Imponderables: Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

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Originally posted by Zeek:
What's the opposite of counting sheep?

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Not counting sheep?

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Originally posted by zerokiryu:

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Originally posted by Zeek:
What's the opposite of counting sheep?

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Not counting sheep?

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Nope

Any other ideas?

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Mav that so totally rocks!!

NV- HUGS tell Mindy I'm hoping the best for her:)

Oh I am so sick of remodeling...and the struggle continues. The vanity we chose is a hair to short, luckily the lip of the rim of the new sink will cover us having ot move it 1/2 in to the left and argh!!! So sick of this...tell me this will all be over soon.

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

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Counting spiders?

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The only reason I'd be counting spiders is if I was outside the room ,screaming in terror and trying to convey the seriousness of the invasion to an exterminator

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

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Originally posted by msg:
The only reason I'd be counting spiders is if I was outside the room ,screaming in terror and trying to convey the seriousness of the invasion to an exterminator

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If there's enough to require counting I think it's enough to tell the exterminator it's SERIOUS.

We only have 20 minutes to come up with something to keep me awake through a meeting that will surely be boring. Must brainstorm faster!

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OK here's what I do.... get a notebook, get a story idea, spend the meeting writing a story...or you could make lists...top 10 jobs I want, 10 places I should visit in the next 5 years, 10 movie stars I would date, 10 movie stars I wouldn't date, 10 best days of my life...etc Then you look all busy and involved and yet you are entertained

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

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Originally posted by msg:
OK here's what I do.... get a notebook, get a story idea, spend the meeting writing a story...or you could make lists...top 10 jobs I want, 10 places I should visit in the next 5 years, 10 movie stars I would date, 10 movie stars I wouldn't date, 10 best days of my life...etc Then you look all busy and involved and yet you are entertained

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Well...I think I'll use the idea but sadly put a work twist on it.

At the end of every work cycle we have a meeting to go over the things that went wrong and how we should do them better next time. I haven't been maintaining a list and I know stuff is going to start popping out the back of my head soon enough. So, I guess I could spend the meeting writing that stuff down so I don't forget.

How's that for a lame, responsible list game?

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Double YAY on the babies Mavs.

In and out. Found out about freakin' interviews today. I just wish three or four decent tech's would show up for hiring. We have three interviews and one possible hire.

See y'all in a bit.

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HUGS Joe yeah same boat here...we have to hire a new teacher and so far it's a pile of duds:)

Zeek- hey anything to distract you, plus good sense of purpose and no chance of getting caught not working:)

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one for four. Not bad I guess. But it should be easier to find folks to fill a position that carries so many beyond what they already are. Oh well. We're losing our director soon too. Sucks.

Anyone interested?

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
TeeHee. I just posted a blog.

You may now call me GrandMavourneen.
My stepdaughter's son has made his entrance into the world!

Yay Babies!!!

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You're WAY to young to be a grandma!

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King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Originally posted by msg:

Oh I am so sick of remodeling...and the struggle continues. The vanity we chose is a hair to short, luckily the lip of the rim of the new sink will cover us having ot move it 1/2 in to the left and argh!!! So sick of this...tell me this will all be over soon.

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I remodeled most of my house a couple of years ago...7 months! lol

It will end...and you will LOVE what you've done!

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King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Wish I could help. Seems I like to paint but can do pretty much anything short of financing a remodel.

Heya Penguin.

Goodnight folks. Here late and wanna go home.

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Hi

For those who were wondering: Haven't dropped off the planet. The school year started where I am.

Hope everyone's doing well.

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mornin' Imponderables.

*glomps Neko*

Congrats Mavs, you GMILF.

Lists, heh. High Fidelity anyone? (love that freakin movie)

~jimi
I'm gonna show you a little trick that mom showed me when you weren't around. It was for special events just like this. Oh yeah, one more thing...I'm glad you changed your last name, you son of a bitch!

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
TeeHee. I just posted a blog.

You may now call me GrandMavourneen.
My stepdaughter's son has made his entrance into the world!

Yay Babies!!!

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Congrats.

Good afternoon. It's too warm and I want it to rain.

