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| QUOTE (GG Mora @ Dec 13 2005, 02:25 PM) |
| One of the group is now trying to enlist me in Landmark (née EST) training. |
It's okay. Really.
Pick up the dime.
Put down the dime.
Pick up the dime.
Put down the dime.
(and repeat)
See? You have no free will.
Put down the dime.
Pick up the dime.
Put down the dime.
(and repeat)
See? You have no free will.
As near as I can remember it, the entire Ramtha family always rode a little too hard to the left of center.
I'm going now. I have to reread Emerson's essay on Compensation.
I'm going now. I have to reread Emerson's essay on Compensation.
| QUOTE (ngatti @ Dec 13 2005, 11:56 AM) | ||
It's okay. Really. |
I was forced to endure one of Landmark Forum's intro lectures once. That will suffice for this lifetime. I think Ron Popiel would be more entertaining.
Staples had a 1Gig memory card for 49 bucks, according to their Sunday flyer. Of course they were "sold out" when I got there on Monday. I told them they think they're being funny but all they're doing is pissing us off and I would never take their flyers seriously again. Bait and switch. Fuck you very much.
| QUOTE (rancho_gordo @ Dec 13 2005, 03:59 PM) |
| Staples had a 1Gig memory card for 49 bucks, according to their Sunday flyer. Of course they were "sold out" when I got there on Monday. I told them they think they're being funny but all they're doing is pissing us off and I would never take their flyers seriously again. Bait and switch. Fuck you very much. |
if they operate like the car dealerships they probably had all of one card at that price.
| QUOTE (Tamar G @ Dec 13 2005, 01:58 PM) |
| My best friends boyfriend, the reiki practitioner, asked me to see a movie with him called "What the bleep do we know?", supposedly a an honest, constructive discussion of science vs. spirituality I knew I wasn't going to like it as soon as he mentioned it, but agreed that we could see it at some point. |
My sister's father-in-law subjected her and her husband to this movie. He saw it first and loved it so much that he insisted that they see it with him. Needless to say the father in law is a freakshow....
My apartment has been freezing this week. I need to go scream at the super. In the elevator this morning on my way to work a neighbor said it was 61 degrees in his apartment. That is too cold for me. Warmer than the 20 degrees outside but still way too freezing! 
| QUOTE (Aaron T @ Dec 13 2005, 05:21 PM) |
| My apartment has been freezing this week. I need to go scream at the super. In the elevator this morning on my way to work a neighbor said it was 61 degrees in his apartment. That is too cold for me. Warmer than the 20 degrees outside but still way too freezing! |
don't forget to tip him a hundred bucks after you get done screaming!
| QUOTE (Aaron T @ Dec 13 2005, 07:21 PM) |
| My apartment has been freezing this week. I need to go scream at the super. In the elevator this morning on my way to work a neighbor said it was 61 degrees in his apartment. That is too cold for me. Warmer than the 20 degrees outside but still way too freezing! |
Also I believe it's illegal.
| QUOTE (Aaron T @ Dec 13 2005, 07:21 PM) |
| My apartment has been freezing this week. I need to go scream at the super. In the elevator this morning on my way to work a neighbor said it was 61 degrees in his apartment. That is too cold for me. Warmer than the 20 degrees outside but still way too freezing! |
City law requires that the heat must be set at a minimum of 68F between the hours of 6am and 10pm.
This site gives the requirements, as well as who to call to complain.
I bet our apartment is colder than 68F too. Trouble is, being in a small building, if someone forces the condominium to upgrade the heating system, guess who pays?
The fact that there still might be a transit strike.
| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Dec 13 2005, 11:07 PM) | ||
if they operate like the car dealerships they probably had all of one card at that price. |
I sold used cars for several years. Once I had you on the lot, you were mine, all mine.
My annoyance: sick again with the Chicago-winter cold. Just got over one three weeks ago. Everyone I know has this shit. Also, tonight is the work holiday party, open bar, and not only am I sick, but I have to work tomorrow morning. Guess who's not going to be doing any shots.
Oh, and one of my Profs cancelled today's class, which was supposed to be our last one of the term. Now we all have to come Monday.
Having to go into school today because of computer problems. One of the kid's final movie project which is due tomorrow night wouldn't playback on her laptop, freezing and dropping frames, probably not enough RAM. So we copied the project onto an external hard drive and took it to two other computers but all the sound files from one cd aren't recognizable for some reason. There was another movie we copied over and that plays fine. And the other music files on the final project play fine too. And they play on the laptop. Ugh.
waking up at 9 am, and getting out of bed. instead of rolling over and going back to sleep.
Descartes.
Remember?
Remember?
| QUOTE (Wilfrid @ Dec 14 2005, 09:45 AM) |
| Descartes. Remember? |
no deep thoughts. remember?
Anybody remember that old SNL bit, "Deep Thoughts?"
Why is it that this time every year I get trapped behind the slowest, dumbest, most inquisitive, labor intensive people in an interminable line at the post office?
How come the NYT says today "With three days to go before a threatened transit shutdown..." but the strike deadline is 12:01am Friday, which is only 2 days from today?
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Dec 14 2005, 05:00 PM) |
| Anybody remember that old SNL bit, "Deep Thoughts?" |
Hell yes. My two faves:
If you drop your keys into a pool of molten lava, let 'em go, because man, they're gone.
The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw.
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Dec 14 2005, 01:53 PM) |
| How come the NYT says today "With three days to go before a threatened transit shutdown..." but the strike deadline is 12:01am Friday, which is only 2 days from today? |
Porkwah's sig line makes me think of 'Deep Thoughts' every time I read it. 
| QUOTE |
| if you love something, drop it from a 30th story window. if it doesn't come back, it wasn't a bird. |
Never did find my birth certificate, so I ordered one from a twenty-four-hour service on the web. Today is the fourth day, and still no BC. If I can't verify my existence soon, I'm going to disappear. I don't want to make anyone that happy this Christmas.
