Imponderable Watercooler - Message in a Bottle by JonnyQuest

Were I to "take an extended vacation", I know exactly whose (sorry I have to say this) REALLY BUTT UGLY HOTEL COUCH I'd be staying on.

And yeah, you know all about that "lots of stress in a little time", right, HK?

((HUG)) You rock in so many ways, missy-kins.

Nice fishnets! I have a pair like that too, but they were my Mom's and you need a garter belt...

never mind.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007 3:58 PM

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Were I to "take an extended vacation", I know exactly whose (sorry I have to say this) REALLY BUTT UGLY HOTEL COUCH I'd be staying on.

Holy... dear guh... *snort!* now that you mention it, that couch IS hideous. Ugh... I must have been immediately erasing its image from my mind every time I look at it... blehhh.......

Anyhoo!, I'd never make you stay on the couch!
I'd just switch to a 2 bedroom suite so you could have your own rockstar bed. ^^

Speaking of which, a lovely someone made the bed for me this morning, so I must mess it up and throw the pillows around now. Can't have this place looking proper, now can we.
*HK will not admit to stacking her comics neatly to prevent them from getting creased*

G'night, kiddies!

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:02 PM

http://www.myspace.com/muddy_waters

Goodnight, HK. May you and Beary the knitting fool have pleasant dreams.

And, on the upside, you get to close your eyes and not see that couch!

2 benefits in one!

(HUG)

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:48 PM

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Woohoo! Dr. Well Intentioned called with my test results! *happy dance* Thyroid numbers were almost exactly what I predicted they'd be (slightly higher than they should be), and I managed to talk Dr. WI into giving me a prescription for stronger thyroid meds. Actually kinda proud of myself for that one, hee. Now I can officially fire him and sign up with the Internist-Immunologist. I feel kinda bad, he's such a nice guy. But I've given him two years, and other than ruling a bunch of stuff out, we aren't any closer to a diagnosis. Sigh.

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I know a few companies working on minimally invasive devices (i.e., out-patient procedures) to correct MVR, and we're working with a small company in California on it, too. ^^ The stuff I've seen so far is way awesome.

Hmm, I might have to read up on some of that. Up till now, my only real concern about the MVR has been that either no doctor caught it before, or it developed sometime in the past three years. I've also developed some annoying sternum pain in the past year (Dr. WI says costochondritis, but was utterly unconcerned), and it turns out that both MVR and costochondritis are sometimes caused by autoimmune activity. So... I have Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome, and what seems to be a third but thus-far undiagnosed autoimmune disease, and new MVR and sternum inflammation? And my doctor isn't concerned by that?

(Oh, and just the word "percutaneous" is damn cool, heheh. The procedure itself sounds like science fiction.

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Aw, I didn't need any more proof of that, sweetie....

Aww, thanks darlin!

The "scientific proof" thing comes from a joke that both my father and my husband made in the days before my first MRI, and then again before my EKG. Something along the lines of "But what will they do when they turn on the machines and find that you have no heart/brain?" -_- Yes, it's true, I married a guy just like my dad. The downside is that they make the same dumb jokes. The upside is that hubby actually likes visiting my parents, hehe.

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Well, I can't tell you enough how great the Mayo Clinic is.

All the reading I've done about the Mayo Clinic just makes me happy that someplace like that exists at all. If the Immunologist turns out to be not as schnazzy as I'm hoping, and/or if I go another couple of years without a diagnosis, I'm going to seriously consider trying to get an appointment there. (I suppose I would have to go to the one in Minnesota, rather than Arizona, if I wanted you to visit me?

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I work for a wee medical device company. We have taught our stuff, along with revolutionary procedures, to a number of Docs at Mayo, though. ^^

A small company, or a company making small medical devices? ^_^ Btw, have I told you that in the early 90s, my dad did some UI work for MRI and CT scan machines? He also worked on the UI for something that was called "the wand", I think -- basically a handheld MRI the size of a scalpel, that could be used to get new images during brain surgery. He was a pre-med major before I was born, but switched to computer science later, and the company who hired him was looking for a UI programmer who could design with brain surgeons in mind. He actually got to observe the wand being used during brain surgery, and still talks about it as one of the coolest moments of his professional career, hehe.

