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1 I was just reading through that comments thread and saw your name.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 30, 2006 02:35 AM (QddTL)

2 Very cool!

Posted by: Richmond at April 30, 2006 09:26 AM (e8QFP)

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1. Were you named after anyone?
Yes. For My father and my mother's friend who died

2. Do you wish on stars?
Absolutely.  When I see them.

3. Do you like your hand writing?
Hell yeah.  I'm the only one who can read it.  That's cool.

4. What is your favorite meat?
Pig: barbecue (Eastern NC, please) or roasted or carnitas

5. What is the most embarrassing CD on your shelf?
Hmmm, I don't know about the CDs, but I do have Backstreet Boys and N*Sync on my iPod

6. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you?
Yep.  I give nice presents

7. Are you a daredevil?
As if.

8. When was the last time you cried?
This morning, reading this.

9. Did you ever tell a secret you weren't supposed to?
Yeah, but only good secrets, like if somebody is pregnant or has a great new job.

10. How do you release anger?
Turning up the volume, flinging inanimate objects.

11. Where is your second home?
At my Mommy's house

12. Do you trust others easily?
Yes. Unless I feel creepy about people.  I generally have a pretty good radar for assholes and thugs.

13. What class in college do you think is totally useless?
Useless for me:  Game Theory.  UGH.   Useless in general?  PE.  Christ, if you aren't physically active by the time you graduate HS, why bother?

14. Have you ever been in a mosh pit?
Not in a "real" one

15. What do you look for in a guy?
Consideration, Good sense of humor, loyalty, cute ass

16. Would you do a bungee jump?
HAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.  No.  or parachute either.  But I would go parasailing or hang-gliding....

17. What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
Peppermint or Cookies and Cream.  Both together is even better.

18. What is your least favorite thing?
Snakes.

19. How many people do you have a crush on right now?
Just one.  He knows who he is.

20. What do you miss most right now?
Free time.

21. What are you listening to right now?
The lab tech running some experiments in the main lab

22. What is the weather like right now?
Cloudy and 65.  Probably gonna rain

23. Last person you talked to on the phone?
Our business manager

24. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Eyes and Smile

25.Favorite drink non-alcoholic?
Dr. Pepper

26.Favorite alcoholic drink?
Cosmopolitan.  I'm a big cranberry fan

27. Haircolor?
Brown, tending to Auburn

28. Eyecolor?
Brown/Green Hazel

29. Wear contacts?
Yep.  24/7/365

30. Last movie you watched?
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

31. Favorite day of the year?
Christmas!

32. How many people have a crush on you right now?
At least one.  At least he better

33. Scary movies or happy endings?
Happy endings.   I don't have time to waste on downers.  I have been known to throw a novel across a room when I dislike the ending or the character I like best gets killed off.

34. Summer or winter?
Fall.  But I love winter.  Bring  on the cold.

35. What book/magazine are you reading at the moment?
Trying to start Freakonomics

36. What's on your mouse pad?
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger

37. What did you watch on TV last night?
Dog the Bounty Hunter, TAR, Top Chef

37.Favorite Smell?
Baby powder, Chanel 22, roses, orange blossoms, freash baked bread

38. Do you regret ever breaking up with someone?
Maybe a little.  Only because I should have done it sooner.

39.Favorite actor/actress?
Hmmm.... I don't have one where I go "I must see X because so-and-so is in it"...

found here

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1 Thanks for sharing what made you cry. I cried as well.

Posted by: Brad Bass at April 27, 2006 02:32 PM (O3JzM)

2 I've been robbed!! But seriously, I clicked over to what made you cry and wow. I can see why. I got teared up too... Men of that caliber amaze me.

Posted by: Richmond at April 27, 2006 02:48 PM (e8QFP)

3 Wow, I could pretty much just copy this exactly and post it on my site except for just a couple of quesitons. Very funny!

Posted by: Sissy at April 27, 2006 07:04 PM (gCk3+)

4 I was doing okay until I read "Thank you God for letting us have a lifetime of memories and a new day every day to remember him". Aw.../sniffle What do you mean you like winter? You don't get any cold weather in CA!! ;-) tee-hee.

