#1 2008-12-28 20:05:40
My daughter's freaking new MOON SAND is ALL OVER THE HOUSE. The claim that it "never dries out" is not exactly comforting at this point, now that glitter and this ersatz cat litter is EVERYWHERE. The DOGS are pooping moon sand out in the yard.
What's happening at your house?
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#2 2008-12-28 20:16:41
We have no kids, so there is no kid/presents/Moon Sand craziness.
We just moved into the house last week, so there's a lot of puttering: One of us suddenly remembers something we'd planned to do, hops up from whatever we're doing at the time and drags the Halloween decorations into storage/hangs a clock on a wall/rearranges the spice racks/adjusts a shelf/and so forth.
I have yet to drink my annual eggnog...gotta do that soon.
P.S. Are Barbie shoes still a problem when you have daughters? My and my sister's Barbie shoes got fucking EVERYWHERE.
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#3 2008-12-28 20:22:26
First off, moon sand never does dry. It gets caught in your carpet if you let them smoosh it in. I have them play with it (and bubbles) outside or in the dining room over a jelly roll pan, or a white-trash vinyl tablecloth.
And people wonder why Miss Sofie mooooves a lot...my patio a few houses ago looked like a fucking Jackson Pollock painting. $200.00 to clean it. Goddamn messy snowflakes.
We had the Christmahannukwanzikah appetizers fighting each other, but it's mellow now, except for my older kid videotaping every wacky moment of our existence. It's getting annoying.
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#4 2008-12-28 20:55:29
That's Mr. Sofie?
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#5 2008-12-28 21:46:39
My sis and I went to Babies-R-Us and Target today to register for baby gifts. Holy shit, there's a ton of crap out there to blow your money on in the name of good parenting. I never had a shower for either child, and we lived pretty hand-to-mouth in those days, so most of this stuff is like a revelation to me. A frightening revelation. I offered to make a Cthulhu wall hanging for the nursery, but she was uninterested. She did sign up for a $250 stroller, though.
My brother comes into town from Colorado tomorrow, so at some point I expect that my house will resemble hippie junction. He's supposed to help one of my boys start a batch of kombucha. Urk.
Other than that, I've got the whole coming week off (on paper, at least -- I may have to do some work from home, or make an appearance in the office at some point), so I hope that this post-holiday period will be characterized by lots and lots of naps.
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#6 2008-12-28 22:07:56
Just pissing away time switching between football, CSI reruns and a documentary on Valkyrie...
Got jury duty next week.
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#7 2008-12-28 23:08:31
sofaking wrote:
We had the Christmahannukwanzikah appetizers fighting each other. . .
It's Sturmy and Drangy!
Vegging here. Veggggggggggging. . .
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#8 2008-12-29 00:33:34
My family and I invaded the inlaws in Fort Worth. Who knows? Maybe snow in Palmdale has finally caused the last long limbs of the fucking eucalyptus to snap off and smash both cars left in the driveway.
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#9 2008-12-29 00:36:13
Dmtdust wrote:
That's Mr. Sofie?
It's the crab referee.
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#10 2008-12-29 00:40:46
Sodomy.
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#11 2008-12-29 00:44:44
I have an incredibly annoying schedule right now to deal with the slowdown in business between Jesus's birthday and the better holiday. Starting last Sunday when I had the day off, I worked the following Monday and Tuesday, had Christmas Eve and Christmas day off, worked Friday, had Saturday off, worked today, and have tomorrow off followed with my last work day of the year. After that, I have New Year's Eve and New Year's Day off, followed by two more days at work.
But I shouldn't complain: I got the holidays off - even the one I don't celebrate - and I've been getting plenty of writing done in the meantime.
Oh, and if that's Mr. Sofie, I had pictured him as much, much hunkier.
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#12 2008-12-29 00:45:26
orangeplus wrote:
Sodomy.
I did that on Christmas Eve.
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#13 2008-12-29 00:49:57
It was a nice warm day (60 degrees farenheit)... I took the Vette out, got pulled over twice, once for speeding, once for not displaying a front plate, got laid, made plans to go to Vegas the first week in Feb. with some broad....
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#14 2008-12-29 02:53:46
I've been freezing my ass off in Durango visiting family. The 24 hours after I arrived added a couple of feet of snow to the already substantial layer outside my parents' house. I thought it would be fun to drive here, and managed to lose a tire in the middle of Buttfuck Egypt, AZ and ended up getting reamed on the price for new tires by some very nice man who kindly took a large chunk of my vacation money. It's been consistently between -10 and 20 degrees all week, and while the view of the frozen pond out the back door is breathtaking, I can't wait to get back home where I don't have to wear a sweatshirt or a pair of long pants more than a couple of times a year.
It's been worth it, though, visiting my parents and siblings, and especially my niece and nephew, the cutest kids in the world. My niece got a Hello Kitty digital camera that she's been using to take pictures of EVERYTHING, and my nephew tore through three humongous LEGO sets in as many days.