He went with me to my first CT scan (I was suppose to have an MRI that time, but he told me that the images from an MRI are formed by a giant magnet flipping all your hydrogen atoms and recording how long they spin -- that totally freaked me out, so I asked if we could do a CT instead of an MRI), and talked the doctor into letting him take a look at the image machine. He said they were using what looked to be the next generation of the UI he designed, hehe.

Oh, and I agree with Mavs: that couch is godawful. The corset looks nice though.

(Wow my posts are long today. Sorry about that guys!)

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:25 AM

HOBBLEIT

afternoon all.

Talk about sod's law. The dude came to look at the computer today becasue it's been freezing and while he was here it didn't freeze at all. Then he left and it immediately froze.

That's annoying.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:11 AM

Morning, Hobbleit. That's the way those things always go. My car will make a funny noise but the minute it gets to the mechanic it behaves. So sorry, honey.

CK, glad to hear you got some resolution. I agree- after 2 years you really should have a diagnosis. No matter how nice he is, it is time to seek someone else.

I think coffee is ready. I'll be back!

Good morning, everyone!

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:15 AM

Morning Mavs, Hobbleit and others!

so did anyone else catch the wierdness from here last night?

I wrote a response and hit the post button and when I did my IE just kept launching window after window. At one point I counted 30 open, all here. Once I finally got them to stop (clicked them closed faster than they could pop) the site seemed to be down.

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:21 AM

I popped in last night just after it happened. I saw Rose's mention in the tags that something had happened but I didn't know what it was.

30 windows? That sounds more virusey on your end than fff.net acting wonky - but the site apparently had issued last night. I was on after 9 PM.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:25 AM

PENGUIN

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Originally posted by Kelkhil:
so did anyone else catch the wierdness from here last night?

I wrote a response and hit the post button and when I did my IE just kept launching window after window. At one point I counted 30 open, all here. Once I finally got them to stop (clicked them closed faster than they could pop) the site seemed to be down.

Oh, so YOU'RE the one who broke it last night!!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:28 AM

Nope not virusy. I checked after it happened. I figured it was the site after I could not get on when I was finished with the checks.

Well Penguin HK is becoming my Idol so I am trying to be just like her.

I know how well she is capable of breaking threads so I figured I would do the same. Had no idea that I could break the whole site in the process!

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 3:21 AM

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Originally posted by Kelkhil:
Well Penguin HK is becoming my Idol so I am trying to be just like her. I know how well she is capable of breaking threads so I figured I would do the same.

Well, done, Kelkhil! ^^

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 3:59 AM

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

On the outside looking in. Also known as lurking.

"If I were dying, my last words would be, Have faith and pursue the unknown end." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 4:39 AM

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
Well, done, Kelkhil! ^^

I learned from the best O Sneaky One!

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 4:49 AM

MSG

Mav- HUGS and much love and support!

HK- wowza...can I come too! You look to be having such fun.

CK- you aren't firing him because he's not trying or not a good doctor you just need someone with more specialization and expertise in your particular problems. It's like getting an OBGYN. It's not that your regular doctor is incompetent, you just need a specialist.

ooh good lurking Jonny

I'm just glad the site is ok...

"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:01 AM

*HUGS* right back, MsG! I'm actually feeling better about lots of stuff today.
Everything I've been worried/anxious/angry/depressed about came out and sat on my head yesterday.

But I put on my big girl panties and dealt with it. Now, if I could only convince this one company they must hire Husband...(and pay him oodles...)

I just found out school in Maryland is in session until June 14th. I thought it was out June 8th. Carson has already decided he'll be "making up his own homework" over the summer. He loooves homework!

