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     Ligeti Citizen Username: Ligeti Post Number: 560 Registered: 7-2002  |
OK, I'll kick things off: Last week, I used the toilet in a co-ed bathroom at the gym without raising the seat. | |||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 12016 Registered: 1-2003  |
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| Carrie Avery Citizen Username: Carrie33 Post Number: 1292 Registered: 1-2005  |
I let my son stay home from school yesterday and I called his teacher and told her he was not feeling well, but the truth was I wanted him home with me. We had a blast, and there was no guilt and we had time together, a little bonding day, a lot of fun for me. I miss him during the day, so it was a nice respice from our routine. | |||
| AlleyGater Citizen Username: Alleygater Post Number: 1128 Registered: 10-2004 |
I blame my Republican neighbor for every sin that the Republican party has committed. | |||
| heart rn Citizen Username: Heart_rn Post Number: 154 Registered: 2-2003  |
I used a scratchy throat, and cough as an excuse to lay around all day, and was very non- productive. | |||
| las Citizen Username: Las Post Number: 844 Registered: 10-2003 |
I am the one who takes office supplies from the common areas to use at my desk because it is easier than going to the supply room. | |||
| Arnomation Citizen Username: Arnomation Post Number: 466 Registered: 7-2003  |
I like pie | |||
| Ace789nj Citizen Username: Ace789nj Post Number: 218 Registered: 2-2005  |
I'm the one who's been putting pink flamingoes on my neighbor's lawn at 3 in the morning  I bought 9 of 'em, 6 more to go You should see the look on his face when he leaves to work in the morning  | |||
| Meandtheboys Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 2750 Registered: 12-2004  |
I'm a SAHM, and I hate, hate, hate, cleaning up around the house because it seems like that's all I ever do! I clean up, they make a mess, I clean up, they make a mess, I clean up, they make a mess, I clean up, they make a mess, I clean up..........and so on, and so on, and so on, upstairs, downstairs, inside and out, ad infinitum! | |||
| breal Citizen Username: Breal Post Number: 702 Registered: 6-2002 |
I used to try just skipping the first seven clean ups. Why bother?, I reasoned. But then you get into a giant clean-up situation right when you're supposed to be fixing some dinner. Bottom line: You can't win. You can only endure. When they get school aged, there is a fresh option. You can lock the mess inside your house each morning and drive off to work. | |||
| Jersey Boy Citizen Username: Jersey_boy Post Number: 49 Registered: 1-2006  |
Hello, my name is Jersey Boy. --Hello Jersey Boy. I'm addicted to MOL. (After only 49 posts -- this is some potent stuff.) | |||
| Meandtheboys Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 2761 Registered: 12-2004 |
Breal, I see you are very familiar with my life! Jersey Boy, I am very familiar with that feeling, and you can see how many posts I've racked up in a little over a year!  | |||
| Joe Citizen Username: Gonets Post Number: 1145 Registered: 2-2004 |
I haven't been to mass in months. Haven't been to confession in years. | |||
| Shanabana Citizen Username: Shanabana Post Number: 138 Registered: 10-2005 |
I think I'm an atheist. | |||
| Fight the power Citizen Username: Tookiew Post Number: 50 Registered: 12-2005 |
I still think Tom Cruise is hot. | |||
| Gatica™ Citizen Username: Katracho Post Number: 240 Registered: 11-2002  |
Yesterday, I killed my 13th victim... | |||
| Lou Citizen Username: Flf Post Number: 45 Registered: 8-2005 |
that's a bit disturbing... | |||
| Antje Petersen Citizen Username: Hannah Post Number: 17 Registered: 7-2005 |
I called up the school too, to let them know that both of my kids are not feeling well and we had a wondefull day. The childhood goes by so fast and then we will regret it that we did not do those (crazy) things with our kids. | |||
| breal Citizen Username: Breal Post Number: 713 Registered: 6-2002 |
You know that Cher song on the Weight Watcher's commercial? I like it. | |||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 12293 Registered: 1-2003 |
Oh, if we're confessing music we like, I like Avril Lavigne! Please don't trash me! | |||
| Fight the power Citizen Username: Tookiew Post Number: 65 Registered: 12-2005 |
Tom: You are a hollaback girl. | |||
| Soda Supporter Username: Soda Post Number: 3511 Registered: 5-2001  |
