Wednesday Off-Topic Open Thread

Wow…. no one here yet?

Failure is always an option.

by timmyv38 on Feb 22, 2012 8:35 AM EST reply actions

Morning Timmy.

I’m moving kind of slow today. Major sniffles and cold symptoms yesterday, and Dog deciding to not sleep last night. I finally had to kick him out of my room and shut the door around 2 amish. I’ve got an industrial-sized cup of coffee, but it isn’t helping much.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 8:45 AM EST up reply actions

Good morning WOI. Hope you feel better soon.

Failure is always an option.

by timmyv38 on Feb 22, 2012 8:54 AM EST up reply actions

Thanks Timmy.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 8:58 AM EST up reply actions

Yesh, hope you feel better soon. Happy Mid-week though.

by bathwithtoaster on Feb 22, 2012 9:10 AM EST up reply actions

Thanks. Good morning, Bath.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 9:18 AM EST up reply actions

Are you sure they weren’t Mennonites?

You’re the boss, applesauce.

by SethB on Feb 22, 2012 10:28 AM EST up reply actions

Morning, Seth.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 10:30 AM EST up reply actions

Morning!

You’re the boss, applesauce.

by SethB on Feb 22, 2012 10:34 AM EST up reply actions

I had an interesting run-in with Mennonites once, at least I think they were Mennonites.

I was working a convention thing up at Antietam, and I had to travel a ways off the battlefield to find this Mennonite guy named Rufus so I could borrow some hay bales. He had a yard full of scary chickens that looked like they wanted to chase me, and it took me forever to find the front door (I kept waiting for someone to blast me with a hunting rifle or something).

They were pretty interesting people. Looked like something right out of early 20th century, even though they drove cars and such. It has to be difficult to keep that kind of heritage in this day and age.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 10:37 AM EST up reply actions

I actually went to a Mennonite school for three years.

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by SethB on Feb 22, 2012 10:49 AM EST up reply actions

Did ya? They seem like nice people.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 11:23 AM EST up reply actions

I went to college with a girl who is Mennonite. Didn’t really notice anything different until summer when she was still in long pants and long sleeved shirts.

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 10:50 AM EST up reply actions

Hey timmy. Good morning

by bathwithtoaster on Feb 22, 2012 9:09 AM EST up reply actions

Good morning bath.

Failure is always an option.

by timmyv38 on Feb 22, 2012 9:10 AM EST up reply actions

Hi Timmy and WOI. I am sort of out of it this morning as well.

WOI – I read your one sentence as “…shut the door on two Amish…”

by RollinInRed on Feb 22, 2012 8:54 AM EST reply actions

Good morning Rollin.

Failure is always an option.

by timmyv38 on Feb 22, 2012 8:58 AM EST up reply actions

Morning RnR. And lol. :-)

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 8:59 AM EST up reply actions

Hope you are feeling better soon. My allergies have been out of control so feel some of your pain.

by RollinInRed on Feb 22, 2012 9:01 AM EST up reply actions

I’m breathing better today, but I’m extremely tired. This is my third night in a row of disrupted sleep.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 9:03 AM EST up reply actions

Mornin’ Red

by bathwithtoaster on Feb 22, 2012 9:09 AM EST up reply actions

And to you, Bath!

by RollinInRed on Feb 22, 2012 9:16 AM EST up reply actions

Morning Music Check

Joshua Radin – Star Mile

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 9:00 AM EST reply actions

Within Temptation – Ice Queen

Failure is always an option.

by timmyv38 on Feb 22, 2012 9:06 AM EST up reply actions

Tom Waits – Chicago

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by What Is Narf? on Feb 22, 2012 9:14 AM EST up reply actions

The Roots – The Seed (2.0)

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by Alz in the family on Feb 22, 2012 9:50 AM EST up reply actions

I hope this whole stupid story can go away now

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:09 AM EST reply actions

Good luck with that. If you have to be shamed in the press to do something, it’s not going away that quickly.

"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."

by gfcaps fan on Feb 22, 2012 9:12 AM EST up reply actions

Especially since they’re bringing tampering charges up against Vanderbilt.

Which, if those happen to have merit, there are a shit ton of people in the media who owe Randy Edsall an apology. Will he get one? If he does, I’ll eat my hat.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:17 AM EST up reply actions

I still won’t have too much sympathy. Maybe if O’Brien was still going to be an undergrad, I might be swayed a little, but once the kid actually has a degree, you really shouldn’t have any control. Don’t we call them student-athletes? Hey, one of them actually graduates. Early, even.

"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."

by gfcaps fan on Feb 22, 2012 9:19 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah the whole system is for shit. All of it.

It’s an absolute crime that with the billions and billions of dollars these sports generate for the Universities and their corporate fat cat friends, zero goes to the players.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions

I see this so very differently. I think that it’s an absolute crime that with the billions and billions of dollars these sports generate for the universities, zero goes toward benefiting anything else at these schools — buildings, educational programs, other sports, etc.

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by CapitalCentre on Feb 22, 2012 9:54 AM EST up reply actions

At most schools, football money keeps the entire athletic department afloat. I know it does at Maryland, because athletics is completely self-sustaining.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:55 AM EST up reply actions

well, it wil be when they cut those 10 sports…

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by Alz in the family on Feb 22, 2012 9:59 AM EST up reply actions

Football’s taken a dive the last few years. They also greatly overextended themselves with renovating Byrd stadium, and they also built an entire new basketball arena in the last 10 years. Budget got too big for what revenue was being generated.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 10:03 AM EST up reply actions

I wonder how many sports NC State will need to cut in ten years.