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:01 AM

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Originally posted by msg:

HK- wowza...can I come too! You look to be having such fun.

OK Mavs has an invite and now MSG wants in? UM...yeah, I'll be in my bunk!(tries to think of a way to swindle an invite from HK)

Morning MSG!

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:12 AM

ZEEK

So sleepy! Can it be saturday please?

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:22 AM

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

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Originally posted by msg:
ooh good lurking Jonny

Well, that didn't last long...! I just can't shut up.

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Carson has already decided he'll be "making up his own homework" over the summer. He loooves homework!

Okay, how many other geek-in-the-making traits does the poor boy have? Well, he's a miniture Browncoat for another. What else?

As a small child, Jonny Quest, Batman and the Twilight Zone were three of my all time favorite programs and I started collecting comic books at eight. I would have started sooner if I'd known they existed.

Hey there's a good ponderable. What were your earliest warning signs of future geekness or nerd-dom?

"If I were dying, my last words would be, Have faith and pursue the unknown end." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:34 AM

RIVERISMYGODDESS

mornin' Imponderables.

I have computer/internet acces once more.

Great pics HK, it looks like you're having a good time there. :)

*hugs* and chocolate to them that wants 'em

any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with

It was Sassy-induced bulemia, gagging herself for no other reason than to look just like a Sassy cover girl.
It was Sassy-induced bulemia, she would GAG and SPIT and PUKE and BLEED her way into a perfect little world.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:47 AM

There's our Jimi. *hug* Ooh. And he brought chocolate. Yep. You're a keeper.

Jonny, Carson's intellect is a little worrisome, actually. He is 6 years old, and keenly interested in the upcoming political elections. He wants me to explain to him the differences between Republicans and Democrats. He wants to know why Daddy doesn't like Hillary Clinton. (Husband told him it was her cankles. I smacked him for that.)

We have discussed accelerated learning programs for him, but his teacher, and other TAG (Talented and Gifted) coordinators insist we wait until he asks for more - that that would be the sign he is bored in school.

For poop's sake - he's already memorizing the multiplication table. And he's 6!

I, on the other hand, am 39 and have problems calculating how much a 20% off sale will get me...

I bought Husband the metal detector he's always wanted for his birthday. It was Carson who was over the moon with it, and studied the instruction manual for over an hour last night!

EDIT for Kel, who appears to have retreated to his bunk: Were there to be a pajama party in HK's room, I can guarantee you that fabulous couch will be all yours.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:04 AM

FLYVOTE

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
EDIT for Kel, who appears to have retreated to his bunk: Were there to be a pajama party in HK's room, I can guarantee you that fabulous couch will be all yours.

De-lurking: I remember HK's mention of pajamas.
*taking cold shower*

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:08 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER

Well, howdy folks. Seems I'm just checking in after a very good day off that ended badly.

Lets put it like this: My shoulders, knees, and hips ache, The truck is covered in mud,I'm dehydrated, stuffy in the sinuses, and too dry to let any tears fall.

Don't know if that last bit is good or bad.

ADD: Don't know if I'm crushin' on HK or in need of a drink. Probably a bit of both. Props on the rockstar lifestyle.

LIBERTAS SUMPTUS

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:13 AM

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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
ADD: Don't know if I'm crushin' on HK or in need of a drink. Probably a bit of both. Props on the rockstar lifestyle.

Hi NV, Don't get too worked up. She's already admitted the hotel room smells of boiled eggs.

*waves above*

Hi Fly! Good to see you. Been Lurky long?

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:15 AM

MSG

eep NV how did it end? Are you ok. Should you be at the doctors??

Mav - go to schoolhousetechnologies.com and they have downloadable worksheet generators and Carson can create and do his own worksheets in math, vocabulary, maps, etc. He'll love it.

I'm making my students listen to a Tibetan music cd...very soothing :)

"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:16 AM

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
I have computer/internet acces once more.

Yay!

