Imponderable Watercooler: Teach us all

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FLYVOTE

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:04 PM (P)

Good teachers are astute observers of those they teach, and are really they themselves the quintessential students. It is when a teacher stops being a student that they stop being teachers. (I have teachers in my family.)

So I'll sit back and you can teach us all something. The pressure is on. Enlighten us.

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MAVOURNEEN

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:08 PM (P)

firsties?

edit: Squee! Firsty dance!

Teach something? Uh. Ok. Something from each of my lifetime's professions.

Books:
1. If the author's name begins with Mc or Mac, it is properly filed at the beginning of the "M" section.
2. Never shelve the Koran below waist height. It is disrespectful.

Spa Management:
1. Never apply retinoids (vitamin A creams) during the day. Sunlight robs them of their usefulness.

Furniture:
1. "Italian leather furniture" is false advertising. Almost all of the worlds' leather furniture is made in Brazil or China, where leather prices are ridiculously low and labor cheap.

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FLYVOTE

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:11 PM (P)

There's something I like about Mav getting firsties. But I just can't put my finger on it.

Or my hand.

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JONNYQUEST

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:14 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
ummm eeew and scary Rugbug..I hate to think what they had become after 10 years..a new life form perhaps?

Quote:
Originally posted by FlyVote:
Quote:
Originally posted by RugBug:
These days I work in insurance...employee benefits to be exact. There's plenty of crap in this profession, but none of it is in the cabinets.

Cabinet pooh was from when I was working in medical records during college. We were the lowest of the low...stuck in a basement with 7 foot high ceilings and pooh filled cabinets.

At least the pooh wasn't 7 feet high.

Quote:
Originally posted by nvghostrider:
What did the Dalai Lama look like? Sorry JQ. No likeness. He actually looked like any number of brown people around the world. I would have guessed he was from an island between SE Asia and Australia.

I don't even qualify as tan on my darkest days. Maybe I'll be the one after that...

And here's one for Mavs for her Firstiness: A pic of her in the Backroom with her Norwegian files.

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

FLYVOTE

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:20 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by JonnyQuest:

She's hot.

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RIVERISMYGODDESS

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:21 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by RugBug:
I like the cute guy with the sense of humor. Make me laugh (really laugh) and I'm not only impressed, but I'm a goner.

Of course you have to live on the opposite side of the gorramn country

LOL @ Mr. Hanky Jonny. :)

~jimi
SFC Alexander, Chief Medic for the 76th Indepentent Army Battalion
God? Who's colors' he flyin'?
DRIVE - Monday night, 8 pm on F*X. I suppose I could start stalking people again instead.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:25 PM (P)

Whoa. Good filing system.

I almost forgot with all the brain searching and all. RIGHT ON MAVS! It'll be a while 'til the edgyness goes away (think I'm having a fit right now), but its so worth it. I highly suggest replacing the smoking minutes for active minutes. I found myself doing laps during the week inside Wal Mart due to the crappy weather. Seeing the progress time after time really builds the self esteem. Helped I got into PB when I did. Aside from being sick the last time every set of games gets easier and more fun happens all the time.

Hugs for ya Mavs.

JONNYQUEST

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:25 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FlyVote:
She's hot.

Don't tell her that. If she gets wise, she just give us the brush off.

Quote:
Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
LOL @ Mr. Hanky Jonny. :)

Glad to oblige. Hey while I have your attention (who else but a feces-throwing Browncoat asks for that kind of attention), been meaning to comment on the new ink. Shiny!

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

FLYVOTE

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:33 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Books:
1. If the author's name begins with Mc or Mac, it is properly filed at the beginning of the "M" section.
2. Never shelve the Koran below waist height. It is disrespectful.

You could spend all day talking books to me, you dirty girl.

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MAVOURNEEN

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:35 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by nvghostrider:
I almost forgot with all the brain searching and all. RIGHT ON MAVS! It'll be a while 'til the edgyness goes away (think I'm having a fit right now), but its so worth it. I highly suggest replacing the smoking minutes for active minutes. I found myself doing laps during the week inside Wal Mart due to the crappy weather. Seeing the progress time after time really builds the self esteem. Helped I got into PB when I did. Aside from being sick the last time every set of games gets easier and more fun happens all the time.

Hugs for ya Mavs.

