March 22, 2005
GIRL SICK. BOY SICK. NEED COMMENTS NOW
Bloggranddaughter VW Bug of One Happy Dog Speaks has a boy in the hospital with the croup, and she's battling the flu herself.
Please go here and say something comforting.
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March 21, 2005
FRED THE GNOME WORLD TOUR
I blame Nick.
Feel free to steal the Fred the gnome over to your own blog, and leave a trackback to the original post at NickQueen.com
If you're trackback impaired or just think sending one via Haloscan is a pain in the ass, just use the Wizbang standalone trackback form.
Here's the URL to ping:
http://blog.mu.nu/cgi/mt-tb.cgi/71993
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You have the stones also I see.
Figures one of your clan wouldn't have trackbacks. Shoulda beat him and poked him with spoons more often! Links will do!
Posted by: Nick at March 21, 2005 10:46 PM (CUK6z)
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I never have any problems pinging with Haloscan but I keep getting an error when trying to ping Chucks or Nicks site.
Posted by: Machelle at March 22, 2005 08:19 AM (ZAyoW)
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The Wizbang trackbacks ain't working either.
Posted by: Machelle at March 22, 2005 09:00 AM (ZAyoW)
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He looks like he could use a trip to England...
Posted by: Sally at March 22, 2005 10:13 AM (RbeLs)
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With how pasty white he is he looks like he just came from there ;P
Posted by: Machelle at March 22, 2005 10:52 AM (ZAyoW)
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LOL! We just had two days of sunshine, so someone would've slapped some poorly-applied fake tan on him if he'd been here.
Posted by: Sally at March 22, 2005 02:42 PM (RbeLs)
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I'm hoping Ogre picks this up & photoshops this baby within an inch of its life :-)
Machelle - Chuck doesn't appear to HAVE trackbacks, so just a link is good for him. Nick's SHOULD work, but sometimes... *shrug*
Posted by: Harvey at March 22, 2005 03:01 PM (tJfh1)
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I just colorized him and found a pic of him with a beer. The stripper is also there.
Posted by: Jeremy at March 22, 2005 10:09 PM (WGcw3)
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What am I doing wrong that I can't get him colorized? GRRRR. Still working till I post. Dammit.
Posted by: Boudicca at March 22, 2005 10:19 PM (z7nbM)
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BAD EXAMPLE'S WINDOW PEEPERS
From time to time - not very often these days, but still, it happens - I find myself having finished my blogrounds and wanting more to read.
Usually during slow days at work.
Times like these, I'd like to go someplace where I know the writing is good (or at least the blogger is interesting), but I don't have anything bookmarked.
...Problem solved.
Via Blogrolling, I've set up a little auxilliary blogroll way down on my right sidebar, comprised mostly of good blogs that show up in my referer logs now & again.
Although I reserve the right to throw anyone in there I darn well please.
Or not.
It's not a recipri-roll, per se. Just because you have a Bad Example link on your site doesn't get you a free pass onto my sidebar - I'm all stuck-up & snooty like that - but I'll be fairly open-minded about throwing people on there.
Now, unlike the Annoying Neighbors blogroll, being a Window Peeper doesn't mean I'll be able to stop by every day. However, it does make it more likely that I'll stop by on occasion, once my blogfamily obligations are complete (being a blogfather isn't all ham & plaques, you know).
As for Brian J. Noggle, I'm still holding out for him getting comments, after which he'll be an Annoying Neighbor and a daily read.
Come on, Brian, tell me - what do I have to do to get you to go to Haloscan and hit AutoInstall? Name your price. We can negotiate.
Anyway, I'd like to thank Pam of Pamibe for creating the logo for me. I have to say - once again - she does great work on short notice, and doesn't stop until you're satisfied with the finished product.
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Whee! Thanks for including me!
Posted by: songstress7 at March 21, 2005 10:49 PM (ie93s)
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Oh man, you mean I have to write interesting stuff to score a spot.. hmm that's really going to change what I do!
Posted by: Amanda at March 21, 2005 11:34 PM (c+ZEo)
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Thank you for including me on the roll. It's an honor.
Posted by: basil at March 22, 2005 12:03 AM (XLn27)
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once again thank you to the Headmaster.
I now know what , are used for
Your a really useful engine Harvey!
Regards
GBfan
Posted by: gbfan001 at March 22, 2005 06:18 AM (oSAou)
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gbfan001 - So according to this site:
http://webpages.charter.net/mortickles/Songs/useful.htm
that makes you the Fat Controller :-)
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Now someone it being a cheeky little engine I guess I will have to speak to TNT to start another round of "Punishment" lol
Regards
GBfan
Posted by: gbfan001 at March 22, 2005 06:57 AM (oSAou)
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Whoo Hoo! I scored a spot on Harvey's peeper list (sounds strangely disturbed) but great nonetheless! Must . . . post . . . something . . . witty . . . now!
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Thanks for including me on the list, and I promise I won't take pictures of anything I peep!
Or, at least, I promise I won't sell the pictures I take.
For less than a hundred bucks.
American.