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#15 2008-12-29 08:29:28
sofaking wrote:
Dmtdust wrote:
That's Mr. Sofie?
It's the crab referee.
Raoul? Fuck him for not coming around anymore.
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#16 2008-12-29 12:00:29
Lots and lots of wine and leftover turkey. I don't really like turkey either. I can smell it exuding from my flesh when I shower.
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#17 2008-12-29 12:24:25
phreddy wrote:
Lots and lots of wine and leftover turkey. I don't really like turkey either. I can smell it exuding from my flesh when I shower.
I'm about to tuck in to a plate of leftover turkey, dressing and GRAVY. The gravy was especially good this year. If any turkey is left, I'll probably make turkey salad. I like turkey.
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#18 2008-12-29 13:04:10
Visiting the hospital, drinking hard playing "Spore", drinking hard watching football & rugby and drinking hard.
All the cool toys are sidelined cuz the boy broke his friggin elbow.
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#19 2008-12-29 13:38:49
phreddy wrote:
Lots and lots of wine and leftover turkey. I don't really like turkey either. I can smell it exuding from my flesh when I shower.
That's not the smell of turkey...that's the smell of defeat.
OBAMA RULZ!!!!!!!
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#20 2008-12-29 13:44:35
headkicker_girl wrote:
phreddy wrote:
Lots and lots of wine and leftover turkey. I don't really like turkey either. I can smell it exuding from my flesh when I shower.
That's not the smell of turkey...that's the smell of defeat.
OBAMA RULZ!!!!!!!
My feet don't smell!!!
As for Obama. He's going to age a decade during the next 12 months. He's probably already asking himself, "WTF have I done?".
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#21 2008-12-29 13:56:17
I made Chili, and watched the Ravens pave the road to the playoffs with JAX asshole.
Then I masturbated, read a book, and went to bed.
Now, I am at work.
Ahhh, the single life.
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#22 2008-12-29 14:16:29
Roger_That wrote:
Then I masturbated, read a book, and went to bed.
Really? What are you reading?
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#23 2008-12-29 14:33:38
Roger_That wrote:
I made Chili, and watched the Ravens pave the road to the playoffs with JAX asshole.
Then I masturbated, read a book, and went to bed.
Now, I am at work.
Ahhh, the single life.
I hope you have been keeping your video journal up to date. We'll have to check on these events.
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#24 2008-12-29 15:37:03
Taint wrote:
Roger_That wrote:
Then I masturbated, read a book, and went to bed.
Really? What are you reading?
Do you want to know if it was porn or not? Or are you genuinely curious about my reading habits...
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#25 2008-12-29 15:39:12
Roger_That wrote:
Taint wrote:
Roger_That wrote:
Then I masturbated, read a book, and went to bed.
Really? What are you reading?
Do you want to know if it was porn or not? Or are you genuinely curious about my reading habits...
Little from column A, little from column B.
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#26 2008-12-29 16:16:55
Roger_That wrote:
Taint wrote:
Roger_That wrote:
Then I masturbated, read a book, and went to bed.
Really? What are you reading?
Do you want to know if it was porn or not? Or are you genuinely curious about my reading habits...
Hey, I'm reading a book about the history of beekeeping, right now. What do you think?
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#27 2008-12-29 16:57:25
Taint wrote:
Hey, I'm reading a book about the history of beekeeping, right now. What do you think?
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#28 2008-12-29 17:04:30
Scotty wrote:
Taint wrote:
Hey, I'm reading a book about the history of beekeeping, right now. What do you think?
Definitely much more fun than the research I'm doing on conflict of interests between the Corn Refiners Association and the USDA. I needed that.
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#29 2008-12-29 17:04:38
Beekeeping is the shizzle. I'd like to get into it, whenever the time comes for me to take over the farm from Dad. I figure I could strike a deal with local farmers where they get a beehive for the growing season (resulting in better crops for them), and I take, say, two-thirds of the hive's honey in exchange.
-JLP, Bee Magnate
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#30 2008-12-29 17:07:07
I'm unsure if you're quoting someone or expressing your own desire to keep bees, Jesus. If you're at all interested, "Robbing the Bees" by Holley Bishop is a really wonderful read.
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#31 2008-12-29 17:14:52
That's an honest desire for beekeeping that I expressed.
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#32 2008-12-29 17:23:30
jesusluvspegging wrote:
That's an honest desire for beekeeping that I expressed.
Then you should definitely read that book. Besides being very well written and researched, it's entertaining as hell.
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#33 2008-12-29 17:31:51
Yeah, I put it on my depressingly long list of books to read.
Currently I'm working my way through the Lensman saga by E.E. Smith. I haven't been reading enough nonfiction lately. Time to go to the library.
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#34 2008-12-29 18:27:13
jesusluvspegging wrote:
That's an honest desire for beekeeping that I expressed.
We have a bee box in the bee yard, awaiting the arrival of a new queen and hive this spring.
