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heh I just walked a document that my boss had given up on and handed me to fix saying "I hope the changes are something you can believe in!" - Stephen Oct 3, 11:59
speaking of showers, my sweet sister is hosting one for me. but i was a little mortified that she put my registry information on the invite. - kare Oct 3, 11:58 24
- No way. Especially when you're not throwing your own shower. Someone else is doing it all for you... - Jim Oct 3, 12:02 3
  - it's not the end of the world, but it's not proper etiquette. (neither is throwing your own shower...) -- nm - kare Oct 3, 12:04
  - you NEVER throw your own shower, silly. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 12:03 1
    - This is what I'm saying. So if sister-Kare wants everyone to know where Kare's registered, I'm all for it. -- nm - Jim Oct 3, 12:04
- You think so? - Stephen Oct 3, 12:01 1
  - *points to the Book of Girl Rules, vol. 25* -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 12:02
- (what is the registry for if the guests aren't allowed to see it? (i might be confused. (nested parentheses!))) -- nm - TFox Oct 3, 12:00 7
  - The proper way is to share the registry information with you if they ask, through word of mouth. Not on the invite. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 3, 12:01 5
    - oh. huh. - TFox Oct 3, 12:02 4
      - it's a guideline that is pretty widely followed among people I know. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 12:03 3
        
        your friends are clearly classier than my friends. -- nm - TFox Oct 3, 12:03 2
        
        yes, this is about you. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 12:04 1
        
        heh -- nm - TFox Oct 3, 12:05
  - etiquette says they have to ask about it. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 12:01
- Should invitees only get the registry info after they have RSVP'd? -- nm - con_carne Oct 3, 11:59 2
  - if guests want to know about a registry, they're supposed to ask the host about it. -- nm - kare Oct 3, 12:01 1
    - I hate this approach. I don't see it being any different from "well if the couple wants a gift they should ask me for one." -- nm - Max Oct 3, 12:44
- you ungrateful wench!! - loosilu Oct 3, 11:59 6
  - actually i'm pretty sure i'm going to get 100% clothes, which we *so* don't need. but that's okay. she's going to be one seriously well-dressed kiddo. -- nm - kare Oct 3, 12:00 5
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      - i think i bought way too many newborn-sized cloth diapers. i'm worried she'll be out of 'em in a week. - kare Oct 3, 12:03 3
        
        you will use them as spitup cloths for the next year. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 12:04 2
        
        they look like this ... -- (link) - kare Oct 3, 12:05 1
        
        ohhhhh. yeah I see your point. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 12:08
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- Cam's #'s yesterday blew me away. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 3, 11:55 4
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    - I had Cam + Forte + Dez. He had Rodgers. - Strongbad Oct 3, 11:58
    - do we think he's hawt for a quarter back? -- nm - Epiphany Oct 3, 11:57 1
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- I'm not sure why they passed at all yesterday. Run, baby, run, baby, run, baby, run! -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 11:55
- "Every time I sit down in the restroom, they always fall in the water!" -- nm - TFox Oct 3, 11:54 1
  - "I'm here to make a dollar out of 15 cents and let my b***s hang like I'm on the toilet - Keith Murray si Oct 3, 11:57
"The online press kit for DreamWorks Pictures� �Real Steel� is now available at (Disney PR web site)." - David Oct 3, 11:54 1
- screening with shawn levy tonite! -- nm - moles Oct 3, 11:55
eInk is weird - oblique Oct 3, 11:50
bonus prudence chat q: wedding shower. she got lots of stuff but almost none of it was what she actually registered for. - moles Oct 3, 11:48 22
- Be honest: "Dear so-and-so, thank you for coming to my shower and giving me a cheap-ass present I didn't want. Off to eBay I go!" - Strongbad Oct 3, 11:54
- I'm taking the time to think about what type of person you are. A slut whore bitch. -- nm - CQ Oct 3, 11:52
- the sense of entitlement around shower gifts truly amazes me. i've noticed this a lot with baby shower gifts. "but we NEED x, y and z!" - kare Oct 3, 11:51 1
  - The only time I could see the frustration is if I'd highly publicized that I was having a boy and everyone bought me pink shit. -- nm - Jim Oct 3, 11:53
- you realize you should be grateful that people cared enough to come to your shower and buy you any gift and you write the letters accordingly. - Andie Oct 3, 11:51 8
  - I agree with all of this, but I will say that I don't know why people don't want to buy what's on the registry. I think a lot of times people think - pmb Oct 3, 11:59 5
    - agreed. I think at some point it becomes more about the giver. I would rather give something I know they need. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 12:00 3
      - While I would never cry about it or bitch about it...at the same time, when I'm gift giving, I either give cash or I buy off their registry. - Jim Oct 3, 12:01
      - and this is why i always give cash now. (usually cash and a bottle of champagne.) -- nm - Andie Oct 3, 12:01 1
        