Posted by: J.P. at March 22, 2005 08:11 AM (rXpH+)
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Hey, did you know SDB made a little post?
Posted by: _Jon at March 22, 2005 08:16 AM (R6yie)
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Thanks for the linkage, Harv!
Posted by: CD at March 22, 2005 11:13 AM (bsi5Z)
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JP - just remember that I get 25% of GROSS, not net.
_Jon - Saw it. *shrug* I'll wait until he starts taking his meds again.
Posted by: Harvey at March 22, 2005 01:38 PM (tJfh1)
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Aw, have some self-esteem Harv! The parts I'm taking pictures aren't
that gross!
Posted by: J.P. at March 22, 2005 09:01 PM (rXpH+)
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You should spend that downtime answering JenLar's interview questions. Back to work!
Posted by: tbflowers at March 23, 2005 04:13 AM (ofiIu)
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Don't make any bets on Brian J. Noggle and comments. I've tried to convince him and, of course, I have more bargaining chips. Still no comments.
hln
Posted by: hln at March 23, 2005 12:07 PM (CWwGn)
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Ok, I won't bet money on Brian J, but I'm hoping the steady drip-drip-drip of hints will get to him eventually :-)
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I refuse to condone the ur-ing of fags! :-P
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TWEAKING THE FAMILY BLOGROLL
Trying something new.
Recently Beloved Wife commented to me that it's hard to find a given blogfamily member on the Family blogroll, and also hard to remember all the names.
I thought she had a good point, so I took the liberty of alphabetizing the family blogroll, and - if you hover your mouse over the link - the blogger's name will also appear in a little text box.
Does that make things better, worse, or about the same?
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That rocks. I like the bloggers name part coming up on hover.
Posted by: Contagion at March 22, 2005 07:08 AM (Q5WxB)
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OK.
I would like to see "The Annotated..." either at the top or the bottom.
And it looks like the list at the permalink is still in the old order.
And I wonder where you got the idea to have the fly-over (which I also like).
Posted by: _Jon at March 22, 2005 08:25 AM (R6yie)
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_Jon - I want it out of the middle, too, but I'm having a hard time getting it there. I'll work on it....
Think I got it. Heh. You'll like this :-)
By the way, although I know you do the hover thing, I didn't actually get it from you in this case. It's just a feature of blogrolling to add a description. I had originally planned on just adding everyone's names after the blog name in the link.
And I'm not sure which list you mean at which permalink?
Posted by: Harvey at March 22, 2005 01:57 PM (tJfh1)
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I LOVE IT!! Just what we needed it!
Posted by: Sissy at March 23, 2005 01:02 PM (OvwmV)
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SINCE YOU GUYS ARE BORED
I know everyone's sad about being kicked out of
the pudding pit, and you're looking for other trouble to cause.
Seems that blogson Chuck of Class Mishaps is off on Spring Break, and has left us with more promises of new cartoons instead of actual cartoons. Also a threat:
Anyway, I know Harvey and his gang like to sneak in to people's places when they're out of town and have comment parties, so I have my pet gnome here to gaurd my comments to make sure that doesn't happen.
Pity Fred the gnome wasn't there to gAUrd against typos.
Anyway, Chuck is a film student at some college in Arizona (I think), and makes poorly-drawn comic strips on the side. Go steal his pencils or something.
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Shut up Harvey,
I'm a film student, not an English major.
Posted by: Chuck at March 21, 2005 08:47 PM (SmheK)
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Heck with pencils! I'm stealing his frickin gnome and I'm gonna start trying to get him on a trip around the blogosphere like that one yard gnome!
Posted by: Nick at March 21, 2005 09:34 PM (CUK6z)
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Nick - why... I don't think you've got the STONES to steal Chuck's gnome & send it around the sphere.
Nope... ain't got the stones at ALL :-P
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Really? You don't have the stones to steal it and put it on your blog then do ya, or on IMAO!
The GnomeRoll has begun by the way!
Posted by: Nick at March 21, 2005 10:38 PM (CUK6z)
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Also, though I do most of my drawings in pencil it should be noted that my 2D rendering of Fred is in pen and ink
Posted by: Chuck at March 23, 2005 12:34 AM (lmtvG)
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I poop on IMAO... Spnak Frnak!
Posted by: Mudfish Billy at March 23, 2005 05:05 PM (MEfjQ)
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TODAY'S LOVE NOTE
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Introduction)
[Something a little different tonight. Amanda of Aussie Wife sent me a link to a poem she wrote for her husband. I'm stealing it and modifying it slightly to make it better fit my situation. Please go read the original at her place, though. Figure if I send her enough traffic, she won't be upset by my sneakthievery]
In the morning's clear light
I study the face I know so well
I am filled with a boundless love
as my gaze travels over familiar curves and contours
I see the peacefulness that deep sleep brings
when the essence of the person hides within
then she awakes and the face is transformed
a sleepy smile and a request for morning loving
the weekend has begun
(CAUTION: Romantics beware - comments may contain naughtiness)
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Thank goodness it's only two days till Monday.
Posted by: GEBIV at March 21, 2005 09:13 PM (Z+Kbb)
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"morning loving"?? What are you - Chef from South Park?
