End of an Era Thread iwz had just posted a news article called "New Name" asking everyone to vote on renaming the site. redsweater.net was winning. so he started this musings thread — "'nuff said." flomojopoanode's first comment: "is redsweater really a 3.0 beta?" a week later hunkpapap: "if you want to destroy my redsweater..." they never actually left.
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sometimes it's the DUMBEST stuff that makes me mad...
This morning I came into work and my coworker happily informed me that she and her son were in the office over the weekend and because her son didn't like my chair, they brought it downstairs to storage and gave me some other used chair. FOUR years, I've sat on that chair and never once complained. My "new" chair has stains on it that I have to wash off plus readjust it. I think she's upset I'm not thanking her.
Beat her up. LOL! Coworkers suck.
Well, my ex pissed me off yesterday, so I feel tense today. Plus Jake was throwing his football around in my living room and knocked over a candle last night. A lit candle! Hot wax got all over my TV stand, the wall, and the back of the TV. I spent a half hour or so chiseling the hardened wax off of everything. So he got put to bed early for almost potentially starting a fire. What else happened yesterday.... Oh yes... Emily threw a huge tantrum in Walmart and decided to rip my coat open, somehow messing up the zipper. I managed to fix it. She got thrown in her room for a nap for that fiasco. Back to the ex... A woman living 20 hours away from her children was lecturing me about how I raise our children. Needless to say, that conversation ended up in a blowout.
come on in for the big one, bro
*hug*
i just thought of a joke..
what kind of bird is made out of poop?
- a stool pigeon
quit your job now and become a comedian.
I went mountain biking last night. I flipped over a log onto my back and jammed the inner thigh of my right leg on the end of my bike's handle bars. It's a wee bit sore today. Huge bruise.
call me an ayewhole, but i would have loved to see your face AS is it was happening. glad you're all right though.
I knew a few seconds beforehand that the outcome was not going to be good. So I'm sure my eyes were bulging. LOL!
geez i was so hungry this morning.... i went to eat breakfast and i had eggs, bacon, potatoes, french toast, a yogurt parfait, and a bagel with cream cheese and jelly... and i'm not even full! what is wrong with me??
preggos?
Alex was telling me the other night how you eat 6 huge meals a day. Fatboy! Hahaha...
ahhh, he eats just as much
Yeah, I told him that metabolism will deteriorate in time. You're at the tail end of that buddy. A few more years and you are done. LOL!
OMG this is true. i NEVER believed it and BAM you turn 30 and its all downhill from there! lol
I've only been drinking water lately. Trying to control calorie intake that way. And eating normal portions is another way.
nah i've got at least 10 or 15 years left... besides i don't eat junk food and i work out 5 or 6 days most weeks so i should be fine as long as i keep it up
yeah, wait until you've been married a while and you can't go to the gym as much ...
it's definitely tougher now that i'm married but i make sure i get there, hopefully that will continue
it's so funny tho everyone's always like "you just wait there sonny until you get fat and lazy like me!!! then you won't be working out so much!"
yeah, i never thought i'd say that until it became harder and harder. now i go to the gym at lunch, 3 - 4 days/week. my days of working out 5 - 6/week are completely over.
i remember paulie telling me back when lauren and i were engaged "I gained like 20 pounds when we got married" and i swore in that moment that i never would let that happen. I've gained about 5 lbs in 2 yrs of marriage, so I guess I'm ok with that.
Try getting there when you have kids. Its an adventure and you pay twice as much.
Wait, I thought you were a guy. You had kids?
Watch it! I'll have Mike Schiano smother you with his D cup man boobs.
yeah 5 pounds is nothing...
lol to a guy 5 lbs is nothing. to a girl, its the end of the world! lol
Very true. My gf is only 108. I am hovering around 230. 5 lbs for me is a nose hair. LOL!
230? wow... ur a cute little guy, thats like my left leg.
dude, what're you doing to yourself?! what're you up to now?
im like 270ish... more to love baby!
