I never did like that butt-dialing commercial from a while back. Every phone I know of smart or otherwise has a lock feature to prevent that sort of thing if you can be bothered to use it.it hasn't turned on in my pocket either.
Things I Don't Understand
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An example of why I like having my smartphone (HTC Incredible):
I was with my 20 yr old friend, who knows little to no pop culture from before the year 2005. The name Richard Dreyfuss came up and she had never heard of him. I pulled up his picture on my phone and she still did not recognize him. I said he was in the movie "What About Bob?", which she had never seen (!). And then I could not remember after trying really hard, who was the costar of the movie (darn Topamax!). So, I was able to look up on imdb with my phone and find Bill Murray, who she had also never heard of but did recognize upon seeing. Anyway, when it feels like half of your synapses have been disconnected, it really helps to have the internet at your fingertips at all times.
I was with my 20 yr old friend, who knows little to no pop culture from before the year 2005. The name Richard Dreyfuss came up and she had never heard of him. I pulled up his picture on my phone and she still did not recognize him. I said he was in the movie "What About Bob?", which she had never seen (!). And then I could not remember after trying really hard, who was the costar of the movie (darn Topamax!). So, I was able to look up on imdb with my phone and find Bill Murray, who she had also never heard of but did recognize upon seeing. Anyway, when it feels like half of your synapses have been disconnected, it really helps to have the internet at your fingertips at all times.
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Alright, well, that's understandable I guess. I know a lot of people who don't recognize his name, but know the movies.... The name Richard Dreyfuss came up and she had never heard of him...
Well, I guess that's kind of understandable. I've known people who don't know this classic, awesome movie...."What About Bob?", which she had never seen (!)...
Well, at least she recognized his face. Bill Murray? COME ON!...Bill Murray, who she had also never heard of but did recognize upon seeing...
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Yeah, that's what I mean, the deliberate and artificial (over) tanning. There's nothing wrong with getting a tan as an unavoidable result of outdoor activities. That's the way it's supposed to happen.
"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic."
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I always joke with my brother, about all these crazy white people wanting to be darker but not actually dark (ie. black, brown, or hispanic).
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On the flip side, there are plenty of black people who try to make their complexions lighter. Go into any Caribbean/West Indian store that sells cosmetics and I guarantee you'll find skin lightening soaps and lotions.
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On the flip side, there are plenty of black people who try to make their complexions lighter. Go into any Caribbean/West Indian store that sells cosmetics and I guarantee you'll find skin lightening soaps and lotions.
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One of my oldest friends and college roommate is see-through. It's great; whenever I see her, I play with her arm. I'll press my fingertips into her and then watch it turn from super-white, to pinkish, to see-through again or I'll take out a credit card type card and swipe it on her arm to see the same color change. Or is it pinkish, to super-white to see-through? It's been a while since I've seen her, so I can't remember the specifics.
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It's this. My arms have gotten tanner and frecklier than usual this summer due to all the birdwatching. I've tried to remember sunblock on my face as often as possible. I'm rockin' awesome birkie tan lines on my feet tho!Or is it pinkish, to super-white to see-through?
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Ah. I didn't have the patience to listen to the whole song, then I wondered if she herself was supposed to be the argument because she's sort of tanned.
"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic."
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This. A thousand times over. The time-of-my-great-decision-making is approaching way too fast.I don't understand how we're in the middle of September already. This month, nay, this year just started. What the crap?
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CLOTH DIAPER LANGUAGE. ARRRRRGGGGHHHH!
I'm starting to get my brain around it, but it's making me miss the simplicity of learning Russian in college.
All of this is moot, however, in the event that we don't move or get a washer/dryer. I cannot see myself managing this without having the ability to do laundry whenever I damn well please. Still, though, I'm moving towards the cloth-diaper bandwagon. But then when I try to actually learn about it, I'm all like, "What the f***?" And the websites are all like, "Well, Belzorka diapers are kind of like Furkinast diapers, except without the Zigflots. Got that?" And I'm like, "Uh-huh."