Posted by: at March 22, 2005 03:44 PM (gwsuu)
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Suck on my chocolate salty balls :-)
Posted by: Harvey at March 22, 2005 04:50 PM (ubhj8)
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March 20, 2005
TODAY'S LOVE NOTE
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Introduction)
Had I no eyes but ears, my ears would love
That inward beauty and invisible;
Or were I deaf, thy outward parts would move
Each part in me that were but sensible:
Though neither eyes nor ears, to hear nor see,
And nothing but the very smell were left me,
Yet should I be in love by touching thee.
Say, that the sense of feeling were bereft me,
And that I could not see, nor hear, nor touch,
Yet would my love to thee be still as much;
(CAUTION: Romantics beware - comments may contain naughtiness)
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I would rather be blind than deaf, so that I might hear you say the words, "I love you."
Posted by: Aris_Ravencroft at March 21, 2005 12:15 AM (Pg2Ju)
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...of course, if certain other parts were missing, love would be pretty much pointless...
Posted by: GEBIV at March 21, 2005 08:02 AM (69xMS)
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I was waiting for something along the lines of GEBIV's comment...
Posted by: Boudicca at March 21, 2005 08:14 AM (z7nbM)
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Condoleezza Rice Apologizes for "Outpost of Tyranny" Remark
Over at IMAO
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QUICK AND PAINLESS GUIDE TO ADDING HALOSCAN COMMENTS WHILE KEEPING YOUR OLD BLOGGER COMMENTS VISIBLE - UPDATED 5-24-05
Thanks in equal parts to blogchildren VW Bug of
One Happy Dog Speaks and Contagion of
Miasmatic Review for inspiration and technical assistance.
Blogger comments suck because they're miserably slow and can be hard to access, depending on how they're set up on an individual's blog.
Bug explains in her link above how to manually install both the Haloscan code and add back in the Blogger comments code so that you can still see your old comments.
The important thing to take from her post is that you need to back up your Blogger template. You can just copy & paste it to your favorite word processing program (I use NoteTab Light) and save it - just in case. If you're REALLY paranoid, you can back up your entire blog and Bug explains how. Whether you think it's necessary is up to you. Personally, I don't think there's THAT much risk involved, but again - your call.
Then Contagion got gutsy and tried an experiment. He used Haloscan's super-nifty AutoInstall feature to add Haloscan comments and - after it was done (and it worked perfectly for him) - he went into his Blogger template & manually added the code to display Blogger comments.
Which also worked perfectly for him.
I tried it out on one of the Blogger blogs I keep around for experimentation purposes, and it worked perfectly for me, too.
What to paste:
| <a class="comment-link" href="<$BlogItemCommentCreate$>>"<$BlogItemCommentFormOnclick$> <font="1">Pre Haloscan <$BlogItemCommentCount$></a>
Where to paste it:
Haloscan will have placed its code in a section of your template a little below the tag
<div class="PostFooter">
It's the code that starts:
<a class="comment-link" href="http://www.haloscan.com/... blah blah blah...
and ends:
</script><noscript>Trackback</noscript></a>
The code I give you starts with a blank space, a vertical line, another black space, and then the critical code. Be sure to include the blank-line-blank at the beginning so there's space between the Trackback link and the old Blogger comments.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: Looking around in my experimental template, I noticed that the Haloscan comment code appeared twice. Once for the main page, and once for the individual archive [permalink] pages. Assuming it's the same in your template, be sure to add the code I gave you at the end of BOTH pieces of Haloscan code. I didn't see the second one at first, and had no Blogger comments on my permalink pages. One more copy-&-paste and the problem was solved.
SUMMARY: Bacnts.k up your template, sign up at Haloscan, do AutoInstall, copy & paste old Blogger comment code, live a life of joy and happiness free of the evil of Blogger comme
UPDATE: Sissy of And What Next... mentions this in the comments:
If you want to keep the ability to forward a post, you will still need <$BlogItemControl$> this code after the "Pre Haloscan" code.
UPDATE 5-24-05: [If you've found this post useful enough to blog about, send a trackback or e-mail the permalink to me at harvolson-at-gmail.com and I'll add you to my Bad Example Groupies blogroll. See this post for details]
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I also did the auto install and just pasted part of the old Blogger code.
If you want to keep the ability to forward a post, you will still need [$BlogItemControl$] this code after the "Pre Haloscan" code.
Posted by: Sissy at March 20, 2005 10:04 PM (PjqiK)
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Harvey - any suggestions on how to back up your entire blog on Blogger?
Can this be done? Is there much of a risk of Blogger failure?
I read somewhere that there's a service that will publish, in hard copy, your entire blog, going thru all archives and posts, and creating a book. I'm just now realizing that I've invested a lot into these posts and don't want them to vanish...
Posted by: Spear Shaker at March 20, 2005 11:36 PM (GIuBQ)
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Harvey- how can I add Haloscan trackback to each of my post pages? It only shows up on my main page now.
Posted by: Tom at March 21, 2005 12:12 AM (UCGFN)
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Oh- nevermind that last.