Wow... Those man boobs must be a D cup. LOL!
haha! all boobs should be D cups. girls AND guys!
you're right. i lost 5lbs in three days once. working at a granite company. a girl would have to bust her butt for a week to do that. and if she GAINS that much she's ready to hang herself. a guy wants to lose five pounds? all he has to do is stop eating fast food for a week or two.
i remember playing soccer and losing like 8 pounds in a day... true it's all water weight but still
yeah, i totally believe that. people who play sports all day lose tons of water weight. i was doing meathead line work. just lifting and walking all day.
actually when i was away last week i gained some weight, and this week I have already lost 4.5 lbs and still losing!
and you're probably under 25? lol
yeah, but Im not 108 lbs either
you've always reminded me of Brittany Murphy in Clueless. in the best way possible.
dude, ive said that to you for years... your whole family can put down food like nobody i have ever seen.
wow. crazy. i have the REVERSE metabolism.
i had my MRI on my knee today
it was an open MRI i duno it was interesting
i fell asleep. It felt like being inside a giant purring cat. mmmmm
when are you going to get the results?
well i have all the films and stuff, i just need to make an appt. to see the ortho again and now it's 5 p.m. so i'll call first thing in the a.m. HOpefully soon.
no, no, no. CLOSED MRIs are interesting. all kinds of crazy clicking, tapping, and gonging noises. i thought i was in 2001: A Space Oddyssey. though i like the idea of being inside a purring cat.
ya, i never got a closed MRI, i feel like i missed out, seems like the open ones are all the rage now. blah.
Is "An der schönen blauen Donau" playing through surround sound speakers as all this is going on as well?
I'm gonna run over trick or treaters tonight with my bike. LOL
hey, good plan
i'm going to open the door and say things like
you should spend your time with something worthwhile
i'm not interested in trick or treaters!
why do you people come around so often!
i already have my own candy
i'm going to impale them with long pointed stakes. LOL!!
the parents are the ones that need to be kicked or run over or yelled at. the kids are innocent and want to dress up and play and eat candy. its the parents that're dumb for allowing their kids to beg for candy.
i alwyas find it funny that the holiday everyone gets the most excited about - like kids and adults get dressed up and excited for it - is the one holiday that the most BLATANTLY worships the devil
seriously. but they just see it as "we're just dressing up" lol
Im going to grab the kids off the street in my scary van, take them to small shed and force them sow me sweaters to sell on ebay. LOL!
Make sure it is an A-Team van.
I love it when a plan comes together!
good idea!! LOL!!!!!
OH I KNOW! RUSH IS GREAT! LOL!
go mets! LOL!
I talk to my girlfriend all night and im not flabby, LOL!!!
You guys want a beat down... Don't you...
uh oh.. you didnt say LOL after this, you must be serious....
mike, stop it. i've given this a little thought and i think you're the biggest guy that I KNOW i can beat in a fight. you've got like 5 inches on me and a few pounds probably... still i know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that i can level you, lol
u probably could... there is no getting past the boobs... many have tried... none have suceeded.
Scared ya eh? :oP
not even slightly... i broke ur knee once, dont make me do it again.
So it was you.... All this time I thought it was Bert and Brent!
so, in years past, it seems like i would always wind up doing at least one of these things, like wearing orange on holloween, red on valentine's day or green on st. patricks day. And i totally don't remember until i got to work/school so see everyone is in the same color. it is SO embarrassing. But thankfully, yesterday i wore my orange sweater, (not remember today is holloween) so obviously i couldn't wear it two days in a row. phew.
Well, make sure of another thing. A really good FYI. Don't wear orange on St. Patrick's Day either. Don't wear green, don't wear orange, don't wear blue, don't wear gold. hahaha. not much left is there? but most importantly not the orange if others can't be avoided. guess you don't really have to worry about blue and gold tho... we're not in Ireland. Orange wearing here on St. Patrick's Day might get you into as much trouble as it would in Ireland tho.
this would be the ultimate gift for Dan Cerrato
No kids tonight... You guessed it.... White Castle run!
NO WAY
A-Rod in L.A.? Odds say yes
You can bet on this: Alex Rodriguez will be playing for the Angels or Dodgers on Opening Day in 2008.