Thanks, NV. I've had two big reinforcements on my "I no longer smoke" quest.
1. Support from my friends online
2. The smell of my coworker when she returned from her smoke break. She walked in the office today and I nearly gagged. I thought "Sh*t, is that what I smelled like?"

*I'm going to treat myself to some new perfume!

JQ, I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that woman and her filing cabinets...

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JONNYQUEST

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:36 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by nvghostrider:
Helped I got into PB when I did.

I keep reading "Peanut Butter"...

GO MAVS! (Okay so I'm a Pistons fan. Our Mavs is better than Dallas' Mavs any day!)

As of the end of last month I'm nine years free of the smoke. You'll be happy about it, as you said, but never ecstatic. It just becomes a way of life not to smoke after a while. Then at some point way down the road you look back and "Damn! I did it!...I should celebrate with a smoke..." After 20 years of no cocaine, I can still taste it and miss it. Whatcha gonna do? It's kind of like staring at a gold brick from Fort Knox that in arms' reach and you could steal if you wanted to. You want it real bad, but you just don't do it. And you're okay with that.

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

ZEEK

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:40 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
Quote:
Originally posted by nvghostrider:
Helped I got into PB when I did.

I keep reading "Peanut Butter"...

Really? All I'm getting is "prison b(*&@#". I didn't even know NV was into that sorta stuff. Remind me never to crash at his house.

MSG

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:41 PM (P)

Teach you something ...hmmmm

Ok in honor of Magda...

The first recorded European contact with Australia was in March 1606, when Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon (c.1570 - 1630) charted the west coast of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.

Britain decided to use its new outpost as a penal colony; the First Fleet of 11 ships carried about 1500 people—half of them convicts. The fleet arrived in Sydney Harbour on 26 January 1788, and it is on this day every year that Australia Day is celebrated.

In all, about 160 000 men and women were brought to Australia as convicts from 1788 until penal transportation ended in 1868. The convicts were joined by free immigrants from the early 1790s. The wool industry and the gold rushes of the 1850s provided an impetus for free settlers to come to Australia.

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

FLYVOTE

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:45 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
Teach you something ...hmmmm

Not to take away honoring Magda, but teach us something YOU learned. Convey wisdom.

It isn't easy, really. And I'll take the pressure off by saying that I'm not insisting.

And transference of wisdom is something that depends on the situation. But I'm always open to learning something.

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RUGBUG

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:46 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mavourneen:

2. The smell of my coworker when she returned from her smoke break. She walked in the office today and I nearly gagged. I thought "Sh*t, is that what I smelled like?"
*I'm going to treat myself to some new perfume!

Yep, sadly, it is. I can tell when one of the smokers have been in a room before me even after they are long gone.

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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw

MAVOURNEEN

Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:46 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
penal

*gigglegigglegiggle*

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MSG

Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:01 PM (P)

OK then

I have learned that the trick to controlling student behavior is simple. All you need is to believe and act on these things

1- I will love you no matter what you do

2- If you misbehave I will kick your butt from here to New Jersey.

3- If you need me I will be there

4- If you are trying, I will help you

5- Nothing you do will ever change 1-4!

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

JONNYQUEST

Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:05 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
penal

*gigglegigglegiggle*

GIRLS!

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

FLYVOTE

Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:16 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
OK then

I have learned that the trick to controlling student behavior is simple. All you need is to believe and act on these things

1- I will love you no matter what you do

2- If you misbehave I will kick your butt from here to New Jersey.

3- If you need me I will be there

4- If you are trying, I will help you

5- Nothing you do will ever change 1-4!

See? THAT! That could go on a plaque.

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JONNYQUEST

Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:32 PM (P)

Hold up, hold up. Yes, yes, it's plaque-worthy rather than Gaack!-worthy. But I'm still reeling about how we got from

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
"prison b(*&@#"

to

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
penal colony

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

MSG

Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:37 PM (P)

I think a penal colony is full of prison b*tches... does that help Jonny

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

KELKHIL

Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:43 PM (P)

Hey now! some of my family got off that first boat!

Edit: Also we were Assasins for our mother clan in Scottland.

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil: for I am Forsaken

JONNYQUEST

Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:44 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
I think a penal colony is full of prison b*tches... does that help Jonny

I can't really say that knowledge would help Jonny except maybe for its deterent value. I just thought that it was interesting that the two thoughts came up almost at the same time from completely different trains of thread. (My theory in action again?)

