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Page 6 of 6My laptop screen is flickering. Is that a video card issue?
have you been playing Rush on your computer lately?
Maybe today's tom sawyer is getting high on the video card.
You two need a beat down.
Post from Costa Rica!!! Just came from the rain forest, I found yoda. & spanish keyboards are weird
Hey! Hope you guys are having fun. We're off to Paris on Sunday!
I wish they spoke Spanish in France, because I could probably get by a lot better. But the Costa Rican exchange rate WAY WAY better than the Euro, hehe. Buy me some stuff.
I´ll trade you, I speak french better than spanish, but we´re getting by. $1 = 568 colons. makes converting confusing.
we´ll buy everyone, nice stuff...like coffee
dang my brother went to club LAX in hollywood last night
jealous
HAHA NO WAY! check TMZ.com or something...they're always there cause theres always a britney or a paris there. lol
yeah i was just telling my brother Paris and Elisha Cuthbert were at Hyde last night, and Eva Longoria was at Green Door, they're gonna try to get into Hyde i think haha
HAHA NICE! let me know how green door is...
niiice. i can't imagine him there. although it wouldn't surprise me if he now has a designated table and access to the opiates & cocaine menu. JK
hey what's he doing out there? does he know there's another group of NJ jw's out there now?
Toms River-ites - is there a REALLY good mexican place in Toms River area like off of 37 somewhere?
thanks
like there's more than one person in Toms River! oh, wait, Theraflu is here in TR, nevermind.
actually, no! there isn't a good place on 36. on route 9 there's two like right down the street from each other. El Familiar and Tanampa! both are really, really good. i love 'em.
yeah i figured you or robbie would know something
route 9... hmm we have a Tanampa down in Manahawkin too and it's super good i think it's the same type dealio
woot thanks
did you just say 36? (he means 37)
ya that's what i figured, i speak BV
would i be able to, say, order a margarita at El Familiar, or is it a BYOB?
so i was driving home yesterday after work....im on the fwy and my gas pedal comes off....the WHOLE thing. so there i am stuck on the fwy i had to veer over (coast) to the shoulder. i had my hazards on and this big rig saw and stopped all the traffic for me and i coasted to the side and waited for the tow truck.
seriously most scariest position to be in
oh my goodness you ok?!
yeah. but i was SO freaked when it happened. of all places....the fwy...during rush hour
wow, that's pretty insane right there. at least it wasn't your brake pedal.. sheesh
oh yeah totally..i would've died had it been the breaks
you could use the emergency brake to slow down
oh i know that...but it still doesnt mean i wouldnt have died (had it been the breaks) lol
lol you ever try to slow down your car using your emergency brake on an automatic transmission car? good times.
That actually sounds like a lot of fun... well except for the stench that will be surrounding your car for doing it...
hmmm from what i remember its really hard to control if you lock em up, i tried it on my parents van one time...didnt go so good.
Is your car made out of balsa wood? LOL!
no but your head is
this makes for a really funny visual. balsa brotherman, wooden head popping up from his suit... you walk up and punch his face and it breaks up into wood chips! lol
Haha... That was good!
anyone get a letter about the Watchtower and iTunes?
Ian, remember when we set up an RSS for this idea way back when?
Haven't heard any letter yet. But, yeah that podcast I set up was never submitted to iTunes, or anything else.
looks like there's at least one podcast of the Watchtower articles on iTunes, though. hasn't been updated since last year, tho.
yeah that's what gave me the idea in the first place.
to those who are lurking
WE DID NOT PUBLISH THIS TO THE OPEN PUBLIC ... haha
nobody can lurk anymore... muahahhaha
yeah we did, it was a somewhat humorous letter
yeah, my dad called and told me about it last night
i guess i should maybe get him an ipod?
do you have a different dad than i do?
i thought that too! lol
i was like "wow, i did not know that."
hey, alyssa, if it turns out you've been disowned, i can be your daddy.
do you have money??
of course, i do!
haha my bro-in-law and his siblings refer to their parents as "my mom" & "my dad" when they talk to ea other and they DO have the same mom and dad. LOL
haha, that's the opposite of the weirdness people do here. When people talk to you about their mom or dad, they say..."mom is coming at 12" they don't say MY mom. It really irks me.