Really, you can bet on it. Now that Rodriguez has opted out of his lucrative New York Yankees contract to become a free agent, a proposition bet on where he might land is being offered by the gambling Web site www.bodoglife.com.
The site is giving 3-to-1 odds that Rodriguez will be wearing Angels red next season, the lowest odds on the board. Just behind the Angels are the Dodgers, coming in at 4-to-1 to land A-Rod.
so how does that work?
if i bet $1, and he goes to the Angels, I get $3?
This sounds too good to be true ... *logs into ING to see how quickly money can be transferred*
um, Witnesses don't bet Fee
too late, i already bet the farm!
well this isn't really betting, but it does have to do with baseball and odds...
there was a promotion that people who bought furniture at this store before last baseball season would get the stuff for free if the red sox won the world series. they won, so a ton of people are getting rebates on the stuff they got, some for thousands of dollars. pretty sweet
HAHAHA i didnt even know it was a "betting" thing, i was shocked that the angels or dodgers were looking at A Rod. lol *sorry*
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I made another movie from some campfire footage I shot earlier this year. My friend Steve is a pro-juggler. And my other friends are pro-crazy people. Good times!
i really like this one. it just seems like a little close party. is steve your gf's brother? cuz i can't remember his name from the meyers house..but why didn't he do that there?we had fire.
yeah, that's alyssa's brother. she's so over the juggling thing, but as you can tell, I'm not. i love to watch. he's a very, very serious juggler.
BV that was simply awesome!
i SO want to juggle but im SO uncoordinated! lol
and i thought i was the only one who had friends that were "pro crazy" haha
i love it!
thank you, thank you. you're much too kind.
The Music Sync with the Firedance was spot on. The cat and the "what're you crazy kooks up to?!" man (I'll call him Major).... added cheeky & comedic value, much reminiscent to the enormity that is Richard D. James.
Picked up Guitar Hero for the Wii last night. $96 including tax from Target ... I found that to be highly ridiculous, but I refuse to buy any more stupid mini-games (Mario Party 8 was enough, thank you) and the Wii is collecting dust while I play my xbox from 2002 ...
so last night I popped the game in, put the wiimote in the guitar (it's all wireless, not sure if the other consoles are) and started playing. I left to get dressed for a bible study and found Lauren playing it ... which was weird but very cool.
The game also has online play ... I signed on to see, and there was ONE person I could find to play with, who was amazing. He must have had the game for like 5 years. I quickly quit.
haha
=D
i don't know what it is, but i've never found any of these chuck norris jokes funny
cause you're boring. :P
Hey, guys, I'm listening to Rush.
And using the internet at the same time!
haha. this reminds me that recently my former coworker was excited to tell me that she took a picture on her phone and sent it to her son's laptop while he was in Germany. I asked if she meant she sent it to his email and she said, "no, his laptop." I love it...
Ian is a sleeper Rush fan.
Can someone give me a step by step instruction for fixing a computer with a virus? I have a Windows XP cd, and am going to try reinstalling windows.
are you sure you need to re-install windows? when was the last time that's be done? (if it's 3+ years, i'd do the re-install. if not, don't bother).
Do you have all the appropriate drivers or other CDs that came with your computer?
If you do re-install windows, make sure you have the network card/wireless card driver somewhere else (thumb drive, cd, etc). If you reinstall windows and don't have a network driver, you can't go online to get the network driver WITHOUT the network driver (like a catch-22).
Its an older PC with no discs. It was given to my brother.
ok then format it. make sure about the network driver though, for sure.
I'll try. Thanks.
You should check out this free program: http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/index.htm
It will grab all the current drivers on your machine so you can restore them after the install.
have you run an Anti-virus program to check for viruses?
You can get AVG Free, or Avast!... or use HouseCall or something.
He had Norton Antivirus on it. It didn't do anything.
Norton Antivirus is kinda crappy, because people get it for free and don't realize it stops updating unless they pay for it. So the antivirus was probably years out of date.
