Do anything interesting today?

[GURUving]

I haven't! I fixed a portion of the roof on the shed that was blowing away. Superdog was a little upset with me for taking so long.

I washed dishes and threw out the trash (mostly beer bottles).

I hung up a new shower curtain.

That's about it.

[Bertha Venation]

1. today, I . . .

baked a pie
started chicken soup (still in process)
cleaned the house (still in process)
was late picking up Mrs. V. from the spa because I was vacuuming & didn't hear the phone
bought squirrel corn, aerosol whipped cream and Alpha-Bits

that's about it so far.

[GURUving]

2. bought squirrel corn, aerosol whipped cream and Alpha-Bits

Now, that's an interesting combination!

(what is squirrel corn? winter feed for the rodents?)

[Bertha Venation]

4. yep, winter feed for the rodents

They're eating all the bird seed, so I'm hoping if they get their favorite they'll leave the seed for the birds. The aerosol whipped cream is for Mrs. V.'s birthday pie, and Alpha-Bits are her favorite cereal. It's all about the beloved this weekend. :loveya: I'm the luckiest woman on the planet.

[chookie]

3. Replaced a broken water pump on boiler

Dagnabbit -- on the coldest weekend of the year, the heater malfunctioned. Think "Doctor Zhivago."

Luckily the house is well-insulated enough that we didn't lose too much heat and were okay. And LUCKILY there was a badass plumbing supply store open on a Saturday, and they had a replacement available.

It's on and working just fine, and after taking a few hours to catch up, the house is nice and warm again.

BTW -- I very rarely do such things. Luckily my Dad was an engineer on a ship in WWII, and was there to tell me exactly what to do.

My heart goes out to anyone who is cold this winter.

[RebelOne]

5. Yeah, paid bills on-line.

Something I do not look forward to. Hate to see my checking balance go down, down and down.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. I took my daughter to her bowling match. I watched ET with my son

and I have hung out here. Oh yes, I washed a load of towels. It is snowing big time here. :hi:

[HEyHEY]

7. Got my hair cut in an old school barber shop

[trof]

8. Since you asked...

Went to the annual potluck lunch/membership meeting of the Wolf Bay Watershed Watch.
www.wolfbay.org
Had an interesting speaker from the Auburn University Extension Service talk about landscaping with native salt and drought resistant plants. We're about to re-landscape the front of the house, so this is right down our alley.

[GURUving]

9. That is interesting!

Preservation is a good thing! Wolf Bay lives!

[trof]

22. Thanks, GURU.

I was a founding member back in '96.
Served on the board for a couple of terms. We are finally becoming a voice to be reckoned with in state politics.
We're not an "in-your-face/GOTCHA!" environmental group. Just trying (slowly) to make land developers, contractors, citizens, town governments understand that it's in their best interest to keep this almost pristine bay stay that way. It's a hell of a lot easier to maintain it than to "fix" it once damage has been done.

We just got a grant to be used for watershed education and outreach. In March, myself and others will be riding herd on about 60 4th graders in a one day clean water education project.
Whew.
Wish me luck.
;-)

[HuckleB]

10. Raked leaves, cut the roses, pulled all the dead weeds, pulled ivy, cut...

just about everything else in the yard, at least a little bit. Now I've got a compost pile that's taller than me!

Oh, yeah. On edit, I cleaned the gutters, too. Guess I wanted to forget about that part.

[IronLionZion]

11. hacked into some computers

and got hacked in return by about 5 different people. Hehe, it's ok it was in the IT security lab and completely legal.

[tigereye]

12. went to tai chi

we do that every Sat.
played mah-johng with a bunch of friends
came home to see the guys lay around
fought the snow to go to the store - cupboard was bare
slid up the hill -
plan to make curry chicken dish
watched my son make his 100th Lego tower


wish I lived somewhere where I could garden in the winter
I like snow, but am somewhat sick of the Northeast at this point.

[IronLionZion]

13. Pittsburgh's cool

I know what you mean about the Northeast though.

[bigwillq]

14. No. Helped my friend at his work and know I'm at work

until like 11:30 p.m.

