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Ditto. I can see how some people consider it stupidity to stay for pets, but then I can certainly understand why some people wouldn't leave w/o them. It's the same reason why someone wouldn't leave w/o their children. Haven't you ever seen "Tinkles the Driving Cat" on SNL?

Rectified.

(* Warning --- this post will be full of convuluted thought patterns, observations out of apparent grouping and questions w/o answers.) Well, it answered the question they had promised to answer last year. 815 crashed b/c Desmond let the button expire; It's right there in the record. Boone died so Locke could 'save' Desmond (from offing himself, after having read "Our Mutual Friend," apparently) so Desmond could save Locke and perhaps the island, or who knows theoretically, the world. Why did the Others seem to casually dismiss the blinding violet light after Desmond turned the key? Are Locke, Desmond & Eko all right? Was it an explosion that sent the 'Quarantine' hatch door to the beach.... or could something like a powerful magnetic postive-positive reaction send it that far? We did get some answers, so let's not all go down that route; we watch for a reason. I really liked that Desmond's backstory was highlighted. What the chick said to him at the stadium about if someone has enough money, you can find anyone.... came around again to her apparently having employed people to sit in some snowbarren place --- but what was the signal exactly that was sent from the boat(?) that they picked up? His story ended tonight with him finding his hope again. Screen said "Electromagnetic anomaly detected." Could the pulse have kindled something in the boat that'd been damaged? (We also found out that Desmond killed Kelvin, the CIA officer who let Sayid go in Gulf War I, and that Kelvin is apparently the last one to have voluntarily signed up with the Dharma people. But if it wasn't all just a big mindf--k, the Hanso Foundation --- or whoever --- certainly made it rational to think it was just a mindf--k. The pneumatic tube led to nowhere (and more importantly, who wrote all of those, especially since the observers were only to have been down there for 3 weeks then leave). 'Henry Gale' is the head man himself, which didn't entirely surprise me. Michael got what he wanted at the end of S1. 325 must be the only direction which the island doesn't lure things back, so the Others know how to get off the island yet they choose not to. And yeah, duey, what was up with the statue of the foot? Looked like it'd been there for a loooong time. Jack, Sawyer, and Kate still tied and gagged. Sayid, Jin and Sun are offshore with guns.... To Be Continued next season.

My Second Annual effort. Enjoy.

B/c jail cells don't have mirrors in them.

Wouldn't surprise me either. But hey, Calvinball is fun.

Doesn't make him less of an *.

Or, considering the ball's worth to anyone who respects the game, he could use it to play fetch with his slobbering St. Bernard. Didn't see the interview. Nothing wrong with disrespecting what Bonds did, but I say --- Do it with creativity!

What about the polar bears (includes the one that attacked Walt through the banyan tree)? Lots of the Lostaways saw them. Sayid also heard the whispers. Also, the black smoke contained the likenesses of people Eko knew before the crash, and then his brother last week. I would count that as having seen 'things.'

You don't have to tell this to three Duke LAX players who are now F---ed. For. Life. b/c an allegedly intoxicated stripper (who isn't herself publicly named) had a million-dollar lawsuit in mind after she showed up for a gig. There, I just did what you said, thing is, she isn't charged with anything. Or the assassinations of Ron Brown and Vince Foster, the downing of TWA Flight 800 (BTW, while we're on topic for unsubstantiated rumor/conspiracy theory -- has anyone revisited that since 9/11, what with the claims that yells of "Allah" were on the flight recorder?) or ....

I bet this whole thing is just a big orchestration in Ray Nagin's re-election campaign to preserve New Orleans as a "Chocolate City."

I'm not complaining; I'm not complaining! Didn't you see the grin as the side order to the blush? The Continental: "Whoops! What happened? What have I done? I have spilled champ-on-ya! All over your boob. How wonderful! They look like two ripe melons... drenched in morning dew. Wait. Let me gently wipe them... [ takes out handkerchief, she fends him off] You must get out of this clothing! You cannot leave like this... you'll catch chest cold. What kind of a cold would that be!?"

Well, with 6 billion people on the planet, you had to figure it'd happen sometime.

Yes, we get the idea from your avatar.

They may want to converge these four to... off them. Surprised no one has really mentioned Charlie in this ep. He's come back from the dark Charlie, tho, it's all for naught when/if the Lostaways find out it was he who dragged Sun off as the diversion. Provided the medication, even if he has no clue what it's for. Threw away the heroin as Locke looked on (note that Locke didn't seem either happy or interested). Claire took his hand at the funeral. Also had the line of the night to Eko: paraphrase "Here we were building the church and next thing I know you take off with your Jesus stick. <smartass>You don't call, you don't write....</smartass>. Also, what's with the rock formation at the Others' camp? Some sort of Stonehenge-like place? That's how I took it. Jack has experience dealing with desperate people who aren't in the throes of rational thought in a crisis. S'N'R, you need to realize that Jack is pretty miffed but he doesn't have all the info that we have. That he listens to Sayid and doesn't put up much of a fuss in defense of Michael should tell you something. On another of SNR's points, who's to say that Michael will get his for what he did? Rousseau did the same thing to her own party (did the Others or Hanso introduce the vaccination as a contributing threat/tension as a part of an experiment?). Alos, Michael killed a woman who killed Shannon and was delivered her own retribution; and Libby, someone whose character is seemingly innocuous right now but there's a lot left to discover about her. Mitigatwa the literary theme that he'll have to answer for these crimes. Brings me to another thing.... Alex was kidnapped near birth? How does she know or perceive that the Others are bad when that's the ethos she was raised with? Nothing like a parable from the priest to tell Michael that Eko knows what's going on. Great writing and delivery there. Thanks for bringing that up.