Get AVG Free and run that on there. http://free.grisoft.com
i liken Norton requiring the $50/year as blackmail. Customers pay it b/c they're scared not to. They don't know what will happen if they DON'T pay it so they keep paying.
ok so what's everyone's experiences with Under Armor?
Looking to get some for snowboarding, hockey, and probably under my clothes for field service in the winter (good idea? bad idea?)
Where do you usually buy it? Has any man ever worn the bottoms?
i love making fun of the dudes that wear under armor to football games
Hey Ian, that guy Brother was on here the other day. I thought he was banned? LOL!
wait, is this supposed to be a joke? please explain the LOL
i think he was saying "your capabilities of banning people are ineffectual".
Ban him for saying that!
clearly you missed the joke, LOL!
You didn't burn up yet?
HAHAHAHAHA
No, I saw his user name online over the weekend. He must be a hacker.
Oh and yeah... The "LOL" is meant to mean you suck at banning people. hahahahaha....
you're so right :( haha
Cheap alternative wind power generator, for people making $2-$4 a day.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4224763.html?series=37
Very cool invention!
saw the movie "Primer" last night... my mind is blown. they don't dumb anything down or slow it down for you so it's tough to get it.
found a site that explains it a little, still don't totally understand it. don't read this if you haven't seen the movie and plan on it because it will spoil it for you.
yeah, wow, that movie was crazy.
check out this timeline: http://neuwanstein.freeweb.hu/primer_timeline.html
i think this is one of those movies that you have to watch like 5 times. i've only seen it once, though. need to watch it some more to really understand everything that's happening.
so much depth.
mikayla hated it. did angela like it?
we both didn't totally get it, plus we were so tired when we watched it. but i think while watching it through we were thinking we didn't like it, but it does make you think. it is just so dang hard to figure out. but i guess our final consensus was that it was a good movie... just weird
i just think it's really cool that it was independently made on a budget of $7,000... it won the sundance film festival a few years back and deservedly so
here's the thread http://www.redsweater.net/topics/show/3836-Primer
that's what i was searching for before, i remembered the thread
i really dug this movie too. goes to show you don't need CGI to make an excellant science fiction movie. i need to see it again.
so search still not working huh?
no, i broke it
Hey, how do you say bathoom in spanish? bano?
yep. but its pronounced "banio"
"bahnyo", right?
accent on the n
okay, thanks. yea, that's how it's pronounced in italian too, but it's spelled bagno. grazie!
we needed a spanish sign for the door at work.
hmm you should label it queso. Or gato. or pantalones. or queso i gato en mis pantalones.
tengo el gato in los pantalones?
Cheese? or cat or pants?
haha, is that what you said?
yea, i was thinking about doing some weird word cuz no one would know but the patients. hahaha
yes. ha.
just make sure you spell it "baño"
okay, thanks
i made a vid from some raw footage from the international car show in nyc. it was for practice. and it sucks. enjoy.
that zillow site is sweet
i usually watch TV in the morning when im getting ready for work, so this morning i was watching "leave it to beaver" and the dilemma on the show was the boys in jr hi weren't taking to the girls so they had a special dance so the boys would interact with the girls. lol MY how times have changed!
um... news flash... they were gay. duh
Which would explain your gayness to a T. We know that was your favorite show.
juicy...angelina's filming on location in pasadena....about 30 mins from here...grab your camera and we'll play paparazzi...lol
Thinking about picking up a house in west milford... on Evanston
west milford nj 07480...
How's the flooding in the area, Anyone know? Propety values been static?
You're going to be kind of near me..in the woods!
I could put you in touch with someone up there (I do Referral) & they'd look up the Flood Map for you. Send me a Private Msg.
Spiderman 3 for Wii - $20
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=product&id=1170289780215
AT&T told to pay Jehovah's Witnesses
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/102407dnbusattjehovas.19e535e4d.html
nice, good for them. i think it's interesting that the gov't sued on their behalf. that's kinda nice.
also, I just bought Jose Gonzalez's latest CD, it's good
so last night Lauren and I went to look at some new apartments. Ours is ok, but we have to use the complex laundry mat and we have some odd neighbors.