Posted by: Princess Jami at April 28, 2006 02:11 PM (0gPLe)

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from the Displaced Southerner..

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Alton Brown doesn't reduce sauces. He demoralizes sauces.

Alton Brown's blender has four speeds: 'stir', 'mix', 'frappe', and 'plasmify'.

Alton Brown can eat just one Lay's potato chip. If he ever bothered to eat food he didn't make himself, that is.

Alton Brown's cakes don't rise. They ascend.

read all of of them!

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RightWingSparkle just got a huge "promotion". Check out TexasSparkle, hosted by the Houston Chronicle.

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...between and Brown Noser and a Sh*thead?

Depth Perception

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It would be the first "full-service conservative Internet broadcast network": Hot Air!

Drop on by to see what the buzz is all about.

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Cook and Brew-meister extraordinaire Steve-O displays another talent: Brilliant criticism.

He links this fabulous Ann Coulter column, then synthesizes it into something beautiful of his own. Especially with regard to the oft heard cry of "hypocrisy!":

"Ann is right about hypocrisy, too. We live in a country where mouth-breathers and slackjaws accuse people of hypocrisy whenever they criticize any action they themselves have taken in the past. It's sad that the average person has a tiny brain, and that such stupidity passes for logic. Ann tears that argument apart pretty well this week.

An accusation of hypocrisy is a tool a sub-par mind uses to excuse bad or stupid behavior. If I jumped off the Empire State Building, does that mean I lose the right to tell other people not to jump? Of course not. It may seem otherwise to you, if you move your lips when you read and you find butterfly ballots confusing, but to an intelligent person, it's obvious that it's ALWAYS okay for ANYONE to advise you to avoid stupid behavior.
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True hypocrisy involves an element of dishonesty. Falling short of perfection does not make you a hypocrite.

If you want to do something stupid or immoral, don't be a whiny little boy and say, "You're not perfect, either." Be a man and say, "I know I shouldn't do this, but I'm doing it anyway, because I don't care if it's right." Or "because I'm weak." Or "because I'm an addict." Don't hide behind a child's favorite lame argument."

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1 Excellent post. Tell it like it is.

Posted by: Dash at April 22, 2006 07:22 AM (zJsUT)

2 I'm sorry, but I just can't put the words "fabulous" and "Ann Coulter column" in the same senense. The woman is just vile. Call me a hypocrite, ya know

Posted by: Ben at April 23, 2006 12:42 PM (6O5DM)

3 Did you read the column? Methinks you would have much praise for it if there was a different name on the byline....

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You Are Midnight

You are more than a little eccentric, and you're apt to keep very unusual habits. Whether you're a nightowl, living in a commune, or taking a vow of silence - you like to experiment with your lifestyle. Expressing your individuality is important to you, and you often lie awake in bed thinking about the world and your place in it. You enjoy staying home, but that doesn't mean you're a hermit. You also appreciate quality time with family and close friends.

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The ladies of The Cotillion have been having an interesting discussion about the internet and pRonoRgaphy (being hyper vigilant about assholes looking for smut here, sorry).

Several recent articles seem to indicate that because of the free availability of otherwise taboo sex (like child r@pe) on the internet and the anonymous ability to set up a liason, otherwise "normal" (whatever that means) men (and women) are doing things that they would never otherwise dream of.

Has the internet increased sexual perversion or merely made this kind of thing more visible?   Has internet availability caused men (and some women, to be honest) to pursue sexual gratification in ways that they would otherwise not? (and I'm not talking about Cybersex with another consenting adult here, or Cybercheating or anything like that)

What about censorship?  Does censorship of pornography impact the rest of the net?  Do you think that pRon has actually improved the internet (supposedly pRon was behind the development of modern chat rooms, user groups, hi-speed vid capabilities)?

I'm interested to hear your views, especially from the guys.  Clearly men and women view pRonoRgaphy and sexual issues differently...

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1 I put up a similar post...I have a feeling not too many will comment due to the personal nature of it..some may be fearful to reply.