"Money talks. I listen."

by apk3000 on Feb 22, 2012 10:04 AM EST up reply actions

/yow’d?

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by Alz in the family on Feb 22, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions

at a small handful of school, football makes money. Every where else, it’s in the red.

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 9:59 AM EST up reply actions

The bowl system is a nightmare. Schools lose money all the time on those things, but the BCS payouts are pretty lucrative, even though you have to share those among your entire conference.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 10:02 AM EST up reply actions

I look at football the way you look at some types of music. It’s not my demographic, so I don’t pay attention to/worry about it.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 10:03 AM EST up reply actions

I barely have time for it any more. Just too much stuff going on and too much information to process with too many other things.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 10:06 AM EST up reply actions

Those are probably the only ones that make national news.

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by CapitalCentre on Feb 22, 2012 10:04 AM EST up reply actions

exactly. All the non-BCS conferences, and I-AA? Bleeding money. D2? Hemorrhaging cash. And D3? ha ha ha ha ha.

Northeastern cut football a couple years ago. There was a huge outcry. Their stance was, we spend $3 million on football and nothing to show for it. If we want to be competitive within our own conference, it’s going tor require about $8 million a year. And that’s a non-BCS conference. That $3 million can be put to use in other places.

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 10:10 AM EST up reply actions

Message from Dave Grohl

"Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than the truth." ~ Bill Watterson

by What Is Narf? on Feb 22, 2012 9:16 AM EST reply actions

I love DG.

by RollinInRed on Feb 22, 2012 9:20 AM EST up reply actions

Excellent stuff.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 9:25 AM EST up reply actions

springfield’s finest…

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by Alz in the family on Feb 22, 2012 9:53 AM EST up reply actions

That’s awesome. Makes me so proud he’s a hometown boy.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 3:08 PM EST up reply actions

I am amused.

Do a youtube search for “terrible music”. First three results are some song by Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, and Rebecca Black.

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by What Is Narf? on Feb 22, 2012 9:20 AM EST reply actions

Seems correct to me. ;-)

Incidentally, yesterday, when I listed Ke$ha in that music discussion, I was NOT saying she was good. I was making the point of going from the ridiculous (her) to the sublime (Mumford & Sons) in response to J’s upset question about what his generation thought was good music.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 9:26 AM EST up reply actions

Ah. See, that wasn’t very clear to me. May have been missed by others as well. I think Aliceanna was in the same boat of misunderstanding.

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by What Is Narf? on Feb 22, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions

I just don’t let it bother me any more.

I know I say this a lot, but if it’s not in my demographic, I just don’t waste time getting surly about it.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:32 AM EST up reply actions

I’m not sure how old you are, but I am 33. What exactly is the music for our demographic these days? Bon Iver(pukes)? Coldplay? It’s like the easy listening singer/songwriter 70’s all over again… sigh.

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by SethB on Feb 22, 2012 10:33 AM EST up reply actions

I have never liked Cold Play.

And Nickleback gives me hives. I’m pretty sure I haven’t listened to any Bon Iver, so I vote no opinion on that.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 10:34 AM EST up reply actions

No idea, brother. I don’t think there IS any universal “generational” music any more, or if there even was in the first place, but you can kinda “feel” older music in the way it sounds.

Culture is all personalized now. Everyone has their own “thing”.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 10:39 AM EST up reply actions

Pandora has had a huge influence on my music selections. When my mom was a kid, this sort of thing didn’t exist. It was all the radio, American Bandstand and what her friends were listening to.

Pandora takes my preferences into account, and exposes me to all sorts of songs I don’t think I’d ever have found on my own. And it often crosses cultural/age/‘era’ lines.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 10:43 AM EST up reply actions

I’ve found new stuff through the music section of OnDemand. Also, if I’m in a store like F.Y.E. where they have scanning/listening stations, I’ll grab something that looks interesting, scan it, and give it a listen. If I’ve heard through word-of-mouth and haven’t had a chance to go to F.Y.E. or I can’t find it OnDemand, I’ll youtube a couple/few songs.

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by What Is Narf? on Feb 22, 2012 10:48 AM EST up reply actions

Same here. I love how easily available music is. If I hear something on Pandora, I can go check on more stuff on Grooveshark, and I can go read any reviews on AVClub or AllMusic within seconds.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 11:25 AM EST up reply actions

So here’s my P90X update after 2 weeks. it sucks and I hate Tony Horton. That said it does work. I’ve lost 3 pounds ,of the ~10 I was aiming for, and I can tell a difference in my energy levels (when I’m not to sore to walk that is) and increased muscle tone. My wife is really doing well, she’s lost 5 lbs the past 2 weeks and 13 total for the year.

by Beakers Lab on Feb 22, 2012 9:27 AM EST reply actions

Way to go! I’m not off to a great start on my own deal, but I’m not totally ruining it either. Just sort of treading water.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 9:30 AM EST up reply actions

Excellent work by you both!

by RollinInRed on Feb 22, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions

So much more intense than my current work out….which is just to play lots of kinect Dance Central 2.

Though honestly, it isn’t bad, and is fun.