[NightTrain]

15. I had a meet-up with some fellow DUers.

We sat in a diner for three hours and had a great conversation. If you weren't there today, you really lost out!

[jonnyblitz]

17. I was just going to post the exact same thing and you beat me

to it! I enjoyed the hell out of it like I always do when I meet people from DU. :hi:

[populistmom]

19. It was fun, guys!

Great meeting both of you. :hi:

[Kat45]

34. I wish I could have come up from Boston, but I just had to

go to the Clark rally in NH. Sorry, maybe next time. (I even missed an opportunity to get laid because I went to the rally.)

And you guys should come up next time we have a Boston DU gathering. I know you came up last time, Sarah, and it was great meeting you; you'll have to talk the other guys into coming next time too. :hi:

[ellie]

16. Well,

I ran,
fed all the cats,
did the dishes twice,
went to the store,
made homemade bean soup,
and now I am getting ready to go over my sister's to party it up.

Happy Saturday, everybody!

[BigDaddyLove]

18. No, but yesterday we broke a hole in the wall to free a bird.......

that had somehow gotten trapped in there.

[ewagner]

20. In Central Wisconsin

Took the Border Collie to the "bark-up" window at the bank
Post Office
Picked up ear cleaner for said Border Collie at Vets

Then........

Came home and started up the snow blower...cleaned my driveway, sidewalks and my neighbors. (only about 3" of snow but the @#$%& plows came by and left ridges in the driveway)

Watched golf on TV and hung out on DU


boooorrrrinnnggggg day!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. I went to Shepherdstown, WV today

What a cool little town! It was good to get out of the house for awhile. We got back just as it was starting to sleet.

[brainwashed_youth]

23. I made a republican cry

you can read all about it in DU Lounge

[greendog]

24. I started a new painting....

Now I have 4 of them going. :)

[PhishWithLemon99]

25. Had coffee with a really cute girl...

and spent a few hours afterwards reading about the urban recovery of the South Bronx and class divisions in the inner city for my Urban Politics class at Penn.

[Kat45]

26. I went to a big Clark rally in NH; Michael Moore spoke.

It was great! There were a couple of thousand people there.

[terrya]

27. Had to go to work for awhile. Ate dinner, rented "The Hours"

That's it.

Terry

[Bertha Venation]

36. What did you think of the film, Terry?

Did you like it? (It actually offered me a long-needed insight. Will email you about it tomorrow - remind me.)

[terrya]

47. "The Hours" was a very good film

It was amazing how the 3 seemingly disparate lives were interwoven. I'm not sure if it offered me any insights...I'd love to hear how you were affected. Please email me tomorrow, Bertha.

Terry

[burrowowl]

28. Went knocking on doors

for Kucinich before our causus Feb 3.
Told Democrats were to vote since many were not aware that there are fewer caucus precincts, hence different polling places.
I'm a bit tired.

[Liberal Christian]

29. Not much

Hung out here a lot this morning and into the afternoon.

Napped in the massage chair.

Hung out here some more.

Went to see Mona Lisa Smile and out to dinner.

Came home, made a Cosmopolitan, and hung out here some more.

[Interrobang]

30. I got an e-mail from an internet friend who lives in Israel.

(Thanks to the internet, I have friends all over the world!)

He says he'll help me with my Hebrew if I'll promise to come to Israel so he can play with my hair and dance folk dances with me. Ok, that sounds like a deal to me! :)

The other interesting thing I did was pay my rent, since the cheque I wrote at the end of last month bounced, but the gov't finally got around to putting enough money in my acc't that I could pay it, so now I won't get evicted. I think the first thing was more interesting, personally. The three block trip to the bank (on foot) took me half an hour, since we got another 5-7 cm of snow today, on top of the 30+ cm we already have. Bleah

[aQuArius]

31. All I have done today is dreamed about a DUer!

OMG! I WANT HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[F-5]

32. I ordered Pizza Hut Pizza off the internet!

In 35 minutes, I'll have a medium canadian bacon and pineapple pizza and a double order of buffalo wings. MMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm!

[Nlighten1]

33. Yes I did...

I spent quality time with my kids. It is amazing how fun they are.

[DS1]

35. Watched an idiot almost roll my car off the flatbed towtruck

Tipped him anyway.