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Now with letters after my name.
http://www.myspace.com/muddy_waters

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Morning all:)
Neko...hurray Neko is well:) I understand about the start of school. Took some serious persuading ,I can tell you, to get my principal to sign off on me being gone for D*C and he wouldn't sign off on Thursday so I won't be there until Friday...at least, thanks to Jimi, I get to stay for the shindig:)

Penguin- oh I don't overmuch care as long as it looks decent as the purpose of the remodel is to make it easier to sell the house... but it'll be worth it as soon as we sell and move to a much larger house with a smaller price tag ( we live in the 3 priciest area in SLC)

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

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OK Laughing so hard now...I have a Britta filter on my faucet and it makes a concentrated stream of water. Well I must have angled the glass just right and cranked the water pressure a bit too much, 'cause I just went to fill my glass and the stream shoots in and in a perfect arc shoots up and directly back out....I felt like I was in a cartoon:)

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'NEKO!!! So glad you dropped in. Message ya soon.

Seems the surprizes with all the new stuff are always fun MSG. Wait til you get a bit more foot traffic an any new floorage you might have. Always fun getting that fixed.

Top fives Jimi.

How 'bout Top Five Pet Peeves of the Opposite Sex.

1. How many women does it take for one to go pee? Okay, limited more to the younger ones but I still see it here and there with the older ones.

2. Whining/crying/flirting to get in or out of something. Sure it is probably a primative method of persuasion but women folk who are mindful of it just seem so wrong.

3. Label whoreage. Seems more prevelant in women than men. But honestly they are right more often than not with alot of things.

4. Insane amount of memory. I feel like an old DOS 'puter in comparison to the female mind. I can't make recall specific incidents where I've been treated crappy in the last week or two. I just know it happened. Sucks having no evidence.

5. Period. There is so much pressure associated with it. Not that I have any first hand knowledge but the collateral knowledge seems enough for most any guy. The dread of it starting, mood wise and no funtime and all. Or the dread of it not coming because of the funtime. But sometimes we sincerely wish it didn't come. Does that make any sense?

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LOL NV- I love your list

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1- because once we get there we might need stuff we forgot to bring ( lipstick, tissue, pepper spray etc..)

2- well if you'd stop falling for it, we'd cut it out:)

3- Once you label it, you know where it goes ( ok I don't much care for it either, but I do it all the time without thinking)

4-It's because the minute you do something we run it over and over in our head thinking of why it makes us mad and why you did it and what we're going to do about it...then we tell our friends about it so they can do the same...so by the time it comes back up in an arguement, we've run over the details at least 15 times

5-Oh tell me you are not complaining about this.... you think YOU don't enjoy it??? LOL I will trade you any day... I would fill this with a vivid description, but you don't need that. Best comparable I can give you is severe food poisoning crossed with donating blood, and a migraine.

Well now that I've explained, is there anything else that confuses you?

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Excellent Top 5 list NVG.

MsG, they were pet peeves, not really things he was confused about. I am sure you could put together a top 5 list of yours about men.

Top 5 Pet Peeves while driving:

1. Cell phone usage - should be self-explanatory

2. Driving with your hazard lights on in the rain and driving slowly in the left-hand lane to regulate traffic - causes more problems than helps

3. Not understanding relative velocity - if you are going to pull out in front of me, be willing to drive at least as fast as I am driving

4. Slowing down because you see a cop's lights flashing - quickest way to get yourself noticed

5. Motorcycles and people on bikes - they want equal respect and privledges without equal responsibility

~jimi
You're in a Chinese Opium Dem, Timmy. This is where the sport of Dodgeball was invented in the 15th Century ... by Opium-addicted Chinamen. But back then, the Chinamen threw severed heads at each other, instead of the A.D.A.A.-approved balls we use today.

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Actually those are my peeves for a certain female. It sucks that I generlized so much, but I'm sure many have observed the same behavior in others.

Just a bundle of confuzlement right now. Seeing what I want as unattainable at the moment.

But aren't the things we want seemingly unattainable at the onset of our self fulfilling missions? Or is it just me?

ADD: A funny poster from over at H23. Thought of Jimi's "Gangsta" remark when I saw it.


It says Gold Desert Eagle
'Cause Pimpin' Ain't easy.
Kind of an inside joke about a fella who owns a Gold hue DE and the crap he gets for owning a pretty POS. Only someone truly gangsta would be so frivolous.