I like Laich, but I <3 Green
Keep the faith!!!!!!

by RockinRed4Life on Feb 22, 2012 10:49 AM EST up reply actions

Any movement is good and I love those video dance programs.

by RollinInRed on Feb 22, 2012 10:53 AM EST up reply actions

just getting up and moving is beneficial, keep up the good work

by Beakers Lab on Feb 22, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions

major metro disaster this morning. I love coming back from a nice mini break and running straight into metro incompetence.

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 9:41 AM EST reply actions

Morning Birdie. On the other hand, you made it to work. Can’t have metro taking out Rinkers.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 9:42 AM EST up reply actions

Good morning Birdie.

Failure is always an option.

by timmyv38 on Feb 22, 2012 9:44 AM EST up reply actions

Morning RB.

by RollinInRed on Feb 22, 2012 9:47 AM EST up reply actions

Good morning from milder than normal Minnesota. Heading back home later today.

Nice guys finish first, but sometimes the season is awfully long.
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by STLSpidey on Feb 22, 2012 9:48 AM EST reply actions

Morning, Spidey. Have a safe trip home.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 9:49 AM EST up reply actions

Good morning Spidey.

Failure is always an option.

by timmyv38 on Feb 22, 2012 9:50 AM EST up reply actions

finally stopped snowing?

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 9:51 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah – and basically everything froze over night and is now melting.

Nice guys finish first, but sometimes the season is awfully long.
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by STLSpidey on Feb 22, 2012 9:52 AM EST up reply actions

Pandora has a Depeche Mode jones today

Or something. It keeps finding different versions of Blasphemous Rumors.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 10:09 AM EST reply actions

I posted this late yesterday ...

but I thought I’d post it again for people to see. It amused me. Especially with the title droppingthescience gave it:

Wait … How do they Know?!?!

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by What Is Narf? on Feb 22, 2012 10:35 AM EST reply actions

Also ...

I know this exists as a shirt.

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by What Is Narf? on Feb 22, 2012 10:35 AM EST up reply actions

So cool. And the pigeon one is hilarious.

I still want a Fibonacci Sequins shirt.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 10:37 AM EST up reply actions

And I’m still amused that this is the Roller Derby name of that woman out in California.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 10:47 AM EST up reply actions

Happy Miracle day, y’all!

by j762 on Feb 22, 2012 11:05 AM EST reply actions

happy Miracle day to you, too!

did you have a nice birthday?

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions

fairly uneventful, but yes. It was a good day.

by j762 on Feb 22, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions

Good morning. :-)

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions

Good morning everyone:)
Happy B-Day j762
Hope everybody is feeling well…It’s rather nice outside today.

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 11:09 AM EST reply actions

Good morning, Goaliemama. :-)

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions

Hi, hope you feel better as the day goes on.
Had dinner with my daughter last night. She told me that she & her friends went to Roller Derby last week…what a riot!! She loved it.

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 11:12 AM EST up reply actions

GoalieDaughter is feeling better?

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions

A little, she got some sleep and is on mega antibiotics…sinus infection & bronchitis … just like Dr. Mom thought. Thanks for asking.

How are you feeling RB? You’ve had a multitude of ailments lately…hope you’re feeling better.

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions

good days and bad days. such is my life. then I look at my mom and tell myself to stop being such a giant crybaby. She has to get IV treatment every 8 weeks to control her constant pain.

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions

Oh, my…sorry about your mom, but that does not mean you are not allowed to be comforted by others for your own troubles. Feel better…and you may complain to me any time…“we all need someone we can lean on…and if you wanna, you can lean on me” Love those pertinent song quotes!

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 11:49 AM EST up reply actions

my mom is one of the toughest mofos you'll ever meet. it sounds so cheesy, but she's inspirational and amazing.

although I’ll never forget being completely mortified back in high school. some idiot blocked us in at the grocery store and my mom was having none of that. “I’m dying of cancer! I’ve got more important places to be than sitting in this fucking parking lot! MOVE!” (she did not die, thankfully!)

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 12:00 PM EST up reply actions

Wow, I like your mom! Awsome.

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions

If you haven’t seen the movie, Whip It!, you totally should. She’d love it too.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions

We’ve seen it MANY times. Love it!

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions

i so want to leave work early today...

by thewiz06 on Feb 22, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions

Same. I really don’t feel well today. Going home and sleeping sounds so nice…

I like Laich, but I <3 Green
Keep the faith!!!!!!

by RockinRed4Life on Feb 22, 2012 11:34 AM EST up reply actions

Thirded.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 11:35 AM EST up reply actions

Can’t leave my current job…I can only hide in the bathroom!!

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 11:36 AM EST up reply actions

thank you :)

by j762 on Feb 22, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions

Well, I’ve sent out ye ‘ole resume and made some calls. Waiting…. I don’t like this part.

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 11:20 AM EST reply actions

What sort of jobs are you trying for? And best of luck! Fingers crossed, warm thoughts on the way.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions

Job hunting sucks. Good luck YLM…does anyone call you ‘stache ?
Can’t really say here what I’m looking into, I can email more at a later date, but thanks for the crossed fingers…I need lots of them. I haven’t worked much in the last 5 years so I need some updating. Scares the shit outta me, though…time and technology waits for no one!