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Jonny, Carson's intellect is a little worrisome, actually. He is 6 years old, and keenly interested in the upcoming political elections. He wants me to explain to him the differences between Republicans and Democrats.

Uh oh. Careful mom...

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He wants to know why Daddy doesn't like Hillary Clinton. (Husband told him it was her cankles. I smacked him for that.)

*Jonny learns new word today*
I didn't know that about Hillary. Barbara Bush (the elder not the twin)

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We have discussed accelerated learning programs for him, but his teacher, and other TAG (Talented and Gifted) coordinators insist we wait until he asks for more - that that would be the sign he is bored in school.

For poop's sake - he's already memorizing the multiplication table. And he's 6!

I, on the other hand, am 39 and have problems calculating how much a 20% off sale will get me...

I bought Husband the metal detector he's always wanted for his birthday. It was Carson who was over the moon with it, and studied the instruction manual for over an hour last night!

You should talk to Sahara about Cooper. Oy! Kid scares the bejesus out of me.

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EDIT for Kel, who appears to have retreated to his bunk: Were there to be a pajama party in HK's room, I can guarantee you that fabulous couch will be all yours.

Why does everyone hate that couch so much? I'm pretty sure I puked into the cushion of that very one when I was in college. Makes it perfect for the Rockstar Life!

"If I were dying, my last words would be, Have faith and pursue the unknown end." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:24 AM

FLYVOTE

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Hi Fly! Good to see you. Been Lurky long?

Only a little. Will be hit or miss now for the rest of the week.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:33 AM

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
Lets put it like this: My shoulders, knees, and hips ache, The truck is covered in mud,I'm dehydrated, stuffy in the sinuses, and too dry to let any tears fall.

I really hope it wasn't as bad as it sounds. Nobody is in the hospital, right? Including the truck?

Hi Fly!

Hi MsG. Better watch it with those product endorsements; you might put yourself out of a job. Well, maybe not you, but some of your peers. Well, you are peerless, but you get what I mean.

to Mavs on a better day today. And just 'cause.

"If I were dying, my last words would be, Have faith and pursue the unknown end." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:34 AM

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Originally posted by msg:
HK- wowza...can I come too! You look to be having such fun.
(tries to think of a way to swindle an invite from HK)

Yes, MsG, you are most definitely invited.
Kelkhil, you'll never be able to swindle me. So why bother? Especially when Dew exists....

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Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
I just can't shut up.

*just thought that bore repeating*

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Hey there's a good ponderable. What were your earliest warning signs of future geekness or nerd-dom?

Um. My dad and brother are nerd / geek, so I had no good chance of being non-nerd / un-geek. I was raised on unhealthy doses of sci-fi and horror and remember taking apart any little gadget or doohicky I could get my wee hands on. I guess I was nerd / geek before I was.

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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
Great pics HK, it looks like you're having a good time there. :)

Hee, thanks... but, I think you missed the part where I said those were pictures of me and all my friends. XD
And Beary now refuses to finish knitting my scarf.

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Originally posted by FlyVote:
De-lurking: I remember HK's mention of pajamas.

*snort!*
I would ever subject my rockstar-suite-guests to that.

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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
ADD: Don't know if I'm crushin' on HK or in need of a drink. Probably a bit of both. Props on the rockstar lifestyle.

!
*HK isn't worth the crushin', but appreciates the complimentary tone*

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Hi NV, Don't get too worked up. She's already admitted the hotel room smells of boiled eggs.

Bah! I admitted no such thing!!
I merely pointed out that I boiled some eggz.
The lovely cleaning staff ensures that my suite is fresh as daisies every day.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:38 AM

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
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Originally posted by Kelkhil:
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Originally posted by msg:
HK- wowza...can I come too! You look to be having such fun.
(tries to think of a way to swindle an invite from HK)
Yes, MsG, you are most definitely invited.
Kelkhil, you'll never be able to swindle me. So why bother? Especially when Dew exists....

