frissonic
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Been using my kitchen a lot more as of late with my mom in town for a vist:
Yesterday: shredded beef sandwiches and lemon bars
Today: peach cobbler (breakfast), mustard chicken, and toasted marshmallow ice cream with homemade graham crackers
Tomorrow: Thai grilled beef salad with lime, and mango frozen yogurt
Sure beats cereal and spaghetti (my usual lazy weeknight foods).
peach cobbler.
for breakfast.
*blink*
where were you 14 years ago ...?
aw, heck ... you were probably still in middle school. :)
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I've lost 30 LBS since January (down to 235 from 265). I have felt like I am in much better shape, running for 5 miles without a problem. My girlfriend runs half marathons (at least 2 a summer). I have made it my personal goal to run a half marathon with her and my sister next spring/summer. I also made it a personal goal to complete this: TM, Next summer, with a team of my sister, my girlfriend, and her brother.
Great on you. I joined a gym in January after having my closest friend die too young on his 48th birthday (and seeing 240lbs on the scale only added fuel to my fire). I'm down to 220 and stronger than I have ever been in my life. My knees protest when I run so I am stuck to the elliptical machines and the bike for cardio. My goal is to be under 200lbs by Feb 1. It'll be the first time I've seen the other side of 200lbs in over 15 years.
Good luck on your run.
both of you are inspirational. i've lost 35, but i have a significant amount more to go than either of you. :) i'm content with my 280 right now, but yah ... lots more to go. and like weave, my knees *hate* running, but i can bike 30-40 miles without batting an eye, so that's where my exercise comes in.
and dammit, i just grabbed a coke zero ... now i have guilt.
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God no, why would I want to do that when I could wander into a store a few days later and buy one? :)
because generally the supply runs out in a few days, and you're left beating your head against the wall wishing you had stood in line. :)
however, that was indeed a one-time experience. this time, i'm ordering online. and i'm debating whether or not i'm going to switch over to verizon or sprint. i just can't stand at&t throttling my "unlimited" account at 3GB. "dude. HOW do you use 3GB of data a month?!" very easily. try streaming any video, or even audio, for that matter. if you use itunes match, and you're out and about and want to download something but don't have access to wi-fi, it's not at all hard to jump over that 3GB threshold.
no, we'll probably go with sprint. truly unlimited, good coverage out here, and most importantly, NOT at&t.
My man cave was originally built with only the TV inside. I quickly realized that wasn't much fun for sports viewing so I only use the inside for watching movies, so I split the hdmi and mounted an outside TV, in retrospect I should have just built a wall with a TV on it for how little I'm actually inside the cave.
i ....
this ....
words fail. this is too beautiful to express in mere mortal terms.
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Prime numbers are awesome.
so is the fibonacci sequence. especially when used in music. "lateralus." spiral out.
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My iPhone not taking a charge would be my complaint. I was truly lost without it. But F'N Fantastic I took it in to see a 'genius' and they gave me a new one for free. Everything was on the cloud and downloaded back to my phone.
Fantastic.
most excellent! i love that about apple. they take care of their own. doesn't matter if you're in line for a new product or sad/mad about a faulty device; they will hook you up. ever try waiting in line for a new phone on release day? out here, when the 4 came out, it was 95 degrees. the line was 3 blocks long. apple brought around fruit, bagels, and cold bottles of water for EVERYone at least every 2 hours. it was awesome.
NFL opening weekend. Should be sunny and 80 degrees with low humidity here in Raleigh on Sunday. We get quite the 'tailgate' going at my man cave for these games. Grilled prime rib on the menu. Keg of homebrew will be tapped. Watching football outside in the fall with friends and family is F'N fantastic.
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are you going to the game or staying home for the man cave? if you're home, how are you watching it outside? what's your setup? cuz that sounds wicked fun!
