A FRIEND TO MAN?

It turns out there is a fly out there that causes lumpy squirrels.

(Thanks to Isabelle Briand)

(And, yes, this blog is well aware that "Lumpy Squirrels" would be a good name for a rock band)

Comments

[Susan]

GDMFSOB

(repeat at will, I sure am right now.)

I have been working on the billing, to do affidavits. Since we are not using the billing part of our commercial scheduling program, we don't need the printed statements, just the time sheets. I had printed them for March, a month ago, but never did the statements till today, when I was going to close March and go on to April. Well, for several months it has been weird about not closing a month, telling me I needed to be in the next month...which I am.

Well. I printed the statements from March. Told it to close out the month. "Are you done with the month's business?" "YES!!!" So what do I put for the month I'm closing? Yep, April. Cause this is May, don't ya know? Of all months to actually work and close a month. It closed April. Meaning all the time sheets and everything are gone gone gone. I will now have to go back and regenerate logs from the month, making sure everything is there, to get the time sheets.

Booger.

I now return you to your discussion of screen shots.

[Polly]

How cool!
You bet I will.

[Mr.Fishair]

I'm may be busy, but I ain't never to busy to pinch a Polly.

*Loves her a gladtoseeyadon'tstaygonesodamnedlongcuzwe,uhspeciallyIreallygettomissingthesweetnessthatisPolly kinda pinch*

Speaking of posters, anyone hang on up of Cheryl Tiegs? I'm much too busy or I wood.

Mad-n-Weasel-Great pics!! Our local Faire is going on for the next three weekends, but I don't I'm gonna get to make it thise year. *sighs*
So I will probably just have live through you guysuz pics. Anyone eat a Turkey Leg? I love those things!

Oh, right.

*backs to werk*

[Marvin]

dun dun dunnnnn....

[D'Artagnan]

Fish, buddy, you stretched the MOAT. That is a major offense.

Penalty: you are to drink 20 screen shots in a row, without chasers.

Report back after recovering, however long that takes.

[Mr.Fishair]

*goes to basement to hide out permanently*

This officially concludes my posting comments.

[Mr.Fishair]

*runs back in*

*Grabs screen shots*

*gets attacked by anrgy Moat mob*

[Mad "about Weasel" Scientist]

ok for those waiting for it Polly singing and playing guitar is finally up on the Y site files folder
Enjoy she is really good!

[Mr.Fishair]

*Repeats eleventy thousand "Hail Barry's" in hopes of not getting spanked and for fear of exacerbation, hides again*

[Mad "about Weasel" Scientist]

fishair yes I will email you the turkey leg

[Polly]

Sorry that file is so huge, guys. I am not very bright when it comes to computerish things.

[Susan]

*taking a moment to listen to Polly, and check pictures*

[slyeyes]

Miss Polly Truheart!! I am impressed. That was very good!! Excellent!

*stands and holds up cigarette lighter*

*Gets it too close to sprinkler system (which is a trick since I'm short)*

*looks at sodden case file*

This could be a problem.

[Polly]

Maybe I'll quit my day job and join a band, man. ;-)

[sandy beach]

I haven't found the music file yet but I have to say that the pic of Mad and Mike at The Weasel's Den is adorable!

*no longer wants Greek food, holding out for turkey leg*

[Susan]

{{{Polly}}}

Great song!

And hugs to Peri for letting us know, and Mad for posting it too.

And Mad and Mike, great photos!

Really, I'm working. Honest. I also have what looks to be a long school board meeting, in addition to redoing stuff for the billing. Gonna be a later night than I planned on, it looks like.

Someone have a drink or two for me, I obviously don't need one with all this to do.

[sandy beach]

Finally got to the music file. Great song!

And I love the ending...

[Polly]

I'll pop a few pain pills for you, Susan.

*smiles vacantly*

[Mad "about Weasel" Scientist]

it is in the file folder under polly sings and plays

[Brat]

{{{{{{{{ Polly }}}}}}}

OmiGoshYoureBackYouWereMissedPleaseStickAroundAndGraceUs WithYourPresence!

WayFarCool......scurries off to look for song.

