HO-HUM

Another brazen terrorist squirrel attack ignored by the so-called "Department" "of" "Homeland" "Security."

(Thanks to Matthew Alfano)

Comments

[slyeyes]

Well THAT was embarrassing!

I'm talking about having a conversation with several people; then going into the bathroom to re-apply lipstick and finding 3 poppyseeds in the front teeth.

[slyeyes]

*laughing at "apparently he's cute"*

[Peri]

Oy vey, sly. I would have chosen that moment for my scream.

wolfie? Do you work in a madhouse?

[wolfie]

Apparently Peri. Only without the fun restraints and the really good drugs.

[bangi]

Y""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

ok, thr's my scream...wat do u mean i need vowels 2 scream? vowels shmowels...i don need no... of course im looking foolish, it's becoz i'm growing wise...no im not carrying on a conversation with myself...shut up. no u shut up. no U shut up

[DDi]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

There's a good chance I'll be in a meeting at 10am moat time, and I wanted to be sure to scream my head off in honor of todays festivities.

{{Peri}}

[DDi]

Note to self and any other moaties who consume v8:

Never ever ever chew minty gum and sip a v8. Itza nastay!

[BigD®]

DDi, not unlike drinking grapefruit juice after brushing you teeth with minty toothpaste?

[Eleanor]

*zips in*

Nine (9) minutes til "scream time"!!!

*warms up voice by singing scales:* la,la,la,la,la and do,re,me,fa,so,la,ti,do

*grabs can of Starbucks Double Shot and goes back to heinz*

[MrFishair]

Boy, I tell ya.

Nothing boosts a mans Ego more than being surrounded by a group of Screaming women.

This just might be a good day after all.

*let's out a very satisified manly grunt*

Peri- Hopefully Jamie won't burn them in the kitchen sink. That's all you need after the toaster incident. ;)

[Jeff Meyerson]

When do I get to be the adult that my age says I should be? I see them all around me.

Hey Peri, we've got more than 15 years on you and we still feel that way so stop worrying. Years ago my mother actually asked Jackie when we were going to stop enjoying ourselves and settle down and start to "suffer" like everyone else!

Never is the answer. You've obviously done right by Jamie so give yourself a break. As Bette Midler used to say before she grew up, f#*k 'em if they can't take a joke.

Sly, thanks for the appropriate Jimmy song. We've heard him sing that. Someone in my mystery group asked if we go to the Buffett concerts with the Parrotheads in glasses. Hell yes! And we have a great time doing it.

I think the secret is knowing time and place and when to draw the line. My brother ruined his marriage by going to concert until 3 am every night instead of paying attention to his wife first. But having a good time has to be part of life.

My in-laws were part of the Depression generation. They were always saving for their "old age" even when they were 80 and had all the money they could ever need. They did a few things but mostly she just talked about what they would like to do but never did.

My parents are of the same generation but a different mindset. When my brother & I were young they left us with babysitters and went to Florida and the Bahamas. Now they're 80 and are about to leave on a trip to Paris and a cruise on the Rhine to Prague. (Too bad Kibby is here.)

They may not be easy to get along with but more power to them for living life their way. (Sorry for sounding like Paul Anka there.)

[wolfie]

You know, if you let loose with a primal scream at the right moment, you can let loose with a major toot at the same moment and nobody can tell. Then just walk away and nobody is the wiser.

[Eleanor]

*zips in heinzed up*

That sounds dirty, doesn't it!

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
The above has been a reenactment of my 7am scream while heinzing.

Peri, I read a great quote once that I wish I could find about how we are still kids in our heads and are shocked when we look at a calendar (which I personally never do!) and see how different our chronological age is from our "mind's age"!

Personally, I really don't see any value to "acting" like a grown-up, except in extreme circumstances such as dealing with a bank or trying to get the Sunday paper delivered!

Otherwise, anyone want to play jacks? Or hopscotch?

[BigD®]

Here is something to back up our veggie discussion up there ↑

[punky brewster]

Hey Mad ... what do you make of this?

I found a mushroom growing behind my toilet. Here's the thing ... one expects to find certain things behind their toilet: dust bunnies, stray Q-tips, various types of hair, an earring, a lost birth control pill ...

mushrooms?

