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[Xrayted]

Sorry I'm kinda not firing on all cylinders tonight. But, here's a couple off the top of my head to get ya started...

Beetle Bailey (funny comic but somehow doesn't fit)
Aunt Bee (um, doubt she ever road a bike, always had a pie in her hand)
Spelling Bee (too much pressure and who needs that)
Quilting Bee (yeah, you're right, no time to sew)
let it bee, let it bee... (ode de Beatles, just cause I'm still in love with John L. )
Bumble Bee (actually that sounds more like me)
Queen Bee (hmmm... kinda has a ring to it, oops - it was just my telephone)
Honey Bee (I'm sure you're sweet, but that may be pushing it just a tad)
Bee Bop (nah, sounds like you're smacking them around and then the animal activists will be after you)
BeeGee (I'm sure that would be a copyright infringement of some sort)
Bee Sting (aw, you wouldn't dare)
CBGB's (closed this w/e, may it RIP **sniffle**)
Busy Bee (yup, gots possibilities)


-X.

[CyclChyk]

Honey Bee?

Its late. Thats all I got.

Did someone already call that one and I overlooked it??

Its late................

[Kitsune06]

(all the same, I'd rather take advantage of the exemption clause)

yes there in chapter 5 "if previous GF has left you alone for over 2 years go directly past the rebound relationship. But only after passing the multiple choice quiz on our hidden agenda with a score of 85% or above"

I like that bit about our hidden agenda.
The hidden agenda that keeps Popoki Nui's (sp?) bike from going as fast as it should given the effort, and the same agenda that comes out with umpteen thousand page handbooks.

Page 1984 has a header that says "Car Repair- look down. If you wear steel toed boots on a regular basis- not for work- you are required to read this section. You'll probably even like it! If not, skip to page 3006- How to Get Girls to Fix Your Car"

I'm tired, gimme a break.

[snapdragen]

Wow, a semi decent day at work. At least there were no flamingly stupid questions from staff. They seem to be tippy toeing around me....hmmm wonder why?

Friends and I went to the Renaissance Faire this weekend. Ann and I fell in love about every five minutes. Too many really pretty boys; it was overwhelming. Hope this link works:

Faire

I've discovered I like Mead. Whoda thunk it. I bought myself a Tibetan bowl. You tap it with a dowel, then while it's ringing, swirl the dowel around the outside of the bowl. The sound it makes is amazing.

[Kitsune06]

Oh, Snap, mead is FANTASTIC! People tend to make it too dry, but when they know what they're doing and stop fermentation just before all the sugars have been digested, it makes for a such a sweet, flavorful drink. Mmmm.

[snapdragen]

And Mead is a delightful morning drink.......

[KnottedYet]

Mead, good stuff.

Hot buttered rum, good stuff for the weather we're having right now. Nice before bed.

Those are about the only sweet drinks I like. Oh, and Drambuie and Frangelico and Whidbeys, but those only in *very* small doses!

[Kitsune06]

I feel pretty bad now that I know I missed out on Jaeger with opiates in it. =P
Canadians, is Absinthe really worth it? Not sure why it's illegal in the US, but anything made with wormwood raises an eyebrow for me...

[Xrayted]

Ah, Mead. How I love thee. We have a ren faire about 10 miles away at the Mount Hope Winery. http://www.parenfaire.com I try to go every year. They make a Honey Mead that just does it for me. Bad thing is I'm a rather cheap date so that can be bad. I can be talked into just about anything when I've been drinking. I got pulled put of the crowd and dressed up as a wench one year and put into a play. It was great fun but oh the blackmail-caliber pics that my GF's got. Total debauchery going on up there. All in fun.
They have a wonderful Merlot that is just... sensual. This year they added an ice wine. Very nice, very nice.

**As I longingly look at my wine rack hanging from the ceiling and think, "No, it's too late now, time to go to bed, you idiot!**

[Xrayted]

Coming on here can be very therapeutic at the end of the day. This was a worse than usual day and you've all helped me get it off my mind for a while. Thanks! But, alas, I can't sleep. I apologize ahead of time for bumming you out. Just need to let it out. Warning: Now would be the time to bump to the next post.