Posted by: Raven at April 20, 2006 01:57 PM (1dowF)

2 Ok, not a guy, but... I'm thinking it's a little of both, honestly. I think that it has made people more willing to do things that they otherwise would've sought help for - because now it's available in the privacy of their own home and "no one needs to ever find out" attitudes prevail. At the same time, I think our culture is on its way to a resurgence of Ancient Rome-like "anything goes" hedonism, and was before all the pron on the Internet was right there for anyone who typos a URL. So - split between symptom and exascerbation. As for improving the net? I would say no. There are enough ligitimate "needs" for high speed video, teleconferencing, etc. that I think we'd be where we are now even without pron. But I also don't feel that Hefner has done anything for the magazine industry or sexuality or any of the other things he claims to have benefitted. I don't have any formed opinions on censorship, honestly. In some respects, though I think pron is revolting, I also kind of feel like you have to let people screw themselves up -- because for some of them, if they can't get it there, they're going to get it somewhere else. I'm not a big believer in babysitting the universe. I'll see if I can get hubs to come and respond, though honestly he might just say ditto.

Posted by: beth at April 20, 2006 02:33 PM (IUoqt)

3 I've thought about this previously -- spurred by the arrested of a certain USC student for trying to do the nasty with a 13 year-old -- and I don't know whether the availability of this stuff on the internet is driving more people to act in more bizarre ways. But even if that's true, the internet is also facilitating ways for law enforcement to catch the creeps who actually commit crimes. Now, instead of old men soliciting young girls in parks, they are probably just as likely to try it on the internet, where there are records of what they have done.

Posted by: AW Cunningham 3 at April 21, 2006 11:22 AM (c8tlw)

4 Pornography is demeaning to the women it features, the women it excludes, and the men it serves. It's expensive, takes forever to download, is packed with viruses, and makes the keyboard sticky. Worst, I think, is that the stuff I see out there never shows sex in the expression of affection, only in the expression of power, anger, advantage or abuse. The only times you see sex between people who like each other, who treat each other kindly, both people are women. Guys fantasize as much as other people, but guys are more visually oriented. Every time I'm disgusted by the porn that's out there, I switch to pictures of motorcycles, fast airplanes...other daydreams. At least till tomorrow.

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PLAY FREEBIRD!!!!!!!

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One of my favorite "original content" bloggers, Rob of Say Anything, was one of two bloggers to take part in this year's Wal-Mart media conference, and he has some interesting things to say about what wasn't reported by the "big media outlets" that were also present.

I'm no fan of Wal-Mart, but I think they deserve a fair shake in the press for what they actually do and don't do, as any corporation should.

Start at the top and scroll on down.

BTW the other blogger at the conference was Tom Forbes of Palousitics, and you can find his wal-mart blogging here.  Again, just scroll down for more!
h/t Jawa Mike

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I used to like Keith Olbermann.  I thought he was really funny, and some of the stunts that he pulled with his SportsCenter colleagues (especially Dan Patrick) are classics in TV history.

Then he decided to be a serious journalist.  Or something like that.  And got his own show on msnbc (the conflicted network).

Now he votes Michelle Malkin as "The Worst Person in the World".  I'll admit she's often over the top and takes positions that even her fellow Conservatives sometimes scratch their heads at, but NONE of this qualifies her as the "worst person in the world".

Michelle and I don't always agree, but there's no doubt she is a loving and devoted Mom and Wife, a thoughtful intellect, and above all a law-abiding tax-payer.  Sure, she broadcast some phone numbers, THAT WERE ON A PRESS RELEASE.  It's not like she used some clandestine cabal to obtain them.  They were published and publicly available.  Who did she rape or murder?  When did she plot a terrorist attack?

This Guy, now, he might merit "world's worst", or This Guy  or This Guy.

Yet another example of the "Unhinged" left, throwing words around like they don't mean anything.  Or maybe Olbermann is simply too ashamed to admit that he doesn't ever look outside his own backyard.

Expose the Left has the video.  Flap has the press release in question.

