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(This post is useless without pictures, and I've taken many, but that will have to wait until I get a new computer.) - Lo

Mesa Verde, eh? We didn't see it, but I already know I want to come back. There are SO many cool things we had to pass by, next time I'm going to allow a month or something. - Lo

If you love what you do now, why change? - Jenny H.

From reading up on campsites, it seems like nobody does it in March. Which means lots of privacy! :) If the tent's a-rockin'.... - Lo

WarLord, I have heard the North Rim is great, and the scenic highway to it is legendary. Unfortunately, the NR & the highway are still closed for the winter. I figure we'll get to the Grand Canyon someday, and then I'll definitely do that drive. - Lo

We had a plan, but it was apparently cursed. I want to go somewhere, but I don't really care where anymore. We're open to anything! - Lo

The Grand Canyon keeps coming up, we may have to do that! - Lo

I don't believe that is the case with a normal kindle. But i'm not an expert on them. - Steve C, Team Marina

Ah, never mind. You need wifi access for any site besides wikipedia. Like I need something that encourages me to read wiki MORE! :P - Lo

How is your eyesight? a netbook would be good if you don't have trouble reading smallish fonts. If not, you could get basically a regular-sized laptop with netbook parts inside, would give you great battery life and relatively low cost - mjc

I can read pretty small (you should see my handwriting, it's microscopic!). Thanks for the tip :-) - Lo

phoniness - Spidra Webster

Oooh, nice! For more context, I'm talking about when people are dishonest (usually for "politeness" or "niceness.") For example, if I say "we should hang out sometime" and you say "yeah, totally!" and then don't respond to the next 40 social invitations I give you. It's an excusable trait, but when I think it's happening I usually counter with explaining my social difficulties, and a specific request for honesty, with no hard feelings if you just aren't feeling me - hell, I've been rejected plenty of times. Some people still commit to their dishonesty, no matter what, and it drives me CRAZY. I was trying to explain this to my husband, and ran into a wall of really ugly awkward words that didn't quite get the message across. The first time you do this, that's insincerity (or politeness, something I am coming to hate). But after my specific request for the truth? I'm sorry, that's lying! And it can be really goddamn hurtful. - Lo

I would be surprised, except this is the third time this exact thing has happened. Complete with "well, we're done with snow for the year!" - Lo

Weather is crazy shit these days. - Spidra Webster

I'm kind of excited, honestly. If it's going to be cold, there might as well be snow to make things look brighter. I might be singing a different tune if I had to drive to work in it :P - Lo

If you think this is crazy, wait till it snows in July! Did you see "The Day After Tomorrow"? Heh. - Lo

The moles spend every waking moment either saving the day with their superior tunneling skills, or scoffing mass quantities of this pie. Where do I sign up?!? - Lo

Deeper 'n ever pie is made with "turnip 'n tater 'n beetroot," the perfect winter dish. Now I want to try honey rhubarb crumble! - Lo

Here are pictures:http://ff.im/S0E87 I wouldn't flatter myself to call them "food porn" though :P - Lo

Husband too chicken to play along, but agreed to compromise by blowing off his afternoon. Woohoo! I want to go to the conservatory at the botanical gardens, which is a magical place where you can sit *in the sun* in a t-shirt in February! OMG! - Lo

Yeah, a botanical garden with a tropical greenhouse has got to be a relief to people in wintry climes. - Spidra Webster

I'm also reading the Redwall books, if anyone knows those. When I was a kid I read all three in the trilogy. Last month someone at work told me that there are now over 20 books! I had no idea the series kept going. The food described in the books is amazing, and now I kind of want to try to duplicate everything they cook and try it myself. Except the nasty food the searats eat! - Lo

Sounds like fun! :) - Jenny H.