*not* on the list.

My bathroom has turned into a very large petri dish.

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Hugs to all. :)

[bangi]

HOP HOP HOP
me me me..i wanna play

[Brian B]

Perplexed. That's pretty much how I feel about the whole mushroom behind the toilet thing.

Punky,
It might be time to consider breaking out the Clorox.

Morning MOATies! I haven't had my scream yet today. I'm still finishing up my second cup of wake-up. Once I finally rejoin the land of the living, I'll be all ready for a good scream. I'd also like to blame my buddies C and Doc for keeping me up until after 1:00 in the morning, plying me with beer and parfaits.

[MrFishair]

EL- I don't think I can hop so good after scotch, but I'll give it a go, and sorry but I don't play with Jacks. Or Bobs, or Bills or Joes.........but you can have 'em.

Wolfie- Coughing loudly also works. So my co-worker seems to think.

Jeff- It truly is a great thing to be able to find that balance of having fun for yourself but being there for your spouse and of course being able to have fun together is well, the best of both worlds.

My parents grew up with there parent being in the Depression era (my mom and dad are very near 60)
and they still to this day live as frugal as if it was 1930's

(hope my html voucher is still good)

I always say, you can't take it with you. But, I agree there has to be a plan or balance in place to keep from going under. Which to me just seems logical. But, then again I'm just a Fish.

(Is Jealous Mad got to see Green Day, AudioSlave and Seether are playing in OKC on Friday night, which is a 2 hour drive. Damnit I keep missing everything.)

*bites tongue and goes back to werk*

[punky brewster]

Brian B ... what's Clorox?

Kidding.

[MrFishair]

Aren't Clorox those things in the bottom of a fish tank.

Oh, wait, I should know this one.

*scrathes post from existence*

[MrFishair]

scrathes.

Hmmm. Interesting.

But, still not as good as Rimsh!t. ;)

[BigD®]

For the engaged moaties

Bumper Stickers

[punky brewster]

I enjoyed these:

Rejected Greeting Cards...

So your daughter's a hooker,
and it spoiled your day
Look at the bright side,
she's a really good lay.

My tire was thumping
I thought it was flat
when I looked at the tire
I noticed your cat... Sorry!

You had your bladder removed
and you're on the mends
here's a bouquet of flowers
and a box of Depends.

You've announced that you're gay,
won't that be a laugh,
when they find out you're one
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Happy Vasectomy!
Hope you feel zippy!
'Cause when I had mine
I got real snippy.

Heard your wife left you
How upset you must be
But don't fret about it
She moved in with me.

You totaled your car
and can't remember why
could it have been
that case of Bud Dry?

[Susan]

Punky, I think the rejected greeting cards may have brightened my day a bit. Thank you.

I missed the scream. I was in a meeting until 11...and it wasn't one of the ones that was boring enough to make me scream...pretty decent one actually.

One other thing on anger...I do like to get mad and get over it. But there are days nothing really bothers me, then some little thing will just be that one thing too many...that one little thing didn't merit all the anger, it was just the final straw.

Today may well be one of those days, too...when some little thing will be one little thing too many. I don't know if it's because I haven't seen the sun in days, or exactly what it is...possibly not enough sleep is a factor in it. I don't know.

Peri, Jamie sounds wonderful (well, great mother helps too!). My daughter started wearing a bra about a year ago...undersquares as she calls them for some reason. She hates them. Too bad.

(Am I still under your pillow, in such good company?)

And I may seem responsible, but I don't feel like I could possibly be a grown up.

[Tamara]

I love slyeyes, neo, LtW, Eleanor, wolfie, Mad, Polly, Di, Susan, Marie P, elle, Punky, Just, sandy beach, Belle, SN, ...*gathers up the sexiest women of the MOAT and puts them under her pillow*

Yeah, yeah...whatever! *delivers a roundhouse to all and everyone who comes round to take them away*

Posted by: Peri | 11:52 PM on October 11, 2005

This by no means completes your list, but you forgot MiB, Zoodle, Blogchik, Crash, Insolent Wench, MOTW, Leetie, & Bangi. That's as far as my memory stretches, however.