Dude. I have a f****** Ph.D. It cannot really be this complicated.
I'm starting to get my brain around it, but it's making me miss the simplicity of learning Russian in college.
All of this is moot, however, in the event that we don't move or get a washer/dryer. I cannot see myself managing this without having the ability to do laundry whenever I damn well please. Still, though, I'm moving towards the cloth-diaper bandwagon. But then when I try to actually learn about it, I'm all like, "What the f***?" And the websites are all like, "Well, Belzorka diapers are kind of like Furkinast diapers, except without the Zigflots. Got that?" And I'm like, "Uh-huh."
Dude. I have a f****** Ph.D. It cannot really be this complicated.
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
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There's another life out there...
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There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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All the Technical web speak going on in the make Pweb our thread. I'm totally interested and for a transition to it being ours, but completely lost when it comes to what is going on
Are those actual types of cloth diapers!??!?!?! Because WTF! Or Just a wa to vent the frustration because I get that too.CLOTH DIAPER LANGUAGE. ARRRRRGGGGHHHH!
And the websites are all like, "Well, Belzorka diapers are kind of like Furkinast diapers, except without the Zigflots. Got that?" And I'm like, "Uh-huh."
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Hehehe. No, those are not actual types. If I had written it in real language, it would have said something about pockets, pre-folds, fitteds, AIOs, soakers, doublers, covers, wool, and PUL.
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
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There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Sorry guys. I'll try to lay it down in terms that are a little less tech for you.Me tooAll the Technical web speak going on in the make Pweb our thread. I'm totally interested and for a transition to it being ours, but completely lost when it comes to what is going on
Ami gave us a password that allows us new access to the site. With this password we can do lots of things including possibly upgrading the forum software. Before we make any changes though we're trying to do a backup. It's a good idea to have a backup anyways just because. There have been some problems running the backup because of the size of the database, so we have been trying other ways of running the backup.
Even with the passwords that we have from Ami, we can't control every last aspect of the server. The rest of the discussion revolves around the fact that the site is still hosted on servers that Ami's company controls and we would like the ability to have complete and unrestricted access to the server that our forum runs on. We can do this by either gaining control of the current server (unlikely since Ami has other sites related to her business on them) or moving the site to a server that we control.
We don't have enough information to move the site to a new server that we control, so we're trying to decide if we ask Ami for this info, or how we proceed.
That's a rough breakdown of where we are. Hopefully it makes things a little clearer. If not let me know and I'll try to break it down even more.
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All these songs about Mick Jagger. You don't have "moves like Jagger" if you mean you dance well. He dances like he has tardiive dyskinesia. And instead of "kicking them to the curb unless they look like Mick Jagger", you should probably do that IF they look like him. Holy hell, do a google search of the man before you write a song about him.
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You can maybe, possibly argue that younger Jagger had a fluid, almost feline movement (drawing that from memory, though, so I could be wrong) but so very agreed on the curb-kicking sentiment. Even when he was younger, though I wouldn't say he was entirely unnattractive, he wouldn't fall into my definition of attractive.
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Re: Things I Don't Understand
The point of tea.
My throat is experiencing some technical difficulties and has been for the better part of the past 1.5 weeks (some tightening), so I made the only appealing sounding stuff in the lounge to try to soothe it with heat; even that tasted like awful, dirty, storm drain water.
My throat is experiencing some technical difficulties and has been for the better part of the past 1.5 weeks (some tightening), so I made the only appealing sounding stuff in the lounge to try to soothe it with heat; even that tasted like awful, dirty, storm drain water.
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Re: Things I Don't Understand
It's probably how you made it and what kind of tea it was. Tea sucks if it's not made properly (much like coffee).The point of tea.
My throat is experiencing some technical difficulties and has been for the better part of the past 1.5 weeks (some tightening), so I made the only appealing sounding stuff in the lounge to try to soothe it with heat; even that tasted like awful, dirty, storm drain water.
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It needs to be about 20% cooler.
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It needs to be about 20% cooler.
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