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Happy birthday, Dan. Kind of late to the party, but I hope it was a good one.

Calling the site administrator a motherfucker within your first 10 posts doesn't smack of good judgment, even though he had already called you a fuckface.

We had the accreditation team on campus this week. They only come once every 4 years, so it's sort of serious business, on your best behavior, etc. I decided that in their honor, I ought to at least wear pants and a long sleeve shirt as opposed to my usual Bermuda shorts and a hockey jersey. At the session where the accreditation team meets with and interrogates faculty, they asked some pretty pointed questions and we managed (as a group) to come up with some reasonable answers. Then seeing that they had kept us on the hot seat for long enough, one of them lobbed a softball question: "What is your favorite thing about teaching at this college?" It was a complete change in direction, so nobody seemed to know what to say. After a bit of awkward silence in the room, I broke in with, "Well, this quarter I'm teaching 2 classes with 26 students in total and only one student is male. I kind of like that for some reason." Nobody was sure whether to laugh or cry. I'm told it didn't go over too terribly well. Oh well, you ask a question...

Nice one, Shelly! Finding math-related examples of the use of fuckface with comedic appeal is, undoubtedly, no small task.

Happy belated birthday, Colin.

Just keep your eyes open for opportunities, Dinny. Good things are bound to happen at the right time and place, which in turn will get you energized again.

Come to think of it, I've got a stash from CanJam Chicago that I haven't listened to yet, either. Not nearly that man though. Maybe 6-8 as I recall.

Happy birthday, Steve.

I've got all of her albums and quite like her style, and yes she is quite cute, but I was certainly shocked that she was even nominated, let alone won.

Wouldn't work as a carryon bag.

^ Plus the girl is not so amazing. Cute, yes, but not amazing.

I talked with Todd about this briefly last night (the TTVJ Todd). He said that he sent his pair of T50P back to Beyer and they apparently confirmed with him that there was something "wrong" with them (whatever that means) and have since sent him a replacement pair. He said that the new pair arrived the other day but he hasn't listened to them yet. I asked him if he was afraid to listen to them, and his response was "No comment". Too bad he doesn't still have the original pair on hand to make comparisons.

In my experience, a lot of those Geniuses are lost causes. Thankfully, most of them are open to suggestion and Apple seems to have a culture that supports their decisions when it comes to going the extra mile for customer service. They very commonly honor products that are ever so slightly out of warranty and replace parts that aren't technically covered, etc.

I'll have to give that a try! My neighbors will all be excited when they come home to see their yards have been cut. At least if it's anything like when I bought my first rider and had so much fun with it that I couldn't stop cutting until it ran out of gas. This should be even more exciting because you operate it with joysticks instead of a steering wheel.

A Toro zero turn lawn mower. Should be a fun gadget. This one. It will replace my much less expensive Sear's Craftsman rider which I had a bit of trouble with. Were I mechanically inclined, I'm sure I could get many more years out of it, but I decided to sell it to a lawn service company and cut my losses. Kept throwing the belt off and I had trouble starting it at times. Then when it was running well, I'd bang into something and bust the part that the blades are attached to. I'm hoping the Toro will be as indestructible as the reviews suggest it is.

Congrats! Same exact bike, down to the color scheme, that I've been drooling over for months. Want to have a Ducati to ride in Cayman, but not something as powerful as my S4RS which would be completely unmanageable here and would never get out of 2nd gear. I've been close to pulling the trigger a couple of times, but some other important things have been taking priority.

Hadn't seen that episode until I was in Mayberry. Really nice for Ariel in terms of publicity. The guys at the Atom Club are all excited about it because it seems to have created a lot of interest in Atoms in general, so their "residuals" are looking better (UK talk for resale value). Not that I'll ever sell mine.

Happy birthday! We should have celebrated it this past weekend!

Bought a ticket to Miami for this coming weekend.

Ripped my bathroom apart today. Floor tiles started lifting up for no apparent reason about a month ago. Old tile discontinued, cant find it anywhere, so had to remove countertops, sinks, and cabinets, even a big mirror on the wall which became loose while removing the other stuff under it. Now taking a break from the jackhammer work that was required to remove sections of the old tile that has not lifted. Hands are shaking as I type this. Long night ahead of me and back is killing me already.

Happy birthday, Grahame.

Watching the rest of Band of Brothers. Watched the first half of the series a couple of months ago.

Nice! The world needs more Benny Hill love.

Congrats, Colin!

What about the 5th person on the list? BTW, I'm sure Jude appreciated that sweaty armpit right smack dab on the neck!