Stolen from Jen, who was nice enough to not tag anyone, so I won't. Feel free to pick this one up if you like, or not.

1. Seven things to do before I die
Live at the beach
Visit New Zealand
Travel without a schedule (anywhere, anytime)
Pay off all my debts (working on that!)
Own my own home
Retire comfortably
Go to a championship game and see my team win

2. Seven things I cannot do
Run (RA makes impact exercise a no-no)
Pee standing up (without making a mess)
one thing for a long time without getting distracted
let someone hurt if I can help
stop worrying and let go
accept defeat gracefully
stick to a diet

3. Seven things that attract me to my DH
cute
goofy
snuggly
strong
the only person who can get me to shut up
sweet
funny

4. Seven things I say most often:
dude
excellent (frequently followed by ....Smithers)
y'all
rock on!
No! (usually directed at the dog)
Stop it! (usually directed at the dog)
I love you

5. Seven books (or series) I love
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Shipping News
the Anne of Green Gables series
the Little House books
the Harry Potter books
the Dark Tower series
A Series of Unfortunate Events

6. Seven movies I watch over and over again (or would if I had the time)
White Christmas
Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring
Blazing Saddles
The Blues Brothers
A Christmas Story
The Return of the Jedi
The Princess Bride

7. Seven people I want to join in, too
I wonÂ’t tag anyone, like I said up top, but feel free to join in or leave me a comment.

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I'm Rudolph!

You Are "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer Had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw him, You would even say it glows. For you, Christmas is a mix of tradition and fun. You're not above strapping on a red blinking nose for a laugh.

I own such a nose. I have worn it on MANY occasions

From Joy (to the World)

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My brain is elsewhere today. Really elsewhere. Probably the result of rainy skies (which I love), too much cold medicine, and RIVALRY WEEK!

Tomorrow is the big game, and today I'm wearing my National Championship shirt and my USC hairbows. Like a 5 year old. Should I put up a picture?

Fight On Trojans! UCLA SUCKS! (turn it up, these are audio links)

I did want to talk about PJM for a second. I am so f*cking tired of this guy and that guy and the other guy taking offense or calling someone else jealous or whatever. It's all a crock. However good an idea it is/was/whatever, you people are losing readership directly because of your association with PJM. You know why? BECAUSE I CAN'T GET YOUR DAMN PAGE TO LOAD BECAUSE OF THE PJM ADS. And frankly, Your Puppy-Blenderness, I am not going to wait 2 minutes for your page to load on our T3 here at work just to see what you said "Heh" about this time.

Also, re: the President's speech at Annapolis this week. Quit yer bitching about not seeing this plan 3 years ago. Isn't it enough that the President actually has a rational and reasonable plan? You know who you are (and you're not liberals either), so I don't have to link you.

To Patterico: Sorry my friend, as they say in the business, you wuz Scooped. Too bad. But him or you, it still makes your point, I guess.

On a happier note, Chuck Z is back home, recovering from his latest heavyweight match with the surgeon.

I need coffee. I particular, the coffee from this place. They have their own blend, which you can buy in the restaurant but sadly enough, not via their webpage. Arrgh.....

Moving along. Geez. I really feel like GIR today..... Taquitos!

Speaking of which, the CotR for last week is up at Like News but Tasty.

Speaking of news, Dad should be home Monday. Yay!

Rob is still sober. YAY! And blogging good. Check him out.

One last, a little Cuban-flavored humor for you, courtesy of the crack staff of Babalu.

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For all you non-FF viewers... do the posts appear directly under the banner now?

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This post from Physics Geek reminded me of my favorite Ditch Day Stack of ALL TIME:

I believe this happened in the 60's. As you may be aware (see link above), on Ditch Day, Caltech Seniors lock their room doors and go off campus, leaving a series of puzzles behind for the underclassmen to solve to figure out how to open their door for a prize.

Anyway, the seniors left at 7 am and all that was on this particular door was a hose sticking out from under the door, and a note saying that only the proper substance could be poured through the hose to open the door. The only clue as to what that was was this: "0.693"

The underclassmen sat all day and stared at the door, they couldn't figure out what 0.693 meant..... Finally at 4:30, 30 minutes before they would have to give up, one of them jumped up and ran out the door. He returned a few minutes later with a steaming jug and poured the contents down the hose, and the door opened, just before 5.

The answer below the fold for those of you who would like to take a guess as to what was in the jug.... more...

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take the WHAT BAD BOOK ARE YOU test.


and go to mewing.net. not as good as reading a good book, but way better than a bad one.

stolen from Heart of Darkness (YML)

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Grant application out the door.

Of course, I got a much larger one to review and work on last night, so here we go again

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