[Eleanor]

*applauds everyone's creativity today*

I Am a Rock!

When I was having my "mental meltdown" as I fondly remember it, I went out and bought the sheet music for this song and played it on the piano for hours on end (singing along, of course) while my (very patient) bf sat in a chair and read the newspaper and acted like this was normal behaviour on my part! *snork*

Susan, can you please play Ride Captain Ride?

I'm having a good day today - hooray for me!

Bangi - my turn! HOP HOP SPLAT! It's hard to jump over the "8"!

Fish, you hurt Jack's feelings....

*plops into hammock to enjoy the show*

[Eleanor]

Woo Hoo! It's 9:15am PDT and there are already 8 (eight) new posts on the MB!!!

*takes WCRE with her and zips over to MB*

[Susan]

*very definitly not feeling like one of the sexy ladies of the MOAT*

*planning a drive later to do a little screaming*

[Eleanor]

*cranks up volume*

Thanks, Susan!!

[slyeyes]

Re Anger: When there's one particular person who has totally pi$$ed me off; I like to take a carton of eggs, look at each raw egg and see his face (it's usually a guy) and then throw the egg as hard as I can into the sink. (I may have mentioned that before)

Very therapeutic.

I haven't had to do that in awhile.

[Eleanor]

Just re-establishing my identity -
nothing to see here -
Move on.

[Susan]

The playlist...

Wednesday 10-12-05 All Request Lunch Hour
News
“I Am A Rock” Simon and Garfunkel
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“Gemini Dream” Moody Blues
“Hey Jude” Beatles
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“Ride Captain Ride” Blues Image---Eleanor
“Viva Las Vegas” Elvis Presley---Jeff
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“Some Guys Have All The Luck” Rod Stewart
“Don’t Get Me Wrong” Pretenders
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“Behind Blue Eyes” The Who
“Best of My Love” Eagles
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“True Colors” Cyndi Lauper---wolfie to the MOAT
“While You See A Chance” Steve Winwood
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“Crimson and Clover” Tommy James and the Shondells

[Tamara]

I had been avoiding learning about it, but I just found out a bunch of the personal crap that's going on "behind the scenes" in the intermingled lives of some moaties.

And other moaties are choosing sides, and etc.

I wish I had not learned about it, I refuse to take sides as it has nothing to do with me, leave me the hell out of it, and I do NOT want ANY emails related to ANY of it! I've got enough crap on my plate!!

Thanks.

[NotMe]

Tamara, perhaps part of the problem is that crap belongs in a turdlet?

[Tamara]

*snork!*

*feels better*

*hugs NotMe*

[bangi]

hey--check this out:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4292854.stm

El--u have to jump over wat?

butterscotch ice cream....mmmmm ( of no relevance here watsoever)

[DDi]

Bangi! Does that come in sugarfree?

[Joshkr]

Bangi...way cool!

"The laptop will be tough and foldable in different ways, with a hand crank for when there is no power supply"

I can't wait to see that Linux message:

"Warning: Low Power. Please crank my handle, sexy"

[Joshkr]

*thinking* Linux, Open Office...man that saves about 700 in software alone.

[wolfie]

*giggles*
I just handed an envelope to one of my boys and said
"Lick this"
and he did. This is truly awesome power. The power to make men lick things.

*cranks Josh's handle in a sexy manner*
That will only work if you write the programming code Josh.

[Joshkr]

Wolfie...we like licking things

*Warning: Low Power"

[Lt. Woman]

Wow.. we're cha tty today! Just when I can't stop and play.. I may be able to sneak back later, but reality is my jailer for the moment.

I haven't had my primal scream yet.. Mostly because it was scheduled for 10am well after 10am NZT. Then 10am EDT is 3am for me.. so I kinda slept through it. It was a nice thought, and I'll use it later if I need it!

I love slyeyes, neo, LtW, Eleanor, wolfie, Mad, Polly, Di, Susan, Marie P, elle, Punky, Just, sandy beach, Belle, SN, ...*gathers up the sexiest women of the MOAT and puts them under her pillow*

Yeah, yeah...whatever! *delivers a roundhouse to all and everyone who comes round to take them away*

Posted by: Peri | 11:52 PM on October 11, 2005

This by no means completes your list, but you forgot MiB, Zoodle, Blogchik, Crash, Insolent Wench, MOTW, Leetie, & Bangi. That's as far as my memory stretches, however.

