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::Gasp:: We must meet up to ride it. I freaking love that ride! You know I pass by that coaster every day and say "I need to ride that thing again!" But then I have my "gym mist" on me, so I need to go home and shower! Terry

What's the most appropriate title? 1. Who is the parent anyway? 2. When parents should be strung up. 3. Another example of the US going down the tubes. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/081908-parents-let-16-year-old-drop-out.html At least it's not Florida this time. But it's a shame that a video game won out over school. If the kid has that much control over his parents, I really doubt home schooling is gonna work. When the child is 40 and still can't afford to live out on his own, his parents better not say anything. Terry

When I took the shuttle back from Alton Towers, there was an accident between a truck and a car. It wasn't too bad, but everyone was gasping in shock. I wasn't impressed... living in Miami, I'm used to them flipping over and being engulfed in flames! Anyway, those streets are really narrow and I'm glad I didn't have to drive! Terry

My roommate said the power was out in the house most of the day Monday. Luckily I was at work; the power came on by the time I got home. The weather really didn't get wild outside until about 4:30am this morning, when I heard my battery backup on my computer click on from the power clicking out. I think I'm going into work late this morning to give the storm a chance to move out of Ft Lauderdale. I'm not driving in a downpour for 20 miles with these fools on the road! Terry

1. As my upcoming weekend geek project, I'm replacing the logic board, hard drive and dvd burner on my old powerbook. This way I'll have a laptop just to check my email and do book edits when I out of town. 2. I found out that I may be working the talent area for this years White Party again. Don't know who is headlining, but I'll probably be escorting him/her around. The director said at the volunteer appreciation a few months back that I was one of their best volunteers, which made me feel good. I'm just glad I can help out when I can. I just need to get my outfit for this year made! Terry

^Well in a similar sense I'm posting this, but you can't really see her face. But you can guess she's doing her job well as a go-go dancer! She's made just a few dollars...

Sounds like Warner doesn't have many blockbusters coming up next year. I know we've pretty much seen it all... I just don't want to see any more tv remakes! Also not many people are going to the movies with the economy; maybe they're hoping things will be better next year so they get more people to spend on the movie. I know a few movie theaters that are like ghost towns on the weekend, even with a huge movie like Batman. Also, it also can be a good promotion for IOA, since the movie will be a little more fresh in people's minds. If parts of "Harry Potter's World" (whatever they are calling it) are to open around the end of 2009-2010, they could push some DVD sales or other promotion to coincide with the opening. Terry

A day in the life, part 85: Me: I'm glad I'm not actively looking for anyone. I keep getting people with problems, and they find me in the back of the room trying to hide away from everyone. I'm just trying to get my dance on, and they bother me. Then they waste my time when they don't really want anything when I call them the next day. Friend: They're a mess alright. That's why I'm staying home. Me: My last date was just crazy. Friend: I hear you. They tell you anything but you can't depend on them. Me: Uh uh Sister. He was telling me about his shrink and everything! Medication, name of condition, too much info! Friend: (almost crashing the car from laughing) Hahahahaha! Me: What? You thought I was playing? It wasn't just an expression! Friend: I thought you were joking! You sure get the best of them! How do they find you? Me: I had to drop him back at the house because he wasn't feeling comfortable being out to the house! I was looking for a camera because I thought I got Punk'd. Friend: Classic! I love your dating stories! Terry

All those pics of Bettie Page reminded me of a party in Madrid. The music was bumping and the next thing you know, pics of Bettie came on the monitors and these scantily clad girls came on the stage and started dancing around. I asked my friend "This is a gay party right?" The girls weren't working it to my satisfaction though. They should have been bucking and crawling around the stage. The only dancers allowed to dance in one place (in my book) are the men, and that was because they were too muscle-bound to move! And your fridge was CLEAN! But I guess that's because nothing was in it! Terry

^Oooo.... please don't open that can of worms! It boils my blood when I think about it. All I'm going to say is that I've heard some crazy crap from just about every community (and in my own community as well) and then these same people have the audacity to get up on a Pride float and dance around or want equal marriage rights... Treat people like you want to be treated, then we'll talk. Terry "Been called the 'N' word more by gays than anyone else" Weaver

After writing a Unix shell script to set permissions across a series of files, I got my computer up and running again! Now I can go to bed at a decent hour... like now! EDIT: Now this weekend can now be devoted to overclocking my PC like I was supposed to do months ago! Terry

I get scared when I accidentally have something with dairy and there's not a private bathroom nearby.

I'll be spending the day trying to fix my computer so I can do another update on my Europe TR. Then I have to take my friend somewhere for his birthday. Maybe I'll just play one of the coaster vids to celebrate.

^No woman in her right mind is going to drink that stuff (notice she passed it on in the video), unless she spells what she calls herself: w-o-m-y-n. That said, that's how I tasted Slitz Malt Licquor with my lesbian friend. She was putting them away and her eyes got blood red. I ran to the kitchen like the bull and spit that crap out. Then walked down the street and got some Bud Light. Terry "MD 20/20 was horrible too" Weaver

My "Hackintosh" won't boot up after it crashed before I finished updating it. Luckily I have backups and I can still get all my files... it's just going to be a pain. Also I hate when I go out and I'm in the middle of a conversation with a friend, a complete stranger tries to come behind me and feel me up! C'mon... a little respect please? And it's never someone I'm remotely interested in. So my friend and I are looking at this guy like he's lost his mind. So I shoo him off and he has the nerve to come back later and try the same thing. I told him "This is your last warning. Do it again and we're fighting. Is that what you want?" Finally he scurries off some place. It's a shame that have to spoil my mood and night by yelling at someone that doesn't understand "I'm not interested", "Please don't do that.", or even "Please go away." I mean that could have been my boyfriend standing there and that would have been a big mess. Terry

Did anyone tease them? You know by saying "I saw your nose pop out on the coaster. It was hot!" Terry EDIT: @nowaymang you gave me flashbacks with you avatar! I actually remember seeing those darn commercials! That stuff tasted like panther p... well you know. And it really does work every time... if you want to be drunk out of your mind.

