Posted on 10/23/2010 5:17:52 PM PDT by Lrod
You came to the right place. When I have nothing interesting to post, the Undead Thread is where I post it.
It's rather in the spirit of when the cat gives you a present.
Dust walls?
Sounds painful.
The dust was once known as whom?
And why did they get dusted?
Noooo...you’re exempt. You’re happily married.
Long day here. Nice to have light in the sky on the way in to work, but then.... lots of e-mail to plow through and much of it would not have been necessary if the teleconference arranger had gotten the dates correct (Tuesday the 8th?) and defined the time zone (11 AM -- but EST, CST, MST, PST or...?).
Then two difficult expense reports: one because the D.C. hotel was so expensive (the less-expensive ones were sold out) and the other because one dinner in Atlanta was over $100 (thanks to my high-spending Swiss buddies -- not going to any potentially expensive restaurants with them anymore unless we can do separate checks). Though the boss approved both without question; the reports both show me trying to be a frugal traveler, which he knew already.
Then the real fun began with final trip plans -- usually at this point it's just printing maps and driving directions if needed. This trip the directions really are needed because the airport is 150+ miles from the hotel and some of the journey is not on major highways but minor WV/VA roads.
And the problems... I canceled the car reservation for Atlanta, but discovered the car reservation for Virginia was made for the wrong airport, ~250 miles away! It took several telephone calls to get that all straightened out. (To a call center in India, to be sure, but their American English was unusually clear -- except for their use of their Indian names; I was able to hear "Kishore" for the last call. I work on & off with a number of Indians these days.)
And there's the ongoing mess over my Wall Street Journal subscription... I was drained when it reached quitting time and I hadn't really accomplished much.
I almost can't wait to be underway just to leave the prep behind me.
But I don't really have anything interesting to post.
Most cat presents need to be discarded at the nearest scratching post.
Otherwise, the cat will hold you in Contempt of Felinicus.
The Manx just ran through hooting and hollering like a madthing.
Dunno what to make of that.
NiMH liked to grace us with LIVE treats so he could teach us how to hunt.
Good thing you aren’t reading my journal. For one who has such a dull life, my journal is rather ...um... spellbinding.
(Your life would pale...)
*kof-kof*
I recall this from several years ago....
The music is okay, but the video with the drawings doesn’t do anything for me.
Yes, NiMH loved giving us live baby bunnies and chipmunks.
He’s strictly an indoor old man now, and he gripes about it.
Another first grade class has been survived. James drew some massive waves for his Sea of Galilee, but no Kraken. Then he got in a fuss because Vlad put the boat in the “wrong” place.
I have some extra boats, so I’ll let each of them make their own picture tomorrow.
That’s being used for the vampire tale, he’s being dusted off from his slumber.
2004 was the last time I fiddled with that story.
It's a Celtic thing, ya needn't mind.
Interesting to look it up: on the Isle of Man (where they speak Manx, a Gaelic similar to Scots & Irish) it's "Kayt Manninagh" (Gaelic, "Cat of Man") or "Stubbin" (from English).
In Scots Gaelic, "cat" is "cat", but "cathair" is "chair" -- though I'm pretty sure the padding is not from cats.
Wikipedia: "The Manx are said to be skilled hunters, known to take down larger prey even when they are young. They are often sought by farmers with rodent problems."
LoM, maybe we should get a Manx to protect Seumas Ruaraidh's wiring!
666 alert!
Well, yeah. "Where's Elen?" "She's in the living room, sitting in the cathair." "Great, I'd just had her dress cleaned, too."
Pay attention, Dude!!! We’re counting on you!
If boats are escaping, there is no “wrong” place. Unless one boat is ahead of YOURS!
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