Anyway I luvs your 5 commandments. Bylaws. Whatever they are.

EDIT:

Quote:
Originally posted by Kelkhil:
Hey now! some of my family got off that first boat!

*scratches chin*
Surprised? No, can't say as I am...

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

MAVOURNEEN

Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:45 PM (P)

And with that lovely sentiment, I am out for the day.

Onward and upward, my friends.

*I've been trying to deconstruct NV's dream, without much success.

Have a good evening, everyone. See you tomorrow.

(Sloppy Joes for dinner!)

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MSG

Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:50 PM (P)

Well they work for me:) Not sure if they'd work for other teachers because you actually have to feel that way and I'm not sure that can be taught...and you wouldn't want to mimic it, 'cause kids can spot a con job a mile away.

Oh drat there's the bell..free period over now.
Must go deal with possibly pregnant TA and student with explosive behavior disorder ( very unpredictable) plus , for some reason, my three stooges are acting more stooge like than usual so that's gonna take some fixin.. ( I just wish they'd divide the single brain they share between them into 3rds so that all of them could have at least a marginally working cerebral cortex.

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

FLYVOTE

Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:51 PM (P)

Have a pleasant eve, Mav.

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JONNYQUEST

Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:51 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Never apply retinoids (vitamin A creams) during the day. Sunlight robs them of their usefulness.

I applied Preparation R to my Retinoids in the daytime, 'cause--I don't know about anyone else--mine are where the sun don't shine.

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

JONNYQUEST

Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:53 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
Well they work for me:) Not sure if they'd work for other teachers because you actually have to feel that way and I'm not sure that can be taught...and you wouldn't want to mimic it, 'cause kids can spot a con job a mile away.

Zeek would approve of this statement.

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

MSG

Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:26 PM (P)

Ok 20 min left of class and it's on to the after school program..then it's straight on to tutoring until 10pm...This is why I hate Thursdays...
Oh well. At least tomorrow is Friday and I have a lovely outing with many other teachers.

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

FLYVOTE

Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:30 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
Ok 20 min left of class and it's on to the after school program..then it's straight on to tutoring until 10pm...This is why I hate Thursdays...
Oh well. At least tomorrow is Friday and I have a lovely outing with many other teachers.

Sorry to hear that your evening is so long. I hope that you get a good night's sleep. It has been fun chatting with you today, as it always is.

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MSG

Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:32 PM (P)

See you all later...

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

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:44 PM (P)

Bye-bye MSG.

Peanut butter? Prison bitches? Penal colonies?

Strange. I was talking about paint ball.

KELKHIL

Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:48 PM (P)

Well you know JQ.... half hs mind is in the gutter the other half in the sewer!

How ya been NVG?

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil: for I am Forsaken

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:50 PM (P)

Doin' fine. Getting healthy. Suffering from a lack of patience disorder. I get to buyin' music when I get like this.

Amazon loves me!

KELKHIL

Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:52 PM (P)

Yeah I have had that patience disorder for the last couple of days

*Twitch*
Stupid

*Twitch*
Nicotine

*Twitch*
Fits!

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil: for I am Forsaken

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:56 PM (P)

I was smoking a pen the other day and felt real dumb when I realized what was happening. A co-worker is having "other" frustration issues of the like I'd been feeling. Not good having all this energy.

FLYVOTE

Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:57 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Kelkhil:
Yeah I have had that patience disorder for the last couple of days

*Twitch*
Stupid

*Twitch*
Nicotine

*Twitch*
Fits!

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil: for I am Forsaken

Keep off the cigs. We're here to support you.

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JONNYQUEST

Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:00 PM (P)

Hang in there. Coming from a gutter rat I don't know how seriously you'll take that...

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

MIRCEA

Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:20 PM (P)

Hey yall. How's everyone?

I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:03 PM (P)

Wow. Thread died out. I'm almost ouy for the day. Y'all have a swell evening.

COPILOT

Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:08 PM (P)

Nighty night NV hope you have more interesting dreams.
~LOVE

An I carried such a torch
http://myspace.com/serenityscopilot

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:10 PM (P)

no ciggies!

---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre, Owner of a too big Turnippy smelling coat with MR scratched in the neck (thanks FollowMal!)

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, April 27, 2007 1:31 AM (P)

OOh Ooh I want to teach something!

You can tell what kind of credit card it is by the number! All Mastercards start with 5, Visa with 4, Amex with 3 and Discover with 6.