We looked at one SUPER CREEPY place in Paramus, and then an AWESOME, AMAZINGLY beautiful apartment in Westwood, right near the center of town. (Westwood has a nice downtown area, Starbucks, old-school record store, GAP, tons of cool resturants, train station, etc. We hang out there sometimes, just b/c it's so nice.)
The apartment had all wood floors, huge rooms, large screened in porch, and the guy was willing to put in a washer/dryer for us. He said if we stayed 2 years (which we probably would) he'd re-do the kitchen for us after 1 yr.
Only problem - the guy wants $1625, including water/heat/gas. Electric would be more. We've got a budget, and that's a little too high for us reaching our goal of Lauren working part time - ARGH.
(no giac there is no place for a baby)
well that is less than a mortgage in dirty south jersey
i'm jealous
how many bedrooms? if it's not at least 2, that's kinda stinky for that much money.
is that the same congregation?
yeah, 2 bedroom. We'd not be in our territory anymore, but MUCH closer to the hall. (good for KH BS, right?)
(long story, our sister cong. got dissolved and our hall was in their territory, so now our new territory is HUGE and involves at least 12 towns.)
Excuse me... I just choked up my Taco Bell after seeing that price...
Honestly, i think that's a waste of money. You could get a cute little house with a mortgage of that price monthly, but at least then, you're money would be going into the equity of your home.
a cute little house where? certainly not anywhere within 50 miles of where we live/work.
starting houses here are $350,000, here, no lie, and really crappy for that. The best I can figure, we'd be looking at a $3,000/month house payment at a miniumum.
hmm, what's your town/zip code? you can buy a fixer upper.
HAHAHAHA a fixer upper house in any town around us is somewhere near $300,000
zip is 07646. we'd like anywhere within a 10 mile radius of our zip, as long as it's not a scary town.
(thanks for backing me up giac - PA is a little different .... )
even if we did get a fixer upper, i'd have to spend $$ to fix it up ... that would make no sense. Plus time that could be used toward service/meetings/studies ...
http://www.century21.com/buy/property_detail.aspx?tr_key=34017282
If you really look into a fixer upper, it is kind of a headache, but worth the effort. You can put 10-20K into a house and have it be worth 50-60K more.
wow, thanks for that link.
it's a little too small (we def. need two bedrooms) but i'm going to use that tool some more ...
the question is, are you willing to commit to buying in this day and age. you have to worry about your mortgage, property taxes, the up-keep. ya know what i mean? im part owner on my house and if i didnt i would NEVER own. its so much money out the door. when a line busts its on me, when something is wrong with the pool, its on me. if something in the ceiling cracks its on me to fix....you see where im getting at?
yeah i am starting to regret buying. i need the freedom to move around or something.
i know what you mean. renting you really do have the "extra" fundage.
You know.... please stop pasting Coldwell and Century 21 all over the place. I need to make some money off of someone buying one of these days. Home Buyers/Sellers for any state and some Countries, Contact Me, will you.
Yeah its true, PA is a little different... In fact the closer you get to PA and farther you get from NYC it gets cheaper... I wonder why...
You're so annoying. PA is one of the most beautiful states in the country. It's close to Baltimore, DC, Philly. We have good schools, great value for houses, and a lot of work in many fields. Me & Austin have now bought, rented and sold 2 multi-unit homes, and we are on our 3rd. Think we could do that with houses at $300K? I doubt it. PA has been pretty good to us.
No you couldn't and Im not saying PA hasnt been good to you guys, but for those who have good paying jobs out here, where we couldnt get half that much living out in PA finding the fixer uppers for cheap doesnt come easily. PA is a great place to start when your newly married...
AND you cant compare Baltimore, DC and ESPECIALLY Philly to NYC...
AND you cant compare Baltimore, DC and ESPECIALLY Philly to NYC...