Posted by: Tamara | 12:01 PM on October 12, 2005

umm... and Tamara. We can't forget her.. psst Tamara! quick.. jump under here while no one's looking!

Jeff.. I did miss Dhaka & Winnipeg. I also missed Texas and Virginia.. oh and Peri... Just (currently on maternity leave, but never far from our hearts)!!

Peri & Joshkr.. thanks for the kind thoughts. If only finding work were that simple. If we were all valued for our special skills as much as we should be. *LIGHTBULB*
*hangs sign above door*
*phone rings*
"Good afternoon, and welcome to the Moatie emplo yment agency. You're speaking with Lt Woman. What have you done that's good enough that you deserve one of our staff members as your employee?"
I think this could work out to be something great.

On the vegetable debate.. how can carrots be too carroty? By definition, they're carrots. To be too carroty would require them to be more than a carrot. What's more than a carrot? Carrot Top?
Oh.. and I like squash. Spinach, too. and I looooooove brazil nuts.. well any nut.. even the ones that aren't nuts (which is most of em).

Big D.. some of those bumper stickers really made me *snork!*

Oh .. and I got an email back from MiB.. almost deleted it as junk, though, cos it had the Giant Frog's name in the "sender" line. Fortunately, the subject line sounded like something I remembered, then I clicked as to who it must be. Haven't actually read it yet.. will do that when I get home tonight (Paradise Webm@il is a pain in the butt for anything more than a plain text document...) and post any updates as necessary later!

*posts and goes to heinz last hour or so..*

[switzerland]

*exists*

[Mad "engaged to weasel" Scientist]

Punky - upon closer examination you will see that is not a mushroom, but a spy cam Joshkr hid in your bathroom or maybe it was Bangi or perhaps jsut left over from that PunkyVision steamy shower special.

Seriously did you try to consume the mushroom? Did it have any hallucigenic effects?

[Joshkr]

LtW...you're brilliant! Nothing quite so fearsome as the MOATie employment agency :)

Switzerland...you do not...do you?

[Lt. Woman]

Okay.. I cheated. I checked the email from MiK. Mostly because it's a bit unfair to leave everyone hanging. All that hanging can affect breathing. I swear!!

*channeling MiK*

Not much to tell here except that we may soon move into the apartment I told the MOAT about because the rent has been lowered to 650€. The next few days and the weekend could be very busy with yet another move.
How are all the MOATies? It looks like there's been a lot of love in the air over there.
Here I'm getting impatient because I still can't sign up for a library
card (no proof of residence yet). I really want to get my hands on the
books there.
*closes channel*

[Joshkr]

*clutches my PunkyVision Steamy Shower Special DVD*

MINE!

[Joshkr]

LtW...tell her we love her and she'd better come back soon.

Holy crap 650 (E thing) is a lot! *checks pockets for E things and has none!*

[bangi]

Josh--i plan to have a hamster attached to my laptop

hehe!
*is attacked by PETA*
ow...was only kidding

DDi--why wats wrong with sugar? sugar's not evil--its just misunderstood...(says the hyper moatette)

g nite y'all
p.s--my latest area of study=car batteries

question: wat problems do y'all face with car batteries? any names of batteries u hate?love?

wat do u seek most in a battery? durability? sth else?

[Joshkr]

Bangi...I once walked about a mile carrying a battery for my truck...what I want in a battery is lightweightedness.

[Not wolfie cause she's working]

Diehard. Can be easily adapted to many uses.

*flashes her alps*

[Susan]

What I don't want in a car battery is exploding.

No kidding. A year or two ago, I had done a little driving. Stopped the car. Went to start it...

***BANG!!!***

The battery had exploded.

It was NOT fun to replace either.

