Froggy Bottom Waterpark Day.
Step under the water or grab a tube.
FM is soaking.
FM is soaking.
Newcomers welcome and join the fun.
Waterslides to the left.
Waterslides to the left.
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Rude, Crude and Lewd language is encouraged.
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Please recommend
(and unrecommend the Cafe/Lounge from earlier) |
May the 4’s be with you
For the less waterslide prone, climate controlled indoor pools are available.
All drinks on the house. How is everyone doing today?
What are you doing posting a picture of my bathtub?
I figured I’d better post a picture of it empty instead of one showing you scrubbing away. However, if you’d like to send pictures, feel free. 🙂
I’ve already hit my daily quota of pointing and laughing.
I usualy get my quota first thing in the morning. The only problem is it’s usually me staring back at me in the mirror.
It’s still very hot and humid but it was foggy all morning and now storms are arriving.
That’s a wonderful picture Andi. I like the hazy reflections.
Thanks FM. I always think the camp’s lake looks much more interesting in bad weather than in good.
It was humid enough this morning that you would have felt right at home.
Actually our humidity down here hasn’t been that bad lately, just the temps.
I agree things look more interesting in bad weather, just as long as it’s not too bad.
Hey there Andi … lovely atmospherics you caught there in this pic! Almost looks like something out of Secret of Roan Inish or some other water spirit type story …
Just got out of a meeting in an even more refrigerated conference room than my cube, and had to turn the space heater on (again!) Hope you’re having a good day out there and the pups are taking it easy as well. Ours are most likely lounging and snoozing in the a/c at home and will be fully recharged when we get home tonight, just in time to wear us out…
Ok, break time over, now back to more mind numbing data work … grrr…
Have a great afternoon FM, Andi, Omir the grand!
Hi IVG. Not to much longer until quitting time. Hopefully the mind numbing work will be over soon, and you’ll be able to frolic with us in the cafe.
Have a good day IVG.
Very nice pic Andi, & for IVG a little more on the Hibiscus for you.
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Great slideshow Kuckle.
and, at the right time of day, kids but alas, no selkies. 🙁
The dogs always take it easy — their philosophy of life: whatever comes our way, comes our way and by the way, dinner is promptly at 6.
And thanks for compliments on the pic.
Sure reminds me of home in moose country. Very quiet.
Plenty of deer, no moose. It was utterly quiet this morning — the fog seems to dampen all sound.
Here`s the old log cabin we had for 30 yrs. We sold it a few yrs. ago after the old man died. Now that`s moose country.
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This is winter quiet.
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This is not so quiet. Circa 1973
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It looks like a wonderful place. I felt like I could hear the loons (if there weren’t any loons, don’t tell me — I like my fantasies).
That`s what I meant about it being not so quiet. Then there`s that bunch of loons, also.
(I never judge people by their hair)
BTW, are you one of the other loons?
the looniest.
Or since you don`t judge by hair, then I`m the hairyest
Unfortunately, since I don’t judge people by their hair, I can’t tell that by the photo. Gonna tell me which one or just let me go with my imagination?
Match this loon from the “Warped Cafe” a few days ago, to the loon in the pic.http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1677/slingertoharbingerej6.jpg
By my definition of hairiest, I pegged you as the guy on the back left.
The guy, back left & the guy in the time lapse of many years in the double photo would be the correct loon.
Taking a short break from domesticity; got most of the canned goods back in the pantry, but got a few more to go. Might actually have the kitchen done by the weekend, so I can tackle the rest of the disaster area known as the apartment. Yeah, it’s too damn hot to work…but if I don’t get it done soon it’ll never get done. sigh
A bit pissed off at the spouse today…but this too shall pass…
Okay, back to work…
Hi Cali. I’ve got to get my pantry arranged also.
Hope it cools down for you.
I heard that the St. Louis area got hit with some pretty bad thunderstorms…30 people injured at Busch Stadium when windows broke out. Hope Maryb is okay…
Haven’t heard from Mary in awhile. I hope she wasn’t in the crowd and is doing okay.
she lost power and had some minor damage but otherwise untouched.