AMEN!!!!!
can't touch NYC
only problem with PA... Pennsylvanians...
honestly thats a good price for a 2 bedroom. you said its nice, quaint neighborhood. does it come with washer dryer hook up so you dont ahve to worry about a laundromat?
here you'll pay that for an "ok" neighborhood
How much was the place in Paramus.... and where was it?
it was right off fairview, near the jewish synagogue center. i got really confused over there, because i thought it was near the panera, but that was spring valley not fairview. anyway, still creepy. and $1350.
$1,350... I still think thats a bit much... for that area. My brother and Mario rented an apt in Ridgewood for $1,400. It had 3 bedrooms a kitchen and living room with 2 bathrooms... a much better value than that...
yeah, that is. Ridgewood is nowhere near our hall, but that is a good deal. was that recently? how did they find it?
end result of the story is that after a long night of talking and praying, we told the owner what we could comfortably afford, and he said "i like you guys - let me talk to my wife" ... so we started praying again... but i guess his wife laid the smack down.
and of COURSE, that night, at our hall, they announced that we were going to have an RBC project at our hall the exact w/end we were planning on moving. so i guess we are getting some indications...
so last night at the meeting i had a talk which i decided not to miss just because of my stupid knee
and i decided to just not wrap my knee or wear the brace i just realllly do not want to call attention to it, and i figured, my talk is in the back school, i'll just sit in the back and all i have to do is sit up front it'll be like 5 steps away
sooooooooooooooooooo i find out, at the meeting, that the person doing the talk in the front main hall did not show up so i had to do it up front
and i'm like.. crap, crap i have to go up on stage, crappy crap crap
yeah i almost fell haha
i felt my knee buckle a tiny bit going up the little stage stairs, and then going down the stage i kind of stepped down on my bad leg and wobbled a little
and the brother said something like "so nice that you made it even though your leg is not up to par" and everyone was looking as I wobbled back to my seat
ugh. i hate attention haha.
i would have definitely wrapped it or somethingif i knew i was gonna be walking up and down the whole kingdom hall and going up steps
The end.
that "back school to front school switch" happens often, the school overseer acts like it's ok but sometimes it can be traumatic if you weren't expecting it
yeah it made me panic a tiny bit - but it was weird because i was kind of panicked about my leg so i didn't feel nervous about the actual talk, ha
awww...well at least you still made it to the front...was it hurting bad last night?
it just felt really uncomfortable - like the swelling is still there and it just feels so weird like not being comfortable in any position basically because of the tightness and swelling.. and it kinda hurts today a little, i think i've been doing too much like all day yesterday i walked around with nothing on it, sooo today i'm icing it and keeping it in the brace
hey a sister in my hall asked me to study with her son - what's good for a 9 year old?
How about "Learn From The Great Teacher"?
yea, that's what i was thinking. Of course, we didn't have that book when i was 9, but my fav was always the bible stories book.
to this day, when discussing a topic at the meeting, i recall the bible stories book illustrations more than any other publication.
we had the pink book, listening to the great teacher....you dont remember that?
huh? yea, i remember that, but we didnt have learn from the great teacher, the "new" large book.
no i know that but the new one is part of listening from the great teacher. you mentioned you wished you ahd the learning one so i mentioned we had the listening one growing up.
ok im confusing, leave me alone. lol
haha, i'm confused. The new one is part of the old one? The listening from the great teacher didnt excite me as much when i was a kid, cuz the pictures werent as good as the bible story book.
yeah i was thinking about the Require Brochure but maybe we can start with the Listen to the Great Teacher book.
does he have any knowledge already? because the Bible Story book would be great for him too, at that age. in fact, I need to read that book again. It's chronological!
oh. he's been to a lot of meetings with his mom, and he knows what's going on. also he's pretty sharp. maybe we'll try the Great Teacher book.
i was thinking the bible story book too. when i get stuck w/certain studies or talks i still refer to that ook. lol simplifies it all
so seriously, i'm trying so hard to talk my husband into this trip. Listen up guys, this is a great deal. For about $1500 (there are slight variations if you add stuff) you can spend 3 nights in London, and 3 nights in Paris. This price includes your airfare from US to London, London to Paris, and home, for two people including, hotels, breakfast.
