I am not a poster. I am a crispy critter.

[The Zontron 7000]

I am an internet java script sent to infiltrate your site and transform you from political neanderthals into a modern 21st Century progressive mode.

This is your first warning.

Do not try and resist.

It is useless.

Accept your fate.

You will be assimilated.

[sionnsar]

BoCP = ?

Book of Common Prayer.

[Alice au Wonderland]

I love "no peep" evenings. They're rare around here, even with all of the playing, ballet, and swimming. The kids just adapt too quickly.

Kind of "borg-like", actually.

[tuliptree76]

I'm here now too... for a little bit.

[Alice au Wonderland]

Hi Tulip!

[Tax-chick]

It doesn't happen here much, either, but sometimes we manage to get them all *really* tired. It helped that they'd been up until midnight the previous night, watching "Star Wars 3," and up early in the morning, because James doesn't care how late anybody else stayed up :-).

[tuliptree76]

Hi Alice. :-)

[Alice au Wonderland]

We have yet to figure out how, on school days, the kids will not wake up on time and must be dragged out of bed, yet, on days when we have the opportunity to sleep late,...BOING!....everyone under the age of 36 is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at 6:30 am!

Mind boggling!*muttering under breath*

[Alice au Wonderland]

Good day? Rough day?

[HKMk23]

Any recommendations from the FR peanut gallery?

Go to my Links page and click through to "Front Sight Resort". It's AAAAA-1 training on-par with the very best in the world. Check it out thoroughly.

[Alice au Wonderland]

Oh, darn it! Real life intrudes again! Ballet and Swim run to do. Be back in a few hours.

Somebody, please save a vodka gimlet for me.

[Alice au Wonderland]

Okay! I'll do it when I return. Thanks.

[Tax-chick]

Our oldest three would sleep forever in the morning, but the younger ones are up bright and early, almost always. Of course, "up" doesn't mean "functioning." The little girls can spend an hour arguing over who's going to put away a few toys and a change of clothing, and end up missing breakfast.

[HKMk23]

Quenya/Sindarin is a special case. 
It *deserves* to be a complete language. 
It just does.

I agree. While the earliest words were conjured up in a manner common to most writers of fiction, as the history of Middle Earth was developed more and more, the languages increased in importance to where actual effort was invested in giving them linguistic elements common to real languages. That this effort was undertaken to make the linguistic properties of the elven tongues authentic, rather than having them be otherwise meaningless strings of sonorous syllables, renders that effort worthy of being carried forward to some advanced stage of development. I cannot use the term "completion", because no language is ever really "complete" unless it is a "dead" language; no further entries being made to its lexicon. While the case could easily be made that the elven tongues are among the ranks of "dead" languages, even the effort to assemble their remains into an understandable skeleton of linguistic properties has resulted in a resurrection of sorts. So much so that some have begun extending the language; adding new verbs and nouns to the original lexicon. Thus, among a very small, but growing, group of scholars, enthusiasts and assorted hangers-on, the elven tongues have come to life, again, and none can tell how far this will go. It's well worth additional participation.

[tuliptree76]

It was okay.

[Delta 21]

There is always time for more ZOT

[HKMk23]

I'm not allowed near Pitsco with any form of legal tender if an iron-willed chaperone is not attending me.

My wife took my AmEx and did the Christmas shopping there last night. I don't know how much she spent and I'm not really sure that I want to know. She only said she'd been "bad" and had sent email to all the grandparents telling them that they could feel free to make Christmas contributions part of their bevvy of gifts.

I may end up standing outside the local grocery store with a coffee can and a sign saying "Give to the Children's Christmas Fund".

[HKMk23]

Outdoors?? No problem, I've got JUST the thing:

[Monkey Face]

How long was it left out from cooking to freezer? And was it covered? If in doubt, throw it out.

[sionnsar]

Hi, Proffette Dr. Tulip!

[fanfan]

Hi everyone.

We are back from the war memorial.

It was fun, we were able to meet and thank a lot of Vets, and my DH got a chance to call PM Paul Martin "Mr. Dithers" right to his face!

It was brilliant!