[Lt. Woman]

650 Ethings is 50 fewer Ethings than when they couldn't afford it, Josh.. at 700Ethings, that translated to $844.69USD if I remember correctly.. so that minus 1/14th is what it will now cost for MiK and HGF to live in KFG (Kourou, French Guiana.. the acronyms got away with me!)

wat do u seek most in a battery? durability? sth else?
bangi.. we are stil talking car batteries aren't we?
Because I don't own a car. What I require in a car battery is that someone else's doesn't suddenly stop when I'm in the car with them.

[Lt. Woman]

*really truly going now..*

*does Bond-style 000 grope*

(Just realised that I have to explain this for some...well, most of you) 00 is the secret agent designation number.. Bond was 007... 000 is the stealth secret agent that no one can see... this is my brother's idea of funny - well, more his idea of "This makes perfect sense to me, why not to everyone else?".

[DDi]

Lt.W, I thought you were going to tell us what you require for your personal batteries....

*wipes glisten from brow*

Thank goodness you didn't go where I wished you had! ;) *smooch*

[Jeff Meyerson]

Punky: great greeting cards. What does it say about me that my favorite was:

My tire was thumping
I thought it was flat
when I looked at the tire
I noticed your cat... Sorry!

I don't know if it's because I haven't seen the sun in days

Ditto, Susan. After two months of very warm and dry weather we're having day after day of cool to cold, damp, dank, dismal, drizzly weather with occasional heavy downpours.

Can't wait for Vegas tomorrow.

Kaf, "650 Euro (EUR) = 779.415 US Dollar (USD)".

People would - literally - kill for an apartment for $779 in New York.

[Lt. Woman]

Di... rechargability. Less expense in the long run, no explaining to the store clerk why you need a new supply every three days.

[Brian B]

*flashes her alps*

**sees alps, yodels**

I'm still laughing at switzerland "existing".

[Joshkr]

And hopefully non-exploding, also

*OUCH*

Good thing guys don't have to worry about THAT one

[Joshkr]

I'm conducting an experiment and messing with a Nigerian scammer. Things are going well and my 14.3 Million is almost in the bag. He even sent me a death certificate.

This is kind of fun!

Oh...my personal info:
Full Name - Josh Kramer
Address - 2112 Rush Ave NE, Memphis GA
Tel - 901-328-7448 (I don't have a fax, is this a
problem?)
Bank Details - Citibank

(I chose that phone number because it spells "eat sh!t")

[DDi]

*pouts at Jeff's Vegas comment*
*fluffs feathers and gets out her bull horn*

I CAN'T WAIT FOR HOTLANTA ON FRIDAY! YAY! WHO'S WITH ME?

*looks around and sees she's alone*
*sigh*

[punky brewster]

Mad ... I threw a little ketchup on it and took a nibble ... not like truffles I tell ya.

No hallucinations as of yet ... but that may be due to the fact that I am being distracted by the furry pink and green polka-dotted monkey that is currently licking my toes ...

[wolfie]

Who did he kill off Josh? Anyone I know? Should I break out the black miniskirt? (my mourning gear)

[Joshkr]

Wolfie...apparently my deceased is named Wong Khee Leong

I saved the certificate here...I'll prolly post the emails on my site also if this gets more interesting.

I got a lot of info from http://www.419eater.com/ before I started this. Nice site.

[Mike "Mad's Dork" Weasel]

Oooh it's got a "security code." It must be authentic!

[DDi]

Wait... ya mean, just because that guy says its authentic doesn't really mean its authentic?

Does that mean that Ed's not really going to knock on my door this month to give me one of those big 'ole checks and have a picture taken with me?

*gets into the fetal position and slowly rocks while sobbing*

[Jeff Meyerson]

DI: right now any place dry would be good. I know the rain is all up & down the Eastern seaboard so I hope Atlanta is dry when you get there.

Anyway, have fun! I'm sure it will be just as good as Vegas, except for Polly's Brazilian wax and riding the mechanical bull & Mad's blueberry paakes and...

OK, I'll stop now. Gotta wring out all the water anyway.

[BigD®]

DDi, looks like you are in for a nice weekend in Hotlanta weatherwise. I wish I could go but I think the wifester would worry about me cavorting around Hotlanta with two young cute unattached females of the opposite sex. Plus I have a lot of yard *werk* to do. Anyone want to come help me cut down a dead tree? Its only about 35 feet tall.