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That's a great deal. Thanks for posting. Last time I was in China I got an eye exam, frames and lenses for about $30. That's the 2nd time I've done it, and they're great. A week after I got home I scratched the hell out of one of the lenses. I can still wear them, but can't afford to new glasses anywhere around here. I'll definitely check this site out!
they actually showed up today. i'm impressed. scrip is perfect, arms are a tad short, but nothing out of control, and the frame is pretty decent. for ~$30, cannot and will not complain. they look good, and i can see. :)
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ahh, the denial parent. our neighbors' parents were like that. constantly picking on me and my brother cuz they knew my dad was nowhere to be found (mom was doing the single parenting thing), so they figured they could get away with whatever. finally went to my mom one day and told her what was going on. she went to the neighbor and told the mom that her son would knock me down for no reason, steal my bike and ride on it all afternoon, or whatever it was he had done. "WHAT!? No ... you're mistaken. my boy would *never* do anything like that!! he's an ANGEL!"
damn near lost my dinner on that one. "he's an angel." yah. straight from the bowels of hell.
using that as a baseline for dealing with our neighbors and their kids, i started using the video function on my phone. after a couple of vids of their kids acting up, questioning me wasn't even an issue.
gotta love technology. :)
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I'm not shilling. I swear.
www.zennioptical.com. I ordred a pair last Thursday, was told they'd take 7-14 business days, got the shipping confirmation email yesterday, and they're on track to be here tomorrow. Tons of frames in every style imaginable, and you can see what they look like on your face before you buy them (have to upload a pic of you, but whatever!)
With shipping, oleophoic anti-glare coating, anti-scratch coating, UV coating, frames and lenses, under $33. The oleophobic coating was the most expensive at $14.95, but whatever.
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That's why HE has to play at OUR house. it's a long, long story, but they are flat-out forbidden from going in his house. at all. ever.
and when he's over, they play in the backyard or in a room adjacent to where we are.
to be fair, he's a nice kid, and when we hear him say something or see him doing something, we step in and say something. i mean, the kid isn't all bad news; he just has no direction. at *eight*!! that's sad to us. but given his parents' backgrounds and issues, it's not surprising.
but yah ... close eye kept at all times. :)
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peanut butter M&Ms.
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Ouch. I feel for you man. This reminds me of a similar complaint. Neighbors who never watch their kids and let them run wild around the neighborhood. I live at the end of a cul de sac and I have a private backyard with a tree house swingset and outdoor TV, so I understand and encourage my kids to play back there with their friends. But one of my neighbors will shoo their kids outside on the weekends early in the morning and NEVER come out to check on them all day long. I like to cook breakfast for my family on weekend mornings, and these kids are knocking on the door at 7 am! The mother of the kids is literally addicted to exercise and triathalons and will sometimes leave the eight and six year old home alone for long periods of time while she goes for a run or bike ride. Suddenly I'm left feeding these kids lunch and having to put up with their sibling quarrels while she neglects them. I've told my wife she has a week to put a stop to this her way or else I'm going to and I won't be nearly as nice about it.
our neighbor is *exactly* like that ... minus the whole exercise addiction. her addiction lies ..... elsewhere. her 8 year old is constantly over at our house, which we don't mind cuz really, there's more going on over at his house than we want/need to know but we know it's not at all good, so sure--he comes over to escape. the problem is that his mom *never* checks on him, his 15 year old sister (who is more in charge than her mom is), rarely checks on him, so he's left to his own devices 90% of the time. he watches whatever he wants on tv and youtube, he's learned a lot of foul things that he's dearly passed on to my 8 and 6 year old daughters, and half the time when he comes over, he's not at all nice to them, which confuses the hell out of them. it turns all kinds of ugly, so we end up sending him home ... blah.
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We agreed to watch our friends' kids so they could go to Portland on their own. We're watching them until Sunday, and we started Tuesday night. So far, they've poured water in our lawn mower gas tank, and one of them peed on our couch. No, it's not leather or vinyl. It's not microfiber, either. It now smells like waffles.
On a similar note, I'm not sure I'll ever be able to eat waffles again ...
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Congrats to both of you!