---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre, Owner of a too big Turnippy smelling coat with MR scratched in the neck (thanks FollowMal!)

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

FLYVOTE

Friday, April 27, 2007 1:59 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:

---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Well, hi FMF! How are things going with you?

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FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, April 27, 2007 2:04 AM (P)

same ol same ol! How u?

---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre, Owner of a too big Turnippy smelling coat with MR scratched in the neck (thanks FollowMal!)

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, April 27, 2007 2:04 AM (P)

same ol same ol! How u?

---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre, Owner of a too big Turnippy smelling coat with MR scratched in the neck (thanks FollowMal!)

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

PENGUIN

Friday, April 27, 2007 2:10 AM (P)

*rubs eyes* I'm seeing double!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

FLYVOTE

Friday, April 27, 2007 2:11 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
same ol same ol! How u?

Busy. Tired. But that is also the "same ol". I'm glad that you got the flowers. Now I know more about lavender roses than I did before.

If you ever want to dump about life, feel free. Flyvote at usbmicro.com will reach me. I'll reply with a different address that is read more often.

The prom thread was a hoot. I'm trying to figure out how to take it a notch further. Ideas?

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HOBBLEIT

Friday, April 27, 2007 8:14 AM (P)

Good morning everybody.

Just popping in before i have to go to uni.

We're doing the russian peasantry today. And I did the work but can't remember a single thing about them. This is going to be fun(!)

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FLYVOTE

Friday, April 27, 2007 12:30 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by hobbleit:
We're doing the russian peasantry today.

I find peasants revolting.

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KELKHIL

Friday, April 27, 2007 12:36 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FlyVote:
I find peasants revolting.

BOO! BOO!

BTW - Morning Flyvote hows things?

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil: for I am Forsaken

MAVOURNEEN

Friday, April 27, 2007 12:36 PM (P)

Good Morning, everyone!

The skies are incredibly dark here in MD - we are gonna get a Hella Thunderstorm soon...but my mood is pretty upbeat. Incredibly, my "No Smoking" stays in effect. I have stopped counting the hours smoke free. Weird, huh? I was really, really ready to quit. I just needed a mental kick in the butt to get over the emotional hurdle.

Thanks, Browncoat Friendlets!

For the first time in years, I like the way my hair smells. (And you know how I am about my hair...) I like not coughing in the morning. I like that my car doesn't smell like an ashtray.

I've had a few strong Nic fits, but nothing I haven't been able to talk myself down from. And Husband has been very supportive, smoking away from me, and keeping the carton in his truck. I am hoping my quitting will in turn help him quit.

EDIT: Kel, I love the pic of the Shatner first thing in the AM!!!

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KELKHIL

Friday, April 27, 2007 1:02 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mavourneen:

EDIT: Kel, I love the pic of the Shatner first thing in the AM!!!

Anything to releave the tension there Mavs!

Glad you are starting to feel better about the quiting! Isn't weird how fast you actually start to recover senses when you do? Things smell different, taste different and such.

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil: for I am Forsaken

FLYVOTE

Friday, April 27, 2007 1:03 PM (P)

I love the smell of Shatner in the morning.

I doubt I would, but it was a quote I felt necessary to butcher.

Mav and Kel - Keep up the good work avoiding the cigs. We'll be here to give you a whoopin' any time that you feel you need motivation.

I've been doing what I can to stay part of the thread(s). I just find I can't stay away! FFF makes for a way to clear my mind from work.

Oop. Back to work.

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PENGUIN

Friday, April 27, 2007 1:07 PM (P)

We are seeing sun here in the Mythical Land that is Iowa for the first time in a week! YAY!!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

JONNYQUEST

Friday, April 27, 2007 2:30 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FlyVote:
I love the smell of Shatner in the morning.

I feel this overwhelming need to go "EWWWWW!"

How's this instead?

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

MSG

Friday, April 27, 2007 3:06 PM (P)

Morning all...it's Friday...SMEEEEEE!!!

Mav and Kelkhil are my new heroes. I've decided if they can quit smoking then I can quit sugar. So no sugar for me for at least a month. I shall have to lay in a supply of sugar free treats.

OK I've had too much diet coke and I'm a little jittery now...

FMF- HUGS and I am trying to send you an email, but ONCE AGAIN our email system is down...(**&^%%$@#!@@!#$#%$^^&!!!!