[Brat]

floats back from the Y

OK, Brat, don't gush.......awwww screw it, I'm gonna gush

Excellent Polly! You have an instant legion of fans! A voice like smoky velvet.

erm ... maybe shouldn't have said legion ... all that's gone now. The rest of the gushing is 100 percent true

[Mad "about Weasel" Scientist]

Marvin it was an audio file and polly and I finally figured it out. Well polly did anyhow. but thanks for the help

[Mad "about Weasel" Scientist]

ok I am going to go work now and the only way that will happen is to take this computer offline for awhile. So play nice folks and I'll see you on the flip side.

[Mad "about Weasel" Scientist]

um and the previous post to marvin was really to wurm but y'all knew that right

[Polly]

Hi there, Brat and Sandy!

Thanks so much. I was really nervous to share that with anybody and you all made me feel so good.

[Mike "Mad's Dork" Weasel]

Thanks, yall! We had fun and may go back in two weeks! I think I'll leave the claymore behind this time. Cool as it is, it's gets weighty on the back after a day of walking around. Plus I can more readily participate in the hurling of weapons at targets-type games.

[sandy beach]

It really was good, Polly. I have listened to a lot of recordings of regular people in misguided singing attempts. Your voice is just right--mellow and understated and very sexy. I could definitely listen to more!

[slyeyes]

A Mary Chapin Carpenter kind of voice. I liked it.

[Polly]

I'm working on another one. Should have it posted in a bit.

[Eleanor]

*zips in singing*

Blinded by the Light!

WOW!

This monitor is beyond cool - beyond way cool, it's fabulous! The print is really big, but the View setting for text is still medium, so...?

Calling Computer tech guys and gals:

When I ordered this from Dell it came with a VGA connector and a DVI one - the Dell guy (whose name was Pierre and he was from the Phillipines, but talking to me from Texas), said the DVI was to the VGA as stereo was to mono and it was included - but when CG went to hook it up, there was no place to plug in the DVI thingy on the back of the computer. So I called computer Guy who said DVI was way overhyped and I would be fine with VGA, and hook it up and see - so we did. He also said that if I wanted to use the DVI cable I would have to have a video card installed in my computer and they cost $200!

So my question is: Is that true? Is there a difference? What should I do?
It's pretty bright and sharp and I haven't played yet with any controls -

Hi Polly (if you're still here!) I don't have any new bj stories for you - hee, hee, I said bj-

Greek food was yummy!

Zips over to Y site to listen to Polly*

[slyeyes]

DVI was to the VGA as stereo was to mono

Oh, dear. Is this the day for the SAT's?

[D'Artagnan]

Ele, you're perfectly fine with VGA. Let's see, that's what only about 91% of the general computing public uses, including yours truly.

And just in case anyone is still wondering, I really don't think with my thing. Really. For real.

*crosses fingers that no one mentions alcohol on this fine stretched thread*

[Wurm42]

El- ditto what D'Artagnan said. I would say the comparison is more like DVI is to VGA what HDTV is to regular TV. In terms of everyday use, unless you're playing high-end games or watching DVDs on your computer, you won't even really see the difference.

[Eleanor]

Thanks, Wurm and D'Art - I won't spend the $200!

So what's the deal - I'm gone for 2 hours and Mr. fishair stretches the margins!!!

The Greek food was great, BTW - gyros, Horiataki salad, hummus and pita bread - and enough left over for my dinner!

Polly was terrific - beautiful song!

[slyeyes]

Well, since Mr. Fishair didn't stretch the margins to the extent that we have to scroll to read, I think we shouldn't grill him just yet. He's had a tough time -- and then got excited over a Polly sighting. Heck, Brat got so excited his personalities started to unmeld again.

[Eleanor]

*zips back in from MB*

alcohol, alcohol, alcohol

Yes, as long as we don't have to do the dreaded scrolling, Mr. Fishair is still A-OK with me!