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 11:35 AM EST up reply actions

No “’staches”. I just got rid of my beard though.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions

Love facial hair! :-)

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions

My wife, however, does not. She was very happy I got rid of it.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 11:51 AM EST up reply actions

My husband shaved off his mustache last year (actually,he had a stache & goatee at the time) He’d had a mustache with & without other facial hair accompaniments since he was 15. I had never known him clean shaven. Totally freaked me out!!

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions

My ex grew hair like a werewolf….literally he could go from clean shaven to full beard in about a week…so he always kept a slight beard just because it was a pain not too. The first time he cleanly shaved we had already been dating almost 3 years…I didn’t even recognize him.

I like Laich, but I <3 Green
Keep the faith!!!!!!

by RockinRed4Life on Feb 22, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions

The word for today is “hirsute”.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

WHY did I image search that?

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by RockinRed4Life on Feb 22, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions

Ewwwwww!

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 12:06 PM EST up reply actions

Oh, please tell me you didn’t image search it too…

But if you did, LOL!

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 12:08 PM EST up reply actions

Yes I did!

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 12:20 PM EST up reply actions

Same for me! I’ve applied for three jobs this week.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions

leaving the archives?

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 11:38 AM EST up reply actions

Trying to get a job that I’m actually already doing, as odd as that sounds. I’ve been doing a job that’s beyond my pay grade for a year or two (and not getting paid for it). It’s the wonders of the Civil Service System. We can’t hire or fire at any level. Everything has to go through OPM.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 11:44 AM EST up reply actions

OPM is evil. Kafka couldn’t dream up that bureaucracy.

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions

I blame that nutcase Charles Guiteau for shooting President Garfield and hastening Civil Service Reform under President Arthur, but it had to happen. It really wasn’t feasible to keep up the whole patronage system, and it was too corrupt.

I just wish there was a common sense element to the whole thing. I know jobs have to be competitive, but if you have people ALREADY WORKING IN THE JOB, and you can’t just bump them up from within, it kinda blows.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions

Ugh, bureaucracy .

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions

Lunch Time Music Check

The Vapors – Turning Japanese

However, Virginia has now ruined this song for me. I never liked the line “I want a doctor/to take a picture/ so I can see you from the inside as well.”

And now, I actively am disgusted by it because of the vaj probe thing Virginia wants to force on women who need to abort a pregnancy.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 12:03 PM EST reply actions

I am listening to colleagues of mine and a vendor drone on with the best droners ever. Ridiculous.

Nice guys finish first, but sometimes the season is awfully long.
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by STLSpidey on Feb 22, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions

don’t forget the crazy “personhood” bill working it’s way through the VA legislature.

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions

Yep.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions

If it passes, women in Virginia are only people themselves until they get pregnant.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 12:19 PM EST up reply actions

Is that the same one that even the people in MISSISSIPPI thought was too radical?

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:29 PM EST up reply actions

Close enough to make no nevermind.

And Georgia is also having this tumult. I love the response of the Democratic women trying to stop the bill, though.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/22/georgia-vasectomy-ban_n_1293369.html

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 12:34 PM EST up reply actions

That’s awesome.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:42 PM EST up reply actions

The National – Fake Empire

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by What Is Narf? on Feb 22, 2012 12:19 PM EST up reply actions

Ok boys and girls, let’s desire an entire process around the few random exceptions that we’ll have. And, let’s debate each fucking exception for thirty minutes. Please. Really. And let’s be negative about whether we can manage the exceptions. Let’s just scuttle the whole thing because of the exception. Makes fucking sense.

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by STLSpidey on Feb 22, 2012 12:42 PM EST reply actions

hugs. I’ve got a “strategic planning” meeting with the Howler Monkey this afternoon.

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions

Remind me what the Howler Monkey does?

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by STLSpidey on Feb 22, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions

calls “poutine” “potang” on the radio :)

he’s our public affairs guy. we’re going to spend 2 hours having him dig his heels in and be super stubborn and insist we do what he wants us to do, only to have the executive director decide that we’re going to do something else.

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 1:00 PM EST up reply actions

::hugs::

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 1:02 PM EST up reply actions

This weather… It’s like Old Man Winter contracted his job to the Caps PP.

"Money talks. I listen."

by apk3000 on Feb 22, 2012 12:46 PM EST reply actions

Well I’ve already given up on winter this year. I’m looking forward to the next season.

by bathwithtoaster on Feb 22, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions

Any suicides by rinkers yet … should I be proud that I was sitting 3rd row for the worst game of the season?

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 12:52 PM EST reply actions

Question is… are you gonna renew your seats?

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by highslot84 on Feb 22, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions

struggling with that…my kids tuition almost doubled…I want to renew for sure but may not be in the budget…I have been trying to find someone to split with me

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions

I split with 42. It works pretty well but i’d like to find someone to buy a few games up front from me.

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by highslot84 on Feb 22, 2012 1:29 PM EST up reply actions

I had someone but he dropped on me….I am scrambling now to find someone

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions

Check with some Skulls. I bet someone would consider it.

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by highslot84 on Feb 22, 2012 1:34 PM EST up reply actions

yea…that was my next move..l.but collecting money there is like brain surgery haha

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions

Depends on the person but it’s been pretty smooth for me this season with that Russian.

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by highslot84 on Feb 22, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions

you are near 49 too right?

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 2:06 PM EST up reply actions

I believe so but we haven’t met up for a game yet.