Blogger's preview only renders the mainpage- every time I added the code for it, it would end up not showing.
Posted by: Tom at March 21, 2005 12:31 AM (UCGFN)
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You don't need to put the code in both spots after the Haloscan code. Even through Haloscan will install their code in two places, it's not necessary. If you click on the individual site links on my site, you will see you actually get two lines of comments, this is due to how the auto install feature of Haloscan actually installs it.
As for backing up your entire blog on blogspot. I found it to be a waste of time. As long as you back up your template you are okay. I completely thrashed my blog and changed the template and lost none of the posts.
Posted by: contagion at March 21, 2005 08:01 AM (Q5WxB)
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Why is the blog written in Mandarin today? Haloscan...what? What? WTF? I am retarded...
Posted by: ArmyWifeToddlerMom at March 21, 2005 03:10 PM (gKrM7)
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Spearshaker - check with VW bug. She's got a link to the "back up your entire blog" software and actually used it. Me - I have no clue.
Contagion - I have to differ with you on the coding issue. I think it may depend on your template, but I had two separate lines of Haloscan code auto-installed, and at first I only added the Blogger comment code at the end of one of them. The Blogger comments only appeared on my front page, NOT on the permalink pages. After I added it to the end of the second Haloscan code line, it showed up on the permalink pages.
Also, if you check Bug's site, she only has Haloscan comments on her main page, NOT on the individual archive pages.
Posted by: Harvey at March 21, 2005 06:34 PM (ubhj8)
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AW - Not retarded, just inexperienced. Template-tweaking is a learned skill, just like everything else.
Posted by: Harvey at March 21, 2005 06:39 PM (ubhj8)
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AW - you're not retarded... you're trying to read a retard's instructions... he writes them so he can understand them... not so people with actual intelligence can understand them...
poop....
Posted by: Mudfish Billy at March 23, 2005 05:09 PM (MEfjQ)
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A commenter left this post in my comments when I asked for help with this situation. Thanks it really helped!
Posted by: livey at July 15, 2005 08:52 PM (jhzXD)
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WOW! I'll add your site to my bookmarks.
Posted by: EroComix at July 18, 2005 07:03 PM (PX/o+)
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BACK TO WORK
Things are relatively back to normal, computer-wise. Except for the loss of some e-mails, no permanent damage. I think I'm switching my main contact e-mail over to Gmail, though, since their servers seem to be more reliable that my twitchy little Windows machine.
While I clear out some of the llamas & pudding, here's something to entertain you...
Susie of Practical Penumbra is looking at having to hire more movie-serfs and is asking for suggestions on what to ask them in the interview.
Slightly off-topic in the comments, blogdaughter Machelle of Quality Weenie mentioned the best job she ever had - working for Dairy Queen. Good pay (for the work required) and FREE ICE CREAM.
Which reminded me of MY dream job - pizza delivery.
Not the kind of job that gets you bragging rights at cocktail parties, but the hours were mostly all evenings and weekends, so it's not like I could make it to any cocktail parties, anyway.
My job duties consisted of driving around all night as fast as I could without getting pulled over, while doing my level best to blow out my car stereo speakers. Base pay was total crap (aka minimum wage), but add in tips & mileage, and I averaged about $12 an hour.
Plus any "mistake" pies or burned orders became "crew food".
Not to mention that we had a deal with the gas station across the street where they gave us their old donuts at the end of the night.
mmmm... donuts...
But I gave it all up for a respectable banking job - suit, tie, human hours...
So... how about you? Best job you ever had?
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Ace Hardware store. 8-6 whatever days we were scheduled (usualy 5 days a week) maximum, pretty lousy pay, but locally owned and GREAT people.
Bossman worked for HIS dad when he was a kid, so he knew the job from both ends of the stick and almost Always took the side of the employee over the customer, solely on the grounds that if we were good enough to work there, that we were good people.
I worked there for 3 years during high school and 2 sumers after that as well as a couple of christmases, and every time i was sad to leave and they were sad to see me go. We became like a family.
Don't get me wrong, i saw a lot of folks go through there, and we al knew which ones would stay and which ones wouldn't make it the month. By and large, the job wasn't that hard, you picked it up as you went along. All you really had to do was follow diretions (creatively, occasionally with highly selective deafness) and get the job done. Ok, all you realy had to do was get the job done, and if you didn't kill a customer in the first 2 months, you were pretty well set.
Oh, yeah, it also had All the customers you cared to laugh at.
Good times, good times. Man i miss that place.
Posted by: tommy at March 20, 2005 09:14 PM (VCRgB)
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My first job was at McDonalds and I earned the princely sum of about 3 dollars an hour. It was enough to let me buy records, so that was cool.
However, my best job, in the freebie stakes that is, was working at the movies. Free movies for me and a friend, all the popcorn I could eat!
Posted by: amanda at March 20, 2005 09:32 PM (cqrWD)
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best job was first truck driver then salesman for a concession company all the Ice cream, pizza, popcorn and nachos stuff you could eat. We had a freezer full of stuff from damaged boxes. Plus most of time out on road so no one looking over your shoulder if work was done right you were left alone. Also had access to all kinds of concession machines industrial popcorn poppers, cotton candy machines for kids birthday parties. 5lb bags of prepopped popcorn for football weekends.
