Lynnzoi wrote:true dat

lol...Tanners is bouncing around the living room, trying to get Joey to play with him. Joey is just bein his usual lil crab-ass self.

JCS and I have something in common!!

AZGman wrote:JCS and I have something in common!!

well....I wasn't gonna say nuthin

oh geez....the big ol Reddog is still the bestust boy. He is totally blind now, but still 'looks' out for his kitties. He wanted to go get on one of the dog beds but carefully sniffed it out first - he found a kitten was sleeping there, so he went somewhere else.

Lynnzoi wrote:oh geez....the big ol Reddog is still the bestust boy. He is totally blind now, but still 'looks' out for his kitties. He wanted to go get on one of the dog beds but carefully sniffed it out first - he found a kitten was sleeping there, so he went somewhere else.

Sweetness and hugs!!

AZGman wrote:Sweetness and hugs!!

gonna get him a consult with an internal medicine specialist....thinkin about taking him to Cornell. Thinkin he needs an MRI - we're wonderin if there's a tumor that is making everything so damn difficult with him.

Lynnzoi wrote:gonna get him a consult with an internal medicine specialist....thinkin about taking him to Cornell. Thinkin he needs an MRI - we're wonderin if there's a tumor that is making everything so damn difficult with him.

Hope that helps. He seems to get cat-scanned at home all the time!!

Well, time for me to chore and errand. Yak at y'all later!!

AZGman wrote:Hope that helps. He seems to get cat-scanned at home all the time!!

indeed he does

AZGman wrote:Well, time for me to chore and errand. Yak at y'all later!!

toodles bye!

Kids are back in school, and sharing germs. Ugh.

Mavyn wrote:Kids are back in school, and sharing germs. Ugh.

that's great! good for their immune systems!

Sure. But do they have to share them with ME? When SO or I are sick, we manage not to infect each other. Kids...no chance. Not sure how that happens, but it does.

Apparently, woot is sponsoring somebody's fantasy football league over on Deals Woot, providing a trophy. I tried to persuade snapster to sponsor the pick 'em game over here, but he said it was hard to budget for something over on EBW. I have asked why the other one is even ON Deals.woot, and why it isn't in the contest forum, but he didn't answer yet. doubt if he'll be convinced.

edit: this was on Google+. anybody who wants an invite to Google + but doesn't have one, send me an email via PM and I'll invite you.

Josephus wrote:Apparently, woot is sponsoring somebody's fantasy football league over on Deals Woot, providing a trophy. I tried to persuade snapster to sponsor the pick 'em game over here, but he said it was hard to budget for something over on EBW. I have asked why the other one is even ON Deals.woot, and why it isn't in the contest forum, but he didn't answer yet. doubt if he'll be convinced.

edit: this was on Google+. anybody who wants an invite to Google + but doesn't have one, send me an email via PM and I'll invite you.

Can you tell me why I'd want to be on Google+?
I'm not being sarcastic, just want to know what the advantages or differences are over FB and Twitter.

oh, well. he's trying to increase traffic over there.

pooflady wrote:Can you tell me why I'd want to be on Google+?
I'm not being sarcastic, just want to know what the advantages or differences are over FB and Twitter.

I don't know. I hate Facebook, for one reason. I think they are actively trying to get your information in crass and sneaky ways, in everything that they do.

Lately, even though I have blocked all of the hideously annoying and stupid games, they inform me whenever anyone who plays any of those games 'likes' anything about them. They no longer allow me to block any of those notifications without blocking that person entirely.

I just hate them. so, that's one.

The continual tweaking of privacy controls is another. This is not to give us better control over private info, of course. This is to make people abandon these controls. funny, they are never defaulted to protect one's info, the default is always to share. so when they change things, the private info is out there again.

Twitter is too short, and too ephemeral. I love it, and do more there than anywhere, but there is a real sense of impermanence about it.

all of that said, I rarely do anything on Google+. I just kind of check in to see if there's anything new there. about the only person who posts there, besides Schrobblehead, who is mostly blocked on other sites at work, is Matt Rutledge. go figure.

Hey wooters!

so, had a bit of a freak-out moment during the morning commute. Driving along, minding my own business, when from the corner of my eye I notice something moving near my head. I turn to look, and there crawling up the inside of the window, just a few inches from my face, is a big-@$$ praying mantis!!! nearly caused me to lose control right then.

Fortunately got the bugger out at the next red stoplight, but still rather freaked the rest the way in to work. I've never seen them in our yard before, so wondering where it came from and how it got into my car!?!

I like g+ so ever much more than facebook.

Different flavor community. Most of the people I've circled share interesting things, like news stories, or great photos. The number of 'O hai, I cleaned the bathroom' posts has thus far been very minimal.

Being able to completely avoid the games is great, too.

That said, I don't know many wooters real names to circle them.

Hi all.

Looking forward to a 3 day weekend!