And now I can't find my Latin Dictionary. Nor the larger of my two flashlights. Shit.
And now I can't find my Latin Dictionary. Nor the larger of my two flashlights. Shit.
Mice have got into my tortilla chips. Fortunately, my Hershey Kisses are still safe. Thank god for aluminum (or -ium) foil.
Lost my birth certificate once, and had to make a very tedious trip in the pouring rain to the records office in London to apply for a new one. Don't know if there is an online service for Brits now.
I did mine by phone from Ca to Brooklyn. No problem.
| QUOTE (Cathy @ Dec 12 2005, 05:34 PM) | ||
Porkwah's sig line makes me think of 'Deep Thoughts' every time I read it.
|
Thank you! I'm flattened.
Apparently, my downstairs neighbor can hear every step I take when I'm wearing shoes (or regular slippers). She's told me more than once about this, though she's been very polite about it. So I can either wear socks and slippers all the time, go barefoot and get my feet dirty, or spring for more rugs (not an option in the kitchen or bathroom). She realizes it's an old building, but I guess it's really irritating to her.
On the other hand, she just brought me a package of Lindt chocolates from a recent trip to Switzerland. I don't think they sell them in the US--they're little batons filled with kirsch and dusted with cocoa.
On the other hand, she just brought me a package of Lindt chocolates from a recent trip to Switzerland. I don't think they sell them in the US--they're little batons filled with kirsch and dusted with cocoa.
The local motion picture film processing lab is declining in the quality of service. They screwed over two students in getting them their film back, so I ended up staying at school until 12:40 am just so they'd have something to show at the 11 am final today. They're two guys I like and did all right considering the circumstances, but still, I wasn't even supposed to be there.
Another student and I couldn't fix the computer glitches that are keeping her project from playing back. It looks like the Apple store sold her the wrong RAM chip too. We followed the instructions, but the chip didn't look like it would fit.
Another student and I couldn't fix the computer glitches that are keeping her project from playing back. It looks like the Apple store sold her the wrong RAM chip too. We followed the instructions, but the chip didn't look like it would fit.
Tea tastes of lip balm!
More raspberries on belly than normally recommended.
| QUOTE (Liza @ Dec 15 2005, 03:12 PM) |
| More raspberries on belly than normally recommended. |
Giving or getting?
| QUOTE (Cathy @ Dec 13 2005, 06:17 PM) | ||
Giving or getting? |
Both.
It was a busy morning.
| QUOTE (Liza @ Dec 15 2005, 03:28 PM) | ||
Both. It was a busy morning. |
Whoa. Respect.
| QUOTE (Liza @ Dec 15 2005, 01:12 PM) |
| More raspberries on belly than normally recommended. |
i'm told with babies it is usually berries of a different kind that show up unexpected.
Passing up a table at Gilt because of previous, really really crappy engagement.
More of an upset than an annoyance, really. My cat is in the hospital (with a little kitty IV hooked up 
), where she I am told must remain for at least two more days. She is also very sick and the prognosis is still uncertain. And I am told to expect the bill to be at least $1200.
), where she I am told must remain for at least two more days. She is also very sick and the prognosis is still uncertain. And I am told to expect the bill to be at least $1200.
The utter fucking incompetence of our moving company.
| QUOTE (Behemoth @ Dec 16 2005, 12:02 PM) |
| The utter fucking incompetence of our moving company. |
Oh god. That's the worst.
| QUOTE (Daisy @ Dec 16 2005, 11:53 AM) |
| More of an upset than an annoyance, really. My cat is in the hospital (with a little kitty IV hooked up ), where she I am told must remain for at least two more days. She is also very sick and the prognosis is still uncertain. And I am told to expect the bill to be at least $1200. |
Oh Daisy, my sympathies.
Fly
Oh Daisy, I just saw this. Which kitty???
| QUOTE (Daisy @ Dec 16 2005, 10:53 AM) |
| More of an upset than an annoyance, really. My cat is in the hospital (with a little kitty IV hooked up ), where she I am told must remain for at least two more days. She is also very sick and the prognosis is still uncertain. And I am told to expect the bill to be at least $1200. |
This is worse. I am so sorry!
Sick kitties are heartbreaking. So sorry, Daisy.
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Dec 16 2005, 12:06 PM) |
| Oh Daisy, I just saw this. Which kitty??? |
The big gray one with the green eyes.
I just this moment got off the phone with the vet. She's apparently feeling a little better becuase her caregivers are again using 'feisty' and 'difficult' to describe her. She had to be sedated so that x-rays could be done.
I am told she has kidney disease and that if she can be stabilized she will need surgery to remove bladder stones (a cystotomy).
| QUOTE (Daisy @ Dec 16 2005, 01:18 PM) |
| She's apparently feeling a little better becuase her caregivers are again using 'feisty' and 'difficult' to describe her. |
So still only at 20%.
| QUOTE (g.johnson @ Dec 16 2005, 12:20 PM) | ||
So still only at 20%. |
Right, she hasn't attempted to disembowel anyone this morning.
Aw Daisy, I hope your kitty is better and back to disembowelment pretty soon.
My annoyance: second cold of the month. Bad one. Is my head made of snot, or is it just me?
I think I would go crazy if I lost my sense of smell/taste.
My annoyance: second cold of the month. Bad one. Is my head made of snot, or is it just me?
I think I would go crazy if I lost my sense of smell/taste.
Daisy, I hope she's better soon.
You too, Nero - I was a snot factory last week, and I know how annoying it is.
You too, Nero - I was a snot factory last week, and I know how annoying it is.
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