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

ZEEK

Friday, April 27, 2007 3:07 PM (P)

No sugar? How in the world do you avoid all sugar? That's one lofty goal. Good luck.

MAVOURNEEN

Friday, April 27, 2007 3:13 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
Mav and Kelkhil are my new heroes. I've decided if they can quit smoking then I can quit sugar. So no sugar for me for at least a month. I shall have to lay in a supply of sugar free treats.

Sugar is the only thing keeping me going! One vice at a time...but I'm trying to be a good dog with the munchables so that giving up smoking doesn't make the scale cringe when I come near! However, the choc covered apricots and altoids are mocking me...

msg, I've been having a lot of fun at that cheezburger cat site!!!
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/04/

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MSG

Friday, April 27, 2007 3:25 PM (P)

Not absolutely no sugar in any food item silly...I mean no sugary treats ( candy, cake, pie, doughnuts, chocolate, ice cream, etc..)

LOL Mav

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

JONNYQUEST

Friday, April 27, 2007 3:28 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
Mav and Kelkhil are my new heroes. I've decided if they can quit smoking then I can quit sugar. So no sugar for me for at least a month. I shall have to lay in a supply of sugar free treats.

OK I've had too much diet coke and I'm a little jittery now...

Sugar and caffeine

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
No sugar? How in the world do you avoid all sugar? That's one lofty goal. Good luck.

Qualified: all bad (ie:processed) sugar. Unprocessed sugar is what makes us run; it's our fuel. But when the body has processing it's own fuel trouble ensues int the form of a fairly sure-fire, non-lofty way to quit sugar: Diabetes.

Hi. My name is Pete. I am a glucoholic. My favorite food group was

Then, my wife got diabetes. Well we're not sure when she got it for sure, but she was diagnosed with it. Anyway. I quit sugar. (until very recently) To help her quit. Now that her blood sugar is managed (insulin injections every morning), we have an occasional sweet, me moreso than she, but she isn't bothered by it anymore.

*looks around, get off pulpit*

Sorry.

WAY TO GO MAVS AND KEL!!

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

MSG

Friday, April 27, 2007 3:32 PM (P)

Yeah for me it'd be a diet thing. MisterG and I are both on a diet and in one month he lost 11 pounds and I lost 4...freakin 4 pounds! So very unfair. Then I saw how brave and strong Mav and Kelkhil and NV were being and I thought...I can do that. Sweets are my downfall ( well that and pizza) so I have already given up pizza and now I am giving up sweets.

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

MAVOURNEEN

Friday, April 27, 2007 3:42 PM (P)

Doesn't that stink?

Husband can give up sodas & hotdogs and loses 10 lbs. I give up the same and the scale doesn't change.
:sadlovesjunkfoodface:

Thanks for the positives, msg. Like I said previously, I was in a physical place where quitting would be easy(er)...I didn't go cold turkey after smoking 2 packs a day.
What's getting me through the emotional is chocolate covered apricots (here DTH, DTH, DTH...)
and my Browncoat family.

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KELKHIL

Friday, April 27, 2007 3:48 PM (P)

Sneaks up behind NVG (i see you on the board)

An I saw this and it has Forsaken init so I goink-ed it!

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil: for I am Forsaken

NVGHOSTRIDER

Friday, April 27, 2007 3:55 PM (P)

Well folks, a good morning it seems to be.

Sorry about the suffering Mavs and Big K, but it is so gorram worth it.

Back to work. Yay!

ADD: Just creeped me out. I think this is my first post for the day.

JONNYQUEST

Friday, April 27, 2007 3:57 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Kelkhil:

OOOOOOH! AHHHHHH!

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

NVGHOSTRIDER

Friday, April 27, 2007 3:58 PM (P)

Forsaken Paintball. Fits our guys very well.

MSG

Friday, April 27, 2007 3:59 PM (P)

OK I have a weird language oriented ponder...

the word commitment

If you had been sitting around with a group of friends and one casually suggests " We should get together. You could come over the next night to watch a ball game" and you say " sure that'd be fun " Would you say you'd made a commitment to be there??

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

ZEEK

Friday, April 27, 2007 4:11 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
OK I have a weird language oriented ponder...

the word commitment

If you had been sitting around with a group of friends and one casually suggests " We should get together. You could come over the next night to watch a ball game" and you say " sure that'd be fun " Would you say you'd made a commitment to be there??

