Seen everywhere....

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Except I can't friggin' stand Jon Stewart or Woody Allen. And I've never actually seen "The Office". Love Office Space, though....

the Wit (56% dark, 39% spontaneous, 27% vulgar)

your humor style: CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARK You like things edgy, subtle, and smart. I guess that means you're probably an intellectual, but don't take that to mean you're pretentious. You realize 'dumb' can be witty--after all isn't that the Simpsons' philosophy?--but rudeness for its own sake, 'gross-out' humor and most other things found in a fraternity leave you totally flat. I guess you just have a more cerebral approach than most. You have the perfect mindset for a joke writer or staff writer. Your sense of humor takes the most effort to appreciate, but it's also the best, in my opinion. Also, you probably loved the Office. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check it out here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/. PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Jon Stewart - Woody Allen - Ricky Gervais

(h/t Ben)

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There are a lot of things to blog about, but life keeps getting in the way....

Sorry.

I was hoping to get a chance to write about the shuttle launch this morning, but this will have to suffice since I have to take DH for his physical so he can get paid in his new job:

lump in throat (check)
goose bumps (check)
heart stop at "throttle up" (check)
amazing relief at the main engine separation (check)....

Weren't those pictures from the outside camera amazing? Makes you wonder why they never did that before..... If you missed the launch you can see it on yahoo! video all day via penVideo('/p/v?u=/ap_av/20050726/av_ap_us/ff53ab2ee6d3be41ee8540e9590eeafd&cid=448&f=95448452');">this link.

Also wanted to bitch about the Supreme Court Nom(s).... Anyone else laughing at the Dems having to eat it because of the so-called "Ginsberg Rule"??? Thanks Ruth. Thanks a bunch. As a corollary, SDO'C is one of my favorite justices because she has always been sane, unlike some who are more extreme on both sides. More on her departure some other time.

Finally, a shout out to Tony Blair for trying to force his fellow Britons to see what they've come to, and that terrorism is nothing new, and will not go quietly away, no matter what the attitude of Britain is towards muslims.

discuss....

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This one is for all of you (probably 2 of you) who know what it means when I say, "It's Campfire Time!" in my Mr. Ratcliffe voice..... And anyone else who appreciates dark humor and/or the Beatles.....

Maxwell's Silver Hammer

(h/t Contagion)

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Here's our new house! (lots of pics in the extended entry....saves bandwidth)

Thanks for all the sweet comments and good wishes. I am going to relax and focus on getting myself a job now.... more...

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1 Happy happy, joy joy! Congratulations and hugs all around! xoxo M

Posted by: Margi at July 23, 2005 02:47 AM (nwEQH)

2 {{HUGS}} Nothing like getting into a new place to make you smile! It looks wonderful.

Posted by: vw bug at July 23, 2005 09:11 AM (i7MTM)

3 Awesome! Looks quite spacious. Congrats again!

Posted by: Amanda at July 23, 2005 04:59 PM (RgvyH)

4 Congrats!! Looks awesome! Beautiful!!

Posted by: Marie at July 23, 2005 05:52 PM (g7Ijn)

5 Aww...good for you! It's looks wonderful!

Posted by: Pam at July 23, 2005 07:55 PM (Rrs5P)

6 Congratulations! Those of us in Tokyo apartments are seething with envy.

Posted by: Sean Kinsell at July 24, 2005 01:22 AM (RdWNa)

7 Wow, it looks great! Congrats!

Posted by: Sissy at July 25, 2005 10:57 PM (uXS+O)

8 The place looks gorgeous! Just so you know... Putting the photos in the extended entry doesn't save any bandwidth, since you have the inline extended entry set up. It only saves bandwidth if clicking the "read more" takes you to a new page. (i.e. the default MT behaviour.) So ya may as well show off the pics 'above the fold'!

Posted by: Light & Dark at July 27, 2005 03:19 AM (+Ds2b)

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DH HAS A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE ALSO GOT THE HOUSE. We sign the lease this afternoon.

Now as for me..... well, I have time to look and not worry so much, now.....

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ok, so my postdoc job fell through. I mean spectacularly.

So now, should we take the house or not?

Neither one of us has a job right now, although it's looking like DH will get one first....

Our furniture comes on the 28th (it's being delivered to storage)

So what should we do?

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Stolen from fellow MuNu and BFL'er Mad Mikey:

If you consider that there have been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of about 2,000 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000.

The rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000.

That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in our Nation's Capitol, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.

Conclusion: We should immediately pull out of Washington D.C.

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For those of you who have gotten through the book....

Who do YOU think R.A.B. is?

My guess below the fold... more...

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Ok, so I in fact finished the book at 5pm on Saturday (I read pretty fast).

Short non-spoiler version: It's good. A cliffhanger, but better than #5.

Spoiler version below the fold more...

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DH said the test went pretty well, and the reunion was fun. People were actually getting along....

Two comments from friends really sum up the night..."Either the assh*les were plastered or they kept it to themselves.." and "Wow, your class has less of a stick up its a$$ than my class did..."

Who else has been to a reunion and found it extremely creepy that:
1. Everyone instantly breaks up into the same groups as before
2. Said groups gravitate to the same parts of the room as before
3. You're sitting with the people you ate lunch with every day when you were 15, and you're discussing kids and houses and law school and grad school.

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As if I needed another reason to be off the computer.... Light posting until the mystery of the Half-Blood Prince is revealed.....

Oh, yeah and tonight is my 10 year HS reunion.... maybe I'll post some pictures.

Finally, DH needs all your good wishes and thoughts as he sits for his CSET exam so he can actually get a teaching job here in CA......