[Susan]

BigD...I have, in the past, pushed over a few dead trees...I don't know that any were that tall...but they weren't very well rooted, I know that.

*goes back to blurking before my mood rubs off on anyone...and I wouldn't wish this one on anyone*

[DDi]

Jeff, eat a few blueberry pancakes for me :)

BigD, 2 things.
A) I beggeth your pardon, but Tamara and I are not two females of the opposite sex.
and...
2) *parks her car in front of BigD's tree* That should help ya get it down quicker... my car has that affect on tree's, they all swoon over her. LITERALLY.

Sorry for being silly guys, I'd ask you to forgive me, but I'm sure you would anyway so I won't ask for it. Besides, no one likes beggers, right?

See, there I go again.

[Eleanor]

File this under It's Always Something.

My neighbor who lives in the house above mine just called and said he's worried about fire season and the dead palm leaves that I have on 4 palm trees that are a gazillion feet high in the upper part of my back yard, and he has "just the guy" to cut the leaves off.
First of all, they've been like that for years and years, so why now, and second, where will all the rats who live in the dead leaves go?? Aren't they just happy living there? They probably have cable TV and lots to eat. Won't they get angry? And if one dead mouse in my driveway caused a total freakout, what will this do?
When I asked him about the rats (not mentioning the cable TV part) his answer was that at that very moment there was a hawk flying over my house, as is duh!

Why, why, why......

[Eleanor]

Any`advice would be much appreciated....

[BigD®]

Arggh, if the rats can't live there they might want to live with you! If he has "just the guy" and he is so worried, let his guy trim them and let him pay for it.
pthhhht!

[Eleanor]

That's my point, BigD. I mean, how many rats can one hawk eat??? He wants "his guy" to do it but me to pay for it and he's using the "fire season" thing, which is a very big deal here in su.so.ca. as kind of a "threat", don't you think?

We have fire inspectors that come around every year and leave notices if your weeds are too high or whatever, but they've never said anything about my palm trees.....My property is around 3/4 of an acre, and it goes from the street up a hill that's terraced to his property. I hate him.

I told him to see how much the guy would charge and call me back.....

[slyeyes]

rats live in trees?

[BigD®]

If the trees are a gazillion feet high I really don't think a few palm fronds are gonna be that big a deal. If a fire is bad enough to reach the fronds his house will be toast anyway. If the fire inspector doesn't care I see no reason to cut them. I be he wants nice clean trees to look at as his underlying reason.

[Tamara]

If the leaves are a gazillion feet up in the air, then you have my permission to tell the dude to chill, Laynie. :)

---

I was worried; I was nervous; I kept checking my email, just waiting for a gripe-mail. "OMG! Email from Papa John! Papa John's gonna chew me out!! Wait, he's not from the moat. Ooh, and he's got coupons!!"; kept checking and worrying. But nothing to worry about. :) Y'all's good, understanding moaties. *smooches all around* Me go take Xanax now.

[Leetie]

yea, what sly asked!

[MrFishair]

Maybe they're just blind.

And El- It's your property right? I'm in a very arumenative mood right now, it's too damn bad I don't live closer or I'd go over and extend my palm.

Tell him to booger off, you know in the nicest way possible.

Leetie, quit blurking so damn much. I miss ya. Can't remember what it was last week that I read of yours as I was madly skimming through the MB stories, but I nearly snorked an entire hot pocket through my nostril.

*Fishtout*

[Deon]

*snork*

Fish! did you offer to show your nose-snorked-hotpocket to any small children? because that is the standard now, you know.

[Trillian]

squirrels are pretty much rats with fluffy tails, so rats should be able to climb trees

[Bella]

BigD, We've got a pretty strong horse that routinely pulls up trees--we'll just need to teach her to do it on command instead of when we DON'T want her to... we were visiting a friend and she pulled up an older, LIVE, tree, then it fell on her head and she stood holding it up until we came to rescue her.

How embarassing. My friend told me next time to tie her to one of the dead stumps he wouldn't mind losing...

[Eleanor]

Yes, rats live in the palm fronds with cable TV, as I said, and I think they might have teeny, tiny cell phones to talk to the rats in the nearby trees.