And something weird that me and my bro & sis do is that when we are talking ABOUT my parents we say mommy said, or daddy said. haha. but we never call them that when we're talking to them. They're Dad, Mom or "Ma".
awww....we still call our dad "daddy" LOL even my oldest sis whos 50 still calls him that. but when we're mad at them it changes to "mother" and "father" or "mami" or "papi" which they HATE! lol
YEAH
so....pretty much ;)
ugly people should NOT make ugly faces...it makes them look uglier! so annoying
You making ugly faces again? LOL JK...
haha no ive seen some pics of ugly girls making faces thinking they're cute but it only makes em uglier
a bit of light in this wintery darkness
i went to the doctor this morning to go over my MRI - my ligaments are fine, i don't need surgery, i don't even need physical therapy, the doc said in another 3-4 weeks the knee should be totally back to normal
YIPEEEEEE huge relief
that's really good ... that's a lot of time, money, and heartache saved ...
yeah, i was SO worried, ugh, so this is definitely good news :)
YIPPPPEEEE!!!!
MB20 pre-sale today ... whooohooo
maybe i'll drive to mohegan sun (haha, anyone ever been there before? I had to go for work and it was craziness)
ok, wow. i just ordered the tickets and i can't believe how much i spent. ticketmaster also TOTALLY mauls you. $10 convenience charge plus another $3 charge they added on for no reason. thank goodness for free postal service delivery.
i wish i could go back in time and find myself in 1997. I would say the following:
Buy stock in Google and Apple
Create a company that sells online concert/movie tickets and start charging outrageous fees
how much? I'm thinking about going.... when are you going?
Thurs. Feb 14th, MSG . it's crazy expensive.
more than $100?
Here's a $199 snowboard/binding deal, the bindings are burton, seems really good
http://dealspl.us/SNOWBOARD-and-BINDING-PACKAGE-plus-FREE-SHIPPING_72369
I can't believe it!!! FINALLY my office has a network and I have Internet access at my desk. I had it for 10 minutes and it already saved me three trips to the other room. I love it and am very happy! Plus our new copier scans and faxes too. We've finally caught up. Though this does mean I'll be explaining all this to my coworkers for quite some time (that already started today).
productivity stays the same, due to misuse of said network
no I'm trying to be good and show that I won't abuse this new privilege so no surfing:(
Btw,did Alyssa leave her sweater on the kitchen chair on Saturday? It looked like hers. So any footage I should be embarrassed about? haha
good for you. work network abuse is a disease.
i don't know if alyssa left her sweater or not. i haven't heard anything.
and, nah, i didn't get much footage. too busy having fun. i only used the cam the one time you saw. i DID get that big chubby DJ guy wearing edith's cowboy hat. pretty funny. nice to see you!
Wow... Welcome to 1997. You're still 10 years behind. haha...
Dolphins save surfer from becoming shark’s bait
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21689083/
awww i read about this last week. SO awesome.
and i dont mean awesome that the guy almost was attacked by the shark but awesome that the dolphins protected him
i had a very different experience... i was rippin' some rad waves on my boogie board when a shark began to attack me ... out of nowhere, a pod of dolphins formed a pretective ring around me ... after the shark left, dolphins become hostile and beat me up ... and they ... they took advantage of me, one after another, and left me there naked... TO DIE!!! *weeps loudly*
did they steal your arm floaties too :( lo siento mijo.
Are you heterosexual? LOL!
sure, yeah. i'm just afraid of dolphins now.
You need to listen to the Dolphin's Cry by Live to set you straight.
HAHAHAAAAAAAAA! good one, bro.
hi 2 ezabel!
oops, redsweater.
anyone know of a free web based tool for self service password resetting that can integrate with active directory?
bump
what is "self service password resetting"?
typically, a web site that allows users to go to so they can reset their own password if they have forgotten it or if their account is locked out. usually they have to enter some kind of information to verify their ID.
I could probably get this done programmatically but as far as an application/web app that does it I'm not aware of any off the top of my head.
this is a new Mars Volta song and video. they have a new album coming out called The Bedlam In Goliath. this song isn't hard to listen to and is for anyone who's ever cracked a smile or said the Mars Volta are aight. this is as close to a pop song as they're going to come, i think. and it's oh so good.