        err, for weddings. for showers i tend to go from the registry unless it's a really good friend and i know what i'm doing. -- nm - Andie Oct 3, 12:01
    - i think this is true too. but you don't get to whine about it. -- nm - Andie Oct 3, 11:59
  - I like how you put the last words in all caps...They were GIFTS -- nm - amoxy Oct 3, 11:55
  - Yup. (nm) - musubi Oct 3, 11:54
- oh god. shut up. sell the shit on ebay, no receipt return it, give it to orphans. just *shut up.* -- nm - amanda jones Oct 3, 11:49 1
  - but give it *all* to the orphans if you're gonna -- nm - moles Oct 3, 11:50
- "I feel like no one took the time to think about who I am as a person..." - TFox Oct 3, 11:49 5
  - I disagree with you here. It is entirely possible she made some unconventional requests and people found them weird, so they were ignored. -- nm - David Oct 3, 11:56 4
    - or maybe the items were super expensive. It would help to know more detail. but regardless, she sounds bratty. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 12:02
    - What's unconventional is crying on the way home from your party because you didn't like your presents*. - TFox Oct 3, 11:58
    - does that really matter? you really don't get to tell anyone, ever, what to buy you. a registry is so that people who want to go that route, can. - Andie Oct 3, 11:57 1
      - I'm usually on that side of the argument, but her wording her leads me to believe that she had feared this would be an issue and it was. - David Oct 3, 12:02
- this is why God invented returns & exchanges. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:49
I'm pimping my own kid here. It's because Diva asked for it yesterday. (mmhmm) Pinchy! (linky) - CQ Oct 3, 11:48 [flickr] 8
- he needs a John Deere tractor of his own! so very cute. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 3, 12:00
- :D -- nm - b. Oct 3, 12:00
- Please don't stop posting pics. - Keith Murray si Oct 3, 11:58 1
  - *sfan* -- nm - Krusty Oct 3, 12:04
- such a cutie. -- nm - kare Oct 3, 11:54 2
  - I can't wait to see some pics of your little one when the time comes. I'm telling you, you can't take enough pics. It's obnoxious, heh -- nm - CQ Oct 3, 11:57 1
    - i'm a little worried i'm going to go a bit crazy. :) -- nm - kare Oct 3, 11:59
- Great shots as always. Along with the lil Batman one, I really liked Pinch & Mrs. CQ with the pumpkins - prayformojo Oct 3, 11:53
candy candy candy, I can't let you go. (this building is 100% candy-free today.) -- nm - amanda jones Oct 3, 11:45 2
- no wonder you're super bitchy -- nm - moles Oct 3, 11:46 1
  - and it's like I don't speak english!! nobody understands me. later, I will be all like, "what needs do I have at the grocery store?" and you all will - amanda jones Oct 3, 11:48
let's not make a federal case out of it -- nm - moles Oct 3, 11:43
anatomy of an urban thug -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 3, 11:41 [Image]
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- Knoxville had a strange democracy situation last week. - David Oct 3, 11:52
- That explains teh non-stop ads. Thank christ that's almost over. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 3, 11:45
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  - Democrat was way up, but is now neck and neck. -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 11:41
  - stalker rankings: JackDawson -> ML's political leanings -- nm - TFox Oct 3, 11:40
- Every commercial break here I see a "Hate on the Democratic because he wants Obamacare" ad -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 11:39 3
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    - I live in DC which is the worst for election commercials. We get MD, VA, DC, and WV. Occasionally PA too. -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 11:42 1
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- That guy is a moron. No matter what happens tonight or in this playoffs the Yankees will offer him a huge contract. - Krusty Oct 3, 11:44
- you obviously need to show him the sabermetrics! -- nm - TFox Oct 3, 11:38
- Thinking Twice: 1st thought: "we gotta re-sign him." 2nd thought: "Yup, we gotta re-sign him." (nm) - musubi Oct 3, 11:38 2
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    - how was that not covered by the whores part? -- nm - TFox Oct 3, 11:39
- no way the Red Sox would snap him up either, not like they need any pitching help or anything -- nm - Beaker Oct 3, 11:38
ST poll: Anyone steadily drinking cocoanut water these days? appears to be a new fad. - Epiphany Oct 3, 11:35 72
- I haven't tried it, but I should. love love love coconut. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:47
- I *hate* coconuts and everything that has coconut flavoring. My least favorite fruit by far. - Krusty Oct 3, 11:47 15
  - coconut is probably the reason I'd never last on survivor. - oblique Oct 3, 11:51 6
    - that and the fact that they would stuff an apple in your mouth and roast you on a spit like a luau -- nm - moles Oct 3, 11:52 1
      - details, details -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 11:52
    - Never have so many been so wrong. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:51 3
      - Well...not since the AD thread on the previous board. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 3, 11:54 2
        