I lost a friend early today in an industrial accident at the printing company where I used to work before I changed careers. Unfortunately, he died in a very horrible, painful way. Joe was a nice guy. Never did anyone any harm. Now he's gone.
I was on the emer. med. team while there (boy did we get paged a lot) and saw too many bad things happen to people who were forced to rush way beyond what was safe. A major reason I wanted to leave. Very stressful place. Very sad situation. Heart attacks and strokes on the job are common.
Those tough guys on the presses don't ever cry but I had 2 call me today and cry over the phone when telling me what went down. They tried to save him and couldn't. (BTW, the safety switch was deliberately bypassed.) I was very outspoken about these kinds of things while there, much to my own professional peril.
What's worse, in the end, the company won't give a flying sh*t and nothing will change. They'll get fined by OSHA and then keep doing it. AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!

Ok, I'm done now. Tired of thinking. Thanks for the vent opportunity. Sorry for the downer. Peace and love to you all tonight. Be safe!

'night TE.

Cindy

[Kitsune06]

orange jouce and peach fodka. Very VERY good

Xrayted...
I'll write you better later, but I know how it is, working with emergency responder staff... You see more than you'd like, and there's always the fear of seeing someone you *know* needing said assistance.
I give my sincerest condolences for your friend, knowing how it is with htose large companies who treat fines as operating expenses. it's shameful. Bastards. I'm sorry... *shakes head*

[DirtDiva]

Xrayted - how awful!

[Nanci]

I'm sorry about your friend, X. That's one nice thing about a college town- not many industrial accidents to deal with. When I was in Minneapolis- well, I know what you mean.

Fish, I think you should leave your name. Because you will have to rename the fry too!

Did I miss some rule, and it is OK to drink mead for breakfast? Because it's made from honey and you can put honey on cereal and you eat cereal in the morning?? I love mead, too. And ice wine.

Last night I drank a relatively cheap Riesling. I think I am pretty over Riesling.

I got a note from a girl I ride brevets with- she crashed in front of a logging truck at night on the first day (of a 1000k up in the penninsula) and couldn't unclip and everyone ran over to sotp the truck and another truck came and had to run off the road...Still she rode a little the next day and 60 miles Sunday, but she's afraid to ride t night now...

[Lise]

Oh, X/Cindy, I am so sorry. The safety switch deliberately bypassed? Sounds like a lawsuit from his family, unless they'd say it was *his* fault...how tragic. Thinking of you, and all involved, today.

[Nanci]

I wasn't done drifting...

So my friend's ok, just shook up. That bent has never been her friend, as far as I can tell. They don't love each other.

I got my freaking PERIOD last night, at 3:30 AM- I haven't had it in, oh, four years? But I was off Depo for a year, and have just had one shot after starting up again, so it apparently doesn't have things suppressed! Cripes, it was like "Carrie" or something. Nice. I don't know how people who get it all the time can stand it!!

My two days of AC-less wonder are over- we're back up to the 90's today and tomorrow. But then back down to 80 again! It only got down to 67F last night.

Maizey didn't eat yesterday. I think her meal might have smelled like urine- I've heard they don't like that. I need to buy a bar of Ivory soap to wash her food off with.

Choco is still in hiding. I couldn't find him yesterday, but wanted to check, so I looked from underneath his viv and couldn't see him, and then opened it up and got out his moist hide, and felt all over in it, and he wasn't in there, so I go to put it back, and there he is in plain sight- he'd been coiled up underneath the hide...I miss him- I wish he'd hurry up and shed. We're watching the 6th season of Oz right now, and Choco has missed three episodes already!

We had a kid at work yesterday with no arms. She could draw with her feet- color in the lines! I gave her a sticker book and a ton of stickers, and yes, she could do that, too. How cool and lucky.