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by highslot84 on Feb 22, 2012 2:07 PM EST up reply actions

I’m still in denial + bargaining. We’re only 2 points out of the playoffs and the 3rd seed. The team can’t have their collective butts up their asses for this long.

All we need is some reinforcements from the trade deadline + Backstrom back and we can make a run…

See, I’m still delusional.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions

I really feel like we could win the whole damn thing honestly…of course we would need alot to work that out…a nice trade + top shape nicky are huge pieces…but yea the stat about only having one less Reg. Win then this time last year is interesting. This thread is heading dangerously close to being OnT

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 1:01 PM EST up reply actions

Tonight is the night they turn it around.

Have Faith!

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by RockinRed4Life on Feb 22, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions

Of course, every time we count them out, they find a way to surprise us…

Of course, every time we think they’ve righted the ship, they find a way to surprise us =P

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 1:01 PM EST up reply actions

Captainless Caps prevail on the road….you taking action on that

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 1:02 PM EST up reply actions

it’s Ottawa!

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions

Let’s hope it was the worst game of the season.

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by CapitalCentre on Feb 22, 2012 1:43 PM EST up reply actions

WTF Headline of the Day

Broadneck High swim team stripped of title due to improper shaving.

Essentially, athletes are not allowed to shave at the site of the meet.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/maryland-swim-team-retroactively-loses-county-title-because-153508295.html

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That seems like a severe case of CYA-iness.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 1:19 PM EST up reply actions

I’m not a swimmer. Is there some kind of hygiene thing with shaving AT a meet? It doesn’t seem like it’s a competitive advantage.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions

yeah they said it’s to prevent sharing of razors in the locker room and to minimize chance of blood exposure to other athletes

by Beakers Lab on Feb 22, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions

Which is a worthy preventative measure, I’m sure, but I wonder at the retroactive nature of this particular award cancellation. Who found out? Who reported it? Why? And when?

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions

That’s my HS!

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by highslot84 on Feb 22, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions

First thing I thought when I saw that!

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 3:17 PM EST up reply actions

posted this in clips by mistake...oops

It has been an awesome couple of Hockey weeks….Just got back from Charlotte for a tourney in which my sons winless team (due to division placement) won the tournament and played some awesome hockey on the weekend.

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Congrats to your boy! :-)

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks WOI he couldnt be happier

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions

Was it an unfair division placement or it just happened to be really tough?

by bathwithtoaster on Feb 22, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions

Totally unfair, pretty awful actually, I dont vent here much I prefer posting pics of monkeys blowing themselves….but I have really struggled with this season. My son who is Mite aged tried out for squirts since the CBHL had a rule change making mites cross ice, after a year of my son playing full ice with Refs, I did not want him to go backwards. So we had 16 kids at try-outs, 3 of them still mites and only 2 2nd year squirts and we took 15. They placed us in the A division of the CBHL….Not only have we lost every game, but we have only finished a couple (due to 10 goal mercy rule)…we have 12 GF and 127 GA….Clearly should have been a B team. My kid who LOVES hockey has gotten very frustrated and often questions why are we even going to a game. Now they lack confidence from getting murdered so much so that doesnt help….So we entered this tourney as a B team and won it playing 5 tough tight games….hopefully that helps the confidence

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions

Shit, that sucks. It sounds like they are a really good team when playing in their level. Hopefully that placement will be better next year and no one gets too discouraged over the rest of the season.

I prefer posting pics of monkeys blowing themselves…

This, by the way, made me choke/laugh my water remembering that bit of fallout.

by bathwithtoaster on Feb 22, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions

hahaha….thanks. Winning this weekend really helped things out. Unfortunately with all of the losing came alot of Adult issues around the rink. So we will probably try out at a few different programs in the area…ones that have a much larger tryout. It sucks because I really enjoyed where we are and most of the people but I feel like the damage is done.

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 2:38 PM EST up reply actions

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks I Knew you would feel me on this!

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 5:00 PM EST up reply actions

Great choice to enter this “B” tourney. I’m sure the kids are walking on water…er…skating on water actually, haha. You really boosted their confidence. They’ll be ok. Got any pics?
We start playoffs this weekend…ugh. One and done…you loose, you’re out.

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions

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Yea it was huge for them. We have a 2 game so well see if it carries over. Good luck to you and goalieson….its so stressful!

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 5:10 PM EST up reply actions

Nice pic, I love the Maryland flag on the shoulders.

Congrats on the win!

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 5:12 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks!

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 5:14 PM EST up reply actions

OMG!!!!! Soooooooooo cuuuuuuuuuuuuute !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can’t get any more adorable than that.

Thanks. I’m a mess at games anyway…I must chew and entire pack of gum.

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 5:14 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks! He is gonna be a lady killer for sure….this is a great pic!

Me too…Im like the loudest guy ever!

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 5:18 PM EST up reply actions

Ugh…I can’t post a pic! What am I doing wrong…can I get play by play directions from someone?

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions

is the pic online (like, photobucket)? It has to be hosted online, not on your harddrive.

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 5:28 PM EST up reply actions

It’s on Picasa web album

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 5:35 PM EST up reply actions

ok, get the web address for you photo. It should end in something like .jpg or .png.

Click on the tree icon at the far right of the formatting tools

A dialogue box will open up.