A REPEAT POST FROM GOD-KNOWS-HOW-MANY YEARS BACK: My name is Soda, and I'm a .WAV addict. Hiiiiii, Soda. Any more of you out there? What I can't understand is this: why doesn't the FDA, or the FCC, or the Leisure Police, or whatever public watchdog group pertains here, DO something about the wanton and malicious construction of websites specifically designed to be .WAV-delivery systems. This insidious and calculated campaign, being waged on an innocent and unsuspecting populace, MUST STOP! Now, I used to be just like you. I'd listen to the occasional background .WAV when opening some new site or other, and just let it sit there in my temporary cache, never giving it a second listen, never taking it seriously, or even for a moment considering the lurking danger of saving it. Then, one night, while I pondered (weak and weary) over some arcane bit of web lore, a voice within impelled me to check out the Movie Sounds Page, or (I dunno, maybe it was) the Daily .WAV... I swear, I only wanted to listen to one or two... You know the rest: At first I saved one particularly funny sound-byte to the file where my regular Win95 event sounds were stored. Then, next visit, another two or three. Then, I thought it'd be cool to have a regular little file just for my favorite 25 WAV's, to make it easier to get at them. Next thing you know, I was adding Sound Ring sites to my "favorites" list, and checking them weekly -- then daily, to see if they'd been updated. Soon my wife and kids were making snide comments about the way I'd come dashing out of my home office to get another Diet Coke out of the fridge, only to rush back upstairs to see if a very large file had finished loading yet. I can say it now: I was hooked. Now I've got over 300 megs of this crap clogging up my hard drive, and it seems that there are more sound sites than ever, springing up all over the web! And don't think that because you live in a nice neighborhood, you and your kids are insulated. I found out the hard way: I walked in on my son one night, and there he was, loading up on Cornholio and Foghorn Leghorn files, when he was supposed to be doing a term paper! That really was a wake-up call for me. I decided right there, no more .WAV’s! I was going to quit cold turkey, and turn my life around... So here I am, and I've been clean and soundless for three months now. It's an uphill battle, and it isn't being made any easier by those evil street-level .WAV pushers. They hang out on the edges of otherwise-respectable sites, hoping to lure unsuspecting surfers into picking up a "freebie". They know, you'll be back... Anyhow, that's my story. I'm a recovering wavie. And I think I'm finally in control of my addictive personality. Now, if I could just stop downloading those damned JPEGS and GIFS for my screensaver program... But that's another confessional... -s. | |||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 12296 Registered: 1-2003 |
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| Ligeti Citizen Username: Ligeti Post Number: 575 Registered: 7-2002 |
I confess: I hate Cher, her hair, her clothes, her body, and especially her singing. | |||
| las Citizen Username: Las Post Number: 892 Registered: 10-2003 |
I accidentally outed an attorney at my firm (who left four weeks ago). I didn't know his being gay was a secret because he was so open to me about it, telling me about his partner, always asking me if I knew certain people on the Gay Lesbian Transgender Taskforce, repeatedly inviting me to be his f-g hag at a gay bar he frequents. I feel really bad about this and have to decide if I'm going to call him at his new firm to let him know. | |||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 3743 Registered: 5-2001  |
while working from home I shoulda done more of that working | |||
| bets Supporter Username: Bets Post Number: 22738 Registered: 6-2001  |
I hate, hate, hate sorting freshly laundered socks. So much so that they usually live in the bottom of the laundry basket most of the time as I pick out pairs as needed. These are the white, cotton variety socks - dress socks get paired and put away. | |||
| CLK Supporter Username: Clkelley Post Number: 1862 Registered: 6-2002  |
I am spending a lot of time this week obsessing about a plan that will enable me to avoid the grocery store almost entirely. It is surprising to me how engaging the development of this plan is, and the thought of nearly-free Saturdays is more exhilirating than it probably ought to be. | |||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 12301 Registered: 1-2003 |