*zips out to avoid being attacked*

[djtonyb]

El - you can get a DVI capable video card for less than $100.00 (I was quoted $79.99 for a card with 128Mb. RAM). Contrary to what Computer Guy and D'Art say (sorry, boys...) if you connect your flat screen monitor with a vga cable, you are losing video quality, because you are translating it from a digital signal to VGA on your video card, and then converting back from VGA to digital at your monitor. If they included a DVI cable you may want to look into getting the DVI capable video card, as the cable is usually the most expensive investment in digital video. Or you can use it the way it is, so long as you can see the durned screen, who gives a hoot about digital or analog?

*removes horn-rimmed glasses with tape in the middle and pocket protector*

[D'Artagnan]

Or you can use it the way it is, so long as you can see the durned screen, who gives a hoot about digital or analog?

I rest my case. Remember, this means she can spend the $200 on me instead.

*commends djtonyb on digital video savviness*

[slyeyes]

DJTONY! Boy oh boy! Polly and Tony on the same day.

[djtonyb]

shhhh, sly - I'm blogging from my computer class. I need to do something to stay awake!

[slyeyes]

*whispering* oops, sorry, DJ. Don't want to get you in trouble. I'll let you get back to your class. I've got to go pack up a room

{{shudder}}

*tippy toes out of classroom; pulls fire alarm on the way out*

[djtonyb]

*is horrified when sprinklers go off and all the computers with open cases are soaked with water*

Well, I guess that we'll be getting some computer repair experience.

*towels off*

[sandy beach]

DJT--I just rented Sideways last weekend. I thought it was a great movie. Have you seen it? What did you think?

Um, but pay attention in class! Yeah, definitely.

[Wurm42]

Sideways- ewwwwww. Saw it in the movie theater after hearing/reading about how great it was. Didn't agree.
Yes, there were characters who were deeper and more realistic (aka flawed) than in most U.S. movies, but I really just didn't like most of the characters.

Don't know if I should go into more detail in case others haven't seen the movie.

[Eleanor]

Poor Val! Not looking too good here!

[slyeyes]

The wine tasting wasn't what was funny....it's the characters and their relationships to each other. Although the guy's hissy fit over Merlot was funny. DJTony would definitely be disagreeing with that part.

I enjoyed the movie.

*goes to see if she has any pinot noir*

[sandy beach]

Wurm, for me, liking the characters is not a prerequisite to liking a movie. It helps, but not a requirement. What I do require is good writing and I thought Sideways was brilliant. Really nailed some deeply flawed people, but in a loving way. And the wine stuff poked fun at the California wine obssession but also articulated why people do become obssessed with it.

It's a little, small-budget movie with great actors and totally believable plot and dialog. I loved it.

If you want to tell me more about why you hated it but not be a spoiler, send me an e-mail. I like movie arguments ... :-)

[Susan]

Sideways is one I have not yet seen, but kind of want to. I probably will, eventually.

Long boring school board meeting. I am getting very very tired of the power point presentations. Tonights was over half an hour long.

The whole meeting was over 2 hours. Not as long as some, much longer than others.

And I still have work to finish. Bleh. May have to go listen to Polly's song again first, though.

[Alex]

Ohhh...thanks, sly. I was wondering what the heck the big deal about that movie was. OK, I *might* watch it. I could use something more believable after some of the stuff I've seen in the movies lately.

[wolfie]

Alex ~ thank you much. I will give it a try tomorrow and maybe it will let me dl the thing tomorrow at work. Not system administrator and all that kinda thing. But I will give it a try. Thanks muchly *hugz*

Now I must go n pout cause I need to be mad a Val *sighs*. Can I still like him as eye candy though?

[Wurm42]

Sandy- I like movie arguments too, but I'm about to go into exam week. Catch me after the crunch is over!

Alex- Wow! Have never heard of omniformat before but...oooh, oh so useful!

[djtonyb]

WooHoo! School's out!

Re: Sideways - it's on my list of things to see, but not a high priority. Once I'm done with the school thing there'll be more time for some Blockbuster nights.

I'll have to see it to figure out what sly's referring to, but I'm not a wine snob at all - my advice is "find a wine you like, and drink it". My parents, unfortunately, like Riunite, which I will certainly drink, but would be much happier drinking an inexpensive wine that's not quite so sweet.