Enough to the point that I'd tell the person if something else came up and I wasn't going to be able to make it. That or maybe I'd be waiting for them to send me an email or call me to tell me when to come over.

MAVOURNEEN

Friday, April 27, 2007 4:14 PM (P)

The key words for me in that conversation is "could" and the selection of a specific night.

If it was "You could come over some night..." and you say "sure, sounds fun" that isn't a committment. That's a promise of future committment.

If it was "You should come over on Tuesday night" and you say "sure, sounds fun" its a committment.

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JONNYQUEST

Friday, April 27, 2007 4:21 PM (P)

Huh. I have a fear of commitment. I'm afraid someone's going to commit me. I just made that up in my head but I am equally sure it's very old joke. The reason I'm "huh"ing is that I'm not sure this has ever happened before or even can happen: I agree with Zeek and Mavs. At the same time. Huh. oops i did it again.

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

NVGHOSTRIDER

Friday, April 27, 2007 4:28 PM (P)

Between friends it sounds like a committed activity. But, it seems a little open ended. It seems if the person couldn't make it they should call at the very least.

JONNYQUEST

Friday, April 27, 2007 4:33 PM (P)

Okay now that we're all clear about that, MsG, what did you do? What are you trying weasel out of? Or did someone stand you up? (*gets out bapping gloves*)

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

MSG

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:00 PM (P)

actually it was me. My sibs invited us to go and I was too tired and called and said I didn't want to go. MisterG is very upset that I broke a commitment..

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

NVGHOSTRIDER

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:10 PM (P)

If there was a bunch of planning (bringing food/drinks, going somewhere, spending money, having heartfelt conversation) I can see that view.
Was the game that important?

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:11 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Good Morning, everyone!

The skies are incredibly dark here in MD - we are gonna get a Hella Thunderstorm soon...but my mood is pretty upbeat. Incredibly, my "No Smoking" stays in effect. I have stopped counting the hours smoke free. Weird, huh? I was really, really ready to quit. I just needed a mental kick in the butt to get over the emotional hurdle.

Thanks, Browncoat Friendlets!

For the first time in years, I like the way my hair smells. (And you know how I am about my hair...) I like not coughing in the morning. I like that my car doesn't smell like an ashtray.

I've had a few strong Nic fits, but nothing I haven't been able to talk myself down from. And Husband has been very supportive, smoking away from me, and keeping the carton in his truck. I am hoping my quitting will in turn help him quit.

EDIT: Kel, I love the pic of the Shatner first thing in the AM!!!

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*FMF enters the thread to tick everyone off with her superiority * I quit smoking the day I got married. Never went back.......course maybe I should have kept the marlboros and quit the man.

Excellent work on the no-smokage- I bet your hair smells terrific!

---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre, Owner of a too big Turnippy smelling coat with MR scratched in the neck (thanks FollowMal!)

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

HOBBLEIT

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:11 PM (P)

Wahey, I'm back.

Seminar wasn't too bad. Didn't contribute anything since the majority of the two hours focused on the peasnatry before 1917 and all my reading was post 1917.

Now i am going to spend the weekend watching the Firefly weekend on Sci-Fi and attempt to do notes.

Great!

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http://www.myspace.com/muddy_waters

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:14 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
OK I have a weird language oriented ponder...

the word commitment

If you had been sitting around with a group of friends and one casually suggests " We should get together. You could come over the next night to watch a ball game" and you say " sure that'd be fun " Would you say you'd made a commitment to be there??

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

I would say yes, but it isnt a commitment written in stone, if you dont want to go you call and say - I am so sorry but I am unwell or something. Tell MrG to take a freaking chill pill!

---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre, Owner of a too big Turnippy smelling coat with MR scratched in the neck (thanks FollowMal!)

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

MSG

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:15 PM (P)

Cool:)Hobbleit:)

NV- nope no really planning just casual..hey we should do it, sure why not. We do this sort of thing all the time. It was just a Jazz game.

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

NVGHOSTRIDER

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:15 PM (P)

Makes it easier on the research. Now you can speed read anything already discussed in the seminar. Have fun with FF on Sci Fi. (Wishes he had cable/sat)

ADD: Kinda figured it MSG. Not like you planned on meeting at a certain place and time, got a shirt cut for the occasion, and had your hair trimmed or anything. (Kicks the word committment across the yard. Stupid dog runs off with it and gnaws wildly at its corners.) I'm gone for a bit. Seems these kids actually need to eat so I'm off to shop.