Hey im starting to figure why im short and "FAT" instead of just short.
Place was bought out by new owner and run into ground in period of 2yrs still makes me mad to this day
Regards
GBfan
Posted by: gbfan001 at March 20, 2005 09:44 PM (oSAou)
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Worked the front desk of a Holiday Inn. 3-11 shift. I loved meeting the people, learning the regulars and then remembering to make sure they had the extra towels they liked, or that their favorite soda was already chilled in the room. Just the little things that said welcome.
THEN....at 11:00 I'd go and help sling drinks in the bar. Got to meet and even perform with some of the bands - hell that's how I got hooked up with the band I traveled with.
Ahhh.....good times. No money - but good times. ;-)
Posted by: Tammi at March 20, 2005 10:14 PM (HaRi0)
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Gmail is good, but it seems designed to be used among other gmail users (the back-quoted material is massive).
Posted by: Tom at March 21, 2005 12:02 AM (UCGFN)
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Left school, went into business with a couple of friends and started making computer games for companies like Virgin and Acclaim. Never looked back until I got married so not a bad way to pass the time up until then...
Posted by: Alex at March 21, 2005 02:26 AM (RbeLs)
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Best job I ever had? I had a job similar to Charley of Top Gun. I'd go out to the USAF bases and talk to pilots, interviewing them, sitting in flight similators with them, and talking with them about what would help their performance. I spent a WHOLE LOTTA time with the USAF maintenance crews. Maintenance crews and pilots both, some of the finest men I have ever had the pleasure of working with.
Cool job. Too bad my partner was a creep. Can't have it all... but it was a cool damn job.
Posted by: Boudicca at March 21, 2005 08:20 AM (z7nbM)
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Working for a ski resort in Colorado. Four days on three days off with a free ski pass in the winter and free golf pass in the summer. I had to leave it all when..... Wait, what am I saying, I'm never leaving this job.
Posted by: Brass at March 21, 2005 10:40 AM (6TLEO)
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I'm with on the pizza delivery gig. Did it for 18 months and it had
1) good spending money, cashed out at end-of-night
2) lots of personal autonomy
3) I got to make and bake my own personal pizza, every night that I worked
Having said all that, my best job was my first as a computer programmer. Lots of experience, good exposure, tons of training and great raises to boot. Plus, I loved the work. Still do, in fact.
I'm sorry: did you NOT know that I was a geek? just asking.
Posted by: physics geek at March 21, 2005 12:18 PM (Xvrs7)
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Believe it or not, I used to sell vacuum cleaners door to door when I was between HS and college. That job sucked...
Seriously though, you can make ALOT of money doing that, and it's pretty fun to scam people.
Sure it's morally bankrupt and the karma will eventually catch up with you, but it was fun!
Posted by: Mike at March 21, 2005 09:01 PM (z8ve+)
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March 18, 2005
LESSON NOT LEARNED FROM TAMMI WORLD
Gee, you would think some people would have learned something from our family reunion. However, apparently Mr. Bad Example missed out on this golden opporunity.
I have to say, it is sort of nasty of me (Smiling Dynamite) to take advantage of him when he is having computer issues, but that's just the scheming kind of wench I am! However, he did leave his Movable Type page up and ready for entry.
SO...I think Mr. Bad Example be punished for his inability to learn by example from Tammi World.
What do you think would be a proper punishment? 100 whip lashings (but he mighe enjoy that), loss of "Brownie Points", what???
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Whatever you do....TAKE PICTURES!!
I think making him view
this with his arms tied and his eyes peeled open would be torture enough! :-)
Posted by: Sissy at March 18, 2005 11:31 AM (I3/Yd)
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I think you should show mercy to him as he just lost his second most valuable companion, his computer. (You obviously being first) He's probably in shock and mourning.
Posted by: Contagion at March 18, 2005 11:55 AM (Q5WxB)
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I'm thinking use the Duct tape, duct tape him to the wall put reddi-whip on him and let the animals at him.
Posted by: Machelle at March 18, 2005 12:15 PM (ZAyoW)
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John Tesh on infinite repeat. Video preferred.
:-D
Posted by: tommy at March 18, 2005 01:19 PM (VCRgB)
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Hmmm....torture. Torture of sexual nature would only be a reward for him, and he would do it again.
LIGHTBULB>>>>
Bind Harveys hands behind his back, and sit him in sight of you typing, and laughing. It might help to wear something deliciously naughty.......
Also say the following phrases to him... "I sure wish you could read "Franks blog today"..."(insert Harveys favorite female blogger here) put her photo on her blog and she is removing it in 2 hours...she is hot and naked."
I bet he never is naughty again!!
Posted by: ArmyWifeToddlerMom at March 18, 2005 01:31 PM (U8D44)
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ArmyWifeToddlerMom: Those are some delicious suggestions...