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LOl HUGS NV I was just teasing you sweety:)

Ok that was weird...for like 1/2 hour I couldn't get in or post:)


Hmm pet peeves for guys:)

1- Sports are boring...accept and move on

2- Touching strangers is wrong ...ALWAYS

3- Dancing is fun...learn how

4- A salad can be dinner..don't try to make me eat what you do, you're twice my size

5- Toilet humor is not fun...no no no not funny

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Just a bit sensaTIVE RIGHT NOW (WIPES BEGINNING OF A TEAR). Kidding.

So yeah, sports are boring unless you're playing. I get all bent out of shape inside when I see the proximity acknowledgement by strangers in public. I happen to come from a society where touch has it's place. Touching between strangers is not taboo. It's war. Dancing is fun and shouldn't be limited to drunken outtings. Been wanting to learn and seems to have to proper motivation/motivator (envies and praises Jimi for bein' of the larger sort and having the ability to cut some freakin' rug).
What? Can't eat a huge mashed potato with a two pound steak?
You're such a girl.
Kinda torn on the toilet humor though. But then again I get to accidentally overhear serious discussions by females that would make many ordianary men cringe/run/blush. Toilet humor just seems like a waste of breath after hearing some of the stuff stated by the other team.

Dangit. Really hankerin' for a taco salad and a big glass of unsweetened ie tea. Might have to treat myself today.
Darn huh?

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LOL NV_ OK you've got me there...there are some childbirth discussions that make toilet humor looko refined:)
Yeah I'm just not that big a fan of the " accidental" chest brush, butt brush..etc or the pat, or pinch thing either.
Oh playing sports is tons of fun, watching...not so much

oooh taco salad. If I hadn't already eaten, I'd so be there!

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Originally posted by msg:
Hmm pet peeves for guys:)

1- Sports are boring...accept and move on

2- Touching strangers is wrong ...ALWAYS

3- Dancing is fun...learn how

4- A salad can be dinner..don't try to make me eat what you do, you're twice my size

5- Toilet humor is not fun...no no no not funny

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MsG you should be able to read your own list and figure out why guys don't like dancing.

We like sports. Sports are competitive. Recreational dancing isn't competitive. You also say we're not allowed to touch strangers. Well if we can't touch you then what incentive is there to dance with you?

Go to an arcade and watch how many guys will play DDR. That's because they're getting a score and they can beat someone else at it.

So either come up with some sort of scoring thing or let us grope and we'll start to be more interested in dancing :-P

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Yours all make sense too MsG, and only one that I am really guilty of, that being my semi-obsession with NCAA football from September to December each year. Gotta watch my team, and I like seeing how things play out on a national level (and what percentage of the top teams are from the South, etc).

*hopes MsG doesn't consider him a stranger, because he plans to hug her big time at the airport*

~jimi
You're in a Chinese Opium Dem, Timmy. This is where the sport of Dodgeball was invented in the 15th Century ... by Opium-addicted Chinamen. But back then, the Chinamen threw severed heads at each other, instead of the A.D.A.A.-approved balls we use today.

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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
Kinda torn on the toilet humor though. But then again I get to accidentally overhear serious discussions by females that would make many ordianary men cringe/run/blush. Toilet humor just seems like a waste of breath after hearing some of the stuff stated by the other team.

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No Sh*t, Sherlock! Oh, wait, does that count as toilet humor? Oh, not humorous. Never mind.

I did come across this t-shirt in a rag-mag the other day. Made me smile quietly to myself and think fond thoughts of someone who still gets to go to D*C.






Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. - Walt Whitman

- Vote Causal/JonnyQuest, for Benevolent Co-Dictator of Earth; together, toward a brighter tomorrow!

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Well Zeek, the dancing and the "scoring" go hand in hand in the right circumstances. I wanted to learn dancing to up my score factor before, then to up the fun factor, but now I wanna dance with someone I really care to dance with.
Actually I wanna out dance her upping that competitive factor while having fun and scoring later.

Looks kinda goofy but sure made sense in my head.

ADD: Lovin' the tee JQ.

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Originally posted by msg:
I'm just not that big a fan of the " accidental" chest brush, butt brush..etc

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If your chest needs a-brushin', I ain't a-touchin'.


Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. - Walt Whitman

- Vote Causal/JonnyQuest, for Benevolent Co-Dictator of Earth; together, toward a brighter tomorrow!