AHHHHHHH, i wanna do it, for next month!!!!
well. trip to california cancelled. heh. fire, busted knee, car accident, too many things against this trip. maybe next year.
the best was when they said, the ticket is non-refundable - which I knew but i asked about what about an emergency, and they said, they "sometimes" refund a ticket if the passenger dies. lol. what?
UGH this bites!!! are you maybe coming next year?
well we have a credit for the tickets, so maybe next spring or summer we'll come out, or something, or go somewhere else, i duno! the opportunities are endless hhahaha
DEF! i still want to meet up in Boston. i must go when its cold tho. i like it there when its crisp.
me tooooooooo I love boston
my wife and i were just talking about taking a weekend trip to boston because we've heard it's such a cool town. i went there a few times when i was young, but not since i was about 13. what is some of the great stuff to do there?
The boston aquarium is cool, but the science museaum is awesome! it's so much fun. There is a ton of good shopping and places to eat around quincey market.
it's a great city, easy to navigate.
but everywhere closes at 2am, that kinda stinks if like staying out late.
Boston is a great city... you will love it. You have to checkout Fenway Park (Best American League Ball Park EVER!) and by there you will find some cool restaurants/pubs/bars. Quincy market is very nice, touristy, but nice. I love the history around Boston. You will have a great time!
me too! i couldnt get enough of the historics sites etc.
like seriously, if i were to EVER move to the east i would move there.
boston is a little small for my liking. i feel a little too ... crowded in there, kind of like i could see everything in an hour if i walked fast.
my favorite parts of boston are the ... back streets behind the mall (argh mind blank on the name) - it's like the art store section of town, there are a TON of used cd stores and other good stuff, filled with hidden gems. I got a great acoustic Toad the Wet Sprocket CD from one, made my weekend. (AND THEN MATT DELLAQUILLA STOLE IT!)
remember we all went to boston at the same time, me with the girls and you with the boys.
yeah that was good times but this was on a different trip.
i have so many good memories of those trips though. At my past Special Assembly Day a sister gave an experience and she said "We were at Seldom Worked Territory on Weymouth, MA" and I was instantly jealous, because, so many good memories, mostly of Victor.
I was thinking the same thing when she said Weymouth, but it wasnt because I did seldom worked, its because my friends live up there... It was funny when I went to go visit and Laura and the girls were like, a group of guys came up to do seldom worked and they mentioned your name... what a small world...
been to fenway, been to the aquarium, probably check out the aquarium again... thanks for the tips guys
WHats the best NL park, shea stadium?
pssh
Citi Field
sweet! i'm making plans to go soon. i haven't been there in 3 years. plenty to do, plenty to see, plenty to drink.
i was fortunate to be able to go to a boston bruins hockey game when i ws there and we all went to some of the lil pubs surrounding the arena and had a blast.
i can imagine. such a great little city. pretty clean too. no smoking in the pubs. tons of the really cool places were within walking distance of each other. can't wait to get back there.
Boston! Can I come!
this is so fitting for today in SoCal:
Somewhere high in the desert near a curtain of blue
St. Anne's skirts are billowing
But down here in the city of limelights
The fans of Santa Ana are withering
And you can't deny the living is easy
If you never look behind the scenery
It's Showtime for dry climes
And bedlam is dreaming of rain
When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
Palm trees are candles in the MURDER wind
So many lives are on the breeze
Even the stars are ill at ease
And Los Angeles is burning
This is not a test
of the emergency broadcast system
When Malibu fires and radio towers
Conspire to dance again
And I cannot believe the Media Mecca
They're only trying to peddle reality
Catch it on Prime Time
Story at nine
The whole world is going insane
this was taken last night from our VP of operations backyard
So insane looking. In NJ we got these fires in the pine barrens that we always used to go out and video, but b/c you guys have mountains it just looks so much more intense.
yeah the mountains and hills. it makes it so eerie.
Insanity!
I discovered a map of the Fires on Google tonight at work
Last we talked to my Aunt about my cousins... the fires weren't in their area. I wouldn't doubt if they had to evacuate since then judging from this map.