Silly man must have thought he could trust his wife... :shakes head:
Posted by: _Jon at March 18, 2005 02:16 PM (RZ4Hy)
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Evil, ArmyToddlerWife, but I might suggest:
...she is hot and naked
with me, Beloved Husband"
Mwuhahahaha!
Posted by: Sally at March 18, 2005 02:49 PM (RbeLs)
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.. damn, people.. y'all are just mean...
Posted by: Eric at March 18, 2005 07:03 PM (YlwMq)
Posted by: GEBIV at March 18, 2005 07:24 PM (GrYoq)
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All grand suggestions - but damn am I proud of my youngest...Army Wife....you bring a tear of pride to this Blogmama's eye.
Posted by: Tammi at March 18, 2005 08:20 PM (HaRi0)
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I'm tellin ya, Army Wife is a force to be reckoned with. I want her on MY team.
Posted by: Boudicca at March 18, 2005 10:54 PM (z7nbM)
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"ArmyToddlerWife"?
Sorry about that. Only just noticed :-0
Posted by: Sally at March 19, 2005 07:25 AM (RbeLs)
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CRASH!
[blogging from Beloved Wife's computer]
My C drive just crapped out on me. Odds of recovering the data are unknown at this point, but I'm not hopeful.
The big problem right now is that this would mean I've lost all the e-mail I had flagged for follow-up.
So, until further notice please use harvolson-at-gmail.com if you want to contact me.
Also, if you've sent an e-mail recently to harvolson-at-charter.net that I haven't responded to, I'd appreciate it if you could re-send it to harvolson-at-gmail.com
Meanwhile, until I get my system re-configured, expect blogging to be light or non-existent.
Crap.
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Did someone say, "Comment Party?"
Posted by: Ogre at March 18, 2005 06:06 AM (/k+l4)
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Sounds like a wonderful Idea. I have a lot of duct tape and wd-40!
Posted by: vw bug at March 18, 2005 06:25 AM (ZmXG8)
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We've gotta keep his visitors entertained somehow.....
Posted by: Sissy at March 18, 2005 07:29 AM (PjqiK)
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oh boy! Here we go! wait, his wife has her own computer? crap, don't tell my wife that... But that also means he'll be able to check up on us.
(breaking out green body paint left over from last night)
Anyone up for redecorating?
Posted by: Contagion at March 18, 2005 07:36 AM (Q5WxB)
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I can't check on anything, I'm busy over in my office trying to re-install drivers. I'll just close the door & ignore any crashing sounds.
You kids go on & play...
But be gentle with the dogs, cats, llamas, & lemurs this time!
:-P
Posted by: Harvey at March 18, 2005 07:43 AM (ubhj8)
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Redecorating! I brought my midget along to help . . . ooooh beer! How does painting and beer? . . . aw hell, just gimme the beer. Who's up for a good game of naked bowling? Gotta use these empties for something
Posted by: Oddybobo at March 18, 2005 08:00 AM (6Gm0j)
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Well, I was going to bring Jimbo the Paladin over, but the crew is still in therapy because of what happened to them last time, so you'll all just have to settle for a case of beer and these edible nipples.
Posted by: Jeff at March 18, 2005 08:35 AM (BK8GA)
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I'll be in the kitchen mixing up margaritas if anyone wants me... meanwhile, Harv, good luck with getting that fixed!
Posted by: songstress7 at March 18, 2005 09:37 AM (jEGU/)
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*pokes head out of kitchen* Hey, everyone, I just found 6 cases of Reddi-Whip in the pantry!
Posted by: songstress7 at March 18, 2005 09:37 AM (jEGU/)
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*lighting fire*
*patiently waiting for firemen to show*
Ohhh, lets use the WD-40 on the slip-n-slide
Posted by: Machelle at March 18, 2005 09:42 AM (ZAyoW)
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Hey - I get first crack at the firemen! I'm going to be a lonely wife for a long time with this problem!
Posted by: TNT at March 18, 2005 11:13 AM (ubhj8)
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Harvey owns stock in Reddi Whip, songstress!!
Get out the duct tape and have it ready for when the firemen get here!
Ok songstress, bring out the shots!!!!
Posted by: Sissy at March 18, 2005 11:34 AM (I3/Yd)
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Try downloading Knoppix. It's a live run-from-cd linux OS. I've used it several times to recover my own and other's data. If the C: drive did have a hardware failure, my condolences.
Posted by: Travis at March 18, 2005 11:53 AM (10/nK)
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The duct tape and wd are unloaded. I put the WD 40 near the slide and have the duct tape stacked by the door.
Posted by: vw bug at March 18, 2005 11:54 AM (8C7t5)
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Okay, I've got 3 50 gallon drums of pudding, Chocolate, Butterscotch and Vanilla. Where should I start pouring it?
Posted by: contagion at March 18, 2005 11:59 AM (Q5WxB)
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Vanilla????? Live a little....where's the caramel....and the tequila, lime and salt. :-)
Posted by: Sissy at March 18, 2005 12:10 PM (I3/Yd)
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Well the last time I brought pudding, someone complained and asked for vanilla. But there's still chocolate and butterscotch.