WAX SIMULACRA!
http://video.umrg.com/marsvolta/waxsimulacra_revised/quicktime.asp
SNOOOWWWWW!!!!
There's Snow!!?? ::Envy::
yeah we had snow overnight and through the morning. nothing was sticking, but it was nice.
AHH, yay, i miss NJ/NYers speech. Here in PA, everyone says when the snow is starting to stick that it's "laying". Ugh, i hate that!!
how's the WRX in the snow? You have snow tires?
I got some last year for my car, only got 15" steel wheels with them, but it made the ride MUCH safer
I've never put snows on it, I just don't have room to store an extra set of wheels.
But, I use all-seasons, and it's great in the snow anyway. I'm sure it would be awesome with snows.
dude, that's what your parents house is for
and where do you store them when your not using them????
in your garage, where you hopefully keep the litterbox clean
hmmmm sometimes
i don't think i like that answer
yeah, max doesn't either
Up by vernon valley they got 6 inches. (Where Deanna & John are, in the mountains)
Yeah I drove all the way up there on Friday night and was in the middle of that brief snow storm... pretty cool and exciting at the same time. And when I left a friends house I had to go digging in my trunk for the scrapper thing to clean off my car because there was like an inch or so on my windshield... so cool though, cant wait for winter...
me either, hey giac do you have any sick days you can use for random snowboarding trips mid-week?
As a matter of fact I do... when do you want to go?
as soon as it snows ... and i get some new boots and my snow tires put on
we can hit up hunter or some place else fun
i'm working on excuses that aren't lying, but still get me out of work
how about "i need a personal day"
then that would be a personal day, not a sick day.
or "im taking a sick day cause im sick of work"
that's what i was thinking about
Well that's my excuse for calling in sick...
do you actually tell your boss that?
i need exact verbage, people!
giac let's do this man
Not in those exact words, but I usually say, when I call in, Im not feeling too good today and I wont be able to make it in... They usually dont ask questions afterward...
i know, right? my boss doesn't usually ask, "awww, what's the matter buddy? is there anything i can do?" lol
yeah. or say you have stomach problems. NO ONE asks for details.
or just say you have violent diarrhea, they wont even ASK anymore.... EVER
hi mrs. zabel?
who do you always think is mikayla? she hasn't logged in for two years
Hahaha
good morning
what's good about it. in like 4 hours it'll be dark.
ohhhhhh so depressed
Waaa
Has anyone had indian food? i've never had it and we're going to an indian restaurant this weekend that has gotten outstanding reviews from a lot of people. Suggestions on what to get??
i lov eindian food. for a first time eater anything followed by tandoori or vindaloo you'll probably like. the tandor is the special oven they use to cook that mostly makes the meat red but tender and juicy. vindaloo is this mildly spicy sauce. almost like curry. but read the menu and ask the waiter becuase the spiciness definetely varies restaurant by restaurant. i love spinach saag. to drink lassi's are delicious yogurt drinks made with fruit. malaka tea is like this spiced chair boiled with milk so its super thick.
great! thanks!
Indian food drives me crazy. It smells terrible (IMHO) and people are always saying to me "you'd like Indian food if you came with to such-and-such restaurant, ours is the best!"
NEWS FLASH - everyone says "come with me to such and such restaurant, it's the best" and they ALL smell terrible!
i usually go and eat the bread and complain
okay, i won't let Austin read this comment because he is very unhappy about us going. He went to an Indiana restaurant and he said he ordered a $28 lobster dinner and it came out in a bowl covered in curry. he was not happy. But i've coherched him into going, cuz this place will be better. (Hopefully!)
you coherched him? that sounds like you laced his coffee with a date rape drug or something
HAHAHHA, that made me laugh out loud. Yup, i slipped him a roofie, and force fed him curried goat.
when a girl says she COERCED a guy it means she bought him with sex!
Yeh, I love Indian Food. I always order Lamb Tikki or the closest to it with like a peanut sauce. Generally any lamb entree. Get some Naan bread if not included in your order with a chutney and a curry. Samosas are good for an appetiser or side.
I have the besssssst husband. Austin came home last night with an awesome iPod!! It's 80GB and he got me the "transpod" to play your ipod through the car radio. I love it! i was putting all my cds on it last night. I mentioned to him once probably like 6 months ago that i would like one. Love him!!
the transpod is good times, it got me through a lot of trips and rental cars
Rush rules!