[sandy beach]

DJT--I thought of you when I saw this movie because you are our resident wine consultant. The movie is all about a crazy trip in the wine country--one wine connoiseuer (sp?) and his friend, who definitely has other things on his mind.

I'm glad you liked it, too, sly.

[Bismuth]

On Sideways: didn't personally like it, but I can see why some people do. Here is a review I did when I saw it, although I think I was a little harsher on it that I would be now.

[Bismuth]

now here is a great two-player game...

...stupid addictinggames.com keeping me up until all odd hours of the night...

[¿wysiwyg? (MBE-LP)]

*slips in to sneak a catch up before going home*

*downloads Polly's song and listens to it*

*fans self*

That was GREAT Polly! I'm not sure if you have a folk voice or a country music sort of voice, or a mix of both, but you have a very intriguing/attractive voice whatever it is.

Unfortunately my foray in to playing guitar never got any further than:

*pause while fiddles fingers into awkward cord arrangement*
strum...strum...strum
*pauses while fiddles fingers into new awkward cord arrangement*
strum...strum...strum
*pauses while fiddles fingers into new awkward cord arrangement*

and so on, interrupted with the sort of wailing sound that my voice makes when forced to sing, and forgetting to sing half the time while I try to remember the next fiddly cord arrangement coming up.

*sigh*

A singer I'm not. But if you ever need a project manager to produce you, or ensure the coffee is kept up to you or something, I might have something to offer.

P.S. Dibs on the Oz distribution rights!

[Mad "about Weasel" Scientist]

sideways - saw it on a cross country flight. Didn't really like it that much. Parts of it made me laugh, but I didn't really need to watch a movie to know that men are jerks. I would have liked it better if there was some sort of redemption.

I'm having a massive allergy attack and my eyes are swollen up like eggs. I hate this. bleh!!!

[kibby F5™]

Eleanor? Think we have a corner for Polly? MeThinks a little office music may be in order. And she could be sent out on assignments under cover. };/

[slyeyes]

Brings in a load of bright shiny apples*

Happy Teachers Day!

I know insomniac is one of our teachers, Rita, Wurm. Who else?

Have a good day!

[kibby F5™]

*takes apples and makes Apple Pie*

[slyeyes]

I'm cracking up here. On the radio, they are talking about the "mark of the beast" having been misinterpreted as "6-6-6". They all started guessing what it really is.

Suggestions: 999; 333; 867-5309 -- Jenny's the beast! And then they got into a whole thing of the beast answering the phone. Anyway, the thought is that it was the ancient Greeks misinterpreted it and the real "mark of the beast" is 6-1-6. (whose area code is that?)

Graffiti will be corrected accordingly.

[Wurm42]

616 is Grand Rapids, Michigan and surrounding areas.

Looks like 666 isn't used as an area code in the U.S. or Canada.

I have also read that the number of the beast might be 6 raised to the power of six, quanity raised to the power of 6. (6/\6)/\6 is the closest I can come to the real notation in keyboard text.
(which gives you some idea why medieval copyists who didn't speak math might have written it wrong)

That number works out to:
10,314,424,798,490,535,546,171,949,056

This number is so mind-boddlingly huge that it might even be the number of stops on Cher's "I'm-not-dead-yet" Comeback tour.

[Marvin]

616 is the area code around the Grand Rapids, MI area.

[Marvin]

Wurm, like so?: [(6^6)^6]

Oddly enough, it's the same key as the '6'. Devilish, I know.

[wolfie]

*Kicks work pc* Thank you Alex for the link, and I've got it at home because, well, I like toys really is my only explaination for that. But I keep getting the 'you are not system administrator and therefor how dare you exist and try to function on this computer' warning.
*Pulls a few shiny green apples from pockets and set them on teachers desk* Happy Teachers Day.
I turned the rest of them into an apple crumb coffee cake. But I forgot to bring the coffee.
*hugz Moat* G'morning everyone.

[Polly]

Good morning, moaties!

I was barfing all night. Which sucked. I only had two pain pills, for heaven's sake. What a pathetic drug addict I'd be.