Posted by: Contagion at March 18, 2005 01:40 PM (Q5WxB)
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put the pudding in this ring here, girls! time to wrastle. Don bikinis . . . now!
Posted by: Oddybobo at March 18, 2005 02:01 PM (6Gm0j)
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OOOPS! I slipped on all this dang Reddi-Whip and my top fell off!
Posted by: TNT at March 18, 2005 07:24 PM (ubhj8)
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Oh man, I lost my hard-drive two weeks ago.
I couldn't ejaculate for hours after it crashed.
I feel your pain.
Posted by: Tom at March 18, 2005 08:21 PM (UCGFN)
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Better find that shirt before Orge does and puts it on one of his Llamas!
Posted by: vw bug at March 19, 2005 07:40 AM (jNG4X)
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Too late...the llama is in the pudding pit with TNT!!!
Someone get in there and hogtie the llama with the duct tape!
Posted by: Sissy at March 19, 2005 08:31 AM (PjqiK)
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Sorry I'm late guys, but it was a heck of a time finding a place that wasn't sold out of edible underwear. I brought ten cases of one hundred if anyone's interested. For some reason, a family of ducks followed me in to the house, and now their getting into the beer and ready whip . . .
Posted by: Aris_Ravencroft at March 19, 2005 09:00 AM (Pg2Ju)
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Great edible underwear......and no firemen yet.....
Posted by: ArmyWifeToddlerMom at March 19, 2005 10:01 AM (u6I77)
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well, I don't know if it helps, but I'm a marine . . .
Posted by: aris_ravencroft at March 19, 2005 12:18 PM (Pg2Ju)
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oooohhh, Marines, even better!
(Plus, the fire department knows Machelle's voice....I don't think they are coming ;-) )
Ok Marines, here's the edible underware, the reddi-whip, and the duct tape.....
Posted by: Sissy at March 19, 2005 01:03 PM (PjqiK)
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"OOOOOOh, Marines" (throwing off the llama and climbing out of the pit), "Guess I don't need that shirt anyway!"
Posted by: TNT at March 19, 2005 03:54 PM (ubhj8)
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Oh Sissy, I know the firemen are "coming"
*strolling towards bedroom, whistling*
Posted by: Machelle at March 19, 2005 04:54 PM (agfMT)
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Oh Oh Oh
Marines vs Firemen in the pit of pudding and Reddi-Whip!
Hot Men '05 at Harvey's
Posted by: Sissy at March 19, 2005 06:59 PM (PjqiK)
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I'm here, I'm here! I heard there were Marines! Machelle can keep the firemen entertained... I'll take on the Marines. Heh!
Posted by: Boudicca at March 19, 2005 08:57 PM (z7nbM)
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If any of the Marines or firemen are 6'0 or over, we need to save them as a surprise for Tammi when she gets up here!
Posted by: TNT at March 19, 2005 11:48 PM (ubhj8)
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Oh, good idea, TNT. I'll volunteer to measure them. Hmm... I'm thinking measuring them with their lying down works best...
Posted by: Boudicca at March 20, 2005 02:48 PM (z7nbM)
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*peeking out from kitchen*
I see I need to keep the drinks coming... Sex on the Beach anyone?
Posted by: songstress7 at March 20, 2005 05:01 PM (ie93s)
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Yes, Sex on the Beach sounds GREAT....
I'd like Sex on the Beach with, hmmmmm....him, that one, and oooohhhh, definitely him!!
Oh, you meant the shot?? Oops, sorry ;-)
Posted by: Sissy at March 20, 2005 06:26 PM (PjqiK)
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I'm only 5'8", but I know the difference between my rifle and my gun, and I know how to use both really well . . .
Posted by: aris_ravencroft at March 20, 2005 08:16 PM (Pg2Ju)
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I thought I was perverted.....I am either finding out A) I am normal. B) You are all perverts too.
Posted by: ArmyWifeToddlerMom at March 20, 2005 08:55 PM (OuS53)
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ArmyWifeToddlerMom,
I think its mostly B) to varying degrees
Posted by: Aris_Ravencroft at March 21, 2005 12:13 AM (Pg2Ju)
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Aris_ravencroft- All Marines of any height are exceptional. Just gotta save those over 6' for Tammi since she's 6'1". At my lowly 5'2", any height is great!
Posted by: Boudicca at March 21, 2005 08:24 AM (z7nbM)
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Actually, B makes A possible, since "normal" depends on the sample selected :-)
Posted by: Harvey at March 21, 2005 10:56 AM (tJfh1)
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Bou - I thought Tammi was 6'2"?
Posted by: Harvey at March 21, 2005 06:36 PM (ubhj8)
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March 17, 2005
AWWWWWWW...
The best part about blogparenting?
Watching your blogkids be sweet to each other, and knowing you had a hand in making it all possible.
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Yes, it is the priceless reward.
Posted by: _Jon at March 18, 2005 01:21 PM (uHRYR)
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That's only because you're such a great blog dad!!!!