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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
Well Zeek, the dancing and the "scoring" go hand in hand in the right circumstances. I wanted to learn dancing to up my score factor before, then to up the fun factor, but now I wanna dance with someone I really care to dance with.
Actually I wanna out dance her upping that competitive factor while having fun and scoring later.

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Yeah but see that's why a touchdown in football is right in front of a big cheering crowd and not scored by confidential letter to a players home. It just doesn't fill the competitive spirit if there is no public glory.

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Oh no I don't mean touching while dancing Zeek...I mean the as you walk past a guy you don't even know reaches out and pats/grabs your ass...or the guy just reaching for elevator button, pencil, whatever and drags his arm across your chest...dancing well that's a choice. You must have asked me or I asked you if we're dancing and that means not a stranger- btw most women keep score on everything you do, does that help?

Jimi- you're a friend and I plan to hug back big time!!

Jonny- love the shirt:)

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True glory flourishes in the hearts of men who no longer seek recognition of others but love for himself.

But tens of thousands of cheering fans has to come in a very close second.

So why the competition fellas? I kinda get the primative aspect to a point. Differing cultures I guess. For me competition lays in providing enough for family (or extended family as modern culture labels it) so that they might stay healthy and happy while striking a balance between neccessary and sustaining the future generations.

I was reading a summary that included the points of neccessity for the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Basically two columns. One column of Traditional Indian Values and the other under what was called All American Values. Points like: Clan/communal emphasis versus Individual emphasis, sharing versus winning, Harmony with nature versus conquest of nature, Appreciates/honors silence versus avoids silence. I just thought it interesting to find these points in such a summary. Even more interesting was the understanding stated in the differance between cultures. But more than that I am observing a shift in the cultures and the list of values written in the summary.

Just trying to make sense of stuff in my own way. Please excuse the rambling.

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Originally posted by Zeek:
Yeah but see that's why a touchdown in football is right in front of a big cheering crowd and not scored by confidential letter to a players home. It just doesn't fill the competitive spirit if there is no public glory.

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If your score needs public affirmation, maybe you ain't doin' it right...

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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
upping that competitive factor while having fun and scoring later

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The real score is a private affair, and best not instantly gratified. If executed correctly, the score renders all competitiveness unremarkable and what glory there is shall be either in the moment, or the locker room the next day...


Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. - Walt Whitman

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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
Congrats Mavs, you GMILF.

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Ahhhhh.

*basks in the warm glow of Jimi's appreciativeness*

Hey, everyone! After a long day struggling to understand electrical engineering (and for me, its a struggle!), I've come to see my friends.

School starts in just 2 weeks. Tidbit is bored out of his gourd and getting into trouble at daycare. I can't wait for school to come back in session!

Everything else is about the same. What's going on here? Gosh, I miss you guys. My days aren't the same without this site minimized in the corner of my monitor.

edit: And the day is getting better. I just found out Tidbit was enrolled in our first choice for a swim class this Fall - the highly sought after Saturdays at 10:15 AM! w00t!!! Only 6 to a class, and I enrolled him first thing this AM.

*insert Napolean Dynamite pic of Kip saying "Yesssss" right here*

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And having You maximized on the board is something sorely missed Mavs. But at least we get to see ya every so often.

Counter with Napolean Dynamite "Lucky" pic here.

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*peeks into thread*

Hiya All!

*Glomps Mavs (since she doesn't visit my pub much anymore )*

How's the cooler?

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

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Yeah nothing like watching the traditional values that build a person to stand on higher ground die in favor of mindless competition, girls gone wild, and bling.....Sorry moment of teacher frustration there

Mav- whoo so good to see you. Oh good time slot for swim class...lucked out there. School's starting soon ( sigh )

Oh now Jonny sometimes friendly competition can be fun...as can a touch of public scoring now and then... or at least getting the game going before retiring to a private field.

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

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Hey, everyone! After a long day struggling to understand electrical engineering (and for me, its a struggle!), I've come to see my friends.

Everything else is about the same. What's going on here? Gosh, I miss you guys. My days aren't the same without this site minimized in the corner of my monitor.

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Yay! A little Mav is much, much better than no Mav at all!

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You know what the first rule of flyin' is? Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. And love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down… tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keels… makes her a home.

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