Paste the web address into the box.

hit okay

if you want to make sure it’s going to show, use the “preview” function next tot he post button.

and remember to always include a title when posting photos :)

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 5:47 PM EST up reply actions

Oh, I just noticed, you’re Tri-City Eagles out of Laurel?

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 5:27 PM EST up reply actions

It's dusty in here...

http://www.npr.org/2012/02/22/147186116/when-theres-more-to-winning-than-winning?sc=tw&cc=share

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 2:11 PM EST reply actions

Aww, that brought tears to my eyes.

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by RockinRed4Life on Feb 22, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah. I love it when I can find stories about sports that aren’t about pettiness, corruption, or bullshit.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions

wow

Former ‘Seinfeld’ actor shoots himself in the head, survives

The website has posted audio of a 911 call von Bargen made from his Ohio home Monday morning. During the call, he tells a dispatcher: “I was supposed to go to the hospital and I didn’t want to. They were supposed to amputate at least a few toes.”
Von Bargen, 61, says in the call that he shot himself in the temple with a .38 Colt and that he can’t open his eyes. He tells the operator that he has already had one leg amputated and was “tired,” referring to the procedure slated for his other leg.
The call ends with police entering von Bargen’s apartment and they can be heard telling him to not move his hands and asking whether he has any other guns around.

Some of you may know him from Super Troopers

by Beakers Lab on Feb 22, 2012 2:40 PM EST reply actions

Just found out ANOTHER friend from high school had a baby…..did they not teach my generation about birth control. It isn’t that complicated.

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by RockinRed4Life on Feb 22, 2012 2:41 PM EST reply actions

By my count that is 6 I think.

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by RockinRed4Life on Feb 22, 2012 2:41 PM EST up reply actions

I’m 29 and we just finished our first wave of babies. We’re up to 7 in the last 2 years…

I wonder if we can blame Snowveckin and Snowpocalypse.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 2:50 PM EST up reply actions

How old?

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 2:51 PM EST up reply actions

I was going to ask, but that would have been impolite ;)

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 2:55 PM EST up reply actions

step aside and allow the habitual line crosser to take over….I only ask cause i just turned 30 and have 3, my first was born 2 days before I was 21…

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 2:58 PM EST up reply actions

Nah, I still go by the whole “it’s impolite for a guy to ask a girl her age, but it’s totally fine for a girl to ask a girl.” I assume you’re both female.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 3:07 PM EST up reply actions

I’m going to have egg on my face soon, aren’t I? ;)

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 3:07 PM EST up reply actions

You dont come around here to often do you?

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 3:07 PM EST up reply actions

Apparently not enough :(

Sorry for the confusion, I need more coffee.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 3:09 PM EST up reply actions

haha…no problem man….just teasing …

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 3:10 PM EST up reply actions

I’m laughing, because it’s nice to see the shoe on the other foot as, so often is normally the case, the females are the ones assumed to be male.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 3:10 PM EST up reply actions

The monkey blowing itself should have been a hint.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions

Chicks could be into such things…

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions

Maybe if it had sparkly… nevermind.

by bathwithtoaster on Feb 22, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions

No, not even then.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 3:16 PM EST up reply actions

::snerk::

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions

yea…never thought I came across as Fem .. maybe its time I come to terms with myself

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions

It was more a function of Japers’ Rink than you. I’ve seen people make the opposite mistake, so I tried very hard to not make the same mistake. Instead, I made the opposite mistake, oops.

Caffeine, I need more of it.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 3:14 PM EST up reply actions

I am 22.

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by RockinRed4Life on Feb 22, 2012 3:03 PM EST up reply actions

I think its crazier for people to have kids in their 40s then their 20s….

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 3:08 PM EST up reply actions

Agreed….except none were planned. Two of my friends have kids already past kindergarten.

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by RockinRed4Life on Feb 22, 2012 3:12 PM EST up reply actions

Wow… I see Parents in their late 50s with teens and they have no fucking clue whats going on

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 3:14 PM EST up reply actions

That’s young to me. As an Asian-American, school comes first, second, and third. I know some parents who don’t let their kids date because they think it distracts from their studies.

So, minimum, people finish college and then get married. I know a lot of people who still haven’t paired off yet.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 3:17 PM EST up reply actions

For some people it is. Knew a girl that thought she was only supposed to take birth control post-sex, and only then. Oops.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions

Abortion?

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 2:55 PM EST up reply actions

She had the kid. This was your standard “pill” that she was on.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 2:58 PM EST up reply actions

I was joking….I know a few people that have used abortion as birth control…

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions

I guess the doctor didn’t explain it nor did she read the instructions on the packaging or the drug information fact sheet that came with it?

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 3:15 PM EST up reply actions

big dibbas
big shibba dibbas
dibba dibba dibba on your cheeseburger

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by Big Boutros on Feb 22, 2012 2:59 PM EST reply actions

Hiya Big B. Welcome to that 3 pm kind of feeling.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 3:00 PM EST up reply actions

Oh man, for some reason I stumbled upon the TV Tropes for Wheel of Fortune and totally forgot that you used to be able to go “shopping” for prizes.

"Money talks. I listen."

by apk3000 on Feb 22, 2012 3:08 PM EST reply actions

Those hideous ‘showcases’…

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions

I remember that now too.

No wonder Pat used to drink. Did you know he’s 65? I had no idea.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 3:12 PM EST up reply actions

He looks a lot older than that.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions

Really? Maybe it’s cause I hadn’t watched Wheel in ages.

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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions

Hi kids!

I would have joined you earlier, but for the past 5 days, Comcast has decided we really don’t need TV or Internet for several hours of the day in prime job-hunting/OTOT-playing time. I’d love to see this credited somehow, but I’m not going to hold my breath. Blue isn’t my best color.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 3:22 PM EST reply actions

Hi Alice! I’d definitely press for the credit. I have in the past, and gotten it without too much trouble.

Yes I’m at work, still feeling icky, but I can’t really afford the time off right now.

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions

I’m sorry to hear you’re not feeling well, still. I hope it doesn’t hang around too long.

I guess I probably will try to set the credit from them. They have actually credited things in the past. I’m just not a big fan of Comcast in general these days, as their tentacles seem to be all over everthing. Plus, they employ Chuck Gormley.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions

Question for you all…

About how much do you pay for cable/internet? My combined bill is currently 185 a month for my cable internet and pretty basic cable package (no movie channels, and not even all the standard “cable” channels people tend to get). This seems INSANELY high, but my room mate won’t let me cancel and switch to a different service because he doesn’t want to deal with cox.

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Well, it’s probably $100 bucks here, Comcast “preferred basic, no-HD” and DSL. Verizon is digging for FIOS in the development though… I expect to pay much more soon.

"Money talks. I listen."

by apk3000 on Feb 22, 2012 3:49 PM EST up reply actions

We were at 100…but then our 2 year promotional deal ran out. What I want to do, is have him cancel, and restart in my name…so to start a deal over.

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by RockinRed4Life on Feb 22, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions

we just call and threaten to switch. Then comcast gives us the promo rate for 2 more years.

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by RedBirdie on Feb 22, 2012 4:59 PM EST up reply actions

Our cable TV/Internet service in DC from Comcast is about $125 a month. That’s with 3 tv boxes (2 of which are HD, for which they charge us). We have Digital Preferred (the lowest tier at which one can get NHLN included), and I’m on a 9-month promo of free HBO & Showtime. We also have the “slowest” home Internet speed, but that means about a max speed of 2Mbps (a good-quality Caps game cap, about 2GB, DLs in 15-20 mins).

I would call and haggle with the cable company, and see what they can do for you. They would usually rather make you a deal than have you (threaten to) take your business elsewhere.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions

I pay 160 …have 3 HD boxes…multiple room DVR and ALL channels ,…Fios

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:03 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, we have the option for FIOS..which is a faster internet speed…I am thinking of trying to convince him to switch. Plus, his Dad paid for center ice for us, and Cox does not transmit it in HD…seems like such a waste..the quality is just horrible. Worse than typical standard definition.

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by RockinRed4Life on Feb 22, 2012 4:04 PM EST up reply actions

If you have the FIOS option, definitely recommend going that way. It is generally cheaper than cable, from everyone I know who has it. Also, work them for package deals, too. Call up and say you’re considering switching from Cox, what kind of specials is FIOS running for new subscribers. You might be able to get a higher-level package for a lower intro price, or a few months of free premiums. Mention that you have the Center Ice thing to them, too, as it might make a difference and you’ll want to make sure there’s no problems transferring it).

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 4:07 PM EST up reply actions

oh well then you gotta go FiOS

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions

I’m paying about $171 after it’s all said and done in Comcast.

I have Preferred Basic, HD, DVR, and the sports package with NFL Redzone. One box, one cable modem.

Sounds like I’m paying too much, but I’m waiting for FIOS to finally make it here.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 4:21 PM EST up reply actions

Well, this is a step in the right direction.

http://thedailywh.at/2012/02/22/follow-up-of-the-day-virginia-house-backs-away-from-transvaginal-ultrasound/

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by WordsOnIce on Feb 22, 2012 4:07 PM EST reply actions

Im so glad Joran is wrong about me

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:12 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, apparently McDonnell has his eyes on the VP slot under Romney, and I think Romney’s camp made clear to him that this bill was fucking nuts.

Some great stuff on The Daily Show with McDonnell and other VA Republicans throwing around the term “rape” for all sorts of things from TSA patdowns to the Obama healthcare plan’s mandatory insurance, yet scoffing at women using the term “rape” for “objects inserted into a woman’s vagina against her will.”

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 4:13 PM EST up reply actions

What was the reason for the vaginal ultrasound tho….Accuracy?

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:14 PM EST up reply actions

I have no earthly clue, beyond ensuring that they are the most invasive dicks possible about it all.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions

It does not look like there would be any difference in determining whether an abortion can be or should be performed.

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions

Oh, I didn’t realize that’s what you were asking. No, the reason for the ultrasound in general, is part of an “Informed Consent” bill. There is no medical reason for any of it. It is done in the hopes that seeing the sonogram image and hearing the heartbeat will so traumatize the poor woman that it will dissuade her from the choice she has already made.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 4:26 PM EST up reply actions

Ok so just a blood test determines the pregnancy … then the abortion is done…honestly I dont even know how an abortion is administered nowadays, is it a pill?

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:28 PM EST up reply actions

Not even a blood test. Usually just a piss test and a pelvic.

Pretty sure the abortion pill is not used in most places (even though it’s safer and cheaper than the surgical procedure—which is still fairly safe and cheap). Vacuum aspiration has been the most common method. Takes about 10-15 minutes. Recovery is akin to a bad period, typically.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 4:36 PM EST up reply actions

Checking my info, it appears the Medication Abortion is becoming more common.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions

The Planned Parenthood site is a good resource. I went to take a look at that when I realized I didn’t know about what an abortion entailed.

I’m happy that I haven’t had cause to know outside of curiosity.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 4:41 PM EST up reply actions

Planned Parenthood is an amazing organization in all facets of its work, which I strongly urge everyone to support. Their mission is a noble one, and it was founded by one of my all-time heroes, Margaret Sanger.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions

Medication abortion can only be performed very early in the pregnancy…no later than 9 weeks. It’s a pill, a vaginal suppository and … that’s it…a very heavy period type of bleeding.

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 4:57 PM EST up reply actions

I would definitely rather look a monkeys blowing themselves then read this description

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 5:00 PM EST up reply actions

Well, then…how about a transvaginal sonogram? Buck it up…you have 3 kids…you can’t still be squeamish about this stuff. :)

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 5:02 PM EST up reply actions

I took pictures of the placenta and posted them on FB

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 5:04 PM EST up reply actions

LOL . My husband took one look and said to the doctor…“Jeez Doc, that looks like something you’d see at Safeway with a ‘Great on the Grill’ sticker on it”!! Shows you what I’m living with… :D

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 5:09 PM EST up reply actions

haha….he sounds just like me..

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 5:11 PM EST up reply actions

It did look a little like liver…

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 5:13 PM EST up reply actions

After doing some googling, it seems that at such early stages of pregnancy when most abortions are done (around 8 weeks), an abdominal ultrasound doesn’t really pick up anything. Because the fetus isn’t developed enough yet to even show up. So, you know, it should totally have more rights than a BORN, independent, female person.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 4:21 PM EST up reply actions

I didnt see that….I could however see why in some cases you may want it as your own decision to make….but I guess it would be important to know that there was a living fetus before you abort it?

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:24 PM EST up reply actions

I can’t think of a single woman who has made her decision to the point that she’s lying on a doctor’s table, who would say, hmm, pretty sure I’m going to terminate this pregnancy, but, what the hell, lemme take a look at the little bugger first!

The notion that women don’t make these decisions from an informed perspective is what really chaps my ass. Do they think people are getting abortions with less thought than getting manicures? Honestly, I’ll wager that every single woman choosing an abortion is FAR more informed about what her choice means to both the fetus and herself than the bulk of teenagers who “choose” to become mothers are informed about what their choice means to their child and themselves.

I’m not disparaging anyone’s choice to have a baby vs. terminating a pregnancy, just pointing out the absurdity of anti-choice people passing these sorts of bills on such bullshit reasoning.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 4:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

My wife was 16 and was pressured by her parents to have the abortion. There is not a day goes by that she doesnt think about and question it. She carries it with a heavy heart.

To say that every woman makes an informed decision is simply not true. I have zero opinion on abortion. It is not my business.

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions

She did not make her decision, in that case, and I am terribly sorry she had to go through that. Her case is just as clear an argument for why the choice belongs to the pregnant woman and no one else.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Well technically she did decide to do it. Out of fear tho. She is at peace with it because she believes you have gone where you went to get where you are. But it is still part of her person.

And my 2nd point was not referring to her. More along the lines of the severely uneducated folks out there who prolly shouldnt have babies anyway.

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions

Also, I didn’t say every woman makes an informed decision. I was making a comparative statement about teenagers who choose to have kids in their teens, often for some very messed up reasons, without being fully informed what it will mean for their lives and their children’s lives.

by Aliceanna on Feb 22, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions

But what would we do without Teen Mom

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:45 PM EST up reply actions

Or Toddlers and Tiaras or Dance Moms or any number of trashy reality TV shows to make us feel better about ourselves.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions

Well Toddlers and Tiaras wouldnt exist with out the south!

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:57 PM EST up reply actions

I believe for very early term pregnancies (i.e. the ones for which most people have abortions), you need to do a transvaginal ultrasound to even pick up the fetus.

When my wife was pregnant with our kid, her first ultrasound was a transvaginal one.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 4:23 PM EST up reply actions

Hey, Just as long as the wand isnt bigger than me I say…

/Ducks

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:26 PM EST up reply actions

Now you’re just trying to sound male ;)

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 4:31 PM EST up reply actions

yea I figured I needed to cowboy up round here

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 4:32 PM EST up reply actions

I’m surprised no one has mentioned that they put condoms on these things before they’re…hmmm….how do I say this? ….hmmm….Inserted!

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 5:04 PM EST up reply actions

Her Pleasure?

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by Cap-O-Vens on Feb 22, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions

Yep!

by Goaliemama on Feb 22, 2012 5:09 PM EST up reply actions

I would have, except I wasn’t there when the doctor lovingly… err… scanned her innards for the first time.

by Joran on Feb 22, 2012 5:14 PM EST up reply actions

just had the 2nd Parent-Teacher Conf for my daughter in kindergarten and she did great. She’s ranked 6th out of 60 kids on her math testing and has scored past the minimum proficiency to pass first grade. They didn’t have the results of the reading tests back yet but I would expect her to be up there too, she’s started reading Dr. Suess books by herself.

/parenting brag

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