Posted by: michele at March 19, 2005 11:22 AM (ht2RK)
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MARINES, PARATROOPERS, AND THE PEACEFUL IRISH
Blogson Mike the Marine of From the Halls to the Shores has
posted a review of the movie Gunner Palace - along with a review of the movie theater he saw it in and the people who watched the movie with him, which is at
least as good of a read as the movie review itself, and includes lines like:
And then there were your burned out hippies... the kind that take as much pride in the "Kerry '04" bumper stickers on their Volvos as they do in the "Mondale/Ferraro '84" stickers that are still there as well.
This is the kind of post that demonstrates why I wanted this guy to get his own blog in the first place.
Now, Matty O'Blackfive has been raving about how wonderful this movie is for months (as Mike points out in his post). So why haven't I said anything until now? Why haven't I linked any of Matty's reviews?
Because I suspected him of blogging sober.
And when Matty's sober, he starts talking like a liberal. "Save the whales!", "No blood for oil!", "Do it for the children!". A tragic affliction, which he normally controls via medication.
So for all *I* knew, Gunner Palace could've been as evil as Fahrenheit 9/11.
The moral of the story:
Never trust a sober Irishman.
Meanwhile, it IS St. Patrick's Day, so I figured I should share a few:
FUN FACTS ABOUT THE IRISH
Ireland has long been famous for the crabby temperament of its inhabitants, and used to be called Angerland, until St. Patrick realized that "ire" is a MUCH more sophisticated-sounding word.
The symbol of Ireland is the Shamrock. Which used to be called the "Samrock", but the new pronunciation quickly took over, since that's how a liquored-to-the-gills Irishman would pronounce it, anyway.
The Irish are clever and inventive people who are popularly credited with inventing several different types of bar soap, none of which they've been able to sell to France.
Which really sucks because France is upwind of Ireland.
The first Irishman in America, Paddy O'Tatertot, was also the man who built Notre Dame college and started it's legendary football program. This caused the mass immigration of the Irish to America in the late 1800's, as they all wanted to see this union of the two best aspects of their home country - devout religion and open-field brawling.
Another important symbol of Ireland is hardwood cudgel known as the "shillelagh". Which used to be called a "Sahlay", but changed for same reason as the Samrock.
Ireland is a land filled with verdent green grasslands. Plants grow well there because of the soil's incredibly high content of organic minerals, which come from the Irish peeing all over the place as they stagger from pub to pub.
The Irish choose their leader by having a drinking contest where the contenders match each other - drink for drink - until there's only one man left standing, who is then declared President.
The election of 1324 continues to this day.
Matty O'Blackfive is the current leader.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go find something green to drink.
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I'm glad I gave up drinking, that would have burned coming out of my nose.
Posted by: contagion at March 17, 2005 07:04 PM (977gQ)
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ROFL!!!!! One of your best in a while....
Posted by: Susie at March 17, 2005 07:26 PM (0cy3a)
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Susie - Thanks :-)
Figure I can't post ALL the goodies at IMAO ;-)
Posted by: Harvey at March 17, 2005 07:29 PM (ubhj8)
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Nicelay dun, ladday! I'll open a wee Guinness for yuu, and at laest thray for mayself.
(This post was brought to you in "Brogue-o-vision" - bringing you only the FINEST in typewritten Irish accents, since 2005...)
Posted by: Mike the Marine at March 17, 2005 08:04 PM (jGy+A)
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Hey now....watch the ND cracks! Remember, I can get to you easily pretty soon.....
;-)
Happy St. Patty's Day Daddy-o
Posted by: Tammi at March 17, 2005 10:01 PM (HaRi0)
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Not fair - Mike does a better Irish accent than I do and I'm Irish! Hope your St. Pat's day was grand. *grin*
Posted by: Teresa at March 17, 2005 10:03 PM (nAfYo)
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TODAY'S LOVE NOTE
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To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.
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...So what I'm TRYING to say is, please stay with me... at least until AFTER the reassignment surgery...
Posted by: Harvey at March 17, 2005 05:57 PM (ubhj8)
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Things I Learned While I Was on Liberty in Pattaya Beach, Thailand, and Really, Really Drunk - Part 13
Over at Drunken Wisdom
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Star Wars Episode III - Dark and Diabolical
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March 16, 2005
TODAY'S LOVE NOTE
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Whenever we're apart it feels like part of me is missing... and then I remember, you have my heart.
(CAUTION: Romantics beware - comments may contain naughtiness)
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... and I wake up screaming in a bathtub full of ice, clutching my chest.
Posted by: Jeff at March 16, 2005 11:05 PM (BK8GA)
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. . . and now that you've left me, you've got half my money, the house and the kids . . .
Posted by: Aris_Ravencroft at March 17, 2005 12:58 AM (Pg2Ju)
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...but I don't need
that to go to The Boom Boom Room!
Posted by: Sissy at March 17, 2005 08:25 AM (PjqiK)
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...and all my credit cards!
Posted by: Sally at March 17, 2005 10:56 AM (RbeLs)
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......and I'm talking about the strong, red, throbbing organ deep within my chest; not that silly little construction paper thingy I cut in about 2 seconds last Valentine's day.
Posted by: King of Fools at March 17, 2005 04:44 PM (2w8UH)
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