Anyway, I'm about to leave for a surveillance down in Chicago...hoping not to hurl all over my new van.

I did create a new song last night but it is as big as the other one and the Y group won't let me post it. :-( I'm going to email it to Mad and maybe she can work her magic again.

I'm off to expose and dispatch evil with my trusty pinhole cam.

Cheerio!

[Wurm42]

Doh! Marvin, I stand corrected. Blame it on a short night and not enough caffeine yet today. Never try to sneak faulty math past an android with a brain the size of the universe, eh?

[Polly]

Nevermind. I barfed again. :-(

[Brat]

Polly - regarding the comment *tries not to laugh at Polly messing up the ending to the song*
That reminded me of an Allison Krause and Union Station cut that ends with 15-20 seconds of silence, and then a lot of laughing and horsing around on guitar.

You're in good company!

BTW - try one of those glue-it-to-the-window-fiber-optic-Rainbow-Six cameras. They always seemd to work for John CLark and Ding Chavez (snork)

OBTW - I converted the song to MP3, and expected it to be smaller, but I couldn't twist the converter's arm into doing mono, so it actually ended up bigger (Waaaaaa). If Mad can work the magic with it, she gets my applause.

[Polly]

Thanks Brat.

I'm not sure why it's being so difficult. Should I send the new track to you so you can maybe fix it?

[slyeyes]

Polly, under cover idea for you -- street musician. You can spy on people AND earn some money on the side.

And apparently I've got some help packing. YAY!!!!

{{Hugs Mr. Fishair}}

[insomniac]

thank you, sly - on nat'l teacher's day
(which is why I had an 8 a.m. exam, although I didn't have a 8 a.m class...)

even more mindboggingly huge would be 6 raised to the 6^6 power or 6^(6^6) = 6^46656, that would have 36306 digits, which I won't inflict the blog with.

Robert Graves ("I, Claudius") had an interesting theory about 666, in Roman numerals it is MDCLXVI, using each letter once.

Off to another final...

[Mr.Fishair]

^ please insert NAME after the word band in the above Fishbabble, Obviously, whatever Band Polly would/will be in would of course be the BEST band in the world and I would no doubt be her most loyal Grouper, erm, or Groupie, whatever.

That is all.

*Back to packing Sly in the basement ;-P *

[Bismuth]

insoniac - I believe MDCLXVI is 1666. Just iagine for a inute that M is reoved fro the ix, and you'll be just fine.

[Brat]

Polly,

Be my guest. I'll give it my best shot.

[insomniac]

Bis. - oops! my bad!

[Mr.Fishair]

Here Insomniac- Have a shot of Appleton Estate Jamaican Rum that I've been saving for Happy Teachers Day.
What?
It's been approved by 7 out of 5 Teachers. (Ok, so I wasn't very good at math)

[Eleanor]

Good morning so far - I am in on WCRE and I'm not connecting to any links that could turn out to be WMP and make me lose my place -

*loves Polly some Compazine* Good drug for stopping barfing, if you don't barf it up!

Polly, I don't know if you went back and "caught up", but kibby and I have formed the KibEl Detective Agency - you can see our business card on the Y site - and our branch office is located in one of the corners of the Moat. Pierce Brosnan applied for a position with our agency but we had to reject him because, among other things, his gun was too big, which for some reason bothered kibby! :)
Our main office is at 16542 Ramparts Drive. Your expertise would be welcomed even if you only have part time availability - and we'd like you to bring your pinhole cam.

We would put your name AND photo on our letterhead (which would add some class to the Agency), and any other perks you would like!

Will you join us????

kibby, can you think of any other incentives?

[Mr.Fishair]

Glenn Frey and Eddie Murphy (the cop from Beverly Hills) said to say Hi.

And with that, I bring you The Freak is Gone

The fReaK is gone, he's off the street
Inside your head, you notice margin length
And the width's so wide, it hurts your eyes
The poor fish has to hide, just to stay alive
'Glad the frEakK is gone

Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Caught up in Pollys action, Now we're looking out for you
Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
(Tell me can you heal it)
(Tell me can you heal it)
(Tell me can you heal it)
The fReeaK is gone, the Fuhreak is gone, the FrEAk is gone
the fReaK is gone Oh I hear he's in the basement, the fReaAk is - gone.