bets, pair your socks with safety pins before you put them in the hamper! CLK, your dislike for food shopping made me realize there ought to be a communal way of pooling chores. I like food shopping and there are other household chores I'd rather skip. Do you think this idea could grow legs? | |||
| CLK Supporter Username: Clkelley Post Number: 1865 Registered: 6-2002 |
Tom, you misunderstand me. It isn't that food shopping is so disagreeable per se (in fact, as far as chores go it isn't too bad really); it's that spending all of my "free" time on chores is disagreeable. I'm patching together a selection of delivery services, together with a plan to stock up each month. | |||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 5711 Registered: 5-2001  |
Tom - I love the safety pin idea! I HATE talking in the phone. When I call people, I hope I get their voice mail so I can just leave a message. | |||
| Carrie Avery Citizen Username: Carrie33 Post Number: 1309 Registered: 1-2005 |
Mem, me too. VM is so much better than live sometimes! I also have to confess lately I have been thinking about going on a vacation- alone. Boy,do I need a break! | |||
| Virtual It Girl Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 3941 Registered: 5-2001 |
Mem & Carrie, me too! As a kid, I was always so scared to call people on the phone. Even now, I get anxious sometimes. I make my kids call their friends if they want to make plans. One daughter seems to follow in my footsteps in that regard too, she never wants to call anyone. Would rather sit home alone. My confession for the evening...I am sick of my middle daughter's eating habits. She has such a limited diet, and she has been complaining her stomach hurts. We went to Tinga because it's her favorite, but all she will eat is a plain cheese quesadilla. I asked her to taste the black beans, telling her it would help with her, uhm, problem. She refused. We decided she needs some help, so I told her if she didn't eat right, she'll have to take a laxative. After she finally took it I told her she'll probably wake up with stomach cramps and she'll be pooping all day long. I also told her it's a lot easier to be healthy and feel well if she makes better food choices. I kind of feel bad, but I think she needs to learn a little lesson. | |||
| Joan Supporter Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 6984 Registered: 5-2001 |
Talking on the phone has long been one of my quasi-phobias too. Do you think that is why we all spend so much time typing our thoughts onto a community message board? | |||
| Pizzaz Supporter Username: Pizzaz Post Number: 3115 Registered: 11-2001  |
no... this medium allows communicating with an open group rather than 1 or 2 persons on the phone. The expression of the writtern word is similar as with verbal, so keep up the good phobia....  | |||
| Greeneyes Citizen Username: Greeneyes Post Number: 736 Registered: 8-2001 |
I still don't know who won the Superbowl. Just for fun, I'm going to see how long it takes me to find out. | |||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 12337 Registered: 1-2003 |
I just posted a story about Ultimate Frisbee, and I still have never witnessed a game of it and don't know how it's played. | |||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 5718 Registered: 5-2001 |
Vig/Joan/Carrie, I'm not afraid to talk on the phone - I just think it's a waste of time to just "chat". I have friends that love to talk on the phone as a favorite pastime, and it's maddening - I end up reading the paper or a magazine, doing the crossword, dusting, checking the computer, and saying "uhum, yes, wow" when called for. I once rearranged my whole bathroom closet when I was trapped on the phone. I only like to talk on the phone or shop when it's absolutely necessary. Is this bad? | |||
| Kiba Citizen Username: Radical_kiba Post Number: 32 Registered: 12-2005  |
I confess that I contribute to a large amount of the graffiti on the walls of CHS. My sharpie is running dry. :/ | |||
| Joan Supporter Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 6992 Registered: 5-2001 |
Tom: Go to the lot (Columbia HS Student Parking Lot) on a Friday night on or after 9PM or so. There is a pick-up ultimate frisbee game there most Friday nights. It is a long standing tradition and someone there can almost certainly explain the game of ultimate to you. I confess that I know nothing about the game myself but my son was on the Ultimate Frisbee team when he was at Columbia and still shows up at the lot on a Friday night from time to time, which how I know about this Maplewood tradition. |