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:19 PM (P)

I was almost fired this morning.

---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre, Owner of a too big Turnippy smelling coat with MR scratched in the neck (thanks FollowMal!)

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:21 PM (P)

Hey all, gunna try to do some catch up here before running out to assault this gorgeous Friday (82° and sunny today, woot!).

Go Mavs and Kel! Keep it up! It's totally worth it. I was mostly a social smoker, but I did find myself really craving a cig when I was stressed. That's when I stumbled upon a little bit of something that I think everyone should know, smoker, ex-smoker, and non-smoker alike. What I realized is that when you're smoking, you breathe differently. You take in a very focused breath, hold it in, then blow it out purposefully. When I quit smoking, I found that if I just breathed like I was smoking, it really helped with the stress. I quit over 7 years ago, and I still use that breathing technique when I'm stressed.

MsG, good luck with the sugar thing. Last fall, hubby and I decided to give up corn syrup/high fructose corn syrup completely. It's crazy difficult -- corn syrup is in frickin everything -- but I'm glad we did it. It does mean basically giving up breakfast cereal and things like hamburger buns, but unlike when I've tried to give up all processed sugar, I don't feel deprived. We keep honey around for when I bake bread and for in tea and such, and I've switched to a sugar-free coffee syrup (hubby was already a Diet Coke man). And when we want a treat, we go with something that lists "sugar" instead of "corn syrup" on the label, like good chocolate or Ben&Jerry's. It is kind of shocking to me how many things corn syrup is in.

As far as commitment goes, I say as long as you call, your siblings will get over it. (Though I think my brother might kill you for missing a Jazz game, lol.)

Ok! Work! Optometrist appointment! Finish sewing my swimsuit so we can go to the beach tomorrow! Woo!

Highly caffeinated,

~CK

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

JONNYQUEST

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:23 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
actually it was me. My sibs invited us to go and I was too tired and called and said I didn't want to go. MisterG is very upset that I broke a commitment..

Forget MrG! What about God and Charlton Heston?

Well, on the bright side, at least MrG likes your sibs enough to give a damn. And hey, they're siblings. It's not like they're real people. Sibs crap on each other all the time and it's all good.

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

MAVOURNEEN

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:23 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
course maybe I should have kept the marlboros and quit the man.

Hindsight is 20/20, but you got some excellent children out of it. Look at it that way.

Besides, that man IS a cancer. He doesn't CAUSE cancer.

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Excellent work on the no-smokage- I bet your hair smells terrific!

It does, thank you for noticing! I can finally smell my shampoo...and gee, it DOES smell terrific.

Quote:
I was almost fired this morning.

Wha happen'd???

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CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:26 PM (P)

Lol Jonny, great photoshop work there, hehe. Have you seen this?

~CK

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

RUGBUG

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:30 PM (P)

Happy, happy Friday! I love Fridays. I especially love Friday night, crawling into bed knowing that I don't have to wake up at any specific time the next morning. Friday nights are always about promise. The promise of sleeping in, of a fun weekend, of time away from work. Ah, Fridays.

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
OK I have a weird language oriented ponder...

the word commitment

If you had been sitting around with a group of friends and one casually suggests " We should get together. You could come over the next night to watch a ball game" and you say " sure that'd be fun " Would you say you'd made a commitment to be there??

If a specific day is mentioned, then you've made a commitment. If no specific day is mentioned, it's ("you should come over sometime"), it's a suggestion.

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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw

JONNYQUEST

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:45 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
Lol Jonny, great photoshop work there, hehe. Have you seen this?

Okay, it's a rare day for me to LOL. I smirk. I smile. I grin. But I never, never, NEVER cry! Not until today. Have a great time at the beach. This one act of random humor has earned you the right to perfect bliss for the weekend.

My jaws ache.

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

MAVOURNEEN

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:45 PM (P)

Have you seen this Man?

Imponderable Browncoat Chicks want to know!

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HOBBLEIT

Friday, April 27, 2007 5:54 PM (P)

Well, I'm off for the weekend, see y'all on monday.

Have a great weekend.

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http://www.myspace.com/muddy_waters

JONNYQUEST

Friday, April 27, 2007 6:04 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by RugBug:
- Happy, happy Friday!
- I love Fridays.