And I heard on Internet Radio tonight (strangely enough a Radio station in Wigan, Lancashire, England) that there hasn't been a evacuation of this size since the Civil War!
Stay safe all of you Californians.
thank so much!
do you have cousins that live in CA?
i wanna buy my own island.
ooh ooh, buy one up here & i'll look after it for ya ;-)
i was watching "girls next door" and fell asleep watching it and had a dream that i was one of hef's GF's. LOL so weird.
so the smoke is worse. its SUPER smoky in the office here. i cant breathe. NICE
:(
so, like... will you leave the area any time soon? or what
theres no way to leave to reach a "fresher" destination. unless we fly out. but being in OC we're like RIGHT in the heart of it so we're getting everything. we have the fire on the other side of my office in the hills. theres the ones in LA, thats to the north of us, we have the ones down south in san diego, then the ones inland in running springs/big bear and we're smack dab in the middle of it all. NO fresh air what-so-ever.
are you considering leaving til things are under control? and is your house okay? i'm praying for rain for you guys! :)
nah. i have my family here so its no sense for me to leave or anything. we should be ok. i hope. lol
thanks so much for the prayers.
ive been just peeing all over my apt on the outside... so far so good... no fires.
You might want to douse yourself with pee too.
this is in my friends neighborhood
ah!! that's crazy
that is wild!
WOW LA's last in friendliest. beat out NYC
http://www.travelandleisure.com/afc/2007/category/1/subcategory/3
at least LA is in the top 10 in attractiveness and stylish lol
oopps...sorry, i wanted to put this in reply to kam
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071022/od_nm/philadelphia_unattractive1_dc
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Philadelphia is home to the least attractive people in the United States, a survey of visitors and residents showed on Friday.
The city of more than 1.5 million people was also found to be among the least stylish, least active, least friendly and least worldly, according to the "America's Favorite Cities" survey by Travel & Leisure magazine and CNN Headline News.
haha OMG i heard about this on the radio yesterday and couldnt find it online
yeah i kind of do not like philadelphia so when i saw the headline "least attractive cities" i knew Philadelphia was gonna be like in the top 10 but i laughed outloud when I saw it was #1
where is the full list?
yeah i duno
theres a full list they were talking about on the radio. i was totally laughing. when they asked about the least attractive the guys on the radio station said "909" lol
woot san diego
if it doesn't burn down hopefully we'll be living there in the next few years
you guys will def fit in!!!
haha perhaps it will make me attractive
I always thought Minneapolis is a city I might move to. And it rates pretty good across all the categories. hmmmm
video from Oakley... so weird, they actually have the roads all around here closed, but they let us come to work... ghey ghey
this is a half mile from my building...
http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff243/enderwillsaveyou/?action=view¤t=1023070635.flv
that's crazy. how early do you go to work? It's nighttime.
i dont wanna fight traffic so i leave early... im usually at work at around 6 ish...
wow 6 am? i hope you don't start at 9. How far away do you work from home?
I went to Walkill with my gf, the kids, and her son this past Saturday. It was a very cool experience. At one point the brother giving the tour asked me what I do for a living. I told him I do mechanical design work and he began to tell me about a project they were working on with a camera mounted on a mechanized device without wires. I forget the application involved, but I thought that was really cool he was telling me about it.
Deep Thoughts, by Dan Hall
Hahahaha.... Thanks Ian.
HHHAAAAA! i though the same thing! LOL
weeee so i had a wedding in Lancaster county and the ceremony and cocktail hour were on this antique train car ... and i made it look crazy in photoshop, if anyone cares, looky looky
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3052/railroadoldxt9.jpg
omg kam thats RAD! looks so vintage.
Where specifically was that? I'm very familiar with that region. I'll make a guess and say Strausburg. I used to go to Lancaster county every year from like 4 or 5 to early 20s. and coo pic!
yep Strasburg railroad :)
Awesome! Memories
Amazing picture. That just looks so awesome!!
thanks! i'm playing around with texturing. it's fun. ha.
woah! that's awesome!