I don't really have much for advice or suggestions. So I'll just send hugs. *hugs* - Heather

Yay, hugs! *squeeze* Yup, that helped. - Lo

Ooooh, nice! I like that a lot. Thanks Joey! - Lo

So now I am wondering, what is the world-class clown college? I want to go to there. :P - Lo

I disagree. I think the usage is correct. She's laying an egg, and he's urging her on. How sweet! - Lo

But I'm telling you guys, she's laying an egg! It's the correct usage for that scenario :P - Lo

Diving the Great Barrier Reef is on my bucket list, and I also hope to do that before we have completely destroyed it. - Lo

Lake Superier and the wrecks. BTW, check out camera pictures would be teh AWESOME - WarLord

Yep. (Bunch of awesome, too, though sometimes that's really, really hard to see.) - Jennifer Dittrich

:( - edythe

My direct boss is awesome, but this guy is a legendary jerk. His name brings forth so many horror stories from anyone who works with food in this city. He was the first person I met at the job fair; I knew immediately that he was going to be tricky to deal with. If any of y'all remember my horrible last boss, you'll be glad to know that what I learned there is actually paying off. WOOHOO - Lo

George Lucas started pre-production on this movie in 1988, for release in 1992. No studio would finance a movie with an all-black cast. Ultimately Lucas paid for the film & distribution from his own pocket. He said on the Daily Show that there's much more to the story; if opening weekend box office numbers are good, it will be a trilogy with prequel & sequel. - Lo

Haha! They showed Tyler Perry previews here, too. - Spidra Webster

Argh, I just googled it, and the top two results disagree! It's Sunday or Monday for sure... - Lo

Nakachi, it probably can, but all I could find was the date in my befuddled state. That's why it's funny, all this technology and I don't know what day it is. This is my 7th day working in a row, it's all running together. - Lo

Up past 4 again; making crosswords is even hard than I thought! It's finished, but I think I broke every single rule of crossword construction. - Lo

And I do mean *every* - Lo

Oh no, wait! I do have only 1/6 black squares, and a standard grid size (15x15). But I did break ALL the other rules. Even put the same word in there twice! Man, I hope this gets me laid :P - Lo

At first it seemed so unrealistic. But it's actually more true to life - in terms of how people think & perceive life - than any other movie I can recall. And the music! The Portuguese David Bowie! And the use of color... so good. - Lo

loved this movie. my wife was hot and cold on it. - Big Joe Silenced

Jealous---> - Jenny H.

Kelli, if you want to shovel feel free to come over! :P - Lo

:D - Starmama

Whatever it is, I can haz it. - Lo

I wasn't actually looking for legit Latin (or Greek), just a good name for the concept. It's not fear of doing the right thing so much as a fear of trying to be better than someone else and the hairy self-righteousness that frequently results. Somehow I am a nicer, more popular person when I'm deliberately *not* trying to be nice. It's weird. - Lo

"I've been preparing my whole life for this, who knew?" - Lo

Yep! I am now the supervisor of the bakery dept, actually. I have received four raises & one promotion (to a job that didn't exist before) in my first year, which is why I am assuming I'm good at it. My team is so talented & awesome, though. We hang out after work, because 8 hours a day isn't enough... surreal, strange, but wonderful. - Lo

I LOVE SHINY THINGS. - Lo

That's a heart-warming story, Tiny! *wipes away single tear* - Lo

Manager: "We're already done the Monday before Thanksgiving? This year is the smoothest holiday ever." - Lo

very cool good work - WarLord

ELVENTY??? - MoTO Boychick Devil

Fun fact: Thanksgiving, not Christmas, is the busy time for bakers. Christmas is the one time when most people bake for themselves. If you want to please the baker in your life, don't ask him/her to bring a pie to Thanksgiving! Say "just bring wine, don't do any work at all." It charms the pants off me :P - Lo

It's not a nice Hollywood-Christmas first snow like last year. It's an early morning gray blustery gale shedding ice on everything. Ugh. *goes to basement for long underwear* - Lo

I am ready for snow to deliver me from this hell that goes by the name of autumn. - Eivind

Really? I like autumn okay, usually there's a little extra warm weather, and the leaves are pretty. Just yesterday I was admiring the yellow leaves in my neighborhood, but they are gone now! - Lo

*attaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack of the zombie tomaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatoooo* - Lo

they say that if you pick your tomatoes green at the end of the summer, they will ripen. Nice to know that is true. - amelia arapoff