D
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#35 2008-12-29 18:38:47
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#36 2008-12-29 19:04:05
jesusluvspegging wrote:
A lot of time on your hands?
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#37 2008-12-29 19:05:26
That took five minutes.
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#38 2008-12-29 20:12:54
Moon sand doesn't dry out. What it does slowly is, slowly, vanish into the vacuum cleaner. I took the monsters to Carlsbad Caverns today.
Dirkman, bend the plate and a frame to fit your front bumper. That'll you'll cut your pulled over time in half. I didn't get pulled over at all. Of course I was, mostly, driving the speed limit because the Boss told Monster 1 to rat me out if I was going too fast.
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#39 2008-12-29 22:26:20
Ok, since Taint really seems to be interested...I am reading:
Dangerous Waters - Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas by John Burnett.
It's awesome. I want to take my next vacation on a crude oil tanker traveling through the Malacca Straights.
I highly recommend this book. Roger_That_Ebert gives it 2 thumbs up for Non-Fiction.
Also, I just read Dean Koontz' latest book. Forgot the name already. It was a good read. But I liked the piracy book better. No, there's no butt-piracy involved, sorry Taint.
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#40 2008-12-29 22:38:48
I am re-reading Moby Dick. It's slow going.
In other post-holiday-related news, remember that leftover turkey and gravy I was gloating over this morning? I barfed it all up about half an hour ago. Barfing was practically a sport when I was in my 20s, but when you're middle-aged, it really takes it out of you (so to speak). NOT fun.
No turkey salad for me this year. That tainted shit's going in the garbage.*
*No offense, Taint.
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#41 2008-12-29 22:48:00
George Orr wrote:
I am re-reading Moby Dick. It's slow
"What tune do ye pull to, men?"
"A dead whale or a stove boat!"
I love that book.
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#42 2008-12-29 22:49:31
jesusluvspegging wrote:
Beekeeping is the shizzle. I'd like to get into it, whenever the time comes for me to take over the farm from Dad. I figure I could strike a deal with local farmers where they get a beehive for the growing season (resulting in better crops for them), and I take, say, two-thirds of the hive's honey in exchange.
-JLP, Bee Magnate
My parents do beekeeping and it's making my life miserable.... Every couple of months when I see them they have another two gallon bucket of honey to give me... I've already made everyone else's life around me miserable by giving the honey away and it would be a shame to throw it in the garbage...
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#43 2008-12-29 22:50:34
George Orr wrote:
I am re-reading Moby Dick. It's slow going.
In other post-holiday-related news, remember that leftover turkey and gravy I was gloating over this morning? I barfed it all up about half an hour ago. Barfing was practically a sport when I was in my 20s, but when you're middle-aged, it really takes it out of you (so to speak). NOT fun.
No turkey salad for me this year. That tainted shit's going in the garbage.*
*No offense, Taint.
It was a Roman Holiday then?
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#44 2008-12-29 22:51:59
Dirckman wrote:
My parents do beekeeping and it's making my life miserable.... Every couple of months when I see them they have another two gallon bucket of honey to give me... I've already made everyone else's life around me miserable by giving the honey away and it would be a shame to throw it in the garbage...
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE send it to me.
I make honey liquor and I need honey. Lots of it.
And if it's linden (липы) honey, I'll even send you a batch.
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#45 2008-12-29 22:58:05
Dirckman wrote:
Every couple of months when I see them they have another two gallon bucket of honey to give me... I've already made everyone else's life around me miserable by giving the honey away and it would be a shame to throw it in the garbage...
I had a good friend many years ago who kept bees, and she was in the same boat. She had more honey than friends, and all of us very quickly had too much honey, and soon all our friends and acquaintances...you know.
The little buggers are productive, I'll give 'em that.
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#46 2008-12-29 23:07:33
I would definitely take a shipment of honey. I love making baklava. I'd even send some back to you.
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#47 2008-12-30 00:20:03
Anybody wanting honey can email me at hydrocarbon29@yahoo.com or dakotashitkicker@yahoo.com.... I'll be glad to share... It's clover honey by the way...
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#48 2008-12-30 00:45:54
Dirckman wrote:
Anybody wanting honey can email me at hydrocarbon29@yahoo.com or dakotashitkicker@yahoo.com.... I'll be glad to share... It's clover honey by the way...
Tempting. What's your price?
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#49 2008-12-30 01:21:54
jesusluvspegging wrote:
Dirckman wrote:
Anybody wanting honey can email me at hydrocarbon29@yahoo.com or dakotashitkicker@yahoo.com.... I'll be glad to share... It's clover honey by the way...
Tempting. What's your price?
No price, I've got a two gallon bucket of it sitting in my kitchen right now....
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#50 2008-12-30 02:16:31
Roger_That wrote:
Dangerous Waters - Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas by John Burnett.
It's awesome.
Seconded, though it's actually a bit behind the times by now. One could easily write a whole sequel about Somalia.
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