Chris, sounds like it'll be a blast.
google "fiery furnace" +moab. that will be our two days. :)
yah, i'm pretty stoked. arches national park has always eluded us as far as hiking goes. we generally go to yellowstone, but that's cuz the only time off we generally have is in the summer, and yellowstone rarely gets above 80 degrees. even in august, it's not uncommon to wake up to 40 degree weather. moab, by contrast, in the summer will hit 90-95, into the hundreds, without batting an eye. november is a perfect time to go.
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Something to do with RICO violations.
(Only a few people will get that from a couple of years ago. I'm a lawyer.)
ahhh. quid pro quo.
sorry, that's about as close to lawyer lingo as i get right now. :) well congrats man. that's awesome.
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Just received some pretty prestigious national recognition in my field...about ten years earlier than most who receive this particular designation.
whoa. nice job man. what's your field, if you feel so inclined to answer?
Just got 7 more production units certified and shipped out the door on a major project here at work! This project has been nothing close to easy so far, so being able to say that the entire first lot is out the door is F'N Fantastic.
Now it's just finishin' off the day, and then heading to Buffalo for tonight and tomorrow, before heading to Syracuse for Saturday night and Sunday to spend with the girlfriend, before heading to Long Island for work related business for 3 days.
nice man. nothing like lazing around the weekend and just city hopping for the fun of it. i have another hour of work, then nothing until monday.
oh. well, other than planning for this kick-ass trip my wife sprung on me!!! (i can't sit still for very long ... too excited.)
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first off, bio, i'm seriously sad about your dog. we've lost two to road accidents (we live near a major street, and somehow two managed to escape the back yard), and it was devastating. i hope you can take solace and comfort in the memories you have of kirby.
second, my F'N fantastic wife bought me four tix to the phoenix game on november 10. not just any tix, either: 6 rows above the sabres bench. she also wants to take two days before the game and go to moab for some late fall hiking (best time down there, when the average daytime high is only 60 as opposed to 90-95 in july and august.
she also has been keeping up with my convos about the possible lockout, so playing the cautious card, she purchased "ticket insurance" for $7/ticket.
and just when i thought there was no hope for her being a hockey fan ...
F'N FANTASTIC!!!
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Holy Schnikies is the show a tough listen right now. Slowest. Offseason. Ever.
i've given up on hockey news until october. in its place, i've taken to reading up on the social aspects of living in mozambique.
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here's something F'NFANTSTIC: i'm starting to actually make money off of these tie-dyed shirts. so much so that i'm adding a sub-domain to my site JUST to sell stuff. people are asking for onesies, hoodies, dresses, socks ... it's time to ramp it up.
i figure if i can sell 20 shirts a day at $17 a pop, i could actually quit my job. now ... being a realist, i'm not going to cuz we need the health insurance (and, let's face it, actual steady income). however, i'm starting to see a light on the horizon.
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Yeah, he's a chum.
ugh ... that seems awfully fishy.
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I'm unemployed :(
:lol:
aw, man! sorry. except ... well, at least you have a lot of free time! (?) (is that a good thing ...?)
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Went to Mighty for lunch. Ordered two Super Mighties, hot with sour cream. Received three.
I'm complaining because I had no choice but to eat all three. Which I will undoubtedly regret later.
if you don't end up regretting it, your co-workers most assuredly will.
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:angel: :flirt:
i dunno ... i had been watching old B&B eps, so i had beavis' voice rattling around my head. sorry. :)
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Awesome! thanks for the advice! much appreciated!
heh heh heh ... ummm ... i like to help the kids. yah ... heh heh heh.
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It's still something I've always wanted to see. Me and the girlfriend are going to be in Buffalo for a wedding, so after the reception and what not, her and I can go sit and watch this for a bit.
if you can get north east of lockport, you should be fine. head out towards the lake somewhere, and you'll be far enough away from city lights that you'll have a hell of a show.
Things that are AWESOME...
in The Aud Club
Posted · Edited by Chris_in_UT
tragically, this is true. :bag: