can do since I make a living do that - and no, not that kind of dancing, geez, people.
Where did you hear about the party? Scooped Up thinks it will be in our room all weekend. She made me buy new pjs for it. I fashioned myself after Lani(Whisky Sour Cherry)from her working-in-your-pajamas workshop
FWIW - SDCB used to have a lovely singing voice so maybe you can be a singing/dancing team
I'm jealous of the DC dinner(yes I see the irony when I get to meet The Cherr-ee and the GAM in OCtober)so I'm counting on Dee and MCB to dish. Have lotsa-salt/rocks for me. Yummm
Planning a quiet day catching up on JCF and JoAnn Ross digests. I'm over a week behind. Should take all day
Gotta find some Mayan Chocolate to read by.
GG - I loved that article. I'm with you on the dark chocolate. I turn my nose up at lesser chocolates. NOT!
Off to do laundry. I'll check in later if I can but I have tons left to do before I hit the road tomorrow.
Kyra was a blast, and the Baboo and the wee munchin were pretty adorable too.
Dee & MCB... I have no way to contact you when I get to DC. It's sort of a big city and I'm not keen asking a few thousand people "Are you Dee? No? What about MCB? Okay, sorry to bother you."
I'm not sure how much internet access I'll have between now and Wednesday. Let me know something so I'm not flying blind.
Jen-t,
You're so much like me it's scary... well, except the Kermit thing... you might want to see somebody about that.
Everybody,
Gonna miss you. Thanks for adopting me as a CB. I'll be back in a couple weeks.
Now, just talk amongst yourselves.
Bryan - quick note if you get this. yes we are still one one of us will give your cell a call prob. tuesday. Looking at dinner I think since its a working day for me.
Me. I'm uncomfortable dancing. Mostly because when I did it was in dance clubs and the guys, well, you know. I'd end up yelling at them to stop touching. I think I was traumatized.
But THAT kind of dancing is great exercise. I started out kickboxing, then moved to belly dancing and finally my DH put a stripper pole in the garage. No one saw the dancing part but my arms looked fantabulous.
lbooth
Marcia~ Glad it went well! You deserve the best for doing what you're doing.
Bye Bryan~ Have a wonderful and safe trip!
I'm so far from southern (but still NICE, RSS) so I had to look up Chitlins. I’ll just say I am slightly repulsed at myself right now.
CMS & SDCB~ Have a great pj party! I saw the Mayan Chocolate at the store last night, so I bought a pint. I had a spoonful last night and WOWZA! I’ll be thinking of you when I eat some more later :)
Singing/Dancing: When you’re surrounded by friends, it’s all good. Otherwise, not a chance in hell. (Stripper pole? No comment.)
cndueg: Can nobody dance under extreme gobsmacking?
Lori If somehow I implied non southerners weren't nice I didn't mean to. My preference would be to live farther north but DH grew up in NJ and likes the south. To use a cliche Some of my best friends are Northerners or transplanted ones
You're in Minn right? DH was consulting in Austin for several months. He said the people were very friendly and he enjoyed being there
The friendliest large U.S. city I've ever been in was Chicago. Some friends and I were out there for a conference more than 20 years ago and ended up on a bus late one night. Everyone on the bus was friendly, giving us suggestions of places to visit and restaurants to try
xanydg green zany dog
Where is rss? I seem to have lost her. has she changed her name? What is happening here? How are we supposed to keep track if everyone changes their name? Okay so Sarah dubbed me Scooped up Cherry Bum but you will note, I did not change my name to that. jen-t, princess jen, jupitor jen do you think somehow this could be your fault? I wonder. Hmmmm! Still love you though.
So this party till you drop. Does that mean that you are not going to party in our room? Oh well, guess I don't need to worry about the Vandermint then or the salt or the limes or the crushed ice for the drinks that no one is bringing the liquor for. Maybe we could make Vandermint Margaritas. /,D
red gczeacip
Guy crazy ZAZA escapes as Crusie (finishes work) in progress.
Robin S (aka RSS): While I appreciate your support of the friendliness of the north, I was (vaguely) referencing the story you told about the woman who had been north and wasn’t used to people being friendly. If you give me a do-over, I’ll phase it this way: (but still NICE, Random Person that RSS talked to that one day)
Also: Yes, I’m in MN. Good memory. BTW: I noticed on your blog the other day that you are finding spreadsheets helpful, any interest in doing one for the CBs? ;)
“DH enjoyed his months in Austin...“
He must not have been here during the winter, but if he was here a few months, I don’t know how he missed it. Just lucky I guess.
I do love Chicago, but I have a few scary stories from being in some distinctly unfriendly areas of that great city. Please don’t tell my mom.
SDCB: Hi!
dhzbe: Dear husband's zainy brothers eating.
SDCB - Why does everyone blame me? Geez. I'm a gemini - I can be two places at once! We will party wherever. However, I'd pay money to see the GAM dance. Really wish he could read these posts right now. Maybe Jenny will tell him that there is a party after the bookfair and we all want to see him dance. Most military guys I've met actually can put a pretty decent grove on. My brother is an excellent dancer and he was Navy. Might have something to do with the fact that our mother was a Rockett - Yes she was, I kid you not. She was also Miss. Penn in the Miss American pagent. Yes, I did a few pagents when I was a kid, but never won. I was always told I didn't interview well. Had something to do with my foul mouth.
My daughter did a few pagents, but she hated them more than I did. Funny, she's more like my mom in the talent department. I'm an okay dancer, but those two are fabulous. Funny, daughter wants to play college hockey. Funny, her mother really was a tom boy. Only got dressed up for those stupid dance comps.
AHHHH jen-t POOR BABY! We love you that is why we tease you. But you are the master at changing identities. maybe that has something to do with you being a gemini. /,)
Geez your mom was a Rockette? Cool. Maybe that is where you and your brother did get your dancing ability. In NJ you will have to show us your high kicks. Sent you an email.
Hi Lori thanks for the heads up on Robin S aka rss. Sent you, Lori,a reply to your happy little email related to Bob. You made my day.
blue sktyw
Some kids test your wits.
singing: it's sad. i'm the best among my family, and i'm below average. does that stop me? of course not.
bryan: have fun and be safe and try not to get killed when you go up to random women looking for dee and mcb. and good luck with all your shots- hope they're a killer.
rss: lori said you do spreadsheets. do one for the CBs. please? with a cherry (not related to The Cherry) on top?
orangehands read your email
red aqzlmcmc
All quiet Zaza. Like Mayer's cursing. Mayer's cursing(Crusie).
ok scope dope. but i'm leaving in ten minutes and should probably get dressed. but when i get back, i will.
quick Q: what exactly is a beta reader? Jenny mentioned them in her post on Well Behaved and i think i have the gist of them but wondering if there was an exact definition or whatever...
never mind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_reader
see, wiki is the best!
later all.
Lori, OH I am doing spreadsheets not because I like them or am good at them but because I kept forgetting which notebook I wrote things in and so was doing dumb things like giving a character blue eyes in one book and brown in the next and messing up dates. Believe me you don't want me doing spreadsheets.
And I really hate it that I'm finding them helpful. But I am. They are a pain tho.
SDCB Sorry for the name confusion. When I set up the blogger thing which was really to answer Dee about NJ somehow I ended up with Robin S. instead of rss
Spreadsheets???? Is someone trying to ORGANIZE us??? Well bless her heart.
Scoop - do let me know about the Vandermint. Oh, yeah, I owe you an email don't I? Sorry this past week has been hectic. But I read them, I promise.
And Dee and I have very specific requirements for margaritas, vandermint not being one of them. But I do want to try your drink. And I don't particularly care where we have the party.
emacarb: what the pasta said to the steak.
ok, in a rush but can't stay away. bye girls. try not to do anything i wont do...yeah, that leaves this warning way too open. but try to come up with a cautious CB and...bye! back tomorrow
Okay, so I've been working on the house, helping a friend move, and at work today. This means I'm somewhat behind and I know I'm going to miss things, but here goes...
wisdom teeth- had all four out on a thursday and was working McDonald's drive through on Saturday. Guess we all do react differently.