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If you have never read the sometimes insane, always insightful blog of my one and only blog-child, Let The Finder Beware, you could do worse than to start reading it today.

Paul some interesting musings on the decades of our lives, and the moral and cultural changes that define them to us.  Part I is here, and Part II here.  Drop by and share your thoughts!

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From Peep Boy:

You Are an Easter Egg

You're so sweet, you don't need candy. You much prefer the taste of artificial coloring instead.

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Do you have:

      (X) your own cell phone... DUH.  Since 1996.  10 years of being in touch.
(X) a television in your bedroom....Oh HELL YES.  Can't sleep without it.
(X) an MP3 player...I am attached at the hip to my iPod shuffle.
(X) a photo printer...Yes, but it's still in the box.
() your own phone line....  Nope, one house, two peoples
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder...Working on it
(X) high-speed internet access...Can't live without it
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom...No.  Too cheap.
(X ) DVD player in bedroom...See above.  Can you say White Christmas?
( X) at least a hundred DVDs...Cheaper than going to the Movies.
(X) a childfree bathroom...Unless the dog-child counts.
(X ) your own in-house office...Where my printers and my sewing machine live.
() a pool...  I wish
( ) a guest house...As if
( ) a game room...  If we had another room.  Does the living room count?
( X) a queen-size bed or larger...Oh yeah, King size. Of course, it's for two people and a stretchy dog...
( ) a stocked bar...Only if that means 2 bottles of wine, and a full bottle each of rum, Kahlua, and Baileys.....
(X) a working dishwasher...Oh, Hell yes.
( ) an icemaker...I used to.  Until we moved here.  First freezer I've had without one.
( X) a working washer and dryer...Couldn't Live without them
(X ) more than 20 pairs of shoes.. DUH
( ) at least ten things from a designer store...Designers don't make clothes that fit me.
(X ) expensive sunglasses... Prescription only.
() framed original art (not lithographs or prints)..
(X ) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels....Wedding presents are nice.
(X) a multi-speed bike...Two actually.
( ) a gym membership...I refuse to spend money to kick my own ass.
( X) large exercise equipment at home...Me and my elliptical.
( X) your own set of golf clubs...In my Dad's garage.
( ) a pool table...I wish.
( ) a tennis court...The first place we lived after we were married had one.
(X ) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea...Hello, this is LA. The beach is right here.
( ) your own pair of skis...I fucking hate skiing.
(X) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area...Yes, if you like sleeping outside a tent.  The army was good to us.
( ) a boat....When I'm rich.  Until then, I'll use Bill's
( ) a jet ski...no way
( ) a neighborhood committee membership...My landlord does.
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin...When I retire.
(X) wealthy family members...Yep.  Both of us.
( ) two or more family cars...No.  Does the bike count?
(X) a walk-in closet or pantry...My closet is bigger than some bedrooms.
( ) a yard...Nope, but a nice balcony.
( ) a hammock...No.  No trees.
( ) a personal trainer...See above regarding Gym memberships
(X ) good credit...I rock.
(X ) expensive jewelry...I'm married to a geologist.  Need I say more?
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get...As if.  Fuck No
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now...HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA
(X) more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)...Oh yeah.  A lot.
(X) a stock portfolio...Yes, whatever is in the retirement fund....
() a passport... getting there.
( ) a horse...No.  My niece does, though.
( ) a trust fund (either for you or created by you)...No
(X) private medical insurance...Thank You Jesus!.
() a college degree, and no outstanding student loans ...Give me a month.  Just one more month.

Do you:
( X) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week... Doesn't mean I buy them, though.  Shopping is fun.
(X ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores...Yes.  Trader Joes ROCKS
( ) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)...does my Husband count?
(X) go on weekend mini-vacations...Those are the only kind I can afford.
( ) send dinners back with every flaw...That's my mother, not me...
( X) wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)...Yummy smelling=GOOD.
(X ) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon...Starting next week, it's coming off.
( ) have a job but don't need the money OR
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice...Again, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals...No
( ) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs...I wish.
( ) regularly pay someone else to drive you taxis...Hell no.
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner...The fact that he remembers what we were fighting about is a miracle

Are you:
(x) an only child..Thank Jesus!
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person...Nope, and I could care less.
(X) baffled/surprised when you don't get your way...I ALWAYS get my way.  Dammit.  Respect my Authoritah!