Found myself going because for maybe the second time in his presidency he actually sounded rational tonight. Tho, I suspect about 25 percent of its purpose was to give some pause to the Mexicans (and others, mind you) coming across illegally that it's only going to get tougher and get the Mexican govt off its collective ass and start doing something to make people not have to resort to it. My only concern is that the NG is already stretched pretty thin despite the placation to the contrary. That's 6,000-7,000 troops that have already pro'ly been away from home for long stretches. Spoken by someone who's looking after his 5yo nephew two weekends a month b/c my sister-in-law is flying the blue star flag.

I've been getting a sh--load of starter trees from the Natonal Arbor Day Foundation in those white plastic sleeves. So far: 10 Flowering trees (dogwoods, etc.), 5 blue spruce, 3 hazelnut bushes, and today 5 rose of sharon. I don't quite know what to do with it all, nor why they're coming in the first place. In the garden, trying some peppermint this year beside my stalwart chives. Will be doing several tomato plants (you ain't had a tomato 'til you've had a CT tomato --- it's just something in the soil). Spinach. Might try some kale. Cucumbers did really well last year but if I look at another one I'm going to yark, not to mention the vines and curlicues go everywhere.

Boy needs to stop listening to Incubus before games!

I've mostly been applying for listed jobs as well. Tho, I hear from other places about the so-called "hidden job market." I guess the whole frictional unemployment is one of the sh--ty things about how our system operates. I don't apply for positions that aren't open --- what's the use? I'm also wondering about this selective approach rather than the shotgun approach. What's better? Sending out fewer targeted apps vs. sending out resumes willy-nilly, even if only to a few places? I've been looking for a permanent, capital J "Job" for the past year and a half by the targeted method w/o much success. Several job interviews and nothing (tho I was runner-up on the last one in what turned out to be a high-profile spot). I did very well in college and have some moderate job experience, tho mostly in heavy labor b/c that's what I've been able to get (it goes a lot like Chef Jim's example). It's just getting a little frustrating. What is it? Maybe it's the area I live in? Maybe it's the Elvis stamps?. Maybe I'm using fart-scented paper?

I don't think there is any substantiated or quotable evidence that Losman rubbed the other Bills the wrong way. Mularkey clamped the lid pretty tight on players talking to the media other than the general "I'm going to go out there and do the best I can" interview --- no behind the scenes stuff, no revealing what was hurting them, no tell-alls of who didn't like who or who cut a loud fart in the film room. There's the assumed veteran non-support that caused Meathead to make the switches to Holcomb, but that's surmized. Moulds wasn't very flattering toward the team in general, but I don't think even he came out and said something like "JP's a horse's ass." And, even under the new admin and among our UFA losses, no one's said anything like that publicly. Probably b/c saying an essentially rookie player is a tad immature or had his struggles on-the-field is not exactly breaking news. If JP is the best option, the coaches will put him on the field. If not, they won't.

Good. Those lying, defecting bastards.... and they're friggin' priests!

-- For the "What is your biggest weakness" I have an old standard that I picked up when talking to one of my profs for some job-hunting hints. He said I am "low-key almost to the point of unenthusiastic" and I am always happy when this question comes up, b/c it lets me address something that the interviewer is probably wondering about. I'm a serious, task-driven person. I say that I'm not very excitable or prone to panic, and I think the message and words are what matters (rather than being a bubbly hand-talker, tho I don't say this part). -- 15 minutes is too much; you're "hanging out" in the office and appear too desperate. Five minutes early, more like, even if you just wait in your car for the other ten.

Bastage! *ptui* *ptui* Miami, VT, Boston College can all go to the drink for all I care. We call the Mecca of College Basketball "the U" in our local parlance.

Worst question I've ever gotten was, "Why do you get up in the morning?" I think now it was meant to be kind of philosophical, but at the time the look on my face was and I had to fight the urge to say, "Usually because I have to pee." I'm doing serious job-hunting and have had some interviews myself in the past couple of months and one coming up this week at the U. Have been self-employed in a construction niche job that I'm not really seeing a future in --- especially w/ rising costs on everything b/c of gas (which is making it too expensive to work, odd as that sounds). Just prepare, know something about the company/organization going in (researching what they're about shows that you actually give a hoot), and be honest. And have a firm handshake; most interviews are decided w/in the first 10 seconds. azjepp, I'll have to take your advice about writing a follow-up....

OH YEAH!