Falling on teh pool edge- OUCH- glad she's just brised and sore, hope she get's feeling better soon.
zaza- yes, you're right, I just wanted to get the back yard cultivated. And it would have woked to if you hadn't spilled the beans
southern horrorscope- I'm okra- which makes sense, in college I was active in dorm life and the cheer for the Oklahoma Residence Hall Association was, "We are a vegetable, say we are OkRHA! HEY!" The state wasn't much better than the regional one of "Party with ALOT. Party with ALOT. Arkansas, Lousiana, Oklahoma, Texas. Party with ALOT." This was accompanied by arm motions in the spirit of YMCA for the first letter of each state name. Yep, I was a nerd then and I'm a nerd now.
Bovines- According to the glossary in "A Field Guide to Cows: How to Identify and Appreciate America's 52 Breeds"
OXEN are working cattle, male or female
BULL is an uncastrated male
COW mature female with at least one calf
CALF is a sexually immature young cow
STEER male castrated before secondary sexual characteristics appear
DUAL PURPOSE a cow breed raised for two uses, that is either beef and draft or beef and dairy, hardly ever dairy and draft
HEIFER a young female cow, especially one that has never had a calf
STAG Male castrated after secondary sexual characteristics develop
and on the subject of cowboys- I surely do love living where we still have working ranches with good looking men in tight wrangler's and high heeled boots. YUM
Jen-T/Regis wrote: However, I'd pay money to see the GAM dance. Really wish he could read these posts right now. Maybe Jenny will tell him that there is a party after the bookfair and we all want to see him dance. Most military guys I've met actually can put a pretty decent grove on.
Just because he can put a tree on his head doesn't mean he can dance, you know.
gksskyaw --too depressed to try it
CC wrote: I surely do love living where we still have working ranches with good looking men in tight wrangler's and high heeled boots. YUM
Oookay. FIRST I go to CO all by myself to visit CC. And her cowboys. The rest of you can meet up with us later.
TAL: What is wrong?
bw
talpianna whatever is wrong to make you depressed? Can we help? Lots of {{{{{{CB hugs}}}}}} going your way.
On another blog, I've had my wrist slapped for making "offensive" comments (I have no idea how they offended, and it certainly wasn't my intention!) and on the dict.com board, someone announced that she had put me on Ignore because she didn't like the fact that I addressed posts to her when they weren't actually replies to her, but expansions or illustrations of what she said.
I saw no solution but to put her on Ignore myself, to avoid this.
Since she and I are major participants in the word games on that forum, obviously one of us has to quit playing. Since she was there first, I shall withdraw gracefully (I hope).
lydlja -- Swedish translator's response to a query whether Agnes killed someone with a ladle
gopcr--what burrowing mammals (not moles!) leave behind on Jen-T/Regis's golf course
Geez, Tal. They obviously have no appreciation for the finer things in life. Humour, esp. rare dry humour like yours, is at the top of that list. Intelligence is right up there too. Sounds to me like someone, bless her heart, is taking herself much too seriously, and I doubt it's you.
Please feel free to try to offend me anytime you feel the need. I doubt you could, but go ahead. CB's are made of strong stuff -- have to be to put up with this bunch. [grin]
Don't you think a wrist-slapping deserves a good butt-kicking? Let me go put on my work boots and grab my shovel. Meet you out in back of the blogger woodshed in a hour. We'll get Jen-T too. I'll tease them till they blush and stammer, Jen will confuse them until they cry in frustration and smoke comes out their ears, and you can referee everyone's grammar and spelling and word usage.
Yep. We'll leave 'em in a quivering heap. And then we'll come back here where the finer things are appreciated.
bw
Ahhhh talpianna that is just wrong. I am so sorry that someone, bless her heart the b*t*h, takes life so seriously. Obviously she was feeling a little under appreciated. I am sorry you lost your game because of it. We love you and I know it is not the same but you will always be welcome with us. Get the Mole army organized.