BigD, I just talked to CG and he independently (of you) said the same thing about the guy's view. The guy used to be a high school football coach and now he's confine to a wheel chair (long story, don't ask) and he's divorced and drinks and is always looking for reasons to call me (the "divorced woman living down the hill" fantasy) so all of the above may figure into it. And maybe "his guy" said he'd do his work for free if he got him a paying job.

Thanks for the support everyone. I'm totally over this - and the xanax helped too! :)

*hugs and appropriate gropes to all MOATies*

[Mike "Mad's Dork" Weasel]

Josh, that whole site is great. I read through the whole Church of the Painted Breast episode; it was hilarious. Good luck with yours!

[Jeff Meyerson]

Can anyone get this Mother Nature woman to back off a little?

I mean, first we get two months with virtually NO rain, averaging maybe 10 degrees hotter than the normal average. Now we've had 6 straight days of cold, damp, dreary, windy and RAINY days with some really heavy downpours, and another 2-3 to go. Central Park has had 3.4 inches of rain just today, as of 5:00. Streets and highways all over are flooded. Out past where Wurm lives on LonGuyland they've had 10 inches of rain since Monday.

Meanwhile, we're supposed to catch an 11:00 am flight for Vegas tomorrow. As of 6:00 the airports were backed up anywhere from 30 minutes (if you believe one station) to 5 1/2 hours (if you believe another). And the main road from here to Kennedy was - as it is prone to be - flooded in several spots.

What we're afraid of is this: 1. they will tell us, "Yes, your flight is absolutely leaving on time so be here early" and we'll get there and there will be a 3-5 hour delay.

2. The roads will be flooded. I can take a long way around via the streets and if it looks bad I will, but I'd rather not if I don't have to.

3. More bands of heavy rain are predicted tonight and tomorrow before a drying period (that before the next heavy rain period on Friday).

What to do, what to do?

Please don't get me wrong. This is just an inconvenience, especially compared to what the people in the Gulf have been dealing with, but could the timing be any worse?

We needed the rain badly, bad NOT ALL AT ONCE!

Oh well, if I don't see you again until Tuesday (we get back very late on Monday night) we'll all have a margarita in your honor.

(Oh, and El: I'm with BigD & the others. Let him piss up a rope. So to speak.)

[slyeyes]

*enters singing*

"Ohhhhhhhhhhh, The Cardinals have briefs on one foot and boxers on the other....that's why they're UNDIE feeted"

*with acknowledgements to Heywood Banks*

[Wurm42]

Eleanor- second the general message to not worry about your uphill neighbor.

So Apple has finally admitted that they're releasing a Video Ipod and it seems like every geek on the web is having conniptions about it. Ipod with pictures! Yip! Yip! Hollywood politics!! Yip! Yip! Steve Jobs needs a makeover! Yip! Yip!

Don't get me wrong, I love my Ipod for music, but I wonder how many people will really be anxious to pay big $$ to watch sitcoms on a 2.5" screen?

[Wurm42]

As Jeff said, the weather here in the NY area has been *hideous* the last few days and it's supposed to stay cold and very, very wet all week. Lots of flooding here in low-lying areas, and will probably get worse as heavy rains due to continue at least through Thursday night.

I try to remember that this is just a small taste of what the Gulf Coast got last month, but oh, it would be nice to see some sun. Quite jealous of all the MOATies going to Vegas this weekend.

[Leetie]

To everyone going to Vegas:

HAVE FUN!!!!!
We'll miss you and we'll all be wishing we were with you.

*reblurk*

[slyeyes]

I have an iPod Photo and have about 600 pictures loaded onto it. I wish there was an option to blow up the pics, but there isn't. I'm glad I got it. Since I don't buy CD's anymore -- download from iTunes -- I get the picture of the CD in the screen. Don't ask me why, but I like that. I can't imagine watching TV on it, though. I do get podcasts and enjoy those. Mostly Al Franken's radio show.

My ex and I bought Meghan an iPod Nano for her birthday (which is Saturday -- she'll be 21.) I have contact lense slarger than this thing. I was on a waiting list to get it, too, and was sweating it that it would arrive in time.