Carve away the stone... Carve away the stone... Make the graven image with some features of your own....
Roll away the stone... Roll away the stone... If you could just move yours I could get working on my own...
Wait a second! I sound like a pagan! LOL!
Tidbit I came across: "For men, fat is typically between 14-18% of body composition. For women, fat accounts for 15-25%."
pssst --- it's the boobs
And Mike Schiano is probably around 58%. LOL!
i have more muscle in my left buttocks then you have ever had in your entire life...
and my left cheek is even CUTER!
Hahaha... So you are like Shrek... Made of layers?
i think i have the same kinda ears as shrek...
LOL. ohhhhh mikey! I miss ya, mang!
does anyone know if optimum charges more for HD broadcasts?
you have to get iO digital cable to get HD from them. so if don't already have iO, it's an extra $10/mo. if you already have iO, you have HD.
plus there's like cablecard rental fees, and stuff like that.
of course you can get HD over the air for free, too.
yeah ... which is better? I'm pretty sure we have the basic (normal) cable, nothing special. Not sure if we have IO or not. Maybe i'll read my bill.
HD over the air is superior quality, but limited selection. Cablevision has like 40+ HD channels.
Do you have a cable box? If you don't, you don't have iO. If you do, you may have iO but it could just be an older cable box. Do you get like TCM?
Future Pancake Message
This is a digital transmission found bouncing around inside the atmosphere of a small asteroid believed to have recently exited a black hole. Findings such as this confirm that time travel is possible, but we're no closer to truly understanding the space/time continuum. Clues like this only compound our frustration. There is much work to do.
this is MY work, btw.
Richard D. James rocks. Ever read the Cornish weirdo's Wikipedia entry? He's coo (minus the drugs), intelligent, ignorant, a punk, weird, twisted (which is different than weird), a pervert, a lot of descriptive words I can't think of right now, & a lot of words I don't know yet, all at the same time. Which reminds me, I lended my Aphex Twin vinyl to my mate & have to get it back.
That was a lot of milk. I used to work with a kid that would drink half gallon everday. He was always coughing.
i couldn't tell... was it OJ or milk?
it was a third of a quart of OJ
he probably smoked.
I like the darkness. "I believe in a thing called love. Just listen to the rhythm of my heart!" har har har
The early darkness does sometimes get depressing, but i like the different seasons/times for different reasons. In the spring/summer it's light out late and you get a lot more accomplished, but in the fall/winter you get to just stay in more and kind of be cozy and boring temporarily. haha Also it's better for starting movies. Cuz who wants to watch a movie at 8pm when it's still light out?!
i agree with the movies thing. i hate watching movies when it's light out.
saw them live once at a music festival... they were really amazing...ly gay
seriously the guy was wearing a one piece leotard with pink feather boas... what a fruitcake! jesse caught a drumstick tho
Daylight Savings Time affects me in no way. I still have the same routine. But I guess if you have D cup man boobs, it poses a problem. LOL!
why isn't a calculator keypad and a phone keypad laid out the same way? it's so confusing. Discuss.
wow. is everyone affected that much by the light and darkness outside? to me, those things barely register. i look at the numbers on the clock and i get up and go.
i guess i understand though. day to day, you get used to seeing things a certain way as you carry out your routine.
i guess it doesn't occur to me because i've worked nights in the past...
its def more annoying when you are driving home from work and its dark already... makes me want to go to bed earlier. i think there was that report about money people spend going out to movies and dinner and whatever cause of the time change, im looking around online for it, but it was crazy the difference
i had an extra hour to study my WT this w/end, and thankfully it was an easy one!
Mmm... Venison pot roast...
i hate daylight savings time
Well, we're actually on Standard Time now, Daylight Saving Time just ended. Why can't we always just Save Daylight?!? come on!
oh. well then i hate standard time.
i hate it too! it's retarded that it gets dark so early now
hey, i don't know how you percieved it, but i gained an hour. made good use of it too!
i perceived it as it's getting depressingly pitch black outside at 5 p.m.
yeah im not happy about that. when i got out of mtg yesterday it felt like it was 9pm.
YIPPPPPEEEE first post!