Okay, I've fired up the bus and loaded up the shovels. Everyone aboard for AZ. We've got a body to dispose of.
And Tal, you should make just one more eensy visit to that site. Just lay in wait until the proper moment, that perfect moment and then... WHAM! hit her with a "Bless Your Heart."
Oops. So sorry. I should have said "a body of which we need to dispose."
Oh yeah, and how could I forget? MCB will be driving the bus. That's an experience that will put the fear of Bob into anyone.
And once OH gets back tomorrow, watch out. That altar will be cleared off and ready for sacrifices faster than you can say "Mole Rangers."
Don't worry, we'll have this taken care of in no time.
bw
Mole Ranger Lori reporting for duty.
Wouldn'tcha know my shovel is covered in dog apple residue from clearing the lawn this afternoon, so let’s strap it to the top of the bus (so we don't have to smell it) and go.
qzcyn: Quickly zoom cherrybombs, you're needed.
Jen t--My mom got a similar comment from one of her elementary school music teachers. She too has not sung since.
Louis--My mother also lives on 5 acres and there is a corral next to the house (the last owners owned a horse). Sadly, the corral will soon be dismantled because it is not very effective for containing cats.
Tal--We love you very much and will rally behind you. Just let us know when and where.
I went to a library book sale in the neighboring town today. I brought both my book list and my mother's (she was en route on a plane and was frustrated that she couldn't make it there herself) and bought a box full of books for less than $20. Some great finds including one of the GAM's books (Area 51: The Truth) and a book that made me think og Jen T--Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary or why can't anybody spell? by Vivian Cook. ;) I've got nothing but love for you, Jen T, you know that.
Also--anyone who has read Bob's Area 51 books--should I read them in order or is it not necessary?
Christina: I haven't read any of the Area 51 books yet but, generally, I find it is best to read a book in the order it is written. Once you start moving words around, rearranging sentences and turning points, well, it's just not the same. Sometimes that's a good thing, but I think The GAM probably gets it right.
bw
BCB--You may actually be my favorite smart ass, at least at the moment. Coming from a family of smart asses, your comments make me feel very warm and fuzzy. And no, not in that way. ;)
Yeah, well, both parents were teachers (dad taught HS English) and I grew up sitting on dictionaries all the damn time. Glad one of us feels warm and fuzzy about it. [grin]
If any of my three sisters ever find this blog, it will explode. Hell no, I'm not going to tell them. I've shared enough toys with them as it is.
bw
Tal--poor baby! What's wrong with them? Obviously they aren't smart enough or discerning enough to appreciate you. Because, frankly, I don't think you know how to be offensive or rude.
christina said...
Also--anyone who has read Bob's Area 51 books--should I read them in order or is it not necessary?
They do kind of build story to story, but I'd definitely read the first one first, if at all possible. I have most of the series, but I quite after #3 or #4 because I hit a gap and didn't want to have to play catch up. Maybe he'll answer this one, if he can see it. It's been a year or two since I read any of them, so it's kind of hazy now. ;+)
ejjiuf (red)
Even Jenny jitterbugs in urban funspots.
Christina...you are right about corrals not containing cats...we have chain link fencing on ours..to keep DH's from poking heads thru and rubbing manes off.
Won't even keep squirrels from running thru the links...
BCB...
You should read the Area 51 books in order...the second "Area 51-The Reply" is a bit repeticious of the first but the rest are very good. "Nosferetu" and "Legand" kinda tie up everthing that wasn't explained in previous ones.
Altogether a good series.
fteyubk green
fine that everyone's YEC uses Bob's kick
Louis, you crack me up. I think you're going to have to say DAH's though, so we can separate the men from the horses (no, not like that, geez). For a minute there I had a vision of chain link fencing being used as a substitute for a shave and haircut.
If I ever get around to the Area 51 books, I will indeed read them in order. The books and the words. Problem is, ever since I got home from Atlanta, I'm having trouble concentrating on reading or writing. I just finished reading a book that I started two WEEKS ago. Most disturing-- not the book, my inability to concentrate. Though I believe most of the mayhem in my life is about to cease and order will be restored. Or else.