Then Meghan called the other night, and told me about this neat new iPod called a Nano....and I proceed to pat myself on the back. THEN she said, "but it only holds 1,000 songs and the mini holds more, so I would probably want the mini.

!

OK, the Apple Stores no longer sell the Mini (don't ask me why they got rid of that instead of the useless Shuffle); so we're going to give her the sales receipt, she can go return it at the Apple Store and buy a mini at Target if she wants.

I'm done.

OH, and while I was on the waiting list to get a Nano, I think I heard commercials for it 5 times a day. AND if she opens it, there's a 35% "restocking fee"; and if she doesn't return it by October 19, she only gets store credit.

Ever get the feeling "the customer is always right" has been replaced with "the customer is a huge pain in the a$$?"

[Eleanor]

but I wonder how many people will really be anxious to pay big $$ to watch sitcoms on a 2.5" screen?

Speaking of that, here's what I've been wondering lately: TV screens are getting bigger and bigger, what with 42" plasma TV's etc., and at the same time, they're transmitting TV shows and other video images to cell phone screens (very tiny) and now to IPods.

What does it all mean?
Discuss.

[slyeyes]

AND....

Leetie, what Fish said about blurking. I remember reading something you said on the MB the other day that cracked me up as well.....'course I can't remember it right now. Odds are it was about a python, alligator, squirrel or cat.

Jeff, I'm glad I didn't decide to flight JetBlue out of NYC to Vegas. I'd probably end up in a holding pattern over NYC for most of the weekend. And thank Jackie for trying to find a flight for me that was cheaper. Having to fly through Kourou would have given me the opportunity to see MiK for my 10 minute layover, but probably wouldn't be worth it. Neither would the 10 hour layover in Charlotte, NC.

El, I have a friend whose neighbor became quite apoplectic over their wood pile in the back yard. She was convinced it would "Draw bugs" to her garage. She's single, old and cranky....might be a good match for your neighbor.

OK, time to multitask.....file review and watch Cards.

[slyeyes]

Reggie Sanders is a god.

[DDi]

Attention, I need some advice here!

I think I was just broken up with, via email, by a barely-a-friend-definitely-not-a-boyfriend-guy. He said and I quote:

"I've found someone else and I'd like to see how things develop..."

My dilemna is that as I mentioned, he was BARELY A FRIEND! How the heck does he gain authority to break up with me and we're not even dating! Doesn't he need authorization to do a move like that?

Oh wisest moaties, HELP ME!

[Susan]

But Sly...a 10 hour layover in Charlotte would mean that I would very possibly be able to get up there to see you! It's only about an hour and a half away!

Two exclaimation points in two sentences...I'm really not feeling that excited about much...(not that meeting Sly wouldn't be exciting, mind you...but you know what I mean. I hope.)

*sneaks back out to get the news done...and keep this mood to myself*

(oh like I neeeeeded to hear Desperado right now...)

[slyeyes]

I love the signs players give each other. Apparently, the sign that Tony LaRussa gives and finishes by pointing to both of his nipples is for a bunt. When I saw that, I nearly snorked my wine out of my nose.

OK....work

[slyeyes]

Susan, how far are you from Spartanburg?

[Bismuth]

now I think it's "the shareholder is always right"

[Susan]

Sly...I'm really not sure...I'd have to look at a map.

*goes to find a map*

I think it's about two and a half to three hours...I don't get to the western part of the state much.

*really goes back to werk...*

But first...(not butt first either)...DDi...He found someone else, and wants to see what develops? He can't break up with you if there was nothing there...hmmm...*hands the discussion over to someone who could clarify things better than I seem to be doing*

*really goes back to werking*

[Wurm42]

DDi:

1) There is no force in the universe more powerful than human stupidity.

2) (1) seems to be especially true in connection with men in end-of-relationship situations.

Yes, the guy earns bastard points by telling you that via voice mail and not directly (let alone in person).

On the other hand, if your status with him is ambiguous (i.e., "barely-a-friend-definitely-not-a-boyfriend-guy"), he could be *trying* to do the honorable thing by making it clear that he wants to pursue someone else now.

So, he might have been trying to do the right thing, in his own head, even if his way of doing it was lousy.

Geez..I get fed up defending my own gender sometimes.