That’s good to know! Thx Andi for the update, as I too wondered how Mary fared through this all when I saw the pictures and news coverage of that storm…
Isn’t she off on a trip to Italy sometime soon, or is that in August? I’ve missed her around here lately, but then I’ve not been the most visible either so I figured we just had not been coinciding.
There’s always Oct. 7 to look forward to, right?
Italy isn’t till September but you’re right that she’s going on vacation — she’s heading off for 10 days of vacation this weekend. She hasn’t been around because she’s had a lot of stuff going on after work and what with that and getting ready for vacation, something had to give and that something was us. 🙁
I love that elephant photo 🙂 It always makes me smile.
Several times I have started to post that I’m going to take a breather… but I don’t want to. You’re my friends, you’re my sounding board, you’re my support. You’re like the family that I have to say good bye to each time I go out to march.
I have several things coming up these next two weeks. Many marchers, events, protests and such… I haven’t been able to discuss any of them and that’s okay… but what’s not okay is that I more and more need to get as dear Dada says getting my “chi together”.
I’m one of those who wants to make the peace. I can’t bear to see friends quarrel. I have many times put myself in danger to stop others from fighting… I would jump in front of my mom to keep her from getting hurt by my dad. It’s just my nature.
But nowadays, I have to be able to focus and gear up for these events because basically I’m protesting amongst a very militarized, nationalistic society. It’s not getting easier out there. Hell, just getting to an event can be dangerous… I haven’t been able to provide as much details about events or photos because… somethings I can’t even begin to understand myself. We’re living in insane times.
I share the diaries and some of the photos so that you my friends can be “there” as you are the ones who help me get there. So much more than just marching is involved. You guys write, sign petitions, make others aware. So I take you with me and I try to bring a part of it back.
I do so because friends like Chocolate Ink deserve to know that she enables me to get out there. Because RubDMC helps me witness, helps me find some inkling of strength.
I don’t do it for pats on the back I don’t do it because I hate… I do it because I love. I do it because I think we can all do better we can do more. We can do what needs to be done… TOGETHER. And that if you do someting just on your own, be it placing a peace wreath on your door… you’re not doing it alone.
And that is why I refuse to take sides or circle jerk my friends into groups. I love you guys and so many here teach and share so many different things. Some might say this should be posted elsewhere… but I felt it needed to be shown to my froggy friends. I love you guys. I’ve learned so much from all that you share… and I think I have some things to share too. So I’m sticking it out and sticking around.
It’ll take a lot to run me off. I won’t take a breather… but I do need very much to refocus and regroup and gear up. I need to… quite simply .. CONTINUE. This weekend will be uber busy and as Andi and a few others know I can’t always make it to the computer afterwards. Because sometimes… I get home and I just shake and cry. I go way out of my comfort level these days. And were not just talking vertigo/bridges… I’m a military brat and well… I can’t explain but that it hurts me to the core in some way to stand with a sign in from of a base or have recruiters…
I’m not gone, I’m just recharging. Don’t count me out… I’m just starting.
Since knucklehead has put me in a 60s/70s mood — peace and love, DJ.
And take one step after another.
Thank you Andi. Right now I’m just trying to remember to breath.
I got another phone bank call from Lt. Watada… that always happens when I’m sitting crying it seems.
I try & follow your exploits & applaud you for all you do. I think more people than you could ever know are behind you. They may even live vicareously through you. At the same time, there will forever be those who need you. Thanks for all you do.
Love
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Thank you Knuckle and thank you for the photo me and my kidlets love it 🙂 I’m saving it to our “cute” file which includes black kittens and Koko the gorilla…
Hypothetical situation:
You have your e-mail listed in your handle at a blog you read, and someone sends you hate mail. You had a heated debate about some issue months and months ago, and have made it a personal rule to not respond to or rate their comments anymore, because you’d just rather avoid this person. So it’s really unrpovoked hate mail. Seems to be some kinda of personal grudge or something. Here’s the catch: This person is a site adminstrator at said blog.
This is NOT about anyone at Booman Tribune!
Please don’t try to guess who or where this is. I just don’t know what to do.
My options:
Advice? Perspective?
And don’t try to guess what was said. It was just mean and unprovoked. Leave it at that.
I’d try #1. However, if the person kept emailing you after a week or two of being ignored, I’d go for #3.
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