*Flash*

[long time lurker]

May I have your attention please.

By the power vested in me by a wonderful daughter, I hereby declare Thursday, May 12 to be Daughter's Day. Please take your daughter(s) to lunch(dinner)

thank you

[wolfie]

Does anyone have a spare daughter I can borrow please? I'm willing to participate, I'm just missing an important element in it.

*Gropes around shadows to try and find the other lurker*

[Susan]

Well, I have a daughter...but at lunchtime she'll be in school and I'll be at work, and at dinner time I'll be at a meeting.

[kibby F5™]

Eleanor, Polly should bring her guitair too. And she can have the desk by the window with the great view of the bay. (I'll just have to move out onto the pourch.)

pinhole cam? cool! Guess I'll just have to put the teddy bear away ... or point him in the other direction.

[kibby F5™]

Eleanor, Polly should bring her guitair too. And she can have the desk by the window with the great view of the bay. (I'll just have to move out onto the pourch.)

pinhole cam? cool! Guess I'll just have to put the teddy bear away ... or point him in the other direction.

[kibby F5™]

sorry, I'd looked away when I hit Post and thought I missed it - so hit it again....

My Bad!

[Eleanor]

*zips in*

*puts Polly's nameplate on desk with view of bay*
*adds second chair for guitar - padded of course*

*zips out to buy guitar sheet music and tape recorder*

[Eleanor]

Well, isn't this just GREAT!!! NOT!

The NY Post has just become a registration site, and is so overloaded with traffic that you can't even get in to register - hmmmph!

[Susan]

Never learned guitar...took banjo lessons for years. So I could, I guess, pick out a melody on guitar...wait, I did briefly play bass guitar in high school for concert band. I think I will just leave the guitar playing to Polly...she does it well. (and sings well too!)

[Brat]

Elenaor - what do you use for power.....a zip drive...(snork).

[Eleanor]

I love this song - I've never heard the whole thing, but it's the theme song for the TV show, Las Vegas, which is a total T & A show, but does have James Caan and Josh Duhamel who is a hunk!
Posted by: Eleanor on May 3, 2005 12:17 PM

Posted on wrong thread - I hate it when that happens!

*zips out to look for poster*

[Brat]

Elenaor - what do you use for power.....a zip drive...(snork).

[kibby F5™]

*lines up Howitzer towards NY Times web site*

Plug your ears!

BLAM!!

*waits till smoke clears*

Get em?

[Susan]

Eleanor, were you refering to the song I played for Whitt? I think you were.

Of course, when I start thinking I can get in trouble.

[Eleanor]

Josh Duhamel

OMGWTFBBQ!!! In the thumbnail photos at the Google site, one of the pic was him totally nude showing his thingy, with some link about something gay - NTTAWWT - but when I clocked on it, I was forbidden!! WTF?

[Eleanor]

clicked, not clocked!

[Alex]

kibby --

Nope. Wonder what did get hit...

El --

That means the site was so nasty that your ISP blocked it. Ewww!

[wolfie]

*trying very hard not to picture Josh naked and covered in bbq sauce* Umm.. Duhamel that is. Yeah.

Quick..someone give me a really good request so I can use up some free minutes and call Susan with a request.

[Jü§†®]

RE: Coke for Nausea
Nausea : ...Coke syrup, or a simple can of cola will also help; this is what they prescribe for women who are pregnant.

Odd... everyone I talked to said to stay away from Cokes during pregnancy. As far a nausea, they prescribed toast, ginger-ale or club soda, and preggy pops. This time I got those sea bands ... but drinking a coke always made things worse. *shrug*

[Jü§†®]

Wolfie - umm... "feel like makin' love" ? "afternoon delight" ... I dunno... you're the one talkin about nekkid mensfolk covered in bbq sauce. ;)

[Eleanor]

Susan - A little less conversation

kibby - thanks, but it was the NY Post, not the Times *snork*
Since the Times Square area of NY City (where the Times building is) is now rubble, probably not a good idea to do it again today :)