There is some country music that I will listen to; I used to work in a music store during college so we had to tolerate different types of music. Rap music was only played when there was a clean version of the album the reps provided... but they rarely did that. Most of the time the rap promos went to the assistant manager so he could hock it for cash down the street at the used record store. I used to hate when someone came into the store and tried to sing a song because they didn't know the name and expected you to know it. If you actually sang it on key I might have been able to figure it out. Or how about the customer that asked you about a song and you know the album it came off of and they tried to argue with you, thinking you had it wrong? I even had the album at home and he still didn't believe me! I put the album on and blared it through the store and embarrassed him. "That will be $12.99 please." Terry

I saw plenty of that on the Europe trip. Welcome to the Melting Pot we call America! Those things must be pinned down because those girls were on looping coasters and they didn't come off! I'm sure those girls were burning up in the hot weather! But I saw a few girls getting on the water rides in the europe parks. Wet burqas contest anyone? Terry

Actually, following the logic the answer is not to argue with you about pizza. If you took off #5 then the answer is it is not good, since we already struck out that it wasn't pizza. (Note: I'm probably wrong, since I have no sense; which makes it hard to deal with any sort of logic) You actually may get a few points back if you continue the TR episode with trying to clean the French cheese from the grater. Reminds me of my first time cooking fried chicken... without the flour. EWWW! I guess if I had hot wing sauce I may had been in better condition. Terry "Get the tomato sauce and Italian sausage.. it's in Publix too!" Weaver

I remember when MTV actually played nothing but music videos. Imagine that. VH1 is no better; but then that's why I stopped watching them. I don't feel the need to watch kids (and d-list adults) with problems showing off and acting up on TV, when they should be speaking to their shrink in private. To me, the quality of everything, including music has gone way down. Everything is based on looks instead of talent--and this is worldwide! Did you hear about the little Chinese girl lip syncing at the Olympics Opening Ceremony? They said the girl that actually sang, who had chubby cheeks and messed up teeth, didn't have the look to be on stage, so she got relegated. So they let the girl do a Olympic version of Zelma Davis (look it up) and the organizers thought it was ok! And look at a good percentage of "stars" these days; they look good on camera, but can't sing to save their lives! Rhianna? Heck no! She looks like a deer caught in the headlights on all her pics too! And none of them can hold a note without sounding like the are singing on a rickety wooden coaster or shaking their tonsils violently. No wonder there's a disproportionate amount of oldies and jazz on my iPod. On the subject of rap, it's been around for decades and when it was being played on R&B radio, it was more about DJ's bragging about themselves or telling funny stories, or just being silly. My favorite song, "Apache", was by the Sugar Hill Gang. In my opinion, now it's just ignorant rantings that need to be ignored... they aren't really saying anything. But as with most music, people are going to write about their experiences. So now you're going to hear about gang-banging and treating women as objects. You can hear the lack of hope in the music, and that's a sad thing. If you saw any of the "Black in America" programming on CNN, a lot of men think that options such as a good education or career is not available to them, and don't really hear about it until they get locked up. But you don't want to wait until things get bad before you try to solve a problem; but that's the issue with a lot of things in America. They could use rap as a vehicle to tell of their problems, but I don't hear that now. And Bucket has a point, but not only about rap; there are some good music out there, but those are the good, but unmarketable artists. I found some R&B, Jazz, Pop, and ambient albums that were pretty good but never marketed. I think this music may be a bit to "smart" for the average buyer. Uneducated people tend to make the most purchases, at least in my opinion. Personally I think the music companies need to be (and should have been) a bit more responsible they try to push to the public. They were more than happy to push it back into the ghetto to collect those coins; but by time it crossed over and got glorified, it was too late. But I agree with Beemerboy on the subject, don't feed that nonsense with your attention. If there's no interest in that type of music, they won't produce it. Same with the overabundance of reality tv shows, although it looks like they're running out of ideas and have to look at crazy shows from other countries that are more wacky game shows than people with problems. Terry

^And he's off to a great start too! http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45531 I set the table for you: Eat up!!!

Vaulting was my favorite; although if anyone attempts that in real life, they'd better have Mercy General on speed dial to come get them afterwards! Terry

^ & ^^Well you both might want to listen. They're trying to make sure you don't make the same mistakes they did or to keep you from making your life harder than it should be. Some of the things my father told me and I didn't listen came about when I was older and bit me in my a$$. I wish I would have paid attention. After a while, I started remembering what he said and kept the crap to a minimum. I try to warn people too, but it's their decision. I just don't want them crying to me when it blows up in their face (trust me I've hung up on many people instead of saying "I told you so"). They've been warned. Kids that don't listen and rush in that stuff are gonna be MESSED UP later. Do yourself a favor and pay attention. Anyway, speaking of kids: http://sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sfl-0806teenstabbing,0,3695721.story Real smart. Now I bet the kid and his uncut hair will now need a place to live. He's gonna find out fun it is gonna be in the Florida juvenile system. It's not cute. Should have cut the hair and stayed home. These kids... Terry

Half of these are continents, not countries. I choked on a Wheat Thin reading this! Reminds me of a radio contest and a teen called in. The question was "Name 5 midwestern states." She said as some of her answers: Now the radio station (and the teen) was in Missouri. If she just said her home state, she would have had one! Anyway, my short list: England France Netherlands Germany Belgium Spain Mexico Terry

Have Mercy: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_fe_st/911_casino_call I don't know what to say... Terry