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[DebW]

Great pictures, Deb! Have you read/listened to Bill Bryson's "A Walk In The Woods?"

Yes. As a humorous story it's good for some laughs. But most hikers would tell you that he completely missed the usual trail experience/comraderie/culture that builds among long--distance hikers.

edited to add:
That book is coming out as a movie, and AT managers are starting to make plans to deal with the aftermath. There will probably be more trail use for awhile, as there was when the book came out. Not sure if that is good or bad.

[DrBee]

Great pictures DebW! That is one of the major things I miss about the NE - the amazing colors in Fall. I used to do my research along the Appalachians (salamander work) and my fall field work was my favorite!

As for who will be "Mr. Mom" - both kids are going to the awesome Learning Center (totally NOT daycare) that we found. It's a great place! Even Fishfry will be learning french, counting, colors, shapes, early writing skills and all - at age 2! FishJr will be in her glory - the 4 yr olds were doing vowel sounds, continents, etc. when we were there on the house hunting trip! Finally, she won't be bored at school! She's excited - her last day of school here is today. It seems like she's looking forward to the move. We talked about her leaving her friends and such last night. She's handling it really well. I don't remember having that conversation with my mom during any of our gazillion moves.

[DrBee]

Nanci - Good luck with #9 out of 12! We will have quite a celebration when you reach #12!

[Trek420]

SadieKate oh yeah, that's why I'm called "Trek'nator" (insert real first name there, like the whole world doesn't know it) at the dojo. It's because of a reply-all error of global proportions.

No affair, just ... oops

Fishdoc, the little fish sound very bright. My Mom says that having smart children is a challenge but she wouldn't have it any other way. Both sibs, Duck on Wheels and Big Brother Duck showed some real signs of smarts early on. And then there's uhm, well me.

Lise maybe we can subscribe to a blog called MWBR?

[mimitabby]

Here's the trailer for his latest, Ghost Rider.
http://us.video.aol.com/video.index....pmmsid=1731145

It looks creepy, but I think I could handle it. Try to ignore the fact that most of his movies have sucked. I love him anyway.

I know what you mean. I hate a lot of his movies. But Nicholas Cage? aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ummmmmmmmmmmmm...
those eyes... ahhhhhhhhh

[margo49]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ummmmmmmmmmmmm...
those eyes... ahhhhhhhhh

What is this thing with eyes
Or is there something *else* wrong with my sexual response/female conditioning???

[mimitabby]

What is this thing with eyes
Or is there something *else* wrong with my sexual response/female conditioning???

WEll, Mr Cage has other stuff that I like too, but it's harder to describe. My attraction to him is partially for his physical body, but it is also something deeper than that, he's just got SOMETHING.

[Fredwina]

SK, Your story reminds of another IT One.
I work as a mainframe programmer. Once(about 15 years ago), one of the secertaries at a work site was trying send a message to a programmer. It was "Bob, you hot studmuffin". She made a typo and used the broadcast command instead, which promptly sent it to everyone at the data center and all 20 hospitals we supported.
Trek420, I've got a Google alert set up on my realname (it's pretty odd). It will reply back when it finds a match on the web. Nothing unwarrented has shown up yet...

[DrBee]

I'm a total packrat! I'm sorting through the stuff in my office - packing up for good. It's a wierd feeling. So far I've filled up a gigantic wheely trashcan.

Lise - I look forward to your dating stories. Maybe you can give us cryptic hints. Otherwise, I'll be sure to harass you with PMs

Wow - tomorrow is my last day at work. I've been here for over 5 years. What an odd feeling.

[snapdragen]

I wish tomorrow was my last day at work.

snap "not fit for human company" dragen

[mimitabby]

I wish tomorrow was my last day at work.

snap "not fit for human company" dragen

aw, me too. Just found out i have to work SUNDAY!!! That REALLY SUCKS!!

[chickwhorips]

After an entire week of b-52 related joy, it's good to just have cider, I think. (CWR, the invite's still open... a quick flight down, some bartending lessons, some free drinks, cider and a ride? Eh?)

i'll be flying through next month i'm sure after my side trip to Phx. we'll se what we can work out.

Lise - I look forward to your dating stories. Maybe you can give us cryptic hints. Otherwise, I'll be sure to harass you with PMs

how about a mass emailing? if we all send you our other emails you could just send it out that way.

glad things are going well for you and mr fish, oh an happy FY07!

[maillotpois]

Wow - Deb - what great pictures! Makes me miss New England!

Snap - sorry about work. That stinks. And you, too, Mimi.

[mimitabby]

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how about a mass emailing? if we all send you our other emails you could just send it out that way.

great idea! I loved living vicariously through my sister's dating scene a few years ago. Now she's married and it's all boring again.

[Lise]

Hi, Drifters! A friend of mine sent me a link about a free Senseo coffee machine (one of those pod kind). I filled out a little survey and la-de-dah, a coffee machine arrived today. You may remember that I recently stopped drinking coffee, probably shortly after I filled out the survey! They do make decaf pods, and I do occasionally crave just one cup of coffee, so I'll pick up some decaf and give it a try. I'm now the proud owner of three coffee makers. Seriously, if caffeine didn't make my heart skip so much, I'd be drinking coffee right now.

Oh, love the idea for a blog called MWBR! But can't you just see me trying to maintain a blog?

Snap, I am so sorry that work sucks so badly for you right now.

I had a lovely quiet night on call. Know why? Because the answering service had someone else listed as being the on call midwife!!! I learned this when I arose from my semi-restful slumber in the call room, ate my cereal, sauntered down the hall to the Mother-Baby Unit to do rounds on the four ladies who delivered yesterday, and greeted one of the docs.

Me: "Good morning, Ray".
Ray: (stares at me) "Did you know you have a lady delivering?"
Me: "Where?" (could be L&D, triage, ER)
Ray: "L&D"
Me: -------------->zoom! (you've seen a picture of me sprinting!)

Turns out she wasn't actually delivering in that moment, but did so about 50 minutes later. The staff had been paging the wrong midwife. A midwife who's out of town all week. The couple themselves had been calling the answering service, who'd been paging the wrong midwife! All's well that ends well, beautiful birth of a little girl, apologies accepted from me, and parents happy. Whew. Now you see why I'm a triathlete? Speedy transitions!