So what you are saying is that it a takes Bribe for an invite?????

*conciders running to the store and stocking up on DEW*

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:40 AM

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Hi NV, Don't get too worked up. She's already admitted the hotel room smells of boiled eggs.
Bah! I admitted no such thing!!
I merely pointed out that I boiled some eggz.
The lovely cleaning staff ensures that my suite is fresh as daisies every day.

Ha! "Fresh as Daisies" reminds me that I've convinced my son that girls don't pass gas - that's where rainbows and daisies come from !

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:42 AM

ZEEK

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Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
Hey there's a good ponderable. What were your earliest warning signs of future geekness or nerd-dom?

Just videogames. Pacman influenced my whole life apparently. Sucked me in and spit out a computer nerd. I was helpless to stop it. The point of no return was when I learned pascal. From then on I was glued to a keyboard.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:46 AM

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
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Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
I just can't shut up.

*just thought that bore repeating*

The word is out...

"If I were dying, my last words would be, Have faith and pursue the unknown end." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:47 AM

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Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
Hey there's a good ponderable. What were your earliest warning signs of future geekness or nerd-dom?

Just videogames. Pacman influenced my whole life apparently. Sucked me in and spit out a computer nerd. I was helpless to stop it. The point of no return was when I learned pascal . From then on I was glued to a keyboard.

Zeek, in my mind you've always had this ageless quality about you...until now! Learned Pascal? *snort!* Yep...no doubt about it. You're as old, if not older than me!

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:47 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER

Well the smell ain't too rockstarish now is it Mavs.

At the doc? I'd fall asleep and get better before the SOB would have time to see me. Thanks for the vote of confidence in the previous thread MSG. Seems the mailorder husband thing sounds nice but I'm quickly realizing why I'm not married yet.

Seems I expect waaaaay more than a fella should from any woman in her right mind, (aside from the fact I can't quite find a right minded woman). Seems yesterday was a very good day off. I got to start a steady happy drunk around five and carried it 'til about 2300. Just get to feelin' like a surrogate SO and sick of it. I know I said I needed a break from GND but it didn't happen. But it has to or I'll... I really don't know what'll happen. All I know is I have been destructive to our field and my beloved Ginny and those are things I cherish to no end. I can't seem to beat this growling creature inside and it seems to keep trying to get out and take me over again. I don't want it anymore. Hell, I never wanted it in the first gorram place. It just seems the things and people who quell that growling are fleeting giving me the idea that there will never be any hope of ridding the creature from my being.

This is my heart. And though it is bitter, it is mine.

LIBERTAS SUMPTUS

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:51 AM

MSG

LOL one of my male students was goofing around and grabbed one of my lip inks and put it on...now he can't get it off...RONTFLMAO!!! He's been frantically wiping his lips for about 10 min, but he gave it time to set so he can't get it off...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:51 AM

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Originally posted by Kelkhil:
So what you are saying is that it a takes Bribe for an invite?????

Oh. Well.
Not so much a "bribe" as... er... lessee... howzabout... "good faith offering"?

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:56 AM

RIVERISMYGODDESS

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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
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Great pics HK, it looks like you're having a good time there. :)
Hee, thanks... but, I think you missed the part where I said those were pictures of me and all my friends. XD
And Beary now refuses to finish knitting my scarf.

I have a similar pic of me, but cannot post it while at work *considers opening an imageshack or flikr account*. It is me with my only friend (Code Red Mountain Dew) showing off my recent re-shaving of the head.

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*HK isn't worth the crushin'

Think what you will, but I disagree with this statement. I know I for one have had a crush on you for some time (what's not to like, you're an engineer, a nerd/geek, sarcastic, pretty damn cute, and emotionless, all qualities I am fond of). I also know I am not the only one.

~jimi

any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:01 AM

COZEN

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
!
*HK isn't worth the crushin'*

LIAR!

in, um, a good way....

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:01 AM

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Morning all!