        Never have so many been so wrong in so short a time interval! -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:58 1
        
        Perfect. :-) -- nm - Keith Murray si Oct 3, 12:01
  - My coconut-hating brother! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 3, 11:48 2
    - :-) It's just awful. With so many other awesome tasting fruit why would anyone eat coconut? -- nm - Krusty Oct 3, 11:53 1
      - It tastes like sunscreen. Parrot Bay coconut rum is the most vile stuff on the planet. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 3, 12:00
  - we can never be married. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:47 4
    - ~ Almond Joy gets you loosi; Mounds don't. ~ -- nm - TFox Oct 3, 11:50 1
      - spoiler: they both have coconut. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:50
    - We could but you'd need to get your coconut fix before you came home. :-) - Krusty Oct 3, 11:49
    - the upside to hating coconut -- nm - moles Oct 3, 11:49
- i drank some out of a chilled coconut when i was on the North Shore last February. not sure how comparable that is to the more commercialized - kare Oct 3, 11:42
- Rihanna is a spokes person for one of those -- nm - con_carne Oct 3, 11:41
- it hasn't occured to me to try it. i still like water-flavored water. -- nm - TFox Oct 3, 11:40 6
  - I only gave it a whirl cause I need potassium infused things - and it " says" more potassium than one banana. *shrug* - Epiphany Oct 3, 11:42 5
    - High potassium in bananas is largely propaganda from the banana industry. Lots of other foods have more. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:46 4
      - Spinach for the WIN!! it was crazy, I was drinking gallons of gatorade only to find out Yahoo chocolate milk had more -- nm - Epiphany Oct 3, 11:49 2
        
        ~dot com~ -- nm - con_carne Oct 3, 11:52
        
        also potatoes. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:51
      - my mom has to avoid potassium. it's amazing how many foods she has to avoid. -- nm - kare Oct 3, 11:47
- It's very popular here, afaict. I like Zico, it's got so much sugar, it might as well be a soda. (nm) - musubi Oct 3, 11:39 11
  - I am drinking the natural and it has 14g of sugar - is that a lot? I have no idea. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 3, 11:41 10
    - oh, too high for me. I'll pass. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:48 6
      - Zico is one of the high sugar brands, there are others that are much lower. But less yummy. (nm) - musubi Oct 3, 11:52 5
        
        I did not know this - thanks, Iwill check out the other brands - I do not want to drink something with sugar in it - Epiphany Oct 3, 11:57
        