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It's going to be 106 (that's Fahrenheit, folks) today in Fresno, so I thought I'd post a great cool-down recipe. I love Pina Coladas, and this is a great Pina Colada punch recipe for those summertime get-togethers, backyard barbecues, etc. It can be scaled down to make just a pitcher or you can make the whole enchilada for a big group.

Pina Colada Punch

Prep Time: approx. 20 Minutes. Makes 30 servings. Originally from allrecipes.com

1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream, softened
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple (or chopped fresh if you've got it)
1 (8 ounce) can coconut cream
1 (46 fluid ounce) can pineapple juice
2 cups light rum (can be omitted, just add more juice/soda to make volume)
1 (2 liter) bottle lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage

Directions
1 In a large plastic container, combine ice cream, crushed pineapple, coconut cream, pineapple juice and rum. Mix well and slowly stir in the lemon-lime soda. Freeze for 4 hours or until slushy. If you don't have a lot of time, mix all ingredients and blend until slushy in small batches in the blender. Freeze until serving.

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1 Mmmmmmmm. I'm waiting for Jay to make some goofy comment about me missing Fresno. It's got to be coming any time now, lol. Did I say mmmmmmmmm? That sounds so incredibly yummy. :-)

Posted by: Deb at July 14, 2005 08:03 PM (f01cJ)

2 Oops, sorry to disappoint... Besides, it's not Fresno she misses. It's the roads.

Posted by: Jay at July 14, 2005 10:33 PM (f01cJ)

3 I can't see why she would miss the roads. Fresno drivers are about the worst in the country.

Posted by: Ben at July 15, 2005 12:39 AM (NIpoo)

4 Because the majority of them have more than 2 lanes. And there are left turn lanes. And they're laid out in a sensible manner. And Fresno drivers have absolutely nothing on the morons around here. Trust me on this one.

Posted by: Deb at July 15, 2005 01:08 AM (f01cJ)

5 Man, my mum told me it was 115 in St. George yesterday! I think she needs this recipe But she's taking the heat well, which surprises me.

Posted by: Ith at July 15, 2005 03:37 PM (WbPn3)

6 Oh girl...it's just beastly hot! Thanks for the recipe!

Posted by: Pam at July 15, 2005 04:25 PM (moow0)

7 Sounds yummy!

Posted by: Sissy at July 17, 2005 01:04 PM (uXS+O)

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I'm ok. GMT is ok. Princess is ok. We're just recuperating from the trip and suffering a massive case of the blahs. Not to mention that things are a little disjointed since this is not our house and the majority of our stuff is somewhere in NC waiting to go on the truck...

Trying to help my friend get her wedding together (it's on the 30th) and find a house to live in. The one we wanted looks like it isn't going to work out, although it would be perfect for us....

Once life gets a little more back to normal (aka moved in to our own place) blogging will resume in earnest. Really. I swear.

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During my jaunt across the country I got hit with a minor tidal wave of spam comments and a few trackback spams. Since I had about ZERO time to deal with it, I marked all of the errant bits and left them in the mailbox to be dealt with later. Imagine my surprise when I sat down to clean up the old blog this morning and found that ALL of them had been wiped already, except for a trackback spam that arrived this AM. Fluffy (the MuNu anti-spam watchdog) had scared them all away already.

There's a reason we pay that dog in prime steak.

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recent BFL addition Independent Sources has a nice round up of BFL reactions to the London bombings, including a link to Rusty's exhaustive efforts....(just keep scrolling)

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We're in Fresno. Safe and Sound.

Pictures tomorrow when my brain works and/or I get the wi-fi all hooked up to Mom's computer....

Now, if the folks we're supposed to meet with will just call back so we can get into our house....

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Why can't you just go about your business, huh? Were any of these people PERSONALLY harming you? I didn't think so.

I hope you all fry for this.

Frankly, I'm surprised it was an islamic group. I would have thought it would be crazy eco-terrorists, seeing as they've been more forward in the UK and it is tied to the G8 meeting....

Go get 'em Tony!

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We're in Medford, OR, crashing and resting up for our last big road day tomorrow. We'll have lunch with a friend in Stockton, and hopefully arrive in Fresno tomorrow afternoon sometime. Then it's off to Pasadena to meet the potential future landlords and then back to Fresno for a few days.

Last night was our stop over in Spokane, where we had dinner with Margi and Mitch and The Boy. Between pasta and ice cream, we had a really great visit and laughed so much I think we chased people out of the restaurant!

And don't let her tell you she looks like a horse or a house or a whale, or anything else like that. You look great, sweetie!

Tomorrow home, and after the 8th or 9th, more pictures from the road....

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Yesterday's cheap ass hotel didn't have WiFi, so we were completly out of touch (evidently there's no Sprint PCS service in the ENTIRE state of SD...... Sheesh...)

But, as a compensation, I have LOTS of pictures. Yesterday was WI, MN, and SD. We stayed in Rapid City and made a SMART decision to stay the HECK away from Mt. Rushmore's fireworks display last night, and watched The Wizard of Oz on TMC instead.

We left La Crosse and crossed the Mississippi into MN, where rained all the way across the state. The clouds were interesting, though. We even saw the starship Enterprise

Two interesting things about SD:
1) They like to make big animal sculptures:

World Famous Wall Drug

They're also a little behind the times....

South Dakota is beautiful, but very very long and very very straight....

Today was SD, WY, and MT, and we're currently in Billings, MT. Tomorrow we land in Spokane, and hopefully to meet up with these people.

Happy Fourth of July, everyone!

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