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Hey there's a good ponderable. What were your earliest warning signs of future geekness or nerd-dom?

One of my earliest memories is of my parents getting the house ready to have friends over for a D&D night. I must have been pretty young, because I couldn't quite see over the table, but if I held onto the edge I could see all the dice and miniatures right at eye level. I sooo wanted to play. (I've always said that I'm a gamer because my mom was a gamer when I was very young.) As a kindergartener, I remember playing Star Wars with the other neighborhood kids (this would have been in '86 or so), and the first book I ever read on my own was a lengthy fantasy novel that scared the bejesus out of my teacher. So I think I've been a geek more or less since I could walk -- and not much has changed since then, hehe.

My parents finally let me join the grown-up D&D game when I was 12. And to carry on that tradition, when each of my younger siblings turned 12, I bought them their own set of dice in their favorite colors, complete with a unique dice box or bag, and I've painted a miniature for each of my family members at one point or another. These days we have a family D&D game every Christmas, usually bookended by a marathon viewing of the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings movies. Now, if I can just get my mom to play World of Warcraft with me...

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We have discussed accelerated learning programs for him, but his teacher, and other TAG (Talented and Gifted) coordinators insist we wait until he asks for more - that that would be the sign he is bored in school.

Mavs, I would suggest keeping an eye out for other signs of boredom, too (drawing in class, bringing books to school to read when he's done with his classwork, etc). IMO, if he's making up homework for the summer, he is basically asking for more. It sounds like he is still in love with learning, and I know for a lot of TAG kids, that love can quickly turn into hatred for school (ie, "it's a gigantic waste of time"), if new learning isn't served up fast enough and consistently enough. Maybe frequent trips to the library/bookstore to supplement his school activities?

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:03 AM

HOBBLEIT

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LOL one of my male students was goofing around and grabbed one of my lip inks and put it on...now he can't get it off...RONTFLMAO!!! He's been frantically wiping his lips for about 10 min, but he gave it time to set so he can't get it off...

ha ha. Oh that's funny. That would be something I would love to see

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:05 AM

ZEEK

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Hey there's a good ponderable. What were your earliest warning signs of future geekness or nerd-dom?

Just videogames. Pacman influenced my whole life apparently. Sucked me in and spit out a computer nerd. I was helpless to stop it. The point of no return was when I learned pascal . From then on I was glued to a keyboard.

Zeek, in my mind you've always had this ageless quality about you...until now! Learned Pascal? *snort!* Yep...no doubt about it. You're as old, if not older than me!

You underestimate the outdated courses in high schools. Plus that was the last year the course was taught with pascal. We went to C++ the next year and I convinced my councilor to let me retake the exact same course the next year. Now that was fun lemme tell ya. The teacher already knew I was on top of things. So, he pretty much let me do my own thing during lecture except when the class was stumped and no one could answer one of his questions. Then he'd call on me even though I wasn't paying attention...still I'd nail the answer. Did I mention I don't mind bragging?

Anyway I'm not too old.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:09 AM

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*HK isn't worth the crushin'*

LIAR!
in, um, a good way....
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*holds up hand*

yeah. Like Cozen said. "in, um, a good way...

Is there a :ilovehellskitteninagirlycrushway: emoticon?

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:47 AM

At the request of Mr River I. M. Goddess, I will now post his lovely, Code Red drinkin', no haired visage.
As he has no 'bucket. (Gorramn Feds!)

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:59 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER

He's lookin' at me like I owe him money.

LIBERTAS SUMPTUS

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:02 AM

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He's lookin' at me like I owe him money.

Hmmmm. And I was wondering why his eyes are following me no matter where I move...

Um...Joe? Did you mention "Wasabi Funyuns" in the tag? Please tell me that is a real product.
Please?

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:10 AM

FLYVOTE

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Did you mention "Wasabi Funyuns" in the tag? Please tell me that is a real product.
Please?

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:23 AM

Dood I gotta have those!

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Paladin

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:25 AM