[VelmaD]

37. My parents are in town visiting...

so they took me to lunch and then my mom and I went shopping. She bought me some nice clothes. I'm all excited 'cause I'm down into a size 10. GO ME!

[SOteric]

38. I sat on a rock and talked to an enormous Tlingit man

about life, the universe and everything.

[liberalpress]

39. My Subversive Friends...

..have been after me to start a newsletter... so I did. It's based on a lot of stuff I got here (they don't hang here much)Some might object to the tone and style. That's OK. I feel your pain.

This site is primarily for our side... to pump up our troops.

I have subjected myself to the insults of the right wing for a number of years. The way they say the word "liberal" with a curl of the lip, as if they are tasting something vile. The way I am called Un-American because I believe their President is a homophobic, xenophobic, anti-education, racist rectum with a Messiah complex. In the immortal words of Howard Beale in the film "Network:" "I'm mad as Hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore."

There is an argument to be made for being nice. You make it. I've given up trying to change Republican minds -- minds that will not be changed, regardless of the facts. Logic is wasted on an illogical mind. My new message to the right-wing neo-cons is this: "I'm armed, I'm dangerous. Hell is coming on a dark horse, boys... and it's riding straight at you! Bring it on."

<http://home.comcast.net/~anybodybutbush/>

Edited to include link.

[ZenLefty]

40. My drill press fell face-first on the floor today

It's a Delta industrial model. The f***er weights 250 pounds, so when it takes a fall like that it's kind of a big deal. I had the top portion off and went to set it on a workbench, but it was off balance and took a nose dive. Luckily, I absorbed much of the impact with my body, which will heal, but the on/off switch and faceplate is completely smashed.

I'm sure the replacement parts will be less than the cost of a new drill press. Maybe.

:grr:

[Sacajawea]

41. Went to see "Master and Commander" for the SECOND TIME!!!

I'm a MAJOR fan of Patrick O'Brian's series of 20 books (I've read the series at least THREE times already!). Or, well, maybe it has something to do with Russell Crowe.

Before that, I spent 6 1/2 hours doing my weekly job of "medical transcription." What a terrible thing it is to waste a human brain on that crap (computers with voice-recognition software should be doing that BS!). Heads up any MDs out there. VOICE RECOGNITION SOFTWARE -- look into it!!!!

But....AHHHHHHHHH........2 hours and 20 minutes with Russell Crowe and HMS Surprise. What a day!!!!!! :thumbsup:

Edit: Left a word out so I added it!

[TheMightyFavog]

45. I'm hoping

That Masterpiece Theatre will start cranking out movies based on the Aubrey/Maturin Novels that are much more faithful to the books than this movie was.

Russel Crowe as Aubrey? Bad Call!

I loved the soundtrack, though, especailly the Boccherini piece.

[Insider]

42. just drove home thru frozen something

white knuckled. it was NOT pleasant. racing maniacs out having a beer (or nine) and proving they CAN drive in frozen precip. a-holes.

whew. nice to be here.

[TheMightyFavog]

43. I got my check for Jury Duty.

I recieved a $30 per diem and $12.12 for mileage.

[neebob]

44. My day

Slept in

Went to the office to do something for a client that he could have done himself but asked me to do, apparently assuming I meant "in the office" when I stupidly mentioned I was going to work on this other thing over the weekend, but he said he enjoyed working with me so I sucked it up

Stayed there and took advantage of the bigger monitor to do the other thing

Picked up kid at the ski bus

Regretted not stopping at Blockbuster because there was nothing on TV

Had a nice nap with the incredibly soft fuzzy blankie my mom sent me for Christmas - hey, I get sleep deprived because my nightowlness is incompatible with my recent switch from independent contractor who works at home a lot to full-time employee who has to be there at 7 or 8

Regretted eating the honey barbecue wings that I'm still burping up and wishing I had some antacid

Talked to my mom for 2 whole hours and managed not to get into an argument about politics or religion - MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT

Came here

[bearfan454]

46. I touched up the walls with paint.

My 3 1/2 year old granddaughter is pretty artistic. Oh well, new stuff for her to draw on.