        I can't believe no one has yet pointed out what coconut water resembles. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:53 3
        
        It looks like water from a coconut? (nm) - musubi Oct 3, 11:56
        
        why do you think I'm drinking it?! - Epiphany Oct 3, 11:55 1
        
        HA! -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:56
    - IIRC, that's about half as much as a soda. - musubi Oct 3, 11:43 1
      - Or, as TFox points out, more like 3/8. (nm) - musubi Oct 3, 11:44
    - 12 oz can of Coke has 39g. -- nm - TFox Oct 3, 11:41
- So in other words, watered down Parrot Bay? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 3, 11:39
- i love coconut water, as long as it *doesn't have chunks of coconut in it.* - Andie Oct 3, 11:37 25
  - wtf is a bubble tea? -- nm - TFox Oct 3, 11:43 19
    - was huge in Japan like 5 years ago, then came to big cities in the US. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:45
    - really? it was *everywhere* a few years ago. it seems to have passed it's zenith, thankfully. just google it. - Andie Oct 3, 11:44
    - tea with chewy tapioca balls in it -- nm - Strongbad Oct 3, 11:44 16
      - WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?! - TFox Oct 3, 11:44 15
        
        The Japanese! :) - con_carne Oct 3, 11:47 2
        
        I think it's Taiwanese in origin. - musubi Oct 3, 11:49 1
        
        Wiki agrees... what a nice tidbit of trivia. Thanks! -- nm - con_carne Oct 3, 11:53
        
        In addition, the tea was often colored and thick, milk-like consistency. Not your normal iced tea. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 3, 11:46 3
        
        Well, in English it's called "bubble milk tea" -- nm - con_carne Oct 3, 11:51
        
        and comes in every possible fruit flavor. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:48
        
        It's milk tea. Roughly half milk, half black tea. - musubi Oct 3, 11:47
        
        the tea comes with a giant-circumference straw so you can suck up the pearls. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:45 7
        
        i always get almond bubble tea at my favorite vietnamese place. love the balls. bring it. -- nm - kare Oct 3, 11:49 2
        
        yep, I love it. Favorite flavor: coconut! -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:50 1
        
        full circle thread! love it! my only issue with bubble tea is that, with a meal, it's too filling. - kare Oct 3, 11:53
        
        "Dude, have you tried Raisin Pepsi? Yeah, it's the only pop with two scoops of actual raisins in each bottle!" - TFox Oct 3, 11:47 3
        
        Rhode Islanders really have no room to speak on weird foods. (nm) - musubi Oct 3, 11:50
        
        my daughters water bottles have this. it's called backwash -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 11:48
        
        LOL!! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 3, 11:48
  - I agree about the bubble tea - its got gummy balls in there? what? no. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 3, 11:40
  - How do you feel about pulp in your orange juice? -- nm - Jim Oct 3, 11:38 3
    - ick. -- nm - Andie Oct 3, 11:38 2
      - addendum - for some reason this doesn't bother me in fresh squeezed. -- nm - Andie Oct 3, 11:41 1
        
        Hmmm...weird. Just curious. I'm not a huge fan of pulp, but it doesn't make me not drink or anything. -- nm - Jim Oct 3, 11:51
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  - my BIL had no idea what hummus was. how is this possible?? -- nm - kare Oct 3, 11:43 5
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      - Only dumb dudes don't like hummus. *that's* science. (nm) - musubi Oct 3, 11:51 2
        
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        this. I was about to reply, "you need to meet more dudes". -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:52
      - heh. you have a point. -- nm - kare Oct 3, 11:49
next up for kare: Annick Goutal. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:30 3
- hold your horses! i've still got oh-so many Jo Malone scents to make my way through. i'm thinking i'll start with nectarine blossom and honey. - kare Oct 3, 11:34 2
  - mm, nb&h was my summer scent last year. (today, I am wearing jm's english pear and freesia. I don't recommend it.) - b. Oct 3, 11:58
  - three words: French lime blossom. -- nm - loosilu Oct 3, 11:44

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