- I especially love Friday night, crawling into bed knowing that I don't have to wake up at any specific time the next morning.

- Friday nights are always about promise. The promise
of sleeping in,
of a fun weekend,
of time away from work.
Ah, Fridays.

- If a specific day is mentioned, then you've made a commitment.
- If no specific day is mentioned, it's ("you should come over sometime"), it's a suggestion.

RugBug's whole train of thought made me think of this. And then wonder what's really on her mind. (not the Jazz I'm bettin'.)

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

MSG

Friday, April 27, 2007 6:08 PM (P)

Hey what happened FMF?? I'd email and ask, but unfortunately stupid *(&*&&**%&%^%$$^%^!!!! email came up and went back down within minutes..

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

KELKHIL

Friday, April 27, 2007 6:16 PM (P)

MSG - so if MRG is upset why doesn't he just go without you? Is there some rule that says he can't? That is what I would do.

FMF - What happened Lassy? Are you alright? Getting fired would be a bad thing. *Gives FMF a "comforting" shoulder rub*

Mavs - I think RIMG said something about friday off. Or maybe that was last friday?

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil: for I am Forsaken

JONNYQUEST

Friday, April 27, 2007 6:18 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Have you seen this Man?

Imponderable Browncoat Chicks want to know!

Not to worry Mavs. I made up some flyers we can circulate.

MsG, I wouldn't blame you computer too quickly. I've seen FMF do this quite a bit. In and out like a flash. Not saying your email isn't effed up...

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

MAVOURNEEN

Friday, April 27, 2007 6:18 PM (P)

MsG, please get your bappin' hand ready. Go read the tags and come back here.

NV. I'm so sorry I gotta do this, honey.

(Kel- Last Friday (Fry-day. Ha!) Jimi was celebrating April 20th. I know nothing of his AWOL-yness for today.
Jimi, you better not be in the pokey again!)

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JONNYQUEST

Friday, April 27, 2007 6:22 PM (P)

OOOOOOHHH! Marvin....

Quote:
Originally posted by Kelkhil:
I think RIMG said something about friday off. Or maybe that was last friday?

It was last Friday. That's why he wasn't at the Prom. But maybe it'll be a regular thing. Or else they're crackin' the whip on security again. Like por ole MsG.

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

MSG

Friday, April 27, 2007 6:35 PM (P)

No it's my email...my hellspawn email. It's offline again!!! *(*()*(&*&^&!@#$%^&*()_!@#$%^&*!!!!@!@!@

So annoyed. Can't send or receive which is really causing serious problems right now as I am in the midst of this big deal thing with the district office and email being down makes me look at best flaky and at worst irresponsible. Not that it can't be corrected once email is back, but there are some time critical issues and the delay is becoming a real problem...and of course today I accidentally left my cell at home so I'd have to leave my students alone and go about 1/2 block down to the faculty room to make phone calls...!@#$%!@#$%^!@#$%^!!!!!!

Anyway...he didn't go without me 'cause I said I'd have to go if he did 'cause I'd be the only one who wasn't there....we've sorted it out.

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

RUGBUG

Friday, April 27, 2007 6:41 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
MsG, I wouldn't blame you computer too quickly. I've seen FMF do this quite a bit. In and out like a flash. Not saying your email isn't effed up...

JQ,

I think she's worried ona counta FMF said she almost lost her job today.

That's worrisome...

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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw

JONNYQUEST

Friday, April 27, 2007 6:48 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by RugBug:
JQ,

I think she's worried ona counta FMF said she almost lost her job today.

That's worrisome...

No, I get that. I'm just saying that...never mind.

I hope as we all do that FMF is okay on the jobfront.

(am i getting really hard to understand? i never used to have this problem.)

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

JONNYQUEST

Friday, April 27, 2007 7:05 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
Anyway...he didn't go without me 'cause I said I'd have to go if he did 'cause I'd be the only one who wasn't there....we've sorted it out.

"C'mon in! The water's fine! Don't be the only one left on shore!"

Da dum....da dum da dum....deedle dee......!

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw

KELKHIL

Friday, April 27, 2007 7:05 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Mavourneen:
MsG, please get your bappin' hand ready. Go read the tags and come back here.

Who we bappin' now? Can I help with bappin' please?

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Paladin

Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil: for I am Forsaken

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