Have you:
( ) been on a cruise...No
(X) traveled out of the country...Canada.
(X) met a celebrity...Several of them.
( ) been to the Caribbean...Not yet
( ) been to Europe...It's on the list.
( ) been to Hawaii...DH wants to go.  Maybe I'll go meet Dog....
(X ) been to New York...Loved it.
( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle...No, didn't make it to Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America...No.  Skipped that on PURPOSE
( ) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris...No.  See above.
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York...It was still closed when I was in NYC.
( X) moved more than three times because you wanted to...Fresno to Pasadena to Fresno (briefly) to Carrboro to Chapel Hill, across town, and back here to Pasadena.
(X) dined with local political figures. In Fresno, at USC, and at Caltech.
(X) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast...I've lived near both, too!
Did you:
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon...Nope, but we went to the ocean.
(X ) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party ...The bastard.
(X) take riding or swimming lessons as a child...When I was allowed to swim....
(X ) attend private school...In college.
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you....Fuck that.

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1 It's a girls' quiz. You're a girl. You should have more than me

Posted by: Ben at April 14, 2006 11:54 AM (6O5DM)

2 You are something else!!!

Posted by: vw bug at April 14, 2006 12:37 PM (0LvyK)

3 Ben VW: Is that good or bad?

Posted by: caltechgirl at April 14, 2006 01:27 PM (jOkK0)

4 CTG: Which brand elliptical do you have? And do you like it?

Posted by: Cardinal Martini at April 14, 2006 05:04 PM (mR1K4)

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Go here.  Scroll down.  Laugh.  Refresh.

Lather, Rinse, Repeat.

note:  The management apologizes if you actually agree with this stoopid moonbattery and wish to add a sincere message of your own.  NOT!!!

P.S.  Look for Mohammed....
h/t Beth

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Found here

*Barefoot or Shoes? BAREFOOT.  And I wear Birkies when I can get away with it.  MUST be able to take my shoes off under my desk or a table

*Tea- Sweet or Unsweetened? SWEET!  I was always a no-sweetner girl until I moved to NC where you pretty much can't get it without sugar.  The sweeter the better, I say.

*Clothes- fitted or loose? Loose.  PJs and no bra if I can get away with it.

*Fish- fresh water or salt water? Not the biggest fish fan, but that which I will eat is all salt-water: Tuna steaks, Salmon, Scallops, Clam Chowder...

*Gravy or plain? Pass the gravy.  I usually get it on the side because I like the taste of my food and I can dip in or add it as I please.  For mashed taters, I usually go without and add cheese and sour cream instead

*House- spotless or lived in? Lived in.  I only lose things when I tidy up.

*Solitude or people? I would have to say people. But there are definitely moments when I need to be alone

*Beer or alcohol? I can't drink except on rare occasions thanks to my wonderful medication, but when I do it's almost ALWAYS a floofy girly drink.  With an umbrella or a fruit garnish.  So yeah, alcohol.

*Fiction or non-fiction? Fiction.  I love mysteries and interesting characters

*Weather- hot or cold?  Cold.  Definitely cold.  I love it when it rains or snows.  I love walking in the snow.  I love sleeping under a pile of blankets with the window open for some fresh air.

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Don't screw with Ellison... or his friends:

It was early 1977, and my friend Mel was getting ready to move away.

Mel was one of the first friends I made when I moved to Sweat City in 1974, there to begin my career at the Great Corporate Salt Mine. He, like I, worked in Baytown, at a research facility set in the fringes of a monstrous oil refinery and chemical plant. He, like I, was a Jew from the Northeast, adrift in this land of Texans.

[...]

But put all this aside for the moment. Mel lived in an apartment complex in what was then considered West Houston - a hellacious commute to Baytown, in fact even more hellacious than my own. And it was the fashion, back in those days, to have Asshole Neighbors.....

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