Turken wrote:Hey wooters!

so, had a bit of a freak-out moment during the morning commute. Driving along, minding my own business, when from the corner of my eye I notice something moving near my head. I turn to look, and there crawling up the inside of the window, just a few inches from my face, is a big-@$$ praying mantis!!! nearly caused me to lose control right then.

Fortunately got the bugger out at the next red stoplight, but still rather freaked the rest the way in to work. I've never seen them in our yard before, so wondering where it came from and how it got into my car!?!

This time of year, they are just huge! I love them, such coolness. The badasses of the insect world.

Josephus wrote:I don't know. I hate Facebook, for one reason. I think they are actively trying to get your information in crass and sneaky ways, in everything that they do.

Lately, even though I have blocked all of the hideously annoying and stupid games, they inform me whenever anyone who plays any of those games 'likes' anything about them. They no longer allow me to block any of those notifications without blocking that person entirely.

I just hate them. so, that's one.

The continual tweaking of privacy controls is another. This is not to give us better control over private info, of course. This is to make people abandon these controls. funny, they are never defaulted to protect one's info, the default is always to share. so when they change things, the private info is out there again.

Twitter is too short, and too ephemeral. I love it, and do more there than anywhere, but there is a real sense of impermanence about it.

all of that said, I rarely do anything on Google+. I just kind of check in to see if there's anything new there. about the only person who posts there, besides Schrobblehead, who is mostly blocked on other sites at work, is Matt Rutledge. go figure.

So if I were to ask for an invitation and I got on there, what would be my next step? Would I know anyone but you? And do you ask someone to be in your circle? What if they don't want to? *sniff* Would anyone on there know me to ask me to be in their circle?

pooflady wrote:So if I were to ask for an invitation and I got on there, what would be my next step? Would I know anyone but you? And do you ask someone to be in your circle? What if they don't want to? *sniff* Would anyone on there know me to ask me to be in their circle?

That's kind of the nifty thing - you can add ANYONE to your circle. And anyone can add you. But it doesn't have to feel all "well so and so added me and I have to add them back" - I know there are people I've circled that either do not know who I am or sincerely do not give a flying screaming monkey (ON FIRE) what I post, so they don't add me back, and vice versa.

(Will say tho, all personal info should be swapped via PM and not posted, but I know you all know this... I just have to do that 'good mod' thing and remind people.)

That said, your next step is to find interesting people - there are lots of 'lists' out there, or if you don't want to read random/famous people, ask folks in PM here

inkycatz wrote:That's kind of the nifty thing - you can add ANYONE to your circle...who I am or sincerely do not give a flying screaming monkey (ON FIRE) what I post, so they don't add me back, and vice versa.

(Will say tho, all personal info should be swapped via PM and not posted, but I know you all know this... I just have to do that 'good mod' thing and remind people.)

That said, ...

note my original post (I just bolded the significant portion):

Josephus wrote:Apparently, woot is sponsoring somebody's fantasy football league over on Deals Woot...doubt if he'll be convinced.

edit: this was on Google+. anybody who wants an invite to Google + but doesn't have one, send me an email via PM and I'll invite you.

Second what Ms Inky says. I've been circled by a few random strangers. I review their posts, and decide if I want to add them or not.

Josephus wrote:(Words)

Yeah yeah, just reinforcing the message.

Afternoon, social networking aficionados.

pooflady wrote:So if I were to ask for an invitation and I got on there, what would be my next step? Would I know anyone but you? And do you ask someone to be in your circle? What if they don't want to? *sniff* Would anyone on there know me to ask me to be in their circle?

I would...if I had one...or even wanted one, which really I don't

Iceback wrote:I would...if I had one...or even wanted one, which really I don't

Thanks, Ice.

AZGman wrote:Afternoon, social networking aficionados.

I'm less social than everyone thinks, honestly.

inkycatz wrote:I'm less social than everyone thinks, honestly.

Yet, so much more than I.

pooflady wrote:Thanks, Ice.

kodachrome???? really???

AZGman wrote:kodachrome???? really???

Are you questioning my knowledge of kodachrome or the fact I paired it with syndrome?

pooflady wrote:Are you questioning my knowledge of kodachrome or the fact I paired it with syndrome?

"sounds like" words is like playing "synonym boat"

edit: never mind; I don't care.

AZGman wrote:"sounds like" words is like playing "synonym boat"

I remember a lot of times when you and I did a lot of words at once either starting or ending with the same letters. Is this suddenly not allowed?

pooflady wrote:I remember a lot of times when you and I did a lot of words at once either starting or ending with the same letters. Is this suddenly not allowed?

I reversed myself above.

edit: poorly phrased. You, are of course, correct.

Think I'll go get horizontal.

brb.

unbrb

Guess I'll see all you party animals tomorrow.

Tuna melts for dinner. Pretty good. At least I thought so. I don't think husband liked them all that much. But he was nice enough not to say anything.