We do seem to have some squirrels running through the blog from time to time -- any fencing suggestions? Rapier? Foil? Broadsword?
bw
Tal,
I used to have a bumper sticker on my car. It read "my German Shepherd is smarter than your honor student."
I finally took it down because /some/ people thought it offensive. I can only assume this is because they were afraid of a Truth like that being universally known.
The dog didn't care either way, so long as she got fed regularly. She doesn't worry herself about other people projecting their feelings of inferiority.
Humans. Sheesh.
sknsfbtz - the sort of word used in Skinhead Scrabble games
Mary your German Shepherd IS smarter than the honor student. The dogs just don't want to hurt the honor students feelings so they don't always show how smart they are.
My German Shepherd seems to know when it is Monday. On Mondays my nurse comes and only on Mondays. From the time we get up Monday morning the dog starts whining at the door. When the phone rings and she hears me say "Good Morning" she knows it is the nurse. Then she is at the door, all antsy, until the nurse pulls up in her car. The minute she sees the nurse she starts talking to her and bouncing at the door...because the nurse ALWAYS gives her cookies. She eats the first lot of cookies before the nurse does the procedure on me then she gets two more when we are finished. Then she jumps up and kisses the nurse. (BTW these are only little cookies for dogs.)I swear that the dog is talking to the nurse. She makes all kinds of sounds with different intonations. It is too bad we don't understand her.
German Shepherds rule! I love my dog. She is eleven and starting to show her age which scares me because she is such a good friend to me. She makes me feel safe and secure when DH is not here. She gives unconditional love and as I said I think she is very smart.
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Penny's virtual manuscript is almost finished. Virtually verbose.
green ruvrdnd
Regular utterances vary. Robert Doherty needs demons.
Hi Everyone,
DD age 8 is feeling much better. She is not even walking bow legged today. Thanks for all the well wishes and good thoughts. Hopefully the bruising will have gone down enought for her to play with the other kids at day camp tomorrow.
that is what they did to tal? our mole? those jerks. that's it, i was offering a back hoe but you're also getting the choice of which dagger i should use on them. let's see, we have "ceremonial", "bloody death", "pain beyond all reason", "very pretty when sticking out of people's limbs", and "didn't see that coming, did you". plus, e-bay's sending me more. followed by HS guys wondering why i need so many daggers. you try explaining to them about TOTW and sacrifical alters and...geez, like talking to a brick wall. with handcuffs. MCB, distract them.
so just say the word and i'll start swiping, tal. jerks. be mean to the Mole and you have a whole bunch of CBs after you. those idiots.
and of course a dog is smarter than a honor roll student. compare lives. one gets to lay around all day, play games, get backrubs, get constant food and water, go on walks. the other one studies and watches TV and loses brain cells nightly. only thing with a better life is a cat (they basically have permission to be total a**holes and still get whatever they want).
come on, tal, pick a dagger. and here, correct all my grammar and misspelled words. we appreciate utter annoyances like you on this blog. :)
KI: glad DD is ok. all i can think of though is "OUCH!!!"
Tal - I am joining the troops on their way to AZ - we will be there soon so that all those daggers Orangehands is accumulating will be put to good use (need many hands for all those knives).
I think, perhaps, that the woman on dict.com was "offended" because you are smarter. People who think they are "all that" are annoyed when it's proven that they aren't, and isn't it a damn shame that others have to put up with that behavior.
Fear not Tal, we'll take care of her.
dzkqpuux - what that other woman on dict.com is
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what we are going to do to her
Scope Dope --
Is Ky your German Shepherd? I thought he was an Aussie Shepherd.
The /only/ problem with your blog is the lack of MORE dog pictures! And daughter pictures. (I won't ask you to post any pictures of yourself, since I sure as heck don't want to reciprocate!)
Ky is my dog. He's the aussie/border collie. Tara is Scope Dope's mini Shepherd(if there is such a thing) I will take my digital camera over there tomorrow and take some pics of Tara for SD to post. And they will be up instantly unlike Bryan's which will take three weeks he tells me. Sheesh : )
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